The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-11
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
PuNGENT COMMENTS
BY GOOD WRITER'S.
Making cleopatra Alexander Hamilton
PsrceIIing Out the onice~-l"r @arin
Reform Another Bishop trrant-"'se
words Henry Grady's inrr"--i"h-'

MAKING CLEOPATRA nat cmlhth'
theatrical masher, Mr. kyrle Beliew' has
been figuring rs correspondent IN TN
..aoo divorce suit. the woman in the case
being one of his dramatic pupils, an
amateur with aspirations for the stage
and i'm the course Of his examination ID
Court Nr Bcllew was asked number
of embarrassing questions-or questions
that would cmbarrass an ordinary man
concerning his numerous oiher PuPir
and lady friends.
These auctions. implying various Of
fenses AGAINST the moral code Mr.. Bel
lew was not ALWAYS willing 10 answer
bat be confessed 10 one crime so helhouS
and 80 inexcusablc that all ms othcI
transeressions appear by contrast a.
mere pcccadilloes He said that he had
Taught Mrs Potter the part Of Cleopa-
fra i'm a cottage in lIennequeville, with
the assistance of Mrs. Dalias-Glynn. OF
England, an expert in such matters. -
Piila. Times.
ALEXANDER II,MtLToN. Scholars,
historians and literalours will probably
never cease wranrling over the question
of Alexander Hamilton claim 10 great
ness Mr.. Dcpcw. in his Centennial ora
lion. lauded him very highly, while Ban
croft i'm the history of the constitution,
nlaces much less estimate upon his ser
vices 10 the country Hamilton was
neither great genius nor SURPRISING
statesman Baltimore Hsrmd
PARcFIISG OuT THE OFFICES he
Kings county Republican committee
are the coolest lot Of Oiiice-seekers I'D
America. The calmness with which the =
demand that all the local patronage Of
the Government must be distributed IN
accordance with their recommendations
il one of the most amusing incidents
connected with the present admnistra'
ton.
Every applicant for a Government
/ Mace i'm Kings has now been ordered 10
spply first to the Republican Executive
/ Committee 10 be Endorsed by that body
/ There is no moral obligation, says inc
/ Republican Orlan Of Brooklyn. 10 com.
pel heads of Federal departments and
/ bureaus i'm the cusiOm-h0use, the APP
nraisers department and elsewhere Ia
recognize these recommendations, but II
any Federal official should see iit 90 set
no his individual judgment against that
of the organization. there would an.
doubtedly be trouble.-A.-I stu
SIX TINES OKL,HOMA.-SiX Oklaho
mas will soon be open 10 settlers m tho
Northwest This Is what the opening
of the great Sioux reservation means
and there is now every prospect that IL
viii be brought about The situation
has changed entirely since the failure oil
the commission of last year 90 obtain me
consent of the tribes The Indians, VIII,
are getting 10 be good at "a bargain, con
tend that the price offered fifty cents an
acre for / / .OOO, 900 acres proposed 10 BE-
opened. was too low. and Congress, 10y
raising the price TO : % for all lands Il
be taken up by settlers within tie irs
three wears. has conceded the Justice %
this claim. During the TWO following
wears settlers must pay 80 cents, an'
during the next I'VE years 30 cents, ate
which time the Government is 10 buy th.
remainder at 30 cents per acle.-A J
Iri5nnC.
FoR TARIFF REFORM -keniuckl
Democrats have never sWerfcd iron
their fidelity 10 the cause Of revenue re
form. TO which they have furnished SOM
of the most efficient and distinguished
champions. AT their State convention
YESTERDAY. which. being for the nomina
ton of "a single State officer they nigh
very well have omitted any but the mos
general allusiOn 20 nati0nal issues
Dlaiform was adopted endorsing th
national platforms OF 1854 and 1883, ant
making special reference tO the sian'
taken on the tarin -Noc Iork Ilmts.
ANOTHER BIsHOP-ERRANT-T The Righ
Rev. Frederick d. Huntington, Bisho
of Central New York, has written Go ih
Ercuing Past in response TO a Ieque-
for his opinion of George Washington
The Bishop TELLS mp that if Washing
ton were now living ia the Unite
. States. he would find the political atmo'
, phcrc offensive. and the political mora
b itv intolerable: and he concludes tha
i'm spite of the commanding genius q
Washington a. a statesman and aoidic
Z "and in the wisdom of rule which haN
D set him foremost among the founders q
{ States. he would probably be al this da
Z ineligible to the Presidency, To Iongfes
or TO any Office controlled 10y pOltci
machinery.
There are very few offices either undo
E the Federal Government or under th
, Goyernments of the several states OF ia
Union, which are not controlled D.
political machinery and what bisho
, Huntington says in regard to Washing
% ton clearly implies that, in what j
, deems these degenerate days. decent
honorable. and high-minded men ar
practically debarred from entering th
! public seryice-N J. Sun.
WISE WoRDs-lt has been assume
that if the Southern people should divid
on real questions the Republican
- would have "a large Southern represen
I tation i'm Congress What is 10 hlnde
the Southern people or what has hin
der-d them. from sending delegations q
/ Congress TO vote for high tariffs and ia
sidies if they favor such legislation
When they want river and harbor aI
preparations they are not deferred D.
ihe race question from joining the Il,
puhlicans 20 carry such measures. Bu
e such vas the hostility of the SOuiher
70 people 10 protective tariff that the
prohibited that very thing in the Con
federate Constitution. Though politica
j conditions have changed since thel
D there Is no evidence that their sent
4 ments have undergone any 5erlou
: change on this economic question
Philadelphia Keeord
. HENRY GRADY's lMpREssIONs.-Il
% Democrats Of the North are more conf
o. dent of success in 1892 than | eNpecte
, to lind them Sunset Cox says We wi
q carry three out of four of the new States
The late city elections encourage Demo
Gratis. and undoublod division IN the Re
p publican ranks discourages The dominan
y party.
The alleged dissipation amid the clos
I ing scenes of the ball is greatly exag
De- geraied. walked amid them wit
: steady gait, as becomes Il Prohibitions
and while saw few tipsy folks, Their
was neither orgies nor debauchery.
The brayesl and best thing Of the wee