The Washington critic., 1890-02-28

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ter, applause, etc, as alleged, nor any tee-
gram from him upon the subject.
CHARLES +. TowLE,
Correspondent Boston TrdueUcr.
WAsnINGTuN. d. c., Feb. "a. 1890.
| received n copy of MIR. Morse's speech
on the rules, but the statement that it was
lnterlined with daughter, applause" etc,
is false.
HENRY b. T. NJ MACFARLAND,
Correspondent Boston Herald
WNsHINGToN, d. g Feb. "a
never received any telegram from Mr..
Morse ON the subject of his speech in the
House on the rules, nor did | receive nor
see any copy of that speech interlined with
Laughter or "Applause.n
T.. B. WIGHT C'Webn),
Correspondent of Boston Jorhdi.
Ar THE DINNER of the Harvard Club
of Philadelphia last Saturday night
President Eliot Of Harvard made an at-
tack on newspaper reporters and news.
paper managers in general, which was
not only illtempered and wholly I'M
worthy of the speaker but which was
outrageous in its terms He was re
piled to by Mr.. Brainerd of the Phila-
delphia Nc,cs, himself Harvard grad
unite, who stated that from his expert
ence and knowledge as a reporter and
Journalist, newspapers were, as rule,
even the equals in ability and learning
of the members of any of the learned
professions.
THE RECENT SALE of coax View"
cX-President Cleveand's suburban
property, and formerly his summer
home, shows the vast increase in value
which has taken place in this kind of
property. Four years ago coax View
cost Mr.. Cleveland in original purchase
and improvements $32 900 lie has
just sold it for S140,0 0,0O0-certainly a
striking advance. While there may
have been considerations which might
render this sale somewhat exceptional,
yet ii is in a great measure indicative
of general rise in the valuation of
suburban property in the northwestern
section beyond Rock Creek.
THE ADMISSION of Idaho TO State.
hood will probably be favorably re-
ported by the House Committee on Ter
ritories and the report would doubtless
form the basis of an enabling bill but
for the fear which exists of the superior
discipline of the 'Mormons. In Idaho,
as elsewhere, Gentiles divide into Re
publicans and Democrats, but while
Mormons may belong to either party
just in the same way, it is felt that their
devotion to one idea makes them always
Mormons. This is the lurking danger,
and the fear of it may hinder the ad-
mission of the aspiring Territory,
FATHER MAGEvNEy, Western
lecturer of learning and eloquence, who
has sensibly and patriotically insisted
that, except as means for the higher
education, one language alone, the
English, should be taught in our
schools, makes the singular statement
that America has no literature of its
own. This is strange assertion to be
made in the land of Irving. Prescott,
Motley, Emerson, Hawthorne, Bryant,
Lowell, Longfellow, Whittier and
others, not to mention Joaquin Miller
and Walt Whitman. But not even a
learned man knows everything always.
Mr.. PENDLEToN, Democratic Repre-
sentative from the First Congressional
district of West Virginia, was yes
terday unseated in the House
by vote of 1862 members,
less than constitutional quorum,
according to Mr.. Carlisle and the Dem.
ocratic members generally. tits under,
stood that the case will be taken to the
Supreme Court for its decision as tC
the validity of Speaker Reeds ruling
in regard TO the quorum in question.
THE MANY apparent inconsistencies
of General Ben. Butler long and varied
career have often been remarked upon
but none Of his eccentricities have
caused so much wonder as his new pur
pose of building a railroad that shal
unite the sacred places of the Holy Land
Perhaps Ben thinks this his best chanc,
of getting there.
The st. Louis RepqJiic is suffering
from severe attack Of chagrin super
induced by the loss of the fair. St
Louis is chagrined not so much per
haps because she lost the fair, as because
Chicago won It.
\ STRANGE REVENGE has been re
Gently taken by the plateaus of whai
used to be called "the great American
desert" for the reputation of general and