The Washington critic., 1886-05-05
WASHINGTON, MAY ., 1886.

RrCHARD II. SYLVESTER, Editor
WASHINGTON. MAY ., 1886.
Mr.. DAVIS dwclls not wholly in the
past. In his speech at Savannah yes
terday he spoke as patriotically as
Grand Army man.
THE restoration of the Union will
never be completely consummatcd until
North and South are connected by a
free transit across the Potomac. Let |
the muddy chasm be bridged at once
Mn. EDWIN BoorH' : average receipts |
during the twenty weeks of his past |
season have been 800 n night, aud |
next year he IS to be paid $780, OJ9 for
200 nights No wonder he has an oc-
casonal vertigo. Fortune like this is
enough TO make most any mans heal |
whirl.
Mn. GLADSTONE was not present
when Queen Victoria opened the Colo
nial Exhibition in the presence of the
elite Of England, but upon his arrival
in London yesterday he met with a
most enthusiastic reception. The
crowds of people who surged around
his carriage and yelled themselves
hoarse were not of the elite, but Of the
class in which Mr. Gladstone is just
now most interested.
EDIToR DANA Of the New York sun
is opposed to President Cleveland's
civil-service reform and ransacks the
dictionary for words to express his
editorial disesteem, while Mr. G. a.
Dana on the Pan. Electric witness
stand takes the high ground that no
man can be too honest and upright
and pure to hold office under the
American Government. Are there
two Danas, or have we another
"strange case of DR.. Jekyl and Mr..
Hyde?'
THE concluding stanza of Lord Ten.
pyson's national ode, which was sung
yesterday at the opening of the Colonial
Exhibition in London, was direc
protest against home rule for Ireland.
But 1t will not hurt the cause great
deal; and, besides, it is not much of n
poem, anyway. Since he was made a
baron England's poet laureate has pu
on new suit of opinions. He no
longer seems to think that "kind hearts
are better than coronets and simple
faith than Norman blood"
A PARAGRAPH is going the rounds of
the press, stating that "a memorial win
dow to William Shakespeare is being
prepared and will shortly be placed in
the Church of st. James, Curtain
Road, Shoreditch, which is situated OPP
posite the spot where the Curtain
Theatre used to stand. The Lord
Mayor of London has consented to UNI
veil the window on Friday, May IA"
This will be singular anomaly to those
who regard church and stage as directly
and uncompromisingly antagonistic.
IN VIEW VI tlc luWlcsS clVHiCltS tibl
infest Chicago, mostly Poles with un.
pronounceable names and Bohemians
with vagabond habits by nature, and
all with utter vacuity of knowledge as
to the character of American institu
tions and the responsibility of citizens
to the State, we would suggest an
amendment to the Chinese Immigra-
ton act, excluding Anarchists of every
nationality. They are an abiding peril
to the peace of the country and the
worst imaginable foes to the true inter-
ests of the workingmen. If John
Chinaman must go let August Spies and
Similar scoundrels go with him.
THE proposition of Mr.. Bean, the
delegate in Congress from Arizona,
that the Government offer a reward of
$4,000 for the capture of Geronimo,
is worthy of serious consideration. The
contract seems to be somewhat heavier
one than the army is able to carry out
why not hold out inducements to pri,
vate enterprise to undertake the job
The Government certainly has duty
to perform in the premises. The peo-
pie of Arizona and New Mexico, being
nnder the immediate guardianship OF
the Government, have certainly the
right to demand protection from this
bloodthirsty savage; and it cannot bC
expected that the settlers should bt
burdened with all the expense as wei
as the danger of hunting him down
Many of them are poor; many Others
are so situated that they cannot leave
their homes defenccless. But enough
brave fellows can be found to join il
the chase and capture, with the pros
pect Of some just and reasonable com
pensaiion to stimulate them. And onc'
in their hands we can rest assured tha
the willy Apache chief would never b
released on parole again
The pedestal of the Bartholdi statu,
Of Liberty being in an unfinished con
dition and the men of New York bein!
unable to beg or contribute the amour
necessary to its completion, the womei
have undertaken the work and pro
pose to put it through with whirl
They are going to give a monster lyric
and dramatic entertainment on the Gtl
Of May, and settle the business at once
II will be Il very swell affair, indeed
and the statue viii climb up on tina
pedestal with the same feeling of prid,
that Madison avenue belle ahins vi