The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30


the support Of Taft2 Has any politi-,
cal leader ever shown greater capacity
for drilling. his army of heeers more
efflciently7 Has any machine ever been
brought TO a higher state OF political
perfection than that over which Mr.
Roosevelt presides. as "a leader and
figure-head" who really has great
hold on the people at larger
Sometimes even the wisest men are
foolish enough to write books.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT MARCH HAREs.
Not for nothing Is the Norfolk Land
mark known far and wide az the Lit.
tie schooli11aster OF journalism. rhat
title was fairly won on many hard.
fought field. and has since been gal
lantly maintained In the teeth Hf fierce
competition and bitter raillcry. Never
does any earnest seeker after wisdom
sit In vain at the feet OF that Gamaliel
OF Norfolk. No matter what the line
OF his Notwithstanding II be tho
plural OF "molasses," the quantitatlva
use OF grape" tho feminine OF para
grapher' or the idiosyncrasies OF
"tote"-the Landmark calmly places its
hand upon its little silver spigot. ami
out shoots truth.
A fresh demonstration is lust at
hand. For now comes the Montgomery
Advertiser. professional interrogation,
chronic leader OF the outs" most
pestilcnt Of the pestilent fellows. Itch
ing with an incurable itch to stir up
sedition-comcs the Advertiser. we say,
chip on shoulder and the grin OF the
Smart Alexis upon It's lip, to cry: well,
old Know-it-all. Still sitting on tie
bench and handing down decisions, hey?
Try ours once and you'll use no othor,
hey? Bite their heads of. don't you:
Well then" goads the Advertiser. "how
about mad as March hare Old
AalcSis3 Why March. old Name on
every-picce? Why hares, Bosco? Oh.
suppose that won't detain you for q
short while, will it: Got pips."
taunts The Advertiser. What about
smoking on that for period. hey!'
And SO 1t goes off into a paroxysm OF
unseemy and derislve mirth.
But tho Landmark. unmoved by those
bitter writings, undisturbed by those
loud snorts OF triumph, sits in godliKe
calm upon Its judicial bench. and fixes
the cavorting Advertiser with the sober
eye OF omniscience. We are proud OF
the Landmark In that trying moment
1t never falters an instant. 1t never
bats the eye described above. It
merely stretches out Its hand toward
the little silver spigot and-out she
comes! What Shelton said about
March hares. what Haywood said
what Erasmus remarked In cxplana-
ton, what DIR. Brewer observed in re-
buttal--those are the hard facts
stretched out In convincing array be-
fore the eye OF the astounded and
Inundated Advertiser. The Adver-
Users overthrow, In brief Is cataclys-
mic. titanic. In the sight OF all it
gathers together It's broken fragments
into basket and staggers Oft the
bloody field. When last heard from. 1t
was inquiring of bystanders, in d
voice strangled with emotion. the exact
location OF the seats in the extreme
furthermost rear
1t would III become US either TO at
tempt any supernuous finishing
touches to the trimming down so Justly
administered to the Advertiser, or to
try lance with the victor while tho
flush OF victory yet completes with Che
laurel wreath for standing room upon
his alabaster brow. But will not the
Landmark, In gentleness and courtesy,
reach once more toward the little silver
spigot and inform us whether the
madness of March hares IS not trace
able. in the last analysis. to precisely
the same causes which have inflicted
the faint OF hereditary madness upon
the hatters?