The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-13
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
DIFFERENT SUBJECTS DISCUSSED By
DIFFERENT WRITER'S.
The Department Of Agriculture y" ''''''
for Public Buslness-Mr. Harrison :
Dilemma Chandler rs tho UNDERTAKE.
West Virginia Folitlcs.

West Virginia Politics.
\ DEPARTMENT. or AeMcrLruRE--
The bill creating q department OF asi''
culture and making the head OF D. menu
Der Of the Cabinet became law without
the Signature of the President hieh
shows. we suppose. that he, IN common
with many other citizens hao "o""''
about IFS wisdom.
But Mr. Cleveland did well In naming
Mr. Colman. the efficient head oi iht
Agricultural Bureau, 10 The new OAolno'
place. ..
does NOT define iis functions on lmHs.
That should. however. be- done. ana l
seems % MS that manufacture as well a'
agriculture should be included ln JUS
Geld of operations, and that ail matters
relating 10 labor. wages, and products
might sell be in its purview--Aen lof1
Hrad.
No TINE FOR PrMNc Business --
There are three weeks more Tor thepres-
emit Congress 20 complete the cnormou.
amount Of business before 10, bat the I'M
dicatiOns are that the Republicans VIII
rritter the time away in partisan debates
and efforts TO keep Democrats out OF
office. There are fifty important meas
ures which ought TO be acted upon, bat
/ they will die still-bOrn. while Senators
+ Edmunds, Frye, ingalls, and their asso
ciates are discussing how they can pre-
vent Hugh 8 Thompson FROM becoming
/ Civil Service Commissioner ana now
they can fH the railway mail service with
their own supporter5-N / star
/ AMERICAN Constitutions -DuIug
the past hundred years fifteen American
/ Republics and thirty-eight States have
taken the Constitution of the United
States a. the model Of their organic
laws. making 2 total of tfty-fOur written
constitutions in the Three Americas.
/ This IS. indeed, a wonderful record 20 eX-
/ hibit to mankind at the centennial OF The
parent Constitution at Washington Mex
October
The number wifi soon be increased by
the admission Of new States. In adal-
ton to this, Brazil and Canada viii
doubtless soon become Republic with
written constitutions copied from the
immortal document formulated by
Washington. Franklin, Madison, Hamll-
ton. and others Washington Post
Mn. HARRIsoNs DIEMMA.-Ihe
Cabinet.m ker az Indianapolis is sill
confronted with the sharp horns of an
upvielding dilemma in this State Shall
il be Plat or shall it be Miller, Shall DO
be q new man on shall the Empire state
be given the go-by altogether
Ex-Congressman Calkins friend OF
General Harrison, has been here % LOOK
the field over. and bis report does NOT
tend 10 make the decision easier he
found that "the farmers and the churches
supported Miller, while the party ma
cbinerv IS allied to Platt' Without The
farmers and the churches the hepu0h-
can vote would not amount 90 much.
But without the machinery and the
money the votes would accomplish moth
ING. Mr.. Plat Is reported TO have said
They talk about man being pOuu-
clan rs If Ii were crime, but when they
want to win an election they fist come
10 the politician '-Aff York World.
CnASpIrn As THE UNDrnrAErn.-
. The New York Times has q lengthy and
exhaustive editorial ON Bill Chandler
policy of bulldozing the South. and after
reviewing,thai festive statesman career
il SAYS that during the recent canvas
he did very little 10 change this impress
sion. and was moreover not very init
matelv associated with the worst man
+ agement of his party. On the whole
there was fair reason 10 infer that
when his party came back to
power Mr.. Chandler would he
found among those who would be
of service in keeping what 10 has won
and possibly would contribute something
towards its progress But its obstlnacy
In pushing his inquiry into Southern
elections. which be threatens 90 compel
the Senate 20 vote upon This week. is "a
hard blow 10 these hopes lie eventually
intends 10 do what he can 20 turn the De-
cent Republican revival into funeral
WEST VIRGINIA PoIITlcs A dispatch
- from Charleston, W. Va. says chat The
latest and most sensational development
i'm the Senatorial tangle is the determine.
zion of three Labor men in the Lesisla
a -tme. expressed at a caucus which
o. they held this morning These men
q Carr Harr. and Kirk-haye been
voting on every ballot for some
outsider This morning they an.
nounced that they would prevent the
y election of United States Senator until
= after the Qubenatorial contest is de
b cded. which will not be until The last Of
Nav and then vote TO elect the man GO
the United States Senate who is made
e Governor. Carr. who is now President
d of the Senate would become Governor
. OF the State and the Labor men would
% control the whole State patronage. Carr
announces this programme himself
Democrat. arc generally willing that ID
c should be carried out, II they are unable
Q to elect Senator before the present
session Of the Legislature is over
TIE OYSTER 1t f. well 10 keep up all
sctive discussion OF the oyster question
Something must be done 90 save Oh,
= States greatest industry The ne1t
) election viii undoubtedly be the mOs
: thorough oyster campaign Marylan,
, ever knew. Ii is a matter that must b,
considered in the light of common sense
and patriotism, and not in the blindne-.
Z Of passion and selhshness Every yOlel
should get an enlightened understand
Ing Of it.-Baltsmgfe Amsrsyan
Political IMMoRALTY ~ INDIANA -
c In no state, perhaps, has political morality
q sunk to so low mark as in Indiana, where
II has been esteemed an honor 10 censor
with self-confessed bribers and virtue
c 10 defend fraud when praCticed by &
}. par associate Barney COnr0y.
4 iai-bird by choice was indorseC
: tor responsible post by leading Dem
ocrats, in the face of lis malodorou