The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-11-17

holders Of the bonds wantel II again,
thus paying interest on millions Of dol
lars for which IL had no need or use
The plan does not promise much for
anybody.
PARKWAY WASHINGTON recognizes
The significance Of the election. ,ys
The Tacoma Lsdger lRcp) Several
explanations are offered for The surpds-
ing result of The elections In the East.
lu our opinion there IS but one Tue
NcKiNLEy BIN did g. A majority Of
tie people ot this country favor pro-
t,ciiUn. buI ihcy do uottavor protection
min mad The McKNLEY blll IS pro.
lection run mad
Tm NEWSPAPERS keep up a tre.
mtrdous cackle over the failure Of
Senator CARLISLE 10 attend the THuR
MAN banquet. The favoflte theory
with our Republican friends Is that
Mr. CARLISLE has a quarrel with Mt.
CLEVELAND, and would not go TO Co
lumhus because he found he had been
Ilaced in a seat next 10 theeX President.
And ont Of this comes a vast deal Of
comment and conjecture which is mt
10 all favorable 10 the Senator. The
chances are that Mr CARLISLE gave the
tue reason, pressing business engage
mtnts The fact that he attended a card
party on the night OF the banquet would
not necessarily contradict this. NJ
matter how pressing ones business en-
parements may be, he must give some
time 10 rest and recreation, aud Mr..
CARLISLE might easily have been too
much occupied 10 admit Of his taking
The journey 20 Columbus and return,
and yet have had leisure TO 60 10 a neigh
hoT's house after business hours. The
truth Of the matter is that the g1ssips
ale making great noise and furry over
nothing.
IT'S sow SAID by the Atlanta papers
that the effort 10 bring forward Mr.
PAT CALHOUN as an Alliance candi-
date for the Georgia Seuatorship as
against GoRDoS was "an incurable mis-
take
THE ALWAYS ESTEEMED Philadelphia
Press complains that the business Of the
Louisiana Lottery continues 10 prosper
and expand in Philadelphia despite the
stringent laws local and general 70 the
contrary The Press says
The following figures taken from the
dealers book viii give some idea 0f the
rlttut ~ The lottery traffic iu Philadelphia.
lU August be- sold $500 tickets, Of which
n Ir1g we're hole ones, costing $50 apiece.
lu september his sales were q, 100. In Oc-
rsier = goo This reflected the dlstrusl Of
fle FlEyeTs iu the mail aud express service
lu one textile establishment club has Tor
IIfts months taken llaugkets and twenty
s.A uUI- we're sold ~ Worstrs iu the
cane place one carpet factory has
rluh that has for the last -four
months taken uiuetyuue tickets a mouth,
aud iu s large steel aud tool works 500
was paid out by the bread winners for this
purpose lu tie same time. There
are u this city not less than 20 places
where tickets can be had, mostly tayerus
and barber shops, one dealer makes his
headquarters iu q maglstrate's 0fhge, and
The tickets lave been sold there Tlile the
court vas iu session Another has
almosf a monopoly gf the City OH
GERS aud employes and hls com
SAGE mgHtb. The higbest return made q
me dealer whose hook Has inspected W4s
$50 iu the mouth 1i October. The
Tpor dupes 40 not seem % realize chat The
scheme Itself Is 8ufTaaeuuslE u0IgsI 20 iba
pIaEtr. Foreign lotteries pay mol lees than
55 ger cent 10 prices aud some 4s liza 2.
- lhs Louisiana pays bul little over ~
This Is a most surprising statement
one would have expected Phil4delphil
10 clme forward gilh q good moral eN
ample n his emergency.
Is I0DAYs IssUE Of the NeW Ior5
Nsa a0ur we'll known hon-f SMALL, re
eeives q very handsome aud graceful
compliment IAe sHs Washington
correspondent not only calls attention
10 The magnificent ghy5aafbemlm dis
play made by Dir SMALL and 10 Tie fora
miniature 81 the Capitol which aI3ru
the sh0w window % Fourteenth street
but goes 0u Is state fhat Mr SMALL ha
been offered The upsriutendency Of th.
faral department 81 Tic World Fair
TbIsis a veil deserved ul1ute @ the
artistic taste and Tie vast mateEia. re-
sources 1f our local 59ristss and one q
which Dir. SMALL 10 particular may
vel Be proud
Mr. ALEzAEDER PORTER AqRsE 3
prominent attorney of nis Cily has pre-,
e.