The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-31

poacef,ll relation Of the races. to clan inc
neoroes and reinauguratc the atrocitie'
that characterized reconstruction times, to
stem the tide Of prosperity and develop
ment that IL now sweeping the sou,h 10 tne
froni-a reasonable, contemplate, afro
rio,,s. demonstrating attempt 10 perpet,iatf
Renubljran rule al the expense Of the peace
and pr6sperity of both the white and the
black people Of the SOUTH
Reapportionmeni.
commercial Bulietin.l
/, IL mo-, probable that the census returns
of nonulation will be so complete az To al
low Of the passage Of Rcapportionmen'
hin at this session. Usually, the bill has
been passed 80 as TO apply TO the Congress
in existence on the 18th of March IN the
third wear after the census was taken, or III
the year in which the the last figure II d
Under the Constitution. the apportion'
ment was on the basis oil eo,Vn anu lne
number OF members was 81. For the ll''
and 1903 decades the apportionment was
3,GC1 and the number Of members loo ana
iil. In 1858 the apportionment reached
81, 900 and the membership 23I. By the las'
appOrtionment (lSS;0, the measure OF popu'
lation was ljl ,S94 and the number oil mem
bers 32j. II is within the power oil Con
gress 10 lessen or increase their member
ship, or the average population, the chahce'
being that they will increase BOTH
Color Line North.
New orleans States.l
The color line has been drawn by the
white visitors 20 the seaside resorts OF New
Jersey. They will not allow the negroes u
battle in the same ocean with them, despite
the fact that the cOlOred man votes th'
straight Republican ticket every pop. Inc
Northern darkies are also worried because
the President has drawn the color line Oh
the dusky coachman of the White House
who served Grant. HAYES. Garfield. Arthur
and Cleveland, and fired him bodily VIII
ali his honors thick upon him. The grand
STYLE and air of that cOachmah rs ne
manipulated the ribbons of the Presidential
team was the pride of all the negroes II
Washington. but the familiar coachmar
has disappeared from his perch on the box
and il no doubt now washing cuspidOre'
in one Of the departments.
Awkward TO be Ignored.
New York IleTald.l
We do not believe all that we read i'm r.
lation 10 Prince bismarck. He is so pictu
rescue. SO original, and has been for so Ions
a time 50 dominant parsonage that people
will talk about him. We can understand
that having filled so large space IN th'
minds of men he would find it awkward Il
be forgotten or ignored. There are mel
whom neither exile nor removal from power
can silence. NapoleOn's residence IN II
Helena was mOnOlOgue acclaimed TO man
kind. Noltaire kept the attention OF Fur
one upon Ferney. Byrcn never permitted
himself 10 be forgotten either in Italy
switzerland or Greece. The reason tha
people are so anxious to hear from Bis
marck il, as was the case with Napoleon
Noltaire and Byron. that he never speak
without having something To say.
Labor Patriots"
Philadelphia Record
The honest wOrkingmen of Pennsylvania
cannot keep too vigilant an eye on Tho
Labor" patriots who are beginning to cir
culate among them. Chairman quay had ;
considerable squad of these worthless in hi'
nav IN the campaign of lSSS. From the &C
tiyitv with which they are moving about j
is evident that the campaign money ches
is well supplied. Whether "A "Labor' can
didate for Governor is to be put into thu
field will depend solely on the question o
cXpediencv. The machinery for maxim!
such "A nomination can be manufactured 10y
Boss Ouay's jOurneymen "laborers' OF
short notice. But the game that was sue
cessful in 1878 would be likely to prove :
sad failure under different political condi
tons. In Robert +. PattisOn the real work
ingmen If Pennsylvania have as good Z
candidate as they could desire.