The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-10
YOUNG COMMENDS
GOVERNOR MANN
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convinced OF the hir'h- minded stand
that has been taken throughout its
course by Governor Mann, and i eur
express only the highest commenda-
ton OF tile noble faithfulness to duty
which has caused him to brave the
displcasure and even contumely of SO
many who differed with him"
In this opinion, said DR.. Young, ne
was strengthened by the action of the
Supreme court, which has twice re-
fused TO grant the Aliens a new trial
THE judges Of the Supreme Court
are experts in the weighing of testi-
mony, ana / am not said DR.. Young.
"lf tho Judges OF the Supreme Court
upon evidence Of or freedom from
guilt. 1 am at loss to know where
such men can be found"
Tendency 10 Hero Worship.
The minister accorded n full need
of credit TO the sincerity of the thou
sands of men and women in the State
who have strlven for months 10 Sc
cure executive clemency for the CON
demned men. and who are now agi-
tated because OF their failure Their
sympathy, he said, was noble, albeit
In this case misguided
Much Of the sympathy for the Aliens
was attributed by DIR. Young to the
well-known human trait which seeks
10 make hero of every criminal, espe-
cially If his past life shows Il record
of some good deed. The dead are
readily forgotten, he said. and the liv-
Ing alone command sympathy.
1T Is this hero worship which blinds
hundreds to the horrible crime in the
mountains and lets them see only the
men who are suffering for their own
deeds. The devotion OF father and
me fealty OF son are held up as
traits noble enough to condone muir
der, and remarkable enough to be
concentrated by Il medal struck from
gold. The hero worship. il appears.
would even pursue in vengeance others
who had had u hand in their undo
Ing"
Names Greater Evils.
No man sorrows more than | do
that two men. one in tho very prime
OF life, must die. The tragedy of be-
reft homes and ruined lives must ap-
peal TO us all. But there are worse
Things. There are the slums i'm our
cities and the dark places in the far
huhg sections of our state which will
repeat the story and send more such
men to die the same deaths, unless
we oestir ourselves and meet our
duties"
1T was an anomaly to him, said the
minister. that so many men and wo-
men in Richmond should become so
profoundly aSitated by the fate of two
men whom the highest courts Of the
state had condemned but who looked
IDLY on while under their very eyes
were carried OH the Infamous traffic
In honor and lives which daily sent to
Tar more horrible deaths fellow beings
cast In the same mold
'Hurn "a fo
near at home" admonished the preach :
err and train your sympathies upon
the less favored sections of your Com
monwcalth. that have never been given
the benefits and training which make
for law abiding citizenship. There lies
your problem"
Courts Unjustly Criticized
me minister called attention to the
preseht-day fashion of criticizing the
courts. IT is national failing. he
SAID, ana claims sinners among high
ana low. The low grade magazines
foster the practice. and even men in
, hlIh standing in public life are guilty.
Former President Roosevelt himself,
sald Or Young, has not shown him :
sell Tree from this falling
III our judges are really incompe-
tent, said the minister. then let us
provide salaries attractive enough to
secure men who will he competent
Inc courts are the foundation stones
OIL our national liberty and must for
| ever remain our best guardians OF Jus
ticc' When the courts fail to do ius-
tice, thch our nation will fall.
nave no sympathy with those AL
ten sympathizers WHO are so violent and
preJunlceu IN their beliefs that they
are not willing TO accord sincere mn,
! yves 10 those who hold differing views
ana who do not hesitate even to re-
meet upon the upr;ghtness and impar-
TALLY of those whom they have so.
lected TO judge over them. and execute