The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-06


tecting water supgly adequate TO lne
needs and commensurate with the = ea'
aaueduct this city has just completed
As for the danger. there Is more IN tue
continued use # The Present croton
dam than would be created by Inc
building Of the quaker bridge dam.
The Herald. commenting on Behring
Sea combinations, says: There - no
reason 10 fear that the instruction,
Given 10 our Behring Sea cruisers VIII
lead to anv acts OF yiol nee in these
waters. No British vessel there wouid
dare resist without specific orders tue
seizure Of a Canadian or British sealer'
and the English Government would not
b, so reckless or foolish a. to give sucn
orders. III a foreign vessel IS cap
tured pursuant to the INSTRUCTIONS %
the Treasury Department at Washing
ton it will be brought peaceably INTO
mort aud the case submitted 10 one OF
our courts.
Then England may be expected to
protest against the seizure. and cemahu
the release Of the vessel, with damages
4 diplomatic correspondence Will Ioi-
low. in which the extent Of our 40
mlnion in Behring Sea will be brought
TO q square issue. The claim made
bv the present State Department
il TO absolute control over the entire
eastern part OF the sea-a part whose
width IN places Is mole than thous
sand miles. II is true. that so far we
have assumed to regulate only the
seal and fur fisheries there. but
W. have no right TO regulate
the fisheries 0ntside of the three mile
limit unless our dominion over the sea
Is absolute. hit is absolute than we
can control the entire navigation as
well as the fishcries-can even prohibit
all foreign vessels from entering those
waters. We see no harm IN the State
Department making the claim 1t mas
advanced. and much good may come
from il. The seal fisheries are of cnor-
NOUS value and their protection IS oil
vital importance, essential. IN TACT. TO
save the animals from extinction. II
we can substantiaie our claim to-
exclusive Jurisdiction 10 the sat
isfaction Of England and other
foreign powers interested all
the better for Us. But if We can
not. then We may 40 least come TO an
amicable understanding As 20 the statue
Of the sea. ana Ir0ceed On that basis
FOR the protection OF the fisheries.
THE CLAy.NA GArL.-The eyes Of the
civilized world are for the moment
.urned unon the Clan-na Gael. Testi-
mony elected before the Parncll Com
mission in London. 10 which Is added
serious charg, by the friends Of Dr..
Cronin in Chicago. has brought this 500
ciety into unwontod prominence. Never,
perhaps except IN the famous disap-
pearancs of Morgan" whose death
was charged against the Masons, has
similar attention been called TO the
workings Ofa secret fraternity.
The Cian-na. Gael is a society OF irish
patriots one Of whose purposes seems to
be- 10 raise funds in America for con-
Quoting tie Home Rule agitation IN
Ireland. How these funds are raised
or expended is not publicly known.
But a feud growing out OF the handing
of .he fund seems 20 have arisen lnthe
Clan. the result Of which has been pcs
s.htv. the assassination OF DR.. Cronin.
A. all events. every attempted e1-
nianatiOn Of his mysterious death iu-
wolves prominent members Of the
organization and seems to point in that
direction.
With q bitter quarrel among the
lenders ~ the Clan, aud Or. Cr0nin one
II faen. IL is not all strange that
has gas. sins should charge his death
uIon the order. Indeed. that would
appcor 10 be the first and ost natural
Vl,. Oi e5cape. Baltimore Herald.
WI PROHIBITION WILL FAIL. "A
very large majority Of the people Of
PENNSYLVANIA sincerely desire 10 en-
pl0v the very best means To restrain
the abuso of intoxicating liquors. and
they would gladly vote for and aid 10
enforce any measure that ia their
Judgment promised the best practical
results iu public sobrietv. There are
thousands of moderate drinkers who
would vote Tor prohibition if thereby
general s0briey could be attained. and
there are scores of thousands of sincere
temperance men who will vote against
prohibition. The chief reasons why
they will so vote. and why prohibition
will be- very largely defeated on the
18th of June. arc
I. Because prohibition would be
sweepingly destructive of vast business
interests in the State. 10 would destroy
actual property rcapital engaged nthe
manufacture and traffic amounting 10
about two hundred millions Of dollars.
Philadelphia Times.
LOOK 80 YOUR DAMS The Johns
town disaster Is the mosrappalling that
las occurred among enlightened peo- /
Pies iu modern times. No battle OF the
great civil war numbers so many vic /
TINS on its death rolls, and all other
caamities that have taken place IN
this country are by comparison
minor horrors. The Imagination is
plralyzed by the ghastly details
OF drowned burned and horribly mutt
lated corGses scattered along that lately
beautiful. but now desolated. valley in
the Pennsylvania mountains. The flood F.
seems to have been impartial in It's T
work of destruction, and 90 have caused I
almost every variety of human suffer
ing. and the almost complete annihila- F
ton o. property that lay in its course
Baltimore american.
BUREAU OF Domestic RELATlONs.-l
IL Is certainly time that some friend of /
the President who has the. courage TO /
inhict the honest wounds Of friendship. /
should say t. hun that the appoint
meut of the Presidents brother; of the /
Presidents father in-law: of the father
in-law of the President son: Of the [
brother Of the husband Of the Presi-
dents daugl ter. Of the husband OF the
daughter Of the Presidents brother /
and of the husband Of the neice OF the /
president's wife, must offend just pub /
lie sentiment and bring the President |
into disrespect.
All of tne before-namei appoint |
ments have been made in less than
three months after the inauguration of |
the Pres ideut: and he need only take a |
sober. horizontal view Of the attitude /
in which such appointments place him |
before the nation. TO understand that /
he has committed a grievous bluuder.