New-York tribune., 1893-12-24
the cONGEL fTIOV or HiDES

The student Of history and lover "f letters
who in some distant age shall lngcr with fond
ness upon the recorded uttcranc-s -ombalmcd
with their own Juices and made classic 10y
lapse of time aud common cousrnt-of GOV
crnor Davis II. Waite, Of Colorado. will no
doubt be struck by the circumstance that,
though his discourse has the large loose swing
Of the prairie and the brcczincss Of the noun
tain tops there were times when, borne along
BY the resislcss torrent Of his own "loIuruce-
which he could not dam himself. though The
general public damned II with unanimity-
he was moro inIpctuOus than exact ndcr
the microscope Of minute literary criticism the
future historian will doubtless detect II ten
dcncy which. when carefully anayzed Will
seem 10 be I'm the direction of hypcrhOle II
will b, found that. when wrought mp 10 that
high pitch of Indignation with which the broad
minded and liberal soulcd statesman who never
earned an honest dollar cnntcmplatrs the un-
Willingness OF men whose activities have been
manual To divide with those whose labori have
been laba lingua ana vocal. lie has some
times as the Pope remarked 10 Chauncey De
pew the other day. put on just about
huckeberry more lhnn the traffic Will bear"
The historian will enjoy one advantage. which
The citizens OF Colorado have not. though they
eagerly long for II, in getting the Governor In
perspective; but in the difficulty which attends
the effort Of III" historian 10 restore The con
ditions and replace III" environment Of Il period
that IS past there j. danger that lh" Governor
may be- msiudgcd. and consequently be- mis-
represented 10 posterity.
This would be- serious misfortune For of
all the linc array OF Governors PM on exhibition
before the world during The present historic
epoch the scgrlot pustulcs of an eruption which
has only been Lindcrcd from becoming conhu-
cnt by The distanci. from South Carolina tp ore
pon- there j. none 50 important 10 bc handed
down 10 postcrity property Labelled This side
up with care. lnhammablc Explosive as The
Colorado Executive. IT has been tile constant
aim Of The Tribune ever since the Governor
rose rcdheadcd on The political horizon and be-
gan 10 light with Il lurid glare the whole Rocky
Mountain region 10 keep alongside of him. as II
were. or ~ least in his wake. and interpret him
in some measure 10 Il hewildercd universe
Ii has not been easy 10 do. The theory was in
sisted upon by many persons that he was the
rcincarnation Of Rahram the Wild ASS" men
toned ia the thirteenth century by Omar klay
yam. the aSirOuOlncrpOet Of Persia. This de-
usion. We believe has pretty much disappeared
However many other kinds he may be-. few
people now believe that he is that particular
ass Nowhere is This theory more Scorniuly
rejected than in Persia. 1t is maxim Of that
people, originally uttered. We think. by zorro
astcr. that the worship Of Fire does not include
bowing down To everything that is rcdhcadcd.
cur main difficulty in Interpreting Governor
Waite 10 the world has arisen from The fact
already advcrt"d TO- that he is liable in The
carncsincss with which he seeks Ia direct into
pc's money 10 bcconc. as it wcrc redundant
hypcrbolic. plr0naSiic. pOrlica and ornate
There was just Il faint flavor Of this IN his
famous proposal 10 force the free coinage Of
silver even if he had to ride IN blood To the
bridlc Many persons took This literally and
we bad some difficulty in calming ihc GOV
crnor down and holding him back until mere
~ by lapse of time it appeared that he was.
as Mare Antony said abou, Br,lius. talking
through his hat" Within The last few days
Governor Waite has given us occasion 10 act
again his Interpreter. IL was given out
some time ago that he contemplated calling IN
extra session of the Legislature for the purpose
Of asserting the hcavcn-born right Of The colo
RADIO miners To have seventy cents worth Of
The products ~ their mines stamped as dol
lar aud made current ~ that rate in the mar
kcts OF the world The business men of Denver
held Il meeting To demonstrate With him He
appeared III The meeting and made remarks.
They were rather more rrdhcadcd ihan usual
Among other things lie said he should keep up
the agitation for free silver coinage until hell
freezes over.
1t was n cOrial spontaneous uticrance, made
in the spirit Of frankncss aud candor which
charactcrizes all the Governors public deliver
anccs. 1t Is perhaps open to the objection OF
indelnitencss but SO also the answer Of