The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-31


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THE NATIONAL INTELLeENcER
ESTABLISHED 1900
THE SUNDAY HERALD
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Editorial and Publication Off1ces, No. 409
Tenth Street Northwest.
st. Louis feels very small nowadays beside
its former rival, Chicago. But st. Louis at
least has the consolation of knowing that 1t is
bigger than Boston, the town which owns
Chicago.
Representative QUINN, of New York, on
Monday last introduced in the House a resolu-
tion of inquiry regarding the P1NKERroN de-
tective abuse. Mr.. QUINN should not let the
matter rest there.
The Post Office Department has not yet an
nounced the closing of the mails to the edition
of the Congressional Record of last Thursday,
which contained Mr.. CANNoN's shocking re-
mark about Mr. McApoo. But then it was an
expurgated and deodorized version of the re-
mark which was printed in the Record
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Some cities of old contended for the honor of
having been HoMER's birthplace. Now two
cities contend for the honor of being the burial
place of GRANT. The city which was originally
given that honor has shown itself unworthy of
1t, and the country demands that the remains
be removed to more fitting resting place.
New York only emphasizes her unworthness
by threatening to make an unseemly resist
ance.
Congress has been frequently criticised and
ridiculed for its egregious blunders in art mat
ters, but in dealing with the Lafayette Monu-
ment site question it has shown considerably
more common sense and artistic sense than some
of those who in the past have set themselves up
as its critics. Both Senate and House declared
on Thursday that the site selected for the Lafay-
ette Monument, near the sidewalk in Lafayette
Square, was unsuitable for many reasons. Now
the commission will have to yield to public
opinion and seek more suitable site somewhere
else after going to the expense of erecting
pedestal
1t is difficult even to imagine the density of
the ignorance and superstition which must pre-
vail in those sections of Spain where the peas
ants murder the doctors who are endeavoring to
prevent the spread of the cholera. The account
of the insane outbreak of the peasantry seems
more like a page of medieval history than a
news item fresh telegraphed from the scene of
the occurrences. 1t is not to be wondered at
that eminent Spaniards who in their youth were
ardent Republicans have grown conservative as
with age they have learned that self-government
is an edge tool as unsafe to give those who are
ha in fba
hands of the sailors monkey.
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The attempt the part of some papers to
make political capital out of the unfortunate
occurrences in the House last Wednesday is
rather small business. OF course the scene was
disgraceful, but the disgrace will be felt alike
by all right-thinking citizens who are Americans
before they are partisans. The bad language
and the scuffle between members were an affront
to the dignity of the National House of Repre-
sentatives, and as such should be deplored and
resented. The whole affair, however, is not one
to cause the friends of free institutions to de-
spair. Liberty still towers gigantic and serene
above the dome, unasphyxiated by the mephitic
vapors generated in the stewing cauldron of
party and more sordid passion that seethed be-
low. The old flag still floats and flaps at either
end of the Capitol and the President has re-
turned from the sea-shcre feeling first rate
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The strike on the New York Central Railroad
having been practically settled, after serious
disturbance of business, much loss to business
men, and the wanton shooting of number of
innocent citizens by the hired rihemen of the
big corporation, now the estate Board of Arbi-
tration," rubs its eyes, takes its feet off its
desk, hires cab at the stables expense, and
starts out to make an inquiry into the affair.
The New York State Board of Arbitration
seems to regard its duties as similar in nature
to those of the coroner When the bill was be-
fore the New York Legislature creating the
State Railroad Commission, the story goes at
Albany a noted lobbyist went to the Hon.
CHAUNCEY NJ DEPEw and offered to defeat
1t at bottom fgures-something like $1,000.
"No," said the Hon. CHAUNCEY, as his gigantic
intellect prepared to secrete an epigram fitting
to the occasion. 'Let it pass. Before year
is up either the commissioners will own the
railroads or the railroads will own the commits
sioners." Perhaps the State Board of Arbitra-
tion has shared the fate which Mr.. DEPEw had
the policy to indicate as doubtful with refer
ence to the railroad commissioners.
The fact that the Knights of Labor have been
worsted in the contest with the New York Cen
tral Railroad will not cause the friends of the
Workingmen's organizations so much regret as
will the manner in which the strike has been
handled by the labor leaders. The latterdo not
seem to have at any time been in control of