New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-20
THE FIRST PERSON SINGTLIR.

II has had quite Il Eun-the first person singh
lar. Its original apotheosis WAS by Louis NV
When that magnificent person said. 4" am me
! State" and brOadened the first person SINGH
! lar 10 the full dimensions Of his kingdom ana
people. there one 10 deny his claim
or dispute his title. His mtators hav" not
! always been SO successful. The first Napoleon
was close second for time, but he went to
pieces nj last while State and People survived
A more recent European imitator Is the self
asserting young person known rs the Emperor
Of Germany. Last year the passion for imi-
tating the Grand Monarch seems TO have passed
over with the grip and other undesirable con
tagions to this country. Ii has been running
ever since. II broke ont in Washington with
the return of :" The Master" to the direction OF
National affairs. According 10 the best Demo
| cratic and Mugwump authority, the repeal of
the silver Purchase act WAS accomplished by
the first person singular Ia the White House.
The proposed new tariff is also The work of the
first person singular. And up 10 the hour of
the delivery of the last special message the
first person singular WAS potential in the for
cign policy Of tho Government. There are in
dications that the cpiss Of the disease has been
passed In that quarter. The first person Singh
lar Is less intense than ii was. Other factors
are recognized.
Coincdrniy the first person singular broke
ont In the executive departments OF various
States Of the Union. Governor Pcnnoycr, Of
Oregon. had serious attack Of il. which first
showed Itself In collision with til" great first
person singular nj Washington. AMI was ac-
companicd by an outbreak Of language prcvi-
III Il 4.
yclop,d later In an independent Thanksgiving
PROCLAMATION. The present condition Of the
patient Il. not known. II caught the Governor
81 Colorado nnd for several weeks that func-
tionary was wild with II. lie WAS not content
with being the State Of Colorado. but asprcd
10 be- III" first person singular If III" whole
country Then there was Governor lcwclllng
~ Kansas. who broke ont with the first person
singular in proclamation 10 the officers of the
municipal police multiplying a statute Of the
State In the ease of Governor Alig"ld. OF
Illinois the hrst person singular took thu form
81 Interference with the State judiciary in The
reversal ~ lis Jul gmcnts and the release of
convicted malcfaciors. In South Carolina Gov
rrnor Tillman had an attack of II. under which
he tackled the United States courts and set
his mnlady showed itself In the monopoly Of the
luuor business ~ the whole State. He was
still rampaging when last hcanl from.
Locally the epidemic of the first person Singh
lar was NJ ils height just before the November
election. NcSsrs. Hill. Murphy and Shcchan
strlrtcd around with II as though 1t was some
thing 10 he proud Of. Mr.. Mclaughlin over In
Brooklyn had It In less dcmonstratvr and
Mr. John Y McI<anc In its most violent form:
and orr own Croker was all broken out with
H. Whoever reads his recent interview will
observe that his * n very vrulent ease Of first
person singular. The epidemic seems 10 have
started with the return of The Master 10
what he deemed his own. II has had Il consid-
cradle run But ii begins 10 lool, rs II It's fury
had been spent. The country Is passing ont
of the first person singular period. There are
some other folks In the world