The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-18
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
WHAT EDITORS SAY
SHARPLY AND SMARTLi.

uaiic:oa's Befurn-Ghe southern Ap
poiniments-A NGrrow Margin The
Impending Crlsis-satisnaIiziug In
dustrie<.
NAMEroA's RETURN.-The probable
ity of MalietOa's speedy restoration TO
the Samoan throne REEVES public inter
est in the yicissitudes Of his career.
The lowest point of his fortunes was
reached on August -, 1887. when a
German squadron entered Apia. and a
peremptory demand was made for an
abiect apology ana the payment of a
large indemnity. He asked for brief
respite. ia order thar he might have
time 20 consider the situation. No de-
lay was granted. Germany, through
its consul general and naval COM
mander. declared war on the
king. Nialieloa and his closest
adherents took refuge in the
mountains. Tamasese, who had been
i'm revolt against him, was carried to
Apia and proclaimed king under the
guns of the German fleet. For three
weeks Malietoa remained in conceal
ment. The property of many of his
followers was c0niscated; several
Samoan villages were burned, and war
was declared against all who befriend-
ed him. Malietoa, in order 10 avert
furtl or bloCdshed. gave himself up to
the German consul-general, and was
taken as prisoner Of war on board the
Bismarck, the flagship of the squadron.
For nearly two years he has been an
exile from his native islands.
York Tribune.
THE SOUTHERN APPOINTMENTS. 1t Is
probably too soon to form a correct
judgment as to the policy Mr.. Harrison
means to carry out in his appointments
to the Federal offices in the South. or,
indeed, to tell with certainty whether
he has any definite policy: but it is
quite plain from the relatively small
number Of appointments made that
either he has abandoned the theory
ascribed to him in tho outset-vjz..
that he would try to build up the Re-
publican party IN that section by giving
appointments only to such Republicans
as would command popular respect
or else that he has been sadly misled in
the advice he has taken, or has sadly
erred in his own judgment Of his APP
pointees.-Nelc YorL; Times.
A NARROW MARGIN.-The contest
from the outset in the House IL TO be
one Of party supremacy. The Republic
cans Will seek not only to elect their
Speaker and to organize the House;
they will endeayor to adopt a system Of
rules by which the minority will not
haye the right or the power which it
has had for some years. The House,
unlike the Senate. - not a continuing
BODY. A new House has no rules.
When the clerk of the last House calls
the body. the members will, practically.
constitute a town meeting, or, 1t may
be, mob, with only that unwritten
parliamentary law TO guide them
which is supposed to be recognized by
all assemblages In a country where
popular government exists. The Gus
tom is not TO adopt any rules until the
Speaker is elected: and tho practice in
recent years has been. as soon as the
Speaker has been chosen. to adopt the
body Of the rules Of the preceding
House. This done. il has been found
almost impossible TO make any changes
during that Congress. The Republican
programme now Is 90 adopt very
different course-to have a body Of
rules framed in advance. with the APP
prOval of the leaders. which will differ
very materially from the rules of the
last few Congresses. especially as to
the power given TO the minority TO re-
sort to filibustering. Memphis Appeal.
The IMPENDING CMsIs.-Ever since
the idea that men have rights a. men
was first conceived, popular liberty has
had ceaselcssly 10 defend itself against
efforts TO overthrow and destroy it.
The instinct Of despotic class priyi-
lege Is always the same; It's methods
and It's inslrumentsc change with chang
ing conditions. In our time money is
its weapon as IN other times the sword
of the soldier, the intrigue Of the diplO-
mat. the maledictiOns Of the priest and
the lash Of the overseer have been. The
subsection Of the mass TO the will Of
class has been the end sought Away
and is the end sought now.
This IS the one fact of consequence
IN American politics tn day that class
privilege is actively seeking 10 establish
itself in the Republic by the agency of
money. Our one supreme concern in
the present should be to prevent the
grayely threatened setting up Of a Plu-
tocracy on the pedestals from which we
have cast down the older tyrannies.-
Nelc York World.
NATIONAIIZING INDUSTRIES. - This
sOcialistic movement is the latest Bos-
ton fad. 1t has attained 10 such
in and around that city that
two monthly organs have been estab-
lished to promote its principles. Dir.
Bellamy gave an abstract Of what |
these principles are at the reception
given to the Free Religious Association !
of America by the social reformers at |
Boston "A few days ago. Mr.. Bellamy |
declared that the scheme OF nationaism |
was the only method Of social saliva |
ton.
The trusts. he thought, had brought |
on a welcome crisis, such as a dozen |
presidential elections rolled into one
could not have precipitated la fifteen |
years the business Of the country would /
be consolidated into few trusts, and |
the social system would then consist Of /
a few families Of enormous wealth, |
middle class OF lackeys and great |
lower class Of degraded laboring peo-
pie. To prevent the creation of such an
the Government must step in
aud assume charge OF all business
Itself Baltimore Sun.
LET HIN STAY.-General Joseph +.
Johnston, of Confederate fame. still re-