New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30
M ETEPETT Nv CONGRESS.

| There j. something so Ilinnv III tne tuouSh'
| that DR.. William Everett, of Quincy, Mass, Is
actually elected and going to take his seat IN
| the next Congress that people in Boston ana
its suburbs find great difficulty in treating it
seriously They had become quite accustomed
| TO seeing him run for Congress, and first anu
last i'm all these years in which he has been IN
| duging in that pursuit they have had great
deal of fun out of it. But no one supposed he
would ever get there. Now that he is actually
elected and is about to transplant himself from
Quincy to Washington and be transformed from
n schoOlmastcr to u statesman, we can see quite
vista of beneticent possibilities opening be-
fore him. The Democratic party has an ample
margin of majority without him, to be sure,
but when he once gets there and gets, as the
sailors say, his talking tacks aboard" he will
furnish his political associates great deal OF
entertainment Another advantage will be
that he can always be depended on 10 help
make quorum. lie will be there every time.
And when it comes to talking he can Just talk
the legs off an iron pot Tho next Congress
will sorcly miss George Fred Williams and
Sherman Hoar, but DR.. Evcrctt's presence will
60 far toward making good the loss OF both.
For he has views of the most emphatic char
acter. and his associates will find him both
frequent and fluent in their PRONUNCIATION. They
need not be surprised if he occasionally puts
them in verse and sets them to music. For he
is as versatile as a book agent and as volublc
as n soap pedlcr.
And the experience will do him good. II
will enlarge his horizon Association with
Democratic statesmen from all parts of the
l,,;,. iIonc nf tho ValipUot-
cd views of his party on every known qucs-
ton, including the tariff silver coinage and
Civil Service Reform. He Will find that he
can take any side upon any question without
losing his Standing in the party, while aS for
kicking. at which he is 50 handy he will find
more kickcrs under Mr. Clcvcand's Admins
tia,ion Than the Mucwrmp contingent ever
dreamed Of II will do him good To get near
TO the Dem cratic statesmen whom he has been
admiling and burning incense before for The
last eight or ten years. He Will appreciate
them better when he comes 10 see them III
their working clothes pursuing their vocation
as statesmen. One Of his duties will be 10 re-
form the Civil Service by getting Republicans
turned ont of Office and one Of his privileges
10 get his Democratic constituents put in then
ens on this subject will furnish him delight
full recreation, and hi, mediation with the de-
Lartmcnt, give him food for reflection.
1t will also he helpful to him 10 get near
enough to the Republicans. whom he has been
chaStising these many years at a distance, 10
take them bodily in hand and tell them TO their
faces how bad they are. This is an exercise
wc know he will enjoy. lie will find two or
three Republicans in the House whom he has
been holding mp to public cXccration for several
years, and we have no doubt he will fairly
rcvc in The delight of Having them before the
eyes of the whole people. II is none Of our
business where he begins or whom he selects
10 tackle first, but we are free 10 say that we
shall be disappointed if he does not very early
in the session make IN example Of Tom"
Reed Nothing would be more cdifying to the
Am rcan people than such an IN 'ountcr. And
We are quite sure from the way DR.. Everett
has expressed himself about this Oppicssor that
he will be only too glad 10 come TO close quar-
tiers with him. After that is over he can, if
he feels like it, "do up' two or three more
bad men of the opposition just to keep him
self in practice. Great opportunities open to
the Doctor. lie is in way to find out during
the next two years great many things calcu-
lated to broaden his views as a statesman and
increase his usefulness as schooma>tcr.