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'HE SUN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER e. 1883

Of the Government may be used h promote
one American industry at the expense OF
another. No doubt the Hon. Grover OLEvK-
LAND would bitterly resent the passage OF
such resolution by Congress; yet no has
afforded precedent for Il.
MFR. CLEVELAND does not seem TO under
stand that the Executive has no more right
to question tho honesty Of the motives OF
Congress in matters Of legislation. present
or past. than Congress has to impute dis
creditable personal motives to the Presi-
dent In his ordinary Official acts.
Indeed. under certain circumstances. Con-
gress may investigate the Presidents mo-
tives and pass upon the honesty or dlshon-
esty OF his acts. while the President lie not
authorized to exercise any sort Of censor
chip over the morals OF the Legislative
branch OF the Government. The Constitution
provides for the impeachment OF the Presi-
dent by Congress. There is no provision In
the Constitution for the impeachment OF
Congress by the President.
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lNDIexANr ar rae PREsrDENr
NsSy Democrat. who Thiuh ne Hss
Handferpped the Party.

WARRINGTON. Dec 6-Memb ers Of the Ways
and Means Committee are Inclined TO think
that the President has put them In a very
embarrassing situation by premAturely an
nouncing In his Message that the COMMITTEES
had Incorporated in the new tariff bill a pro-
vision for tax on incomes derived from
corporation Investments. There seems to be
no doubt that the committee did. at the Presl-
dents suggestion, agree to such a provision.
but several Democrats on the committee. and
nearly all the Republicans are very much OBJ
posed to II. and think the President is very UNI
wise In taking the question out OF the hands OF
the committee by announcing in advance what
Is to be done. so that. whether they like It or
not they must now abide IL. The Presidents
action on this question. together with certain
other misunderstsndinRs mainly in regard to
the proposed tax on whlskey and tobacco. has
tangled up the work OF the committee until IL
t,i now , impossible to tell upon what date the
In the ms can time the House will occupy Itseii
Of that Kind that are always used TO xiii time
with. The Bankruptcy bill Ia one OF the his
Of each session It starts OF under most favor,
anie auspices, but never succeeds in coming to
Democrats who are criticislng the President
LOT MS premature announcement with regard
TO the income tax are also Indignant at his
q new Issue OF bonds Judge Holman voiced
the opposition Of a largo class OF the Demo-
cratic members few days ago when no eaid
~ would be q most unpopular thing for tho
Democratic party to increase the public debt
~ ,hhls time. and he thinks. as do many Of his
coIleagues. that such a policy az this will
greatly weaken the Democratic party In the
country. The more these recon m enc ations
anu others OF like nature contained In the
IIealdents message are considered. the more
undemocratlc and unstatesmnnlike they APP
pear TO the members generally. The Demo-
Gratis, Tor obvious reasons, will not consent to
oe quoted. but many OF thom arc indignant
nt the PRESIDENT and declare that he has badly
handicapped the Democratic party at the out
set OF the new Congress-
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The Hardes worked Animal.

A mole's life 10 by no means q gentiemanly
slnecure. He has TO work harder. in all prob
ability; for his pittance Of earthworms than
any other animal works for his daily bread.
He is the prototypal navy. His whole exis-
tence is spent In perpetually raising and re-
moving large piles OF earth by sheer force OF
muscle, In order to sustain such constant toll
and to replace and repair the used up tissue,
the mole requires to be always eating. His
appetite Is voracious.
He works like horse and eats like an ele-
plant Throughout his waking hours he 10
engaged In pushing aside earth and scurrying
after worms in all his galleries and tunnels.
The laborer. OF course. IL worthy OF his hire.
Such ceaseless activity can only be kept up by
equally ceaseless feeding, and SO the moe's
existence Is one long savage alienation OF
labor and banQuetinR. His heart and lungs
and muscles are working at such rate that II
he goes without food for half a day he starves
and dies OF actual insnition. He Is q high
pressure engine.
His drinking is like his eating: immoderats
In all things, he must have his liquor much
and often. So he digs many pits In his tun-
nelled ground and catches water in them, to
supply his needs at frequent intervals. He
doesn't believe. however. in the early closing
movement. Day and night alike, he drinks
every. few hours. for day ana night are all
alike to him he works and rests by turn. after
the fashion Of the navyies en- ployed In digging
tunnels. or measures his time by watches. as
Is the way OF sailors.
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Mr.. Cleveland Judges Himself.

Mr.. CLEvRLAND's message contains a
beautiful illustration OF the difference be-
tween the theory and the practice OF political
consistency and moral honesty. He says.
not without a certain air Of discovery:
Tariff reform is duty imposed upon u. by our off,
repeated professions and by the emphatic mandate OF
the people After full discussion eounsrymen have
spoken favor Of this reform and they have conddsd
the work Of Its accomplishment to the hands OF those
who are solsmnly pledged toit
~ Tier. dnvins n ms hsory Of repre- IN pub
Ne place, Of he people and Aetr dre. public osrs
vsav The Of the psop's aad poGtoui prossss and
p,oors hvs bsdfng farce efvs rsI,r
lang adiisd sii b. cheer Nothing should In
tsrvene to distract our attention disturb effort
until this reform II By wise ahd careful
legislation"
Having thus laid down a canon by which
his own positive recommendations In re-
gard to the tariff must be judged, he yet
begins to hedge and dodge In the very next
paragraph. and he Is soon "stanchly ad-
herring to the principle that only the neces-
sity OF revenue justihes the imposition OF
tariff duties and other Federal taxation"
by charging upon the benefits OF the free
list and the Importance OF lowering the
duty on the necessities OF lifel He passes
over In convenient silence the fact that the
vi tlc was IOT u
tariff for revenue only. He commends the
WILSON bill. although 1t is full OF that pro-
lection which his platform denounces as a
robbery OF the great majority OF the Ameri-
can people. He commends the free list In
that bill. although that list Is for the ex-
press purpose and intent Of thereby pro-
noting especial interests and enterprises"
and therefore clearly contrary to the
Constitution" as he said In his acceptance.
In view OF the promises made by the
Democratic party In Its platform. and the
professions Of attachment to the constitu-
tional tariff made by Mr.. CLEVELAND In
his letter Of acceptance. and In his inaugu-
raj address. this passage from the message
deserves to be read again:
IF there is anything in the theory Of . rspr.s.ass
tOn in public places of the people and their ds.r.A IL
public Ocsrs really the OF the people, and
II political promises and professions have any binding
force failure to Civ. the relief long awaited will
be sheer rscrsancy."
Mr.. WILSON has failed TO give the relief
so long expected. constitutional tariff,
and Mr.. CLEVELAND approves the shame
full failure and makes 1t his ownl
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The Dictator in Honolulu.

u., .,,L... ,o,,. d.r. ,.+or than
.,..n,s ~, $1,000 10 ,,a boor hro,,,ht
IN. ,.o..oi go, uono,nl,, 10 ppget
go IT, "a 80, ,,,,h,,shod In Homo
-. ,ntas,ia,v ,r,,h NJ W,IIIs In
-, a., rrni,oJ St,tos NJ,niator v.a ra-
49, w aS ,oa,,,n, tho ,ol,o,ving attainment
sjs in,on,inns nend,no the receint q,
.,-.,o- I,.,r,,o,,ors iron, W.abinoton.
-Ni -, -.
.",T,..n,'
Until th. tim. come. for me to carry ont my in.
srucson. tn. peace and good order of h. community
~ho'sep' und,"uIosd IN tns interest," Oh numanI
,,onh,. III, ns ,,,y sb.cs.d and punl,b.d :"
gwen IL the Provisional Government discharged all
Of lie troops to-day. no lawlessne" would be allowed
FOR one momsn, unasr inc p,essn' .'usuon o. .n.
a., no,,,na ,h., n.w,n.n.r. can "a, or do viii alter
III. statement, one iota"
"Imss. this statement on my own responsibility.
and In hop. that 70 WIN sh.y present sxo'em'nt NO
o,,,.," "''' "A' ~
r,,,,
.''N1
..no y'e - .,' -, e...~ =, peo -,
", .i' VI Wv. S1Ln,... fO
n, , 80 20 1,.
s,.i'',Is .-.at,u 49, TTni.od
e. s.o,,,..s -, = ,ouo,,. caro.,,a,,.
go oo,aI IN ,ha ,an,j,v -, not,ors raooa'
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A prl,.r.. Cru.l,, 20 Horses.

To rHE EDIroE OF THE sUs-Sr; You have always been
Adsfender and admrsr OF the horse. and hope that
In the horses interest well to bring the subject
to the attention Of companies employing drivers you
viii see NJ 20 publish THIS letter There occurred this
morning In EighySseond street one Of the most brutal
exhibitions have ever In thsErsets OF New York
The driver OF wagon No 40 Of the HygsiA Ice Com
pAny Fifty second street and East River backed his
team up TO the Sidewalk In front OF the Eighty second
street entrance to The Hotel Bsrresford The team
seemed to behave better than horses and surely
worked well enough The driver. however, evidently
Thought they did not back fast ThsY
eolld Although he did not have 10 turn
often the case. he jumped from bis wagon after
te h2Ises were IN place. and with the burt OF whip
ne lasheu Tue poor horses over the noses eysL and
heAus Win AZ hia might for several minutes lie
ehhlsed nrst one then the ether aud then repeated
.ns opeIasISh ne Was very angry and tue more Ne
Mhsn ne had finished hs dirty the h"rses shoWed
tlkes on thsT noses az high a. mans nnEeE cAn
say IL not ovtTirAwn
Do you not think such cruelty should he eNpossdt II
sllronlY an-s not TAKE the initiative iheas btslts OF
them.
have written to the HyEslA Ice Company. and GlsO
70 tle Syetfll ter the Prevention OF cruelty 10 Ami
mas an should be very glad n could he the nleans
% teAchng A. least one or thsse dirty drivers lesson
II could nave found policeman you'd have tried
glad e. appear AgAinSi him
Inc incident va. simply disgusunI sIhbiiion Of
telnEsr louFa FeTy truly. GEohGE q. fEA1E
bWHsr E'GHrr sEooSD sISEEL Dee o 1898
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DR.. HUXLEY. the English scientist. is a
man OF holder. more suggestive. and more
original genius than was his friend Prof TYN-
DALI whose death ls reported. The two dis.
tinguished physical scientists worked together
in the same fields and along the same lines
and both Of them have made contributions OF
surprising value to knowledge. TYNDAII's
rank in the scientific world can be properly
estimated only by those who are familiar
with his researches and their results: but
we may say that very few men Of this gen.
Grafton have held q rank higher than his
In that world. Now that his life is ended
no one will dispute that the foremost living
man OF science In England is THOMAS HENRY
HUXLEY. HERBERT SPENCER 10 Q man OF largo
scientific knowledge: but It is a. . philoso-
pher that he bears his fame
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Speaking OF Luck.


Now. luck" said the sporting an, luck is
a curious thing. There's them that have IL
and there's them that don't have Il. and the
worst of II all is that nobody has II any more
regular than man has chllls and fever and
most every body not so regular by a long shot
but. speaking OF luck. saw a case OF IL
while ago that nearly made me crazy. was
in a pool room down in Baltimore. and / was
PLAYING close to the custom. Nothing came my
way. and | had but a few dollars between me
aud the touching OF some friend for a stake
/ saw a little fellow come in there with q So
bill and get out with 81 .4O2 in cash. wasn't
next and didn't get cent OF it. After II was
all over he told us his system. and II almost
made me daily to think that any such fool
scheme would go through.
There were five races that afternoon and
he played them all, He parlayed his money
and 81 .4O2 is what he pulled out. IL he'd had
a good sized roll when he started, he'd have
broken the room sure. and every other room
in the city. And what do you think his system
He placed the seventh horse In every race. lie
started a. the ton and counted down to the
seventh. ana she won, Then in the next race
there were but four horses. and ne counted
one. two. three, four. and then started at the
TOP again and counted five. six. seven. He
played that horse and won. That was his
scheme His lick won every race. And what
do you think made him do il His girl told
him TO. Lick Why. some people have II to
burn and lie was one OF that kind. Not again
in 81 UOu.uuO years would that scheme work
| tried it for a week. and | know"
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rsestsblish the semblance Of monarchy
which. ten months ago. they thrust sside as
] at once farclcal aud mischievous. II by one
! hairs breadth WILLIS should transcend
the limits OF good will and anity. II behind
| his suggestion should loom the tainteet
shadow Of intimidation, or II his advice
| should be reiterated In the face Of protest
| from the Government, which we and other
powers have recognized. no would be COM
hitting an act OF war. and the author of
instructions to that end would have broken
his oath OF office.
We shall not be at all surprised II when
all the documents affecting this business
are produced-and Congress will do we'll to
see to It that nothing Is withheld-it should
turn out that the instructions originally
given TO WILLIS we're anything but appro-
pirate. We predict that the papers will dis
close that, not only without waiting to OBJ
tain the sanction OF Congress. but deliber-
ately evadlng his sworn duty in that par
ticular. Mr.. CLEVELAND distinctly author
lied his envoy to accentuste the advice. that
the present Hawaiian Government should
commit suicide. by hint that In the event OF
resistance or delay, recourse might be had
to the naval power Of the United States. 1t
is scarcely possible to put any other con-
etruction on Secretary GREsHAM's recon-
mendations. which could not have been pub
lished without the Presidents sanction. 1t
is scarcely possible to draw any other infer
ence from the recent change Of naval COM
msnders at Honolulu.
1t will be interesting to note whether the
papers transmitted include an opinion Of
the Attorney General, advising Mr.. CLEvR-
LAND that he can exercise the war-maklng
power without previously gaining author
ity from Congress. We ourselves do not
believe that any such opinion will be- ex-
hibited. We do not believe that Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND asked for It; and we are strongly in
clned to doubt whether he knew much
about the respective powers OF the Execu-
tive and Congress relating to acts OF war.
until the people forced him to consider
them by sharp rap over the knuckles.
His message concludes with a sanctimoni-
Gus reference to his Intense feeling of re-
sponsbility;" but the document itself bears
witness that his sense Of responsibility has
never led him to acquire even a schoolboy's
knowledge Of the Constitution he has sworn
to observe. For instance. he either does
not know or deslRnedly Gisregards the fact
that the Federal organic law Is careful to
make the United States" q plural noun.
Wherever In the message before US the
United States are mentioned. they are in
variably followed by q verb in the singular.
This ignorant or contemptuous departure
from constitutional precedent exemplifies.
In small way. what Mr.. CLEvELANDs
course In the Hawaiian business displays in
portentous measure. namely. his ingrained
propensity to recognize nothing In any
thing. geographical or political. except
Number One.
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A silly RESOLUTION.

In the House Of Representatives on Mon
day the Hon. WIIITAH II. HINES, a Demo-
crat who represents the Twelfth Pennsyl-
vania district asked unanimous consent for
the consideration of resolution for the ap-
polntment Of q committee Of five members
to investigate the strike on the Lehigh VAL
ley Railroad. One OF the duties OF the
proposed investigating committee Is to
recommend legislation for the prevention
OF strikes. q commission about as practical
as an inquiry into the feasibility OF perpet-
ual motion. The Hon. CONSTANTINE BUCK
LEY KILGoRE ofTexas put his firm Directing
foot upon Mr.. Illness resolution. and 1t
was referred under the rules. Its proper
destination would be the Committee on
Ventilation and Acoustics.
The interference OF Congress in disputes
between railroads and their employees Is
usually impairment and always fruitless
Such interference gives an opportunity for
demagogues. cranks, and agitators TO air
their buncombe. produces q voluminous
collection OF mostly worthless testimony.
hearsay. and opinion. costs the Government
a pretty penny. and settles nothing and
amounts to nothing. Strikes will be stopped
when human nature Is changed. or when
employers are angels and the employed
perfectly satisfied. There is no need OF
using the wisdom OF Congress to find
remedy: and there Ia no sense In having
committees OF Congress trotting about the
country for the purpose OF illuminating
differences Of opinion between employer
and employed. The practice is one Of the
follies committed in the name OF the power
IN ra1ula IN com m area betweep tho Statea
By consulting Mr.. CLEvELAND's message
Mr.. HINES will see that there will be de-
ficiency of s2sOOo.O 900 for the fiscal year end
ing June 80. 1894 Obviously this Is no
time for going into unnecessary expense.
but time for good Congressman to stay
in Washington and attend to business.
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We learn from the Times that lone of
Father McGLYNS's old assistants In st. Ste
phen's Church. the Rev. Father BEcHGEn,
has renowned the Roman Catholic Church
and embraced Professionalism" Well. Father
BEcHoER had . perfect right to make that
change. and also had the right to inform tho
public OF 1t last Sunday at the mission CON
Quoted by the Rev. JAMES A. OCoNNoR. who
was formerly Roman Catholic priest in Chi
cago."
II was an interesting statement that the ex-
priest BEcHoER made upon this occasion
about Father McGLYSE. whom he formerly as
sisted at the altar OF St Stephens. when he
said 1--WE quote from the report in the Timesl
that he did not believe that Father McGLYNN.
although he had gone back to his Church.
secretly believed It's doctrinsS any more than
when he was denouncinE the Pope from the
platform OF the Anti-Poverty Society,"" Here
Is truly most serious declaration. and IL Is
rendered all the more serious by the fact that
II is made By "one OF Father McGLYHS's old
assistants" II IL an accusation OF hypocrisy.
1t is an accusation OF blasphsmy. an aeeusa-
ton which. II ex-P Priest BEcHGBR can give rea-
son for making II. must result in the excom-
munieation ofthe guilty party from the Church,
and his degradation from the priesthood. The
Aeeuser did not speak as an enemy OF Nc
dLrSS' but he spoke as a ma n friendly to him.
How dare McGLYSS show his face until he
has strtvsn to refuts the declaration publicly
made BY his former ASSISTANT
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VIEW YORK,s A0RICuL 1uRE.
Joseph Nlmmo, Jr., Gives some Fact. to the
Ways and NJ cans omn,itte-

ways nnd means Committee.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-Joseph Nimmo. Jr.,
to-day submitted TO the Committee OF Ways
and Means, as the result OF q careful investi-
cation. the following facts IN reply to specific
Inquiries propounded to him by the committee.
The cost OF agricultural production in the
State OF New York 10 ~ per cent. higher than
the cost OF such production in Canada. and
from 10 to 20 per cent In excess OF the duties
laid on tho agricultural products OF Canada
The Dominion Government imposes highly
protective duties on the agricultural products
OF the United States That Government
has Also for years maintained a policy
81 aggression against American interests from
the Banks OF Newfoundland to Vancouver
Island This now justites retaliatory meas
ures. The State OF New York is first in wealth,
nrst In commerce. fret in manufactures. and
tnre OF New York is absolutely dependent u pom
the homo mar kets OF tho State and very largely
unon the markets created by its m anufactures
In replying to an inquiry in regard to the
eject OF protective duties upon the interests Of
consumers MIR. n mmo in somewhat spirited
manner reviews the various objections to pro-
lection. He discusses the comm ercal and
political aspects Of our Cana relations ps
and closes with an earnest plea In favor OF
submitting the whole tariff question to the
test OF the results OF protection during the last
thirty-two years
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What Does the President Mean?

The ambiguous and shuffllng tenor Of the
reference to the Hawaiian business in the
Presidents message. makes 1t more impera-
tive than ever that all the papers relating
to the subject in the possession OF the State
and Navy departments should be submit
ted Immediately to Congress.
On the face OF 1t. the paragraph concern
Ing the Hawaiian Islands looks a. II it we're
first Intended to be a truculent defiance,
which at the last moment was diluted with
adeprecatory afterthought Until we come
to the last two sentences. We seem TO be
reading the arrogant announcement OF
my policy by an autocrat. untrammeled
by constitutional restrictions and regard
less of international obligations. Mr..
CLEVELAND begins with the preposterous
assumption that his judgment is final and
decisive. and that Congress and the people
ought to say Amen. when he accepts the
assertions OF his envoy. BLoUNT, as en-
bodying the whole truth. and nothing but
the truth. and dismisses the imposing mass
OF counter testimony as irrelevant or
valueless. Having thus indicated the proc
esses by which he makes up his mind.
he says that, in view OF the only evidence
he sees fit 10 recognize. lit seemed TO me
the only honorable course for our Govern
ment TO pursue was to undo the wrong that
had been done by those representing us,
and to restore. as far as practicable, the
status existing at the time OF our forcible
III Intervention" There is not little sig
nihcanee In the tense OF the verb "seemed."
Had Mr.. CLEVELAND employed the present
tense. the sentence would simply have
amounted to a constitutional recommends
ton that Congress should take counsel in
the premises. and should determine whether
IL would authorize the President to take the
measures requisite to restore the Hawaiian
monarchy. But Mr., CLEVELAND uses the
past tense. and thereby acknowledges what
Is believed TO be fact. that he not only
did not walt to consult the sole depositary
OF the war-making power under our Consti-
tuition. but deliberately seized the oppor-
tunity between two sessions OF Congress to
endeayor, by his personal fiat. TO subvert
the existing Hawaiian Government!
The ensuing sentence bears all the signs
OF having been reluctantly inserted. under
the reseRtiul pressure Of an aroused public
opinion: With a view" he says. of ae-
e0mpl!shing this result Ii. e.. the restora-
ton OF the monarchy at Honolulu within the
constitutions al limits Of executive power. and
recognizing all our obligations and RESPONSE
Dilltles growing out OF any changed condi-
ton brought about By our uEtustiiabls in
reference. our present Minister at Homo
lulu has received appropriate instructions TO
that end" What would be appropriate in
structions to that end The utmost that
Minister WILLIS could cOusttutiona!lv do.
without the previous authorization Of Con-
g-ess. would be TO offer 10 the MENTORS Of |
tho existing Hawaiian Government the
friendly and purely acadenicRl suggestion /
that they should voluntarily reRounoo
their functions and with their own hands