The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
MCSTL YSKIlMED From TIE BLAINE
CANS.

CELEBRITY AND CERTAINTY -Alludiog
TO the many DELAYS in the Maxwell muir
der case. and the long time II took 10
hang The murderer, tn New York Hcrdld
says:
Unfortunately cases Of this kind are
not exceptional TN the contrary they
are common Thy di-rlose - grovirE
evil " h.ch, uness ronedled. mus; bail,e
the very ends OF justice Nothing c8n
be more productive OF mischief in crimi
nal administration Than uncertainty and
| delay in the enforcement of The law.
| Celebrity and certainty are more impor-
tant than severity They are more potent
deterren;s of crime, and hence more con.
| ducive to the interests OF society. In.
prisoDment for lie promptly and Ger
tainly melted out would better serve the
ends of criminal Justice than capital pun
ishment with tue notorious DELAYS and
uncertainty that usually attend it,
Two MILLI0S Anarchists john
Most testified yesterday That to the best Of
his knowl, dye and belief there were 2 900.
900 Anarchists in the United States. We
think we see at last an opening for John
| He -hou,d 90 West and De census 'aSer
in 1890 Unfortunately, Chicago, watch
would appreciate his mathematical tai.
enis. is not fond OF him As cOmpen-
saliDn, he thinks very highly Of himself
New York sun.
TERsE TARIFF TALK After seven
months Of persistent complaint against
the Democrats OF tie House for unset
ting business by tariff agitation, ;he r.
pubicans OF The Senate have iinaliy de
cided that they mus. begin tar.n agIta.
ton by preparing a tariff revision and
revenue reduction bill aud pass it in the
Senate
VIII they prepare and pass i'll in the
interest OF country or OF party? They
yindcate tariff agitation lay cnutessing
the necessity Tor tariff revision, AMI viii
,nry revise our tariff laws 20 promote in
dus,ry or to promo partyy-Philaielpha
Times.
TRAVEL A HONE Mr. Blame should
travel az home, OF the routes of the
palace cars and taAy-ho coaches.
Let him inspect The Italian quarters in
this city and the other rendezvous of the
du,y.free labor imported by the protect.
eli manufacture, an. contractors to " I'LL
strikes and force down wages.
Let him go 10 the cOll.mines of Penn.
splyaEia aud ace how ) american labor
lives there on 30 cents a day.-EZch .nge.
RAW MATERIALS. - referring 10 The
e.. ir.-..
mlDufacturer tua, protection WIS #
good for Tie Interested American work
Ing mrM. tue New YJ.1 Iin,a says, ~
he j. pscyeuud from compc iug in the
III .rKels Of the world Wilh iue m.uliIc-.
turers Os other coJa,glc, 10 is not due d
the cost Of labor, but 10 some other eX-
pense in his operations. Mr Sargent.
shows that i, i, wholly due - ,ne cost OF
his raw materials The twO main ele-
ments entering into ihe cost os Il manu-
featured product are labor and mi'eriais.
II these cost more in one country than
in another, that country will be al a dis
advantage in this liHe Of production
BLAISE Used ~ DEMOCRATS It
would be impossible for the Democrat C
National Committee to make a better use
Of Mr.. Blaine's time and talents In the In
ttrests OF Cle.eland and Thurman than
he is making of them in the supposed in
terests Of Blaine and Harrison and Mn
ton 1t is not only entirely iiiing inst
there should be strong infus!on of
Blaine in this canvass, since IL has been
repeatedly announced by the highest
authority that "Bisineism is Republi-
cauism," but il is well that il should be
pu. ia early and in full strength.-Ex-
change.
UNINrENTioNAL lRONY.-Mr. Blaine
self placement was The most remarkable
feature of his reception. No Americ IN
ever received hearlier or more imprcs
sive welcome on returning 10 his country,
and none ever succeeded in putting him
sci; 50 quietly ard coutentedly IN ihe
background. The tidings that 4OOOO
Republicans had been marching the pre-
vious night in honor of his coming must
have tired the blood even OF this veteran
campailnpr AMI l.ader II men y y
rrlUune.
NICAR,GUA CANAL Costa Rica has,
as appears from our news this incoming,
ratified contract with the Nicaragua
Canal Company, which apparently re-
moves The last political obstacle 20 The
progress OF this great work. Il remain,
only for the construction company tol
push along me excavations with z.4l 20
have the canal IN operation before H.
Panama rival.
The reports from Panama, by ths way,
are far from r,assuring, and complete
collapse of the enterprise is prophe'ied
to take effect soon N. Y. Herald.
The following dispatch explains FUR
Their:
SAN JOSE, COSTA RIGA, August 10
The contract negotiated at Washington
by Senior Pedro Parez-Zeledon, special
envoy of Costa Rica, and Hiram Hitch
cock, president Of the Nicaragua Canal
Association of New York, having, after
some verbal changes, received the ap'
proval of the Executive and the State
Department of Costa Rica, and been ac-
copied, as modified, by Mr. A. &. Memo.
cal, under authority from and on behalf
of the Canal Association, was yesterday
ratified by Congress and signed by the
praSidant of Costa Rica