Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 4, 1873, Page 2

o ~ e TIIE CITICAGO DATLY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1873, GOV. WASHBURN OF WISCONSIN His Speech at Fond du Lae, Oct. 3. The Financial Troubles---'.[‘hé Oalifornia Oontest. The Railroad Question-=«Water Communications. Credit Mobilier---Increased Pay -=-Ciesarisme--The Tariff Special Dispatch to The Chicaqo Tribune. ToNp Du Lo, Wis,, Oct, 3, 1870, An nll-dny's storm has provented tho extonelvo Qisplny suticipated by the Ropublicsus ou the oceasion of Gov. Washburn's visit aud spocch, Armory Hall containg about 300 pooplo, to whom tho Governor i making one of his bost apocchos. 1t is well recorved, 1lowever littla Ropublicans in Northorn Wisconsin may think of Baker and Johuson on this ticket, thoy aro united and on- thusiastic in thoir support of Gov, Washburn. GOV, WASHBURN'S SPEECIT. ot ounuen, cent financial rovulslon Lns w\’fg,nn;'«uumn and rutn, but I have an sbiding faith fhut “Out of tul metilo danger wo shall phuck tho flower of safety.” Such o revulsion was inevitablo, sud it was well that it camo now, Spenulution, oxtrav- ogance, and overtrading nlways lcad to the samo re- Bitita, "Dy (his revuleion wo alinll get rid of mauy of o ot peatllent slock wid gold gamblers, whont sors, and (ho llke, who iro {hio. curso of all legitl- TLIC. . Ciploso faflutes will clear tho ate Tiosphers, Bud ouMbIo U Lo tee WHOF WO stand, In 1lio thiroes of tho commercial world to rid itsclf of what incunibered it, many muat tampomrily Aulfer, But T bellevo the heart of the country is yet souna, and, whtlo spooulators may bo Bopt awny and bust: nes lavgely sufor, ultimate good will grow out of it, 'Tho producer will bo found to Lo all ight.” Our vaat surplus wo still havo : Europo wants 3¢ nll, ond must hovo it, ot remuneratlvo prices, Tho wesciit orangoment bas depressed prices, but, s T E«-\lu\'c but temporarily, and my advice to tho farmer would De, after paying lis most pressing debts, to 1iold his production until matters bocomo more Aottlod and tho future Letter assured, Thoro is littlo occasion for panic In legitinunto busincss, aud, instend of fan- ning the flames of distrust, overy gocd cltizen: should endeavor fo reassure his nolghbior and restore confi- flenca tu business, THE GALIFORNIA CONTEST, The peoplo aro looking more 1o their mmediato in~ toresls thaw formorly, Horatoforo loyally s covorad o multitudo of sins, but that dny fs pnet, for tlough tho people hove mo idea of ontrusting with power fhiose who wero enemics of thie country in fts Lour of tria), thoy will require ability, integrity, and fdalityon tha part of thofr public sorvants, whatever thelr nnte- cedents may bLavo been durini our great conflict, The recent contest in Californin Lus o deep significance, From {ho outset, I confoss to havo felt o sympathy with Gov, Booth nnd the reform movement thero, Such n movement was thero neccssary, Doth partice, Republican and Damocrallc, woro complotely in o control of the ‘motiey power of that State, but tho people have proved thomsclves master, as_they alwaya will, when thoy chiooso to mensuro {heir strongth, ~ They luva fought ©good Oght In Californin and linvo coma off conquer- orv, 1t was o fight ogainst tho extortionato nnd over- Yoaring insolenco of tho Oentral Pucific Raflroad, which owns olt tho rafironds In tho State, and its attempt to control legisiation and ruin San Frauclsco by selzing upon Goat Iuland. The records of Congress Wil show who first {uvoked congrersional_action to restrain this mannioth corporation and by whoso offorts tho Goat Telund steal was defeated, though all tho influence of California In Congrosa was broughit to bear to put it through, THE RAILROAD QUESTION, Perliaps {ho most importunt qiestion now, 5o far na your welfure i8 coucerued, is the ono affecting the irnl.\lpnrmflnn of the surplus production of tho farmer to tho seaboard, * Tho ct;sl n{z n;ov]nu the crop has Deen 8o oxcessive fhiat, though tho consumer paysn 1iigh prico, liitlo or udting fa loft to the producer, and tho quicstion is as to tho romedy, 1L {8 a trouble- Bomo question, and_ho will bo a wiso men who can solve it, It cannot bo denled that the vest accumula- tlons of capital in fow bands §s o just causo of alarm, There oro many single raflway companies in the coun= try wiclding capitals varying from ten to ifty ‘millions of dollard. A recont articlo in Harper’s Weekly statea that Corncliua Vandorbilt coutrols rullwuy lines repre- sanifed on tho Stock Exchango by seourities equal to £215,000,000, upon which the gross income lulsunrvvml £45,000,000,’ In adition fo this ho controls tho Weat- tern Union Telegraph Company with nearly or quite 150,000 miles of wirc, and a real or nominal capital of §45,000, Bo that Lere is ono man who may be sald to Rave nis hand on the throat of the commerce of tho country. "Tho prosent ogitation 1n i country means that tho yeonln ‘comprebend the eituation and sce thelr dangor. "They nre determined that no_corporation and no man bl bo nbovo tho lav 3 that Inwa suall miot bo made or unmade at the dictation of thia corporation or that. They aro goiug Lo watch their publi servants, Horeto- foro too muny legislatars in somo of tho Btates wero ‘Just na much boughit and gold as the Luliocks i tho wbambles, Whilo the x{fople huve nobody to lobby for them, th railrond-lobbylet fs everywhere, He fu- wades the halls of legielation ; o breaks over the Fules ; ho s seen on thie floor of tho Houso or Sonato © squata liko o toad at tho ear of this nomber or {hot, Lmploring ono or throatening tho other, This {8 no faricy skeich, and to sco 1t you need _ouly to have been attendant at the sittings of our Legislnturo in years past, You are no enemy of rajlroads, but you aro de- termined thnt they shall atick to their legitimate du- tics, and no Jonger dictato leglslation or who shall bo plected taoMeo. o » o+ o 4« 4 i {¥hen wo como ta flio ralliay question, T confess to you ihat it 15 foll of diflicuities, and, the moro the question 18 studied, the more and groator those diffi- Sulties will appear, That tho peoplo havo absolute Control of {ho Tailronds in_this Biste, under our Coue stitution, I lnve mever doubted, and the Suprome Court of the United States has'recontly wo doclded. Beven years ago, nnd whila I waa a privato citizon, I repared and submitted to the Leglslature s pro ratn Sl bill, which pased tho Assembly by o voto of ‘moro_tha four to ono, but whiok was defeated in the Benate becaueo thoy sald thay had not time to prop- erly considor ¢, I hope this fall you will sond mem- bera to both branchies of the Legislature who will take time to consider so jmportant s wmatter o8 that, nud that you will receive no such excuse, The Stato of Difuols s working out this problem st thie timo, and I am hopiug they will devolop somothing that we can eafcly follow, It is puproscd by somo that the trio remedy is competition and tho building of more railronda; but experionce shows this to be an error, aud that, whero combluation or consolidation is possible, there will bo no such thing 28 long-contintied competition. More thun oue rond near tho samo line, lustoad of cheapenfug iransportas tion, absolutely fncreaves it, 0s the public have ta sup- port {wo Mucs instead of ome, when ono conld do ull 1o business. T do not look with fuvor cither upon tho Btate or General Government onterlug upou a system of railway managemont or ownership unless us o last resort, Could wuch a systom bo houeatly munsged, and not become an lutolerablo Bource of corritption, it might bo looked £o as o remedy for oxisting evils, if o dou- ple-track freight railwny cauld bo constructed honest Iy nd cheaply between the Miasisippl und Lako Mich- Ignn and theneo to tho seaboard, aud operated in the {utorest of tho pun“le, t would be o great Dleselng to o, and ong el Toad would Liuve s Healthy - fluence over all others, T Lava obuorved recéntly o statement mado by Ben- stor Morton, of Indiano, to tho effact that o parly of papitalista from Holiund atood rewly to build & double-track rafiroad from ° the Mlgiselppl to o seabosed, without_nny - uid from " Gov- erumont, i 'Uongress would only give them tho nocedsnry charter, If thero be uuy such pastics, Ly all means ot them build such o roud, T Liave 1o doubt about the nu(l(nrlly of Qongress in this mattor, nop bavo I sny doubt thit Senutor Morton honestl; hinks thera oro such parties as b namos, ready ane anxiond to put thelr_monoy fn euch uu onterprise, But Tmuat. bo purdonod for o littlo incroduiity, 1 hiave cen so many contidence men, birds of (Il omon, Doverhng around Congross with tliolr grand schotes, promisitig great public benofits, which fufled in tho Porformance, that 1w suspicious of tho wiiolo raco of thom, und If Gov. Morton's honest and relisbio Dutebmén do ot turn ut to bo o set of culo Yuukecs, without efther character or monoy, and whoso objec iu obtaining & charter from Caugreas is to Linvo somo- thiug to trade oo hereaftor, I slull bo happily disap- inted, Tecauuo T Lovo always maiutained that rallways in 4his tata woro publio corporations and subject to leg- ‘falative control, and bocauss whilo in_Congrexs I erlti- cizod freely certain raseally railwny trausactions, it hu sujted woniv persous to rojircsent mo 0s houtilo to all railroads, Tho fact s just the reverde, . T know full well what raflways hayo done for civiil gation, and how jmpossille it fs to dfspenso wills them, Thoy shiould bo treated fairly sud jusily, and they shvould e mad o deal fatrly nud Just with the pub- fle, oy ara ton genorlly lwicws and nve an tiea Fuat noboily bne any right to stand in tlelr way § andff auyliody sliould huvo tho audaclty to do so, howover ust Ly cause 100y be, then overy means 1 fesortad to Zu crush im out. As our raflratds uro now managod, thera ds hurdly o business man in the Btate but stuuds Ju mortal drewd of giving oftensolest rotaliation should Fuin his business, Oncoin a whilo thore fs n man Strong enough to assert 1w rights und tako caro of him- Belf, bt they uro fow, Tu saying what I havo, I do pot’ mean to say thaf our railways aro mannged Gorso than in othor Stotes, Our wator come Jaunication on tho north, cant, and west has no Houbt hul & heulthy fnthicnco upon thom, But we do fot know what day our great leading lfues will pass fofo hunds that will have no interest in the ‘pu\fllu wols furo, uud whous only objoct will ba fo grind tholast dollir out of tho peoplo, Tudead, on_otfort was made lnat spring to destroy competitfon betweun 1ho two great linck by pooling the earnings—o clear violsiion of tho laws of the Hiato, fnd witich, 1f carriod out, wonld havo resnlted in the Bppeal of tho cliurter of both companios, 1 know tlia famper. of tho peoplo, and, while oloying tho luw hotusctves, thoy uvy diermiiiod tiat o crgatiro of Fhuira shall sot ftsolf up ad wbove It t Ju i bit tho othes dag that al o Toading railsoads of tha State eatorad 1010 & combination to advanco the freight on whieat 3 conts por bushol, und the univorsal clamior that went up from the peoplo hus Loon power- I'liis action only sbows the necessle ‘Phe Hopybhlican press uobly 94 to prevout it 1T Eiaistive sontrol, reaponded ta the publia demand anid donounced thin uitampt I Btting terms, but T am sorry to sy that the leadlug Damocrutis papr of tho Stato lind nothing but words of apology for tho ontrage. AL ratiroads become too overhenring and_ oxtor- Honate, anid legidativo conteol whall fall to voach 1lom, tha, peoply. nep ot withyut remody, As was anld by Tiitkey, 4 Whon bad e edinbluo, Hio gond musk ns- 8o latg, vl thoy whI Lall onn by’ ong an nupitled ae vioo fit o contenptible strapste! 10 necassary, thoy mont wa<ocdaro and dy hale own trangportyim - A ruad on tho 1w row-gauga printolplo can ba bt upon “uns of the oot Hinesdn the State, sl fully stocked, Tor 314,000 par nole, Sueh u road Tos eupaclty to do donbic tho Tuainess that s dono by any road in tho Btute, wiwl, 40 far nw tho farmera ars coneorno |, wonld move thoid freigt Sust ug podlly_und muteticlorlly 68 1 brondegaug road, A3 u presoniger voud §t would anawor tho purpose, oven §f not qulte ns comfortablo 48 1 brond-gatgo, Buicl roud In within tho abllity of any nottlad eom- munity n tho Slato to build, ow, nid oporata fu thelr own interost, v It nced e, the' countie of Milwaukeo, Waukéshn, Jofferson, Danc, Towa,’ nnd Grant could enslly ralse funda to build atich a road from thio Mississippi to tho Inke, each county contribiting in_proportion to tha miloago within §te jurfadiction, and ‘tho Olinirman-of tho Toard of Buporviscrs of each county forming o Board of Direotors fortho tonds Tn this way tho citi- Zonp of auch county of the road—would ously watch ita management, Such road, coating not over one-lnlf of oxixting ronds longside which 1t wae Tald, nud oporated for throo-Aifths, would drive oxisting roads to Inovitabln bankruptoy. 3 WATLR-COMMUNIOATION, Dut I have not tima to dwell upon this transporta- tlon queation_nuy furthor thon {o euy that I seo great Tog-ralling schomaa growing up for doplating tho Pube Ho Tressuey undor theproloucoof chonponiog trauspor: tation, It ls proposed to open suidry water-communi= cations, and, §f all tho sliomos aro racotved with favor, vast outlsy 1oust Lo Incurred, Some of the scliomes Ttayo merit, but most of them hayo privato speculation nt the bottom, The fmprovament of tha mouth of tho Misskaalppt 14 & groat notional worls, and should not bo noglected ono day, and, of coitra, wa nil belloyo n ima proving tho great nationst highway botween tho Mis- wssippl nnd Greon By, 1t being tho first lino traversed by clvllized mon botwicon tho ako and tio. Fatkior of atara, e o provo that I fully undorstand tho finportanco of wihiat tho Almighty hins dono for us in the way of pro- Tiding great uationsl highway, and, lio necoesity of improving thosamo ad prosorviug thom from unmoc- essaty abstructlon, I fiocd ouly to rofor to my piblio rocord in tho past fiftcon years, As carly as 1858, I en- denvored to intorost Congross in tho improvomont of the Misalsslppi Rivor, from Bt, Paul down, by holding the water In tho apring, when thore was b groat Aur- plus ovor the wanta of navigstion, in the many large rea noar the soiurce, sud letiing 1t como down in tho uoason of droughit. 'T'o that cud, I introducnd = rosolution, whivli waa Tefarrod to the Coramitteo on Commeree, and also had corrospondonco with tho lato Oharlea Ellot, o vory dis- tingutaliod euytncor, who hind given the subject of im- provlug rivers in that way great attontion, also with Capt, 0. 1, Bigolow, of Lawrence, Maas,, under whoso obrorvaiton tho capncliy of the Morrimna tiver had beon nearly doubled by holding tho surplus in the great resorvolr of Lake Winnopiscogeo, Both gentlomon i)runnlmwd the opportunity tho vory best for improv- g o great navigablo stream nt o very insignificant cost, Boforo anything wos dono or any plan o stir~ ‘vey mado for the improvement of tho Dea Moines and Rack Inland rapids othior than that made in 1838, by Tobert E, Lee, with o vlow of attracting tho n!ton‘lon of Eastorn members of Congross to tho nocesaity of cliospening transportation o the Misslsslppl River, T addresnod n communication to tho Boston Daily dd- vertlser, datod Oct, 28, 1805, showing tho noccssity of that great improvement, and pointing ont the way it shhould bo dono, tho plan being different from that of Gen, Lec, nnd bolng the preciso plan_the Govornment aftorwards adopted, With your permission, Iwill read tlho opening ]mrrlgr&}fl! of thint communication, written oight years ngo: * ‘Thio constantly incroasing surplus prodiced io tho gront Nortiwest, ‘and (o groat om- harrassnionts whicls the produchig clnsses labor under from Inadequate facilitica in getting thelr surplus to markot, n8 woll a8 from extortionate chargea exacted Dy present incs of transt, makes tho necossity for other and clicapor; avenuod to the seaboard apparont to every observer, The rates of transportation have gono on constautly lucroasing until they Lave becomo an unbearablo oppression.” I will farther say that whilo in Congress, though ndmitiing tho nocessity of allowlng raflway bridges to be constructed across the Adiseiesippi River, I always insisted that where ono bridgo could be nade to uccommodate two or moro ronds, it should bo made to do so, That, ns ovos bridge was an obstruction lo navigation, there should Uo o8 fow as possible, and coustructed s0a fo interposo ns lttlo danger or delay as pos- slble. I havo doemed it proper to make this statement Leeausc, a8 you aro woll aware, I folt constrained to intorposo my Yoto last wintor to an act. of the Legislaturo permitting o bridge to be thrown ncroes the Mississippl at o point whero n board of able and disinterested um{‘unglna.‘m had satd one ought not to bo built, T wus bitterly assailed for my action, and it vwas eald tht it was dictated by motives of host tility towards a partieulne Tailway, and tho desiro to favar tho Clty of La Crosse, whoro for many yoars I have had tho happincss to reside, Tho statement I bavo made iows that my action was ontiroly cone sistont with my provious record, ond lind I dono otherwise I should justly havo snbjected myself to the cousuro of tho wholo country, It iaa sourco of satle- faction to mo to know that all tho positions nssumad Ly mou that veto hava_ boen recentiy vindicated by Judges Drumnmond aud Hoplking, of tho United States Olrcuit aud District Courts, after a fall and pationt bearlng of thie whole case, ' It will hardly bo claimed that tholr places of residences, or Loatllity to the St, Puul & Miiwaukeo Railroad, influouced their decision, OREDIT MODILIER, Some time since, one of our Senators dolivored a speach 1n tho city of Janosvillo, wheroln he undertook 1o defend what §s known na_tho Credit Mobilior Com- pany, ond the recent nct of Cougress increasing tho poy of its members, A8 a prominent and lending Democratio paper of tho Stato has porsiated fn ropro- senting mo us o defonder of tho Orodit Mobilier, tnd @ the Benator used my name in hia speech on tho back-pay queation, I deem it proper to notlce both of thioao aubjoetsy and fo sny.that I ontircly dissent from tha position of the honorable Senator. oro hus boon groat deal of virtuous indignation of Iato over the Credit Mobilier, but, the troublo s, it comes tao Iate for any purpose oxcopt to destroy cer- tain publle men, I endeavored to arouse Congress and the public ivo yeara 0go, when o _remedy could havo beon appliod to the oxisting evil. This wholo matler was lnlliy phown up by me, In o apecch of au hour and A half in length, delivered in tho Houso of Roprescntatives on tho 20th dny of March, 1868, I old w copy of that speocl In my land, published in pamphlet form, aud the title page reads aa follows ; “Bpaoch of tho Hon, G, 0. Washburn, of Wisconsin, delivered in {he Houso of Represontatives, March 20, 1808, on the jolnt rosolution providing for tho reguia- tion of fures and freights over the Pacific Ruilroads, and reviowing the sction of the Pacific Railroad Com- mies, and the laws of Congress thoreon, by which ,000,000 of Government bonds, and s tor- Titory twice tho sizo of Great Dritaln and Ireland bavo been given to mammoth corporations, without auy socurity to the Govornment or tho public— $9,000,000 of which was without suthority of lsw.” { was clected to tho Forticth Congress in the fall of 1806, Tho regular scasion of that Congress began in November, 167, My ntlontion was carly diracted to tho legistafion upon ‘the Facllc Rallrond, I investi- gated the question, and became satisfied that the most Btupendoun frauds wore belug perpotrated thore, and fully oxposed them on ibe floor of the House, I was contantly ntorrupted durlng the spcoch by tho frionds of tho road, My Investigations sntisfiad mie that the legislation of 1803, by whick the Government wus doprived practically of ull scourdty, was carried by frand and corruption, Though vigorously opposcd by o fow porsons, tho Job was 80 well sot up tint the nyos aud naes conld not Do obtained on the passage of tho DLill. T demon- strated, to my own satisfaction ot lenat, that the aub- aldy given by the Government was smplo to bulld the road, if honeatly employed for that purpose, yet I found that tho Governniunt woo left without any con trol over (o road, uud roally without any, socurity for its advances, At that timeiho road wos but just bo- gun, and but about $6,000,000 of Londs had been ad- vanced, Beforo golng further, I inslated that tho Government should have some security, and rotaiu some control over tho road, With your permission, I will read o fow passages from that speech, from whiel you will dlscover what view I then took of this sub~ Joct. Tho opiniana I then cntortalnod havo beon changod inno_ degreasinco that timo, T was woll aware then of the linzard T {ncurred in attackiug this powerful and unserupulous corporution, declaring, s T i that, if not controlled tlien, it would succss- fully defy all legialativo control thercaftor; that it woild possasa o power that would make ond unmake Presidents, Benutors, Mcmbora of Congress, Govers nors, Legitlatures, und fudicial oflicors of Statos, and condanger the libertiea of tho [ml'lk!llo 3 a power that can and will forco overy Intereat of the conntry (o pay & tribinto nn tho prico of its existenco,” In thisapeach I reviowed tho action of Congross upon thio pubject of tho Pacifio Railrond, and elowed that under the original nct passed fu 1803, *tho Govern- puent wad ta liayo a first mortgago on tho rond to to- rcent of tho bonds were to bo he price for would bo initereatod tn tho succoss curo its ndvances, Twenly-five on o part of tho ling, nd 16 on tho rest, reaerved uttil tho road was comploted, { {ransportation of Govarntnont {relght 'sid pissougers wa (o be npplicd in liquidation of tho bonds, wnd & per cont of tap not earuings were also to be set nslde Jor tho samo purposs, The amount of stock leld by any ono man waa Limited to 200 shares,” I thon wnt on’ further 10 nay, * partloa wera not long found wanting to avail thomaclves of this not, Tt hns ale roady beon scen that to complete the organizatlon it only requirsd_2,000 shiarey to Lo subscribod, and 1 por cont on » dallar, or $30,000 pald in, to perfect tho orgunization, Partles wro ready and proinpt to act and obtain control aud eut out tho publle in vie- Intion of what was contemplatod in the nct, naming wlarge number of corporators In all parts of tho Country. Tlo orgaulzation boing comploted, what was Tost to to dono? Go on und build tho rond? Not o bitof it1 Withtho first grants seourod, a geant worth untold millious, inutexd “of proceding’ to bulld thu Yond, this Unlob Paclfic, befaro spendiing a dollar in buslding tiie road, or, s I bellove, in moving shovals fut of carth, comé down upou Gobgress on tho fold, g e o e e oaming with purtoand gatd, and §n 1864 succeodod fu_scouring the pussago of an act to Wjpo out every provislon made in the orlginal set for o sccurity f tho publlo, OF tho munnur” by which enid last act was paséed, T care not to apeak, It fu of the nct iteolf that 1 speak, Who voted for this umendod act it {8 imposuiblo to nacertain, as the record sliows that all attompte to obtnin the aycs and nocs on s fnal passage fafled, Wo know thia, that overy fne terest of tho paoplo that wos guardod u tho fnit act waa aacrificed in tho secand, Wo know {hat the necurll{ of tho Qoyornmont was subordinuted ton first morigago nmounting to over 60,000,000, tuat the roscrvation of llll{ purt of the Lonida," until tho road sbould b comploted, woa o~ rouml‘. Also_ tho 6 per cont not carnings to ;me to iquidito the honds, and the proviaion for applying tho earninga of tho vosd ou Govornmont {ratportution was alterod 80 s to roquiro but ono-half o bo 6o ap- plied, and all rostrlotion as to the amount of atack that any one mau could hold was romoved, The land.grant was doubled—giving (Lo diforout Pachfio Rondu a torrl- tary, according to thoroport of the Commissionor of {ho upnw‘l’llnlnllld:{l)flluo,l WI:||J|II {lno-llull:lh:l é'!',lnc:u‘lul;o aroa of Eugland, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, 3 Jorsey, 1o Tulo of Man, aud tho Tslands of the Britlsh glvo their busineas tott, and jonl: wons: and less than o tentts of Deing canal to tho Troneli Empira propor, and nothing tut the ingonuity of man_ could luyent for their Lonofit waa withheld, "Tluln I th:a presont sapact of affnirs, After going o doavtibing o, peogeem of fho work, and the vaclowd aelientc - eonnecled with i, Taddz- ~ ju Now, M, Bpuatier, 1 will amsort nrove) and watn. talu that the Goveenment of 1ho Unlied Btafes will fural-h uvoey do'lir hecosmary fo to bulld thess roads, undl for Liuse vant widv.ncos tho Governmout has pracs H noHoeikiLy wiateve: 1 y computation, §t appears that the Gavertnent athadtys will averaga noout 519,000 per hly for tho en- Uro distance, In tho Judgnent of relinble ralirdat men, there In not to exeeed S00 mitles of the ontite lino. that wiil cost to sxeced that simn per mile, whilo o largo part of tho Jno will cont far, loza ; yet I find that when 1hio bt of 1804 wan 1 for consldoralion it wan stalod on the fluor of tho Houso that thero wero many miles that would cont $500,600 per mile, . .4 . . #1 huyo niready widd that this road “coutd be buflt for thio Government anbslily, and T relterate that, pro- vitlod it 1 buill an other ronds are bLuill, by coutract~ ing with tho lowost biddor, To mako tlio road cost tho stockboldors no moro than bsolutoly nocoamnry, and at o fumo Limo to make It ropresent o nominnt cost thint would rollove the ntockholdors uf tho appenranico of not putting in monay of thelr own, and alko {0 To- Lieve tiem from tha 10 per cont dividend Iroposition, thiey resort Lo n dovice unlienrd of Lofore in thils_coun- try. Tho slooklioldoraof tho Paciflo Road nro fow in nanber, 4 Ty conld easly have mado contract with tiem- ealyes for the building of the rond withont bids or nil- Yerlisotouta of any kind, Thioy could havo ngreed to liavo paid themsolves $100,000 or $200,000 per milo and awell tho nominal cost 10 Auch n fignro na o have noutralized tho 10 por cent proviso fn regard te carn- ngs, Rut would such a transaction bave Leon ro- gardod ns nn honest or legitimnto and stralghtfor- ward ono, and binding on tho Governmont? Gloarly not, Would n transaction which amouuts to precisely the anmo thing, arrived nt in an indircot manner, be any muro lionorablo and atraightforward or blnding ontho Goverument? Inatead of contracting for the construction of the road, as all olher roads have Leen Dullt, what did they do 7 “4, B, 0, and D aro tho stocklioldera of the Comi pany, "4, 13, 0, and D, under n chattor from tho State of Pounsylvnin, organized thomselves into a Company callod tho ¢ Crodt Mobilier of America.’ A, B, 0, and D, atockholdors, ontor nto a contract with 'tho Orodit Mobitfor to buulld thfa rond ot fabulous prices, and tho Oredlt Motnlior Iets out tho contract at the lowest fig- uroat which it can Lo built, making a clear profit of the differeuco between tho price at which the contract 1a takon and tho priconctuslly pald to thoso who do tho work, of n_sum, Tam nssurcd, that will not full short of muny, many millions of doliata. It will raadlly bo scon from this that the Compauy praotically contracta with iteclf to bulld the. road, aud that the onormons Sigurea they oxhibit as: roprosonting. tho cost of tho road aro ubaolutely fictilions,” “This was tho Srat exposition of Oredit Mobiller over mado In Cotigren oF clsowhero, 3low much truth thore 18 in the aasertion of my good feiend Callins nbout my being o champlon of the Oredit Mobilier, you may sce from what I havo sald, Oue yoar ago, in b spoech made in frout of tho Plank- inton Touo In Milwatikeo, T spoke of tais Oredit Mow biller to relterate whut I had maid in Congress, but I added that tho namnos of Acvaral mombérs of Cobgross in high standing had been conuocted with 4t by ono M'Comb, thnt thoso gonttemon bad all donlad it, and that I belfoved them, Thoy woro all mon whoso pro- vious charactor justified that Dbollef. It was after~ wards proved that those gentlomen, driven Dy stroes of woathior, took refugo in faluchood and prevarl tion, X wasdeceived in regard to those individual men, but T nover uttored a thought inconsfstont withs tho speech made in 1868, from which I havoread, I adhore to it all, sud ouly regret that the public were not ns virtuous then ssnow, as in that ovent much of thoscandal that Lna eluco arlsen might hava been avoldad, But T got llttle support from uuy fiTlar\nr,— on ko contrary, ?’ul(u thoreverso, But Iwilldwell no longor on thut subject. _ A INCREASED PAY. In Senator Carpenter's specch ut Janesville, ho mado usg of this lungunge : ¢ In 1840 tho dologation from Wisconstn in the Mouzo consiated of 0, O. Washvurn, I, O. Sloan, Philetus Bawyer, and Walter D. McIndoe, Mr, Washburn votod for the bill ; Sloau and AMecIndoe did not vote, four received tho back puy voted by the bill, Is thera any man hero to-uight willlug (o brand Gov. Washburn as a thief ? " Ithink that I muy reasonably hope that hia audience, mentally ot least, nnewored Is inteYrogatory iu the megative, DBut the Senator foll into s grave error fn ropresonting that I votad for tho inecreased pay bill in 1866, The simplo trath §s, that I was not o member of Tongrose ot that time, aud Low the Senator huppened to fall {nto such an exror I cannot quite understand, I cannot but regrot that ho had not examined tha record with more eare before making tho statement ho did, I folt annoyed at tho mistake, Tho speoch had o very wido circulation, and I cannot expect to corroct tho error, excopt at honie, which in justice to myself 1 onght to do, 1 am sure that the error was uninten- tounl, While I did not vote for tho bill of 1860, and am confident that I should not had I boen In Congress,thero was porhaps a little justiication for it, But for the nct of 1873, thero wug, in my $ndgment, nd Justificas tion whatover, The salary of $3,000 was ample, It was far mora than the valio of tho sorvices of tho nverage Congressmun outside of Congress, Tho iden that hus boen advanced, tint ut that salary poor men woro oxlouded from Congress, fa the veriest nou- #enso, Did you over know s citizen of Wisconsiu to declino n favorable opportunity to go to Congress, and eepoclatly tho Senate, becauno of the inadequucy of tho salary 7~ You do not, or should not, send_tuen to}Cou- gro:a beeauge thoy desire to go for the sake of awhat thoy can mako out of it, If you expect good Bervieo you should send nien who ure willlug to inuke some sacrifice, and whoto principsl compensation cousists in tho consciousness of ~ duty done, and In tho honor which follows public scrvice, houestly, foarlesss ly, and consclentiously performed, Five thousand donars & your, or $10,000 for two years, s ample fo puy the oxpelwes of o member nnd s family for the miuo or ten months Lio lvea in Washington, bosldes leaving hitn something Tiandsomo over, unless bo enibarks in o lifa of luxury outircly inconsiatont with tho bLest class of public sorvico, Tho idea that o member must keop up cer- tain nmount of stylo to bo respocted, I entirely dissent from, Draius will tell wherover thoy are, No man was moro respected and honored thau the Into William Ditt Fessenden, yot no man made less shiow or lived with greater slmplicity. It ia my deliberate conviction that, with a salary of $5,000 o yoar, you will huvo better members than ot §$10,000, Muko {lio ealary largo, and overy smart rascal in tho country will try to bribe his way through, and many will succeed ; but whether ragcals or not, blfi {uy and lifo of luxury will render members lazy and Ineflcleat, 1do uot proposo fo as- aall those gentlemon who voted for the increased pay Dill, To nbuso {hose whom overybody olse is abusing, does not sacem right, They bave a heavy burden to bear nnd T would not 1€ 1 culd sdd to it. * It fa cruslty to add aflliction to tho aflicted, I know thut most of them regret, and may havo bitterly repented thelr ne- tion, nud would gladly roeall it, I foar, howover, that {110 Fopontauco of many 18 but flio ccho’of tho publie Indlguation, sad 15 20 corlih guaraity of & chadgo of irt, cart, But T hoar somo ona say, did not you voto for an fn- creaso of poy in 1855, aud if 8o, 1t Comes with an dll grace from you to criticlzo tho action of tho lato Congres, 1n apawer, T state that 1 did voto for tho chango of tho Inw by which tho pay of membors was clunged from o per diom to o lixed sulary of $,000, The Teasons for tho change wera, tomy mind, vory stroug, Tho action was fully sustainod by tho colmtry 15 wiso and Judiclous, This nction diffored from that of tho last Congress fu tlis, that no member voting for it hud beon e elected to the next Congress, but oll had to go at once beforo thelr constitiionts and givo an account of {hierna sloa boforo they could bo ri-aletod. 1 ropresoniod then ovor onc-ialf of tho ferritory of tho Stuto, tho counties of Rock and Dano,und all west, ot ing within my district. I was re-olected that fall by about 10,000 majority, of moro than_doublo what I ro- d two yeara before. This slows what my con- stiluonts thought of iy naction then, whon all the facts “und reasona woro frosh beforo them, 1u thislnst’case, tho Increasoof falary woanot propozed until gentlemen had been re-olocted for bwo years, and all such 03 voted for the bill, voted-not only two yoars' back day, but two yeara of forwurd pay ut §1,600. oxmsamm. You hove hesrd a good deal of Tnto abont Cosnrism, Isupposo_you kuow what that fs, though Idow't oxactly, I reckon it meana that somebody Intends to procluiin himscif ot somo fatura doy. ibo sbuolute master of tho peoplo. If thero bo any such man, bo will do well to romembor that Cwsar bnd his Brufus, Our pooplo havo no foar of any euch man ; and, us wan woll sald tho other dsy in o Jtopublicun Convention in Massachusetts, ‘o poril (o the purity of tho Government les hot i bigh ambitions tt i low dis- lonestics » it comes not. from thoso who thiuk of do, - ing groat l“""i‘ for glory, but from men who thiuk of i dolng mean {h “Phiat tho thougat of u third torm Lo over entercd tho mind of tiio President T do not believe, 1o hua too mucl good senno not to know thut such o thing i simply imposeible, 1t is truo that somo tondics ind ussuckers uvo jindo tho wigyeation ui X ain gl hioy hinvo done #o, a8 T thinle iLwill tend to help ajong an amendment of the Constitution Increasjug the term of tho Preaident to six yeurs, and moking Lim iucligle blo thoreafter, nga for proft,” T TARIFY, Tn tho estimatfon of some, oir tarift Jaw avo tho cyuso of il tho jlls wo bear, aind_ wilh them absolute freo trado 1a the remedy, and they would rajse rovonue to support the Governmunt and pay the National Debt by o direct tax, Dt as, under tho Coustitution of. tho United 'Slates, dircel taxes can ouly Lo npportloned necording fo repreacntation, and a4 & uow and poor community would bave to pu thy wumo tax in proportion as ou old and el one, ft 8 ot slrango (it very fow persous in tho Wout favor this mado of l’lflllll? rovenue, and whatever theorles may be ndvanred in tho abstract in regard lo freo trade, noarly all admit that 8o long 08 wo Lavo our great public debt a largo part of our revento must b Kl from o Wl o forelgn lmorls, o only queation 18 a8 to tho class of limportations upon whic & tarlff should bo Isid, Somo aro for a puroly revenuo tariif, without regard'to {lio protoction of any brouch of industry, whils others maintain thet when you can afford {ncidontal protection to those branches of Ameriean industry that can bo us well prosecuted fin thls® country ns any other, oxcopt for oue denrer capital and Tabor, wo should do ko0 to thu oxtent of euabling our own citizens to entor iuto 8 falr compotition, Thi, as T nndovatand it, hs boer about the " position of e Domocratio patly s ox- prossed in wisuy of their convention for tholist dozen years, and thiu s sbiout my position, We have mado Auch birldes in_manufuctucing of lte, thut wo hnve scarcely uy branch of manufacturing iustry (that i not forced ono) that cannot fuirly compote in tho sunrket without protoction, This happy result has arlsen from tho policy wo hiave bortoforo pursucd of protecting and euconraging our {nfant manufacturcs until they could atand alone, Ko fur us the urtielus of iron, coal, lumbor, and el aro concerned,I regard thon ud roquiring very Nitle or no protection at thly tine, Ax to frou, wo are ablo (o maoke neurly all that tbo country 'requires, und tho advance fn conl and Isbor in' England makes one {rom moi at {io yregent e wasters of ‘tho altuation, tarkif or no tarlf, Tn regard to lumbor, an articl i which I muy be suppased to have somo persons) futors eoty T have fo_xay that Teliould bo glud to have tho duly taken off exitirely, Ly romoving the duty a cousa of clumor whll also by removed, as 1o doubt many pore uons uk that (he duty of $ for (houssnd v wo uch added to the price, which i polat of fact is not trug, [wourlil-not o lawar than it n6w in, ; A0 ar not, T do not, winh 0 bo. elansed un nmong thoso’ [ Luunber wan nover ao ligh in Chiengo 8e fu tho lant sents when It wns imporied duty free. 1 am satisflod that, if speclo prymonts aro reatored, an hoy nt onco should be, wo ean compota Auo- cepnfully with nny ofher country, If nol, wo can atdp moking #f,” © Woro “lunthor’ to-day ndifiled duty free, 1 ‘am satisfiod that “the price Tut whether §€ bs. | who liaye_auy privileges ot accorded fo the genoral public. Tho mwnufsctiiror af wuoleun will il ‘you hat Af you will - ndmit lilsraw inateriln freo, o Will ask 10 “protection on his mannfuctured article, and 1 cato La aeo no 'ty oxeopt in the interest of tha waol- grower 3 but If thio waol-grator in protected, n corco. sponding duty on the manufactured arliclo §s noces- #ney, for farmers cannot grow, woul unless thoy linvo & hozio miirket for it All tlint thore s now leftan to tho tarl(r: queation, i, anto the claes of artlelcs on which dulles aré tobo It and, upon tiat men misy woll ifer In opinlon, | Tam ullorly opposed to giving apecial privilogos to any clase, STILL UNDECIDED. Meceting of the Repiiblican County Committee. Tho ““ Boys » Ton’t Xnow Whatto Do, and Adjourn for a Week, Tho Ropublican Cook County Coutral Com- mittoo hold & meeting yostorday aftornoon in Tarlor No. 1, Pacific Ifotel, for the purpose of conaldoring the quostion of holding » conven- tion this fall for tho nomination of olty and county offices, Thoso present woro Aldormen Stono, Onnnon, Bohaffnor, Bidwell, and Warron, Tom Koefo, John Humphroy, J. W. Brockway, H. D. King, 0. W. Gardner, Henry Pllgrim, A, Snider, W. M. Loughlin, Julius Jonas, George M. How, 8. W. Kingeloy, and * Littla Joo,” of tho Zeitung. * Col. Bchafruer, the Chairman, eatled tho moot- ing to ordor, and eaid he had boon much ombar- rassed s to his duty in reforence to calling them togother, and advocating o call for a convention. Owing to poculiar munioipal {ssucs many old party workers wanted an enrly convention and & straight ticket, Others did tho reverse, It was dificult for him to exactly kuow bLis duty. Bomo time bofors ho had requested a fow gon- tlomen to meot him, He talked it over with them, and they all scomed to favor a late con- voution, but a straight ticket. Sinco then mony of them had changed their minds. Binco then, too, the crisia had come. - Without advising any course, he would leave the wattor to the Committeo, and hoped all would expross their viows. They mot ss Republicans, and a8 such wanted to act calmly, 80 they nood not hereaftor rogrot their action, Mr. Keofo asled if tho Chuir lind had the views of any leading citizens on the matter. Tho Chnir doubted tho proprioty of giving nnmos, What outsiders thought could not nec- essarily fnfluonce the Committeo. MMr. 8idwéll had been embarrassed as ton proper decision. There were some roasons for & sirnight Convention. The Ropublican paity had govorned the city woll, and wonld, if it nominnt- ed o tickot, elect it. But many Ropublican voters wanted .no Convention, proferring a Citizens’ tickot. Tho lending men in his ward liad met, over 40 baing prosent, and, aftor a long digcussion, the meoting adjourned in doubt, At o second meating, it was decided that on the whole it was not quite limo to dotermino the mattor., The fecling was, it was not the boeat thing to put n straight tioket in the ficldat onco. Bo ho thought, that the Committes had botter adjourn for u timo and swait results. 1 Ar, ITow movad that it be the sonso of the Committae that it was inexpedient to hold a con- veution this full, : The Chair was willing to allow outsiders, as well a8 membery, to spenk, Tim Bradley was called on, but proferred to lot tho Comnmitteo net for itwelf, John Humphroy liad' always beon a Ropubli< can, but ho did not want any couvention this full'; lot tho people nominnte and vote, 1t was nsked what would bnppou .o the Com-~ mitton if thera wus no convention, aud it was l‘oflicfl they would hold over. onry Dilgrim thought it unwiso to hold a couvention, since there was no natlonal issue, only local questions. To hazard tho party was inadvisuble. Ho would add to (ho motion by snying that, since tho people wero engrossed in lmillfl quostions, the Committee would take no action. e Ald, Sidwoll ngreed to that. The Republican arty wus divided oo these local quostions. Ho ot thoro bo no convention till next yoar, when they could unito ngain. Air. Garduer gaid in the Seventh Ward all wero opEauud 10 o straight tickot, 5x-Ald. Camphell thought some thinga. woro not fairly considerad.. Ho had fayored a con- vontion “S to the presont time, IF thora was none held, where would they land? If the Low-and-Grdor movoment suctoodod, all right, But if thoro 'was''a Democratio ticket put up, aud it was 8 good ono, it would amount to surrendering the city to them, Boforo taking action it was botter foloarn what the Domocracy intended to do. They might wait andconfor with the Democratic Contral Commit- toe to 800 if thoy intondud to nominato. If thoy did not, then leave the matter to the people, If thoy did, tho Ropublicans must opposo thom, or the Domoorats -would be .succossful. ‘Tho recont panic should not drive the Repub- Ueans to do- somothing which might lead to n WOrB0 ou. Tho Chair thought it might be expedient to adjourn for a weok, butho doubted it. Tho Domocratio parly woa dead, though 1ta mom- bers_might jolu some other organization. e held the Republicaus could not afford to 5o into tho eampuign 18 Republicans, sinco most of them hnd loft the party this fall on local is- suos, and & straight ticket could not win_ them back, but would estrange thom from the party forever.. Ife hnd folt hie could not give up his porty feolings ns 6 Ropublican, but, aa the timo appronched, and ho folt the public pulss, and kaow what men not offico-ucokers required, ho liad changed his mind, If they wanted to dis- band the party, lot them mako nominations, for they would bo defoated. Lhere would be three tickots, and tho two opposing onos would both cut into the Ropublican vote, He hiad not tried to influcuco any member, but had loft thom to decide freoly. ~ Capt. Loughlin said it was hasty to nct so soon. Hud not they bottor adjourn for a weoll or ten days? It was early in tho canvass, Indi- vidually, ho fuvored- such an adjournment, by whicl they could inga nothing. Alr, Snider preferiod to adfourn for & wook or 80. Thoy did not know what might turn up, and thoy neod not commit thomsolyes by passing o resolutlon, Mr, How snid, even if passed, tho Committes could moct and rescind, ‘The Chalr thought the passnge of it would be fatal to any succoss, l\l‘r. Sulder moved to adjourn till Monday woek. Mr, Kecfo moved tha Chalr appoint o commit- teo of two from owch divisiou to co-operato with tho Chair in callivg anothor meotivg, This was rulod oat of order. ‘The motion to adjourn was carried elmost unpuimously, —_—— Tho Value of n Leg. Eftngham, Il,, Correspondence of the st, Louia Re- publican, In a suit brought by Joseph Mommer against the Illinow Coutrul Railtond Company, to ro- cover damngos for pereonnl injuries, triod at the prescut torm of the Cireuit Court of this county, o vordlct of 815,000 was rendered in favor of tho %)lnhltll!‘. The plsintift was upon dofondant's ruck noar tho eroming of ous of the most fro- quented stroets of thin eity, when lip was struck by an ompty freigbt car, sont forward at the rato of ton miles an bowr bya “flying switch,” tho loccmotive ruuning by on the main Lrui{, and diverting his attention from the danger which was threatoning, aud which did overfake bim, 1Io was run over by the car and bad bis v} bl 4 a 8 xight leg —_— Eawail. Thoro is danger of n_crisis in Mawali, Tywain's friend, Prince Bill, othorwise known as King Lunulilo, Is desporately sick—ato groen opplos, and infuenza supervened—and claims for tho Buccession aro numorous and conflicting, ‘Phe royal Huo expires with Princo Bill, and bis succossor must ¢ome from the chiefs of eocond- ary rank, and tlere are #o many of them that, whoovor gots it, civil war is likely to onsue. Dub porbinps ho won't die, Just yot, ——— —In ordor torelain the advantage over the Beandinavian navigator who 18 said to have dis- covered Amorics tevoral conturies bofore Co- lumbus, it s rmrnued to erect a monument to tho memory of the luttor in Philadelphia. Co- Iumbus must and dhall be proserved, What will becomo of our newworld if 1t is to bo di ¥ by ovary Listoricalunatart ? teasgad | ity THE FINAL ACT. Arraignment of the Froe:Concert Fionds Fip Funterdny» Morning, The Crowd Properly Tectured and Fined by Justiece Senlly-=-Joln 3 Smith’s Views. The energotio actlon taken by Superintondont Washburn on Thursday night, to suppross tho musical donsof Infamy nttho corner of Ran- dolph and Onnal stroots, was woll soconded yos- tordoy morning by Justico Soully, beforo whom tho partios srrosted—propriotors, performora and spectators—woro taken for trisl, Tho two saloons provided a totel of no loss than 1056 prisoners, who, on arriving In Court, aftor thoir night's conflnomont, looked vory miserablo aud wobogono, Tho trinl of tho motloy crowd, composed of citizons, son-going men, thioves, gamblors, and other worthios, prused off without any oxcitomont. The tostimony of Capt. Lull having boon heard with rogard to the naturo of tho placos in which tho arrests woro mado, Jus- tico Beully addressed the crowd as follows: REMARKE OF TUE JUDGE, Yot havo hoard the testimony of Capt, Lull, in reln- ton to tho clinractor of the places Whero you wera arrested, T cannot belicvo that you aro ol ‘bad men, Tehold bo sorry o think thaf so many dangerous men could bo found collectod In ono placa for viclonn rposes and from dishonest motives, I nm freo fo {ol you that I bolleve tho most of you did nat infoud to da suythiug wrong in vislting theso disreputablo shows, sud_{ho policomen who arrested you did not think you guilty of & wrong intent, Tho reasonn for making (ho raid woro theso: Roporta aro mado to tha police orery day of robborios, yhts, icoling, slat- ing, snd sicull-cracking nffrays at {hitso places, Tho innotent_and_unwary froquent them—first, bocansa thoy are frec, and, socont, becausa they cu’ gt beer or othor defuley fud lstdn to tho musio aud otlier porformances whilo thoy aro drinking, Thero {a no objection to moderato drinking, and none to decemt stego ropresentations. Men who work all duy, and who cannot afford to fro- quent high-priced Places of amusement, nra entitled t0 enjoy thomaolvos n tho evoning. But theso aro not tho pluces to oeek onjoyment. Thoy ava dangorous re- norts, Btrangers, piesing.siong tho streot, and at- tractod by tho music and the loud lsugbter, nud, not knowing tho cliaructer of tho crowd, euter, drink beor, o, porliaps, othor boverages, and’ romain, = Thioves noties them, cultivato thelr nequaintance, follow thom aut, nnd ral thom us_hoon na it can ho dona withont danger of arrcat, Mon who have worked hard all sununer, and bave saved thiofr carnings to tako Lome 1o their fumtlics, In this mannor loso overy cont tho possess. It s tho object of tho ofilcors fo brea ticso pinceaup, and fu that mnuner protect tho in- nocent, Tho "mi way to do this is to removo {ho " pntrouag that, e beslowad upon Tho best way to do that, and the only way, is to “pull'’ tho concert-collars, and fino all who aro found thore, Itmay bo o denr aftor-pleco to tho littlo pmusomont you sought, but It 18 nocessary ta do wo, Tom not Inclined sovore, Many of you moy be_ontiroly fnuocont, nud somo of you aro uns doubtedly thioves, but in the absonca of ovidonca 1 cannot diseriminate, Ilhad ratherleta thief escapo with a nominal fino than inflict unmerited punishment. upon on _{unocent man, But Icunnot lot you go on- tirely.. Rhiou!ld I dischargo you, I should undo wlat thio police aro trying to do, nnd 1y netion would par- alyze thelr offorts for good, 1 Liopo tha light fino that Ishnll fnflict this morning will prove n lesson that you will nover forget. I should bo glud to lot you go, could I do o cousclontionsly. Tho keopers aro tho men who deserved (o b punisliod, not you, But tha ‘moral effect would bo lostif T shiould ischurgo you entirely, You aro fined $3 each, The ontire crowd was takon to the colls below, anly a fow having tho money with which to pay their fines. = DANIEL D. EMMETT, who ran tho saloon in tho basoinent, on being called, entered o plen, ncknowledging that ho was hoartily nshamed of having been concerned in such an occupation, and throwing nimself up- on the morcy of tho ‘Court, Emmett is o man who years ago stood at tho top of tho minatrol profossign, and is kuown s tho author of “Dixio,” aud one or two negro molodies’ of world-wide populatity. Sinco the firo ho has suuk lower aud lowor until the present climax of dogradation. 1lo told the Court that he intended to licop u docent place, had employed no women, and was sorry. for the disturbancos which occur-. " red in his suloon, but which he lind no power ta provent, Ho oxpressed plensuro at sooing tho polico had mado un attompt to suppross Limsolf and his colleagnes. In concfusion, ho nsked for leniency at tho hands of the Court, who accord- ingly softened the sentence ho had rosolved upon inflicting, and fined him §25, stating thnt o rapotition of tho offonsc would call upon the of- fouder the full penalty prescribod by tho Iny. Olark, tho propriotor of No. 33 Handolph street, and half-a-dozen of tho **Indics,” ro- uplandent in n_profusion of paint and lack of clothing, called for a chauge of venuo to Jus- tico Banyon's Court, at” the Armory. What he will do with than remains to bo seon, WIIAT JOUN BMITI KNOWS. The Superintendent of Polico reeoived tho following lotter yostordsy. John Smith, tho nuthor, scoma to "have s vory aceurato knowl- adgo of the locations of tho concort-saloons, and must, therofore, know whergof L sponks, ' Ihis lottor, although illiterate, is ontitlod to some conuideration : BSUPERISTENDENT WASUDURN.—~DrEAR Sm: You shonld mako a raid on the yarioties at 66 South Canul streol nnd 133 West Afadison stroot, aa thosa two Inces i full of thioves and pickpockets. Thoy should dono tho same a3 tho two places you raided on Ran- dolph sircot last wight, 04 thers oro moro pro- fesslonnls make _their "headquartors nt 63 Cunal and 138 West Madison. You should use ol places nlike, There {s two notorious dens on tho South Side—Tyan's, corner Clark and Monroe, and Hanlon, 565 South Clurk streot ; nlsotho Winter Gur- deu, ut No, 410 South Clark, It I8 not falr to avrest two'und lot the rewt Scott freo. Don't favor tho rest, Yours truly, Jou Bxrrm, Who likea fir . lay, If not I will send it to tho Saurn, Answer by the Press, Press 1 a weok's tim e e A SLIGHT MISTAXE, XIow Mr. Jones Mistool u Telegraph Eoy for Burglars, nnd the Consce ' quences, Thoro lives on Mickigan avonuo a tall, good- looking gentloman, distinguished in many ways, 60 many that o chrracteristio feature is difiicult tofind. Hoisone of tho bost follows in the world, aud might bo selected on that account, Ho might bo recognlzod by his occontricity. Pomsibly the cub of his oye-glasy, and ita attitude upon his nobe mightload to hia identification, Or ono might guesa protty nearly if it wora stated concisoly that'ho had plenty of mouoy, which ho disposed of in a rationsl, comfortable way; that evory body knows him; aund that ho has contributed bis sharo to Clicago's streot architocture. There aro many ways by which ho could bo Lnown, but mention of, them is discrootly omit~ ted, Mo is not anxious to appear in print, vory naturally under tho eircumstances, and ho shall go incognito to the world over the pseudonym of Jones. Adjolning him on Michigan avenuo lives anotber jolly follow who might likowiso bo des- iguated.” One might call Lim Smith, Smith went homo quito late the othor night. Ho had beon ‘“obtaiuiug nows about tho pan- io,” ho newured his aoxious wifo, and the uousual rodness of his eycs and unatondinoss of his manner fully cor- roboruted tho statoment, The “nowa" had aotually affected Liis spooch, for his tongue orred o littlo in distinctuess of uttorance, Whilo rolat- ing somo of the incidents of tho panic that morn- ing (it was vory early in_tho morning) to Mra, Smith, a noise was hourd bolow, and Hmith, with the courage usually Dbegotton of “learn- ing uows about the paulo,” docided 1o iuvestigate the oause. Io. hastened down stairs and lLesrd some ona stumbling round, Thencamo o erash, and the intruder made his oxit by the window, loaving Smith in n stato of nervous excitement quite prostrating in its offvats, Next dny Mrs, Smith told Mrs. Jones what hiad happened, and Mrs. Jonos told hor husband, James &um namo will do ag woll as any) heard her with alarm. Burglars are uncom- fortablo visitors, and that night Jamos drenmed of themn, o dreumed that u battalion of bur~ glars had_ arrived, and called “lm“ him to sur~ roudor, Bword in hand, o had rushed down to meot the buvglars in tho hall, but bofore he could aunnibilate them thoy shot him, No soouer was ho fairly convinced in his droam that ho was s ‘*dommnition moist unplonsant Yody,” than he awolo with n atart. A tromon- dous riug at the door-boll was the' causo of hig waking. = But for that ring James might have droamod out his funeral, nnd scon his succcssor olniming his fast liorso (Jamos Las, or ought to lmve 8 fast horso), and hoaring him oy that that horse would have beon a trottor if Jim hadn't ruined bim, and all that sortof thing. Ho might hnve drenmod his way into Puradise and pont a_very sociable ovening thoro, and ro- latod his ndvouturos among tho ssints on wak- ing, But whilo that ring brought Lim back to anrth, it threatoned him with & dopariure from Mrs. . mayo bim & nudee and ewld ¢ TMare lors," James oald i droam. Mrp. Jones foslated that thore woro several l{llrglflr&l, wheroupon Jamea said ho would, go down, B Mra, Jonon said If ho did they would saverally kil him in the hall au soon ns the door \wag opened, and thon steal his wateh, and chain, and othor valuablos in tho honuo, and what would he do then? b Hr. Jones gald ho did not oaro, but Ho gnorsod ho wonld try ft with n gun himsolf, and propared to nrm himeolf. ~ All was il as ho reached for a mighty Colt, noarly 18 inchos lonfi, when nn- othor pull from the burglars warned him not to infurlate thom by delay. Jim muttored some- thing like s prayor, and examined his ro- volver, Ho = stolo down, Loiding _his woapon at full-cook until ho Tonchod tho' door. 1o was robod in white, and his eyo-glassos glistonod on tha brldEn of his nosa. Evorything war.ng silont a8 doath, Tho nasassing had evi- dontly conconled thomaolves, and would sprin, on to him a8 soon a8 tho door was oponed, ki Lim, and riflo the house., Onco more ho looked nt Lis p}:llml and silontly slipped tho bolts, ono by ono, his Pohaw," aud thought of hoart poipitating horritly, Thon ho turned tho lmg sllontly, and placed his hand upon tho knob, ** I'll' tako thom by surpriso, Dbloss them 1" gaid Mr. Joncs, with his usual om- {flmulu ond good will, and ho swung opon ho door ~with euch sudden enorgy that tho small boy on the other sido of it falrly yolled with torror. His dismay wae not allayod by the sight of tho white- robod naxflnrltlon, and tho unusual nrmament with which Mr, Jones bristled, ““What do you waut?" shoutod Jim, na ho stepped on his Tallon eye-glasy, ‘'I—I'vo got a dispatch for Mr, J. G. Jones," stnmmored the youth in an N?ony of foar. Jim wont up fho stalrs to his bed-raom noarly 88 fast ns the boy wont down the front stops, The quastions which agitated thom as iudividu- als nead not bo disousaed. Jim says no_burglar can tempt him down stairs sgaln, and the tele- graph boy always pnssos that houso on ths othor Bldo of Michigan avenuo, i o I THE EXPOSITION. Tho Grent Show Ntlil Prosporonuse=A Large Number of Country Peoplo i Attendance Yostorday == FirceAnnie versary Entertninmnente-The Music. ‘Tho Exposition doveloped nothing particularly now yestorday. The attondanco wns not quite 08 lnrgo ns ot tho proceding doy, but, consldor- ing the unfavorablo charactor of the wonthor and the muddy streots, it was fair. It is es- timated that from 10,000 to 12,000 poopla went through tho building during the pro- aseribod hours, The msjority of tho visitors, judging from thoir frosh faces nnd unfashion- ablo attiro, wore rural folls, nnd they soemod immensoly pleased at tho many rare sights whioch tho shiow nffords. Tho influx of country peoplo yostorday was larger than at any time siuco tho oponing of tho Exposition, and the managors fool confident the patronage from this sourco will etendily increnso, now that tho genersl finan~ clal stringonoy is almost at an end. It would be difficult to toll what the people most admired in the great display. Posaibly they canuot toll thiomeclves, ag thoy snw too much ab once to mako particularizing an ensy matter, PENSONAL. Among the prominent gentlomen who woro visitors yostorday woro Mr, T. E. Sicklos, Gou- eral Superintondent of the Union Pacitlo Rail- rond, and Gen, 1. L, Lusing, of Philadolphia, n Comimisaioner of the National Contonnial Ex- position, Thoy were astouished at the jm- mensity of the work porformed by tho origina- tors aud managors of tho enterpriss, and pro- dicted thnt noxt year it would assumo national importance. Vo i THE EXEQUTIVE COMMITTEE. mot in tho afterngon, and ordered the immodiate orection of contribution boxos for the raception contributious for tho reliof of the’yellow fever -suflorers of Momphis aud Shrevoport. Thoy also perfocted tho arraugomenta for on oxtra ou- tertainmont on the night of Oct, 9, which is to bo in n mensuro commemorative - of the - great fire, The programmo will bo found in the ad- vortising columns of this issuo. TIHE ELGIN WATCI COMPANY'S miniaturo factory continues to bo ono of the- contres of attraction. Thui{ have in operation tho following machiuory : Mnchine for finfshing Jowols, turuiug pinions. cutting pinions, cutting- ‘wheols, finishing staffs, &o. ; polishing pinious, -making scrows, muking jewel pius, turning bar- rols, pivot lathes, pallot machines, press and punching machine, Ynuchus and dics for pallots, wheels, ratchots, click spriugs, regulntors, otc. 3 ond wbiking machine, oxpnusion” balavcs ma- chinow, staft grinding lInthe, conical balanco pivot machine, escapoment sotting tool, and uni- vorsal jobbing lathe. EXCURBION DAYS, E. St. John, Goneral Tickot Agent of the Chi- engo, Rock Iuland & Pacific tuilroud, bas pre- pried tho following excursion Lime-table to enn~ ble tho people along thoir line 'to visit the Ex- position at commutation ratos—oue aud one-fifth aro for the round trip : ‘Wodnesday, Oct, 8—From Tiskilwa to Rock Island, Inclusivo ; tickots good to return on or befoxo Oct. 10, Monday, Oct, 18—From Davenport to Marengo, Tovn, inclustvo; tickots good to roturn on or befars Monday, Oct, 20—From Valloy Junction to Council Bludls, inclusiv; ticketa good to ralurn on or beforo Thursday, Oct, 23—TFrom S8ummit to Belknap, in- cluding Sigournoy Branch; tickots good to return on or Liefore Oct, 28. Monday, Oct, 27—From Dakovillo to Leavonworth and Atelilfion, incluslve; tickots good to roturn on or boforo Nov, 1. MUSICAL PROGQAMME. Tho following is the concert programmo for this afternoon aud ovening : AFTERNOON, 1, March—* Vogesen ", 4, Patpourrd yr 3. Waltz—" La Petito Coquetfo 4. Ovarturo—\* Light Cavalry ”. 6. Dolka—* Tha Ml "... 6. Fantnslo—* Der Freischutz 7, Boug—* Why Do I Weep for 8. Potyiourri—Fopular sougs, 9, Galop—* Over Land and 8 EVENING, 1, Morch—* Prince Frederick Qur 4, Potpourri—* Tho Lily of Killarno, 8, Overturo~—** Zanetta",,., 4, Bong—* Yo Merry Birds". 5. Polkn—* Cadet”,.. 6. Potpouri—* Martiia e 7, Waltzes—* Vienna Groeting”, 8, Fautusio—* iibornicon” 0, Quadrillo—* Molod{en” - Conductor—Flodoard Hoffmann, SPRINGFILED. Thoe Sin of Xlarper’s Defaleation Xias Reen ited upon Ilis Innocont Co- adjutors=-Che State Board ot Equali= zation and Cook County Huxes, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. AJNAZING JUSTIOE, Brriverieep, Ill., Oct. 8,—Mr. Commissioner of tho Iuternal Revenue is repeating the farco of locking the door after tho horse has been stolon. Ho hns mado an onslsught on the littlo follows in this diatrict, placing two of them in a condi- tion of suspended animation, and another has boou permanently disabled—from drawing any . Zikofl +..Donizett] +.2ikofl DBoyer vesee s Blrauss moro poy from Uncle Samuel—by being removed from office. Tho wrath firat fell nupon Oharles R. Dickinson, Deputy Collector of MoLean County, who, sinco ,Huarpor wae susponded, hag boon acting Collector of the Distriot by assigu- ment. Mr, Dickinson las failed to col- loct cortain pennlties ndjudged agamst soveral distillors at Pokin, amount(ufi to 812,500, notwithstunding Mr. Yargan, wlo i atill hora represcnting the Governmont, bna urged him to do 8o, warnlug him, in the event of his not dolug wo, that ke would bo susponded. I'ha ordor of snsponsion eamo to-dny, and it is anid that Mr, A, IL Pardio, Doputy Collector for this county, will be dosiguated ay Aoting Col- leator until Col. Morriam shall receive informa- tion of tho approval of lua official bond, whiol Lins boon forwarded to thoDepartment. Mr. Dick inson ani'u, i his justitiention, that if ho had dis- tho Central Hall Company, of Wyoming, Btark County; capital, #2,260. TIE BTATE ROARD OF EQUATAZATION aro noar tho ond of their work, unlons, by argn “mont, somo glaring \vron;m, which aro claimed o oxist, aro changed, in which ovent sevoral dnya would clapsa Loforo the change would, bo adjusted to tho othor parte of the Btate, 'The one changa which will bo de- manded is, that tho resessmont of Cook Connty lotu shall bo lowored. 'Fhio Committeo on Tawn Lots ndded 60 per cont to tho nesossed valuo, agaiust tho enrnost protest of Mr. Dorrickson | snd now comos tho Conornl Etlunllznunn Com« mitteo and raiso tho por ¢ont-to bo. added to 107, Mr, Dorrickson romnrked to-day that one more raino all around, and Cooli‘County would pay all tho taxos of tho Btate. ‘The gonoral Commitica oxpeot to roport to-morrow, and, if it shall bo adoptod, tho Board will adjourn oarly noxt wook, a8 trmrn will thon - remain “only the report of the Capital Btock Committoe, and thoir roport will soon be comploted. —_— ey "FAIRS. Lnko County (11l.) Fair, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, ‘WAureGAN, Ill, Oct. 8,—T'ho Lake County Horso-Growors’' and Agricultural Association have boon holding a most succossful fair at Wau- kogan for tho lnst throo days, closing yestorday. Tho attondauce has been highly eatistactory as an avorago, and tho sccond duy was unusanlly largo, reachung 7,000, A atill lafgor number woro oxpectod yestorday, but tho rain alarmed many who thought that the fair would bo continued snother dny, aud so thoy failed to iitnoss somo very protty troiting. The morn- ing, in splte of tho rain, waa _dovoted to tho spley of stallions and cattle, tho display in Doth clngsus boing vory grati- fying to the lovers of fino animals, ¢ 1 o'clook tho sky ]:nmnlly clearod up and the rain consed, 80 that the racod woro callod about 9:30, Theo first was for o rm’m of $200, for which six bhoraes woro entored, four of whom started. The hents woro all closely conteated, tho black gold- ing l'lguy\mg winning oach hieat by no more than s nock. Tho socond race, also for $200, had throo startors, bLut was practically a walk-ovor for Charles Brown's light-gray gelding, Phil 8herl don, Thoe timo was very slow, owing to tho con- dition of tho track, but the crowd was jolly, and npxenrod dotormined to be in good humor.’ 'ho judges on tho Butter Committoo found that they had wome oighty frut-class buttor to mako o choico among for threo promiums, and there were so many which wera of tho bighost quality that they wore forced to give up thoir task in doapair of doing justico aud giving sntisfaotion. They thorefore divided tho lots into throo olags- og, thore boing thirteen of tho highost clngs, and this bultor was rondily eold at 50 cents per pound. Iaving only threo promiums offerod, and having triod “thirtesn into throo, you can't," tho Committoo thought this tho ouly way of sottling the question oquitably, The firat promium for stallions was nwarded to Gen. Thomns, ownad by D. W. Arnold, of Waukogan, and tho first promium for short horng was takon by tho hord, numboering fiftoon, of Samuol Dysart, of Franklin Grove, His bull, tha Dukoof Alrdric,aud tho cow Graco Piorco, toolk the firat promiums in_their respective clussas, Mr. C. O. Parks, of Waukegan, who has hithorto carriod off tho premiums for short-horns at all the fairs in the northorn part of Tilinois, had » fine hord nlso, but ho was, in this caao, foroad to lower his colora, ‘Thouph strictly the Assaclation.ns its namo ime plics, is intended to improvo tho brood of horaos and cattlo, and to advauco pprioultural purulis, they have a vory tasty building for miscollancs ous objocts, such as fruits, flowors, sowing-ma- chinos, pinuos, tapestry, worsted work, nnd oth- cr things doar to tho fominine henrt. Tho dig~ play in this dopartment was quite good, and was thronged with all the youth and beauty of Lake Couut: during the nh][vl portion of tho day. It would not bo just to the Lako County Fuir nor to the fair Lake County not to otice, with dmiration, tho gront uumbor of charming girls there assemblad. Out of a crowd to-day uumbnriufi rome 5,000 our roporter estimated that 2,400 wro protty girls, ranging in nge from swaot sixteon to fair, fat, and forty. o thought at firat that thore was 2,600, but, on reflection, he concluded that he counted one twice ' Tho suceasy of this firat attompt is vory grati- ‘ff‘ing to the managers, and thoy liope and oxpoct that this is the inauguration of a long serics of similor profitable aund improving displaya, ackages of Crawford County (0.) Fair. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Buoynus, 0., Oct. 8,—The Ornwford County Tair closed to-day. It was o grand succoss, Tho oxbibitition of all classos of goods has been good, and tho show of liva stock hns oxcelled anythiug provious. The attondauco hag beon vory large. Yestordey over 10,000 peopla wora ou the grounds, and to-dny 6,000, ''he tatal ro- coipts arc over $2,000. Tho wenthor has beon remarkably fino, Tho sweopstales trot was won to-day by Eato Gumpbell, of Upper Sandusky, in throa straight hoats, ‘Time, 2:36, 2:39, 2:30; Tom Huntor, &n Indiana iorss, socoud ; Tunoy, of Mount Gilead, Nortliern Wisconsin Faire Special Dispatch to The Chicaao Tribune, Osukosy, Wis., Oct. 8.—Therain to-day nearly broke up tho Northern State Fair. Tho city ie full of strangors, but the attondance at the fnir hos beon light. T'ho roceipts to-day, amounted to nbout $600 ; and the total rocelpts of this fair will bo about 80,600, which is far botter than at any I:ruvinnn oxhibition. The spocial prominm for the largoat numbor of entries by ono porson was given to O, V. Drundage of Ripon, who lad made one hundred and forty entries, ‘The Xndianapolis Exposition. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Iypranarowss, Ind., Oct. 8,—1'horo was anoth- or immonso throng at tho Exposition to-dny, full as Inrge as youtorday. Itis estimated that 50,000 poople attended during tho day and even- ing. Tho impression that this is tho last woek of the Exposition ia erronocous, as there is one woelk more, “with spocial attractions for ench dey, Tho courts and business houses gonerally olosed to-day to attond the Exposition. Mardin County (0.) Fair. Kexrox, Oct. 8.—Thoro has been a very full attenduuce at the Hardin County Fair, which closes to-duy, Taking into consideration the fact that this I8 but a County Fair, and n new ono at that, tho display of fruits, vogotablos, und live stack aro wonderful, 'Iho oxhibition of machinory i8 very good. Tho races to-day have been very fair. James ;v;gtu'u black maro won the trotting raco, “ime, ‘LaGrange County (Ind.) Fair, LaGnavnag, Ind, Oct. 8.—T'ho LaGrange Qounty I'air Las beon a deocided success. Tho wenthor baing vory flne to-duy, tho last and best, therehave beon fully 5,000 poople in attondance. Tho various dopartmonts were filled to over- flowing. Tho displuy of fino fruit, farm produco, and atock was ospocially good, showing that the doeign of the association to encourago an ad- vauce in bloodod stock and gaod produco is hav- ing the dosired vffoct, 'The oxhibition surpasses auy provious ono evor held in this county, The ontiro outrica wero noarly 1,200. Tho races werg quito exciting, numorous county horsos being outerod, showlug an increaso in fast utock. St, Joscph County (Mich,) Fair. Mexpox, Mich,, Oct, 8.—The 8t, Joseph Conuty fair, hold at Contrevillo, closed to-dny. It has'boen & porfoct sucooss this fall, "and bo- yond all expectations. The most romarkablo Zfonturo was tho Indics’ silver band of Contro- villo, which made quito a display. A "Tio races woro uncommnully good, Tho best time was mnde by Laucior, of Kulamazoo—3:40, In going his third hoat the driver fell off, but the stallion went ahend nnd wou tho heat without a drivor, A — e Female Nimrodss #Tho Inte war,” writes & correspondent from France, *““has made somuch gunpowder entor into our hubits ay to nccount for the manis whioh trainod tho property of the distillors, the only way in which ha could forco paymant, it would have iuvolved lim in o lawsult, and as he was morely acting as Colleotor and could not hopo to socuro {ho paymont boforo Ool, Morrlam should outor upon hia duties, he did not proposo to encountor tho troublo and litigation. VIUARIOUS ATONEMENT. Noxt in ordor, Jawes M. James, Deputy Qol- lector of Tuzowell County, was suspended, i offonso consistod in approving a hond, it is olaimad, knowing that tho eurotles wore Btock- holdors in_ tho compnny it was intondod to re- strain, nud not lnmrn\iu{;tho Government of the faot ; and, socond, in holding money in his_pos- wossion belonglug to tho Government, and not paying ovor whon tho domand is made, voxt, Mr. Manfred Wemplo, Gauger at tho Poliin distillorios, s romoved from ofiieo on tho croutd that bie booame suroty on tho bonds of Lo mon Lo was appointed to watoh, LICENSE WAS 188UED {o-day to tho United Statos Ozone Company, of Ohicago; capital, $600,000, Certificatos of or- ganzation were lusued ta tho Pooria Furniture CUompany ; capital, $50,000. Aleo to the Work- inumen's Loan aud Homostoad Asecpiation. pnd has sot amony Indioa for thosporling season, ‘They look forward to tho opening of tho gamo #onson with all tho impatuosity of an old sports- man. It is only Indies of the vory uppor olassog and actressgs who indulgo in tho smusoment, aud oxtremos thus meot, ofton in presorves, Boon boarding-sohiools must includoe tho hand. ling of fD\Vlhlga‘)!uan among the ologant acooms plishments and oxtras, Wo have the drawing. room pistol—it only makes pafl wo want the riflo, to make boumm! Thero sro poople wha 1o moro like lady Nimrods than blue-stookings, and a roal aisciplo of 8t. Hubort profora mgim alono, ‘Women naro novor more intevesting than ‘whan thoy remain women ; they do not look such whon thoy aro drossed in lnek-hunlu, with zou- avoe volvat pantaloons bulloning at the kues, blouso in velvet, tightoued to the waist by a lontbor bolt ; falliug shirt-oollar and brigand hat. Buoh ig tho fashion of tho daughters of the rogis ment of sportsmon,” —Loathor mado from tho skin of tho whito whalo is now a rogulur articlo of manufactura at "o'é”go' t'hu vlllagofl in ?‘:nmh. It is both fiuo sud durable, and shoo thougs L said nover 10 break, Rt ofiikiary