The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-10
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The Tor, Majority The Chinese Treaty.
Mr.. FuIIer-Ihe Canadian Pacihc-B"u-
t,ocer's Book-Tbe Borax Trust-Ihe
| Randall Party
TuE loRIEs-"A Member Of Parle-
mept" sends MS an interesting study Of
poliical events in England The Tory
majority, under the firm and discreet dic'
,atDrship OF Lor! Salisbury and the slut
born sincerity of Lord Harrington, ha..
wifhstood the alliance of the Irish ana
the Gladst0niaHs, and thus far deied LoT |
Randolph Churchill and bis romantic
Tory Democracy. the success of VII.
Goschen as Chancellor Of the ESchequer
j. a signal advantage. The character oi
the liberal accessiOns 10 the Tory cause
( has not been without weight When
noiiiicians like Mr. Bright, who repre-
sent financial standing and responsibility
abandon the associations Of lifetime II
must profoundly affect the public MIND.
Mr. Gladstone has found in the place oi
these seceders Mr. Laboucherc, who, win
all his brilliancy, has never been cOnsld-
cred n serious person, and Mr. Morley,
who i An academic politician, and with
o,t the qualities whicb England admires
in her puhlic men. If Mr. Morley had
seen a prize fight, or ran horse race, or
been co respondent in adivorce suii, he
might have IS brilliant career as Pa'-
merston. But he - 10 the English mlnd
rather a finical literary person, without
those redeeming vices which are believed
10 characterize The ruler of men " J.
Uera6
TuC CmSEsE TREATY-This treaty,
having been ratified by the senate, viii
/ 90 into operation as soon "a the amend
men, is assented to by China aud formal
exchange Of ratificatiOas made.
twill thea sapersede The treaty Of 1850,
and will become a municipal law 81 The
/ United States. IL ratification viii pro-
badly be followed by the passage OF an
act Of Congress on the same subject, just
As the treaty of 1880 was But such leg
/ i.!ation. while it may be the means OF
giving greater effect and slringency TO
/ the purposes OF the treaty, IS not neces-
saw 10 the operation Of its provisions
Every treaty i itself i Law Of the land,
and II will be enforced by the courts just
as an act of Congress is.
! The transfer Of 900 shares more than
/ n controlling interest IN The 500 r0aI
! 10 the Canadian Pacific, news OF which
was telerraphed from II. Paul yesterday,
piges that subsidized foreign railway "A
still greater hold on The transit trade than
II has ever had before. The completion
of It's cutoff line through Maine 10 81.
Andrews. AT the mouth of the II. troix
river. viii enable IT, SO long rs our laws
permit ii % engage in the carrying trade
between the East aud the West, 10 prey
upon American interests al the sweet VIII
/ of the Canadian ringsiefs who control II.
The assertion that If Congress shuts this
or any Of the other Cana ian roads out
of the transit trade rates will be adj
vanced, is absurd The great regulator
of rates between the Northwestern
States and tie Eastern Seaboard is water
/ carriage 10y lake, river and canal for eight
months. and the competition between our
own trunk lines for tine rest OF the year.
". T. SIN.
! BoULANGER's Book This morning
= 800 900 of the first numbers Of General
Bouianger's book, called "fhc German
/ INVASION were distributed gratuit0usly
/ in the provinces. On The first pare is The
picture OF a soldier, gun in hand, looking
out over the Eastern frontier In the
! distance is seen the familiar outline of
! SlrasbouTg Cathedral, and in the first
preface the General gives the following
/ letter:
Friendly Readers Ny adversaries re-
present me as being an apostle for war.
Il il for YOU 10 judge in reading this
book Of patriot who has no other in
spiration than high sentiment OF ma
tiOnal dignity GEE BOULANGER
The great bOrax irusI claims that ii9
material on hand is worth many millions
but that the Infamous tariff bill threatens
them with rain.
The New York World says Of this
"Upto 1S10nO horaX was produced In this
country In that year deposits were dis
covered in California and Nevada large
enough 10 supply the whole world. No
capital produced them. No industry on
skin created them They were a part Of
Natures bounty 10 this favored land
And yet the syndicate that secured pos.
session OF this find sent lis agents 10
Washington and induced Congress 10
protect them bypuiting high duties upon
borax and all commercial preparations
from il, as was done in 1872, 1874, and
again in 1888. This command of the
home market leading 10 0yerproductiun
only 1900 tons annually being re-
quired in this country, while the yield
was many times this am0unt--a bofax
trust was formed to further regulate
trade
TIE RANDALL PARTY.-An able CO.
temporary wisely remarks that lit has
long been our opinion that this following
might have been broken up had the lead
ers of the Democratic majority had the
courage to stake everything upon the re.
suit of demand that IL should be broken
up. Had they demanded at the opening
Of the present Congress that no man
should be put upon an important com,
mittee who would not support whatever
tariff reduction The Democratic members
Of The Ways and Means Committee
should decide to propose, we believe the
majority would have been consolidated. y
y most uggeslve-perhaps the most
suggestlve-part Of the speech OF Mr.
Mills is that in which he touches on the