The daily critic., 1890-08-07
OUR SAUSAGE.

hNlA NAta AANANl l@Nu has NNNR IIIaI INIi
thing In Giikeson's case.
In House Report 2172. first session
Fifty.irst Congress. one obtains
valuable insight into Gilkeson's gualif
cations Reading that report carefully.
The citizen slowly swells with pride as
he realizes that In GiIkes0n, the nation
possesses a bulwark of extraordinary
tflicaCy. 40 real peril can touch us
while Gilkeson remains al the forefront
II affairs Not only Is he capable Of
protecting the Treasury from the as
saults Of Army and Navy officers who
want 70 obtain what they impudently
claim to be due them. but as the Report
shows Gilkeson knows how 10 stand of
that meddlesome thing, the Supreme
Court Of The United States. when II uu-
dertakes by Its decisions 10 run counter
20 his views. lie unbends far enough
20 say, IN one part Of his statement, that
be recognizes the worth Of the court
j yield 20 no man, says GiIkeson. "in
The respect / entertain for the de-
livCrancCs Of the great constitutional
court Of last resort, and / would be far.
very far, indeed. from setting up my
opinion against such an authority etc. "
But after reciung the Supreme Court
decision bearing on the case at issue,
and arguing that the court had no proper
Jurisdiction in the premises, he urges
that the claimants have lost their rights
anyhow by falling to appear In time.
ard adds In view Of this condition OF
affairs ] think / can well be pardoned
u ! adhere 20 the law as acquiesced in
ly the claimants themselve ,'-this
"aCquiescence' being Gilkeson's dc.
tuCiUn from the claimants failure u
make earlier application Later, hov-
ever when GilkCson was summoned to
brTear before The Appropriations Con.
niit,o Of The House, and was questioned
ss 10 the Supreme Court decision al.
ready referred to, be replied Il would
not have followed the decision of the
Supreme Court"
Thus We have In GIkcson a combl.
nation Of hrmness, intelligence, lufor.
nation and selfreliance which has sci.
dom, II ever before, been compressed
into any single Individual. Gllkeson
could with equal efficiency and success
manage the Treasury, preside over the
House. lead an army, preach a sermon,
engineer a propaganda aud run the Su-
TIeme Court. SO much versatility and
nerve has never yet been furnished 10
government for The same money or any.
hing likeit.
When We think Of an the richness
crowded into this one skin We can com
pare Gilkeson 10 nothing but a sausage.
IHE INV Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy Is, iu addition % his acknowled pro
fessioHal requirements, one Of the most
graceful and vigorous writer's IN public
hfe Nothing could be more felicitous
than bis letter 10 Admiral Worden inviting
him % attend the embaTkatlon of the re-
mains q Ericsson on the 23d instant. Sec
rttary soley writes. upon this day when
the navy pays the last houors to the ere
atoT of the monitor, Il is peculiarly htting
that on, who hrst showed to the world
your old comrades in arms IN the perform
aIce Of this public duty. Great as is the
honor due 10 the llustrious inventor who
designed the ship, Il cannot surpass the re-
sFect ard yeneTation IN which we hold
The Esme o. the captain who led
her 10 victory. After half a century Of de |
voted epdeaYOT in the service Of your couu-
uy, during which your name has been /
linked With some Of the greatest achieve /
HtEts Of the Navy you have passed into 8 /
n ell e4rLed retirement The time when /
yCu ItceiTtd from the Department the or l
dtis which you executed with such ddelIty /
aId skll is, therefore, now past but Il Is |
10th ny privilege and my duty 10 ask you |
20 contribute by your presence 70 the |
solemn significance Of this occasion, aud 10 |
accompany the remains 70 the vessel which |
i 10 carry them 10 their dnal resting place /
SENATOR PLUHH Is catching it from the /
New York Tribune nowadays He Is even |
threatened By that great journal With re-
tiremeHt 10 private life unless be mends 4
lis Ways, The Tribune says, to-day. "It 4
Hill not he long before the substantial
voters who gave round maiodties for Gar
field Blaine and Harrison iu Kansas viii
decline 20 he Ted into the Democratic camp
under any preteXt, and it rests with Mr.
Plumb himself % determine whether they
Ehall then remember that he has stood
uusLakeus uncOmpromisiug aud undauItei,
q defender Of home industries" But per-
haps Mr. Plumb considers that the chief \
home Industry ID his state Is agriculture,
ana feels that be Is best defending it 10
fighting FOR reduced taxation on the ueces-
stiles q the farmers lie and aF0cat.0u.
However, this ia purely family sqalbbls.
TIE NEw YoEE Herald ieY0tes much
editorial space, to-day, 10 au exposition OF
ne lluLders and embarrassmeuts into
which, e says, The President aud Iis all
miulstTatiou have been Iai by Mr Blaine.
10 read ne Herald one would suppose
that lut f0T Blaine, Mr Harrison would
not have made ADS mistakes al an 10
occurs % us, however that Ws have never
heard Ar. Blaine accused 81 any rasp0usI-
tlity Tor WaUamaker Or The Cape May
coitage.
NEw YORK .CHATTEE. speaking Of ne
great llt dabby Hisc0ek, says that be Is
lazy He protest lgaiusl the adjective
lazy iu connection gith our 0Wu Hlsc0ck I
lie is Quly tired There 3 TOO much o.
hls ullHal ana e slaggeTsl that's all Re-
mQFe that burden free Hi5e0ek from Ihe
qf saving the country aud
le HQuld uu longer Ealk lks a camel or
lQCk LAG Dol9. Give Hizcllk 3 chance.