Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-09-23


that he can Go nothing whatever to mitigate the
suheriDgs Of the expelled q ,rmans."
MI. Washburne, under the Instructions ard
PERMISSION OF the State Department, has af-
fcrded relief and nitgated the suiferings of
many thousands OF Germans expelled from
Paris The limit Of his efforts IN that direction
mas been only the capacity OF physical effort AMI
lator.
We experience a grim satisfaction in knowing
that New York city has committed the ind,s-
erection Of setting up a statue. Washington As
long enough been the target of all the penny
whistle critics in regard to her sworks OF arr
her equestrian statues with horses on four legS
three legs, two legs, and one leg; her prodigies
In marble, the bowling Columbus, the shirsless
Washington, the podgy Goddess of Liberty, and
ali the rest Of them-nOc New York has gone
into the tine art and ''statooary" business, and
is pretty certain to draw the fire OF criticism
from this devoted city to some extent
New York has raised at much expense A statue
10 Lincoln IN conspicuous position i'm Union
Park, that is-frOm a Washington point OF
Vlew-most satisfactorily wretched. Ii gets
abuse from every quarter. The Times calls il
frightful object says it ia like the hideou
nightmare which people have after supping on
roast pork and lobster salad" and expresses its
eagre ireadiness to receive subscriptions ssto
wards the expense Of taking il down and sending
IL off to Chicago where WORKS of art of this Kind
are thoroughly appreciated"
The World says /" it presents TO the future of
the city an ignominious view of dispropor-
tionately tall gentlemsn's back, arrayed in a
singularly ill-ht:ing suit of store clothes, but
imperfectly draped by the lean and pinched
drapery of a cloak which seems II have been
modelled from q damp waterproof thrown
over the arm OF chair" The World does not
know precisely who should be held responsible
for this abortive effort to honor a great officer
of the government, but thinks il NAV be that
the city authorities have been overtaken BIZ
this calamity in bronze " as innocertly as they
were by its not unworthy precedent in brown
stone which still defantly rises amid the wreck
of matter around the City Hall"
Another paper says:
70 1t tu-ns out to be a painful and ridiculous
failure. The features OF Old be are decorated
with bronze beard, which is extremely unlike
any hirsulte apparatus tina: the friends OF the
Chlef Magistrate remember To have ever seen
him wear; and the expression upon the features
u that OF ltlOtic amaZement at the turn things
have taken, and the change that has come upon
that portion OF Broadway"
Now this is what We like. 1t is all right.
Washington has stood this sort of thing for good
while. Every dog has his day. The whirligig OF
time Is working. We are glad New York has got
this statue. We respectfully invite public exc
Grafton upon it. We hope New York will put up
more statues, and that other cities will put UP
statues. Punch once had picture dated on
the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo rep
resenting the shade Of Napoleon appearing be-
fore the sculptor Of the HYDE Park statue of
Wellington-a great sborton-and saying, with
diabOlical grin OF satisfaction, while pointing
over hisshoulder to the statue: "For many wears
have wept this day, but now am avenged
Washington has wept through years of indignity
the infection Of the" art treasures" OF govern
ment, but now she is about to be avenged.
IL is hopeful sign OF reform that high
minded public men are taking open ground
against the bad practice of levying compulsory
subscriptions from government clerks for polit-
zeal purposes. We see Ii stated that at a late
meeting of the Pennsylvania Association in this
city a resolution was proposed to censure Secre-
tary Cox for refusing to permit forced assess
ment to be made on clerks under him for politi-
cal purposes. letter was read from the Sec
Rotary, giving leave to ask voluntary contribu
tions under . pledge not to attempt in any
manner to visit hostility on those who NAV feel
unable to contribute, or who desire to use their
funds otherwise. Secretary Cox then adds:-"sI
sincerely believe the attempts made this year to
levy such assessments have already hurt the
party many fold more than-the assessment. If
collected, could help it."
This action is equally creditable to SECRETARY
Cox and discreditable to the parties who would
dragon him into compelling clerks OF scanty
means to contribute TO an election fund the |
money that is hardly sufficient to provide bread
and Clothes for their families. of the same |
commendable sort was the action of Represent
ative Lynch, OF Maine. 1t appears that during |
the late contest in that State, and the most |
6narnIV c0nrpSrHh xrh frh
Lyneh's district, a number of the Maine clerks |
in the Departments voluntarily contributed to |
the Republican election fund in that district
To one OF these came a note from Mr.. Lynch |
returning the remittance, and saying: with |
your small salary and large family, think you |
ought not to be required to pay anything" In |
this case the contributions were not enforced,
but Mr.. Lynch showed by his note an intelligent |
recognition of the fact that the salaries OF gov
eminent clerks are not adequate to enable them |
TO shoulder an electiOneerng fund.
A strong argument against the dsmoralizing
System OF enforced subscriptions is found in the |
TACT that III nine case out of ten but the smallest
fraction Of the money is applied to the Purposes
for which it is ostensibly collected. 1t goes
usually to the use Of a set of knayes, shysters,
and strikers, who are mere exeresences or the
party to which they claim to belong.
Oh'e Logan, having wares 70 sell, Tin the
literary market,) understands the value of
keeping herself before the public as well as
Helmbold or George Francis Train. Her latest
effort in this direction is a twelve-page article
IN The GALAXY for October, wherein she elabo-
rately amplnes the snap judgment she SO
made public through the daily
press several weeks ago, that 1t doesn't pay to
visit the Yo Semitic Valley,
Of course it don't, in many cases. But that
depends very much more on the visitor than the
place visited. A woman with q natural taste
for upholstery, ribbons and chignons, and an
expert in stage effects, can undoubtedly get far
more enjoyment with very much less trouble
out Of q walk on Broadway. But it isn't so with
every body; and the mistake the Logan makes Is
IN supposing II IL, and that she Is the only per-
son who has courage enough to tell the truth
about it.
The ride from Stockton to Chinese Camp is,
Il must be admitted, dusty and disagreeable
beyond parallel, and that from the latter point
TO the VALLEY uif |