The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-21
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
yEsTERDA NORTHERN PAPfHS
LIVING ISSUES.
The elimination Of Emancipation ]" "'"-
liI-Interesting and Impressive Event j"
the Uouse-Handail Practically cutting
Himself Loose from the larty.

! Himself Loose from the lhrty.
/ FW,yctp,TIoX IN BRAziL.-Ihe his
tori, event of The week has been the cui-
mina,ion of the emancipation mo'enia ~,
in Brazil. IS hen the act 81 Ap'll -.
1871, was passed, there were l'of"ooo
slaves IN the kingdom. The average value
q of human property was 500 sour ni'r'
, ket rates. So that in the aggregate slave
labor represented money valuation OF
nearly $3.50 600, 900.
! The nr,cesses OF emancipation IN bra
/ iii have been very different from nose
employed in Russia twenty-five years
400. The slaves were blacks owned by
a ,uperio, race The seris were agricui-
,ural laborers and peasants OF The same
y,ce with their masters. In Russia The
gigsniic reform OF releasing 23,OO0,ooO OF
/ scff, on the estates of mobiles ana iandeu
nronrietors was accomplished 10y the SOY
/ ereirn act of the Gar, with the co-ope-
ration Of all classes OF the Empire. Inc
serfs were not only made Their own
masters. bnt those VINO were not domestic
servants were also placed in possession
Of kinds occupied and TILED by thehi'-
4 v J. T,{bVne-
TuE LAST CARDs.-1hc last day OF the
General tariff debate in the House was an
| interesting and impressive event. Inc
preliminary passage OF arms between vi
John Baker and Mr. Breckinrigde OF
Kentucky only served TO put the auui-
once IN a GOOD humor for the more SOLID
shot that was to follow. Mr.. Reed OF
! Maine. and Speaker Carlisle closed the
dei,,te which Chairman Mile and Judge
Kelley opened weeks aeo. BON sides
were well represented in their champions,
who finished the long debate IN able ana
eloouant speeches. Probably nota single
vote has been affected by the long DIS
cussion. but the debate has It's uses III
compelling close examination oil the
question by the members themselves,
with a consequent siiifening OF their CON
yictiOns. and il the educating eject up
ON the country which comes from the
wide circulation OF the more Weighty
speeche, by their authors or by cam
paign committees The question al STAKE
is well worth the fullest discussion bat
no one will regret that the debate has
reached is cnd.-Pdn Press.
R,yDNIIsv Mr.. Randall has openly
repudia,ed the authority of his party on
economic questions Undoubtedly be
has 4 rirhi To do 80, a. every citizen has,
6ut equally beyond doubt, be practically
sever. him elf from his party III dong so.
The notion that economic questions,
when they are. as at present, the one issue
dividing The two parties from each DINER,
when they present the one matter oil
national importance, and The only one on
which the two parties take opposite
views and offer opposite policies, are ont
side the range Of parry authority, l. non
sense. No one knows this better than Mr..
Randall. No one would submit such ques
lions to caucus more quickly than he,
had he any hope that he could get the
caucus to approve his position. lie re.
iects the authority OF a party council
solely because he could not carry out his
plans il he accepted it.-N J. Times.
Cox Mr.. BIAiNE.--Mr- Blaine will not
say. lie "adheres to his Florence letter
lie does not withdraw one word OF his
Florence interview with the Word cor
respondent" He maintains that this IN.
tervieW was 80 explicit that he has now
nothing to add 20 it,
This Is evasion That neither the
Florence letter nor interview nor both
together are accepted a explicit and final
is proved b. the fact that state after
State has elected delegates who are in
favor of Mr.. Blaiue's nomination, if he
can be induced to accept This fact was
known 10 him. Il has been brought III
roctly to his attenlion.-N. J. Uord.
How long De Lcssyps will take to
make canal is settled by the following
from the Utica Ojsorcer: An astron-
omer has discovered that the planet Mars
is belted 10y canals nearly Two thousand
miles long and as wide a. the Strait OF
Dover. II they were planned and con
strGcted by De Lesseps, Mars must be
Old enough to have aniedated the birth
of the universe.
DEpEw's BooMLET Our esteemed
contemporary, the Utica Ojsercer, strikes
a new notion this time:
If Depew is nominated, there will be
biz demand for circus poster pictures OF
Adam Forepaugh, who looks As much
! like Depew as did Dromio like DrOmio. -
/ We are rather inclined 10 think that
/ this is true of Brother Chauncey. Brother
/ Adams whskers are white, but they al
Of the same cut and calibre BY bills
along the country fences he looks TO be a
! little heavier man than DeDew, differ
cnce, however, that might disappear when
/ the Depew cOunlcnance came 10 be pre-
scented through the gigantic scale needed
: fora first-class circus or campaign poster.
- EtciaHge
I KANSAS CIrY.-The commerce OF Kan.
/ sas City is another Of the maryels Of the
Mississippi valley, and without parallel
even 10 the history of that region With
/ population of but 1000 in 1851, and of
/ 5000 at the close of the war. its popula-
ton in 1887 had reached 10000 while
the transactions of its Clearinghouse
were increased from from S20l 1873 900 in
/ 1885 to 1911 800 900 for the year ended on
/ June 30, 1881. the place taen taking rank
rs The tenth city in the United States in
/ the magnitude 0f lis clearances. All this
prosperity is due not so much To mere
/ local causes a. TO the concentration there
/ OF business incident 10 the general growth
] and httli IN tan.fAn 80 tn. "A a.t 4