The critic., 1891-02-27
EDITORIAL PERSONALS.

The New Orleans Picdy,ine says of Mr..
Cleveland: 1--WE admire him for his cour-
age and honesty in these matters, but we
cannot agree with his views" That is,
because they are not picayune views, per-
haps.-Boston Transcript. =
We are about TO have q titled aristocracy
in this country and Inspector Byrnes will
lead the procession.
Call him Sir Thomas after this, If you
please.
The King Of Italy has recognized his
merit and given him adecoration.
Sir Thomas! Just think of it!---Nep
York Hergld.
When Roger Mills and Bill Hatch come
together IN the scrimmage for the Speaker,
be the pow-wow! The recoil will be likely
to throw the Washington Monument out
Of plumb, The wild-eyed steer Of Texas
and the yellow fyste Of Missouri are no
Chicago Ners. '' ~
| Late news from Washington is to the
effect that Quay has dropped Mr.. Hafri-
SON.. II is generally believed that the
| President Will recover. Quay does not
| far Ntfc York Contineaf ~. ~
| The run,or that Senator Francis Marion
| Cockrell Is anxious to retire from political
| life has been set afioat by somebody who
knows neither Senator Cockrell nor the
| eternal steadfastness of the average Mis-
sourian's grip when once that grip has
cOmprehended a good thing. When Sena-
tor Cockrell retires from Office 1t will be
because he has stopped breathing CHI
cogo M,rs.
Ex-Governor Foster is a man of fair,
abilities and good character. and will
probably fill the place acceptably to his
party and as satisfactorily to the country
as any Republican in sympathy, with the
policy OF the present Administrations
ydshriNe An,erica. ter.,.
In. her address Miss Frances Willard
said that atom constantly called upon
atom to combine. Why, oh why, does
not Miss Willard answer some anxious
atom and responsiyely combine. Mem
phis Appedi- 1raldache.
The venerable Mr.. Thurman gives Sec
retary Foster good certificate of charac.
ter. The Ohio statesmen of all shades Of
politics can generally be depended upon
to stand together when it comes to dis
tributing Federal patronage among them,
--BostoR Herald
Indocrat Kyle. the Senptorelect from
Montana, is a free trader lie thus adds
to his record as a clergyman, a Prohibit
ZIONIST and an ex-Rcpnblican elected by
Democratic votes as an Independent.
Kyle's versatility Is too great for staid
body like the United States Senate. = BaHt-
more ADmriedn f Nf"i far
Cleveland has good wife and clear
conscience and the fishing season is near
at hand What more does man need
for happiness in this life?-- Chicago Inter
Ocean,
| II is characteristic of Census Bungler
Porter's methods that he went to Jeffer-
son County, Alabama, to find a "type
county" for farm mortgage statistics.
Birmingham and its mining industrle;
are located in Jefferson County,--S, Loui'
Republic.
st. Louis proposes having an equestrian
statue of General Sherman ON the steps al
one Of the entrances Of the new City Hall
This is appropriate, yet the old soldiers
request, HDon't pass the hat around fol
me when ] am dead, shonld be duly re-
spected.-- Cinci1adH Commercial Gazette.
Mrs. Lily Devereux Blake alone re
tanned sufficient amount of female van
ity to indulge taste FOR bangs, but thi,
must have been intended for her Owl
qualification, for II is stated that even TIN
reporters present were members OF TIL,
female sex. No charge, therefore, eoulc
be brought against her as making an ap
peal in such an adornment To the artistic
sense Of men, Richmond Times.
The appointment of Ex-Governor Foste
as Secretary OF the Treasury Is one o.
those cOlorless seldctiois which such Al
Administration as the present might b
expected TO make. Llkethat of Secretary
Window, Il has the effectiof fehabilitatin,
politician whose verylexistence was al
lnost forgotten. II Is, however, a motto
served on the country that free silye
coinage Is not part OF the policy 0
General Hafrison'B adninistration.--,Sl ~
] Jad UiPatsn.