The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-29
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POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN THE STATE
There Is no question that the conven-
ton which vas held at Saratoga on
Wednesday last was dominated by the
influence OF Thomas G. Plat. who
stands distinct, for the spoils system |
ana all the methods in politics which 1t
involves. There is every probability /
that the convention to be held at syria /
cuse next week will be dominated by /
! Goeerno, Hill. who stands for precisely /
similar methods There WAS no sign OF /
opposiliOn to Piatt at Saratoga, aud /
! Hill is likely to have equally /
smooth sailing at Syracuse. There |
/ is a sembance Of harmony IN both |
parties, bat it is based largely on
! Indifference. accompanied by only /
mild form Cf discomfort that sees no
present opportunity or motive for as
serting itself. At Saratoga great care
was taken to keep the surface OF things
serene. Nobody was seeking nomina-
tons and nobody was disposed 10 force
nominations upon the convention. be-
cause it was felt that the candidates
were not to be elected. The ticket was
put together with view TO being un-
Objectionable and giving 10 occasion
/ for disagreement. The platform was
mild aud not calculated 10 proyokecon
troversy I'D the party. the whole Dusi-
ness was the perfunctory performance
Of party operation that could not be
wholly avoided. New York Times.
THE NEGRO Is THE SOUTH.-The rela
lions between these two peoples ut the
South were rendered increasingly trOu-
blesome by the interference OF the car
pet Dagger" and those whom he repre-
seated for political effect. Toe negro is
naturally indOient. but for generations
he had assumed that labor only went
with slavery. The master aud the ms
tress in the Old DAYS were not ldiefs.
and the care OF large plantation was
no light burden on the slave owners oil
both sexes. But the task of feeding.
clothing. and managing a large BODY
OF dependeuts was s. unlike the actual
manual labor in the field or the house
hold that to the servant : eye he alone
oid the work and his owners lived
on the fruit Of his laOOrs. Hence. when
emancip ton came and freedom was
pftclaime1 the majority OF those who
N fi De- u DtIt III - lii'lts-f Nuil'"'' - h't."
toll for them was-w holly thing Of the
past Liberty was synonymous with
ease and plenty and no work. or, az
least no exacting labor. Even when
warned Of their error and tod that
they must earn their own living they
could not then be- made 10 realize that
tins meant literally compliance with
the universal requirement that they
! must eat their bread in the sweat OF
Their face Whoever first promised for
each OF them ten acres Of land ana
mule cannot be ascertained. but they
were made to expect some provision OF
this kind. and felt that theg were &c
frau led of their newly conceded rig Is
when this part of The grant WAS not
made good 20 them. journal Of Com
meIce.
BILL CHANDLER's SIDE PARTNER.-
John Roach s Dolphin has completed
her voyage around the world ~ a
highly credltable and satisfactory man
ner. confounGing and putting to con-
fusion the disbelievers who banked on
her strnctural weakness. She has no
structural weakness. She j, stanch and
sound III every timber aud entirely sea
worthy. John Roach Is more than vim
dicaled. New York Tribune.
Two x-rONFEDFRATEs. - General
Mahone the republican candidate for
Governor Of Virginia. has 40 least one
advan age over General Chalmers. the
Republican candidate for Governor of
Mississippi. When he fought for the
Confederacy he fought like an honest
soldier
SARCASTIC JAcK.-"No." Il says. "thet
won't do. either. Jack. You see. |
pretended not to notice that Jack said
tins s4rcastlcally. Jack Is given 10 sar-
= casm, and IL makes him raw to have
people fail To see It..
See here. he says. you re mighty
gay at equelchng everything trol out
in the way OF ideas. Wouldn't 1t be- a
pretty kitty notion for You TO do ut
tie thinking Yourself;
i've done it already. | says. and
here's my scheme: You re hitle Oit
of boxer. and 20 am | Now. what
ever We do has got to be all right and
regular. and at the same time sue
winner. Wen 90 aud take lessons M
boxing. and tram all winter. Ihen
along toward spring we'll get right
= down 10 business and tram hard for a
fight. Then. when we've got every
lining ready. we n pass the word around
on the quiet among the red hot sports
that they can see rafting finish fight
by putting up so apiece. We can
easily get fifty spectatOis, aud can thea
pull oil The fight somewhere IN the out
skirts. See:
THAT a pretty good scheme. said
Jack. smiling. IS he kind OF sized me
up. evidently with the notion that he
could HEX me out Of my shoes. but
YOU don't mean to fight. do you,
" Certainly, l says.
Flight in earnest to a finish = he
says smiling more n ever.
"'Of course. l saws.
"'Well. he says. there ant more n
seven or eight good andvalid objections
10 that idea Ia the first place one Of
us m get licked scaudalOus. and both Of
us III get hammered up plenty. so
we'll have IL lay up week or two and
mend Then we're liable TO Eet our
selves arrested AMI sent 10 the pen for
prize-l ghtipg. But even II we do
dodge the police and escape the law II 3
ten TO one the papers will get onto us
] and give Us away IN a twO-cOlumn sem
sation with scare headiues about prom
inent clubmen engaging IN prize
fight; most likely they'll explain the
thing on the ground OF a love affair
Chicago Mail.
THE CLERGY OF To DAY. The general
appearance Of the Episcopal clergy of
TINS city gathered IN convention 40 st.
Georges Church affords evidence of
The great change which has taken place
Of recent years IN both the composition
aud the quality of that body. Several
Of the most notable Of them have only
lately. or within comparatively short
time. been called 10 pastoral work in
the town. and the whole force Is largely
made up Of what may be called the new
school OF clergy
Ia their bearing and their intellectual
training ard methods they strike the
,lcarv,r as very different from the