The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-07
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SPRlGIITLY COMMENTS
BY SMART WRITERS
Another Rattle ship-Ihc Governor "'
Kentucky-A Game That Two Can RAY
At-More Dressed Beef-A Negro u
s,ce-Other Topics Of Interest.

bnjiding at the Brooklyn navy f
ward. were submitted and bids were So
licitcd il was matter OF surprise and .
Iisanpointment that only one bid for The /
construction Of her engines was put ~. I
TO be sure that bid was a good one and +
MIGHT have been accepted il there had /
heen dozen more, but 10 was feared +
tnat the presence of only one bid indica F
ted either that the iron works did not
care 10 Obtain demonstration OfEOvern- /
meni material, OF that they were compe- /
tent for it with their present facilities.
II is with pleasure, therefore, that Inc
Government sees five bids put IN Tor the
machinery Of the battle-ship Texas
sort Of sister 10 the Maine, although All
fering from her in many deiails-and
especjally since these bids are some OF
Them from establishments that have
never before offered TO compete for THIS
sort of work. one OF these is in Ken
mond and another in Baltimore, and the
hid from Richmond was the lowest
made.
Those are encouraging facts, from
every pOint OF view. In the first place,
we shall have, in TWO years or 20, an
other battle ship iii 10 cope with almost
ANYTHING afloat, in the second place, the
shin is TO be- built at the Norfolk yard
undcr government auspices; in the thifd
Mace the Southern states are showing
their ability TO compete with Penn sy.-
vania in iron work in The fourth place
there are now eight Orten establishments
CAPABLE of turning ont material ana ma
chinery for vessels OF war. slowly, pul
surely. we are getting = good navy, and
good constructing force back OF IT.
Nee York Mail 0nd hIpress
THE GovERNon or KENTucKY.-
FINALLY. the Governor Of Kentucky sen
siblv declares that there is no Southern
question" He is right There is DO
/ southern question. There are few
cranks IN the North and a lot of
demagorues i'm the South who try To-
create one but they are behind the agc.
They get no popular sympathy. II is
not the race question which hoihers
/ Governor Buckner but a different mat
ter He says
Here YOU have naturally Demo
cratic State-New ! Ork-and can elect
Democratic Governor term after term
T bv large majority 1.-THE same time the
State goes the other way on the national
ticket and "a Republican President Is
elected Whether this is the result of
some strange occult influence in the eli
mate or can be traced 10 a system of
enormous trading tn political circles is
all mystery 10 MS.
Well done, Governor OF Kentucky. II
YOU will stay in New York long enough
I TO 20 10 the bottom of that matter and
give your conclusions TO the HerHd
/ you'll interest a great multitude Of peo.
/ Die who don't care "A cent about the race
question-Aer Iorb Hvf'd.
The Governor Of South Carolina says.
Put South Carolina always in line WITH
/ the tariff reform doctrine as enuncialed
bv the Democratic party. We are NOT
divided on that point J hat statement
is no doubt correct.
Governor Lee says Every colorcd
man has free ballot and fair count in
our STATE They vote Just as they please,
and have .e,efal representatives, in the
Legislature and one or two counties
have colorcd sheriils' The Governor
of North Carolina IS in like manner
" No negro is deprived of his vote in
North Carolina. His ballots are counted
and he holds Office He adds
1--WE DO not favor the policy of pro-
lection We stand for tariff for
revenue only and consequently firmly
indorse the Democratic national plat
form for reform But North Carolina
ask. first for the entire abolition of the
internal revenue system, because We be-
lieve that this discriminating tax is UNI
fair and unconstitutional, and we should
not be compelled to longer bear the
burden
A:NEGRo Administrations are some
indications cropping out here and there
Of purpose by the negroes 10 assert
their independence of the control and
dictation Of the Republican party and
10 take President Harrison at his word
and leave the work OF sustaining and
maintaining that party 90 the white men
who are members of il. one of these indi-
cations. and by far the most encouraging,
comes from South Carolina, where a
colored farmers alliance WAS recently
organized by John ID. Norris, a negro OF
some education and prominence, who in
an interview last week with "a newspaper
correspondent declared that this ALI
ance-
Is by no means a political organiniza-
ton The condition of things and our
present situation satisfy rs that our
happiness and fortune are not in poll
tics We have been so often deceived
bv political trickstcrs until our hope in
politics il lost We have been looked
upon as political prey long enough We
expect, through the Alliance 10 let all
parties know that our race is no longer
a mission field for politics. We expect
to cOntne ourselves 10 The interest of
that which will build up our homes
and make our tiresides more pleasant II
is not working against the interest of the
while man, because anything that H.
| against The interest of the white farmer
would be against our interest. and We
| have white farmers in this county as
well as black farmers. The devilish
trusts and combinations mean destruc
/ ton 10 the farmers East. West North
and South We are not against the com
mon fair merchant We are only ring
/ inc the bell for the trusts and combina-
lions To come TO breakfast. We will ring
for dinner later-Nemphis Appell
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THE EAGLE To SCREAM AGAIN And
now the fact cannot be forgotten that in
sixty. one days atlerto-day we shall have
the patriotic celebration of the Four
of July. There will be militia regiments
and civic societies and old-lime Organi-
cations in the parade; there will be-
meetings and banQueis in honor
of the Declaration OF Independence, the
American eagle will scream; the Stars
and Stripes will be hoisted, the deeds of
the Revolutionary sires will e commem-
GRATED. and the day will be legal holt
day, observed in all the States OF the
Uniou.-N J. Sun
Too EARLY.-lt is little too early 10
base reliable calculations about the
Democratic nominations for 1892 ON ANY