The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-07


P rights of the carrier -Noc Iork STIR.
I That l.ETTER-As matter of inter
national courtesy IL would have aided
the cause of Germany 10 have asked the
conference sit in Washington or in some
; other place than Berlin. This would
have had al least the semblance of sin
cerity But 10 call a conference of rep
resentatiyes OF England and the United
States 10 meet him in the German Capt.
tai, in the expectation that neither
nation shall send their fleets 10 Samoa
until after the conference, is a scheme
worthy the Chancellor IL is a coup de
rdis0n like the rest of his wonderful
diplomatic eXplOits-Brltimore H9d'd
BISMARCK AND BAYARD.-As will be
seen in the Washington dispatch, print
cd elsewhere, and which, with Mr Bay
= ards consent, was cabled Yesterday af-
ternOon 10 the London and Paris Herdid,
he makes acknowledgment of the
friendly tone of Count Bismarck, as
reported in the Herad, and expresses
the gratifying belief that with the re-
sumption at Berlin of the amicabie con-
ference (which was suspended at Wash
ingion ON the 10Th of July, 1850, in ac-
cOrdance with ths proposal OF Count
Bismarck, and which is acceptable 10
this government, there seems little rea-
son TO doubt that peaceable and per.
manent settlement of all the questions OF
native rights IN Samoa, as well as the
rights OF The three treaty powers, viii be
attained " y Mtrdd
CARNEGlE.-T Couri0-JoWnHi, in
censuring Carnegie article on Trusts
SAYS: Even If we concede that Mr. Car
negie is right in his contention that do
nestle competition viii ultimately Kill
the trust. are we. therefore, under obi
CATION 10 await The result OF this com
paralIyely slow process; 4 trust, IN It's
essence. is q conspiracy 10 put mp prices
In remains tO De seen whether the courts
will throw The protection of the law
about them The indications are they
will not 10 not. an that legislation need
do is 10 enlarge the free list Mr. Car
negie's sympathy with trusts is natural
enough hut DO is not from men of his
class that the country can afford 10 take
advice as 90 the proper method of treat
ing them
Buffalo C0pt,r say. As Secretary of
State Mr. Blaine will bee a dangerous
man When he first held that office hc
showed lack of familiarity with lhe
F Goyernmenis foreign affairs that was
discIediiahle 90 "a man Who had been in
public lite some twenty years His
vigorous policy came near making
American diplomacy The laughing stock
of the world
Arkansas Democrat says. IL seems set.
/ tied nj last that MI Blaine is 10 90 into
/ the Cabinet bis is the first mistake OF
| General Harrison IL Is good for the
Democratic party, but bad for the coun-
/ Try
THE sorTH AT THE NoRTH.-At a
meeting of the Southern Interstate I'm
migration Convention. in Montgomery,
I Ala. last December, a movement was in
augurated for establishing "A permanent
/ Southern exposition in some Northern
/ city, and a committee is now in the North
10 determine upon the best location for
/ il. New York is generally preferred .
/ but other cities, with a thrifty eve 20
/ bushes have offered inducements In
/ their own behalf. In the meantime an /
other committee representing the trans /
/ Mississippi States of the South, TO which /
Colonel Logan il. Root, OF Arkansas, is .
lending his assistance. is IN the North .
west considering the feasibility Of an
other exposition in that section. Colonel |
.I..ff .
Southern interests in one grand exposi-
tion AZ such commercial centre as may De .
deemed The most advantageous. such .
will probably be the upshot OF the whole
matter - washington Post.
LET HIM TRY AGAIN-ln view OF all
the circumstances Colonel Breckinrdge
viii show his sense OF Justice il he 70
signs his seat in Congress and asks the
Governor of Arkansas TO appoint ape-
cial election Colonel ClaytOn's coward
ly murder ut the hands of supposed sup
pOrters Of Breckenridge cannot but leave
faint on that November election, and
the country, and Arkansas, too, no doubt
would feel better satisfied II the votes
were cast again Eceniag Telegram.
q OvERrHRowISG THE ARIsTOCRATs-
There is one consolation left 10 the
friends OF Ireland, in spite OF BalfOur
and OF the whole Salisbury cOerciye ma
chinery. IL is that every infamy enacted
ia the name OF the Tory government Is
but bringing nearer the triumph OF Glad
stone and the hour of freedom The
handwriting is on the wall, but Salisbury,
with fatuOus blindness sees il not. The
reyles OF coercion 60 mldly on; eviction
follows eviction, the friends of Irish
liberty are 10 peril OF life; O Brien Is the
victim OF nameless indigntIes at the
hands of BalfOurs brutal agents, and all
who lit their voices against the wanton
tyrannies OF Tory rule are bounded from
place 10 place and menaced with prison
bars But meanwhile the leaven of
liberty IS working In England. thiwg0
Neos
TnE PANAMA CANAL TRoCeLE.-We
have pointed ont that changes In the .
French political situation favorable TO
VI. de Lesseps may, al any hour, occur ,
in order that our people representatives
al Washington may understand that
they have no time 10 lose ii they mean {
10 pass the Edmunds joint resolution
Let the protest OF this nation against
the investment OF money by Il
European power on the American \
lsthm4s once be declared in au.
form. and We doubt wheth-
er ever French Ministry largely made
up OF champions of the Panama Canal
would disregard H. On the other hand, n
our failure 10 pass the Edmunds reson.
ton al this session OF Congress, will be-
construed in Paris by the friends of NJ,
lie Lesseps IS a tacit acQuescence In the
completion OF the work al the expense p
II the French treasury Nee Y0fk Sun. b
The Boston burglar has learned the b
esthetics of his business He entered p,
he house, skipped with the Doodle, and .
eff The following note
u regret TO say that the high cost OF
wing, and ms failure 10 receive certain