The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-13
The Centre of Attrnction.
COMMENTS or y1nG1N1A EDITORS.
THE Constitutions.

The Constitutions.
Discussing the comment OF the Richmond
T:mes-Dispatch upon President Roosevelts
evident intention OF trying to make the peo-
Pile believe that the Constitution OF the
United States reads just as he happens 20
think 1t should have been written, the News
Leader says: ut is political document
and rot a religion. 1t must grow with the
instead of n protection.
While this is all true. must remember
that 10 one who violates the law can prop
.trly enforce IT, and that the Constitution
OF the United States is the highest law VIC
know.
II the Constitution IS so written that It
is useless and hindranc"' in these pro-
grssslve days, let 1t be properly amended:
but surely The News Leader Will not ask
US to applaud when some one, especially II
that some one be the President OF the United
States, talks about the great document as
though 1t were receipt for cooking bca,
nlcat.e-Newport News Progress
Prohibition.
i Moreover. II Is far easier TO enforce pro-
hIhiton in the rural districts where the
population Is scattered and "drinking men"
are few. than In the cities whsre population
is congested and 4 large percentage thereof
athrst.-Rlchmond Times-D Dispatch
1t is impossible to enforce prohibition any
where, all attempts have proven. but II
Ray be, and doubtless iS. true that 1t Is cas-
Ter in the country than in the cities. We
have it about as near here MS 1t is possible
To get 1t. but occasionally II is found thar
seine fellow Is selling u little ontthe sly.
The chief reason for this Is that public senti-
rnent is generally In favor OF preventing the
sule which is but another evidence that no
law can be enforced where not favored by
public NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Courier.
Give Us This Da Our Daily Bread"
We sometimes wonder II mortals such as
Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan know anything of,
Shr,t
and dollars for the rent of "A house for three
weeks in which to entertain church digni-
taries, and perhaps at a cost for food, wines,
Iceals. ETC., etc. many times the rent, and
to feel any concern about daily bread ia to US
past COMMUNICATING. Mr.. Morgan may be as
humble as tho poor widow In the alley for \
crust OF bread; as fLnzarHus was when the
dogs licked his sores. bit we can't grasp
the thought God made Abraham rich, 50
riches OF themselves cannot be offensive to
Him. and let us hope that the very rich In
earthly goods OF our day are also laying up
treasure In heaven.---E'armvile Herald
Mr.. Hlll's Statement.
That is not a very pleasant thing to con-
template. hut 1t is very near the fActs and is
not spoken as a bluff 1t Is true that with
the depreciation of stock values of all rail-
reads, and tho Increase In interest charges.
the railroad companies cannot AFFORD. under
their own increased cost OF operation. to
extend their lines or increase their equipment.
iGThapS u may tNelp IL SPECIFY return 10 Shu-
i.y on the part of the people to realize that
in their warfare against the railroads, urged
on as they have been by the politicians, they
have been unwise as the fellow who cut
of hts nose to spite his face The people
Will in time see tho folly OF trying to ops
press their greatest Observation-Disclosures
World,
STILL AFTER TIE TIAlEs-DIsPATCH.
TT HE Richmond Times Dispatch Is the
latest to succunlb to the limerick craze
In Virginia literary circles limericks
Enre held in the same high esteem that is
accorded the "Ilad," Paradise Lost"
Faust and tho Psalm In literary Texas
/ Houston Post.
"a grand and glorious hit la what the
1 Richmond rimes-Dispatch calls Nashville
alcne-run Week, All hands and the cook
a;.,eG that 1t VAS a iwinner.---Nashville Amer
I itan. {%l ta# +l
| The Richmond, Times-Dispatch finds that
| Tho high cost of living Y, the cities and
I towns IS having a serious efiectu upon South
lern hospitality III prices keep up says
i1ho Tmes-pispatch, Southern people in
i moderate circumstances Will be8conpellad TO
4 adopt the Yankee fashion ~ telling the
! guests how long they are expected to sta,3''
l,osperty, have mercy !---Charlotta obser-
4 yer t &s
! However Tho worst thing about that
strike from a ptess-poet point OF view Is
!, that there nren't any RHYMES to- "teegru-
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