The Washington critic., 1890-01-29
TIL GROWKER.

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was pretty sure that II opened the
way for them there would be plenty Of
good people in Washington ready, II not
eager, to help mc gfowl nt things, and am
glad to find thnt was not mistqken. Sew
eral.have sent in their erowls Here is one,
for instance, who touches upon subject
which has long been dear 70 me:
iy. GJorler! Can't you punch up che police
of this city to make careless persons stop
throwing banana skins ON the sidewalks, I
read In THE CRiTic tha evening that Miss
hattie johnson hal stopped on a banana peel
and sFraned her leg, aud saw a man day
1cforo yesterday 7lp on one of these pees in
front Of the Riggs House and fall with such
force that for u moment he was stunned.
believe there IS q law sgainst committing
this kind of nuisance. Cannot the police en-
force II by dealing harply with every person
that Is caught In tho uctf
AsslsrANr GRowLEn.
Washington, D. g January 49,
have often said 10 myself that If ever |
got TO be policeman ! would pick out my
man in the morning and follow him all day
TO see II he threw hnnana skin on the side
walk, and am quite sure that IL ! caught
him at IL should deliberately step on the
banana skin just TO make myself angry
enough to deal with him according to his
deserts.
But there are men--and Washington
seems TO have more than her share of them
who throw more things than banana skins
on The sidewalks | don't like TO refer to
it; 1t isn't bit pretty, but I can't keep
still about 1t any longer. have in mind
those men who go along throwing their
tubercnlnr ills and other in'ards away on
the walks. would rather not talk about
it, but ] VIII say that the unanimous ab-
sencc of these creatures aud their bronchial
sloughings would be very precious to per-
sons of ordinary doceucy.
-E0tor critic! Why don't some Washington
paper come out end show up that certain
Chicago men are here trying to. buy up Con
gressmen to vote for the location OF the
Worlds Fair In that city9
Washington, D. c January 20.
There! That is the kind of growler
don't like. In the frat place he writes un-
dramatically. In the next place he asks
an idiotic question, and finally he, of course,
signs it anonymously. One way to answer
his question would be to throw 1t into the
waste-basket. Another way would be to
say that the editors of Washington are not
fools. But.perhaps the best way is 10 as
sure the New Yorker that If he will supply
The CRITIC with evidence that any Chicago
man, or any other man, has approached
Congressman with proposition of eorrup-
ton in this or any other matter, THE CRITIC
will walk right out into the open daylight
and shout the news of it in tone OF voice
that will go gallivanting down the craggy
canons of futurity. This is the last | ex-
pect TO hear from New Yorker" and the
last / wish to hear until he has something
TO say aud some references to give.
EDITOR CRITIC; The Crowler might tind
something interesting 10 hin, IL he w1aid take
a walk to the corner Of -Four eenth street
and New York avenue, where ne would sae
one of the best building lois in Washington
devoted to the display Jf .;uoslly ton 5st Dles,
which are an eyesore to The people in that
neighborhood M.C.J
Washington, Jan 2S
No; don't believe should be at all in
terested. I am not just now looking for
tombstone. That is about the last thing |
shall want, and, presume, by the'time
am ready for one, shall not be strolllng
about to pick it out for myself. | am
much more disposed to grovcl at the CORE
spondent who starts these lCgubrious re-
Elections in my noddle than at the Innocent
tombstones themselves.
IEGALLs' MEDICAL BILL
Ediicr Critic: The medical bill introduced
by Senator Ingalls, yesterday ought not to
pass Congress It seems to be in the interest
| of the people. but 1t is really in the interest
/ of the Allopathic and Homeopathic physi-
! clans, some of whom doubtless prepared tho
| bill. 1t gives these sects monopoly of the
| practice of medicine in this city. If these
| sects could justly claim that their systems
| hold all the truth in medicine ever discov-
! cred, or ever to be discovered. should still
| protest against their being granted any
| monopoly, but when they present two oppo-
| site systems, both of which can't be right,
! and both Of which may be, and probably are,
| wrong, it seems absurd to propose giving
! them monopoly II Is contrary to the
! genius of our Government to do so. Before
| 1T76 there were no medical scots in this coun-
| try. The old allopathic set had had a practi-
! cal monopoly. Under the protecting
/ branches of the tree Of liberty numerous
| sects exist. The result Is that medi line has
! made more progress in century than in
( twenty centuries before. When doctors
/ disagree let tho people decide.
A RETIRED Pirysic!AN.
I Washington, January 20.
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