The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-18
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
7HE CORUSCf TONS or THE ME-.
TROPOEIIIN PAPERs.

ThOPOEIIIN PAPERs.
Weather Conttasts-.t Kitchen ChIef-Dy-
Mantle War Ships-~Tbs Race Problem
The Copper Syndicate Arlstocraey or
Democracy Lord sackviIIe's Successor.
CURIOUS WR,THLR COyTRAsrs.--Pic-
mics and other summer diversions IN
which the people OF the Northwest have
been oosstiully iudulgiug for the last six
weeks have been Interrupted. no doubt
by the recent cold wave, and momeniaty
boom may have ben given 10 The coal
tfaillc and overcOat trade. But no re-
yival in The demand for galoshes f. re.
ported hand-sled runners still wear the
accumulated rust Of year, aud tie
wheai-grOwer wonders whether the
crops, already backward for lack % rain
are going TO get snow blanket IN time
TO save them from being winler killed.
n y Tribune
CHIEF or THE KITcHEN Hardly has
French cookery recovered from the blow
delivered by TIE Emperor of Germany
than il receives a slap from the White
( House, Washington. No longer does a
{ Partisan chcf dominate the cuisine OF The
/ Executive Mansion, but an American
negro rules supreme over that sacred
precinct The famous Monsieur Joseph
who came 10 this country from Paris
some time ago, will feel dismayed TO
think that the cookery OF the African
may become successful rival in this
country 10 the culinary art Of the Frcn2h
But II we are To shut out European ac-
tors why should we not protect native
cooks IN y. World
dynamite WAR NrssrLs.-The Ger
+ isinty that lhe lcsutifs will be satislac
tory ia point of speed and the belief thnt
she will be serviceable with her dyna
mite guns have given an impetus 10 leg
islaiiOn for craft Of this description We
already dnd two bills introduced into the
House. one of which proposes TO con
struct two steel rams st "a cost Of : SOC,
f 600, TO be armed with heavy riiied dyna-
mite guns and pneumatic torpedo throw
ers. while the other provides for two
steel cruisers, at a cost OF $4,000 each,
armed in q like fashion The latter bill
supplies to each of the proposed cruiseIo
+ four 10.inch higb-power rifles, fhrowine
shells charged with dynamite or other
high explosive, these Guns TO be mounted
in two tuitle.bsck iurrets. one forward
and the other aft.-N. J Times.
"THF PROBLEM. The Washington
I P0st says he naturally drives out all
other forms Of labor because lie IS uniqely
| adjustable 10 the conditions that prevail
+ ia the South
Educate the negro. Of course. Let him
Keep the right of franchise let BIN
gradually learn something of the respon-
sibililies of citizenship. Let him be
Chrsiiani,ed and civilized 10 the limit OF
his capacity. But as TO the relationship
to exist between him and the white race
lei that be established 10y the natural and
undislurbed course of events
CorPrR THE SYgDICATT.-The French col-
per syndicate pays the owners ~ the Anheon
ia Montana mine s@pUJJ Tor cacn month thai
10 remains shut down New Orleans Times
Democrat.
In other words, aided BY our "Protec
ton 10 Workingmen" tariff, a foreign
syndicate 10 able to order the discharge
OF all the lsbOrers employed ia and
around this American mine, and then
tax American consumers Of copper suill-
cient to pay this enormous monthly
tribute to the milllOnaires who control
the mine
Undoubtedly the mine owners think
the tariff is blessing, but what do the
discharged miners and the American
copper consumers think about itY-A.
Herald.
THE SPOII sMEN.-"1he Providence
J0urnaP DEM remarks that Precedent
Cleveland lost most in States like lnl.aua
and New York "where be gave way 10
the spoilsmen most completely" Nhai
Won don't mean 10 say that New York
in which the Mugwumps did most
abound, was one OF the two States where
Mr.. Cleveland gave wsy TO the sp0ils
men most completely f Why strike The
Mugwumps when they are down in This
brutal manner Why call attention 10 ihe
fact that their influence in the campaign
was not vlsibleto the naked eye The Jonr
no" ought 10 be ashamed Of itself-N
J Tribune
ARIsToCRACY OR DEMOCRACY Sen
ator ingalls, maintains that the success
of civil-service reform, which he rightly
SAYS "lhe people seem TO want will be
"the founding of an aristocratic class-a
class thai viii soon be permanent, anG /
will ultimately be hereditary, the office
descending from parent 10 child
This is an old and very ridiculous /
bugaboo. Fancy the danger to the Re +
public" in a tenure during good behavior /.
for few thousand $500, 81 900 OF 81, 500 +
clerks
One might az well talk Of an "aristoc- /
racy" of cashiers, prescription clerks OF .
employees Of any sort who are engaged .
for their fitness and retained for theii .
fidelity and experienced skill-N. y /
World.
LORD SACKvILLE's SUCCESSOR. 90 The /
Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. George .
l. Rives, in denying the report that the
United Staiea had asked for the appoint
ment Of successor TO Lord Sackyille |
and would recall Nj Phelps unless ii
British Minister were promptly trans
ported to these shores, took occasion 10
say that the Department OF State was
perfectly Indifferent whether a British
Minister was sent to Washington or not.
In this regard the Department of State
Is more fully in accord with the public
opinion OF this country than 1t has us
uslly been The great American people
not only don't caTs consular report
whether or not somebody comes over 10
take the place Of the unfortunate Sack
vile, but they don't care a diplomatic
report whether Mr.. Phelps continues 10
adorn as a piece Of early Vermont bric-a
brac the mahogany of the nobility and
gentry Of the inyiolate isle.-N. Y. Sun.
RAILROAD AfFAIgs.-In speech be
fore the Commercial Club of Boston on
Saturday night Mr. Charles Francis
Adams, president Of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, discussed the pres
ent condition of railroad affairs in the
United States. Mr. Adams said that this
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