The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-17
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
LEADING WRITER'S DISCUSS LEADING
TOPICS or The DAY.

The Race Problem-IrVlng's Macbeth
Things Pretty shaky on the isthmus
OF Psnama-The Republicans aud the
Tariff other Natter.
RACE PRonLEN-The Herdld, after
reviewing several opinions on this sub
Jet, quotes and comments on Mr.. Oates
as follows:
Nineteen out of twenty Northern
Republicans who come South and invest
their money in homes with the purpose
Of becoming citizens. in twelve months
after they are there vote the Democratic
ticket. which is the white man ticket
They vote not because they are Demo
Gratis in principle. but because they be-
lieye in white mans rule and see that II
is necessary.
The whole interview is interesting as
showing the extreme other side of the
question.
We must admit this. namely. that The
pr0plem is not 20 be solved 10y political
partisanship. but by the hest resources OF
craftsmanship. And il will tax that
Craftsmanship 10 the utmost before we
get through with il.
L0ndon 7rph describes the Irving re-
yiyal of Macbeth as "a Macbeth based
| upon rccollections of Eugene Aram, ac-
c0mpanied hy an aesthetic Hurnes-Joncsy
/ Gr0sycnOr version of Lady Macbeth.
who roaTs as gently as a sucking dove.
"Ah. Mr.. DE Dood. IS your face Tor rent 70
She l|ungul3ly asked. aud slow,
"tt course not. he said, "but why She
"Gecause It looks vacant you know"
- Washington critic.
SENATOR HreGINs-Ancnt the un-
expected election of "a Republican Scna-
tor from Delaware the Eceaiag Itegrsm
saws that the traditional rich man who
had To- crawl through q needles eve to
reach Paradise had q soft thing com
pared with Delaware's job of electing
somebody 10 the Senate other than a
Bavard or q salisbury. The poor little
States ribs crack ike the timbers OF the
/ TallapOOsa in "a chop sea, and the most
doleful sounds are heard as she tries 10
produce a statesman outside OF the oid
family circle.
THE PANAMA CANAL-The Eraing
Tdogram publishes the following dis
patch from Aspinwall
Things are getting pretty shaky here.
and trouble is expected as soon as the
work ON the canal closes down. Some
/ 1900 or 1000 men have been thrown out
of employment already By the stoppagc
of work bv some of The contractors ON
account of high water. When the COM
/ plete cessation of work takes place, some
/ 10000 men Will be out of employment.
and IL IS hard 10 say what may take
place. For the present we have two
/ United States men-Ot-war so Panama
and one French man-ot-War on this side
of A|spinwall
IF the canal company can manage 90
pull through the present crisis All VIII De
well. bat If work is stopped only for "a
/ short time we may expect some exciting
results. Tie time is ripe for another
/ re-, OlutiOn II has already been four
wears since the last one was suppressed
and the movers in 10 are too ready io
take advantage of an opportunity 10 try
it once again.
CHINA AND CANADA-An exchange
points out the following fact.
Ito appeal of the Chinese Govern
ment 10 Great Britain against the in-
fraction of treaty rights, growing out OF
/ the proposed exclusion of Chinese immi-
grants TO Australia and Canada, has be-
hind 10 a strong commercial as well as
moral backing. The position OF the
British Government is embarrassing. IL
can hardly steer q middle course. so as 90
nacifv China, without offending the
Colonies. The people of the United
States are specially interested, for the
reason that unrestricted Chinese immi-
grafton TO Canada would practically
nulify our policy Of exclusion.
MoNoPoLIsTs AND TAXEs-Socure in
the possession of the Presidency after
the 4th of March and a majority in Con-
gress. and unembarrassed Boy any imme
date fear OF adverse popular opinion,
the Republican party is making a record
for itself on the tariff question that must
consolidate against il all the friends of
honest government. W hen the Senate
bin shall have been completed and passed
its provisions viii be in The nature of az
indictment for "a conspiracy 90 rob the
taxpayer for the benefit of protected
monopolies .-P hHlddDim Recent.
THE BOODLERs."-None OF the State
Executives has spoken more earnestly or
pOintedly than did Governor Hoyey, OF
Indiana. This sturdy old soldier. who
refused 10 pay an assessment of - 80
to swell The corruption fund OF his
party. admits that "there is reason
TO believe that the ballot has been
polluted not only i'm this State but in
many of the other States of the Juion
and by both political parties Tie sig
n~ihcantly says-in view of the protec-
ton sought for Col Dudley, both in
Indiana and i'm the Senate-that his
corruption seems TO be- no longer Te-
garded as a crime i'm the eyes of many
respectable men. Non Iolk U0rid.
The following in The World shows that
it resents the attempts of wicked con-
temporaries to sneer at iis bicycle
african expedition
The presence i'm London of the
U0rlfs special African commissioner
Mr.. Thomas \. Stevens. has caused. 10
seems. a lively sensation. The London
Chronicle, an echo of the NeW York
Herald. hastens now TO inform the pub
lie that Stanley is all right and that bis
whereabouts are known 10 King
Leopold, of Belgium, and the British
Government.
OnsM Monday a sensible and practical
measure of surplus reduction was intro
duced in the House of Representative by
the Hon. William Henry Harrison
Cowles, of North Carolina, a Democrat
The bin repeats the tobacco tax and em-
bodies the internal revenue provisions
that constituted the last fifteen sections
Of the so-called Mills Tariff bin.
Senatorial elections were held in four
States Yesterday. Mr.. lloar was re-
elected In Massachusetts,, and Mr.. FRYE
in Maine. In Colorado, Edward O. VOL .
colt was elected TO succeed Senator
Bowen, and in Delaware the struggle I'm
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