The Washington critic., 1886-09-29

name may hc.) secured in England,
Coniointly with Lord Lonsdalc, u titlcl
tough, she marks her first stcp IN
America by being driven out of New
York hotel to save the reputation of
the house ana advertise herself still
further She Is nm actress, come to
America, like hundreds of foreigners,
to make money. aud not being suili.
ciently well known and possessing
merit insufficient to give her prestige,
she hesitates at nothing to get her
name into the newspapers Possibly
there might he Il shadow of excuse for
woman who has lost everything to
do this, but for a man like this Ions.
dale, who has every advantage of
wealth and social position, TO 80 down
TO the woman and drag her still lower
Is proof positive of the doctrine of
total depravily. What this country
needs Is that strength of moral sense
which will enable II to put its con.
dcmnation upon such indecency, and
refuse absolutely to reward such
fragrant breaches OF the laws which
uphold our entire social structure. AS
for the husband in the case, he Is too
despicablc for comment.
THE District Commissioners say that
they will be compelled to ask ad.
ditional appropriations to carry out the
street Improvements which ought to be
made. All right, let the rcquc,t he
stated without any hesitation nnl
big enough sum named to cover tn
necessity. There is 10 useiu minaing
these matters 1t IS the duty OF Con
sress 10 see that the District lnl its
streets, aud various other interests are
properly attended to. II is The duty OF
the Commissioners to make known to
Congress what the wants Of the Dis.
trict are. II f. not favor lhlt 1, lc.
sired, but right that Should b. in.
sisted on.
a spEcTAL from Ottawa 10 the New
York -KaH ami ErpyasS iniimules that
the story about the Canadian treaty IS
not altogether u myth. after all. Not
only have none of the Dominion Cab
met ministers denied the accuracy Of
the first report, but 1t Is now stated rs
fact that the mother country did send
10 Canada the draft of treaty which
was intended to be confidential between
the two countries. Ii is generally
agreed, however, that the treaty is not
of such character as to be approved
either in the Dominion or the Unite
States.
A GOOD many people think 1t strange
there should be any opposition to the
determination of Mr. Belmont to Con.
grcss from the First New York dis.
trict; but it is all explained to the
GrdpAjc by Long Island City tavern.
keeper: objection? The devil bit,
but the boys want a contest so as put
some money stirring around. We want
IA lively election, and so do jim Quin-
lan's boys in Flushing and a good many
more Of them down the Island"
NAVAL OFFICER KERNoCHAN of the
New Orleans Custom. House has had
political dispute with Wash. Marks,
superintendent of warehouses, over the
Congressional fight in that city, and
Marks has challenged him to duel,
which Kernochan will accept. We
h,,Nn ,h,. Dr.u;l,.,,I H.,
on the ground that such action may be
construed as offensive partisauship.
THE Industrial Exhibition Of the
colored people Of the District, which
opens this afternoon, deserves the
liberal encouragement of citizens gen.
orally. As an illustration of the won.
derful progress which the colored
people have made since the war in the
various mechanical and useful arts, it
promises TO he Il complete success
THERE are Il 600 saloons almost in
sight Of Trinity Church spirc, but Mr..
Henry George swears by ali that is
great and good that he won't charter a
single one of them. But somebody
will, and these saloons are more than
likely TO elect the next mayor.
THE New Jersey Democrats not only
inGorsed Mr.. Cleveland administra.
tion, which was the proper thing to do,
but, to make the platform still more
solid with the boys, applauded the
heroic work of Gladstone and Parnell.
THE New York Chamber of Com.
merce fund for the relief Of Charleston
thus far amounts to about $S3 900. As
blood is thicker than water, so Is trade
much bigger thing than Grant monu-
ments or Bartholdi pedesta,s.
THE CRITIC's suggestion of a Ctti.
zens' Association, or local Board of
Promotion, to look after the interests
of the District in and out of Congress,
is bound to "catch on" God helps
those who help themselves.
Mr.. JOHN SHERMAN made the open
ing speech Of the Ohio campaign at
Portsmouth last night. 1t would,
perhaps, be more In order to call 1t
the opening speech of his own cam.
paign.
NOTES AND GOSSIP.