The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-04
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EDITORIAL FLOWERS
SPRIGHTLY CULTIVATED.
The Prejudice " KAce-Thc Great Deci-
sler 1T Judge sawyer In the Nagle Case
\ Coiored Economist- United Democrats
/, New York-O,Ncs Topics.
TuF PREJUDICE OF RAcE.-After all
the vehement denials from the Navy
Department. it at last crops out that the
report first published in Baltimore in
the Nelrs was correct. viz that Com
manders Kellogg and Evans, OF the
Ossipee. declined to escort Minister
Fred. Douglass to Hayti because they
would not eat at the same table with
him. Captain Shepard. of the Kearsage,
has lust followed their example. and
the Kearsage had to be sent off under
the command Of Captain Whiting. up
II the last moment in the equipment
department at Brooklyn. When
Commander Kellogg asked for a
leave Of absence. and it was i'm
puted TO his indisposiiiOn to take
Minister Douglas in his official capacity
10 his destination. 1t was positively
claimed by the Department that Cap
tain kellogg application for leave was
asked for long before they had any idea
of sending Fred. Douglass to Hayii in a
man-of-w war. Then when Commander
Evans took charge and learned what
was expected of him he suddenly found
that the steamers boilers were ina un-
cafe condition. This was put out as a
valid excuse. Then the Kearsage was
designated to carry the black diplomat,
and her commander refuses to sit at
meat with his passenger. and make
shift had to be sought in the last mo-
ments and Whiting secured. Baltimore
Ners.
THE GREAT DECIsIc y OF JUDGE SAW
YER IN THE NEAGLE CAsE.-lt Is now
perfectly well known that but for the
forethought and care of the Attorney
General in directing that an escort be
provided to Justice Field in the dis
charge of his official duties in CallfOr-
MIA. the open and repeated threats OF a
dangerous desperate, ex Judge Terry.
would undoubtedly have been fulfilled,
and the assassination Of two Presidents
would have been followed by the muir
der of a Justice Of the Supreme Court,
under circumstance that would have
been as terrible as they would have
teen Illuminating to the naliOn.-N. \.
Nail and Express.
UNITED DEMO Gratis IL NEW ORR -
The platform adopted by the Demo-
Gratis at Syracuse is one of the best ever
nut forth by that party in this state.
Ii avoids the time serving blunder OF
the State Convention last year. which
attempted to face both ways on the
tariff question; and by plainly reaiiirm-
ing the doctrines of the National plat
form of 1898. - and declaring that lad
herence to the right alone carries in
itself the certainty of triumph. the
convention placed the Democratic party
of this State in line with the Democracy
of the rest of the nation III favor OF tax
reduction through tariff reform.
The arraignment of the opposing
party is always expected of political
convention. But III this case the IN
dictment OF the Republican admnIstra-
ton at Washington and of the Republl-
can party in this State Is as just as 1t Is
sharp.-New York World
THE HUMOROUS ELEMENT IN AMERI-
CAN POLITICS. Dear Governor Hi.
will Won allow the Herald to whisper
priyateiy in YOUR ear--sO low that the
pnbllc can't hear-and ask. Are you
absolutely certain, after thinking 1t all
over. that YOU did win in that SYRIA
cuse Convention
Yes. Governor dear. you carried your
ticket. and the opposition, for reasons
of its own. which the future Will de-
velop. didn t care TO make too much OF
a row. If you had spent an hour IN
this Office in calm conversation before
going to the convention we might have
shown you that if you ever win another
victory of that kind your political
career will be at an end.-N. \. Herald,
4 CoIORED ECONOMIST. The Herald s
dispatch from South Carolina describ-
ing the progress of the sentiment for a
negro exodus. relates in the following
terms of unmistakable nature the
opinion of Ps ter Fraser. colOred farm
laborer. and it hes more real practical
sense i'm it than any alleged statesman
of any color has uttered:
Peter Fraser is a colorel farm laborer
on a Georgetown rice plantation. Nhen
the idea of leaving the State was sug-
gested TO him he secuted II and asked
What for / gwine to go way irum
! heah? Amt | got wuk and ain my
chillen got schoolin' every winter: No,
sir: | amt no sisha fool. gwine stay
right heah TILL dead. and den | gwine
be buried heah. Tell me all dem mig
gers gwine off and lib by desef
Fore Gawd, men. cherry Christ one
starve to det'. How dey gwine to mex
hbbinY You know no niger am {
owine wuk for nary mother niger.
Den agin. none Of EN- amt gwine haD
money to pay yer if yer does wuk. Who
start sisha fool ting ? | bet he some
niger wot want git office. lie better
70 TO wuk and leava office lone. WOtin
ANTS feedin 'em. and Office is for wite
folks. I'm tired all disha kind er talk.
UNCONSCIOUS sarcasm is a dangerous
Gift in a party leader. When John
sherman saws that the election Of the
little political pirate, William Malone,
would do more than anything else to
lift the politics of our country above
! the contentious and predjudices
of the past he has either per-
petrated the grimmest jest Of the
the season or he means TO give the Nlr-
ginia Boss a dig under the fifth rib
Exchange.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS, ex-slave and
now United States Minister to Hayu.
sailed away for his mission yesterday
on government vessel amid salvos OF
, artillery. When Minister Reid started
for France. not a gun was fired. An
ordinary commercial steamer carried
Mr.. Reid and his fortunes, and he had
with him the recollection of five big
dinners. Is Hayti more important than
France. or is Fred. Douglass bigger
man than Whitelaw Reid N. \.
Wsrld.
4 CASE FOR THE GOVERNMENT Inc
bloody riot at Navassa. full account