The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-05
A Seasonable Thought.

tor OF the Chruch of tho Nativity, of
Brooklyn, in tho course of his morning
sermon, said:
People are no longer surprised ut dis
honesty In high places. They have como
and the phrase, tainted money has be-
come by-word and n Jest We are nc-
customed to breaches of trust on the part
of office-holders and financers. We sec
Judges hemming and having over the
cases of these powerful wrongdoers IN
stead Of treating them as they deserve.
Exactly so. and in this connection 1t
may be we'll enough for us to call to mind
paragraph from the Declaration of In
dependence. which document was read In
hundreds of localities yesterday. In that
paper Is this sentence:
Prudence, indeed. will dictate that
governments long established should not
be changed for light and transient causes;
and accordingly all experience hath shown
that mankind are more disposed to suf-
fer, while evils are sufferable, than 10
right themselves by abolishing the forms
to which they are accustomed"
The kind Of prudence thus referred to
had about played out at the time the
Declaration was signed. The same kind
of prudence as 1t concerns some other
features of government has become a
little frayed at the ends In this day, and
time, and the people need to make an
other declaration Of independence, indie.
pendence of trusts. combines, grafters
and number of other evils that are
besetting the country. There can be such
a thing as getting too used to bad
things. .s
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The thrush OF immigrants at New York
for the fiscal year just closed is proof
conclusive that the prosperity Of the
country has been sufficiently advertised
abroad. The number OF immigrants, land
ed in June was a trifle less, than So 600.
against $1,000 for the same month Of last
year. The total immigration for the fiscal
year was over tho million mark. The
highest previous record was for the year
1903, when the arrivals numbered S57. 046.
Thanks to the better enforcement Of the
laws pertaining to immigration, which
laws are IlOW UtllcI uNLStolOOu Ia
eign countries than formerly, the immi-
grants of the past year show as large
percentage of Improvement in char
acter as in number.
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President Roosevelt asked Hon. Elihu
Root to be with him in Cleveland to-day
to act as the representative of the State
Department at the funeral of Secretary
Hay. Mr.. Root accepted the invitation.
and is now en- route to the Ohio city.
This is naturally very suggestive, but
not necessarily conclusive. 1t is still
asserted by men who claim to be in n
position to know, that Judge Taft will DO
the next Secretary of State.
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Wall Street writer Is credited with
the remark that what the world needs
is q new definition OF honesty" What
Wall Street needs is tho old practice of
honesty according to the ancient def
milton.
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Curtniling the negro population and In
creaslng the watermelon output at the
the prosperity Of Georgia.
When Hanover county can arrange to
make It's watermelon crop connect
promptly with the Fourth of July. Han
overs fortune will be made.
The blackberry hunters and tho fisher
men were the people who yesterday cele-
brated the day with much profit and
some pleasure
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1t Is now In order for frenzed life in
surance to be put under tho tanning
process. and it is getting there.
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President Roosevelt will have to store
his L. l.. DIS. away in tho lumber room
that holds his bear skins.
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The difference Is this: The South takes
the Fourth OF July seriously, the North
takes II strcnuously.
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Don't complain Of that which is usual
and natural 1t Is always hot on and
after the Fourth OF July.
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What Wallace wants to know Is what
size salary would induce Secretary Taft to
hop down off the I'D.
Tho railroads yesterday celebrated GO
ing and coming, with their little OK.
cursion trains.
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Ex-Mlnister Choate Is rapidly becoming
Americaniaed.