The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-05
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
CURRENT COMMENT on PRETiILING
TOPICS

President CleyeIaad's Grit-Thc Yankee
RouIaugcr-sprec..ies and the Sugar
Must DO Something General Mention.
SPEHCELEs REPORTED CAPTURED -
New York gossips in Wall street have ii
that Claus Spreckies has been captured
bv the sugar trust bag and baggage
and body and breeches. Ii mus, be dis
tincily understood that there are no
ffecalcs on the ";rIs - or uDpn Claus,
for that matter Bqltim0rc Herdid
THE MAY's THE THING-Mr. Harrison
says a cheap coat makes a cheap man
He tried that sort Of argument during
his fight with Blue Jeans Williams in
1876, aud ths plain people OF Indiana,
who have 30 wear as cheap coats a. tGrv
can get, put The kibosh on Benjamin H.
this .and there Is many noble heart ui-
der cheap coat though the Republican
candidate seem, 10 believe that nobility
Of soul aud Nallow tail coat are insep
aralie.-Aha CaIifornia.
a STIRRING WAR-CRY Bogus butter,
dear coats and cheap grog. Down with
the low priced farmers a stirring var
cry, that for the Republican braves -
Y. Y Star.
SWAPPING HORsEs 1t is harder TO
fool the people than the Republican
leaders supposed. The proposes action
Of the Senate i understood 10 be in DE-
erence 10 the demands of the intelligent
Republican men and journals who have
distace for buueombe, and are in posi-
ton 10 see how il is working in the cam
paign. Without doubt the Chicago Con.
vention left It's party about as badly of
for ISSUES as any party ever was le't.
Something must be done, and now even
the Senators know il; and get il /; hu-
name to call their attention to HE
familiar observation Of the hmen'ed
Lincoln n 10 the unwisdOm Ci swappin.
horses whiie crossing stream -R9ciester
Uai0a and Adcertiser.
MUST Do -i'radisg Ben.
Harrison for Congressman would be y
very mean thing TO 10, but the war tariff
ers are not going 10 spare man merely
because his grandfather was prominent
person. The Tippecan0e veterans arr
not numerous enough 10 elect anybody,
and the ;qriiEers have got TO do some
thing -C0urier JourHd
a. 10 PARTY ORGANS It is signi-
fcant fact that the most powerful pOliti-
cal parsonage OF modern times, Grover
Cleveland, mas no organ AMI prefers
not 10 have any, while the next most
powerful political personage, James g
Blaine, could nOt b. renom.ha'ei, even
when hi, party well ui.h unanin. lg,iy
wished IL, because h. hal a plethora Of
organs working IL uuintc,.igen' ways b.
hi. behalf Grool1ga 1ogle.
DROWNED lIWsELF FOR a Fool -
Charles Million, "the Newark weather
prophet backed his prognoslictiions
with piles of ,ash. tie bei o. his own PIE
citlions- A, first people were bluffed, but
very so0n The sharpegs found ut tnat he
was fool, and they Woa everything b.
po-sesSed-cyeryibing except some bAFs
OF iron. Tn Sc bars he tied around his
ueok at jersey City on Thursday and
ai,h them slrAng.ed himself TO death 49,
PdIa Roc0rd
FGEsIDESF CLEyELAND's GRiT Pres
iden, Cleveland Was one day seated ~
bis desk writing, wheA Secretary Of the
Treasury Fairchild was announced.
When VIZ Fircniii entered. the pfe,i-
i.-I' looked Up ~.-a -ic. '1.t >ocset-,y
am now writing something which VIII
Drcvent my denomination and my re-
election il anything viii. But write il
because feel iha, Il j. the righ, thing 60
d." /, Wa his iariI message to Con
sress THIS little story comes to iAe
EO0 h from q highly trustworthy source
ia Washington, and shows just what Kind
of bold, honest, independent gentleman
Grover Cleveland Is, lie has in him jh 5,
American grit which Republicans as vel
as Democrats must admire The Eporh
lRoN RULE The policy Of blood and
iron is the order of the day in German
rule over Als.ce- Lorraine. Parents WHO
nav SSHt hHtli ND-.o anu uth Snitl- 10
rance TO be educated are spilefulIy pun
ished by being deprived of The oPpOr
fioi'v 80 bringing ;Gs!r cii..!s.n h.mr
10 spend the holidays. This seems to be
a small mean way o. managing he affairs
# great PEOPLE, and it is certaialy cal
cnlAled to intlame resentment and loosen
Tie threat is nos made iba,
parents Of Al.atian chlldreu who are eiu-
Gated in France will he de-naiur,iized %
as 10 be 40 longer entitled to reside in
Alsace-Lprraine How different TIL,
from the policy Of Cancellation mapped |
gu, by the Emperor Fredelich-N J. |
Star.
How TO MAKE THE EMPmE.-To the |
Editor of the UeraW You have written |
q great deal, and none too soon. about
C@-Arism and how England may be IN
yaded.
Now, A.r Editor, elect me yosr Pce,i |
dent, with plenty OF surplus in the Treas
my and | will -hQw VDu hoW This rcup. |