The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-07
EXPOSITION TALK
ABOUT TH0S. RYAN.
Politicians Discuss Bond Issue
Report and What Is
Behind 1t.
ALL BASED ON A DISPATCH
Complaint as to High Hotel Rates
ALL BASED ON A DISPATCH
Complaint as to High Hotel Rate:
in Norfolk-Unwritten Law
Doomed.
BY WALTER EDWARD HARRIS

6T WAL ~ EO"NH f7AhHIS. -.3
WASHINGTON, D. c., May GA New
from Norfolk to the effect that Thomas
F. Ryan. a native OF Virginia. and prob
ably New York's wealthiest resident, Is
looking to succeeding Senator Daniel III
the Senate from Virginia, and will buy
the seat by taking the bonds which the
Jamestown Exposition Company is trying
to float, amounting to 100000. The dis
patch says that Mr.. Ryan was visited
by President Tucker and c. Brooks john
ston last week, and that he agreed to
take the bonds Of tho company, securing
himself by mortgage on the real estate
Of the company. While it Is possible that
Mr.. Ryan will come to the relief Of the
exposition by taking portion of the
bonds, there is reason for believing that
the exposition management Is not yet In
formed that he will take all the issue
of s4O0, 900. President Tucker Is In Wash
tngton today.
Tho other part of the story to the
effect that Mr.. Ryan has hofos of sue
raeding Senator Daniel. and wants to
popularize himself with Nirginians by
taking exposition bonds, is regarded as
about as ridiculous as anything which
has appeared in type concerning Mr..
Ryan's political ambitions, which is
.'s1tSA At@I' =. "a ~ AAA4diA VI ~
nence in Washington last week was
discussing the rumors Of Mr.. Ryan's
plans to come tn the Senate from yir-
| GINA, succeeding Senator Daniel.
| Il do not believe any man." he said
mo matter how good he may be; no
| matter how rich he may be. and no
matter how able he may be, intellec-
tually or as a politician, could get a
/ dozen votes among the Democrats of
the Virginia Legislature If he were to
run against Senator Daniel"
I. The Unwritten Law.
The unwritten law is doomed in
i Virginia" said one Of the best known
lawyers In Virginia yesterday. TT is
destined to pass as completely az
dueling. We are coming to the Eng.
llsh system. In England nothing i
construed to justify private Ven
geance. The law is made to provide
!; remedy for every wrong, and tho
man who undertakes to punish crime
4 prlyately-to take the law Into hir
own hahas-1s regarded as criminal
4 and punished. 10
The case Of Judge Loving. Of Mel.
a son. who killed young Estes the otha,
day. he continued, illustrates ~
dangers of any system based on mi,
vate vengeance. Judge Loving 10 ~
OF the best mon in the world n rno,
lhther and citizen. He believed no ,,,,
dlscharslng high duty I doubt moi
when he killed Estes. But addittona
light on tho case makes 1t donbtfu
whether he was not seriously to bla,ne
1t looks like he acted with too rraa
haste, and assumed facts. which cnnno,
be proven, and which may not hav
beoh facts. It is such incidents n,
i these which have brought about a stot,
or public sentiment which indicate
i very clearly to my mind that NOT onl,
the 'unwritten law as applied to case
Where the husband avenges a wrone
cone MS wife, or the father one done
ms daughter, but that lynch law also
Is destined to disappear In this COW