The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-07

south in the interest of the civilization
of the whole country than that cor
roption in The North. as eyemplihed by
the present administration, should be
permitted TO blight and destroy the in
tegritr and manhood of the Republic.
placing it absolutely under the control
of what j.. rapidly becoming an Geie and
luxurious moneyed aristocrscy
THE CABINET
Mr. Miller. the Attorney General MI
Tracy. the Secretary Of the Navy, and
Mr. Noble. the Secretary OF the Interior
are successful lawyers and are repre-
scented as very able men. but none of
them has ever held representative or
administrative position in the govern
ment They owe their appointments TO
the personal friendship and Partially OF
President Harrison. and MOTTO any party
or public service
Mr.. Wanamaker. the Postmaster Cen
eral was selected in grateful recognition
of his liberalily and enterprise in getting
the funds for the campaign. and II is
simply recording the ruth 10 state that
his appointment is understood rs the
contamination Of bargain made OF inn
pisw before The election
Hon. Jeremiah Ru-k, Secretary Of
Agriculture. IS typical Western farmer.
and has been governor of Wisconsin
three times.
Attorney General Miller was the laN
partner of General Harrison
secretary of-War Proctor is founder
OF town OF that name in Vermont and
has been recognized as grand boss OF the
marble Quarries
ONE of the most important decisions
Of the United states supreme Court is
that Just delivered in the case Of the
Liverpool and Great Western Railroad
Company
The point involved was whether The
companv was liable I'm case of negligence
where its contract limited The liability.
The company had stipulated 10 It's bills
of ladinq that il should not be liable for
the negligence. default or error in Judg-
mcnt of the navigators of the vessel.
The vessel was stranded on the coast Of
Wales. On the Trial in The lower count
il was found that The STANDING vas due
TO negligence on the pant of the vessel s
officers The company then claimed
that even in that case il was exempt
from liability by the express stipulation
I'm lis bills of lading
The Supreme Court holds that The
stipulation was not valid in law for The
reason that no steamship company nor
any other common carrier has any ig BIT
or power 10 make such a condition.
Puck E cartoon presents Premier Blaine
as biz chief at The head of the Cabinet
table ana giving the orders Ion the
administration as if he were the real
head Most of the Northern members
have heads represented by portfolio
masks on witch are inscribed the dollar
sign
There is one fact however that VIII
be very potent whether MI Blaine or
President Harrison runs the admini-tra-
ton. and that is Nh Blaine's unmis
taxable bad health When he is sitting
still in perfect repose without speaking
one coming on him suddenly would take
him for a-ooIpse, So pallid and haoby Is
his countensnCe, and So vacant and ius.
treless his eyes He no longer has The
erect carriage and elastic bearing OF
former years, and impresses even those
who talk 10 him as victim Of some de
stroying disease
When he takes on the responsibility,
labor and excitement OF his new posi-
ton. his most ardent oilice-seekers may
well be alarmed al the risks he viii run.
The Baltimore Sun declines 10 accept
the Republican gush over the Inaugural
Address, and saws that il is IN all respects
rather negative. even where i. refers TO
our improved conditions of comfort since
the last century, all of which the listen
ing masses, dripping with rain, were best
alb { TO appreciate when they compared
ancestral weather with that Of the pres
ent
Asto the tariff part OF 1t, the Sun says
that. As this was The great issue upon
which the contending hosts locked
horns. il was To be expected that
here. at least, something able IL
not memorable and powerful
would be said. And yet it is very
commonplace reproduction OF what
was repeated over and over again during
the canvass, except that now the poe,ical
and figuratiye ideas are suggested that
Mill fires we've lighted at the funeral
pile OF slavery, and that the "emancipa-
lion proclamation was heard in the
depths OF the earth, possibly referring
TO the ground hog
III is not departure butts return that
we have witnessed, says The Inaugural
Address, but the question is to what the
return H. President Harrison goes FOR
q AZ per cent. protective tariff, and the
line OF return inferred indicates the II
and ~ per cent for the Infant Indus
tries
Az exchange very sentendously puts
Il thus monday, patriotism; Tuesday,
patriotism and the Offices Wednesday,