The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-30
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
BRIGHT COMMENTS
BY BRIGHT WRITER'S.

Sea Quesu0u-A legal Opipson-A
Gigantic snterprise-Ihe Btsnd Wbo
30 Not wish 10 see.
THE IRTsH ASA ssiNATION The open
ing of the CrOnin inquest enables the
Chicago police to furnish some of the
results Of month S detective work.
Four alleged accomplices in the muir
der are under arrest, and one OF them
is vaguely reported 10 have made a
clean breast Of his connection with .Ie
conspiracy, and to have Implicated
numerous Irish.Ame,icans of the Clan
Da-Gael. The local factions which
have been struggling TO obtain control
OF the Chicago branches Of that
organization are taking advantage
OF convenient opportunity for
accusing prominent members Of
completely in the crime and for
fouling their regulations. The air is
thick with rumors, cOnjectures and
treachery: the amateur detectives of
the press are interchangeable in starting
new theories and working up false
scents IN every direction; and there i
an importunate public demand for the
arrest OF a large numbar If suspects.
The inquest will probably demonstrate
that the police, while they have got on
the trail OF the assassins, are largely
dependent upon the confessions of ac-
completes for evidence that may lead to
the Identification OF the leaders in this !
atrocious plot.-Aicago Tribune.
The BEHKSo SEA pUrsTrov.-so it
seems Secretary Blaine has decided |
that Behring Sea is mare clauSunl. or /
closed sea, over which the United |
States has exclusive jurisdiction and /
absolute control. No one, native or |
alien. but the Alaska Company is to be
to catch seals in those waters.
and any vessel, American or foreign.
found violating this prohibition is TO be
seized.
Can Mr.. Blaine successfully maintain
this claim in the diplomatic controversy
which Its announcement must pro-
woke Z Can our government undertake
10 enforce it without inviting a foreign
war;
The claim is against universally re-
'ognlzed principals of international
aw. IL Is opposed tOthe traditions and
DreceGents of our own government.
u IS contrary TO the record Of the State
Department on this very question as
recently as the administration of Mr..
3ayard.-N y. Herald.
A LEGAL OPNIoN.-A new question
las been raised in Philadelphia relative
o constitutional prohibition. The !
Times of that city published Yesterday ,
"A protest from the lawyers. clearly
tated and numerously signed. This :
document set forth the fact that the y
proposed amendment prohibiting the !,
nanufacture and sale II liquors is con- '
rary to the spirit Of constitutional en- ,
ctment and clearly belongs to the /,
rovince Of enactment by statute. - =
baltimore Herald. =
a GIGANTIC ENTERPRIsE.-It appears /
rom the instructions to Captain Healy.
I the revenue cutter Bear. sent to do
ollce duty in Behring sea. that the o.
harrison administration intends to pro- =
ed on the principle that when we =
ought Alaska we bought with il the =,
xclusive control of the vast BODY Of =
-ater north of the Aleutian islands \
nd up to Behring strait. ~
That this marine area. as large as y,
laska itself, was defined in the treaty r.
purchase Is incOntestably true. II
oreover, so far as Russia had The title r.
exclusive ownership Of Behring sea. -
re transferred it to us for Mr. Seward S n
/, 600 600. ~ ~
1t is likewise true that the construc- {,
Oh of the treaty which assumes that
ehring sea is closed sea American
ld American only. is warmly an o.
rovod by the Alaska Commercial Com. -,
my, and is practically indispensable -
r the efficient protection Of the com =
my s fur seal industry. h.
The only question is whether the -,
her powers will recognize Russias ~
gifts TO sell, and the right Of the j.,
nitod States TO assert "a dominion -uch f.,
has never been claimed ince kings 80
ed to arrogate the sovereignty Of old
can itself.-N y. sun. T..
The BLIND WHO Do NOT WISH TO SEE. 81.
At the outset the protective idea of ~.
king productive industry in order to TO-
STAN weakling undertakings was !,
cached with apologies. and only adj ,rr
Gated as temporary expedi6ut. ex
e power to take money out OF one an
m 3 pocket to pa. it 10 the pocket Of IN,
other man was conceded to be an in oo
feasible stretch OF authority. It is 49,
e of the most mOunful proofs of the mo-
cadence of public morality that
Icy begun in weakness should have
EN- allowed TO harden into a system mo-
C scheme Of rapiEe, and should be no
Tended as a matter Of principle. on
The right Of the government 10 col Tb
L taxes for revenue has been twisted nm
o a right to impose taxes a, a bounty If
favorites Great monOp0lics have moi
en- built up out of the proceeds Of sir
lfiscation effected in the name Of
rejection. and there are piOus
well meaning people who deem it roo
ind of profanity to call this sort of io
ny in question. They find it diff ;ac
Ii TO distinguish between the Gov ~,
.ment itself and the artificial crea- 81
'es " hich have been exalted by the ora
vernment into an apparent supre. 80,
cy.-Ihdadclph'a Record. To-,
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udall is right in saying that the way Tho
the Democrats 10 regain power is TO WV
IT together again. c
When a party is divided upon a ques- pr1
n of principle or of policy what is a ajio
right way of getting it together? H. H.
nat is the Democratic method Of set s,t
X such differences ~ ~.
mere are but two ways. Either the ~
lority must yield its views. in ~
dience to the principle Of majority y
e. or there must be a compromise. p1H
2 latter was the method adopted by p r,oo
Democrats in Congress in relation va
the one point of difference uiH,,
Tariff question. A small minor pie,
less than wished to pDl'
uce the revenues by abOlishing the ''0
,rnal revenue. The great majority
)d by the traditional Democratic c.
cy of reducing fist and most the STA
es on the necessities OF the people enc,
)ugh a reduction Of the tariff. A Wa.
Ipromlse measure was agreed upon mar
,odying both policies. All but four in
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