Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 29, 1873, Page 2

2 TIHE CHICAGO DAILY RIBUNE: THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1873. S e R S BOSTON. The Massachusetts Beor-l‘igh ---The Authorities in a Dilemma, A Theological Melee---The Ho- meopaths and Allo- paths. merican Socinl Scienco Associa-~ tion--Comparison of Rnces ==Gossip. From Our Own Correapandent, DosroN, May 23, 1873, 2t wae, 1f T mistako not, tho inimitable Arto- mus Ward who onco oleotrifiod an sudlenco by deolaring, in that tono of molancholy gravity which gave such point to is drollories, that ho waa *in favor of tho Maino Liw, but opposod to n gxecution!” It fa rather amusing to obsorvo, * 88 Wumpy from Limo to timo, what o largo pro- portion ©1tho nofay advocates of probibitory liquor Jaws arc " IN TAE beag QATEGORY. Here, in Massachusette, wo havo just now a’ atriking instauco. That saplaut body, the Great and Gonoral Court, being largoly composod of tho cloes of philosophors who believe that thoy can by logislation compel water to run up ill, havo so amended our liquor lawas to inolude alo and Ingor-beor amoug tho forbiddon stimu~ Iants. The Prohibitionists have boon working & long timo for this ond, and, in their tomperanco meotings, have rather givon us to” undoratand that, when it was sccured, thoy would at onco proceed to insugurato the Millennfum. Dut, though they Lave, nccording to theirown dec- Jorations, gob thinge just as thoy want thom, thoy seom to bo 4 NOT YET PERFECTLY IATEY, Tho law nomiually wont into oporation May 1, “and+it was oxpocted that ihe Stata foraes wuuld ero this have mado n stroke; but their move- ments havo thus far boon oxtromely epasmodio ond uncortain, It is sssortod that half tho Alquor-shops in the Btato have beon olosed by tho voluntary ection of the proprictors. Of tho other balf, only o very few bavo been visit- od and now and then n beor-wagon is stopped ; but thoro hins been no vigorous offort mado to onforco tho law, As n natural conso- quence, tho fow who have beon mado viotime, and algo those who have voluntarily stoppod wolling, complain bittorly of the lnck of all fair- ness and impartiality in the measures tukau.. Ab © moeting, tho othor day, of representatives from tho prineipal ale-bottling dirths in the city, rosolution waa adopled to tho effect that, hav- ing discontinued sending ou,t alo and porter fora roasonablo number of days, and finaing that the Iaw was not enforcod upon: any-otlior class of wholosnlo denlors, they would sgain commence eonding ont teams until it should be soenforced, when, 88 law-abiding citizons, thoy would dis- nontinuo tho sale; but, in all casos of prosecu~ tion, teat tho case in the courts. It is obvious that these men have A TEAT, URIEVANCE to complain of. They are willing toablde by tho low impattially enforced; but they not unrca- 1onably abject to o digcriminntion botwoon thom and any other clags of offondors. Unfortunate- iy, an impartial aud rigid onforoomont of the 1ow is procisely what the Probibitionists dare . not bring on, 88 thoy know vory well that it would tuus quickly become 5o obioxious ns to caugo a nenrly universal dewand for its ropeal. We bave, thorefore, the BINGULAL SPLOTACLE of n law on the statuta-book tho authors and ad- vocates of which deprocate its enforcoment, wibile_its enemies are loud in their demands to Davo it onforced. Petitions, praying the author- itica to show neither foar nor fevor, are in circu- lation in many of tho cilies and towns, and are Jargely signed by mon who desiro to rohdor tho -1aw a4 odious as possible. It is cortainly unfor- tunate for tho cause of comporance that there ghould be fonnd among its foremost advocatos g0 many of those narrow and domineoring spirlts who, bocauso a thiug scoms good to thom, are resoluto to cram it down tho throats of all oher mon. We have had one Govornor horo in Mas- sachugotts wiio percelvod tho truth, that, though tomperauce may bo good, liborty is better ; and ho died a mark for every apecios of insult aud oblgquy from tho Prohibitionists. L JOTIN A. ANDREW faced o publio sentiment alinost universall osed to Lim when ho foarlossly doclared that ho Prohibitory Iaw was based upon unsound * principlos, and would fail of its end ; that tom- rance roform secared at the cost of any n~ ringomont of tho rightfal liborties of mon miggtpromiuo fair to tho eyo, but would be worthless as tho apples of the Doad Boa_shoro. Genorsl publio opinion has maede groat advances ginco. thon, but it is voury waiting for T.ogislaturoh to learn wisdom. ‘Tho bucolio gen- tlomon who gavo us our liquor law inafst ?nu thinking that natural laws can bo abrogated by stotute,—that u univorsal instinct can be logid- Jaled out of Lumanity. 1t isalso AS AWKWARD POINT sgalnstthoseruralmombers, that theyshould have insisted on exampting cider from thie list of for- bidden stimulants. Yhoso impartial, puro, and disinterented law-makors take away tho city worlanan's beor, while thoy pormit the farmor who is their constituont to” fuddlo himsolf with cidor ad Jibitum! Naturally, tho commmnity which bias been in tho habit of rogarding thoso gentry as sincere, if mistakon roformers, hiaa lost somo of its rospect for thom. Meantime, though fiorco hostilitica remsin eusponded, thers i a cloud gntuorin[: which will _ make for - the poll- ticlsns noxt fall. Tho liquor question, hay- ing boen forced into unduo prominence at this time, cannot fail to havo o marked effect upon tho next eloction. Dutler's frionds are already )\:fiudlcfiug that it will surely give tho Biate to om. trouble THE EPIICOPAL CONVENTION, 2 which clected tho Rev. Dr. Paddock fo. the Bishopric of Mnssachusetts, had a very lively aoasion for & body of auch dignity. Thero woro a good mauy discordant olomonta in the outset; outl, a8 the "balloting procoedod, the discussion upon tho merits and domerits of tho boveral can- didates was something more than animated. Tho proposal by ono of tho Reverond Doctors to Told n secrat acgsion, for tho prrpase of dlcuss- fng the orthodoxy of some of the candidatos, created an intenso oxcitomont, and for a whilo itho confusion way moro like that in a political nominating eanvantion than anything one would look for among staid divines. TUE REV, DR, DE KOVEN, the candidate whose views wore the subjoct of dobate, is understood to Lold rubstantisily the TRomsn Catholic doctrine of the “Actunl Pros- onco” in tho elomonts of the Bucharist. Ot course, this would bo intolernble to the Low- Churcll party; and many of tho spoochos dis- o];yml the peculiar bitterness which thoological differonces nsnally elicit. It was, however, from tho lay membors” that the lurd words mostly camo, Br, Richaxd IT. Dana, whilo advoeating tho claims of Dr, ‘DoKoven, took occasion to characterize an opposing eandidato ag “*MERE MILK-AND-W: AAN," and euid that, whatovor tho_clargy wiht wil, tho desiro.of ho luity was for n “diya" Bishop, &c. This, of - courso, created” a clamor anong the frlends of tho candidate in question, and shwp things wore said on botl sides. Tho on, Jokiort O, Winthrop mado b styoug speoch, in which o arralgnod the opiulons of Dr. Dolovan nu inconsisiont, ot only with a # sound lhcolngf." Dut with the gon- oral pronunciamentos of ‘tho Bishop; and pro- toatod sgainst tho “ dewmgoglsm™ which ‘way arifully uppenling for o * livo™ man, without ro- gard to hiu opinions on most important pointy of balief, Buch laxity io consldored most dun- gorous to the Church. Dr. Muntington also mado an addross, in which ho declaved that, it Do must havo tho doctrine of transubstantintion, ho \'mron-cd to Iinve It from Rome, which glories dn 1, rathor than from n Church which unwill- ingly tolorutos it. It twan in the midst of u ; A STONM OF EXCITEMENT , and tumuituons cries of *Quostion]" * Ques- tion1” ibut tho first ballotings -wore had, aud tho olection of Dr. Paddock declar- fd' Tho new Bishop s, , of * courso, of lio most unqueationed orthodoxy, and he is e8id to bo n man of lboral mind and gonlal char- sotor, Dut it s not often that wo have tho #poctaclo of two mombors of (ho logal fratornity, of such rank aud standing as Mossrs, Dana ant ‘Winthrop, In hot dispute ovor n question in thnnlom'. and tho profunc onos can’s help amil- Anga little, That the dispated quostion should ‘be ono g0 long hammorod, B0 hopelossly knotty, #nd, in trull, 6o ontirely forolzn to tho real raUFlouu,llro of our timo, g this oho of the ** Ac- ‘tunl Progonce,” tonds to still moro forcibly om- \pnsigo the aburdity,, « ' - { i 7. THE WAR OF THE MEDICOH Dins come to wn ond, and nobody s hurt, Tho Inst.nat of- tho farco is* fully worthy of thoso which wont boforo. Tho " Doard “of 'Irinl- Commiesloners ro-nsgomblod at the Templo Placo rooms on the dny appointed, and 1nd the _offonding practitionors boforo thom, Tho Iattor readtho argumanta which thoy Liad proparod in dofouse, and reftorated thoir pro- tost againat tho injustico which had forced them to appear thore to answor "““’S"’l under oircum- atancos which thoy pronounced °‘tho nrost ox- traordinary in tho history of modienl jurlspru- denco.” Ono of thom, af tho conclusion of s argumont, proposed ‘hut, at the noxt anuual mootiug of ‘tho Bociaty, in Juno, a commities ho 8] \pnlufad to invu!ignln tho olaims and preton- urunu of homoopathy,—proftering ald from fits practitioners {n prosdouting tho inquiry; but tho proposition was not acted on. Finally, the Char- man of_tho Prosocuting Committoo summed up tho avidonco, and statod that tho deolsions, in tho varlous casos would be given ai @ fufure time! And, with this most lame and impotont concluaion, tho curtain fallson tho disgraceful farco, Tho only practical rosults which nflmnr from it aro, that cortain homeopathio physlcians Liavo had ' good denl of _gratuitous advortising, snd that the Massachusetts Modical Bocioty hag fallon off hnmomwl{ in prostige. [May 24, nd woaro adsisod by folograph, tho Bonrd of Trinl ronderoed its docision, rocommonding the expul- slon of the offoudiug morabora.—ED. TRIMUNE.] THE AMERIOAN HOOIAL SOIENOCE ASSOCIATION Told its oighth gonoral meoting in this city Inab weok. Savernl of tho papers rond and discussed Dy tho Association wore of #o much moro than ordiunry intorest as to call for spocial montion, Of theso, none was moro conspicuously impor- tant than that-read on _the third day by Gon, F\ A. Walkor, and entitled, ** Somo Resuits of tho Consus of 1870, It was litorally crammed with information. Tho various offects of, tho Iato war upon our presont po[{\fluflon, and tho indlcu!&nnu of tho consus in rolation to the popu~ lation of 1900, were oxhibited at longthi but tho most intorosting facta roforred to tho rates of offoctive increase by birth in the various parts of the country, . AMONG TIE DIFFERENT RAGES of our poople, aud in tho difforont olnsses and omployments. In this connootion, the spenkor prodiciod that 1880 would show n dooreaso of . Gormans and Irish, and an inoroase of English, ‘Welsh, and Scandinaviaus, He quotod tablos of figuros to shiow that the focundity of tho Gor- ‘maus I8 grontor than that of the Irleh, and drow thoconclusion that the Gorman inhabitants of tho Ai ‘moro rapldly than s e o e elanrod duo not morely to peculiaritios of location aud ocoupation, but to qualitios of stock dovelopod undor tho conditions of Amorica, Gon. Walker's paper called out & good donl of dlacussion, i+ tho courso of which Dr. Edward Jarvis snid that ho had mado caroful study of 0 VITALITY OF INIIADITANTS OF VATIOUS NATIONS, and had found that tho chances for lifo wore much grentor among somo races than among others, For instance: Out of a million births of childron of Irish_parontage, & much smallor proportion lived to bo 20 years old than was tho cago with o million births of childron of othor ‘nationalities. If wo wore to import Irish 08 mero working machines, we should got fowor dnys’ woxfi Arom them thau from an oqual number of any othoer Looking at tho s\lbfoct fréom a purely utilitarian point of viow, It was bottor to.import Beandinavians or Gormans for work than Irish. Theso statoments are very likely to bo correct, but they are-not in accordauce with tho com- ‘monly-recolved idos of the fecundity or of the endurance of the Irish raco, OTNER, PAPEDS. Col. T. W. Higginson rond an nnsnf on “Tho Highor Education of Women,” ealllng out tho warm_discussion which is apt to follow every introduction of the much voxed * Woman Ques- tion;" but nothing n}mnlnlly now_wag olicited. Dr. Jarvis had a carefully-prepared paper upon $Tho Inflacnoe of Sox Upon Crime;" and the Rov. D, A. Wasson creatod some_ oxcitoment by his account of the Intornational Bocioty, and its rolations to Soclalism, Communism, Imperial- ism, and. Deomocracy. A poapor on the truo natore of '* Muniolpal Government,” by D. B. Eaton, of New York, was ospocinlly suggestive and timoly in this ora bf city “ringa." TIE MAY ANNIVERSARIES and tho apple bloasoms alwnys como togothor, and both aro due next weok. ~Thon the orcliards will burst into fragrant bloom, and tho city pavo will blossom with white neckeloths ; an odd con- junotion, but an immemorial one in Boston. Tho #oason hereis nnusually late, Tho weathor is cold, and the trooa bro not yot in full loaf. Tho Common wears much tho appoaranco of a bolle oxhausted by o winter of dissipation, slowly ro- golning, hor froshness and boauty undor tho gunln!%nfluunnou of ss:rln . . That ‘worthy indi- vidual, “tho oldest inhabitant,” does not rocull &0 uninterruptedly cold o goagon, We scom, fn- deod, to havo no spring, and yet, according raco, op- to tho calondar, summor is just upon us. THE ‘‘ NEW MAGDALEN" i verifying ¥o\u correspondent's predictions of sucooss, having & groat run ot tho Globo. Itis well put upon the Btage, and is by far the most nntla}:\atory dramatio roprosontation we Lnve 1ind for somo time. Misa LoClercq's imparson- ation of Mercy Merrick is a brilliant triumph of artistio power. ‘I'he role is one whicl calls for tho ropresontation of tho most varied passiony and intonso omotions. Pride and shame, love and hate, conrago and foar, ambition and ro- morso, alternatoly fill the sonl'and sway the con- duct of theMagdalon, and demand not ouly great vorsatility, but much artistic skill in the rapid transitions which are nocossary. E.B. 0. —_— e MAN-TRAPS, To the Editor of Tle Chicago Tribune : Sm : One more human life has boen added to the list of sacrifices to mdn's ignorance, carc- losaness, , cupldity, or whatover namo may bo given to that disposition which cruses men to gubordinate eafoty to the dosire to eave oxponso, rogardloss of consoquencors 1t is truly shooking to an observing person (o geo tho number of mau-traps which are set, and into which tho unwary aro lable to fall. How ofton they sacure thoir victims, and how ready most poople aro to placo the xospousibility o tho carelessness of tho persons killed or injured | A soaffold falls, and pooplo say, *Any fool ought to have known bottor than ‘truat himeolt oi 80 flimsy & structure.” Yot thousands aro daily working on thoso apparently no bottor, sud escapo, 1 tako it the foraman or superintendont who, to save a littlo timo or oxpenso, pormits his workmon o uso an insccuro seaffold, or work in noodlossly-oxposod places, or who is 80 ignorant that hie doos 1ot know wlion they aro in danger, ia xoally as gailty, if thoy aro ini’nmd o killad, as though ho déliborately planned thoir dostruo- tion. - o A foreman should be selectod as mnch for abil- ity and disposition to provido for the safoty of rooplu omployed in tho vicinily of his work, as 0 got a suitablo smount and quality of work out of his men, Tho mass of working'men aro oithor careless and uot aware of the dangors* they aro in, or afraid of losing their, places by offending thdlr foreman if thoy objoct to working whore ond s hoe directs, Solame Theso aro not the only nor the worat dangers to which they and the community aro’ oxposed, Noarly ovory building of any noto at the prosont time i4 supplied with one or moro elovatore, aud ecarco & wook pasaos without somo ono being oither killod outright or seriously injured by thoir use. Not that this is nocossary, but that, first, tho large majority of those who work ground and rido on thery” do ot roalizo their eaution ; and also, and vory much more, bocause, ofthor throngh ignorance or desire £0 uavo ox- Folmn, tho purtios who arraugo tho elovator and ty surroundings do not proporly protoct it and provido for tho sufety of those who hnavo not the knowlodgo or proesonco of mind to keop out of dangor. Now, I claim, and can demonstrato, that an elovator can bo so arranged that it shal bo noxt to impoesible fora porson to get seri- ously hmrt by its uso. Yot, alter having secn nearly overy one iy the city, I am compelled to sny that' not ono In ton seoms to bo arrngad with any inteltigont rogard to such a result. A number have hud moucy enough expended on thom, but 6o unwisely that it only sorves to in- orango tho dauger. Tulk to tho mugouulhlo purties, and most likely thoy will say, *If Yx‘ml‘m aro fools onough to got hurt, 46 ia tholr own fault. We oro not rmwi.»uulblo." i hon & cortaln rondoring-tank oxploded sud killed two or throo |mmmgm, the m\‘r’nnrn were zhmui‘ht to be criminally vesponsiblo, becanso ihoy hud boon warned that It was in an unsafo condition,. In that case, but few porsons were oxposed, whilo probably thousanda dally ride on aud aro linble to be injired by olovatora, What shall bo said then, of ‘thoso w] ho, knowiug these fuots, and Linving tholr uttontion' fixed to thom by constantly occurring wecidonts, - fuso Lo adopt such safoguards ns' %?x‘qu Dlll{n;fit ontiroly vannt such accldonts 7 - Tho ci vd comupals poople to luve their boilors luspoeatod periodically, ‘and o provido against oortalv othor dangers, How many more livos and limba must bo sacrificed Lioforo they will bo yoquired to mako their elovators 8afeo, or bo ro- u¥nm{fll|0 for tho lives and limba of the viotima of their nealoot ? P W, Eaton, dnugorous charsotor and exerciso the nocossary - LAWRENGE vs; CRAIG.- - | Tho Nowspapors 0pponofi to tho Formei'---‘ Tho Convention that Nominated i tho Laiter, 5 2 Mr, Oraig as n Railrond-Attorney ©. and as an Electionacrer. The Journals Opposed to Judge Laws h * rence. ¢ LASALLE, 111 To the Editor of The Chicago Tribunc: * F Bt To exhiblt to tho manly farmors of the Fifth Judicial Distriot tho character of tho pross which seoka to ugo thom as thelr pliant tools to sccomplish a purposo, I lero reproduce an ortiolo writton to tho Ohlcago Z%mes, May 16 intendod to onnblo the responsiblo editor of that doleotablo sheot to suslaiy, it in his powor, somo of tho many nssortions, rocklessly mado, boaring upon this contost ; To the Editor of the Chioago Témes: " It han been 8o oflou ropoated of Inte, in tho editorial columna of the Z¥nics, that Judgo Lawronco 1a tha can- dldate for the higheat judicial oilico in tho State aa tho ropresentative of the ailroad fntarests, and the atato- ment has beet wmnde ko boldly ad poraintontly, that wo hnvo dotormined to ask tho responsible odifor of 4o Timea for tho proof of- his etatoment through hia awn columne, 5 Wil tlio Zimes clioa singlo opinlon of Judgs Law- Tonce, pivon fu nuy engoof vocord whoreln o rfirond o ety in whiol tuo maitoes o i, aa preacnicd by tha record, wora not doclde according’ to tha law 7 'And, furtlior, as all tho oplnions of tho Juaticos of tho Supromo Court nro tho rosult of a conforunce, of tho full Dencls, whoreln tho full Bonch, o a majority theroof, coneur, fa it falr to fasten, or acok to fasteri, {ho responsibility in any glven cass upon tho Justice to whom tho lot fulls to writo {lio opinlon in accord- anco with tho. viows of tho full Bonch, or & mojority thoreof ? e s : ‘Again : If tho oplulon in sy glven onso, whoreln & railrond is n party, in necordance with the Jaw, as pre« soutad by tho Tooord in anch caro, and Toaulth favor— ably to atiol rullrond,—ovon 4f It bo onentially wrong, —who aro to biame, ik oxpoundors of tho' Inw, or the Iaw.makorn? A . 11, i givon cate, certatn ptate of faots fa prosont- od By tho record, which if docidod upon sccording to tho apirit of tho faw rs writtonpon tho ‘statito-book, ‘manifont wroug and injustics would remit, and the ‘court nw it, and recoguized and doplored (o fact, yet thoy mnst dacido according to tho law or violato tholr of ofllce, and leava it for futuro legislation to cor- oot tho evile : ‘Courta aro not responsiblo for bad laws, and wo de- #1X0 10 Xuow from 1ho Tinica s eluglo citation wuereln 8 porfect law hus boen {mporfoctly Miorproted by tho Court and fn which Jydus Zawrenco took an schivo e viow of the mat Mt it was, snd. 1s, tho oxpross ‘wish of o lergo majority of tho Bar of the Fifth Judi- cial District that Judgo Lawrenco should sgain bocoma. a candidate for tho ofiico, tha conclusion ia irresiatible, {hat cither the mafority of tho Bar of that dlstrict aro in tho {ntercst of railroads, or tho assoriions of the Times uro not supported by tho facts. It 15 natural to supposo tho lawyers of tho district would bo beat able to_decido as 1o thio fituess of a cau~ | didato for the Supremo Bench ; but tho 7¥mes andthe Jaurnal aro tho lattor-dsy converts lo tho notion that {ho farmers and anti-mouopollsts ars tho orudite class ‘who shiould deeldo this queation, Upon tho same principle, if the Tines dosires an ox- proralon of aplufon, an to tlo mesita of ila press-wor t will of courso call in a gaug of stovedores, . If thd Times desired to be honost in its oppo~ sition to Judgo Lawronco, it would givo its rondors nn opportunity to soo both sidos of the, controversy, and in that way to onablo them to form on impartinl, unbiased, honest judgment. But tho fact is, tho Times and Jowrnal, and cor- tain of the local pross of tho Btato, in viow of the action of tho Court in the Journal contempt case, aro fanning this flame in tho intoreat of that portion of the prosa who boliove it to bo their sovoroign right to tench courts as well a8 tha peoplo. Thoy caro nothing for the farmrs or tho anti-monopolists, but to uso thom ?ll: thia offort to tanch the Judiciary the powor of o progs, ‘Tho result will, T think, show that portion of the press of tho ‘Stato that tho poople are de- tormined to havo n fearloss Judiciary, and thut tholr unscemly arrogance it o stonch in tho nog- trils of all honest mon, v 20, 1873, Judgo Lawrenco hag shown himsolf to bo a cultivated gentleman, and & most clear end ablo expoundor ot the law, iundepondont in action and just in motivo, Tho intorests of tho people domand that tho Judielary should be held above ond boyond all mere polifioal influences ; and all attompta of tho presa to control or to influonco the decisions of this highent logal tribnual in tho Btato should bo met with that prompt and carn- et donunciation which it justly desorves. This is au instanco whero the offico should reck tho man, not the man the oftico, as Mr. Craig is now doiug, by traveling over the district in the garb of u farhor. In his goncral apposrance in this Sobach, hio out-Torads Horod . but the pooplo aro nobmisled. Mr, Craiy will doubtless soon resumo his practico, and the suit of clothes ho was accustomed to wear boforo ho Locam the farmers’ caudidate. ., G.H.L: Tho Convention that Nominated Mr. Oraiy. Yates Crry, I, Moy 24, 1878, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune ; As one of tho poople of the Fifth Bapremo Judicial Distriot, X wonld like, through your columns, to call attontion to somo of tho posi~ tions taken by the Convention thpt placed in nomination for a geat on the Bupreme Bonch my follow-citizon, the Hon. A. M. Oraig, That Convention, smong othor acts, adopted the fol- lowing resolutions : = Resalzed, Fhiat tho provisions of tho Constitution of 1673 of the Btato of Ulinols, in regard to rallroads, are, equally with tho othor provisions of tho Consti tutlon, tho supromo law of tho Stato; and our Legiu- Inturo’ should_provide {ho nocossary Iegislation ta oxoeuto such provisions, and our courts should sustain aud adopt tho same, Resolped, That we will support noman for offics who {8 not lu accordance with the sentiments of these resolutions, That we recommond to the snti-mouop- ollata of this Stute to momiuste such candidates for Supreme nnd Ciroult Judges, to bo supported nt tho ousuing judicial cloction, ar are pledgod to sustain tho ‘wholo Gonatitution and laws of tho Blato In accordanco therowltl, and wo will nupport none othor, ‘Tho first of these rosolutions wad undoubted- Iy calléd forth by the decision of the Supromo Court of tho Stato in tho colobrated cnso wherein the Poople, ox rol, Oity Railroad and ‘Wurehiouse Commissionors, wore plaintiff, and tho Ohicago, Alton & Bt. Louis Rallrond Com- pany tho defendants ; and was intonded as elap ot Judge Lnwronce. This docision had rof- oronce inpart to tho euforcemont of Soc. 12, Art.'12, of tho prosont Coustitution of the Btate, which provides for tho fixing of maximum® ratos for the transportation of frelghta and pas: _aengors, and which; 8o far ag it sought to affoct railronds running under cbartors granted thom prior to tho adoption of this onstitution, has, by the unbroken cwront of deoisions of tho Buprome - Court of tho United States in onsca ine volving similar principlos, boon deolared uncons stitutional ns viewed in the light of Part 1, Seo. 10, Art. 1, of tho United Btales Cone stitution, which provides, awmong other things, tbnt “No Btuto shall pass any Tow impoiring tho validity of contracts,—thus sottling, boyond tha poesibility of n doubt’ or controversy, that snch provisions of our Con- slitution, #o far a8 thoy mny affect vostod riglits, are repugnant to the Constitution of tho Unite Btatos, which, beiug the suprome law of tho land, must bo tho moasure of tho validity of evory law, whother passod by Stato Logislatures or Constitutional Convontions, in all cascs In- volving its provislons. IF this be the corrock view of the caso,—and no good lnwyer, I prosumo, will call it in” quos- tion,~what must bo tho offoct of the onforce- mont of the provisiona of tho Btato Conatitu. tion as coutemplatod by thoe regolutions of the Princeton Holons? Do thoso gentlomen pose to sob Btato Constitutions above tha Con- atitution of tho United Btates? Inother words, do thoy purpose to Insugurato, by and through o prostitution of the State Judiciary, what miany. of tho Jeading spivits of thay Convontion falled to accomplish through thoir representatives, the late tobels in arms, who, under the stars and bars, sought to establish the same dootrine, 1.6t ns oxamine tho personnel of tho Princoton Convontlop,—for the fruit may be known by tho" treo, a4 woll as thoe troo by the fruit,—and seo if our Just, position bo woll taken : “First, then, Judge Craig, its nomingo, was notoriously o ponco Democrat during “ the lato unplonsint- ness,” Among tho loading ropresontatives from this county, porsonal friouds and speoial advo- caton of its candidato, was Capt. George A. Charles, » londor of the anti-war Democraoy, Ho tao were Mosars, Hoaton, Cashiman, Lacy, and Knable, from this county, aud Mossrs, Burdott and Dowdoll, of Pooria; and doubtloss the same aloment will bo found to have held, as hero, tho Joudlug influonca in onch of tho dofegations aot- ing In that Convention. 'hoso principles, in tholr adoption, may bo on- tirely consonant with the viewa of, and accopta- blo fo, tho old peaco Democracy., Biato rights nu{\ bo modioine for them nnd thosa who bellovo with thomy but how will this plll—sugar-ooat it 88 yousmay—go down with tho thousands of ‘Drave and t{-nu‘ mon who bottled to'ostablish the oconyoran doctrine? .To the Iattor clnsa I.eny, .Rub oft- tho sugar-coating, and Bes how,nausoous tho pollot you are paked to awallow.i - In this Aootlon, we aro wondering just how it Aoema to tho loyal. old Chicago Journal, the florco foo of Bocossion, whon 1t turna in with tho Olifengo Times g ils bodfallow in tho bod of Btato rightm;- -~ — - + But Is thero no romedy for rallrond oxtortion 2 Aro thoso monopolios to.rule Btatos and -control - tho nation ? Cortainly not, Judge Lawronco, in tho doclsion above roferred to, with a clonr- noss nevor too much.fo bo admirod, points out & romody, showing plainly how laws may bo framoed that will_at lonst corrogt a largo mojority of glaring nhusos, and whioh !fll{&“‘"o"fl have ro- sultod in thoe ennctmont of sultablo laws by our Inst Logialature, and which tho railronds havo wisoly conoludod to oboy. But, over.and sbovo this, the Conatitution of tho United Biatos fur- nishes oo un({unsflnn-ble remody for the wrongs which sortainly have arigon from tho.'abuso of tho provision above quotod, in that it provides for its own amondmont, Rustrous, a Rallrond-Attornoys Mr. Ornig as -~ MAQUON, Knox Co., TlL, May 20, 1873, To tha Rditor af The Chago Tribuns: . Bmn: Asncitizen of this distriot, dosirous’ of Laving the truth in regard to Mr. Oraig's rail- rond charnoter known by tho pooplo, I wish to mako n candid statomont. In'Juno, 1871, the only cow of Mra. Mnry E. Brondfleld, residing in Yatea City, was killed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quinoy oars, at tho crossing about half a milo wost of town. I was omployed by her to try and got o sottlomont with tho Company, as it waa o sovoro loss to hor. ' I appliod to the railrond anthoritios at Galosburg in bohalf of tho woman, and was troated with | tho discourtesy uanal to- high railroad officials, Aftor walting o long time in tho hopo. of gotting " sottloment, I commericed euit sgainst tho Company for the valuo of tho cow.;~ The .Hon, ,O. F. Prico ‘sppeared ag tho attorney for tho Rallroad Oom- pany.- A motion ‘was-mada’ for & chango of yonuo from this county by Mr.: Price, and an afidavit flled in support of tho motion, Tho objeot of this motion was to tako tho cose out of tho county to whero '1t- would bo oxponsive for tho platntiff to prosecute hor ' suit, and cost hor moro than tho cow was worth, - -Up to- this timo no nttorney had nppeared in the caso oxcopt Mr. Prico, aud imagine my surpriso to koo Ar, Oraig spring to hin foot, ond’ make an argumont in Aavor of the railroad and sgainst Mre, Broad- flold. Notwithstanding the earnost offort of Price and Cralg, tho motion was overruled, and tho caso triod, and o’ ,t;? of farmors gave a vor- dict againat tho Railroad Qompany for 860, ' 3 Omg’a name dooa not appenr as the attor- oy of tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railrond in tho rocords of tha court in that cago; but I do Imow (and many other porsons who woro i1 the court-room .will xemomber tho clroumstancos) that, upon thia quogtion botwoen this lady sud this gront railrond, Onlq did interfore in bohalt of thio ratlroad, Now, the onl‘y quostion in the mattor is, whothor Mr. Craig’s. natural sympa- thios aro all on tho side of a .groat Railrond Company which refuscs to, pay & womai ' for hor only cow, or whothor ho ie a rogular ‘railrond-nt- tornoy. I am charitablo enough to bolleve: that ho s o railroad-attorney, 34 0y 4 ! wL Tve you this, as I havo nover saon s _gtates ment of tho facts in this caso In nnfipupur.‘ o G A. L. Hoaraney, Ilow Mr. Craig Electioncers. ¥ £3 00 GarEsbung, T, May 20, 1673, T6 the Editor of The Chicago Tribuns: Bin; Mr. Craig has little ‘time to {‘und with his frionds in Galesburg., Inst weok ho- made Lis appearanco nt the notorious ealoon of Mike Conner, tho worst don_in Knox County, trentitig tho orowd to drinks. 1In this stylo of -eloction~ onriug thoro i nothing new to Mr. Oraig's babits, ‘but it might be mfigpouud that, in canvasuing for 8 high Judioial oftice,” he would -put on o more diguified stylo. W. — — DECORATION DAY. Composition and Order of fiarch of tho " Procession=eThe - Poste0Ificoe=GoV. “Yates. * - The various companies, military and clvic, who intond taling part in tho coromonies ou Docora- tion Day, will assomble at 10:80 a.m, at'the places doslgnated for tho rospectivo divistons, roporting on thoir arrival to tho' Chiof Marshal of the Comotory Divislon that thoy wish to join : Calyary Division, Col. Owon Stewart, com- manding, will assomblo on Fifth avenuo, right rosting on Monroo strook. = Rose Hill Division, Maj. R. M. ‘Woods, com- mandiog, on LnSalle stroet, right resting on Monroo, Graceland Division, Col. 8. D. Baldwin, Com- monding: On Clark’ stroot, right rosting on Mouroce. All goldiors and eailors not belonging to any organization, who aro desirous of participating, will fall inin rear of Ransom Post, G. A. I?., Rose Hill Divigion; or in rear of the Twenty~ fourth Regimont, if for Gracoland, Tho column will move in tho following order: Ph(ot;;l o:l Pollco, and, Grand Marshol and Afdes, Tuvited Guests in Carriages, Calvary Diviston, Band. ‘Rosobill Diviston, Band, Gracoland Division. Tho ronte willbonorth on Clark stroat to Mich= igan; wost on Michigan to Wolla; north on Wolls to Chicago aventio; Calvary and Rosohill Divisions formi F lino and ealuting tho Graco- land Division a8 hoer pass, whon thoy will coun- tormaroh back to rallrond depot, cornor of Kinzie and Canal streots, arrivieg thero in time for tho 1 Kf m, train, “ inute guns will be fired by Col. O, Lippin- cott’s Battery, ns tho procession movos, - . MoAnTrur, Grand Marshal, THE POST-OFFICE, Tho Post-Offico will bo olosed on Friday, 80th inat., at 10 8. m., for tho day. One delivery by. carriers will be made throughout the city. The aftornoon mails will closo at 10 &. m. ; tho evon- lnimn\ls at the usual hours. Tho money-order and Coshior’s Dopartmonts will be closed tho en-~ tiro.day." J. McArTaon, P, B, GOV, YATES. Gov. Richard Yatos has accopted an invitation to bo prosent in Chicago and partioipato in tho decorntion ceromonios, Hi delivor tho ad-~ dross ab Grmln?:‘rgnc::mter;. s AN IMPOSITION. . 'The Groen Bay Road, About tho basest imposition practised upon tho peoploof Ohicago .ia for the owners and managors of tho Groon Bay Road to charge toll, at thogato s little south of Graceland Cemotery. That gate ought to bo abolished as a fraud and & nuisatico by the Grand Jury and the County Court. Tt fs diMicult to_ imagine how tho rond could bo kept in & worse conditlon, Its ownors should be mado to keep it in aa [add condition, and watered at that, as the nvonues in Lincoin Park, ' or thoir gato should como down. Thoro is no road loading out of -tho oity. that ia"-s0 conatautly thronged, and the recolpts must bo enormous. Somobody is perpotrating & huge swindlo upon the publiaby putting all'this money into their own pockets, and leaving the rond to take oaro of itsolf: Will not the city -or tho county, or both,—pnrtiea who ought to guard the intor- osts of the publio,—give esrly and energotic at- tention to this matter ? ¥ MURDER IN CASS COUNTY, MICH. Correspondence of The Chicago Tyibune, : OassoroLs, Mich,, Muy 20, 1673, .05t Saturday, a colored man by tho namo of John Stafford was shot ond killed by David P. Jamos, on hig farm, in Newborry Township, this county, ‘Jamos came down here to give Limself up to tho officors, but vwas told by his counsel to go home, and, whon wanted, ho would be sent for. 'Tho ovidonce before the Coroner's jury showod that Jamos and Btafford had quarroled in a flold whore Jarhos was planting corn, and James had boon beaton ; whoroupon he went to tho house, got his gun, snd ordored Etafford off his promises, Btafford turnod to go, sud, whon about fiftoon paces away, Jamos shot him, kill- ing him'instautly, Jamos and his wifo thon dragged tho body into tho house, with tho in- tonfion, it s thought, of alleging tho killing to have taken placo thero. Officors Morwin and Allon arrostod James last night, aud ho {8 now in jail, Stafford was a hard oharnotor, and so was James, Considorablo ox- oltoment pravails fn the nelghborhood in refiud to tho oircumstances, and rumors of lynchin, woro ailont, When found, Jamos was Scorole about 13¢ mlloa north of his rosdonos, in the woods, at a liouso ocoupled by a single man,— claiming that he hind _socorotod himself for foar of bolng lynohed, Hie oxamination will tako place somotimo this weok, Joms A, Tazyoz, .« THE(TORNADO. § o v i= 4o Ll ‘v SR | an Anppul/r for»-Ai(} for the Sul_l‘ér- - ers in Towa, Partioulars of the Devastation in Kanaas. Tho Térnado In XYowa, = | © 7Tt O YWasittwarox, Ta,, May 97, 1870, To the Edftor:of.Ths Chicago Tyibuns s " Bin: In hohalf of the sufforora mado homolesa ond dostitute by tho torriblo tornado which passod ' ovor this county on tho 22d inst., I bog leavo to -malo kuown: thelr condition and wants to th pooplo of your city; also, tho mannor of rocelv~ ing and disbursing such donntions’ as thoy may dosiro to sond to theso sufforors. 7 A gonoral view of this groat oalamity has baon obtalned by your poople through tho pross of yoir clty; ! I¢ would bo uscloss to attompt a tur-’ ther desoription, for langusgo Is uttorly bank- rupt to glve tho true, appalling character of such o dostruotion of life nnd property. But yosterday all woa life, plonty, comfort, and hope, with thia-people; to-day, denth, destruc- tion, desolation, aud dospair | Thia sad condition is absolutely Indoncribable. Thoso who oscapod-doath are uttorly helploss, oud thelr lives aro moro terrible than doath it~ solf, Tho citizens of this city held o piblic mooting Inst night, to ralso matorial aid for thoso suffor~ ora. During the mooting, dispatchos wore read from Mr. Coolbaugh, and tho Oashior of the Union National Bank of your olty, donating esch $100 for thoir -rollof. Tho genorous donations were rooolved with gladness and joy. John A, Hendorson, Prosident of our Board of Suporvisors; Capt. T. B. Doughorty, and ‘William Wilson, Jr., morchants, woro' appointed | ;15;“““‘! munlvlng,nnd disbursing committee, instructions foloarn tho nctual wants:of tho truly noody, and furnish thom propor sup- pes. "« Whilp conducting this meoting laat ovening, wo woro rominded of ulmilar .gpos bold in this city And county to ralse donations for tho suf~ forors of Ohicago, nearly two ' yoars sinco, whon that city was nearly blotted out of. oxintence by one of tho groatest calamitics of enrth, Our [vcoplo rosponded nobly, gonerously, and prompt- to thoso desorving sufforors. To-day, many of tlhoso gonerous donors, in turn, havo bécomo tho victitns of anothor gront oalnmity,’kud ‘Ohicago has avisen from her ruins to moro then her former groatnoss and pros- pnri&y. - oubt not the prayorof thess sufforers, when mado kuown to your good peoplo, will recoive a goneroun rosponss with glad Liearts. Mr. Qoolbaugh and tho Union: National Bank® haye stepped forward with gonerous and timol aid, and wo know that many othor donations wil follow thoso, provided nssurance can be given that thoy will rench the truo sufferors. 2 ' All douations sont to tho nbove named Com- mitteo, or_to: tho National Bank, or: the First National Bsnk, of this city, will bo safely ro- 'nal\'ud( and distributed to ‘the sufforers, nnd n truo nécount rendored to the satisfaction of all. - . L J. F. Boown. The Tornado in Kans : Hvom the Neosho' County (tan.) Journal, Estra, " Maj Trom Mark A. I’nttgrnan, Eaq., of Lincoln Township, in this county, wo loarn the following hurried partioulars of & terrible wind-storm which ocourred in that township on Thursday afternoon last, about 8 o'clock, in which seven orgons were killed -and ten wonnded, and an P m g stavit of proporty deatroyod. - From our informant wo learn that tho terrible burricano commencad at tho rosidonco of Mr, Josaph Reynolds, about 8 miles northwest of Jnoksonvillo, - Yiis fonoos wora scattored in overy divection, posts woro torn from tho gmmul, and a hon-houso was lifted somo forty eot in the air and ecattered liko fonthers, The wind ovidontly then roso and took n south- oaatorly direction, doing no further damage until it ronchod the residenco of Mr. Black. Ho with, Lig _fomily wero insido tho house, whon the wind struck it aud complotely domolished it, without » moment’s warning _being given to tho inmates. Noarly overy mombor of tho family, consisting of soven or oight, woro moro or loas injured,—3lr. Black himaolf probably mortally. The storm then suddenly took a morthoast direction, towards tho farm of J. W. Bogard, n quartor of amile from Black's. Mr. Bogard's houso had ats roof blown off and one sido blown down, but tho fm.‘uf\lg miraculously escaped in- jury.” Two houses adjoining Bogard's wero then attacked by the storm, and soon nothing was loft of them. They were unocoupied. Tho framo houeo of Hozoltinks Smith was noxt in order,—some 2560 yards farther on. It mota similar fato. Mrs. Smith was soriously hurt, but .will probably recover. Mr. 8purgoon, Socrotary of tho Kansas Stato Grango, lived about s quarter of amilo from Smith's. His house, which was occupied by himsolf, wifo, and slx or sovon children, and his fathor and mother, and_a brothor, was lifted ‘from its foundation ond Dblown to atoms, Mr. Geo. SBpurgoon was not at. Liomo at tho timo. “Tha old gentloman rocelved injuries from whioh ho. died on Friday; omo ahild had its arm broken in two places, and au- other its log brokon. Out-houses,wagons, fences, &o., wera blown to picces, and a lot of sfook was ldlled.- Onoe wagon-tire was found somo distance oft detachod from the whool, and almost com- Elohly straightonod ont. Tho feathers woro lown from chickens almost as clean a8 thoy- could have been picked. Two houses belonging to Jacob Hooper, abont & quartor of a_mile from Bpurgeon’s, wore noxt visited. Mr, H.'s family ocoupied one, and an- other family the other. - The houses were, like the others, complotely demolished, but tho fam- ilios escapod without any loss of life. Ouo of tho housos was built of logs, which wora scat- tered in overy direction. Oue log was thrown .across the bed in which tho children wore lying ot the timo, but, strange to say, tho dren wore unharmed. ‘The next placo was the log house of Andrew Brazell, about a quarter of & milo onst. His wife and ohild were in the houso. Tho logs woro soattored in avery dixnnfion& and, a8 strangoly ag it may seom, both escapod sorious injury, A largo granary, fllled with corn aud oats, was scattorod to tho wii & winds. The noxt houss blown down was that of old Mr. Rogonbury, about half & mile farther on. Mr. Xt had s largo family,who were in thehouso. The storm camo: suddonly, and, almost_bofore thoy know it, tho houss was demolishod. The family all eecaped, with the oxcoption of n child about 7 months old, which was blown from'its mother's arms and dashed to pieces, - Housohold furnituro, out-housas, and evorything of a moy- able nature, totally disappoarod, loaving tho family ontiroly dostltute. M. R.'also lost n lot “of stoclk. - Z . Mr. F. H. Dumbauid, who i8 Maator of tho Kansas Btate Grange, lived on the adjoining farm, aud was the noxt sufforr. His Louso mol o similar fato to that of tho others, and one of his childron was killed. A largo barn fillod with tolinceo was also blown down, and it with ity contonta {8 a total loss, ‘The farm-houscs of B. R, Addls, John Frogg, and Mr. Gyinn wero ‘also dewmolished, Thoy woro occupied by their families, but wo have not leard whother any of -thow ‘wore injured or not. 3 The .housd of a widow by tho namo of Tloopor was nlo blown down. Sho had quito o largo family of childron, ono of whom was in- satantly killed, and another dlsappoared, and has not yot boen found. It is supposod the latter wnu{lown into the creels and probably drownod. Bys, Hooper had hor arm bioken in two places. gmxu&: wag Dlown oyer and ono of Lis children od. It is-impossiblo at presont to form nny idea of tho oxtent of tho dumngen, Buflice it'to say that the portion of the country through which tho hurricane paseod is complotely laid wasto, and the inbabitants are in an extremoly destitute condition, . Tho storm excolled in fury anything wo ovor hoard of, —_— STILL A MYSTERY. The Coronor commonced, yestorday, at tho Morguo, an investigation into the cause of the death of Michnol MoLaron, who was found in tho river, nesr VauBuron street bridge, lnst Bunday, ‘Beven witnessos, all mombers of the Moulders’ Union, wore oxaminod, but their tes- timony throw no light upon’tho caso, They statod that MoLaren was prosent at the moot- ing on tho night of tho 17th just. ; that Lo was very druuk, aud hiad & quarrel with a mannamed Henry J. Doolan. The lattor is Conductor of tho Unlon, and lis duty {8 to keep ordoer whilo tho mombors aro in session. MoLaron was very nolsy, and Doolan told lim to keop quiet. MoLaron refused to do so, and called Doolan a 4 goab,” whioh implied that ho did not bolong to the Unlon. Doclan rotorted with ' You aro a 1t 1o nlso rumored that o Br. Seulabury's | = s 1iar,” nnd o fight might have taken: placo had not the nolne attracted tha ntténtion of the mon in tho hall, Ono of4hom was sunt out by tho Drogidont to seo whek was tho mattor, 'and whon e obsorved the condition 'of MoLaten, +ho led “ him down staita and told him to walk around for o while, MoLaron starlod’ moith on Fifth avonue, and no ono saw him subsequently until s body was takon out of tho rivor, Dotoctive -Bimons found-that Doolan did-notJeave.the hall. until aftor 10 o'olook, and that he went to his homo in company with sovoral friends, Dr. Emmons; tho County Physician, was not present at the Inquost, and tha reenlt of thio post morteny oxamination bolng' unattrinable excopt from him, tho Jng wora dlsmissad until 10 o'clock this morning.’ , Btrong, Ohonowoth, and Hiddos- | son oxamined tho!wounds in the hoad, and thoy. aro satisflod-that’ the fracture of tho skull was not sufllclont to causo donth;* Tt may havo beon roducod by o blow from n blunt instrument] all, ‘or a propollor's’ whool. ‘It s genorally thought that o fall cansed it, and that g!anrnn wnlkod into tho river from thoe dock hotwaon Monroo and Adams streots; nothing whateyver having boon dlscoverod whioh would justify tho conclusion that hio was murdored. & i ANOTHER NEW MOSPITAL, I Tho Aloxian Xrothors’ Iospltnl Roady for Dedications«Tho Cercinony to 1o Porformed Mondny Forcnoon by DRishop Foloy~Programme’ of Are rangomonts. - Tk On Monday noxt, at 0 o'clock . m., the Alox- {an Brothers' Hospital will o dodicated by tho Right Rov. Bishop Toley. ~ It is erooted ‘on tho sito of.tho formor ono, which shared the fato of all other North 8ido institutes in the groat fire of 1871, Thonew odifico, Phaanix?like, has rison from tho ashos of tho.old, and prdsonts & ‘very nttractivo and.strikingly-effective appoarance- Itis built of pressed stono and brick, three storles and basoment in height, surmonited by o ;Mansard roof. Tho siyle of . architeoturo is plensifg to the oyo, being. n :mix- turo of Roman and - Gothio, It 'hssi a frontage on Market and Franklin stroots of 160 foot, and on Black Hawk streot, whioh runs wost -from Wolls to Bodgwiok strect, of 72 feot. Tho. north wing s tho -chapol, o porfoct gom of Doatity, and fs tastotally docordted for the ocone alon. It hiag four stained glass windaws, Gothio stylo, oach 24 feot high, and woro donatod to tha Hospltal by Ir. Mish, o wollmown glass- ::nln:r. 0 main entrance opens on_ Market reot, through the ploasura-grounds, which nro very tutohflfy lnid out, and ot considerablo ox- g«nnn. The intorior arrangements aro oxcollont,” oing dosigned with specinlreferoncs to the com-: fort of tho pationts. T'ho 'Hospital has. 60 rooms, comfortably arranged, and well vonti~ Iatod. Tho building was desigued by Mr. Otto Matz, The mason-work was done - under tho -superintondonce of Mr, Suffer; carpositor-work by Mr. H, Wishmeyer.; plastoring by Mr. Ross ; tin-work by Lauer & kransor; cornice-work by Mr. Gatonu; ptosm-heating by Dros. Tho moghanion in thelr several branches havo given the Brothors ontiro satisfaction, Rightovorthodoor of tho main entrance, placed in o niche, is & beautiful marblostatus, elght foot, high, rupronunflng Bant John of God (?nnndur of tho ordor of Tho Brothors of Moeroy) folding in his arms a poor paralytic, whose head is rest~ ing on tho shouldors of*the Suint, whilo hia fugors clasp around the nock. Itis amadmira- blo pieco of eculpture, from the chisgl of Mr. or, by whom it was donated tp the Hospital. Mesara, Crano Trom the top of tho contral tower flonta the | “Btars and Stripes,” on o flagstafl 60 foot high, surmountod by the American eagle, which moas- 1res 414 foot from tho tip to tip of each wing. This was tho gift of Drs. Boifert nnd Baxter,: both of whom have beon in: daily attendance on the Hospital from tho firat advontof the Brothors, in Chicago.. Tho wholo. inatitution is supported by charitable donations. -Oatholies and Protes- tants slike should testify to thair appreciation 6 tho great sacrifices made by those Brothergin the cause of human suffering, by supporting an in- stitution which- mekoes no .distinction in oither religion or nationality. y * On last Bundny, & mocting of -the Preaidonta Bnd representativea of tho Catholio sooiotics of thecity was held in the reception room'of the Hospite]; with the view of participating in tho- Rmcoua!un on Monday, Juno 2. Mr. Cfiarleu E. \fooro, of 8aint Columkille Soclety, accupied tho chair, Mr. Mathew Schmitz acting as Beorotary, ‘The following resolutions were adopted : . Reaolved; Thit uil the Catholic socloties in the clty aro requosted to sttond in procession, co Resotred, Thata Grand Marshall shall be elocted, undor whoso ordors tho sevoral sociotics shall form, Htesolved, That each socloty sl cloo thair Assistant l " On motion, Mr, Adam Bchillo was urani- mouzfl{ olocted Grand Marshall of tho' day. The following lino of march was then od on: The South and Wost Sido sociotios aro to meet ond form on South Olark stroot, at the corner of Polk, at 7.80 a. m, ; ‘thones ‘march north- on Olark stroet to Van Buren ; west-to Wolla; north to Chicago avenue, where l!my will bo joined by the sociotios of tho North and Wesb Sides. - The sociotics of 8t. Michnel's . Churohi will .megt at thoir rospective Lalls at 7:30 8. m.; form in line ; thonco march south on Lerrabee stroot: to Division, whora thoy will-bo jomed by the'so« cioties of tho Northwest ; form ono procession ;. thon march from Divisfon to' Market strogt ; thonos to Bt. Joseph Church, whers tho sociotics of that church will join thom; thon march south to Chicago avenue and Woells strect, whoro all will form in one procession “undor tho dirac- tions of tho Grand Marghal, and take up their march from Wells west to Division ; thence to Sedgwick troet ; thenco to North avonuo ; enst to Franklin ; thence south to tho hospital, whoro all aro oxpocted to arrivo at 0 4. m. Tho do cntm}g coremony will bo conducted b tho Right Rev, Bishop Foloy, after which o sol- omn high mnss_will bo colebrated by the Rov. Fathor Moinrad, prior of tho * Touedictino order. Tho choir of Saint Joseph .Church, under ‘the diroction. of the _organist,’ Mr, Ranker, havo kindly consonted to bs prés- ont,_ Tho dedication sormon will ba ‘*yrcwhoxl by tho Right Rovorend Bishop, followed ‘by & sor- mion in the German language by the Rey. Fathor Karlstattor. : ~As no great.work of charlity was over ,lmmfn- rated or carried to a successful ond witliout tho assistanco of tho Indies, thoy have gonerousl: tondered thoir soryices on "this occasion, an promise to attond faithfully to tho requiremonts of tho inner men, The following. names.com- prise tho Ladies’ Comumittoo s . President—Dra, Collins, ¥ Vice-Prosident—3irs, Barth, Treasurer—Mra, Buslior, Assisted by Mrs, Prindevills, Mrs, Riobol; Mes, Will- |- iams, Mry, Allen, Men, Wilson, AMrs, Mouinger, gfl. & o firnst, Mrs. Goche, Mra: Ryan, ion, Mrs, Bobnatiati, Mra, Dietrich, Mrs, Horn, Mrs, Augustua, Aes, Nigh, 'Mra, Walsh, Mrs, Honk,' Mrs, Trautmox, the Mosars, Sclmith, - - X ‘Dininer will bo seived up immediatoly after the coremoniecs are conoluded. - All .kinds of ro- fmsthanouts will be gerved, atrong liquors ex- coptad. B IAny of tho Oatholla societies which woro not ropresontod at tho meoeting of last Bunday, de- slriu to Joln flio procosuian, oun. foru with the othor socletios at the time ‘aud places as alroady direotod by tho Grand Marshal. ™ i . - THE RAILWAY MASTER-MECHANICS’ CONVEN- TION---ITS LABORS AND RESULTS. " | Dunuvatow, Ts,, May 20, 1679, To the Editor of The Chicago Trivuns : ! Bme: Iwasmuch interested in your editorial on this subject. ,The disoussions and-labora of such n body of practical men are, indead, -of great interest to the public. Vnst as our xail- rond-systom haa bocomo,.it.ds yob very far from porfoct. Whon such men meot onco a year, to thio numbor of mors than 100, ropiesenting all’ thio loading companios, somothing suroly must rosult from ‘such a convocation, e Woll, 1ot us soo what was done; According to your dispatchos from Baltimero, tho Asscciation mot on Tucsdny, May 10." Lho President an- nounced o donntion of 33,000 from tho Commit- teo of Rocoption of Iast yoar, Tho Vico-Prosl- dont also gave out tho followlng programmo : Tuoaday aftornoon, an oxeursion to Annupolis, angd visit to the Naval Bchool ; Wodnesday. aftors noon, visit to Druid’ Hill Park ; Thursday aftor- noon, visit to Mount Olare Works, Daltimoro & Ohio Bylrond,—on which day tho Association adjournod sino die. Friday was spent in visit- ing Washington Olty, and Saturday wound v ths & procodinge™ with visit to New Yorl, and & grand banquot at tho St. Nicholns Hotol, givén byl t'}xu railway supply mon who had axos to tind, B ‘I'his, whilo brakemen and conductors on frolght traine kiss their wiyes and babies every morning, uncortain whathor thoy*will over soo them again, but vory cortain thoy will be brought Tiomo, soonor or lator, manglod corpios, searcoly to bo racognized, thropgh tho barbarous syatom of coupling cars now 1 uso, but whioh any ono of & dozen woll-known devices would ceriainly obviate, This, while hundreds of passengors and railway-omployes ‘wore killed outright tho past winter, othor hundrods maimed for }ifo, aud 1nillions of dollars of property destroyed throu(fh the dofeots of the gmsonl shape of iron ralle and axlos, 63 adaptod to tho severtv of aur Chapman, irs, Alimato. Tho _Assoclation pnssod a flip- , prat resolution doprecating comnpound axlon, *or thoso mado of mora than ono plocoe of iron, 1whon it 8 woll known that any bar of motal mada ©of more than ono plece, on which thero is much straln, {s mlallvnl{ sirongor than when made of & uinglo pleco, and that, W Bria art of aneha bat Droakn, tho othor will hold it togothor Ll tho fraoturo can ho dotocted and ropatrod. ---Ib 8 more than bolieved—it ia protty cortainly known—that fully ons-half of the. presont do- struotion of lifo numrmpurly from couplers, and Drokon axlos and rnils, might bo obviated by an Intolllgont offort to do 6o. But what can ho ox- octod whan eitch 6 ody nd the above meot thoir utios nnd rosponsibilitics In aucl a way 7 Whilo thoto fu s timo for.all'things, junketing and frol- o8 &muMy do not Lolong to such ocnna};mn 08 this, ° 3 — CORRUPTION IN SCHOOL-SUPPLIES. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribuns: ~ Bz + Indiann,” ovorcoming hor formor back- _Wardnens, hns of lato boon pushing forward to thé front rink ‘in"‘attors eddcat{onal. Ono of 'nu_a lato changes in the Bohool law of that Stata dodoryes some attontion, aa it indiontos tho ox- iatondo of an ovil which the paople havo ovidont- ly attompted to cheok. . In tho ac changing tha ‘offico of Bohool' Exaininer t6 Connty Suporine toudant, it is provided that tho latter shall not oot ns agont for achool-books, or schaol-furnie ture, or anything pertaining to schools, Tho evil of allowing public officors to have any advantago from tho contraots 'which: thoy maka with the public monoy, ia too fatally apparent in our wide-sproad and disgracoful corruption ta need any commont hero. The States have taken cara to provont this in the caso of school oMcora by logjalation which has in the main boen of foctual. But tho exigencles of modorn trada will find the:weak places in any barridrs, and tho " fault of tho Indlana logislation 1s, that it gm not go far onough. It should by all meang nve prohibited all mchool-oficors, Direct: ond Trustees, from bocoming interostod l:oa?xtffi contraats. éuoh interasts aro .taken, and tha Wy ovaded on ch:&wlnt., . .'Tknow of o leading mhunfacturor of schoole fumituren Clnolunati who hns recently elrcular- izod Indiana thoroughly, to say nothing of othor Efi‘fiagfi fi%n;flgc to fimlctm mt'llx oltrhar achool- oral“commisslons o furnif it {6 can bo Introdood into tho schoots. -’ It doos not require any consideration to sea tho evil offocts of such a courao, both on tha achools, and_ school-officoraj and the least on the former, for tho harm isnot in tho fetting of ono kind of furniture rather than nncthm-,'imc -in tho corruption of the moral senso that muaf follow, The offorts of Diroctors to use tho pub- lic monoy to their own mivnumgo, and this Iglm oannot help boing tompted to do, the inovitabla tondonoy.boing to -buy for their schools of tha firm which pays thom the beat commission. Nor 18 1t 80 much tho amall gain of 850 or 100 which the Director may makoy ns it ia tho, training in {mllllcll honeaty :yvhich the will got,—tho fden hat the publio monoy (s morely a grab-bag, inta which every Publlc officer ‘mny thrust his l'mnd, if it be only in the buying of 8chool-furniture or ,uclé:ol—bo;: B oo i 3 mo of thero mon liave hero recoived thoir firat truat in publio nffaira, and from it will bo ndvanced to other oftlces, Thiaig their initin- tlon. No wondor that, when thoy loarn to mako porquisites ont of tho neighborhood funds, it should torminate in Oredit Mobilier in Cougross. Many of : thoso mon ave as yot too honest to touck “bribos, aud -have” positively * refused alt offors of tho kind ; but human virtue cannot bo rolied upon to stand againsd porsistont tompta-~ :tlon, nnd tho public; which has the highost poa- siblo intorest in virtue, should proteot the tondor Ehnt in the gouls of all its incipient politicians o logislative hodgo stroog enough to keop out all maraudors in tho shapo of eithor books agonts or stock-brokers. - . H . e————— B MOUNTED FIREWEN. o the Fditor of The Chicago Tribunes: 8m: The importance of mountod firemen, with polico powers, whose business shall be to patrol-the city, arrest incendlarios, give prompt alarm 'in caso of fro, and pracede the regular foreo to tho acene of conflagration, hag not beon fully appreciated. ¥ The flrst five minutes of a fire aro the por- ilous ones,’ and novor should ten b allowed to olapao before some working member of the Fire Departmont is on thoe spot, roady to pitel in, re- gardloss of offico or dignity. Hero was tho boauty of the voluntoor system, whioh gave our privato “citizons: & spocisl prido and Interost in #aving a nelghbor’s property. ' They did not look on with folded hands, wéiting. for the engine to arrive- and perform their duty, but, forming a0 impromptu bucket company, thoy fought tho firo "faco face. " & mere spark | mny ~produce. a gmut conflogration, g0 & singlo Dbucket' “of water, used 8t tho right thine and plie, may.extinguish ono. Tho prompt arrival of one intolligent and active firo- man at an incipient fira may do mora_than tha entire force a‘ minuto too-late. Hence the urgoncy and wisdom of diapatching ot onco, and at full specd,: monuted firemon, &_r:vidod with Dbond-hoso, buokets, oto., to- the firo, with fall authority {o compol tho Borvico of any bystandor thoy moy requiro in subduing the cnnflnfimflcm, theso volunteers to sorve until tho arrival of tho -regular firomon, and ‘to bo paid lika thom for thoir services,- . In a large city, noxt-door neigh- Tors aro apt to be strangers, and it is too much t0 oxpect & volunteer fo risk his lifo without oing pald. for his services. Dut mounted firemion aro & necosslty, both 68 patrols and as advanco-workers at tho scone of conflagiation, and should bo provided for ovary ward of the city. ¢ L Q. Abolition of, Privilege. From the Woodatock (Lil.) Sentinel, Ono of .tho’ most serious objections wo ovor bad to the l‘rnukln5 'pflvilogon, arose’ from tho fact that {8 was a privilege. theory, we have no privileged classes in this country; ~and still there ig, audalways has boon, far_too many of thoms. " Hioniide “Wo make Thomas Buncomb our Represontative in’ Congross, it is no reason why,he should reccive and gend all hig mail" mattor and postie froe. ' It is no ron- ‘on why “he ‘should rccoivoe freo transporta- tion lor{fln’meu and family, on all the rallroad and stonmbont linca in the land. It is no renson why the express and telograph companios should do fxls ‘business-without componsation, It is na roason why gag in_Washington should bo fur- nishod Lim without charge—no reason why he -shonld hiave frdo tioketato all the ontertainmente in that city, or anywhero'olso, - Tho salary of a -momber of Congress should bo, and was, oven ‘Doforo the last steal, so-Liboral that ho could pay his way ovorywhoro the same as if he wasa . privato cltizen, . . ° - ‘We do not know why any man should enjoy rivileges of_any.gort.”, Wo dou't know why an individuol who makes preaching his profession should not Ely taxos on all’ of his proporty, the gamo ag if he wore o physiolan, o lawyer, or nn aditor. * Wo'dou't Jaiow why’ proporty investod in churches should be oXempt from taxation, It amounts to many millions in this Stato, and yot it doos not contributo ono dime toward the eul;- port of the Statd or Nationel Governments, It enjoys tho protoction of ‘Goveriimont the same a8 any other specics.of proporty, but. makes no pocunfary roturn, * - A" religious sociely misy bo ©vor 8o ricl,it mey have moro monoy tian it can uso judiciously, and still it onjoys ontiro immu- “nity from taxation; Clwrclies are privileged nmpnfl&] : ; Lok ... And thig bringa us.to’tho subjoct.of editorial doad-hoadism, which ia only nuother name for “ privilega.! ' We aro quito_ as much opposod to thls nort of privilege whon tho Louofits innuro to gfimnnmen nlon%ng to our profesaion, as whon 'thoy aro'onjoyed by othor partios. Of courso, wo havo dona tho. unusl amount of freo riding; and wo are willing it- should be understood wo dealro to ride freq so lnnfi a8 anyono else doos ; .in other words, wo viant all the privilogos grantod to anybody. - But whenover tho raitrond compa- nios will stop isauiug..froo posses altogothor; when they como o tho dotermnination to mako all who wso fheir roada pay a rezsonablo sum for tho samo, thoy will rocoivo our hoarty thanks, and 'we shall pay for the riding -we do as cheorfully ‘a8 mfimna. < .. A Now York journal; sponking of tho matter, BDy8I - . ¢ Nowhoro but in this mmm? do pooyt. above tho rank of mendlcants solloit free ridos on rallways, freo pagses on atoamboats,, freo tickets to tho clreus, and fres dinuers at butels, But Liero hoats of peoplo who would ba insulted by, tho lnputation of mondi- cancy or poverty, sollclt loso benefita hnbltually, Iny= ing naide alt aigdllty and Independence of spivit, aud contentedly recelving n valuo for which they retars no equivalont, This is all truo, and wo ehall bo glad to sco this wholo discreditablo businosa brokon up xoot and branch ; and now is a good timo to mfleuuta tho *work. - The (rnnkhui privilego boon abolished, and now. lob us look abou aud 600 what_othor privileges exist, and opon upon thom, Undor our Republican system thero ould be no priviloged porsons, Evory man is tho poor pf overy othor man, nud entitled to tho samo treatment, not only from the Government, Dot from the Institutions which are tho offspring of Govornmens