The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-08

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of every man In Richmond who has
q drop OF the milk OF human kindness
in his heart or a generous thought for
his fellow-mortals in his mind.
THE LAST PULL IN THE ASSEMBLY,.
HI Assembly still has a long row
to hoe. The budding plants of legis-
lative genius are thiclly scattered
through the reports OF the committees.
and many a fine flower OF statesman
like wisdom is blushing unseen or th9
last pag of the calendar. incidentally,
In the midst OF this fine assortment
of pending measures. there are a few
bad bills which may be passed for lack
of time to fight them.
Many important questions are still
IN doubt. The Tax Commission has
not yet been acted on. the Byrd liquor
bill. the banking bureau, the health
regulations, and a host OF proposed
laws almost as important are vet in
allegiance. Worse still, the appropria-
ton bill has just been completed and
the primary plan is not enacted. 1t
would take two weeks more to thresh
out all these measures, but they must
now be crowded into five days.
Manifestly the Assembly will have
to work rapidly and work hard. There
will be no time FOR useless debate, and
no space for the ventilation of empty
%oratory. The Assembly must attend
to business and nothing else. The
House doubtless realized this when 1t
decided yesterday to begin night
sessions. The Senate cannot hesitate
TO adopt the same course at once. In
this way, the volume OF work to be
done by either house can be we'll
nigh doubled. and many waiting meas
ures can be given q brief hearing.
In the Senate, measures are being
taken up out of their order and are
being passed without the constitu-
tional reading. This is perhaps well.
as long as the measures which are
thus brought forward by the floor
managers are those which really need
attention. II the important bills are
considered in this way. the loss to the
standing calendar will not be great,
but If pet bills are given the right
Of way the session must end ulnsatis-
|. factorily.
We believe the Assembly is compe-
, tent to do this extra work. We be-
, lieve 1t will shut off needless debate,
viii work aggressively and hard, viii
waste no time, and will vigilantly
watch and cut without mercy. The
people. we trust, viii not have
to complain that great measures have
been forgotten while Senator'S tore
their hair and delegates wasted hours
in arguing points OF personal privilege.
THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BLACK
SKIN.
Nathan Moore rests from his labors,
and In him the humble has been exalt-
ed. When the Master was asked by
His disciples more than nineteen hun
dred years ago who is greatest III
the kingdom Of heaven?" lie called a
little child unto Him, and setting him
down in the midst OF them He said:
whatsoever shall humble himself as.
this little child, the same is greatest
in the kingdom OF heaven
Nathan Moore was a negro. lie was
the property at n time of Nicholas
Mills Corbin, and he spent the first
thirty years OF his life In bondage, a
pleasant enough condition IN the sense
that he was cared for as generously as
could be by his owner; but he could
not call himself his own. That was
nearly forty-five years ago. and Of
his long and eventful period Nathan
Moore spent thirty years in the SER
vice OF the Westmoreland CLUB as
principal doorkceper OF that organi-
cation, the most famous in the SOUTH.
and the most representative OF what
10 best in the life OF the Soulful
Nathan died on Saturday. and yester-
day he was buried with all the honors
he had Won by faithful work in his
loWly but honorable sphere, and among
tho sincerest mou-ncrs at his bier
| We're: ". GORDON McCabc. i. NJ.
Rutherford, G. S. Allen. II. r.. Cahell,
a, II. Christian. Jr,sJ. b. Mosby, Alex
andcr Cameron. Blair Boiling, j. n.
Gildersleevc. George NJ. Reed, W.. NJ.
Scott, III. w. Ellerson. William Gray,
gentlemen OF the Wcstmoreland, testi-
flying by their presence and their
heartfelt sympathy to the affection in
which this mar and brother was held
by them and their associates. There
Was never a finer funeral in all the
history or this town; for In the full
hearts of his mourncrs there was thatI
little touch OF nature that makes the
whole world kin.
Nathan Moore was doorkeepcr at thcI
Westmoreland, as VIC have said, forl
thirty years. Into that hospitable
place he admitted the members and
their friends for 4 generation. He
knew them all and they knew him, tho
same dignifled hut gentle servitor and
always self-respecting man through ali
the years OF his life almost to the
hour OF his happy death. 1t can veryI
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