The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-22

| Speaking OF the use of enlisted men
: TO repair tho ships OF the navy. tho
Portsmouth Star declares that the
| present policy is economically wrong,
politically suicidal and from the stand
point of efficiency and loyalty, indie
| fcnsible." Aside from that It's q
pretty good plan, isn't II. boz.
Says the Newport News Press of tho
schoolbook prices: THAT this State
was being gougcd by the schoolbook
publishers has been known by many
Nirginians for years. The Daily Press
sonle years ago published comparative
prices of the same books in this state
| and in Maryland. n sister State. and
that comparison showed that Virginia
was being greatly overcharged. Eut
the State Board OF Education mover
seemed able to get ut the root of tho
trouble" '"Gougcd' Is strong word
but after search We are unable TO find
| a better one. 1t has got to stop-and 1t
will.
The Norfolk Ledgcr-Dispatch re-
marks that the discovery" of cxces-
sivc schoolbook prices does not In
| dictate any efficient domination or COM
petent service In tho past" The past
can take care of Itself now. Time and
effort are to BIO devoted to tho present
and the future.
The TX has been laid at the root OF
the Huerta tree, and Its fall is but n
matter of tine" says the Alexandria
Gazette. and, if reports arc true, it
is going to be some fall when It comes
off.
From the LynchburG Advance VIC
learn that passing the buck" Is poker
English. So far. so good. but the Ad-
vance does not tell us what II means,
giving US, Instead. an alleged dcscrip
ton OF indoor sports OF The Times
Dispatch Office In days gone by. the
accuracy of which Is vchemently dc.
MED by tho boys" now on the job.
Acting on the tip OF the Advance that
ANY further information desired can
he obtained from reputable sources not
far from The Times-Dispatch city
ROOM" we we're mot with vacant
stare and tho query: who Is Buck?''
The Newport News Times Herald
IS n prophet. The statement that
Stuart Will he candidate for the
Senate to succeed Swanson" 1T says.
as instcresting, if true But we shall
believe it only when Stuart verifcs
it. We do not believe that ho Will
be n candidate for any other Office
while he Is Governor OF Virginia"
And the next day we read that Mr..
stuart VIII not ne u any
other office while Governor OF Vir-
gin!a.
Tho Lynchburg newspapers are In
corrigible. The LynchburE Advance
having INDUCED in some gibberish
about passing tho buck" which It
now informs us is poker English, the
staid. conservative News of the same
city comes out with this: The Senate
would do we'll to play the game with
Il reasonable limit instead of making
the limit the sky" Now what kind
| OF English Is that:
Intelligent criticism does good and
is always welcomed by sensible pco-
pie. but criticism made for it's own
| sake does only harm. The Martins
| VILE Times quotes a minister OF that
| town as saying In a sermon that "hc
| had noted that the newspapers of the
| country Eavo about a half-column
| space to tho recent meeting OF two
| great religious bodies one in Tcnncs-
see and ono In Oklahoma, willie one
! newspaper gave AN entire page to the
recent movement in Richmond against
/ Statewide prohibitions" II the rev
! crcnd gentlemen quoted by the Times
| does not know the difference In value
| between something happening In Ok
| iahoma and n movement In virginia
| AFFECTING every citizen OF the State he
| doesn't know enough to criticize. and
| MS criticism Is worthless