The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-26
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
PITY PARAGRAPHS
PEERLESS PENMEN.

Robbery by sta,utc-New York Must DO
som.,hing-The Two Parties-Toraker.
Big Chief ouIangcr-PopuIar Iduca-
tion-The Baseball Trust-Other Topics
ROBBERY BY STATUTE. -The United
States Circuit Court. sitting in st. Paul,
has decided-as another United States
Circuit Court had already done-that
the Minnesota law prohibiting the I'M
portation of dressed beef into that state
from other States is unconstitutional
and void.
The decision is so manifestly in ac-
cordance with the law and common
sense that the wonder seems 10 be that
any Legislature should have ever pass
ed such "a statute. as many Legislatures
were strongly urged to do last year,
and as the Minnesota Legislature did.
The statute involved transparency
false pretense which was hoped might
enable il to escape the condemnation oil
unconstiiutonaltyt that has fallen upon
it. 1t pretended to be an act passed Tor
the protection of the people from dan
ger to their health: it was IN fact IN
tended to compel the people to BUY tleii
meat of their local butchers at higher
rates than they could buy for else
where.
II was an act to tax all for the en-
richment Of few. As such 1t de-
served condemnation for its utter IN
iustice. for its essential Oppressivene5s
in the denial of individual liberty ana
for the robbery it authorized favor
ed few to commit upon all their neigh
bOrs. -,
In all this. however, the statute did
not differ from those tariff laws which
impose unnecessary taxes upon the
necsssarics of life for the purpose OF
compelling the people to buy their
goods of protected mOnOpOlists at higher
prices than they would have To pay
elsewhere. The only difference is tina.
Congress seems to have constitutional
power to authorize that species OF IN
Justice, while State Legislatures have
not.
NEW YORK MUST DO SOMETHING
Two questions are Just now disturbing
the powerful mind of New York. One
is whether any part OF Central Iaih
should be occupied by the World =
Far. and the other is what new thlne
can be invented greater than the LIilel
Tower, as the central feature OF Inc
show.
The latter question is really impor-
tant AS well as difficult, but 1t is even
more important just now-aDd espe
cially more important than any ques
tor about the park-tO determine den
mite that the exposition Is to take place
There is lust one way TO do TINS, ant
that is TO organize a company and IN
wife the investment OF capital, and d
will have to be done pretty soon if th'
show is to be ready in ls92.-Philadei
phia Times.
THE TWO PARTIES. The Democratic
party continues It's existence IN all d.
native vigOr. it furnishes no recruitin,
ground for Republicanism, while TN
steady abandonment Of the latter b.
those who have been anon. It's trustee
and influential leaders. and their wei
) come accession to the Democratic ranks
make it plain that it IS the Republican
PARTY which is at length TO 20 &
, pieces from lack of a true cobesIv
principle. though il il for the time hein,
. in constitutional possession Of the al
ministration that may prove TO be bu
the more fatal prelude to Us fall. Popu
lar wants cannot always be neglected
with impunity by.any party. Som
/. policy that strikes a higher key thai
"a that of persistent self-aggrandizemen
must be presented for continued p0pu
lar support. When thoughtful student
, of The tendencies of the times discer
glaqqyipg popular demands to which 5 n
sumption to say that its doom is all tn
= time drawing nearer.-Boston Globe.
FORAKER. BIG CHEF According I
an interview with James +. Campbell
s the Democratic nominee for GOyerno
$ of Ohio. which we publish this morn
ing, there il strong sentiment in tina
State against electing Governor FOrake
= for third time. He say
e THE fact that Foraker has create
D ten thousand officials since he has bee
, Governor is beginning 10 be known an
= appreciated by the people, who are az
= palled at the despotic manner in whic
= he yields this tremendous power. ii
: has twice the power that any othe
: Governor of Ohio ever possessed. >
gross are the outrages perpetrated b.
I Foraker and his henchmen that the lead
ing Republican Congressman from TIA
= greatest city in the State felt moved re
Gently by very shame to declare "tha
five thousand voters, representing tn
e worst elements in politics in that city
0 practically dictated TO the sixty thou
: sand who believe in clean and whole
some methods. New York Herald.
THE BASEBALL Trust. There ma
been some talk lately Of the establish
, ment of baseball trust, by the player
themselves. yet we believe to day Their
= does not exist a single case Of successful
productive cooperation. Probably
also. no single effort ever made in tina
Z direction would be less likely to sue
: coed than one for cooperative base
ball.
b. With the players themselves as arbi
/ tiers of their own merits. there would
o not only be trouble, but there woul,
inevitably be falling of in the play
Friendships and pulls would get mel
&. into the trust who would be unworthy
of being there. aud jealousy conilict.au,
failure would be the result. Such
standard as that of game like base
e ball cannot be maintained if sGbjecte.
: to the influences Of personal likes an,
dislikes The merciless requirement
of the cold aud impartial cariialistoi Te
the only force that will keep it scrcwe,
: up to the top notch. ana any attempt &
= apply to the baseball business. of al
others, principle which has never ye
experienced successful practice, wOul,
inevitably lead to disaster.-New YoIl
Sun.
: POPULAR EDUCATION. - And nov
comes one Rev. j. X. Hendrick with
magazine article to prove that pOpula
education is not good thing, becaus
: it makes the children OF the poor dis
= contented with their lot IN life. con
temptuous of manual labor and AYERS
to those pursuits in which they are the
most needed, and would be the mos
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