Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1873, Page 2

] -~ TI CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDN SDAY JULY 93, 1873. ANTI-MONOPOLY. Trogress of the Farmers’ Move- ment in Iowa, Report of a Specimen Grangers’ Convention, at Fort Dodge. Election of Delegates to the Anti- Monopoly State Convention, to Be Held at Des Moines, _Aug. 13. Republican ans Attempting to Jump Aboard tho Movement---The Move- ment as a Disintegration of Partics. \nterview with Gov. Carpenter-=- His Views on the Situation. Indignation of the People over the State Treasury De= “ faleation. TFrom Our Own Correspondent, Fonr Dopar, Yo, July 19, 1673, The Convention of Anti-)Monopolists held here last Baturday was a fair specimon of similar con- vontions that have been or will bo held in each of the countics in tho Statd. Following is & copy of the call conveniug the meoting : ANTI-MONOPOLY MASS-CONVENTION. The producers and laborors of Wobster County, and all who aro in sywpathy with them, of whatevor formor political faltli, who aro in favor_of an offort to purge polities of party nnd politieal corruption, & cur. Iallment of Governmontal oxpenecs, & _reduckion of all clonses of taxation, the roduction of tha power of monopolioa to cofitrol cloctions, the clovation of tho ballot-lox abovo tho beheals of party, o checking of tho tendency to centraliza Uon of power aud conscquent onsisvement of Ialor, aro horoby invited to mect in Mass~ Convention at_the Coirt-Houss in Fort Dodgo, on Baturdsy, July 19, 1873, at 1 o'clock p, m,, for tho pur- poso of selocting four dolegates to sttend tho Stato Anti-Monopoly Convoution, o be held at Des Moinos, Aug, 13 ; niso, to perfect an organizstlon, decido upon timo and place of holding a County Convontion for tho purposo of putting In_nomination a county” ticket, to Ax an equitable basis for townsbip delegato represent- ation, and to transact any other busincss which may legitiinatoly como beforo it, All whose desire fur a pure government, and the free wolco of the people fu fixing tlo status of such a -gov- ernment, unblased by cliques or.rings, is superior to party-prodllections, oo invited to attend and particl- pate tn the deliberntions of this Convention, and to earnestly labor for ita succesa st tho coming'eloction. TRespectfully submitted for your carnest and fmmo- ainto coustderation by MANY Vorens, Tn rosponso to this invitation, the farmors be- gen to arrive in the morning, with toams or on borseback, and towards noon TWO GRANGES, hendod Ly a band, drove into tho town, with fly- ing colors and gounding music. The fifes and drums woro in alargo wagon drawn by four horsos, adorned with miniature flags stuck 1 conveuient places i tho harness. The proces- sion movod to the Court-Iouse, & quaint stono building on the edge of town. Ilere the musi- cinns took up position on the front steps, and used thoir instrumonts with great energy. Some of tho younger Grangers, in iho meantimo, hoisted their standards, consisting of a shoaf of whoat and stalks of corn fastenod to long poles, planting ono on oach sido of the Court-House entrance. Aftor a reasonablo quantity of molody from tho band, the crowd disporsed to meet in the afternoon. About 2 o'clocls, A BTEADY BTREAM of persons bogan to flow in tho direction of the Tomplo of Justice, o mojority of them enrncst aud sincore In the now movoment, not a fow drawn thither by euriosity, and somo by moro questionable motives. Tho Court-Room, whera the meoting was held, showed that, in the small matter of cloanliness, thore is noed of a change in Wobster County. Whe floor and furnituro sworo covored with the dust of ages, That did not prevent tho Grangors from filling every soat, and standing when there woro no moro goats to all. They wero A FINE, STURDY AUDIENCE, -vith faces browned by the sun and hands bard- oned by unromitting toil, but with o fine appre- oiation of tho ovils thoy snffor as American farmers, and consolous of their pow- or ns Americon citizons to find a rom- edy and apply it Toro nnd thero, o professional man, & lawyer, & doctor, or preachor, was eandwiched between o pair of Grangors, watching tho procoedings with intor- ost. 0l county-politicians wore on hand, ox- pocting the farmera to blandor and exhibit in- eapacity to'conduct & political mooting to a satis. factory end. Thoy were fooled. Thoy camo to seoff and p WENT HOME TO PRAY, a8 the meoting afforded thom no consolation: While tho crowd was collecting, tho irrepressi- ‘Dlo band ground out a varioty of tunes in front of the building, and thon marohed up-stsirs into £ho hall, playing that eminontly pastoral air, 4 Comin’ through the rye.” : Mr. D. W. Prindlo, Chiof of the Grangers in TWobster County, a life-long Ropublican, called tho mesting to order, and nominated MR, AILAS CORRY, another Ropublican, as Chairman. Mr, Corry was elected, and made n short spoech, thanking the mooting for the honor thoy had donoé him. He road the call, indorsed overy word of it, and wont on to eay that, if the mooting would take mensures having an ultimate tondency to ele- vato the laboriug classos, ho was with thom, and was with them alo in doing anything that would provent monopolies from controlling the Btato and Fodoral Governments, Mr, J. L. Kinnoy was nominated for Becrotary, but refused to serve, on tho ground that tho Re- vublican party was . Q00D ENOUGH FOR I antil ho found somothing bottor, aud he did not ‘wish to mingle in auy movomont that tended to disrupt that party. This docloration of Mr. Kinnoy brought cut side-romarks to tho offeol that ho represonted QGov. Carpenter, snd was thero to see what chanco there was - to convert the mooting into o Curpenter demonstration. Mr. J. M. Hondorson, a fin-looking Grangor, wvith an intelligont countenance and a voico liko 1he roar of many wators, unnounced that ho did not liko to aco so many lawyots and profosstonnl mmon trying to hoodwink and humbug *‘ common mudsilly,” as thoy called tho farmers, 'That sounty had been run long enough by political hackn, and it wos nbout time ‘the mudsills” took hold of things. Ho moved to doclare tho aeeting & FATMERS' AND LAROMERS' CONVENTION. {Shouta of * Bully I” and choers.] Nobody op- ypoged tho motion, and it provailed by default. Mr. A, 8, Boomor, a Ropublican, was mado Bocretary ; and then Mr, Garrily moved to ap- point a Committeo of threo on Rosofutions, whicti wag amonded to mako it five. U A long discusslon onaued g8 to whother Capt. ‘Yeoman, & young lawyor and o former soldier, swho usod crutchos to “nssist his impaired powery of locomotion, shiould bo allowod to kerye on tha Committee,—Afr. Hendorson stronuously object- ing, outho general ground that, **if thoy had not tnlont onough among the mudsills, thoy Lad bottor coaso to hold maotings.” Mr. Goorgo M, Dalo wanted ALL TUE RELP JE COULD GET, o wanted avory nian to bo a politician andto do his own thinking; and, if lawyers, doctors, proachors, or any ona olso, desired o como in and help them saye the country, he wag IME to accept thoir assistanco and bo thankful, This soutiment was loudly applanded. Mr, Dawloy eaid ho owned sevon farma in the county, ITo did not think tho proscription of porsoni who wero uot farmors would eaye thelr ango: Thoy wanted mon of all partlos and alt oooupntions to co-oporato with thom. My, Kinnoy once more attomplod to save tho Ropublican party, and warned mombors of tho Ilnlmbllflnn party not to ‘“gooff in o sluice,” unless thoy kuow where thoy wora going. What fault could thoy find with tho Dea Molnes plat- form-? Did not tho party sy all that could bo sald to suit the Grangas? 5 Nr. Honderaon again lot himsolf out. Cl{ph Yooman declined to allow hia name to bo usod. mA{lor o protraoted dobato, it was tacitly ngrood ot P 5o 4 ‘ EVERY MAN in :gm&mth with tho mootlng, and who sub- seribod to tho eall, should bo pormitted to par- ticipato in tho work of Roform and bo welcomo. o Committoo on Resolutionn was thon mado up na follows ; D. W. Prindle, Dr, E. L, Wilson, Thomas Ohntiand, D. 1. Fulfor, Gerald Fullor. Of thawo, Mr, Prindlo has beon a Ropublican, and sohave Mr, Chatlaud and.D. B Tullor; whilo Gorald Fuller was a_Liberal Republican, and Dr. Wilson an old-lino Domocrat., Tho Com- mitteo roturned in half an hour with tho resolu- tions, which wero roed. A motion was mado to falto thom up mngly, but it was dofosted, and thoy wero ADOPTED WITITOUT A DISSENTING VOIOE, Mr. Honderaon making tho motion, Tho reso- lutions, which wore Mlugmphud to Tne TRDUNE, and published in ° Bunday's Im or, , woro radical, and oxprossod tho sonso of tho meoting unanimously, Mr. Kinnoy oxcopted, Foariug tho platform was not sufflciontly specific ns to the usofulness of oxisting partics, Oapt. Yooman offerod & supplomentary rosolution, sotting forth, in unmistakablo words, that they turnod their backs on oxisting porties,” without foar and ‘withiout remorso.’ This roused Mr. Kinnoy to a final effort to save tho Ropublican party, IIo grioved to eco 80 many Ropublicans turning thoir backe on tho old party, which was good onough for him. It thoy proposod to pass that resolution, hoe pro- posed to rotiro. Ho waa told, in a good-humor- od way, by many VI;J‘lno!, to oETOUT.” ' Afr, Kinnoy looked molancholy, but rotained his aoat, Mr, Mallbono, an adopt at talking, said tho Ropublican party had becomo a8 corritpt ns any party that over oxisted. Crodit Mobilior pro- vailed; ealary-grab provailed ; and out of whoso pockots did tho monoy como ? It was abstracted out of tho hard earnings of the farmors. [Ap- plnuee.] Ho bad alwaya beon a Ropublican, but thought it was time to bo somothing elso. If thoy wanted Reform, they shonld havo A NEW PAWTY. [Applnuao{,-—n rrty dovoted to an honeat and cconomical sdminiatration of publie aftnire. IIo would vote for Carpentor if thero was no bettor ‘man to voto for, but he bolioved they could find # hettor man. £ 7 Mr, Hondorson did not think Mr. Kinnoy had any right to taka pact in the meoting it lie did not proposo to stand by its action. The Roy. Mr. Zimmerman, sn *‘old man elo- quont,” s Baptist pronclior well known in tleso arts, had nYwnyu been a Roepublican ; but, an ho old Indy reruarked whon asked it b would tako anothor oup of coffeo, sho said: * No: vo mo ten ; anything for a ohango,—auything." Laughtor.] Ho doesired a chango. ‘Thore was no feor of their changing for the worse, He did not conceivo that to be posaible. The rosolution was then passed without n dis- :Xanl:iug voice, Mr, Kiunoy suppressiug Lis noga~ ivo. THE PLECTION OF FOUR DELIGATES to ropresent the county in the Blato Convention ot Des Moines was tho next busiuess in- ordor, Thoy wore nominatod by the Convention and electod, na follows : Delegales—D. L. Fullor, A. 5. Boomor, D, W. Prindlo, E. M. Wilson. Alternates—J. B. Morsu, 8. M. Mallbone, Goorgo B, Dale, Roy. J. Z. Zimmerman, Ot'Hlio delogates, M. Fullor, By, Boomor, and Mr. Prindlo wero formerly Ropublicans, aud Dr. Wilson was » Domocrat ; “aud, of tho nlternntos, Mr, Morse, Mr. Mallbono, and Mr, Zimmerman used to bo Republicans, and Mr. Dalo used to bo & Demograt. Mr, Prindle was chosen Chinirman of tlio delegation, which gocs to Des Moines un- embarrassed by instructions, ‘The motion by which the meoting was called » “TFarmers’ and Laborors’ Couvontion was ro- considered, and it was styled the ¥4 WEDSTEI COUNTY AKTS-MONOPOLY CONVENTION," in accordance with the call. A County Contral Committoo was appointod to eall a County Con- voution to nominato county ofticers, Tho Convention then wdjourned, every ona satisfiod with tho day's work, oxcopt Mr. Kinney, COMPOSBITION AND CHABAGTER OF TILE CONVENTION. I hiave given this extonded account of tho pro- cocdings, beeause the Convontion 18 a fair sam- plo of tho Antl-MunuPnly Conventions held in the various counties of this Stato, and tho re- marks give an ides of the sentimenta hold by tho farmers on tho vital questions which now eongross tho attention of the agricultural commu- nity of every Wostorn Btate. ‘Fhiero were pros- ent at loast 800 gonuine farmors,—men who oarn their living by cultivating the soil,—besidea o Inrgo number of outsidors. I was informed by o gontleman who kunows mnearly ovory man in the county, that nine-fenfhs of those prosont wero formorly odhoronts of tho Ropublican party, and. that - ono-tonth nulg had been Domocrats ard Liborals, The speoches wore genorally short, porspicuous, ond to the point ; and the rules of Parliamentns Inw wero undorstood, enforced, and oboyed. Those who imagined tho farmors could not trans- act tholr business in o quiet, orderly, and in- tolligent manner wore mistakon in their calculn~ tion. Tho Convontion oxhibited more common souso than Pnliflcnl conventions gonorally, and, on tho whole,:was much moro harmonious, This waa tho first publio gathoring of the farmors in Wobstor County, and everybody was invited. Horenftor they will hold dologato conventions, when the status of tho members will bo defino and discordant elomonts be excluded. SIGNIFICANGE OF THE CONVENTION. The action of this Convoution is tull of sig- nificance, becauso this town has been the homo of Gov. Carpenter since ho came to the State, ninoteen years ago, andit waa oxpocted that this county, where Lo fs woll known, would havo furnished o sufliciont number —of his friends to control the Convention, and turn it in his favor. That oxpectation was onoral, and soms of tho ?n'ty managors bave Eunn maneuyering since the “call wna issued, hoping to rope in-tho unsophisticatod farmor. It was of the highest importance that the farm- ers of his own county shonld deolare for him in unequivocal and omphatic langunge. It would ‘have boon asignal triumph for him, and would hnvo beon heralded by all tho party-papers in tho Stato na nn ovidence of his popularity with the farmers. ‘The Govornorwas in town Sovoral daya prior to the Convontion, in company with ono of the Rtato-Honso Commissioners,—the ostonsiblo objeot of bis visit boing to inspect somo quarrics where thoy exhumeo gypsum. There aro wicked persons, howover, who aro increduluus oni this point, ~ Thay aro surprised tho Governor uover thought of vigiting these gypsum bods beforo, and say that ho hns been hore often onough and long onough to be requaintod with every foot of for- ritory in tho vicinily, Theso iucrodulous per- sous” state boldly that tho roal purpose of his visit waa to "lu{ ipe” and control tho Convon- tion, It canuot be doniod that o had much ot stalio; that_tho indorsomont of his own county would have sided Lim' {mmentoly all ovor tho Btata, and hiavo loft the improssion upon tho minds of many that thoso who lknew him best and longest had no faith in tho imputations caat upon h%u intogrity by the unfortunato defalea- tion of the Btato Tronsurer, Ilad tho Grangos hero oapoused his causo, it would have beon urged a8 a potont roason why all the Grangos in tho State sliould follow iut, and why ho should bo nominated by the Auli—klono]:nly Stato Con- vontion, As things turned ont, there is no com- fort, no oncouragomont, for him in tho proccod- ings of this Convention. Only ono man stood up for him, sud he was so intonsely in the intorestof Con. Carpontor that ho for- foitod his influcnco, if ho had any, and subjoot- od hinsolf to an invitation to bo sllout in a body with which ho disavowed having sympathy, 1Ty offort a6 & Jtopublican to take possossion of tho gathoring was palpable, but it could not succoed s Wn sontimnt’ wa 4n ovsewhntimiugly against boing sold out to any parly. REPUDLIOANS TBYING TO GODSLE THE MOVE- MENT, That the Ropublican politicians are endoavor- Ingto jump abonrd the now movoment, Roizo the rudder, and steer ita courso into their own Liarbor, is Vu? notural, If thoy could wrest the poweor from the farmors, supplant thom as load- ors of tholr own movemont, uso thom As 1ustru- monts of thelr ambition, and to perpotuato thoir rulo, thoy would throw up their hats for joy. 1t ig tho ~ courso that as partisang -~ thoy ghould pursue, and that thoy aro pursu- ing. Rogarding them as mero partisans, thoy cannot bo blamed. They aro doing thelr utmost to run “the agricultural maohino,” as thoy con- tomptuously dun(anw tho Anti-Monopoly movo- mont. They think no mon can run tho *‘ma- chine” but thomaclvos; that, boing porsons of oxporionce in_politiea and in mnn‘:fln;in party, thoy can run it botter thau anybody cluos tha farmors know nothing of the ingide of pol IllcaL that they aro more manual Iaborors, withou Lraing, discrotion, or sagacity ; and that no ro- form can_come unless it is inaugurated by the arty, Thia assumption of suporiority i8 dis- rnstu(ul to tho farmora, Thoy do not desiro to Dbooome tho rag-tag and bob-tail of any party,— more clay in tho hands of_political potiors, to bo fashioned af thelr will, Republicans olaim thoy can control tho Doy Molnes Antl-Monopoly Convontion, 8o that it will indorso Cnrpontoer, make no nominntion, or, in caso-of nocossity, burst up in a_row and bring disgraco on tho movement, Tlioso aro not Impossible contin- encles ; but, i tho Convention is composed of 50]\![{5\&05 liko thoso from this county, it will not indorse Carponter, break up In & row, or make no nomination. . ‘o party leadors put grent faith in men lhnY claim to have in tho Granges, and hopo they wiil leavon iho wholo lump, fi:‘or justance, thero is tho Ifon, James Wilson, of tama, s motmlior of Congross (not Jamon T, Wil gop, of Falrfleld), who by virtuo of being a farmor, is a Grangor in oxcollont standing, aud it ia olalmed that he ia putting on tho brakes to provont tho Granges in his district from */golny off in & sluico;” and Ropublicans bonst thal hocnu hold tho mombors_of the order, sud wlold over thom tho Ropublionn scoptro, Tor tho bonoflt of tho prrly.. Ho 1o an adrolt politician and a fina spoeaker, and much is ox- renmd from his influonco. Thoy claim to have topublicans in othor districts, In overy Grauge, ~—logs able, but no loss unsorupulous in devotion to tho party,—men, they aay, who will dolivor the Granges, body and_soul, at the polls on tho day of oloction, “T'his is difticult to boliovo; and itis un{uul.lo the Grangers, to their indopend- onoo and intolligoncs ae & body, to cntortain the notion that thoy ean bo convorfed Into tho pliant tools of politiciana, Asto THE DEMOCRACY, 1t is nowhere. Agnlnst majoritics varylng from 50,000 to G0,000, it has novor amountod to much inTowa, Ifs ablost mon ratired to private lifo, ond took little or'no active intorest in polmeni offairs, Tha party 18 doad in this Btato. The best ovidenco of . its domlso s the raluctance of ita rank-aund-filo to attompt resuscitation. In this county, it has given up the ghost, and will make no ocounty-nominations. Bosay tho local leadors, Thoy boliove both parties nro disintegrating, falling to pioces, and will wait for developments, —at tho propor timo oxorcising thoir right ag oit~ izons to vota for whom they please. They are rofraining from mixing to any oxtont with tho Anti-Monopoly Movomont, whoso votos will como mainly from men who bave voted the Ilo- publican ticket until thoy aro tired and disgust- ed and will voto it no moro. A lnl‘tgu ortion of tho Domocratic voto will undoubtodly bo cast with the Auti-Monopoly party in preforonca to tho Ropublican party. The Anti-Monopolista will tkse tho lond, atdl & large number of formor Domocrats will sustain it at the polla., All tho Domacrats will not go with it, Lowotdr. Bomo will join tho Ropublican ranks, bocsuso thoy hiave proporty in railronds and other corporn- tions, and fonr that tho defest of monopoly will doprocinto ita valuo, Horo is M. Dun- combe, for oxamplo, Democratio mombor of the Logislaturo for this district, a keon man of businoss, who has accumulated woalth, and who has the reputation of haying been ono of the strongost frionds the railronds and corporationa hind in the Assombly, Ho, and such 88 lio, aro not oxpectod to opposo = wonopoly.of any kind, but aro oxpectod to ally thomselves to the To- publicans, on the ground that thoy areiu favor of rotaining tho prosont ordor of things, and of giving railronds in the futuro tho samo sweop of power they have enjoyed aud oxorcised in tho ast, Buch Democrats rogard tho platform of e Ropublicans as o rave collection of #peclous and dolusive goneralitios, inteuded to deludo tho Grangos into supporting thoStato-tickot, but not a8 exprousing tlo sincero gantiniont of tho patly. Thoro arc many of these Democrats of wealth, who naturally inclino to be loniont towsrds cor- porations; and the Domocratic employes of cor~ porations may possibly lean in the same dircc- tion, The Ropublican and Domocratio voto will, theroforo, bo dividod,—ono portion of onch going with - tho Mouopoly party, snd tho romainder - with tho Anti- Monopoliats, Tho contest hore will not be Ro- publican ngainst Democrat, but Monopoly agaiust Auti-Sonopaly. Partica aro boing ro- duced to elemontary atoms, and out of tho chnos arise Monopoly and Anti-Monopoly,—ench indi- vidual atom joining the side which offors him tho groatest altraclion. Tho only possibility of thoro beiug o DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR ia in tho ovont of failuro by the Anti-Monopoly Convontion to put an Anti-Monopoly eandidato in tho field, In that cago, the Domperats will bo likely to nomiuato some ono. 'The only name 1have hoard mentioned in this connection iy that of Petor A. Doy, of Iowa City, & Domocrat of the old foliool, it prosont s momber of the Stato-House Cowmmission. Imet Mr, Doy. He is o tall man, straight and slondor, with ~hand- somo " fontures; has aun open countonanco, o_high forchend, keon oyes; and is a win- ning and enterlaining convorsationalist. He said ho would. mot bo o can- didate; ihat ho bad too much business to attond to ; that ho could wot afford it; and that, perbaps lio was not in full sympathy with tho outery agninst capital and corporations, Ifo ia o bankor. The Domocratic party was about extinct, ho thought, Ho liked- Gov. Cnrpenter. Ile did not think he was dishonest in_that State i'rongury tranenction, though it would not help hie eloction a bit, as the poople were disposoed to bo critical about such mattors just now. Ilo was of opinion that Gov. Carpontor would bo ro- elocted, bocawse the Republican party to a groat dogreo controlled tho Granges ; and ho would not bo surpriged to see him nomunated by tho Anti-Monopoly Convention, On the other band, if the Grangos took it into their heads to nomi- nato & woll-known man of ability,—ono of them- selves, perhaps,—ho did not seo how tho farm- era could go back on bim ; in fact, he did not beliove they would ; and, if they dia not, they would olect him in spito of eoverything, Ho dounbted tho ability of tho farmers to copo with tho wily wire-pullors at tho hoad of tho Ropub- lican organization, and did pot think thoy bad oxcoutivo _ability to match voteran poli- ticians, who would divert them from =n straightforward _courso, gov them mixed up ovory way, and take ndvantage of thew con- fusion,” The Grangos wore wido-spread, and poworful to accomplish anything they undor- took, if prozmly managed. ~1fo had hoard Mr. Adams, of Crego, o Gravger, spoken of a8 a pos- siblo candiduto for Governor, or for Lioutonant- Governor if Carpentor was indorsed. Ho did not know Adamns, oxeopt by roputation as a man of fiue cultivation and of “considerablo ability. Anyway, ho (Dey) was not a candidato, GOV. CARFENTER INTERVIEWED. ‘Whon Ireached hioro ou Friday ovoning, I learn- ed that Gov. Carpontor wasiu town, at his fathor- in-law's mnnsion,—a neat frame building, in- closed by o fonco, and surrounded by luxuriant shrubbory. I did mysolf tho honor of cailing on him, e ia & modium-sized, heavy-sot man, with 8 square hoad on broad shouldors ; tho top of tho hoad rather loval ; the forokead wide and bootling, overhanging doep-sot oyes; the uose mnearor tho . Roman _than any other typo ; tho mouth square and slrnn’;; and tho face coverad with closoly-clipped Lair. o is rathor o plsin mun,—hothing in his nspoct ublocting hia to tho suspicion of bofug a Goy- eruor. o is casy af acooss, snd. quite frauk in conversation. Tho subject of railroads was fivat Lroached. Ho said they sufforedin tho Stato from discriminntion at competing points,—tho samo complaing that was mede boforo tho pas- sage of tho last Inw in Illinois, 11a had an ldea that maximum rates might bo fixed by law, and belioved the farmers produced too much wheat and corn iu the Btute, 'Cho Grangors wero very nnmerous and very powortul, but lio did not like tho idea of a now party. The Republican party, in hie ostimation, wad suftivient for tho omer- gy "Pho Grangos conld control tho party if Loy wantod to, and could got roforms juside tho party. Ho expoctod to ba elected, but not by as nrgo o mu{,ority a8 Grant got Inst yoar. Livory- thing olve being oqual, bo would not oxpect ay Intge o majority; and ho had no hesi- tation In Bfl)‘hlk{ that mavy Ropublicans wore ml%r{wilh tho party on “account of tho Credit-Dobilier and tho back-pay steals ; and e did not bolieve tho pooplo would ro-slect any man who votod for or took the back-pay. e bo- liovod the Credit-Mobilier aud back-pay businoss would reduce his majority, but did” not give an opinion ns to the offoct of tho Tronsury-dofalon- tion in his own Biato, which tool place under hig vory nose. Io thought the Demoornts would take hold of and uso tho farmors' movemont to dofeat the Tepublican_ pmity. Tho movemont, ho admitted, was n disintegiator, tonding to ro- duco partiea to thoir original eloments, Tho movement was formidasblo, It was possible, but, l‘mrhnps, not probable, that ke would bo indorse: by tho Anti-Monopolist Btate Convaention for Govornor, though the remnindor of tho ticket might bo composod of Qrangers. The Antl- Mouopolists might not make euy nomination, Touving tho risk of dofont, whioh hoy could not well stand in tho prosont incipiont utato of thoir organization, 1f they did nominato one of themsolven for Governor, the Grangors would, in gll probability, feel bound to stand by him and volo for him. They could not woll refusa to voto for a furmor, porhaps, ag it would boa slight on thoir ocoupation it ho wore defoated, It was i:a!uihlo thoy mlqht oleet thelr Govornor, but ust now o considered his chances bost. ~ Ilo oliovod tho Tolle Count; out of a local fight that has boon in rruurun for yenrs in Des Moines, 1o spoko lighly of Mitehell, the Bonatoriul nominoe in that connty, and aleo of Dovin, Tho farmory wonld probably control tho noxt Logislnture, but utill ho thought ho was going to be Uovernor once more, Buch waa the subatance of a plensant interview of an bour's duration, The Govornor makes no protonsiona to olther brillinuoy or dopth, and he s uo orator, though he osn mako apt romarks at a fair oron tho Fourth of July. o camo to this Btate Convoatlon sprung gomo ninoteon yoars ago with a Govornment sur- voying ixnrly, nud, boing o’ young mnn on_tho look-out for 'n placo to sottlo, selocted Fort Dudqu, whoro ho took up his abodo, and oxpand- od with {t. ITo was ongaged In"the 1and-buniness, ran & farm, and now farms in an amatour sorl of way. Ho wag sont to tho-Logisiaturo from this district, and boeamo couspiouous by his ad- ‘'vocaoy of the righta of sottlors on what {a known ng “ rivor Iand, " il ‘which many of his coristitu- onta woro Intorested, ‘'his is astrip of land ox- tonding from bolow Des Moines nlong the rivor to the north liuo of tho Stato, o distance of 200 milos, or theronbouts. It was patonted toi tho Btato by tho Umtod States, on the coudition that the Btato wonld make & navigablo water~ courso from Des Moinos to Keokuk. 'The Btate transterred tho grant to s Now York Company,— tho lattor to bulld fho cnnal. Tho Odm- pany wont to work and oxponded tho amount ‘of monoy equivalent to tho market valuo of tho land improving the river, or rathor convorting it into'a eanal for somo dlatance, Thero aro dams at Oroton, Bonaparte, and at ono or two othor points, construoted by this Company ; but they aro of littlo or no sorvico to navigation. In faot, the work was abandvnod expotionco Linving olearly domonstratod that it was futilo. Tho Company continued to hold tho original ‘pntnnl to the land; but tho authoritien at Wasbington, holding that the Company woa only ontitled to thoe land o8 far as the improve- monta wont, isaod other potonts to actual Eot- tlors, who took thom in good faith, occupied and improved the territory. Tho caso waa taken to the SBuprome Court of the United States, which Tiold that the land belonged to tho Company, and ousted tho sottlors, This was very hara on the sottlors, who had expended yoars of labor op the fnnd; and, whon thoir caso wan boforo tho Logislature, Nr. Oarpenter bofriend- od thom, ng ho was in duty bound to waton tho {untoreats of his constituonts, This first brought him into prominonce, and earnod him the grati- tude of many amile of river-population. DBut his zoal was in vain ; somo insinuato that it did tho noltlons barm, thongh 1t holpad to mako him Governor, 1o is running s good donl on the samo line this timo, just ag many politicians run on tho principlo thet tho-slaves must bo froed, forgotting that tho Emancipation Proolamation waa isaued in 1863. Horo, many of hia old con- stituents say that io. conld not -hayo remained in the Logislature from thia distriot if he had not done something on the river-land question; that he was sont thore for that purposo, and ho darod not come homo twithout evincing somo intoront in tho matter., Tho Grangors insiat that ho ia the reprosontative of a party that hag oxhanstod its usofulnoss, and which thoy hold mflmnn{bln {for tho corruption everywhoro per- vading tho administration of publio affairs. Thoy contend that, were bo as puro as Fort Dodgo gypsum, were his own skirts entiroly clear, wora he absolutely above roproach and suspiolon in bis own ‘porson, thoy could not voto for him, becauso, by 8o doing, t).mi would in- dorao tlio corruption of tho party whoso otand- ard hio bonrs aloft, But thoy do not like the look of their Btate-T'rona: dofalcation; they thinl he must have known all about it; that ho must havo winked ot it, it nothing mora; and that gort of traneaction ia too clasoly allled to Oredit Mobilier and bock-pay to moot their ap- roval, ‘Thoy demand lonosty and striot intogrity, not only in their Congross- men, but in their Qovernor, and in all their Stato officors. Ono of the resolutions in the Republican platform sots forth that Re- publicans noed not voto for any but honest men, or something to that offect. The Chorckes Z'imes, a Ropublican papor, ia sovero on Gov. Carpentor, rafuni:f to boist his name, nlthough it hoists tho romalndor of tho ticket, Ab tho hond of the tivkel is printed * For Governor, Bomo Ionest Man.” Many of Carpenter's friends hero, in his old homo, oxpress their sor- row for Lim, wish *that thing” hod nevor hap- gn‘x!mg, and gay * It may bo all right, but ies looks ad.” : UL, TEAMS VS. RAILROADS. 0swxao, Koudall Co., 1IL, July 21, 1673, Tv the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bin: you have not a correct underatanding in rogard to. teaming produce from hero to Chi- cago, permit mo to set you right in the mattor. Your dispatch is ontirely right in ssying we find it cheaper to sond our produce by teams thau by railroad, but mnot correct in attributing it to tho now Railrondlaw. It has nlwaysbeon choaper for us to transport cortain kinds of freight by teams, ‘butwe havo boon elow toavail ourselvesof tho ad- vantago, indulging tho hopo that the railrond would modify its clnssifications so 88 to ronder tonming unprofitablo; but, thus far, tho mann- gors, of tho ' froight dopnriment of tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad have beon unwilling to do it; . and it is o poyiog business, within 40 miles of Chicago, to baul by wagon some kinds of froight. : 'To illustrato: Buttor in crocka is classed doublo first-class, which is G0 cents per 100 pounds by the old rate, and 58 2-10 undor the now; add to this 10 conta por 100 pounds cart- nge in Chicago, and we have an enormous freight chargo on that important staple. Empty ogg-casos are mow olossed tho samo, This forces that kind of produce into the expross company’s hands, the rate belng 60 conts por 100 pounds from this station; et that price wo can mako money by scnding by teams, Wo do not Laul any socond, third, or fourth clses froight, but only the clasa that the railroad, by its classi- fication, ronders profitablo. Horowith find a statoment of two wagon-loads sont last week : 6,000 pounds at 60 conta. .. 4$30,00 5,000 pounds, return, at 30 ¢ ——#%5.00 ‘Twwo teams, two days, each $4,50 per day,.$18.00 Expenscs on thOWaYa.svisesssersves 5.50 ——$23.50 421,60 ‘This is a saving of 82160 over oxpross-rates. This is no fancy picture, bui an actual {ransac- tion, ono that is being enacted overy day in tho woek from Brush Hill, Downor's Grovo, Naper- villo, Plainfield, and Oswogo, and, thoro is no doubt, from many othor placos, Tho morchants of Aurora aro talking oarnestly about it, and probubly by fall the mnjor part of that kind ‘of {»rmluca, from that clty, will goto Chicago by onms, ‘Woaro not especially down on tho railroad ; but then it {8 a mattor of dollars and conta with us, ond it Is. quito natural for us to fool nota littla A§gdewd that tho'rallrond should mako such ratos of !rafll that wo aro compelled to Toturn_to tho primitivo modos of transportns tion. Indeed, such s siate of things does not roflact much credit upon the managemont of a groat railrond. The Fox River Valloy is a vory fing dnlrfi' soction, and the finost buttor roaches our markots in crocks, aud sippers wish to for- ward it in the 8amo packago thoy receive it in, 28 it goos forward in bottor condition, and botter ?mw are reslized, My shipmenta reach fifly ons annually, and, ot $12 por ton, nmount to 2600. It that can bo dono by teams for €300, a8 you seo it can, it i quite & nico saving, an ono that morchants and shippers will not be slow to avail thomselves of. T am credibly informod that throe-fourths of the freight forwarded and recoived at Naporvillo is transportod by toams, Thia noods no commont. It wouldnot bo so it it did not pay to do it. Railroad mon may bo wiso and shrowd, but certainly this docs not look like it. Yours very respoctfully, D. M, Haronr. —_— MR. HESING'S NEW DEPARTURE, To the Bditor of The Chicago Tribune;: Bm: Mr. Hoeing's editorial articlo, qnoted by you recontly, will bo sufllcient to convince thosa who know tho man that, in this Sunday move- ment, a8 in overy other phaso of hia political caroor, he iy animated by a epirit of suproibe solfishnoss, which makos bim the prime doma-~ goguo of Chicago. He now proposos to throw tho Gorman voting force of tho city ovor to the Demacracy at the coming municipal olection, which party he well knows, 40 far ag it has any exiatonco or organization, is in the hands of tho worat political bummeors that can bo found, This plan would work well enough for Hosing (who is ablo to ride through the stroots in s royal car- riago, presouted by his Ropublican ofiice-liolding sdmirors), but the probable resuits of tho suce cons of such o canvass would bo highly Injurious to tho Intorosts of tho oity. Yet it nonld Liardly fall in bringing about o stato of affairs vory much dosired by tho Ropublican managors, No ono imagines that a Republican par- ty candidato for Mayor will bo nominated thia fall, and it 18 alrendy undorstood that the papors of that party sball support tho so-called ** Law-aud-Ordor” ticket; while Mr, IIouiufi in nssured that a gufliclont number of Republicanys will reluforco the Gor- mon elomont to eloot the Gorman-Democratlo enndidate. The bummor clemont of tho Domocracy onca inatallod nt tho City Hall, withoutany dlnflluuvu vatlonal sentimont or strong party to restrain them from acts of folly, and wlu{ the intom- verate Hesing ay oliof spokesman, no great ef- fort of imAgination I8 required to pleturo tho sconon likely to bo ofiicially onacted, all of which would bo st down by the Ropublican prosa ns the outflow of puro Domocracy ; and 8o Grant- 1am would obtain a now learo of life in Ohleago, an_tho ouly eacapo from tho fasail romains o he Deinocracy, and Healng would have accom- plisbod his grand purposb, " Iloro is tho noorot of his sudden love for tho Domocracy; and it may b that the Liboral Ger- mana, in tho lamb-lko simpliclly of thoir Bouls, or0 randy to bo ontrappod by this omissnry of tho party of national plunder. At.ony rato, thoy now soom to exprosa full confidenco in his good foith in thiy ompnign, bolioving that he darg not botrey thom, Woll, if theso often-scorchod \children fiave not yot. loarned the offocts of fire, sthoro is nothing™ like a hotlor blazo to roach their cago. Hoslug haa done more to injure the Gorman pooplo of Chicago in the estimation of the citi- zous of othor nationalitios than all othor mon and influencos combined. Ho is to & groat ox- tont rosponsiblo for tho Bunday crusado, tho etrength of the anti-boor ** fanatics,” and tho provailing anti-Gorman'sontimont ; nud to_his ‘cbnraotor of political hypocrite should bo ndded tho title of *“Chief !I'emperanco Fanatic.” Bhonld hio succood in his primary organization, I fool suro that many of the respootablo men of tho Domocratio eloment—much a8 they desplso fanaticlsm aud Niiborallty—will seize tho moat offective weapon within their grasp to knock out tho brains of Houlng sud lny him upon the sholf, 'and; at tho samo timo, bury forever tha docaying_Tomaing of that local plague, tho ‘buminor Democracy. Theso achiovements alono ‘would componsate for .the loss of our favorito boverago on B“mhl' and woek-days too, for at lonst nyoar. A LATE AMERIOAN DEMOOBAT. ' e e A THE FARMERS’ MOVEMENT. In Minnesota, RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED DY A MEETING OF CATLOLIO FARMERS IN DAKOTA COUNTY, JULY 0, Witixgas, We, tho farmors of Rosomont and vicinl~ ty, recognlze tho neceasity which oxista for tho farmora of tha Weat to nnltoand co-oporate for pur- poscs of mutual protection from the aggreasions of organized capital and powerful monopolics; and, WiEusas, Wo bave witnessed with plessuro tho eat work now boing porformed by tho Patrons. of Tusbandry in bohalf of the farmors, through all tho Btatoa of tho Weat ; and, - WirznEas, Soma of our fallow-citizons, whilo desir- ing to coporato with tho Patrons of Jlunbandry, are Teatralnod by certain counciontious doubts ns to tho limitation of secrecy in that order ; (herefore, tesolved, That wo horoby nqres to organizo our- glves fnto nn * Agricultural Bocloty,” to bodevoted to tho moral and matorial fmprovement of its membo DY A FABMERS' CONVENTION AT UTICA, WINON COUNTY, JULY 4 ¢ Retolred, That we aro utterly opporod to all Oredit- Mobiller and salary steals, and sl other corruptions and oxtravagance ; nnd {hat wo hold all officlals en- uged fn thom sa dishoneat and unworthy of trust, no matter how high tho ofico thoy Liold ; and that wo ara in favor of Alrict oconomy tn Tow, Gounty, Slate, sud Natfonal Government, Resolved, That wo will support no man for office who 18 not in accordunco with thio seutiments of the abova resolutions from prineiplo ; and that wo rocommoitd $0 thio Anti-Monopolists of 'sll partics to_nominato for County, Legialutive, and Stuto ofticors scl men ouly ; and wa pledgo oursolves to support no othors, DY KASOTA (LE BUEUR COUNTY) GRANGE, P. OF I, JuLY Resolved, That wo, 8 Grangors, do horeby doclara ourselves abuplutely freo and indepondent of all past political conbiections; that wo wiil give our suftrago only to auch taon for 'office who, belug * honest snd capabla " wo know to be In full sympathy with farmors gonorally ; that no ofiice-huntor or. ofilee-holdor can carry his grist to mill or secrote his stealinga in our pouchos, BY BULNGIDE (GOODNUE COUNTY) GRANGE, P. OF 3 ., ULy 12, A Retolred, That hereatter we will recognlzo no politi- cal party, oxcept farmars and their opprossora, [Rezolved, That wo will not eupport any candidate for any Natloual, State, or County office, who will not pledge himself to work for tho industrinl classes of our country ; aud who, wo havo good Teason to be- Yove, 16 for aale at & price within~ tho purchasiug ca- pacity of any railroad ring or monoyed mouopoly. By & Mnes Convention of farmers of Meoker County, at Litchtleld, July 111 Jicsolved, That ono farnier should not loan money to n‘numur ot n higher rate of fulorest thau 13 por cont, DY WASZHA CODNTY COUNCIL, P. OF M., JULY 12, Htesoleed, ‘That wa Jook upon tho prosent crodit ays- tom, 1o unlversal in the Wost, as one of tho most Lur- densomo (hat could bo dovissd. By this mystom, tho honest and prompt payors ara compelled to make up tho loascs resulting from the nou-payment of dobts by, the dishouest and unfortunuto, By it, tho morchant, tho mannfacturer, aud the mechanic'sro compelled, through eolf-intorost nnd to cover all contingencies, {0 add o large percentago to their goods above actual cash valuo, Dy this aystom and its accompanying evil,—a high ratoof Intercst,—mauy men havo lost thoir bomes after yoars of Isbor[ous offort, aud all bavo been more or lcia impoverished. We, therefore, recomuend to our brother-Patrons s uniled offort to abolish this sys- tom, aud in its place establish tho rule of “Pay as you g0, Aud we invitomen of every calling to co-operato Wilh us in Lringing about this chango as rspidly ny circumstances Wil permit, To (s end wo plodgo our support to any person or persous who will engaga in morcautile or other busiuess on a reasonublo casli-basia in our midst, Rtesolved, That it is for tho truo interests of our- gelves and'tho manufacturers of agricultural {mple- micnts {hat we deel directly witheachi otlier, sud that, in all eash-transactlons, thio purchaser stiould have the beneit of the usunl comnission and discount; and thint, #o fur a4 possible, wo will deal only with those munufacturors who will concedo to this reasonablo domand, Jtesolved, That wo denounco nnd deprecato tho wheat-ring raflrond arrangement of rebates and spocial Tatos, whioroby we, as well us our homo-merchants and denlora, ere practically probibited frou shippiug oue wheat diroctly to Eastern markets ; aud wo {nvito the co-operation of all men in an cffort to deviao ways and menns whichshall deliver tho yicoplo of this Stato from tho merciless mn? of monopoly, ltesolved, That tho chargo of $20 by the Winona & Bt Pater Tallroad Company for almply haullug a car-load of lumber or limo from Owatonua to this place—15 mites—whon tho regular charge for tho aame from Wis nonn to thifs placo—105 miles—is only §20, §s nn unjust dixcrimination and an outrageous axtortion, which call loudly for a stringent legal xcmmlir: and wo pledge ourselyes to voto, for no man for the Leglelaturo wio dues not stand committed in favor of o luw to prohibit all soubs unjust discriminations, Resolved, That wo uro_desirous of political reform, of honasty, cconomy, and purity in all oflicial admin- istration; that 1o suture thia s tho duty of overy citi- zen; that to this end every man should “fecl Loundo parlicipato in politice; auud, to meko an end of bad Tuen' forcing thoir election by socnring n party-nomi. nation, wo pledgo oursulves to oppoka the olection of dishouest or incompotent cundidates, whatever party may presont thom, tesolved, That wo denounco the Gredit-Mobillor and salary-increaso transactious of Cougruan a8 unworthy of {ho National Legislature; and that wo demnnd tho roliroment of overy member whoke hands are golled ‘with theso trausactions, from publio ofiice, —_— Mmrs, Cnudie Silenced. The Brantford (Canade) Cowrier tells of a gontloman of that town who recently tried sn exporimont whick 1o savs las completely ourod his wifo of jenlousy, 1fo says bo was subject to a nightly curtain lecture from lis bottor half, at a timo ‘when Lo wished to Lo wrapped in the arms of Morphous, forroturniug an affection for an old Indy friond. 1lo bore it for several nl;ihls with o Chyistinn-like resignation, hut ho at Inst dovisod o plan for putting an_end to it. o procuroed o pices of wood foried in the shapo of & huwen being and dressed it in some of his wif's wardrobo, and thon placed it in tha garden, sitting in an iron chair. 'Fo this gravon imago fio knelt down and poured forth impas- sionod addressen, The sorvant girl was standingat tho kitchon door at this time, and overhoard thote appesls, Bho immodiately notitied hor mistress of the fact. Prenently both of thom omergod from tho kitchon, arnied with broom- sticks, and mado an_attack upon the “ dummy woman,” while tho husband, swho had retired in good order, sat at the back onjoylut; the nceno, Aftor kuccking tho image over, ihey pounced upon and toro the clothing in rags, They soon digcovored thaclioat, and rushedinto the houso torribly mortifled, 'I'he husbaud followed them and enid oxasporating things. Wheunover sha ehows any disposition to bo jealous Lie has only to montion that littlo scenc i tho gardon, nnd she changos tho topic, T'ho sorvant hag sinco been induced to go to the Blatos, whore tho “ wagos aro high. ——— Daniel Wobstor’s Reclpe for Punche Joston Correapondence of the New Orleans Herald, If tho god-liko Daniel cared nothing for richios he did love n ;fimd punch, and ho knew how to congoct o drink fit for gods. Bomo timo bofore his death ho gavo big old, lifo-long friond, Maj. DBrooks, of Boston, his bonefaction and blessin, aud lofk himn, a8 tho.Inst earthly good ho couhl bestow, the following recipo” for what in now known hero among tho olect ag the Wabstor uuch, It is composcd of * ano Lottle of pure ola Frenoh brandy (smugglod direct proforrod), ona bottlo shorry, ono ditto old Jamulen rum, two ditto olaret, oue ditto champagne, onedozon lomons, one pint uum;f] ten, sugnr, strawborrios, nm; pl,x'mnpplu to suit the tasto, plenty of ico, no water, : A Oratal Orimo, Wo liave anothor {nstauce of tho frightful bra tality of Dritish crime, A gang of garrotora In Lambath, undor the londership of a swoot youth oalling himsolf ‘'ho Blaok I'rinco,” resorled to auew mothod of relioving a viotim of hin dia~ mond ring. One of them soizod tho finger and hunmomfi it with a heavy instrumont, which broko the bone ; it was then twisted round until it camo out of the sooket. lore tho operation waa interrupted, and tho ruflana decampod with only a gold watch and chaiu, The poor man was carried home in an almost insonsiblo condition. Hia eycalght was much injured, and two fingers of iy kaud rematued usaloss, “tored his offico, the ealo was orderod. THE FORT SNELLING SWINDLE. How Frank Steele & Co, Got 6,300 Acres for Nothing, And Charged the United States $102,000 Tor Taking It. From the St. Paul Dispateh, July 10, ] Within tho pnst month the grestor part of thio Fort Buolling rosorvation has baon sold at publio auction, Three thousand acres woro eold for $200,000. Tho balance ungold is worth'as much more. Xt liaa boon whispored quiotly all over tho Btato that this afalr was a fraud ;" that thoro was & wooly hoad undor the woodpile; that our * Tammany Ring " lind madaa “ big thing " out of Unclo Sam. Ilnt\.' have boon the chuckles, nods, and winks of thoso in the ring.s Boing nlways anxioua to furnish the people with tho facts in roforenco to such matters, Hm Bhdmlch s, by ite \Vnshlnlxlon agonts' diligent study of tho papera on file in the War Dopart- mant, beon onablod to lay boforo its roadors the facts In roforonco to this transaction, Thoy ro- vonl one of tho moat shamoful cases of fraud over practiced on the Amorican pooplo, HOW TUE FRAUD IEGAN, ¥ Fort Snalliug was solocted by the United Statos for n military post as far baok as 1826, The Government spont $54,701 in the eroction of buildings thero. After a while, now many yenra ago, Frank Stoolo, thon quite ' a young man, be- camo gutlor at tho fort, As tho result proyed, - he was ““wido awake” and on tho lookout for ** chancon,” Tlo firat obtained pormission to s tablish s forry across tho Mississippi River on condition that ho was to tranaport all soldiers and officers froo of oharge, 'J.‘hrs forry ho still holds, It haa beon o source of great woalth to him, It was nll the time reslly tho proporty of the United Btates, for thuflnhml rosorved tho right to turn bim out any time by giving three months’ notice, On the 23 'of. April, 1856, Bteels wroto a lettor proposing to.buy tho resorvation at 18 ‘wr soro, Jofforson Davis, then Socrotary of Wer, rofusod to sell becauso the fort was noaded for military purposes. Thon an aot was sneaked through Cougross to suthorize tho Bocratary of War to woll any forts which had becomo useless. Undor this act tho fort was sold to Btoole in %,RW, Tho facts concorning this salo woro shown i ! A CONORESSIONAL INVESTIGATION which followed. On the 4th of Junuary, 1858, on motion of Ilon. Tobert Smitl, member of. Congreay from Iilinols, tho following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That o committco of fivo mombers bo sp- polnted by tho Bpeakor 1o investigato all tho facta and circumatauces_connected with tho salo of the milita reservation at Fort Suelling, tho manuor fn which sucl snle wos mado; to whom made; the consideration, Do Uho Terms of payinent; whothor tho price pald or agreed to bo paid was adequata or not: and whother ther.ad_recervo at tho timo of snid salo was' longor wantad for the publlc sorvico, and that anld committes Dbavo power o send for perdons and papers, ond to ‘sdminlaler oatha to witneasos. ‘The Bpoaker appointed Mossra, Burnott, Mor- zis, Morcill, Faulknor, and Pottit a8 tho Holect Committeo, WUAT TIE INVESTIGATION SHOWED, On the 27th of April, 1858, tho Committes mado their roport. A minority report was made by Burnott, of Kontucky, and Faulkner, of Vir- ‘ginia. By tho roport of .the Committoa tho fol- owing faota sppear : Within six wooks aftor the now Secrotary of War, the notorious Floyd, on- Thisor der was made withont any consultation with Gon, Scott, tho Lioatonant-Goneral'of the army, - or with auy other army oflicor of promiuonce, to ascortain whother tho fort was neoded for mili- her purpores. Tho best proof that it was need- odis that tho Government still uses it, nearly twonty yoars nftor tho salo. Vloyd bad & ** chum " {n Virginia, named Will~ jam King Heiakoll, a corporal in the Virginia 1wilitin, 10 whom he entrusted tho busivess of tho unle of the fort. On Juno 1, 1857, Holskell roachod Bt, Paul. On the bth lio took Maj. Tastman, already hero, into tho commission with hiim to soll tho fort. Thonoxt day it was sold at privale sale to Franklin Stoele for $90,000. VALUE OF SBTEELE'S PURCUASE. The QGovernment buildings alone were worth £50,000, nccording to tho testimony of Col. Thomas. Mr; Bteelo ostimated them to-bo worth 18,000, but the Government had spent ovor 360,000 in building them, and $10,000 had, been spont on the rosorvation tho yoar be- fore, Whbere wers in tho resorvation 7,300 neres. S0 that if we _call tho buildings worth one-half tho estimato, eay £30,000, it would leavo but £D,000 to pay for 7,300 scros of" Iand, or at the ralo of 28.21 an acre, while land oll around the rosorvation was solling for 830 an- ncrol This sslo was mado in 1857, prior to the groat crisis, and whon land in_that region com- manded very high prices. Farm lands, as old gottlors toll us, woro at highor figures.than . they bavo over boon inco, . - . - WIY THE SALE WAS FRIVATE, . Ieiskoll tnlked with no owo elso but Bicele about tho sale, except tho bar-keeper of tho ho- tol where ho stopped. He was afeald that mon-, oyod men would hear of it and ‘‘ make combina-~ tions to beat down tho l’flm.n Trauk Steole ad- mitted in convorsation that ho would have given 110,000 if ke could not have got it for loss. Tilio Hon. Robert Smith, M. C., teatiflod that if ho hiad had & chance to bid ho would hsve given four times asmuch as Steolo boughtit for, Subsoguent- ly to tho vale Mitthew Johnson testifled that tho portios offered him tlioone twonty-ovonth park of the land for $25,000, equal to §675,000 forthe whole tract. Btoclo offered, and his offer was aoceptod, $I0,000—530,000 ¢ash and tho balanco in one and two yenrs without inferest. At that time money was worth in 8t. Paul 3 por cent per month. % MORE REASONS FOR BECRECY. But thoro is yot more of tho story. Kenneth McKenzio and Franklin Btoolo both had orocted buildings on the roservation. They did not own thom, for boing on the proporty of the United Biaten thoy bolonged to tho Uuitod Btates, Mc- Kenzio and Btoele were thore simply on suffor- ance, Bhortly before tho sala of tho resorva~ tion, Stoolo bought out McKenzie for §15,000. Btoole's own property on the reservo was worth ©10,000. Horo, thon, was 825,000 worth of invostments to = which Btoelo could only obtain a title bi buying. out tho Unitod States’ titlo. Bo that whon Stoela agreed to pay 800,000 hio-was paying &25,000 for cortain impravements made by McKonzio and himself wrhich ho lnd to buy or lose. ‘Cherefore, from tho £90,000 we must deduct £80,000 for tho ~valua of the Govornmont buildings, and 25,000 for tho value of tho buildings erccted by ilo- Konuio nnd Stoolo, leaving & balanco of §35,000 to poy for 7,800 acros of-Jand, or at the rate of 8470 per nera. - And this is tho property which tho Lon. Robert 8mith, a large owner of land in Minnoeota, and well acquainted with the roser- ‘vation, {estificd under outh ko could have sold for &500,000! This is tho land of whioh 6,300 ncres have just beon bold at the rato of £100,000. The Commissionora by o #o- crot salo gold the Fropnfly to Btoele for $0,000, nlthough they woll know that ono yoar beforo Btoolo had mads o writton proposition to Joffer-, son Davls, thon Becrotary of War, to buy tho ploco for 16 an acro, or £20,000 more than thoy gell it tor at privato salo to tho same man, 'Tho salo to Stoelo was so secret that the very officer iu command of the fort know nothing of it until the contrnot wan oxccuted, It wns Eo socrot that ono month afterwards an intolligont goutloman living in 8t. Paul did not know it wag mado. It was so socret that a Br. Reynolds, of Bt. Louis, on Aug, 10, 1857, —uearly throo months aftor the salo,—wrota to tho Boorotary of War to_kuow tohen it would bo sold. Tho srlo was in violation of the rights of the r(mpln of Minnesota. Instoad of belug mado in ogal suhdivisions of forty aoros each, oithor at opon auction or by senled” proposals, as in tho caso of other enlos of rosorvations, and thus to allow our citlzous to buy atanll tracfs, it was sold ina body to Mr, Stools, represonting himaelf, Richard Scholl, of New York, John O, Mathor Qrehinm, sud other non-resident men of fortuno, TIE ACTION OF CONURESH, On Juno 4, 1858; tho Houso roachod a voto on tho rosolutions as’ amended ; and the following was adopted : ) 2 Resolved, That ths managemont of tho salo by the agonts aufhorlzed by tho Becretary of War to conduct 1110 sumo wus {njudicfous unid Tmproper, and resultod, Dy ts want of publicity, in the exclusion of that com= patition among poruony dosiring fo purcliase which, tmder tho circunistances, ehould Lave becon permit- ad, Yons, 123; noys, 04, Ttesolved, iut fio torms of salo ndopted by thio mgents appolnted by the Socretary of War to innkg Batdl anlo are disanproved of ; for Ue Tonsons, first, that ¢ “Gnauthorized by law was givon fo tho purs nd accond, that tho right of possossion, Afior tho salo, nt‘!rw(} mt lmmu‘;xvnrlxl;nnnt was caloulatod to air galo at & rico, l‘r;’!‘;:?l‘v:df ‘That the avldm)& takon by tho Sclect Com- mitteo appolutod under ho authiority of the resolution of thia louso of Jau, 4, 1858, bo transferred to tho Bocrotary of War, to tho ond {hat, in wu{m\cllnn with o Attarnoy-Gonorsl of tho Unlted Siatcs, o may adopt such mosaurcs in respect of (Lo sale’ au_they shal bo of tho opinion, n viow of tho facta doveloped Dy suck ovidence, that 1o publio intercats roquire, Yooy, 110} nays, 68, 1 s BTEELE WINS A BTED, What did this action of the Houso signify? That the salo was * injndiclous and improper ;" that it was * disapproved of " by Cougross ; that 1te torms wore ‘ unauthiorized Dy 1aw ;" and that ‘of gotting 6,300 -acres and Lis 30,000 b tho Bocrotary of War aund Attorney-Goneral should adopt ** such mozsurcs na tho pullic in- terenty roquiro " nato tho mnle. Tha salo was thoraforo repudialed by tho highest powor In the Unltod Btates, the rapresontatives of tho pooplo. What woro tho rosults? “In . the foco of thesa rosolutions, with the testimonyin his hauda showing the fraud of tho wholo iransactlon, tho infamous Floyd, ontho 9th of July, 1858,—n littlo moro than & month aftor Congress had ro- pudiated and denouncod tho salo,—daliberatoly laced Slecla in posseasion ‘of the fort. Ho ind ‘)nld'bufi 30,000 of tho $00,000; tho law provided that no titlo should bo given until the conmderation money hnd beon pald; but, in the faco of this law, in tho faco of the Congreesfonal exposure, - still owlng 860,- 000 “on- which ho was -{o - pay DO fu- terost, Bteole ontored into possossion. Tho or- dor to tranafor tho fort ta Stoole Is addressad to Capt., A, W. Roynolds, A, Q.. M,-Fort Buolling, and- {8 signed by T, 8, Jossup, Quartormastor- Gonoral, by ordor of tho Becrotary of War, and boara dato of July 9, 1868, .The tranafor was mado on tho théory that tho Governmont did not require tho fort for milltary purposes, and {ol to-day, noarly twonty yoars nf{:)r the Balo, he Government 13 still using it for military pur- poses, TIE GBANDERE NOW REPUDIATE. : ‘What followod? Btoole, of uullrflc,(rllfl up tho 80,0007 Not a cent/ MHis party did even bettor for themselves than not paying, for tho 610,000 pald bofoco Lus boan roturned to thom, with bow muoh moro will nover bo exactly known until Congress orders nuother investij tion. Bteols first proposod to pay the 350.535 balanco due by him by olahniug damages from tho Unitod Btatos bocausa Congresa investigat- od tho matter! In his lotter to Floyd of Jan. 22, 1859, ho sa; ithqull«u probable that you havo hesrd that X in. ondod, n consequenco of tha action of, Congross and ita influence upon the property, to deciine furiher paymont until somo allowance was mado by tho Gove ernment for the dsmagoa that I have sustainod conso~ qutent upon tho actlon of Qongress in the invostigation of the subjoect, Aftorwards ho says : 1f you will withdraw tho contract from the hands of the attornoy {o wlom it was sent [to commonca suit to cancel it], I will waivo oll claim for damages, and mako o payment of $10,000 within four months, and tho balance duo (§50,000) aa soon thereafter as posstble,” Theso woro easy torma for Mr. Steolo to ask. Who would not be willing to buy forts whon E;.yr?xeont waa to bo mado “aa moon a8 possi- o 2" g BUEBMAN'S TDEA OF TERMS, * To antloipate tho run of tha narrativo & bit— the matter was referred to Gon. Bhorman, On May 28, 1868, bo gave his o{»lnlon thet * Mr, Bteolo is not anxious to fulfill tho terms of hig sgrooment.” The Goneral adda: A fair compromise should bs made with hlmngshelu,l: :nd nono "°“'fixmfi$_mfifihflw c:-od" by l':h:d 0 monoy pal with inforest, au irgo B T Tabnoys racolvod b hitn: Ho bag i Lo g6 of the valuablo forry privileges, and has had tho bonofit of othor renta snd profits, and should mako s declarative atatemont of the amount and recelvo tho ‘balanco dus him, 1t this plan hiad boon followod, Stoclo, Instead " nck, would have had to pay tho Government fora ‘balauco, for tho recoipts from tho ferry during tho war wora onormous, * TRINGS WORKING” FOR BTEELE, ‘When tho war broke out in 1861, and a call ‘was mado for tlio first mFiment, tho firat inton-* tion was to mako 8t. Paul tho plac of rondoz- vous. Tho order from Washington 'deslgnatod 8t. Paul; tho Govornor's order did the same. Buat it was urged by partios in Mr. Bteolo’s in- torost that tho Btato must use Fort Sneliing. Thoro was abundance of yacant land around St. Paul; camps could have been rondily formod, and choap bulldings oreotod. But tho dosiguac tion was mado to Fort Snelling, .Adj.-Gen.John B. Banborn, in his report of January, 1862 (Ex. . Doo., Minn,, 1861, p. 62), aays : 1 (mmedistoly niado offorts to socuro the old post of Fort Snolling for tho purposs, and sicceoded in Ao~ curing the same, with the understanding and agree-. ment with tho party in possession that the Statoshould havo tho uso of it for military purpodcs without ex~ ense, : P Gon. Ackor, In his Order No, 1, April 16, 1861, “Tho goneral rendezvous will be at Bt. Gon, Sanborn issued hix first ordor April 27, 1861, eloven days aftor’Gon. Acker's ordor, an eaid: # Criytnlna will roport to the Adjutant- General at Fort Snelling." Tho Fort was now used ag a rendozvous, bub by the Stato authoritios, to whom it had been. tendorod free of ezpense. Somothing moro was nocessary. Tho plotters wanted to have - - TIE UNITED BTATES ROPED IN, Tinally, about January, 1862, an order was ob- tainod from the Wax Dopartment at-Washington designating Fort Briolling as the rocruiting ren- dezvous of tho State militia and volunteors. Tho. trap was sprung, tho thing was fixed! Frank' . Bteole was doriving an immense income from the forry at Fort 8nelling. Tho travol to and from the fort was enormous, Strings half a mile long of vehiclos bad to wait to take their turns in crossing. Frank was quiclly charging up his rent to the Government, The noxt necessity was that tho War Dopart= ment should look fayorably nfion Btoolo’s gamo. As long ra Socrotary Stanton held that place’ his olenr percoptions snd unflinching intogrity pre-. vonted sction satisfactory to the grabbors, Dut u:n{ were pationt. Thoy bided thoir time. They waited until long after tho war closed. Thoy chiolly - BELIED UPON ALEX, RAMSEY. They could help him with Democratic votes in tho Legislature and with sham Democratio pa- pore, and Ramsey could holp them by advisin, #a ho did, the Bocrotary of War to sottlo tho di ficulty “upon an_ oquitablo_baaial” ‘fhe con- spiracy triumphod ot last. - Fravk Bteele drew up the following A ¥ LITTLE BILL: Tho United States to E. Steclo, Dr. Jan, 24, 1868; o g0 and occupation of Fort Bnelling resor- ‘vation for military purposes from 1861, to Jan, 34, 1808,—81 montha per mont! veee wnrseen Oredt—1ly Baliics of piciads Ty i~ poid.. 60,000 +eeeses $102,000 Total €l eevesersrsaress TOE GRAD FOBDED. Tho War Dopartmont undor Gen. Belknap al- lowed this bill for **rent,” It took back 1,000 neres immediately around the fort; it paidback the $80,000 received from Bteelo; and now, within a fow daysback, Stecleheasoldonae-helf of- the proporty for 3200,000! The other half is di- ;lfldo(‘\’dolay tha conspirators, being worth anothor 0. 4 Thig frand hos robbod the United Statos of Iandod property worth 400,000, for which they rncaivu& nothing—for the £30,000 instalmout was ‘offsot by. tho loss of the forry oarnings, rents, and othor profits which by rights belonge: to the Unitod States. Asthe G,300 acros havo #old at tho rate of 400,000, tho Unitod Btatea pnid $138,000 & yoar rent for its own proporty, for which it had never been paid, and of which it liad novor made any conveyanco to the party claiming ront. In otherwords, tho party that owna tho land paya rent to_tho man that doesn't own it; and the man that dogen't own it collects: onough for what ho bag no right to ront to pay for the wholo property. If tho fraud were not B0 onormous tho farco of it would bo laughabla boyond measure, COXCLUSIONS, * Wo don’t blame Frank Stcole 0 much as tho ‘War Dopartmont. Hels o respectablo advon= turer, aud his iden of a governmont is something. to bo proyed upon. Thero is, howover, o limit to tho blame daeserved by & dopartment which, oithor from folly or corruption, would consum- mato auch ragcality, Aud, moro than all, wo ‘blame Aloxander Hamsey, who, whon conforred with by the War Doparimont, and Lnowing tho wholo {\Illnry of the fraud, should, from either cowardly or corrupt motives, have pormitted such villainyto tr \me, not only without a word of protest, but with his assont eud con- nivanco, Stoolo may b put of reach of the Iaw. Ho has pcukulo& his plunder aud is la\\F\m\fl ot the coplo; but Ramscy socks re-oloctlon, hopin, ;’or furthor nssiatanco from Btoele in tho way ol guard thoir intoresta mutunl favors, to again with tho atorn “and &u(chml intogrity bo has phown inthe cnso wo have rolated. With him, ot Isaat tho people can sottlo. ‘hoy qommnnend 1o do so Jast Wednesday. —_— florrible Cruclty of Mexican Banditsy From the San Dicgo (Cal.) Union, July 11, Among tho pasgongors on the Callfornia yoas torday was & Lt416 gic!, sgod about 13 yaere, who, with lier mother, was on tha way'to friends in Ban Franolsco. T'ho ehild possessod a bosutiful form sud was ondowed with winning gracea of manner; but her foaturca boro tho marka of mos} atrocions cruelty, Sho hed been captured by tho savage traops of the bandit Chief Loza- da, of Teplc, and tho flenda (who had dotained horas & hostage) bccomln%impnuunl at tho nou-payment of hor ransom, burned hor face in tho mont dreadful manner, Bho said that thoy bold Ler down, and heaped tho glowing coslg from thoir camp-tire upon hor faco. e ¥ ‘ Mrw, Loes A rocent visitor to. Mra, Loo st Alexandria, Va., found her buslly ongagod in coloring an oxe uiglto bunch of aultmn loayes, which, on quess tloning her, he found wero dostined for fuirta be biold goon, the procosds of which aro to go to~ ward orooting s momorial chapol to Qen, Leos Making fanoy work for this fair and coloring ploturos is Mru, Loo's favorite ocoupation, an 80 eager {8 ahio to contribnto to its succoss thal slie rinos at 0 o'clock to begin Lior work,