Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-11

ecutive nor judicial, but compound OF all
three of those powers, they considered that
the chief executive of Great Britain could
exercise it, for that state, in the first IN
stance but that the acts of the chief legis-
lature of Great Britain superseded his
acts. They also considered that both the
executive and the legislature of Great Brit
ain should act only after taking the ad-
vice of an administrative tribunal organ
lied to investigate the facts of all ques-
lions growing out of the relationship and
for giving advice concerning the principles
of the law of nature and OF nations appl-
cable to these facts.
If these principles were applied to the
present situation there would be no change
except that there would need to be an ad-
mniStrative council, to whom all matters
growing out of the relationship would be
submitted for their investigation and ad
vice, and the President, after advising with
this council, would make orders which
would have effect until superseded by &C
ton of Congress. The insular free states
would have the same rights of local citizen
ship, tariff, etc, as they now have Their
relations would be in the hands of a per-
manent advisory board instead of In the
hands of shifting committees of Congress.
Free statehood Mr.. Snow distinguished
from Self-governing statehood and from
independent statehood; the test of free
statehood being whether or not COM
munity through its government, however
instituted, expresses and applies its just To-
cal sentiment to any extent without eX-
ternal control.
Mr.. Snow asserted that as the science of
international law has grown out of the pre-
revolutionary conception of universal law
of nature and of nations, there is no rea-
son why a division of this law, relating to
the connections and unions of free states,
should not grow out of the same conception.
The policy advocated by Mr.. Snow is, he
asserted not only not inconsistent with the
present doctrine of the Supreme Court, but
is an extension of it. so as to protect not
only the civil rights of the inhabitants Of
the inSular possessions, but also their po-
litical rights. If adopted the Supreme
Court would continue to exercise its pres
ent jurisdiction, which is, of course, con-
fined to the protection of civil rights.
The Lord Mayors Remembrance.
The city of London, the real city, down at
the Bank of England, under the lord mayor,
has a queer official known as the remem-
brancer," coming down from a thousand
years ago, when he was extremely impor-
tant. He receives a salary of So 900 year,
and his duties those of historian, a
lobbyist and reporter. He keeps a record
of events of interest and Importance to the
board of aldermen and other municipal
officials; he reports. to them information
that may have been published or discovered
by him secretly; he reads the newspapers,
particularly the Official Gazette, makes
notes, clips articles and advertisements of
interest 10 the various munlclpal depart
ments, and sends them to the proper Off
Gals. He keeps watch over legisla ton in
parliament affecting the affairs of the city
and informs the lord mayor or the sheriff,
or whomever else may be concerned. He
hangs around the palace and the parlia-
ment houses, picking up gossip of interest
and news of value and communicates it to
his fellow officials. The office of "remem-
brancer' has increased rather than dimin-
ished in Importance with the invention of
printing and the improvement of means
of communication. In ancient days he
earned his salary sitting around the ante
rooms of palaces, the clubs and other places
where men of influence and information
were in the habit of gathering for gossip;
but now he gets most of his news from the
papers and his chief duty is to make notes
which he distributes about the guildhall
for other people to act upon.