The Critic and record. (Washington, D.C.) 1891-1896, 1891-05-07
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

II Italy chooses TO stop speaking TO the
United States becatise they refuse toamend
their Constitution to suit her views we
will have to try and get along without
her In the meantime, will Premier di
Rudini be kind enough to stop the emil
grafton of undesirable Italian subjects to
this country? TO be consistent he should
do so, most assuredly .-Richmond Times.
Had the Southern Confederacy Sue
cceded, lot of Ohio Republicans would
have gone down there and run for Presi-
dent. One country is not enough for
Ohio ambition. COuieteJourRai.
Jay Ewing the United States Consul at
Vancouver, II. c.. who refused to Join in
the usual toast of "Ier Majesty" might
think that he was upholding the dignity
of his Office by doing so, but few Amer
lean gentlemen will indorse his ungracious
act. lie ought to be sent TO Germany as
specimen Of American hog.-IHHddci-
phid Times.
Englishmen who come here complain
that we are forever shaking hands The
boot should be on the other foot. 1t is
the American in England who should
complain that the people over there do not
shake hands. 1t grows 80 be frghtful
predicament when it has happened
twenty times in day that you have put
out hand TO seal an introduction or
lhNNNiuB Mlll blldhtt anu ndNt lOullh
the other fellow looking at your hand
coldly, and not offering to put out his
own. We are the ones to complain, not
the English.-N. Y. San.
Ground has been broken for the Grant
monument. Now let thy servant depart
in peace, for he cannot wait to see the
work of the building completed. 1t is
possible that the dedication may be as far
from the breaking of the ground as was
that of the Washington Monument
N'Ou Free Press.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison pressed an
electric button and launched the new steel
cruiser Monterey. This outdid the great.
est achievement of the kodak Chicago
Inter- Ocean.
Thanks are due Mr.. Edmund Clarence
Stedman for his recent services in aiding
us to pack away several firkins of sugar
cured XXX culture for summer use. Our
culture stock IS now quite complete and if
Boston's supply of lbsen or Browning is
running low we can lend her jar or so OF
the refined product without inconven-
fencing ourselves in the least Chicago
Ne1Cs.
Mr. Russell =. Harrison, the Presidents
son, is young gentleman with an intel
lect full of aching volds. Hei part owner
of a newspaper in New York. and in that
newspaper he takes occasion to say very
emphatically that Mr.. Blaine will not be
a candidate for President next year. One
of these days it may occur to young Mr..
Harrison that hisnoblest gift to the Ameri-
can people would be a rest.-H. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Emperor of China is grossly impo-
lite in refusing to have Hon. Henry w.
Blair unloaded on him. If he can't stand
Mr.. Blair in China for two years, how can
he expect the United States to stand him
at home for an indefinite period ?-H.
Louis Republic.
The story of Hutchinson, familiary
known as "0ld Hutch" the great Chicago
grain gambler, may be briefly told. He
was shrewd and lucky, and made money
rapidly. At one time he was worth sew
eral millions Of dollars. But he did not
know when he had enough. Like mos
gamblers, success did not satisfy him. He
kept on in the hope of grasping more,
until he came to destruction.-Cia Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.