Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-26

has never gone quite straight, and does no
even yet show many signs of reformation
and somebody is always responsible.
Gladstone Mark in England.
-JUsT at present, in England, it is Mr.
Gladstone. 1t is remarkable to one whs
Journeys into that country out of this, car
rying with him an enthusiastic admiration
of Mr.. Gladstone, how little sympathy he
finds. Of course, there is q maj jority o.
Gladstonians over there somewhere; or else
Mr.. Gladstone would not be where he is, ir
the chair of the Prime Minister. But the
American traveller wonders where they are
Everyone you meet with but an exception
here and there is against the administra
ton. Especially if you talk to the Wears
and the deans, and the bishops. Canon Ere
mantle, of Canterbury, was the only church
dignitary whom met who believed in Mr.
| Gladstone. Question al random any gentle
man in dress coat you will find in nine
cases out of ten that he voted for Lord Sails
| bury.
1t is quite safe then in England to abuse
| Mr.. Gladstone. The aggressive COW which
attacked him in the field the other day at
| Hawarden was simply possessed by the
| same devil which is working industriously
in the hearts of most Englishmen. "Why is
| it," said one gentleman to another, "that
Gladstone is called the Grand Old Mani"
| "Why, suppose" he answered, "that it is
| with him as it is with the pianos in my fac
| tory; when we have one which is neither
| Square nor Upright we call it GrandT' What
would become of human conversation if we
| could not tighten it with these gracious
| amenities? That poor COW could not talk,
| and had to use her horns and hoofs instead.
What world of violence we would be in If
we were all dumb!
Dr. Jenkins Friends Scarce.
IN quarantine the proper person to
| abuse was DR.. Jenkins. We were not any
| of US personally acquainted with DR..
Jenkins, and we had none of his relatives
| on board with us. SO we discussed him to
| our hearts content. 1t is always easy to say
mean things about people whom you do not
know. DR.. Jenk kins, accordingly, was made
individually responsible for every moment
| of our unnecessary detention. He was
| either malicious or he was incompetent. He
had flepdish joy in holding us back from
setting our feet on land, or else he did not
know his business. Either he had no heart
or lie had no head. We were accurately in
formed how long he stood on the dock doing
nothing, while we could have given him
plenty of employment. We knew how many
cigars he smoked when he ought to have
been fumigating our baggage. And all this
was benediction to US. l have no doubt
but that even on the Normannia the priv
ilege of abusing DR.. Jenkins contributed
greatly to while away the anxious hours of
imprisonment.
DR.. jenkins was a scoundrel; he was q
thier; he was murderer; he was the
brother-in-law of the Tammany ring. 1t Is
not likely that anybody thought of suggest
ing that he might possibly be o good man
with his shoulder under the biggest kind of
a burden, doing his best to keep the most
dreaded of modern plaques out of the city
and the country. and really getting that ac-
complished. He was simply the sacrifice
which lay at that moment upon the altar of
the goddess Malediction. What is the use
of having large and elaborate vocabulary
of complaint, if we are never to bring it in
to service?
Carnegie Very Live Topic.
we ought to have somebody to abuse
in Pittsburg. OF course, there Is always our
neighbor. But we have different neighbors
We need some central and common and mu.
nicipal neighbor upon whom we can all
unite. Why not take Mr.. Carnegiep Some
of the labor unions have already made this
suggestion. Why is it not good one2 Let
us abuse Mr.. Carnegie. We are not many of
US personally acquainted with him, but we
all know who he is. He is the man who gave
two millions OF dollars to provide books and
music and pictures for people who have
not much money for books and music and
pictures of their own. And now he has been
having trouble in one or two Of his great
steel works. This would be an excellent
time to let abuse drive out appreciation
Let US ask Mr.. Carnegie to take his money
back.
1t is true that Carnegie could not take his
money back if he would. 1t has been given,
part of it spent and the rest OF it involved
in contracts. 1t now belongs no more to
Andrew Carnegie than it does to Hugh
O'Donnell. The only way in which the
Councils could return it would be to take
that sum of money out of the public treas
ury-that is to say, out of all of our pockets
and pay the giver back. The money has
been used. We might as well propose to
pull down the Allegheny library and ship
the broken stone to Cluny Castle.
1t is true also that Mr. Carnegie would
not take back the money if he could
He has more sense. He has liv ed
long enough, and worked hard
enough, and seen enough OF men In his busy
experience to be quite aware of our uni
versal tondness Tor snap judgments and
sharp phrases. Nobody ever did good
thing without some circumstances turning
up to lead to his being abused for it. And
Mr.. Carnegie has already done 80 many
things which until q little while ago were
pronounced good that he has long since
found that out, and is. no doubt prepared
to make allowance for it. Let rich man
spend his riches on himself, and all men
will speak well OF him. But let him remem-
Der the great public, let him undertake
some notable benefaction and try to do
some good with his money, and we will be.
gin to call him hypocrite and end by pro-
nouncing him scoundrel. That is SO true
that it has passed into proverb. The Sin
gratitude of republics means simply the
temper of people in general.
Examples Worthy of Imitation,
Mr.. CARNEGIE and Mr.. Phipps and
Mrs. Schenley have set an example of public
spirit in this town worthy of all imitation.
Flowers and open spaces, and books and
pictures and music, are essential to our best |
life. 1t is great thing for any community
to have men i'll it with enterprise enough.
and brains enough, and patience ana |
strength and persistence and unwearied an |
plication enough, to plan industries giving
occupation to thousands of their fellow
citizens. And II these men began poor, and |
ventured all they had, and won success not |
by fortune but by the hardest kind of work. |
80 much the greater praise to them. To |
ing the benefits of their success, and max |
ing life better for the rest of US, is most de- |
s1rable, indeed.
And yet something is wrong, There ia
trouble on all hSnds. There is no lack of |
causes for complaint. Nobody knows vet
lust whore the trouble is, nor how it can he |
,ao llv remediad Nathan tho