The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-05

| various RAILROADS lOr the quarter thuihr
July 1st show. as a whole, most salts
factory increase over the same period
i'm the previous year. The great per-
centage Of gain is reported by the
Forty second street Railroad. with gros7
| earnings If e l40.sSS. as against /
50 $50 7O1 for the same quarter OF the
preceding year. The steam roads show /
an increase in gross earnings of Sli6 iyj. |
and The elevated roads S204 y91 The .
greatest gam is shown by the larger I
roads. owing probably 10 the fact that /
they have reached such thorough /
stage of construction as TO call Tor
comnaratively little expense savo for !
necessary repairs while the smaller
roads ale etill in the cmbry otto /
stage. requiring considerable outlay Aof /
new bridges. rolling stock, etc. As ap- /
piled TO the elevated roads. the returns T.
show a marked and satisfactory gain. /
and prove couclusively that the fixing /.
of the five-ceDt fare at all hours has re- /
suited. as practical men sid 1t would. T
IN largely increased traffic.
CRONIN CAsE.-When twelve jurors F.
in the Cronn case have answered the I
questions prOpouudcd 10y the lawyers /
/ satisfactorily. the public will be sale in /
assuming mat it Is jury without opin- /
ions and viii have SIS opinion of the /
iury.-Phaadelphio Times
T0UGH TANNER. The Tanner pension /
frauds are cropping out ON every sidf. /
The most startling cropuing out OF Tan I.
nerism is in the monthly statement OF
the national finances. An increase Of +
the national debt IN the sum Of SIOJi.- /
OO3 for the month Of August is lo-i- /
cally explained by Tanner S drafts upon /
the pension appropriation for so 243. +
$3.50, or at The rate OF nearly sou OUOU00 +
a year Toe appropriation for The year /
pensions. based upon careful estimates /
of what should be paid out. rs Ssl.15j.- /
! 700. all Of which would be exhausted .
in about five months if the August re- /
cord is maintaiued.-Phad Times.
SOMETHING HUMIIATING. There is /
something humil.ating. we should say.
for those Republicans who. in the last F.
campaign. could not stomach tariff re- /
form. however wholesome and noce 10
ary. tEat cane from 'rebel Brlga- .
diers. in the attitude If the party or (
cans toward rebel tx Gen. Malone and /
| his Virginia ticket with two other rebel |
ex Generals upon IL. We haze watched /
| the Republican papers with much inter-
est and some anxiety TO see whether .
they would recognize the danger /
that So alarmed them last year But /
there has been no sign Of dlsapproval.
| Apparently it is only necessary for
rebel brigadior 10 be a repudiator. a /
spoils peddler, and a Thoroughbred .
political scamp TO command the conf
dence and admiration Of journals chat
would be horniied at his appearance in /
politics if ne were merely an hOnesta and .
an able public man, devoted TO the best
interest of the whole cOuntry.-Nec /
York Times.
How TO WIN.-llOn. George ID. Wise /
predicts Mahone's defeat by 10 GOO To
90 GOO votes. But it Is easier 10 predict
MahOne's defeat than to defeat him.
lie will have The money to bring out the
colored vote and to purchase the float
ers. The difficulty with the Democrats
N Virginia is to GET then voters to vote.
There is an uuQuestiOnCd Democratic
majority in the State. aud the fact be-
gets a dangerous confidence. Malone.
on the contrary. is fighting a battle for
life. If he shall be beaten this fail his
political career viii have ended. lie
viii trust nothing 10 chance. and his
desperation makes him dangerous
Philadelphia Record.
IGNORANT BLACKS Mississippi ne
groes are forming alliances under the
leadership OF a black scouudrel named
Oliver Cromwell. Race wars are
feared, and Governor Lowry has sent
troops to the scene Of dIstuiba nce
caused by the massing OF five
hundred armed black. The south
ern outrages' so frequently howled
about in the North is frequently caused
by tho negroes themselves. and the peo-
pie who are removed from the dangers
attendant upon an insurrectiOn OF ignO-
rant. criminal led blacks should inform
themselves upon the true status Of al !
fairs before damnlDc the Southern peo-
ple. who rarely resort 10 extreme q
measures unless the occasion vitally
demands it.. Oliver Cromwell should ;
be severely dealt with and his mob dis ;
persed. though the process be a severe
one. fauatIcism rules the Southern {
negro when excited by svch despera-
does as this modern Cromwell. and ia
naticirm and ignorance are dangerous
in the extreme.-C Chicago Mall
TIE STRUGCLE FOR BREAD How
awful the struggle for bread is among
the poor in England may be judged
from the microscopic demands of the c
striking laborers of the London docks. '
Their contention is for an average in J
crease Of pay los about twelve cents a !
day. For this they have para .
lived the carrying trade of the
Thames. For this they have marched
fifty thousand strong up and down the {
streets. To gam this miserable sum IN \
daily wages they have been starving 1
deaM 10 them Think OF that Z
and the awful picture Of utter. alb '
jet, widespread misery II presents in i
contrast with the picture of the over =
flowing wealth of England, reaching
out over seas for our tanner;ts. our !
breweries. our salt mines There must &
be some change in things over there c
". Y. Morning Journal. d
ALL QUIET IN HAyTI. The latest ad. E
wees from Hayrl August 25l. are 10 the n
effect that General Hyppolite's election u
as president for a term of seven years
is assured, and that a season Of peace
for Ilayti seems certain. As the Black h
Republic has been IN state of erup- Il
ton tor more than year, an era a
Of good order. II not Of universal h,
good feeling, will be welcomed. and I'll
along with i will 80 the resumption of si
sadly disarranged business. Hyppolite W
seems strong enough to maintain order, an
md in Hayti might means authority pi
v. y. Tribune. lC7