New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-12
IN ABUSED STITESM1N.


When the historian sits down to gather up
the tangled ends of the present momehtouS
period. 10 set things In order, give events their
just proportion and throw upon the page Tie
great characters that have dominated stormy
time. we may be sure the figure OF Davis ii.
Waite. Governor Of Colorado. large in outline
vivid In color, ma jestic in feature. Win III
aureole around him. nimbus over him ana Il
scroll Of cuss words in his hand, VIII be tler''
II is quite within bounds TO say that as the
most conspicuous example Of one OF the zen
denotes Of the time. h. easily ana gracel"il!
takes the cake. 1t may be said OF him ihht III
Il most tcmpcst,ious time he rode the Whit
wind; and if he did not direct the Storm ne Il.
least showed that he could give it several
points and OUTFLOW il. 1t is not strang" that
such man should encounter obloquv lie mas
probably encountered more oaloquy 10 '-'e
square inch than any patriot Of recent times
though are free TO say that II The 'icNc
land Administration continues in its present Ill
rcctOn at the present rate of progress 1t WI
give him very brisk competition. The betting
would be about even that the STATE Department
would come in close second. But in neck
and neck finish with any competitor, III" "oV
crnor could simply lay his ears forward ana
come in an easy winner
In what Governor Waite said in his recent
message to the Colorado Legislature about 'he
storm Of invcctivcs and abuse " which he has
encountered there IS. it pains us 20 say. n great
deal of truth. He has caught 1t from all quar-
tcrs And il must be said that neither the book
agent of the Atlantic Coast nor the undaun'ch
mule of the incr-mountain regions OF the vest
ever stood w against that kind If Il storm with
q; NNp IN
call Il single newspaper except The Iribuhc
that has said Il word in his defence. The spec
taclc of that grcat-Soucd- Though at times
little bloodthirsty- patriot. brcasting alone the
invcctivcs and abus, OF the American people,
and giving back cIlsS words of MI dcnomina-
tions from an ample vocabulary and IN over
burlcncd heart, has taxed our admiration ana
won our regard. 1t has given us neW IDEAS 81
the capacitv Of Colorado for furnishing mat
kind of statesman and of thc capacity of that
kind of Statesman 10 emit That Kind Of IAN
,,,,.oc We would not have been without lim
during thc last six months rot for all the iia-
waiian Islands We point with pride 10 the
way in which WE have stood up for him When
all the worll was saying he WAS Il sicadfaSt'
straightforward. irrc4ccmahlc. unmiiicnicd ana
unuiticablc ass. we insisted upon Il suspension
of Judgment and that he should have moro
ti,rc II NAV be true that there's something
the matter with his mouth. hut isn't IL beauty
for rapid firing? And If the general judgment
of mankind should be- established beyond ques-
ton that he is all the different kinds of ass
that men call him-what Of II: Is thcr" no
need due 10 sincerity: Shall there be no allow
ancc made for an ardent nature:
In voting TO adjourn and refusing - print
message which it took the Governor ~" hours
To deliver, il seems to Us the Colorado" S''a'c
showed 4 lack Of appreciation II a statesman
who has done more 10 attract the attention al
the civilized world to that young and enter
prisins STATE than al The discoveries II GRIPPE
Crock Tnc remark, hc mad" alb NJ ~"
"moncycA ar iocracy" the corrupt pom
tcians" and "hcartcsS and conscicnc"!cHS
money power" ought certainly 10 have the ON
cial stamp put upon them by The Stat" Printer
They serve 10 illustrate political period III III"
history Of the State from which much insiruc-
ton may be derived. No Statesman OF his time
has performed such useful service aS Governor
Waite i'm cnli.iitcnin. public opinion on IN"
financial questions which have 80 engaged ms
energies and enlisted his vocabulary. lot The
Tribune's part arr very grateful 10 nm Tor
II II will be IN occasion for regret if IN"
final adjournment of the Colorado Legislature
should defeat the Governors great scheme al
finance whereby the State of C"lor'i" and the
Rcpublic Of Mexico were 10 make each other
rich and all their people happy 10y swapping
seventy cents worth Of silver with the under
standing that each should call il Il q llar. The
ad iournmcnt will deprive the worll OF fun
view and free discussion Of altogether the most
picturesque system Of finance that was ever
mt on exhibition. We console ourselves. how
ever. with the reflection that Whatever be-
comes of the Legislature, Davis II. Waite VIII
remain on dcci;. constantly in evidence and
frequently audible.