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THE EXECUTIVE AND THE|
JUDICIARY.
The sensational dispatches sent out
from Washington to the effect that tho
government would send troops and a war
vessel to Richmond and by brute force
launch the Galveston In defiance of Judgo
Grinnan's injunction evidently had some
foundation In faot, There seeems to be
no doubt that It was the disposition of
the Secretary of the Navy to do th|s high?
handed thing, and it would appear that
the Attorney-General held that thore was
authority of law for It. But tho Attorney
General subsequently revised his opinion
and at a meeting of the Cabinet that
course was abandoned nnd a more con?
servative policy adopted.
No matter what sort of an agreement
tho government may have had with the
Trlgg Company, the fact is that when
that company went Into the hands of a
receiver, appointed by Judge Grlnnan In
due process of law, all property In tho
shipyard passed under control for the
time being of the court, and the United
States government had no moro right
,4'han any citizen to take any of the prop?
erty away by force. But it did attempt
to do so. and the court Issued an injunc?
tion, which the government Is bound to
respect. Tho court could not have taken
the vessels from the government, if they
had been in the hands ot officers of the
government, but the property was In
possession of the Trlgg shipyard, and the
Trlgg shipyard was In possession of the
court, and It was entirely competent for
Judge Grlnnan to Issue his restraining
order when the government sought to
take the vessels away. If In defiance nf
Judge Grinnan's order the governmont
should send troops here and launch the
vessel whether or not, the court would
have to submit. But the government's
act would be high-handed nnd revolu?
tionary, and In destruction of the prin?
ciples upon which the republio is founded.
The question Is ably discussed in detail
In another column by Mr. William L.
Royall. ,? ??'',
Fortunately for peace and ordor It was
decided at the meaUng of the ' Cabinet
on Friday to proceed In tho manner pro?
vided In the revised statutes ot the'
United States for Just such a contingency.
BecUon 8753, the section cited by the
?Attorney-General, provides that "When?
ever any property owned or held by the
United States, or in 'which the United
States have or claim an intorest, shall, In
any Judicial proceeding under tho laws
of any State, district or territory, he
seized, arrested, attached or held for the
security or satlsflnctlon of any claim
made against siirh pnrperty, the Sec?
retary of the Treasury, In his discretion,
may direct tha Solicitor of the Treasury
to cause a stipulation to be entered into
by the proper district attorney for the
discharge of such property from such
seizure, arrest, attschment or proceed?
ings, to tho effect that upon such dis?
charge the person asserting the claim
against such property. Bhall become on
titled to the benefits of this and the fol?
lowing section."
It Is further provided In section 37S4
that "In all cases where a stipulation Is
entered Into undnr the preceding section,
and in consequence thereof the property
Is discharged, and final Judgment Is after?
ward given In the court of last resort, to
which the Secretary of the Treasury may
deem proper to cause euch proceedings
to be carried, affirming the claim for the
security or satisfaction of which such
proceedings may have been Instituted,
and the right person arsertlng the samo
to enforce it against such property by
means of euch proceedings, notwithstand?
ing the claims of the United Btates
thereto, such final Judgment shall.be
deemed, to all Intents and purposes, a
full and final determination of the right?
of such pereon, and ehall entitle such
person as against the United finitos, to
such right as he would have had in rase
possession of such property had not been
changed. Whenever such claim la for
the payment of money, and the earn? la
by such, Judgment found to be due, the
presentation of a duly authenticated
copy of the record of such Judgment and
proceedings shall he sufficient evidence
to the proper accounting officers for the
allowance thereof) and the earns shall
thereupon he ?lloved, and paid out of any
money? In the treasury not otherwise ap?
propriated."
Ifli ?aid that ih? Attortiey-Oeneral
prepared yeiterday a "stipulation," as
provided for In the above statute, In the
~~~-*? ut iJi Indemnifying bond, which,
on Monday will tin filed with Judge Grln?
nan, of the Chancery Court of Richmond,
and It. Is to be pres-umed that tho Judge
will then see his wny to dissolve tlio In
.innrlt. ? nnd release tho vessels. Such
? proceeding will he according to law
und not according to the dictum of the
military authorities.
MR. CLEVELAND'S DENIAL.
Mr. Grover Cleveland Is out In a state?
ment denying tho accuracy of an Inter
xdew recently reported by Mr. Bnlley, of
tho Galveston News. Ho says that ho
waa astonlBhed to see such an outcome
from a visit made to him by one who
only gained friendly access to him by
reason of his being a representative of
a paper formerly conducted and owned
by Mr. Cleveland's deceased frlond, Col?
onel Bolo, and now conducted by the
younger Belo. He further declares that
he had no Idea that Mr. Bailey was In?
terviewing him for publication, and that
If ho had dreamed thnt the reporter
would attempt to construct an Interview
dealing with the Important subjects out
of what was said on tho occasion of th?
visit, ho woulil? certainly havo required
Hie roportor to reilttco it to writing and
lot him Inspect It before being published.
Tn reply, Mr. Bailey says that he met
Mr. Cleveland by appointment nnd can?
not understnnd how Mr. Clovelnnd should
have misunderstood tho object of Ills
visit. That ho went to see him In the
interest of his paper, and, of course,
expected to print the Interview. The
statement which he attributes to Mr.
Clevelnnd follows:
"It Is perfectly absurd to suppose for
an Instant that I had any desire to re?
onter puhlic Ufo, nor hnvo I even re?
motely entertained th? thought since I
left Washington over six years ngo. Tho
matter is ns far from my thoughts
1? was In 1898. when all must admit It
wns not within my hearing or sight,
I havo no higher aspiration than to pass
my days In pence, with my family around
me, nnd to take no part In politics which
nny private citizen cannot take with the
utmost propriety,
"I have never spoken to anybody on tho
subject of a fourth candidacy; have never
written to a single political friend one wny
or another, nor have I been written to
or spoken to by them. Tlmre Is not ?
political leader of any prominence en
den voring to advance any movement to
nominato me In any State, so far ns I
havo been advised, nor do 1 anticipate
that any .such effort will be mode by any
leader, prominent or obscure, In any lo?
cality In the country.
"In this respect the situation Is more
than pleasing. In earnestly desiring tho
Democratic party to become strong; and
united) ns of old, committed to the sim?
ple traditions and sound principles which
mnrtfi it aggressivo nnd victorious, no
thought of personal Interest has dis?
turbed me. I havo on several occasion?
within a year undertaken to perform
the labor which usually falls to the pr??
vate In the ranks, but there has tint
lurked within me the hope of any reward
save the consciousness of having made
? ? effort to assist In bringing about
salutary conditions In the pnrty."
It was Sir. Bailey's business to hear
and to report accurately what Mr. Clove
land sold, and generally speaking, a.
trained nnd conscientious reporter can
bo counted upon to make, exact state?
ments in a matter of this character.
Mr. Bailey doubtless took keen note of
everything that Mr. Cleveland said, and
we warrant that the substance of Mr.
Cleveland's statement to him Is contained
In tho above. Wo aro surprised: that Mr.
Cleveland should object to the state?
ment, unless he Is Indeed disposed to re
enter public life. It Is a manly state?
ment, which any person In his situation
might feel proud to make,
ON CAR OR FOOT.
Few 6f us properly appreciate the de?
pendence of a city community upon street
cars, until we go a day or more without
them. Then east- and west-onders and
suburbanites particularly are at a mis?
erable disadvantage compared with those
citizens wfio are residents of central
parts of tho city.
When the car hill Is silent or Infre?
quently heard, we have a. lonely feeling.
Then, too, we can better than ever before
understand why It was that properly
within flvo minutes' walk of tho Capitol
used to be so highly prized for residence
purposes. The nearness to hnslness en?
hanced Its value. With tho advent of
street cars, especially electric cars, come
expansion and central locations wore no
Ion ear considered Indlepensablo.
If. street cars were totally extinguished
now, thore would come such a degree of
cramping and packing population ns
never was dreamed of before. But though
?we may havo strikes and stops now nnd
then and be put to much vexntlon nnd
Iriconvenloncy, happily thorn I3 no proi
peot that the facilities wo usually enjoy
will be taken from us. On the contrary,
the tondoncy Is to Improve tho conveni?
ences for urban and suburban travel. \
Up to about 1800, Nailer'? omnibus lino
afforded this city about all the transpor?
tation facilillos that It needed, Those ve.
hieles ran from Brook Avenue to ilock
etts. Two horses mift'.eed to draw each
one of them, except at tho Mull) Strict
hill and at the Ninth-Street hill, whore
"tug" horses wore put on,
The horse car succeeded the 'hue, and
the street car Une as proposed, wbb to
run between tho mime, terminals, but ih?
trank was actually laid only from Nini h
to Twenty-eighth .streets.
The war proved disastrous to tho car
lino. Its horses wore needed for ttha
army and were sent thither. Its truck
was taken up, and wo believed the Iron
was used In the cossi ruction of the Iron?
clad batteries at Drewry's and (.'haflln's
Bluffs.
Richmond was supposed !n be, and real
ly was, In frightful peril st that time,
and there was no offering for defensivo
purposes that our people were not Willing
to malto. Tho resulta of the battle be?
tween tho heavy nnllery nnd tho Federal
gunboats settled for the war tho Impreg?
nability of Richmond from attack by war
voesele. However, If the Federal gun?
boats that fought us at Brewry'e Bluff
in May, 1M?, had buen equipped with <,uch
long range guns s? are made now, they
could have shelled every part of Itloh
niond. If over we have occaHlon to do
fond Richmond again under similar cir?
cumstances, we ?hull havo to plant our
batteries many miles below Ihewry's
Bluff.
A better and longer street-riir ]lne than
our first ono waa built hero after tho
war. It not only covered tho route of the
old omlnbtis line, but extended ?long
L Adame, Grace, and Reservoir Streets to
the Old Reservoir. There wee then ft
great Foderai military camp ?it what Is
now Ilnrvlelown. The travel to nnd from
that point '.vas great nnd It was supposed
that a line reaching' tho Old R?servait
not only would supply the wauls of tho
camp, but would afford accommodation
to those wishing to visit Hollywood. But
the travel to Hollywood by this
route proved scant, nnd when the
comp was finally broken up, no Incorno
was derivable from that source. The up?
shot ot it all was that the Reservolr
Rtrect lino was taken up. Later on It
was re-establlshod when the electric car
line was installed here.
Among somo of the many managers of
tho street railways of old were John Bacon
Crenshaw, George F. Norton nnd John
II. Illchardson, and, at a later period,
Charming Bolton.
Mr. Crenshaw was a wldoly-known
member of the Society of Friends. Ho
was a man of largo size and vas a con?
spicuous figure hero on account of his
broad-brimmed hat and long-tailed coat.
Major Norton was one of tho heroes of
tho old First Regiment?a fighting man
Indeed, Colonel Richardson was also a
bravo war oBcer nnd, If wo mistake not,
was tho founder of tho Young Ounrd.
Mr. Bolton was a civil engineer and evi it?
imi lly secured control of the street-car
line. From hi? hands It passed Into those
of tho elcclrlc. company.
Tho electric company dirt not secure Its
franchises hero without trouble. There
was much contention In the City Coun?
cil over their request for privileges to
use the streets. From that event dates
the beginning of the street-car wars,
which have rncked council circles so of?
ten from timo to time. There wns a day
when the linrso cars nnd electric ears ran
In competition: but the result was fore?
seen by wise men and the "slow coach"
had to "go."
From having one electric line, our city
came to have two (now two In one), besides
mllos nnd miles of suburban lines, and
the cars from being meagrely patronized
have come to he used to such an extent
that pedestrlanlsm Is a lost art hero al?
most.
It Is now tho "park season," the time
when summer cars are much sought,
when the "end seat" l.t a delicious posi?
tion and when It Is vexatious and toil?
some to have to climb our hills afoot.
Therefore there Is a general wish, fer?
vently entertained, that the street-car
silrlke now on may aeon end and that our
etreot-cnr service may soon be restored to
Its normal condition.
THE INVESTIGATION.
The joint ocmmlttee representing the
Boar of Aldermen and the Common
Council charged with the investigation of
Rlleged frauds nnd disreputable proceed?
ings on tho part of members of the City
Council, city officers nnd others. Is com?
posed of excellent material.
Character and capacity both are to be
found In the appointees. No exception will
bo taken by tho public to the personnel
of the committee, and wo expect from
then very thorough and diligent work.
The. task before them Is difficult and will
he certain to occupy much time; but the
sooner It is entered upon, the sooner and
easier it will be discharged.
At this moment, when the publie mind
is almost wholly absorbed In the street
car strike, it Is not to bo expected that
tho committee will be able to make much
headway In taking evidence, but they
can at least organize and ?quip them?
selves Tor work, nnd arrange a pro?
gramme nf proceedings, which will ex?
ped?ate business when they are ready to
begin tlie examination of witnesses.
STAND UP FOR THE LAW.
No matter how tho strike is settled, It
Is the duty of the people of Richmond
and Henrlco county to obey the law and
to aid In enforcing the law. It Is a duty
they owe themselves as good citizens,
and It Is their patriotic duty to the gov?
ernment, ?
especially Is It the duty of the authori?
ties to see to It that there Is ample po?
lice protection, and that thoro Is no tres?
pass upon the right* of any. If the gov?
ernment doe? not do this, It Is unfit to
exist. The law must be upheld nt all
cost and at all hazard. There must be
nn trifling, no compromise with law
braakera. Tho government Is on trial,
nnd It must meet Its responsibilities
honestly nnd coureously. or It will suf?
fer In the estimate of the people and fall
Into contempt.
A NEW ??????????.
(Selected for The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
"I do set my bow In the cloud, and It
shall be for a token of a covennnt be?
tween me and tho earth."?Oen. Ix: 18.
Thin second beginning was In many re?
spects very different from tho first.
There. Is nothing said here about, a gar?
don or a forbidden tree or a tempting
serpent. So It would appear from the
loiter of the narrative. Vet, loi we find
thf-m all here, only under different names,
? beautiful sight was the altar which
Noah built upon the reappearing earth.
Beautiful to think that thore was a
church before thero was a house! If you
look at that first building In tho new
world you will see It expands until It
becomes a sanctuary wide as the earth,
and all men gathered in loving ploty
within Its ample wall?.
Sweat was the avor that roe from
earth to heavon. And as the smoke .as?
cended tho primeval blessing wss once
more pronounced; the seasons well con?
firmed In their revelation, and all things
seemed to begin again In unclouded hope.
Was there, then, a now human-nature?
]>I<1 this new experiment succeed better
than the first? Alns! alasi The serpent
waa ?till there! Bieten: "The Imagina?
tion of man's heurt Ib evil from hi? youth?"
The first temptation was from without,
the- second from within. This Is tha'ver?
dict of history. At flrat we read that
"man was made In tito image and llk?
n<ss of God;" In the ee-eond that "the Im?
agination of his heart is ovil from his
youth."
fill?, thon, must be the accepted fact,
for all. divine Interpretation la based
upon it. And yet the very first thins wo
lcaru after this solemu declaration Is
that there will be more amltlng. of
every living thing, plainly, then, mera
destruction la a failure-. ,1 do not ssy
that destruction is undeserved or un?
righteous; only as a j ?formative measure
It is a failure a_ regards the salvation of
tho survivors.
We nee men slain for doing wrong, and
yet In a few days tho deed Is repeated.
One might think that such ft flood as
this would have kept tho world In order
forever. But men dare now to doubt
whether there was ever such ft flood,
and repeat all the sins of which the age
of Noah wns guilty.
Set It down as a fact that punishment,
though nccesary, even In Its severest
forms, can never regenerate the heart
of man.
Though God will not any more
"smite every living thing," He has
surrounded human life with solemn ob?
ligations. "Surely your blood of your
lives will I require; at the hand of every
beast will I require It; at the hand of
every man's brothor will I require tho
life of man."
Tho sovereignty of human life Is with
Ood, and secondarily with whomsoever
He may appoint. This statement follows
the acount of tho flood with remnrkabla
propriety, lost when human life had been
destroyed on so largo a scale the value
of It might seem to bo worthless.
Would you know the value set on man
by his Maker7 Lot him study tho life,
the sacrifice, and tho continued Interces?
sion of our Lord .Icsus.
But then about capital punishment*
Wherever In civilized countries there Is
eppltnl crlmo, there must ho capital pun?
ishment. To shut up a man In lifelong
confinement Is capital punishment. That
Is capital punishment, which eonsclono
and reason conspire fo proclaim Just.
Thoso solemn laws having been given
nbnut human life, a new covenant, re?
markable for Its bpnuty nnd tenderness
Is established by tho Almighty Creator.
"And Ood spoke unto Noah nnd his
sons with him, saying. And I, behold I, es?
tablish my covenant with you and with
your seed after you. and with every liv?
ing creature; ? ? ? this Is the token of
tho covenant for perpetual generation:
I do sot my bow In tho cloud, and It shall
be for a token of a covenant between me
and tho earth."
But was there not a. rainbow before
there was a flood? Of course, thero was!
But old forms may be put to new uses.
God did not then create the bow, but
He turned It Into a sign of a holy bond,
n. perpetual promise. Cultivate the spirit
of moral interpretation, if you would be
wise and restful. Then the rainbow will
keep away the flood: tho fowls of the air
will save you from anxiety; the lilies
of tho field will nsure you of tender care.
Why, everything Is your! The daisy on
which you tread tells you that If God ro
clothe the grass of the field He will much
more clothe His child!
Very beautiful is this Idea of God giv?
ing us a picture in order to keep our
faith steady. He knows our frame, and
that we need these helps, and by His
mercy Ha has supplied them. We might
forget the word, but wo cannot fall to
see the bow, and recall Its silent message
of cheer and unfailing love.
Of the victories of the Confederates,
none was more marvelous than that won
at tho battle of the Crater, It deserves to
be perpetuated In history and tradition,
song and story. In a lettor from Colonel
W. H. Stewart, of Portsmouth, to Captain
John E. Laughton, of this city, It Is sug?
gested that at a date hereafter to he
fixed there shall be a reunion on the
field "of those who were actually In the
charge."
It Is proposed by the colonel that meet?
ings of the survivors of that stirring
en'ent be held at Richmond, Petersburg,
Suffolk, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth
and other places, on July SOth, to con
elder tho feasibility of the project, and If
found ndvlseble, to appoint committees
to act.
Such a reunion could be made very en?
joyable and wo have no doubt the sur?
vivors of that battle will act, and act
favorably, upon the suggestion.
It appears from accounts whloh come
from Heppner, Ore., that a real, hearty,
substantial cloudburst Is not merely a
heavy rain, but the counterpart of a wa?
terspout at see.
The testimony of many observers Is
that the first that was seen of the storm
at Heppner was a black cloud, which
arose suddenly, accompanied by thunder
and lightning, that appeared at tho head
of the principal creek. The next thing
seen was a solid hocly of water, twenty
feet deep, rushing down the narrow val?
ley of tho creew and swelling everything
before It.
We are told that It Is believed by many
that It "was a waterspout, which, hnvlng
scooped up Its waters by tho well-known
auction process, had carried them ovor
the land until It met with nn obstruction
Eulftclflnt to break It and let the waters
fall In a mass.
Several days ago Mr. William L. Itnyall
Sent in for puffllcatlon a communication
on the Gallego Mills cane, Tho article
was put In typo, hut did not appear at
the time. Subsequently Mr. Roynll sent
In a substitute article, which was printed,
and yesterday, through an oversight In
the composing room, the original aril?
cle was also printed, Mr. Royall did not
mean to. write for publication two Iden?
tical articles on the same suhject.
According to a dispatch from New York,
Madame Morelli, Bostock's leopard
trainer, was nearly torn to pieces at
Coney Island on Friday, Pr, Kane, of
the Emergency Hospital, Is authority for
the statement that "ehe had a big piece
bitten out of her left arm and had been
furiously clawed and bitten In several
other piucos,"
"The Baltimore Police Board has
granted an extra day's leave of absence
all policemen for good work during
the Saengorfest." We expect an ansio,
gone announcement to be made here as
soon as the little affair wo have on hand
now is brought to u. conclusion. The no?
Ileo are under a hoavy mental and phys?
ical strain at such times as- this, and
deserve lo be encouraged and sustained
In every way possible.
Should "turn tha reseals out" again be?
come the Democratic slogai), then At?
torney Joe Folk, Ihe boodle ohasor of St.
I>ouls, would seem to be the logical can?
didate, In fait.
'??? Host,in Cilobe say?: "The Secre?
tary of Agriculture practically bets $3.50
that there Isn't a .Ingle can? of the foot
nnd) mouth disease in New Kngland
now."
There Is a good deal of both in Rich?
mond during theso days of street car
strikes, and consequent "eusslng" and
hoofing It.
Mr. Van Allen, tho galvanised Ameri?
can-Englishman, denies that he Is miss?
ing. Ho ought to be good authority on the
subject.
With many people, too many, the
hardest walk of the week comes this
morning when tho church bolls ring.
Texas Is now trying her hand at ee?
centrlo wenthcr. Sho pulled off a sum?
mer snow-storm the other day,
The rural regions havo their comforts.
There lina beon no street car strike at
Lunenburg Courthouse.
Tho cornor's Jury has decldod that the
late Servian King was the victim of
get-dead-quick scheme.
The loo man with his little saw nnd
hatchet also boncf.ts by the strike nnd
other warming,up things.
Tho prendiera will havo to depend on
near neighbors for a congregation to-day.
Washington county la also "dry." They
havo had no rain thero In fifty-two days.
The leaking clouds aro much Inclined to
make a continuous performance.
We have not heard yot how much life
Insuranco Mr. Ofrernovltch carried.
Tho Richmond "suckers" do not need
the admonition to walk.
The torch shines brightly In the old
Kentucky homo now.
The President Just advised Booker this
time, and said nothing about lunch.'
As a real cool Joker ot purest ray
serene. Counclmnn TTeslcp takes the cske.
The Galveston Case.
Editor of The Tlmos-Dlspatoh:
?Sir,?I have no interest direct or indi?
rect In the matter of who gets the money
duo for work and materials In the cruiser
Galveston, but 1 have a very deep inter?
est in the question whether the rignts <tml
liberties of American citizens aro to be
preserved to them. Tho military bill re?
lented passed by Congress makes every
citizen of tho United States between tho
ages of eighteen and forty-five a soldier
-f Ihe United States, with authority li
tho President to appoint them ofitcers
and order them about pretty much at his
Willi and tho position of thc Attorney
General and of the Cabinet In
tha Galveston rriattor, gkes him
authority to creato a question when he
pleases between himself and any part
of tho people of tho United States, nnd
to decide that question as ho desires with
the entire military power of the country
to back his decision. If this l3 really the
state to which we have arrived, then our
liberties are lost and this government
will become a despotism in fact, veiled
under present superficial respect for ??a
forme.
To my mind nothing can be more mon?
strous than the position which the Attor?
ney-General has taken. The courts of
the country are ordained by our Insti?
tutions, Inherited from England, to de?
clare what the laws of the land are. That
is tho fundamental institution upon which
all tho others rest. When a court having
Jurisdiction of the subject, declares the
law, every one, from the highest to the
lowest, must bow his head In humble
submission to the court's decree until
that decreo be reversed by a court above.
Great Is tho corner-stone of our Institu?
tions. With It wo havo liberty regulated
by law: without it we hnve despotism
pure and simple. No King of England,
however despotic, has ever dared rats?
his hand or volco against the Judgment
of an English court. Some years bae?
Queen Victoria came carousing down a
street In London with her usual cavalry
guard In front. There was some lawful
reason why she should not pass a cer?
tain point. A singlo policeman stood out
In the. street with his baton raised, and
the cavalcade swept around" nt tho first
crossing and dlsappenred. Thc lesson of
that Incident I? that no ono Is above the
law as declared by him who Is appointed
to doelarii It.
In American history there has been
hut two exceptions to this, so far as I
know, and they are not really exceptions,
Chief Justice Mnrsfiall in trying Aaron
Burr sent (? euhjeona duces tocum
President Jefferson ordering him to bring
some letters In his possession to Blch
mond'. Mr. Jefferson, whllo declaring his
willingness to send the letters, took the
point that tho President could not be
summoned away from the seat of govern?
ment, nnd Judge Marshall by not pros
? executing tho matter showed ho thought
ho had made a mistake.
After our civil war was openly In pro?
gress. Chief Justice Taney, at Baltimore,
Issued his writ of habeas corpuw, nnd a
military officer, acting t.nder President
Lincoln's order', refused to obey It,
i'hnt, though, was In timo of open war.
wlifen tho theory "solus popull suprema
lex" causes the people to condono pretty
much everything,
But If tho Fresldent of the United
States may, In time of peace, disregard
a decree of one of our courts, then w?
have in our Institutions ono man who
above the law, and who In a law unto
himself. If wo nro to remain free men,
the position Is not to be tolerated, It Is
for Judge Grlnnan to sny whether the
stipulation on tho government's part sug?
gested by Mr. Knox Is a lawful suhstl?
tuta for the Galveston, and. If ho says It
Is not, tho President and all othi>r mon
must submit to his decree until it Is
revcrrofl. Tho government has lier ap?
peal from what Judge Grlnnan decides.
Uko every one else, and if wo are to ro?
main a land of law, she must resort io
that and not to bayonets.
The advocates of tho opposing theory
say tho government might los? hm? wnr
ahlpH. Suppose sho does. Which is hotter,
that site should lose her unbuilt war?
ships or Unit we should loso our liberties?
I,,et her lose tin? Oalveston, if that must
happen ns penalty upon her for not pro?
viding In her contract and making tho
provisions effectual that when these dim?
eiiltlos arise, sho may take possession of
the iihlp. But keep from us a President
sending military officers bore to say to
our courfs, with 'full jurisdiction of the
vase, "you may decldeand decreo u??tu
your decrees displease us, when wo will
set them asido with bayonets, nnd put
you In tho guard house If you mako any
fuss about It."
When the government's case is boiled
down to Its analysis It means this: That
She negligently failed In making her con?
tract with tha Trlgg ship-yard to provide
that when difficulties arose' sho might
take possession ot tlio ship, and that hau
got her Into a snap. 8ho \*'11I get out o{
that snap' by overthrowing the Institu?
tions of tho country or. the plea that un?
built warships aro necessary to the pub
lio defensa. Nothing could bo moro ab?
surd.
If tho President sends his soldiers hero
to seize tlio Oal'veston we are, of course,
powerless to resist. But the Attorney-Gen?
eral should put tho enso in tliupo to cany
H to tiw Supremo Court ot tho United
States, and it should bo carried there.
JVM. U ROrALL,
Cnntsof the C?eeh
Under Brief Review. ]
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l>ast Wednesday Chnrleslown, one of the
districts of the city of Boston, celebrated
?in great style the 128th nnnlversary of the
batllb of Hunker Hill. There was much
marching of military, much carousing ot
patriots and ? wonderful How of patriotlo
oratory. Altogether, the Charlcstown folks
ihnd a good timo celobratlng the anhl
versary of the licking their ancestors got
on Bunker Hill more than a century nnd
a quarter ago. ?? r battle. Bunker Hill
was a very small affair, but it had the
good fortune to be one of those little
skirmishes that in spite of Its Insignlll
canco as a fight, as compared with many
that havo followed It, to assume a won?
derful Influence on the history of the
world, and It ought to bo celebrated by
somebody ovory year. Wo aro glad the
Charlcstown folks havo undertaken the
Job nnd attend to It so well.
Tho end ot a social affair that nttractod
tho attention of the country a few years
ago has come to its very natural end
during tho pa?t wtVk.
James W. Aubory, Jr., former son-in
law of Chief .1 usuro Fuller, was sentenced
to four years In the Wisconsin Stale
prison on Tuesday at Milwaukee. Aubery
was tried and convicted recently or the
forgery of a check for ?25, though ft
strong defense was put up on the ground
thnt ho was under tho influence of mor?
phine or othor drugs when the offense
was committed. Atihory cloned to Mil?
waukee from Washington with Chief Jus?
tice Fuller's dnughter somo years tigo,
but was divorced soon afterward.
It Is rare the name of Robert O. Incor?
soli Is seen In the .papers now. L-ist
week Mrs. Eva A. Ingeritoli, widow and
administratrix of tho late agnostic, com?
menced a suit for ????,??? in tho United
.States Court of New York against Joseph
A. Corn in, of Lowell, Mass., and others,
heirs of the late Andrew J. Davis, for
services rendered by her deceased husband
in winning a will caso nt Butte, Mont., In?
volving many millions.
Tho Czar of Rosala wan the first, and
we believe tho only, European sovereign
to wlro his congratulations to King Peter
of Servia, and he was very guarded In
his language. Ho said: "Learning that
the Senate and Skuptschtlnn had formerly
proclaimed you King of Servia, I vent?
ure to express to "iour Majesty sincere
wishes for the prosperity of your coun?
try, .and tho hope thnt God may come lo
your assistance in the enterprise you ha?..3
undertaken for tho happiness ot your pe??
pie.
Chaplain-John R. Chsdwlck. of the
United States -navy, has tendered his
resignation, nnd tho same was accepted
this past week. Tho Rev. Mr. Chadwlck
was the first Catholic priest to be ap?
pointed a chaplain In tho navy, nnd It Is
said that he never Itked the Job very
much, preferring other work under the
direction of his church. Ho was tho chap?
lain of the battleship Maine at tho time
of tho explosion In the Havana harbor.
It is understood th?>-Oie is soon to be
appointed to one of the most Important
parishes In New lork.
The pessimist' who predicted another
great anthracite coal strike this year and
who would much rather havo seen tho
strike than to hove had his prediction
fall will have to look elsewhere for his
horrible things to come to pass. Presi?
dent Bnor has become tame, and Presi?
dent Mitchell has advised the miners not
to strike; they have taken his good ad?
vice, and thoro will be no strike in the
anthracite regions this good year. We
should think both sides got enough of
it last year. Certain It is that tho pub?
lic did.
A man of some notoriety was sent to
the Sins Sing prison In New York for
four years. Ho was Samuel D. Houston,
formerly of Texas, nnd a descendant of
the noted Texas hero of the same name.
His home for many years past has been
in Elizabeth, N. J., where ho w-as a dea?
con In one of the prominent churches at
one time; and yet "drink and high living
did It," said he In pleading guilty. He
was cashier of a firm of brokers In New
York, and stelo *5,W0. United States Sen?
ator Kean and ex-Governor Voorhees. of
New Jersey, pleaded for clemency, but
Judge Newhurgor replied: "He Is a thief,
and deserving of no more pity than any
other criminal."
Richard McMIchael, managing propri?
etor ot Congress Hall at Saratoga Springs
Bixty ve a is age and '.or a ? -.cat mini y
years after, died at his homo in Brooklyn
a few days ago. Congress Hall when he
ran It was ns famous a hotel as there was
in the country, ind wa.i tha favorite \:
sort of Virginians and other southern?
ers when they went to drink the waters,
.emalnlng so until the outbreak of the
war of 'ill. Mr. McMIchael afterward was
proprietor of several other Saratoga ho?
tels. Ho had been retired from active
Ufe for about 20 years.
(Quotations for senta on the New York
Stock Exchnnge have run down about
?10.000. They aro now going nt $70,001.
a sale having been made at that rcducod
figuro last week. There nre said to bo
many reasons for the belief thnt trad?
ing will be duller 0 nthe Exchange this
summer than It has been for some time,
and this accounts In the falling off In the
valuo of a seat In the place.
Richard C. Morse, who for tho past thir?
ty-three years has been the goneral sec?
retary of the International Committee of
tho voung Men's Christian Association,
has Just returned from a tour of Inspec?
tion around tin world. Or l'ila ton?? Mr.
Morse visited tho 6.??0O associations which
have grown up tinder his care, apd com?
prise more than 000,000 members. The
Journey covered 182 days. Of course tho
association? of Europe are very numer?
ous, nearly half tho whole number, and
many of these are half a century old
India has ? good many associations, Cairo
has a thriving one, and the newest field
Is Morocco.
Speaking of certain events of the com?
mencement season, the Springfield re?
publican has this to eny:
Tho visit tho Chinese minister to this
country made to the Yankee Academy
whore he hnd tho teaching of his youth
was perhaps the most picturesque and
possibly flgniilcfuit of tin? foaM.-js of our
commencement season, now In rising
tide. Let no one say that the education
of Chinese hoys In Uils country was ?l?o?
less and IniJiUe'l'W ilial. wh? 11 u high
diplomatic, servant of tho Celestial Em?
pire can talk Intelligently of base-hall at
an American school, and recall with pride
his "threo-basger" In the match gnmo
of Phillips Andnver and Phillips Exeter.
Sir Chentung Liang cneng may Heo his
picture In the Boston newspapers, with
"P. A." In big letters on his sweater,
and know that the glory of that day when
his Andover "downed" Exeter In not for?
gotten. Ho wears his ritiene, find his gar?
ments, Fo unlike our own. hut If he can
talk base-ball he Is nllll close, to tho
heart of America.
Rev. Dr. George R, Van Do Water, rec?
tor of St. Andrew's Church, New York
city, has Icen named ns corespondent In a
divorce suit, but no one believes the ac?
cusation true, nnd his congrogntlon last
Sunday was full of indignation, though
Dr. Van Do Water refused to tnlk. It
Is sulil by a friend: "There Is but ono cx
plnnatioii?that Arc.mmld Watt named
him purely through Ills desire to .Injure
his wife, who was 11 member of our
church, and without the shadow of a,
ground for the charge." V. S. W.
Personal and General.
Congressman Joseph Cannon received
the LL. D. degree nt the recent com?
mencement exorcises of the University
of Illnols.
Dr. Mowhray. of l'omo Memorial
Church. Maryland, mid Dr. Harris, of
Tomo Instituto, will sali for Europe early
In July.
Rov. R. J. Campbell, the noted Eng?
lish preacher, will preach hin first ser?
mon In America, June 21st, in Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn.
Sir Frederick Pollock, the famous
English lawyer, will road a paper before
the annuul meeting of the American Bar
Association at Hot Springs, Va?.. August
20th.
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Coming Back To-Day.
Governor nnd Mrs.' A. J.' Montague,
who have spent tho greater portion of the
week liii Providence, R. !.. and Now York
city, will return to tho city to-night. The
Governor and Mrs. Montague havo great
lv enjoyed their trip, and have been shown
the utmost courtesy by their Eastern
bosta.
" To-Day's Advertising Talk."
DRIFTING.
Business men that do
not advertise, driftalong
and are subject to the
prevailing conditions of
trade.
They are the first ones
to notice hard times.
They cannot control the
conditions as the adver?
tisers can.
If business is poor, the
good advertiser can
make it good.
He starts an energetic
advertising campaign
and fills his store .with
buyers, while his neigh?
bor, who does net adver?
tise, sits waiting for con?
ditions to change.
You can control the con?
ditions of your business
by ladvertising in The
Times-Dispatch, which
goes to thousands of
homes every morning
just before shopping
time.
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Urond of TJh ought
Sn 7)ixio jCand
<v
Florida Tlmes-Unlon: The head of the
Northern Securities Syndicate promisee
ten thousand dollars to the Roosevelt
campaign fund?which allows that the at?
tack woe Pickwickian or the sins will
bo condoned. Why should Wall Street
bo opposed to the administration or to
its policy7
Birmingham Age-Herald: Senator Tom
Platt Is trying to .shove the postofflco Ir.
regularities onto Grover Cloveland. He
sayo the Princeton sage begnn It. If so,
nnd the Now Y'ork Senator knew it. he
became pnrtlceps criminale, or words to
that effect.
Houston Post: And now the Bcpubllcan
club of New York has taken up the race
question and has adopted resolutions urg?
ing Congress to Investigate suffrage mat
tors in tho South. Will no one save the
negro from his fool friends?
Austin (Texas) Statesman: Even up In
New York where police forces are well
organized and ample for every occasion
It required the hurried exercleo of great
power to prevent tho lynching of a negro
murderer. Human nature is much the
same the world over.
Nashville Banner: The boomer? of
Judge Parker give as seven "pood rea?
sons" why ho should be nominated by
tho Democrats for President that he Is
a good man, a good Democrat, an antl
monopollst, a good farmer, a good Judge,
a good party man and a good party
loader.
From the Church Papers.
It Is a happy gift when one con learn
co m.any things; new song, new thought,?
new story, and keep them present and
alive each day! It Is a small and nar?
row life, when we are
LEARNING shut up to our own
FROM. OTHERS, thoughts and memories,
??? enlarge and enrich
our minds and hearts when we dally
learn goods things from others, and re?
joice with friends and nrlghbors In all
that makes them happy. A new thought
may givo us a new Joy, and there Is no
joy so unselfish and pure as when we
r'reJolco with them that do rejoice."?
Central Presbyterian.
God has a place for each one of us,
and a work for each one ot us, God does
not expect us to fill moro than our own
place, or to do moro than our own work;
but each one of us Is im
OUlt PAKT portant in his or hor own
ESSENTIAL sphere. All the offerings of
the weolthy in the court?
of the temple in Jerusalem wore well In
their time nnd amount. But the poor
widow, who had only her two mites,
should not have felt that her gift waa
unimportant. It seemed as If Jesus sat
watching nnd waiting for that little offer?
ing; nnd tho story of her doing her part
has been told the world over in the cen?
turies since then, as p. lesson and aa an
inspiration. Even though our part- Is
but. a little one. Cod, as It wero, watches
and waits for that. Shall it be lacking??
Sunday-school Times.
"There never was a time," said a speak?
er recently, "when men were more wil?
ling to help and work for other men,
and showed a deeper, a greater considera?
tion for thorn than at
FBUTT FBOM tho prcsont time. If these
THii VINE, things are not religion,
what Is?"
These are tho results of centuries of
Christian Indoctrination. They are not
the vine, but the grapes which we gather
from tho vine. Tho gospel is rooted In
doctrino, and if wo are satisfied to gather
tho fruit, which Is Just now hanging in
rich clusters, nnd neglect tho vine, we
shall soon havo barrenness and blight,?
Religious Herald.
That Christ came forth from the grave
In the same body In which He died on
Din cross cannot bo questioned, . That
body was not allowed to "see corrup?
tion," In that body II?
THE POWER arose, and Is 'now en?
?G GOP, -throned In heaven, for it
still 'beare upon it the
marks nnd memoriale of His sacrificial
death. We are to "be faahioned Ulte?
unto ITIs glorious body." If that does not
menu a corporeal resurrection, what does
it moan? All the perplexing problems In
connection with this great doctrine are
to be reforrcd. ns Paul refers them, to
"tho power of God."?Blchmond Chris?
tian Advocate.
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Registration Books.
Secretary of tho Commonwealth D. Q,
Eggleston yesterday shipped the registra?
tion books for tho fall election to all the
county nnd city clerks of the Stato.
The books are hi conformity with th?
provisions of the new Constitution.
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