The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-01-17


lled that he was treading on well nigh
holy ground
"Nashington city did not hear OF
Jackson great victory until February
3, SD slowly did news travel in those
A, days But as the news spread slowly
through the Union the name Of Jack
SON wa, everywhere honored and
from that day he was the country'S
idol. Later he became President, and
. inauguated the system of political
pariie, as we now Know it. The
/ Democratic party was his child, for
Will jefferson gave il a creed, Jack
son gave it am organization Today a
/ whole nation honors the memory Of
Jackson, but for the most part the eel
eOatIou of This day is a Democratic
party rite."
Great as statesman, he was greater
still "a, soldier and Mr.. Roosevelt is
right m asking of Congress to make of
/ lhe Hermitage a second Monticello.
The moral standard by which poll
ticians are TO be measured i'm our day
&, evidently being raised and the per
,onal habits Of our public men are be-
ing critically scrutinized. Speaker
| Cannon j., being sharply censured for
swearing and drinking, Fairbanks for
handling the cocktail, Taft for sitting
on the lid at the bidding of a master,
Roosevelt for speaking too lightly Of
the iulep and Hughes for vigorously !
pulling at black cigars morning, noon,
and night. Public opinion is getting |
/ TO uc as eXacting as was Caesar in his |
dealing, with his wife, and will de
mand that public servants shall olive
above suspicion Now let the
churches come 10 the aid Of this arous-
ed public sentiment and the time is
not far in the future when those charg-
cd with high and honorable trusts
will be required 10 wear the "white
plume, of blameless lives" To purge
0ut the unclean from the personal
habits of our officials would mean
much for the people who honor them
and pay them for their services. Pure
water only comes from pure sources.
The railway authorities no longer
tolerate a drunken engineer and the
people should no more tolerate
drunken Senator, a swearing con-
gresham nor di,s0lule agent in any
department Of governmental service.
10 D., TO be regretted that Mississippi
begun The year with lynching bee.r
There is bat one crime known among
men that jusiiiies an appeal to Judge
Lynch, and only that when proof is
positive. I'm all other cases the law
should be allowed TO take its course,
and that without veXatious and I'M
necessary delays. That the Thaw
trial should consume months and
large share Of peoples money is wrong
IN principle and abhorrent in prac-
lice. A fair trial doesn't mean a fool
ing away of time.
We don't know that there is danger !
of immediate war between this nation '
and Japan or any other of the nations G
of the earth, and yet we are Of the a
decided opinion that this is no time I
for decreasing the number of soldiers e
ion our regular army, as the Hon. J. t
Sharpe Williams suggested. On the e
contrary the army should be strength il
sned and the pay Of soldiers increased. ;
Aud this applies to our militia as well V
rs TO the regular army. The nation o
crows and lie army should grow too. e
Not 20 guard The person Of king but ;
Inc property of the people. p
The Washington Herald says: zone Inn
!. Davis, of the Senate, is lost and if NJ
Ound needn't be returned" But p,
tttN i0 ANN ANlihM VIII MUS gong 10 q,
10 with him? An audience Of one n
ouldu't long survive his "feast Of f.
eason and flow Of soul" q,
Secretary TAFT made the mistake in y,
'ew York the other day, after he had !,
ddre,sed large audience on the sub 9.
ret Of capital and labor, Of offering to .,
nswer any questions that might be :,
nat 90 him. The first to put one at y
inn was negro bishop, mischief -,
makers all, and of course he lugged in :.
he Brownsville affair. 1t was i'm =.
ertineut and the Senator declined -
, answer TO-. lie should have remem- -
cred that fools can ask questions -,
hitch the wisest Of men will not I'M :.
ertake to answer. The burly Sena- II
'r should be more careful next time. =,
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