The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-08

but the commissioners succeeded In get
ting 1t rcdccd to So, re- i9, Of which 81
GOO. 600 went to the Pennsylvania rail
rund A vigorous attempt was made to
get the state to pay it on the ground that
state militia was at fault, but the legisln-
ture refused, and the county issued bonds.
Some of these arc maturing now, and
this years taxes are larger In consequence.
1t may possibly comfort some people to
know that things are not rs bad this year
as i'm 1877, and that after the riots were
over the philosophers decided that they
were really an indication that business
was beginning to improve. 1t was then
that the famous letter Of Macaulny to Ran
dali. the biugraphCr Of jefferson, letter
which Americans had ridiculcd so merci-
lcssly when It was first published in 1897,
was resurrcctcd and widely published
and far more sobCrly considered. If that
letter had been delivered ms prophecy by
some great religious teacher his followers
through all time would have quoted it us
unanswcrablc proof that he was inspired,
for every line of it has now been fulfilled
to the very letter. What was not fulfilled
in 1877 has been in 1894.
Common Sense and the Law.
Four members of the senate have re-
ceivcd particular attention on account of
the riots. General Palmer Is indignant be
cause his action i'm 1871 has been compared
to that of Governor Altgcld. at is absurd
perfectly absurd, 80 he says AT that time
the fire was over and the worst of the
trouble was over, and the state and city
authorities were perfectly competent to
keep order I'm Chicago twas gratuitous
impertincnCc for General Sheridan To take
II = l.. l.. ID
tcrstatc commerce are uhstructod, and the
duty of the president is too plain to he
mistaken He should use every man and
call for more as they are needed. Scna
| tor Cullom, according to his custom, i,
] quite reserved as to opinions on the action
I of the president, but as to his own act,
| during the riots of 1877 he is very OK
| plicit. His statement of the law is very
clear and of especial interest because of
/ his authorship Of the Interstate commerce
! act He says; There Is one ruling princl
| pie as old as the common law-yCs Older
/ because il Is the expressed essence of com
mon sense. 1t is shis: a grant of power
| implies necessarily that the power is to be
| exercised in the usual and customary way,
! whatever that is. If every statute had tC
| contain explicit directions rs to the meth
| DDS in which II power was to he exercised
| legislation would ~ an uncnding labor. -
More From Ben Buttcrworth.
Senator sherman has been most mCrci
| lcssly criticised for his proposition to re
| ducc the rate ON Pullman cars by law
| while the strike is in progress, and ever
| senator Kyle, the mildest hammered MAJ
! that ever entered stormy politics and prob
/ ably the most cautious and least rndica
man OF the third party, has caught it par
ticularly hot and heavy. In fact, the pub
lie mind is in such state that anything
| which looks the least bit like tcmpori2ini
is denounced as treason. As giving til,
radical view ON this subject n few NOR,
cnustic remarks from Ben Butterwurth ar
in point He says: 1.-The great trouble i
cowardicc. In all that capitol there ism