The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25

4fite shall cease TO be u Il part OF q he per-
Sscnai property Of the attocrat OF SOME
pbil tAsai organ ton; the earnest Eff
/ forte gcing on III hundreds of, oita q les,
throughout the country to 4 aehlave n q
local government Responsible and respori-,
slye a4o the city pwt, citisot,s4-nl 81 hese
ana many m0V enlofits for 81 Vic u Let ter
;;ifnent have found their origin and ninitr-
sspring In the initiative of private, cltl-
xcnsi' who neither hold nor seek g pu u
lilo oit1ce. s (. 81 53i vs. us
Il sis tie civic pride, the high civic
ideal 81 tho private tlzen. the con
soioIsnegs 81 the dlgnt v 4 and wort 81
Stetiocrat Itzenship, tho ENROLLING e if.3
3foctsnpon q the man himself 3of the dater-s
mined effort u make Ills standard Of
conduct accord With the lofty ldoalsis Of
democratic citizenship TINT alone make
8poss blc " gpverntllcntfD of tho people X BY
tho people and for tho people. I5@ Ii
SS civic pride Is more than IN az set, lct
ID tie very soul OF democratic citizen n
ship without II, ono Is not, and is
not worthy .tos be. n citizen IN n the de- de-
snocracy civic pride makes bl,e strive
to ID an Affirmative positive force NJ for
5c!vld,$ tterl,lent. It ina kas one g ppreci-
$ate That, IT, ono wishes to have a govern
fn,ent responsible Il to the governed .sslfel
must 1T himself as ono of the governed, 1
to enforce the Responsible y. He must
actually help & to mike a1rna government
what 1T should TO, not content iiimpelf
to he governed complaining only when
his pocket-nerve has 1iouralgla {; nor. to-
boz satisfied to pour out criticism Sfnvec-i
tive without qualifying for good g tfzeri--
ship by taking active part IN constrlc-
( tive work to make the overnrnent bet
ter Sss IL MI N III II jss
5aa5 55 No maj II, whether born orr naturalized
inifthe United States Is entitled 5t full!
Credentials as v d citlzon until " he has
consciously done something that q he be-,
alleves will make for \ the improyetn mt Of
the government Of this country, his
state, his city. The degree u Of freedom
we en- Joy, our fathers gave us, a t 5!s to
are not; serfs and villains today stas our
ances tors !. we re II no & longer ngo han a
dozen lives II Of the scrlptural span I
vas reading recently the autob iogra ply
OF the late Senator Hoar, whose death.
was but the Other day. ne In 4 his boy hood
he walked sand " talked III smens@wfo
fought at Concord n Bird Sc. # Ours mt ION.
sturdy al It Is, n hut an in nntfyet IN
years and in strength, w. ISL q s5S
iss What 1T Is today, the glorious triutnphs
It'has achieved, the marvellous progress
sitf has made, have ia n su rpass ed Al he4en-
Hthusiastic visionNo Of I the. young men who
founded q It. For they were young in
the prime md pride Rof II fe and strength
who sbuilded broad y and deep 5ssthe hrm5
foundations upon which we, their chill!
dren. $s5 have rospered " u too ~ have
+ a L mission to four children that their
world Il shall be 4 letter for our building,
5as ours Is tho better for the generations
that have proceeded sus. ~
Vi. And this gpneration5$i Is making the
world better, City government ;is far;
8puror more efficient, 4 more economical,
than lin the seventies, III Cur cleo ions \ are
more honest, Isl our II laws more humane.
tho standard OF business honor Is higher,
les3abilltiesa Aof Sotr business honor; Is
higher tho 8abilitie Of our business men
moro conspicuous. 5$$ We have grown mot
merely IN wealth, hut " In vic irtue.5
III you feel pessimistic, II study history.
Nor need you go far back III q time nor
4 to other countries Is 3 receive en- courage
men t. Familinrlze $Spursclf It'll X he in
Innate details or \ the political h business,
Il Ind Sgsocinl .life of a your own II country
since 1850, and sec how decade by decade
4 the standard lis ever higher No, we need
mot 4 despair of 4 our country or Of our
city, nor lament the decadencel Of our
day and generation. But what Of you
and me n? limits the real the vital ques-i
tion. Is What are we doing to mako the