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To rHu EpIroR or THv srS-Sir To-day IN many OF tho
newspapers OF this city Mr. John d. Townsend repre-.
senting understand it, politica an.
taEonisc to the party now in power publishes
muncAtion relating asphalt paving in New York and
auackins in grossly unjust terms business inter.
est which. 50 far aware, Is conducted upon
prime pies OF absolute honor aud integrity and which
occupies the attention OF gentlemen who certainly
reputable as Mr.. John d. Townsend. besides giving
employment to . very large number Of hArd.workinE
and deserving men. Many Of Mr. Townsend'a vague
statements prepOsterously udicrous as for In
stance the statement that be laid for SIT
per square YARD that IL would be waste OF
cuss them. our only object in trsspassns upon your
space is to make the direct statement which we are
ready to verify at any time before any competent
committee OF investigation. that In two instances
ing the past year we lost money upon contracts for
asphalt paving into which we entered with the city
that IN instance have AIDE profit greater than
nine per cent. upon any contract and that average
PROFIT during the past two has equAed
per cent This is certainly not tho enormous impos
ton the city which Mr Townsend claims to have
discovered especially when 1t is remembered that
are obliged under heavy real estate bonds to maintain
pAvements for fifteen years and that thirty per
cent OF the contract price is Withheld from prAc
tically until the expiration OF the term OF contract
Mr.. Townsend in addition to insinuations and innu
endOes touching the connection OF members OF the
city Government with asphalt company rival 10 our
own-inSiuuations and innuendoes which will doubt
ess prove only the vapOrngs OF NAL gnAnt political
OppOnent-makesa distinct statement that the scilian
Asphalt Paving Company has been absorbed. or. to
use his own expression. "gobbled up" by the Barber
Asphalt Paving Company. In reply 20 this wish to
state with equal directness. that MIR Townsend. in
making this allegation, says what is not true Tho
sieiuAn Asphalt Paving ComrAny has no connection.
either directly indirectly. with the Barber Asphalt
Paving Company. Its officers and holders rep
utAble citizens most OF them lifelong residents and
payers OF the city New TorE and they no more
TO be sobbIed N" or absorbed than they are to be
intmidAtei or mOestei IN the prosecution of
honest business by the attacks Of political mAcOn.
tentA Very respectfully yours
THE siCuiAS AsFHALr PAvISG CoHPAST
BY Charles S. ChAmberlin. Secretary.
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Where is your great speech for right and
Justice aud LILIUoKALANI Where is your
resolution demanding in the name Of the
American Congress the restoration OF her
to the Hawaiian throne
We ask you, not as a politician. hut as a
moralist and a champion OF the oppressed.
whether the collapse OF the CLEVELAND
policy Of infamy alters your own duty and
responsibility in the slightest particular !?
You spoke up boldly and loudly for the
Queens rights at the time when you sup
posed the CLEVELAND policy was going To
succeed. Now that it has ended In shame
and amid universal derision. are you going
to sing small
Chiyalry shines brightest when its object
is in the dlrest adversely. You are needed
more than ever. WILLIAM McKESDREE
SPRINGER. Her Majesty needs you now.
SPRINGER. as never before.
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To-day lie the first anniversary OF the
establishment OF the Provisional Govern
ment in Hawaii. on the ruins OF mo-
narchical and despotic ideas. Wecongratu-
late President DOLE and his able and patri-
otto associates upon the success OF their
Administration. and upon the strength Of
their position before the world.
Probably never in the course OF the ages
have the affairs OF any infant nation been
managed more ably. wisely. or honestly.
These men. Of American blood and American
sympathies. are Of the same sort as those
who founded our own republic. No wonder
the hearts OF the people Of the United States
have gone out toward them.
For time. longer or shorter. according
~ circumstances which 1t is now impossible
TO foresee, January the Seventeenth will hold
In Hawaii's calendar place similar to that
OF the Fourth OF July in our own. Then. in
the inevitable progress Of destiny. January
the Seventeenth in Hawaii will be merged
In July Fourth. and islands and continent
will celebrate together and in common the
anniversary OF the nations birth.
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MYSTERY IN WiL1is,s INSTRUCTIONS.
soms Secret I-stiueiion. Supplementary to
Those Published.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1n.-As Minister willss
despatch recountlng his interview with the
bloodthirsty Queen at Honolulu is scanned.
internal evidence Is discovered supporting
the belief which has become quite common,
that he departed from the White House
with. and has since been acting up to,
private instructions from MIR. Cleveland to put
her.back on the throne and establish the on
Archy at almost any cost. One thing that at
tracts attention 10 the solicitude OF Willis for
the barbarous woman's personal safety.
evlncsd by the offer to place her on board one
OF the United States vessels In the harbor
This offer Willis made instead Of dropping
her. which he should have done, as a person
outside OF the pale OF civilization and unwor-
thy OF further interest by his country. That
Willis had instructions outside OF any
thing contained in his written instructions Ia
obvious. for he said he was authorized by
the President to offer her protection either on
one Of the war ships or at the legation, and
desired her to accept the offer at once" She
declined the offer. Then Mr.. Willis said to her
that any moment. night or day. tho offer OF
our Government was open to her acceptance"
That Willis felt an extraordinary interest In
her. and for an extraordinary reason wished
to save her up" to further an underlying
scheme in behalf OF which he was sent there
is q conclusion that inheres in the case and
crops out from his statement.
Housing the woman on board one OF the war
ships would have. indeed. been proceeding
characteristic OF Mr.. Cleveland. 1t would have
been consistent with the objects he was do
ing his utmost to promote through her res
toraton to the throne.
The zeal manifested by Blount In " max
ing a case" under private instructions. which
no one now questions he had from Cleve-
land. and the subsequent zeal shown By
Willis acting under similar instructions given
privately at the White House, to restore the
Queen at almost any cost. are links in the
chain OF reasoning that admits OF but one
conclusion. namely. that tho " Policy OF In
fanny" was adopted for reasons outside Of fea-
sons OF State and legitimate diplomacy. rea-
sons that were understood equally by Cleve-
land. Davies. SprecEels. and others.
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A Course Open to MIR. Cleveland.

The Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND has assert
ed that an officer OF the United States. Min
lister STEVENS, has brought damage upon
LUIUOKALASI. the last Queen Of the Sand
witch Islands, There Is not scintilla Of
valid evidence that the revolution which
threw down her throne hinged on STEVENS.
or that the latter even committed any act
Of indiscretion. Nevertheless. President
CLEVELAND has said it, aud II the lady
thinks 1t is true. let her sue for her throne
or for money PREPARATION before Con-
gress or before our courts. wherever she
can get a standing.
There is, however. bona fde sufferer
from this episode. whose claim for damages
no one can deny. Regarded as diplomatic
absurdity the Policy of lnfamy has made the
United States appear as = fool among ma
tions. Regarded 81 a serious plan Of bust
ness il has. so far as it lay in the Presi-
dents power. made OF this country a swag-
gerlng and contemplate bully. undertake
ing 10 scare weak and friendly free Gov
eminent into surrenderlng TO "A baTbarous
monarchy.
President CLEVELAND has committed an
impeachable offence. doubtless. in commits
sioninG Paramount BLoUNT. aud in direct
ing WILLIS to make his DOGBERRY declaTa-
tion u war upon a friendly Government
Il doesn't hep tine stability Of the Con-
stitution 10 shake il even IN folly. In
parchment is rot probable, owing to the
fact that the violence of blood spiling
which would naturally have been eX-
pected 10 follow such a demand as
WILLIs's. and which might have been
necessary TO nerve a party In power
to viudicats the Constitution against
the assaults Of the magistrate whom 1t
had elected. failed to occur Tn jisgracs
and humiliation Of the Hawaiian nasco can
only be atoned for, and the damages inflicted
upou the name and fame Of Americans can
B. satisfied ONLY by that voluntary act ON
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Willis's Secret Instructions.

Attention is called by a letter following
here. as well as by the remarks OF corre-
spondent in Washington. printed elsewhere
on this page. to an unconscious service
rendered by Minister WILLIS toward ex-
posing the hidden mysteries OF the Policy
OF Infamy:
To Enron THy sry Sir, You will notice
that Minister VIII In his report that he Informed
the cAnnbal eNQussn that he authorized by the
President to onrr her protection on oas Of our war
ships or at the legation This authorization mo-
where appears any Of the published relating
60 the Hawaiian affair In what form 1t given >
Was It secret and has U been suppressed Tue public
gets hint OF It through wILLrss accidental AyowAI
which leaves TO infer that there yet something to
be extracted from the TAtLETRAND IN the white House
- BEoAD srRTEr Err DODGE.
Even GROVER CLEVELAND In his crazy
ambition to destroy a Government In the
Pacific and set another up In its place more
TO his liking. knew that the Infamous act
must be done In secret. concealed from
tn. sight OF the people OF the United States.
la privately preparing and setting in mo-
ton the machinery OF restoration. ordi-
nary respect was paid to the usages Of
Official business by putting on record GER
tain instructions from the Presidentto his
agents and certain communications from
them to him. although those are not all in
yet. But Minister WILLIS naive mem
zion Of instructions not mentioned before
proves. what no sensible observer could
have failed to feel must be the fact. that the
Policy OF Infamy spread beyond the official
papers emanating from the White House.
What devilish deceit is still behind this
disgusting episode in Hawaii What other
ana more violent outrage on the established
Government there. and on the name and
fame OF the United States did GROVER
CLEVELAND contemplate committing for his
personal qualification? What private in
structons did Minister WILLIS receive sup
Elementary to those he has revealed?
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JAE Ia

To rHs EpIoR THE sUS-Siri HurrAh for THE
srs and IT'S this Hawaiian seouudTslism II
makes my blood boil TO think OF the ted States GOV
eThment dcEsrng with that play si'Out queen as to
whether she would allow % live lot OF Americans
who had followed In the footsteps Of thoir noble fore
father. IN removing a Government tina: had become
rotten and offensive.
why doesn't Grover hand US over to Victoria because
ancestors did such an awful mean thing TO upset
old Georges despoIism here suppose the cucE COS
would not object have only one fault 20 nud with
Mr. Dole He should have handed Willis his passports
and clicked him out.
SHINE on, mighty sCs, until all engaged in this
shameful business cry for mercy! ANEEcIs.
Nv NUEk. Jan. 10. lspA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

The Iowa Republicans have done we'll in
nominating tho Hon. john HENRY GEAR, a
veteran Of many campaigns. for Senator In
Congress. He is said to be a mon opolist and a
railroad attorney. words OF dire import to tn
Granger ear. and he is the only prom
inent Iowa Republican. with the excep-
tlon Of JOHN kAssoN. who can make
much OF blum at speaking French.
The Hon. WILLIAM BoYD ALLISON looks as
though he could speak fourteen langus ges.
but his time has been so taken up with think
ing what fine candidate for President he
would make that his training In the tongues
has been sighted.
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How WonId She DO ~

At the famous secret interview between
Mr. WILLIS and Mrs. DOMISIs on the 18th
OF last November. as reported by him ia his
despatch No. g. the woman refused To grant
amnesty to the civilized men who threw her
on the Hawaiian throne. in case MIR. CLEvE-
LAND succeeded in his conspiracy 10 restore
her to sovereignty. My decisions would
be as the law directs" she said, THAT such
persons should be beheaded and their prop
eTty confiscated TO the Government"
Undoubtedly the woman was justified in
thus demanding that the law should take it's
course. and in refusing to depart from it
sven to secure the prize ~ the throne at
the hands OF Mr.. CLEVELAND, her fellow
eonspirator. II have no legal right to do
that" she told Mr.. WILLIS. land l would
not do IT," She knew, too. that she could
have no security on the throne il she did
not nut these Americans to death. them
and their children. II they were out OF the
way, she might reign in peace with ALSO
Lutte power, and the only ellectusl method
OF getting rid OF them was TO kill them
II they were amnestied. they would be left
ON hand 10 tumble her OF the throne again
and she knew they would do it, Like a
sensible woman. therefore. she insisted on
cutting their heads OF as soon as Mr.
CLEVELAND should again put the crown on
her head.
Her Grand High Executioner would be. Of
course, her paramOuT. WILsoS. who was her
Marshal while she was Queen. and who
shares her views as TO the proper method
Of dealing with the obnoxious Americans
In an interview with Mr. WILLS on
Dec. 6, this WILSON outlined the plan OF
procedure In tbe restoration. as agreed
upon by him aud his mistress. It
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

Mr.. DYNANITE DICE and Mr.. BILL Doc
Ian. two OF the ablest members Of the Dalton
association OF robbers, have grown tired OF
robbing, aud have offered to surrender. Their
repentance Is in strong contrast with the
conduct OF the Democrats at Washington
who have learned the arts OF culminA-
tion from the Republicans. and are getting
ready to eliminate and sDoliate in the most
hiEhhanded highway style. We commend to
these sespsgTGess the sdiiJinR example OF the
Hon. DTSAATE DICK and the Hon Bill
DooLAS OF Oklahoma.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17
The KurIaI OF the TarIH PLANK In the Cal.
caEO Platform.

The RurIaI OF the TarIH PIaaL In the CHI
cHgO Platform.
D>ioIki b ProC buy E,S., I'D 04sr HIrF T1kuL
Sofa word vas said. not flusraI note
AsIts eorEs o the graveyard Ws hurried;
BOT as2eassr discharged = farsWsl. shot
OsrtHs grave whsrs Ous platform ~As buried.
We buried It dEEEly. a. dead Of night.
Tue sol Wtlh our Wilson bi. turniBE
b. OuE trucking polcY's mtsty uglI
MonoPOllst fayJTs earning.
No useless coma enclosed itS bFeG4t.
NOE In sheet or IN shruud Ne wound q,
But % lay Like warrior. taxing rs rsst
Win IA cGmpAIEa elyAE AT0uRII 70
FsU Gud short SeEe the prayers Es SAID.
And Es sPoEs not a wOrd Of sOrr0w
But Es sleAdfasgy gaEsd on The tace of JRs dsAd
AAd IhOasEt u RsS taxes Tomorrow.
Lightly veil talk Of the PlAaE that . goaS
And 0sTIts cold Ashss gBbEaiiig
Rut little twill rscg, II We let tt sleep on
In toe grave where the tinksrs have lAld IL
s.suly End sadly ws laid it doEn
from the nsld Of is fame Aad its story.
We carved not line and ws raised RoI : stons
30; lstln sions 10 IA glory
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

We understand that the Hon. GEORGE
BLISS and the Hon. JOHN ERIGESA MrLHoLLAND
have come to an agreement that Is likely to he
OF vast i'm ortance to the future OF Republican
ism in this town. The agreement is that two
permanent managers. constituting a double
headed partisan Commission. shall manage
the Republican party Of New York county
for the year ending March l. 1895. The COM
pensation is yet to be agreed upon but the
managers have been selected. and Indiana
furnishes both. One is tho Hon. jim PrErY.
Chairman OF the Republican Committee OF
vigo county and the other is the Hon. DEN
STuSKARD. the Podesta OF Terre Hauto.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

We don't believe there was ever Con-
Rressman named QuIGo and " the Democrats
Of the Fourteenth district are true TO party
traditions there won't he, either vote for
BRowN lie vote for euphony as well ms vote
for Democracy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

.sshs-,s OF . een-i.. Co-stit.te-.i TsriR
for Rsvs.s. o.,y.

I. Be II enacted that on every article Inn
ported into the United States from any foreign
suuntry. there shall be levied an import duty
Of thirty-HVe per cent ed valorem.
ii. There shall be no exception to this rate
Of duty. but II shall be levied and collected in
the case Of every article imported saving only
the goods OF foreign Ministers accredited to
the United States
Ill whenever at the end Of any fiscal year
the aggregate revenues derived from import
duties shall exceed by nftY millions Of dollars
the necessities OF the Government. when hon
estly aud economically administered. the
President shall be authorized to issue q
Proclamation reduc cling the rate OF import duty
on all articles thereafter imported from thirty
eve per cent to thirty per cent. ad valorem.
". This act shall take effect on the frat day
6fFobruary, 1894.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

At last SHAN proposed that each man"
rEht on uis USu hook choose has opponent. Aul a.
tempt 10 force his In ever him Or eIss Full hm
Uut ~ the Tort TOATrd SHAS Die for tie -
rather thaa be licEsd - Lsni RH'tr
SHAN stho Hon SHANNoS BGssELL OF Buffalo.
Our story shows him in an heroic moment OF
boyhood attacking snow redoubT. The slsn-
der aud romantic boy of fourteen has become
tho comfortable and yoluminous man OF forty
six but the old heroic heart is not lost lie
would still rather die than lie licked. II would
be less trUubls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

The Republicans oi tho Albany Legisla-
ture have learned very little It is evident Of
the causes which led 10 the exclusion OF
Republican majority since 1901. They would
stlll rcorRanize and reform New York city. to
the neglect OF the interests Of those localities
they we're sent to the State ca ital to represent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

We suppose that the three American dele
gates to the International Sanitary Congress
were named by the chief oficer Of the Marine
Hospital Service. lie has made an excellent
choice in Dr. STEPHEN SMITH Of this city DIR.
SHAKEsPEArE Of Philadelphia. and DR.. B.II-
HACHE OF Washington. The American medical
profession will be well represented In the very
important Congress which will meet in Paris
next week.
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the part OF the President himself which
would effect the same result as his removal
by impeachment. namely. his resignation.
GROVER CLEvEbAND's resignation of the
Presidents Office would be an act OF atone
ment 10 the Democracy and Of justice TO
the people OF the United States
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

the Ndiin would be ss furious A. IL was after
Sedan. But we esteem France and the French.
Including the decorous elements OF Paris, too
highly to say anything at which they could
take offence. The french, among whom we
count some Of the farisisns are not rascals,
but honest Eay.splrited. polite. and brave
people As for the r6dncteur Of lie Ma'in. he is
possibly an absinthc drinker.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

Boston Is almost beside herself with eN-
element. and keeps shooting meaning. self
conscious Rlances at this town. as much as to
say Don't you wish you were II" and Who's
. metropolis now2" tits. indeed n great time
for Boston. Tho meeting OF the New England
Tariff Reform League and the Light Brahma
Hen Show come In the same week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

We feel sure that the many estimable and
prosperous Frsnehmen in this eitJ will be ia
hAmsd with indignation when thsJ read the
Inti-Amsrican diAtTibs printed By the Paris
AaiiH. which oDsns with the offensive s1elSmA-
tion What TSseAls those Yankees are" live
we're to huTl back the Insult putting another
word In the place Of Yankees" ne supPoEs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

Tho proposition " the Statc-aid Mug
wumps to nominate W. r. HORSEPOWER for
Governor a. an Independent. lost.cnuse can
didate IL not altogether q bad one. Then they,
es well as he. could stand UP to be- counted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

What Is the meaning Of the word unit
versally" in louisiana No Democrat who Is
not ready to make klndllnR wood OF the Demo-
cratic platform approves putting works OF art
or anything else on the free list. The mai ority
must not tie robbed In order that the minority
may escape paying taxes on foreign gauds. The
Custom House should be like Mr. A. WARD's
great moral show: You can pay without going
In. but you can't go In without paying.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

ssssrtphons 70 TEE sur p.sv b unsds cArouoA
ne Purchasing Dspsrrnsni Of he American En-
press Company 1t any place vh~s Gtat Company
has an soenop Agents vtu give . money order
rreeipt for subsoriptons, and sin Jortssrd the
s,onsv erder attached 10 an order TO send the
paper for any dated tine. free Of any CHARGE en-.
sept the usual fee for tssui,.a ne order.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17
Col. TOM MOONLIGHT doesn't like the idea OF
lsaving the United statss-kdHSu. C,ty Inn.

Neither do the United States like the idea Of
being left By Col. Tom MOONLIGHT. Still. II he
is the best man for Minister to Bolivia. 1t is
the duty OF the United States to send
him to Bolivia. hard as the parting will
be- Besides, he has studied Spanish for
eight days. This knowledge must be utilized.
not left to rust. And what Is more, and most OF
all. Don CARAMBA. his celebrated yellow. h eaded
Flanders parrot. is coughing good deal. and
needs to feel sea air and Spanish ground once
more.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17
PrrndY a. Wen ..Iar.mn.

To EDrroE OF THE srN-SGs A "psicy Of infsmy e
does not Adequately charlcterNs Mr. Clsveand's DO
ngs ia liAwG. Il has besn rOicY OF psrndy well
policy Ot MANY Please amend your character,
hAtiOn. CoHsIANr READEL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17
ProC WII,on'. MslhosIeaI WorL.

Iron me ,jiBitI.
II reserved FOR the Hon Julius Cesar Burrows to
discoVsrtEA hydraulic hose had been sdulsd amo
wearing AppaJs. In the Wilson bill.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

There will be general rejoicing among all
lovers OF the fine arts to know that the Hon.
WASH HEsISG. Postmaster Of Chicago has been
removed from the tottering Federal building
and taken to . place OF safety. The life OF the
Hon. WASH HEsISG is inexprsssIbly precious
to students Of the beautiful. HAIG and JOE
PENNELL have both etched this perfectly pre-
served model OF Middle High German Gothic.
but who shall or can do justice to those lovely
side whiskers which WAI!THER Won DER YoGEI-
wEIDE would have loved to writer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

Do,r Gts~ds ,chs favor We cfdt nnrascvtpts for
publication ,otsh 10 hare rejected articles rsturnsd
Neu nuist IN al cases send Stamps for hai Srposs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

From he gs,kg THs' T,.i R1rsa, Conn.
THE Sus shines today a. one OF AnsTca's fOremo
Gnd 0tgb test M wsPapel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17
The PopuIlr V,rdrst

Irr. Hs ~ 'Hy',. pct
ArcoFl NJ 20 The PgPu.-sS TI.rg Ius Is 3. .''a
payer Of AusacA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-17

promises to supply the defect. but IL does
so in a very blind and indirect way, and 1t
needs to be made more explicit.