Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-03
THE NEW YORK PRESS ON THE
MURDEROUS DEED.

Especial Dispatch to The Evening Starl
NEW YORK, July3.
'sFaction's Latest Crime.''
The Tribune heads its editorial Factions
Latest Crime" and says:
''Do the leaders Of faction ever intend all the
mischief which grows from the wild and des-
perate spirit which they create, feed and stim.
ulate, week after week? Is it not their
constant crime against self government
that. by kindling such SPIRIT they send
weak or reckless men beyond the bounds
Of hight or reason? This assassin, it seems,
President and to make another. His language
and letters prove that he knew what he was
doing only too well. As "a stalwarr OF the
do the thing which other reckless men had
wished were done. So the ass ASSN Booth
put put into .,11sSy bloody deed the malignant
His deed stands in history as the cap sheaf of
the repellion. So the spirit OF faction which
th n1ed the snots OF yesterday gave In that act
ter. That political fanat1c1sm has been SHOW
Ing Itself before US all In many phases little
short She TO OF madness. The country has seen the
and has paid little attention-but not because
it thought the men who uttered then insane. 1t
has listened to malignant scandals which it
utter regarding the Chief Magistrate of their
country, but has listened with contempt. fan
cying that the fanattcism OF faction would 90
no further. But curses and threats are followed
at last by murderous shots, and the country
starts with horror. Never again Will any sane
man cry, Il am Stalwart of the StalWarts!'
Never again will blind and furious fanata.
clsm OF faction seem to sane men thing to
boast Of AS Booth ended the rebellion by
showing what its real spirit was. so this horrld
1ash OF light, which shows how narrow is the
Mexican assassination, will bring an end. let
us nope most shameful phase OF parti5an-
ship In this country"
''1he Tragedy Has No Political Rela-
The Herald says: "it is plain and clear
enough to our own people that the tragedy hasn,
political relations and is only an expression of
the insane impulse of an individual. But abroad.
Where they Imagine us from late agitations
do not know that the limit of party passion
never rises TO this height, the event will be
misunderstood and m1snterpreted and COM
mented upon as one OF the growing evils OF our
system"
THE FOLLY OF HANGING DOMESTIC CHINA
There is at present. says writer In the Builder,
tendency to be run away with By vague i'm.
preston that certain fashions which some ar
tlstlc people happen to have adopted are nece, +
sarly desirable, and 1t Is In consequence of this
weak. .headedness that so many persons cover
their walls with plates and dishes of china. Oo-
a table and obviously also its primary object
is utility, This utility consists ia being placed
on table to hold certain things, and no plate
or dish was ever intended to be hung on the
wa wan OF drawing room certainly not In regu-
lar sets up to the soup tureen, as may be seen
IN some houses. We are not let it be motel.
N any way protesting against vases or
even pieces OF domestic ware being
placed on tables or shelves In moderation where
tneir I'M . color. II they have color helps to light
them them may be carefully observed: But domestic
chtnd, as q rule, Is not f1t to adOrn wall II
possesses no beauty of form, nor the breadth Of
color and design to permit it to compete with
pictures. An exception may be made in favor
OF the genuine Wedgwood ware, with the
oSslgns g py Flaxman. and the competent artists
Wno were employed by Josiah Wedgwood AMI
Bentiey; and be 1t noted how thorough
Inese aDle men understood their business. for
sucn CHINA as they intended SHOULD decorate
e me walis OF rooms was issued from the Stafford.
S,ans pTtaSres IN tne form OF plaques or medal.
Mons. therefore we hope that all sensible daco.
faIo1s, Ia @ whether they be professionals or anna
teurs, Will take care to iuform any so.caiIed
"high-art" person who may wish for their
advlce that the decoration OF walls with do
mest1c china Is inartistic.-Art An1ate,sr. Wv