The morning call., 1892-08-22

4 little quarrel has broken out in Chi
eago over the authentic and artistic quail
ties Of the portrait of Columbus which is
Intended TO ajorn the souvenir half dollar,
about which SO much, irrelevant and other
wise, has been said. Photography had not
been discovered in the DAYS of Columbus
and we can only know little of the physi-
ognomy from portraitureS by the artist and
that is generally much less of the man than
what the artist imagined he should be. So
fidelity Of likeness is often sacrificed 10 atti-
tudiniZing and the pleasant patching up OF
artistic proportions, regardless OF the sacri-
fee of truth. Chicago insists upon having
some portrait of Columbus on the coin pre-
sentable. To suit that taste IL would be
easy to cobble up some ged-like drawing of
the Greeks, who never failed in the taste Of
this form of imagination. and TO call il CO.
lumbus. Nobody can know very well what
he did look like. and at four centuries of
distance ne might be m ade TO look like a
happy mortal. The effect Of good or bad
portraituTe on the sale of these souvenirs
cannot be material. Chicagoans expect
them TO sell like no; cakes.
The chief mate of the British ship Ben
more has TO 60 to England for trial. He
lies under the charge of having made a
murderOus assault upon his captain during
a voyage from Honolulu. Robert Dunn
claims 10 be an American. but as his offense
was committed on board a British vessel,
his case is TO be dealt with by the British
authorities. lie would have much pre-
ferred TO be dealt with by an American
court, but he has to cross the seas for
justice. Upon conviction there his punish
ment may extend from five wears to penal
servitude for life, and he has no aceommo-
dation in the nature Of second trials.
The Geary-street railroad alterations are
now almost finished. Any enc may study
how work on the public portion Of the
street is performed as compared with work
on the portion for which the railroad COM
panies are responsible. The rocks between
the pairs of rails are very closely laid and
there are innumer9ble inequalities along
the sides outside tie rails. A clumsy de-
ception is pTactieed in throwing ia coarse
sand between the interstices and smoothing
all over with a brush. But il is nn Salts
factory work and the wonder is that the
city stands the tearing up OF It's payements
and restoration in manner that exeites
ridicule and anger.
One who claimed to be an American citi-
zen but has lapsed in the rigor OF his prin-
ciples has accepted pitiiul knightage from
Lord Salisbury and the Queen. This Is
Ashmead- Bartlett " no held a subordinate
position in the admiralty. Some years ago
he c0quetted with the Randolph Churchill
Fourth party, and was noted for pertinacity
in the discussion Of European politics, which
constituted him the unforgivable bore Of
the House of Commons. He accentaated
his offensiveness by wearing an eye-glass
and splitting ii oct Of his eye and popping it
in again about five times second. His
brother is the husband of the Baroness
Bardett-COutts. wealthy and benevolent
old lady who is twice his age.
Quite apart from American labor troubles.
which concern them only from a critical
point OF view. the English have enough ON
hand constantly in labor troubles of their
own. 1t Is certain that labor questions will
be very botheTsome in future in the British
Parliament on account of the number of
Burns and Powderlys returned TO look
after the interests of industrial classes d.
rectly. And much more may be expected
Of this representation hereafter, when the
principle Of paying members, as In Amer
lea and France, is agreed to. This Is re-
form quite certain to be carried eventually,
and the result must be the ex.rusion from
Parliament of many lazy, wealthy loafers
who enter for the sake of social distinction.