The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-21

was sent in.
THE FOREIGN POLICY of Mr.. Freling-
huyscn was decided upon last night at the
residence of Mr.. Blaine. II had strong
aroma Of terrapin and champagne.
WE ARE PANIED TO NOTE the departure
of tho Hon. Isaiah +. Christiancy from our
midst. Divorce suits often require man
to 20 home to mend his financial fences.
IrHAs BEEN discovered that Speaker
Keifer owns several thousand acres of land
out in Nebraska and the Western papers
infer that he will incline his right ear to
the improvement of the Missouri River.
THE LATE GEN. ANsETT, of Atlanta, left
about S750,000 which he had accumulated
by the honest industry of stock specula.
tion in remarkably short time 1t wor-
ried him to know what to do with his
money. He ought to have moved to some
Western State and ran for the Senate.
THE WELCOME NEWS of the safety of
the majority of the Jeannette's crew is
saddened by the list of few yet miss
ing. Among these none will excite
greater interest III this community
than the name of John Danenhower,
Washington boy, whose record in the
navy and whose position in society are
alike enviable. We still cherish the hope
that young Danenhower and his COM
panions in boat No. . may yet pull through.
The dispatches hold out strong hopes of the
ultimate safety of all. Surely, if pluck,
enterprise and endurance of the highest
order can combat the vicissitudes Of the
Arctic wastes, John Danenhower's friends
may expect to see him again; for no
Drawer boy ever wore the naval uniform of
his country.
The HOLIDAY SEASON makes the street s
the lady shoppers, and then, more than at
any other time Of the year, are they en-
titled to every sort of freedom and protec-
tion. The Chicago Herald, in this connec-
tion, complains that every day unattended
ladies, of the highest respectability, "arc
ogled upon the horsecars, followed on the
streets and insulted in all public places by
the infamous puppies who imagine them
selves irresistible and are devoted to what,
in their own vocabulary, is called mash
ing II has long been serious question
how to deal with this vermin. They are
particularly careful not to disclose them
selves when gentlemen are at hand. Un-
protected ladies are their prey and here
tofore ladies' burning with modification
and terror inspired by their insulting con-
duct, have felt incapable of taking any
steps toward bringing tho scoundrels to
justice" We have the same sort of reptiles
here, but the gentlemen predominate. If
lady complains of annoyance, We take
the offenders head off behind the ears.
1
SAMRANDALL yesterday gave sample o
his d" leadership of the minority" that W,
have heard so much about. The subiec
looking simply to the re-establishment o
the Select Committee on the Inter.dceani,
Canal. This committee was created during
the last Congress ut the instance Of Floyt
King, who became chairman of it. Th
work of this committee being ofparamoun
Importance and far from complete, ther,
was no reason to suppose that objection
would be offered from any quarter. Their
may have been in the last Congress a sligh
conflict of jurisdiction between this seleC
committee and the regular Committee o
Foreign Relations, but that was soon nd
justed, leaving the usefulness of the selec
committee well defined
Why Samrandall should have judged
necessary to antagonize Kasson's resolutio
does not clearly appear. If there ever wa
any substantial reason why such CON
mittee should not exist, it must have bee
in force at the time when he, as Speake
had power to defeat Kings resolution b
simply tipping the wink to his faithful
henchmen on the floor But he did nothin
of the kind. On the contrary he CAV
King every encouragement in his power
pass the resolution, and, after its passag,
he signi6ed his sense of the Importance
the committee by appointing some of til
best men in the House to its membership.
Now, as we understand it, Samue
objects to the perpetuation of the commi
tee, not because the work for which it W,
organized is complete, but because its g.
istence is based upon project that threa
ems to take fifty millions Of dollars out
the Treasury. This view is not the trr
one, as King showed in dozen words
explanation.
There is then but one solution of Samue
remarkable behavior: He has struck /
proposed attitude as Il Watchdog Of t
Treasury and struck it early. The fact,
King demonstrated, that the Treasury do
not require the services of n Watchdog
this particular case, is quite immaterial
Samuel. In order to pose successfully
with eclat as Watchdog, it is necessa
that there should be evil persons in b
vicinity meditating burglary. If none ha
pen to be about, it then becomes neccssal
to set up effigies Samuel was, therefore,
work yesterday setting up his efigies n
exploit is valuable as an indication.
Samuel will undoubtedly lead the N
nority" And unless all the signs fail,
will be not merely minority of the Hou'
but also of the minority itself. But for
that, Samuel Is bound to lead-and he w
probably continue to lead until he sha
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