The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-08
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
Current Topics Cuiied FROM the Leading
Papers Ut the Country.
New York Times,

the doctors differ so widely. MI. li't
committee has Just denounced tish ana
Gibbs i'm terms such as have until now Deeh
annlied only ~ Mugwumps, but Republic
can. ,,riie as "recular'' as any Of the Platt
committeeman protest against the hnu-
;n,, and the sentence. and rumors are
hoard of n war on Plat and faction,
strife and all those inharmonl0us ana quar-
relsome proceedings that made the hepuDil-
can party so interesting as spectacle anu
50 inefficient as party during the ilrel nan
of this decade The Buffalo Express, good
marty PAPER. .'vcntures TO assert that Ham
linn Fish. Jr.. is a better and more loyal
Republican than Thomas c. Plat, John ".
Knapp Lou Pawn, or any OF their crew
though that is not saying very much Tor Mr..
Fishf, Probably il is not saying |
much for Platt. either, but that
is of no consequence. Plat is the
Republican leader. He makes the par'5
pDlices, he plans IFS campaigns ne pun
ishes or rewards the workers under h.ai. is
not that the duty and privilege Of leaderY
1.-THE rank and file 10 dissatisfied with Ilatt |
there is nothing to be gained by grumDling |
or by pressing the Republicanism OF MS
victims. A Committee on Revision should
be appointed at once, and then II Plaits he-
nubiicanism is found TO be hetcrcdON why, |
| OF with his head. OF course he VIII struggle
| frightfully and hold on TOMS head with BON
hands; but with a great party principles nOt
heads must be the rule Of cOnOuct. why
| isn't this good year for the WORK! Inc
| marty has nothing at stake. The Democra-
| lie candidate for Court Of Appeals judge
| Will certainly be elected the Democratic
| gains i'm the Congressional delegation ana
| districts will be chargeable 10 the Mckinney
hill. and if the election Of a Democratic As
sembly makes il impossible to choose he
publican Senator in place OF Ar. ENaiis
next winter. that will be only one more nail.
| and the biggest of all, in Platts collin ~
| the talk about the party's desire to get rid
of Plat is anything more than talk' tbIs i
plainly the time to prove it.
Let All BE Silent.
| New York sun.
| Among the millions OF persons TO be cate
| chised bv the census enumerators. the ma
| iority arc not cursed with any hidden MS
eases. detective in any Of the senses. secret
| ~ deformed, nor cOnVicis or mortagOrs. III
| il should ever Become necessary TO appear
| i'm court and testify III regard TO such list
| Of misfOrtunes. most people would be aDle
conscientously 70 make sweeping DENIAL
They would not shrink from an eXamina-
ton in public. and they are comparatively
Indifferent toward the expected census
taker. -,
They may laugh at him and answer him
| when he shamefacedlv or shamelessly puts
his impertinent questions, but they should
laugh nj him without answering him, every
one of them.
Every American citizen who is blessed IA
being sound physically, mutually, morally,
and financially, has become the special pro
tector of ali who are not 50 fortunate. No
nhrrarp entitled against the indecent search
ing of the Census Bureau should not be half
taken away from those who particularly
| desire it, by anOther's answers showing he
had nothing to conceal. Whoever is willing
| 10 answer permits line of inyidiOus dis
tinc,ion TO be drawn tighter around those
TO whom such inquiries are both theOreti-
cally and practically decisive.
The only way 20 give everybody the proper
protection against outrage attempted by the
1 Federal authorities in the name Of the cen
sus, is for nobody to answer single one Of
| the disgraceful questions that are to be put.
This is a time when all American citizens
| should stand together,
| Contempt of Morals.
| THE Na,ionl
| The most striking attribute Of the two
| newspapers with which the Presidents son
| is connected as part proprietor, Judge Of this
city and the journal OF Helena, Montana, is
their frank contempt of anything like morals
! in politics. An obviously inspired Washing
| ton dispatch which was sent on May II and
published in the journal, announced that
| "Senator Quay never stood sp well at the
| White House as he does now, and the at.
tacks upon him have awakened the sympa
| thy of the President, because he recognizes
| that they have been made for parii-
san reasons; the Senator calls at
| the White House frequently, and can
always get lhe ear Of the President
when other persons are refused interviews"
Almost simultaneously with this defense
and 'yindication" of Quay in Montana, ap-
pears the following similar service for Clark.
| son, in Judge, in this city: "Mr ClarksOn
will resign from the POstotce Department,
| He chopped off many heads with neatiiess
| and dispatch, and IL therefore the best "
ciyil-seryice refOrmers. The President will
never find a better man for his place and it
is TO be hoped that he will leave his axe
well sharpened" Thus the two organs of
the Harrison family unite i'm openly eX-
pressed contempt for moral obligations in |
political conduct and for Presidential ildel- /
ity to civil-service reform pledges.
Is Life Worth Living?
Lynn (Alass,) Beo.l
Everything in nature Ia now charming 1
and beautiful. The soft summer air the |
blue sky and the bright sunshine invite one
into the fields, and here the lovely wild |
flowers are pr0iusely scattered, identifying /
GRANGE on the summer breeze. The trees |
are decked in bright blossoms. and the birds |
are nesting in their branches and carOling
their sweetest songs. The turtles are sing
ing in the green meadows, where the lafks
and bObOlinks are lowering near where they
have made their nests, and will make the
early morning and evening hours resonant
with their rich music which they never
lire to repeat, sounding the same rafting
mellow notes that have been carrOlled in
rollicking measure on each returning sum-
mer season, and for centuries OF countless |
years these melodies have been repeated as,
poised on wing, they MARBLE their sweet.
low notes, and then are flutterng their
wings and bubblirg over with tumultuOus
JOY, leaving their mute mates in the long
grass below TO decide which beat. Who.
that is permitted to behold these fair sights
and listen 10 such sweet sounds, would ever
question whether life was worth living,
after listening to the turtles tuuefill notes
and the lark's sweet lay, and breathing the
pure AIR Of heaven:
The Pan-American Library.
Washington Post.l
The establishment of great library mt ,
w ashngton 10 be devoted chiefly 10 the
literature, historical, geographical and
otherwise, of the Western Continent, was ,
agreed upon at the late Pan american con- ,
ference as being in all respects suitable ,
of the meeting. 1t was at the
same time. and very appropriately, agreed !
that the dedication Of the library should !
take place IN October, 1892, upon the four !
anniversary Of tue discovery Of ,
America by Columbus.
Congress has been officially advised of
his action through the State Department
with the further recommendation that an
appropriation OF $4,000 be made for the I
'rection OF the library building. with which 5
;oula also be connected the international {
bureau OF information proposed by the con- |
crence. [
As all the Latin-American countries win a
'e valuable contributors 90 the library. add
ng largely 10 It's equipment and insurinc n
objection OF which there is at present moth ;
NJ like counterpart, and the Importance c
4 which will be at once recognized. the h
government OF the United States can well d
hord 70 provide the proper cdifce, and will
onor itself in so doing, as well as create n
lew and enduring bond OF fraternity he
wcen itself and the other American Repub- ~