The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-23

TIE Nat w y comedies with the Tribunes
cnoiee' IL tho Tribune claims tnat tnhi
aa..nnss. c,st Tho convention to instiucu ,no ere
eau ~ stick 10 him all through. Wnon Ihh
faS,s readers read this column they eau ouns
pare VI. M the convention actually does as
TSa.a;isd in our t~elegraphic oiumns.
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m ;rdcos of the new United States Courts
naals have not yet been confirmed by
| ,ha Senate. which is owing. saws the suns
sneciol from Washington. entirely TO senator
| Ifoar'a continued absence from the cenhe'.
iiTTh senator should attend 10 his duties
better.I
The sun claims tina. Corbett stock has de-
| clined appreciabiy eince he failed 10 KNOCK
Lannon out.
The Tribune's special from Albany stItes
Hill wants his convention % pass "a lesoiu-
ton instructing the New York delegates 10
vote for Hill first. last and all the time. but
that Richard Croker, speaking TOT dahilahy,
objects 20 this for the reason that lan,nhns
wants to be free TO bet on the Wlnhiug noIso
when he appears. II also claims That BOSS
Mclaughlin holds the same position ana thst
the compromise is that the convention VII
instruct the delegates 10 present HliiH nahe
as New York's choice. leaving the delegation
after that to do as 1t thinks tit.
The Tribune's special from LONDON says
Nascapni's latest opera. "IAmico frtz,
has failed TO attract the musical puDhc OF
Milan. This. however. IS suspected 10 DC due
TO jealousy because the opera was frst played
in Venice. The Partisan critics point 70 the
practical failure in Milan as proof OF their as
~sertions that the work was oyerrated.
I'll. r-;b,,o iool,e on the exnortatiOn of
gold that has set in as a healthy sign. both
for ~politics and finance. It claims That II Will
repress the rampant speculatiOns IN wheat
that set IN last week, and emphasize ID the
public mind the necessity OF keeping the
General Government in the hands Of people
who will maintain honest money anda SOUND
currency.
TIE Tribune is responsible for the follow
ing:
DAVID B. HILLS s~oLrLoQuY.'
"Fairchild d Company have the %indigna-
ton. but | have tho delegates.
Il had rather be wrong than not be Presi-
dent.
The silly attempt to change the glorious
summer Of my content into the winter OF dis-
appointment because i dictated "a mldWlhter
convention will fail miserably.
Il AIN aware that my public duties demand
that should be in Washington. But my
private boom demands that / should be IN
Albany. And when the issue 10 Detween
everybody in general and Till IN particular /
am for Hill by acclamation. mat Is the sort
of q I-am-a-DemOcrat | am.
IF | get the presidential nomination shall
take the bull by the horns by running upon
this platform. which / will dictate to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention: Besolyed.
That government Of election thieves. by cleo
ton thieves, for election thieves, must not
perish from the earth.
"A parsonage whom ] will not mention is
understood TO hate holy water. Make it the
bo'v water Of reform and ! feel that way my
aelf.
serpant's tooth IS sharp. a thankless
<nild is sharper. but sharpest Is the two-edged
knife sequestered IN my sleeve dedicated 70
the Hon. Grover Cleveland.
1T becomes a boss TO boss. II is the func-
ton of q dictator 10 dictate. Who shall say.
then. that I'm not doing my whole duty by
III party?'
NJ. Jacques st. Cere's special cable TO the
fferald from Paris claims that NJ. RibOt will
become president Of the council under the
new ministry and also minister OF foreign
affairs. and that De freycinet will remain
minister of war. He paints tho scene when
De Freycinet handed his resignation TO Car
not as q very tender and touching one IN
which both shed tears. DO all Erenchmen
carry onions in the pocket for convenient
rubbing Of the eyes?l
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The World sums up the political situation
thus: The result is what we predicted.
Senator Hill will have the delegation, as he
might in all probability have had it with en-
tire good feeling two months later. But the
method of obtaining it has operated greatly
to diminish the prestige which he sought TO
secure throughout the Union by an early
declaration in his favor from his own State.