The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-04
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
BIG EDITORS
BRIGHT COMMENTS.
The Great Danger-Parnclfs Fold course
white Man Repubiicans-Ghost Of the
rour uundred-Can We Have Troteo-
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white Man RepubIican'-Ghost Of the
rour Hundred-Can We Have Troteo-
tion Leaders?
TpT GREAT DANCTR.-Among the
sneakers AT the centennial banquet on
/ tuesday night were General X. b.
/ HAYES. Of Ohio, and Chief Justice Mel
vile Weston Fuller, of Chicago and
/ Washington.
HAYES made some remarks in which he
! intimatei that the chief dangers when
the United States government had
undergone were the Whisky Rebellion
and tie Civil War. II could hardly be
expected that he should mention the
chief danger which has threatened free
govornment. The Whisky Rebellion
WAS the not unnatural protest OF no
uncomfortable part Of the Young
nation against the internal excise system,
a svsfem which is no less Odious 10 the
majority Of Americans now Than 10 was
in 1871 The civil war was, after ALL
logical thing. The difficulty had been
in trying to keep the semblance OF con
cord between irreconcilable ideas. } or
the whole American people, Tor the
/ North and the South. the worst danger
ended when the manly afbitrament oil
war was accepted.
OF The greatest danger that has ever
arisen against government by the people,
HAYES had no word 10 say. How could
be say that fraud viliating elections ana
reversing The popular will had been the
greatest of dangers to DemOcrsiic-Re-
nublican government We cannot cx-
meet that the unmoested thief will con-
/ Tess.
Let us listen, then. TO our distinguished
! legal friend, the fluent. mustachioed
Fuller.
NO Ruhicon needed 70 be. or was defined
to ct,-s which WAS revolution. for the supreme
/ tribunal was pant Of The noble scheme
Asa commentary it may be mentioned
that the Hon. Joseph p. Bradley, a'tnnde
heard both Hayes and Chief Justice ful-
Ter. nor is it recorded that he blushed.-
Neu York SIM.
PARNr1L's BOLD CoURsE-The course
of the Irish leaders in conserving to sub
nit 10 cross-exsmination before the
Parnell commission, is a bold one. The
case made out bv the Times had broken
down of its own accord, and there was
no reason why any further testimony
should be taken. Mr. Parncll and his
friends. however, have gone on for the
purpose OF showing their absolute limo
eence of any connection with the physi-
cal force party.
II is always dangerous 10 10 oyerpf0ve
case, but the Irish leaders have more
than their welfare ~ stake. There has
been nothing since Parnell assumed lead
ership OF the party that has so benefited
its cause as the failnre of the Time pros
ecution ~ 7. STIR.
MITE Man REpUBICANs.-EX-Con-
gresham Lynch, of Mississippi, the col
Ored statesman, lakes occasion 10 criii-
else the pl4n of "a white Republican
party in the South, and says that the
formation of "a white mems party 10 the
exclusion of the negroes is an absurdliy,
and the idea will find It's chief support
among men who want 10 keep Tie party
conveniently small 20 that the offices
will 20 around. The Southern Demo
Gratis of Mississippi DO not really fear
negro domination on fair vote. The
negroes are in majority in the State,
+ but If they controlled the situation they
would elect native white Republicans,
many of them ex-COnfedcTates, 10 most
of the offices. About one-third of the
whites in the State are Republicans, and
there are few carpet Daggers among
them.
at is not the fear of negro domination
which leads the white Democrats To
falsifv the returns. That is merely a pre-
tence to palliate their Oilense in tie
/ North Their only object is 10 keep the
state in the Democratic column, and this
I is shown plainly enough by the fact that
they used just the same means 20 defeat
/ Harrison, white man, as they would to
defeat any local cOlored candidate %
Gmosr OF THE 400-The private hob
+ bies. all ectaiions OF pretensiOns of a
handful Of citizens in New York or Bos-
/ Ton or any place else in the country is Of
no importance anywhere, signifies moth
/ Ing. and is nObodys business. When
/ that small and incOnsequential group,
/ however arraying itself ON pedestal Of
alleged inheritance, seeks 10 establish
/ itself as an aristOcrat and demands rccOg
milton on the merit Of dead and dusty
ancestry il presents an anomaly which "a
republic has no use for.
The mills of the gods grind slowly, but
( the man who thrusis his fingers into the
cog.wheels of Providence will soon be
mistakng himself for a sheet of paper
The great 400, 50 lately swollen with
pride now sits limp and soggy from It's
/ dip in the champagne trough, humbiy
pleading with its hitherto lofty leaders
/ Tor a badge, that il may hereafter wear
! in public to distinguish it from the i'll
bred, registering, police-prOyOking COM
mon herd Washington Post
Can We HAVE PROTECTION LEAD
ERsy-lt was good deal as though the
/ Union armies in the late war had been
under the command OF general who
did not believe in fighting for the Union.
Ii announced slraddle' on the one
question which formed the issue OF the
campaign
If there are protectionist, like the late
Mr. Barnum, so welded % the Demo
cratic party that they will leave it, even
on mat ISSUE, lnhl thuuol Ut utlltu. DuN
il ought 10 be understood al once that
they must henceforth walk at the tail of
the Democratic procession and not at its
head. They cannot be trusted in any
position of control. management or in
lllence in il. They ought 10 understand
that if Democratic President is elected
in 1892 they will not be allowed 10 have
Office or influence under his administra-
tion The next Democratic President
will not pursue Mr. Cleyeland's course in
this matter-N T. Herald.
AMERICAN FOREsTRI.-The careless
ness of the people of the United States
in regard 10 the forests of the country Is
standing marvel SO thoroughly alert
10 all that advances material prosperity,
Americans have permitted one Of the
most valuable resources of the nation To
be ruthlessly destroyed Millions of
acres clothed with magnificent growth
OF timber have been sold for less than the
cost of surveying, and the United States
Is confessedly behind every other civil