The daily critic., 1890-12-04

washington D.o
uos u. C.. Die o ls1'
us so. CANAL
decision Of chief JusG.
Maryland in placing the
s.luj ohio Canal in lnehauls
h. aes for the bandho.3er- Of
'"s matter OF great Importance t5
H- ..r
..Haa Co.'S has passed 1ucurent
decree and The transfer of thccmll has
already been made. both To Maryland
and The ni.rictof columbia Mr. II.
g. W. of Georgetown has been
..Ia# neral superintendent ofthe
cana. auu .1 will be the agent for the
trustees for The operation Of The work
rs soon as the repairs arc completed.
Under the terms of the decree the
work Of restoration must ba completed
by The first day of May, 1891, aad the
trustees have filed their bond in the
penalty of 100000, conditioned. for
the performance of The requirements of
The decree.
Unless The winter should SET in early
The repairs between Cumberland aud
Williamsport where the damage Is
slight. will be completed during the
present month
The canal is now practically in The
hands OF the Baltimore ard OHIO Roll
...v rff.s. t-...r.. ......1 ,rT ,fr.r.,4,s
management, and q freedom from plli.
tics which has poisoned It's liic hereto
fore 10 will be used by The railroad ms
third track. to relieve its rails OF the
heavy coal Tonnage. which has now 20
De accommodated ut the expense OF
more valuable traffic.
Since the suspension rr canal navi1l-
lion business Interests Ia Washington
have suffered for lack Of sufficient sup.
ply of coal The local demand for the
future will not only bc supplied. bat
there Is some talk of towing the canal
loats loaded With coal 10 "a shipping
point down near The mouth Of the Po.
tumac. N ba- also been suggested mat
il Us,ruHr future canal nlars 1871. ha
,ruHrI hy uiyeIfic mulnrs, supplied
fru au ovlrcld vire0I,r the manner
.,i.f,,' cars ard lhc electricity Ecucr
rf,t ly the uyuiIow OF waste water.
Upon lbt whole The cul1c', OF the
cauaI is pl.misirg and Wellington will
rrraily hcrri' by % renewed lirs
Why poN'r s.. Paul agl Minneapolis
consolidate and cal themselves Union
CITY. or sometbings
-
SOME on THE correspondents declare
that Hon. TuolNs =. REED Is a
changed man. They assert that he IS
no longer as bolt and couhlon AMI
buslIing as be was-no longer SO su--
eeshye Of strength aud force and al.
dress. They detect a change 10 his
manner, q loss of nerve, q tendency %
lulecisIon and infrmIly Of purpose
aud so on, at great length. We fancy
This is a mistake II Is true that Mr..
REED IS no longer the big and potent
parsonage he was some months
ago. lie no longer heads mighty and
triumphant progress. lie no. Logger
shapes a victorious policy The couu-
try has pronounced against him and the
methods and the pipos IS he represents.
And Mr. REED IS much too intelligent a
man 20 make any mistake as TO the sig
uihcanCe Of great events. But 20 say
that all this has weakened his confidence
in himself IS 70 fall into q gTieynu.
error. Mr.. REED still thluks that hi.
way Is the only right one; that Legls
laiuIes were never intended 20 be de
Lucrative bodies that min0rities have nC
lights worth mentioning. and that the
first duty Of the dominant party Is d
suppress snd emasculate The other fsl
lows. II Is an a mistake 10 slpposi
that he bas shrunk, either In bis Owl
estimation OF In reality. He simply
thinks the country has blundered, auc
be Is sorry for the country, while as fO
MS splual presence Il is simply a cas-
Of deceptive appearances. When th'
suumlr comes asain, when lhe bird
ar futire am0ug lhe flowers and th
.,s.uilo rises with the mercury. an,
p,5rliug is uais. aud sultry an'
lrratd.sss. Nr REED sill put on ono
none bis bIller sud his belly-baud am.
Li- rls-els, and De vill look-aud be-
b. Dig as even.
SIR EIeHABD WATSON GLIDER, ed.t1
NJ the Century, reioices greatly i
tie passage Of the Copyright bin. Ia
says in t0-days New York Tribune
The greatest gain I'm this victory
Lat national reproach has been wipe
ou- hv he passage Of the Interuati9na
Copyright LilL II will De Of unt0l
benefit 70 the cause Of American lilerl
uze bat as honor Is above art DO
triumph Of honesty and fair dealing q
this action Of Congress Is Of create
consequence even than the good effect
of tLe hIIl upon the literature OF Ameri
aud u The world. The act VIII benef
American writer's AZ home and abr1a
because Il wiz ultimately give them
foreign market. and vii. also rsm0v
d5=aIuuiages iu our 0En market.
TUE CRITIC INVITES CORES p1n1-ue
20 Two topics Of intimate coH-emP0r.
ue1g interest
1st Why 10 men take od their haI
iu Ed elevator Wlgu lads enters q
aut-
-udIg Why are women more i4-
aeuls rLan men iu tLg capacity .
drivers gf horses