Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 May 1879 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

C. MAINE, faWlsher. INDIANA. ITEMS OFJNTEREST. FctmhmI MkI Literary. Maud Miller, daug liter of Joaquin Miller, has made her first, appearance Ib a speaking part o the stage in Graven. ,-She who a diaeer at Baldwin's Tho iter, -San Francisco, last winter. For his poem, The Defense of Luokaow," sad its prelude, addressed to the memory of the Princess Alice, making altogether 127 line?, Mr. Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate, received 300. Mr. Robert Browning k not poet only; be ia a theoretical musician of great technical learning and a practical musician and pianoforte player an well. .Not to stop with this be is a draughtsman and colorist of no ordinary power. One of Mr. George Bancroft's thin little volumes of early poems was sold for $15 at a reeent book sale in this city. Somebody told Mr. Bancroft about it. "Aal" he said; "I've plenty of them put away, and would nave sold one for half the money.1 Robert Browning, Berthold Auerbach and Mrs. S to we aio all 66 rears old. Mr. Emerson is 75, Victor Huso is 7C, Tom Hughes is 55, Froudo is CO, Knskia is 59, 'iennvson is CD, Thomas Hardy is only 38, Vm. Black is 37 and Bret harte is 39. Concerning novelists, Lord Lansdown was clearly of the opinion that the greatest novelists in the world were . TV . . J ? . I T - O - . f . uervaniSB, rietuing anu oagu. i caalav, who was present when the mane was ue. tie inuuent. "i;on J i . t . i. JaiX0te" the first novel Of the world, . and " Clarissa tlarlowe " the next. He thought it well eetabliehed that "Gil Bias" is a translation from the French. Miss Virginia French, a young lady of New Orleans, wrote such a pretty poem for the Picayune some time ago that a young Tenneeeeean fell in lore with it and her. He went to New OrHans, pieatiea wun tne iicayunc queen (a lady) fer the name ot the poetess, cot it, bobbed down on his knees before . Mtse French, and before long made her' hU wife " T)arli serins ia " a novo ia I nw wiie. lJariingioHia, a novel, is i iiuui inn. The widow of George Keats, a

votmrer brother of the noet and since . . -,"lc,,i;,Hl '!,!,"B" prcno oc x or tlie exercise of the elective Iranchfee on aeVWmpr oroineroi tne potl anu Since, attempt to pte-enbeorax by proclamation, count ol race, eolor. or previous condition ot her a rat husband's death re married, order or other fee, the qualMeatlon of tcnitude. The nower idComrrHssto nrntoct

Ur Blav iHiaiu i Bnvu ns UlarriWI, I hma Uit a Tjnvtnn Urr ur tho ' r,-? rn i Ht tb age of SO. To her was written some of the most charming and vivaoioU9 of the

poet's letters, many of which have been, In fiE tti&j ai rViw wK. bj "ot iy tenure given in Lord Houghton's book, but the force, threat, Intimidation or otherwise, pre- the riht to vote to the enfranchised race at miinrirv warp iMilVnlf tniarHiwi Kv hr vents, or attempts to pi event, any qualified the South, but also to prevent fraudulent majority were jealously guartltKi py tier votl.r,ot MiV .state, t,fn ,rt.,.,y Vxerciiinic the . votiwt in the wre ets of the North. Confrom the public gaze, and were in hor rint of vutrraae at any Keneral or vpecial ' Kre has, therefore.exerciel the power con-nos-wssion at the time of hor death Sim election in uch State, shall la lined not imtie lerred by the Constltntlon, and has enacted

L. - .u. ., ,,, .. -i "... " i and toward her he manifested the livali- i est aiTection until his death. Her son. ' L , . ... be the only descendant of the poet's family bearing his name. Mhm I.J ladMd.

t -v t fs . , threat, Intimidation, or otherwise, compels A iNew Jersey firm has purchased ( or attempt to compel any officer holding an Icin Afch'won, Kansas, and will erect e)(.ct,nil , nny Stat, to receive a vote from a a WJlkllHg in Which to can tomatoes. jcmn not legally qnalin. d to vide, or who -A factory is being built at Tleaeant I terc,XctC mVreTS; nWi Mills, 2s. J., for the manufacture of pa-1 election in aStmc, dlMcient irom tlmtM- prePer from Yuct-t which U miieil in South eribed by law! or who Intcrferea In any man jMsriroHi iucc.t,wuicnLsrat3tain&ouin n.rM.Uh JH1IV offi:()r , t.mi Jh tft0 ,lt9. xiersey. i charieeofhii duties, Hhall be punhdied as pre-

Tbs H hr nnsHimnt nn rrtiMr 5 . ii i .Sew York City and its suburbs ap ( Troach4 4(1 fkK) mmru. and at loiar . , ryvn (via i.tA i ' 25,WO,000 are investod by farmers m that industry alone. l A factor? in Hanover. Germanv. naakes glase in close imitation of mar-1 me, and the tables, floor tiles, etc.. which it turns out are preferable to marble or. account of superior hardIt is generally supposed that Chi-1 nese "rice paper1' is made from rice. It Is really made from the pith of a tree, which grows to the height of 20 feet, nd which is also used for the manufacture of artificial flowers and certain toys and fancy artiolee. The Mississippi Stock-Breeders' vssocifwioa are to now a convention, , trv and in- ! the purpose of which is to dtiou l.Bt t .hl,. I r " ...w.p.. iouxnl.,m from the thraldom of King Cotton and t devote themselvM to the better navinr pursuit of stock-raising. It is estimated by the London f7orh that England's annual product of lavender-water is from 25,000 to 30,000 gallons. In Surey alone probably no fewer than 350 acres are devoted to this interest, and ia the neighborhood of Mitcham.whea the plants are in full nower, the fragrance is plainly perceptible for miles around. Twelve paper-making establish-j nts in Knehnd have become bank rupt since the beginning of last Decern-, er. boarcely any American paper 1 factories have been re nor led insolvent s IninWuni . nsonitni, . "Within that Period. Much paper for . writing, for books, and for newsnaners has of late been exported from this country to South America, and there is a growing demand from Germany for coarse American paper. A French chemist last year exposed a quantity ef flour (o a hydraulic presare of 800 tons, which reduced it to a fourth of Us original bulk, without impairing the quality. He packed a portion of it in tin boxes and sealed them P, doing the same with un pressed flour whan ! .i . l.

thn fnrB,.. s , .I ., ' bunnreierencetoine use oi armeu m-n in "e lortntr was in lttr' preservation peace. The fenate had already IncUtled "tan the latter. When baked into what they called, and what we might .accept bread t ho nrHL " uJkWJ "Jf astheprinelple, but they had stricken out Prt article was decidedly the penalty and had stricken out the word perot. After the lanee of a veer "iwiy" o that the Army might thr cans war (iiwiimI mil it.a I b used in all cases where lmBrtil fU, WkT1 i !F ' 1 l,he ."A1 ! Plied authwtl- might le inferred, Jrese Helirhad become spoiletl, while i kw wllh the House Committee planted themtwpreeseti remained sweet, itiul ex. elvcsimlyupn the doctrine that rather ellantwhn kTi'Ii ' than yield thU luHdamentai principle, lor 1 wa bftkea. I whieh for three years this Hetw had Strug-

' IT. I . ULIBl B1I ItJ LMnW III 1 1 II 1.11 W -

ft President's Veto.

Nmaf ef the FrMldtRt Vetoing th Army Appropriation Mill. I have maturely considered the Important questions pi eehtod by the bill entitled "An Act making appropriations required for the upportnf the Army for the Hcaf year ending run 3, leS. and for other purposes," and I wiwiutura It tothe HouseofHepreoentativ, In which It originated, with my objection to it approval. The bill provides In the usual form for the appropriations required for the support, ot the Army during the next fiscal year. It It contained mi inner provisions, it would receive my prompt HpprovaL.lt includes, however, . FUHT1IKK t.KfllSLVTION, which, attached a It is to the appropriations which itre rouulslw lor the eittoWnt H!i torinano of some of too most necory duties of th Government, involve question of the gravest character. The Sixth c cilnii of the hill is amendatory of the statute now is form In regard to the authority o person In tbeolv l, military and naval service of the United State at a place whii e any genci al or sectal election li held In any State. This statute wai adopted February 26, 1HJJ. after a pKtti acted debate In the filiate and almost without opposition In tlie House ot Representative, Iiy tlie concurrent vote of both .ol the trading political paitiisot the country, and 1chhim a law by the approval oi President Lincoln. It was re-enacted In U7I, In the Kevke-d Mtutei of the United Mutes, Sections auaj and 4WS, -...........- ....... ' which am as ronows . " Sttfion 20, So military or naval officer . or other jR-min engaKcd In the civil, military or naval service of the i United States sualt oroer, bring, keep or have under his authority or control any troop or armed men at a place where any general or special election Is held In anv i State, unless it bu ncccssitry to repel armed' enclitic of the United status or to keep the peace at the jkiIIs. , " SetkH fti?t. Kvery officer of the Artny or Jnvy,oi other iwrson In the civil, military ... : i. "r.i:" .... " "r.:: , armed etieutli- ot the ITidu-d .Statu,., or to i lair, miii I'm iicici iiti u Hm'i'Mr i i iiuhwOihu u idouiiiI .uM,.r luiutiwi.i.i... t ut hard labor not li than three months nor store man nve years. THK AMK.MIMK.VT projMwcd In thin itute in the hill before me omit from tmthot thcfoitoimc nation the ( word "or to kf op the peace at tlie jMdl?." The effect of the adoption of this amend.ncnt may iMicoMfUlrud, first, tioii the riiht oi tne uniieii aiMten uoverninrni to tie unit. I tary fice to keep the peace at election.-, (or ..t t .....i ............ ... ..... member of Colore, and, aecond, upon the "km t "u- uoveniment, oy ctvti autnority. t rUd?UCt ilom trom Mhc'3 ud in addition to the sections of the statute , above quoted, the following proviioiiol the juwri.itKtotheuiieoi the military iower ' at eiei'iioiis are now in lorce: -omwH jvm. .luumcei oi imi rtrn j w.RV) orner w uiiicrum', uiw inituneiiims oi votera in any State, or In aHy manner interfete with the freedom oi any i-lection in aHy state or with the eAetcie ot the free right of '"Fr"' 1,1 "" ?te. tbaH yi.eeu and lmiiMind at bard lalxr not? more than five eara. ' .Srertrn Kverv nfNeer of the Armvor :?vLr..VJr".V.r B.sr.!! " "i,fe.W! inwviim in n., nrinrr uj ivniniioii. order or otl erwiie, the quanncationi of the voters at any election In any State, nhail be punished as provided In the preceding tectlon. " Serh&n SMI. Kvcrj" ofttcer or other person In the military or naval uenice wlio, by force, scnoeu ill secilOH of ' sMjOH 5.VK. Kvery person convicted any of the offenses peaHelin ieye pre- i ctHllnif ftectloHs shall. In addition ui the nun iihment therein t-evcrally prccrilM;d, be disqualified ltm holdliiK anyoilkeot Imnor, profit or trust UBder the United Mates; but i nothing in theMi sections shall Im construed

to pi event any omccr, Mldler, sailor or.tlve Department of the Uove'rament to en-

marine from exercising the riht of urKe In anv election district to which he ttixv heJonir, it otherwise qualified according t& the laws of the State in which he offers to vote." The foreatMnff enactments would seem to M!nra 2ii rnnriwi,iinn nf uhJuaJ? I remove an apprenciiMon ot ucii inter- f ferenCe, added to this tHHly of law Section 13 of the act entitled "An Act makliiK appro jHiatlona for the support of thn Army fer executing the laws, except In such case and under such elrcumstancea as such employ. mentof said force may he expressly aMthorortiie uonrtitiition or uv aoc ot uon. xreM. No money apptopriated by this act "hall be used to pay any of the expenses Incurred in the employment of any troops In Violation ch mis M'H)H, anu any perou wllllullv violating the nro isions of this sec tion shall he deemed ssulltv ol a misdemean or, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be uvtAVlnu tli. rt-nf aUull l.a t&Tm,t ' exwHnfM ot ot .ceelila two eirW ol 1 I1-.! i ?.f.CTIl!nK,it ' punislieu by a imnriMMiment both such fine and Imprisonment.' Id against jorityc curred TIIK I'UKfO'K of the section quoted was stated In th? Senate by one ot Its sujqmiters aa follows: Therelote.I hope without getting intoany coatroverry about the past, but acting wisely roirthat Wen that the Army IE. ...8,e.1: H ,J,V . wusiian taao away iiih can beusetl by a General or a special nepuiy .warsiiai or any Marshal meiely lor election punioses, or as a pue, ordeiing them about lUU JHilM or urucung mcrn iii n uno else where there Is no election going on to )nevciit tlisotdcrs or suppress disturbances that should lie suppressed by peace officers ol the Mate; or It they must bring others to their aid they should summon unorganized citlxens and not summon officers and men of the Army a a amUai to quell disorder and thus get up a feeling which will be disastrous to peace among tlie people of the country." In the House of Keprescntatlvcs the object of the act of lSTri was Mated by the Rcntloman who had It in charge In blmllar terms. He lit . ... " Hut these are all minor points and Insignificant compared with the great principle which was Incorporated by the House in the ..... . . .. - . a ..

7S " . ,n,i iV i" " dlschaige of their duties at the po Is. it ilSu"1WVt ' ,S' e pending legislation should lMs:omIaw " sVrfV 11 From and after the naeairoof ' .mns ,s M Power Vested In sm' nttwui the tuJTinJ3JtlrlIXSSi . ""vernment to protect Irornvwleaee throM-

n tlM rnii- nf the I'iilf ml SlittM i 1 e?r' 01 t,,e 1 Mates eiigaxcil in tlie dtsVMll J.V5.A...?.l.,.?.e..r I ifilJ " . oharge ef their duttea. Their right nnd du-

iwiir niwiHiHiH tii iiiiii'i a isn iiri liiit iimi inrrtz 1 1 1 i

This act passea tne senate atierHiHii con- ..r,,;., .,., ....,... .:- ,i

erath.nwltlMmt n single vote tceordwt 2 ki '..WZ LZVXTiJ?Z?RJl

H on M tlnal paseage, and by a ma- h; . hat T h i il nnrttv Tulrt v at" . f

in bj tlie House oi lapresentaiues. Thenrese.iitlawshmetnmactlceuninii'stloM.

(ted, tky wenI4 aUew the W te fell, net. wlthMMdlHK ttte rlam that we had wired, reffftrdliNC tHa nform at of tait lit. tie eetiiwiMauoe loMW the Krwtt priHithi that the Army of the Uidted Stat Im tliwe of pra Mwntd Ih) under the control of ConKrMMHde)MMliitK) lulawx. ,Hwr a htK and protraetMl HHfatlon, the Senate Com mlttee have conceded that principle In all It lenxth and Uiea-lth, Includlnic the penalty which the Senate had Mricken eiit. W e Mnt( you lac'rf, thmelore, a retwirt, with the alter.!, tien of ulMKle word, which lawyer aMare hn lit ptojier to be made, reeWiriaif to this hill the principle for which we have eo a touted ao Ionk and which is o vital to the civil rlKhta and liberties of the people. Thttihava wethiaday aecureil to the people id thU coantry the aaiiie tcrttat protection against the fitandliiK army wiiioh eot a rtrunK e of 4yarlorth0oniMioHiof Kughtttd to eearn for the ItrltlHh )MidA." From Mi'j b'if review of the iHitJet mtV'ientlyapiHMiNto me that under the exUmj( laws there ch le no mllltarj' lntanerence with the el ctloni. N'ooaae of aech In tcrleroNue hao in faut oeeuiTed iBe tlte pan ttaaeof the act laat referred to, So oKkar of the United Sutow Jan appeared, tindnr ordel, at any place of election Ih any .State. No complaint cum of the treeooe ot the I'nlttMl tMtxi tntojM has been 'made In any (liiHiter. It may ilwrefore be eoHlNHatiy Htateil there la no HeceAttty for t)i enaet. mentof S.'itI'mfiof th hill bofore utn, to prevent tiillltHi y interference at elections. The lawn already in loroe are all that Is required lor that end. Ittitthat part of section of this bill which lit idKHlMcant and vitally important ! the claime wliicli, if adoptwi, will deprive the civil atithoritfee of the United Mate.- of all power to keep the pcice at CongrcsBioiml elect Ioiih, CO.MIUK4XIO.VAI. KI.KCTIOX8 in every dintrict lit a very IxijM.rtant sense are Justly a matter oi political iHteret and concern throutchout the wlKde eountry. Ia each Mato every political party is entitled the tihare of power wnlch H conferred by lepd ami cnntiitutional oiiHrHt:. It in the right fdeverycltlz.it posw.iii;f the 'liialltlcut oita prirn'rib'-d bylaw to caftan tiniiitiiiildated ballot anil to have hit ballot Justly counted, fxi lon at the exercUe ot thia pow er and enjoyment of tlih rlKht are cotmnon and eiual, prautleally a well as foriBHlly, tulnau-lon to f tilfrajje will be accorded loyally and cheerfully, and the department of the Government will led the true vigor of tite popular will thus expressed.

two provision oi tin; uon.-titHttoH autnor- . cii.tioiH f,.r s,..in. UIi i,...T-...,tu i ' n - n."il ,,e pret:rilcd In Hch State by . at utiv time. by lr. iiiaku or altsr ntieh reifii- , '" e.tct pt. a to twe places oi ohiKi-,liii Hnatori." TMe Klfleenth AmenJaiwnt of tlia I Con-ititutloH itian follows; " Section 1. The right of citizens of the United Mate to vote aiiall not be denied or abiidxed by the United State h- by any j Mate on uecOHHt of raee, eolor or previous condition of rervitude. "rtfea2. Th ConreM shall have power toentoice tBi article by appropriat lejfislatiim " 1 The Supreme Court haa held that this Binciidmwit luvekta eltUena of tke Uulted htbtes with X XEW COX3TITUTIoy.it. MIflHT, which in within the protecting power of Coni EfTMri. Time -lut tlia f:,ktirr ilunlur.. l,w eXCMiptlOH IrOHi dlHCrilHlUKtlon R - frcrvi thin J," i xi i tiK'H oy appropriate legislation M exiwly afflt iiuhI uy th Court. for free and honest elocttona is neee.ary, as oerimn laws to prevent twertinlnation on Kocount of race, color, or nrevkms eondltlon of wrvltude, and to pttnUh fraud, violence and Intimidation at Federal elections. Attention U called to the foltowlag sections of the Ilevixed Matnte of the United Mates, via., ijectton 3WI, which KMarauteet) all citizens the right to vote without distinction on account oi race, color or previous condition of servitude: Section 9tt aad which fTuarnntre to nil eitiaeas efjuat opimrtuuity i without illcrlmliiHtlm to perform a'1 acts reKaraeu bylaw as prrequHite or qn.oitlcatorn for voting; Section iWiJ, which antnoriaet the United Mates Marshal and fits deputies to keep1 the peftcft and preMirve order at a Federal election; Section 9321, whieh expreaely authorises toe United Mate Marfilial and his deputies to auniinon a posse comitatn 'wlienever they, or any of thetn, are forcibly resisted 1b the execution of their duties under the law and are prevented from rxccutitijt their du tlt'H by VHlenci SeetlH 1534, whlsh pi or Ides for the punishment of the crime ot inteifat initwitii tiie.-itiriorsoi Election and tlie llemtty Marshals In tlie discharge ot their duties at tlie elections of UepreeeiitHtivet in CoiiKrt'st. These are some or the laws on tins xublcct which It is thnrtntv of thn lv.i. force. THK mK.NTAMl KrrBCT of the Sth section of tnis bill is to prohibit all civil oincers of the United Mate, under the penalty ol n and Imprisonment, from em ploying any adequate t ivn loree tor tnts pur,H,wl Hcccssarj', namely, at the H)1U WtM i,i,,i zJ.v.t inn. im i.i,i lent is where COBKiesolonal elections are held. Amonif the imi.-t Valuable enactment to which I have referred an those whieh pro tect the Mipervisors of rederal Klectiona in tie nnder the law will remain, but tlie Na tional Government will be powei to enforce Its own statutes. The 8tnfes may employ both the wUUary and civil power to keep the peace and tn enforce the laws at Mato elections. It ia now proposed to deny to the United (Mate the Heeary etvil authority to protect National elections. Xo sufficient reason has In-en given for this dlscriuitnation in favor of State and agahtst National authority. If well " Hga'llSl .auo.ll BIIIHOTKy. i",,l,,l,;d obhjctions exist against the "al eiectloa laws, all good "Bite Ih their amendment. I.a present citixens aws pro nresctit law imt em Dtacticeuniiuestlon aldy conduced to the prevention id fraud and violence at eleeUonx, nnd in several f the Mate, members of different imHttcitl parties have applied for tho Hfignird which they f arnteh. It is the right mid duty of THK NATIONAL tiOVKftXME.Vr to enact and enforce law which will secure live and fair Congiesslonal elections. The laws now in force should not Iki repented except In connection with tne enactment of a measure which wilt better accomplish that important end. lie Having that Section C of the hill before me will weaken, II not altogether take away, the power of the National Government to protect Fedetnl elections by clH authorities, 1 am forced to the condition it ought not to receive my approval. That aeethni" I. Imwever, not presented to mnasa e)mrateaml Independent measure, but is, as has W-cn rdatcd, attached to the bill making the usual annual appropriation. It prohibits under heavy penalties any person engaged In the civil service ot the United .States from bavin any foree at tlte pi nee of any election prepared to ptwrve order, to make urmda, to keep the peace, or In any manner eniorce the Ism This Is altogether foreign to the purifowol any Army Appropriation Mil. The praeilee of taektag to the Army Appropriation bills MKAJRi:? XOT rRRTlXKXT to such bills did not prevail until more than forty years aftor the adaption of the ConMtutkni. It has Ihkhhims a common praettee. AH twrties when In power have adopted it. Many atmsea and great waste of penile money have la this way erupt into the approprt.

.... I vhliitu- HShwiianls of eletfon slmnlil I.a

UenbtHft. ThejHthMe entnten ef the eeuntry U again It, The &tta whkm have i eent4y adopted OomrtHutlone have generally pre. vktod a rewiedy for the evil by MtaetlMg ih H law shall oontaln more than orm aubhwt, which shall be plainly xpred In Ha till. The Constitutions ol more than half of the State contain ubtatilly this provision. Tlie puhite welfare will he promoted In many ways by a return to the earlv practice of Unvernmeat and the true principle of legislation, which require that every measure shall stand or fall according to Its own merita. If It were understood that to attach to an approjpriotioH a measure Irrelevant to the ganera! obleet of the hill would Imperil, an probably prevent its Snal pasaxe and approval, a valuable reform In the parliamentary praeMee of Congress would Im aeeoutpushed. The best Justification that has been offered for attaching irrelevant rider to tlie appro. ptiattOH bills Is that it Is done for eonvenhmee sake, to facilitate the passage of measure 1 1 toll are deemed expedient i all branched of the Government which participate In leg. lalatioa. IT CAX IfOT BK CLAIMED there la any such rwuon for, attaching this amendment ot the Election laws to the Army Appropriation bill. Tim history of the mens, ure eon trad tets this as-umptton. A majority of the HotMU of Hepieentatlves In the last Conifres was In favor of attaching stieh a section to this hill. It was known that a majority of the Senate was ojposed to it, and that as a separate measine it could not be adopted. It was attached to the Army Appropriation bill to compel the fcenate to assent to it. It was plainly announced to the Senate that the Army Appropriation bill would not be allowed to pass uiiIeanthe proposed amendments of tl:e Klectlon lawsweie adopted with it. The Senate refused to astent to the bill on account of this Irrelevant section. Congress thereupon adJournod without passing an appropriation bill for the Army, and the present extra session ol the Forty-sixth Congress became neeereary to furnish means to carry on the

uovernuieui. THE POSITION TAKEK BT THK HOUSK. Tim ground uiion which the action of the House of Representatives. Is defended haa been distinctly Mated by many ot its advocates. A week before the close of the last session ol Congress tlie doctrine in question was stated by one of lta ablest defenders a follows! "it Is our duty to repeal these lawn. It Is not worth wmle to attempt to repeal them ccpt upon an appropiiatlon.hlIl. The lie.rubUean Senate would not agree to it. No Kepubltcau I'iet(lent would sign a hill for such repeal. Whatever objection to legislation upon appropriation bills may lm nude In an ordinary case does not apply where free elections and the liberty of the citizen are ooneerned. VVe liave power to vote money. Let us annex conditions to it and Insist main rwdres-f of grievances." Uy another distinguished member of the House it was said: " The light of representatives of the people to withhold supplies is as old as English lilietty. History" records numerous Instances win re the Commons, feeling that the people were oppressed by laws that the Lords wonld nut consent to repuil by ordinary methods of legislation, obtained redress at last by refusing apptopriatlous unless accompanied by relief measures." That a question of the gravest magnitude and new In this country was raisod by this course of proceeding was fnlly recognized alo by Its defenders In the Senate. It was said by a distinguished Senator: " Perhaps no greater question Ih the form wn are brought to consider it was ever consideted by tne American Congress In time of peace, for It Involves not merely the merits and demerits of the laws which the Houne bill proposes to repeal, but lnvoivee the rlghte, the privileges, the powers, the duties of thi two branches of Congress and of the President of the United States. It Is a question whoso Importance can scarcely be estimated. It is a question that never yet haa been brought so sharply before the American Congress and American people as it may be now. It Is a question which sooner or later must be decided, and the decision must determine what are the powers of the House of Itepreaentatlve under the Constitution, and what Is the duty of that House In view of the frame rs of that Constitution according to Its letter and its spirit. Mr. President, I should approach this question. If I were in the be-rt possible condition to spoak and to argue it, with a very grave diffidence, and certainly with the utmost anxiety; for one can not think over it as long and carefully as I have thousht of it without seeing that we are at the beginning perhaps of a struggle that may last as long in this country as a similar struggle lasted In what we are accustomed to call the mother land. The Struggle lasted 309 years before it was decided. It is not llkely to last so long here, but it may last till every man tn this chamber Is in his grave. It is the question whether or not the Hohsc ot Representative has the right to say: w will grant supplies only upon condition that grievance are redressed. We are the representatives of the tax-pavers of the Kepubllc; we, tlm House of Representatives, alone have the right to originate money bills; we, the House ot Kepro-imt-atlves, have alone the right to originate bills which grant the money of the people; the Senate represents tin? States; we r-present the tax-payers of the republic; we therefore by the very terms of the Constitution are charged with the duty of originating bills which grant the money of the people; we claim the light which the House ot Commons In Kugland established alter twocentuticsof contest, to say 'W will not grant the money otthe people, Bales there Is a redress of grievances.' " THE rRKSIOKXT'S POSITION. Upon the assembl ng of this Congress tn pursuance of the call for an extra selon which ' was made nee. w.ry by the failure or the Vorty-fttth Congress to make needful appropriations for th- Mipnort of the Government, the question was presented whether the attempt made in the last Congress to engraft by construction anew principle upon tho C- nstitutten should be persist ed in or not. This Congress hat ample opportunity and time to pas appropriation bills and also to enact anv political measure which may lie determined upon In separate bills by the usual andorderlv methods of proceedings, tmt a majority of both House- have demed It wise to adhere to thn principle asserted and maintained in thn last Congress by the msjcirity of the House of Hop-re-entatlves. That principle Is than he House of Representatives ha the sole right to originate bills for raisin revenue, and then-lore ha the i luht to withhold appropriations upon which the exist ence of the Government may depend unless the Senate and President shaft rlvtj their assent to any legislation whieh the louse may see fit to attach to appropriation bills. To establish this principle Is to maae a radical, dangerous and unconstitutional change in the character of our institutions. The various departments of tho Government and Army and Navy are established by the Constitution or by-raw passed In pursuance thereof. Their duties are clearly defined, and their support Is carefully provided for by law. The money required tor this riu iose has been collected Irom tlte people, ami Is now In the Treasury ready to be jmid out as soon as the appropt fatlou bills are passed. Whether appropriations are made or not, the collection of taxes will go on and the public money will accumulntttln the Treasury. It was not the intention of theframeiaof theConstitutlon that tny single, branch ot the Government should have the power to dictate the conditions upon whieh this treasure should be appHed to the purpose for which it wa collected. Any such ttitention. If it had been entertained, would' have been plainly expressed In the Constitution. That tlie majority of the Senate now concurs In tlie claim of the Hnuae adds to the gravity of the situation, but does not altnr the question at Issue. The new uoetrine, if maintained, will remit la the consolidation of an UNCHKCKRIl AND DRSrOTIC l'OWKR In the House of Representative. A bare majority of the House will become the Government. The Kxecattve will no longer be what the framer of the Constitution in. tended, an independent branch of the Government. ltlaelearly the Constitutional duty of the Presfdentto exeretoe his dtsereMOHand Jedg. went upon all Mil presented to him, without eonstralat or dare (rem any other braneh ef the Uoverataea. Te say that tat majority

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applies. U to deny to tho SxmnvTmmi share of the lti4viNwrwaihta Plainly niwrkTM hlSSt ilia Seventh Arttelo of the ConMMio? H strike from the OonstMetioTMalMeS nagattv ol Mm l'riomt. 1 It 1 said this should be dona because R te tl1?""r e HousToflteH: bet no slngfa branch er departmwti Government has the exclusive authority to speaa lor the American people. The me authentic and solemn expression of tteetr will m contained la the Constitution of tke Ualtod Mates. By that Constitution twoy have ordained and established a Govern mes waoe powers are distributed among eo-or-dlnato branch, which, a far as pWldo. consistently wli harmonious eo-oporatiea! are anolately IndejHtndoat of eaeh otfcor. Tbu people of this country are un willing te see the supremacy of the CoeHituMetr replaced by thn ouiiilpoteaoe of any dotHU-t-m'J m 1. Government. Tim eaaetinnT it i'.1?."! Il10 law w111 establish a prooodsa whieh will tend te IlBCTHOr THE H3UAL, INDKrENURNOK of Mie several brandies of the Govern meskt. IU principle place not merely the tasnata and Executive, but the Judiciary also, aador Wieooewlve direction of the House. The hpaso alone will be the Judge of want eonsiitutos a grievance and also ot tho tt and Hieamre of retires. An act of Congress to protect eiectloa le now the grlevaace complained of; but tho House may, on the same principle, d tormina that any other act of Congress a t-reacsr inado by the President with tlie advice ami consentof theSenat; a nomination or appointment to oftlce or teat a deelaion or opinion of the Supreme Court 1 a grievance, and that the measure of redross is to wKnliold the appropriation required for tho support of the offending branch of the Goverawent. KellevlBgthatthU 1 a dangerous vfolaMe of the pint and meaning of the Const! to Hon. I am oompellod to return It to tlie house te which It originated without mv approval. THK gUVLIKIKI) NKOATSVE with which the Constitution invests" the President 1 a trust that Involve a duty whlen I can not decline to imrtorm. With a firm ami conscientious purpose to do what I eaa to preserve unimpaired the constitutional powers aud Independence, not merely ot the Hxocutive but of ever' branch of tne Government which will be Imperiled by the adoption of the principle of this bill, I desire earnestly to urge upon tlie House of Representative a return to the wise and wholesome usage of the earlier day of the Kepubllc, whieh excluded from the appropriaMom bills all irrelevant legislation. by thU course you will Inaugurate an important relonu ia the method of Congressional legislation; j-our notion will be fas harmony with the fundamental principle of the Constitution and the patriotic sen timer of nationality which 1 their Urn sup pott, and you will restore to the country that feing ot confidence and security and repass which U so eosential to the prosperity of aL ourfellow-oitumns. fslgnedl RUTHERFORD 11. HAYBsJ. KXECUTIVR MISSION, WASHINGTON, 1. C, April 91, ltfitt. iietter Late than Never. It is not an ancotnaon thing to young men complain that thetn schooling was deficient in quantity, ; in nnality, or if neither of theeewaeted throueh bovish indifierene : fjlly. They would ret on better in if they knew more, they are free to admit, but they do not see that they ar daily wasting opportunities which, M improved, would in a few years eiva them a fairly good education. Tmt think; themselves too old to learn, fM spend more time regretting their lack of knowledge than would suffice to give thorn the knowledge they need. It ia said that the father of Professor Smner, of Yale College, could neither write nor read when he came to this country, a young English mechanic. Within 90 yearn thereafter he was known as one the bet read men ia Hartford, one ef the most cultivated communities in tftm country. Instead of wasting his time in idle regrets for his deficient schooling, he learned to read, and read te good prpose. In a similar way auy df the best, most honored, and most seecessful men our country has knowm. hare begun their acquaintance with letf Arc ftsu rLSliimtr9 mondnAl avtrl t la ntr airftcf s4vi tmsvHiiis iumiuuvu tsvs vsnw is no reason why the most illiterate mechanic ia our land, if possessed of a . , i-if. j lurat souiiy anu a sincere purpose, mtny not increase his enjoyment in life, has opportunities for improving his aim usanoiu cuuuuton, ana tee ' of his fanulv for the hieheet ; lire, dt aa honest effort to retnere bt study the dieadvanmges by whieh eerrj poverty or laoic oi edaeatoonai oppoTMinities has surrounded him. Scientific American. Xew a Tend Undresees. A geatleman sends to aa agrkmkisral paper an amusing descripUoe of " Hew a Toad Takes Off His Coat and Feats." He says be has seen one do it, aad a friend has seen another do the sesae thing in the same way: About the middle of July I foe ad a tosd on a hill of melons, and, not wasting him to leave, I hoed around him. IK-appeared sluggish aad not inclined to move. Presently I observed him pressing his elbows against his sides us raev biig downward. He appeared so shgular that I watched to see what he wee up to. After, a few smart rubs his skmi began to burst open straigat aieg his back. Now, said I, old fellow, yew have done it; but he appeared to be mtooncernecT, sad kept on rubbing naeU he hud worked all his skin into folds est his hid os and hips; then, grasping earn hind leg with both his hands, he haeied off one leg of his pants the same as aay body would, then stripped the other hind leg ia the seme way. He thn took his cast-off cuticle forward between his fore legs into his mouth and swallowed it; then, by raising and lowering his head, swallowing as his bead oasae down, he stripped off the skin underneath until it oame to his fore legs, and then grasping one of these with ihe opposite band, by considerable pulling, stripped off the skin; changing hands, be stripped the other, and, by a slight motion of the head, and all the while swallowing, he drew it from the neek and swallowed the whole. The operation seemed an agreeable one and ocee pied but a short May-" A half teacupfal of sour milk in a bread or meal pudding will, ia the ahof eggs, do nicely to make it whey.