The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-25
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! 1t has been only a few short weeks
/ since the great American public was
stirred to an almost desperate pitch
of INDIGNATION by the New York
4 Worlds denunciation of Boss Rule
The people were not to be bossed by
anybody; notice was served on all
bosses to move on Roosevelt's deter
mination to manage the affairs OF New
York was howled down. Murphy was
told that he must make himself mighty
scarce. Plnchot was held UP to public
contumely. Prentice and Griscom and
Otto Barnard and the rest We're Knocked
at, and there was great rejoicing be-
cause the "old Guard" had been
Knocked out. All the Bosses We're over
thrown and for the first time since the
days of James Buchanan the country
breathed freely because of the reno
val of this deadly menace to the rights
and Liberties of the people But now
comes this selfsamc righteous fighter
for the freedom of the people from the
domination of the Bosses with a boss
Like spirit which Roosevelt and Muir
ply and the rest of their sort have
never had the nerve to exert. The
World is out Bossing all the other
Bosses big and little.
After telling Governor Dix that a
change of $4,000 votes Gin black type)
with 100000 disguised Republicans
staying at home, would have defeated
him and the whole State ticket, The
World warns him that If he shall appoint
"a hack politician like Mason. TO be his
private secretary; and if he shall nomi-
nate his own business partner, Hup-
puch, to be superintendent of the
banks; and If he shall permit Muir
phys selection of Grady to be the
leader of the State Senate without
uttering word of protest and if he
shall permit Murphy to pass on much
of the important patronage of the
State in the interest of Tammany poli-
ticians; and if he shall acquiesce in
Murphy's personal choice Of machine
politician to go to the United States
senate-if she shall do any of these
things. or all of these things, then The
World wants Governor Dix to reflect
that he will bring about the fulilment
of Colonel Roosevelts prophecy that
Dix's election would result in the
"Tammanylzing of the state"
So far. Governor Dix has mot done
any of these dreadful things; and can
do them or any of them now only at
his peril; The World has spolsenl We
have an idea, somehow. that he will not
be Influenced in administering his office
by any sort of Boss even by news
paper Boss. We should be sorry for
him If he could be scared by the use Of
ever SO black type into surrendering
the least bit of his authority to a
journalistic master, master that is
generally right in its view of public
questions, we cheerfully admit, but a
master absolutely without shred of
official authority or responsibility and
In no way better disposed towards the
welfare of the State of New York than
the man who has been elected by its
people to administer their affairs.
Their are Bosses and Bosses, and one
of the least responsible of the lot is
the Newspaper Boss. Just think what
would happen IT, instead of The World,
Governor Dix should take for the man
of his counsel and the guide of his
mI ne LI.oretts New York Ameri-
can, or the Commoner! Down with
the Bosses!