The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-21
-,EAM OF THE PRESS.
BRIGHT COMMENTS
BY BRIGHT WRITER'S

BY BRIGHT WRITER'S.
The London "Timcs A" on the seal Dim
culty-Eeform bv Ben Harrison Our
Pension Eoiis-They Mus, Have Free
WooI-other Current Topics.
. TIE LONDON TINES OF THE SEAL DIE
TCULTY.-But the matter can scarce ly
end with the escape OF the Black Dla-
mond.
At any moment another seizure may
be made or attempted the American
revenue officers NAV not find other YES
sells so defensele-s and unprepared as
were the Black Diamond and Triumph {,
seamen engaged. as they believe, in a
lawful occupation on the high seas may
not quietly submit TO the loss of their
property and it is important. before
more serious difficulties present them
selS -. to settle once for all the merits
Of the controversy which we supposed
General Harrison's administration had
wisely determined to let alone.
On the face OF the known facts there
Is not a particle Of justification on the
high handed act Of the American rev
enue officers. The sole alleged
Justification Of the proceedings in the
existence OF a statute. passed by Con
lgress in the last days Of the Cleveland
administration. forbidding under Sc
| we're penalties the killing Of fur bearing
animals in a Iaska. aud decreeing the
forfeiture Of vessels violating the law.
| 1 10
| latest batch Of removals Of
postmasters by President Har
rison includes that of Postmaster
McKenna of Long Island City. Mr.
McKenna was appointed two years ard
four months ago, and was, therefore.
entitled to serve one year ard and eight
| months more 10 complete his lawful
| term. No charges were made against
| him. He received no notice that the
Postofiice Department was dissatisfied
with him. He was not asked to ex-
| PLAIN anything respecting the admins
! iration Of his office. and the first init
nation he had respecting his removal
was through the notice in the public
press of the appointment Of a Republi-
can politician as his successor.-N. y
star.
OUR PENSION ROLLs.-It is nearly
twenty-five years since the close of the
war. and the number Of pensioners
upon tie government and the amount
PAID 70 them annually have constantly
increased during that period and are
| still increasing. There are now more
han 400. 600 names on the pension rolls
| and the amount disburscd for
pensions during the last fiscal year
was nearly $4,000 900. though the
| law requires that some disability, .
caused by service in the army or navy.
shall be proved in order to entitle a
veteran 10 receive this bounty from the
government. Under Commissioner
ranners Ii beral policy the annual cx-
pense is likely to be increased TO $780,.
600 600 or more without any change in
the law. This increase goes on, IN spite
Of the fact that the soldiers of the war
are mortal, like other men, and death
is constantly Withdrawing names from
the rolls.-N Y Times.
| THEY MUST HAVE FREE WOOI.-TheI
time has come when the truth must be-
confessed as 10 the absolute necessity Of
| Tree wool to save our vast wooden in
| lustiies from destruction. and the soon
rr that our wooden manufacturers pre-
sent the PLAIN truth TO tine public and
| 10 Congress as they confess iJ 10 each
other, the sooner viii We have honest
taln legislation in tho interests OIL
American labor.
There have been wooden failures in
every section of the country during the
Lass xix months. and the end is not yet
Philadelphia Times.
MAKING Law BREAKEEs.-Th chief
of the police commission in Atchisou.
Kansas says that the effect of Prohibit
ions is TO make law breakers out of
honest citizens, aud hypOcrites out of
! upright people. lie reports that it
would take fifty or sixty more police
men 10 enforce prohibition in Atchson
and that then the result would be very
doubtful. Yet Senator ingalls,. while
cOvertIy sneering at the prOhibltonlsts.
pretends that prohibition Is success in
Kansas.-Phdddelphia Record.
Antonio Express. of Texas, advocate
the sending of boys from Northern
States 10 be educated in Southern
schools. with view partly to the ex
cellent education to be had in the South !
at "a reasonable cost. but principally To- |
escape the sectional prejudice winch ex-
ISIS in their own section. The youth Of |
the South, the Express shows, are
being brought up free from the dOmina- |
ti0u of one set Of ideas. They read the /
Northern papers every day as well a.
their own Southern papers They |
often travel in the North. They have
the affairs of the whole country before
their minds, and they form large. lib
eral and comprehensive views.
Not so the Northern boy. He
reads no Southern paper. but
Is restricted 10 papers. periodicals
and associations that give him not only
a very narrow, but also "a very distorted
conception of the South and West.
These and other facts, says the IL
press. emphasize the value Of the sug-
geslion that the youth of the two sec
ti0ns should be brought together rather
by bringing those Of the North here
than by sendsng ours there.-BaliimOre
Sun.
THE NARROW MARGIN IL THE House.
Congressman Laird, Of Nebraska. a
Republican, and Governor Brown, of
Tennessee Democrat. died on Saiur-
day. Bo.h were able men. Mr..
Laird was the better known because
OF his conspicuous service of six years
in Congress Mr.. Brown was
man Of great executive ability. and as
president of The biggest Industrial cor
poration IN the South, he did much to
develop the resources of that section
Laird S death will not az ,
feet the majority in the House of Rep
Ieseulaiiyes, as the Democrats have lost
Congressman Gay, of louisiana
Exchange.
Is 'o0king over the periodicals, the t,
conclusion forces itself that this has
been a bad year for poetry. James !