The daily critic., 1890-06-26
UNDERESTIMATED
Quay HAS ALL TIE QUALITIES OF
GREATNESS
Outside the Domain OF Morais-Ras-
caly Daring OF the Tactics In
His Census Scheme.


licon Tarty has been underestimated. II
greatness may be predicted Of his
adopted sphere Of aciivity-and If not.
why uOr-no definition of 10 can well
De framed that will exclude Chairman
Quay The world has high authority
for ihe doctrine that the foremost
quality for q leader of men Is au1acity
and The more the better the mans
private morals are a thing apart Ma
Yrleon's private morals are m astound-
ing study, but he cOutIivcd 10 leave
mime TO after times. In q different
sphere Of life he would have made the
crandest bandit In history. Nelson
genius I'm an earlier age might have
been directed 20 dignity the cause Of
piracy. Tested by any Of the accepted
touChstoncs that prove the quality of
greatness outside the domain Of morals.
Chairman Quay is great He towers BY
Q head above all his party associates.
He possesses one virtue by which they
are willing TO profit, though none dares
emuiate-unilinChin courage.
TOa appreciate the man it is ncedful to
go back TO his selection Of a figurehead
for his campaign in the person Of a
duck.lcCrCd Western attorney, who had
gone through the war with as much
credit as half million other men. and
no more, whose mental and emotional
Caiibre was Of the camp. meeting type
Quay rightly trusted that this sort of
nominee, lulling the animosities reused
by superior men. would consolidate the
loyalty of the party, and that he would
at the outset commit himself to
pledges Of the sort that attract the
well meaning and
IMPOSE on THE SIMPLE MINDED
Meantime, he himself needed military
chest for the canvass, and, to raise the
funds, sold the Presidents appoint
ments to Office, part for cash. The bulk
Of the appointments was promised In
pay for services. Nor was judgment
lacking In these transactions. For, in
the sale Of the highest office 10 man
Of Sunday school connection, an appeal
was made TO the camp meeting side Of
the Presidents nature which contrib
uted powerfully 10 render him tractable
in confirming the deal. After seducing
him into taking this step Of shame,
Chairman Quay found II is easy to
make him live up to the rest of the en-
gagCments. Thus the country was
treated to the Wanamaker and Clark
son episodes, and after these the affair
Of The wei victuallcd cottage IS more
comprehensive.
The next opening for an important
move was offered by the census, and In
this business Il is imsossiblo TO with
hold from Chairman Quay the tribute
Of honest admiration. As time dis
closes one by one the methods con-
uibuiing TO
A GRAND FALsFICATIoN or RETURNS
in anticipation Of Returning Board ler.
islalion, the candid mind Is beguilcd
out Of part Of It's just indignation by
the rascally daring Of the tactics. Ger.
tainly these exhibit a grasp Of the sub.
iect that Is as creditable TO the great
l!sFublicun'a intelligence as the careful
elaboration OF tneir detail Is 70 the
painstaking side Of his character. Not
least, from the first point of view,
Is the fine tact shown In knowing where
20 stop. Where the risk Of Justification
would be great, as In the city Of New
York, care seems TO have been taken to
make a model enumeration. In the
Democratic towns Of the interior Of the
State, and especially in close districts,
the real purpose Of the census appears
10 have been gained almost at the ex-
pense Of prudence.
The Albany Union finds altogether
too much coincidence in the reports
which reach It Of the methods Of
Census-taking In the New York rural
districts and the towns. In cities and
districts" IL says, where Democratic
votes prepOnderate, and where the ne
cessity for an additional Congressional
district would mean the election of
another Democratic Congressman,
complaints are heard; from Republican
districts our contemporary hears only
commendaiion Of the thoroughness Of
the enumeration. IL finds II difficult to
believe that so much agreement is
merely foTtuitous, "and not the result
| Of a well laid plan. The ST. Paul
| AGrs summaries the returns from
Western cities: At Chicago Omissions
are Of such a wholesale character as TO
make the enumeration little more than
a farce" AT Milwaukee. where the
work was given TO a country politician,
"WHoLE BLOCKS HAVE BEEN SKIPPED
This same thing occurred at Indian
/ apolis, where the matter has been taken
up By the Commercial Club. AT Min
/ neapolis matters were worse, and a
large body Of volunteer citizens was en-
| rolled 10 sIaighten them out The
| cases Of ST. Louis, Kansas City aud
| Nashville have already been cited by
| The EteHiHg sun, while that of Alabama
was so fagrant as 70 ind early place in
| the regular Dews dispatches.
The 'pTiVaie and confidential census
book that was captured by an accident,
and for a few moments only, from an
| Indiana eBumeTatOr is peculiarly in
/ siIuctiye.
On the first page Of the book was a
/ list Of instructions for polling purposes.
/ The gentleman who was once a news
/ paper man, hastily took an abstract Of
the headings Of the book, which were
as follows:
% Name, pOstonlce, Republican, Demo
| crat National, Prohibition, Labor Union,
1 Farmers Alliance, Greenhackerss etc.'
/ '+lu an, on the ITst page OF the book there
| were eight instructions, only two Of which
the gentleman vas able 70 copy before the
| careless euumeT4tOr returned for bis lltll
l treasure iu great haste
obstruction No 4 Or 3 reads. 'lu the
| column for remarks insert what kind Of
/ Literature Will reach him..
obstruction No. and the last reads.
'Eemembef that silence Is golden, and be
4 very Iuulcleus lu all lLllE7s
The significance Of these
''PkIyATE AND CONFIDENTIAL"
instructions lies, not in the specific In
| formation sought, but In that they con.
stitute proof, final and conclusive. Of
| organization within the census Tor party
| ends.
A very interesting circumstance IN
connection With The census is the ac
lion of he State Of Louisiana IN taking
| N .nrLmar.tL.n tLr.. mnrLL. ln III