The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-27
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s..~...,,,t aud africa.
Philadelphia Rccord.l

viii vet have It's eastern terminus at bir-
mingham.
Germany aud africa.
Philadelphia Record
Great Britain has at last apparently be-
come alarmed az the progress which Ter
many Is making in Africa. and 'he British
Fast Aaican Company has decided 10 push
an expcfi.ion into the interior without de-
Law. Sir Francis dc Winton. who Is To as
stimo charge %. the afairs Of the company,
H. "A wcli.knOwn traveller and gcographer'
and was chairman of the Emin relief eNle-
dition fund. This action Of the company
has been taken IN seli-deiense, Tor uhie7,
Lieutenant WiSsmann shall he chechh"ieu
the territory which the company mas Sc
cured will have neither inlet nor Quiet
The fact that iho German Government pro-
pose. 10 demand from Parliament "a vote OF
N nlo oOn f0r colonial purposes shows that
thc policy of extending German territorial
possessions i'm Africa II not hkeif - De-
abandoned
Royalty Distributed
New York siar.l
Queen Victoria and her Batienborg
daughter and sOn-in-law are at AK. The
Prince of Wales is IN Paris, Prince George
is az stuttgart. Prince Albert Victor has
reached Cairo ON his way home from India.
the Dnke Of Connaught and his family are
iu japan. headed toward This country, ana
the Duke Of Edinburgh wa. last reported ST
STUTTGART. The royal family is at present
widely distributed over ino face az ihe
globe. and yet English affairs. industrial.
social and governmental. go on just rs Wen
az though ali. from the Queen down 20 the
baby. were no home. The absolute super
fuOusness of thcr0yal establishment is thus
/ a. d
wise. some of them viii hasten home go
once. before 10 becomes too apparent That
they are no longer needed.
Revolutionary Methods.
Philadelphia fines
! The best possible way 90 meet and settle
! this issue of revolutionary election methods
would De for one party 90 adopt them ana
saddle them upon the country. Nut % single
| southern safe would Doe Won by such meth
DDS. and l0urhflhs of the Northern states
would revolt and end the history OF ihe
offending party in infamy. President Grant
once said that the best way io cure the efll-
/ of "a bad law was tO enforce 10. and ihe ue-l
WAY go cure the evils nf lOrce-bill elections
would be- tO have trial of such law and
enforce 10 in every section oi the country
/ That would end iho iOrcc-blll election iaW
/ forever. and 10 would also end ihc party thal
enacted 10. The people can take care oi noil
/ themselves and their gOYcrnme4 even
under the worst laws. and they VIII seiil,
/ both iOrcc-bill elections and the political 300.
sanity that dictated them when occasion
demand, TO-.
Tho Pension system.
New York Agc.l
We yield to none in our gratitude 90 tho
/ Union soldier. who saved tho Union by Then
/ that the pension business has been and is ne
ing o4erdonc. The b0ndh0ldcr have been
paid man, times over for the money tne,
! advanced lhe government pure n1ilti OBJ
! robbery of the taxpayers, and now lhc pen
sion system gives promise I'M its FINAL deNei
opncnt. 90 bankrupt thu Federal treasury
/ Between the erasping hOndh0lder-. the in-a
table pension sharks, the public huildne'
/ hooters and the river and harhor sneahs ih'
] United states taxpayers are. Tor lAcI
"betwoen the devil and the deep blue sea.
/ What these iail To- get the protective tariff
/ skin-0ini, gather in. ID i- high time 90 cal
@ halt in ibis pension business.
Italy in It, Grip.
New York Telegram.
Italy. with her wealth Unnatural prodnct
and her fertile plains. should never De doi
/ lar in debt under -killiul tuanclerin-. bu
she is tailoring ahead under handicap
ihat restricts her markets and produce
stagnation and poverty where plenty -leul
abound. Europe'- cut-thi0ai policy 90 hit'
tariffs has confined italy tO home mar
kct, in which her farmers. fruit growers 1n'
mechanics are slowly roasting 90 90 crisp
The peasants of LOmbardy. who once iOun'
| 70 thriving reciprocal trade with Franco
strike q boycott at the French line. An
other tarin wall conironts them on ih
German border Another ON tine Austrian
frontier. Commercial reciprocity, ihe ire
interchange Of commodities. has been al
most choked 90 death. and Italy, manaclc
by her neighb0r'S custOm-houses, finds hci
self dying of tariff dry rot.
Plon-PIon.
Mail and Hxp-ess.
II is LONG since the world became iull
aware that the House of BOuaparie coui
claim one of the most scil-cOnceited. nu
also most impraclicablc of men. lio ha-ke
under The sunshine of the second Empire
but me WAS positive Inconvenience iO ih
. Emperor. Ills exile from France Dis quail
, ded today by the thought that Doe is Oh
rightfl heir of the First Napoleon. Ih
light in which his character and prefer
siOns are viewed may Doe inferred from Oh
fact that the BOnaparti5ts themselves thin
( of restored empire. not in connection wii
D him. but 100 connection with his son.
' Protection the Cause.
I philadelphia Start
SiNty-cieht wooden mills have been close
i lby the sheriff in Philadelphia within Oh
( past eighteen months This is NOT 10 p.oa
amt fact 90 state. but 10 is one tiat econ
front. as and demands thoughtful consider
aiion There must Dee % cause and RENE
dy for such Am extraordinary stated thing.
! Both should Doe sought out.
FTor Service 20 Democracy.
National Democrat
lIasicad b. personally one of the best o.
lows in tho world. ln view of the erca
service hc has rendered the Democrat
= party during the past year, We cann0
speak unkiudly of him. For his own -ak
We hope ho will profit hy his costly cXpq
encc and let politics very much alone in Oh
future.
4. Quay and His Hat.
a Nashville Amercan.l
70 A great many hard THINGS have recent
, been said and written about the Senate
y from Pennsylvania. and nothing extent
b ating has been added 90 our impression b
q the statement that DE wore bis hat in 'h
u White House.