Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-26
"HOw 10 That?

Under the above heading the Lynchburg
Adr0nce has paragraph which is capital
Illustration OF the fact that It "a much
easier TO seeA mote IN our neighbor's eye
than beam In our own. We quote from
the Advance as follows:
owe can't understand to save our life how
those Democrats who stand 90 the igb-tari1
platform OF Mr. Randall aud his 'pTotec.
ton gang can also applaud Dir. Cleveland
and nominate bim for reelection 10 the prcs-
dency. That Is just simply qualification or
a mockery, because there is no more har-
mOny between the position OF Dir. Randall
and the Democratic party than there IL be-
tween the Republican parry and President
Cleveland or between light and darkness"
Mr.. RAEDALL was elected Speaker OF the
House Of Representatives by the Democrats
when he was known to hold precisely the
same opinions which he new holds on the
tariff question. Why was that done? We
might say because the remembrance OF bis
great services 70 the South was then fresh In
every true soutbron's mind. The Advance
will say that it was because there were
far more important questions then before
the country than that OF tariff revision.
That Is exactly the reason which Mr.. RAN
DALI. can now give for favoring Dir. CLEvE-
LAND for President Of the United States
namely, that II ia much more important TO
continue in power the party which respects
the Federal Constitution and has a real
regard for the rights Of the southern
States, or rather for the rights Of all the
states, than it is to have the customs
duty on any article fixed at 90, or 40, or 80,
or any other per cent. Mr.. CARLISLE him
self declared the proposed MILLS tariff to be
a protective tarin; that there was no free
trade in il. Is the passage OF that bill 4
MISTER OF so much importance chat
all other questions must be subordi-
mated TO itt Does the Advdnce really
mean to say that the Democrats in Virginia
ought to divide on the tariff question: Does
that paper advise the opponents OF the MILLS
bill 10 vote the Republican ticket next falli
II not, It is not consistent. Either there are
more important matters before the country
than the MILLS bill, or else the Democrats
should divide on that measure.
But we set out only 10 show that the Id.
rance differs with President CLEVELAND on
the question with which above all others he
hiss identified himself and his policy-we
mean Of course the reform Of the civil SER
vice. On this subject, instead Of agreeing
with the President and advocating bis
policy, The hduance reproduces With appro-
batory remarks the following sentence from
little speech made in Portsmouth the ether
day BY Mr.. BARBOUR. hr. BARBOUR said;
"As Washington believed 10 putting mono
but Americans on guard, so l believe in put
ting bose but Democrats in eflice. The
other party always do Il, and there ought TO
be more Of IL in Virginia, aud the friends OF
the party taken better care Of"
The Adrsnce saws that Mr.. BARBOUR "hlt
the nail on the head" and then proceeds to
comment as follows:
That is the sort of Democracy we want
ali tie way through. II q Republican is
elected next time, does anybody suppose
that Democrats will be permitted to remain
in Office fer two months after tue [th Of
March next? OF course not. Why should
that party turn ont MIR. Cleveland and his
Cabinet and leave all the other fat Offices
filed with Democrats under q new admiuis-
tratiOni Not only will Sherman or Blaine,
n elected, turn the Democrats out, but be
will turn cut the Republicans now in Office
aud put In new Republicans who will have
helped 10 win the battle.
President Cleveland should have done
the same thing at the commencement OF his
administration, and there is room for him to
do much Of that work new"
On this subject our Lynchburg coatem.
porary dsres TO differ with the Prendent.
ave can't understand 10 save our life how
those Democrats who stand on the anti.
civil-servce reform platform OF Mr.. BARBOUR
and his gang can also applaud Mr. CLRyH.
LAND and nominate him for reelection 10 the
presidency" We don't say that. We merely
commend dose OF the Advances medicine
70 its own llps
There are blows to be received as well as
to pe given, friend GLASS. A few DAYS avo
the Washington correspondent OF the Alex.
SSdria Gazette wrote 10 that paper as
follows:
A delegate 70 the reeen, Virginia Demo-
cratic Convention here to-day said that
the only delegate 10 st. Louis elected 10 that
convention without opposition wAsAMr.
Barbour, who was the only one among hem
come out openly, as lie had Ia q public
speech IN this city, and condemn the civil
service aud muswump policy OF the Admin.
is,rstion. lie also aid that from hat be
heard At Nsrfelk there was hardly Dems-
crat IN the State wS0 did not endorse Mr..
Barbour Ia respect 10 the subject referred
TO-"
That correspondent was one OF GLAss's
"gsag." Our neighbor Of the STATE showed
him up a. follows:
ave do not remember ever before 10 have
seen an Interview which contained so much
aboDinable error.
"Thsre was no such feeling At Norfolk as
II here described. Virginia, least OF all the
States, can complain Of the retention OF |
Republicans In Olice. For Mabons's bench.
mss, Ia accordance with The strlctest con- |
sLEactisn Of the principles OF civil-service