The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-23
EDITORIAL con- I'm -,


New York Sun. The manner ~ which
! the Lords amendments 10 the empioyers'
| Liability bill were treated on lueslIy pv
/ the Commons was far lipih ~ .tns the
I expectations of the RadicaIs. - naq been
announced that Mr. Asqultn Would move
| that the amendments be laid aside pro-
/ G., edlng which would have .Deed tania-
mount to impeaching the leSlsdtfe "a
pacty Of the upper House, an" WHICH 10y
raising new issue OF SUPP "t IMPORT
ancc, would have compelleu an lmme-
date appeal TO the electors. Nothing OF
the sort occurred. Instead OF MS leu
tenant the Home Secretary, Nj Glad
stone himself took charge oi the matter.
| and simply moved the discildrse OF the
order of the day. which was Wv NV,iallera-
ton Of the amendments meh'iOne1' mat
Is 10 say, he abandoned the contest, and
refrained not only from questioning the
constitutional or technical power or the
Lords 10 thwart the viii OF the Commons,
but even from disputns tiv "o'a Va
lidity OF their course
New York Times The elcclion OF Mr..
Grow as cOngressman-at-l large ID Penn
sylvanid by plurality oi SVi,sS I.i,,l'' X
neither TO be- dismissed as lhs'sliiilcaht,
as the partisan habit ia WIN uHP.eaSaht
election results. nor 90 pe acceplei as
proof that the whole country na9 'Iiou-td
it, views on tariff reform. as the extreme
prOtectiOnists profess 90 peIsN'. me
plurality IS larger tian the hepupl'ahs
had last year and more tnah l"iDc as
large as that Of lSg2. But the result was
a fOregOne conclusion. MINORITY N','lN
would not take the trouble TO Nole wren
there was nothing 90 gain but a SHOWING
Of strength and the result was pion"niy
but little Influenced by any distinct oppo-
stiOn TO the tariff bin that mas passcu 'ne
House. So FAR as the course OF toHsi t7s
affected the election an all IL ~ ny Nhal
Il
has done-by the delay in passing lhe
measure that has been prepared ana nor
by preparing that kind ol Weaauit. me
theory that the vote boz PennsyiNahla was
protest against the moderation OF me
Wilson bill and in favor OF purely ieNe-
nuc tariff would be- silly II IL We're SIN
cerc. As no one Is deceived about ITS IN
sincerity it is not worth while TO expose
its Stiffness.
New York Herald President Eliot. Of
Harvard, takes sides with the Herald IN
urging the mOdihcauJn Of the football
rules so as to diminish the NUMBER ana
the violence Of the collisions between the
players and 10 make the game less dan
gerous.
After the big games each year the Her
aid has pointed out the evils OF the rules,
and has repeatedly asitated their reform.
II is 10 be- hoped that the football ex-
perts recently Appointed 10 suggest
changes in the rules viii Oner amend
menis that will increase the interest ana
lessen the dangers of the great college
sport.
New York World The increasing ruff
fiansm and brutality of student life IN
this country are again sharply illustrated
in the doings at Cornell University.
Comauche Indians ON the War-path could
scarcely manifest a more brutal disregard
At ~ q f.fI .. ~ o. I'd H.
man life itself than vas shown by the
Cornell sOphOmOres who deliberately filled
freshmen banquet-rOom with deadly
poisonous fumes killing one victim and
bringing q number of others 10 the point
Of death.
Primarily IL is the business Of the Cor
nell faculty and the law officers at Ithaca
10 deal with this affair as il deserves.
The University is manifestly in need OF
severe course of discipline. and the par
ticular mscreants who did this man
slaughter should be made u atone for 1t
I'm prison stripes as other felons do.