The Washington critic., 1886-01-16

number OF the NOrM american RcrtCp,
is now said TO be DR.. Thomas G.. Frame
of Wyoming, small village near
Dover, Delaware. 1t is unnecessary to
say that DR.. Frame is highly cdu-
Gated gentleman, for no one, who has
not very liberal education, could have
written that article in the Rorio,o. That
there was an animus for the article,
growing out of disappointment to Sc
cure a diplomatic position, the article
itself showed. 1t is said that DR..
Frame wanted to be United States Con
sui at Leith, but that Secretary Bayard
ignored both his application and the
petition which accompanied It,
JAPAN is gradually forming her gov
ernmcnt after the plan of that Of the
United States. Her patent and postal
copies of ours and she sends her young
men here TO be educated at the naval
and military academies, and in our
leading institutions of learning. She
lluS IuHl luhth tIplllNl 0NND Wv dluo
Americanizing her government by
abolshing the council of state and the
offices of the three prime ministers.
In their stead has been created n cab
met consisting of the chiefs of the sew
eral departments. There is yet an.
other example of Japan's admira.
ton for this country, for II is announced
that she will cndcavor to raise loan in
the United States.
In THE OPINION of the Deseret No,oS,
the leading Mormon newspaper at Salt
Lake, the new Edmunds bill for the
extinction of polygamy and other pur-
poses is "a monstrous and dishonest
measure" There are many newspa-
pers outside Of Zion that think about
the same way and they are not advo-
Gates of polygamy either. There are
features of the Edmunds bill which an
American Congress should ponder well
before indorsing. The opinionis quite
general that the Senate didn't ponder
over them long enough.
M. DE LEssEps says he will sail
through the Isthmus Canal on the 3lst
of December, 1SSS-with our permis.
sion, of course. BY that time we are
given 10 understand the United States
will have established protectorate
over Panama, with the Tallapoosa at
one end of the canal and the Pinta at
the other.
The National RepuJlicda, for a Re
publican newspaper, displays now and
then good deal of Democratic com
mon sense. 1t does not believe in the
heads of departments debating to the
Speaker of the House Of Representa-.
tivcs how he shall make up his com
mittees. The Republican is not an or.
gan.
THE House of Representatives did
wise thing yesterday in passing the
Presidential Succession bill. Whether
it is the best measure or not that could
have been desired, it will serve two
excellent purposes, in relieving nat
ural public solicitudc and shutting off
further debate on the question,
OUR ESTEEMED contemporary, the
National Republican, is 10 be congratu.
lated upon the vastly improved char.
actcr of its art work, It's illustrations
this morning approximate THE Critics
high standard. So much for its near
proximity to one Of the old masters,
JANssENs, the rcsurrcctionist, has
been shipped to San Francisco on n
free pass, and Secretary Del Campo,
by request of the Government of Chill,
has been provided with transportation
TO Santiago. The police department
breathes easier.
THE friends of Mr.. John Kelly will
regret TO learn that his illness has as
sumed critical character and that his re
covery is very doubtful. The New York
Sun states that he may die within a
week, \ great many worse men are
dying every day.
THE Columbus Dispatch thinks the
political storm centre is now in the
Ohio Legislature. This is a painful
thought.
NEITHER House of Congress is in
session to-day.
BARON EMILE D' D'ERLANGER, who arrived
in New York this week, is the son of the
head of the great Paris banking house of
Erlanger & Co., which controls millions In
| Southern railway shares. lie was accom-
| panied by Mr.. Slldel, a son of that famous
| Slidell whose seizure as a Confederate envoy
| nearly involved the United States in war
with England.
A HAPPY father at Ukah, Cal, has christ
ened his new baby "Alta California" J." after
the San francisco paper Of that name, aud
thereby, no doubt, secured paid-up sub
scriptlon for life.
THE POETS FORGE.
lie lies on his back, the idling smith,
| a lazy, dreaming fellow is he;
| The sky Is blue, or the sky Is gray,
| He lies ON his back the llyelOng day;
| Not a tool In sight; say what they may,
A curious sort of smith is lie,
| The powers of the air are In league with him
The country around believes II well;
| The wondering folk draw spying near;
| Never sight or sound do they see or hear;
No wonder they feel "A little fear:
When Is II his work Is done So we'll;