The critic., 1891-02-24
For President,
HENRY WATTERsoN of Kentucky.


For President,
HENRY WATTERsoN of Kentucky.
For Vice-Prcsdent,
DAVID BENNETT HILL of New York.
Platform Resol,ed, That an ''insolent
and iinpertinent' letter must not be al
lowed to open bloody chasm in the
Democratic party York Tribune.
Perhaps DIR. HARRISON IS prcdiudiccd
against Speaker Reed because Mr.. Reed
wore so wide a by band last summer.
COnlier journal.
When Judge PETER gets his bureau Of
information established will he kindly in
form the public why he does not throw n
little business to the BARRIERS occasionally?
--Ncp York World.
Mr.. Blaine's reciprocity with Brazil
might be good thing but for two rea-
sons. First, there isn't any reciprocity in
It; second, Brazil hasn't accepted II yet.
The announcement was little pre-
yious."
STILL il afforded an opportunity to push
the subsidy scheme, which was perhaps
what Mr.. Harrison is after. What is a
subsidy? Well, when company owns a
line of steamships and can't make it pay,
some Congressman offers an appropriation
bill to makeupthe deficit from the Federal
Treasury York Herald.
The cordial approval given by business
men and others interested to the selection
Of Ex-Governor Foster for Secretary Of the
Treasury shows that, in the Judgment OF
the competent, the President has made no
mistake in his choice for this important
Office Mr.. Foster is no unknown guam
tity. On the contrary, he is well known
for sturdy honesty, wise conservatism and
| independent Judgment. He is sound on,
the great financial questions of the day,
and will carry ont the policy so success
fully carried OH by his distinguished pre-
decessor.--Ne,o YORK. Tribune.
Speaker Reed seems to have been in
great form" yesterday. He ieered mem
bers who questioned the Justice OF his
rulings, using the chair Of the House as II
| it were stool in the centre Of barroom
| or a-high point on the stairway of tene-
| mcnt house during row among the occu-
pants. He performed great exploits also
| in the way of counting u quorum, not con-
| teiiting himself with merely counting
members who were within the reach of
| his eyes, but counting those whom the
| clerks reported as having been found by
| them in the cloak-rooms.
| This is making great progress In parlia-
mentary procedure. There is only one
| more extreme to which he can go. and
| that is to count as present in the House
| every member who is known to be in
| Washington at the time. lie counted q
| member as present yesterday who was in
| barber-shop being shaved at the time,
| and that was no greater stretch of the
| Speakers powers than il would beto count
| member as present who was in bed in
his hotel or eating his dinnerin its dining
room.-Neac York Eeeniag Post.
We notice in 1873 esteemed contcmpora-
rics the assertion, Of much interest 10 the
| Boston Bean-cursts, that Henrik Ibsen
| WAS little boor in his bOyhood,h but
none of them discloscs the important fact
| that Henrik Ibscn is a big bore in his
manhood. d.--Ne,V YORK. Sna.
Not long before the death of General
Sherman he expressed himself freely 10
his old friend, George w. Childs of this
city, about his funeral, his grave and his
monument. He wanted Il military fu-
neral becoming his rank, but he said with
the emphasis common to the brave, blunt
old soldier, Don't pass the hat around
for me when am dead"
General Sherman was sickened by the
spadmodlc, but ever Intellectual efforts tc
erect a monument over the remains ol
Grant; he reyolted at the speculative
pomp displayed at the funeral of his chief
and he freely expressed himself against
making show Of his body aud then put
ting II away on the Hudson or some othei
advertising lot to take care Of itself,
These ideas are made mandatory in hi
will, as just made known By Liegtenan
Thuckara, his son-in-law of this city
The will defines the monument to b.
erected over his grave to be paid FOR by hi
estate, and IL prescribes its cost and TIN
exact letters To be ON il, viz--the simpl,
date of his birth and death, his army ranl
with the words True and Honest
added -IhHddClphia Times.