The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-25
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Careful Legislation.
III 9Tazewell the fact has developed that al
o. vIrsinin has provided the clerks of Tie
counties with a law which compensateas TIE ne
clerk in that county alone with over sl,1Qooo
for preparing a list Of voters who hnye paid
tl,er poll-tax. Acts of 1908. page, No. 162,
known as ian act to provide q list OF all
ms who ayc paid Their soe POL
pensa.ion therefor" Prior TO thlst act these
lists have cost tho county about. $3.50 per
|Sear.--:Augusta County Argus.
or Course 1t Will.
Let no man be deceived The fat Of the
lawiess eorporations" and the protested
again to be fried fof the benefit Of the 9. Q.
II. The fact viii be denied--just as posi-
5yey ena 5gst as as It was IN
righteousness Will be bleeding at every poro
Of its capncious pockets to swell the corrup- \
ton fund OF tho ticket which Is ostensibly
itr bitter Toe. Tie wayfarlrg. man must
be fool indeed WHO cannot discern what
that r1eans.-Norfolk Virginlan- Pilot.
After Bryan's Fleece.
Mr. Thomas Lawson, to keep himself be-
fore the public has published letter, In
which he asks Mr.. Bryan to say the word
that will result In the nomination OF Cover.
nor johnson. OF Minnesota. for President on
the Democratic ticket. and 20 accept the
Lawson offers to raise $500 900 to defray the
campaign expenses OF Governor johnson. and
says II that is not sufficient he Will guar
antee another half million. Mr.. Lawson Is
a four ausher and cannot be relied upon
For some time past he has been advert lsing
his advice and profting. from those who
Gazette
Radix Maloeum.
The Carnegie Foundation is undermining
the foundations of the church schools
Whether he intended this or not. and he
must have intended IT his pensions to aged
professors rl,,i,a, in all schools exeep. church
church schools to break away from the con-
troll or the churches. Several OF the great
anS hat /, e pas IN their
amazed to find that the dollar mark Is moro
Influential than the church creed in con.
Dispatch.
What Hearst Will Do.
Several guesses are being given about who
nate for President. The New York World
thinks there are signs OF fusion between
Hearst and Watson Hearst to catch the
and members OF tho Farmers Union. Other
guessers think the nomination Will be Of
fered to President Roosevelt, and in the
event of his refusal that Se.4ator La Toilette
Will be the candidate. These latter guesses
are all Observation-Disclosures Star.
For Higher Planes.
public policy to buy, beg or steal votes. No
candidate need fear that the electorate Will
not be informed OF his merits and qualih-
cations. The opportunities and avenues for
conveying such Information to the voters
are abundant and should be sufficient. IT is
permissible for the candidate TO avail hIm-
self OF these to the limit. and having done
that he should be willing to leave the rest
to the intelligence. public spirit and sound
Judgment of the voters. This is reform
sorely needed. 1t ought to come as mat
ter OF enlishtened public opinion. Falling
in that 1t would better come a matter OF
statute than not at all.-Pctersburg Index
Appeal.
The Nebraska David.
At Denver next month Bryan will be put
at the head OF those who are fighting the
battles of life In the open. without Official
preferment and reserved rights. He viii
head an army whose commissary Is not the
Federal treasury. and whose base OF supplies
not In the guarded citadel of protected in
terests.
He Will not go forth armed with sword
and shield, but with tho simple stones of
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