The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-19
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
LIVE TOPICS OF THE DAY DISCUSSED
BY LEADING WRITERS.

The q. A. n. ~ n Political Organization
DUTY on Tin Plate" The New south
Various other Matters Of
Interest.
NOT a PARTISAN ORGANIZATION
Corporal Tanner has aroused the indig-
nation OF a great many Grand Army
men bv an unwarrantable attempt 20 use
that organization for political purposes.
He is a candidate for the Office Commits
sioncr of Pensions, and has written TO
members of number of posts, asking
their support
The Corporal promises that he will
run the Office, if his candidacy is success
full. on the principle that he ought rather
TO assist worthy old claimant n prove
his case than to hunt for technical rea-
sons TO reject his application.-Aec
York Star
TrN PLArE.-rhe increased duty on
tin plates was adopted by the senate
Yesterday Mr. Allison admitted that IT
would be more than double the present
duty. 1t was proposed in the interest OF
certain capitalists who had appeared be-
fore the committee and had represented
that they had plant ready which within
two years would produce 100000 tons OF
tin plate The committee believed that
with proper protection. this industry
could be established and the price of tin
plate reduced He even went so far as
to claim that the immediate effect OF the
adoption OF the duty would be 70 cause
drop in price.
CABINET MAKERS IL THE SoUTH.-A
dispatch from indianapolis says that
Atlanta, the home of Henry W. Grady
does not propose TO be left behind by
Birmingham in any movement lookii g
TO the development Of new South, and
this evening Colonel Alfred i. Buck, The
Chairman Of the Georgia State Republi-
can Committee. arrived, heart and soul
in favor of the new South and bound 10
make a convert of Harrison if eloquence
can do il. Colonel Buck modestly owns
that he is not entirely disinterested in
his love for the new South, and he cOyly
confesses that there preceded him a few
DAYS ago memorial TO General Harrison
signed by Henry W Grady, Colonel
/ Howell, the proprietor Of the Atlanta
Constitution; Governor Gordon, and sen
ator COlquitt
There is trouble among the Republican
Senators after ALL Until within a few
days il had been supposed that the only
dissent from the tariff scheme so pain
fully elaborated by the Finance Com
mitiee would come, If at all, from The
Senators from Kansas II was TO remove
this one obstacle from the path that the
amazing proposition for bounty ON
sugar was finally, with great reluctance
proposed by the committee.-E1cta"5e
THE CHEsAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL -
According 90 the report of the president
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the
earnings are little in excess of the cost
of running TO- They are hopelessly be-.
/ low the amount necessary 10 keep up lts
+ fixed charges. and it is only a question
of time when il must be disposed of 10y
I lease or sold at auction 10 the highest
bidder-4lsr Gazete
/ CHRISTIAN MIssIoNARIFs.-The terri
F bic fate of the German missionaries and
/ their wives on the coast of East Africa
will have the effect of rendering Prince
Bismarck colonial policy more unpopu-
/ lar than ever in Germany The idea OF
refined European ladies and their hus-
bands being publicly sold as slaves los
their Arab captOrs, under the very guns
of q German w2r cruiser. is almost be-
vOnd belief Those of their companions
who were massacred met a less dreadful
fate-EIchdnge.
AMERICAN JINGO-The Republican
editors who turned 80 quickly from
haunting the administration for inactivity
TO abuse of il for " bullying in the
matter of the seized steamer Haytien
Republic have occasion for few honest
bushes as they read the correspondence
between Secretary Rayard and Minister
Preston, sent to the Senate yesterday
This correspondence brings more
clearly into view the fact that it was i'm
possible the steamers officers should
/ know that blockade had been declared
and also shows how farcical and entirely
inadmissable were the proceedings under
which she was condemned.
An AMERICAN POPE-We make room
this morning for letter from Rome, IN
which the writer considers al much
/ length the possibility that the successor
of Leo Mi. may be not an Italian, but
a man of some other nationality. Thi.
is contrary to precedent, but as the Col
/ lege Of Cardinals is now almost evenly
divided between Italians and foreigners
there is certainly possibility that oul
correspondent may be right Possibly
the next successor of Peter may even bt
an American.-Ner York Sum-
THE SOUTHERN SITUATION There
seems to be "a general belief that Genera
Harrison will give considerable atten
ton TO the Southern situation i'm his In
augural address. This would be but
natural, seeing that the suppression OF
/ the Republican vote in the South, and
| the unfair advantage thus obtained bN
[ the Democrats rank among the mOsi
/ important questions of the day. But ii
1 is 10 be borne in mind, of course, thai
the new President may not be disposed
10 commit himself to definite suggestion.
upon this subject at the very outset oil
his administration
Thir unfair advantage extends not only
10 representation IN Congress, but neces
sarily TO the election of President. How
great it is may be seen by comparing the
official vote In a number of Northern
and Southern States with the electora
vote Of each.-Nc5c Fork Tribune.