The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-05-02
THINGS THAT HELP THE TOWN


bousekeepers and property owners
hear in mind the fact that May ina
has been designated as general c'ean,
ing-up day in Fredericksburg and
that each and everyone cooperate
withthe authorities and the Woman 5
Civic League on that day to MAKE
the town look as spick and span rs
nossible. The health officer has IN
formed the people through the col
umns If the newspapers how essen
tisl this work is to the general health
and everybody knows without being
told how desirable it is from stand
point of cleanliness. While we are
on this subject it is not out OF place
to express the hope that there VIII
be a large number Of contestants Tor
the nrizes offered 10y the league for
the best kept and best looking yards
The prizes from a monetary stand
point are worth trying Tor. nut
whether YOU are one of the fortunate
ones or not YOU will. if you enter the
contest. at !, asst have the consolation
of knowing that your premises are
much improved as a result OF your
efforts A pretty yard with flowers
and grass. shrubbery and vines adds
a thousand per cent to the appear
ance of any home and makes HE
pleasanter for the occupants. 1t al
tracts the eye of the pasSer-Dy ana
helps to make the town attractive
for the stranger. We bespeak your
interest in these matters.
THE JUDGE AND THE RECALL
The Judge who is opposing the re
CALI needn't do anything to be re-
called unless he wants 10. Every
Judge should So act that he need not
lose any sleep whether there Is any
recall or not. No man should hee
before he is pursued Wilmington
Star.
Opposition to the recall comes with
bad grace from the official az INST
whom il would be invoked. Ii Is
doubtful whether it should be given
the wisest application, and especially
doubtful whether it should be made
to apply to judges. Nevertheless as
the Star saws. the Judge doesn't have
to make himself liable to recall If he
doesn't want to.-lndeX-Appeal.
True. the Judge had better keep
out of the discussion. but our con
temporaries are grossly in error
when they say that the Judge doesn |
have to make himself liable to recall.
They might as well say that they can
guarantee that an unpopular de-
cision on a question of great public
interest. even if conscientiOusly rem
dered, will not subject the judge to
the penalty Of his act, recall.
Praise from every quarter Is beng
heaped on the Democratic majority
in the House Of Representatives as a
result of their action in reforming
the rules of the House, thereby max
ing it possible to expedite the bust
ness of the country and taking the
control of the House away from the
speaker. In connection with thisre-
form it is pleasant to recall the fact
that Senator Claude A. Swanson, Of
Virginia. was the man who secured
the adoption at the Denver cOnven-
ton of plank in the Democratic
national platform calling for the re-
forms in the management Of the
House, which have since been instl-
tuted. Senator Swanson and his
friends are naturally pleased that
the first Democratic House since the
adoption of that platform should
have so promptly responded to the
plank of which he was the author.
After what the Republicans have
been dosing the country with for
ten years the people will probably
relish even political soothing
syrup" as Mr.. Mann dubs the farm
ers' free list.
II the present split between
the regular and insurgent Re
publicans In the Senate grows much
wider there will be three parties
in that body instead OF two.
The Mexican warriors have ad-
journed hostilities for five more
days
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