The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-12
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SPICY COMMENTS
BY SPICY WRITERS
you Can't BreaR the solid South in That
Way-Jhc Centennial Return Tickets -
furr.u, Topic- OF Interest.

An industrial Soldiers Home-other
Currsn, Topics Of Intrrer'.
Tng Centennial RETURN TIcKErs-
The railroad managers who are not in
clincd 10 lenpinen The time IN which re-
mrn tickets to New York are available
should remember that such an affair a'
thc now coming centennial occurs hul
once I'm hundred years. Rules which
prevail in common times may have no
powcrfu bearing upon ihe properties
of this occasion. The situation D. 100
unusual 20 Doe governed by mere GUS
tom.-Ne,o Yok sun.
C,RNrcrr-Mr. Andrew Carnegie.
representing the manufacturers of Pitts
hnrr ha. treated ihe legislators OF the
State in which be- acquired bus fortune 10
A vigorous denunciaii0n of ihe mclho"7
of tie Pennsylvania hailroad company.
n would f. en- from this that discrmlna-
lions i'm local charges are carried to such
an extent that The pcruancncy ol lhe
great iron and steel industries OF west
crn PENNSYLVANIA are in scron. danger
mi. oufcrv of the liit-hurE manuiac-
rrr,.r4 may De well founded. hui perhals
Inc general cessation of the custom 81
maxim, rebates hy The railroads go their
llorpcr customers may have something l"
do with these manifestations. III is
notable feature in The enforcement OF the
Interstate law that shippers. aud mol
railroad men. raise the loudc-t ciamoi
AGAINST the suppression of discrlminatiNe
abuses.-N0c Iork Str
WEARY WArING.--Is il not about
time that Mr.. Harrison did something To-
ir.fify the confidence and revive the
homes Of those of hIs friends who peIns
friends of civil service reform also nave
believed chat be would not utterly re-
pudiafe The promises OF himself ana Jus
narivy Certainly they can hardly bc OK
neciod % keep mp their courage ON ihe
/ iou diet ofperf0rmauce with which De mas
so far supplied them. and it is especially
frvinr TO tncm Tint this diet has tccOme
steadily poorer from the start W hen
Mr. Harrison made mo his Cabinet, ana
tiey found not one man in it who was
I known 10 have any iniesest ia OF any
clear idea of The reform they were
/ obliged To content themselves with the
assumption that. apart from Mr. Blaine
there was no one in the Cabinet Who
was conspicuous as AN enemy OF the re-
form.-Nao Iork I.mes
You CAN'T BREAKTHE SOLID SOUTH iN
/ THAT WAY.--"Ihe first organized move
menl toward breaking up the solid south
took placc-as reported elsewhere-in
7 Birmingham. Ala. yesterday.
It's object is 20 divide the country on
business principles and questions OF
I statc-mauship' only-ihat is to say, on
high tariff and low iaIiu
Tire first step taken was TO exclude
from the meeting "all cOlored men
+ The project, therefore, seems % be TO
divide our ten million voters into white
protectiOnists, white low tariff men and
as-y0u-please negroes.
In other words, the c0lOred man IS To-
be counted ont ia the formation OF
political parties for Che future.
Bul lhe colored men don't take kindly
10 that treatment ON the very same day
a large number OF them met do convcn-
ton and loudly protested against their
exclusion.
II will De q grand thing TO break up
the solid South. but 10 can't De done 10y
ignoring million voters simply because
of their color.
You VIII have 10 make another guess
AT your C0nundrum. gentlemen. That
one was wrong.--N j. Hera'd
SECRETARY WINDoM-"The secre.
tary is too old % coon 90 undertake 90
repeal an act of Congress. lie prefers to
have that job done by deputy. Appraiser
Leach has been selected as the nstru-
ment. lie has decided that 'wOrstcds
shall not De rated according TO the
schedule of the Tariff act of
1883. but according 20 The fact
that they are 'woDllens, and shall be lia-
bic. when imported TO wo0llen duiie-.
OF course the matter VIII be carried 90
the courts and, as the courts cannot re-
peal bunging laws Mr. Leach viii DO re-
versed But in the meautime the w0fst'd
mills may 90 ON again, and Congress can
finally unrayol the snarL
DowS WITH lIiau fAnrr.-In New
Jersey. in Philadelphia, in Connecticut
i'm all the manufacturing cities the Dem
ocratic party made noticeable gains.
They lost only where timidity prevailed
and where this timidiiy enabled the Re
publcaus 90 introduce sectional issues
and fan tho flames of sect Onal hatred.
/ Ii was this narrow and bigOted feeling of
distrust. Joined 10 the use of money con-
tributed by The robber bar0ns which
/ led 10 the defeat of Mr. Cleveland, and
not the earnest. maLly, aggressive battle
/ for reform waged by The leaders OF the
/ Jehcrsonian Democracy.
Down with the war tariff '-Cow ier-
J0arnaL
Ar the recent Worlds Conference Of
Latter Day Saints at ST. Joseph, Mo, d.
was reported that The Church OF Nor
mon was slowly growing In the face of
mighty opposition Missionaries IL was
said, had met with especial rebuiis and
prosecutions i'm Virginia. Probably the
Mormon elders viii some day find out
that civilized countries ike the Old Do
miniOn have little Use for the sweetness
and light OF poiygamy and the reyela-
ton. OF Joseph Smith.-BHhm0re Hsr'
dM
Ak INDUSTRIAL SOLDIERS HOVE
Governor Gordon. OF Georgia, Is ont with
plan for maintaining the disabled Con-
federatc veterans OF That state i'm "a way
that shall save them from The mortilica-
ton of asking charitable support from
any source and enable them al lhe same
time TO aid in their own maintenance
tie does not believe i'm cOudemning these
people 20 sUbsist upon pittancei doled /
ont o. them in pensions or aims, nor IN
gathering them within the walls of q
home 90 live I'm idleness aud depend on
uncertain outside contributions tor their I.
food and shelter
The Governor plan is TO establish at .
Atlanta "a confederate Soldiers o-op- .
eralive and Industrial Home" 10 Doe reg .
ularly incorporated with capital Of .
81, 100000 10 be- increased 10 SjO0O0OO .
II deemed eApedent, in shares of 81 .
each, 10 be- taken as faf as may De by The .
old soldiers and their friends, and 10 be
open TO inmates from all the States, their .
wives and children. and also TO widows