The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-09
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
STICY NEVIS on LIVELY TOPICS
or TIE DiY
The Object OF Tariff Reform poun Plat
unIngaiIs-A Po!iti, al Weather Prophet.
yhc Times on >hermnn-saraii BcrI =
hardt and Mrs. Potter.

The Times on >herman-sarah BcrI
hafdt and Mrs. Potter.
TAnfFl REFORM The object of q
prDieciive tariff il to augment prices OF q
certain class Of goods that the govern
menl has undertaken 10 protect 10y in
cutting to the MAKE rof such goods profit
ON hi. wOrk IL means This or l. means
nothing II. as some wild advocates oi
tie system assert. such protection
clcapens the goods II was meant 10 pro
iect. HE wholcprOietl is a. insane "a ANY
dream al lunatic.
or coarse the interests protected form
onlv part OF our great industries. As the
.ysfem based on the power OF The gov
rrgmeul 80 take from one class and give
10 another, 1t il impossible 10 project all.
The benefits apply only TO those engaged
~ producing articles at home that come
in competition with like articles abroad
This, of course, leaves out all agricultural
products, for these we export. II Omits
iro!n its lists the labor Of nearly all
mechanics. tor we do not import black
smith work nor can We purchase houses.
/ / leaves unprotected the professions,
mHlr aud female labor. and even the
woikmcn employed by the very interests
/ The roy. Tnmcnl mas lnlsrn such cXtraOrdi-
/ nary step. 10 sustain On the contrary,
4 The wage. workers in mines and manufac-
lures have felt The protective lafiii only
/ in their increased COS of living, while
/ heir compensation has kent 10 pace with
the increased profit pockcted by capital
81 (ords Ngo-iac.
royy PATr oN INGALLs We are
well aware that our Kansas orator fen
-tcure in the ubscurity out Of which he
came ZIP - the enale from the neN
state BE- misrepresentation il called for an
Yuiaciiv that were it true courage, would
nave sent him from his thrce-.egS gel
stool IN th. rear. where he 50 ably prose
cntcl clickcn thieves, To the front, where
history was being written in blood above
the shallow graves Of brave men. What
would have happened 20 Ibis iiend OF d
phrasr.paler had Senator ,Corhees
knowu. whcn our ingalls, denounced Nc
Dlcllan and Hancock as allies ct the
CouieIcfacy, that, IN the very hour
when Mcclellan was leading our force,
io the battlefield of Antcjam, 10 resist
and arrest Nilh all arms OF his brave fol
lowers the farther invasion Of Lees
army, this fiery piece OF clOquence on
end, his wralhtul patriot, this lofty re-
yealcr of dead treason, was stealing,
with iarL-aniern aud In lndia-rdbp-i
shrrs to Tie midnigh camp OF the Cop
perEeads, 10 plot tfeasOa against tn
great Republic thu being shaken TO its
foundations by the victorious assaults OF
The enemy III arms
DR. CuYler Il nJunces the III tintenance
OF hi.h war taxes in time Of peace aud
especially HE proposition 10 make whisky
tree if necessary 20 reduce revenues, IN
stead of reducing taxes on nece- -aries,
and he implores the leaders of the party
To take heed a, once of he growing dis.
content among the intelligent working
classes with nigh taxes on the nece 'sares
oflife."
Nor does DR. Cuylcr stop with sensible
and patriotic advice. iie passes from
advice 10 admoniiion aud warns the high
tax leaders that if they fail 10 revise their
attitude before the nation, they will be-
met by "a political cyclone that will
gather volume as the season rolls on. -
P,iia Times.
The New York Times says of sherman
that the Senator stands before the pub
lie a. u candidate who admits that be
hoped to be nominated by the votes OF
purchasable delegates--lhat he went into
the convention relying upon the support
of delegates so base that their votes were
for sale to the highest bidder The pre-
sentali0n of proof that votes which were
supposed to be his were sold to Alger
would not make the Senator's attitude
much more respectable and decent, but il
might tend to purify convention politics
and to procure for certain persons well.
deserved contempt
The Paris gossips tells by the cable
that Sarah Bernhardt wore "yiolct
plush tea gown" What she said. "Mrs.
Brown Potter goes with me as my CUES
TO London" Are YOU still under Mr..
Abbey's management, Nine. Sarah ?" said
!. Yes, for four years longer" replied
Nine. Bernhard. Then, with vlvacious
glance az Mrs. Potter, who was sitting
near her, she exclaimed. abbey has all
the good artists, You know. That re
minds me, | am thinking of playing
Romeo here TO Mrs. Potter's Julid during
the exhibition year Mrs Potter is my
ideal juliet. she has such girlish face
and figure, and will be exactly what |
always looked for in Juliet | hear, too,
she is so good in tragedy that EEL sure
our Romeo and juliet will make hit,
don't YOU
THAT CoMMITrEE-The correspond.
ent of the New York Times has the fol.
lowing descriptive paragraph on the ar.
rival of the Morton notification commit.
tee at the bankers palatial cottage:
The hearse with four black plumes
that stood at the station when the 1919
train from New York arrived was one OF
the vehicles in which the notification
committee was expected to pack itself.
The committee had intended TO leave
New York at 1870 o'clock, and by leav-
ing an hour earlier 1t made the trip with
out its colored member, Perry Carson of
Washington. He arrived in time to be