The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-08-15

Representatives the other day. but
sad to relate, there was no one around
who felt obliged to cry out: Save
the pieces !"-Fredericksburg Journal
The suffragette members of the
Bull Moose party are at a loss for a
name.-Free Lance.
The Post-Dispatch Is authority for
the statement that T. II. once drank
a mint julep in st. Louis. Probably
that is what ails him.-Virginian-
Pilot.
BY this time some of the delegates
to the third party convention in Chi
cago are looking upon themselves as
Null BOoses.-Charlottes Pro-
greSS.
The Bull Moose is specially bitter
against the Taft people for stealing
his delegates at Chicago, but not
much is heard from him concerning
efforts to buy Tafts colered delegates
The trash cans are a new idea
around here, but that Is no reason
why a man should put his mail in
one Of DEMONSTRATION Leader
Senator Beveridge is not a thriller
as keynoter. There is nothing in
toxicating about his eloquence.-Dan-
Vile Register.
Mrs. Daisy Grace was acquitted on
her own statement" We are glad
aid.
Now and then a candidate looms
up who insists on running in the face
of all kinds Of danger signalS-Leba-
non News.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is president.
just having been chosen head of
the Woman's National Democratic
League. Two presidents in the same
family. rather rare.-Chase City Pro-
gresS.
The adoption of the red bandana
py the followers of the Bull Moose"
as the emblem of the new political
party, Of which Mr.. Roosevelt is the
chief exponent and acknowledgements.
is inapt. The red flag stands for an
archy' II has for years been the en-
blem under which the opponents of
law and order have marched and
Haunted In the faces OF good citizens
generally. The chief use to which
the red bandana has been put, in ad-
dition to the above, is to brighten or
enrage animals. particularly the bull.
when his human antagonist wishes to
show his deXterity ana prowess pre-
paratory to fatal thrust. This being
true, there may be method in the
madness OF the Bull Moose"-he may
need the flaring red to fire up his
courage. He should beware how
ever, for the gods first make mad
such as they wish to destroy.-Pe-
tersburg Progress.
AS We supposed, a Progressive
steam roller has been installed by the
Roosevelt managers and is settling
contests In strict conformity with or
ders from Oyster Bay. Sambo of the
South, when presenting himself as
delegate, has been ruthlessly squelch-
ed, while Mr.. Negro from the North
mas been shown the same cordial con-
sideration extended the Lily White
from Dixie. Thus is illustrated anew
that compelling sense of fair play
which is the browning virtue of the
leader of the Bull Moose herd.-Vir-
ginian-Pilot.
For eighty years Monticello has
been in the Levy family. 1t was &C
quired by Commodore Levy, not as
an investment or in the pursuit of
selfish aims. Monticello was sold to
a missionary by the name of Bar
, clay, says Mr.. Levy, who, as he
declared, purchased the property that
he might destroy every Vestige of
, what jefferson had there erected. He
was a religious fanatic who hated Mr.
Jefferson To prevent this Commo-
, dore Levy purchased the historic es-
tate. 1T contained then between 600
and zoo acres, very much less than
the original domain, which was les
Sened by the sale of parts of it,
When Jefferson NJ. Levy came into
possession he set about restoring it
by purchase, and today il is nearly
twice as large a landed property as
when he became the owner of Mon
ticello.
We repeat what we have said
more than once, that the nation has
been fortunate in Mr.. Levy as master
of Monticello. He has not trafficked
with it nor sought any increment FHis
ownership and stewardship are sin
cere expressions of his reverence for
the greatest constructive statesman
America has produced, and any at
tempt to bring to bear upon him the
compulSiOn of public emotional criti-
cism is at best ungracious, and il
amounts 10 unfairness when even in
cidental Misrepresentation enters into
! the game. The time must come, of
I course, when the famous home will
| pass from his keeping. Whether it
will pass to the State, the nation, a
great public institution, or to a fam
lily or individual cannot now be
known. but until the change shall
come those who know the conditions
| Will not find fault with jefferson NJ
Levy or feel any Impotence at his
continuing as the host of the world
! which visits the home of Jefferson
Charlottesville Progress.
Abbreviation of Progressives to
| "Progs,'' however, is not likely to be
any more acceptable to the public
than would be abbreviation of Re-
publicans to REPS" or Democrats to
''Dems. '-Petersburg Progress.
The Review stated some weeks ago
! that there had been a change of SEN
| timent in the country concerning the
Carroll county tragedy, and that in
| stead of a demand for the execution
of the Aliens there was sympathy eX-
pressed for them, and later events
fully sustain our position. To be sure,
| this newspaper does not endorse the
| shooting up of a court, or murder
under any circumstances, but it is our
candid opinion that the tragedy at
Hillsville could have been avoided
had the necessary precaution been
taken by the court officials. We do
not hesitate to say that the chief Of
fender, Floyd Allen, deserves some