The Washington critic., 1885-12-29

Chicago and started paper there in
advocacy Of the cause of Ireland,
which was very successful He then
came 10 Washington, but from the date
of his entering the House of Represent
atiyes there seems to have been an ebb
tide in his affairs. His course in Con.
grcss did not please two classes of his
former adhcrents and they practically
retired him. II is said that his paper
has lost a good deal of ground among
the Irish Americans Yet Fiucriy is
young man, and will doubtless "catch
on again in some sphere better suited
TO his abilities.
The most surprising change which
Newspaper Row has witnessed this
winter is the transfer Of the Washing
ton bureau and correspondence of the
Chicago I}iJuHo from the supervision
of Mr.. f. b. Wight to that of two
members of the 7rj6Vnc's local force
from Chicago. For twelve or fifteen
years Mr.. Wight has held n place in
the very foremost rank of Washington
correspondents, and his dispatches
have presented as complete and valu.
able digest Of national affairs as has
gone ont over the wires. The change
is a subject of deep regret among the
journalistic fraternity. Mr.. Wight
continues the service of the Boston
JoHiHdl and New York EceRiHg Post.
THE Car is going to reiustatc Prince
Alexander in his former rank Of
colonel in the Russian army, aud the
Cars representative at the next meet.
ing of the Balkan conference will favor
the recognition of the Bulgarian.
Roumclian alliance, This making up
to Prince Alexander by Russia and the
large purchases of arms by the latter
does not tend TO q peaceful outlook in
the East. And the most concerned
man Of all Of them about these things
is the Sultan, who knows so well how
hungry the Russian Bear is for ter
ritorial accessions toward the Bos-
phorus.
y SOLDIER of the Sixteenth Infantry
at Fort Mcintosh, Texas, has been
tried and sentenced by general court
martial to be dishonorably discharged
from the service, to forfeit all the pay
and allowances due him and TO two
years at hard labor at the Fort Leaven-
worth military prison, for stealing three
chickens from a Mexican. This seems
to be decidedly rough, as Judge Smell
usually gives only fifteen days for
little thing like that. Yet some folks
wonder there should ever be such
thing as desertion from the army.
MIR. LAWRENCE BARRETT appeared
for the first time last evening in Victor
Hugo's Hermann" at the Chestnut
Street Opera-HQuse, Philadelphia, and
appears to have achieved decided sue.
cess, though the audience is said to
have been carried away more by the
tragic force of the play than by any
uncommonly tragic power of its action
We doubt if Mr.. Barrett succeeded in
"elcctrifying" the house, rs one of the
reports has it. 1t is seldom that his
scholarly portrayals rise to a magnetic
altitude.
SENATOR PAYNE vigorously denies
that he has made any attack upon the
President on account of certain Ohio
appointments. 1t was scarcely neces-
sary to deny the imputation. The
Democrat who contemplates an attack
upon the Administration has not vet
materialized. A Democratic admins
tration is about the best thing Demo
cratic politician can find to tie to. If
he doesn't find anchorage there he will
certainly go adrift.
THE New York Star favors the
election of postmasters by the people,
as ''in thorough harmony with Demo.
cratic IDEAS" 1t certainly is. A great
many people and n great many news.
papers on both sides of the political
fence are of the same way of thinking.
We haven't much doubt bnt what the
First Assistant Postmaster General
would give the loudest OF all amens to
the proposed change.
THE portraits of Mr.. Evarts which
New York literary bureau is distrib.
uting throughout the country are
symptomatic of Presidential boom in
the Senator's behalf. His friends need
to be cautioned, There are very few
young and tender booms that can stand
the wear and tear of three years buffet.
ing with cold, unfeeling world.
In THE French Chamber of Deputies
yesterday during the balloting, which
resulted in the reelection of President
Grevy, a member of the right and a
member of the left came to blows. 1t
is to be presumed that they struck out
according to their political nomencla.
ture-one with his right and the other
with his left.
THIS is the seventy-sixth anniversary
of the birthday of the Right Honor
able w, Il. Gladstone, and he is receiv-
ing hundreds of congratulations Birth
days are times for making good reso,
lutions. Now let Mr. Gladstone resolve
to-day that he will give Home Rule to
Ireland.
The Extreme Colorado View.