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The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

Postmaster veazey is aiming a blow at
more OF the most popular diversions of the
Baltimore dude. He has decided to sub.
stitute dog carts FOR wagons in collecting
the mails, and the dudes are in distress.
They will have to give up their dog carts
or run the risk of being mistaken for "hor-
wild working persons"
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

j. Whitelaw Reid is great editor, but he
gets ratified on the witness stand. Possi-
by, no work OF creation is as sweetly in
nocent and ms maidenly modest as man
in the form Of an editor
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

Real estate in favored locations In
Washington is worth from Sl5 to $ls a
shovclful. In few brief years our real
estate business will be confined to the
drugstores, and purchasers cin get 1t
only by prescription, In homeopathic lots.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

JEFF Davis has fired the Northern heart.
Turn on the hose, somebody, quickl
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

Chaplain Milburn has entirely given up
the hope that he might inaugurate re-
vlval Of religion in the House.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

Whenever Congressman gets the
floor and moves ITO strike out the last
word" he may be relied upon to make
good the loss In speech OF from 100 to
100000 words, according as an average
may be struck between the allotted time
and his own desire.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

"Tbings have reached a pretty pass"
remarked the editor, when he had to buy
railroad ticket.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30
HOUSES FOR RENT.
STORES AND OFFICES FOR RENT.
LOANS.

In sums TO suit at 0 per cent.
The above Is only a small portion OF prop
erty on my books. For full list call ut office
for bulletins issued on lst and 10Th.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

The graves of Congressman Foran and
O'Neill will be strewn with olive branches
on Decoration Day.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

III HAHE's' n''oU THEATRE
MATINEEs AT2. EVENINGS AT 8.
Last Week of WILBUR OPERA co.
Last Week OF THE MIKADO.
Last Week of THE SUMMER SEASON.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30
BOARDING.

IF Pleasant Family Will Furnish
i me room and board In the city for the
summer ! viii secure for one of the family
healthy place for the same time; three min
eral springs. Address q, Critic Office.
MEALS Served by IA First-class Ca
Nl terer at prices to suit the times; de-
liyered at houses any hour If required. 1917
10th 81 n W.
EIRST-CLASS Table Board, $50 Per
IL month; meals served out. 1923 o st W.
EIRST-CLASS Table Board for So per
Il, week, 410 llth 81 n W, Mrs. Esselman.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

ADSIIssIoN-M -Matnees, auc.; Children, half
price.
NIGHT PRICEs-25 CTS. TO ALL PARTS
OF THE HOUSE.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

"Buy some flowers" said small glrl on
the Avenue to Representative Hemphill.
"Wcll," replied the punster, blandly, 81
haven't botany for long time, and
reckon I'll go you for small bunch"
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

He was looking for rich wife and
thought he was on the trail.
81 love you," he said to her in rich warm
tones, "more than l can tell you in
words.n
"You'd better try 1gures,n she replied
coldly, for she was not SO green us she
looked.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

Tor SALE-A Fine Young Driving
II hlrse, rerfectly gentle and safe for la
dies, ut Mt. VERNON STABLES, 1896 18th
81 W.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30
FOR RENT---HOUSES.

EOR RENT-1541 9Th st n w, O-ROom
Il 3-story brick; mod imps; good condi-
tion; $50. j. II. GRAY u CO., 622 ST.
NOR RENT-4-story Brick, 1 Rooms
Il and bathroom, 917 r st w, with two
story brick stable. Apply DUNCANSoN
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

DOR RENT-Stable, 10x21 IT., will,
l. water, etc; fronting on 80 # alley rear o!
$50 st II W. Apply on premises.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

EOR SALE-@ Show Windows, Suit
II able for a store; complete; also store
doors; price $s5; cost nearly $500. j. JAY
GOULD. i21 9th ST.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

In July will he the time when national
legislative news will be put under the head
Of Congressional Summery.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

L,OR RENT-Columbia Heights - 10
II room frame dwelling, with stable: we'll
Of good water; S25 per month by the year;
S35 for the summer. SWORMSTEDT 81
BRADLEY, g27 + st n W.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

DOR SALE-One Groom Brick, Il st.
Il ne, $4,000: one 1.room brick, with large
grounds, on 4th st S Q. near Pa ave, S2.G0;
both are bargains. j. ii. GRAY & CO., 6l2 +
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

DR.. Davis of Massachusetts read thesis
in the House yesterday on the yellow fever.
We make this announcement for the benefit
of several hundred Members who were not
listening to the Doctor and probably are
still in the dark as TO what he was talking
about.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30

There are some Congressman so eager to
have any and every water course in the
country looked after that they would even
vote to dam the water in their whisky
toddies.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-30
BUSINESS CHANCES.

QO0O WILL Purchase Two thirds
DJOU interest Ia the best paying busi-
ness monopoly in this city AddressJ. o.,
Critic nf1lca
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07


under Democratic rule has been shameful The
money has been wasted. The benevolent insti
buttons OF the State have been made the reEdez
vous. as we'll as the reward, of pot-houae politi-
clans, men unworthy and unfit for the places
given them as rewards for political and winning
schemes
Attica Ledger: Prohibition closes the front
door OF tie saloon. High license will close
many saloon entirely, and would be the means
OF making the traffic assume the burden It now
puts on the people High license would make
one saloon watch its fellows, so that none Of
them escape the tax paid By proprietors disposed
to be honest.
Mishawaka Enterprise: The ecal-deliverv
system is TO go into effect in all postoffices after
Oct l. The special delivery is not so much
needed by the public rs is careful and prompt
every day delivery of ordinary mail matter. We
have heard more complaint on this score in the
past few months than was heard in the previous
twenty five years.
Union City Eagle Men can be persuaded. not
driven into moral measures. The whole course
pursued by the partisan temperance men is
based upon an erroneous principle and the whole
work is faulty, if they really seek to suppress
the liquor traffic. 1t does seem that the pro-
motors care more for personal advancement than
for the good of the cause.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07

THERE is disgraceful fractional fight be-
tween two Democratic candidates in the Sec.
ond Wisconsin district ore that is so largely
Democratic that nomination means election.
General Bragg is one of the contestants, and
the revelations are such as to indicate that the
most shameless traficking has been INDUCED
in by the men who run things there This
seems to be the rule in almost every solidly
Democratic district in the West The scram-
BILE for Office was never more pronounced than
now. The taste the party got has set it wild
almost One reason why there is now a
greater desire to be elected to Congress is that
there is a belief that the division of the public
patronage will afford rich chances for political
scheming that will pay those who are in posi-
ton to help in the division of the spoils. All
this in the second year of the Reform" adj
ministration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07

Z GOVERNOR GRAY, in his opening speech at
Logansport, could see no reason why Indiana
would not compare favorably with any other
State with regard to the temperance of her
people. No one does The Democratic party
is in the minority in Indiana There is no
particular credit to be arrogated to that party
because of the position of the State in the
record of morality. 1t is thought, too, by
many that Indiana stands equally high with
the State of Georgia, which returns a Demo
cratic majority of from 80, 900 to 100, 900, and
which has seen fit to pass prohibitory law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07
THE Boston Herald. after reading the tariff

THE Boston Herald, after reading the tariff
plank of the California Democrats remarks
sadly; California is wool-growing State,
and hence is out of harmony with the main
policy of the Democratic party on the subject
of the wool tariff. This is very true, and if
the Herald will look around it will find the
country full Of spots just like California.
There are, in fact, few places in which har-
mOny and the Democratic party are on speak.
ing terms this year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07


THE indianapolis Sentinel takes exception
to the wording of the Republican platform on
the following points, the phrases included in
the single quotation marks being put in italics
by it. indicating that they are not what the
| Sentinel would like to have them: eve
favor the reduction Of the legal number of
working hours wherever practicable" we
are opposed to ''the unfair competition of
convict labor with free labor" we favor ''the
tween employee and employer, under just
regulation, to impartial arbitration" and
'the right of all men to associate for the pro-
motion of their mutual good and protection,
without interfering with the rights Of others,
can not be questioned" Now, the Sentinel is
either dishonest in taking exception to these
declarations, or it would favor altering them
! TO something like the opposite. How
would it suit the Sentinel to declare
labor without regard to practicability?
What would it say to the compositors on that
paper working but half or three-quarters as
many hours as they now do, and that without
taking into consideration any interest except
that of having fewer hours to work? Would
! the Sentinel favor the submission Of all ques-
tons in dispute between employe and en-
ployer without just regulation, and would it
advocate the formation Of societies for mutual
advantage without taking into consideration
| the rights of othersg If this is not what it
means, it is guilty of contemplate juggle of
words in hope of confusing the mind of some
| honest but simple minded Democrat who
might be brought to see these great questions
in their true light. The attitude of the Sen
tinel on these points is such as to lead to the
conclusion that it would willingly convey a
false impression for present effect, and to ap-
peal to prejudice at q time when it would
''pay" to, well knowing that were it put to the
test it would not dare to preach the same doc
trine when it might come to practical issue.
1t is little early in the campaign to get down
to work Of that kind. The Sentinel will dis
cover that the voters of Indiana are not so
easily misled. They will have ample time to
read the Republican platform for themselves
dispassionately and without prejudice. If
| they condemn the declarations made by the
Republican convention, very good. 1t is folly
to take exception to the clauses named. They
must stand because they are right, and the
| right can not be altered by sophistry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07

Much opposition to the reelection of SEN
ator Dawes is manfesting itself in Massachu-
sets. The strongest argument urged in his
favor is the fact that he is the friend of the
Indian; but, as Boston paper pertinently
remarks, while the quarter of a million of
Indians in the country ought, perhaps, to be
represented in the Senate the two nj hons of
people in Massachusetts have a right to the
same privilege. There is a great deal of flabby
sentiment afoat in certain Eastern circles con-
corning the Indian, but the opinion seems to
be gaining ground, even in that quarter, that
white people have some rights which ought
also 10 be respected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07
EXPRESSIONS OF THE STATE PRESS.

Lawrence Mail: free BALLOT and an honest
count is one of the standing issues that divide
Republicans from Democrats
Logansport Journal: The vilest insult ever
offered to Union soldiers is embodied in the in
come-tax proposition and dodge.
Kokomo Gazette Tribune: The first duty of
the temperance men is to down that champion
of the Liquor League, the Democratic party.
Greencaste Times: 1t is the high license and
local option movement that liquor men are wag-
ing their war upon. They have nothing to fear
from the prohibition foolishness
Locansport Journal: The Irishmen who vote
to sustain the present administration, this year,
will vote An Endorsement of English greed, En-
glish interests and English insoleuce.
Corydon Republican: At all the reunions ur-
mistakable evidence crops out that the old sol
diers have no love for Cleveland because of his
vetoes of bills granting pensions to their old
comrades.
Lafayette Courier The Republican party of
Indiana never had better chances OF success than
1t has this year With strong ticket, good
cause and the united effort of every man In the
ranks victory is assured.
Peru Republican: The laboring mans best
friend is the Republican party. and we may even
broaden the statement, truthfully, by saying
every honest mans best friend is the Republican
party, whether he be a manufacturer a mer-
chant or laborer.
effected by the largest attainable vote FOR the
Prohibition candidates would be to render GER
tain the election of the Democracy, and the
friends of prohibition could effect no worse
thing than Democratic success.
Steuben Republican: The rantings of Sore.
heads, Missionaries and third-rate politicians. who
so eagerly play into the ranks of the bitterest
enemies of temperance. will have no effect save
to delay and hinder the final triumph which ia
sure TO come, but which cannot come in a day
nor in wear
Danvil!e Republican: The difference between
local option ard prohibition is this: Prohibition
has no respect for the wishes Of maiorities
while local option is founded on the principle
that the majority should rule One is essentially
cespotic; the other is essentially democratic in
the broadest sense.
Muncie Times: What the condition of our
State finances is no man. aside from the few
having them in charge. knows. The Republic
ans of the State demand that these books shall
be opened that the people may know what has
been done with the hard-earned money collected
from them The administration of State affairs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07

THE unpleasant duty of indorsing President
Cleveland's administration was performed by
the California Democrats last week in the
usual perfunctory way, and then, also after
the manner of other Democratic conventions
they turned around and repudiated all the i'm
portant measures that have formed his policy
This the Eastern mugwumps are inclined to
regard as inconsistent behavior. It is evident
that the mugwump mind has not yet grasped
that political subtlety evolved by the Hon.
William H. English. namely, that ct is not
necessary to agree with the President in order
to indorse his administration, Adopted Dem
ocrats have much yet TO learn before they can
stand on an intellectual equality with the old
liners.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07

The underlying issue of this campaign in
this State is whether the people of Indiana
are to be practically disfranchised in order
that the Democratic party may control the
Legislature and send ten of the thirteen mem
bers to Congress. AS it is, no reform of any
kind can be attempted without the consent of
the Democratic party. The very first thing
to be done is to wrench the Legislature from
the hands that gerrymandered the State.
After that the majority may make itself
heard. The attention of Governor GRAY is
called to this feature of the campaign. 1t
seems to have escaped his notice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07

THE New York Sun, replying to the in
genuous demand made by Democratic paper
in Texas, that the President be informed
whenever the spirit of the civil-service rules
actively in the details of politics, gives the
finishing stroke to the idea that these rules
were to be or are respected by this adminstra-
ton. Says the Sun:
Certain it is that, if informers enough
should be forthcoming, most of Mr.. Cleve-
lands appointees could be found guilty of per-
nicious activity; butwhat would be the profit of
this Wholesale informing and the general
bouncing that might be expected to follow?
One set of offensive partisans would have been
kicked out and another set would be put in,
to be displaced, in their turn, for the same
great offense. For you can no more make a
Democratic office-holder keep his hands off
than you can keep duck out of water, or
rnugwump organ out of snarling at Demo
Gratis. 1t is the nature of most Democrats
worthy of the name to be active in politics
and offensive in craftsmanship; and no amount
of executive orders can permanently change
the Democratic nature"
The Sun is unquestionably right in it's esti-
mate of the character of the average Demo
crat. He is by nature or training an active
partisan; he cannot keep his hands off the
machine. This has been demonstrated very
forcibly in this State during the present cam
paign, where, owing to the death of the mas
ter of the Democratic hosts, every tyro in
politics has pitched in with all the assurance
of veteran and the impudence of ignorance.
The result has been that there have been
rows in almost every congressional district,
and the party has been running at skies and
sevens from the day the campaign opened.
There would be less objection to all
this and to the fact that Democratic
federal officers have gone deeply and
earnestly into these fights and helped in
all the conventions and caucuses were it not
that, with characteristic dishonesty, the DEM
ocratic party has asked for the discharge of
Republican officials on the ground that they
were pernicious partisans, the charge in such
cases being grounded on the fact that they
may have done what these Democratic parti-
sans have done, with the sanction Of the
organs of the party and the knowledge of
those in power to enforce the law. Certain it
is, as is claimed by the Sun, that there are
few, if any, Democrats who will consent to
keep hands off the machine A Democrat
may hold Office in spite of "offenses'' for
which Republicans are removed, with every
indication of going out of Office under a
cloud, the victims of salaried assassins of
character.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07

THERE are reported heavy shipments of iron
ore to this country, the same being subjected
to duty of seventy-fve cents per ton. There
are so many idle ships on the high seas that
they are compelled to engage in some kind Of
work even on the narrowest pay. To meet
this new competition the miners of the United
States must do their work a little more cheap
ly, and the men on the railways must expect
little less in the way Of wages. Iron must
be got to the markets as cheaply as it can be
foated there from abroad And if the free
traders have their way, and the duty be re-
moved twill have to be produced in this coun-
try by that much more cheaply still To do this
the produceros food will have to sell his produc-
tions at lower figure, and reduction will
have to be made all round. All because the
producer of iron ore in other countries is al
lowed to sell in this at figures that cannot be
duplicated without reducing wages and the
price of everything else.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07
The Garbling of Official Reports.
Washington Special.

" SpecIhI.
The anti-free trade people are becoming very
much worked up about what they ailege is an
imposition them by the administrations
keeping at the head of the Statistical Bureau il
the State Department Mr.. Washington Ford
who. they allege. is using his position for the
benefit of the freetrade advocates Through
Mr.. Ford's hands pass all the consular reports,
and it is claimed he expunges from them all the
tariff literature favoring protection, before put
ting them in print thus crediting nothing but
free trade documents. which are disseminated
throughout the country and calculated to hurt
the protection theory. In addition to this the
allegation is made that Mr.. Ford occupies his
position through the influence of the great fyes-
trade apostle, David A. Wells and is using the
making it conform to his ideas on the tariff
problem. A strong effort by the protectionists
will be made to have Mr. Ford removed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07

The Cincinnati Enquirer apologies for it's
interference in Indiana politics by declaring
that it was necessary under the circumstances,
and then proceeds to plume itself over the
fact that all is'lovely now. Perhaps it is, but
It remains to be seen whether the Coy
English wing of the party will remain killed.
Then there are other districts in the State of
Indiana beside the Seventh. The work of
the peace-restorer of the Enquirer is not at an
an3
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07
A Practical Prohibitionist,

Atlanta Constitution.
Who is the most effective prohibitionist in his
tory9 Mahomet, beyond question. When he
began mis- mission, drunkenness of the most
bestial kind was Of the prevailing vices
among the Arabs. Mahomes waged upon it a
tinushed it and kindred vices throughout the
mighty nation which he had builded up from a
few scattered tribes His work endured; and
to-day among the millions of Mussellnans
drunkenness is unknown Mahomet taught his
followers that drunkenness was crime and he
burned that conviction into their consciencea
so deep that for more than twelve cen.
turtles it has kept the blood of passionate peo-
pie free from the dangerous fire of slcoholic
stimnlantS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07

THE Atlanta Constitution, one of whose ed
itors went to Charleston Immediately after the
earthquake, says the great need of that city
is skilled workmen, and points out the fact
that every dollar of the seven to ten millions
required to repair the damage will have to pass
through the hands Of working men. This is
an opening for those artisans who have been
complaining of lack of enSoyment. which
they will do we'll to profit by. If, however,
they adopt the policy Of the laborers now on
the ground, Of demanding extravagant wages
for their services, it will be mistake. Prop
erty-owners will limit their repairs to the small
estextent possible, and many benevolent people
Of the country who would be otherwise in
clined to contribute to the rebuilding Of the
churches and charitable institutions, will
withhold their offerings. The charitable do
not enjoy being victimized, even In a good
cause, and grasping spirit displayed by Ia
borers in this emergency will work directly to
their own disadvantage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-07

The New York Herald is making a canvass
OF the managers of popular amusements in
the metropolis, the purpose being to get their
views on the question of "deadheading' GER
tain people to their places. The general yer.
dict was that it was something that should be
abolished, including favors given the press,
the idea being that all should pay as they go.
On the question of Autographs in shop and
saloon windows there was no difference OF
o:inion. All condemned it, and only wished
that it might be abolished, together with the
practice of giving complimentaries for the
privilege of hanging advertisements in such
pieces Dir. Harry Miners opinion was that