The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-02
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SHARP POINTS or. YESTERDAY ON
POPULAR TOPICS.
a skirmish on tn. Tarin-free Raw Mate
riai-swinburne rs s?rin. Poet Colonel
Morrison for Vice-Prcsidcnt-GouId and
sage-Keal Protection % Labor.

Chairman Mills detailed Breckenridge
Of Kentucky TO attend to Reed, and the
silver haired and silyer-iongued Ken
luckian did It CALAMITY and eioQuenily.
At first necessarily on the defensive,
Breckinfidge warmed up speedily, aud
was thenceforth aggressive enough 10
make The Republicans vince. His refer
ence 10 the protective tariff iniqniiy
made Judge Kelley also vince, and in
moment il was seen that the Father OF
the Honse vas only waiting Breckin-
ridges last word 10 come back at him
with sledge hammer blows OF piC-iron.
Breckiuridgcs treatment OF Reeds insin-
ualions against the methods of the Ways
and Means Committee was ssi'lf1l, II not
thoroughly satisfactory Il gave him the
opportunity TO say for himself and hi
colleagues that they had worked day
and night in perfeciing an equitable
tariff bill which the minority would have
a fair chance 10 pick TO pieces, snd which
he hoped would be so just and fair that
il would command the uni ed Democratic
support and Of fair men, too, on the other
side Of The House. This assurance was
received with applause, in which MI
Randall and his followers Joined"
The Herald says of the proposed tarifl
reductions, that ITO accomplish this re-
suit il was necessary o begin with large
fire. list OF raw materials, and make this
the basis on which moderate reductions
in The duties on manufactures could be
safely effected.
Thisis the plan on which the new tariff
bill has been formed. Thus ii will be
understood that if wool and dyestuifs are
put on the free list it becomes at once
possible 10 make reductions in the duties
on wooden manufactures and yet leave
the manufacturers and their work people
in better condition to control the home
market and 10 shiJ THEN surplus abroad
ct profit than they are now, and When
they have TO pay very high duties on
their raw materials"
The spring poet was on time with the
blue bird, and let fy ihe following az the
month Of March
March, me.tcl o. wind bright minstrel and
marshal az storms hat cnkindle the sea
= n they smitG.
How should not thy lover. rejoice ~ The
leader aul lord Of ID year taat cXults t.
10 NOfu--
So strong IN thy strength ana SO glad o. thy
gladuc@, whose laughter puts winter ana
sorrow 10 scOrn.
Thou hast shaken the SHOWS from thy wing.
and the most on thy forehead Is molten
thy III are agl0W
As lovers that kludie with 81 sing and
Earth. with ber r3iment and tresses set
wasted and torn,
. Nna la ORA 81 4
passion 70 feel through her spirit tho
sense fthse How
-.Sein5urne
Among the politicians who concede the
first place on the next Democratic Ma
ton ticket to President Cleveland, II IS
natural that there should still be Ger
tain indecisiOn regarding the proper per
son for Vice President, AID We record the
Introduction as candidate for that
nomination of the Hon William Rufus
Morrison OF Illinois.
The Washington Pct, stsunch Dem
cratic adhorent OF the President, begins
by saving:
=" How would Cleveland and Morrison
do?"
The Boston Herald likewise a Cleye
land Mugwump journal, contains cor
respondence from Washington ITO this
effect
Colonel William H. Morrison is now
regarded among well Informed Demo
Gratis as the man most likely 10 occupy
the second place on The ticket with Cleye-
land No man in the country could better
stand with Cleveland on the tariff reform
platform which will be adopted at 81
Louis ~ Y Sun.
We congratulate Messrs. Gould and
Sage on another escape. 1t was narrow
one. The grand jury was apparently
ready TO fad the indictment, but Judge
Cowing's ruling that the Statute OF Lin
itations applied virtually took the case
out Of its hands. Messrs. Gould and Sage
arc triumphantly freed from the charges
Of misappropriation, on the ground that
The accusation came too late II Is sup
possible that these gentlemen regard such
IA vindicsiion as being rather too close 4
shave TO be pleasant.
If the Kansas Pacific bOndhOlders who
have been pressing this case had taken II
up when first public attention was called
10 the matter Messrs. Gould and Sage
could not have had the benefit OF the
statute.-N \. Times.
The confirmation Of the report of the
second disaster on the Yellow river,
which drowned 1000 labCrers who were
forming dykes or breskwaters out Of
stone.laden bamboo RATS, adds another
chapter 10 the ruin wrought by the stream
so expressiyely called "China's Sorrow"
But II is more than likely thai news Of
other calamitics will follow, since the
great season Of danger will be In a month
OF two, when The spring freshets come
Ii was with q view OF completing the
needed repairs before that time that
the great efforts were put forth which
resulted in fresh calamity Exchange
Spring is upon Us to-day, and II comes
with The promise of the largest and best
spring trade ever enjoyed by our business
houses. Ii is not the trade that came In
regulation ruts quarter OF century
ago; but IT is better, more intelligent,
more energetic, more thrifty, more pro-
gressive, and ii can be commanded only
by intelligent, progressive business