The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-13
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
BRIGHT THOUGHTS
BY BRIGHT WRITER'S.

because Ne has been too candid in hi
utterances, that will be very different
matter. 1t is not Tanners talk; it II
T. the substantial truth of what he ba,
Z said. IL ia not his Boosting: it is the
, course OF action Of which he boasts thai
have made him obnoxious and unde
sirablc, and for the latter the admins.
tration is by no means without response.
bility.
Take a single fact. On the day fol.
lowing Mr.. Windows very discredita
bic and misleading comments on the
increase OF the debt during the months
of July and August. Tanner published
a statement showing that there had
been advanced 10 the pension agents.
d as disbursIDg officers. during those two
months some SOB 100000 more than
they had paid out, and S34 600 600 in
all. This one fact. though it may not
be the real cause of the deficit Of cash
in the treasury" il quite enough
TO explain that deficit. and t. account
for the real Increase in the net debt
which Mr. Window had declared to be
apparent only. Such a statement
from subordinate official. coming on
the heels of an elaborate misrepresen.
tatiOn OF the Secretary of the Treasury.
and exposing the disingenuous charac-
ter Of the latter. was a rather embar-
raising circumstance, and may have
had something to do with the disturb.
ance over Mr.. Tanner.-N. y Times.
A CHINESE j)urnal contains the as
founding intelligence that lin America.
If man does pot smoke or drink. he il
uni, ersally respected. Il is strange
what erroneous ideas circulate about III
in foreign parts. Next thing we shall
probably read IN the "Kamichatka Sen
tinel or the Madagascar Bulbul" will
be that the prohibilory law is riglily
enforced in Maine Boston Transcript
EXCUSE TANNER.-Dispatches from
Washington leave little room for doubt
that thc retirement of Commissioner
Tanner from the Pension Bureau has
been determined upon. The satisiac
ZION of believing that this occurrence
is the result OF the numbcrless false.
hoods told about Mr.. Tanner by'ma-
iignant enemies is denied 10 the authors
of them. IL he relires il will be be-
cause the fact is recognized that his
continuance at the head Of bis bureau
would not, circumstances and relations |
being what they are. promote the har-
mOniOus ana efficient administration OF |
public business. ii the President reach |
es that conclusion, his action in the |
matter will not be misunderstood. /
either by the Commissioner himself, by /
his friends or by the country al large. |
" J. Iribmc.
COUNTING CHCKENs.-New York = |
picking out the place for the World |
Fair and hiring a landscape gardener /
aud all that before raising any money |
for The enterprise Is a good deal like |
counting chickens before they are |
hatched. You sec, it S this WY: No one /
can figure out To q certainty whether |
any or all of The eggs viii hatch. Now.
New York may be fooled after all: and |
even though she las nice location for
the Worlds Fair. it's just as likely as
not that she may find out she doesn't |
get il at all lc00O Ncrs.
Mr.. Burns, the able manager of the
London dock s.rike. complains that.
while Australian wOrkingmcn send
money 10 the strikers. he GETS nothing
from wOrkingmen in America but
sympathy and sentiment Mr.. Burns
probably labOfs under the delusion. SO
current in Europe, that America is the
paradise of the laborer. where earnings
are measured out by The bushel ana ex-
Ienses by the peck.-PhHQdciphio he
cord,
Is UNION THERE IN STRENGTH-
Teacher-Now. children. you have seen
how strong a bundle of sticks is. and .
how weak each stick is by itself. This /
experiment. illustrates the motto: in ,
Union there is Strength Now. who I
,an give me another illustration. one i
hat relates 10 the American nation :
Patsy O 'llOoligan lson of an alder
kin. The Amery kins divides
themselves into Republicans aud Dem h
)crats, an Prohibitionists an Mug a
Numps. an all sorts o. things. phile ,
he Orish sticks together an gifts all
he Oilices.-PNck.
but. after an, they will do rs do. a
shall stand by my letter which was "
published a short time ago. Ia it 1 said O.
would do all could to aid the Repub. d
lean party. | expect in return that the J.
republican party will stand by me. ''- %
.dagStOR. W
The political importance OF Mr.. Lang D
ton, as we infer from his own remarks. ii
S not limited 10 Virginia. but attains b
proportions which are almost national ID
Ieing asked whether he would return n
o Virginia. so as 10 be able to help Ma St
one, he replied NO. | shall be in
'hio helping the Republican party ir
here.
II is strange that man so powerful -,
Or helping purposes. SO much sought ~,
fter by the leaders of his own side.
nd so terribly feared by his opponents. ~
hould be so little Of prophet and of -
'ader in his own district as TO be de =.
.ated. l. seems strange that tie doors 80
Congress. which have opened wido -
)r 80 many Of inferior merit. should 80
e rudely closed in the face of such a -,
IAN. -Ne'g York. SIN. -
The NEW STATEsMAN.-Chairman Of
OngresS0nal Committee take it for
ranted, gentlemen, that we shall re-
1rt favoiably ON this bill that has been no
iferred TO Us. defining the bartarous
-actice OF holding boxing contest with ''
in-tisht gloves in the District OF go
)lumbla as felony, and prescribing a VIZ
'naliy Of not less than one year in the "'
'nitentiary.
lEuter Committeeman Sullivan. the w,
m )rable member from Boston 49,,
The Chairman lresuming )-Lr. Mr. oil
Illlvan. we wero-ah-cOnsiderin a.,
is bill in relation 10 sparfing exhibi- c,r
ms. What is your opinion OF il? nm,
Sdllivan-lts bloody 81,
anne to bring III such a bill rs that. ~,
KIN lick any teller that S in favor of ,,a
blank my eyes, an I'm wilin to do .r,
night here if Necessary ~.
The Chairman with alacIity) Mr.. H.,
lhyan 5 judgment. gentlemen, Is that ~.
an expert. | take It for granted. ,',.
ntlemen. that we shall report unapi- IN,
'usly against this infamous bill r...
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