The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-25
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
BRIGHT COMMENTS
BY BRIGHT WRITER'S,
The TariR Aime~t Forgotteu-A New
Political Machine Trouble brewing
Projects I'm Havti-n mister Reeds
Dfpiom attic Costume.

Diplomatic Costume.
THE TARIFF ALMOST FORGOTTEN. The
Republican leaders are pretty generally
agreed that there ought to be an extra
session OF Congress, but they are in
doubt whether IT will be better to have
II convened in October or November.
There is plenty Of important business
which ought TO be got under way as
early as possible. but their majority IN
the House of Representatives, IS 30 small
that they are unwilling TO take the risk
Of organizing it until the proposed new
States have held their elections.
The most important question that
will come before Congress, Of course.
will be the tariff. The duties will be
tinkered. but as to in just what way
the leaders are at sea. The lines OF the
Senate Tariff bill may be followed. or
there may be an attempt TO reduce the
surplus by increasing the duties, in ac-
cordance with the Mckinley theory Of
protection. There seems TO be only
one thing certain. and that is that the
course of the Republicans will be de-
termine6 by circumstances rather than
by any well defined pOlicy.-N Y.
Star.
A NEW POLITICAL MAcHINE.-A
Washington correspondent explains
one movement of the State Department
in the following graphic terms: "One
of the reasons given for the delay In
completing the list of consular changes
is that Mr.. Blame wants protection
specialists for the posts where oppor.
tunities exist for collecting and inter-
preting commercial statistics. The
Consular Bureau is TO be made a good
working machine in the interest of the
WAYS and Means Committee of the
next House for the bolsteriDg
ND of the Protection Congress
sional campaign of 1890. The ap-
Iointments 50 far made support this
idea. Mr.. New. long the editor of a
protection newspaper, goes to London.
Private Secretary Sherman, who has
received his whole political education
under Mr. Blame s personal direction,
goes to Liverpool. John j. jarrett, a
metal. schedule specialist. goes 10 Bir-
mingham. and a Mr.. Wallace. of Mis-
souri,, a prominent wool-grower and
opposed TO the putting of that article
on the free list. has been fixed upon for
the Consul. Generalship az Melbourne.
Australia, where the foreign wool in
terests are so large.
TROUBLE BREwING.-Several of the
Cabinet officers have denied, as our
dispatches indicated that they would,
the reports of serious trouble in the
administration family. But while
there may be no cOmmOiion inside,
there are evidences in plenty that there
is trouble brewing for the President
outside.
This is inevitable from the nature OF
the case. and the nature of the Presi-
dent. When the leaders and Tepresen-
t. tives of a party have no wish OF
thought except to get possession of the
offices. and there is only one Office to
ten or twenty applicants, it Is just az
certain that there will be trouble as il
is that the multitude will 60 hungry
when there are only five loayes and
three fishes to feed them and the power
of miracle-w orkiug has lapsed. In al
most every important State in the Union
the Republican leaders are either fight
log among themselves or kicking" al
President Harrison over the division OF
the spoils. -Nc,c York World.
PROJECTS IN HAYTI.-The Boston
and Ossipee viii sail in a few days fol
the Haytian coast, aud the Boston will
carry out three, or perhaps more thar
three. commissioners, of whom Genera
Lew Wallace and ex Consul Packard
are the only ones now settled on
charged by the State department to as
certain the merits of the revolution
which has been going on for some tim,
in Hayti, and to use their influence t
secure a pcaceable settlement of th,
troubles and the establishment of gov
eminent which Will and can MAINTAIN
peace and order.
AS an incident of their work thes'
commissioners will assertion where OF
the Hay lian end of the Island of Sar
Domingo there is a good harbordor {
cOalng station. and after advising tn,
State and Navy departments they viii
endeavor to secure from the Haytiar
Government the use Of such port fol
that purpose. Washington Cor. Her
aid.
MINISTER REDS DIPLOMATIC Cos
TUNE. Amenities between the Freuci
and American republics are now com
plete. Ii has been Minister Reid Z
good fortune to be graciously re
ceived by President Garnet, and thu
high sounding compl ments which thu
two men paid each other lacked moth
ing of the quality of Oriental saluta
tions. But Minister Reid, in knee
breeches, with that rare sense of humo
which he posse ses, must have worn
face worthy of study during the inter
view. From following armies in '6l to
the French capital in 80. with all 1T
flummery ami iinery, is transition
which only the faclle pen Of Whltelav
Reid could fully describe.
BE PATIENT, GENTLEMEN THE Re
publicans of Indiana are beginning tC
turn upon the President, declaring tina
he is not dealing fairly with the party
in the matter of offices. Signs are not
wanting of extensive and importan
disaffection in the Republican organi
cation in General Harrison s own State
where he ought to expect the warmes
support and the most accomplishing
patience.
No doubt il seems bard to the Presi
dent. harassed on every side, that he
should be attacked by his own follow
ers for not doing fast enough and free
ly enough the very thing which thu
mugwumps accuse bin of doing too
fast and too freely. Nelc York San.
The PENSION SHARK CRUsADE.-A
Pennsylvania veteran, who deplore,
the prostitution Of our honOred soidiery
TO the devices of pension sharks. ha,
sen. The Times an elaborate circular re
ceived by him from j. b. Cralle, Crallt
building. Washington, ID. c.. that prac
tically invites every soldier of every
grade. from veteran to bounty jumper,
10 make immediate application for a
pension or for an increase of pension il
already on the pension roll. The Cir
cu.ar opens with the following invita-.
ton to make application for an original
invalid pension:
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