The Washington critic., 1886-08-24

identity, were probably the Generals
contemporaries We shall await the de.
cision Of the trustees with interest.
Perhaps their bcltr Plan would be to
begin ly determining which of the
models is the worst. Then discard and
repeat until the list is exhausted, aud
advertise over again for proposals.
STILL At ~.
is q newspaper good for nothing else than
to he made the vehicle for the personal
Qu0rrcl- or he malice Of its editor? Where
is the JUSTIFICATION for sending papers
ireighted with personal invective and
scandal into thousands OF homes? Have the
newspapers, the sources of intelligence and
the natural conscrvators OF public peace
and morality, no better work than this to do?
In the einterest of the dignity Of the press aud
OF its influence over the public mind, II for no
other reason, 1t is time to call halt to
this practice Of editorial personality. " Bos-
ton journal.
The immediate friends Of the gen.
tlcmen to whom our Boston contem-
porary alludes in the above paragraph
affect to see not only no impropricty
but even certain clements of chivalry,
in the late exhibition they made of
themselves before the country; but to
the generality of people 1t has long
been a matter Of wondcrment that men
of wealth, position and intelligence,
like the poprietors of the Cincinnati
Enquirer and Cincinnati Commercial.
Gazette, should persist in making their
newspapers the vehicles of the worst
possible forms of personal journalism,
and especially that sort of journalism
for which neither smartness, sense nor
wit can be offered in apology.
The journals that indulge in contro,
versy Of this character may be good
properties to their owners; be, in all
other respects, enterprisingly con.
Quoted and enjoy large circulations,
but it is impossible that their influence
should not be impaired, perverted and
even vitlated, 50 long as their editorial
columns are devoted to interchanges of
billingsgate and blackguardism.
1t is possible that Ohio readers de.
mand such pabulum. They have GER
tainly been fed withit for II good while
and in large quantities but we doubt
very much if even in Ohio the average
newspaper consumer would not prefer
q cleaner and more wholesome diet if
he could get it. Yet he still continues
to be treated with references to "John.
ME Mclean" the "arch. .gangster"
ard his 'pals" and his "abjcct tools,
and to M. H., Mulet Head, who Is
kindly advised in yesterdays Eaquiror
TO charge the expenses of his last
spree to the Commercial stockholders.
ONE of the most disappointed men
in the world today is Editor Cutting,
for the reason that the Mexican Gov.
ernment will no longer keep him
locked up, but insists upon giving him
the fullest personal liberty. He says,
regrctfully, that as long as the Mex
lean authorities will not have him as u
prisoner, there is nothing left for him
to do but to accept his freedom. Mr.
Cutting will please cross the Rio
Grande as quietly as he can and re-
main quiet, The State Department
will see whether he was treated wrong
fully or not, and if it finds that he was,
will see to it that due reparation is
made, In the meantime let Mr.. Cut.
ting keep very still. lie is in no re-
spect an interesting parsonage.
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TIE Republican editors of Ohio
having held meeting some time ago
TO condemn Senators Logan, Evarts
and Teller for voting in Senator
Payno's favor, the Senator being also
the friend Of the Cincinnati Eagptycr,
are now accepting campaign supple
ments TO their wccklies, which the I'm.
QuiJcr agrees to send to them free Of
cost The Republican editors Of Ohio
are thrifty If not consistent We may
remark en- pasaaat, that Mr. IIalstead
is not accepting any Eoqpi,er supple
mens.
MAYOR BARTLETT Of San Francisco
is said to be the strongest candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Cover
nor in California, and an Alameda pa.
per says that Laura De Force Gordon
will be a candidate for Attorney.Gen-
eral, but we are not sufficiently versed
in the humors Of California politics Ia
vouch for the truth of this statement,
For the Republican gubernatorial nomi-
nation, John Swift one of the. Hayes
Chinese Commissioners, looms up
prominently,
SECRETARY WHITNEY and Henry
George are both mentioned as candi.
dates for the mayoralty of New York.
1t is not at all likely that Mr., Whitney
would accept the nomination, and
equally unlikely that Mr., George could
| get it,
A QUESTION has been raised In tho
case of the marshalship Of West Ten.
nessee as to the right of the President
to reappoint one T. b. Yancey, who
| was nominated during the session, but