The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-06
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
CURRENT COMMENTS
CAREFULLY CuLLED.
.,.o.ono nud crtm-t.o ON win the
tauat-Rrenk Up That Prize flg"i-
manifestations of Democratic inifJ
0sner Topics at fniere.t.

"GREwsoME AND GRIN. The bird
only seen by his bill
. A grews-mc bid Is the gas meter grim.
Slulng silent and lone ia the ''iNh ''s"'
And times fast flight
Nor day nor night,
Lrlax any Grange tothc meter grim,
save ln lhc race
On rs figured face,
Whore numbers grow toward the millions
place.
a waichfuI oyc keeps lnc meter grim,
As hc sits alone ln The cellar light aims
And he marks the gas
A. summer days pass.
And makes no note 81 am Interim,
Nor takes on a dime
For the TWO months time
YOu close your house iOr cooler cline.
A merry bird Is the gas meteor grim,
And he laughs alone in the cellar light dim
And thinks how you u swear
And tear out your hair
when the quarters bin comes rolling in.
FOR whether away,
or al home You stay.
Tie bill is tho same you're called ON 20 pay.
f. g.. 81.
Go Or WITH TIE CANAL War be-
tween Costa Rica aud Nicaragua, ln-
reference with the canal project. on.
no.
The Costa Ricans are 90 elect a Presi-
dent next December. and all this rum
pus is for the purpose Of making some
political capital.
No one knows better than au Ameri-
can how little matter OF that kind
can be worked to the detriment Of the
other candidate. We have done the
same thing ourselves. aud for the same
purpose.
So we let the left eyelid droop as we
look at Costa Rica aud go on with the
canal. -N0r York. Herdld.
BREAK GP THAT PRIZE FIGHT. Tine
Tribune and NAL nW Express adopt
the suggestion Of the star ~ a week
ago. that "a shotgun policy should be-
mprOvised in The Southern States about
TO be invaded by gang of ruiiians.
avOwcdly bent on violating tne iaN,.
Summary and severe punishment, the}
think with MS. should boz melted out to
these law breakers for The financial
credit Of the South. IF i0r no other
rea.on.-N n. J. star.
MANIFESTATIONS OBI DEMOCRATIC UNI
TY.-1he letters read yesterday at Tam
many Hail from foremost Democrats
prove complete and cordial union 0i
Democrats iu all sections of the coun-
FRY. The demonstration I- NOT less con
elusive thau that afforded bl the unan-
mou. action of the National Dem0cr
tie COmmittcDmcnin their wise chOlceo
Colonel Buce as chief officer off the
party Taken together, the two occa.
sions render ridicul0u, tine preiensca OBJ
Republicans and their allies Chat There
is discOrd among Democrats 0n au} suD-
iect material so progress toward renew
ed control ~ the Federal governments
Regarding minor maticr- There arc
differences Of opinion. a- There Away
will bee in political household whose
faith teaches "Iu essentials unity. lu
non essentials liberty. in al thing
charity. But such variations aie a-|
nothing in comparison with the nfa4l
line. never more distinctly traced imam
now. that divides the Jeilers9nnn
Democracy from the Republican mrA
Of Capitalization. public -polls anl exc.
trayagant mi-rule.-- Ser lOus S|1r.
A NEW PARTY is PAus-la.o files
of Paris new -paper- received at the
HeeOrd Office afford gratifying evidence
of the progress. social and political.
which the Hon. William J.. Cody l}li
fal0 BID i7 making among the French
people Leading articles arc devoted
tO the subject and ln some Of them Do
is conceded That Buffalo Bin i5 ab,O
mteiv ON the way to dethroue General
Boulauger." II is true that few oi
the newspapers peak disparlnsly of our
heroes aristOcratic adhcrents. but thls
may we'll be attributed 90 Republican
envy and jealousy.-IhNU. RccOrd.
HIscocK AT THE PlcNIc.-Senator
Hiscock declared al Mr. Bowen B Wood
stock picnic yesterday that our pOltc-
are 100 good condition. lie p00hpI 0h-
the idea that our methods are more cor
rupt now than formerly. and denies
that money cuts amy more hguies ln
politics than we have "a right to expect.
lie thinks that if "a second Washington
were with Us. he would lead one or the
other of our great political parties. and
as a candidate for President. would a,-
cent distinction by the methods that
were adopted by the rival parties last
fall. To realize just how foolish THIS
speech is, imagine 1t delivered before %
lot of machine politicians by Levi T..
"a. IfsI.r
or Colonel Dudley -Ner iorb World
ORGANIZED USURpATION.- The ADJ
ministratOn can bring no effective zine
fuence" 10 bear except the influence of
spoils. 10 can affect the result n the
way it desires only by purchasing votes
with patronage or some other form OF
favor.
OF the mischievous effects of this
kind of Impertimence We had striking
example when Mr.. Cleveland inter
posed IN a matter with which the Pre-i-
dent of the United State, bad no BUSH
ness TO interfere, and gave the people
of this town John Il. Fellows for Dis
trict-Attornoy. The consequences toll
MIR. Cleveland and TO the Democratic
party were not favorable. What may
be the ultimate effect of Mr. Harrison b
intended intormeddling in the uew
Northwestern States it is yet t0V early
To say. But whatever tho result, inn
reference with State or local elections
by the National Administration Us. as
We have sand, an impertinence, and Is
ought to lie resented and rebuked 40
the polls.-Erchmlge
LAW BREAKERs.-uhree state gov
crnmen's are at present engaged iu
trying to stop couple OF brutes from
violating their laws. Meanwhile thou
sands of citizens. who call themselves
aw-abiding and respectable, are en-
couraging the law-5reakers by paying
money 20 witness the spectacle.
This is not contrast creditable
to American civilization. II the
law is proper one, it should