The Evening critic., 1883-04-17

Ohio, it Is believed, by many of the leading
statesmen, will not got anything from either
party. New York and Indiana, holding
the balance of power, will name the men.
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"What do you think of the prospects of
an early spring ?" asked the Critic Of a
Virginia farmer this morning.
"An early what ?"
"An early spring"
What sort of a spring? A spring of
water, or carriage, or n wagon spring, or
what sort of spring are You talking about.'
"Wby, 1 have reference to the season of
of year, springtime, when the birds chirp,
and you farmers plant"
"Oh that's what you mean, is it?
Well, / think we will have a rather late
spring. You see there is now kind of
bird which has come into our section of
country, q very rare bird. don't know
what the bird is good for, nor do know
where it came from. / don't think they
are fit for anything, though l see quite
number of them here in Washington. The
majority of them here and all in our Sec
tion are young birds, though l see some old
ones here. / saw an old one at the theatre
last night
(Which theatre?'
"Ford's. He occupied front seat, aud
seemed to take great deal of interest in
the crowd He had very large pair of
opera-glasses, and was continually bouncing
up and down looking at the vast assem-
blage of people in the theatre"
Now, the Critic would like for you to
explain what use bird has for opera
glasses"
Lord bless your soul, this bird that ]
have been talking about is dude, and l
tell you they are getting to be little too
numerous in this section for the good of
society. They are little too fresh. We
must do something to get them out of the
country or they will ruin it,"
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A Washington flnancier and statesman
has given it as his opinion that we will not
have financial panic to make a Presiden-
tial campaign on-that the panic will
come after the campaign, as sort of sauce
to take with the goose He says the whole
power of the Federal Government and the
Republican capitalists of New York and
elsewhere will be fooled to bridge
over 1884, but that the bottom will go out
of our industries before the next President
is fully into his cflice.
The statesman who makes these predic-
tions is one who has figured very prom-
nently in national campaigns and is IL
power in the streets of New York. He is
party has drank about the last draught
from the public well, too.
j. Bradley Adams received, a few days
ago, pair of clk's horns. They were six
pronged fellows and measure seven feet
from tip TO tip and extended five feet and
six inches from the head 1t was supposed
by a great many people when these horns
", hat lal l,aA /,
them here on an order from the Depart
ment Of Justice and that they were to be
worn by United States Marshal NIcNTichael
on state occasions but such is not the fact
They were brought here for Brad,s own use,
and If the Attorney-Gcneral has any desire
to have his marshal appear with horns on
extraordinary occasions, he will have to
get them elsewhere.
There appears to be a strong desire among
the leading saloonists Of the District to
have the license law overhauled aud the
sum increased to $500 at the lowest, and
$1,000 if possible. 1t is argued by many of
them that that sum would cut down the
number of drinking places thousand per
cent. and that crime would decrease and
the very limited police would prove more
efficient, while, of course, the liquor traffic
would be much more profitable to those
who are sufficiently fortunate to be able to
engage in the business in the event of this
proposed raise in the price of license
The small stove-pipe places would be en-
tirely weeded out, say the large dealers,
and the business would become, in de-
gree, respectable.
An effort will no doubt be made during
the next session of Congress to have new
law passed regulating the sale of malt and
spirituous liquors il the District and to in
crease the license fee to $1,000.
Last night, in conversation with gentle
man from Virginia, member of one of the
first families of the Old Dominion and a
politician of pronounced Bourbon pro-
clivities, the Critic queried:
What are the chances of Mahoneism in
the coming National election?"
"You see l am q Democrat, bat
will set aside my creed, for l am not a
dyed-in-the-wool politician anyway, and
endeavor to speak of the Readjuster party
in an impartial manner. | think that the
Readjusters have carried Virginia for the
last time. That party came into power
from political necessity all of the intel
ligence of the State had got into a
hide-bound way of thinking, way
that idolized precedent and aristocracy
The State was Democratic, but the young
and brainy men of the party were given
back seats and taught to believe that the
privilege of holding office only belonged to
the sires Of previous generation. General
Malone, whom | regard as one of the
shrewdest politicians in America, saw that
things had to change, and with NapoleoniC
dash and brilliancy he massed the dssatis-
faction and negro ignorance of the State to.
| gether and carried the election almost with.
| out the sleepy Democrats being aware of
| their danger. The majority of the Read.
| juster voters were colored."
"Well, cannot Malone continue to mass
the same forces and hold the State in his
grIg?" -,
changed. You see reforms are never last
| ing that are based upon the dissatisfaction
| of ignorance instead of intelligence. This
broadly speaking, is the case with Re
| adjusterism. The shake-up has given
a large proportion Of the young
and brainy men in the Democrati,
ranks chance to assist themselves, and
| this class of men will have much to do with
bossing the party in 1884. They eau say to
| the Mossbacks, You have been tried ant
found wanting Seeing that the Demo
cratic party is now engineered by this clas
Of men, many former Democrats have lef
the new party and come back satisfied that
the reformation they desired could be bes
achieved in this way. This was the elias
Of men that followed General Malone NOR,
| because they desired q new order of thing