The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-07
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
THE SMART IDEAS or THE DAY
FROM SHARP POINTED PENS.
Ruthless Critics ON Blaine-f"rhe" "o"'
Protection -DonnelIy's Cipher-Ihe biz
Bruiser-True Americans-Mark 1""'"
and the Burglar.

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Bruiser-True Americans-Mark TWAIN
and the Burglar.
The Tins would apologize TO the per
l,n,bed inside Blaine leaders for ruthlessly
rearing the mask away from the Wen
manned Blaine batteries, but Tor the iacI
llhatthe spirit Of the age, the genius Oh
our free institutions and the duties OF the
progressive newspaper FORBID hpoHBy
for public duty They are dlsgrNhtieu
about il only because their Blaine batter
ice have been unmasked before they were
ready to open fire They would soon
have developed their Blaine batteries ana
their imposing Blaine line of battle; bal
for the present they did not want i
known that the Blaine sponlanelty ihA'
il 10 burst out al Chicago, Is being care
fully prepared in the regulation way -
Phiid Times.
PARNELL's SPEECH.--ireat interest i
manifested in the speech that Mr Parncil
is 10 make on Tuesday next before me
Eighty Club, because IL IS expected ne
will outline the policy to be pursued ny
the Irish party under The Papal rescripl-
II IS apparently his belief that the lrlsh
movement need not come into collision
with the teneis Of the Vatician-t
The funniest story of the day IL that
told by the PiRadelphM Times to the effect
that Mr.. Blaine's friends have got. him
TO reconsider his refusal, and that he h ~
substantially agreed TO come out as a inll
blown candidate for the Presidency after
all Somebody has been drluding the
veteran editor of that c5timahe journal.
-Elct0Hge.
The House OF Representatives will be
asked again tomorrow 20 take up ana
pass. under suspension of the rules, the
twenty million river and harbor bill. y
similar attempt failed in April 10y about
30 votes. Since that time, however, two
of three DAYS have been spent IN discussing
II and the friends of the measure are
claiming that the charge made before
that nobody knew what the Till contain
ed is not true .-EIchaHge
The REAL PRoTECrIoN.-Ihe one re-
naming argument with the projections
is tha, high import duty on competing
foreign goods is an aid in securing good
wages for the working men engaged in
making like goods in this country. some
of them put the argument very much
more broadly than this, and the more
broadly il il pui the weaker his. We
content ourselves with stating il very
modestly and we should like every work
ing man who accepts ii, or Is tempted TO
think that there is something in II TO
read and reflect upon the re-
marks of Dr.. William Everett, made re-
Gently at Quincy, Mass. We may say,
in passing, That DR.. Everett IL not what
is known as a radical free trader.-N !.
Times.
THE CRYProeRAM.-We are not ur.
prised to find that the Hon. Ignatius
Donnelly's book neither redeems Mr..
Donnelly's promises nor fulltils the ex-
pectations of those who have been wait
ing two years for the chance to test his
pretended discoveries Instead of being
a revelation Of the Shakespeare Bacon
cipher, IL il only continued mysllnca-
ton.
The main question now Is whether 1lr
Donnelly is deceiving himself o. is per
polra,ing upon the innocent a stupen-
dous and pecuniarily profitable hoax. His
methods from the first have horne a strIk
ing resemblance 10 those employed by
Mr.. Kelly of Philadelphia. As long ago
as Nav, 1886, he was promising that the
fnll and final explanation should not long
be DELAYED. Can any one believe, he
} then demanded, "that would concoc, a
deliberate lie, which only in few months
would explode ~ J. sun
THE OruER JoHN.-There is one John
! who frequently encounters John Sullivan
and always worsts him. We refer to the
John whose other name Is BarleycOrn
The two Johns have just had another
meeting in Boston. As usual the town
; was painted a startling crimson, and Sui
livan made a shocking exhibition Of him
self When the champion returned from
Europe it was announced, apparently on
his own authority, that he mad decided to
abstain from alcoholic stimulants and
live quietly with the old folks ~ !.
Tribune.
Americans must rule America, SAID
some Of the speakers at the Cooper Union
Friday night. OF course, but who are
Americans? That is the whole dispute
, in a nutshell Certain thousands from
Germany, Sweden, and other countries
arrived in steamers that same day indus.
trious and thrifty men, with wives and
families, who go directly 10 chosen
homes Many have already purchased
farms, and have intelligence and habit.
which fit them to be not only valuable
, producers of wealth, but useful citizens -
v \ tribune
BLAINE OK OLYMPUS Sometimes
politician will DO a straightforward, man
ly thing from principle-though too rare
ly-snd sometimes he will do it by acct
, dent
: Mr. Blaine, 1t seems, can be classed in
? neither category. He has been credited
with certain amount of genius, common.
} ly called magnetism, and he is both plaus
7 IDLE aud voluble in the use OF language
but no one has ever been reckless enough
TO accuse him of acting from high mo-