The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-09
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SUNDlY EDITORS TO THE FRONT,
WITH WHAT THEY SfID.

] Canada and the states lft~h f"iih'>'
To Educate Working Men-Royal natcL-
! MaLing-DeGant Moors.
The conspicuous phase Of Mr. Gould s
career began with a confession ana u
iragcdy-lhe confession which inVolvt'
lhe return Of ten millions to the treasury
Of railway he had robbed and The
ira, cdy which struck down the compan-
/ ion oi ms crime. Ii was ihe system
which permitted JAY Gould, after Ic or
fcssed himself Iobber by restitution, io
return 10 Wal. street 10 coucocf oturi
crimes insted OF going to sing sing,
where he belonged. Jay Gould Was pos
81 t. because il was in the eviidays ~Hrn
! Tweed was possible in politics, BirnA"l
possihle on the Bench, Jaelne rOs,ih.,
! in the Legislature. Nor was hc simply
possible He became a ruler and "a King
/ No source OF power was beyond his grasp
| And in time New York saw the auth
of the Erie restitution become the m1~;lr
of three New York newspapers, the direct
| ing mind in political conventions, The
inspiration of Mr.. Blaine campaign, his
hand upon the telegraph, the cable, lhr
railway, upon every channel Of public In
nuence steadily adding millions 10 hi
millions. while because oi his deeds
American credit came 90 shame IN the
money markets of the world.
Well what are you going 10 90 about
lit" Tweed asked this question when
he was master OF New York. II becam,
a classical phrase and has now q classical
meaning. Gould and bis friends ask The
/ L.. 1 Il
answered, and time viii answer Could
y. J. HtraH.
The direct tax repayment bill is moth
| ing more than the entering wedge i0I
measures which will SO deplctc the Treas
urv that the protcclionisis may have cause
| 10 cry out that no tax reductions can bc
safely made. The fifteen million direct
tax bill is the pilot fish for that great
shark. the cotton tax repayment bill.
which calls for siXty-ninc millions. The
two. the shark and the pilot fish, viii
take eighty-four millions out OF the Treas.
Jury, and leave it tolerahly empty. That
is the precise purpose of those who are
trying to force these bills through -
Washington Corropondence v J. HT"d
In affairs Of nations, the reasonable
settlement Is in the long run the probable
settlement. TO Canadians, political
union with the United State, is becoming
every wear more clearly essential TO pros.
periiy. 1t also plain that the Canadian
Maritime Provinces, which gain nothing
bnt lose most by the separation, suffer
most from the uniriendly regulations that
the Canadian Government cnlorces
against American fishers, and have rich
mines that annexation would render
er ormously valuable, begin TO feel more
strongly than Other provinces that AN
neXation Is not only their destiny, but
their straight path 10 grand prosperity
II is. therefore, no surprise 10 hear that "a
movement for secession OF The Mtrl
time Provinces from the Canadian Do
minion. with intent 10 seek separate and
speedv union with the United States, is
growing in strength in these Provinces
". y Tr,Jvne.
PoIIuCs II IRELAND.-ln Ireland this
week matters have pursued their usua.
course. Priests have been prosecuted
and sentenced and peasants have gone Ia
iail by the score, but The public has grown
accustomed To these things, and, best les
all interest is swallnwed up by the pros
pect Of the big struggle winch Is expected
TO come of tomorrow. BaiOur has
over and over again asserted that he mas
SUPPRESSED the National Leanuc Jon the
counties of Clare, Galway, and Kerry
and the boast has been echoed ior months
past by the TOry orators and newspapers
The Irish leaders have resolved to show
The English. ana the world in general
the actual value of Balfours big words
by holding tomorrow xix great League
demonstrations, two IN each of Tie COun
ties named cutie IL tie Sun.
Referring to the proposition for func
to educate working men ON AL question,
relating 20 labor and capital the Phiia
delphia Times says THAT ignorance
has cost the working men Of the country
many millions of dollars is fact 81
patent that none can dispute il \ wan
of thorough. practical knowledge of IN,
best methods of promoting the interest.
of organized labor has caused two-thirl
of all labor strikes OF the country, whcr
+ clear headed and discreet direction would
have won for labor vastly more without
strikes than has been won even by tho
few strikes which were in any degree sue
cessful.
The New York Time, thinks that match
making in politics is very unwisc whel
it comes To the point OF marrying The
daughter of the Emperor Of Germany Il
Prince Alexander, the enemy OF Russia
and it lays all this bad policy at the fee
of Queen Victoria The Emperor, say
the Times, ought, however 10 see tn,
political consequences that would follow
from his yielding to the wishes o
his wife and his motheriu law
} and his sisteI-in law, and possibly
of his daughter also, though thi
seems to be by no means certain. As
matter of fact, he seems 10 have been a
obliyiOus Of these consequences As wer'
the ladies until his attention was per
emptorily called 10 them by Bismark'
l thraat IN raaitrp II tho prop,aal p,orria.r