The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-14
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
OPINIONS on LEiDISG TOPICS BY
LEADING WRITER'S,

The hell Telephone Csse-Hshone AM
an,i-Mahone-The Full swing-1he Har
rison Tradition-'h ou'h and the Re
pubIicans-a That Costs the Country.
4 How Lone y-Suppose That We accep'
as correct the statement That the Demo
cratic position on the tariff question bea
The marty in the elections OF this week
what does 1t prove! simply that
, combination of favored Interests ha
: proved itself too strong for the people
who are not in the combination. Ii Il
the triumph of political trust; a vic
tory for a consolidation Of interests tha
"o0oled their issues" to win the fight
II is unreasonable to believe that a sue
cess thus won can long be maintained In
a government controlled by the people
and for the whole people, government
that has neither the moral nor the legal
right TO bestow It's fsvors upon one OF
more classes of its people a. the expense
OF the others.
BELL TELEPHoNE-The opinion OF
the Supreme Court OF the United States,
as rendered through Justice Miller yes
terday afternoon in what is commonly
known as the Bell telephone case, is of
great interest, as settling several points
that have been long and pertinaciousy
contested and of great importance not
only by reason of the magnitude of the
interests Immediately involved, but as
fixing a principle governing the same
general question.
tlThe decision Of the Circuit Court Of
Massachusetts, sustaining the demurrer Of
the Bell Company TO the Governments
suit is hereby reversed, ana the case is
remanded with instructions that the
| United States is the proper plaintiff in
the action; that proceedings were prop
erly instituted in court OF equity, and
that the Government has the ime iuris
diction in the premises that II has in pro-
ceedings to set aside land patents
Washington Post.
MALONE AND ANTI-M AHOSE-Th
Richmond correspondent OF the Ncr York
Sun describes the fight for recognition
between the Malone men and the Anti.
Malone men, and says that 1t is prime
ipally on claims of service
The Malone men ask What was
Mr. John 5 Wise, one Of your Anti Ma
hone men, doing on election day He
voted early and then went of hunting
The other side respond What was Ma
hone himself doing on election day
Finding that he could not get in. he was
using all his efforts TO defeat LangstOn,
the colored Republican nominee, just be.
cause Langston would not submit 10 ring
rule Then the Anti. Mahone men bring
out their trump card, and say Our Anti
Malone man, Ex-Governor Cameron, was
of importance enough to be called out to
Indiana to speak for the Republican
party"
The FULL SwMG-Give the Republi. /
cans the full swing of power and they
will not be wanting in caution. With
everything in their own hands. they will
feel the pressure of responsibility. The
President and Congress cannot then ban
dy accusations, designed d shift the
blame for duties neglected or badly per |
formed Their party alone, will lie justly |
held to account for all bad laws passed
when they have supreme control. We I
may, therefore. expect that the Republic |
can leaders Of the Senate and House, with |
the Republican President, will be cir
in their words and acts Talk
ing for effect will be out Of. order after
March 18th next-Journal Of Commerce.
THE HARRISON TRADITIoN-Bu there
are high considerations of policy, as well
as political traditions in General IIar
rison's family, which invite him to a con.
servatiye cOuise. Soon after the elder
ina" guration. in 1871, Daniel
Webster, Secretary OF State, issued in the
name a circular 20 the heads
Of executive departments informing them
hat the President considered il "a great
abuse to bring The patronage OF the Coy
eminent into conflict with the freedom
Of elections The circular went on 10
say that President Harrison would re-
gard partisan interference in popular
elections or fthe payment of any con.
.fibution or assessment on salaries or
official compensation for party or cleo
lion purposes on the part Of any officer
DR. employe OF the Government as cause
Tor removal Philadelphia Becord
THE SOUTH AND THE REPUBLICANs-I
Elsewhere We reproduce from the New
FORK Times a just, calm. and practical
rev OF the relations OF the South 10
he Union under the changed political
which will begin with the
of General Harrison. As
will be observed, the Times maintains
hat the expressed fear u certain South
IN newspapers that the~ld carpet bag
eeimc" Is to be reinaugurated, and that
he white people Of the South are to be
gain menaced with NEGRO domination"
! altogether without foundation, and
hat no such danger is threatened. BAL
more Herald.
WHAT IT COSTS THE COUSTEY.-"Ihe
ost 10 the country" says Mr. Depew, I
Of presidential election is almost in s
alculabe" Nor does Mr. Depew CON 1
ider in this mere disbursements Of
money what is needed for campaign pur- {
oses, and so on. In that, as he Justly e
deserves, the money is Lot lost, but dis a
rbuted. 1t comes and goes, and in the i