The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-04
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
TIE SUyDA Y PAPERS BOOM CLE|E-
LAND AND THURKiN.
The St Louis BoOmers-Th Grand Army
The Pinned Knights Dragged Plume
..rhe Old Roman''-Gath on the Nomi-
uation.-Rus.ia-P


| "rhe Old Roman"-Gath on the Somi-
nations ussla-Prohibition.
TuuRMaY's BooM.-A telegram from
| =, Louis SAYS: Last night the talk was
All one way, for Thurman Tonight the
drft Of opinion is in the same direction,
but a current il starting 10 run against 1t.
| FOR public use Mr.. Scott maintains that
| The President has no choice III the matter,
AMI will not attempt. 10 dictate in any
way. A for himself, Mr Scott persists
! thai the convention will be allowed 10
| have fall swing, and will make its own
nomination for Nicc-p President without
! Interference on his part. since his ar
rival, however. il is noticeable that the
opinion is growing that Thurman was
/ not brought out rs candidate IN
earnest. bni simply TO kill of the quar-
relsome candidates and make room FOR
come one else, presumably Don Dickin-
son. If Mr.. Scott waited Thurman
nominated he had but TO say so 10 Ri The
hotel Hobbies with red bandanna and
kerchicfs TO night; but he is singularly
quiet about Thurman, and If is significant
that Senator German of Maryland Is ~
dumb as the prOveIbial oyster. some "i
the MARYLAND delegates are taking lhur-
man. but that means nothing, FOR Senator
German il here To see that his wishes are
carried out 10 the letter. Already eH-
pressions are heard that the movement
for Thurman is mere sentiment, and that
the bottom will tumble out OF it before
the convention j. held
The GRAND .sRMY-The danger
which has attended this Grand Army
organization is its being used for po-
lilical purposes NoihiDg was more
harmful than tire famous palsy speech
of General Fairchild. There is no reason
why soldiers should not be politicians,
bul to invoke and parade war memories
rs reasons why one party or another
should he in power is to degrade them.
The war was moi that Of party, but the
people, aud as lime goes on and its ira
diiions attain the tender beauty which
time alone can bring-as It does 10 The
ivy and the olige-the idea of partisan
ship Wil become as offensive as il would
be now if applied to Washington or
raukln.-E'claa9c.
TIE pLUMED hNIGUI.-A Andrew Gar
ncgie has been interviewed about Blaine.
All" be- said. shaking his head sorrow
fully. Its too bad, too bad | hear that
Blaine has written "a letter 10 Whitelaw
Reid reitcrating his refusal. ! was afraid
of il. In fact, private letter which |
received from Mr. Blaine before quilted
New York left little doubt as to the
course he would pursue Now that he
ha, made public his determination have
no hesitation in saying that | regret it
deeply will even go farther and say
that Mr. Blaine has in this made a great
mistake. 1t was night and proper for
him to write the Florence letter; II was
doing what was highly honorable as re-
CARDS his party
The New York Times says of Thur
man: Bat The old Roman abates
nothing Of his interest in public affairs or
bis Jealous attachment to his party,
although that party especially in
MS own State, has not at all
times accorded him the honor and con
sheraton that were fairly his due His
willingness thus late in life to become a
candidate for Vice President seems 10 be
conditioned entirely On the demand
coming from the party with practical
unanmity and on the suppositiOn that
his name will strengthen The ticket and
increase the assurance of success
Gath in the New York World reports
a talk with Thomas Handy about In
diana
Another thing that was disgusting o
me-" said Handy, was The way lhev
were talking Gray at US. What they call
organization over here is pretty poor
manners. We correspondents were as
sorted of shrewdly, as it seemed, and
every one of rs found man at our side
who was either talking against Gresham
or in favor OF Gray, and they had not
only cut it ont 10 run the Democratic /
campaign, bat 10 ran the Republican a.
well 1t looked as if Gray aud Harrison
were hand in hand now, said Mr.. Handy /
IF YOU want 10 compare two men who /
art perfectly unlike compare Gresham /
and Gray Gresham IS unObtrusive, /
strong, fit for any so,iety, with too much /
pride to sink his whole life in the polili- /
clan
The Ueldd cables This morning pre- /
sent vivid picture Of life in the various /
Continental capitals. From Russia We
learn that Russia cOntempiates the stu /
pendous task of uniting the Russian with /.
the Siberian railway system, seeking ulii- !
maloly port on the Pacific, either in /
Corea or at Nladigostock This is, as our !,
correspondent says, mighty scheme, |
and long step toward the Empire OF /
Asia.-N0o York Herad
The PROHlBlTION CANDIDATE The !
politicians who assume that the nomina- /
ton of General Clinton b. Fisk for /
President hy the Prohibitionists is not to /
be counted as factor in the national /
battle of 1888, greatly underestimate
both the man and his cause. The large
increase of the Prohibition vote in 1884.
and it, defeat of Blaine in New York,
should teach political leaders that the