The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
VIEWS OF THE
VIRGINIA EDITORS


The result Of Tuesdays primary
election virtually fixes for the next
four years the personnel and the no
Htcai complexion OF our state govern
inent; Tor Inc opposition tickets prom
Used by the Republican CONTINGENT mas
puerading under the name OF Progress
SiNes, cannot possibly achieve more
than TO reduce stu further III. small
number OF seats In the LEGISLATURE
heretofore held by the minority party.
Tho administration to To inaugurated
next January. 50 far as control OF tho
executive department IS concerned VIII
with few exceptions rest in the same
hands which have directed the various
bureaus for the past four years. The
one change which may hc regarded.
containing tho promise or a more cncr-
g"tic and business like conduct OF the
AFFAIRS OF the Commonwealth. VIII be
mat placing in control OF the steering
gear q new. pilot under whose guild
expectation De sadly at fault. VIII be
held 10 steady onward course, regard
less OF cross currents in the political
tides. according 10 the char; pre-
approved by ripe experience Dis
pcnsing with metaphor, il is safe 10
say that the people OF Virginia are
anticipating the regime 10 be headed by
Henry Stuart as ON" TO b. made mem
orablc in the annals Of the state for
answering devotion TO the principles
OF democracy and undertaking purSu-
ance OF enlightened policies OF progress
and reform. When the Eovcrnorsh!p
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office is in Virginia with authority to
execute the laws and to enforce dis
ciplino on subordinate officials who are
delinquent in public service. the spirit
Of its head infuses and inspires all
the agencies of administration. AS
the efficiency OF gun depends chiefly
on the qualities OF the man behind it,
so the workings OF civic institutions
answer to the ends for which designed
in exact proportion to tho strength OF
understanding and OF the will OF ne
man at the lever. All tho component
parts OF the machine receive their i'm
petus from the central motive power,
and the conscience and capacity of the
chief engineer are invariably reflected
in the cXactncss with which his as
sistants perform their functions. The
right man Will bring order out Of chaos.
replace friction by cooperation and
waste by economy, though using cX
actly the same appliances. human and
material. with which another failed.
With a unanimity seldom displayed By
any free electorate the people of Nir
ginia have laid on Mr. Stuart the main
responsibility for bringing about bet
management of their common estate.
They have invested in him degree OF
record ahundantiy justifies He viii
enter upon Office with an assent so
general as to leave him without enc
mics to punish or friends to reward.
He is bound by no fractional alliances,
committed TO no narrow partisan obli
cations. embarrassed by no pledge nor
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take the rcins under auspices singu
larly happy, and there stretches before
him field Of opportunity rarely open
10 an individual for promotion Of the
welfare of his State and M! it's people.
That he will prove equal in all respects
10 the demands of that opportunity the
Nirg inian-Pilot cntertains no doubt.
We trust and believe that his admins
tration will mark the beginning of an
err in NirEinia's history. one from
which shall be dated the birth of high
or standards of public life. of "purcr
manners. better laws" and of q pros
pcrity founded on right and justice. and
buttrcssed by the peace and content
ment of a citizenship which realizes in
righteous will.-Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot
The Index-Appcal hastcns to extend
condolences to the Roanoke Times.
sional antimachinist." rs the Times
termed John Garland Pollard, actually
carried Roanoke over Judge Williams
by n majority Of GIG votes, despite the
assurances OF tho Times that every
thing west OF Lynchburg was solid for
Judge Williams. We do not know
about its subscribers. but If tho Times
relying upon 1t MS proGnosticator.--
Petersburg Index Appeal.
Grape juice Banquet I'm LOuisn.
The annual banquet of tho stock
holders or tho Bank OF Louisa was
given saturday July 90. After the
regular business the stockholders met
whore the proprietor was waiting for
them with ono OF his famous dinncrs