The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19

lNf aN'IINr iiFlN ftAIf NNN liG WhiI.a ..
Offset This by stealing as many IL not
more I'm thc South. Heis not agtuatcd
by the patriotic motive he impuiently
processes. for were that The case he
would have begun with his re-
form. at home For such shameful
practices as prevail i'm his district there
is but one possible cure. aud that J.. the
adoption of the Australian p'au The
secret ballot and the requisite Of
intelligence and education in the
yoter Had MI Reed been really
sensitive as 90 the purity Of The
baIlo,.buN and the integrity Of elections
DE would have procured the insertion of
the Australian system for national elec-
dons in The Lodge Rowell bin But he
8, not sensitive as 20 purity or integrity
What he wants is the perpctuation Of
a Republican majority ia the House.
and 80 order to assure this there is
mo- violence ur fraud or tyranny
he will not sanction and commit
The bin that has his approval, an 'o
pass which through the House lac
utilized every agency Of that despotism
which he has built up for his personal
lelectauon, does nothing TO correct the
evils prevalent I'm Reed district but is
devoted exclusively to dragooning the
South for Republican partisan pur-
poses II will not stop the selling and
buying of votes In Maine the prostiW-
ton of citizenship in Pennsylvania.
II will not check the appalling de.
bauchery which sends Mr. Reed to
Congress. Bet it will revive race an
tagonisms at the South, provoke vio-
lence, perhaps bloodshcd and produce
a condition Of anarchy out Of which
Mr.. Reed may snatch a few recruits for
his majority.
These are the results for which Mr.
Reed is solicitous. Nobody who knows
the man, or has carefully watched the
Speaker, requires any further evidence
than that which he himself furnishes.
FACTS As TO IHE book robbery by Funk
& Wagualls Of New York ,John Wana-
maker, special partner, continue to multi
ply. The latest disclosures, unearthed by
the New York Ereaipg Post, include the
text Of The confidential circular sent out by
Messrs. Funk & Wagualls, a perusal Of
which will prove entertaining:
L. X. Funk a. w wagualls
FUNK s wAGNALLs,
prrusrr, AND BooEsEtLrHs,
Is and 30 Astor Place,
"a FiEEr ST., LoNDoE.
NEW YoBE. Aprli2, 1890.
REv. Ann DIAN m. There Is possibility
~ our being able 90 supply 10000 sets OF tho
Encyclopedia britannica, latest edition,
clearly printed and well bound, az an sF'rg-
ordinarily '.r mira. The matter Il contains
Is a f'a sialHf of The English edition, page for
page. The work Is IN twenty Eve large vol.
umef, e'OH iOYd.
As the purchase will involve an oatlay on
our part of several hundred thousand dollars,
we wish to know before closing the contract
whether there {, q reasonable rrobabilityo OF
our being able quickly 10 sell them.
To test the demand we send this letter lt
gpHRdsHcf 10 a number Of clergymen Please
do US the favor 90 let Us know byfsffTH mail
whether you would take a set II we could
supply you the same aaWplsts md guarantee
sahsfaefoa az forty dollars 20 be paid In the
following installments. Fifteen dollars when
the books are ready for delivery Cthls will not
be EARLIER than June - ten dollars IN two
months, ten dollars IN four months and i've
dollars In six months.
Do you say yes TO this n so, please sign
aud return the iuelosed blank,
4 a Z. - "A n
regard this proposition as strictly con fisHfial
Very respectfully,
FUSE & wAeSAls
It does not appear whether John Waua-
maker was interested IN this deal, though
il may well have been inspired by him. Its
holy tone, its air Of Ingenious and child
Ike trust, It's sweet, prattling innocence Of
style-these bear q very remarkable resem-
hlance 10 the barguin-eounter manifestos
printed daily Ia the Philadelphia paper over
John Wanamaker's signature. However
that may be, the circular makes mighty in-
teTesting Literature. aud a close study Of Il
leads as 70 observe that, as the details aud
ramifeations Of this conspiracy are brought
more clearly before the public mind, there
viii be a deepening Of the national pride IN
our Postmaster General and ia the Admin
istFation that made him possible.
HERF IS CANDIB CoSFEssIos Of the
state Of things in the mining district Of
Pennsylvania, that best aud brightest fruit
Of protective institutions. The New York
Tribune should not speak out 10 meeting
thus. "A curious circumstance brought to
light by the taking Of the census is the
fact that IN the coal regions Of Penn
sylyania large numbers Of Huuganans,
Poles and Italians are employed who are
not known by their names, but simply by
numbers. The system is not exactly one
u slavery. These men are, rather, treated
ss beasts of burden, who are capable 0f
dong q certain amount OF w0rk. bat
are scarcely recognized a. human be
iugs az all When acc0sted by
the census euumerators they refused
10 give their uames- probably under the
felief hat ibe system 10 which they are
subject would not allow them 70 call their
souls Iheir osH. The amount u liberty
which they can claim for themselves In this
land 0f freedom is small indeed There
ought 10 be no place under our Institutions
Tor a system THAI treats men as 1f no more
account than automatons Or brutes.
THE CINCIANATTT EoamacigI- Ga-stts
says with our Mary, ours no more, the
question arises rs 70 what VIII become or
that unique and agarhos old authr0pos,
Colonel Dr. Hamilton Griffin, Who iu
lucky moment married the widow Anderson,
ErH a-FFa ~ o. I'D Err#frr. H.-ar..a afa had Fs rHa