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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09
CLARK SONS CRITICISM

General j. S. Garrison, ex-chairman of
the Republican National Committee. has
taken upon himself to denounce most
bitterly the appointment Of Hon. Howell
+. Jackson on the Supreme Bench by
President Harrison. characterizing It as
a piece Of gross treachery to the Repub-
lican party and "as little short Of a moral
crime"
Mr.. Harrison may well accept this dia-
tribe of Clarkson as a great compliment
for no other man in the country to-day
occupies a more unenviable position than
that individual. The whole OF his polifi-
cal life has been dead and complete
failure. and now he has nothing left with
which 10 bring him the slightest notoriety
but TO take advantage Of an opportunity
such as this to vent his partisan venom,
and 10 indulge his natural inclination to-
wards narrow minded and bigoted Sec
tionalism Such a man as he has long
since proved himself TO be could not be
expected to rise above partisanry to pa
triotism or justice. and the proof that Mr.
Harrison could be governed by other mo-
tives than that Of advancing the interests
Of the Republican party struck him with
amazement. He had no higher Idea, and
he measured the President by himself
AS to the appointment of a Democrat
to high and responsible Office being lit
tie less than a social crime, the people
Of the United States have by their votes
shown that they regard II as a virtue
They gave the Republican party evs.y
chance 10 prove itself patriotic. broad
minded. liberal party; but 1t has never
yet been able to rise superior to sectional
ism and hate. and though popular pre1u-
dice against the South kept II in power
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09

for many years. at length the voters
grew sick and tired Of its corruptions.
frauds and robberies, and Its Infamous
billion-dollar record finally capped the
climax of its wickedness. For Mr.. Harri-
son 10 have foisted Republican on the
Supreme Bench IN the face OF the over
whelming popular verdict so recently pro-
nounced against that party would have
been flying in the face OF the people, and
his action then would really have been
little less than social and political
crime.
Unfortunately during the four years In
which he has been President the country
has had very little to applaud In Mr..
Harrison's career He has been so init
mately connected with the billion-dollar
Congress, the Mckinley robbery and the
Force bill iniquity that his fellow'eiti-
zens rebuked him by administering TO
him one of the most signal defeats which
any public man has ever been called upon
n suffer This act of his, however. is
one which all fair-minded and patriotic
men must applaud. The appointment OF
Judge Jackson was an act OF simple JUS
tice, and though IL may be denounced by
the Clarksons and the Fassetts Of the
country, both failures who have been set
aside and retired TO obscurity by the
people. II will command popular com
mendation. and be recorded in history as
q reaeeming feature in an otherwise un-
satisfactory administration.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09
Dutch SimuIicify,

Kempen. n town in Holland on the lower
Rhine (the birthplace OF Thomas a kempisj,
Is n favcrite residence Of people with small
incomes. The imagination OF these Dutch
men must be as limited as their incomes.
Judging from the droii stories that are told
OF them.
At one time fire broke out ami much
damage was done because the engines were
out of repair. The council met. ana after
much argument. 1t was voted that on the
eve preceding every fire the town officers
should carefully examine the engines, pumps
etc.
One Of the greatest profits OF the town
was the toll exacted ut the gates. Inc conn
ell wished To increase the income ana m
stead Ct increasing the toll 1t voted TO double
tie number Of gates.
This same council also ordered the sun
dial TO be taken from the courthouse com.
mon and placed under cover. where II would
be protected from the weather.
But of all the queer things that are tea
OF Kcmpen and its people nothing Is so az
surd as this Grass grew on the top OF !,
very high tower. and the only way these droll
Dutchmen could think Of to get 1t OF was
70 hoist a COW up and let her eat h.-har-
pers Young People.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09

come so interlaced that one country can
not materially suffer. without all suffer-
ing, and hence nations, instead or SEEK
ing their good in each others Injury. are
now inclined TO seek IL in each otner
welfare. Thus, when the financial ana
commercial crash occurred In the fali OK
80 in distant Argentina. not only did the
old and great house of Earring brothers
totter and fall. not only was England, the
direct creditor, shaken to her founda-
lions. commercially and financially, but
the United States felt the crash TO their
remotest bounds. Fifty years ago, be-
cause nations interests were not under
stood TO be mutual, this crash, like Eng
lands drum-beat would have rolled
around the globe. But what really hap
pened? The worlds financiers saw that
If Barings obligations were unprovided
for a universal panic, which would ruin
them too, would follow, so. cooperating,
the Bank OF England assumed the obli-
cations. confidence was restored and
panic averted. And later when the Bank
Of England staggered under the load the
Bank of France which, with all France.
wuld fifty years earlier have gloated
over it's downfall, came 10 It's rescue.
That same fall the New York banks
when a few banks had failed and others
about to fail, pooled their assets for the
benefit OF all. and By saving the weak
banks prevented pale and thus saved
themselves.
Now. the moral is about this Our silver
legislation is in total violation Of politi-
cal economy, but the United States, as
unit though rot IN all It's parts, are so
strong, rich and prosperous they nave
wlthstood its I'll effects It's tendency Is
undoubtedly to produce in time great
financial and commercial embarrassment,
but so long as the Governments annual
receipts Of near 500 900. 900 are payable In
silver so long as the United States are
committed 10 the parity OF silver so long
as the world can pay I'm silver as wei as
in gold for its purchases Of nearly $1,000
100000 annually II does not seem that we
are near. much less on the point OF,
suspension Of gold payments and the de-
probation Of silver coins 10 their bullion
value. The Sherman and all similar acts
will I'm time produce diaster. but the point
is that disaster is not yet imminent anu
that our anxieues are premature ana
exaggerated. Repeal the Sherman law by
all means, not, however. because X Is an
immediate menace to the maintenance OF
gold payments. but because every aru-
fetal breakwater to silver reaching lts
natural level should be removed.
Cease to make fetch Of gold. cease 70
watch gold exports with superstitious
dread. cease to argue really, though I'M
consciously that because thirteen millions
were exported i'm January that therefore
Sic 900 900 will be exported In 93, and we
will soon realize that neither individual
nor national welfare is dependent upon
the loss or gain of a few millions or goid'
"B."
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09
Two Wills Admitted 10 Probate.

LYNCHBURG, VA. Feb. S.-Special.-
The wills of the late Messrs. j. +. Slaugh-
ter and j. Phillip Shaner were admitted
to probate in the corporation court this
morning. The former conveys an estate
valued at 10000. and names Mr.. j. =.
Slaughter, Jr., as executor. One~third OF
the personal property and one-third OF
such real estate as she would be entitled
to dover is devised TO Mrs. Slaughter.
The remainder of the estate is divided
into seven equal parts-one part to j. f.
Slaughter Jr.. absolutely one part to
Charles Slaughter and wife during their
lifetime, and then to their children; one
part to r. o. Slaughter and wife, and the
other four parts TO the remaining chill
dren of the deceased absolutely.
The will of Mr.. Shaner conveys an es-
tate valued at $4,000. and L. =. Shaner.
brother Of the deceased. is named as the
executor. All rents and profits OF the
estate are to go to the wife during life.
After her death the estate is TO be sold.
and equally divided among the five chill
dren OF the testator.
The case OF r. r.. Toty. charged with
forging the names OF Goodman and Agnor.
was tried In the corporation court to-day.
and resulted In a hung jury. There are
fourteen other indictments against Toty.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09

Last Sunday evening Rev. John l. Scud-
der. Of Brooklyn. preached sermon to
show why Imprisonment for life should
not be substituted for the death penalty.
The gist of his argument was that the
death penalty is a relic of the old Jewish
law of an eye for an eye and tooth for
a tooth, and that as modern civilization
rejects that principle Of justice the COM
munity which hangs a man is only fol-
lowing the murderer's example. However
true that may he, one thing is certain-if
the death penalty for some crimes Is
abolished, the lynchings, of which we
hear so much and which are so much
depiored, would become very much more
frequent in the North as well as the
South.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09
Balance Of trade in favor Of the Unite
s17o,304,6O6
Coin Exported
S221.7S2.S5.

Here, then. is a case when 1t would
seem that our stock Of gold should have
been increased in four years Sl7O30l, 6OG.
but, In point Of fact, Europe retained
that great sum that was our due and drew
from us in addition s2Sl, 1888 $50 of what We
had.
The Director of the Mint In his report
for the year 1889 called attention to the
extraordinary drain that seemed TO have
set in upon our gold and set it down prln-
cipally to the account of the amount Of
money that Americans were spending at
the Paris Exposition. Gle got into his
head an error like that which occupi I'd
"R S" mind last week, which, we are
happy to find, "B." seems to have ridden
himself Of
But the Paris Exposition has been over
a long time while the steady draught for
gold has gone on and is still going on as
actively as ever-even more actively. 1t
is said S, 1000, 900 will go next Saturday.
1t is useless-it is elimination us to
shut our eyes to the true cause for this
state OF things. 1t is because our threat
that we will pay each dollar which we owe
with sixty-fvo cents, has alarmed the
world. and it is scuttling out OF Ameri-
can investments as hard as 1t can. We
are destroying our credit, and. wealthy
as we are, We shall come near to bank
ruptcy unless we repeal the Sherman law
and cease tampering with that prodigious
credit we have enjoyed that has made us
the great nation we are.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09
RRTLLT4NT MIRRTIGE
At st. Luke's Church, Norfolk-Death of a
Citizen.

NORFOLK, VA, Feb. S.-SpeGal-St.
Luke's T. L. church was thronged with the
beauty and fashion Of the city late vestcr-
day evening at which time DR.. William
s NJ Lloyd and Miss Susie Il. Payne, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. w. T. Payne, OF this city, We're
married. 1t was one Of the most brilliant
Of the winner marri lges
The altar and chancal were ex1uisitely
decorated. II was a full dress affair. and
the costumes Of the bride and her attendants
were superb
Rev. A. s Lloyd OBLIGATED. Mr. Crowley
Phillips was best man and the sister Ct the
bride maid Of honor.
The lrlde entered upon the arm Of her
father and was preceded TO the altar by
the groom and his best man. followed by
the llshers and lady attendants.
After the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
left for "A Northern tour.
Mr. John A. Nellines, a well-known citizen
Of this city. died at his home. go east Main
street, at o O'Clock last night. aged sixty
three years. He was a well-known and
highly respected citizen.
The Fourth Virginia regiment will attend
the Inauguration OF President Cleveland.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09

The Philadelphia Public Ledger makes
a good point for the water metre. Some
manufacturers offered the metre system
on the ground that water should be free
as air. whereupon the Ledger says; 80
It is. Any manufactures can so to the
Schuylkill or Delaware and dip up as
much water as ne pleases without being
charged a cent for il. But If the city
is TO dip It up and distribute 1t somebody
must pay for the service. The only pur-
pose OF the water meter is to find out
how much each large consumer should
pay. There is no disposition to charge
heavy rates nor to Cypress manufactur-
ers in any way. and the best thing they
can do is to aid in reaching fair under
standing on the subject. Two much
water Is wasted under the present sys-
TEN, which wastage would probably be
stopped IL the cost thereof should fall
on the individual permitting it instead of
falling upon the community"
This same line Of argument would apply
10 Richmond.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09
GOLD A FETCH.
Anxiety About Gold Exports Greatly Ex-
aggerated.
Editor Times:

Editor Times:
Gold is almost as veritable a fetch with
the intelligent as horseshoe or potato in
pocket with the ignorant or as stone or
bone with native African. Let u few
thousands gold be exported and at once.
regardless OF circumstances. tremor
Of apprehension seiZes the public, or let
a few thousands be imported and imme-
diately. also regardless OF circumstances,
a feeling Of satisfaction and relief Is ex-
perienced. No thief at sight or officer
trembles more spontaneously than we do
at sight OF gold exports. To one school
gold is a good fetich-a standard or value
measuring impartially all other things;
to the other ii is a bad fetich-runing
especially agriculture by remorselessly
lowering the value OF It's productions but
TO all a fetch. AS our superstitious fears
Of our fetch may, by causing panic, do
great harm. / venture few considera-
lions to show that our anxieties about
gold exports are. II not groundless, at
least premature and exaggerated.
There are two reasons why gold ex-
ports will not be carried to perilous ex-
tremes. First, because Europe cannot af
ford TO iniure its best customers by doing
so; and, second. because the United States
cannot afford to have 1t done, and hence
they must Jointly cooperate to prevent
II being done. Fifty or seventy-five years
ago the world believed that one country's
loss was anothers gain. and vice versa.
Then II was thought patriotic 10 injure
another country. and II such sentiments
now prevailed the United States would
doubtless be in imminent peril of dis
astrous gold drain. But the world, taught
by experience, and therefore wiser. now
sees that the interests Of nations have be.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09

Republican papers are calling the pres
ent Congress TO task for appropriating in
the two years Of its existence over $1,000
DOC, 900 The Baltimore American. for in
stance. says:
During he consideration OF the Legis-
lative Appropriation bill by the House
yesterday, 1t was shown that the appro-
priations made at this season of Con-
gress would aggregate 1881 100000, which
added to the 100000 appropriated
AT the last session. makes the
stiff sum of one billion and thirty
eight millions of dollars. or fifty millions
Of dollars more than was appropriated
by the Fifty-frst Congress. which the
Democrats affected to call in derision the
billiOn-dollar Congress. To understand
the full significance of these figures, 1t
must be remembered that there are but
eighty-nine Republicans in the present
House, where all money bills must origi-
nate; while there are two hundred and
thirty-eight Democrats. or nearly three
of the latter to one Of the former"
That a respectable and intelligent paper
like the American should resort to such
tricky sophistry to try and deceive the
people shows to what desperate straits
the Republicans are reduced. The Anne
rican knows that the enormous appropria-
lions made by the present Congress were
| demanded by the laws placed on the
| statute books by its reckless billion-dollar
Republican predecessor and that, with n
Republican President and Senate, the re-
peal of these laws would be impossible.
No charge of extravaganza could be
brought against the Democratic admins
tration which preceded the Fifty-first Con-
gress. and wher the country is again
| fully in Democratic hands eXtravagent
appropriations will again cease. The peo-
pie know full well who to blame for the
present seeming extravaganza.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09
WRECK ON THE v. AND W.
Not Much Damage Done-IIighway Rob
berry in Petersburg.

Not Much Damage DOne-lilghwhy RoD-
berry in Petersburg.
PETERSBURG, VA, Feb. s.-Special.-
The west-bound passenger train on ths
Norfolk and Western railroad, which left
Norfolk last night about 10 o'clock. and
due in Petersburg about 12:20 this morn
INK was derallcd at fuckers siding,
seventy-one miles east of Petersburg and
ten miles west OF Norfolk. The wreck
was caused by the switch being left open.
The entire train, with the exception OF
the Pullman sleeper, left the track and
ran for some distance on the ties before
it could be stopped. None Of the passen-
gers were injured. but all of them were
badly shaken up and CONSIDERABLY fright
ened. Baggage master James w. Robi~
son was slightly hrrt. The wrecked train
did not arrive here until l:3O o'clock this
afternoon.
A negro named Wallace. who belongs
TO a colored Baptist mission Of New York.
arrived here from that place last night
about 10 o'clock. and started for his home
on Harrison street, in this city. Accord
ing to his statement, while passing up
Adams street in the vicinity of Boiling s
Hall he was OVertaken by two men, who
threw their hands over his face apd
rined his pockets of Sl25 in currency ana
also took his watch and lot Of valuable
papers. Wallace could not say whether
the robbers were white or black.
This afternoon at the Good Shepard
EpiscopaD Memorial church. in Bland
ford Mr. W. T. Slaughter and Miss 5. J.
Miller were unitsd in rllrria>A The mar
riage ceremony WIS performed by Rev
W. y. Smith assisted by Rev. G. r.
Haines. After receiving the congratula-
lions of their friends the couple left for
Richmond where a reception viii be held
tonight at the residence Of the brides
sister. Mrs. John ROolrr, on Fourth
street
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09
DEATH or Az AGED LADY.
Anticipated Connection of the c. and o.
Railroad with Roanoke.

ROANOKE, VA, Feb. -Special.-Mrs.
f. NJ. Brown. aged ninety-four years,
was buried here to-day. She had dis
tinct recollection Of the war Of 1872, and
conversed intelligently about it.
S. A. White. engineer for the Roanoke
Development Company, and Miss Virginia
Brown were married to-day, and left for
Tazewell county to visit the grooms pa
rents.
A meeting OF prominent men of Fincas-
tie, Charleston, Richmond and other
points in Virginia and the Roanoke Board
of Trade was held this evening with
closed doors. A connection OF the Ches-
apeake and Ohio with Roanoke is sup
posed to be the object in view. Another
meeting will be held Tomorrow, when
the result may be given out for publica-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09
.UrSTICE SURE.

The mills Of the Gods grind slowly
but they grind. The most comforting
assurance that good men have is their
reflection, most benefcently amounting to
faith, that in the working Of Gods laws
Justice Is done, sooner or later, In all
cases. In a lecture delivered in Brook
lyn, n. Y, some years back, by General
II. w. Slocum. a distinguished officer OF
the United States army during the war
he said:
1.-The murder Of Mrs. Surratt was the
most cruel and cowardiy act ever commit
ted in any civilized country. il is a
curious and suggestive fact that all VINO
were Chiefly responsible for the execution
of that innocent woman have felt the I'M
seen hand of the Great Avenger; stanton
Secretary of War who was perhaps me
worst of the number, committed suicide
I'm a fit of remorse. although the fact was
sought 10 be concealed. Preston King,
the Senator from New York, who re-
pulsed Annie Surratt at the President s
door in like manner ended his own lie
by deliberately jumping in the North
river at New York and drowning him
himself. Andrew Johnson, who signed
the death warrant and despotically sus-
had been granted by the court, was
stricken suddenly with death upon his
return to the Senate after he had left
the Presidency. Judge Advocate Holt,
who conducted the prosecution, long ago
disappeared from public view, ana
whether dead or alive. nobody knows
and nobody cares. Ard John A. Bingham,
who assisted Holt, was driven from Con-
gress in disgrace as one Of the Credit
of
in Japan, where, we believe, he now Is
The most abject thing in modern lite
nature is the pltiable attempt which Holt
made a few years back in the North
American Review TO clear his skirts Of
responsibility for the cause Of Mrs. Sur
rats murder.
The hand Of Providence never errs.
Good deeds receive their rewards. whilst
the evil-doer will surely meet his fate.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09
Girls I'm France.

After a girl has passed her eighteenth
birthday she is thought TO be une demoi-
selle a marier. but 1T is considered pau
taste for the parents themselves to make
any effort to achieve a daughters mar
riage. Young men, excepting in the coun-
try. where far greater liberty is allowed
are seldom asked 10 visit family where
there are grown-up daughters, ana I'M
less under rare circumstances, are never
asked to come to lunch or dinner. on no
account would a French mother allow
her daughter to speak 10 man OF known
bad character or obviously unit 10 pc
come her husband. Marriage is an ever
present possibility in France where young
people are concerned, and as may be easl-
" imagined. this has both it's advantages
and disadvantages. None Of these rules
apply to near relations Abroad families
see a great deal Of one another, and
cousins hardly ever develop into hus-
bands. probably because they are allowed
to see so much Of their young cousins.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09

Some Democrats In Congress are per-
sonally opposed to repeating the Sher-
man bill, but 1t is hard TO understand
how, as Democrats. they can refuse to
vote against repeal. The platform OF the
Democratic National Convention declared
1t to be a cowardly makeshift 1raught
with danger 20 the country. If they en-
dorse that platform. and they have done
so by voting for Grover Cleveland. they
cannot sustain the Sherman law without
both disqualification and party dis
loyalty.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-09

English society is raising a national
lament because men no longer dance.
Hostesses have for long time been AT
their wits end to secure partners for
y1lng women at balls and dancing par
ties. Now the situation is worse than
ever, and remedies are being eagerly
sought. The suggestion Is publicly dis
cussed that a dancing agency be estab-
lished similar TO such institutions in
Paris and Berlin. Hired guests, armed
With guarantees OF fitness and respecta-
bility. would appear at the proper hour,
warranted TO dance every number on
the card and not give more than three
dances TO one young woman. Some such
plan seems to be the only hope of saving
the art Of dancing In England