The Washington critic., 1886-05-19

wines. In the selection of Mr. Charles
A. Wctmore as president the Viticul.
turists have secured an excellent chief
officer To Mr. Wctmore more than
TO any other man, Is due the develop
ment Of Crane culture In this country,
and particularly in California. lie has
been engaged in the work for years and
is TO be congratulated upon the success
which has accompanied his efforts.
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In DISCUSSING the subject in the
Senate yesterday of amending the Pen
sion bill so as TO provide that no sol.
dier shall receive less than So month,
Mr. Voorhees, thought 1t might be well
enough to consider how much the en-
actment of such legislation would take
out of the Treasury. He was not on
principle opposed to the amendment,
but simply expressed desire to know
where he was going before he went.
Mr.. Ingalls, was not at all bothered on
this score. lie said that SO as the low.
est limit was his figure, and he was for
il because he believed it to be right.
He did not care how much n measure
cost the Government, provided he was
convinced that It was a Just one. And
Mr.. ingalls,, In that rasping style which
he often affects, criticised Mr.. Voorhees,
for stopping to count the cost. In the
abstract Mr.. ingalls, idea is very
pretty one; but practically speaking
Mr.. voorhees, idea is very business
like. And this country is getting more
practical and business like every day.
MANY of the admirng friends Of
Lieutenant Adolphus W. Grcely, Fifth
Cavalry, the Arctic explorer, are urg-
ing his appointment by President
Cleveland to be major aud assistant
adjutant.general, in the place made va
cant by the death last week Of Colonel
S. N. Benjamin, and many newspapers,
notably in the West, are joining heart
lily in the movement THE Critic
has persistently urged that his heroic
iabors and endurance shall be recog-
nized by adequate promotion as is the
custom of every other country in the
civilized world, and would be glad to
join in the present effort in his behalf.
1t finds itself confronted, however,
with statute which provides that ap-
pointments TO the position named
must be made from among the "cap-
taius Of the line" of the Army, and as
there is no present prospect of Lieu
tenant Greely becoming captain at
any early date, the proposed appoint
ment is IN impossibility.
In MENTIONING some of the incl
dents attending the recent appearance
of the new heir to the Spanish throne
the dispatches say: "The little Prince
was placed on cushion on an enor-
nous silver salver, and the came-rara.
major carried it herself from the
ROOM" Silver salver, indeed? Just
wait until the infant industries Of this
great and free Republic strike the
boom, and we will show those eG6to
monarchies what America can do in
the way Of giving high official baby
send off Come around about this
time next year, say, and If you don't
see that we know what we are talking
about you can have years subscrip-
ton to THE CRITIC for nothing and
chrome thrown in.
THERE are facts and figures in the
statement submitted by Mr.. Dodge yes
terday to the Gas Investigating Com
mittee of the Senate which are of vital
interest to all consumers. MANY of the
| salient points he makes are reproduced
| elsewhere. They are worthy of care
full scanning, and the reader cannot fail
to come to the conclusion that this com
munity is being most egregiously i'm
| posed upon both in the quality and
price of the gas which it is compelled
to use. How long shall this voracious
monopoly be tolerated? The only way
of relief that THE CRITIC can see is
| for the Government to relieve the
present corporation of its property and
| lIuutulSto anu DtCbHlC llS OM IL
facturer.
| THE CRITIC continues to furnish
many of its contemporaries and not
few of the correspondents with in
spiration which they have no hesita-
tion in utilizing without so much as q
word of acknowledgment. There is
nothing mean about THE CRITIC, how
ever 1t is published for the public
accommodation at the low price of two
cents copy thirty-five cents month
by carrier-and we are glad to see that
its news, though mercilessly gobbled,
is universally appreciated.
MANAGER MAREAN of the Western
Union Telegraph Company is taking
the proper position in refusing to go
through piles and piles of old telegraph
messages because Judge Ranney of the
Pan Electric Committee wants him to
do it. The Judge has way of de-
manding "the papers In the case"
which would make him O United
States Senator, if that style of pro-
cedure had not been rendered some.
what unpopular
COLONEL JOYCE, whose unique and
vigorous address upon Labor and
Capital at Albaugh's Opera-H House last
Sunday evening was so well received,
will probably enter the lecture field for
the season and scatter his "Anvil
Sparks" all over the country. He is