The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-18
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
CURRENT TOPICS
COMMENTED UPON

Harrison aud the Colored Once
seet.r.-Mary Anderson-The oklahoma
cram Congre~. or Leach College sD"b-
berry.
PnrsrpEvT Harrison AND COIoEtp
w hen a set OF WINE
men. mostly Republicans, the other day
mot in convention at Birmingham TO
form an Alabama proicctionist league
and began their work by refusing 10 ~,
with colored delegates the Hf'"H
nromptlv denounced this idioiic proceed
inc An attempt 70 form party by ex-
Guiding voters who believe ID lls pilh.i-
nlcs il surely nothing short OF idiouc.
me first necessity of political party l.
,o recruit voters TO it, ranks. In the
work of organizing party al Noteis
who agree with IFS proposed principies
mnst be welcomed 10 share.
4 totally different question Is now
raised i'm many journals whether fresi-
dom, harrison IS not bound TO pat col
ored men into Federal Offices IN the
southern States. on the ground that theY
formed the bulk Of the Rcpuolicah
rartv in those States at the l'st eiec'
ton
TIE argument rs it IS made proceeds
on the old theory that "to the viciors De-
ono she spous." But the question then
,rises Are the colorrd Republicans OF
ina Soufh "victors - Did they contfi-
tufo ANYTHING 10 Mr.. Harrison success.
ar IN that of his party? The answer
must be. 30, they did noi.--Nee Io'N
Hrdd.
MARY AvDERsON.-Said she. Win All
,be winsomc graces of her thirty ne
SUMMER I'm afraid am poor SUP
iect for an interview. I'm fact ! 'hou5 III
+ had escaped al Newspaper men oV,,
here vou are the very FIRST thing
have 10 laugh when ! thinkof 10. Really
con must excuse me" And then Miss
Anderson let 20 Of that ripping good
natured laugh for which she is 80 justly
famed. - Cdtcago Mans.
THE OK1AuoMA CRAZE Thirty thcu.
sand men are waiting to join in mao
rnsh upon ten thousand land claims Dad
tbe relatively small section Of Oklahoma
which i- TO be opened for settlement OF
the POD inst.
Whit is the reason of this crazy ~
valrvg The land in Oklahoma is M
better adapted 20 farming purposes than
much of the other Government land sun
nnnre.empted. \ correspondent who
has been over it says il is, as whole
"a fair farming country-scarceiy 81
GOOD one II is no doubt 9irgnally
rich I'm spots. but it has neither roads,
BRIDGES abundant timber nor good
wafer What chance has any one except
an experienced pioneer 10 make hta"-
way in such a place as this;-Nf' l''A
W0rid
CoNeRfss OR LFAcH;-That able Re-
pubIican organ. the MqUirer, agrees WIN
The other able Republican organ, the
Press. that Appraiser Leach's clTssilca
,ion of worsfeds "wll doubtless Dc
adopted.n and il adds 1T is in this way
that the Republican party mobiles 'h'
daIiH
The benighted Democratic party has
been all this time labOrinr under the de-
lusion that only Congress had power 70
modify the tariff II is seen now what q
mistake this was. The right way TO dt
il is for each appraiser io make sucl
changes as be may think right, las occa
sion arises. -
If the late administration had only
known Of this the whole tarili conito
versg might have been avoided. Bu'
then the late administration did not en-
iov the services of Appraiser Leach
Pitaddpbia T'mes.