The Washington critic., 1886-02-23


BILE to listen to his rhetorical fireworks
shows that the foolish old cry of mo
Popery" yet excites people in the United
Kingdom as it did in the days when a
weak minded member of the peerago
took IL up, and, by agitation, brought
on the disastrous Gordon riots in Lon.
don.
REPREsENTATIvE DANIEL Of Vir-
ginia Is in favor of the appointment
of Commissioners by the State Legis-
lature, at good salaries and with ample
clerical assistance, to review the whole
subject of the State debt and the legis-
lation had upon II from the beginning
with view to demonstrating the ad
visibility of accepting the Riddlebergcr
settlement as final. If II were thought
necessary he would secure the services
of some men Of national rcputc outside
Of the State to assist the Commission.
ers, and the name of Mr.. Thurman is
suggested. Mr.. Daniel urges with
great force that the time has come for
something to be done in comprehcn.
sive and business-like manner, to bring
the vexed question to a conclusive ad-
justmcnt; and he refers to the vacil-
lating decisions of the Supreme Court
as having tended more to its complica-
ton than TO It's elucidation. He closes
his letter. which is addressed to Mr..
Page McCarty of Richmond, las follows.
The people are and of right ought ever TO
be masters of their finances. In the nature
Of things they are bound to be; In the long run
they must and will be. And II continuously
pushed TO the wall by their creditors, as sure
as wrong begets resentment they Will finally
fight to the end with disastrous consequence
TO those who beset them. Let the creditor
beware of the hour when the conservative
masses of the Commonwealth are forced 10
the supremest assertion of their powers II
lie persists IN u rninous strife he viii find at
the end of IL stark and incorrigible repudla.
ton.
THE convention of school supcrin.
icndents which met this morning in
the lecture room of All Souls Church,
has brought to Washington n
number of practical educators from all
parts Of the country. 1t will be rep.
resentative gathering and its inter-
change of views useful TO the system
with which IL is identified as well rs of
interest to all friends of the common
school. The delegates were welcomed
to the city at the opening session to-.
day in an appropriate address by Mr..
Powell, superintendent of the District
schools; Hon. Warren Easton of Louis.
/ lana, president of the association, max.
ing the response. The evening ses.
sion will begin at s;15 o'clock.
THE CRITIC fully agrees with the
Republican that the District night
schools should be sustained We do
not believe that little learning is half
so dangerous thing as no learning at
all. That, by the way, is one of the
reasons why the Government should
do something towards the education
of the colored people of the South
whom IL turned loose on the country.
| Miss JENNIE CHAMBERLAIN, who
has been known in London for several
years past as the American Beauty" F."
arrived in New York on Monday. She
is said to be a very pretty young lady,
attractive in manners and fond of
admiration. Her really substantial
charms consist of a handsome estate in
Minnesota. We have seen no inventory
of her intellectual possessions.
SENATOR EvARTs in his speech be.
fore the Michigan Club last night said
that the issues of the year 1886 were
practically the same as those of 1860.
Senator ingalls, on the floor of the
Senate recently referred to the junior
Senator from New York as "a political
archwologist."
THE condition of Senator Vest of
Missouri whose illness assumed at one
time seriously threatening character,
is now improving, much to the gratifi.
cation of his numerous friends. Ii is
thought he will soon be able to make q
trip South for rest and renovation.
| NOTES AND GOSSIP.
ELLEN TERRY's salary is 1875 a week the
year round.
MINISTER PHELPS gave brilliant recep-
tion in London yesterday.
AMONG the hotel arrivals in New Yorl
yesterday were General Nelson A. Mile
and Mr.. p. I. Barnum.
Mr.. AND Mrs. THOMAS A. EDISON viii
spend their honeymoon at Fort Myers, OF
the Gulf coast of Florida.
HOLMAN HUNT will have twenty-five
paintings on exhibition at the April show
Of the London Fine Art Society.
Mrs. THOMAS POWERS stands at the heat
Of the list of rich Philadelphia widows