The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-26
Toward n Monarchy.

reward mOnnrCnys
And now the Ne,D York Times, one OF the
most hghlyestccmcd of our contemporaries,
and by far the ablcst Republican journal in
the United States, takes up the advocacy Of
Senator PENDLEToN's bill providing for the
admission Of members of the Cabinet upon
the floor Of Congress
II Is the Times that recently-with un-
fcigncd reluctance, we doubt not-has
brought out the fact Of the decided pre-
pondcrancc Of sentiment in the Rcpubl-
can party in favor of the nomination
Of Gen. GRANT. Fully in keeping with
the rcappearance of Gen. GRANT rs can
diddte is this advocacy by the leading
GRANT journal Of a bill ENGRAVING upon our
republican institutions a feature of the
monarchical government of Great Britain.
Members Of the Cabinet in Congress- that
means Ministers of the Crown in Parla-
mcnt as soon as we have n crown-on the
head of GRANT-and Parliament in place
Of Congress.
Let us adhere to the usagcs Of the faith
ers. We have got along SO far without mem
bcrs of the Cabinet in Congress Why not
continue to travel in the beaten track, in
stead of Jping monarchical customs?
Tho Army Appropriation bill passed the
Senate Yesterday without amendment and
II AYES is at last face to face with dilemma
that oven a lawfully elected and normally vcr-
t'hratcd President would find awkward To
sign the bill will be TO infuriatc the Republican
minority in Congress andthe Republican news
papers throughout the country. To veto it will
be virtually to declare that he and his party
attach such importance to the privilege Of utili1-
Ing the paid soldiers ot the United States for
police duty at the polls. that sooner than sur
render it he and they are willing to defy the
will " the people expressed as lawfully us
cmuhaiicaly through the peoples Congress.
and to run the risk Of Temporary stoppage OF
the wheels Of government. We shall soon
know whether the celebrations and mcnaces so
freely administered to HAYES during tho past
few weeks 10y the Republican Senators. Con-
grcssmcn. and editors have produced the de-
sired effect II he yctocs tho bill tho conse-
qucnccs will be interesting.
Do Police Inspectors inspect? They are
paid to-paid handsomely. l. tho city getting
the worth of its money? Perhaps il Inspector
DILKs would favor tho public with the notes Of
his latest inspection Of the Twcnty-ninth Pre-
cnct and its Nova Scotian Captain. some light
might be thrown upon these questions.
No doubt many readers of The SUN found
IL difficult 10 believe the story u the dis
covcry at New Orleans Of counterfeit twenty
dollar grcenback. executed entirely with the
pen, I'm which the fine line engraving Of the
faces and vignettcs. tho letters and figures. the
signatures. the gcometrcal lathe work and
even the silk lbrn IN the paper Of genuine
note are initiated with such marvellous skin
that the counterfeit is calculated to deceive ex-
peris. The most remarkable thing about the
fraud is that so much rascaly ingenuity and
perseverance, should have been expended upon
q twonty-dolar bill. The profit Of the enter
prise WIS certainly trinng compared with the
return which the same amount Of talent would
have brought If eNerted IN a legitimate direc-
ton. But the world is fun of such anomalies
Able and INSCRIPTIONS men are continually in
ve~tins vast labor ana skill in the most beggary
results. The most striking illustration at hand
10 this truth il the colossal amount OF crime
expenditure. and risk undertaken two years
ago hy the Republican party for tho sake II
manufacturing twenty dollar counterfeit
President.