The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-25
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
BRIGHT COMMENTS
BY BRIGHT WRITER'S

Important Gulf Cyclone Coming-Tanner
and Harrison Daniel and Mahonc-iiar
sons civil Seryicc-Tbc New Nayy-Ihc
Race Conflict-Other Topics.
IMPORTANT GULF CYCLONE COMING
A dangerous cyclone. now moving
northward from the Mexican Gulf. Is
meuacing our Atlantic coasts. On Sat
urday and since then the Herald has
cautioned the public that cyclone
might be expected to make its appear
ance early this week in the leeward
West Indies on the coasts or the
Gulf States. 1t is not impossible that
the present storm is the same that was
driven back last Wednesday from the
vicinity Of Pensacola into the heart OF
the Gulf
The storm centre. now near Chatta-
nOoga. will probably advance to-day
northeastwardl with fog, heavy rains
and southeasterly to oasierly gales on
the Atlantic coasts from Cape Hatteras
to Cape May. and assailing the Jersey,
Long Island and lower New England
coasts to-morrow.-New YORK Herald.
TANNER AND HARRIsON.-As Commits
sioner of Pensions Mr.. Tanner attempt
ed to enforce the spirit Of this deciara-
ton by re rating all pensioners receiv-
/ ing less than - per month, and by abOl-
ishing many Of the restrictions which
/ former administrations. had adopted TO
prevent fraud in the issue of original
pensions. But when the country began
| to realize thai this policy meant an IN
crease of the annual pension list
/ from $50 900 600 to more than
twice thst sum in the immediate future.
and within q few years tOa sum greater
than the entire expeudituresof the gov
eminent for all other purposes, feel
ing of alarm was excited which was
scarcely appeased by the resignation Of
Commissioner Tanner and the rCvOca-
ton of his re-rating order. as well as
| the re-establishmCnt Of some Of the
safeguards against fraud by the Acting
! Commissioner of Pensions before the
appointment of Mr. Tanner s successor.
journal of Commerce.
DANIEL HELD UP MALONE Is SIX Is
INTERCHANGEABLE CHARACTERISTIC q
| Confederate soldier, when he voted
against removing cOmrade s. disabili-
ties: as railroad president. 80 which
/ be had wrecked the roads and The
States interest in them. as Democrat
ic leader, when he sold oui to Simon
| Cameron for Doodle: as a cadluster.
when he did no. raise finger against
Federal violence:asa friend of the work
Ingman. when ne employed -caL print-
crs on the Richmond wing aRl i'm
ported English engineers To run
Virginia railroads. and now as "a
Republican. when he Is trying % fool
the old-issue Republicans. Senator
Daniel said there Is 10 Republicanism
ia il. The essence Of the contest Is Ma
h0neism. and be Is using the tariff as ID
curtain before the stage to keep the
people from seeing what is going on 40
the green-r00m behind. No tariff I-
involved in this State contest. and they
have DO State issues except Malone.
who wants 20 be Governor. but won
get there.
HARRISON CIVIL SERVICE A spoil-
organ makes sport of a bureau opened
to give. as it a0verti~es. Thorough Prep
aration for Applicants for the Civil
Service
The only preparation which would
be Of any value under the c0mpetiuv,
system. honestly administered. would
iuclUde refreshing or storing the mem
ory with such Information as indicate.
. general intelligence. and special ln-truc
tiOn in the nature of the work aud The
duties of the place to which the clndi
nate aspires. There can be- no more OBJ
lection 20 such preparation than there
is to instruction in any calling.
But as we have heretofore said. the
true way 10 look al the subject of com
peutive examination is to view the al
tentative. There is preparation fol
applicants for the civil service. uude
the spois system. IL does Not relate {,
what the candidate knows but to how
ne voies.-New York World.
THE NEGRO QUESTION The JJuruQ
Of Commerce has thefollOwing: Taxi
81 "A case said 10 be- q real one as an Illus
iratiOn. Ia q certain county the ne
gr0es largely Outuumbered the whites
and at the close Of the war, when re-
: construction began, they placed men o.
r their own race and color IN power
They levied all the taxes Will
heavy hand; they raised lalg'
amounts Of money. and not only spent
it lavishly witheut any Judgment oI
f discretion. but they and their friends
> having no restraint upon theircupldlty
put large sums In their own pockets
The county became bankrupt. It's papel
3 was not worth ten cents on the dollar
the taxes were SD high that real estate
in many places would not sell fol
enough TO clear il of the incunDTance
and financial ruin stared every body IL
{ the face. Becoming desperate. the white
- people seized the reins Of power an,
, assumed the government, regardless O
the numerical superiority of the Othe
D race. They restored order: they entered
! upon an economical administration o.
the finances; they reduced the taxes [,
very moderate sum; they cut of thu
u leeches which had fattened upon the
e treasury, and they brought the credi
of TN, country up 10 par. its debts al
- paid. and every one satisfied with il
financial condition.
THE FRENCH ELECTlONS.-Th clectO
raj battle IN France has been lost an,
won: but who has won the fight an,
$ who has lost it the returns are sill toe
S incomplete to show.
, Only portion Of the results have Sc
far reached US.
They point to a general triumph foi
the Republic. though It is plain from
the extraordinarily large proportion OF
, boiiOtf0gcs that the struggle has IL
many places been unusually bitter.
Ii. as seems hardly doubtful The Re
e pubhcans form the majority Ia the new
{ Chamber. they will owe their success.
| TO the much despisej provinces. In
Paris and other great cities. but cspe
cially in Paris, there has been SAL
falling away from the liberal ranks
Five or six Boulangerists have beaten
, their Republican opponents. and the
M0U' general himself heads tbs poll in
one section of MontmartIe. New York
Herald.
+ THE RACE CoNFMoT.-The Record j.
very doubtful Of the capacity of the