The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-11
WHAT Will THEY rn1N1S OF US.

WHAT Will. THEY TII1NI1gOF US.
President NIontt must have beer
q very much impressed by the murder
tous assault upon Mayor Gaynor Moth
II ing more brutal anl cowardly was evei
done down in his own country, which
Il some of us have boon disposed TO re-
8tgard as inhabited largely by a bloody
I minded people Influenced by PREACHER.
81 Gus purposes, and not so expert In
a anything else as in the use, OF the dag
ger. The Due dc .Mortpensieri who IL
,noss-."d DING New Y orls, must also have
s been impressed by what he has seen
with his own eyes. The other nighs
when he pas going the rounds with
two detectives he came xpectediy
upon n shooting ARRAY insthat town.
"a One man fell dead almost at his feet
y after "a little pistol practice, and an
4 other was sent to- the hospital with
y various holes in his body. The Due
did not appear to be very much ex-
8scited about 1t, merely said POOH anu
italics these distinguished visitors Will
tell when they get back to their re-
A spective countries we do not know;
q but they would be justified at least
j in warning any and all persons think
r. ing of visiting the United States either
Us ITO stay at home or 10 come well
f heeled" il they expect to make their
4 way in this country.
q President Arontt, the Chilean. will
& probably follow the report of the CAL
4 l1agher trial with interest, and If he
3 will read tho American newspapers he
4 will see that they are already makin:,
\ tGaflaghers defence fer him. The New
& York Evening sun speaks OF his dis
4 leased mind" which ought to be good
for the plea of insanity. and In a little
Il iwhile tho women of New. York Will b !,
FILLING the cell OF the murderer with
flowers. and as he is a widower. Gal
lagher is certain 10 receive many Of
Sfers Of marriage. The shooting of
Gaynor will be put on in the moving
picture shows of course, and doubtless
of money by posing in vaudeville as
the man who overpowered Gaynor's
assassin. We :avo no doubt that the
New York papers made handsome
thing out OF their extras and In
all. his fifty years ana more never was
Gallag CHER so conspicuous as he is nov.
Ono day with Gaynors blood on his
hands has put MIN In the class with
Judas Iscariot and John Wilkes Booth
md Czolgosz. THAT is reward enough
for him; but what a difference there
would be If instead of combining the
murderer in comfortable quarters with
his pipe of tobacco and his literature"
M to while away the time until he shall
Sbe arraigned for trial. what a differ
ence there would be if. he should he
3 locked up in q solitary cell far away
81 from the madding crowd where he
might reflect in silence upon the enor.
4 nifty of his deed: >.
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"a STRONG HAND ON THE TARIFF.
The Contributing Editors Message
i an the outlook recommending the Gre
alton Of a tariff commission has led
81 the wicked Waterbury American to
\ 3the reflection that .Mr. Roosevelt is
willing to discuss the tariff question,
NOW that he is out of 8She PreAdency,,
4 Eind to the further rtbald observation
hat the tariff question, which lay
h dormant during the nearly eight years
45of Mr.. Roosevelts presidency, is get
ting as hot as coal" 1t must not
be Inferred. however, from these IN
Il fvidious remarks that the Colonel was
afeared to tackle the subject; .,he,s
" not afeared Of nothing" as they say
Il in Teaas--durlnsi his administrations
n ne was simply clearing the ground,
81 (which Is quite evident from the wax.
n she crushed 81 the trusts. the. spawn OF
The tariff system. and the panic he
sss: cause in business circles as q condi-
9ss lion precedent to the drastic treat.
a iinent Of the tariff question. We, have.
Sheard 1t said over and over ara;nS
f1hat. whereas the Colonel really aid
NJ. not accomplish anything in the way Of
reconstruction While he was in Office
,sj he made things hum sstirred un tba
,countrs',, Cleared The air. ..rat,la,
1.-The bones of entrenched Privilege.
land now, when he Is ont of II alto
NJ sEether, he has tackled the tariff ana
INSISTS that there shall be a tarjrf
n isscoInnission, which is very much lll,c
sss the board of 1arin exports Mr., Tart
ft has recommended in his quiet old.
fashioned way. and without saying "hy
NJ george" or bully once.
The New York Times does not think
1!iat Congress Will consent to dele.
! ~ gate Us powers Of tariff making 10 4
of experts, as .if the pow :
Tex of making rates under the tariff,
is .4I y hich5is the power TO fix The price Of
III political fayprs. Is 10 he reduced ~
5sSts Ihe intervention OF taritf experts tho
whole vast bargain counter. Nil be
StVut in the way of abolition, II the
4 tariff IS no longer TO be treated from
1874 u he Very low &. stan dpoint Of privilege
Il ;and pref erence. u what's TO become 81