The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-03
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
THE COMMENTS or METROPOLITAN
WRITERS on CURRENT 7OPUS.
The Colossal West-Hud singers Ia the
Rear-Tru-is Decided to bs Conspir, =
ciss selfish Tariff Iord,-rhe Getty .
burg Reunion and Other Matters.

burg Reunion and Other Matters.
NoruING BY IiALvEs-They never d.
ANYTHING on Veal that isn't colossal Ii
they bull a hall il holds twelve lbousanC
Deoplr. or raise statue Ia one Of their
dead heroes, it Is three or four times life
size. They are neither satisfied with or
dinary success nor ordinary defeat. II
they speculate they want 10 control III,
whole crop of the country, and it thu
corner bursts they take gloomy salts
faction in the fact that it is the biggest
ruin in all creation y }. Hora'd.
RELOCATED TO THE REAR-The for
midable contingent OF mud znngcrs, "ho
in former campaigns nave moved
broad field sor The exercise OF their ialr"''
have found that their occupation, like
O,hello's, has vanished for the present
So far. there j. every indication hat 'h'
pending canvass j. 10 b" uDprecedently
free from the ISLANDERS and villifications
that have characterized the polucal con
tests of the past. The mud.lhrowers, for
once, have be- n RELOCATED to the rear
P1!lodelphia Rec0rd.
THE Trusts ~ PEh.L The decision
of Attorney General Tabor will he fo
lowed by action which will test tn
legality, not Of the sugar trust alone, bui
of the oil trust and all similar moBopo-
| lies. There can be no reasonable dOnh
Of the result The courts OF severa
States have alrcady decided thai suci
combinations are cOnspiracies in re
s,raint of trade. In Ohio, in the sal
monopoly case, the court held that III
clear tendency of such an agreement ii
to establish monopoly and destroy com
petition in trade. and for that reason, OF
grounds of public policy, the courts vii
not aid in its enforcemenl."-Nec forL
lT0rld
80 MATTER VINO SUFTEGs.-Thf
Baltimore sun, discussing tie great West
ern strike. sensibly says. The iron mann
facturer were not "protected' from for
eicn competition during July and August
while he il waiting for prices 30 come 90
80 his idea of profits, his works would he
continuously in operation, and his worn
men wonld rot be forced into idleness
and want for two months IN the year
The public would get cheaper iron-an
She public would he benefited by ii--ano
Al the same time the working men wOui'
yet steady work all the time At'pre-en'
everybody and everything mus serve tn,
convenience of the tariff lorI. No matter
who suffers he Is 'pro'ccted.'
TIE GRAY AND TUE BLUE.-The New
York Times remarks on The veteran re-
union now going on N Gcttv-hurs, thai
the hearty acceptance OF the results al
the war and the unreserved pledge o
fidelity 10 the Government and renuncia-
ton of the right OF secession, after its
submission TO the arbiramcnt of the
sword. were noticeable among COnfeder-
ate veterans al The outset but of late
wears equally noticeable has been the
growth of a desire 10 give ulefance I,
the conviction that ihe whole question
was not only settled, bat settled in the
better way. Surely among influences
tending To foster such convictions are The
raternal reunions OF the blue and the
gray.
4 Radiant OUTLoOK.-July opened
beautifully, 40 far ~ The weather Wa.
concerned. But hope OF it, long con
tnuance would hardly be justified isas
much n General Greedy announces tina
the 18th, 18th aud 10Th If the present
month will be the hottest Of the year
Pta Recent
C,vNor SWALLOW FREE WHISKY -
The New York STIR says Chairman
Mills Of the Ways and Means Committee
has received scores of letters from New
England cIergymen, who say that they
will vote against the Republican party on
account of the free whisky plank Of the
Chicago platform We hope that they
will adhere TO their good intentions But
the Democrats will not relax any efforts
on account of them. The mischief of the
free whisky plank is that it pleases no.
body"
Blood THICKER IRAN WATER -
Maior.General Harrison of the army OF
Oliver Cromwell that devastated Ireland
seems 10 have a worthy descendant in
Breyel Brigadier General Harrison OF
VIM - iNppiASN W nave Ntlu vi
American wOrkmen who presumed 10
unite to ask better pay Of railroad cor
poration:
Were the Governor Ia force those
men back 10 work or shoot them down
on the spot"
Truly, blood il thicker than water, and
ii is true that the traits of men often crop
out in their descendants after several
generations -NciO Y0rk STIR.
The CHINESE AssEssED.-ln view OF
the disposition on the part Of the Chinese
20 subscribe" Chairman Rorke of the
Republican City Committee has sent his
| soliciting letter over to New York 10
have it printed in Chinese, and has a
clerk put to work picking ont the Chi
nese names in the directory so that he
can send the document around and get
something more than 'IIullays for Hal
lison" out of the aimoned eyed converts
A Chinese clerk is to be employed at
headquarters, and Charles b. Quigley is
about organizing a company of China
men TO become a part of the Tenth Ward