The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-26
EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

New York Herald: England is becoming
unnecessarily alarmed about the danger
she imagines Is lurking In Coxeyism for
the welfare and prosperity Of the United
States. The Daily News sees In the
marching Of these so-called armies the
last desperate device of the protection
lists" while the Chronicle finds in the
movement the promise of a contest be-
tween the classes and masses as serious
as that which arose on slavery. The
Bouverie street organ dreams there Ia
going 10 be bloodshed, and predicts that
"in the event OF a conflict with the mill
tia the Coxeyites will be moved down
by hundreds"
All of which editorial p~hilosophizlng,
interesting as IT may be to English read
ers, goes to show what curious ideas
London journalists have of America in
general and Coxeyism in particular. III
such a Coxeyite army were marching on
Londo or on Windsor Castle In order 10
pay a visit TO Parliament or to Queen
Victoria. it would probably either be
driven back or the riot act would be read
to it. Here. so long as the armies of
harmless cranks behave themselves. do
not rob henroosts or come into conflict
with existing municipal regulations they
will not meet with harm.
New York Times: The peaceful and
benevolent missionaries whose gospel is
death to interest on bonds have been
stealing a railroad train In Minnesota TO
make theft way TO where the effete East
showers on it's Shyiocks barbaric coupons
and gold. II Is unnecessary to point out,
even to an industrial tramp, that steal
ing a railroad train is an offence that is
visited by the penal codes OF the day
with fine or Imprisonment, or both. If
these thieves are not caught and dealt
with according to law, the omission VIII
be very disgraceful to the authorities or
the States they traverse. 1t is to be as
sumed that the Northern Pacific rail-
road, even though it has at times been
suspected of an antipathy OF its own to
Interest on bonds" will see that the
thieves are delivered and prosecuted.
New York Sun: Two citizens OF New
York who nave died recently were types
OF Americans who know best how TO I'm
prove the opportunities for elevation Of
fered here as in no other country of the
world. instead OF railing against them
because their profitable use requires strug-
gle and self-denial.
One of these men was David Dudley
Field. an American OF the old New Eng
land stock, and the other was Jesse Selfe-
mail a Jew bbih III bdNdfId, VINO fInmt-
grated TO this country I'm his bovhood
more than fifty years ago. Relatively TO
a great part OF our present population.
Mr.. Sellgman. therefore, was himself az
the older stock. Up 10 the time when he
came hither. In iSn, the immigration had
been small as compared with what n has
been since; and not until five wears
thereafter did II begin TO pour In with the
Hood which has changed the character of
the population so greatly. The immigra-
ton In ls4l was only about $4,000: In 1850
II had risen to nearly 1000; In 1892 II
was nearly $4,000. Mr.. Fields ascestors
also were immigrants. but they came
among the early settlers OF the country.
so that he was born in Connecticut. How
ever. the important changes In our So
ciai conditions due TO immigration oc-
CURED during the lifetime of them both.
New York World: During the last few
DAYS II a become plain that the virus
OF Republican pohtics has been injected
into the Coxeyite movement. What be-
a. the freak Of = noiariety-seehag