The Washington critic., 1886-12-27

perpetual enrichment of its stock
.holders2
The question involved is one of sori-
Gus moment to the people, and Con-
gress should be pressed to take prompt
and decisive steps for Its solution.
THE Gazette thinks that 100000
the amount voted by the House of Rep
resentatives for the purpose OF arming
and equipping the militia of the whole
United States-is "a very small sum
for that purpose" So It Is. The
Senate voted $G00,0OO, we believe,
which was S20O,0OO nearer the mark;
but II seems to have been forgotten at
both ends of the Capitol that If 1t was
deemed proper TO appropriate $780,
eco for the militia seventy or eighty
years ago, It would be proper now to
appropriate sum more nearly proper.
toned TO the growth Of the country
since that time than either SlO00 900 or
S6000O0. The militia organizations
will of course be glad to get anything
but, while Congress is about 1t, why
not give them what they fairly need,
instead of what they can barely manage
10 do WITH In this, as in so much
other legislation by Congress, the old
and mistaken principle crops out of
doing by piecemeal what had much
better be done in lump. Congress has
somehow or other imbibed the idea
that what the people most want Is to
have their money kept locked up.
where 1t does nobody any good, not
even drawing interest, instead OF being
literally expended in works of a public
and beneficial character. 1t Is quite
possible that some few of the people
will find fault with appropriailng any.
thing for the militia. but we are salts.
fled that the great majority are In favor
of the proposed legislation, and would
be most pleased to have the appropria-
ton made that is best calculated to
carry out the objects of the bill; and as
a million dollars comes great deal
nearer the amount to which the militia
is entitled than either siX hundred or
four hundred thousand, not cent less
than a million should it be.
Mr.. CoRcoRAN celebrated his S9lh
birthday TO day, and the friends aud
fcllow.citi2cus generally of the vener.
able gentleman will be glad TO know
that the occasion found him in the en-.
joyment of excellent health and spirits.
With n serene and philosophic old age,
sustained by an unfaltering trust in the
future and cheerful remembrances of
the past, II is not an unreasonable ex.
pectation, as it is certainly the univer-
sal hope, that his life may be spared
many years longer.
THE San Francisco ILta CdlJ0rRi1
reports that during the coming session
of the Nevada Legislature faro bank
| is TO be opened at Carson with $4,000
in the drawer. There is to be a regu.
lar doorkeeper to the institution; also,
| $50 dollar entrance fee. The people
are just now much more interested in
the coming legislative session of Cali.
fornia. Perhaps our friend Irish of
the Alta can give us some idea of the
game TO be played at Sacramento.
THE revenue reformers of the city of
New York are making arrangements
for mass meeting to be held at an
early date for the purpose of protesting
against the non action of the House in
regard TO the reduction of taxation, aud
urging upon that body the importance
of so revising the tariff as to remove
the duties on raw materials. Among
others, Speaker Carlisle will be invited
TO address the meeting.
OUR esteemed evening contemporary,
the Star, issued Christmas edition on
Friday, comprising a double sheet and
supplement, which was as interesting
in its contents as 1t was mammoth in
its proportions, We extend merry
Christmas to our prosperous neighbor.
ERNST SCnlLLNG HULsKAMp. late
husband to Victoria Morosini, has en-
listed in the Marine Corps, where, in
the roar of battle, he may forget his
woes and drown his sorrows in the
blood of his foes. Tell 1t to the ma
rines.
In is TOO EARLY TO indulge in specu-
lations as to the political results of
Senator Logan death. Let the coun-
try possess its soul in patience until the
gallant soldier and honest statesman is
committed TO his last resting place.
Now THAT Mr.. Cox has finally re-
ceived from Turkey, through the hand
of Rustem Effendi, the distinguished
decoration presented him by the Sui.
tan, may we not consider the war cloud
in the East permanently dispelled?
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THE tramp element is unusually
numerous this season-an infallible
sign Of hard winter.
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Too Much Competitions.
She ito young poet)--How much do you
get for your poems, Charley
Charley with pride)-From two TO Ave
dollars.
She-Well, isn't that very little, Charley
/ see that Sir Walter Scott got ten thousand
dollars for one of his.
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