The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-18
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE ON
SOUTHERN POLITICIANS.

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Republic of Brazil-yesferday's Pro
cccdinss in Both Houses of Congress.
WASHINGTON BUREAU
RICHMOND DAILY TIMEs.
December II. 1851
The great organ OF the G.. q. i. says thi'
morning that it is quite disagreeable thai
all the prominent Southern politicians have
war records.
What a whimsical absurdity on the par
Of the grand organ.
All the whitepeople Of the Southern state'
served in the civil war, and how can We
find man Of forty-fye years Of age to I'll
any place unless he has war record, anC
how could we find younger man Of honor
able record unless he was the son Of Con
lederato yeteran'
The World called attention the other da,
to the fact that the great 6. q. 7. organ
had lost its editor. 1t is true that Mr.
Whiielaw Reid was a strong Republican
but he was a man Of intellect and expert.
ence. and would never have gwen away his
paper TO fool ideas as it has been lately
given away on the question Of Jefferson
Davis. and on this last trick OF saying that
a Southern man, 10 be patriot, must not
have had any sympathy with the Southern
Conlederacy.
THE CRONIN TRIAL.
Public opinion is quite unanimous on the
verdict. The facts were that there was a
conspiracy 10 murder Cronin, and that the
murder was ordered by secret society.
The innocent man was condemned.
and his a-sassins appointed in a manner
that. even in the conception Of IL. is
Il crime against our free institutions. The
court and the jury understood perfectly
we'll that a man who melted murder, though
thousand miles from the scene Of the
crime, was equally guilty with the man who
struck the blow. II this were not true a
murderer might achieve the crime and get
oil on the plea that he did not do the deed,
bat merely hired the assassin.
The bad part about the Cr0nln case is
that the Jury accepted the fact Of guilt and
then compromised. They should have pro-
claimed the great fact 10 the American peo-
pie that a secret society cannot try a citizen
and condemn him 10 death without being
hanged. and every one OF that secret court
/
dcmned 10 lite imprisonment.
II is underetood that the twelfth man on
the jury was crank, and that il was he
who caused the compromise.
BRAZIL.
Don Castallar. great diplomat. says that
If the republic Of Brazil j. q success, 1t Will
exercise a serious effect in European poll
tics. Don Castallar is quite right. Napo-
leon said that in century Europe would
bee republican or "COssack." meaning that
the Car and the German Kaiser repre-
sentod personal power. and that France
and America represented popular govern
newt by the people.
II crown government is no longer a
sentiment. but commands the VIII Of the
people as IL did "a century ago.
The people understand quite plainly that
republican government is a success. and
that they can have safe government with
out bending the knee To family aristocracy.
Jefferson said that the kings he saw IN
Europe passed their time in hunting and
sending c0uricrs 10 each other with bulie-
tins of the game they Killed.
The modern king il a sportsman, but he II
warrior. who enlists all his people a.
slaves. and when the youth Of a people j.
pit in the army for five years. where Is the
genius Of trade and manufacture;
The establishment Of the Brazilian Re
public Of course causes furry in the Lu-
rOpcau mOnarchial market. II makes the
old barnacled mOnarchs know that there II
"a cyclone coming that Will sweep them
away ~ the French Revolution did the
B0ugbOns.
The theory that European idea could re-
establish th. monarchy in Brazil is a. alb
-urd as the idea that MaXimillian could
have ruled Mexico ~ an empire.
The United States have had treaties with
Mexico and some Of the South American
states. but our mercantile relations have
never been correctly defined. We have
siNcn our southern ueighbOr, rather more
than they have given us. We should say
hat il Mr.. Blaine drafts treaty for the
Pan-Ameriran Congress TO cOnslderit should
Doe 0n different lines h0m the reciprocity
treaties heretofore brought before the SEN
ate.
THE LEEDOM CASE.
II appears that the >ergeant-at-Arms of
the House has been allowed for generations
lo be- disburslng OH ,cr. when there was
no law ior il, and that the members Of the
FiftN-iirst Congress actually made LeedOm.
~ergeant-at-Arms Of the tiftieth Congress.
a banker when he virtually had no secu-
rites.
That is about the size Of The case, and it
- supposed that Congress can reimburse
the members for their LOSSES, though it was
ly their own mistake that they allowed
Lccdom and ,ilc0tt 10 act as their bankers.
MORE NEw STATES.
Wyoming and Idaho put forward their
delegations today % ask for the honors Of
statehood for these two line Territories.
The population Of Idaho is l2J,OoD. and the
people claim that their advanced ideas and
the development Of their immense resources
entitic them 90 have national ree0gHi-
ii0n. The politicians. Of course, boss the
Job. for they want TO be senators and stand
by the ycrdeut statesman of Dakota. The
Republicans want ali the new states they
can make as soon as they succeed in jockey
ing Montana and getting two Republican
senator's from a Democratic state.
THE CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.
The subcommittee Of the House appoint
I'd 90 consider the contested election cases
held meeting to-day. They adopted the
rules that governed the committee of the
asi House. IL Is he intention this lime 10
push the contested election cases TO a
speedy settlement. instead OF leaving them.
rs has been the custom. TO the last Of
the second session. The idea of the
Radical wing of the Republican party il to
arbitrarily count IN the Republican con-
testants from the Southern districts, but the
holiday recess may give ,he Republicans a
chance 10 lind ont that the popular senii-
ment Is not in support Of any such plan.
. REPUBLICAN TEIcK.
The Democratic leaders Aage been watch
ing their opponents even rs The cat does
the mouse. Or rather rs the mouse does the
eat. i'm the question Of contested elections.
r,., '''~l HAT Republicans in the House
intend 10 dispose 0i Sec ''N''S"
cases before the rules are discussed.
Thereby the speaker (Boss Reed could
rule out all dilaioiy motions anl IS dicta-
Tor aud Grand sairap he could do his own
sweet will on the minority and seat about
seventeen bogus representatives.
This is the most important point IN the
politics Of the day.
The Republican party feel the necessity
If fortifying themselves in some way for
the fight in j ~, and knowing that tneig
pretended principles are all bosh, they
propose 10 nauglrate policy Of arbitrary
Federal rule. lfthey seat the bogus REP
resentatiyes from the South. Of course they
will pass the Federal Election law. Nhsn
they DO that il Will be- question for the