The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-18
CURRENT COMMENT
The HiIlsvillc Outrage.

The massacre Of Jews in Russia and the
slaughter of Christians in the Orient neve- fail
to provoke the wrath and indignation OF the
! American people Such sentiments and their
expression are natural and rroper provided we
can lecture other nations with free conscience
backed by the moral force of perfected civ,liza-
.-on
But how sayest thou to thy brother. let me
cast the mote out Of thy eye and behold a
urali. Is in thine own eye" An outrage ike
b mat "n,tn Yesterday turned the HisvilIe
muse INTO shambles places all squarely in
the .ocatlve The assassination of a Judge a
| sherl1 and Commemorative attorney whore
ABOUT TO enforce the law, of which they are the
GUAR ians is the gravest possible reflection upon
tne law-aeidng sense Of the American people.
IL strikes at the very v.tals of our civilization
| Of course. the crime was not committed nv
| Nlrginian proper. bet by members OF a deyeu-
crate and half-outiawed breed which infests
the mountain regions of the Southern States
sun. the Turks cannot unload the responsibility
LOT massacres of Armenians On to the shout
across the border to settle feud can the
authorities OF the Indian Empire wash their
hands OF the consequences. The crime was
committed in Virginia, and will remain blot
VI ON her fair name and fame until the GRIM
inals are caught and punished, and the nlajest
of the law thereby indicated. 1t is full time
that the grand old State stamp out the spirit
of bloodthirsty lawlessness that occasionally
flares up within its borders and eradicate the
causes and conditions which permit that s-irt
to survive in Remote regions where few wild
feud SITS make life unsafe terrorizng the com
munity and disgracing the State-Baltimero
Sun.
La Toilette Refuses to Come Into Camp.
There Is another spear that knows no
brother La Toilette will run for President.
regardless of the candidacy OF Roosevelt or
anyone else. In fact, there are indications
that he is hostile toward Roosevelt as to-
ward Taft. He strongly intimates that ne
regards Roosevelt the friend OF the trusts.
and on that point. at least. not true Pro-
gressve. During Roosevelts administration. he
asserts, the stock and bond issues of trusts and
combinations increased from $3.7S4, 900 900 to
$31,672, 600. more than 70 per cent or which
was water As a result. he saws. prices
products OF the mines and factories to pay
interest On this fraudulent capitalization.
Senator La Toilette urges the initiative.
referendum and recall. direct nominations,
graduated income and Inheritance taxes. the
parcels post. government ownership and Op.-
ration of express companies. physical valuation
OF railroads. government valuation of the prop
erty of all the great monopolies reduction or
ttrir rates after investigation by comm'!slo !
which will answer to Congress and not the
President. He Is unalterably opposed to the
sh. p9 subsi dies. ~ 9 7 Ks TT7-533 -
AS can be seen at once, there are many points
of difference between La Follette's platform ana
Roosevlts new charter Of Democracy" But
probably more potent reason for opposition
is the feeling that Roosevelt essays to reap
where La Toilette has sown. La Toilette was
the political pioneer who led the Progress
siyes through the wilderness. He must feel
some bitterness when. almost In sight OF the
promised land, they desert him for a new
Moses---Baltimorc Sun.