The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-26
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
READY COMMENTS
on CURRENT TOPICS.
Martyrdom to the CountrN-Nef "h'
Poiific. Indced-Ovcrthrow of frohihi
,ton-Th.n and Canada 80 Longer
an As,lum-Dthe Items OF Interest.

Politics Indceh- '''''"'""
,to,-Th.n and Now-Canada 50 Longer
a, a.,lum-0ther Items Of Interest.
N,nTyRpoM TO THE CorSrRY-Our
cstecmed contemporary, the toW"fffi't
Gagefe. Of Cincinnati, has some very
pb~iloeophical remarks upon the O.
narture of Mr.. Whitclaw Reid 10 dis
CHARGE his new Office in Paris. our
Cincinnati contemporary does not ar
move of the change which Mr. Reid Is
making. when a man surrenders me
c~oufro! Of such q paper as the ~" OH
Tr,biu4f. because he has become a
e~ubordinate of the government,
saws our contemporary, he makes
a tremendous sacrifice But what are
we TO think of the case of a man VINO
snrrenders the control Of such a paper as
the C1sfaaefcial G0s1fie, also in order To
become a subordinate Of the government,
and when such an aspiration is hullhe"
bv the adverse decision OF the senate
why should the senators be blamed since
they only keep the journalist IN ms SUI
perior place at home 40" l0f@ H""'
VERY BAD POLITfCs INDEED score
tarv Window Is following rapidly IN the
naih of partisan administration the
President has marked out. In dispens-
inc with the services of an important
Treasury official he complimcnicd nm
on the efficient discharge OF his Official
duties. and said that had his politics
been different he would have been
pleased to have him remain IN The de-
partment. lie closed his remarks as FOL
lows. .
You can. Of course, appreciate the Ia
that # would be bad politics 10 feialn
YOU while so many faithful Republicans
are knocking az u party door.
The last words are peculiarly s'gnih-
cant. II is az the door of the Republican
party that applicants are knocking IN
annlyinr for important public trusts
and the interests OF tie public service
must be suhordinated % those OF ke-
nublican Office seekers, who are not Ia
be denied.-Ner loJh stu.
OVERTHROW OF PRoHfntTIot -
Though the result of the election in Mas.
sachusetts was distinctly ~i0reshad0wtd.
the most sauguine opponents of Prohibi-
tion did not anticipate That the amend
ment would be buried under So over
whelminr a popular majority as that OF
Monday hlchdngc.
THEN AND Nova strong contrast
is presented between the manner IN
which George Washington passed
through Philadelphia n hundred year.
AGO ON his way to New York 10 he in
anmnrated the first President of Tho
United States and the way Benjamin
Harrison Will go flying past the city
doors 10 participate in the Ccntcnnla
celebration of that event. The one wa
proud to receive the homage which The
nOpulace shOwcrcd upon him. While th'
other has declined AN attentions, an'
will be carried through the city while d.
people are asleep, himself enjoying the
rest from hungry oihcc-seckers Mhlci
the seclusion of 70 private railroad ca.
will a0ord.-PhdoddpLu E'eord
The CANADIAN EvTRhpIrIoN Bull
In the form in which il has passed tL'
House at Ottawa Professor vs. Cld0n
Exlradition bin will not interfere witt
either the b00dlers now i'm Canada %
those who may seek asylum there here
/ after. for the retroactive clause OF OH
measure was stricken ont ana bribery ]
not included in the list of cXiraditabl
offences.
During the discussion in the hous
there was a strong sentiment deyclope.
10 the effect that an offender surrender
cd for one offence should not bee trie
for another. ON this point the practic
of the American courts is iiXcd.-Nc'
York Hcraid.
CANADA 80 LONGER An ASYLUM
Having waited a long time in vain io
the consent of our Senate TO "a treaty s.,
curing 10 the United States and Canad
reciprocal exhibition agreements Oh
Canadians have decided 20 give us bac
our law breakers whenever we ask io
them. even If we are resolved 90 elm
still TO theirs. This decision is fofcibl
expressed in the Weldon Extraditio
bill nasscd bv the Canadian parliamen