The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-27
ture, and any law that pretends to grant 1t
will be thrown out by the Court of Appeals
on the ground of unconstitutionality.

ture and any law that pretends to grant II
will be thrown out by the Court of Appeals
on the ground of unconstitutionality.
The New Member for Stnnord-An I'm
tervtew.
In another place in these columns this
morning will be found letter from our spe-
ciai correspondent in Scotland The letter,
as Will be seen, takes the form of an inter-
view; and the person interviewed, it must be
admitted, is really prominent and promising
Scotchman. For the last sixteen or seventeen
years MIR. Mcdonald has been well known in
the city of Glasgow, in the mining districts
of Lanarkshire and in the west of Scotland
generally Born in very humble circum-
stances, the son of q coal miner, he found
himself at the age of eight years toiling in a
coal pit and fighting, although perhaps he
knew it not, for sweet life. As years grew
upon him ambition developed itself, and tho
miner boy, now q man, had saved enough to
take him to the University of Glasgow. His
career there was not long continued, and his
original idea of the Church, common among
Scottish boys of his order, having been given
up, he took to schoolkeeping in the town of
Airdrie. Airdrie is one of the great coal CEN
tres Of Lanarkshire, and here Mr.. Mcdonald
found his proper sphere. The miners wanted
Intelligent aid, and Mr. Mcdonald became their
local secretary. In course Of time the miners
secretary became the President of the Miners
National Association, the chairman of the
Parliamentary Committee Of the Trades
Unionists, and now he is Member of Parlia-
ment for the town of Stafford, England. It is
no accidental victory. On the contrary, it is
triumph won after years of toll and patient
waiting. In his Buckingham speech Mr.. Dis
raeli, as will be seen from the letter of our
correspondent, in spite of his avowed dislike
of workingmen's candidates, speaks in warm
terms Of Mr.. Mcdonald, and rejoices in his
success Mr.. McDonald's answers to the
questions of our correspondent were frank and
to the point. He is the workingman's friend
and representative; but he is no Communist
and he has but little sympathy with radical
revolution. Opposed to the Laws of entail and
primogeniture in their present form, he is
doubtful about home rule. because. as he
thinks, it would lead to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT or
disintegration of the Empire. MIR. Mcdonald,
some few years ago, made visit to this
country. He remembers with pride that he
was the first Britisher who crossed the Cont
nent by rail. Although not blind worship
per of the American Union it is evident that
he learned something while in the midst of us;
for he is in favor Of manhood suffrage, equal
electoral districts and the payment Of Mem
bers of Parliament. In the House of Com
mons Mr.. Mcdonald will find himself in o
new position. 1t remains to be seen whether
in his new sphere his strength of character
will enable him to retain the confidence of the
men who have made him.
THE POLICE OUTRAGE.-Leahy, the detec-
tive who shot Mcnamara in his own room
because that unfortunate opposed the forci-
BILE entrance of gang OF police rowdies
in the middle of the night, has been re-
arrested by order of Coroner Woltman. He
had been released on slight bail, as the magis-
trate naturally looked on the shooting Of q
poor man in his own house as O mere indis-
erection on the part Of an officer Of the law.
Public opinion has, however, demonstrated
that this view of the matter will not be ac-
cepted by the citizens, and We would not be
astonished if the Coroner's jury sent Leahy
and his companions for trial to answer for
the unlawful killing Of peaceful citizen.
The law which allows detectives to roam about
at WILL kicking down poor mems doors in
the middle of the night, needs to be proved
in court. If such q law exists the community
had better know it. Coroner Woltman's
action in causing the accused detectives arrest
will meet with public approval.
The QUARREL OvEB THE BOSTON CoILEc-
ToRsHIP has occupied more time and attention
of Senator's the administration and leading
men of Massachusetts than the most impor-
tant questions affecting the public interest.
Have we degenerated SO much that partisan
rivalry over the spoils of Office is more urgent
than anything else? It is simply disgraceful
for the Senate and the administration to be
thus occupied in quarrelliLg over single
Office After all the talk about civil service
reform the different branches Of the govern
ment seem to find little else to do than to fight
over and dispense public patronage Office
seeking appears to have become the first OBJ
ject in life with our people and disposing of
the offices the greatest labor of the govern
ment
DEFAuLTERs. hundred and ffty-fve
names are chronicled as those of defaulting
paymasters in the army Some are for sums
us low as twenty-six dollars, which must be
cases of inadvertence rather than dishonesty,
and others are cases in which the sums are
rather in dispute than in default. Only five
men of the whole number were graduates of