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The refusal to Appoint the Judges.

The conclusion Of the Governor elect that
he will have no power to appoint the twelve
additional Supreme Court justices provided
for by the new Constitution, appears to be
generally approved by Republicans and
Democrats alike.
We nave no doubt that the conclusion is
in accordance with the intention Of the Con-
stitutional Convention. II is also wise in a
political sense as we'll as correct in a legal
sense. The candidates for appointment were
80 numerous that the Governor would have
made a score of influential enemies in each
judicial district, for each Judge appointed
in that district. Now, the choice OF candi-
dates will be left wholly to the judiciary
conventions, and the Governor cannot be
held responsible for the nominations which
they may make.
In commenting upon the sensible decision
announced by Mr.. MORTON, our esteemed
contemporary the Nctc York Tribune says
the only surprising thing Is that anybody
should have thought It possible for him or
for any other Governor 10 make such I'M
called-for appointments
Probably no one would have thought IL
possible IL it had not been for the precedent
furnished by the act OF a Republican Gov
ernor, under the advice of a Republican At
torney-General, in 1880. when ERAsTUs
COOKE was appointed 2 Justice Of the Su-
prcme Court in the Second Judicial district,
under n constitutional amendment which
provided for the election OF a new Judge
there, and not for the appointment of a new
Judge by the Governor in the first instance.
The Governor at that time was ALoNzo
Il. CORNELL, and the Attorney-Genera was
the Hon. HAMILTON WARD, now himself a
Justice Of the Supreme Court in the Eighth
Judicial district, which comprises the west
ern end Of the State.
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To the Victor. Belong the Spells.

We have not seen the Grand old Demo
cratic principle, ITO the victors belong the
spoils," asserted with more intense convic-
ton Of It's justice and determination TO see
Il enforced than In the preparation for Mayor
eTHoNG's appointments. Woe to the van
uuished Of %politicsl Their scalps must
hang. The great STRONG party agrees
unanimously that the party now in Office in
this city must go from end TO end As to
their successors, Mr.. acknowledgements
combination OF stalwart Republicans,
regular and side show Democrats, O'Briens,
independent Counties, Foreign Americans,
Good Governments, Mugwumps, and re-
formers, all after the measure OF their
selfestiuiation, believe that the Offices
should ls apportioned among the victors
on the principle " everyday justice.
Republicans like Mr.. PLAT, who think
the Republicans elected the Mayor this
year, and that other elements were no better
than snowy fiouncings, think that all there
II should be given to the Republicans. Mr..
6TRoNG's conception OF his obligations Is
based on n disagreement with Mr.. PLAT
on this point. lie thinks that he is not be-
holden to the Republicans only, but to
all the factions combined, and therefore
must recognize them on the sliding scale Of
their contributions.
We hear no undefled civil service re-
former urging Mr.. STRONG TO go blindly
into the ranks OF virtue and fill the offices
with the absolutely best. There would be a
how never heard by Rome II there was not a
fair deal out OF the plums. The bipartisan
principle proclaimed by the Mayor elect is
simply the official designation Of All-par-
tisanship, or, squeezed into greater accuracy,
partisanship, by which the spoils must go
10 the victors every time, TO the solid party
or 10 the conRlomerated factions that won,
as the cGse mny be.
The law Of this subject Il founded in
human nature.
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Morbid Pathology OF a Lexow Crowd.

THE sun reporter at last Fridays session
OF the Lexow committee described the
crowd in the court room as "in n curious
emotional state, almost hysterical." Tie
tremendous cheers " which the crowd gave
to Capt. CREEDES at the conclusion of his
testimony, the cheers it broke into while the
subponas to the President of the Police
Board and the Superintendent OF Police
were being written out, and the final burst
of cheers " tn which the Superintendent
declaration that he would do all in his power
TO have that excellent officer" Capt. CREE
DEN, reinstated, wore evidences of tho ex-
citement of the spectators.
OF course these demonstrations ought
to have been suppressed and the room
cleared, /! necessary. A court OF in
quiry should not b. turned into a theatre.
But the Republican members OF the com
mittee are not averse to advertising.
Aside from the benefits that they hope
will accrue to the Republican part from
the Investigation, the excitement OF the
hunt Is gaining on them. They were as
heated and passionate as the spec tators,
and tn mood Of these undoubtedly reacted
upon the committee. OF course, Mr.. GoFF
we In hat condition Of enthusiasm which
gives so much encouragement TO students
Of the judicial temperament. In fact, the
whole performance was in a nigh key. IL
was more like a cross between a cOlored
amp meeting and aPOpulist rally, than like
an investigation for the purpose Of discov-
ering abuses, and calmly collecting the ma
terial for future legislation. 1t vas dis
tinctly feyerish and irrational, n not
creditable TO the audience or the performers
or the managers.
There can be no triumph worth having in
the revocation of human bassness. Deep
silence and sorrow would have behtted the
hearers of the CREEDEN confession. Aston
ishment and silent contempt would have
been the proper reception for the hot words
OF the COMMITTEES, the slavering encomiums
Of a bride taker, the spineless subseryiency
Of BYRSEs and MARTIN, But the audiences
that go to the meetings OF the LExow com
mittee are hunters Of sensation. They have
begun the serial stogy Of Police Life in
New York" Every break or interruption
Of the plot, every failure 10 produce exciting
matter, wearies them. They want good, hot,
~red-hAnded crime, and lots Of 1t. II must
be admitted that they have had as choice a
variety Of disrsputAbls characters, and
as many stories told or limited at
of crime as would keep a BOwery milo
drama sizzling through a hundred acts.
But they want more villains. They hail
every new one with delight. They think
they are seeing the greatest dstsctiys story
aud drama that ever VA. They cheer be
S~uss the sA0w SesnS great 70 thsm- Be-
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Forsix. Note. OF Real Iatsrs.t.

"Le hockey" which Is explain ed TO be polo ON ice,
has been introduced In Paris by a hockey club who's
President Is the Prince OF sagan.
A native regiment, the Twenty ninth Punjaub In
fantry, won the Honor and Glory" rins match In In
Ola during the past season, with . total OF ga out Of
. possible 1880.
II Is calculated that the sugar produced in Fiji.
Queensland, and New South Wales, at the present rate
OF increase, will supply the whole demand OF the Aus
tralAsian colonies by 1855.
soles and plaice are growing scarce in Brtish
waters, so Mr.. Bryce, a. President OF the Board OF
Trade, proposes to prohibit the sale OF immature nat
nsh less than eight inches in length
A"maison dee etudlants" was recently opened az
the University Of Client, being the nrst college dOrmi-
tory established In Belgium The Cambridge Uni
VersitJ students were invited 10 attend in a body, and
sent a small delegation.
AOermanc church has lust been dedicated in the rue
Blauchs In Paris. and a regular Lutheran pastor in.
stalled In IT, The nifty thousand German PrutestAnts
who are domiciled IN Paris have hitherto put up with
services held In small public halls.
A bloS has been struck at the cIsar-stub Industry In
france. A manufacturer OF tobacco made from cast
away butts was charged In the courts with defraudlns
the revenue by not paying duty. He claimed that the
tobacco had already paid duty once, but the court d.
eidsd against HIM, aud he zaa 20 p-y the fine.
JApanese lAbOreTs arc beginning TO emlRrats 20
Queensland, In northern Australia, where they are
proving 10 be gooj WORKERS. The Australian pTsiu
dice against the tGlnese does not seem to apply "a
them a. they and tho Corean lSboren are held to bs
exempt from the poll tax levied upon Cinnamon.
Cambridge University, England. has Just received .
bequest 10 establish a leadership In bIblioEraphy. The
readers duties will he 10 deliver lectures ON typog,
rAphy' DooEhindins, BOOK Illustration. the science Of
books aud manuscripts, aud the srts relating there
to- as well as on photography aud blblIography.
Louis de Bourbon, tie grandson OF Saundorf. who
claimed 20 he the pauphln. son OF Louis XVI. aayor,
uSes In tho Paris Fsh'fS Agichss for a situation as fol.
lows i"unE man 90 years OF age, honest. dl-iin-
gulshed appearance. we'll educated. speaking French.
Dutch, tn2l.'A, German. and a lHtIe Itapsu . a
hrst pia' mony 'i3 candidates Tor ai~al,s4uur.tr
hoyal hhitAy S,L"Di Of BreiA 81 ontcrr Zoe tlr I4,4
army having served snnle uul. IN Afura m me
Foreign Lyon. eeEs situation u any h a. the
f"l"~ing agaiEst him Hls Freat great grandfather
and gre gnearzrandmothsT under rat capital rml.
'fhHnsnt Or political reasons toward tMr -uI 90 -
lAt orntuTy but have since besn rrEaIittat-l UgH~
ss' rsfsfsnceh AddreH n LOus q BsulDoE. 10 49,
bsuhA PanLE
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Indianola.

As the result of the visit OF the DAWES
Commission to the five civilized tribes, a
bill has been introduced into Congress for
placing a regular Territorial Government
over them. It's advocates have even selected
name for tkis proposed Territory, calling
10 IndiAnola; and this might be a very good
name, were there not already an Indiana, so
that endless troubles might come OF SINH
hrity in the authorizations.
But the immediate point for attention is
thAt the i've tribes do not want a Territory,
whether called Indianola or by any other
PANE. This fact they made known unmis-
takably TO the DAWES Commission; and
accordingly a proposal 70 give them a Terri
torial Government, even II they do not want
Il, may look to them like playing fast and
loose with the treaties which grant 20 the
i've tribes the privilege OF sslf-goyernment
according 70 their own methods, and insure
them against having State or Territorial
lines drawn around their domains against
their consent.
IL u asserted that the i've tribes have
Shown themselves incapable Of home rulsi
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The opiniOn OF the Court Of Appeals in
Tho .oso ~ Ions V Mex Axr has Ieor ,ub.
- - -, - - - -,
New York state Reports IL Ia Of n nature
IN increase the satisfaction with which the
decision affirming McKASE's conviction was
received. The Court not only present the
evidence on that IL leaves no doubt that the
verdict of the Jury was right, but they ex-
anime with care and patience the procedure
Of the trial and all the exceptions Of the
defendant. and show that the conviction was
In accordance with law, ON competent evil
dence. after n fair trial in which all .he
defendants rights were unfailingly pro-
tected. We quote their words,
.w. .xo,.., -. ... .,.o,
suggested by the learned counsel for the defendant,
that the trial took place in the nhdst Of great public
excitement This WAS perhaps. to be expected from
,o n.aS.t,ne ~. |" .,oe,,nm ~, 81. S ~ p,aae q ss,nS
followed. The situation doubtless demanded the an.
plicntIon at the trial of ell the safeguard, which the
Jaw .h'erposeo Ior tne protettion Q, me defendants
~. go ,S., ,Se, In IN $3.50 u,,s n,nn.nno :,
,cdulous care. =. . There is always danger in such
cases that the specific charge will be lost sight Of and
u,sappeAr IN .ne n,.dstoi So,atsrsl isct. growing out
yic,cd hsc,s.s ., o,bsr vrnng,IoInS With ,,b,cn y.
wa. not charged. But we think that in this case the
learned trial Judge kept tho real issue constantly and
''e"'' "e''fe' "' jury IN II rulings ana charge
Convictions obtained in this manner are
OF great and permanent value to the com
munity. 1t Is important to punish GRIM
innls. 1t Is equally important to maintain
the established rules Of law and procedure,
which are the protection OF the innocent
and without which no mans liberty would
b. secure against arbitrary power. It often
happens that when men against whom there
is a very strong public feeling ste tried for
crime, the benefit Of these rules is not given
to them. Unless the Judge before whom
such a case is tried, is a man of strong
character as well as clear intelligence, he is
in danger Of yielding to the force Of public
indignation and unconsciously withholding
from the accused the same impartial treat
ment, which he would give to a man whom
he really presumed to be innocent.
When an Appellate Court, sitting apart
from such influences, reviews q con vlction
thus obtained, a reversal is almost sure to
ollow The guilty defendant in this way
actually benefits by the public feeling
against him, which has led to the errors
committed upon the trial, and thus made
his conviction invalid. The law, moreover,
is brought into d~isrepute among law-abid.
ing people, because they think that its rules
interfere with the punishment OF guilt; and
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that crime IL rampant among them, and hat
life and property are insecure. As to that
matter, outbreaks OF lawlessness have often
occurred in Western Territories without
subjecting them TO the penalty Of having
vested rights Of self government taken away.
II cannot be said that there IL anarchy in the
Indian Territory. There are regular Gov
ernments there, with written constitu-
tions, printed bodies Of laws, and regu-
lar executive, legislative, and judicial func-
ions. The local settlers who clamor for n
change Of government seem TO be mostly
people who have no right TO I've there at all.
They are intruders whom the Federal Gov
eminent, under pledges persistently unful-
filled, IL bound 70 eject. Even the whites
who have become members OF the tribes by
adoption or intermarriage are not those who
call for a new form OF government. 1t is
otherwise with those squatters on Indian
lands, who would prefer acquiring a right
TO them under a new government to eject
ment under the existing one.
There is one abuse, however, which the
late Chief MAYEs of the Cherokees used to
d%enouncc bitterly the monopoly by wealthy
and enterprising individuals Of large pur-
tions Of the lands nominally held in common
1t comes Of the liberty to hold a tract for oc-
cupancy merely by running a furrow around
IL. This has been supplemented by the Gus
tom of leasing some such lands TO those not
citizens, which is a direct violation OF Cher
okee lnws. II would be better for the five
tribes, we think, to adopt for themselves a
land system Of tenure In scvcralty, such as
is in vogue among white people. Still,
should their reluctance to do this deprive
them OF any OF their treaty rights As
Chief MAYEs, in 4 message 20 the Leg
i~slatnre, said, This monopoly has grown
to lie an evil that demands your Immediate
action ~ but he also said that there is " en-
grated In the constitution a provision by
which this monopoly could be restrained"
1t is to be hoped that the five tribes, taking
the alarm by the movements in Congress,
will adopt a wiser system of land tenure. A
better form Of government, approximating
TO the ordinary Territorial system, while
preserving the rights Of the five tribes, would
ais be desirable. The question involved is
a difficult one, and there Is good ground
for the assertion that tho Indians are not,
their present system, giving equal
to all. But the legislation Of Con-
g-ess should be so guarded as to show
good faith on Its part.
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Old People.

1t is singular that we never hear of any
centenarian millionaires. We chronicled
this week the death of a poor black woman
living among us, formerly a Virginia slave.
who died in the 10th year of her age. A
few days ago we commented upon the death
OF the last one among three sisters living up
at New Hackensack, in very moderate cir
c~umstances, all Of whom lived till they had
entered the lO5th year of their age. On Sun
day last we printed a despatch from a place
in alabama, concerning five brothers and
sisters liN .ng Ia a lor house there, the eldest
of whom passed the century mark years
ago, while all Of them are close to 100 years
old. We are, indeed, constantly hearing Of
the decease Of c~entenarians, or of the liveli-
ness OF living centenarians; but we do not
remember that we have ever heard Of
any OF our millionaires passing into the
sec.ad century Of life. Commodore VAN
DERBILr reached the SD year of his
age; JOHN JACOB AsIoR reached the s5th (;
and several members Of the Commit
tee of Seventy are still alive at q ripe old
age. But we do not believe that three In q
hundred Of those American millionaires
who are the wonder of the world, have ever
seen their S0th year, much less their Tooth.
Nearly every one of the centenarians who's
departure from this life we hear Of, year
after year, was a person Of comparatively
light estate.
Why is 1t that we hear Of so many poor
centenarians and never of q millionaire
c~entenarian Are these m~illionaires over
burdened with their wealth, or do they live
too high, or do they get worn out early with
the botheration Of watching and counting
their multiplying millions We cannot tell
for sure; but we know that not one Of them
has lived as long as black NELLIE JEFFRR-
SON, or the five members Of the SADLER
family In the Alabama woods, or the three
New Hackensack sisters, or any of the other
centenarians.
We are disposed TO think that II the mil
lionaires want to rival the ordinary cente-
narians in the length Of their years, they
ought to unburden their minds, live upon
good plain ~victuals, not too highly seasoned,
take long walks, enjoy their share of fun,
ride on bicycles, keep out Of the draught, try
a log house, and look after their health. We
say that = millionaire, or even a multi-mil-
~lionaire, ought to be able TO get out Of life
most Of the good that is in it, and spend as
many years of happiness as ordinary people
who live to be over Il hundred.
Never an American millionaire centena-
rian! Let some millionaire do his best 70
be the first of that kind.
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First Cousin william r. Newton Writes 70
Tho Sun from Los Angeles.

The Sun from Los Angeles.
To THE EDITOR OF The sUN-Str Having
read in THE Sun Of Nov. 30 an article headed
Mrs. Youmans's Will Lost" and seeing some
mistakes which | am able TO correct, l take the
liberty of doing so.
Mrs. Youmans, nee Catherine Newton. was
my first cousin. and her first husband was the
Hon. Judge William Lee. a second cousin of
ours, TO whom, she was married aboarI the ship
on which she had sailed TO meet him at tie
Sandwich Islands, whittier he had gone for his
health In company with Charles r.. Biship, a
friend from Glens Falls. ". Y. The article SAYS:
II iatives of whom she never spoke and to whom.
1t is believed, she devised nothing, claim the
estate" and that she had expressed her inten-
ton OF endowing various institutions, &c. Now,
i know that my cousin, Mrs. Youmans, did
know our uncle, James Newton NOW living in
Cleveland. o.. whom your reporter has mis-
takenly called John" Newton, which was NV
fathers name.
He was at her :ather's house many and many
o time when she lived at home with her father,
Daniel Newton. a grain Spectator of Albany,
Ny, who owned a splendid mansion on ALBANY
mn, In which he resided with his family, See
n ins he to Was hts soins to fail y business, he made
afterward told me was worth $4,000. ""'H no
often saw my cousin Catherine when she
came on visits 10 our famiy when W" lived In
Washington county, near Sandy Hill. on one of
know as the Old bradshaw Place"
Knowing her as | did. | cannot uud nrstand her
saying she had no kinfolks. I cannot believe il.
! remember she said once that she det-sted the
making of Wills. My, uncle James, WHO lives in
CleN .land, o., md his sister. my aunt Lucy
Ladd, who lives in Otsego county. y. y, are the
only living children OF her grandfather New
ton. Three Of the otter children died. leaving
heirs who will claim IA share in Mrs. Yuunans's
estate, and TO whom 1t will be as much help as
to any charitable institution.
These facts are well known To many people in
the vicinity of Albany, her former home. Re-
spectTul!y yours, WA. PERKINS NEw TON,
o35 5. Griffin avenue, Los Angeles, Cal
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They Like The Sun,

From The Journal, Iul~vra. " Y.
THE NEw YORK Sun has no equal In America. Al
way bright. always clean. always reliable, and al
ways American. II truly Eliminates the entire State
with its brisht and clear editorials that fairly ring
with patriotism.
Prom the Neics-GrdPhic. Hamilton, Mo.
THE HEw IogE SIN Ia not only the abIest editorialIy.
but IT'S the most widely known. Independent. and
fen'c-s n any paper published Ia the world. Il does
not hesitate TO condemn anything. political or other.
wise, that II believes TO be inimicaI to the interest OF
the people, regardless OF party. Il is a great paper
H. every respect, and never falls to shine for all.
Pom me bad, Wate. le, Nc.
The most reliable and best newspaper published,
The NEW YUIK sun.
Prom the Advocate, Chester, Ia.
For the latest current news, written in an enter.
tanning and readable manner, there is no paper. In
our opinion. superior To The SIN. II is the Ereatsst
paper published In New York to-day. Its editorials
are crisp, clean, and TO the point, aud there IA not .
dull line in II. Long live Tue sUS!
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To Robert I.ou,. Stevenson

Died Decembe 1894.
There is naught that is new, saith the Preacher
Death is old,
Love is cold,
And the hate OF the gods for the creature
Wakes dull as the IRONS unfold.
Who shall find a new gem in the single.
Tempest driven,
Storm riven,
Where the foamso Of the centuries minRIe
And the seekers OF jstsom have striven2
He alone of the ssArchsrs, he only,
In the rift
OF the drift,
With torn hands uncompanioned and lonely.
Could the pearls from the nothingness silt.
o finder Of infinite treasured
For the spoil
or thy mol,
Is 1t grateful. the respite OF leisure
That comes with the surcease OF toilF
At rest are the tirsless fingers
Which for US
From the dross
Picked the marvellous beauty that lingers
But TO tell Us anew Of our loss.
sI'ep well in thy ocean-bound island!
Sleep and rest
Cluthe thy breast.
Blow gently, thou gale OF the Highland.
Sigh softly, thou wind Of the West
Weep low DER the bier OF thy Master,
salt breeze
OF the seas,
With the sound Of thy sport OF disaster.
Disturb not his linitless case.
God hath granted thy guerdon. my brothers,
And the head
Cold and dead
Bears tho mystical crOSn. and none other,
And the bays ON thy cnnin are spread.
And the tears ana tho prayers Of a planet.
Which start
Fr0m TIE heart
Reach over the distance and span IL
From " 70 the Land where thou art.
II. kAICEEREOCKKE VIVA