Dictator Not President

For tbc fi'rst time in t-he history of this American republie, the chie ecutiye thereaf had Btooped to use the powere oí patronage tvhieb lie possesees to díctate to c mgr legislatioo as he decires. Xo presi■ did such a i hing before, not even Cleveland the I. This has not peen because we nut had ambitious mea as pn i I l( ats, i : ecause they have placed tl sene o! bíonor, and : he diignity ni the grea I o f i e i hey heW far ab n the groveJling tac lie svard polltician. lien. Thos. II. Belito.n, a great man írom Missouri, who once, represented ih.'.i oommonwealth in the Onited Statee Sentae, as far back as sixty years aso, predicted thie very thing In these words : "Yi must look forward to the time when the public revenues will be doubled, when tlie civil and military oif-Oers of the federa 1 government will be quadrupled, when íts inllnenee over Individuáis will be mnltiplied to an indríinite extenl, when the nomination of the president can carry any man through the senate, and his recommeidation can carry any raeasure through the two liouses of congress, when the principie of public action wiil be reduced to this : 'The president wants my vote and I want bis patronage. I will vote as he wishes and he will give me the olfices I wlsh lor.' What will this be but the government of one man ?" Speaking of Cleveland's policy in this respect the New York l'ress (jays: '■The preeident i.s the autocrat of the house of representativos. The most subservient of English parliaments never obeyed Tudor or Stuart with more abject slaveishuess than that with which the majority in the house obeys Cleveland. He cracks the whip ; and the cuckoos eringe in terror. He promises offices in return ior votes ; and the unmanly crew tre.id on each other's heels in their eagerness to do his biddi'ng. A majority of northern democratie representatives were unqüestionably opposed to the Wilson etarvation bill with its treasonable assault on northern industries and its odious provisions for employing.a horde of spies to pry into the private affairs of citizens. Soine of them had bitterly denounced the bill. Tet nearly all these men swallowed their own words and betrayed the interests of their constituents by vol ing for the measure under Mr. Cleveland's orders. The infamous plot oi' Ihe president to strike down a ïriendly government and restore a savate despotism in Hawaii has aroused tlie indignation of the whole American people. But the commands of the administration were suífxient to induce the democratie representatives to pass the McCreary resolutions grossly slandering a courageous and honorable American minister and indorsing the most disgraceful act in the annals of modern diplomacy." O The bill of Congressman Griffin, of the lst district, providing for the government ownership of telegraph Unes, is one that will receive a hearty support by the people, regardless of party. State Superintendent of Public Instructkm H.. R. Pattengill has paid back into the treasury $750 which he drew on the supposed increase of salary. He announces, however, fchat he is not a candidato íor re-electlon. The state requires too much for the money. Never before in the history of this nation haa partisanBhi gone so far is with the present Finanee committee of the Unitcd States senate, havini in charge the infamóos Wilson bill. That eommittee will not listen to any one opposed to tlio measure. It will not even reecive a petition, although the constitution of the United States under which it esists, expressly declares that congress shall not abridge the right of the people "to petition tlie government for a redress of grievances." If any greater grievance ever existed than this sectional bill bearing Btarvatlon in all ltsclauses, wc sdiould like to be informed what it can be. But this cointeinplible method Is :n keeping with the acts of the adminletratioti that seeks to crash out liberty in tlit' felands of the Sea as well .■is at home. Any act that eau nol stand up unllcr adverse crtticlsm is a bad act. . Any bill that can nut witlistand the right of petition i not fit to becoiiip a law. Any measure that strikes at our laborllig men by taking irom them the opportunities of gatnine n livelihood ; any meaaure that seeks 1o impose a burden upon thrift, energy and enterpriee, should be torn in slireds and trampled under the feet of patriotic men such as ovcry state slmulil send to the U. B. senate to prolee.t the interests of the people. If the AVilson bill was something that ■vvould be a benefit to this lialion. thiere would be nn noed oí hedging it about as this senate coniiiiittee does, in the fear that some just lance of an tndignant and outraged citlzen may pierce it in a vital part.