The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-04
THE SHERMAN WHISPERS.

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THE SHERMAN WHISPERS.
Opposed as this paper is to anything
approaching levity in serious matters,
1T cannot but feel that the attack on
the whiskers OF Hon. James SCHOOL,
craft Sherman is eminently justifiablc.
We do not. indeed, subscribe to the
charge that it was these personal para
phcrnalia that won Mr.. Sherman his
nomination; that he was. in a measure,
yanked on to the Republican ticket
by the burnsides; but none can deny
by the Burnsides; but none can deny
that the Sherman firsute equipment at
least indicated strongly which way the
wind was blowing. For these are no
ordinary, commonplace or salaried
mans whiskers. These are bankers
whiskers, tariff whiskers, the whis-
kers of rich old vested interests. 1t is
not going too far to say that they are
incorporated, or trust, whiskers. Every
CLINT of the sun upon them Is snub
to plodding labor. Every silken hair
that goes to make up the well-fed
total watts vtraight at the possible
contributor to the campaign fund gem
tie assurance OF amity toward the
shining mammon Of great wealth
Now there is nothing intrinsically
wicked about whiskers. Whiskered
men have made good husbands and
fathers: have paid their poll taxes and
have been elected to Office and honors
in their several communities. But
there are whiskers and whiskers. and
all keen observers and close students
agree that the style of the cut infalli-
bly, reveals the character of the man.
The close-clipped or dropping mustache,
the goatee and chin whisker. the glossy
Vandyck. are all outward and visible
signs of the inward and spiritual being.
The charge against Mr.. Sherman, be 1t
remembered, is not that he wears
whiskers, but that he wears Sherman,
or government bond, whiskers. He
might have been the capitalists friend
and yet clean shaven; but the whiskers
show that he is the capitalists friend
and glad OF It. They are the Haunted
badge of his classlness, and by them
he must stand or fall. No safety-razor
can save him now, for the already pub
lished portraits have stamped their
message irrevocably upon the peoples
minds and though Sherman shaved
them, he would still wear them in
spirit The Sherman whiskers are not
for the BARRIERS knife now, but for
posterity. They will live on because
they are the most salient thing about
him.
The willy attempt Of the Republicans
to popularize their second-place man
as sunny jim" Sherman is therefore
doomed TO utter failure. He has read
these remarks to no purpose who has!
not grasped that the dominanc trait
in the Sherman makeup Is not his
sunniness, hut his side-wheelers. II
nicknames are in order, Richard Brins-
ley Sheridan, mot the party press
agents, has given the proper cue.
.Whiskerando" Sherman he Is, and as
Whiskerando Sherman he must make
his appeal to the keen and long -headcd
voters of the country.
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With the lint-bottle ready on the
front porch. with the ambulances
Ihitched np and ready to start at the
drop OF hat. with the doctors on
guard at the telephone and the hospl-
tails carrying a double cast and under
studies, our Northern cities stand ready
to rejoice that Uncle Sam acknowledges
no boss
',How long does the average honey
moon last?" asks a contemporary. For
OTHER communities and STYLES Of spouse
we cannot speak; but where q man
has laG the intelligence. wit and good
fortune to contract an alliance with
one OF the peerless little star-eyed
blondes of Richmond. the honeymoon
lasts for lite and then some.
The fact that Mr. Taft is going to
run his campaign from an Old Virginia
oftice is sure TO strike dismay into the
hearts OF the Democrats. The only
thing we can suggest in offset of this
advantage is for Mr.. Bryan to open
| headquarters IN Royal Richmond.
We suppose thcre is no doubt that
Secretary Taft will miss the War Office
| a good deal. 1t is said that he has
/ enjoyed his occasional week-ends there
4 very much indeed.
Every now and then bank cashier
| is found missing from his office, and In
4 yestisation proves that he has merely
/ gene TO his country place for the week
lend,
Probably it will be difficult In the
\ extreme for the Democrats 10 name a
4 NicetPresident who cannot stack up
4 fayoraby against Obedient jim sher-
Il man.
i issalso Helic de sagans independ-
ence day, as his Paris creditors have
Inc doubt realized.