The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-21
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
ELECTRIC THOUGHTS
FROM LIGHTNING PENS
A parnlicl-Cenfederat Hoimes-n"P""-
iicen Troubles Tho Russian Bear -
Gould and PuIiifzcr-Minisser Reid-A
white House Dinner.

iican Troubies-Iho Rn-.'ah h'"
Gould and Puiiitzcr-Minisser Reid-A
white House Dinner.
ACLosr PARALLrL.-Thec ruelties OF
the Arab slave q alers in the Soudan can
/ he paralleled nearer home If evidence
/ Given in n Baltimore court yesterday
/ NAV be believed \ sailor asserted that
the master OF the oyster vessel on when
he had shipped had offered him an in,
rreose Of two dollars week II he would
consent 10 throw two worthless hands
overboard. This evidence is held 20 &C.
count for the frequent finding OF dead
/ hodies on the eastern shore OF Maryland
during the winter scason.-Ner l0rH
Telegram.
DISABLED CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
4 committee of citizens gathering help
"a b,ild home in Texas for disabled
/ Confederate soldiers is, We are very glai
70 see receiving letters Of encourage
mon, from such eminent Union soldiers
and sailors a. General Sherman and AG-
niral Porter and others This is right.
and we hope the needed subscriptions
will flow i'm 10 the committee.
II is now twenty-four years since the
war closed. The men who served in II
on either side are growing old last.
/ Those who were crippled by wounds or
disease are already feeble old men. The
auimosiiies which grew ont OF the strife
between the sections have so far died
out al least among those who fought,
that Union and Confederate survivors
have more than once proposed to deco
rate the graves of their comrades on the
same dav together
In many Southern States the people,
by their Legislatures, are supporting
homes for disabled confederate soldiers
/ That is right and as it ought 10 be. But
why would II not be a kindly and gra-
ejous act for Congress, when IL reassem-
bles, to appropriate money for the con
structon and maintenance OF several
soldiers homes in the Southern States'
/ WHY would not President Harrison do
we'll 10 recommend this TO Congress-
There is money TO spare in the Federal
/ Treasury .-Ne,e York HefoId.
4 SERIOUS REPUBLICAN EMBARRAss-
lHFNT.-Republican papers are talking
deal OF nonsense about Civil Service in
+
position of their party Determined TO
break up the merit system if they can,
they are trying 10 find in the record OF
Democratic administration some excuse
for the tTeachery on which they nave
resolved. They are met by the fact that
a large proportion Of the clerical service
in the VA hingt0n departments remained
unchanged during the Democratic Adj
ministraion," rs the Tribune puts il.
That this reflects credit on Cleyeands
devotion TO law they are unwilling TO ad-
nit, and they seek to eyade That logical
conclusion.-N J Star.
RussrAs IMPROVED Position n SorTH-
EASTERN EUROPE. - Whatever ground
there NAV be for the report that a large
Austrian force has been collected on the
left bank of the Danube ready for trans
shipment TO Seryia at an hours notice,
it is certain HAT King Milan's abdica'
ton is regarded as a heavy blow TO the
Vienna government. The accession or Il
pro- Russian Ministry TO power Al Bel
grade is the last and most decisive proof
of the failure of the plan attributed TO
Bismarck and KalnOky, the plan OF Sc
curing for Austria ascendancy over the
Danubian and Balkan States.-N J. Sun.
But the fact that Mr. Gould sold it to
Mr.. Pulitzer does not alter the facts.
The STIR has asserted, that during the
late campaign the World, claiming TO ad-
vocate Cleveland rs a leader who had
provided the Democratic party with an
issue. not only betrayed the leader il had
proclaimed and the principle he advo-
Gated. but aband both the leader
and the principle after the defeat Of the
former
The truth remains that the World tried
to be an organ of the Democracy, and en-
c0unfeTing q skillful rival in the sun,
abandoned the contest for supremacy
and consented 10 be the Second Cut
throat of the Democracy-the Sun fgur-
ing as the First Murderer.--N J. star.
Mn. REID As MINISTER TO FRANCE. -
The nomination Of Mr.. Whitelaw Reid as
Minister 10 France viii be recognized IN
all parts of the country as a proper act
on The part of President Harrison. Mr..
} Reid has the character and capacity
which will enable him 10 do credit 10 the
country as its diplomatic representative.
There is no question of his fitness
Philadelphia Record.
2
. WHrrrLAw REID. The President was
afraid that the spectacle OF MI Reid
counting the British aristocracy, with the
. assistance of Mr. Smaley, facotiously
known a. the Tory Squire, would make
his administration very unpopular among
4 the Iiish and among those native Ameri
cans who are strongly anti-English in
, their feelings.
In France there are no politics and no
! race antagonisms that American voters
give any attention TO, and while the
titles Of nobility exist, the government is
( republican. In Paris Mr. Reid can
, spend his money and his wife's money
on dinners and receptions as freely ~
10 he wishes to, and dine with the grandee.
a three Zines every week without exciting
. any unfayorable comment. - Phtlddtlp h,a
Tines
4 HIS SUNDAY DINNER.-At dinner al
the White House last Sunday there was
gathered. and Al future Sunday dinners
NJ tHf SAINT tittt iHh'HhttNf1 tA~tN VII
d be gathered, four generations, just rs
was found at the palace at Berlin before
the death OF the venerable old Emperor
wear OF SO neutrality-suspicious.
\ Scott. VINO still holds his place in the
: Pension Ofhce, and would not resign it
Tor any reason. President and Mrs Har.
rison. their daughter and their two
h children and grandchildren - Washing.
. ten Pest
: OH1os BLsT LfQUoR LAW The
. best liquor law which Ohio ever
had was the celebrated Scotttax-a com
q bination of high license and local option
Owing to a defect in the organic law OF
the State the statute was discovered to be
. unconstitutional after il had been in
, operation for some time Three separate
bills have been enacted into laws for pay
ing back the taxes collected under the
Scott law, after proceedings were
begun TO test the legality of