The critic., 1891-02-20
EDITORIAL PERSONALS.

Governor Hill remains silent on the
subject of silver. The Presidential hope
Of the free silver Democrats may yet lie In
him. Cincinnati Commercial. Gdsette.
Grant, Thomas, Sherman and the rest
of he great fighters aregone. But Foraker
survives. IL seems that in order to out
live everybody else IL is only necessary TO
give the muscles of the jaw steady exer-
cise.-IH. Louis RGpuJic.
An Independent will be great improve
ment on Senator Moody. The interests of
the West demand something quite differ
cnt from the kind of statesmen it has
been sending TO Congress. The West
really belongs TO the Democratic parity
CoUrier-Jou7,dl.
The South loves Cleveland for the enc.
mics he made by vetoing pension bills
and proposing to give up the captured
Confederate battle-tiags; and perhaps that
will induce her to condone his anti-silver
letter.-.St. Louis Globe Democrat.
When distinguished warrior like
Sherman falls, the bitter memories which
would formerly have intlamed the minds
of those who actually or in the spirit
looked down into his open grave, no
longer rise up to keep alive the feelings
which the good of all the sections require
should be repressed and forgotten. The
memories which that open grave brings
back are full of the glory of a great con-
flict which reflected eternal honor upon
cast any dark shadow over the fu-
ture of the Republic. Such memories
strengthen rather than weaken popular
confidence in the destinies of our common
country, for they are now devoid of
antagonism and hatred, and aresuggestive
only of mutual kindness and good will
Richmond Times.
While General Malone is advising the
Democrats to nominate Mr.. German for
President he is also busy planning to keep
| at the head of the Republican party in
anti-Harrison delegation to the National
| Republican Convention. Malone is GER
| tainly not friendly to Harrison and Blaine
| is his ancient enemy. Richmond Dispatch.
There was something very funny in Mr.,
| Harrison's remark to the Sioux chiefs
| that ''you can get nothing by war except
| punishment" What's the matter with q
free trip to Washington, box at the
theatre, a shower of presents and no end
| of receptions and civil attention?-Kai,S,'
| CITY Star.
| Pension Commissioner Raums coat ol
| whitewash will be a tiimsy arm0r when
| at him with a scalpel.-New York Iele
| gram.
Mrs. Tcnnant, Henry NJ. Stanley:
mother.in-law, says: I'm America ther,
are thousands and thousands of sweet
lovely, worthy girls, who are fadinl
away, because there are no husbands fo
them.n Well, what would the Engllsl
girls do, were IL not for an occasiona
American explorer Chicago Nal.
1t is now limited that the soclSless agri
culturists of Kansas contemplate sliding
Plumb through the same guillotine tina
decapitated ingalls,. The Kansas politi
clans seem TO be unusually dull in grasp
ing the magnitude Of the man with th
hOe.--F0H Worth Gazette.
Senator Vest is among the leading Dem
ocrats who now haul down the Cleyean'
banner The Senator says no man can b.
greater than his party. But he forget
Mr.. Cleyeland's first claim to distinction
was based on the ground that nc was eve
so much better than his party. That wa
the Mugwump idea, and il worked fairl!
well.-Omdhd bee.
David u. Hill will sit behind Senate
German in the Senate, and did he nee
any posting as to Senatorial work woul'
be just where he could "help himsel
from the Jug" But he doesn't,-Phild
6pha Times.