The Washington critic., 1889-02-09
COMMISSIONED WERE.

COMMISSIONER WEBB.
We publish to-day few of the
names attached TO the petition which
was sent to the Senate last week in
favor of Mr.. Wcbb's confirmation MS
District Commissioners.
Tire names published give fnir in-
dioation of the representative char
acter of the petitioners.
No stronger Endorsement or petition
in favor of citizen of Washington
was ever presented TO Congress.
The list includes leading representa-
tives of the business interests. indus.
tries, professions, property, taxpayers
and the progressive clements of our
beautiful Capital City.
Mr.. Webb, by his three years OK
pcrience as Commissioner, is far bet
ter qualified TO discharge the duties of
the office and promote the interests of
the District during another term than
any new man, who necessarily must
require considerable time yteSbecome
familiar with the yasied duties of the
position
Tire daily diatribe of insinuations
against Mr.. Webb's qualification in
one of the city papers bears the i'm
press of being instigated by some mo-
tive other than for promoting the pub
lie interests. and is equally an attack
upon the character of the representa-
tive citizens who have petitioned the
Senate for Mr.. Webb's con frmation.
If any nominations are confirmed at
thisslate day so close to the inaugura-
ton of new Administration. Mr..
Webbs name will undoubtedly be
among the number; If no, action is
taken by the Senate 1t will be no re-
Election upon Mr.. Webb's character
or qualifications, but will be owing
entirely to the general policy of not
confirming any nominations during
the expiring days of the present All
ministration.
Itis.to be hoped, however, that the
Senate will make au exception in Mr..
Wehb's case and give Washington
another term of his honest, faithful
andprogressivc administration Of the
local affairs of the National Capital as
petitioned TOR by the representative
tax-paying citizens of the District
THE DESPERATE CHANCES that some
persons take are inexplicable to others
OF ordinary nerve. For instance, Mr..
Le Caron, LIE Beach or whatever his
name may be, is said to indulge in fire.
quent fits of laughter while giving his
testimony against Mr.. Parnell and
telling the secrets of the Fenian
Brotherhood generally. His risibles
seem much affected, and he apparently
looks upon 1t Us good joke that he is
able to betray these unsuspecting peo-
pie. He even goes so far as to regret
that the English Government has put
an end to his usefulness by calling him
over to testify in behalf of the Times
when he might have gone on gather
ing more food for laughter and more
secrets to betray.
ft>hssn't been very long since some
other illustrious spies and informers
were accommodating England in the
same way and they-well, they never
resumed that amusing business, but
are pow resting quietly with their toes
turned up to the daisies.
Nodoubt Mr.. lie Caron is disgusted
with life and doesn't like tho idea of
going out of 1t in the wearisome, na,u-
raj way; hence his merriment at the
prospect of a sudden and novel depar-
ture very shortly after he has told the
English court all he knows about tho
Fenjans in America
If they want to keep him for any
other purpose after this trial it will be
good idea to enease him in armor
and put him down in some hole where
he cannot be reached by a dynamite
bomb.