New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-04
GEORGE FEED on DECK.

Except on Saturday afternoons the
Reform clubs and associations for the promo
ton of intellectual culture horticulture. STRIP
culture piscculturc and the rest Of the cultures
meet mt various taverns and discuss things I'M
til sundown-there is nothing In Boston that
can really be described as a political situation.
Between meals there is no such thing as po-
litical situation unless George Fred Williams
makes one by stepping out suddenly and uneX-
ppctedly from the interstellar spaces either TO
make remarks or shed tears. 1t would not be
far wrong indeed. to say that George Fred Is
himself the whole political situation in Boston,
II not in the entire State Of Massachusetts. Till
he rises the political pool is as stagnant as the
ALGONQUIN Club In the middle Of the day. Josiah
Quincy makes No more stir than his bronze
ancestor and Nathan Matthews since he ceased
to be Mayor is Of no account. For this reason
The Tribune always halls with grateful emo
lions the altogether too rare and infrcqucnt
appearanccs of George Fred upon the stage OF
affairs For he never comes ont except for
cause and he seldom speaks without saying
something.
lie emerged on Thursday in an interview. To
persons who supposed that bis chief charm was
In the stately grandeur and frm-footedncss
with which he stood up consistently and def
antly in one place upon the foundation of fixed
principle. like a bump on log. or a pepper
sauce bottle, or Ajax defyng the lightning the
sentiments emitted by George Fred in this in
tervew will be somewhat surprising Others
who know the greatness Of his gifts. and that
rather than not have an audience for them or
let them rust unused he would throw hand
springs from the tail Of cart or ride trick
mule In circus. were not at all taken aback.
For George Fred distinctly announced that he
was for the free coinage Of silver. Being n
delcgate-at-large to the Chicago Convention and
the last Democratic candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts. it has caused comment Not.
TO be sure n wild and bowling sensation. with
his name in large type at the top Of half
column Of scarcheads. but little gurglng sort
of alusion to him in news item as man
who must not be entirely lost sight Of. This
may be n disappointment tc him. but consider
ing that Altgeld and Tilman ard PennOyer and
other volcanoes are I'm eruption at Chicago, he
could hardly expect that general alarm would
be sounded on n little outbreak in Boston
He says: The time has come for great
popular uprising. and propose to be in it," He
is too modest. ''In it, is name for George
Freds relation to the great popular uprising"
He Is more than that He IS Ii. He Is always
and everywhere. by virtue ~ his huency and
force. his frequency and persistency "a great
popular uprising all by himself If he should
sit down on bench in the Public Garden all
the brass and stone images in the neighborhOod
would come do Tn from their pprches to look
ut a great popular uprising" in the act Of TAX
ing n rest. He is expecting the mos; serious
consequences to result from the noble stand
he has takcn-Or. rather. from the sOmersault
he has thrown. He realizes, he says, that he Is
doomed politically, and that he will be pun
ished by his Democratic associates socially
and financially" but he invites the pcrsccu-
ton with the conscientious feeling that he Is
doing right by voicing the sentiments of an
to Invite persecution" Rather than escape I'M
noticed he would issue a public notice request
Ing citizens of all ranks To prosecute him, and
even point the finger Of scorn at him "a he
passed We do not anticipate. however that
Boston will devote itself To prosecuting him
socially and financially. to the exclusion Of all
other business pursuits simply for ''voicing the
sentiments of an outraged public" II the out
ragged public" can stand If. Boston Is not likely
10 get in sweat over ii. For our own part,
we venture to express the hope that George
will keep right on "vOicing." whether men bear
or forbcar He makes everybody giddy with
delight and we should all miss him ever so
much if he should stop II.