The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-02


passed the resolution appointing COM
mittee to petition the Legislature in the
interest of robin redbreast they also
pledged themselves to taboo slain birds MS
hat ornaments.
Good women are always consistent
Their plea for the birds should, and
doubtless will. receive early consideration
of the lawmakers
Mayor Mccarthy seems to be leading
strenuous existence in his self-imposed
role of Citizen Fixit" for the enter
prising town of Richmond In couple
of his most recent exploits, however, he
has the satisfaction of having been up
held. His Judgment in the Burton case
and in the Penny Arcade" indecent
picture cases have been upheld in court.
AS both cases involved issues in whicn
the decent people of the State were
vitality interested. the Mayors victories
will be greeted with satisfaction through
out the Old Dominion, and in many cases
there will be regret that there are not
rore officials of the live wire" type.
IL so more of the laws designed to pro-
tect the unsophlsticated from the wiles
of those who trade upon and pnnder to
the most degrading instincts of the hui
man mnd would be acknowledgement
News Press.
When Mr.. Mccarthy was running for
Mayor he promised the people that If
they would elect him, there would be
something doing at the Mayors office
every day." lie is keeping his promise.
He is constructed on extreme lines. but
all reformers are extremists. Mayor Nc
carthy does not, stir up for the sake
of stirring and making II sensation. He
stirs for the public good and not for
the purpose Of exploiting himself. If he
has done some harm he has also done
much good, and the balance is largely
in his own favor and on the side of the
public welfare.
The Newport News Times Herald does
not understand what we meant by saving
that 1t was not until war broke out With
Spain that General Joe Wheeler became
thoroughly nationalized There is M
mystery. We had already referred to him
as the souths most distinctively national
Niiii iaAlSl WIZ aoSs'ti VI 1Clicldt
H'itz Lee. Lee and Wheeler were edu-
Gated at West Point. Both left the gov
eminent service to enter the Confederate
service. Again. in the war with Spain,
both We're again enlisted under the stars
and Stripes. In this sense they become
saying that General Wheeler was ina
tionalized.' we were speaking from tina
peoples point of view. Is it plain now?
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THE crab bill seems to have claws to
it. "-Rchmond Times Dispatch
indeed all the discussion appears to be
over the amending clause But what Is
the need of the two last words in our
punning contemporaries sentence Nor
folk Landmark.
The Raleigh News and Observer repro
duces DR. Jores's story of General Lee
and the insurance company and adds:
Does anybody believe that Robert e.
Lee would have whitewashed Morton. as
Roosevelt did, ortaken job under Nor.
ton. as Cleveland has done?"
But there was only one Robert e. Lee.
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The first official act OF Governor swan
son was to save life. In one sense
that's good start.
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inauguration day weather in Virginia
would make Washington green with envy.
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The question of the hour: Is Mrs.
Yerkes widow or bride?
Jake Rils is still experimenting with,
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