The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-15
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
TN IDEAS CULLED FROM BIG
DAILIES
Lord Salisbury Dangerous immicrani''
De Iesssps and ni, Canai-toion with
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LORD SALISBURY RFsENTs THE SAGE
yufF WEST INCIDENT --" Il IS under
stood that Lord Salisbury is resolved not
/ io recognize the United States until the
/ Republicans come inlo office lie will
have 30 further relations with the Demo
cratic party
This L. The significant language used
F by our London correspondent Ia On im-
p0rtsut despatch by Commercial Gable
F his morning.
/ The English Government intrudlng Il.
! self as p factor in American politics IS a
Undue and interesting spectacle and is
very likely 20 lead 10 diplomatic con-
trovcr.y which viii cndangef the present
amlcable relations OF The TWO countries.
When foreisn power declares that IL
will suspend olllcsl intercourse with Us
through an accredited Minister until 0ae
political party retircs ard another psIty
rnlerslhe White House, it is so remark.
/ able position that We wonder al the
rashness, not so say receles,ness, OF ihc
/ speaker
/ # Lord Salisbury represents only HIM
SELF, that is one thing but # 10 any large
extent be represents public opinion -
( Great Britain, TINT IS quite different
matter. II is. however. iucrtd .bie that
ne people of England can bo iEdaced 60
/ stand by salisbury ON the contrary, our
/ correspondent assures us that this policy
Goes not meet with the approval Of biz
political colleagues.
sooih 10 say, If salisbury insists upon
ending diplomatic inlerco uTse between
England and the United states that Is
bis loss, not oaTs.-N. !. Herald.
DANGEROUS lNMIGRANTs.-Ihe con-
sol ny Annaberg, Sax0ny, says u DO not
/ be state % say that Onc-tAlri Oi all me
emigration from the continent OF Europe
20 tie Un.ted States IS NOT only uude.il-
a0le, bat positively injurious aud dan
gerJns'
The testimony Of the other ccnsuls,
whose reports have been published, is Of
4 similar character They all 20 20 con
/ firm the growing apprehension ~ allow.
ng this couutry 10 be longer used g. b
dumping ground for gre tx steamship
/ lines that are owned abf0'd Ind have no
interests whatever here excepting those
Lat are purely selfish. ashinpi0n Pos
VAIN PROTESTS 1t will soon be ia
order Tor Congressman 10 tufer their
usual protests sgainst d holiday rectss
and then pro reed to take It as usual
Washington Post.
De LEssEPs AND HIS DUPEs.-ln spite
Of all the weeping and cheering az the
Office OF the Panama Canal Company,
Wednesday afternoon, when VI. Ferdi-
/ naud De Lesseps climbed upon table
and cried, "The canal is made" the mar
ket value Of the cOmpany's capital shsrrs
fell, on the Paris Bourse yesterday 10 the
lowest point yet Ieacncd, ll5ftt, or
$3.50 for shares whose par vsue -
$1,000 and before night NJ. Charles De
Lesseps announced mat the bankruptcy
Of the company was Al hand. lnleal
of 800 00y only 10000 bonds had
been taken ne said. and the money
would be returned TO the suhrcro
ora II Is shown that VI Ferdinand De
Lesseos had again been guilty OF duplciiy,
Tor wniio ne was ufging the French 10
pie 10 lend the present company money
on lis tOnds he appeared before The Gov
eminent as an aisOc ate of proposition
that the payment of interest on these and
ell other bonds Of the company should Dc
deferred for four OF FIVE years, and thai
the present company should sell al i's
rights on the istbmus 10 new company
at q fixed price, which, We may be sure,
would Yield very Hale II cash 70 Tue
present bondholders, and absolutely
nothing to The holders Of capital shares.
N I. Times.
UNION WITH CANADA.-ConCressmsn
Butterworth Of Ohio has Introduced
resolution In the House Of Representa-
tlyes looking to he promotion OF O po.
ltical union OF Can8da with the United
States. The movement strikes us
as altogether premature, 10 say the least
Of IT, We have always maintained hat
any advance In The dirt cf!on OF sucl f.
union should come frs from the Cana
dian side, and there isn0t the smallest eyl'
dence Of a desire on The part a the
/ Canadian people TO be absorbed into this
| Republic. Until there is such & desire
general enough 10 ind formal expires
sion through heir own Government u
seems TO IA useless TO tslk about g. and
rather unbecOming Ia US 10 make pfop0'
siiions that are SURE 20 be rejected
There Ia no sign among our own people
that they care straw about the anneXa-
ton OF Canada one way or the other
We have not the least doubt that It
would Do q considerable advantage to the
people Of Canada 10 come into the
Cnion N Y Times
TIE LOCKWOOD YOTE The complete
returns from all the States show that
Belva Ann Lockwood had thres volts
two IN Kentucky and one in New York
Why she should have run twice as well IN
Kentucky as she did To New York Is one
of the mysteries Of the campaign 10 IS
also 10 be noticed that she VIA as great a
fayoriie in Kentucky a. Fisk, was IN
South Caroiua, the latter only getting
two yoies in that State heF campaign
was q pluckV and industrial one, and de
served better fate. As 1t is, We believe
.he loses TWO votes as compared 10 lS04,
but We make no doubt, she will come up
smiling again In 1892 when a woman
Will, she VIII, You may depend on it,
Chicago Tribune.
Still DEMOcHATIC. New York ls itill
a Democratic State The official canvass
furnishes four.io.d proof OF ibis encour'
aging fact.
The following are Tie figures.
Plurality In Congressional districts. 1913
Plurality for Governor Hin ......... ~. D
| Plurality for Ileuteusnt-GOveruOr OnSe Z 30
Plurality far Judge cray ...' '.''....'..' $40
There can be but one fair inierpTets'
ton Of these results They signify The
Endorsement By the Empire STATE, the
pivotal State, the greatest manufacturing
and commercial State, Of the Democratic
principles and policy.
Had Gov. Hi alone been reelected Il
might have been said that trading did
II. But when both the other Stale eau
/ dldstes were chosen one of them by
larger plurality than the Governors and
the other to r judicial ohice--su h an
explanation Is obviously unsound and
unjust When, in addition to this, The