The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-12

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.btit vas relieved by thnt brilliant man
t,oudoun senator Harry 1ioatoti. AZ II
'renlylnr to Senator Hickhnm, us well as
wc chi, 4 recnll the languaEc, he sa ll[.:
w DIN nstonlsl,ed at the speech Wfloh y
have lust heard from my friend, GeIlcr ~
Wicklam.b He Is vlce-prcsldehtt OF OF nc
chesapeake and Ohio Railway. ana wil men
over 1 board q car on his road my eyes
are greeted with n placnrd benritig TINS
Inscription: 1T q Is dangerous TO stand tl'lu
on the platform. Yet he comes into
this chamber nnd as II State senator urges
Democrats to do what, US Vice. pre- i q
Sof d railroad, he warns passengers h nc
to do. For my part i rather take the
3ndvlco Of the discreet rnilrond man than
tho advice Of a senator Of the Opposite
party" I. 4
1t Is needless to add that TINS pfll-
liant wttiesm caused roar Y. OF la tntl =
IN witch senator Wlckhnn, himself heart
~ io,ncd and the incident was closed,
The Republicans now como forward wa
with plank in their platform to give
froe books TO tho public schools. lIhey
cnn easily make the promise. FOR thoy
know that there is no possibility OF their
.rctting control OF the next General As
so,nbly, ana will not be put IN the same sam
{predichinent In which tho Democrats q. 8
found themselves at the time mentioned.
Some politician has said that the plht'--S
form Of d political party is like the pat nay
form of n railroad conch-mado MOTT
stnnd on, but to give officcseckers the
means Of getting aboard. The r.; Rep'upll-
cans will use this plank IN their p le
Thorn for that purpose, but they kho" tli''l
1T is thoroughly imprac ticable. ~ INC
lowest calculation It would cost the state s'n
at least 100000 to supply free books undef
The multiple list system, and \ the $s'lnsie
list were adopted the cost wo o'll ''e.
nearer half a million dollars. II Wouia
mean Increased taxation, Or imp 'll1 -
of The schools. Tho public will not ~, De
caught by such a de1nagogic plea.
( "a a I !
"A Stiff Jolt for Pesslrnlsma'
lit There is a man out in Chicago whom whom
every true, dycd-n-the-w pes sH'l M
would be glad to have taken up by Dya3 me
doE-catcher and muzzlcd. His name name as
Francis w. Shepardson, of the 'unlVerf--
sity of Chicago reputed ono Q Of thfo8lore7
most historical authorities IN the country 1h71trl
r. IT. i " "a y. |.
and the trouble with hin, is that nc t. IT,
Zoo much. Also he Is most ind scr'ee1tiS
ANXIOUS 10 get at the facts bearing on q
,,,von nronosition, no matter how DIS
tructve N effect they may have on so on
body,s preconceved and cn 1se'ls'.E
theories.
In this Chicago professor croakelr:lssn7
| has found Nh arch enemy. The lamentthe
vail Of the long-faced ones that com GO
mercial4 and political honor are fast pc
Ing sloughed away as useless fripper1es
and that graft, is never before III ~
| worlds history, is everywhere usu rplns ~ A
| nigh places, is greeted by DR.. Shepardsol
| with pinch of salt and smile. SO Ia
! from our national morals being notaDi
worse now than hundred years ago. u le
], Snre in point of fact, apprcclaply petAci
i c.rof cling may be and is in evidence IN on
national life Of to-day, but u IS llk nc
childs frolic when compared IN aes E
Il with the crook edncss IN which our hohol
: ed ancestors were frequently mixed VI
4 mo iconaclastic doctor is equipped VII
dato 10 cite in proof. Faneuil Hall, IN
: h.toric "cradlc of liberty" he declare
to have been built with money that IA
o,torrlfIc "taint. on It. Peter Faneull, y
2 builder has left letter behind VINO
? indicates that he ran his liquor pushes
on d decidedly questionable ethical basl
and made money directly at the eHPesthi'
Of the United States government. - -
sounds both familiar and modern az
suggests that Peter may nave % e'
' nosscsscd of enterprise In advance OF
: age. He was not alone, however. - =
the leading place in craftsmanship
Il h,d : q meet the competition Of one OF
y siencrs of tho Declaration OF lndepeli
: once whose me is almost as famous
/ /,
was finally indicted for smuggllff
!" throughout all the original thirtc
states he asserts, many public men We
q engaged in practices that were not LEI
]" or legitimate; and he recalls that pr
II to the nations eleventh birthday, one
s. our "bcst" senators was indicted
= accepting Il bribe.
'i' our natural desire to ascribc i
- ascendancy to our own times as 9
Is ,ras,ed with the past, prompts the m
no despondent OF us to carry TINS claim !
o. fields where supremacy Is little 10
as desired. Because the columns o.
ae daily press abound so much more IN Y
&c Of crooked cuisines" and official
ow trayal OF trust than do the pages OF
I'VE tory, our natural inclination y TO
cludc that graft Is new thing' WI
lly, we have Invented and perfected, Q