The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-23
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! The PLATFORM The platform com
mts The Republican party fatty against
all reform Of the tariff Ii demands the
repeal of the tobacco and whisky taxes
| II this is necessary to abolish the surplus;
but it takes care in other sections TO de
clare for the expenditures, for subsidies,
for pensions, for the Blair educational
bill, for internal Improvements and other
purposes on SO vast scale as TO swallow
up any possible surplus and thus prevent
anv reform or decrease In taxation.
That, as everybody has seen, has
been the Prolectionists scheme Iii
Congress and that is now formerly ap-
proved in the Republican platform. y.
Y. Herald.
The story about Governor Rusk OF
| Wisconsin and his boom may be inau
thentic, but it is none the less touching
| The story is that Rusk worker tele-
graphed To his chief from Chicago on
Tuesday, Send us your life size portrait
a, once, or all is lost" and that in re-
sponse TO this Macedonian cry the life
size portrait was ispaIched TO Chicago
by special train.--Etehan9e.
MopEsT FORAKER Fire Alarm Fora
ker is AS modest as he IL reticent. Here Is
an example from one Of his convention
speeches.
Il do not know any more than the
other distinguished gentleman Bradley
of Kentucky did just who he the can
didate will be-"
Foraker il distinguished and is not
ashamed 10 say so. Yet, knowing ~ The
country does his blushing shyness OF
spirit, there will he general surprise that
ne should lit mp his dropping and mai
denly glance 10 gaze for moment upon
his own greatness.-N J Sun.
THE STRUGGLE ~ THE WAyEs.-The
thousands of spectators who line the
beach 10 night TO catch glimpses OF the
struggle in the dark waters cannot pre-
dict how it will all end. They sec only
The bobbing heads far ont AZ sec. They
cannot see the current in whose suction
| the swimmers are heating their way, but
everybody knOws is there. Andrew Cal
negie's letter in to-day's Sun, which wa
telegraphed here, and - hich said in effect
that Mr.. Blaine would accept a nomna
ton if it was forced upon him by the con-
yentiOn, stimulated the waning enthusl
asm Of the California and other irrecon-
ciable Blaine; men, and they have all TO
day renewed allegiance TO their candl
dates fortunes -DiSpdth IL Nelc lori
| Sun.
MALONE BEARDED Mr. Durley gave
the following account as an eyewitness
of the Wise-Niahone fraces: 81 WAS IN
the hallway of the Grand Pacific Hotel
on Tuesday night when the Malone
Wise row took place, where the Commit
tee on Credentials was meeting. Alter
the row began the door was opened ami
left that way for nearly five minutes
and had "A good view of what was 90
ing ON in the interior. Wise had Ma
hone hy the beard, and was apparently
endeavoring 10 pull that appendage out
by the roots Malone could do nothing
but scream with pain and try To un-
loosen Wise's hand. Another member
of the party was lying on the floor, hall
under the table, while gentleman wss
leaning against the table engaged in All
effort 10 Kick the other mans head OF.
Other gentlemen were wrestling all oveI
the room. Then the policemen went II
and the door was closed. Afterwards
three men came out with bloody noses
aud cuts on their faces, hut they said they
had been Occasioned bv the extreme heat
There were no shots fired, but several
revolvers were flcurishcd in lively man
mel. ~. Y. World
That veteran political prophet, Colonel
A. X. Mcclure, begins TO see Gresham
boom appearing upon the horizon, and
sa, in his editorial dispatch TO his paper
that the varions factions are turning
slowly to the Hooser Judge as one upon
whom all can unite.
Jefferson Davis and his wife have gone
TO their plantation at Beauvoir. They
are both in good health, especially Nj
Davis, who weighs more than at any
daughter, Miss Varina Davis, will spenc
the summer in the North visiting friend,
in Central New York aud at Bar Harbor
That was very proper and beautiful
but how about the long pause over the
imperishabe ambitions of the dozen "fa.
y0rite sons" who are still alive and kick
ing so hard and straight that the G. q. p.
and its platform are likely to 90 to smash
unless that half dead hero, Blaine, Is re
suscitated and comes To- the rescue.
WhOop up the wreathlet business, gen
tlemen, and tell us who is the kicker We
are 10 have the honor of licking out OF
his boots.-EHchdnge.
EXPELLED REPORTERS The sudden.
ness with which two French newspaper
correspondents were expelled from Der.
lin on Wednesday does not indicate that
the new Emperor will take any trouble 10
avoid giving petty ofiense TO France
The cause for expulsion does not in
either case appear to have been grave
one, and il the Emperor is res ponsiblt
for the orders TO Leave he is engaged in
decidedly small business World.
\ serious labor trouble is impending in
labor circles in Pennsylvania and
throughout iron and steel districts gen.