The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-10

NulSlOn oil leellnS from recent ad-
vances Improvements and new Great
ed hopes. The candidate of the OPP
position. whatever he may protest, is
Inevitably the beneficiary of the
movement now in progress. The only
sufficient denial in this case would be
a manly refusal to accept ill-gottcn
honors from questionable sources.
But they will be saying after
awhile that the Mayor is mixing gov
eminent and morals.
Government and morals! Why not?
At least as long as the immoral is
tolerated by the government and even
in some directions authorized and pro-
tected.
Time for Action.
"a Divine command is to overcome
evil with good Would II not be fair
to naraphrase this injunction so as to
reau overcome active ana aggressive
evil with active and aggressive good?'
The time is ripe in this community.
in this Commonwealth and in this ma
ton for the bold assertion of the prin-
ciple that virtue. truth, morality, char
acter, strength. or even goodness have
their inallenable rights, and that those
who would exclude from the forces
which control and direct public or even
political movements. all those preser-
vative characteristics. and who yet
vigorously employ evil in the~form Of
falsehood, SANDER, misrepresentation,
deception, fraud, dishonesty, Vulgarity,
dissipation and debauchery. are In the
practice f treason to the King, the
uncrowned King, the multitudnous.
all-powerful King, the King whose
right it is to declare that he can do
no wrong. the 1overeign people of the
Commonwealth
Has Been Victlmizcd.
THE man who holds with the higher
ideals of life; who insists that virtue is
at least as respectable as vice; the man
who, by training and by environment
and by disposition and desire, feels
that the preservation of the honesty OF
manhood and the purity of womanhood
cannot and must not be sacrificed for
the accomplishment of a temporary po-
htical success. has been too long en-
Guided from his proper and full par
t,cipation in the conduct of public at
fairs, and has been to a great degree
the submissive victim of the vilest and
lowest influences which could be mus
tered to the defense and to the support
of opposing forces.
Plcn for Postcrity.
I'VE do not fear for ourselves. We
who have reached maturity are strong,
many of us invincible, but for our chill
dren our sons and daughters, who
will soon succeed us in life. possess
our property, our powers and our re-
sponsihiities.
1T is essential that principles, clear
and incontrovertible, must prevail over
mere superficial eXpedency and make
shift schemes. Neither government
nor social life can otherwise exist.
II am the first and only candidate
for the office / hold to proclaim openly
the standard of life. and the foundn-
ton principles OF life, with the decara
ton of my purpose to rest on these.
''Others previous to ME assuming this
position compelled to seek earnestly, II
rot first, the consent and support of
some of the most demoralizing influ-
ences in this community. To SO great
an extent was this true that 1t might
be said without eXaggeration that If
anything was ignored by the candi-
dates for public favor it was the INTEL
ligence, the virtue and the worth of
the community, almost to the extent of
defiance.
As to Rotation.
The Mayor by constitutional pro-
vision, continues in his office and has
an experience which is continuous. In
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