The Washington critic., 1890-03-11
roR THE PRESIDENT 10 sly.

FOR THE PRESIDENT TO SAY.
The correspondent of the New York
Heydld said the other day:
Brigadier General Miles, during his
presence here in connection with sea coast
defences of the Pacific coast and the re-
moval of the Apache prisoners to Fort sill,
has put III some good licks with his Con
gressional friends for the bill TO make
Major General Schoiield lieutenant
general. His interest in the matter is not
entirely unselllsh, for the passage of the
pending bill would also result in making
him general. Favorable action by
both the military committees is looked for
during the coming week. The friends of
Colonel Grierson, the senior colonel in the
Army have also been doing considerable
wire pulling in the interests ostensibly of
General Schoiield, but, IN reality, in the
interest of Colonel Grierson, whose only
chance now of becoming a brigadier-gen-
eral before his retirement next summer is
in the passage of the bill rcviving the grade
of acknowledgement.
So? 1t will be well for General Miles
and Colonel Grierson and their friends
to bear in mind Bobby Burns saying
that "the best laid plans of men aud
mice gang aft aglee.
The President is required neither by
law nor custom to nominate to a vacant
major generalship the senior brigadier,
or to nominate the ranking colonel to u
vacant brigadier- generalship. lie is en-
tirely at liberty, both in law and Gus
tom, to choose in either case whom he
thinks best from the entire list of Off.
GERS of the next lower rank.
YESTERDAY \ noteworthy railroad trip
was commenced at Chicago which has
the City OF Mexico for its destination
Representatives of all the great corpo-
rate interests Of the country boarded a
perfectly equipped train and started on
their mission of improving commercial
relations between the three Americas
The general convention of railway pas
senger agents meets at Mexico on the
18th. They will he there from the
United States, Canada and Mexico, aud,
as these gentlemen believe that the To-
comotiye is the great civilizer, good
understanding will be arrived at that will
in all probability prove Of international
benefit. Through Mexico all along the
route series of banquets are arranged
for, and without doubt, the eXcursionists
will have a royal time.
STFPNGAK's INTENTION to lecture for
season in America is a sufficient rea-
son for a new outbreak of revelation in
regard to Russian atrocities in Siberia.
1t is safe enough to admittha the Rus
sian government has the greatest inter
est in suppressing whatever methods
might be regarded as heartless or cruel
by the outside world, and outrageous
statements to the contrary must be re-
ceiyed with grave suspicion.
The CENSUS BUREAU is receiving
some surprising replies to its inquiries
regarding the vital statistics of the col.
ored race. A colored clergyman whose
address is Skunk Hollow, Miss, an.
swers that the chief question in his
neighborhood is not "about the exist
ence and propagation of negroes, but as
/ to what should be done with the white
/ folks"
SPEAKING or KossUTm, Jefferson
Davis once said of him that he was moi
the man for the leader of a revolution
but he was the very man to be its editor
lie ought to have been good authority
for he himself proved to be a better
editor than leader of a revolution.
The 'WINDY CITY" does not seem tC
be having a salubrious and wholesome
time with its Worlds Fair scheme. i
viii take about $15, 900, 900 to start tha
institution, and Chicago does not quite