The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-30
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
me BRIGHT IDEAS OF THE Dil
FROM NETROPOLITlN P1PERS.

7HE BRIGHT IDEAS OF THE IA
FROM METROPOLIT1N PiPERS.
Blaine and Ills Another Arctic IN
~ncdition-The Journal of Commerce
Ij,b P~oIifi.s-Lord Randolph Churchill
Ibo Suobs and Their Armoriai Bearings.
HLtrNI's CoQrETRY-lt has been "A
uuzzie 10 come of Mr. Blaine's friends
and 10 nearly all Republicans who are
moi hi- friends. why he wrote bis Flor
enc. letter declaring that his name would
not be presented 10 The Republican Va
tional Convention. We don't suppose
that the letter was 4 puzzle 10 all MI
Blaine's friends, because they straightway
heran. and have even since continued TO
sct As If they knew why he wrote II. But
these were men on the inside OF
blaine p%oliiic.. Those who were not on
the inside. and yet who had voted for Mr..
Elaine in 1854 with entire faith IN his
honesty and in his fitness for the Office OF
President. and who had kept their taith
in him ever since, naturally believed that
The letter was meant asalnal Withdrawal
Of his name, and a complete refusal 10
stand again a. the candidate Of his party.
" ! Times.
Tmr NourWRS SAnARA-Another
Arctic expedition is announced, the re-
suits Of which. ii successful, can scarcely
fail 10 be- Of considerable scientific and
historical interest. lis objective point Is
that great blank triangle with serraie
edges that on our maps il labelled Green
land. but which the explorer Davis de
clared should hc called the Land of Desc.
lalion. and which Professor Nordensk
iold named the Northern Sahara. The
expedition mas been equipped al ChIl,-
tiana. Norway, and viii SET out on ~atui-
day next from Concnhagcn, under the
leadership Of Mr. Nauscu, the curator of
the famous museum at Bergen. \ land
ing will be- made ON the barren and for
bidding eastern coast, and ihencelorth
the W%atChWOTd OF the company viii De-,
" Across ihe continent, or die. Al best
it will bee an arduous and p%criious task To
traverse ODD foot 200 miles of eternal snow
add ice-N !. TrbUne.
Tn BUSINESS OUTLOok-Ihe pTe-I-
dent Of one Of the leading Broadway
banks. speaking of the business outlook
for the present year, said yesterday
The ,ifike- being over, the spring hay
ing finally arrived, and, what is of more
Importance than an else, the Treasury
having begun To buy bonds,
/ see no reason why This should not be a
wear Of al least average prosperity.
Whether the Treasury buys many bonds
on few il amait'r " comparatively slight
Importance. though ! should like 90 see "a
more taken than are being taken
now. The important point Is 10 have p
market in WLirh bonds are always salable
fair prices The sirinscHcY in tie
money market last year began about July, |
md merchants were unable 90 get money
without di.couniing their paper at ruin
bus rates. but there can hc no possibility
If any such emergency this year. An
lthcr hopeful item To bear in mind is that
he railroads, upon whose successful ope-
our prosperity very largely de-
ocuds, are beginning, sircc they have
.,urm0untcd the storm effects, 10 report
which show a very material in
Tease even over The large earnings Of
a-l . year -Joay4a Of Comme,ce.
NEW PHASES oF lRIsH poLITics-
can no longer be a doubt that Irish
Is passing into a new phase. The
counterblast against The " plan
IF campaign and Lord Randolph
'Lurchills emphatic protest against the
1olicy Of all coercion and no conces-
ion 81 must make the past week memo
able in contemporary Irish history.
Ont Of each event important results
viii low. DO not suppose that a mani
este from The Vatican or one speech IN
Parliament begins and ends the tale.
on viii not have to wait longer than
tO witness some new develop
in both directions Leading Ma
.ionaisls declare that the POpe's action
yill be quietly ignored, and that the
plan of campaign" will be pursued with
Is much determination and success ~
.yci. Into this part Of the controversy
.aunOt enter.
mas %CuCRCnItf MCTfNfEDE
On the political side of The Irish Quc5-
ion some facts are known TO me which
nay be e interest TO the American pub
ic. The cry here j. that Lord Randolph
'hurchiN has broken out into revolt or
nuiiHy. Loud and bitter is the resent
neHt expressed towards him by the bulk
IF the Tory party. But what has lac
lone Simply affirmed in the House of
COMMONS the principle aud opinions adj
'ocated just before the last election by
line-tenlhs Of the Tory party. Lord
{ando.pl %propounds no new theory lie
rings forward no iavorite scheme of his
,Wn-Cdbh ~ he Heraid
The rihaid editor OF the UorLd SAYS Of
New Jerseycoat of arms maker, that 1T
nay seem at first sight that lis task must
c an easy one. But the fact IS he is
to use a great deal of discretion.
man who has made a fortune in patent
Medicine, iOc instance, does not want a
of arms made up OF a liver pin ram
'ant over a bilious tongue prcstrale. \
Millionaire who has gained his wealth in
OdtlSh has 10 longing for "A crest Tpprp-