The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-29
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
BRIEF COMMENTS ON CURRENT
Events.

a Fraudulent BiII-May strike Their Flag
Knife Governor BiH-Bismarck's Bru-
tally, Etc.
A FRAUDULENT BILL The P.ohi-
bitionists of the State OF New York are
evidently determined to no longer play
the part of Republican catspaws. They
will not help To elect Warner Miller, and
In their eyes his pharisaicsl advocacy OF
high license, while standing on the free.
whisky platform, is most offensive. The
violence done TO their feeling by the Re.
publican plan of campaign is acc, ntuated
by the Senate Tariff bill, which not mere
ly proposes free whisky, but free whisky
through fraud.-Exchange.
"Since swindling and fslsehood have
become depraved forms Of human inge.
nuity there has been no exhibition so
marked a. the Republican course on the
tariff Herald.
MAY STRIKE THEIR FLAe.-The an
nouncement is officially made, as we print
elsewhere, that the Republican party will
not discuss the Tariff bill at this session
OF Congress- "The demand for a measure
OF some kind from the Republicans" we
are informed, ais just one and will be
met by the Senate At the same time
that legislative body will frankly say to
the public in their report that more time
is needed and more testimony solicited.
In this way the proposed measure can be
modified and injustice to either labor or
capital avoided The Republican party
cannot afford to act hastily in this mat
ter" Let tentative bill be presented
and then refer:the whole matter back TO
the Finance Committee. New York
Herald.
THIEVES PARADIsE.-What a beauti-
ful commentary it is upon our national
Congress that year after year is allowed
to slip by without any proposition to
change the present imperfect eXtraditiOn
laws which allow Canada to shelter
thieves and rogues from this country
1t now seems that Mr. Pitcher, the Prov
idence Union Bank cashier, who cleaned
out all the funds in the institution and
fled to Canada, cannot be eXtradited.
A CONSPIRACY TO KNIFE GOVERNOR
HILL There is no longer any doubt of
the existence Of a concerted scheme of
wide ramifcations to defeat David 3.
Hill by organizing against him a large
body Of citizens who are supporters of
MIR Cleveland.
The plot was devised by the same
enemies Of Governor Hill who made so
futile an attempt TO defeat his nOmina
ton by the Democracy and the cOnsDir-
acy is assisted by the New York Times
and the Erfaiag POST the two Mugwump
journals which have been and still are
active in working for MI Cleveland on
one side aud Mr.. Warner Miller On the
other--N. Y. sun.
WHEAT-TleTe Wa sensational
bulge in wheat on the Chicago Exchange
this morning. The squeezing q the
shorts in the SeptembeC future and also a
mild application Of the clamps on the
October shorts awOke the trade 10 the
real state of affairs.
September wheat, which closed yester-
day at $104, was in demand at s on at
the opening of 'Chsnge, and by noon
there were numerous bidders for il at
81 90 but no sellers The over eutlusi-
asiic bears had sold more wheat than they
could deliver. Hutchinson has taken al
of this future that any one would sell for
months past. and he has also bought all
Of the contract grades of cash wheat he
could out of the curreat arrivals. The
result is that he owns nearly all of the
cash wheat in store in the city, and also
holds the contracts Of large number Of
people to deliver him large quantity
more during this month";. Y. Sun.
BIsMAKcK's BRUTAL1rY Prince Bis
marck's extraordinary letter TO the En-
perOr requesting permission TO prosecute
| for treason the person implicated in the
recent publication Of extracts from Kaiser
Frederick's diary is but the beginning of
the storm which has been hanging over
the little Court at FriedrichskrOn ever
since the month Of June last.
BeTlinis at the present moment on the
eve of a State trial which promises to be
far more sensational in its developments
than that of Count Arnim, and once
again the Iron Chancellor will relent-
lessly crush and ruin these who have no.
toriously been the chief opponents of his
policy,-New York World.
MISTAKEN JOHN.-lt is always inter
esting to mark the progress of those who
are struggling toward the truth. For
example, the Hon. John Sherman denied
only few months ago the existence OF
combinations to prevent a reduction
OF price by fair competition, but has
since become convinced that there are
such combinations which grow out of
the tariff laws and fought to be met by
reduction of duty."-N. y. Times.
TIE LAST OPERA.-LONDON, Sept 81
The scene is Barcelona, Spain; the time
the last century Don Felix Tornado is
in love with Carina, the daughter of GEN
eral BObsdiIlO. She is betrothed to a
wealthy Cuban. Tornado disguises his
valet to represent the wealthy Cuban,
conCeals himself in a trunk, and thus
gets inside the house The comedy ser
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