The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-16
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
PlTHY COMMENTS
~ GOOD EDITORS.

Texas soldiers Home Romance of FAR
worS of the Conference Marshsl- and
Land Pirates Were Ihey-fixht ths
Tyast-A Djscouraging Colonel.
TEXAS SOLDIERS HoME.-A large
number of the most distinguished vet
Grams Of the Union army have been active
i'm promoting the movement mere in ala
of the Confederate Soldiers Home at
Austin. Texas. For the benefit ~ the
fund there is 10 be performance oil MI.
Howard CARROTS new c0nedy-drama To-
morrow Afternoon in Palmers Theatre,
and several of the favorite actors and &C
tresses of the city will appear in if. The
house viii undoubtedly be crowded pDy
the friends of this worthy and we'll
managed charitable institution, and we
trust that many OF those who cannot
attend the performance will aid its object
hv buying tickets for il. a good sum
was realized for the treasurer Of the
nome from the entertainments that were
riyen here in It's behalf in March and
April, but a much larger amount is i'm
pcrativclv needed for IT. maiDtenance.-
NDr Iorl SIM.
RoNtNcF OR FhRR.-An interview in
the Washington Post contains the FOL
lowing gem on the subject of FAIR:
He is known al over Virginia as a
man Of high character, of strict integ-
riiy. and Of a high order of intellect.
Since he Joined the Republican party
wears agO il has had no more unsweiy-
inc champion than H. r. Farr lie has
w0rihily represented Fairfax county IN
the LEGISLATURE, served rs "A Presidential
ciecfor last fail. and his aid has been
sought and his voice heard all
over Virginia i'm behalf Of Repub-
lfcan principles. As State superiniend-
ent of schools for four years, he wresied
the school system from the hands OF the
coroner and placed II on high plane
of prosperity. lie more than doubled
the schools. teachers and pupils, and IS
today remembered with gratitude by the
peopie of Virginia for his energetic ef-
fcicncv In behalf Of the educational in
teresis Of their children. The President
could not have made better appoint
ment.
WORK or THE CONFERENCE.-Ihe Sc
crets of the Berlin conference are so
well kept that direct comments upon the
must be reserved until the
close of the session. II is apparent, how
ever. from the guarded remarks OF the
official press IN Germany that Prince
Bismarck does not underraie the impor-
lance of this diplomatic consultation,
but is deliberately emphasizing the
necessity for an exhaustive dis
cussiOn OF an details OF the Sa-
moan controversy The conference Is
already regarded in Europe as one of
the chief events of the Chancellor
diplomatic year, and surprise is ex-
pressed in several capitals that he
should attach so much consequence TO
what seems at superficial glance
trivial affair Doubtless he has been in
formed by his representatives in the
Inited States that the action Of Con
gress al the close of the recent session
indicated that Americans were very
much in earnest in resenting any in
yasion of treaty rights obtained in the
south Seas-N J. Tu5nne.
NAHsuALs AND LAND PIRATES WERE
Of the marshals who sent
deputies into Oklahoma has made re-
port concerning the conduct OF bis sub
lrdinates. lie declares that the number
Of deputies appointed by him for duty in
HE district was twcnty.scyen, including
sirht conductors employed on the At
Gibson. Topeka and Sante Fe railroad.
He admits that ga few" of them grabbed
and. and has the impudence 10 offer ex-
.uses for them. lie does not won
Ter that some of them took adyan-
ace of the premature admission per
mited on account of their badges and
He'd claims on land, although in the
same sentence he explains that they
we're there only in the interests OF good
lrder" There are still large number
IF undertaking deputies TO be account
"a for. and the report Of the other mar
shall who sent subOrdinates into the dis
rict may De more interesting than that
IF Marshal Jones. The government
should make a thorough investigation OF
Dis scandal-Nor York Times.
AS WISE As THE FATHER OF ASSES
The Anfydnu Ec00omist, the organ Of
he Protective Tariff League, promises
% outstrip Judq1 in presenting the comic
aspect of current questions of economy.
ll the opinion of This economist, scarcity
md DEAFNESS are the two great factors
lf prosperity. Abundance and cheap
ness except I'm imported labor are
.eeardcd by IL as deplofable
wills. The Minneapolis Tribune recently
broke ont I'm am eXultant vein over the
prospect Of a bic crop as the one great
hing t0 De desired this year TO revive
business prosperity, inaugurate the two
-reat Dakotas and add TO the glory OF
Instead Of sharing in any
lcrrce I'm the gladness inspired by this
promise. The comic organ of economy
.annoi conceal its grief over the pros
rect Phi0ddpaia Rec0rd
FlGur THE THUsTs.-" We contend
hat If the trusts organized 10 increase
he price of protected commodities can
not be regulated by the ordinary pro
,csses Of law, then the duties on those
,OmmOllilVf shOulu DC tllllci IT,
.educed or removed altogether
Foreign competition in that con-
inrencv should be invoked by
very legitimate means so as to-
break down combines, and permit the
natural laws of trade to resume sway. If
his can be brought about by slight re-
luciion of duties. then let the reduction
be slight. but if the entire removal of
mdes be necessary, 1et The dutses be srept
nrly promptly. mercilessly, ncr0rably.-
81 LOiss Gl05, Dem0cr0t
A DisCOURACING Consultations
Natcrson does not, We regret to say,
improve of the HfraM The Colonel be-
ieves in the solid South, and when the T.
YsraM ventures TO show by election /
ieures that this solid SOnth,' as the /
.nv of the National Democratic party, /
niiicts constant and fatal injuries on the /
PARTY. the Colonel tells Us that we are /
Engaged in "dilettanie politics, founded /
III aesthetic instincts and artistic J.
J. Hyad.