The times., 1898-08-15

ne ndS Hidue no contract WllH lne Citl-
zens of Washington or Maryland to
carry all of them over his read within
two hours. but simply to assure than
that ample facilities for a cont nuous
patronage will be furnished and that if
not satisfactory they do not need to
embark
How would the owner of the Post
contemplate an order from the Com
missioners that il should consist daily
of so many columns of strict read. .ng
to so many columns of advertising.
while fixing the rate at which the lat
ter must be inserted? The Post is as
much monopoly in its line as the
Great Fall Railroad and is as properly
Subjectable to regulation and rate fix
ing as any other corporation. 1t is not,
however, profitable to argue the ques-
ton. The newspapers have no more
business with the street railroads than
the railroads have with the newspapers.
Because defective brake on an cleo
trio road with very sharp grades re-
suited in fearful accident every PEN
finally demanded that the Comm s.
sioners should require the 1.500 or more
cars on the other city roads to be fur
ntshed with extra brakes despite the
fact that not one of them has a grade
that is dangerous or lacks the means
own length.
Such facts are as nothing, however.
TO that great potentiality who is given
pencil. some blank paper and col
umn or two to fill. Instinctiyely like
little Willie, 'he knows just what to
do" and earns probably twenty cents
of his weekly salary by telling the pub
lie and the authorities what that sCme-
thing is.
Three or four years ago there was an
excellent overhead trolley system from
Seventh Street TO lexington. The
wires were carried on ornamental poles
through very wide avenue with ca
pacious carriage track on each side. The
prettily located suburb grew fast and
many persons invested their money in
of the Star. with his eyes in a fine
frenzy rolling, saw the poles and be-
gan a crusade against them. They
were traps. he said. set for the destruc-
ton of the city. Some Philadelphia
street-car magnates had bought the
lexington line and their scheme was
to darken every street in our beauti
full Capital with horrible overhead
wires. The embryonic Star Mayer that
was TO be knew it all and clamored un-
til the Commissioners lent their aid and
the harmless New York Avenue pol
and wires were ordered down. Result:
The lexington Railway Company was
made bankrupt: hundreds of enterpr.s-
ing citizens lost the money they in
vested, and if ii wasn't for the asphalt
the streets Of the pretty little suburb.
And GAO ID S been benefited? Nobody
Not even the man who made the merry
war.
The common law defines the contin-
ual stirring up of strife as barratry
and Furnishes offenders severely. a
common scandaiizer can also be hailed
to the court and made to prove that
what he loosely declares to be a nui-
sance or a fraud is such, and failing
can be mulcted in solid damages.
Our neighbor of the Star, however,
seems to have an uncommon and un-
reasonable immunity from such re-
sponsibilty. Its malarious little editor
appears to have the right to discharge
his bile upon almost anybody or any
thing. and the only safety is to escape
his observation. The Post, envious evi-
IDENTIFY of such a long, effective. and
economical career, has concluded. as
we have already suggested, to join the
trust
We advise the street railroad authori-
ties. the managers of banks. gas. elec-
trio, insurance, and all forms of semi
public corporations to get on good
terms with these gentlemen at once.
An admiring stroke of the back cou-
pied with a saccharine tablet in the
mouth will accomplish a great deal if
TAKEN III liiIle. Ine 1flOTe eHGcLlNe IN
strument is flattery, however. Tell the
Star man how well he governs, how
deep is his mental insight, and how
grandly the city would be managed if
he could deal directly with the abuses
his keen vision is ever detecting. re-
lieved from the necessity of telling Mr..
Wight or Mr.. Ross what they must do.
which occs sionally, of course. they for
get to do, and the chances are that the
particular vanity or fraud which the
fatterer has in charge will pass un-
troubled
There is still another way which has
its merits-one of which is breyity.
Tell the Star and the Post man to go to
which city recent visitor in
forms us has for the last two months |
more nearly resembled a hell on earth
than any other mundane locality. If,
however, Havana is still closed, it is al
ways possible to name H3Iifax as an
alternative, which for a century has
been considered a perfect synonym. If
they decline 10 go let them remain and
,ay no more attention to them
Peace without Pyrotechnics.