The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-11
The People, and the Bosses.

The People, and the Bosses.
The people have put the political bosses
out of business for the time being, but
whose fault was it that the bosses ever
got into power? The fnult Of the people.
Bosses. like weeds. are propagated by
| cultivate his field In order to produce a
crop of weeds. All that is necessary
| Is for him to neglect tho field, and the
weeds will grow OF themselves. The
people neglect politics, and political
bosses grow up and wax fat.
When the people discover that they are
| boss-ridden, they rise up in their indig-
nation and strike the bosses down. That
is well, but 1t would be far better II
they were careful in the first Instance
to prevent the bosses from getting into
power The bosses In several States
were retired by the election of Tuesday,
but the probability is that the voters
VIII now conclude that the job is finished;
there Is nothing else for. them to do.
But II they lapse back into their former
condition Of apathy and neglect, the
bosses will spring up again, Just as the
weeds Will spring up in the farmers
field although he may have cut them
down for once. 1t Is n matter OF con-
slant attention; 1t Is matter of aternal
vigilance to keep the bosses out of bust
ness. Popular apathy Is the boss's oppor-
tunity, and he does not usually neglect it.
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Atlanta business men have met and
decided to hold great exposition In
1910. to advertise tho resources and in
dustrial growth OF the South and incl
dcntaly the city Of Atlanta. 1t is proposed
that the exposition shall cost 100000
and far surpass anything OF the sort ever
held In the South. The Atlanta Expo-
sition Of 1895 brought some 500, 900 Wis
itors to the city, and the editor of the
Atlanta Journal, James r, Gray, who
is taking a prominent part in the move
ment, sees no reason why the fair of
1910 should not bring 100000 An effort
is now under way to organize the finan-
l.
alto subscription of 100000 In $500 lots.
In n leading editorial, the Journal calls
on Atlanta to show their enterprise by
subscribing this tidy sum within the
week.
Let US state fairly that State fair
must be- a splendid and stately affair
In order to be fair to the State.
Contributions solicited to above con-
tinuous pun)
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That the doing Of a simple routine duty
Is likely TO result in d sudden and violent
death Is proposition which our Naval
Academy appears TO be doing its best To
impress upon American youth.
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| Blood Is doubtless thicker than water.
but none the less Russian blood shows
in marked degree the capacity for
! Glowing in rivers"
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Meanwhile, It is to be noted that Europe
| is proving interesting enough to hold
the entire attention OF ledge Andrew
| Hamilton,
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| That x-in-the-rver episode
naturally leads TO the conclusion thal
somebody was trying to drown the Hears
vote
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The only parties discernlble through
the country are the party for bossisn
and the party against II.
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Mr. shonts declares that the Big Ditcl
win be built, hut neglects 10 Mention
when.
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Few Russians ever die of either bore
dom Or old age.