The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-09

The Blaine Bulletln-1ho War Cotrespond-
cnt let the south Aione-Thc Monroe
Doctrine Railway wrocks-A Southern
Republicans Views.
DAILY BLAINE BULLETIN. The only
doubt as 60 Nh Bhinc's selection as ihe
head of The Cabinet arises from the Belief
that General llagrisOns personal PIE
objections DO not run that way and that
his theory of Cabinci-making takes less
account of private claims Than of The
public welfare and the harmony aud
success OF his Administration Mr.
Blaine brief career rs Secretary OF State
was not such as 90 commend him 90 the
judgment OF q cautions and conservative
President VINO intends 10 dominate his
own Administraiion-Nor Iort U.oJh
THr WoriD's" WAn CoErrspoN-
DENT-An admiring contemporary of
The Wor'dscntcrprize SAYS that The New
York World proudly proclaims Shat the
American who is leading ihe Samoans
against the German marines is its special
correspondent This is @ good stroke of
business tor him. for whenever he wishes
90 send q long and interesting dispatch
90 his journal he has only 20 bring on "a
battle and then report 10 in detail. War
correspondents ordinarily have TO stand
and wait 40 headquarters until the fight
ing occurs. and then they have 10 make
the best arrangements they can for for
warding the news.
LET THEM ALOSE.-The New York /
Times referring 20 Ex-Governor Bullock's .
advice TO General Harrison 20 Jet the .
Southern trace problem alone, says
that. Any one who undertakes Federal F.
Intervention 10 protect the negro suffrage F.
i'm the South, is no well-wisher 10 the me- !
ggoes. This IL probably q somewhat rose 7
colorcd view of the condition of things .
I'm the SOnth. bui The conclusions from 10 /
are perfectly sound We do not know .
how Mr Harrison win regard Mr. Bul- /
locks views I'm The light OF the only F.
speech he has made siucc election. In .
which De INDUCED I'm some vague cl0s .
4ucnce about q bugle-call mllying /
whole country In favor of q free vote. .
we should say That ihe prosilcn,clect .
might find Mr. BulocG's statements em-
5mrassing '
THE MoNRoE DoCTH1NE-Mr Tl-|
munds. resolution declaring that this
Government would view with "seriou,
concern and iisapproyai the connec-
ton of any European power with amy
canal enterprise in This hemisphere was
adopted by the Senate yesterday By p
vote of 80 tO3. ID was amended how
ever. so as 90 hc thc formal expression of
the views of "the Government off the
United STATES" instead of simply the
views of Congress and being made 20
Joint. instead of - concurrent resolution
10 viii require the signature of the Presi-
dent or else veto. Tie resolution as
the 1o'~He has already said. expressed
an emnently patriotic and American SEN
l. TI5ne
RAILWAY WRECKACE FOR ISIS IF dee T
number of railways and the amount OF
capital ohlitcrafed hy foreclosure sales
could Doe taken as au index of the condition
OF railway business the showing for 1883.
when compared with that OF former
years would DE q hopeful one Nineteen
roads. with mileage of 500 miles and
capitalized at $4,000 600 were sold under
foreclosure during The year In bui three
Of the last thirteen years was the wreck
age smaller-in 1881. when sixteen
roads. with q total length of eG-
miles. in lss2 eighteen roads. With
3Jl miles and in 1883 fifteen roads N.tl
10 miles were sold Measured by The
.ap.,al invested 1855 WAS iAe moss dsas
rous year Of the thirteen, The foreclosed
roads of chat year being capitalized ai
s3t4109 600 The next In the list was
1887. with s52s ISL .OO0of f0reclosei capi.
al. Tie foreclosures of 1873 involved
1911 G3l 900, those OF 1856 $2,s, $4,000
Nd 80 on down the list the foreclosures
IF the thirteen years beginning with 1876
involving 423 railways, with total mill
age of 1870 miles and q combined capi-
al of 50 j3412jO00 or twenty-cight per {
'ont of the entire mileage and thirty per Z
ent Of tine present railway capital of s
he country
These figures place The average annual
ate of foreclosure for the entire period
e thirty-tw0 railways with 8.3G7 miles
# track and Sl9j, 763,46i of capital and o
ear in which only one-half the average
Mileage and one-third the average capital q
'asses into foreclosure might Dc supposed l.
o DO an exceptionally prosperous year 2
IaRes $
NON-lNTERFERENCE. -- Ex-Governor e.
Bullock Republican, OF Georgia. SAYS of u