New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-06
.JTSTTCE 10 Dr. WILLIAM EJEHETT.

Our esteemed cont mporaiy The Ncw-l DIRK
sun Il e, us injusticc-nol Willingly however
we would fain bclicyc-when it SAYS We ." as
sumo doubtful JOY over the election OF the
Hon. William Everett ~ Il Representative III
Congress" We beg 10 assure our contemporary
that there j. nothing doubtful whatever III our
Joy over that phenomenal event IN recent po-
litical history nor i il assumed. II is natural.
genuine and unmiScd. Not because there Is
ANYTHING ludicrous in the idea Of Dr. Ever
ctts "b coming a public servant and taking
I'D a Iublic career" for we agree that "a man
of genius, n schuolmaStcr,' and "a man who
know. Horace b, hear, and AriStolcs Poll
iic, too''-uhich i our contemporary de>crip-
ton # DR.. EYcrctt-cannot be- otherwise than
IAN honor To any legislative body" In an
,vcr 10 our clntcmloraiy inquiries - Is there
,,m thing inlIinS cIlly humorous about school
mast - I, it a crime t. be intelligent - We
,a,. unhc,iialingA and without mental re>'rya-
lion that there j. nothing lntllnsically humor-
ou, about a schoolm,ster and that II Is not
crime 10 be- intelligent Indeed, we shall go
further and say that TO our mind there is moth
ing inirn,icaly humorous in Dr.. Everett, and
notwithstanding the fact that there are not
more cerebral contents than he has do
not consider that his general intelligence
lcaohc, the point of crmnaity. We are
aware however, that our Judgment on those
point, i, subject to revision by Democratic
Congress.
Our sincere and unmiNcd JOY over DR. Ever
ctts election. a. we tried to make plain is he
cause it will broaden his horizon, enlarge his
knowledge "a human nature. give HIM new
views of the capacity Of the Democratic party
for aclobatic fcatS and circus performances,
furnish him the opportunity to tackle Tom
Reed anI other indicators ut short range, and
make. on tho whole. a better schoolmaScr of
him When we said there was something 50
funny about. his election that the people down
Eostan way found difficulty in treating it >cri
ouSly we did not by any means desire it to he
understood that there was anything funny in
lis entering public life but only that the people
around Boston had become 50 accustomed to
his running for thing, and not getting them
that his actual getting there in this instance
appealed TO their sense of humor by It's uncX
pcctedncss which is the essential element OF
humor. And 80 far from Sympathlzing with
this humorous view, we said distinctly that il
was a serious matter, and that il opened a con
siderable vista of benciicent possibilities. Per
,h the thought that we should treat the Doc
tors election in any but the most scrl6nS man
ncr We believe it will do him great deal
of good and that he, il he availS himself of
his opportuntle>-as we are quite sure he will
will do the Democratic party in Congress
great deal of good lie can tell them IA great
many things some of which are 50.
1.-THE sun inquiries with an carnc>tneSs which
ough, to Impress the Boston people. who have
been treating the subject rs we ourselves think
with far too much frvoty, "Wherc does the
fun come in?' 1t is Il very proper inquiry
That was what we wanted 10 know The
Boston people will find out when they read
1.-THE suns" article on thc subject