The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-10

~ WORK when the world knows that
the Idle brain is the devi's workshop.
| iow much 1t means to a man t.iut Is
| being punished Tor his hisncst good
| tnat he be placed under The necessity
| or doing honest, true worthy work
| while he is being kept in Jail.
Wen iii Politics
ouppose we stand now face 10 face
Win another conception of Jesus winch
| - growing upon the world. Suppose
We take his idea OF stewardship witk
~, ~, CONSEQUENT idea OF moral RESPONSE
,, tilty suppose we let Il man come
% understand as the law OF Chrtst'.,
soachings breaks upon us. that what.
ever ne has ana whatever he is is
j .iust ana that he rs morally RESPONSE.
| Ole ior the discharge Of that trust Let
I 1A tahe mat conception ana see whcrs
a. a, VII lead us. Let us apply 1t first
| quote from two men or tho same DO.
(, ntici.i party. and YOU Will see how
ing world has made progress in the
| drew jackson said: ITO The victors be.
longs the spoils." To my thinking tina,
! Sta cement. that belief is one of the
most fruitful sources OF political cor
fuption and dishonesty that is conceiy-
able ~ half Il century later Grover
eubiia ,d,s said; * public office Is a
20 race with that statement and let
IT'S meaning come to be accepted In all
cur political life. man like Senator
| -Aldrich. who represents private inter
! ests' comes to be an impossibiiity. and
q man like Lorimcr. holding his seat By
1 4" iinuJoIliy or SIN IN the face OF patent
a1rraption connected somehow with his
glection. becomes an impossibility. j
pciieve that the political life Of our
country is going through {; great pu.
en Mho p aoe believe that tha
caught higher and nobler and better
conception Of duty than they held IN
N, Inc decades that have lust gone. 1 be
nuShes and Wilson and tho rest are
! not accidents. but are the results OF
conviction that is pcrmeating tho
honesty and integrity and trustworthi-
ness and moral responsibility must be
great Key words in the political career
or any man who expects 10 succeed
and that the conviction that {. publ.
/ .9iilce is u public trust must be burned
IN upoll the soul Of the man who holds
! believe that conscience Will be
| greater and greater word in our po-
| lltlcal lie as the years come and go
! Where Fault Lies.
And yet ono must not be unfair to
MI. A!drich or to Mr.. Lorimer. We
must face this truth. that In the long
run they are not alone the bearers OF
unity in this land of ours rests with
ourselves. We have as good a gov
eminent Snnda It, as we deserve. The man who
| responsibility for this government,
rests moi upon the ofiiceholuer or upon
| me politician II rests upon the plain,
every day citizen. ~ man in this land
OF ours who does not vote has betrayed
a trust because he has been entrusted
with the right TO determine the man
! a ana. sna'i represent him and the char
| aSter OF thosc men and tho kind of
| principles they shall stand Tor and
he kind OF laws they snail enact and
me Kind OF government we shall have.
.A1ter all, when YOU come to trace
back. the ultimate responsibility rests
! upon you and me for the Kind of mcE
mat represent us. And surely right
here in Richmond that statement needs
10 be made again and again, il tbs
Gator of ono of our papers is correct
m Wien he says that out Of some $4,000
Poll taxes in Richmond. only 5000
have paid II Is not. therefore. an in.
aivloual that dominates Richmond pol
| itics. II is the political apathy and self.
/ Indulgence, lazincss and slothful and
! Gnheeding carclessneSs of voters who
neither regard nor respect their obN
E ehs as citizens to vote and TO make
| their INFLUENCE felt do not think
! That the political life Of Richmond is
lueai; DO think II ranks high com,
cared with other. cities Of its Size. But
surely no credit Is due to the man who
| claims 70 be Q respectable citizen and
| q God-fcarng citizen and moral citi.
zen who cares for the best interests
of his city and then does not have the
convection or the courage OF his con
Vlctlon, that he is responsible as
voter here Tor every act OF every Office
|
| Conscience ut Work.
another line alone which I feel cx-
ceedingly hopeful because 1 behave
mat conscience is at work and con-
iisntened. Is along the line OF party
voting. remember hearing men say
when was a, boy that they would
Earty- ticket before they would vote
| Ior the candidate of the opposing mar
". and in some instances they came
Nvtry,r
That statement. x man VINO max
a statement like that to-day is merely
hopelessly behind in the progress that
we have been ma king in this country in
the last Twenty-Five years we are al,
least on the point OF issuing an eman.
ccipation proclamation Of the RESPONSE.
! PIE c1tizsnship Of both parties from
any such party shacklcs and party
iash When man like Wilson is nom.
mated in New Jersey and elected over
T 1%g maenine e a when Republican in
once or Governor, although the State
Is overwhelmingly Democratic, when
cnaracter and principle and integrity
and fidelity and efficiency and honesty
come TO be stronger than party regu.
larty then ii seems to INC that We
are are coming TO the place where we can
| tilank Goa and take courage.
Light Ia Brcnklng.
But Will not conscience. think YOU.
an enlightened public conscience. make
USER felt in another relation OF the
CltiIen TO the government? | cannot
but feel that the day is at hand thai
the morning light is breaking, when
we snail have sufficient discrimination
and insight. when our conscienccs Shall
nave been sufficiently enlightened TO
make us realize that the man who de-
!rouds the government out OF taxes
IS defrauding Just US truly and with
Just as evident lapse from honesty
as the man who dcfrauds an Individual?
mat the time is at hand when char
| acter Christian character, and hon
estY and honor and integrity Will com
pei men who wish to represent their
deilo%men 10 be honest, even when they
are coming through the customs house
! ~ New York or even when thev are
declaring for taxation in our city Hail.
have taken this excursion to- day
IN realm which lies somewhat out
sac the customary topic OF discussion