The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-20

Unfortunately Tor the President, that Reed is
now broken, while the free-slver demons are
churnipg up a new maelstrom more threaten
ing than the old.
Mr.. BLAINE is achieving one of the greatest
successes of his lifetime in the role of the
modern sphinx. It's mighty good thing for
the newspaper population of this country that
th ose who fail to guess the great Blaine conun-
drum don't meet the fate of those who failed
to solve the riddle of the ancient sphinx
ALL the little boys in the big Congression al
Sunday-school at the south end of the Capitol
are just as lovely as they can be to Teac her
Crisp these days because they expect him to
hang nice committee places on the Christmas
tree for them. But how they will make faces
at him when they find he hasn't given them
what they want.
WITH the progress of the grip arrested by the
cold wave, an easier money market, generally
p'Nd business, and freedom from public ca
lanity, there seems to be fair promise that it
Wi prove an unusually merry Christmas for
al 'rts and conditions of men, women, and
children. THE HERALD sincerely hopes it
may be so, and extends to all its friends a lit
tie in advance the best wishes of the season.
IT would appear tn at the State of New
York has more reason to be concerned about
Governor Hills delay in taking his seat in
the United States Senate than has that body
If New York can worry along for while with
only one representative in the upper House of
the National Legislature, why should the Senate
complain? Senator Hiscock can supply
beauty, dignity, and avoirdupois enough for
Nth
overtaxng himself, and as for voting, there's
none of it to do of any consequence.
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THE Rock Creek Park Commissioners fully
Eerited the congratulations given them yes
terday, by Chief Justice Bingham, when they
presented their report to the Court. The
Commissioners have labored with untring
zeal since the hearings as to the value of the
lands in question were begun, and that they
have done their duty conscientiously it is un-
likely any one will question. 1t was, of
course to be expected that all the owners
would not be satisfied with the awards of the
commission, but it is hardly probable that a
serious effort will be made to overturu their
work
REPRESENTATIVE DALZRLL has undertaken
the largest kind of contract in starting out
TO capture from Senator Quay the seat which
the latter now occupies. But Mr.. Dalzell is
man of ability; he is courageous and per-
sistent; he knows how to fight; he has power
full friends in Pennsylvania, and he is not
entirely uninstructed in the ways of the
politician himself Still Mr.. Quay's control
OF the Republican machine in Pennsylvania is
well-nigh absolute, and it will be something
in the nature OF political miracle II he fails
to come back to the Senate when his present
term expires.
PREMIER DI RUDINI shows great good sense
IN deciding to appoint successor to Baron
Faya without waiting for the President TO
promise that our Constitution shall be so
amended as to afford better protection to
foreigners resident in this country. If Di
Rudini had insisted that such a promise
should be made before sending new Italian
Minister to Washington, in all human proba-
bility the American people would have had to
summon all their fortitude to face the dismal
prospect of struggling along through the ages
yet to be without representative of the
Italian Government among them. But the
Italians know when to come off the roof
-
Tue Republicans have not relinquished their
old ambition to carry West Virginia In fact,
as the years have gone by their ambition in
that direction has grown more intense and
eager OF old they tried to carry the State be-
cause they thought it would be a compare
lively easy thing to do. They found their
mistake Now they are going to try to carry
1T next year because they feel they must. 1t
is their last desperate chance of retaining
their grip on power. But they will be dissp-
pointed. The Democracy of West Virginia is
united more closely than ever before, and with
such brilliant leaders as Senators Kenna and
Faulkner it will again rout the Republicans
THosE colored people who are promoting
the color-line agitation over the bathing beach
are not acting the part of good citizens nor OF
friends of their race. Nothing that Congress
nor any other human agency can do vii
eradicate the race preiudices that now exist
1t is the duty of good citizens of every shade
of color to accept the inevitable. No sensible
colored person should complain nor feel thai
he is being Disseminated against If as gooC
accommodations are provided for members o.
his race as for members Of the white race a.
the public bathing beach. 1t is undeniablC
that If sep arate beaches are not provided fo
white and colored, the latter Will have 4
monopoly Of the bathing privileges ThC
only fair and reasonable way is to provide