The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-30
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
VIEWS or PROMINENT WRITERS ON
Prominent SUByEC7S

J. bloody shirt-Etc.
. BLAINE AS A BoUETY JuMPER-Ol
man Crandali in publishing fac smile o
: the Blaine letter introduces the subjec
y as follows:
THE investigation was roised about
!, though, and as result Congress wa
= Hooded with letters. Mr.. Conkling hac
: several hundred, and told me there wa
: one from Augusta, Me, charging Bain,
7. with making $4,000 in a single day on
OF these bounty frauds. II was only /
: few months after this that ! received tnt
letter which now make public. / have
kept the matter secret for long time
But when Mr.. Blaine has been pushed tc
: the very front Of his party as dictator
and has reached and holds that position
by treachery and by fraud, 1t removes
the sacredness OF secrecy.
Combines LETTER.
MAY6. 1S66.-My Dear Sir,-1 am glad
to receive your letter. BY this you will
have seen in full the latter passages In the
Fry Blaine matter Let me know what you
think. You will not think find fault
with the self command Of your represen.
tstive, when called on without a mo-
ments warning, In the presence o. the
nation TO answer such bibel.
What is the effect upon our people 2
Mr.. Blaine is said to be too near the
business Of recruiting at Augusta, Me,
where he lives, and where there was an
other Haddock affair in crime, but not
in conviction and punishment He has
grown suddenly rich. It is said, out of
government jobs. His brother was con
victed of forgery, and sent to the State
Prison, am told, and all around you
will see there Is very strong flavor about
the whole thing.
II where you and ! are known, any
one can be found 10 believe the foul i'm
putations put on US, we have lived in
vain.
How Is this? Your friend,
Roscoe COSKLING
PETER b. CRANDALL, ESQ Babcock Hill,
Oneida Co., N. Y.
EXPLAIN, Mr.. BLAINE On the night
of the Maine election Mr.. Blaine teIe-
graphed that the result was more than q
triumph il is almost a political revolu-
ton" VIII he explain why the Repub-
iCduo NtIt uHhDlc " luaiu ldiu lHtlI DIu-
raiity Of 1Ss4y
viii Mr.. Blaine say whether he expects
to be Secretary OF State should General |
Harrison be elected President IN. Y. |
World.
BLAINE As Mrs. PARTrNGToN.-Mr |
Blaine is needed. greatly needed, in this
part OF the country. The trend is so
tremendously in the direction of Cleve-
land and reform that ii by his eloquence
he can obliierate both. and renstate bis
party and the good old times, Republican
fireworks viii not blaze in vain, no.
huzzas Tend the air for naught. Lesser
leaders have tried their prentice hand in
checking public opinion, bat their efforts
have been as ludicrous as those OF Mrs
PariingtOn when she tried 10 sweep back
the Atlantic Ocean.-N. !. Herald.
Blaine's revolution in Maine Is still
revolving The swollen leg of his claim
became a shrunk shank several days ago.
and, as may be seen in this mornings
news. the Republican plurality is still
For man who habitually
carries eggs in his coat tail pockets Wr.
Blaine sits down great deal.-Philadel-
phia Record
MARKETS AND WAGEs-The Republi
cans are circulating a campaign pam
phlet devoted to showing that "the foreign
market is will-o'the-wisp," dangerous
10 seek and impossible to locate.
Other manufacturing nations find the
oreign market very substantial myth.
treat Britain exported last year goods
o the value of S1,343, 100000, against ,
,15s 900 900 by the United States, mostly
agricultural or natural products. In addi- {
ion to this, England he'd her "home mar
.et' for manufactured products quite as
veil relatively as did the United States.
N. Y. World
THE COPPER Trust Let US see I.
What this gentleman means by "a paying :
asis." The syndicate fixes the price In !,
he markets of the world The price of ;,
AXE copper in this market Yesterday :
gas little more than III cents pound. y
ust one wear ago, before the Syndicate !
aimed control OF the product, it was a r.
tile less than l0t cents a pound. Ii is Il
ndefsiUod that the Rings price to manu- il
actuTeTs for large quantities is 164 cents h
he price paid by the Syndicate TO the q
AXE copper mining companies under "
le contracts is 10 cents Il pound and II
alf of the profits obtained above that e
rice from consumers. At the Syndicate's Ia
resent prices. therefore, the companies
ceiVe about IA ceDts.-N. Y. Times al
The bloody shirt is pushed vigorously al
the front by the Republican Senators ii
order TO conceal the iniquity of their ii
,crtive bnncombe Tariff bill The posi-. ii
)n that Ingalls, assumed In advance ca
me two weeks ago is now vigorously az
aintainad by Chandler and Spooner- co
no have been denounclng the copper ST.
ad' as vigorously as they did twenty t.
ars ago'-N. Y. Star. nc
frl
NORTHERN HATE.-The Baltimore SIN, -
speaking Of the manner in which the II
utherners in Congress are brow beaten n,
certain Northernersi says, there is no 90
in manhood, no sectionslism e.,
courage, magnanimity or chivalry in wc
IS country. No dauntless deed, no an
ring charge, no heroic act of men of the mo-
nth in that great struggle OF all the Ia
l.. IL.