The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-20
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
THE CRISP THOUGH1S or THE ic-
TIVE MINDS or TIE DAY
Louisiana Is Democratic-PI Pig Iron heiiey'
what working Men Pay-The Bitter
sweet of Sugar T~ari6-John sherman-A
staunch Kepubiiran-1he

staunch Kepubiican-1he
But the outcome shows that Louisiana
l. as reliably Democratic as ever, u ma
inrliy of 30, 900 votes being as certainly
Indicative Of that fact ~ anything c0ulu
Lr. il will be several days before iuil
and accurate returns are received from
the remote parishes, but that bgnIc j.
now accepted as the majority that VIII De
accorded the Nichols ticket. Whether
the vote has been fair or not cannot, oi
course. be Judged at this distance How
ever that may he, there will always he a
difference of opinion IN the point Oh lalr'
meas. Republican journals are already
claiming that the state was carried 10y
the Old process of bulldOzlng, and ia q
charge will doubtless be persistently sus-
tain d by Ex-Governor Warmoth ana hl-
friends. On the other hand, the Demo.
cratic leaders of the state assert thai 10
many of the parishes the colored men
voted almost solidly for the Democratic
: candidates, and that the election was fan
and honest.-Balto Herdld.
Such readers Of protectionist organs
as were permitted to compare The open
inc sneech OF Chairman Mills with That
of Judge Kelley in the present larlh dt'
bate In Congress have doubtless maic
their own comments on the character al
the controversy and the forensic skill oi
the participants. No discerning reader
could fail to contrast the calm argumen-
( tatiyc tone of Mr.. Mills with the extrava
gance, the Wild assertion, The false alarms,
! and the phrassmOngering OF the speaker
who followed him. Entering into the
very heart of his subject, Chairman Nils
/ showed how a high tariff Discriminate IN
! favor Of capital and wealth, and against
the labor aud industry Of the working
masses. -PAda. Record.
Working men all over The land are be-
ginning TO think this matter oven loi
! themselves. They have found 10 theiI
/ sorrow and cost that protection, as illus.
! traied bY the Republican party, has nc
J r., 10 them. II i the most arr1-
CANT dogma in the political economy oi
the times, for when you get down "a
practical b~arlpan the poor man IS !ei'
out in the cold. When lie lifts up hi,
hands and asks for his share OF heaven
born. htayen-sent, and millennium pro-
ducing policy the only answer he gels J.
an attempt to reduce his wages. ftotec
ton has driven him into such Il cornei
and reduced him 10 such di:etul straits
that he is forced into An organization
trades union, Knights OF Labor assembly
or what not-in order to maintain the
-. a.. .xf.t H.. GquE FTetTU IIQFrlk
what he ought 10 have seen Yeas ago
il has been pounded into his head by
hard knocks, By unsuccessful strikes, by
futile protests in every directiOn-lhal
protection takes mighty good care OF The
! capitalisi. the syndicate, the combine the
pool, the monopoly, bat treats him Will
naughty disdain, and proceeds on lis way
bumming the sweet refrain, The dew
take the hindmOst."-N J. Herald.
Possibly Tuesdays work in Louisiana
may ease the esteemed Sun Of its grow
ing load of anguish anent The harmony o
the Democratic party. The State was
fair field OF contest on the subject Of
tariff reform. The sugar interests IN the
State were warned that Democratic In
dorsem.n would mean destruction e.
their prOsperity-that the way once
opened, the growing industries OF the
New SoCth would be thrown into eclipse
To make he event more signal, the re
suit more explicit, the most adrOlt plottel
ia the South. The millionaire carpet bag
ger Warmoth, was selected to lead III,
protection army, and the battle cry wa
Anything to beat Cleyeland's tariff plat
form.-N. !. star.
Mr.. John Sherman was again Endorsed
so far az life service goes, by the Repub
lican Convention of Ohio Yesterday as q
candidate for the presidential nomination
He will have in The Chicago Convention
a delegation from his own State that vii
be nominally united in his support
Thus he will enter his third struggle il
convention fog the prize he has 90 Ions
sought with ore apparent advantage
greater than he enjoyed in either OF TIA,
others ~ y Hara!G.
n respected, proud, and staunch kepub
lican Of Virginia sends Us the following
indOrsing the proceedings Of Z meeting o
the congressional district committee o
the tenth congressional district of tina
State
STAUSToS. Va, April IA, 1883.
Editor National Republican | hop,
you will publish The nclosed report.
desire the same 10 be done more pariicu
larly since it calls attention to a part o
our plan Of organization combatted by
you, and, too, To show that the great ma.
1ority Of our party in Virginia, at leas
nine Out OF len, are in favor OF our pres
cnt plan of organization, aud OF Genera
Malone as chairman -Nat0HaIRe
publican.
The Government is again In the marke
advertising for bids to sell its bonds. |
has Sl0j, 000, 900 more in the Treasury
than ii has any use for, and would lik,
To discount some of its " paper. Thi
plan was adopted before the meeting o
Congress TO reduce II then trOublesOm,
food in the Government vaults. Til,
authority for it was found in an get O
March 81, 1881. There was sOme doub
on the part of the Administration as L
whether this act was still in operation
but the pressure 10 take the benefit of i
was marked and deferred to-N !
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