Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1874, Page 4

L} THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. JANUARY 10, 1874, D e remmor et R T E——— TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TERMS OF RURSCITTION (PAYADLE IX ADVANCE), Daily, by \812.010 | Bunday., 2 TrieWeokls SO0 ety Partnof o yearat tho samo rato, "o provent dolay and mistaken, bo auro and givo Post Of.conddrers In full, including State and County, Reimittaucos may bo miado oithor by draft, oxpruss, Post Offico order, or in reilstored fottors, nt onr risk, TERMS TO CITY BUBKCRINERS. Dally, dollverad, Sundsy orcopted, 3 conte por werk, Dalls, doliverad, Stnday includad, 20 conta por wooks Addross TILK TRIBUNE COMPANY, ‘Cornor Madlson and Dearborn- TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. PVIOKRR'S THRATRE—Mndlson_stroot, botwoon DE}II“JEEFHM‘ Htatg, lingagomont of Tommaso Balvini. Atternoon, ** Hamlot." MUSIC—Halsted atroot, betweon Mad- Monroo, | Ieoungontg z ATaRta, " aud * 1y Hough Dismond, Evoniug, “0ur Aniarioau Courl HOOLEV'S THUFATRETaniolly stset. botyoen . E nt of e maoring 1 Afiornoon and evoRiog. GLOBE THEATRE—Dosplatoastroet, botweon Mad. it L t of Miis Alico e Vool RRRSE S0 ovening,” MYRRS' OPFRA-HOUSE Monrao troot, Lotwoon 2 Sinta. - Adlington, Gotton, aud' Kembla's Rrnvonts A e honetr liustrelsy aud comioatl- o Afiornoon ahd ereniug. The Thicage Tribumne, Snturdey Morning, January 10, 1874. Kuno County, in thia State, ot flrst rofused its share of tho back-pay which Mr. Farnsworth offored to distribute in hie district, but hos changed its mind, The Bupervisors of tho county yestorday voted to nccopt their appor- tionment of the swng. Itsmounts to 81,124, | Tho trial of ex-Trensuror Gogo will probably bo held during the presont term of tho Criminal Court, but 18 not likely to begin within ten days. Tiis counsel woro yesterday informed by State’s Attornoy Reed that their eliont must appear TWednosday, to plead to the indictments found against him, Mr. MoCrary's bill for the regulation of com- ‘merco by railroad botween tho States was taken up yestordsy by the Commitico on Post Ronds and Canals, Thoy aecopted five of ite fourteon gections, with amendmonts incronsing the porers of the Board of Railrond Commissionors which it creates oud oxtending tho torm for which they hold oflice, e o publish elsowhore in full the schedules of freight rates put out by tho the secont con- forouco of Freight-Agonts at Now York, Theso rates aro an increase over thoso ndopted last Juno. 'The railrond-men of this city aro not disposed to psy any attention to the achodule of ratos propared by the Railrond and Warchouso Commissioners, and avow thoir dotermination to contest thom in tho courte. [ ———— Prof. Agessiz's will has boen mado public. It gives Lis library, oxcopting such books us his gon Alexpnder mey chooso to keop for him- self, to the Muscum of Comparative Zoology. The rest of his cstate is given to his “beloved wife,” The bequest to Ay, Aloxander Agnssiz of stich books ns he may wish to use is quali- tiod by the request that ho will rotwrn them to the Musoum whon ho las no further use for theni. The Indiana Temperance law has come to griof. The cardinal clause of this dovico to keep peoplo tober by statute lay in the ninth gection, which first flned a maa for being drunl, and then forced him to tell whero ho got tho intoxicating fluid. This’section hos been do- clared uncoustitutionsl by the Bupreme Court of the Slate, whoso decision doos no moro than give legal recopmition of the fact that such provisicns could mover be ounforcod. Talling this section, of course the law fail President Binckstone's lugubrious circular about the iutimate relations betweon the free-pass sys- tem, the French Commune, and the Chicago & Alton Railrond gains a new intorest from ravela- tions mndo in the Springticld dispatches, A copy is given of n froo pass which has been {esued by that Company to one of the habitues of Springfield, who has been in tho habit of bo- ing clocted tothe Legislaturo. It is mado out 08if tha gontleman tn question were o Director. Its numbor s 120, whick may possibly indlcato the numboer of thoso who go far have been found willing to get froo rides on false protenses, . The usual posthumous flavor marks tho reso- lutions of tho Now Hampshire Democratic Con- vention. Tho Cincinnati and Baltimoro plate forms are reafiivmed, and tho rights of States under the Constitution upheld in the good old Dewacratic style., There i3 the vague talk about unequal systoms of taxation, oppoaition to monopalies nud privileged classes, which is the cheap and inexpensive smmunition of or- dinary politicians. On tho subject of tho salary stoal, the resolutions are outspoken enough. They demand its ropeal, and declare that noman will receive the Democratic votes who voted for it or againet 118 ropeal, J. A. Weston was nomi- uated for Governor on tha firat ballot, e — The powor of the Mexican imagination is aufi- ciontly manifest in tho claims which havo been brought before tho Mexican Frontir Commise sion for damages committed by American depre- dators across the Rio Grande. Theso claims rench the sum of 100,000,000, and aro necom- pauled by tho resssuring statoment that that amount barely covers the losses inflicted on tho singlo Stato of Pamauhpas. These figures ro- call tho days of Bancroft Davia and the Indirect Claims, whon frightonod Englishmen caleulatod that the entiro woulth of tho British Isles woul not liquidate our demands for consoquential dumoges, Tamaulipas ought not to 8top at one hundred millions; she could get ono thousana amillions just as enslly, ere irrogu- lar yesterdsy, provisiony boing tama ang weak, whie breadstuffs wore buosant. Mous pork was quict, and 10@150 por bil lower, clog- ing at $14.45@14.50 cash, and 214.05@14.70 gell- or Fobruary. Lard was leas setive, and easier, closing at ¥8.76@8,80 per 100 Tbs caghy, aud £8,05 @0.00 gellor February. Moats wero dull and caslor, at &}ge for shoulders, T5@T4c for short ribs, 73e for short clear, and Ui¢@igy for Barloy was in good demand, and firmer, closing at 3146 for No, 2,and $1.25 for No. 3. Tive hogs wora in light demand, with salos at $4.76@ 6.0 for common to cholco. The cattlo and shoop markots wero unohanged. In doforenco to tho anuiversary of the battle of Now Orloans, in tho War of 1812, ono Housio of tho Iilinols Toglslature made an early ad- Journment on Thursday, from which 1t would apponr that the battlo of Now Orloans ia outitled to moro respeet in tho Loglalature than tho wishes of the peoplo of Illinols, This belug the cogo, wo wonld euggest that a chronologlenl in« vestigation will discover some important historl- esl event on ench day of tho sesslon, which might warrant early adjournment or an adjouru- ment sine die, oithor of which would be moro ncceptablo to tholr constituents than their prosonco in Springflold this winter. 'The English proes and poople aro not in tho Dbost of humor. They do not think ss highly of tlio peatal-tolograph systom e they did a sliort timo slnco, 1t turns out thot the Government hins paid $60,000,000 gold for n leasohold right to tho lines, under tho impression that it sectred an abuoluto title thoreby, The prico l!m_ com-~ panies now ask for this Iattor is variously stated at $25,000,000 to $70,000,000. Thoro {8 sald to o no dowbt thiat this will avo to bo poid, It & awindlo of such magnitude can ba perpetrated in England, what might not Americon genius do shionld thoe patornal Croswoll carry out hia achomes? « Thoneands of acres romain uucultivated, while idlo laborers starvo iu tho winter.” The Inttor fact {s plain onough, To male tho for- ‘mor equally plain, the Duke of Argyll has just sorved motices to quit on & numbor of his farmery, 1n ordor that lio moy make a deer-for- ost fivo milos square. Tho Duko hins wrlttgu entortainingly on God's laws, God's wishos, otc. 1t is o pity ho could not have remembered his themo botter in practico. Meanwhile, Glad- stono warns Arch that his spooches are incon- dinry, and must be stopped. And Arch mays they shan't be stopped,—in which he is doubt- less perfoctly correct, Mac)Mahon's Government is not doing well, It Iately suffered o very significant dofeat in tho logislative elections in four widely-soparatod districts, which willfully elected Republican Dep- uties, despito its opposition. Yesterday it wos subjected to o ropulse in its own Assombly which moy bo not less significant. The very odious billy putting tho nomination of Mayors in the hands of Polico Profects, pressed Ly tho Government, was postponed, after augry dobato, by o majority of 42. The Ministry at once tendered their resiguations, but have been persunded by Prosident MacMahon to awalt the roault of 8 vote of confldunco, which will bo solicited to-day. — Thero is an almost Romen virtue about the action of tho Democrats in tho Missouri House of Representatives yestorday. They passed n resolution declaring that no Missouri Democrat who had anytbiog to do with tho salary-stenl should over receive offica again at the hands of tue people, They condemned Gov. Woodeon for appointing tho Domocratic Gen. F. P, Blair Stato Buperintondent of Insurance, and upbraid- ed the Democrals of tho Houso for voting for Fernando Wood for Speaker. The inconsider- Carolina shows tho strongth of tho national discontont with the survivor of tho two old par- tlos. 'The Anti-Monopoly party fs forming pro- clsoly ns tho Whiga snd Ropublicans dld,—by the spontaneous and independent movement of the poople of tho differont Btates, Iiko thom, it will somo day control the country. Liko thom, when ita work i dono, it will die, Gon. Butler's introduction of a bill for the abolition of molotios to Oustom-Fouso inform- ors han beon misunderstood in some quartera, Tho Now York World, for inatanco, wont {nto an editorial eestasy over it, and hailed tho Genoral 88 “an efileiout and onorgotic londor in tho To- publican ranlks who had takon up thoe question of tho reform of our customs gorvico,” Quito a difforout phaso of tho mattor now appeara. Gen, Diitior has roccived no loss than $20,000 from informors for logal sorvicos fu tho pnst two yoars, and tho ronl objoct of his move was to nurse the golden gooso and not to kill . He had his bill yoferred to lis own Committeo, whoro it could oasily bo kopt out of sight. The littlo gamo was seon through by Dawes, who had it transterred to the Committoo of Ways and Monns, which will take good care of it, Of course, Butler Is indignant ; indignation is his resource In aituntions {n which any ordinary msn would dlo of shame, The Frooport News calls tho attention of the people of Steplionson County to tho fact that tho rightful amount of tax, according to tho val- uation of tho State Board of Equalization, that should have been lovied on that county was £84,408,87, but, in ordér to meet the dofloiency caused by tho dlvoraion of the Stato tax to pay tho interest and principal on the railrond-nid bonds of other countios, thistax has been ju- crensed to $46,008.64. Tho increased tax, or tho direct tax lovied upon tho people of Stephenson Counaty to pay the local debts of McLean and Sangamon and othor counties, is §11,540.17, or 388 por cent in addition to the lawful tax for Btate purposes, What ia the caso in Stophonson County is tho case in all othor countios. Tho robbery is comploto and final, bocause the tax onco paid to the Btato cannot be recovared, During tho yoar just closed edditional railroad- aid bouus to the amount of $2,000,000 havo been registored, aud it {s probabloe that if the peoplo who do not owe these dobts, and are in nowise logally or morally bound for thom, submit to bo taxed to pay them, tho amount will stilt further bo incronsed, CALEB CUSHING AS OHIEF-JUSTICE, Tho Prosidont hos nominated Caleb Cashing to tho vacant offico of Chicf-Justico of the Bu- premo Court, Mr. Cushing is a man of obility, of greet acquirements, of ripo and varied experfenco, and of considerable eccentricity. ‘He Jine boen confessedly ouo of the ablest law- yors of the country for many years. His intol- lectual status is unquestioned. His knowlodgo and oxporicuce in tho affairs of tho Gov- ernment for half o century aro berdly surpsssed by any person mnow living. Tho objections to Mr. Cushing are his ogo and garrulousness, Ho was born in 1800, and is now in his 74th yvear. Physically ho is well presorved, and can yot spenk and writo with vigor and fluency. His book demolshing Lord Chief-Justico Cockburn is proof of luency, while his lowsuit agaiust Fornando Wood's dog attests Lis scptuagonurian vigor. Thero is a lawof tho able fragment of the Democratic party that ro- malns ofter theso parts are subtracted is pasa~ od over in silent contempt. Prosident Grant was consured in ono of tho rosolutions for his share in tho ealars-grab, L 7 Tho repeal of the Baukrupt law was considered sestorday in tho Illinois Houso of Roprosouta- tives and the Now York Chamber of Commerco. The former by a vote of 70 to 82 favored tho immediate and unconditional repesl of tho law. ‘The Chinmboer of Commerco took the opposito view, and followed the Bar Asyociation in recom- mending that tho law be amonded, but not abolished. The amendments which thoy would liko consist in requiring o Iarger proportion of ereditors to force a debtor into bankruptey, in providing better security for creditors in the property of their dobtors, in doing away with the too great delays and expense of tho presont syatom, nad providing greater safogusrds for the bona fide purchasers of property sold by s bankrupt. The Inke-front question was bofore the Coun- eil Committee on Wharves and Public Grounds yesterday. Prosident Newell, of the Iilinols Contral, was in attondance, and said that the threo railroads concorned wero ready to pay. tho city 600,000 for the land in addition to the $200,000 already paid. 'Ihoy were not willing to pay any moro, nor would tliey pay interest on the $600,000. If they got tho land they would begin in o short time tho orection of dopot build- ings which thoy nceded. Thero were other roads which wished to ocoupy these buildings jointly with thom, and thoy would bo given a right of way over the tracke of the Illinois Central. Mr, Nowell's proposition was objected to by several Aldormen, who thought interest ought to bo paid, and that thero ought to boan appraise- mont of tho value of the property. No saction United States which pormits any Judge of the Buprome Court to retire on a pension upon ronching 70 years of age. This law had beon complied with by Judges Grior and Nelson, both of whom have siuce died. If Mr., Cushing be confirmed, Lo will begin his judicial career at an sgo advanced soveral yonrs beyond that at which the law contomplases his voluntary retirement from the Bonch. While there may be gravo doubts as tho pro- priety of making Mr. Cushing Chief-Justico, thore was none as to Lis ominent fitness as Min- .Ister to Spain. Hohas been familiar with the bhistor; of Cubnan affairs ever since tho first troubles from Amorican filibusters commenced. He is acquainted porsonally with the men who constitute tho Government of Spnin, Ho has ability and diplomatic exporience, ia well versed in juternational law, and hos the respect and confidence of tho Spaniards, Ho was woll quolified to take charge of our com- plications with Spain, and to bring them to = satisfactory settloment. Wo fear that the President has chosen an indifferent Chiof-Justico and lost & first-class Miulstor to Spuin, It is to be rogrottod that the Prosident Las not selocted a Chiof-Justico from those al- ready ou the Bouch, or from tho ranks of the many able Judges on the Circult or Distriot Couxts, or from among tho eminent lawyers at the Bar whose attainments are not burdened by tho extreme ago which Mr. Cushing has already renched. Wo supposo the nomination will be cou- firmed, leat tho noxt appointmont bo something Worso, A BAILROAD CLEARING-HOUSE. Mr, Harry E. Sharpe, the Secrotary of the Railway Associotion of America, which is com- posod of tho principal railrond managers of this country, has issued a cireular, which we print clgowhere, recommending tho establisiment of & Railroad Clearing-House, and calling for tho was taken by the Committeo. The Dopartments have rospouded to the re- quest of the Ifouse of Roprosoutatives that they would reviso their estimatos, Tne Postmastor- General finda himsclf unable to make any re- duction, Secrotary Richardson shows whero §2,067,201 ;mught bo saved out of the approprin- tiony for bis Department, if Congroes is willing to refuse the appropristions for lighthouses and revenuo vessels, which Lo doubts the propriety of dolng. Tho Inrgest saving s suggosted by Avchitoct Mullett, who Poluts out that the expenditures on public build- ings cun be lessened £0,000,000. Tho State Da- Ppartment offers to reduce the oxpenditure on ofllcial postago to §60,000, The Signa! Ofiice bos mado its estimates with such careful econ- omy that no further saving is nccossnry, as also tho Subsiutence Dopartment and tho Paymaster- Genoral, Tho Ordunance Obice gives up ©348,834.70, aud the Burvoyor-Genoral's Office £84,000, The Interior Departmont has mado no roply. Theery for o new party in South Carolinn gathers atrongth. Its platform will bo built of wwoet pickled hams, Dressed hogs worg fy fair domand, but 100 lower, closing at £0.40 poy 100 1be for hoavy, Highwinos were active and 340 higher, at 800 por gallon, Flour was activo and firmor. Wheat was active, and 2i¢e higher, closiug at £1.20 cash, nud $1.2834@1.28%¢ seller Fobyuary. Corn was buoyant, udvancing &340, and closing at 0BJ¢o cash, and 603 woller February, Oats woro activo and 13/@20 higher, closing at 41340 cash, and 43)go sollor Fabruars, Bya was sotlve, aud 1o highor, closing st 600, two planks: Old party tles, race, and color ought to bo disregarded ; the Btate ought tobo governed - Moncstly, It is proposed to organize *'Granges " open to all honost men; to pledge the mombers not to accopt offico for two years, in order that domagogues may bo kopt away ; to al80 & fund by a contribution from each person in proportion to hiy Stato tax; and to employ views of thoso who are mainly interested. The project is not altogother new, but it is rovived with o view to rotronchment that will eapecially commeond itself to tho railway companies ut the present time, The system of through freight ond passenger sccounts, by which a shipment can be mado on & bill of Jading from Dow Moines to New York, or & passenger can buy ticket from New Orteans to Washington, though pras- ing over a number of different roads, makes it necessary that every rallroad compauy keep n largo number of clorks at all torminal stations, who do nothing but adjust the balances, This, it {a proposed, shall be donein o general clearing- houso, after the manner of the associated banks of large clties, Tho sctilement of all differ- encos, the regulating of back charges, aud the proportionate distribution of the gross smount among tho railways that aro entitled to sharo it, would be.tho work of such aun institution. Though the gronud covered would be very ex- tensive, tho work could be doue, with proper systom and suficiont force, tor all the railroads that sbould become mombers a8 well ns for & fow, Mr, Sharpe says that tho English olear- ing-house of the amalgamated railwags, whioh started with s fow companies in 1843, now transacts business for moro than 100 compantes aud vost number of stations. The principal advantages sot forth for tiis project are the roduction of expenses snd the saving of time, The public has & largs interest in both. Timo could be saved, because no de- tontion at torminal statious would then bo necou- the beat legal talent yn tho prosecution of all dishonest Btate ofigials, That such & pro- gramme oan ko hopetully proposvd in Bouth sary, as the clerk would ouly be roquired to cheok oft the numbers of care or Dbills in pussing, The msaving of expeuse would follow the reduction of tho multiplied Btafls of clorks now omployod by tha difforont railronda to do tho work which would bo dono ab tho cloaring-house. Both these rosults wonld bo in tho interest of the publie, which, from this timo on, will insist upon tho bonofin of oconomtenl raflway managomont. Tho only risk to bo incurred Ly the public is that of tho gront- or facllitios which the paraliel railwny lnes might have for combining to keop up thoir rates, Thia wouldbenvolded, howaver, If, as Mr. Bharpo main~ tains, tho cloaringa could be made without re- vonling tho raten of tho dlfferent ronds. Tho subjoct of rallway amalgamsation has recoivod much attention in England, whore it is recoived with groat favor, and tho prosent project morita caroful consideration. It is nob unlikely that it will como bofore the next meeting of the Rail- way Aseoclation. Chicago may take a spocial interest in thoe project, for, it it shall over be carried out, this clty can hardly fail to bo regard- ©d ag the most favorablo location, as 1t cortainly is tho most contral, for tho proposed cloaring. houso, CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC EXPEND- ITURES. The prudont houscholder commenclng tho now yeor, especially If it bo o senson whon ‘money i8 sgarco and commodities nre high, not only lops off superiluous luxuries, but also sooka to economize in the use of what ho bag been accustomed to considor nocossnrics,—in other words, cuts his cont according to liis cloth, A prudont Government would follow tho snme ralo, especinlly in o soason of flnancial strin- gonoy, whon the people are struggling to recover from tho effects of & panic, when they are over- burdened with local taxation, aud when business in utill uncertain aud has not commenced to move altogethier in its accustomed cbaunels. In the present emergency, thero is but one course for the Governmont to pursue, and that is the prac tico of o rigid cconomy. And yob what evi- donep of cconomy do we find in the varfous Departments of tho Governmont? Congress at flrat manifested wsomo disposition to cut down appropriations, and yet a month has clapsed and it still clings tonnciously to the monoy it grabbed from tho Public Treasury, and hoa taken no etep to economize anywhere else, Tho estimate of the Secrctary of the Tronsury of what lie wants in order to meot the oxponses this year, compared with what he wanted last yeor for the samo purposo, is as follows : Oct, 1, 1870, Oct, 1,1873, to Juie 0] to Jute 20, For civi] 0XDenaes. . v4eves$ 16,200,000 § 10,000,000 Yor foroigu (ntercourao...... 1,100,000 500,000 For Indiuns. . L _GG00,000 4,000,000 For pensions 21,780, 20,100,000 Tor military eafablishimont... 34,000,000 5,060,600 For naval catablishment, 1,000,000 13,000,000 For miscollancous, clvi] cludiug public Lulldings.... 34,000,000 27,800,000 For futereat on public debt,.. 70,000,000 71,600, Totalvvsssuees nscenser B00,030,000 $T73,700,000 Tho reader will notice that in every item of this schedulo thero is a material increase excopt in tho estimato for interest on tho pubtic debt. Tho aggregate incronse is about $27,000,000. And the Becrotary tolls us tho rovenue of tho Govornment will not bo sufficient during the coming yoar to meot tho exponses without an increase of taxation. Bat why should the ox- penses of the Government bo any more for the coming year than they were last year or during any yoar sinco tho War? Wiy should tho In- dious, or tho civil oxpenses or foreign’ intor- couree cost any more this yoar than lust? Tho intemperato and ill-considered action of the Sce~ retary of the Navy, in connection with tho Vir- ginius flurry, has, of courso, materially increased exponses, but why should the War and Navyex- penses, in o time of peace, Lo incroased nearly $16,000,000, especially whon tho prescnt ox- penges of our militery establishioent are out of all proportion 88 compared with the military cxpenses of foreign nations, which maintain large standing armies, com- pared with which ows i8 s mero handful ? Why should it cost 52,000,000 (uot to mention tho smount oxpended for pensions and fortifications) to keep up an army of 32,000 men, and a fleot, one-half of which is either rot- ting in navy-yards or kept for comst defense, becauso unseaworthy ? We agsumo that thero con bono good auswer to this question. Tho oxpensos of dhe Government can bo kept down to the standard of pust years, and even reduced below it, if there I8 pluck enough in Congrees (a8 probably there is not) to go through the De- partments with a new broom, and eweep out tho landaulets, horses, carringos, pior-mirrors, sta- Dles, back-pay grabbers, privato jobs, railrond subsidics, and other leeches fastened upon the Trensury, aud drawing out tho substance of the groauing peoplo. The lessons of the late ecloc- tions, to those who can read them, are that the present Congress is a doomod body, unless it finds o way to stop the leaks in the Trassury, R —— A TEXAS COUP D'ETAT. The Toxas Supreme Court, n Bench of threo Republican Judges appointed by Gov. Davis, Las upsot o gonoral election in that Stato at which tho Opposition have just chosen Governor, State officors, and Legislature by 40,000 majori- ty. ‘Po explain things it is nocessary to go back to the beginning, Cov. Davis and s Ropublican Legislature wore elected (undor tho war poser of reconstruction) in November, 1869, and Congresa recognized the fact in Mareb, 1870, In Texas, tho Govornor is chosen for four years and Logisia- turo for two yours, and tho Governor must *‘bo olected at o time and placo whon tho poople voto for Represontatives in tho Logislature.” Mero, then, was an oven start, aud the Coustitution intended that official poriods should continue to run evon. In Novembor, 1871, there was an election for Congressman, to take thoir scats in Decomber of that year, and o good many peoplo thought thore ought also to lave been an olection of Leglelsture, but tho ruling suthoritios said “No It was then (in 1871) oxpeoted that tho Opposition would carry thoe State, na thoy did by 20,000, but bettor lucks was hoped for whon Grant should hoad the Tepublican ticket in 1872, In 1872, howover, Gov. Davis had changed bis mind, and ho sn- nouncod (May 24, 1872) that an election of Loglalature ehould have ocourred in 1871, That his ipse dizit might lack nothing of impudenco, the Governor declared that the legislative poriod of two years bogan with tho election in 1869, and that his own Gubornatorial term of four yoars began April 28, 1870, whon, he snys, ho took oath under the Congressional act of recog- nition, in Toxas, as in some othor States just now, thore {8 no appoal from the Gavernor if ho bo {n politionl accord with the power &t Waoh- ington, Bo tho pooplo of Toxns chiewed the cud, and olected a Logislaturo in November, 1872, at which timo, slso, they gave Greoley 22,000 ma- Jority. This now Logistature of Toxrs mot Jan, 14, 1878, with provocation und power to havo im- peachiod tho Governor, but wavex counsoly pre vailed, and articles of peaco weve ngraed on ba- twoen the parties, Tho Logislatuve conceded tho poiut as te tho Govarnor's term, and admits tod the polnt ne to its own; tho Gov- ornor thon concedod somo months of his torm; and 1t was ogrood oll avound that, waiving techniealilies, thora shiould bo o goneral clection in Decombor, 1873, of Covornor and Logislature, whose torms should begin concur- rently in January, 1874, In this election Gov. Davis wan boaton by 40,000 ; and ho now Ateps in with his Supromo Court to deolare tho wholo clection illogal. ' The decision ia based, of courso, on the most shabby of teohnicalitios, ond is addreseed to the caso of somo local con- stablo, but iis offoct is swooping, Tho Court n8sumos to rovive a Loglslaturo gono out of ex- iatonco, nud to upsetan ordor of harmeny on- tored into with gront deliboration and (until now) unquostioned in point of logality, Tho Govornor and his Ropublican adylsors gave thelr full aseont to tho election act of tho Opposition Legislature, and not then, nor in allthe canvasy, wag o word spolon ngainst it, Now, howaver, tho Governor has unmasked himself; and the briot dispatches say: **Thero s grest exeito- ment throughout the State, and people anticl~ poto o ropotition In this State of tho recont his- tory of Louisiana.” In connecction with this, it mny be propoer to inquiro how Gov. Davis came {o be Governor of Texas, and whothor ho was, in fact or law, over elocted by the people of that State. Reforring totho dates, wo flnd that Gon. Joseph J. Roy- noldg, U, 8. V., commanded in Texas in 1869; that thocall of tho clection in that yosr, and the rules prozerived for it, appear in “Goneral Orders, No, 174" ; that Reynolds sppointed the registrars of eloction, handled tho returna, de- clared the result in Gemeral Orders, installed Gov. Davis and a Legislature, aud was (by the Leglslature) clocted Unitod States Senator. I in merely incidontal to remark that by some hocus pocus Gon. Roynolds was cheated out of this mengro roward by the very Legislaiuro ho lind created. Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia for 1869 says: ** Tho persons whom the commandor solected (repistrmis) were known as the most declared partisans of Davis, whorens tho practico had always been to havo tho contending porties oqually represented.” No wonder, then, a8 the Cyclopedia fucthor romarks, *‘the Demo- crats, nd a party, took no dircct action in regard to tho clection.” Tho-field was left to contond- ing factions of the Ropublican party, headed by Davis and A, J. Hamilton ; & mengro voto was polled ; and Davis, as tho favorite of the higher power, was chosen, though Hamilton claimed the most votes. It is by such original tenuro that Gov. Davis now holds office in Toxns, and assumes, through Judges of his own nppoint- ment, to override the verdiot of 40,000 popular majority. ) BLACKRSTONE ON COMMUNISN, Tho stump-speech against Communism sent forth over the siguature of Mr, T. B. Black- stone, President of the Chicago & Alton Rail- way, as an ansyer to an application for a pass, is producing s difforcnt effect, perhaps, from what ho intonddd. Tho document in question seeks to stigmatizo the railrond legislation of this Btato as Communistic, and to fix upon the advocates of such logielation the odium which Jjustly attaches to socialistio movements for s division of property. ‘Tho roilroad legislation of this Btate is direct~ ed to two specific onds, viz: to prohibit unjust discrimination in charges botween different com- munitics and individuals, and to provent tho col- lection of more than n ronsoneble compensation for freight and passongor fore. Which of those two purposes Mr. Blackstono considers *‘in ac- cord with the cardinsl principles of the French Commune," he prudently omits to state, In the celobrated caso of the Railroad and Warebousa Commissioners v, The Chicago & Alton Rail- way Company, the latter corporation admitted in written pleas that at common law its charges must be rensonable, and that it could not male unjust digeriminations, 8o the argument is closed as to that, and wo sre lofc to infor that Mr. Blackstono objects not 80 much to the raile road logielation of this Stato as to the tendency of public opinion on that subject—that he does not accuse the common law of Communism, but rather the spirit in which the common law is sought to bo executed. He thus challonges n comparison between the Bpirit of the railroad logislation of this State ond phe #pirit of rallway managers when left to thely uvrestrained inmstinels. The object of evory railway company i8 to make as much 1money as possiblo, and if ono get of managers cannot satisfy the demands of the stock- Lolders on this point, they are apt to be kicked out and s now =sot spppointed. At oll ovents, the apprehension of such discipline is 8lways present in the minds of man- sgers, This is the common law of railways when loft to their own devicos—in comparison with which the common law relating to extor- tion and discrimination possesses no force what- ever, ' Tho Chicago & Alton Railway is moro favorably eituated to practice Communism on the people who are compelled to patronize it than tho peoplo are to practice Communism upon it, In other words, it is in & better position to con- flscate tho property of others, than others are to conflseato its property; and up to the prosént timo it has had tho confiscation business exclu- sivoly in its own hands, Whether it has made uso of its taxing powers unjustly heretofore, ia not now in question, But it has no cause of complaint if the Btate provides lnwful machinery to ascortain where compensation ends and whore oconflacation beging. Nor can such mnohinery be called Communistic, Mr. Blacketono’s lotter was, furthormors, in bad taste. Somebody applies for o pass. The atatuto probibits tho granting of it, and the rules of the railway itsolt prohibit it. Moreover, the applicant has 1o right to a pass, and tho domand for it, under the circumstances, was impudent, Here were three rossons why it should bo re- fused, Instend of stailog ono ormore of them, Mr. Blackstone tondors him o long-winded es- say on gocial science, and windsup by telling bim that there is o law agamst granting passos. ‘Fhis 18 Jiko tho excuso mado by an Irish Sherif for not producing & witness in court: The réads were bad, and his horse had run away, and his childron liad had the moasles, and varlous other mishaps bad occurrod covoring four sheets of paper, and the witnees was dend. Regardod ns an excuse fornot glving n pnss, Mr, Blackstone's letter {aopen to the oharge of redundancy, whilo as & disquisition on the sgrarian tendon- cles of the age it is extremoly one-sided. Tho grand mass-meoting of unemployed worl ingmen in Uulon Bquare, New Yorlk, which was to couvinco the city and cousry that the men wera torribly in oarnest, amxious to get bread by work, but bound to get lwead any way, haa falled. The Inforonce iy that the cry of starva~ tion waa o sham, Thero js o doubt that many lionest men have boon near oxtreme want this winter, Bome of them bave beon saved from it only by eating the bitter bread of eharity, Yet probably there ia no ono of thom who might not have lived comfortably during this timo of want had ho shown, during tho last fiva yoars, a titho of tho prudonce oxhibited by the capitatiat ho is 80 fond of donounciug, It iy not Capital that grinda ‘down Labor; it is Labor's own wastoful improvidence, Miss Kalo Btnnton is sald to ho lecturing on ‘*‘lho Abolition of Poverty.” Hor romody for it {s co-operation. Whothor or not slio knows nnything :moro about co-oporas tion thon what sho las gleaned from tho roporls of lho Massnchusetts Board of Labor Statiatics, wo wot not. Dut tho plau i practicablo, enslly practicable. I the working~ mon want to ‘‘abollali the capitallst,” ns thoy proclaim, why in tho name of common senso dou't thoy do 8o?. Thoy have but to start o co- oporativo storo to abolish on or two of him, in- slanter. It the store succoeds, it will abolish him by tho acore, year after yoar, Thero is ono such ostablishment in London, which bogan olght yoars ngo with half-a-chest of ton for ita sole stock, and which is now nolling 84,000,000 worth of goods a your, and, in the words of an English magazlne, “ rovolutionizing tho rotall trado not only of London but of the wholo country.” OUR TRADE WITH BALTIMORE, Wo yestorday called attontion to the fact tuat tho Baltimora & Ohio Railrond, doing business upon & cash basis, would always be able to earry froight and passongors profitably at less rates thnn its rivals who wore hopelessty water-logged, snd carrying dobt and capital stock wholly dis- proportioned to the valuo of their proporty. Chicago is peculiarly interested in nny trunk line of railway that Lms tho aobility to carry frolght to an Atlantic port ot octual cost—which cost includes & fair in- toroat on the capital invested, but nothing more. In Baltimore, the Enstorn terminus of this rail- way, thoro havo been provided large olovators for tho prompt handling of grain, somothing which Now York hag hitherto failed to provide. Grain reaching New York is omptied into barges and hnuled aboit the harbor, and sold from those burges by rotail, or in quantities less than & bont-lond. In DBaltimore, it goes di- rect into warchouso promptly on its arrival. About tho time that Baltimoro had sceured rail communication with Chicego, a line of two steamers to Liverpool wag started ; siuco then tho number of steamers has increased to teu or more. Each year the recoipts in that city of products from tho West have beon incrensing, sud for some of theso products the following oro thoe figures for 1873 : Flour, brls. 1,312,012 Grain, bu, 12,610,067 Highwines, brta. . 93,201 York products, for 55,184 ‘Tho oxports of Baltimore to foroign conntries included 859,666 bsrrels of flour ; 7,251,726 bush- elaof whestand corn; 11,590,000 pounds of lard; 7,961 boxes and 6,924 barrols of pork; 281,000 pounds of checse, Tho trade of Balti- more with New England- ports, and with the Weat Indios and South Americs is very large. Among tho exports we notice 09,000 tons of Cumberland coal to the Wost Indics. Tho oxports of cotton were 85,000 bnles, Tho foreign and domestic trado in Western breadstufls and provisions is incrensing with great rapidity, THE TEXAS COUP D’ETAT. The State Elcction Upsct by tho Su= preme Court, und Kepublicans Cone tinued in Power. ¢ Washington (Jan, 0) Dispatch to the New York Sun. It was statod in thoso dispatcbea somo ton doys sinee, on trustworthy iuformation, that there was & purpose on the part of tho Ropubli- cnn officials of Texns to dofont, if possible, tho will of tho poople, expressed st tha late election in the choico of Govornor sud other Btate ofli- cors. ‘Tho dosign, os then stated, was to appeal to the Bupreme Court of the Stato to dectars the law undor which tho clection was hold as uncon- stitutional. 'Chis Comt is & remuent of military rule, never having been put in position by a fair vote of . tho people. It was aunticipated that it would vrespond to the wishes of tho Ropublican officinls, ~who wanted to hold on to their oflcos, capecially a8 ity own continued oxistenco was involved in the question. At tho time ot tho election s con- stitutional amendment was also carried, provid- ing for p uow Supremo Court. The clection ro- sulted in the Domocrats sweeping tho whole State. By press-dispatches it appears that tho predent Bipreme Court has futfiiled the expecta- tions eutertained of its nction, nud has dacidod that the election law was unconstitutional, ‘Lho offact of this decigion is to romin iu oflica this Court itselfand all the other Republican ofiicials, The following dispatch, received to-day by Rep- rosonlatives Giddings aud Hancoclk, of Texas, explnins the whole thing, and shows that Attor- ney-Genersl Willians proposes to re-enact the yolo of last winter in tho Louisiana case, Tho dispateh is dated Austin, Toxas, Jan, 5, 1874, and is from DMessrs, A. M. Werrill and William Wal- ton, prominent lnwyers, Thoy say: *'I'ho Suprema Couct of Woxas decided to- day, in tho case of ax-pnrte Roderizerez on ha- beas corpus, that the lnto general clection, at wifich a Demeocratic Governor and Logislature swera eloeled by noarly 50,000 majority, was un- constiutional. At tho same olection an amend- ment of the Coustitution, it is bolieved, wzs adopted which would roliove the Stute from tho present Suprome Court, . 'Tho counsel for tho Btato urged that tho caso was fictitious, and suipposted the statement by afiidayits, and urged tho Court, in behalf o its” own dignity, to in- quire iuto it. ‘Lhis thoy refused to do. The Htate's Attornoy then “informed the Court thut the CGrand Jury had exam-~ ined the caso, oud,” he and they boing satisfied that it was flotitious, no indictment waa found, aud unitod with the pris- oner in asking his discharge. ‘Che Court refused to dischargo him, and Bmcuudml to hiear a cass Dbolatered, wo bolieve, by perjury. Iv was con- tended by the State : * First—Tunt the question of the conatitu- tionulity of an act providing for the election of o Legislature was one which the Legislature could atonco datormine on, By the Constitu- tion they were made tho exclusive judgo of their sloction and qualitication, *¢ Second—1'hat thoe question of their olection, ‘boing referred to tholr judgment by Lhe Consti- wution, wag political m its character, and oue which the Supreme Court could not dotermine, excopt in subordination to the legislative count. It hud no power to dostroy the succession in o co-ordinate dopartment of tho Governmont by construing as illegal the law ou whiok that suc- cosslon depoured. Pliird—That they could not in any evont pass on the constitutionality of the acton any ox-parte heariug, but, ilfiho procoss was regular, must remand the prisosor for exumination be- fore tho ofticor who issned the warrant, “ Fourth—"Lhat, if tho Court ussuwmed jurle- diction, thon the ace must bo construed as con- atitutional, “The following iu tho constitutionsl clauso construod by the Court, viz : ‘¥4 8eo, 6, All oloctions for State, distriot, or county omicers shinll bo neld at the county seats of tho soveral counties until othorwise provided by luw, and the polls shull boopen for four drys, from 8 o'closk 1., m, unnl § o'clock p, 1n, of each doy, #Pho lnst Logislature multiplied tho places of yoting by providing for previuet electious, and limited the time of voting to one day to provent frands, I'his uct the Bupreme Court coustruen to be {llegul, nnd thus actempts to destroy the successlon of tho Logislative and Executive Do- partments, Tho carpet-bag ofticiuls hero clajim that Attornoy-Goneral Willinms Las given au- surance of Fodoral support in setting asdo tho luto olection. ** Wo arguod the caugo for the Peoplo beforo the Bupreme Court, and advise you promptly of tho rosult,” et U MILWAUKEE ITEMS. Spectal Disw Chieuy ) lln.mguxe. -luu'.'m o i:fié‘.“.f“ofi‘ifi o Works hias rocolved from Gorwany a specimen of lumbor sultablo for atrcot-paving, presorvd by the Theluuny ocess, i the shapo of u rullroad-tie ‘whicki has been uce 1801, 'Tho tle wos fuspected by promfuent yestorduy, It was yocelved wrapped up in senled Ly tho Amoricun Cousul, Nfl;hlml'flwlhfiu nmmnlr‘hu t‘{u:nl:m;‘lmunln{mgl shipping portiou of the clty and Vulue of suip-buiid fug el o yant year o 020,000 THE LAKE FRONT. Conferonco Botween Mr, Newoll and o Counoil Gommittee, Tho Raitroads Aro Willing to Pay $300,000 and Take o Quit-Claim Deed from tho City. They Will Not Pay Any More, and Will Not Pay Any Interest, No Definite Conclusion Arrived at. Tho Council Commitico on Wharves and Publio Grounds hield o moetiug n tho Oity Clerk's office yer- torday ofternoon, Ald, Connon in thochair, Thoro wero present AL, T, 11, Batley, Jonas, aud Moore, of tho Committee, Ald, Pickering, and Presidont Newall, of tho Tilinola Contral Rallroad, They took up tho resolution of Ald, Plckering in regard to investigating tlie matter of selling tho lnke-front property botwovn Randolph and Mouroo streots to the Railroad Compa- len, ‘fho Cholrman was ssked what was to be domo with it, Ald. Moora supposcd, s tho matter kad boen betoro tho Councll nud tho Legislaturo, it would bo beat to hear from tho rallrond ropresontative whether the Compantes proposed to comply with tho contract first mado, or submit & now proposition, Thte Chafrman remarked that Lie had written lotters to tho differont ailroads intorcsted, auking ons of their officera to Lo prosent and givo the Comuaittoe fu- formation, As thoy wero intezosted, he thought it well to ask them to come, Mr, Nowell sald that Mr, Walkor, who represented tho Michigan Contral and tho Burlagion & Qulucy Compnnicy, was out of town, and be prestumed thare w‘u‘.lll.ltl Lo 1o oue presnt to] ropresent thoss Comyie nles, Ald, Moore lnquired 3f, as far ta tho Companies rights wero concerued, oy wer prepared to comyly with tho origiual contract entered into several yeurs ugo? M, Nowell desired to know if tho Lake Front act was referred to, under which o certain price woa fixed. Ald, Mooro said that was what lio moant, THE NAILROADS READY TO PAY. Mr, Nowoll statod that the Iiliuols Contral waa resdy to poy for tho laud the amonut preseribod by the 1hat lio had been udvised by Alr, Walker that tho othier Toads worw also willing to pay tho balutice,—§600,000,— $200,000 Linving nlrendy Leen podd, Tho oxnct terma'of payment for tho Chicago, Burlington & Quiney nud tho Michigan Southorn hio' was not preparod to stuto, ‘Tho Lliluols Central was ready to pay the balanes i tho city would cxecutou quit-claim deed aud withe draw tho fnjunction aud aulta instigatod aguinst the trausfor, aud givo possemlon promuty. \Whoncser {heso couditious were complied with, lio undarstiod 1ho two Companics wero ready to pay in paper which would bo negatiable, ha Titinols Central wus realy to malta tho payments {n tha way preserfod by tho aet, iu three, eix, and nino nionths, W cash, o0 Mony: TAN 3360000, Ald, Jonan asked If tho Companies would bo whling to puy more than $800,000, 1f tho property was worlli more, M, Nowoll roplled that they wonld not pay more, a8 thiat Was all they conaidered 1t worth, i Ald. Jonas remarlked tuat if that was the real viluo of th land, ho vas willing to let tho ratlroads havo for that smount, Mr, Newoll sald that, ot tho timo of tho fire, $800,000 was u high valuation, * At tho tmo the et wi parded, it was regarded ns o ressouublo valuation, sud ot thid {4me ho did not think it was worll: more, d, Bfooro inguired, 3f other partien offarod more, wowld o' Companies bo rilling to ey os much, Mr, Nowoll thought not, VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, Ald. Batley wanted to know it Le did not think the land Was worth moro oW than whon the act wos passed, Mr. Newell thought it was worth a great deal more money, a8 on {aterval of Aive yeara had clapsed, ind § person'could pay more for It, na about 40 per cext for interest must bo added to ‘the value, A man could afford to pay more for it now {han o could then But ho considered, taking tho yalu of other projerty 1 tho vicinity na o standard, that it was not woith st much nowas it was then fhat property thers ot Michigan avenuo wis nob worth 83 much by 30 pot ceut us it wus {1 1869, N0 INTEREST, Ald, Jonas desired to kuow if tho Companies wer willing to pay interest on the £000,000, 3r. Nowell soid No ;" thoy had alwaya beon ready to maky tho payment in_accordance with tho ac', but tho_injunction intervened and prevented, and thoy suppored that relloved thom from paying interost, Ald, Pickering asked whother, provided the injunce tion suft wus decided (n favor of tho Companies, they would not be obliged to pay tho intorost, 3Ir, Nowell did not “belleve it. That was a logal question which the CorporationjCounsel could arswor anare intelligently than he, As hio viewed i, the Coie ‘panles were under no obligation to pay the iutoreat, Ald, Plokeriug suppoved tit interest could nof be demunded on the $200,000, but it could bo an the §CU0,00.. EREOTING THE DEPOT, Thio Clialrman asked:now soon tho Companles would ‘begin crecting a depot i they gecurcd the laud 7 AMr, Newell could not sy positively, but would no- swer in a general way, The present passenger station was too gmiall, and there was great diiliculty In geting traing inond ut,and thointoreats of the railsoads sould force them within a very reasonnble tima after thay got poesessiou, to build & depot, There wer> other tea. tures, Applications bad been made by Eastern linea which desired to outer tho city on tho Illinola Contral tracks und oceupy the depot joiutly, Ho had sail to them that wheuever the Company got a title to the property e would be ready (o muke arrangemonts with them for joining with tho three companies ir: the occupation atd ownorship, Tho depot, If orected, ‘would ba about 200 feet in width and Y00 feat long. "OTHER LINES COMING 1 Ald, Plekering usked If tho companfes now had suf- fclent grounds to Lutid s unlon denot. AMr, Newell roplfed thot they hud no avaflable rounda for u passenger-station,—more than enough for frelght Lusiness. Tho Baltimoro & Ohio unt! tao Atluntle & Qreat Westorn Compauies had pade application to become jofut ownors in the property, Ald. Plckeriuy wanted to know if thoso two corapse niea would 1ot reguiro additional grounds for oitics ‘bulldings, A, Nowell could not oy, ao e did not know what thelr necessities might be, Helnd told them thut ho was willing to accept them as joint owners and oceu- I und give them a lease of u right of way to ap- proach lhu‘(‘]d]ml ou tho Ilinols Central tracks, The Girand Trunk had never expressed n desire to como jn. Tho Peninsular Road made application two years ago, Dt had sald nothing sfuce. TUF, LAKE-FRONT ACT YET OPERATIVE ‘Plie Clisirwian asked, in_cnso the Council did not deelde to sell tho land for £800,000, would tho cowpa~ uiea pay o greater stm ? r. Nowall said thoy regarded tho Lako-front nct as oporutive yet, They hud complied with every pro- vision of the law, except paylug tho money, nnd thought they wera entitled "to tho property for $800,000,—thut that wus_ sbout what it was wortls, 'Fhiey were in no condltion to make any furthier offer, as tho question of un additfonal price hud ncver Deen brought before thiem or discussed, If the city gavo possession, tho question of the rights of private percout who axlied {10 Droperty oppaiite, 44 to {lo ‘easements which they Liad, would come up, The mate ter of damugea would then bo considered, TAYING DAMAGES, The Cliatrman usked if tho compantes would bind themselvea w&ny the damages 7 Mr, Newoll did uot thiul: that a fair queation, *Tlicy wore bound to pay alt damages they were linble for, “Fhioy i not ask the city to guarantes tho companios® ‘possesslon Leyond tho clty?s intercat, NO 8PEOULATIN Ald, Jonas wished to kuow if tho companiea intended i partof the ground to other compaulei—-to apeculate 7 Mr. Nowell replied that the other companies ed- mitted would Lave a juint ownevshlp, The ground would L used for wllfoud ihrpotes oily. Ty &id nat oxpect to spoculate—only to get what it cost. Ald, Jonas inquired if the companics would be will= 1ug to have the lad appraised ul estato 1uon, sz, Newll uad thoy were suatod to pry 480000y and did not caro to pay mora, Thoy did not ask if for leas, 1 it 'oa worth less, the city would gain the difference, THE INTEREST QUESTION AGAIN, A2 Jonaw could ot ace wh tho clty should loss e intorest, r. Nowell sald 1t was by the act of tho city it was Tot, Ald, Pickoring thought tho ralroads should pay thie intercat, on uccount of the improvements, Mz, Newell geiu three or four foat of the carth would huyoio bo removed, o loud was too high noy for s de- pot, Tho question was,whether it was for {ho Interest of tho'elty to sell tho land to tho companies, It Wad 10 for the railraads to uny whothor tho ground wae worth Juoro or loss thiun $500,000, ‘T'io Iiliuofs Contral would vefuso to iy wOre thum that, What tho othor com- paules would do, he did uot kuow, but he tlhought thioy l#0 would rofuse, Ald, Pickering ssid, provided the suits wera with. rawn, und the propésty put up st auction, would ' tlie Tallroad companfea objoet 0 it, or Would thoy put tn » bid 7 Mr, Nowall Teplied {unt tho companics considered that thoy hind sowe Jittlo vlaim fo the property, und would naturally look ufter thelr intareats, What 'they would do, o coulda't tell. AN APPRAISAL WANTED, Al, Mooro remarked that s Lad heard that 3. ¥, Beuminon would ot relfiquish suy of fe Hghts, but would fight tho project to the Lilter end, unlcss hig property dqwn thoro waa BoUgLL Ly tho rullroads, e (Afuore) wau fu tavor of solling the land to tho compa. Nice, if the Counell und the right to disposo of it. It would bo & satisfuction to tho peoplo and the Couneil {0 know what vulue renl estato men placed on tha prop orty, They wero merely a commiltice of luvestigation, and what thoy might do would uot joopardize (g vighits of suy ono, Al Pickering vowarked that the cily could not give o guod tllloto the laud, What they winted to gut wt wia 10t 110 valus of tlis nd, but the valuoof thocity's o ok s b a ., 3loory salid & mon who owned property in the vichulty t01d bt $800,000 ‘wasn {ute prices After gowo discnssion rolative to calling {n reat wa- tute dealers sud proporty uwuers (v get fimr opinians of the value, the Committeo adjourned, subjuct to tha oull of fio l'.'hnl'l-‘mun. Steron Anothec mucting willsoon cld, and cesf haard & {0 tha mickst veIua of the TeonerteeT