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The Washington critic., 1890-02-24
PIBLIC OPINION.


There is no surer safeguard of hon
esiy in the administration of public
affairs than an enlightened public
opinion, which is now alert and ready
TO bestow, according TO the facts in the
case. either condemnation or approval.
Nothing more firmly sustains an ad-
ministralive official in the Just and
conscientious discharge of duty than
the assurance of popular support; and,
in like manner, nothing so affects a
coilul ard unfaithful public servant
with fcelirg of disquietude and dread
as the sense of widespread dissatisfac-
ticn and general censure in regard to
his course Of action.
AS vigilance is the price of liberty so
II may be said with equal truth that an
aggressive, self-assertive public senti-
ment is the condition of good admins
iration in a free community. Where
sle conscience Of the people slumbers
injustice grows bold and public wrongs
are committed with impunity. Where
public spirit decays and dies govern
ment becomes corrupt, and where public
opinion keeps itself in allegiance or lies
dormant bad principles and methods
will prevail in the management of public
affairs.
1t is sometimes alleged that there is
in the District of Columbia nothing
which is properly entitled to be called
public opinion, unless ii be our esteemed
contemporary, the journal Of that
name. By this it is not meant that
there are no individual opinions on
public questions, Just the contrary is
true, and they exist in very great abund-
ance; because the average Of intelli-
gence in this city is greater than that
Of any other city in the country. For
This reason almost every citizen is fitted
10 form an opinion, and he forms it,
too, with knowledge and Judgment.
What is claimed is that these abound
ing individual opinions lack cohesion
and cannot be readily or effectively
massed that there are no means of as
certaining their consensus, and that.
even If it were asccrtained, there is no
organized mode of giving it expression.
Elsewhere public opinion finds force
ful expression in the various elections
through which municipal and State
officers are chosen. But, on account Of
the anomalous character Of our Govern
ment, that mode is not available here.
What should be done, then, TO arouse
The attention Of the citizens of Wash
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24
He GOT HIS REWARD.

Charlie Hutchinson is q genius, says the
Tacoma Lcdgcr, but his talents are not of
desirable Kind. lie believes that he can
live without working, aud he will undoubt-
edly succeed. lie conceived q novel plan
yesterday for making n few weeks board
by collecting reward for stolen clothes.
The only drawback to the scheme was that
he did not know where there was any
stolen clothes on which reward was Of
fered for their return, nor did he know Of
anyone whom he could get to steal goods
that he might return.
While in quandary as to how he would
make the plan work, Charles genius came
to bis relief Ii was happy thought for
the young Napoleon; he would steal some
thing himself and then return it and collect
the reward. To think with him Is to net.
In few minutes he was a bold rohber au1
had possession of his booty. He had zone
to the City of Paris clothing store, taken u
handsome brown suit Of clothes, escaped
with the prize, and would soon deliver It to
the authorities and collect the reward for
his vigilance and honesty. In the meln-
time the proprictors of the store discovered
their loss and sent n clerk to police head
quarters to report the theft aud give u de-
seription OF The stolen suit of clothes.
WINE lnc CLERK WIS glNlDg ms description
honest Charlie came In with the suit, and,
handing the bundle to Chief Chesney, said
triumphantly;
''Ilere they are.n
"Whcre did you get them ?" asked the
chief.
"Took them from the thief, and want
my reward"
"Well, but where is the thief? Why
didn't you bring him also ~
'Oh I'm the thief. / stole the goods
myself and have just returned them for the
reward" said Charlie, getting eloquent.
"You are an honest and brave man, ana
I'll reward you by giving you board AMI
lodging till Monday in my hotel here. /
think Justice Patrick will give you The
position Of chief shoveler ON the chain
ganrn
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24
LIVELY TIMES AT BULLS HEAD.

F. Welch went to Canada this week after
a load of horses.
Irving Rikert auctioned off portion of
his stock Tuesday.
c. Piester is preparing to move to Mill
brook as soon as the roads are passable.
p. Tremper and S. DeGarmo of Rhine
beck attended the reading school in this
place Saturday night. Come again, boys,
and bring out load.
A number attended the private dance at
the Masonic Hall, Schultzville, Thursday
night, and returned home when the wee
hours of morning were approaching.
The reading circle was well attended
Saturday night. Numerous selections were
read and sung. The journal, edited by
Miss Belle Stewart, was, as usual, the priu-
cipal feature of the evening. II was pro-
nounccd one Of the best. The journal this
week will be edited by Miss Mary Piester,
which is enough to insurea good one. Come
one, come -POughkeepSie NetUS Press.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24
ST. MARTINS LANE.

st. Martins Lane winds up the hill
And trends devious way;
| walk therein amid the din
or busy London day
| walk where wealth and squalor meet,
And think upon time
When Others trod this sanity sod
And heard st. Martins chime.
But when those solemn bells invoke
The midnight's slumbrous grace,
The ghosts of men come back again
To haunt that curious place;
The ghosts of sages, poets, wits
Come back in goodly train,
And all night long with mirth and song
They walk st. Martins Lane.
There's Jerrold paired with Thackeray-
Maginn and Thomas Moore,
And here and there and everywhere
Fraserians by the score
And one wee ghost that climbs the hill
Is welcomed with a shout
No king could be revered as he,
The pddre, Father Prout!
They banter up and down the street
And clamor at the door
OF yonder inn, which once has been
The scene Of mirth galore;
'Tis now lonely, musty shell,
Deserted, like TO fall;
And echo mocks their ghostly knocks
And terates their call.
Come back, thou ghost of ruddy host
From Pluto's misty shore
Renew tonight the Keen delight
OF by-goue years once more;
Brew for this merry, motley horde,
Aud serve the steaming cheer,
And grant that | may lurll hard by
To see the mirth, and hear.
All me! / dream what things may seem
To othels childish vain,
Aud yet at night tits my delight
To walk 81. Martins Lane;
For, in the light Of other days,
/ walk with those love.
And, all the time, st. Martins chime
Makes piteous moan above.
-EugGW Ficld.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

WHAT \ singular condition of things
is disclosed in the fact that, by reason
of the complication and Inconsistency
of several acts of Congress, the police of
Washington are rendered powerless to
suppress the lottery business, which is
declared by law to be misdemeanor,
or TO bring to deserved punishment
lottery agents, who, in law, are misde-
meanants
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

CoNGREss should have no difficulty in
fixing the law so that lottery agents
would be caught within its tolls Either
-. the Police Court should be empowered
to empanel a jury or the original juris-
diction Of the Supreme Court should be
made clear and certain.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

THAT A private fortune is public purse
and that socialism is something more than
dream of the masses has been practically
demonstrated by the will of the late NJ.
Chauteloup of Montreal, the owner of a
large brass foundry. His entire fortune Of
half million is distributed among his 800
workmen, and the works are to be carried
on as before under the direction of his
foreman.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

IF THE CHARGES which have been
made against the Civil Service Com.
missioners, and which are now under
investigation, are sustaine !, these gen
tlemen should certainly be expelled.
THE CRITIC believes in a proper civil
service system, but it does not believe
in letting any guilty man escape.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

A BRITISH SYNDICATE having purchased
the stock-yards of Chicago, the query nat
urally arises: Upon what ground can that
city now claim the Worlds Fair? Tie
spectacle of an American Worlds Fair
enyironed by an English pig-pen will oc-
casion the Goddess of Liberty to come down
from her perch on the Capitol dome and
solicit quarters IN the crypt,
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

EX-CoMMIssIoNER WEBB stated to
CRITIC reporter that he does not believe
that an adequate assessment law can be got
from Congress. What reason can the ex-
Commissioner give for the lack Of faith
which Is I'm him?
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

Mr.. WARNER SAYS: Property used
for purposes making necessary the pres
ence and maintenance of police force
cannot, under any correct principle, be
valued for taxation upon the same basis
as the attractive and costly residences
which are ornaments to the city" If
Mr.. Warner here means to insinuate
that the rich do not owe as much to
police protection and service as the
poorer classes of the community, he is
entirely incorrect. If anything, they owe
proportionately more. Besides, common
people seldom have policemen detailed
10 call guests carriages at their recep-
lions, as is customary at the ornamental
residences of the West End.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

In is SAID THAT Mrs. Laugtry has re-
covered since Gebhard's return to London
and will play Rosalnd with beauty unim-
paired and clothes unparalleled. AS nothing
could improve Mrs. Langtry's acting the
affair will be spoken of by the deadhead
critics as an immense success.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

CARDINAL gibbons tells the negro that
the solution Of the race problem lies In
religion. The Cardinal is right. 1t takes
a heap Of Christian patience to see another
fellow cast your ballot the other way with
out a protest
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

Mr.. ORERLY and his civil service bomb
shell did not put in an appearance this
morning. BY the way, who is responsible
for these warlke rumors about the mildest
hammered man that ever voted a straight
ticket.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24
WITH THE WITS.

NIanager-Well, things look very pros
porous. The new piece has made a big hit.
Puffer-What makes you think the piece
Is a success?
Manageable demand for passes,--
1mcricd.
Wife, don't see how q married man
like you can run around after an actress.
Hubby-Wait till / just show you her
photograph.
Wife-Where have you been this evening,
John?
Husband-I went over to see Jack Hardy,
who's been laid up for two months in the
house.
Wife-Well, did you see him?
Husband-No; he raised me every time
so high that | couldn't stay in.-JUige,
Doctor regret to say, madam, that you
are afflicted with n severe case of rheuma-
tism.
Woman (weeping)-I knowed it, doctor,
! knowCd it. l could feel it in my bones, =
BpiHgtOn Free Press.
Little Edith-Mamma, did you say that
We should all know each other In Heaven?
Mamma--Yes, my child.
Little Edith-You can play that you're
out, though, can't you mamma, when peo-
pie call that you don't want to see?-kia3s-
ton Freeman.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

Mr.. WARNER says " Do not assume
that our local government ispoorly adj
ministered" THE CRITIC has assumed
nothing of the kind. Indeed, it has
not assumed anything. 1t has given
undeniable facts to prove that there is
a great deal of unjust taxation in the
District, and that new system is
needed to guarantee justice to the poor
as well as the potential.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

In Is SAID that the first move of the
English syndicate, after purchasing the
Chicago stock-yards, will be to water
the stock
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

The LOCAL GOVERNMENT is all right; it
is the system Of local assessment that is
wrong.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

lT Is HINTED that collusion exists
between the Government and the
Alaska Commercial Company. This
is probably most unjust insinuation.
However, it is little singular that this
company, in making its bid Of 500, 900
for the seal fisheries, accompanied it
with an unofficial offer "to cover the
highest bid Of every other syndicate in
the field" If this is not colusion, it is
an exceedingly peculiar business trans
action for the Government of the United
States to participate in.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

Mn. WARNER should remember that
THE CMTIC is striving to secure Just
and honest taxation. 1t is making war
on no government, no class, no indi-
vidual. If the tax discrimination were
in favor of the small landowners the
position of THE CRITIC would be pre-
cisely the same. 1t so happens that as
The case stands the rich and influential,
the large land. holders and spectators,
furnish The facts upon which THE
CMITIc bases its plea.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

MR. WARNER wanders from the subject
Of the controversy.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24
LOCAA WEA rHER FOREcAsr

For the District Of Co'tmbid, Dduprc
and Ndry'dpd, hrcdteDmg rcuthor ad
daF sGghHy icdimcr' s0WhGly p'1is.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

WAsnINoroN, FGpnuAnY p, 1890.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

Adiutant-Geueral J. G. Farnsworth of
the New York State militia Is at the A'ing-
ton. The General looks a little older than
he did When last in Washington, but he still
has the same erect carriage that becomes
him so well, aud his eyes have not lost any
OF their old fire.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-24

'45 d STREET NORTHWEST,
WASHINGTON, d. C.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-05-29

ROTATIONS was as follows: Governor
Brown has disbanded his militia to
gather the corn and sorghum of the state.
/ have reason to believe that he and
Stephens want to visit me, and have
sent them hearty invitation" Such, on
the oath of Gen. Sherman, was authority
for making peace with Gen. Johnston
and the rebel secretary of war, from
the Potomac to the Rio Grande." Nay,
it was even more. 1t was a ground for
the arraignment of the new adQinistra-
ton, because of the neglect to explain its
civil policy to him. st is not fair, he
exclaimed, 'to withhold plans and policy
from me Gf any there be- and expect me
to guess at Ihem."
In his logical processes there was little
stopping place between absolute disbelief
or absolute conviction. BY consequence
he was apt to be vehemently right or We
hemently wrong-iD any event, vehement
in all things. If he agreed with the gov
eminent, well; if he disagreed with it,
the government was wrong! That this
dangerous quality did not lead to ire
parable mischief was due partly to for
tunate circumstances, but largely also to
that instructive loyalty which led the
conservative principal of the Louisiana
Military institute to abandon his con-
genial position rather than 'raise hand
against the union of these states"
He was as prompt to learn his mistakes
as he was TO deny that he had made mis-
takes He learned, indeed, with rapid
ity that showed not only the extent of
his theoretical knowledge, but his re-
markable natural capacity for war. He
made many mistakes after Pittsburg
Landing, but he rarely repeated old ones.
With every campaign he learned and
rose. When Grant, turning eastward,
left him the valley of the Mississippi for
his department, he was equal to it.
When, before Savannah, he faced north
to bear his part in the colossal campaign
that ended the war, he was not indeed
the safest, but beyond question the most
brilliant general in the army. More than
Grant, more, perhaps, than any of the
less noted generals who might be named
beside linn, he had displayed not merely
military talent but military genius
Whitelaw Reid in ''Ohio in the War"
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SWEARING A coNTRABAND.
Specifications of an Oath Not Set Forth in
Any of the Statutes,

Any OF the Statutes.
Company X, of the First Iowa cavalry,
stationed in Tennessee, received into
their camp middleaged but vigorous
contraband. Innumerable questions were
being propounded to him, when corpor-
al advanced, observing, "See here, Dixie,
before you can enter the service of the
United States you must be sworn"
Eyes, massa, l do dat" he replied;
when the corporal continued:
"Well, then. take hold of the Bible, y
holding out letter envelope upon which
was delineated the Goddess of Liberty
standing ON a Suffolk pig, wearing the
emblem of our country. The negro grasp
ed the envelope cautiously with his
thumb and finger, when the corporal
proceeded to administer the oath by say
ing:
you do solemnly swear that you will
support the constitution of the United
States, and see that there are no grounds
floating upon the coffee at all times"
Eyes, massa, | do dat, he replied 81
alters settle him in de coffee pot"
Here he let 60 the envelope to gesticu-
late by downward thrust of his fore
finger the direction that would be given
to the coffee grounds for the future.
"Never mind how you do it," shouted
the corporal, "but hold ON TO the Bible. T"
"Lordy, massa. forgot. said the
negro, as he darted forward and grasped
the envelope with firmer clutch, when
the corporal continued:
"And you do solemnly swear that you
will support the constitution of all loyal
states, aud not spit upon the plates when
cleaning them and wipe them with your
shirt sleeves"
Here frown lowered upon the brow
of the negro, his eyes expanded to their
largest dimensions, while his lips pro-
truded with a rounded form as he ex-
claimed:
"Lordy, massa, never do dat. al
lers washes him nice. Old missus mighty
'ticular about dat"
sNever mind ole missus, shouted the
corporal. as he resumed: "And you do
solemnly swear that you will put milk
into the coffee every morning, and see
that the ham and eggs are not cooked
too much or too little"
"Yes, do dat; Use good cook"
''And lastly continued the corporal,
''you do solemnly swear that when this
war is over you'll make tracks for Africa
mighty fast
Eyes. massa, | do dat. Iallers wanted
to 60 to Cheecargo."
Here the regimental drum beat up for
dress parade, when Tom Benton-that
being his name was declared duly
sworn in and commissioned as chief cook
in Company X, of the First Iowa cavalry.
Selected.
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IN the heart Of a southern forest
Where the feet Of man ne'er tread.
Is grass grow mound that marketh
The resting place Of the dead
Here in a sleep 50 hushed aud deep.
Where but soughng branches wave.
And the autumn rain with a sad refrain
Falls down on an unknown grave.
He went out in his brave young manhood
To fight for his country's cause
Aud suffer through toilsome MARCHES
Zen die TO maintain her laws
BE battled weli-let history tell
OF the noble life he gave;
But he rests today-so far away
Alone in an unknown grave.
This unknown grave Is haIlowed ground
To some maiden who loved ham best
The father who gave his only son
The mother who hushed him 70 sleep on her
breast
He was bis parents Joy, but they gave their boy
Their countrys flag to save.
They mourn him still but twas the Fathers
will
He sleeps in an unknown grave.
Such graves are many. away IN The south
Away from the Childhood home
OF many who died-the true and tired
Whose loyalty sealed their doom.
So let US nov to their memory boz,
And cur Fathers promised mercy crave;
Al honor. then. to the many men
Who a. an unknown grave.
JOAN J. ". Reynolds n Omaha worid
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