Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-09-28


government The speech. which was lie
livered to-day. was made in advocacy II
the following resolution offered hy Mr.
Stewart on Saturday
Resairei-That the independence III the
coordinate departments Of the govern.
ment. the legislative. the executive and
the judiciary, must be maintained, and
that The use of the power and Influence ~
one department 10 control the action If
another Is violation of the constitution
and destructive Of our form OF govern
ment.
There can be no question about the
truihfulness Of the assertion made in this
resolution; il has been talked about for
weeks among senator's OF both parties, and
the only reason it has not come before the
public in an official way i that many SEN
ators who disapproye Of the manifest en-
croschment OF the executive upon the pre-
negatives Of the legislative branch OF the
government were willing 10 appear to
condone it because they approved Of the
end sought-the repeal Of the purchasing
clause OF the silver law, and the same feel
ing may prevent the adoption OF Mr.
Stewards resolution, but It should not.
The resolution involves Z great princl-
pie, and does not alone refer 10 pending
legislation, but 70 all future legislation
II Congress does not stand up for it, con
stituiionsl rights and rebuke the executive
for trying TO usurp them, It cannot expect
that the usurparon will cease when the
pending legislation shall lave been dls-
posed Of. /; will continually grow. If al
lowed 10, 80 long a. Mr. Cleveland. with
/ his dictatorial disposition, 4, President
and the example vii certainly be followed
in the future by BIZ, successors 10 the exec.
utive chair. The cause Of the usurpation
should be regarded rs imma;eral the
usurpation Is iangerou, ami should BE
promptly rebuked-
Senator Chandler has introduced a rc~o-
luton Inst may Stir up the administration
considerably, y say nothing Of adding 70
| the hard feelings already existing ia both
| factions Of the New York democracy The
| resolution calls upon The secretary Of the
treasury for his authority to appoin: The
Fairchild commission now engaged in ex-
aiming the appraisers Office OF the por;
| of New YORK; what has been done ana
| what il Is intended 10 do how much mon
ey has been paid out. and "hat i, agrced
10 be paid, together With All Correspond
ence on the subject or relating thereto.
| When the resolution j. called up Il is not
| probable that either Senator HI! or Muir.
| ply Will attempt 10 defend Secretary Car
Isle. /! Is suspected that som, of the cor
respondence will be- especially interesting
20 the New York senators
Representative Wilson, chairman u the
House ways and means committee. talks
in paradoxes about the new tariff bill He
starts out by saying that the new bill viii
be exactly what was promised By the Chi
cago p!atform--a tariff for revenue only.
without any incidental protection, znd then
winds up with the assertion That no e,lab-
lished American Industry " Ii be injured by
the bill
the other Of these statements Is wrong A
tariff for revenue only is tariff that VIII
the most largely increase the importation
Of foreign goods and the more fore, IN
goods consumed IN the United States
the less demand there viii BE- for 3d.
nestle good. of the same kind. and the
natural consequence will be closing Of
American factories. The only theory upon
which Mr. Wilson's statements can be re-
conciled is that he does not consider "es-
tablished" those American industries that
require protection from foreign compcti-
ton.
There Is going to be big fight In the
democratic party on this question; the
number Of democratic protectionists is
larger than many suppose and events are
making daily additions thereto.
The Senate will by SCREEN, NJ make set
speeches On the Nool hee> bill! t~o weeks
or more and then-there will pr baby be
an indefinite period Of hN1lstria. if the
attempt is seriously made 10 force vote
on the bill Mr.. Cleveland i very much
offended because Of this defiance of his
wishes, but no crtdence is placed in cur
rent rumors to tie effect hat the admins
tration viii try % bring on another period
of financial stringency in order 20 force a
vote. One "ohject lesson" Of that kind
is probably quite enough for even demo
cratic administration.
The House. having gone far beyond any
thing in the shape of curtsiing the rights
of the minority which was contained in
the rules of the House of the ffty-frst
Congress, will tomorrow take up the bill
for the perpetuation of the power of the
democratic party, otherwise known as the
bill for the repeal of the federal election
laws. Two whole weeks-think of what
magnanimity TO the minority that is-will
be allowed for the discussion of the bill.
Unless there is q change of rules in the
Senate this bill will never pass that body,
let the House railroad 1t as fast as it may