The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-03-07
WITH THE EDITORS


II there ever were a time when our
Legislature had an opportunity to
prove that IL Is representative Of the
Will of the people. IL IS now The
members Of the Senate are not asl<ad
10 assume. even on Overwhelming evil
dence, that the State wishes 10 be
dry; that such is it's will They are
not asked to pass bill making the
State dry. They are asked simply TO
let the people express their own will
at the polls.
The people have been put off for
sometime. Response TO their evi-
dent wish to vote upon Statewide
can no longer be deferred without Sc
rious consequences 10 the dominant
party.-Radford Advance.
Mount Vernon is in good HANDS. let
IL alone. IL is shrine which attracts
pllgrlms from every part Of our own
country and from distant lands The
patrlotc women who rescued II from
neglect and dissertation have restored
II and are keeping il in good order
visitors are welcome, but the rabble
is Kept out. If IL were permitted to
become a picnic resort for the riff-raff
or Washington and other places il
would soon go to ruin and it's sane
dty be destroyed. The Legislature of
Virginia has nothing 20 do with it, and
so far as the public knows there are
no abuses to be corrected. Let Mount
Vernon alone. 1t is safe in the hands
of the presents guardians.-Lynch-
burg News.
We are still pleading for passage
OF a bill by the present Legislature
ewing rellel 10 the taxpayers Of the
state from unequal taxation by rea-
son of inequalities OF assessments
The Byrd bill is still pending in the
Legislature and being considered We
know II takes time to work out a bill
which will mete out justice and fair
ness TO all sections of the State. The
various conditions existing IN the soy
eral sections of the State make il diff
ncult TO bring relief 10 ali sections
alike, so far as fairness is concerned
For this reason we are not criticising
the seeming slow progress in passage
of the all important bill, fearing we
may do an injustice to them, but we
DO desire to impress il upon them that
time is passing swiftly and the end
OF the session is drawing rapidly to
a close; 1t therefore behOoves them,
Tor the interest of the taxpayers to
bestir themselves and bring relief by
working out the problem as speedily
as possible.-Suffolk Herald
1t has been explained. we think.
that the Niger in the wood Pile has
no reference to the 'Underwood' can
didacy.-Staunton Dispatch.
- Mr.. Wilson, Commissioner Of Agri-
culture, has been accused by another
for carrying concealed reports" Not
deadly but dividend producing -
Farmville Herald.
Mayor Gaynor is not alone III think
ing that he could run a newspaper
better than those in the business.
About 80 per cent. Of the people we
meet either tell us, or intimate to us,
now this particular paper ought to
An Iowa convict has been released
because he wrote poetry. although
many man has been sent up for life
Tor less crime.-Herald-C Courier.
1t is not well for one employe OF
the government to knock another
flnchot could have told AinswOrth
that.-Roanoke News.
The auto is now so common ia the
rural districts that a candidate seek
ing votes in one is not classed with
the idle rich.-Appomattox Times-Vir-
ginian.
What has become of the "fun din
ner pail" Republican campaign cry
or 1896? The full dinner pales away
before the high cost OF Iiving.-Dan-
Vile Register.
1t "hoits" to say that it now looks
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