The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-14

monopoly.
The foundation principle Of our free GOV
trnment is th II people must be taxed only
10 support the government. Why - the
taxation fund so far ahead of the require
meut- Of the country The answer II that
the radical party have an arbitray rule that
abrogates the fundamental principles Of our
institutions.
The Republican party has the Presidency
and both houses of Congress. and its theory
is to reduce the revenue 10y prohibitory tarIIi
laws in one direction, and freeze out ior-
eign competition on the necessary articles
of everyday life.
They can tnen proceed to corner any
articldAike tin or iron in the interests Of the
Cauegies, and get from monopoly all the
.bo1dle" necessary TO carry an election.
THE NEGRO QUESTION.
The WoyId criticises Mr.. Grady's last
speech favOrahlv. i'm that il designates the
real Southern idea a. 10 the negro whom we
have educated and led up 10 Christian
civilization. Mr.. Grady has often trickled
10 the Northern prejudice. but his last piece
! is patriotic and sensible, and il displays the
truth of the situation which Il, that the
Southern negro il better off i'm the hands of
his Southern friends than when he Is hlred
out to political speculators.
The election laws i'm Congress VIII induce
a full discussion Of the negro question as a
political factor. The fact will be made ap-
parent that Ben IIassan AIS paragraph
| is "A simple boomerang when he says thht
the negro was brought here in chains.
The fact is that the negro was brought
here and civilized and that he became per-
fectly happy on plantation, where he had a
certain amount of easy work. and could
dance and play the banjo az night without
the risk of being eaten by bis king.
stsG.. f...f.i4 mako tUn mistake OF
suppOsing that the negro race Is prOgres-
siye one. The fact is that they are dying
ont every day. and that their moral and
physical sta us is worse now than II was
twenty years ago.
ONO BALLOT-BOX CONTEST.
Editor Halstcad and eX-Goycrnor For
aker. bic G.. .. L. chief of the Buckeye
state. will be summoned before the lnyesti-
cation Committee of the House on the trial
of that case of ballOt-bOX contest IN ONO.
whereby il is alleged that the Republicans
nut up Job on Mr.. Campbell. the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor. Mr.. For
aker is likely TO sit himself up a. BAD
man from Bitter Greek. and the worst OF 1t
for his partv is that be- was coming man
for the Presidential nomination IN lsJ2.
The worst Of il for the Republicans i
that the witnesses cannot get of or save
their partners by the ordinary plea against
incriminating themselves. Before Con-
eressi0nal investigating committee the
witness cannot refuse 10 testify on the
ground that be might disgrace himself or
render himself infamous Therefore we
look to hear the truth in the OHIO in'cstiga-
tion case.
TIE SUPREME COURT.
II is reported that the senate judiciary
Committee will draft plan for re0rganizing
"a. 4 HH.HHH "a 80
the number of Justices 10 twenty-One. and
IN classify the business 80 as 70 leave the
nine Judges only the most important cases
Al present the work is 50 great as 10 keep
the Justices Of the supreme Court always AT
hard labor and most of the time labOrng on
cases Of very little importance.
It's fair that the supreme Court should
only be called in 10 deal with cases that in
yolye constitutional principles.
GOVERNMENT or THE DISTRICT.
There is "a proposition 10 increase the
number of District Commissioners from
three 10 five. The government of the Dis
trict Of Columbia j. is autOcratic as If the
triumyirs were Pachas of nine tails each
There is no voting. and as congress ioois
the bills TO the amount Of half the expenses.
Of course. the Presidents commissioners
can do as they please. All the same, the
District is well ordered community.
land the taX-paying citizen, desire
uo,hine better. But the political
elements want the franchise as well as the
colored darky statesman Of the South, and
when Bob lngersOil. the colonel OF phil0so-
phy. advocated voting ia the District Of
Columbia. Of course the mob took good
hold on the idea. But it is likely that.
whether the district has three or i've com
missiOners. the present benehsent style ol
.... p.,.,tlIf.an community with Ial41 Will
stand.
CONGRESS.
This is the LONG session. and the states
men will De here until the dog star sets the
temperature up in July. Having all that
time and knowing what summer heat means
i'm Washington. Of course the statesmen
will have a good long holiday for Christmas
even unto the 5th day OF January. After
that they will tackle the piOus side Of civil
service reform and lay cut the game OF
tariff reform. as usual, with a daily tight
by sections on hundred or more lnfnt-
essimal quibbles instead Of finding a bill
for reduction Of taxation in the necessary
articles Of life
Then there is the Federal election law
with which 10 exploit the political philoso-
phy of the Republican party. and retrieve
T the tactics Of going back" ON the colorec
, brethren.
The pension question is a great point il
= the coming legislation.
{ All the big chiefs Of the G.. q. p vie Will
]. each other in bursting the surplus with ;
= list of amateur veterans. Upon that sub
iect the south is almost gagged. and tn
g urid advertisement of bogus heroism, sub
y .tiiutes and cousins and aunts of commits
o sioners. is absolutely oyerpowering.
e The point il now 10 get back the immens
: Southern subscription IN taxes IN form Of
e small appropriation for our rivers and haI
t. bOrs.
q ASSISTANT NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS.
S Secretary Tracy has decided that Circula
l. 36. relative 10 the examination Of cand
dates for appointment as assistant naNa
i constructors. is too technical 10 be apple
j. 10 civilian candidates. During the las
J. Congress "A bill was passed allowing civil
d ians who passed the examination to ente
)f the IAyy as assistant naval constructor
A board was organized, with Naval Coz
n strtctor HichbOrn a. president. The en
: animation prescribed was that outlined
< Circular 36 The candidates for eXamin;
tion protested that the topics given thel
were calculated more 10 bring ont wha
they did not know than what they di
know. and upon referring their grievance
~ 10 Secretary Tracy he agreed with them an
!, will probably prescribe another course {
n examination.
= Lewis Wilson, of Minnesota, who 10
a both hands by the explosion OF a canno
:, while firing salute in honor Of Harrison
~ election as President, was yesterday NJ
~ pointed one OF the door-keepers OF Il
House, at a salary Of Sl.2oo.
REBUKE TO THE DETROIT COLLECTOR
- Secretary Window has written letter
N the collector at Detroit severely CRITICS .
,e his action In OBTAINING Mrs. Nc, ollum, OF Il
m dianola, Neb.. an invalid, and subjectir
Q. her TO considerable expense while exami
m ing her baggage en- route 10 Canada. 1
is saws such action is calculat ii o make q
II service odious. Continuing, Secretary Wi
: lo.., .ovs. ..Nou ur.. further instructed