New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-02

THE KANSIS STfTENL1Dl.
We should be glad. if it were possible TO take
Mary EIIcn-or Elizabeth authorities differ as
TO whether it Is Ellen or Elizabeth LcaSc-and
middle names are Of not much account anyhow
when there's 4 thinker looSc-wc should BE- glad.
we say. if we could take her seriously. NOT SO
seriously as She takes herself. Of course that
would make things too gloomy-but as seriously
as Il pioneer statcsady who suddenly comes for
ward with what she believes to be views OF
things deserves Mary Elcn-or Elizabeth-is
undoubtedly sincere she has confralto voice.
which is said by experts in oratory to be Il very
desirable quality in ladies whose ambition IT is
to sway public assemblies by word of mouth.
and her vocabulary is ample in volume and
within easy reach. After reading with some
care the speech which she delivered M Cooper
Union on Wednesday evening we have little
hesitation in saying that Mary Elen-or Eliza
bcth-s what descriptive writers call n hum
MGR" We suspect. however. that she is in
dulging in Illusions. There is a certain indie
Unable charm about statcSlady who walks
IN and down platform playing with rich
and forcibc vocabulary as skilfuliy and grace
fully as the iugglcr who keeps half Il dozen balls
in the air Mary Ellen or Elizabeth does this
admirably but she evidently mistakes the move
mcnt of the vocabulary for intellectual proc
eSScS.
When she stood on her toes and said that both
parties had become incapable of solving the
problems Of the present.; that they have
reached their limit; that the day Of the Pco-
pies party Is at hand: that " Il change is work
ing unseen and unaidcd 10y human agency"
and that the cry Of the poor for bread is not
heard 10y your political leaders. but the answer
is soon coming in the shaking Of the heavens
and the earth" she was saying in a contrallo
voice what Il great many male persons have
been trying 10 attract attention 10 themselves
by saying for several years. When she pro
cccdcd 10 say. Punishment will come to Your
LEADERS, Under tho dark cloud of to-day there
are porlcntouS signs of struggle that will
convulSc the world. Some radical change is
coming The giant Of labor in this country is
aroused" she was borne along Oh the torrent
Of what she supposed size had been thinking 10
say things she hal not fully considered that
she had not. in fact. d" caught mp with" That
i, Il common wcalnc>S Of fluent persons. When
Il man INDUCES in il he j. said 10y persons who
use slang TO bc talking through his hat" We
fear that our Statc>lady in such circumstances
exposes herself to the charge of Seeding For
herself that she cNasgcrarcs the Siruation that
as matter Of fact Their" are no "poricntouS
signs" or no more than usual. and that The
struggle that will convulsc The world " Is pretty
much the same old struggle that is always con
vulsing it. Mary Ellen or Elizabeth should
not permit herself TO get 50 worked up about
the way things are going. People viii think
her mind has become unhneoI 10y her coniro-
vcrSy with Governor Lrwnlling
Another thing that she said seems ~ Ms. So
10 speak. a little of" That WAS that those
who vote for any other than me Peoples party
vote for he'll upon earth" The language
seems Too luriI There is. to De- sure consid-
cradle difference Of opinion even in orthodox
circles upon the question Of " heir; but there.
is conScnSus # opinion that either aS q con.
diton or Il locality II is IN unpleasant subject
for contemplation. We do not think ybody
even of The old parties would knowingly vote
for it. We have observed disposition on The
part Of many leaders Of the party Of which
Mary Ellcn-or Elizabeth is both n leader aud
coniralto to PM NOR. or les. hell " i'm their
politics In world famous uttcrancc Governor
Waite OF Colorado perhaps the shiningcSt 81
all Of them indicated Il purpose to hold The
floor on the silver question until hell frcczcs
over other Popu~t orators are in the habit
of abiding 10 il with certain degree Of IA
mlariiY not often met with in the public nj
tcrancrS Of leaders of the old parties The view
held Of il in mining communities Ike those of
Colorado differs, no doubt. from that enter
tanned by the agricuiuristS OF Kansas, but We
presume that in both the persuasion * quite
general that one or more illusions 10 II In the
course Of political discussion serve TO i'm
part warmth. color and emphasis 10 the dis
course. So far rs Mary Ellcn-or Elizabeth
IS concerned. we cannot believe that she was
weighing her words when she said that those
who do not vote for her party will "votc for Il
hell upon earth Her voluminous vocabulary,
tunuluouS ilucncy and c0ntralto voice got
away with her