The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-22
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
COMMENTS AND CRITICISMS on
CURRENT TOPICS.
Needle Women To be Taxed forlProtccted
Monopolist '-,iialnc against Platt-ihe
and the Holiday Recess-Nc.

Monopolist .--tiiainc against fIatt-rhc
Interstate Commerce Law he ~eastu
and the Holiday Recess-Sc.
TAX on NEEDLEs-Thc Philadelphia
Rtcord, in discussing the Republican
tariff bill. SAYS that senator Vance, of
North Carolina. moved 20 make needles
free Of DIV lie told his fellow Sena-
tors that II there was one class of work
ing people NOR undcr-paid and more
oycrWorkcd IMAM another 10 WAS the
sewing women and il was a shame 10
put a tax on their needles. but h'- plea
fell upon needless ears. The Republican
Senators stood together tn favor OF ihe
monopOlistS Who make needles ami
against the poor women who use them.
They voted in favor of the taN. There
were twenty Senators Democrats who
desired so repeal the tax. and twenty
two Senators tRcpublican-l who were
opposed TO the repcal-and ~o the taA
stands and ihc ncedle-wOmcn must go
on paying it ont of their mcagrc wages.
BLAINE AND PLATr-By way of throw
ing light ON the prospects oi Blaine Ana
Plat for places i'm the Cabinet of fr.-i-
dent Harrison our correspondent ai th i-
cago recalls the efforts of Mr. Blaine
friends. among whom Plat WAS com
spicuous. 90 defeat The Indiana candidate
i'm the National Convention "a Chicago
/ Ii il plain how their manWuFrlnE was
regarded by General Iaui-on's friend.
at that time. and though the President
elect may not cherish resenimcnt-, DE- i-
! likely 10 know the kind of men hc cam
safely aud comfortably associate with
| himself as official advisers lie knows
the kind OF men Blaine ana Plat afc
and he knows how little he owes them
| That he will take them into his official
| household is not credible, and the NUM-
| Der Of people who expect II cannot Doe
very grcat.-Ncw York Times
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.-Ihe at-
tempts to control rates by national enact
ments has been practically defeated. i'm q
great number of cases, by the principle
mat competition with water routes cone
stitutcs essentially different "circum-
stances and conditions from those which
exist where there is no such competition.
All along the lakes and the rivers which
penetrate almost every part of The West.
the enforcement of the law according fO
the wishes of its trainers becomes prc-I
iically impossible, while It's enforcement
in other cases places the many points
where it is operative under ii iremend0u,
disadvantage. Practical men See that a-
to their business the actual working oi
the law is exceedingly hurtiul. and many
of them begin % understand that it-
modification, so that ID shall work eN-
actly as they desire, is not altogether
easy.-Ncw York Tribune
CHRISTMAS FOX TIL -ENAIE.- FNrlf
eight hours ago the Republicans were -0
wildly and insancly patriotic that they I
proposed, with apparcnt-but only appa I
rent-seriOusnes~ 90 sacrifice themselves +
on the altar of the high-tarin hin They /
scorncd the attractions of Chri-tma.iiac +
and would serve their country. thc.I OWE /
dear native land, at amy COS, and hazard +
The Democrats were blind enough fo /
fall into the trap. They could NOT ~te f
that il was all IA game of Dluil and very F.
wen played, too. so they began tO iume /
and fret, and show their anxiety 90 -ct /
away from Washington Then, when /
the huhbuh was M IFS height. the Reps I
niOus air. "W en. gentlemen. 10 shall +
be As YOU wish We simply cali ihe /
attention of This vast continent i0 /
the fact that wc arc ready 60 give up our /
pleasures for the good of the dear-at .
election times the very dear-pc0pie If +
YOU insist upon 10, however, why lWitu T
a shrug of the shoulders why, We viii I
yield TO your importantly and adjourn
New York Herald
BorLANGER's HorE.-An obscryani 1.
contemporary has the following passage
ON the French crisis
"All these things are ominou. SIGN.
that great change in French politics are
at hand This change may Dee DE tle do
rcciiOn of dictatorship cor of 81 single
and extremely radical chamber ln
either case in The face of ihe prevailing
discomfort among ihe people the change
viii come with am excitement and rush
little short OF political uphctyal Should
BOulangcr come 10 ihe front his author
ity would be as vigorously disputed as
That of the first Napoleon. Should The
Radical chamber Dee inaugumel 10 wiD I
receive hardly less opposition from Roy
alists. Conservatives, and BOulan-isis
The new attack in the Senate cham
Der upon the present ministry can hardly
fail 20 prccipitate % storm, and 10 may hr
the signal for % fundamental change iu
the affairs of the government. such %
change is fraught With grave danger Co
the peace OF France and the Continent /
of Europe
How They Raise Churcn Funds Out e est.
out West b. is now amongst the propricti-s
To obtain church funds through hugging socie-
ties.
Win young girls Of sixteen, whether blonde
or brunette.
For a hug OF one minute quarter they get
For girls over sixteen tue lugnng is higher
And. for the same time, forty cen they re-
Quifc.
For widows they allow longer time. and Tie
show ten cents to two dollars according 10
Ola maids are a nickle down 60 three tor
And 10 contract for them as 20 limit in time.
OYSTER PIRAIEs-A special 90 ile
Washington F0sl says Miss Marie Rciss
and her mother came from Corona J.. l.,
TO ask the marshal 10 find her brother
Joseph He was sent ythc employment
agents TO Bremen ~ Welsh, OF so. -
Daley street, Baltimore, for service on
the dredgcrs. lie notified his mother hy
letter on November 9th that he was going
there, and has not since been heard from
The Mayors marshal says ihat the
New York firm sends the men to Balii-
more. where they are traded in for The
trade They are kept
under Brenners call until dredge pay.
that hrm for having secured The mans
services
An Inspector was sent from the mar
shal's office yesterday evening to deter
mine by Won Nlomskc's records how
many men have thus been sent io Bahi
more The life of the men while 0n thc
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