The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-22
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EDITORIAL FLOWERS
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Sfhl6f1 ILr COl IVA eO'
Tanner In the saddIc-stop tho Slave
Trade atlanta's uty-Tannerism-Thc
English Cotton Corner Won't Succeed
Other Current Topics OF Interest.
TANNER IN THE SADDLE.-Public
opinion forced President Harrison to
remove Corporal Tanner from his posi-
ton rs Commissioner of Pensions.
Since that removal the position has
been offered TO ex Commander OF the
G. A. Il Warner. who has declined it.
Only two other names are mentioned IN
connection with this office me. Gen
eral MeIrlll. also an * Commander
of the G.. a. r.. and at the head OF the
Pension Committee. and the other,
General Lucius FsifchilJ. OF palsy fame.
at one time Commander of the G.. \. X. i,
and now upon Its Pension Committee.
these three gentlemen have been as
thoroughly identified with Treasury
raids. under the gulse of pensions. as
Corporal Tanner himself. In their pub
lie addresses and IN their official reports
they have demanded that the doors OF
the Treasury be thrown wide open to
the soldiers. and have denounced IN
uumeasuTed terms every one.who op
posed such a pohcy.-Courier-Journal.
STOP THE SLAVE TRADE Mr.. G. =.
Huntington urges the people to join
him III a grand effort to exterminate
the slave trade IN Africa before the end
Cf the present century. HIS general
scheme is the establishment Of system
OF well pOllced steamboat and railroad
lines from Suakin TO the Zambesi River,
anu thence across the continent to the
mouth of the Congo. He does not re-
commend the employment Of peaceful
measures exclusively. but BELIEVES in
fighting the devil with fife:n and the
incidental consideration that while
this cruel and terrible traffic can be
destroy ed at its fountain head. az the
same time a commerce would be estab-
iished when would tend to raise the
African from has low state clouds i'm
no way the putty of Mr.. Huntington 5
motives as a pbilanlhroDi-t and promo
ter OF ciyilizatior.-N. Y. Sun.
ATLANTA's DUTY The Atlanta Con-
sliluuon 10 by 10 means model news
paper. but 1t has done its duty TO toe
community in which it Is published by
exposing The recent outrageous whip
ping Of negroes IN that neIehboThOod
aud by Insis ing that the perpetrators
IF the outrage shall be ferreled out and
punished.
The Young Men s Democratic League
Of Atlanta has formally rebuked aud
denounced the newspaper and Its edi-
tor for thus doing tn plain duty Of a
public journal. and 1t Is time for the
reputable citizens of Atlanta to come
10 the newspaper 5 support with an OK
preston Of approval as public aud as
emphatic as the condemnation has been.
The descent, self-respecting people of
the South bave l0ug deplored the law
less doiugs and the demoralizing utter
ances Of a certain reckless. Oveibeanlg
clsss.-New York World
TANNERIsM -lnefe Il a simplicity in
the policy f this adm inlstrauon in r..
gard 10 pensions that highly commends
it TO the grand army of pap seekers aud
surplus destrOyefs. What appears to
b. desired is a head Of the Pension Blu
reau who will make practical appica
non of the principles of Taunerlsm
without any Of the scandals and official
tergivelsaliODs that have been rte uuGeT
Tanner. 1t appears that Major Merrill.
Of Massachusetts. has fallen short of th,
expectations hat had been formed re
garGing HIM by the appointing power:
and. therefore. Major Warner. OF Kan.
sas. is 10 be urgently rCqu' sted u recon
slder his determination not TO assume
the OFF q lef' vacant by Tanner.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
TIE ENGLISH COTTON CORNER WON T
SUCCEED "A remar kabie instance OF
capital and labor combining for mutual
protection is furnished in our special
Manchester dispatch by commercial ca
bic.
BY secret and skilful work a Dutch
man in Liverpool has succeeded Ia cor
nering the cotton MAJ ket for Septem-
Der. He will have free field for
squeezing the manufacturers until the
middle OF October when shipments OF
The new crop will arrive.
But the cOrnerer will be corDered.
Both the mill owners and their en-
ployes have united in this crisis. 4
ma iorlty of the mills will be operated
on short time and the labor orgamza-
ton Will order a STRIKE in the rest.
Surely no one will sympathize with
this grasping man. who seems to have
OyerIeached himself.-N y. Herald.