New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-15
GOODEy. GOTERNOR.

GOODBY, GOTERNOH.
Governor Davis II. Waite, Of Colorado. whose
THANKSGIVING Proclamation just issued may
nroncrlv he considered his valcdictory to the
nublic-in which light il furnishes 10 the people
nf Colorado greater occasion for thankfuncSs
than any of the causes specifically enumerated
Observation-Disclosures else may be- said Of him. mas
NOT lived and held office in vain. Besides con
tributing to the gaycty of nations III il l'riod III
u,usu,l dcnrrsSion. he has served most use
full purpose in illustrating the capacity OF Il
fresh Young State TO do what the fresh young
pcrson so often does. without malice ana from
sheer cxubcrancc- Il fool OF lts'ii. DAVE
H. Waite was not n bad man. Ihat l.. not "
very bad man. He did not know how To DE.
Nor. IL Is hardly necessary To say, was ne Il
good man. He was. and is, and doubtless al
WAYS will be- Il congcnital ass. 1t was not his
fault that he was Governor Of Colorado. lie
wanted TO be Governor. of course. for he did not
know any better But il was the voters oil
Colorado who made him Governor and thereby
lifted him up into Il position of cmnence ana
the cognition of mankind. In this the voters oi
Colorado outdd Caligula. whose place III MS
tory is largely due to the exhibition OF e'c'"
tricity in having his horse elected Consul h"'
Rome during the decline and fall of the Empire
could hardly be called lin it. with Colorado
during the decline and fall Of silver.
1t is not orr purpose 10 review the career "i
Davis II. Waite 1t was his luck TO appear
above the horizon at n time when so many ot
his kind were on view in various States "f the
Union that for n while The whole country
seemed turned into an Agricultural Cattle SHOW.
with donkoys Of all grades competing for
premiums Very early in the competition Inc
Tribune awarded the blue ribbon 10 Waite.
though il must be confessed that either Lever
ling, of Kansas. or Stone. Of Missouri. was n
close second We have never seen any reason
"a change orr Judgment In the matter. Davis
II. Waite at the close Of the Show passes into
history with his whiSkcr>. his spcciacl"s. his
ears and his copiousncss rs the first in his class
At n time when the attention of all mankind
on this continent and Of large portion Of III"
civilized world outside was directed 10 the re-
markablc array Of Governors who came in with
Grover Cleveland as the advance guard OF the
Millennium. he alone appreciated the fact that
the terms Of the prophecy called for iiorc" ana
dcyouring beasts 10 lie down with lambs and
be led by little child. He remembered his
Ac,op as well. and. following the example Of
that other OF MS klnN 'hlDu'ul'lit'U ~. N''
crcat fabulis, he apparclled himself is Il lion
and proceeded 10 roar 50 when Congress was
divided upon the question whether 10 eNt"rmi-
nate a new and prolific thst" in the interest
of agriculture or cultivate il in view ~ ihr need
Of furnishing appropriate provend"r for The new
order Of Governors many persons. listening Il"
the blood-curllng roar of Davis II. Waite" S1pi;
This il no ordinary ass. Ry the roar Of MN
he Is really carnvOrou>." This WAS only tru"
In part He was not an ordinary. hut an extra
ordinary ass: consequently not carnivor"u~. nor
dangerous We awarded him The blue ribbon
on his frs; appearance. II" VIII wear II ihip
the pages Of history and down the cOrrid 1rs
Of time
I'm his Thanksgiving proclamation the GOV
crnor winds NJ his official He with The sam"
copiousncs, Of speech and fuN Of language
which first commended him to the suffrage II
a people who. having fallen into ihr deluSi"A
that fifty cents could bee made dollar 10y call
Ing Il So with violence and pcrsi>i"nc" carried
it still further by taking words for things ana
assuming that man who had great command
Of language could command his fellow men ana
pretty much everything else. He does no' alr
pear 10 be- disturbed by the fact hat ihr people
Of Colorado have got tired OF him Ind have
said that they have had enough of him. nor hy
the further fact thai another Colorado g'f>cr
Of hot speech. Of hi, own political persuasion
has denounced him aS a long haired. wild
eyed Anarchist" and bddcn him 10 get him
self off into the Wilderness: nor does he resent
the action Of the women Il Colorado who voted
against him. thereby cxtOriing from Mrs Waite
the statement that they have shown themselves
unfit Ia exercise the elective franchise. He sim
DIV pours out the torrent of his discourse upon
"Monopoly robbery under the form Of law,
which he pronounccs THE curse Of our times
that "wihcrs the best physical and mental
energies of our people And ne paSScs.
He has been something more than night
mare to The people Of Colorado. He has cost
them millions in actual money. and vastly moro
I'm the damage hc has done 10 the reputation
Of the State and the character of the people
Bu we repeat, they have only themselves 10
blame for IT, And IL will he in the end Il use
ful lesson for them if they learn from II that
wind is not substance: that words ar" not
things: that the lions skin never wholly con
ccals the ASS ears, and that ~ cents worth
of ANYTHING cannot be dollar. whoever calls
II So And in parting with the Governor We
should be ungratcful if did not offer him
our thanks For we are free 10 say The Tribune
has had lots Of fun with him during period
when fun was scarce.
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THE FC7TRE or Mr.. WILSON.