The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-07
P,aEss COMMENTS.
Col. Kerens In Quarantine.
the WASHINGTON ppat

=, wi. AAoToub quarantine.
FL ON the Washington Post.
at last advioes Col. Richard Kerens,
{ OF the Republican national committee,
who went down the harbor to meet his
family on the incoming steamship Nor
MAMMA, was aboard the infected ship in
"durance vile," and will not be per-
mitted to return until tho vessel is re-
leased from quarantine. AS Col. Dick
| is credited with being an Indispensable
member of the committee, without whose
| presence the wheels of the campaign are
scarcely able to revolye, his detention at
this grave political crisis is regarded at
| headquarters as in the nature Of a
| calamity.
The question now arises by whose au
| thority this outrage upon q member OF
| the Republican national committee is
allowed to be perpetrated. Is it q scheme
| of Health Officer Jenkins and his Tam
many myrmidons to cripple the Repub
| lican cause, or does the case Of DR..
kerens como within the scope of the
PRESIDENTS proclamation?
The Post is inclined to take a strictly
non-partisan view of the matter. 1t
was characteristic OF the colonoi's ag-
gressive temperament, as we'll as signifi-
cant of the marked performance of the
domestic virtues IN his nature, that he
should hasten Into the very jaws OF
danger to greet his dear ones from over
the seas, but having done so we can see
no other help for him but to bbide the
consequences and be put through the
usual course of fumigation.
The Republican campaign will suffer
no doubt, but it will not go entirely to
pieces on this account Col. Kerens will
be restored to his friends in due time,
healthier and wiser man for his practi.
cal experience of the cooperative plan
of quarantine that now embraces all
suspects within it's unrelenting arms,
irrespective Of age sex, politics or pre-
viouS condition.
Again the Folly of Counting Chickens Be
fore They Are Hatched.
From the jackson MISSY State Ledger.
Have you picked out your office in
the event Cleveland is elected? All the
best places are yet open. Consul General
to Liverpool is the best on the list.
Then there are four first class missions
and all the cabinet places. Name your
Office and take it.
Short Distance Between Deficit and a
Surplus Under Republican Rule.
From the Philadelphia (Pa) Record.
The distance between q surplus and q
deficit under the guidance of,Republican
6nanciers isn't moro than three years
in point Of time. 1t has been merry
time for the hangers-on at the public
teat; but not altogether SO halcyon and
vociferous season for taxpayers.
Texas People Losing Confidence in Their
Old Leaders.
From the Dallas (Tcxas) Morning Ncws.
The people of Texas are losing conf
dence in their leaders. The old set are
under suspicion. Whether the people
are right or wrong in this, the fact lies
in our pathway like an immovable
bowlder of granite. The people imagine
that their leaders ga tiously avoid every
dangerous issue in order to keep office.
Managers Don't Know Just How to Get
Rid of Dickinson.
From the Petersburg, (Va.I Indcx-Arpcal.
Mr.. Don Dickinson goes West, as all
the Eastern leaders wished him to do
and voted that he should do, but he gives
notice that he will return. He will not
consent tc appear to be banished Mr..
Dickinson is apparently not in favor
with the managers Of New York. but he
has foothold and it is hard to get rid |
Of him.