New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-07

tcrlay, but il is sincerely to e hoped tiat no
effort in that direction will be made
.Oll marty afraid of its Obligations > Is about
the way an astute Indian woad designate the
Democracy.
The practical difficulties in the way Of providing
a protec torate for Hawaii are numerous and great,
while the advantages of that plan over anneXa-
ton are Icy 10 means sONc easy to point out. IL
must be determined, in case we assume the role
of protecting Power, to what extent protection
will be given and in what form and under what
contingencies. These are hard matters to define
and arrange. Moreover, the llawailans do not
want protection. They wish to escape the neces-
sity for sef-gOvernment until they feel themselves
capable of it, and then they will be satisfied with
,he sclEgovernment Of an American community
They GENE with rational, direct proposition-to
become American Let it be borne in mind, too,
that an engagement 10 protect Hawaii involves
Ms in its affairs fully as much as annexation
would, while, accepted as the alternative OF
sovereign rights, it opens the door to the very
complications which would make intervention
necessary, but which would be most unlikely to
arise were the American flag at home in Hawaii
The Florida aigatcrs are doubtless scrutiniz-
ing Mr.. Croker with great interest and admira-
ton. They too have large powers of absorption.
and would be glad to get "a chance at the Democ-
racy of great city and tine LEGISLATURE Of a
sovereign state.
New cases Of cholera are being reported almost
dally at Hamburg Four occurred on Sunday.
Ia" New-lork Academy Of Medicine joins with
the Chamber Of Commerce aud the Advisory C.m-
mittec Of Physicians in declaring that our local
quarantine is utterly inefficient and Incapable
of providing adequate defence against the plague.
Bat 1ammany says We shall have no other, and
holds the National Congress in cheek. Will the
people submit to this sort of thing? Are the
interior States to be slaves TO Tammany? Is
their power over their representatives at the
G pta inferior to Tammanys?
John Quincy Adams is now prominently ncl-
toned a, a candidate for Secretary of State This.
too. after four years OF Democratic twaddl. about
" Grandiathcr's hat For Mr. Adams is guilty
of the political crime of having hll q DISTINGUISHED
grandfather and even u great grandfather rs welt
Mr. Cleveland is reported to be seriously cm-
barrassrd 10y the necessity Of cho0sn. tn. next
head of the State Department If he has ex-
without finding an eligible candidate. why does
he not go outside tine Union: Mr. Chambe lain
had a great deal 10 do with shaping the fisheries
policy OF the first Cleveland Administration
Why not invite Mr. Chamberlain TO take the
office ? IL would strengthen Mr.. C!eyellnds pop
MARTY in England and open era OF good inter
nat iona feeling TammIny and its allies might
not like it, but Mr.. Cleveland does rot live to
Please them.
the politicians at Albany experienced quite Il
shock yesterday. The day passed up there with
ont the removal OF a single Cleveland oniceholdcr
from any of the departments boards No OK
planation is offered. Perhaps much decaptatlon
had dulcd the edge of the Flower-NIurphy-Ili
guillotinc and it took u day OFF to get its little
knife sbarpcned.
There has been a great deal of weather this
winter. but the beautiful law Ct compensation is
DESCRIBED in the circumstance that there haven't
been 20 many weather prophets as usual
\ dispatch from Chicago states that :" the privi-
egc Of appointing jautors il apparently of greater
moment than the speedy completion Of a great
Worlds FAIR building" Assuming that this is
so il is evident that now is the time for thes,
lantors To attest that they are public-spiritcl
nnselish citizens, capable of rising TO q great oc-
casion. Let them fall back gracefully and give
HE great building referred to chance 10 get
finished. They may well consent 10 do this
when they reflect that the time for iauioring n
building does not come in its fulncss until il is
all done.
II Germany wants compensation as the cables
Jay she does, for our annexation of Hawaii. we
Hll DArf
IAN have all our rights there and if il be- said that
W. have none We can Justly reply that we have
quite as many as any other of the great Powers.
No one can read the full text of the act passed
BY the Legislature 10 legalze the Columbus Day
expenditures in Brooklyn, which Governor Flower
has Just vetoed, and fail 10 sec its Important
bearing upon the big batch of indictments against
Kings County and Brooklyn officials found by the
December Grand Jury. This bill declared that ALI
5he acts of the county and the city in the appro.
pration of money, incurring of liabilities etc. for
HAT occasion, are hereby legalized, ratified and
,onhvncd, Just as if they had all been done by
he authority Of law. Then there was an adden-
ium, which said that nothing in this act CON-
tanned shall be 80 construed as 70 Justify FALSE
Or fraudulent claims, nor shall anything herein
affect in any manner criminal charges. or
proceedings now pending" etc. Ii is the common
belief that the Legislature makes laws and that
he courts construc them: in this ease the Ingi,-
allure evidently undertook TO usurp the function
II the courts. Certainly if all the acts i'm .ucs
ion were by this bill made entirely legal, any
attempt to press the indictments would prove
utiie This was the real purpose of the law, |
pitc VI all dcnials aud the Governor perceived |
Is true inwardness' when lie made up his mind |
o veto it.
PERSONAL.