The Washington critic., 1889-02-20
WILL @2UuE rHE CRY.

j ne attacKS on inc DlStriCJ NomullS-
sioncrs, VIGOROUSLY unprovokcd, vim
dictive and incxcusablc as they are, may
yet injure the city of Washington ma
terially. 1t requires no great degree of
foresight to see the possible outcome Of
such a campaign of SANDER, and the
matter is one for business men and
property holders-generally to consider.
The mud-throwing must end.
The gist of the situation may be
given in few words; 1t is charged by
certain persons who have ends of their
own to gain that the administration of
public affairs in the District of Colum-
bia is not what il should be; that there
are irregularities, and that the methods
Of the Commissioners are not according
10 law. No dishonesty is charged, for
the would-be trouble makers dare not
go so far, and Congressional commit
tee has decided that the administration
is thrifty and well conducted, but the
slanderers are vicious and persistent,
and the villifying promises to continue.
They labor under the impression ap-
parently that the old saw is sound: II
enough mud be thrown some of itswM
stick
What must be the-eventual outcome
of such forcedpwrangle as the one here
referred tof The city of Washington
is ps& prosperous. 1t has become one
'of the most attractive places in the
world. Its public improvements are on.
a grand scale, the value of its property
is advancing and its various interests
increase in volume steadily. 1t has a
revenue which enables such progress.
Congress appropriates annually for the
city's use sum equal to the entire
amount raised by taxation and the
united sums enable what Is accom-
plished. But, let the administration of the
Districts affairs be constantly ~illifed,
let a doubt, however unjustified, be
aroused that the money is not -'''"ei.'
expended, let Congress become wearied
bya continuous wrangle as the result
of silly charges preferred and how long
will the Government appropriation con-
tinue as ii isS How long will it be be.
fore the law is changed and the appro-
priation either diminished or granted
under hampcring conditions or totally
withdrawn Where. then. would be the
citys prosperity? Where the real es-
tate boom" Where the develop
nIent OF new industries? Where the
increase Of business generally?
Citizens of Washington should look
upon the matter here considered in its
true light. The affairs of the District
are well.eonducted, and the assaults
upon officials, which may bear such
evil results, come only from the vim
dictive few, those with personal ends to
gain or personal grudges to crafty.
The animus of the attacks is well un-
derstood. 1t matters not whether they
are made by individuals or news
papers, the result must be the same, "a
general nastlness Of situation and pos
sible grave injury to the community,
What do real estate men think of it2
What must he the verdict of the public
generally?
AN EVENING paper yesterday made
the formal announcement that the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Webb, now president Of
the Board of District Commissioners,
and lately reappointed, had been tabled
by the Senate Committee and would
not be reported. In another column of
this issue of TIE CRrrIo will be found
an interview with prominent Senator,
member of the committee, in which
he says the statement is simply false,
and adds that during the entire deibera-
ton of the committee there has been no
adverse criticism of the nomination. 1t
is hard to determine the intent of such
misstaiements. We fear that our cs.
teemed evening contemporary has al
lowed its personal feeling in the matter
10 warp its usual regard for fair play.
p. T. BARNuM, the cute old Snowman,
has been swindled at last, and by a woman.
This is the agency through which really
bright men are usually taken in eventually.
II has been SO since Adam made a fool OF
himself, aud then whined over It. Barnum
did not whine, but refuse to prosecute the
impostor who had outwltted him.
IS The SEATS put up for the accommodation
of yisitors--who will have TO pay for the
privilege-who witness the Inaugural pa
rade do not improve the appearance Of the
city, On the contrary, they are emphati-
cally an eye-sore
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THE DEMooRATIc Senators propose to
have late nominations sent in by President
Cleveland acted upon, II possible, and Re-
publican Senators seem a trllie apathetic In
the matter. Neither group can be partieu-
Iarly blamed.
MRS. AMELIE RIvEs- CHANLER seems TO
have bungled somewhat with her recent
Scotch dialect poetry 1t might be great
thing for Mrs. Chanler II ex-Commissloner
Edgerton would write her q letter
The makeup of the new Cabinet is more
Indefinite now than 1t was three days ago
that N, to the public. The friends OF
number OF gentlemen appear to have talked
too much.
wnAr A TOUR that OF the Canadian Par
lament win be through the United States
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