The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-18

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Very Hard Cider.
a FATAL Reconcile seems to be
} now settled that the Republican Senators
will obey the order of Blaine instead OF
The voice Of the people in the matter of
The revision OF tariff and the reduction
Of taxation. There il tn be another
caucus, but the forces Of The literal
Senators have been 40 weakened by de-
lay that ANYTHING more than the presen
tafion Of mere buncOmbe" bill is now
extremely improbable. Exchange
HARRISON AND IRISH AMERICANA
Mr. William Condor of Bloomington,
Ill In letter to Mr.. r. X Jones Of East
Randolph, In this State, tesiifios that nj
meeting held at Bloomington shortly be-
fore the election in November, 1876, Ben
jamin Harrison used this language
1T il easy 10 know that mans race
you all know what they are. If it were
not for them we would not need half Of
our penitentiaries, which are almost full
Of them. They have no intelligence
They are only good 10 shovel dirt and
grade railroads, for which they receive
more than they are worth, as they src
no acquisition to the American people"
The race he referred To was the Irish
and the man his language referred to was
an lrishman who interrupted Harrison
with question and was being put out OF
the hall for doing so-New York Star
Coal BARoNs The Coal Combine
wields the power 10 cut down the wages
TO a starvation point, 10 throw thousands
of needy wage earners out of employ
ment, to raise the price Of coal to every
poor man or woman compelled by ne |
cessity TO buy it by the palful
That's nObody's business but the grasp |
ing coal barOGs SAYS the Republican |
party So speaks McGrcgor Blaine. and |
is not he the Republican pariy?-N. Y
Herald.
The idea that President Cleveland's re- I
election depends upon his encouraging
the "party leaders" with "privalc assur-
ances" tina. they shall have the offices OF
the filing of them in case be is elected j.
still seriously held in some quarters II
Is poor time 10 revive this moss grown
Bourbonism The people are much con
cerned about reducing the needless bur
den of war taxation, but they are moi
distressing themselves as 10 who shall
have the postoffices Exchange.
A FAT FRY Fat fries are ell the rage
in our neighborhood this summer The
things requisite 10 this amusement are a
protected manufacturer. who il hung up
In a corner bunch Of Golden Club
tracts, which are ignited beneath the
aforesaid citizen, and Republican cam
paign collector does the igniting As the
fat trickles down il is caught in q golden {
spoon and quickly poured out over New
York and Indiana. The game is TO haste /
those two States Thoroughly with this
juice of the opolist-Boston Globe
THE Uses OF PRoTECTIoN.-In his !
speech on Thursday Mr. Reagan said in /,
the Senate some wise words on the tariff ..
In the course of his remarks he de :
scribed the people Of the United States as :
being "mercilessly plundered for the {
benefit of capitalists" As to the hypo
critical claim that protection was bene
fetal to the laborng classes, he asked
how 1t was tbat'afte twenty.seven years
Of high protective tariff, factory work ,
ers found that there was now less Ger. y
lainty of getting employment and that :
here was more poverty in the land than 4,
ever before.
CONGRESS -Sixty-five members of the t
ower branch of Congress are absent on v
cave, presumably looking after their f
political fences and a denomination. Yes 6
erday not much legislation was accom- a
)lished because aquorum could not he
held even after call of the House had n
brought In the requisite 1863 or more $
members. 1t was the hottest day of the
rear IN Washington. which doubtless in
.reased the unusually large number of o
'bsentees.-N. Y. World. a
HARD CIDER WITH STICK.-The o.
oke OF the day in Washington is the Re. Il
private Senatorial caucus. One o.
vas given the 9th night by Evarts and II
he last one by Bill Chandler There were o.
and cider. at Is suspected" u
avs the reporter, with good reason that I;
Ar. Chandler dropped something into 81
ar. Allisoh's lemonade that made him u
orget In his report of the proceedings u, "a
hat two and half hours of the three " "
pent In the home on | street were con 4
umed In an effort on the part of half a
oxen of the Senators to abandon their
Estimate and unpatrIotic demand for T.
rec salt, free lumber, free sugar, and for n
eductions on some other things that al. 10
eady cost the West a great deal too in
luch. Rather less than an hour. it is ~
earned, was given up to consideration OF N
le order of Business, and it is said tina, na
lree or four Senators were outspoken in
,eir demand for the production of a re- No
uction bill, or for speedy adjournment n
stop the tomfoolery that would pres. ST
ntly provoke new burst of popular in. ar
lenation against body that is already he
unpopular" of