The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
LIGHT AND AIRY SClNGlLATI0Ns OF
SMART ScRiBES.

Powderly's Rainbow Tarin In Congress
Irusts-Fstra Session HerDid on tho
weather New states Pension Taxes -
samoa.
MR. PowpERLY's PIT RAINBOW Nj p.
/ P0wderly is man OF large ideas. lie
extended the limits OF The knights OF
/ Labor until The organization became un-
wicldly and unmanageablean land ii- mem
hcrship fell off one half Now the Gen
eral Master Workman ia trying 90 unite
all the great labor organizations OF the
country.
Il is plain that Mr. Powderly, in This
instance, IS chasing rainbow. The con
+ situations and purposes of the organiza-
lions that he seeks TO unite make 20 I'M
possible that there sh uld be any union
among them.-Nc,c Torb star
THE SrNATE's TARIFF Bur-The
tariff fight in Congress is again becoming
interesting. The House Ways and Means
+ Committee yesterday reported resoiu-
( ton declaring that the Senate substitute
/ for The Mills bin is not q substitute, bur
a new bill. which. rs II relates TO rcre-
nues. the Senate had no constitutional
right 20 originate. II will be discussed
i'm the House next week. Mr. Randails
committee. 10 which the Cowlcs obacco
| Tax Repeal bill was referred. has sub
/ stitutcd that portion of Dir. Randall 81
/ Tariff bill which abolishcs the iniena.
/ revenue system. and will try 90 have 10
considered al this session.
/ Trusts ~ Omo.-A committee of the
/ Ohio Legislature, after examining the
subject reports that your committee are
Of tho opinion that no such condition
exists or il ever likely 10 arise IN contra
( ventlon OF the long established and we'll
approved maxim OF business that Com
petition is lie life of trade Your COM
mittee utterly repudiate the theory ale
yanced by these combinations that they
are the natural result Of the progres5 90
the age, OF that by combinations Of ihe
/ character referred 20 a higher standard
Of economy can be reached on cheaper
production obtained, because the inlea-
tive 10 cheaper production is lesscned
when competition ceases.
Az EXTRA SESSION Our Washington
correspondent reports aa extra session
of the new Congress as almost certain
There viii be no reyenuo legislation
during the few remaining DAYS OF The
present Congress, and there Is likely 90
De q failure also 20 pass the Deficiency
+ hin, which contains among oiDc. mate
/ tiers an eight million dollar appropriation
/ for pension deficiencies.
We are not OF those who believe an
extra session OF Congress 40 the BEGIN
ming OF new administration Calamt
To the party coming into power. Wc be-
+ lieye Mr. Cleveland would have benefited
himself and his party greatly u De han
many Democrats, and summoned
I Congress 10 meet in the April after bis
inauguration--N J HeraH
4 CRIrIcAL WEATHER ARTICLE
Beautiful day Yesterday sky cioudle
air as crisp as piece OF fresh celery.
/ and every forked radish of "a man tcl
as happy. iubilant and preposter0u-ly
I gOod.natured as he did on that eycntiul
moonlight evening in the long ago WHOM
he whispered in her ear, "Will You. dear
est:' and In soft, low cadence she re-
/ piled. Let her go, Gallagher.
II was a specimen New York day
Herald
THE Philadelphia T,moj gossip .ays
Frank Hatton, of the Washington P0st
comes 10 the rescue Of DT Mary Walker
/ While denying the umor that That lady
+ has become one Of the editors OF thai
paper, he scores the pararrapher- i0I
/ poking fun az her masculine attire
which, he SAYS, was first put on because
it'was the most convenient for nurse
on the battlefield J. H i a gaaat7sa,,s'th that
.vIor ,.sn often in want, the Doctor has
+ consistently refused all oAer- Of pecu-
mary assistance
Form NEW STATES 1T is now SUBJ
stantially assured that the creation of
/ four new States-North and South Da-
kota. Washington, aud Montsna-wlll
be Authorized by the present Congress
The DakOtas and Washington should
have been admitted before The exIeen-
cies OF partisan politics alone excluded
them until 1t became apparent that fun
Their exclusion would DO impossible.
I Pension TAXES No more pointed
illustration Of the uffer rcckles.nes- of
/ Congress In passing private pension bills
could De given than SIS presented ln the
recent veto by the President of Dill
granting pension 10 Charles L. Lstey
+ The President returned IS to Congress
with veto because precisely The same
bin, granting precisely the same pension
+ 90 the same person Was passed in 1856
and approved on the Sth of July of tAai
year, and Este, has since then been eu
the pension rolls -PhHQ ImS
/ SAMOA-Latcst adyices from Samoa,
F by way OF NOys Iembia, assert Thai aii
Is quiet IN the islands The rival Ease
tons remain in their strOngholds. Ger
man and American warships lrOWn at
each other in the hafbor of Apia. while
Herr Brunders, the chief instigator 0i
the late disturbance, Is on his Way to
Berlin Evidently Prince Bismarck has
decided upon different policy than that
apparent three weeks ago -BQ'.more
Herald
In some State, f. u misdemes-
nor punishable by imprisonment
o ask a man 10 take drink
In Kentucky, however things are diff
terent Accepting treat there Is
punishable by death-as in the case OF
the negro who was killed by Shaw sat
urday for complying with his offer o
take u drink Vel both ways aIe
effective ia promoting temperance
Herald
Il is a fortunate thing that General
Harrison win 60 10 " ashington within
two weeks Il viii enable The Virginia
Republicans 10 quit organizing Malone
and anti Malone delegations OF visitors
and 60 to work and do their spring
blowing -Pl4Qdel1ia Prls.
We are now engaged in two great ma