The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-12
CREAM OF The PRESS.
LIVE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED BY LIVE
WRITERS.

Donald Cameron's Heiress-1he Oyster
onestion-sikkin and Suakim-cre"t
Congress Of Labor-The Census aud the
solid south Etc.
4 GREAT CoNoREss OF LABOR.-l pom
the hospiiable invitation Of the or
panized wOrkingmcn of Paris an lnlcr.
national Congress of Labor will be held
in the French capital during the Cen
tennial Exposition Il WAS deemed thai
the centenary of the great French kevo-
luton would be most appropriate o'-
casiOn for such congress, as the hcVo-
niion was the first mighty assertion OF
ibc rights of the working masses oh
Europe against the privileges of me
classes One hundred years ago sucn
CONGRESS of labor as will assemble I'D
Paris next August. would have been inn
noesihle in the systematic degradation
10 which European workingmcn We're
subjected Up TO that time history
hueied itself chiefly with the movements
Of kings and the inirigues and scandals OF
courts But. i'm the progress OF events,
an international congress Of working
men has come TO be OF moro importance
10 the world than conferences of kings
or councils of ccclcsiastics. Statistics oi
labor and industry and of all that relates
10 the welfare of the masses have sue
ceeded the dreary chronicle Of the kings.
-- PhHade'phia Record.
+ THE Census AND THE SOLID SOUTH.
+ In 1890. in the middle of President liar
rlson's term. q new census of the Ke-
public will be taken The new appor-
tionment for Representatives cannot be
made however. I'm time 20 effect the cleo
ioral vote of 1892. which will necessarily
take place on the present basis. with the
not unimpOrtant exception OF accreiions
from the new States That IS iO say. ihe
total electoral vote now is 40l. To this
will be added by 1892 sixteen v0tes.
equal 10 the Senators and representatives
from the new States. Thus the total
electoral vote in 1892 will be Az OF
course a Presidential candidate 90 win
must yet 200 electoral votes.
The solid South viii cast as % has
done. 1856 votes. and if they are all Dem
ocratic this will leave 90 for the Demo
cratic candidate TO get I'M the North.
Now New York and New jersey only
cast 40 votes. and Il is evident that i'm
1892 the stale old calculation which has
so often led the Democrats into ihe
mire-that the solid South with New
York and New jersey suffice 90 carry
heelection for thom-will break down
Nep Iork HsraM.
/ Iron AND STEEL is THE oOuTH.-COn-
fdence IN the continued prosperity of
/ the Southern States rests ON something
more substantial than tho visionary the
Dries of protection.
IN the great contest for commercial in.
/ dependence and supremacy the tariff is
not a help, but q hindrance 10 us. IL wc
succeed az all 10 must be because We ere
able 90 supply TO mankind, minerals
textiles. and The products OF agriculture
al lower prices than they are getting
them 20 DAY for, and cheaper than they
can hope 10 get them from England.
India OF Observation-Disclosures
The Senate and House have settled in
a satisfactory way their patriotic rivalry
AS To- which should be foremost in up-
holding the national honor in Samoa
. The Senate agrees TO the House appro-
priation of 100000 for our cOaliuc -ta-
lion In the island of Tutuila the House
agrees 10 the Seuates SJOOOuO Tor The
maintenance of American rights i'm the
archipelago Now coal viii De bought
and sent 10 the AarbOr coded to ue.
ground will be leased OF purchased O.
proper wharf viii Doe constructed. %
keeper stationed, the nag raised and m-
dication given to whom it may concern
that Uncle Sam is there 10 stay.-Et-
ctange
A HAYsEED FROM HERKnfER The
brass-hinged tongue of Rumor now
mnrmurs softly that Dr. Warner Miller
NAV perhaps be called TO Gen. Harrison s.
Ca6inetas Secretary of Agriculture As
Nj Cleveland has not yet signed The bill
adding one TO the seven sages of thc
Cabinet speculation as 20 who ihe seed
Distributor shall be is ahead OF schedule
time But to think that Dr. Miller should
come 10 this Whose bosom a few short
weeks ago was of the loudest and tine
Hveliest On whose majestic brow did
the hands of the nion Lacquer lay The
laurelg Who was the foe of Rum and
Platt the friend OF temperance and tie
anti machinistss Who was said t0 be
deep in the favor and the counseb Of
Gen. Harlisoni Who was looked upon
by his admiring cOuntrymen as the next
Secretary of the Treasury Who but
the Hylas of Herkimer ~ J. Sun
THE sUccEssoRsHIr TO COWWss1ONER
EpGERToS President Cleveland has
done his duty politically, as well as Off
clallv, in promptly nominating sue
cessor to Mir Edgerton ia the Civil Ser
vice Commission The civil service law
Il not nOn-partisan Ii is distinctly biz
partisan. and it allows only one commits
sioner 10 the party not IN control OF The
presidency. Cndor liarrisOns admins
ration there will DO but one Democratic
commissioner. and Cleveland owed 10 10
his party that he should himself desig-
nate the man for that place instead OF
allowing the selection Of the Democratic
meuber OF the board 10 fall into the
hands Of a Republican Presideut Voc
York Star
sHERMANs BLI-The bin which
Mr. Sherman tool. care 20 say was not
framed by him. and which the real au-
thor was ashamed TO ayow, is a good
deal worse than measure 20 prevent
frauds in elections is q measure in-
tended TO make "a Republican machine
all.powerful In Congressional elections.
and to make fraud invisible 10 author
ICES the President to appoint d board OF
state canvasseIs in each State COM
posed of five men, who are TO hold Office
for life. In each Congressional district
there is 10 be an electoral board COM
posed Of three members who, also, hold
their office for hle.-AQArWe Amel.elo.
DONALD CAMERoN's HEIREss.--A dis