The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-07
Wayside Chats With
Old Virginia Editors

Governor Stuarts appointments to
the commission which is to revise the
Code OF Virginia, apparently meet with
almost unanimous approval from the
newspapers of the state. or those
which have commented upon HE selec-
lions there has not been one. so far ~
this writer has been ablc TO discover,
to criticize. MI have commended him.
The Lynchburg News approves the
appointments and then goes further.
agreeing with n recent statement OF
The Times ispa tch. that "all the Gov
crnors appointments 80 far have
pleased the public" 1t concludes with
The statement that Governor stuart has
Ised his best abilities to secure suit
able men. and that no will establish
I high standard if he can make merit
The rule i'll all appointments"
Tho Henry Bulletin is especially
pleased with the appointment of Sam
Icl \. Anderson. The action of Gov
.rnor Stuart In selecting Mr.. Samuel
4. Anderson rs ono of the three emf
aent Virginia lawyers who are TO re-
siso the Code Of Virginia." II says,
will be commended by all who know
Mr. Anderson as lawyer and as a
man" The Bulletin also commends
the othcr appointments.
The Southsidc Sentinel declares that
Governor Stuart has selected perhaps
The strongest trio possible from the
list of ton lawyers made up and fur
nished him by the Court OF Appeals
Cor the moincntous task of revising
The State Code.
The Staunton Leader approves the
appointments to the new State Normal
Schools Board. OF Mr.. Kings appoint
mcnt II says that it IS IAN ideal one"
The Covington Dispatch gently re-
Dukes the editor OF the Siauntor News
for its rather ugly language IN de-
Tending the dominant faction OF the
Virginia Democracy from criticism.
referring to its statement that the
men who say that two-thlrds OF the
Virg mia people can be misled repeat
edly. lie in their throats.' the Dispatch
remarks that " ii must be pretty warm
up in Washington these drought days"
He might have remarked. probably.
that no one ever said "two-thirds Of
the Virginia people can be misled re-
peatedly." Certainly, we have never
beard amy one say anything of the kind,
out that doesn't mean that the Demo
cratic organization in Virginia has not
frequently abused its powers.
The Roanoke News World does not
understand why tho White House
should make distinction between
!. l.. Morgan and Henry Ford lin con
Rcction with conferences relating to
,dcntically tho same subject and talk
ing place at practically the same time.
as procedure we fail 10 understand"
We can understand why II is possible
that the President might wish to make
distinction. but. despite the labored
efforts OF the World News to prove
ii. We do not yet see that any dstinc-
zion has been made.
The editor of the Amherst New Era
was not a Wilson man at Baltimore.
but since meeting and listening to the
strong. quiet man in the White House.
ne has been converted. Like most OF
the Virginia editors who attended the
Press Association convention. Judge
Campbell went. listened and was con-
Qucred.
The Tidcwatcr Democrat makes the
following comment upon our remarks
on the Essex County Jail and others
like ii in many parts of the State: The
above from the Times Dispatch is true,
every word of il. and VIC have persist
entity tried for some years past to
arouse the officials OF this county 10
mo importance OF building IL new jall
or rcmodcling and renovating the old
The best excuse that may be offered is
that the citizens OF Essex as a whole
are law abiding people, and Ii is only
occasionally that a prison is needed"
That speaks we'll for the people or Es-
sex. but sometimes a prison is needed
II was needed once. and IL is wronl,
To ccntinc one man in such !: Jail as
that Of Essex was alleged to Toe.
Says the Charlottesville Progress:
Professor Taft lecturcd the other day
on socialism, declaring that il must ALI
fail. because II finds no substitute for
The motive essential 10 arouse, and
make constant human effort that Is
furnished by the institution of private
property and the shaping of reward
by competition and natural economic
adjustment This we respectfully suE-
Ecst is not socialism as IL is under
stood and advocated in our day. 1t Is
communism"
IT il because so fcw critics of social
ism know what socialism Is that their
criticisms have so little weight So
clalism Is not going TO fail for the
reason given by the cX-prcsidcnt 1t
viii fail because tho good In 1t is go
ing to I've grated onto our present
system, and the rest discarded