The Washington critic., 1886-06-09

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cans agree, as 20 the lostowol Of politi-
cal liberty upon ireland aud The ostob-
lishment OF an Irish parliament o'
Dublin, but i'm the parNcuinr time
which he selected for his hGrnguc
There was no occasion for 10, so
far os his personal Interests In
this country are concerned, for q stint
lar speech would have been as effective
sis months hence as It could be now
while considered as o club with which,
Npon the owe Of vote, TO tcrrify wa
yoring mcmbcrs of Parliament into sup.
port Of Mr. Gladslone's bill, whatever
effect It might have was reasonably
certain to be in just the opposite di-
rcCuon from that intended, In short
II Mr.. Blpine's effort cXcrlod any in.
fuencc at all in England it was detd.
mental TO the cause Of Home Rule, and
in the light of results, becomes q f,tUr
pro which the usually sagacious states
man from Maine may find 1t trouble
s.mc TO rctracc.
JupaE KELLEY Of Pennsylvania, It
must be admitted even by the most
partisan Of pariisaus, made effective
use of his opportunity yesterday, not
only TO pay tribute of respect to the
memory of his dead friend, the late
Secretary Stanton, but through the
agency of the letter 10 Rev. Hammond
Dyer, written In 1882 to clear the
name OF Mr. Stanton of much of the
obloquy with which certain politicians
of both parties, as it might serve their
purposes, have been accustomed to be.
cloud the Secrgarys reputation for n
number Of years past. IL there were
any missing linl, necessary TO Yindicate
the patriotism of Mr.. Stanton, this let.
ter would seem to supply it. tt now
remains for the tlieud5 OF General Nc.
Clcllun TO sub,mniutc the wisdom of
his judgment rs against that Of the
head of the War Department In the
meantime IL should be borne in mind
that there's politics as we'll us sent.
mcnt in Judge Kcllcy's speech, and
thus far in the controversy the party
vantage rests on the Republican side.
Our Democratic friends have too many
immediate responsibilities and too
much to look out for in the future to
indulge in the dangerous Dastime of
stirring up war "reminiscences.
AT A RECENT meeting Of Presbyte.
rian ministers in Philadelphia, quite n
discussion arose on the subject Of re.
ligion among newspaper men, and one
Of the gentlemen present who had been
at considerable trouble to inform him
self upon the subject-AIr. A. II. Sieg-
fried of the Chicago No6S--submitted
some interesting facts bearing on the
| question. The Louisville C0mmcJoid
reported one.ffth Of its staff profound
Christians; the Atlanta CoHStttutiOR,
threc.fourths; the Albany E0eniag
journal, eight out of twenty three; the
New York journal Of Commerce five
ninths; the Boston Traroller, one.third,
and the Washington %. o. Repu5lj-
can, one per cent. Reckoning the edi-
torial staif of our esteemed contempor-
ary at seven men, it mathematically
follows that seven. one -hundreths of the
writers on the Republican have re.
nounced the giddy world. Which of
them it is who represents this large
fraction of piety Mr., Siegfried does
not state, but we inslinctiyely award
the distinction to the author of those
Breakfast Table Letters to the Presi.
dent" who certainly seems formed by
nature to sit in q front pew and pass
the plate.
WHY NOT forfeit the unearned land,
of the Northern Pacific Railway gran
and then begin anew the granting o.
lands to aid in the construction of
cascade branch and any other tina
may be deemed a necessity for tht
commerce of the people? Why allow
forfeited grants to stand, that the com
pony may play fast and loose, ant
uuHilyi IltlhhI9i otGult tlG itnl W ACli
no road is built? Is there no Govern
ment side TO these questions?
Mr.. BoUTELLE wasn't able to 20 NJ
to Maine to fix his fences, but his con
stituents turned ont yesterday in fore
and nailed every paling on from Preaqu
Isle to the south wing of the Capitol
Mr.. 3. will therefore continue the wa
for couple years more, at least.
SENATOR ALDRICu of Rhode Islant
is a fair minded, just man, and h
hasn't n word to say against the gentle
man who has been elected TO succee
him as U. s. Senator.
NOTES AND GOSSIP.
THE Vanderbilt mausoleum at New Dorr
S. l., will be ready for the remains of 1T
first occupant about July l.
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOMES will b
the guest of Professor Max Muller at O4
ford the latter part Of this month.
Mrs. PARNELI, now at Trinity Hospital
New York, is gradually recovering from he
long Illness and is well cared for by he
friends.