The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-10


both Mr.. Wymau. of Boston. and Er
Moses Of New York. showed the high
necessity for the examination which
mas been going on az 10 the constltu-
tonaliiy of the law changing the
method Of administering the death
penalty.
Mr. Wyman devoted his paper to a
Reconsideration that the process o!
killing bv electricity NAV be, and usu-
ally is. painful, and that it Is not posi-
ble to tell how much electricity IS re-
quired to kill a man. His conclusion
was that in the interests of humanity
and civilization. and under its constitu-
tional obligation. the Legislature ought
torepeal the law substituting electricity
for hanging in capital punishment. Dr..
Moses followed in the same strain. Civ
ing many instances to prove that death
by electricity. instead of being paiule's
and merciful, is really cruel in the ex-
IRENE. In nearly all the reported case
where the shock did not prove fatal the
sensations suffered are described as
having been exquisitely painful and
agonizing. -NelC York Sun.
tanner MUST BE misunderstanding
Noble rightly insists that the pensions
inquiry shall be enlarged 80 az to cover
the whole Of Mr.. Tanners administra-
ton. The comparison between Deem
Der. 1888, and May, 1889. i. properly set
aside as inadequate. In the absence Cf
opportunity TO examine the partial re-
port. no one can tell how il would
stand fire, or be quite sure az to the
motive that causes its suppression.
When the entire record is made up
there will be opportunity TO scrutinizs
the work Of the commission and scrale
eff the whitcwash. Exchange.
WANAMAKER AND GREEN. -" AusWCr-
ing fool according to his folly Pres
ident Green has completely demollsh
ed the Postmastsr-Gener sOphIstries
about government telegraph rates. d..
Green's lett,r shows that the reduction
i'm the telegraph tolls has been much
greater on government messages than
ON other business, and that there is
no fair comparison TO be made
between press night dispatches
sent when the wires are COM
paratively idle and requiring only
one outlay for terminal handling for
each long message. and Government
communications averaging only thirty
words. to be received ana transmitted
at all hours. The Western Union pres
ident contends that tho POstoilice De-
pariment is bound by the Constitution
to fix Just rate for telegraph service.
and that the injustice Of the proposed
one-mlll toll being now established
there should be no great difficulty ia
agreeing on a far scale Of cOmpensl-
ton. ~ y. Star.
The JOHNsTOwN SCANDAL.-lt Is now
nearly two months since the great ca
lamity in Pennsylvania, aud the larger
part Of the money freely and spOntan
eously given by the people to relieve the
sufferers by the flood Is still IN the
hands of committees or officials.
1t is clearly 4 case of splendid charity
ltraugled by red tape. heutraijz-d by
incompetence or perverted by politics.
Winch Is ~
Women and children are suffering foi
the cOmmOnest comforts of life and
men " hD have l0sl their all are despair
ny and diving. while tine committees
are higglbg and hesitatingoye plans 9
for distributing the money entrusted 10
tn,m To add q new horror 90 the sit
uati0u. typhoid fever ana other cpl
drmic disease have broken out, and
tnere are MT half enough doctors 10
treat the sick
WHAT'S the matter with Governor
Beaver aud his associates ln the admin
istralion of the nations great relief
fnudY The money was given over
%. 600 00J-for immediate nae. not for
"a permausnt charty.-Nelc York World.
WOOL and WOOLES GOODS. The Ma
tional Wool Growers ASSOCIATION. at
meeting held on the 3J,h ulumo. con-
graduated the wool growers Of the
country ION the somewhat improved
condition Of the wool industry, and
passed resolutions asking the President
To cal a special session Of Congress
that should undertake revision Of the
tariff on wool. meaning a revision /
in the direction Of higher duties. On
the day before these resolutions were .
adopted the owners Of the Pioneer .
Wooden Factory, IN San Francisco. the .
largest wooden mill west of the Missis-
,ippi. offered that property for sale.
The reason assigned for this step was
that no money could be made m the .
business. The company had Lot
paid dividend IN five years.
Two weeks earlier the company
operating the largest wooden mill in
Connecticut ~as forced into bank
-uptcy. 1t had been unable to offer to
Is creditors more than 10 cents on the
iollar. There have since been some
leayy failures in the wooden business
,r in branches OF trade allied to il.
The National Woo Growers AssOcia-
ion for obvious reasons did not con-
,ratulate the manufacturers of wooden
.oods on the somewhat improved con-
lition Of their Industry. -Neic York
Times.
OUR RELATIONS WITH MEXICO.-lt /
as been recently stated in the press.
nd in at least one usually well-in-
Ormed Journal, that Mexico Was going
o play the part of offended dignity ,
nd refuse to send representatives to
he approaching Congress Of Ameri.
an Nations at Washington. This is
ot the case, we are glad 10 say. as
resident Diaz has Just appointed Adj ;
liral Angel Ortiz MOnasterio. former /
Y Under Secretary of the Navy IN the I
GONZALES Administration, 10 be Com.
Missioner not only for the luterDa-
onal American Congress at Washing I
IN. but to represent Mexico at the {
laritime exhibition which is proposed I
, be held in New York city.-Er-
.dnge, c
Grover Cleveland is fishing, and O
very time anyone in the boat reads
Oud, Another wool house fails, - [
rover says, whist I've got a bite. -
Philadelphia Record. O
THE BLACK DIAMOND.-A Victoria \
spatch says that the owner OF the d
ack Diamond paid off the crew yes Fl
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