The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-20
A pECAYrSF- E1r.FogNkTs,

PFCAYtSF RTEORNER,
sss rae vtr0inaon remarked yesterday on the tan
Gsncy of our nearest morning neghhor 10 copy
s4Ae Vsrgsatans mechanical aud nows methods
apparently realizing the need for re@ortins to
nors affective measares 0, maintaining It's SIT
spxsnie"' position IN E} journalism. The
enestson was raised e.. s-ese changes IN the
s1curnal after only rye years OF competition with
~ model FIR its improvements. The general
pnhlic has perhaps made its own answer.
But the Ttmes-Dtspotch Is further changing
\ y general self Ere long fits venerable friends
viii searoe recognize the dignitary. For many
YEARS the Times Dispatch--The Richmond Ttmcs-
\ DispaaeA~ been the oufspoken enemy Of
xnorai movements for tho betternent Of condi-
tions In Virginia. II has fought the advance Of
salutary legislation in temperance, in public
morally in civic righteousness II has oppoaco
Tie bettertnent Of social conditions in Richmond
md Virginia, and 1t has been fatty repudiated
I III bot political and social fields
advocated. net long since he RELOCATION
from public affec to private llfe" Of Individual
\ Densocrats hnt in the election that followed
not single Virginia Denocra. was SO relegated
ii bolted ihc Democratic party years ago but
pernocraey Is even more aapreme in Virginia
tosay taaa f8s TiusesIisspafch once thought IL
SELF II be
5ae e.a a5aa rvosaior has not hesitated,
even vaea sacrifice has been necessarg, to stand
fos egetg movement That has the fundamental
etemea,s - civic beternent. social advance
fneat. an The welfare Of tic STATE. It thinks
the pub gin support its statement of this
record
1nt ncw TIE T@sscs DispatcA apparently means
sin further 0 ape me Vtrqtnian--not this time
III mere mechanical ard news methods. but in
she adoption of policy~~a real. brand new,
Tfmes .faspctca editorial policy patented and
I rFosaatsd bg ait tle iroucad rules Of ownership
II il trne that never hae this ancient journal
felt called upon 10 take up the cudgela for the
reoF man III tie street or the saloon-made or
phan Never hefore las II felt it incumbent
upon Ii 10 demand tae enforcement of the law
D thai prohibits the existence Of the rcdIight dis.
trict In Richmond. Even last Tuesday It strad-
died the question not only Of law enforcement.
but of vice segregation. And vet In this same
,3sEue this san1c page. and every day there
I after, The Times Dispatch has advocated re-
farm. What is tina reform? Why don't you
know The prohibition Of dust in the city
streets, the control Of tie antics Of the wicked
wfnd the sprinkling Of etreeta TO proteo, the
sense ~ nicely so dear its heart. Perhaps It's
supreme dignity ruffed by a speck of dust
In its eve. Maybe q sust Of wind blew away
IT. hat when II changed heads the other day
but at any rate the TtmeSDispatch has crouch
against the dust
Meanwhtle he needs OF the people are for
law enforcement, for the passage Of laws that
win make It Impossible for the State to afford
facilities for the practice Of immortality whether
In the saloon. on Mayo Street, or elsewhere: fof
the RELIEF Of crying needs
Ard the T;a,e&-Dtspatch fights the dust nui
aance'
However. should be thankful for this much
y uf progress and with tire future We may per
4 haps expect something really valuable and con
struct've from this at present picayune reformer