The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-30
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rlain sense

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Let the Det,vcr platform declare a1uarely
against he government ownersliip policy.
Should the time ever arrive when the abb
5solutc failure OF government regulation Is
sequence sharply presentcd whether the goys
erilmcnt shall own the railroads or the rail-
roads the government. then the question
must 1e ifnet--and not till then. a.
4 AS things are now however, the regulation
policy Is but In Initial state, and the contln-
tsency '0f government ownerstl y as a,i lss,ie
IL too remote to command the attention or
the present generatlon.--C ull,eper Exponent.
Onc-Mnn Candidate.
Tho difference between Taft and Bryan is
while tile latterwil be a candidate OF his
PARTY and not the candidate OF any one man
Or set ~ men. Wo believe tina. Bryan is
statep, and dat ,raft-Athe fnt man and
1sooseyets cand tdnte---wi have. to wait
g while before he will bn abe to wear The
Taft and what Teddy might do for himself
hhswill be sunnble TO do for Bi!l.--t,hase City
Progress.
Spread Of Good Example.
1f8 ifcnrico8 county can secure 100 miles of
macadam road without extra, taxation, II
seems to 'is that Spotsylvana. Stafford or
thirty or fifty miles under the same condl-
tons. we hope that some OF our brairy
citizens In the good roads, movement Will
can do what 1t is suggested that Henrlc6
county can do. We can talk and dream Of
iprosperlty. but y will be but talking and
dreaming. until we have good roads.-Frcd-
ericksburg Joprnul.
Bryan and Taft.
William 4; Taft is naturally strongly ops
years ago Roosevelt called Bryan barbarian
for being against government by injunc-
ton Ills barbarsm grew In popularity
= OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES It. But when Bryan
wns lighting .government By injunction
ii TAFT Vas as federal Judge
and decisions. And labor remembers IT,
Northern Neck News its5
Follow Ills Leader.
Mr.. TAFT so FAR has not only done nothing
to quiet these fears, but he has as far as he
has gone, rather Indicated that he will fol-
low the booted and spurred lnethods Of Mr..
he excites will make votes for tho Demo-
cracy II the Democracy takes n stand sim
ply in behalf OF a just and thorough en-
forcement OF the laws but without the spec
tacular features OF the Roosevelt regime
Stanton Dispatch,
Gross Device.
who but a Republican politician would
ever have thought to placate the labor vote
by promisin & in its behalf to place a law
on the statute book which has already been
tueTc lOT years on EyeRrS.I54t'I StRtute reg
ulating the issuance OF injunctions by the
Federal circuit and district Judges Is al
most word for word what the Chicago plat
form says It should be. It would gather no
force by re-enactnent in substantially the
same shape. and yet that is all the plank
calls for. To suppose that any class OF the
people would fail to, see through the trick
vas but adding insult to injury. The Re-
klblican leadership must be desperate when
1t resorts to such palpabe trickery to avoid
an issue.-Norfolk virgInian-PI Pilot.
I m 4 y tH L
Strenuous Anyhow.
or course the taking OF human life Is
anything but n pleasant thing to contem-
plate under any cjrcumst ances, but somehow
or other we cannot help but think that the
Italian who shot and killed three OF his own
countrymen in New Orleans who tried to
Hay the Black Hand game on him ought to
make pretty good sort OF an American
Newport News Press.
Wake Up.
with weak Republican ticket in the
field. the Democratic party has a good
chance OF victory at the polls next Novem-
Der, but it cannot be gained by apathy and
indifference. A whirwind campaign of the
old fashioned kind means Democrat in the
White House. Whoop EN- up.-Lynchburg
Advance. "