The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-27
EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

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Governor Waite, Of Colorado, Is still I'm
/ appeased and declares In the lotcioie
| patois of the mining camp that he VIII
| light for free coinage until heavy sheet
| of glittering ice forms upon the exterior
! of the caldron In the Internal regions.
! Go il. governor. even If you must 80 1t
aione.--Chlcago News.
Governor Northen has vetoed the bill
providing for the pensioning Of widows OF
Confederate soldiers.
The bin provides that the widows of
Confederate soldiers who have become
such since 1890 shall be entitled TO pen
slon.-Columbus GA Ledger.
Speaker Crisp is ssnguine that he can
get the Wilson bill through the House by
the end of January. II would be good
| thing If he could. Not much is expected
of the House except the passage or the
bill. and the sooner the Senate gets at
work correcting IT and reassuring the
manufacturers the better for the business
Of the country. BY all means, rush the
bill through the House, which will pass
it at any rate, and submit it to body
that viii give IT real consideration
Philadelphia Ledger.
New York Sun: It's the greatest holly
day of the year.-Phiadelphia Ledger.
Old Scrooge heard Mr. Childs' little
Christmas witticism, and it tickled him
so that ne almost had an apoplectic fit
and Bob Sawyer was obliged TO prescribe
hot brandy and water with double dose
TO himself. Arabella had the Mysteries,
TO the mingled CONSERVATION and delight
OF Mr.. Tracy Tupman. who was obliged
to support her. Blame me. If that amt
a.. 81 at,,txr
said Mr. Antonio Weller. at the Cape
and Button Club. with 'ead as good
as his cart. Guv'nsr. as the man said
to the life INSURANCE sawbones' replied
Sam. Ioosening Mr. Pickwick's neck
cloth. "There1l be great merriment at
! the club tonight. Sam, when they hear
| Mr. Childs's pun" God bless i'm, sir
/ but / didn't think e 'ad it In i'm. It's
| few as the gift Of repartee, as the
sweep said when e 'eaved the brick at
| lis master"
The New York Times of yesterday de-
voted the greater part Of its editorial
! page TO the discussion of the tariff ques
ton. In one Of these articles, the paper
| says: The manufacturers Of pottery I'm
| Trenton profess to foresee that their in
/ dustry would be ruined by the enact
| ment Of the Wilson bill. and the high
| tariff press publishes their predictions
Of calamity with the usual inhammatory
comments. 1t happens that at this time
there is pending a suit at law which
throws much light upon the sincerity OF
this cutlery and also upon the recent
history of an important branch Of the
industry.
New York Sun: The Hon. Thomas
! Watson, Cheeping Tom Watson, the
| Georgia statesman who burned his law
| library TO show his fitness 20 become
| light TO the Farmers Alliance and
| furnace of Populism, says he is a candi-
| date for the post of senator in Con-
| gress from Georgia. We advise Tom
Watsons friends not TO believe him in
| this matter. He must be mistaken. Tom
/ Watson regards the Senate as an annex
| OF Wall street, an asylum OF millionaires,
a haunt of the devil fish Capital, a
luxurious lounging room for the minions
/ Of the money power. Would Tom Wat
| son, the Cracker Gracious, subdue his
free soul TO so to such a place? Would
| ne consent TO set foot within those
doors? We cannot believe it, Tom cheeps
| a gsod deal but his heart is as big as
| a peck measure. The prophet Of Popu-
ism will not put any green baize be-
tween himself and the people. Besides,
| ne ~ ltStINiub iiIllStil lNl Nit lNSl-
| dencY.
Post no bills OH Tom Watson. He is
one OF the 2,7l6 greatest men in the
Peoples party
New York World: or no other people
except the French could it be said that
the most important indication OF the
drift of their politics is the success of
two new backs and a new play.
The Paris correspondents are now grave
| ly discussing the significance of the fact
that the hero of the two most popular
books and the most successful play is
the great Napoleon The Little Corporal
is again the hero of the hour. and the
political observer takes it as a sign of
fresh and violent outbreak Of the French
yearning for glory and worship Of the
military chieftain, whs can lead them
TO victory. They take it as an indica-
tion that the people of France are turn
ing with disgust from the monotony of
peace and the petty squabbles and scan
dals Of pariamentarism TO the dazzling
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