The Evening critic., 1882-11-17


is graphic description of our correspond
ents journey thithor and life in the Ute
country, with an account Of the pcculiari-
ties of the Ute people, together with side
glimpse at life in Salt Lake City. Alto.
gether the letter is interesting, amusing
and instructive.
BUT there can be found n man OF tho highest
order OF intellect, we'll verscd In tho science OF
government, long accustomed TO public az.
fairs, learned IN constitutional law, sound -
tho core on equal rights, trusted by the most
exacting on questions OF currency ana rove.
nue., so pure and upright that not an enemy
has ever thought OF questioning his integrity;
free from al part In any of the exciting con-
troyersles In the partyi conspicuous for
sturdy independence Of character that would
guarantee him against any control by, or
leaning toward any factlon--lf. such Imam as
we have described can DO named no would
grow upon the general judgment rs the man
under whose pllotago we could yet sail our
ship safely between tho Scylll OF political die.
tatorship ana the Charybdls OF Bourbon resto-
ration. If We have an American who combines
all the elements named he Will DO found.-Rd-
PGIiicdn,
Senator Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana,
fulills the requirements laid down by the
Republican so well that the able editor may
well have had him in mind when he penned
the foregoing. Senator Harrison is in tho
prime of life, and he belongs to no political
faction. lie is an able man, aud has many
qualifications for the. Presidency. If there
is mau likelier to be elected on the Re-
publican ticket than he, il nominated, we
should be pleased to know who he is.
TAcr TurgnAv TIRE CprTTC nubli ali p1
an interview with Senator Vest, and was
the only paper in the city which succeeded
in obtaining the views of the distinguished
gentleman. Further, not correspondent
of an outside paper had n talk with him.
So soon as THE CRITIC came out on Tues
day certain correspondents seized upon
this interview, used such part of it as
suited their respective purposes and tele-
graphcd 1t Off without credit to this paper,
Now, THE CRITIC exchanges with each Of
these papers,and the attention of the manag-
ing editors thereof is called to the fact that
their correspondents here are stealing
news from this paper and palming
it upon them rs original matter. We
do not believe that any reputable
paper in the country wants stolen
news. And we do not believe, either, that
the business managers of these papers care
to pay for stolen news We make an ex-
ception in favor of the New York Times,
which vile and vnnal sheet would steal
anything that wasn't tied at both ends. In
this connection we may add that the fellow
Root who runs the lye tub at this end o.
the line, is u ft hlTeling of George Jones,
the man who began life as q peddler of OBJ
scene literature, aud only escaped the
penitentiary through technicality, and
whose greatest business stroke was the
raising of a fund of quarter of million
for General Grant and falling to account
for it-or, not to mince words, stealing IL.
THE Post says that Secretary Lincoln in
his report will recommend that no Rive
and Harbor bill be introduced this session
as it viii be impossible to expend thu
amount appropriated at the last session
during tho present fiscal year. In othe
words, in view of the rebuke administered
by the people to the Republican party ant
to the River and Harbor jobbers the Secre
tary proposes that the amounts set asidt
for one year shall be made to suffice fo
two years
This will not do. The objection to tn
River and Harbor bill is not that so mucl
money is to be spent in one year, but tina
money is to be spent at all on certain al
legged rivers and harbors or ON certain a.
legged improvements of real rivers an
harbors. Occupying two years in spendin
$5,000,000 ON the plans Of the Mississippi
River Commission does not cure the oil
;oction that thogo rlaug ara auare and
delusion, and that the improvement
business, as carried on by this commission
is inextricably mixed up with jobs an
steals.
Thus 1t is with all the other jobs an
steals of this bill. What is right an
worthy Is so hopelcssly confused with wha
is wrong that the whole bill is bad, ever
appropriation being so leavened with susp
cion, that the sooner the entire affair Is wip
. out the better. The one thing, and I'll
only thing Congress (or at least the Repul
lican part ofit) can do in this matter
relieve itself in the eyes of the country,
to pass decent bill this winter confnin
the appropriations only to such works
are worthy and are of real National in
portance. Knock the Mississippi Rive
tOhhhisaioh VII bhc neuu anu leO ~ no.
out to the Gulf along with its useless .etti
and worthless mattresses. Stop work
once at all points where the woi
is not of National usefulness. Better !
what has been spent wrongfully on shallo
bays and dry creeks go chan throw go
money after bad in the vain effort
'save" what has been already expended
them. At the end of the fiscal year GOV
all unexpended balances into the TreaIur
BY following this brief, yet comprehensi
programme, the Republican party m
recover from the disastrous effect Of IL
unexampled jobblng bill on that party
the recent elections.
TUE CRITIC feels at liberty to speak
mind in this regard. inasmuch as it warn
the Republicans time and again last sessi
what the effect Of the passage of the scand
lous River and Harbor bill would be VIII
the people got q hack at 1t. 1t recall
1874, and held ii up as a warning to the
But they needed IL not Perhaps they
In . humor to listen now.