The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27
CREAM OF THE PRESS.

CREAM OF THE PRESS.
C,.,o,, Tooics Clipped From the Lead
ing Papers of the Country
INew York Times.
There is some disposition shown Just now
/ i'm the south to revive a project when
shortly after the war attracted much at'eh-
lion there-the requirement Of an educa-
tionol qualification, which would nave the
effect Of depriyng very large part ol .hc
negroes of the suffrage. while not Offending
i'm any way against the requirements OIL the
Todoral Constitution. But the proposition
* less likely 10 prevail now than Whch
| il failed before. II seems to be pIetl!
well established in this country mat 'nc
! right Of voting once recognlKeu VIII not "c
taken away. The chief obstacle to such
course Is now. as il has been, that the lgno-
| rant whites cannot be made 10 vote away
| their own rights. even for the benefit OF their
race. What would bee a much more practical
and effective measure of protection IN me
/ south would bcthe Australian ballot. W I'm
| that and firm determination TO keep the
ppacc the negro vote would inevitably DC
! divided. and the race problem be settled for
ever.
wait for the Wagon.
,Courier-Journal.l
Our Georgia friends will find that, as to
the boycott matter, they have made mis-
take in two or three ways. In the hrst
place. southern interests, a well as south
crn opinions. are too diversified for any
uniOn. except on one question, ana WITHOUT
perfect concert Of action the proposed boy
| colt could not Doe made effective. In the
second place, even if II could be maze
50 il prOscribes friends along with enc
mics. and the south can least oil an alloiu
| to meet one actof oppression and injustice,
| with another of equal indiscrimlnation.
! But its chief error is that It supplies am
muuition tO that class Of Republican eN-
| tremists whose play all along has been. and
| is TO array "A solid North against solid
south I'm this respect, IL Is blunder,
which-hut we will not repeat the adaSe;
for. i'm this instance, II arises out OF as
righteous "a state of indignation as ever
stirred brave men 20 rash imprudence.
We should, in word, avoid everything
! that tends 10 help our enemies ana hlnder
our friends This Boycott suggestion,
which is indelensibc i'm itself, un-Ameri-
can and unjust is positively culpable
when considered rs petard To hoist our
selves into ridcule and odlum. BIT we
have not the heart 10 use strong language
TO men who are daily bounded like
DOGS from one end Of the Norih
! 10 the other because iorDearance
! has with them ceased TO he a
virtue. and they nave let the rivers of out
RACED manhood overflow the banks OF DIS
: cretiOn. We shall content ourselves win
reminding them that resentment J. poor
weapon 10 those who fight at dlsadVan-
tage and of urging them not To grow too not
| Int u, fn4Ir Shirts VOL
upon them and TO wait for the wagon
Brag is a very good dog, but Iloldiast al
| WAYS was better
BulldOZing Newspapers
The Nation
! The Reed-LOdgc managers Of the Force
bill have followed up their attempt 10 bully
| Republican newspapers into suppoItln4
/ the scheme by inducing some professional
colofed politicians. mostly holding Federal
| Offices i'm Washington. 10 issue an appeal TO
| the Senate for its passage. The reason
urged is, of course the necessity oil such "A
measure 10 secure free and far elections IN
the south. As the chairman Of the asso-
citation puts it: "The great question IN
yolyed in the passage Of the Lodge hlll Is
not the advantage which the republican
! party will reap by rcgalnns It's lOst Con-
gressiOnal districts in the south, but the
permanent and effective re-establlshment oil
negro suffrage. which. since the overthrow
of the reconstructed Republican state gov
ernmcnts has been practically nullihed and
| suppressed" But how can the Lodge bill
| "re-establish negro suffrage ana restore
the state governments in the south to the
Repuhlican party: Take the next election
that occurs in that part OF the country
the one i'm Alabama on the first Monday OF
August, for the choice Of Governor, legs
ture, aud county otfcigls. II the Lodge
| bill were enacted tomorrow, II would nave
| and could have no influence whatever upon
| the state election i'm Alabama, and the
| state election is the only one which is OF
any importance 10 the negroes. What pos
| sible advantage could it be to them if the
! Lodge bill were 10 become law and to DE
enforced i'm the November elections for Con-
/ gres,men. 50 long as IT has no bearings up0u
| the choice of the men who make and enforce
/ the State laws under which they live:
TauG Does Not Protect Wages.
Lynn Bee
| \ contemporary. in arguing for high pro-
| lection. uses the old claim that protection Is
needed Ia protect the wages of the working
men. TO support this theory he points To
| the higher WAGES paid on an average IN the
| Uuitcd states than in tree trade England.
! The higher wages of the mechanics Of this
! country are not due 10 the tarii any more
! than the lower wages Of the mechanics OF
| England are due TO free trade. supply and
demand and other causes than the tarlh 80
! 10 make wages higher or lower
Ii the city has sewer 10 construct
which will require 1000 men TO do the
work. if there are 1000 men who want the
! lob. The city will get the job done AT the
! lowest labor price. If the tariff protects
! the wages of the wOrkingmen. why Is II
| that wages have fallen since war times
! Why was it that when England was un-
der high protection, famine stared the Ia
boring classes in the face: In discussing
! the difference in wag s between the wOrNlng'
men of this country and those Of England
the purchasing power of the money OF the
two counties must bee taken into account
and il will be- found that the English work
mans money has greater purchasing
power than that of our own.
Augusta VIII he Well Counted.
Augusta News
| Superintendent Porter has treated Angus
IA fairly and even handsomely. lie has
given another two weeks 10 complete the
census recount and correct the errors and
omissions of the regular enumeratOfs. This
work il being done by the city authorities
through force Of picked and popular po.
licemen, and their reports of omitted
names are turned over 10 Mr.. POrter's spe
cia enumerators for revision and addition
10 the national list. This work will be com
plcted within the next two weeks allowed
and that il will bee well done there can be
no doubt.
Augustus census reports Will thus be fan
and full. and we shall all be greatly mista
ken is the 10000 limit is not passed.
In-FeeiiDg Spreading.
New Orleans states
Ii appears that the ill-ieeling which eN
iNed between Secretary Blaine and Speaker
Reed has spread TO the friends OF Mr.. Blaine
i'm Reeds district, and they are likely tC
give the latter gentleman some trouble In
securing return 20 Congress, despite the
tact that he succeeded in getting Repub
lcan Judge TO disfranchise five hundred
Democratic voters. II Blaine takes a no
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