The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
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WORDING Out tI,c Single LIST.

/ Candidates for Office proclaimed item
4 selves in favor Of the Single list whei
| seine OF them did not know what the sinsl,
\ lisf meant. much less knowing whether II
was wise policy or not. Some Of the
/ chndidatcs confessed that they we're entirely
! innoinnt or the wisdom or the tinwisdoni 81
! thr course and nc result many of tne
voters were sadly mixed up on the PROPOSE
Iticn One voter. Mt least notwithstanding "a
| Il haranstic from one OF our virginia states
men, gathered tho idea tina, the single list
meant TINT only book vas TO be used
for all OF tho multitudino,is subjects that
att attempted In our schools.
Our COMMUNICATION ana sympathy to the
members Of the State Board OF Education III
| their hrduous taskl--Lynchburg Advance.
.'Bryan or Nothing
Therefore. 1t Is Bryan or nothing. and so
tho only thing for Democrats 10 do Is to get
and stay to the finish. When the primary
| IL held on the 3Oth OF May to send delegates
tn the Roanoke convention let us send them
Instructed for Bryan Let us go the whole
hog or nohe There Is one thing to a dead
certainty; II, any event. he Will be cHndi-
date again in 1912, IL he's lying.---Waynes-
boro Valley Virsinan.
Mr.. Sllcott and the Byrd Law.
The time has not come In Virginia when
n law like that can command general re-
spcct. a law that does not have good COM
mon sense back OF 1t and command the re-
speCl VI inc puDl1C uOes more nuTW 'lidu
good. Alllaws depend for their enforcement
on popular approval. Laws are not self
executing. nor can the Judges and court
officers execute them alone. They must
have the approval OF jtiries. and juries are
taken from the body of the people. and hold
tho general views of the laws that prevail
In the community. Juries are not accust0n-
eel to convicting under laws that the COM
munty regards unnecessarily harsh.
Tho Byrd law In the main is good law,
blu: this special feature seems to need tonins
dcwn.--Staunton Dispatch.
Tor An Uninstructcd Delegation.
Conditions exist however. which ought to
give and do give hope of success to the
Democratic party provided the right candi.
date is named, for II will follow. as the
shadow does the substance, that IL there Is
conservatism enough in the partys ranks to
name either Judge Gray or Governor John
sor platform VIII be adopted at Denver u
which there can be no objection on the part
of the intelligent people of the country.
Delaware has declared for Judge Gray: New
York refuses to instruct for Bryan, and
otlier States Will follow suit. We hope to
geo Virginia among the MISUNDERSTANDING
burg Star.
a Ruse:
The attempt TO enforce the Byrd Mann
law In such u way as to make It ridiculous
county. judicial interpretation will straight-
on out all tangles.-Danvile Register.
Maynard Quid pro Quo.
Congressman Maynard is busy sending
flcwer seed to his constituents and Will ex-
poet bouquets in return.-Appomattox Times.
Mayor Mccarthy.
Mccarthy has been good and, useful
Mayor, every inch a man. to our mind. who,
unlike the Irishman at Donnybrook fair,
srnote the offending head only when ic
thought q blow was what II needed. And SO
we express the hope that Live Wire Nc
Carthy will not drop entirely from the poll
teal life of Richmond.-Staunto Leader
Fortune. Tickle Jade.
Richmond could have made little mistake
between Carlton Mccarthy and Dave Rich
a,Gson. no matter on which the choice for
Mayor had fallen. Both are capable and
earnest men; Mccarthy the intense. Richard
son the more tactful. II is pity that SO
good officer as Mccarthy should be re-
marded to private life; It is fortunate, II he
had to go. that so worthy substitute was
found. But. oh. how tickle thing is pub
lie favor!-Norfolk Nirginian-Pilot
The Reason.
If ever there was convention where the
power of the uninstructed delegate will be
great. not only in the choice of the candi-
date. but In writing the platform, 1t Will be
az Denver. The appreciation of this fact
Is the stumbling block in the way OF those
who want no elaboration by the representa-
ttves of the people in convention assembled.
The Times Dispatch.
Here is the reason an uninstructed dele
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