Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1874, Page 2

5 T I CINMUAU U DaTO T I IerDUIVITT MOLNUAY,, TERIRUH Y 187 JERSEY HUMOR. Mrs Walter Phelps’ Speech in Con- gress on tho Franking . Privilege. Distribution of tho Currancy, or Dis- tribution of @arden-Seeds ? The Remarkabte Influence of Hay-Seed 'in Congressional Hair, Yaluablo Docnmonts on the Silurian Poriod and Isothermal Theory. The Avernge Congressman and His Country Editor. What the Farmers Do Not Want. During the discussion in tho Houso of Ropre- sontatives on Bill No, 825, providing for n restor- ation of the franking privilego in favor of pub- tic documonts and tho country nowspapors, Mr, Waltor Pholps, of Now Jorsoy, mado thoe follow- Ing remarks, which excited almost as much mor- niment in Congress as did Proctor Knott's speech on Duluth: 5 TIE DISCUSSION, Mr. PHELPS—Mr. Speakor, I shall oppose the bill introduced by the Committeo. I shall oppose the amendmont suggosted in his specch Ly the gentloman from Indiaua [Mr. Tyner]. I shall opposs the substitute which will bo offered at the proper time by my friend from Towa (Mr, Kasson]. In aword, I shall oppose, with all duo respect to thoso who diffor from me in opinion, overy bill, overy nmendment, every substituto, which proposes, in whole or in part, directly or indircetly, to ro-onact thoe franking privilege, I beliove that a priviloge for the fow in an injus- | tico to the many, mid I, for ene, shall try Lo givo privileges to none, oqual rights to all, My opposition to thia bill in the first instance, Mr. Bpeaker, is on tho ground of that economy which wo praise so much, which we practice so litllo. [Laughter.] Andif itis not prosump- tuous to criticivo, let mo suy that in ty opinion tho record of this Houso in that rogard bns been singularly illogical and uneatisfactory ; and when Iromomber that we are what my friond from Massachusotts [Mr. G. 1% Honr] so appropriatoly onlled us a fow days ago in & moment of groat oxcitoment ; when I romeomber that in his words wo arc a *‘body of intelligent statesmen,” 1 submit, Mr. Spouker, our rocord is puzzling and unwutisfactory. [Laughter.] WIHAT I8 THAT RECORD ? ‘Wo camo hero fresh from tho peoplo, eagor to win reputation for ourselves, and to save tho Commonwealth. What did we do? We began tosponk; you spoke, Mr. Speakor; I spoke; and every man who got the floor spoko—for what? To domonstrato to the peoplo our wil- lingness to snerifico ovon our own salaries. [Laughter.] Wo wasted ton days in tatk, and whon au end came, when we woro all tired, whon wa wore all hungry, whon we worae nll slecpy, my indofatignblo frlend from Maino [Mr. Ialo] ingistod wo should stay hero late into the ovoning that ho might yond us o lettor on tho sclfish extravagance which would cutdown our walories to only £6,000 instend of $5,500, [laughtor],—n sum which lig had recommended aud more than onca urgod us to adopt, And tho fathor of tho llouse, (M r. Dawen,] rising to the Leight of the groat snbject, in_a voics whoko eepulchral warning yet lingers in my ear, nssured us aguin and again that he could bide his timo—ho could bide bis timo. 1 went home that night distreseed that I conld not look upou this mattor of $500 as one of such stupendous importanca, But, sir, at the &nmo timo it entored my henrt to think thal undor leaders so zealous the Republic conld nover tukae any delriment, But, mark you, the very next morning, or tho noxe morning but one, my frleud upon my right, the goutlonian from Towa [Mr. Donnan), the Chpirnun of tho Com- mittee on Yrinting, modestly stepped to the front, und in this ¥amo House, and before tho some eamest economists, proposed a bill—for what? o print for graivitons distribution 250,000 copies of tho Agricultural Roport ; ot 250 ; not twonty-five hundred ; not 25.000 ; but 260,000 copies of the Agricultural Roport. How I admired the nudueity of my friond ftrom Townl Mow I pitied his fate! If there hnd been such protests and speeches for a poor &30, what would be tho fata of & man who dured 1o como before this 1louse and propose that wo should throw 500,000 into tho rug-bags und barber-shiops of the uation # Mr, Spoakor, my indefatigablo friond from Mune never ouce Look the floor upou that quen- tion ; the father of the House refused atteriy to phiesy, and the bill of my friend from lown it througl alwost witbout objection, certain- without discussion, Aud then day aftor day “followed, and bill after bill was introduced, aud L) tho session began to grow ofd, Wus thero a man of us who got the floor who did not ay oul far cconomy ? -~ Was thoro & mun of us able to flud that particular measure on which he was willing ing o practics it? [Luughtor.] By and by there came au ocearion, and tho brave and oloquont gentleman beforo ma [Mr. ‘Woodford] seized it. e offered the Ilouso un opportunity to reform and improve its record. e roso up vory boldly—very unfortuuntely as tho issuo showad—and elearly pluced tho issus before tho Tlouse, Doos the House wish to dis- cuss the fluances of tho nation, or does 1t wish TO DISCUSH ITH GARDEN-BEEDS ? And after full consideration the louse, by one of tho most unauimous votos I linve witnessed this session, doclared that ns for them they would provida fist for the distribution of garden teedy, and after that for tho distribution of the currency, [Laughter.] Whan I sought the ox- plication of this neomingly inexplicable decision —what wasit? The reply which I novor hoar upon this floor, but which I hear in my sent or whispered in the lobby, ** 1t wus the Graugors ;" that the Grangers had catled the attention of their Represoutativos to tho fack that spring had come, sud the earth was waiting for its seeds, aud there conld bo no further delay. [Lnugmer.i And to wo got a bill before us whiok I sy, in exfect sincoriy, rovives tho feanking privilege. yuny it explicitly,and,boldly, this bill of the Com- mitteo gives the inember every right o had bo- fore excopt one. We caunot write our sutograph. lotters and frank thom, Wonderful rostriction! Wo may frank documeuts that weigh 100 pounds; wo cannot frank o half-onco lotter. The gentlo- men of the Committee take from us the only niviloge that is dosirable and not subjoct to abuso, Who will write lotters enough to burden the wails 2 Does the Committeo know how hard it is for members to writo? Doey il know how Lard it is for conntitueuts to read? Tlo abuso lies olsowhero. WIAT WAB TIE ABUSE of the franldng privilege which wus complained of 2 Was it not Lho free trausmission of heav: wmaterial, masses of binding aud printing which wo crammod into tho mails of the conntry, to the damnge aud delay of the business and sovial cor- respondence of the 1\'vm.lpln 7 Aud it in this hoavy materinl that tho bill proposes to frank—pubho documenty, bools, poriodicals, souds, roots, plauts, ucions, evorything else that is worthloss sud heavy, Tho Commttga in proparing thiy bill bave revived the old abuse. 'Lhoy lave taken the poor old castaway of the Forty-socond Congress ; thoy bave given him a sitk hat, and Lave dved his mustacho, Bug he iu the Bame old original Jucobu still, [Langhtor.] Why not be fair ; why not bie frank’; and como out und gy, Boholil tha old bill; we have ro- buptized it 3 but only— Koop the ward of promfan to our car, Aud break it to our hope? 1 think 1t wos m{ friond from Missourl® [Mr, Buckner] who saud thut tho ubuse of tho frank- ing privilogo waw thut mombers of this louso anct membors of the Senute usod it dishonestly, Br. Speuker, judiing othors by mysolf, no ono can thiuk more poorly of this louse than I, aud yol Tanm perteotly convinoed thut neithior in this House nor in the othor is there to ba found mon who would dishonestly use s privilogo liko this, ‘I'ho stutoment is falso on the face of it, Am I to boliovo, with my friend from Missours [Mr. Bucknor], that avy of these mombers now | guthoring round mo—mombors fwho reprasont i nt constitioncios—any in this LLEGTION OF INTELLIGENT HTATESMEN " who would uso his frauk to wond hie dirty linen home to the wash? [Lougltor], Bir, tLo idoa is proposterous, - A member who would uso s frank to send hia sofled lluon to his wosherwoman woukl never have any, (Ite- nowad laughtor.] Aud if there is auy ano who supposcs that any Bonntor at tho otlier end of the Capitol is abont to frank homoe his furnituro, whon Lho poople have no longer need of i sor- vicen hioro, ho must suppono that Sennlora block- bond, Noj tha only nbuso of the frankiug privilogo [s that which wo proposo to rovive ; thnt 18, to lond tho mail with o masy of hoavy matorial which doos not pay its way. What is urgoed in favor of thin {\mymulon ? Wa are toll that it s our bounden duty—my friond from Wiscousin [Mr. Hazolton] puts it tho shorteat—to provide the pooplo with in- formation. Now, I will adnut that my friend needs informntion ; I think tho peoplo need in- formation, Dut ljw peoplo naod othor things— many moro than wo can supply. Tha poopte ncod warmth, oleanlinesy, virtuo, But no oue horo comes forward and proposes A FIL DISTRIDUTION OF BATIS, of fires, or of Bibles, [Lnughtor.] “T'ho pooplo need somothing olso. And_ just hero, for once, tho sontiment of him who dwoll- oth in_cltien and him who dwelloth on tho prai- rics, of him who lives In tho East, and of him who lives in tho West; of him who lives in tho North, and of him who lives in the Bouth, agreo, liers {4 ono gmnt want of the country, Why, Ar. Bpoakor [Mr. Monroo in the chalr], did you evor meot ouo of your friends who was from tho nobto West who did not tell you that tho noblo Wont noedod money? {Laughtor.] Did you evor mock any one {rom the sunny South who did not_teil sun that tho sunuy Bouth noodod monoy? And I am willing frankly to confoss, in tho prosonco of this ** collection of lntelllgunf slatesmen,” that my own Stalo of Now Jorsoy noedsmoney, More; Thavo the best of evidence, to como nenror home, that in my own district thoro i8 searcaly o mati, woman, or chitd who does not ncod mouoy. Aund yot I do ot propose, nor do you propose, neithor does this Committeo pro- pouo, to distribute to your poople or to my peo-.. plo tho frae bath, or the freo fire, or the free iblo, or the fras greenback. [Lnughtor]. Now, my friend from Illinois [Ar. Cannon] who addressed von threo or four daya ngo, with an eloquonce that wns untutored but very ef- fective, whoso imugination flushed nlong tho fron net-work of his logle iu a way thab fairly astonishied tho Ilouse, #poko of n° great many things that flled mo with wonder and amazo- ment. 1la spoka of the AT-BEED IN 118 JEAIR [laughter], and under the magiv touch of his voiee that hay-soed glowed around his hend like tho hwlo of tho martyrs, [continued Iaughtor]; ond whon ho spoko of the onts In liy throat, it was with such & force and ‘such olo- quence that I know ho_felt thom [loud lnughe ter] ; and toull of this I Lind not tho alightost objection, I listenod and wondored: I gezod and admired uutil ho eame to prnlsu his country folk at the oxpenso of mino. This 1 would not stand, Ho represonts a country constituency, Just ns Tdo. 1le has no sarge oitles in his diy- trict, just 08 Thavonone. And be had vo busi- noss to boast of the intolligonce of his farmers on tho prairios, just ns if Lhere woro no intolli- sont farmors in Now Jorsey, [Laughter.) How fio bonwica of thir ltorary fastol And whon ho began to tell us all that his farmors sont him lot~ ters to auk for books, £ wanted then and thero to riso up and say, “I represent farm- ers; they write to mo for books; day aftor day I get similar Totters from my constituonts, ‘Lhey aro wonderful lattors, and sometimes the enorgy of thoir polition is such that it dofics Nonh Wobstor aud Lindloy Murray, Thoy nover fuil to mako tho provisu that T should pay. the postage.” [Luughtor.] 8ir, Ldonot bolieve that among tho lotters from' his_praivie constitnents, of which ho #peaks so bravely, ho ean find ove that asks bim for tho TMSTORY OF THE SILGIIAN PERIOD, or tho crustaccous formation, or the isothermal theory. It tukes tho Jorsey farmor o nsl for suchf T appenl to tho Iouse, slall o bonet over the intelligent requests of his farmers bo- cauo thoy live on tho prairies, and I Lo tongue- tied hore aud not suffored to sponk of the in- tolligenco of my farmors who live on the bnuks of the Yassnic, the Hackensack, and tho Ilud~ son? [Rouewed lnughter.] But, Mr. Speaker, E liavo concealod part of tho truth, For every letter which I recoivo asking for the silurian 'ml'lod or tho cruslacoous formu- tion, or the ivothermal theory, I roceive two lot- tora which prefor a difforent request. Tor every Iottor asking for a public documont, a Iatent- Ofilco teport, or oven an Agricultural Roport, I got n lotter politely and_ kindly asking tho lonn of five dollars. [Laughter.] “Now, I ask if wo nro to furnish our constituonts with all thoy want,—with their hoat, with thelr information with their clonulinoss, with thoir virtue,~musf wa not aiso FURNISH THEM WITH MONEY? . Yot I do not lioar ona single member, oven it ho roprosents u Grango, who stands upon this flaor to usk that, in addition to the Agriculiural Report and tho jrothormsl theory, wo sl also by freo distribution kond fivo dollars to each of our constituonts, Aud yot would not tho £ belp moro that tho Agricultural Report in our eleetions next tall ? But my friend from Illinois is confident that tho poople av lnrgs want these documenty, Now, DIr. Spenker, farbo it from mo to run agninst tho pooplo. ‘I huvo groat respect for them in view of tho fact that an clection occurs so soon. But let; us be suro first as to what the people want. Aly friend from Illinois himself aided to show that thio peoplo do not want the franking privilego and do not want the public documents AT THE COST OF TAXATION, He vory properly ruled ont from tho discussion ull the disreputable membors of the community. o snid, and snid truly, that the railways do not want the crustaceous formation, or the isothor- mal thoory,or the Agricultural Roport. I do not think they o ; and I do not want to give it to them. I'think the railways have no rights that wo on this floor aro bound to recognize, excopt tho right to be taxed and to carry the ‘muple for loys than cost, If thoy wanted tho public docu- ments we would not listen to their cry, Fortu- nato railways that they do mot! Neithior, ho suys, do tho expross compauies,—another dis- reputablo portion of wociety, uscless aud con- temptible, Thay donot want public documents, and it is well thoy do not, for they could not have thom, Thoy huve no rights which we are bound to respoct except to suffer taxution sud receive abuse, And #o ho went through the list to bunks_nnd munufuctories. But whon he had covered the whole class of disreputuble peoplo who do not wont the public_documents, why did_he stop ? Al, Mr. Bpeaker, there was an iwmportaut ontission fu this) citalogue which was supplied by my friend from Jowa [Mr. Kesson]. AsI rond tho signs of tho times, o majority of the poople who dwell under the protoction of theso nited States vote the Ropublican ticket. '.l'lmly yoted it two yoars ngo ; they voted it Inst fall. ‘Why did my friend from Illinois forget, until tha gontloman from fowa told him, that tho Re- publican party do not want the franking privilego; that tho lnst time_thoy bLad unjop- portunity to spesk they said, in words as ox~ licit ns words could niake the declaration, that they would nbolish tho franking privifugn ? My friend from lilinols had overlooked or for- gotton the Republicau party. Where, then, in tho name of cornmon sense, are tho poople who do want the frunking privilege? When I puuso for areply I getit: . * THE GRANGERS WANTIT; " and ingsmuch a4 the Qrangers, so far ny I can judgo, wunt everything, lot us' ndmit that they Want these public docnments, Just here again I strike squarcly against and tako iusue with the gontleman from Illnois, 1 am not & Granger, and I do not want to give thom what they want, I say it vory boldly. ;Lunghlur.] 1donot ko Grangor priuciplon, The Grangers did not nominate mo; the Grangors did not vote for mo, T'he Republicun party nominated mo; tho Republican party voted for me,and I can know uo other, 1 shall bo loyal to tho_sentimonts of tha Republican pacty ovor; I whall stand by the principles which tho Ropublicnn party has doclared ever, aud I sholl yield my loyalty to tho Ropubliean party, ond give in my fealty to this new party of the Grangurs, never, never—unless they should happon_ to establish Qranges in the northern part of Now Jorsoy. [Lunghtnr.]] Mr. Speakor, L find thut in discussing this franking privilogo I have got into thoe Printing- Houso; und that, as my friend from Wisconsin [Mr, Lazelton] suid, ia the roal iesuo, 'Phis s our bost argumont, I you rovive tho frauking privilogo you revive all THE ADUSES OF THE FUBLIO PRINTING ; and a blow aimod ut the franking priviloge s n blow aimed at the Printing-llonso, May blows full 50 many, 80 heavy, that this country may be snved tho wastoful expenditure which progoeds from that sourco, Who would rogrot the full of tho Printing Bureau? Who really wants theso publis documonts? Daes It never ocour to our frionds that the inexorublo laws.of trado—those whioh oven a fratoruel Governmont canuot ul- ways sucoessfully interforo with—show that tho people do not wavt thom? Thore is no town or villago in this couniry whero o travelor eannot go tu any second-hund baak-uhoK und buy auy publlo dovument—whother it o tho Agrivultural toport, the Iatont-Ottica nn?mn, the “orustu~ coous formation,” or the wilurlon period—by paying u litle moro than its worth us old papor, Lividontly tho domund is smull, nnd we can easily aumwor it by providing u syntom by whioh roports, which contribute to the educdtion of our people in politicul mattors, tuy bo brought Inore oconamicully within thelr conirol; sending & 10w copies tu tlo publia librarivs or ensbling all who wish to owu them to purchase thom afb thelr realcont. If wo aro hound, notwithutan Ing what I think is forcibly urged, to furnish formntion, do not, for pity’s wnke, distributo Datont-Ofileo Ileports, nor give tho pooplo tho Agrivultural Roports, Corlaicly, lot wua nol send down to our distrlets any more trontisos on tho Isothermnl lines, or cruaiacoan formntions, or silurian perluds, or salary-grabe, or any ono of thoso things, [Lneughfor.] If wo must tax tho muny to glve books to the fow, let s give thom tho nl:ollhm-hoolc. tho arith- matle, tho rending-hook—somothing that will ronlly bonaflt thom, which they will nppreciata, which will mnko thom hoblor citizony nud more suro to vota the tepublienn tickot, |Laughtor.] I salid I opposad this measurg I¥ TIE INTENEST OF ECONOMY. I opposgo it now fn tho interest of that universal Justico which wo all {n-nhso a8 wo do cconomy, but whleh wo rofuso to practico just s wo do oconomy, [Laughtor.] DBut my bHorrowed timo allows only n question on this pomt, Is it falr to tho pooplo of these Unitod Sintos to tax them all, A, B, 0, and D, all down to Z, in ordor that wo mny give a book to A? I claim this Is not republican doctrine. It iy wrong; nnd wo havo no busiucss to compol fifty pnoplu to pay taxon to give a luxury to one, Boforo tny timo {8 out notico ono section of the Dbill—I thinfk it 15 tho third—which spoaks of THE COUNTRY EDITOR, and this is » polut which I approach with the grentest roluctance. [Laughtor.] In my district, 18 in thee district of my friond from Illinofs, [Mr. Cannon,] wo do not Linve any Inrgo cilioy, wo do not have any motropolitan pross; bit wo do have a number of most worthy comtry editors—ostimablo mon, [Laughtor.] I would love to stop liere and pnes an encomum upon_tho viriues of theso gontlomon, butmy friond from Obio, [Alr. Garflold,] who Jiko my- soll has no metropolitan presy in his distriot, but a numbor of couutry papors, hias nnuclpnte:i me. With such oxquisito ggmcu ‘liny io pointed tho picture of tho editor who sits in his country oftico that I yiold in despnir, Tho editor is novor hurried ; Lo forms no basty opinions ; bo waits until ho has _consultod tho county, and then, atthe end of the weok, passes bis opm- lon upon the doiugs of Monday—aud rosts, [Laughter,] Just ny the Grangers koop my frioud from Ilinots [Mr. Canmon] in' awo, Just sodo I tromblo before the edilors of the county. As tho Gravgers recoive from him love miugled with uwe, 80 do those oditors rocefve from me peculinr tokens of TESPEGTFUL UONSIDKRATION, Aud do thoy not desorve thom? Thov have n hard, hard time, and through it all are fathful nudtrueto the humblest of their ropresentatives, When you are in your _ohair, Mr. Speaker, and I am nt my deslk in tho Sleepy Hollow at your loft, your eyo I novor eateh, but I cuteh tho oyo of my country oditor overy timo, [Qrent laughtor.] 1f I go down-stairs, to muke mysolf cloan nt tho country's exponse, or go down {o strongthon myself by eating n fow oystors ab my own ox- penee, and a mulovolent member on the othor #ido of the Houso calls for tho yons and nays during my absonee, hi¢ s00s mo, and rocords tho fact tha 1 dodged. [aront ' laughtor] It it should linppon, through somo mistako, thot I do entch tho Spenkor's oye, or some gontloman yields me 80 mivntes of his timo, you, Mr. Spenlior, do not linten to mo; fow of my fellow- mowbers in this Houso listen to me (I do not blame them for not Mlstoving), but I am etrengthoned by the thought that T am talking away beyond you nnd boyond them for tho con~ stititoncy’ which I bavo tho honor so imperfectly to reprosont, and thut, 83 the watch-dog of thiy constituoncy, tho country editor listons to me, that Lo bears overy word, and that as it ploases or displonsoa him it will cither tmar or make me. [Langhter.} If such ‘my respect for tho country editor, imagine tho feelings with which I regard the in- gouity of the conmittes who vresont to us an asafootida pill aud cont it with dolicions sugar, I can uponk againat the froo distribution of publio documents through tho mnils, but how can I spenk agninst my country editor, who only wants a freo uso of tho Unlted Statos mail to distributo my praises ? This ull comes from tho skill this House has attained in puttiug a man i o false position by the practice of our Mondwys, It is something torrible ; it is somothing most deplorable. Wo bavo acquired such skill in framing our resolu- tions, that it fs impossiblo nowadays to got o bill whoso right aud whos wrong ** any follow can find _ont.” When I read through thig bill T snid: * O, my prophetic sonl, thig is attor the fashion of Mouday rosolutions,” If you want to help your country editor, you must voto for franking. If you waut franking, you must vote for your conntry editor. Does not tho bill read like MONDAY AVTEI THE MORNING TOURT WireneAs tho eartl s round, sud whoreus the sun in warm, and whereas if you are virtuous you will Lo Tappy ; und wherens wd wish tho world t bo ronnd, and wih the gun to e warm, sud we wish oursclves tobobnppy: Therefore, Resoived, That it Is the senso of thin Houso {hat wo sould estio an wnllmited aniount ‘of convertivle bondn, bearing .05 interest, i(lrcnt laughter.] 1 this stress, all that I can say 1IN REIIALF OF 3¥ COUNTRY EDITORS in this: That I do not bolieve that they want to obtain favors at the oxpenso of tho country. I beliove that thoy are good enough mon (as my 1riend from Ohio hns 8aid 8o much bettor than I eun soy it ; 1 am sending his speech to them and not my own). I holiove they are ¢o good men, 80 truly anxious for tho wolfare of this country, #0 invarinbly tundly, especially to the city pross, that o may assume that they would rather re- linguish priviloges than causo injustice, And I remembor to havo heard, a day or two ago, my Domocintic friend from New York (Mr, Potler), who spenks n great deal, and therofore enys o great deal that s wiso— remember having honrd Lhulghtm‘]. -1 & im sy that it is not thio businoss of the coun- try to givo privileges ovon to Lo deserving ; thud its only business is to do justice. Lt this Government, then, fullill its sole and proper function, to do justico. Let us rofuse all privi- leges, oven to tho doserving. I know the coun- try aditor will bo the lnst to complain. [Hore tho hammer feli]. Tho BPRAKLR pro tem. (3Ir, Monroa), The timo of the gontleman has oxpired. Soveral MEMBERS—Go on; o on, The SPEAKER pro tem.—If thoro is no objec- tion the gontleman may procced, 'The Chair Lios nono, Mr, PIIELPR—There i3 an amondment to this bill, It was not_slways so.” Whou this bill was firat presenied by the Committea it was not thuro. The amendment is in itulicy, us muek a8 0 8ay : CREWATE] " And I aek gontlemen to lond mo their ntton- tion fora fow muments while I utate why the Committoo introduced the smendment, and urge ali my Republicau frionds If thoy must pres this bill to see that thoy pasy it with” the nmendment in. Briofly, when thi bill was roportod without the amendment, it camo to the ear of & gentle- man upon the Committeo that another Demo- " oratic friond of mino from Now York was pro- paring o civenlar which he intended to send noxt full, under the exorcise of the frauking privi- logze, to all Republican districts, 1lo wns on- nbled to obtnin o copy of this eirculnr ; it was found to bo short—in that respect, of courso, unlike my friend—but, on the whole, witty, ng wy friendis always witty ; but it was terribly damaging to the Republican party. 1t was o notice Lo this olfect TO TIE DEPUNLICAN VOTEIH * Your loaders two_years ugo promised to re- peal the fruulsivg privilogo it you put_them in power. You put thom in power,” Thoy kopt thelr promiso; thoy repenled the franking priv- iloge. You put them in power tho next yeur, and thoy controlled the Ilonse by o two-thirds voto, And what Qid thoy do then? Liko Joshurun, when they waxed fat, thoy kicked; they broke in your face the promises that they hiad mado, and re-onuctod the frenking privil- ege,” This was tho substance of the cironlar, Undor theso cironmatanoes, I nak my Ropubli- can friends in this Houso—I have nothing tosay to my friends on tho othor sido--ought we not, it wo pass this bill, to aco that thore is in it this smondmont? Tor tho provision i ocnrofully druwn thut the Ropublican Postmustor, if atuny time, which would Lo about Bu]itumhur, lo thought the public welfara required it (snd no doubt ho would 8o thinlk if & numbor of such cireulars woro doposited in tho Post-OMco), might, in that case, rotuin thesa elrculurs *in wholo or in part for thirty days,” or until the country v curviod safely over tha Ponusylvanin oloction, I nssure you ho would yotain them Y wholo” Tho amondmont is importunt, 1f wo pas the bill lot un lu\as tho amoudment with it. It In our only safoty. And when wo pass the amended bill lot us do 1T IN A CREDITABLE MANNENR, A Dod dood derives somo merit from n bold performanco, Lot us bo bold in this, Lot us own up that it is the original * Jucobs.” Tiot us tako off tho silk hat; lot ng wash away tho dyo, and swronder all protensos, Lot us vo net thal tho pouplu will not dospise ns, though thoy con- sure, 1f wo attompt to decoive, wo shall only win contompt. Lhey aro a intelligont ns wo ure, o eannot devoive them, We shull fell in Lho attompt, It is thorofore bottor policy, ns it is hottor manhood, 1t we propose to ro-onnct the franking L)rh'lloul.', uot to do it by this bill, but to do it oldly wnd openly, Take sud adopt the amendmont of tho goutloman from Now York, [y, Holo], und Ly 1t toll the pooplo that wo do ra-onuot tho franking privilogo. Do not lot us aver agaln mako tho mistuke of stiompting to dogzoivo thow by a fulso issuo, SPRINGFIELD. Another Device to Profit by the Existing Grab Law, Speculations as {o iho Commiitee’s Verdiet on the Printing Frauds. Arrangements for tho Printing and Dis- tribution of the Rovised Statutes. Proposod Modification of the Warchouse Law. THE GRAB LAW. . Special Dispateh to The Ohdeago Tribtine. ANOTHER BILL. BrriNarieLn, 11, March. 7.—Tho following bill i bofore the Houso: Brotion 1, e it endcled by the Peovle of the Stats of Iilwnois, rewreaented in the General A neeinblp, That whenever any special asaessmont 18 lovied to pay tho interost on uny fudebleducss registorod h tho Au- {ilor's ofleey by vittue of any goneral law of thiln Btate, it shnll Lo tho duty of all Colloctors colleoting any sitwh segoasinonta Lo recolvo the coupons of tho current year for auch sssesmment, whothor the samo bo ducat the timo of sush collection or not, ‘Whon this camo up it was oxplained that it was intended to apply only to tho Sny leveo work, on tho Mississippi, but the opponents of the Grab law boleved it would havo o wider ap- p)lcnunn and includo rogisiored ratlrond bouds, Lhis is tho opinion of tho Auditor’s ofilce. ''lio bill will not pnss, It may not be gonorally known that the Audit- or's Department coustrues the Grab law to mesn that the bondy rotain the bonofits of the law for tou yours from tho dato of rogistration, and not ten yonrs from tho dato of tho passage of tho lw, ax fnvooent outsiders imngined, St THE REVISED STATUTES. ABRANGEMENTS FOR PRINTING AND DISTRINUTION, Spectal Dispateh to Phe Chicago P'ribune, Seurxorizny, Ik, March 7.—Mr. Hampton in- troduced a bill this moruiug, to provide for tha publication of the Nlovisod Btatutes, All lnws in force July 1, 1874, aro to bo published in & vol- umo entitled tho * Roviyed Statutos of tho Stato of Illinois,” The rovisod nets of 1871~'72 abd 1873-'74 are to bo proporly nunotatod, 80 ay to show by proper roforenco thu original nets and sections ombracoed therein, Placo will be given to the Declaration of Indepondonco, tho act of Virgivia, 1783, aud of the sossion of Yirglnin of March 1, 1784, and other intoresting Revolution- ary documonts, H. B, Hurd is to anuotate, edit, aud supermtend the publcation, ,and meke o full indox in ss moarly’ s may bo in tho alphabatical order observed in the publication of tha statutes of 1845, Tho work is to equal tho Gross Statutes of 1860, ‘Tho Govoruor, Becratary of Btate, aud Auditor, within ton doys aftor adjournmont, shall adver- tiso in ono dully papor, fu Chicago, Bpringtiold, sud Bt. Louis, for bids for the work, whicl is to Do let to the lowest responsible bidder ; provided thac tho prico shall not excoed 10 conts per vol- umo for folding, stitclung, binding, and deliy- ery. The distribution is to be mado by tho Becerotary as now Providud by law, aod the re- mmnuder of the edition (15,000 copies in nll) to be distributed to tho counties in proportion to population, the County Clerks being authorized 10 soll tho #amo at not to cxccod 3 per copy, and mnke returns of sales in January snd Feb- ruary of ench yoar, Thie bill was read a first timo, THE BVIDENC The House decided, by 66 to 13, to print tho ovidonco taken before the Printing Committeo, whiclh will mako a book of about 6U0 puges, und prolong tho seasion about two wools. o gt THE PRINTING FRAUDS. Special Dispatch to Ths Chicago Tribune, WIAT WILL THE VERDICT BE? SrarwarieLp, 111, March 7.—At Jost tho Print- ing Committoo hins concluded its labors, tho evi- donca is nll in, the counsol for the defengo, Gov. Tualmer, delivered his specch in mitigation of punishment, the jury has retired, and the fore- man, Bradwell, is writing out tho vordict to sub- mit to his collonguos, Tho investigation lns oen conducted by the Committee with signal ability and couruge, and it only remnins - for them to be fuir and feoarless in thoir vordict to win comwmendation for their work. Tho abuse poured upon the Committeo b){ tho contractors through their orgaus should not divert them from thoe straight line of duty. "The investigation has shown beyond doubt tl:at the contract wns ONTAINED BY CONSPIRACY AND FRAUD. Such gcems to be the opinion of the Commit- tea, and it 18 not unlikely that the Houso will bo naked to adjudgo tho contract void. The con- tractors aro evidently nfraid of this boing douo, a8 Gov. Palmor warned tha Committeo that it was o judiciul question which thoy wonld test in tho courts, It is impossible to predict what the Committeo will recommend, One may de- foud tho contractors and the Commission- ors, othors will nirign tho contractors, whilo others will irclude the Commissioncra in a vordict of condomuation, It would not be surprising to find majority ahd minority ro- ports ; dissenting opinions from each. Tho Inw will he amonded or a now one passed. The re- ort or reports of tho Committeo will be Inid ofore the House next weok. gy THE WAREHOUSE LAW. Special Dispaich to T'he Chivago Tribune, TROPOSED MODIFICATION. SewiyarieLy, DL, March 7.—Mr, Willlamson asked for consideration of tho bill to change tho ‘Warcliouse Inw rolating to rates of storage. It was taken up, whon ho proposed to strike out the emorgonoy clause, and lot tha bill be orderad to o third reading. Mr. Whiting objectod. Ho was opposed to tho bill, as in it tho warehohse- mon proposod to mako tho people submit to their dictation, while lho proposed to mako them oboy the Iaw. The chango proposod would raigo stornge rates G0 por cont, oy were too high now, If Chiongo expected to liold the position of the greatost grain mar- kot in‘the world, she must cheapen rathor than incronso tho cost of haudling grain, or clge it will sock to go around her, as it now docs to o reat oxtent. Mr. Williamson expluined the in- ont of the bill, and roason why it was ssled by warchousemen, e Lad no_speciul intorest in tho bill, but wanted it to stand on its own merits, Agtion on tho bill was proventod by o motion to edjouin, which provailed. ———— MISOELLANEOUS. Spectal Dispateh to Tho Chicago Tribune, THE MAYOR'S NILL. Brrinorzenp, IiL, Marek 7.—The bill ro- enactiug o portion of the Mayor's bill was road a soeond thme in the Benate, iu its rogular order, COURT TuRME, The Bonato passed the unconstitutional bill chnnging tho time fov holding court in tuo Tightoonth Judicial Girouit. "o 1ouso pussed tho Criminal Codo, which will golo the Senate for comcurronce in tho anoudmonts, STATE INSTITUTIONS, Mr. Inscoro roported from the Speelal Com- mittoo on State Inatitutions tho severnl rovi- sious of bills rn]nnnfi thoroto, with tho recom- mendation that thoy do not Puas. In place of them tho Committoo substituted o bill providing for o Bupervisor who shall have chiarge of ‘all in- stitutions, to whom roports shall bo mndo, and who shall mako ostimates of tho wants of the inatitutions, roporting bienunlly to tha Gov- ornor, 'Phls ofticor is to bo cleeted overy four i‘unm, Tho bill docs not abelish tho T'riwsteos, hut reducos thonumber to thyeo for enoh innti- tution, ‘The schome doos not soom to bo muoh of an improvoment on the prosent sysiom, It was mudo the spooinl ordor for Thuraduy next, With tho bill ahplishing Prustocs, sud providing for {Lirec"Commisslaners, TIHE RAILIOAD LAW DNXIOPULAR, The potition of the Bonrd of rude roquesting & wodiflentlon of the Muilrond law was presented in tho Mouso by Bt Hopline, The roading wag opposed by dlr. Johinson as o wasto of timo, although bo took up more than the rending. Alr, Williwmson prodonted the momorial In tho Honato, Cassorly prosontod a potition from Chonas, Mr, Dunham from Honry, Mr, Enow from Tazowell, Mr, Grant from Jolict, and somo one also from Ohampaign, Thoy were sont to tho Itallroud Committeo, OUNS OF MEETING, Mr, 8hepard, insplred with u dotermination to cloyo up work aud got away from Lore, offorod o renointion o meob at, on and aftor Tucsday uext, . m, It wont ovor nudor the rulo, but will no doubt pass when ealior up. ANTI-ORNTENNIAL REHOLUTION, Mr. Xolly proposod by rewolutlon to instrnot Congress to make no appropriation for an in- tornntionnl Contonnial jumboros, but In favor of a nntional colohration, Mr. Kelly ovidontly doos not beliove In the flunkeylsm of {nviting all oro- Mlhin;w nillllo]wlltll us in coluhrmh:g an u\lrlunt Which cortalnly is not 4 very gratitying rocolleo- ton to the Od World. s e PENSONAL TXPLANATION, Mr. Youngblood nroso to s porsonal privilego, Somo Lime ngo he lind boou takon to task by the gontleman from Pike (Aralior) for trenching on radicnl Ropublican ground, * 1o ()‘omuizblnod) had oudenyorod at thnt timo to dofond himsolt; but ho ind 1o expectations of such suddon con= vorslon to mdienl ground as he had withiossed, It now turus out thab tuo gentloman from Pike lind not only voted for the confirmation of n fall-bluodod negro, but in the rotndn ho had found in closo conversation the Ewutlenmn from Like and tho Ausistant Door— keopor of the liouso, and that convorsation was rolative to tho prospocts for Congross in tha Pike District. 1o wolcomod the old lendor of the Deomoeracy to the front tank of the Young Dem- ocrney. - Mr. Arclior defonded himaolf from tho chargeot complicity it voting for n colored nomines, nnd, ns ho know ot at tho Ltima tho color of the cant didate, lio bnd beon homo sinco and stated bhis cano before hig constitnents, and it waa all right, nnd would continue to bo, Soma livoly aparring among iho Damocracy took placo, in which Voris took u tilt, in his usual stylo, in which ho de- clarad that no ono on the Senato floor would ro- fuso an fuvitation to go to Conpross, TINAL ADJOURNMEST, Mr. Tieo ondeavored Lo ?rot 1p o sino dls reso-~ Tution, but the Seunto rofused to suspond tho ruloy to conldor It EEE TEMPERANCE-REFORM IN CITIES. To the Editor of The Chican Tribune : Bin: Having watched tho * Womon's Oru- endo” ngalnst tho rum-sellers of Obio and Tu- dlans, and having read and heard many nrgu- monts pro and con rolative to its succoss and pormancuey, and as to tho practicability of on- Mstivg tho emno influsncos in o warfare against tho¥nme arch-onomy in the lnrger cition, I ven- turo snmno suggestions as to tho propor mode of proceduro for the suppresston of dram-drinking horo In Chicago, Whilo somo success has boon nchioved in tho smaller towns and villages,whero tho movemont hss beon judiclously manngad, Lhis success lina ns yob not boon mot with in towns of lnrger size, whoro the enomy ling had o bettor chance to ovganizo; and it is the opln- of many, probably of {hio mnjority, of tompor- ance-pooplo, that tho work cunnot possibly be succossfully prosecutod in lorgo cities liko this, In tho opiniou of the writer, such aplan as that now boing pursued in the country towns is uttorly impracticablo horo; and yet s modifica- tion of the plan is believed to bo perfectly practicable. I would bring to bear on tho pro- Joct the same holy influencos—women's prayers aud prosonco—sa in tho plan now pursuad ; but I would pray at tho dram-drinker rathor than at tho dram-scller. I would not havo tho womon invado tho ealoons, nor nssemble in crowds on tho pavements. I would have a committes of holy, praying womon organized for ovary ward or district of tho city, whoso duty it should be to vislt every man in that ward or district, and, by prayors aud cntrenties, urgo him to take a personnl pledge not to louch, fnste, or bandle tho nccursed thing, nor to aid or abot tho traflc in awy way whatdosver, 1 would pledgo every lnwyor, ovory physician, overy olorgymen, every frest holder, to use his influenco agatnst the' traftic. 1 would ask overy morchaut to_tnka this pledge liimself, nnd to insist, on penalty of dischargoin caso of ' rofusnl, that ovory clork in his employ should nlso tako tho pledge. I would have theso womon—those pmyilx,xg bauds of women—visit ovory storo, offico, and shop, and, by porsonal nplmnls, by prayera and entrentica if necousary, oulist a8 many as possiblo on_ the sido of Lo peranco,—not Tomporauco alone, but Total Abstinence. In this way I would crente & public opinion ad- vorse to the business. 1t would no longer be reputablo for a man who had any rogard for his social standing to outor a public ssloon and /| drink, ‘Tho doctor who did it would be withoat pationts; tho lawyer who did it would bo with- out cliouts ; tho business-man who did it would be frowned upon, If public opinion sanctioned prostitution, overy other house would bo a brothel, Dram- drinking may bemado as disroputablo ns nusig- nation. But it caunot be done by nsssiling the dram-seller oven with such poworful weapons as women's prayors aud tears, You cannot expect o man to give \:H o lucrative business for the asking, 1 would rendor the businecss unprofita- blo, by plodgiug men not to indulge. I would stamp out the ovil by cutting off supplics, Aund I would bogin this now crusade by enlist- ing the moderato-drinker first. 'The lowor classes of society got drunk occasionally, because tho middlo and uppor classes tipplo all the timo ; they drink vilo, ‘poisonous rum, becauso they caunot afford tho.purer wines and liquors of tho wealthier clugses, Al classos aro imitativo of thoir botters. Lot tho tipplor and the moderate- driuker sct the oxamplo of abstinouce, aud thoso who havo a epark of will or a grain of solf- respeet loft to thom by the dostroyer will tollow suit. Lot the women organizo ; let every church and socioty seud its delegates to s gouoral conven- tion ; aud lot visiting committees bo sont ous into ovory disiriet of tho city, to socure theso personal pledgos ; and, in six months from the commencemont of the offort, at lonst enough will havo boon accomplishod to wicld tho power of Jocal legislation. With this socured in tho intor- cut of Tomnerance, the next is casy enough. The first thing todo is w kocuro tho rignt publio son- timont. Bluke dram-drinking disreputable, and (he drum-shops would dio of innnition, That this plan is fonsible, snd may bo made successful, is amply proven by tho sniceesa which has uttonded the presont movemont against tho denlers, If womon's p sud bymng and entrentis have mude mon give up forover & profitable business, nud enc- rifico their ‘invostod cupital, surely these #awo influoncos aro potont enough, if properly directed, to seenre tho 1»Iedfie of thio mayortty of ocensfonal and moderuto drinkers, Whe Inimuble drunknrds are s vary s all mino: cf the populace. In every 'Tomperanco-move- ment hithorto, tho opposition Lus invariably cowe from modorate drinkers. The argumeut of Drs. Collyer sud Thomas to the contrary not- withstandiug, tho fact stands that, Compromiso lns ever beon the onemy of Lemporance, Drunk- ards’ graves huve over boen tilled with moderate drinkors, Let tho womon asgail this class, Lot them cir- culato the pledge of Totul Abstinenco. Let them lay soigo to every obdurato_tippler, und nover ruigo it till ho suriendors, Hevo s tho saloon- Looper’s weuk point. e may barricado his bar, but ho cuumot guurd hw vielims. Quisido of his rum-hole, ho is powerloxs for evil, This plan, morcover, buy the sdvautage of strik- ing at tho root of this social evil, Co oloso tho #aloon, tho dram-shop, sud the drug-ntore, doos not destroy tho ovil, - It doos not rench thosliolo- ton in tho'cloxot, IL destroys o business without tuking cognizauce of the domand that croated the business, Lot us wako radical work, A solomn plodge, mado to n wonn, is 1 serious muttor, aud will not bo readily forgotten or broken, If the plous womnlen of Chicago mean business fu their threat. encd crusude againut King Aleohol, lot the domon Lo attackod at his wonkest point, namely : in the unfortified and ungunrded conscionces of his rauk und fito, Lewis Dro, —_— THE CENTENNIAL 10B. ors, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune ; I take up my pon to indorse most fully and hoartily your protost, on tho dth inst., againat Congress voling 4 dollar for the * Contounial job" [ sny, Lot Younsylvanions, with their appropriate monoy-loving and monoy-gotting Cameron to ropresout snd beg for thom, dovise tlmlrduxh{zmiou, get it up, and foot the bill ; or on it uhagngmuw. with its 50,000,000 additipnal cur- ronoy to roturn to the ''ragsury with intorost, s imitating u poliey that will porpotunto our tuxos for at lenst ton yeavs, Lo whont shall wo look to buvo ug from {ho oxtravagenco of the times ; —_———— WANTS TO BE CALLED A DOG. To the ditor of The Chicago Tribuns: Bir. ‘Cho cditor of tho Tfmes ‘snys that, “if" hie dossn't do so and so, **in hisown good thme,” mankind may eall him a “dog." L beg to sug- gost thut, fn tho judgmont of ** all the world, snd tho rest of munkhid,” it is wholly unnocessary to doanything, Hehus, with extrnordinary unanimi- ty, beon oleeted astho mounost member of the oa- nino speoies for Lhe lnst ton Ymmx. Ho long sluco ourned tho distinotion he coyets, and can do nothing to strengthen hiy ttlo, "rystoN, THE COURTS. The Troubles of n Bonrd of Trade Man. Iir. Homilton on the Bankruptoy Gues- tion, Judgments and Now Buits, THE NATIONAU LIFR INSURANCE COMPANY. Tho oxammation of tho clalm of Michael Fahoy to an assortmont of ardwaro in tho hands of Kirk Iawos, Rocotver, was conoluded Saturday before Judgoe Willinms. The claimant, Tahoy, was oxamined, and showed that thore was only about 8222 owing him at proeont ; that Lombard and ho had n msoitiemont about six woekn aftor tho giving of the £1,600 noto; and that Lombard then govo nnotlier note for £223 in full, Fahey, in his petition, had allogod that thore wns nearly €400 duo, for which ho had & 1len on the hardwaroe, Turk, the bookkeeper of the Company, testified that Lombard whs nctunlly about 88,000 in dobt to the Com- paoy at the timo tho ©1,600 draft’ was sivon, but that ho had had thebooks fixed pro- vious to his ndjudieation in baukruptey wo ns to wnnke the Company n debtor to lum, in the swn of about 22,000, Judgo Willinms, howover, thought thoro was a doubt as to whom the hardware Lelonged, and mado an ordor that it should Lo deliverod to the ltecoiver on his paying §222, tho amount due Faboy, aud tlnt tho latter should delivor up the $1,000-drntt, and also the one for £222, To-dny Judgo Blodgott will honr tho motion for nuew trinl in thoe bankruptey proceedings, aud o long and iuteresting argumont is ox- pected, TODDIN A JAMILTON, Jamoy 8, Hamilton, or tho late tirn of Roddin & Hnmilton, jewelors, cornor of State und Washe ington straoty, flled in tho Lankenptoy Court, Satnrday, on angwer to the bill of Eugenc V. Roddin, o synopels of which appenrod ‘i Tug Intnuse of the 2ith Fabruary, which eharged Hamtlton and guudry othor partics with frand nnd conspiracy. In his answer, defendanut nl- loges thnt tho postnorship witk Roddin way formod iu 1867, tho firm then being Moreo, Roddin & Hamilton ; that during 1809 Morso ro- tired, lonving tho parties to the presont suit to carry on tha business, which was prosperous up to the tiwoe of the fire, which disaster so atffected its affairs that o compromiup with tho creditors was sought aud obtaiuod, s During tho past two {onm tho business of tho firm did not prosper, Roddin paying no attention thoroto, his timo belng takon ap mainly with domestic diflicultics of_an oxtremaly delicato natitre. The only enp- ital put la siuce” the fire was 7,000 cosly pro- vided by dopouent, About tho 1st dsy of Janunry tho indobtedness of {ho firm was about £02,000, Which thoy were utterly unablo to pay in full, Hoddin want to the Oliy of New York to meot tho croditors, professedly for the purpono of no« curing a compromise, but deponent received o telogram atat qglm both parties must appoar togother, or nothing could be done., Deponont wout to Now York, and found that Roddin had called & meoting of the croditors, which de- ponont atlended, and at - which Roddin stated that tho nssots of the flun amounted to nbout $45,000. Doponent mado statoments ag to tho precise condition of tho firm, saying that Toddin, n short {imo bofore leaving” for Naw York, hiad drawn §5,000. Tho creditors Inslsted upon an oxplanation ng to whore tho monoy wns and for what purposa it was wn, Roddin’s uxlflnnntlon was unsntisfactory, and tho croditors refused to procoed further with nogotiations until Roddin hiad passod the money over to tho Chairman of the mooting for tho benofit of all the creditors. Roddin gave tbo Srm's chock for the amount, whereupon the meeting adjourned for two days to ascortain whether tlio check would bo maude good; Roddin sgroed to ba present at the noxt moeting, but on the same night he roturnod o Chicsgo, _ Mr. Dodd, of tho frm of Curtor, Haw- kivs ' & Dodd, " insisted that it was obvious that Roddin intonded to perpotrato n froud upon tho creditors, nnd thut deponaent should instrucs his lending omployo, dirocting Lim to tako charge of, the vault, lock it, change tho combination 8o that any surreptitious at- tompt to nbstract from it eithor monoy or valu- ables might bo dofeated, which was done, De- ponont immodistely roturned to Chicago, and found that procoodings in bankruptey had boen institused without his knowledge, and he had no part or hand iu any way, shape or manner, in thoir commencoment. The actual vatue of the nsgots of the irm will not oxceod 244,000 On bis roturn to Chicago deponent busied himgelt 1n devising some means by which tho largost amount might Do rewl ized for the creditors, and the firm relioved from liability, and, at the inatance of Mr. Hale, Provisional” Assigneo, and of sov- oral creditors ho ondoavored to bring about and did bring about a dissolution, to which Roddin gladly agreed. The doponout sunsequently of- focted o sottlomont with the creditors by which anew firm could bo crented and the old busi- noss carried on. Roddin, discoveriug that the sottlement had beon made and tho busincss wad rondy to start, endeavored to sot nside tho dissolution, or, failing that, to the carrying ont of tho sottloment, Dofendant avers that there never has been between him and tho credi- tor of tho firm, or any otnor person, any con- rpiracy of any kind for tho exclusion of Itoddin from the firm ; that the hxdncinF Roddin's with. drawal was tho conclusion reached by doponent from his bolief that the business imperatively required it. 1o stated at the first meoting of creditors that he proposed to turn ovor to them the ontiro aseats of the firm and his porsonal property if thoy would rolease him personally from liability and take Roddin therefor; also that ho was willing to proceed with the businoss himsolt, taking tho assots nnd doing the bost he could with them, but if noithor propositions were accopted, tho creditors would bo _compelled {o tnke the nssests and do the bost thoy could with them, us dolendant refused to go on with Roddin under any chroumstancos. Doponont's answor is supported by afidavity by William E. 1lulo, Provisionnl Asuignoe, Janes .. Rowo, hood salovman, and Alfted . Bhep- pard, boolkoepar, of tha lato firm; George &, Towo and L. L, Halo, creditorn thereof, in allof which the nlloged conspiracy is deniod and the chinractors of the redpootive litigunts contrasted, to tho favor of Mr, Hamilton, BILL TO RESTRAIN SALE. Frodorick Haskell filod a bill in the Cirenit Court Baturday to rostrain a sale under a trust dood, enl showing & poculinr stato of fucte. 1o states that in Novombor, 1871, Emily J. Mont- gomery ownod tho s 3¢ ot Lot'13, Blocl 2, of Gurloy's subdivision of ‘Blocks 31 to 28, in Ae- sessors, subdivision of the 8 w fractional quartor of Socs. 23, 89, 13, subject, howover, to an jnenmbeanco for 0,000 to 1, 1. Gallup, and a trust-deod for 36,000 to complafunat, The first jucnmbranco becoming due, Mrs, Mont- gomery attomptod to oblain o lonn of $15,000 to ko up tho first, Goorgoe B. Olupp, of oston, offered tho loan, but wished to have complains ant's Jiou mado secondary to hiis, Complninant, howoevor, rofusod this, und the trust-doed to Clapp was made on_ho condition that tho firs trust-doad be canceled. Complainant allegos, howaver, that Clupp or the other Trusteo, Ale- Kinnon, has talon the first trust-deed and holds it us collatoral soeurity for the third or $12,000 incumbranco, Moreover, n dofault having taken place in the payment of Interest on the tlrst in- gumhxlnm:o, Gullup has advertised tho promises ‘or dulo, Complaiuant alleges that the first inoum- brauce wns cancolod y the eroation of the third, or that if 1t woronot yob it cun ouly bo hofd as coflateral soourity to”that, and can only be used in caso o dofault ia mndo in the third trust doed, o thorofore asks un in- Junction, and that tho respoctive rights of the parties in tho promisos may be ascortuined, A CONFLICT OF AUTIIONITY, William J, 8hirk, » commission merchant and mombor of tho Board of I'rade, who filed a vol- untavy petition Jan. 18, has involved himuolf in a doublo amount of voxation thoreby. Among his oreditors aro Spear & Drivar,” wha havo proved up tholr claim in bunkruptoy aguinet his ostate, Ho allogos thut, in acoord. ance with the rules of tho Board of L'rado, which nuthorlzes tho expulsion of a mombor for tho negloct to settlo up his debts, snid Bpoar & Driver are attmn{ning to have him expellod for the non-payment of their claim, umanntiug to §187.60, Bhirk atlegos ho ounnot do b0 consistontly with tho Act of Dnnkrusflcy. 1le alto states that ho 14 & commisslon morchant and can only moako his lving in that wner' thay itisn groat ‘bonufll to bo conucoted with tho Board of Lrado, and if ho 18 dismissed or ox- ypolled it will worls irreparable hljur{. Ha thore, toro asks aun injunction to restrain them from turthor prooocding in their endeavors to ojoot him, A rule to show cause one day ufter servico wan fssued by Judge Blodgott, (5 Tl will result in s devided confliot of author- ity Ttis unquestionable that the Bonvd may onnct sich luws s thoy wish for their own guids anvo, but it sooms that a man may apposl to & court and have them disrogardod. Cartainly the Unilod Btatos Distrlet Court will nel allow 1ts ordots to bo implicdly disrogarded. BPECIFIO PEREORMANCE, Mary Fuchs flled a bill in the Superior Court, Snturday, againet O, G, L. Holdon, to comy.el him to porform n certain contract which sha nlloges hio has brokon. Bhe allewon that, in Autil, 1878, sho bought of him n certain lot for §2,700, of which £1,800 was to bo pnid In cnrh, §700 in slxty days, and 3700 in & year, The price of tho lot wae raducod aftorward to $2,600, Yo nvold tho troublo of making n now deed and notos, Iloldon indorsed $200 as paid on the noto uo in April 1874, Complainant fllod the deed for record, and then learnod that tho notary's namo Iind boon omittod in the cortificalo nttnched to tho deed, Blio theroupon wont to Holdon to linvo him correct tho etror, hut, sho nllogos, ho rofnged to do #o unless she wonld vl(l\’u him §200, Ihis sho rofueed to do. 8ho hes paid tha ‘§700 noto and chargos. She will b obliged to pry the romaining noto svon, A spocille por- formanco in askad, and o decroo t!umpnlhug Tolden to corroct tho omission in the duod or re- puy tho mondy recolved. ANOTHER TAX ToynLs, Georgo T, Glasor & Co., have foind & canse of gtiovatico agninst tho Knx-Collcctor, nnd Inid it boforo the public in their bill filod Saturday in tho Cironit Court. Thoy siato that tho Ane soesor applied to thom about May, just to make o voturn, bub they declined at tho Limo, saying the firm wos in bankruploy, but that a relurn would bo minde when & sottlontont with their croditors was offcctod, ‘The Assossor according- Iy mndo tho roturn, valuing their goudy ut $20,- 000. This, the complainanis think, is axcansive, thoir stook only boing worth $10,000. An appli- cation was mado to tho Bonrd of Connty Come missioners, and the desited reduction made on the county taxes, but not on the, city taxes, To {;n}'o tbis reduced I tho objoct of the prosont TETITION TO OPEN STREET, Tho town of Luke Viow filod a potition in the Suporlor Court to assoss the damages for opons ing Weston streot westward to Shiolield avonue, "Llio property to bo tnkon Lelongs ohielly to tha Trustoes of tho Iresbytortan Thoological Hem- inary of the Northwest, 1TEMS, Tudgo Blodgatt will honr to-dny the motion for o now trial iu the caso of the Nutional Life In- suranco Uompaty, against which a verdict of guilty of acts of nnlu—urtoy was rondored Sate urday, Tho intorprotation” of the act of 1873, which allows theformer that first_obtaine juris- dictlon of o case to kaop It, will also bo arguod, having been presontad in the auawer filed by tha Gumimnzl to the patition in bankruptey, . J. K, iduvphy, Assignco of the Ohicago Fire Insuranco Company, recovered judgmont in for- £y-two suits aud dismissed forty-six othors, Judge Jomoson will finish the condemnation cnses with which o is engagod boforo taking up Culandar No. 3, "The cnso of O'Connor against the Tlinols Contral Reilrond Company, an action of trespasg whiclt hay been on trlal bofore Judge Gary sov- nru‘l duys, resultod in a verdict for tho defond: aut, DANKRUPTOY ITEMS, Phinens C. Elluworth ot al. woro adjndientod Dankrupt by confession, and a warrant issuod for April 13, before Registor Johnson. ‘I'he adjudiention againat tho Porn Gonl Com. {;mly wa sot aside, aud the cango sot to bo tried 7, o el inted A Lt oxhun Bavel was appointed Asaigneo of the ontate of Frauk \mevlzar:'l.h. # ks Curtis Lord was tried and adjudiented bank- rupt, and & warrant issued for April 7, before Registor Coon, # hio dontal in tho Poople's Omnibus and Bag- gage Company was withdrawn,aud the Company adjudicntod bsukrupt by default, A warrsng wat issued roturnable April7, and D, 8. Hough np- pointed Provisional Assigneo, Tho ndjudication in tho cnao of . B, and H. 1L Garduor was wot asido and tho proceedinge dismisged. Thoe order of dismisan) 1n the Byrue was mado sbsoluto. L. W, Blatchford & Co, fild a potition agninsf Emil Biodorman, H. A. Bischoft, J. G, Bischolr, and llarriet Bischofl, composing the firm of Biederman & Bischoff. Politionors' claim is $1,210.34 for goods sold, and 86,802.04 for notes given, Buspousion of payment is tho only not of bunkraptey allegad, “A ruto to show causo on tho 17th of March was lssued, & Epom gouaT Tk muzxrii corge Iinockenmues began an action against Willian: Mauss for §1,600, i cago of J. H, John 0. Compton began an action for £8,000 against Van Brownott, Trancls E. A. Wolcott, A. R.Bmith, B.YV, Page, aud Willlum Spraguo brought suit againef P, AL, Almini aod C, A, Bowme for £8,000. Tho same purtios also sued A. 8. Hough for §5,000, CINOUIT COURT. Bamuel Colo commonced a suit sgainst Goorge R. Clark, claiug §2,500, Samuol Cole brought suit for $2,500 against Elijah B, Bhorman, COUNTY COURT. Lettors of guardianship wore granted to Cas. par Roomer by Judge Wallaco youterdny, as guardio of Johann Schrall and others, minors, under an approved boud of £21,600. THE OALL. JupoE Bronarrr—No eall. Jupax GAny—80, 81, 82, 6, 88, 90, 91, 93, 01 tg 100, 104 to 108 Jupar J Aueson—Calendar No.8, when through with tho condemnation casrs. Jupae Burxs—1 to 20, Calendar No, 2, Supo- rior Court, Jupox RoaEns—~361, 869, 872 to 890 oxcept 877, JupartInEE—964, 1,883, and ull cases sot prior to March 10, JUDGMENTA UNITED STATRS Diftaicr Count, JUDOE DLobaET1 —J. R, Pnyson, Assigueo of the Rtopublic Iusurance Company, v. D.'M, Stockwall, $0,300,—~8ama v, 31, Mo Tarlund, $6506,—J. X, Murphy, Asalgneo of the Chicag Fivo Insuranco Combangy 3. B, I o7, = —Sumo v, W, B, Keen ~-Smo v, Joliy ast, $30. amo v, Zocharias Dowuer, $33,19,—Sama v. Fraz Egner, 309.43,—Samo v, P, 2, Foskolt, 35,13, ~8amo_v. David Bnrtup, $I80.—Smo v, Willlsm Heeno, §74,12.—Samo v. Nell AlcLario, §8.01,—Same v, Mictmel’ Dilcliert, $67,13,—Samo v. 0. J, oldsbancl, $£09,45,—Sume v, Sven Svonson, $08.67.—Samo v, Johy M, Armatrong, $152.98.—Ssmo'v. Jobn $430.—Samo V.. Willlim Darteils, S0 Jullis Baumann, ' $57.00.~Samo v, 83,04, 10 v, Evi Dromer, $147. ol Buik, $99.49,—Samo v, Uonry Busso, $30,10,.—8amo v. Nathdu' Dyo, 115,05 — Samo v, Dantbl Dimment, §0.1L—Samo v, Ldward Ely, $28 Foute, $100.50.—8amo v, Augustus I, Plok, 4 Bamo ¥, Anton Tumbergor, $108,83,—Bamo v, Tienry Iolute, " $70.85, — & Y. Willam_ Kuussen- matk, 53, wo v, John T, Kroutse Uoty, '$45.78. ucob Koufman, $60.93,—Sanio v, Teter Loy, $20 Sumo v, Albert Moazrock, 4,77, —Sanio'v. New, Togebog Olson, $51,73,—Same v, William Powers, $(2,47.—Sumo v, Georgo Paul, 16768, —Samo v, M, Riloy, 8350,07.—Sutno v. ¥rank J, Rou- doll, $100,—Same v, Joseph Robrecht, $417,16,—Suwme . I, Xyan, $40,60.—Bamy v. Fred. Dhode, §10.92.— Sanio v, O: Vandorberg, $87.20,—Same v, Gliurles Wak ther, $100.66. Surenion Counr OonrsstoNs—Honry Schlueter v, Angust Schrader, $544.57,—Orriu P, Chage and P, 0. Hinford v, Augustus Franoh and Jobn M, French, 10,30, —Joscph Toata v, A, D, Swansson, $433,85, Willinm et al, v. Jotn Nodgle, Y A, o v, ¥Frederick Wober, $300,56.—Sume v, vGrath, $201,—J, B. Iepp et al, v. Henry 1 1y, ndnibistratriz, ayuge, § Hubburd v, Peted wigimént satinfl Gmovrr Count, JungE Tner—E, P, Whitchead N, 8, Tloutan, G, B, Biouton, nnd E. ¥, Hurlbuty $15,4 -Nuthun' Van Lol ot'al, v. B, W, Brown, $1, 180, \ ——— SELECT READINGS FOR INFLATIONISTS. T'a the Editor of Lhe Chicago Tribune ; 8 : Rhodo Islaud was the lnst of the original Btates to adopt the Constitution of the United States. Hor opposition was maiuly based upon tho wiso provision that no State should issue bills of eredit, or mako anything but gold and sil- vor a legal tondor for the paymont of dobts, }‘71;5?] following oxtracts refor to hor postion in [ Jrom James Madiron lo Edmund Randolph ¢ #Tihode Island has nogatived n motion for np- pointing deputios to tho Convention by n majority of 42 votes. Notulng can oxeoed tho wivkeduoss and folly which continme to roign there, ’ All sonso of charactor, as well as of right, Is oblitersted. Iapor-money ia still tholr idol, though it is debased to eight for ono.” From James M, Varnum lo Gen. Washing- ton : “'Pho majority of tho Assombly aro a li- contious body of mon, destituto of education, and o good “many of thom void of principlo, Trom annrchy and confusion thoy dorive thoir tomporary consioquonce ; and this they endoavor to prolong by debanching tho minds of the com- mon_poople, whoso uttention in wholly dovoted to tho abolition of debts, public and” private, With theso aro associated the disaffectod of oy- ur{ dosoription, particulurly thosa who wero un- friendly during tho war, Thoir pipor-monoy systow, founded in oppresslon und fruud, thoy ara dotormined to support at ovory hazard; unid, rather then rolinguish tholr fuvorito pursuit, thoy trample upon the most sucred obligutions, —_— DIr. Tamilton's Alde's new * Philip” was produced for tho first time lnplxzdnn to x’s‘u im- monso houte ay the Lyconm, 'Tho Times says that tho appearanto of tha house wny romarkablo, Loing as soleot as 1t was numerous, ‘Plie drame was Apronounced #uoccoss, which i tho moro romarkablo as it was tho nuthor's fivet of- ntxr;oulnuo\uldud on oue of Lalzuo's wminor storios,