Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1874, Page 4

e e e O U THE CHICAGO DAILY TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. Daily, by mal 2 i TrieWoekly BE00 | Weakdy Parta of o yenr at thn samo rato. "o prozont dulay and miatnkot, be surs ani glve Yoste Liflae adiiess S fnll, tnoludings Btnta and Connty, Itembitaneosmay o mada olthesby dunft, expross, Poat Ditico exdlar, or I ragiatored Iutitors, at our risk, TERMB TO CITY HUNSORIDINA, Daily, delivercd, Sunday oscopted, 20 conts parwesk, Dafly, dellyerod, Sunday felnded, S oonts por wook, Addresa L MHO3UNE GOMPANY, Uornor Madtson and Deazhorn-nts,, Chiosgo, 11, D OPERANOUSE UIANY 0, Kol i L Dutehd," Afpo uon and gyon I, straot, 3 spooslte lianirorse L Grand * HOOTEY'S THEATRE-NE bdninh strant, hotwnen Clark and Ladalie. O MUBIC Fug Divatca." Aftarnvan and oventi. helwaen Mad- oo Aftors o, il **That ‘Darling " and AoAprY Nunran. o G Woavar, s Pifated by Rvoni *¥1cl on parlo Francabi Alson_steaot, hatwesn SR gt Broushams MCCORMIGK'S JATTi-Narth Clark streot, oornor of Kinglc.o HRoudings by Chintlotto Cuishian, “SOCIETY MEETINGS. " WESPENTA TODGIE, Ko, dily A, T & A, M—Tha L ek wiinnd fa affowt tho_ vakuin cone munfeation, (o X)’t'!’ !\l’l" {IKE{(LHI‘:[;II‘V “l:llll “::3‘:%’:“?’!::‘!‘\‘:"\"‘ ing, Deo, ¥, b T 0'olorks TGl MRTIEN AN, ou ao Tiibune, Wodnosday Iloraing, Tlecembsr 2, 1874, ‘"Gen. Batler, it is snid, has dotormined to Toreo n yen and nny volo on tho Civil-Rights bill emdy mext week. We imngino thet Gen. Hutler will not find it so casy to **forco” things ns ho onco did. 'They now talle of subutituting tho Hoar Fiucetionat bill for the Civil-Rights bill. ‘the Hoar Eduestionnl bill provides,—averybody will find ont what it provicles, if it ever comes up for serious consideration. - Jay Coole’s estate is turning oubworso than snybody expected. The eredilors ave thor- ouglily. discournged. Il seems that proferred . aleims have been allowed. sufficient to cou- sumoe tho bulk of the assels. The railrond employes now ont on a strike provented the depariure of lrains on _le Chesapeake & Ohio Raiload, from ITuntmg- ton, W, Vi, yesterday; end thero is somo prospect of hot work {o-day, The Company g in mirears of wages to tho men, and they linvoe taken this means of rTecovering some of tho money duo them: It is not a.sirike to wasto muelh virtious indignation upon, President MacAMahon's messugo will not bo presented to the Irvench Assembly before Thuredny. Tt is now buing reviewed in the Cabinet, whero it is acting upon the Minis- ters rather then boing scted upon by them. It has alvendy given riso to what the pross zorrespondent deseribes ns “nn agiteted dis- cussion”; and it may bo that more terrible axtremitios are yeb to bio reached. U New York editors nro preity thoronghly slavmed about * the danger to tho metropo- lis" occasioned by the extension of the Bal- timore & Ohio Rnilrond to Chicago, Whey amny mako something becomingly awful for their readers out of the rumor, to which we give publicity clsewhero, that the Baltimore& Dhio Company contemplnta the establishrent 2 an ocean stemmship line, The arvest of Alv. Jolm I\ Allon yester- on a charge of atlempling to Dbribg au inspector of grain, should assure country aerchents gnd favmers of the honesty of the inspection system in this city, There is some doubt of Mr. Allen'’s guilt, suspicion resting upon the consignor of the grain; but it iv n gaod testimonial to the inteprity of Tn speetor Hmper's office that tho bribe was prompily rejeeted, and theperson understood 10 have made it mrested, sporletion Convention at Richmond, Va., accomplished notling of much consequence yestordny. 'Chere is open hostility botveeen those delegates who fuvor the building of @ chenp freight railwey aud those who wro comunitled to the James River & Xanawha Ceual projeet. "Lheve is venson to expect n fruitless session, avhich i3 the more to be regretted as tho rop- resentation in the Convention is both%espect- able and intelligent, which was killed at the last session of: Con- gress by theelf of Congressmenyepresent- ing the tobacco interest, has beon prepaved Dy tho Committecs now sitting in Washing- ton, Doubiless the people will become fa- miliar enough with thaso familisy plinses— * the colton interost,” and *‘the (lobaceo in- terest"—befora ihe session of 1875-76 is ended. This winter will givo only a fore. taste of whet may be expected from thoDamo- cratic Housn, Members of Congress committed to' the pelicy of oxpendiing {he currency, and the ** debtor-class * gonerally, will he delighted to hear that the an organizetion Imown as the United Order of Workingmen bus been formed throughont the country ; that it has 74,000 lodges ; and that it has detormined to use all its influence in favor of Intlation-leg- isintion. For u society so cxtended, and which claims to o so respectable, the United Workingimen's Order keeps remavkably quict, Tts influence, probably, isnothing to speal of, ‘ In the Gago lvinl ot Weukegan yesterdoy, 4he prosecution vivtually mado up its case, and the exnmination of witnenses for the de- fenso was begun, Tho drift of the dny's work was to show that Mr. Gngo had ad- mitted n defaleation to soverul persons, Some amiablo exprossions of endesrment passed Dbebwaen Messrs, Smith and Dezuter, who, in- deed, ara becoming famous for tonderness and foftness of manner. Thoy ought to ve- member that thero is such a thing as too amueh suavity in tho trentment of a solomn and awful subject, Tho Obieago produco markets wera gener. ally wenk yesterday, with a fair busiuess do- ing. Mess pork was netivo and $0@4fic per Il lower, closing firm i 0,801,490 cnsh, and $20,55@20.00 geller Febrary, Turdwas active and B0@35c por 100 I Jower, closing fivm ot £18,25 eash, wud 18,65 for Febroary. Meals wero quiot and ensior, ab 7o for shoul doxs, 8-4¢ for shortxibs, aud 100 for shovt clears, llighwines weva activa and closed 1-20 bigher, nt 97 120 por gallon, Flour was dull and unchauged, Wheat, was loss active and 1o lower, closing st 90 S-40 oc0sh, and 91 8-4o for Jonunry, Corn wasin moderate raquest and wonk, olostug at 72 1-40 cabe tud 718440 soller tho year, Oats wore dull-and 1o lowor, closlng at 511-2a cash, nud #1 b-Se for danunry. Ityo wns quict and fivm ab O5@hi 1.2, Barley way in bottor domand and diemer, olosing at $1.20@L28 1-2 ensh, and §1,24 1.2 for Janusry, On Saturday oveningJast thore was In storo in thiu oity 062,019 bu wheat, 646,775 bu corn, 206,870 it oats, 81,501 b rye, and 266,967 bu barlay. Cattlo woro dull rud wenk, ITogs were in ox- cegsivo upply, and declined 10@200, _ Snles at B6.50@7.40 for common to choice. Sheep wero stendy. A fovr days ngo wo alluded to the fact that o infunons bill intonded to reduco the blacks of "oxas to o condition of peonago liad passed ono Houso of tho Legislnture of that State, It now eppears that the now Domoeratic code of Gaorgin, a3 recontly amended, con- taina a provision which iy intended to sorve {lo snme purposes as the Texas Inw, 'Tho amondmont ig o follown ¢ T il caves wiero persons ara convicled of a misdo- meanor aud ronienced to work fn o chaligavgton pube Io workaov publly roads, or Wihen wich personn nro confined i jall for non-phyment of fines fmposed for siuch milwdeineanor, ordinary of tho county, then whetn thors 14 n Tioard of Commisslonor of Tonda and Ttevention of thio counly, sakd Joard of Commisstoners in tiono contities whoro thoro f a Cotnty Judne w auch conviztion waz hud, or whors sl co bo contined, may Flaco uiich convicks in the county or where o work upon nuch publlo works of {lio couni- chalu-gangs or” otlerwisn, or hivo out such con- 4 upon wiieh {orm and rostrletion: v Biibe #erve Uio ende of fistice, und placo such convicts un- andersieh guards oy uay bo hecessary for thelr safo Leeping, TUnder such n law us this tho blnek man oan Do virtunlly reduced to a condition of servi- tnde. Huenn bo removed from ono connty to another and hired out o his old mastor, who hias {he means of making his servitudo s long as he may choose, 'The Ctcorgia bill is In every way as infamous as tho ‘Loxas bill, and was drawn up for the same purpose,— that in, of obtaining compensation for tho losy of slave properly and Inbor, Gov. Hendvicks has written to o friend in 8t. Louis {hat “a politjcel renction will surely set in if we [the Demooratio perty] disappoint the people.” Thoro 4 - traism worthy of ITendricks, Tho Govornor snys further: “In order to mako our sue- cesn permanent, wo must observa moderntion and pradonee, The Ropublican party can- not destroy us, hut wo can destroy ourselves.” Tho Governor deels well in empty vessols, His words have sound, 'Phey ave sonovous and hooming; but thoy are not distinguished forexpression. Let (hem befairly paraphrased, and wo shull have Gen, Hendrioks spenk some- thing like this: *“ If we nvo fools, wo cannob govern tho United States long. We consti- tute a body indestractiblo save by itself,” Tendvicks would not suy that; or, if he did, lie would never be » Democeratic eandidnto for the Prosid A RETURN TO HONEST MONEY, 'he information "from Washington to tho elfect that the President in his message to Congress, and the Scerotary of the Trensury in his annual voport on the finnnces, will both {nke strong grounds in favor of fixing o definite date for the vosmmplion of specie peyments, wiil have a wide-sprend and bene- ficiel influonce upon the nationnl eredit. Nec- essarily in such e declavation there is implied an nsg ¢ that thera will be no farther in- erenso of irredecmablo currency, ~ Tlore can bo nothing o enleulnted to strengthen our nationnl eredit in all parts of tho world asan urance of ¢ purpose on tho part of the Na- tioanl Government to return to honest money, honest' dealings, end honest credit. There have been incessant cfforts mado sineo the close of the Civil War to repudinto the public debt and impair the public credit. There Tavo been ebly-written esseys published to show thut 2l War debts ought to be repudi- ated. 'Tho Iato 1saac Batts, of Nochestor, N. Y., anabloand influential wan in tho Demo- cratic party, published a voluminous document against tho payment of tho War debt, and Audvow Johnson, when President of tho TUnited States, slways insisted, and now in- sists, that, when tho Uniled States shall have paid in intorest o sum equal to the principul of the debt, the prineipal should be declaved paid. My, Pendloion, of Ohio, has attacked the public credit by the seme ‘remmlablo proposition in another formn, Tis plan was o discharge the bonded and interest-bearing dobt Ly forcing upon tho public creditors nntionnl eurroncy not beaving interest, re- deemablo ot no time, and issued under n general indicalion that it was eventually, to be repudiated, ‘Chis plan has been tho favorito ona with a lavge portion of the Dem- ocratie party, and, unfortunately, there have Deen Republierns who have thought it neces- sary to meet this demagogism by proposing to @o the very samo thing, To the credit of the Ameviean press it should bo . stated that, with very few exceop- tions, it has from the beginning opposed all the schomes of repudiation, and has main- tained the necossity for good faith and hon- est dealing with the public eveditors, and tho enrly abendonment of the rolien paper-noney systom. Congress has repeatedly given na- tional nssuvance that the debt should be paid in the world's recognized owrroncy, but de- spita all this the opposition has cavried on its war npon the public eredit. Indivectly this yrar hus been encomraged by the extravagant expenditures of Congross, uecessitaling the continunnco of excessivo texation, Tho time has come when tho nation can no longer rightfnlly defer tho ndoption of a de- cisive and permnnent fluaucial policy. When tho cominy seysion of Congresd will closa on tho 4th of Mevch, there will also closo the of peaco sfier tho War. Whe nn- under the hope of a resumption of specio payments, lus nob been able to raigo the velno of greoubneks nbove 90 cents on tho dollar, end even this veluo is exposed to constant and evil fluctuntions. It is thme that this national ropronch should De removed. At tho Inst session, before tho clections, the demagogues of all partics made an cffort to expand and diluto the currency, and still further break down {ho nalional crodit; but this effort was defested by the firm siand taken by the President, whoso viows apon the subject, a4 exprossed by him, arvested the attention and commanded the respact of ll thinking and honest mon in all countrics, Wherevor thero wore politicinns bravo enongh {o assert the {ruth, thoy mot people prompt to snstain them. In this city all six cndidates for Congress wero “hrrd-money men,” and tho whole people of both sides sustained them, Even down in Tgypt, My, Morison, s Demoorat, who I dofled the party lenders and de- clared for solvent currency and sgainst irvedoomeblo greonbnoks, was sustained by mu inercased -vote, AMr, Burchard, a Republican member from tha Freeport Dis- triet, who was on rocord for havd money, wos friumphantly veulected. In Indinns, My, Xevy, o Domoverat, who ropudisted tho ropudintion-groenbaok dootrines of his party couvention, though opposed by a congbiua- tion of frredromnblo groenbnckers, was olected, and finds himsel? prominent among l tho stotesmen of tha couniry, Ib io alwoys tenth y amistalo for politiolans to nssmno thut n mnjority of the pooplo are dishonest, or that thoy want to aveid the payment of tho na. tlounl doht, or that thoy nro decoived ny to the x‘qnl charaoler of tho dishonest papor money, Any purty or men who net upon the theory that n mnjority of the people are Incking in intolligonco or wanting in honesty, nust como {o grief, . Tho stand taken by the Tresidont i 1874 in favor of n return to spo- clo payments, and in opposition to o dobpaement by ospnusion of tho cur. roney, was henrtily approved by tho great mnss of the people. It was the fivab fim protest against the wild sophisms of tho vurrency demagogues, It was n practien] uppeal for s return Lo honest monoy, reduced expenditures, and decrensed taxation, that the credit of tho nation at home aud abrond might bo vindiceated and re-eatablished, 'I'ho country, therofore, will now learn with satistnction that the President anl the Scere- tary of tho I'vensury have not changed their views, but luvo beon confirmed and strongth- ened in thom by tho events of tho Inst yonr, This position by tho Exeoutivo on this all-im- portant question should have the effect of put- ting an end, for two yenrs at lenst, to all ag- itation of repudintion measures, and, if Con- gross should co-operate with the President nt this seasion, will end tho controversy by fixing wprecise doto when the rule of paper money alinll end nnd that of honest money bo re-cs- bl ished. RETURN OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, ‘TIho nction of the Excentivo Committoo of tho National Bonrd of Underwriters in ro. ferring to individual compnnices the question of taking risks in Chieago will bo acceptable 1o porsous owning proporty hore. It was not chrolutely necessary to the welfaro of tho cily thet the Exeoutive Commilteo should do anything whatovor. Chioago could do toler- ably, for u time, without tho eompanies which lad withdrawn, and oventually all of them would havo roturned of their own motion, Dut wo aro glad to havo the companics back in o body, and with tho full conenrrence of the National Board, as much for the recom- pense such o formal return will bo for the dnmago inflicted upon the eity’s eredit and reputation Ly the withdrawal of the com- Danies, as for the henefits to bo immodiately derived from an inerensed supply of good and cheap insuvanco. We do not care tobo too gracious with tho insurance com- panies engaged in this strike or with the in. suranco ngonty. At the time of tho insur- anco oxodus we said that a dastardly blow Tind been nimed at the erodit of tho city, and we havo since liad no reason to alter tho opinion thon expressed. It is no thanks to the insurance companies that tho blow was focblo and inoffectunl, for tho concoption mud excoution of their stroke showed au intention to wound. It is this intontion which is now become ' the chief offonuc. I'he people of Chiengo understand that under- wriling is . rogular business, proseented to make money. They would not have raised any objection to the decent and orderly with- drawal of companics which were not sntisfied with their busiuess in Chicago. The con- certed rclion of the Nationol Board was neither deeent nov orderly. It wauan inter- {furence of foroign intercsty with the internal nliuiva of o city, and in the manner of its ox- eention was, as wo have said, dastirdly. Viewing the nction of tho National BDoard, from tho pnssago of the Septembor resolu- tion to-the vesolution of yesterdsy, we linve 1o reason lo be grateful to it. 'Ihe reasona for the withdrawal of the compauies wore probebly snggested and enforced by the ar- guments of New York morchents, who have a peeuline wimforo to maintain with whole- salo dealers in Chiengo, and who chose this ungonerons mothod of gaining an advantnge. Business took the insurance companies awny ; want of business brought them bnek; tho necessities of business compel us {o treat them os if they had never been awny, Weo mey add, that common-sense requives tho samo conduet of ns, Who is thero so foolish 08 to become nngry with a corporntion, or who ceres to leave houses or merchandiss uu- protected, of wnsuflleiently protected, in or- der to fill a small mensuro of rovenge? There is probably no such person in Chiengo; if thera is, hio will grow wiser with oxperionco, ar become o beggar withont it. The prosent condition of the city ns rogards moans of extinguishing fives is better than it was threo months a0 ; but not to sucha degreo better as {o warrant the return of the companies, if they had no other induce- ments. Some lnge-sized water-pipes have been Inid; a fow buildings have heen provid. ed with iron shutters; and good intentions have been given to tho City Government through the Citizens' Associntion. In gen. oral, it may bo said that the improvement is moral rather than materinl, The people liavo learned the dauger of pleying with fire, and the municipel authorities the danger of trifing with the people. The reorganization of tho Firo Department has boen dotermined upon, and the water-sorvice will bo enlarged with tho return of warm weather, But the Fire Dopartmont iy under the snmo control s at the time of the exodus; and = chango in the administration does not scom within tho rango of possibilities as long as the People’s Party has the majorify of the Cool: County delegation to the Logislaturo, We do Delisve and hope, howaver, that the worle of reform which hag but just com- menced will bo wisely and vigorously con- ducted to the very end. Gen. Shaler has made a caroful examination of the promises on whioh reform must bo based, aud has submitted somo of his conclusions to the Bonrd of Fire Commissioners, 'That body ean, if thoy will, secure from the Comwmon Council the adoption of his recommendation, with some ourtniliment, perhaps, of those lenst neeessary. Then the poople ean wateh and pray—espocinlly wateh—to provont frauds by tho disbursing-officers; rud, for the rest, they can pay tnxes cheerfully and promptly. THE SALARY-GRABBERS, I'ho Houge of the Forty-sccond Congress, guilly of thoe sulary-grab, contnined 244 members, 122 of whom had alrendy beon clated to sorve in tho Forty-third Cougross, Tho elections this yoar, therefore, to the Yorty-fonrth Congress have nfforded the peo- plo their fivst goneral opportunity to settlo with Lho geabbors, and that they have done 0 in a mosb satisfactory manner the follow- ingg dotails will show. Of the original salery- grabbors, of whom 185 in the meibership of tho Houso of the Forty-socond Congress poaketad tho back-pay, only sevenleen havo been elocted to tho House in the next Con- gross, s follows: Tanws, of Muw Talney, of 8, 0, Tnfiuton, of N Jtaadalt, of Po, Conygor, of o Blowll, of Va,r Davrall; of L, rernp, of Nay Waddell,of ¥, 0, Wallaco, of 8.0, Taod, of N, Y11, Ttopublicsns, 10, Denioarats, 6, Indopandent, 1, o nggraguts * grab* in back-pay, by the TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBT 1874, \ S ——, TForly-nncond Congress, was aboul 00, of whioch some 210,000 sabsoruently found its wny agnin into tho United Btnten Ureasury, Of forty-nine members of tho Houso who contributed to this conscience. fund olghtoen have boen elooted to tho noxt Congress, as follown: 5 Kerpy of Ind,, MeOtary, of Tows, Sronroo, of Oiilo, sk, of Wi, e, of 3., Twwneond, of Pu,, Waldron, of Atieh, Wheeler, of N, Y. Fostor, of Ohto, Frye, of Maine,: Garfleld, of Ohlo, 1 Itale, of Majue, Republicon, 15, Tiotman, of Ind,, Domocrats, G, A4 sovornl of tho refundors (nolably, Po- Innd, of Vt.,) put back their shaves in an nn- gragions manner, unsatisfactory to the peo- ple, thoy wera not profited theroby in the crnvass for re-clection, Novortholoss, tho proportion of eighteon re-clected ont of forty- ning, ns compared with the proportion of prabbors ro.cleoted, is marked enough to show tho temper of the peoplo towavds them, There was still another elass of members who donntod their shaves of tho grab to eduen- tionnl or chavitablo uses, and out of nino such the peoplo have re-elected flve, viz Lright, of Toun, Whitthowne, of 'Lenn~G, Tlereford, of W, ¥a,, Republicdus, 1o 1011, Of 'Sk, Douiocrats, 4. Wells, of Mo, ‘'he threo lists above given compriso forty members of the Houso in' the Forty-second Congrass who aro olocted to tho Iouso in tho Vorty-fourth Congress. OF tho romainder of that old Ifouso fall 200 membors may bo considered to huva been put out of public lifo to atay out. Several wero defented nt tho polls; a Ilnrger number wero dofealed in primary clections; and a still Invger number dropped ont befora tho eanvass bogan as un- availablo eandidntes. Of the originnl salary- grabbers benton at tho polls we havoe n list of fiftcen names (in which we include Mr. Po- land’s), ns follow: Acker, of Pa,, Buller, of Masa,, Bulley, of Tenn,, Cobb, of N, 0., Haruion of ey Marshlt, of TiT,, Moruy, of La, Platt, of Va., Toland, of Vb, sr.omw, of Ala, Htevenson, of Sypher, of Lo, Viiteloy, of Q. tepublicins, 12, Myery, of Ta. Deinocata, 3, Negloy, of Pa., Tudependent, 1, ‘Lhe members of the Forty-sccond Congress not members of the Forty-third were, with yare exceplions, deomed unavanilable ag can- didates of cithor ox any party in the lato olec- tions, The stignmn of tho snlary-grab attached to all of them ; and . condidete who, at beat, has coustantly to explain that he *‘didn't do it,” i difficult to emrry in any canvass, In tho following list of forty-tive persons (salary- grabbers) who vill disnppenr from the pub- lio sovvice at the ond of this winter's session, wo therefora give tho names only of such ns were members of the Forty-second Congress, who had beon re-elocted to the Forty-third bofore indulging in the greb, who pocketed their shares of the grab moro or less defiant- 1y, whoso bonst itwas that tho ¢ storm would soon blow over,” and who, in the Inst cam- paipn, wero put oub or dropped out, These all died and made xo sign ; Adams, of Ky,, AMilokell, of Wik, Zreher, of Md Nidhtek,'of Tnd,, ) oiito, rthny, of T arr, of Ta,, Averlll, of M ackard, of Ind., Jicek, of Ky Larlier, of Mo,, Teady of Xy, “Robihaon, of T Shauls, of Ind. Sheldah, of L.y Cointry g2 . ¢t Do, oman, of N, 0, tor, of Ind,, iaton, of Ind,, Wilzon, of Ind,, Tonng, of Go,—~43, Tepubllewns, 20, Democrats, 19, Jazuon, of O., Tamport; of N, ¥, Lansing, of N. Tach, of X G, Towe, of Kan, Negunkin, of Pa., ‘The list is not complote only because the oloctions to the "Foriy-fourth Congress are not complete, Soveral members whose names should go in one or another of the above classes avo wailing fqp the verdiet as to them, personally, in tho clections of Now Hamp- shive, Connecticut, Cnlifornin, and Mississip- pi, next to occur. Enough is known and Tera given, howover, to show that Ben But- ler's invention of a “‘raise all around” only raised the vory mischiof all avound. Another Congress will not be fouud, very soon, to go into tho salary-grab business, THE REINCORPORAY! The Reincorporation Petition hins taken the direction in the Common Council which we havo all elong indieated it would. 'Ihreo dis- tinet veports were made upon it Monday evening, and these threo reports wero ordered to be laid over. This virtually means that the Council hay shelved the petition, and leavos the Citizens' Association with no means of redvess except through the courts, While tho tax-payers of this city can have but one feeling concorning the manuey in which their withes havo been treated by the Conmeil, it is worth while to state somo of tho objeations which ave urged agninst if, and whiel, it is claimed, will wareant tho policy of letiing tho matter rest for the present, % Ono objection which hag considerable in- fluenco is tho fact that under the new charter thero would be a shrinkego of the number of wirds, a3 tho city would bo redistricted with cighteon wards, ~As population, not prop- orty, governs ward reprosontiation, there would bo an incransed ropresontation of the non-tax-paying cless and n decrensed ropro- soutation of property. Tho First, Sccond, aud Thivd Wards, with their enormous ae- cumuletion of taxnble property, would prob- ably Lo consolidated into one ward, having but two members instoad of six to protect the property interests. The Fifteenth Wnrd, in tho Rolling-Mill distriet, and tho Bridge- port Ward would be divided into two or{hreo wards each, thus giving tho class who pay butcomparatively little taxos n groatly-incrons- e roprosentntion, Tho Seventh and Eighth Wards wonld possibly be subdivided, and the Thwelfth and Chirteonth would probably be cousoliduted. T'he goneral efioct of this nee- cssary slvinkege would bo to ebolish two or hreo of the South Sido wards and one of the North Side wardy entively, and give tho small and non-tax-payers thocontrol of twelvo vards, fho influenco of the tax-pnying clement in ropresoniation, it is claimed, would almost dizappeay, and tho protection of proporty in. tevests would bo in the bands of men who havo littlo or no interosts in proporty. The bummor clement, it is asserted, would have Tull aweap, and permnnently control thae ad- ministeation of munieipal ftairs. In addition to this, thore ave othor sorious alloged dofeots in the law itself whioh we urged with much foreo, It doos not provide for giving the appointing power to the Mayor, but to the Common Council. It provides that the Mayor shall preside st all meatings of the Common Council, whiok s absurd Tvom the fact that it crowds too muoh wark upon tho Muyor, and, in tlweo onsos ont of Tour, the Mayor may not be a pavliamentarian at all, Tho only compotent prosiding offleor i3 tho bost palinmentavian in the Couneil, Auothor scotion provides that the * Alnyor at any timo shall have power to remove ofil ofals appointod by Aim," This sectlon limits him {6 the #emoval of his owh ap- t 51,180, | pointees, and not of thoso nppointed by his prodecessor, who may bo laft in offico whon ho rotivos, Tlowover bad or obnoxious they mny Lo, 1o hins no power o ramove them, as thoy woro nob appointed by him, Anothor soction provides thnt “The Common Couneil meay from timo to timo provide for clestion by volers, or appointmont by iho Mnyor, of a City Colleclor, Marshal, Superintendent of Stroots, Corporation Connsel, City Comp- troller, nud much othor officers ns may ho deemed necesdnry,” This seetion conld only load, it in avgned, to tho worst possiblo re- sults, Tt would place tho Mayor nt the merey of corrupt rings in the Couneil, If ho should liappon to ho a subservient and plinnt tool, he would bo allowed to make the appointments, of cpurco at theit dictation. If ho woro an indopondent man, the appointing power would bo taken away from him and the ward eacusen would solect the city offleinls, It would opon up o rich fleld for thoe demn- gogues, invito ballot-hox stufiug, provide op- portunities for gambling in oftiees, and give tho bummers a porfect pradise for their operations, Again, by tho Incorporation net, all prisonera sont to the Bridewell wonld be credited with 2 on their fines, whorens now they nre ereditod with 50 cents, 'This provis- ion was incorporated in the law for the bon- ofit of * poor men" and ** poor women,” but $2 n day and board is n good deal mors than the services or timo of the worthless classos who go to the Bridewell areworth, and veduces their punishment correspondingly, Again, thoro is 1o provision in the lnw for a necond or upper branch in tho Council. An “wup. por honse” is most wrgontly noeded which shall bo made up of honest and respectable material, clooted on a genoral ticket nnd not by wards, who shall nct as n checl: upon tho reckless olament in the lowor house. With such an organization, it is claimed, tho lower house would ropresont the wards and the upper tha whole city. In sll theso respeets the law, perhaps, needs nmending, Tho sbova aro somo of tho objections which ave being made to tho Roincorporation Potition, and thoy are serious emough to be worthy of { onveful atlention, REBIDENCE-QUALIFICATION EOR LEGI8- LATORS. A recent plan for o Constitution of tho French' Republic included n proponition re- stricting eligibility to the Asaembly to those porsons actunlly residing within the district in which tho vote in taken. If the nuthor of this constitutional project Iind earefully cors- pered the rosults of the Eunglish and Ameni- ean systems, which nre preciscly tho reverse one of the othier, he would not have yecom- mended so hurtfal & vestiction, Under the English taw, a citizen may bo elected to Par- linment from any borough within the King. dom without regerd to his residence. TFor instance, ho may live in London and be re- turned from Manchestor, The semo candi- dates, when benten in one district, avo fre- quently taken up nnd clected by some other coustitnency., Tho most obvious ndvantage of this system i that a statesman of groat service to tho uation mey not be lost to the nation by some temporary unpopulavity he may have envned in the loelity whero ho lives becauso of his grenter devotion to the goneral good. This same principlo ought to Lo exlended in Americe to Congress, to the State Legislatures, and to tho City Couneils, Contrary to the goneral belief, thove isnoth- ing in the Constilution nor the laws of {he United States requiring that o Congressional eandidnte shall reside in tho district from which he is chosen. It is only nceessary thaf lie shell be n resident of the Stato from which Lo is rvotwrned. See. 2, Art. 1, of the Con- stitution of the United Statcssays: ‘Mo porson shell bo a Representative who shall not have attnined to the age of 25 years, and boen soven years o citizen of the United Statos,” and who shall not, when clected, bo anin- Lnbitant of that Stato in which he shall be chosen.” Congress has decided thet no State has the right to add any qualification or dis- quelifieation for members of Congress to thoge provided in the Constitution, As an illustr tion of this, wo may mention that the former Constitution of Ilinois provided that no Su- preme Judgo should bo eligiblo to any offico under the Stats or the United States during his tem of offico or within one year thereafter. Judgo Trumbull, who had been on the Suprome Deneh of this State, was clected to the United States Senato before the preseribed limit had expired ; but it was held that the State of Tllinois conld not determine any qualificeiions for United States Senator not preseribed by tho Comstitution of ihe United States, ead Lraumbull was seated. So with regard to the residence-qualifiention; it is only necessnry that a Congressman shall reside within the State fromwhich he ischos- cn, and not within-auy praticular Congres- sionnl District. Thero have beon a few in- stances where membors of Congress have been chosen by districts within which thoy did not reside. When Mr. Farwoll was first olected to Congress, tho distxict hio ropro- sonted comprised only Cook Connty; and he resided in Lake Forest, Lako County. Geu. Dutler has been oleoted twico or three times from tho Xssex Disiviot whon not living within its limits; nat the death of James Brooks, of New York, Mr. &. 8. " Cox was elected to fill the vaesney, thowgh Mr. Cox did not reside within the dintrict. But these cases ave excoptional, Lhe eaucus system has established o custom, laving the practient force of law, which requives every Congressional eandidate to rosido within the district in which ho runs, Tt wonld be n na- tionnl-blessing if the Constitution should be ro amended that any particulur constituoncy should have tho privilego of rolocting a Con- gressional candidate from eny part of the United States. In this way wo might elways aveil ourselves of the very best mnterial for ktatosmanship. If there were a dozen mon in Chicage who would serve the nation hetter than a dozen mon picked out from as many districts throughout the Northwest, the peoplo shonld bavo tho privilego of clecting them to Congress. No man of pronounced ability and tried intogrity could then b dis- Darred from Congress beeause he may have offended tho *bosses™ ‘and tho bummors” which mako up thoe caucus in the district whoro ho happens to live, But, with the poor prospect of securing such an amend- mont until the politienl abuges ‘become worse than thoy ara now, we should at least avail owsolves of tho privilego the Conatitution allows us, aud seloct our Congressmen from any part of the State withoul veference to the locality in which they resido. o application of this absuvd residonco. qualifiention to Stato and Municipal Legisla. tures is produotive of more vicious resnlts than it is with roforouco to Congress, 'nka it in the Slato of linols, Our Conetitution requires that o member of tha Stato Logisle. ture shall have residod in tho distriet from which he is ehoson for two yenrs next precod- ing tho timo of his clection, Tha geograph. {onl boundariés of thesa distrlots ave purely arbitrary, unless; indoed, thoy bo mapped outwith reforenca to somopolitical chicanory. In & lrgo city where théro aro soveral dis- trlols, ns in Chiongo, tho ablest man in tho Stato may move neross tho stroob the day aftor n gonornl olection, and in this way bo disqualitied from serving in the Legislaturo for four yenrs to como. It is not an unusnal thing for a meu to movo his rveidonce onee in four yenvs, aud in this way ho might Do pormanently disbarred. Boin owr City Conncil. It is provided intho chartor not only that an Al dovinnn shall roside within tho werd which olcets him, but if he renioves from that ward aiter ho is elected, or is abyent from it for n period of four monthy, his sent becomes vo- ennt, There ara certain wards in ovory largo city which do ot contain a single citizen qualified to legislato for the inlerests of tho wmunicipnlity ; yet overy one of theso wards is liited to the poor materinl at hand, and must mnko tho bost of it. Another instanco : Tho proporly of the First and Sceond Wards in Chicngo is the most valunblo in the city ; 1t 48 ownod mostly by men who live in {ho Fourth nnd Fifth Wards on the South Side, and the Tenth, Twollth, und Thirteonth Wards on the Wast Side; yet tho owners of this voluable proporty are disqualified, by ronnon of {hoir rosidence, from representing it in the Common Comneil. Thoe principle of residence-qualifieation is essentially and radienlly wrong wherever it it applied to legislation. Leginlretion should bo in the interests of the whole peoplo or the whole commuinity for whom it is ostonsibly framed. If national, it should ba for the bost intorests of the whole nation and not in favor of cerlain portions ; if State, for tho benefit of the wholo State and not for thub of gpecinl districts; if city, for the wholo city and not for partionlar sections, Wo bave the very reverso of this in all our legislation. In tho vation, & high tariff is presevibed for the “ protoction” of neotional interests; in tho State, thero is a diseriminntion against certein locnlitics for tho bonefit of others, ns Chicago lias experionced on more than ono ocension ; in tho eity, weo nve unable to got additional weter-sorvico in wards whero tho doensorpopulation demands it, becauro tho xep- resontativos of the outlying wards will not voto for it unlesy their districts cen got the santo. Throughout every branch of legisin- tion we find this residence-gualification blocking the way to equal justico. It istho great lovor in the ** log-rolling " process which disgraces nearly every Congress, and nenly ovory State Logisleture sad \City Council. The sooner it is abolished the bet- ter it will bo for the cause of equnl rights aud common justico, ellrond cempanies ean THE CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION, Report of the Execeutivo Committoo upon Various Subjeetss Efforts to Seouro Action on the Re- Incorporation Petition, How They Have Been Thwarted by the Common Council, Tho Oitlzena’ Asnociation lioll meottng fn thelr roolus, in tho Merchints' Building, lsst evening, In tho uboonca of th Trestdont, Frunklin MaoVeagh, Mr. 1t, O, Dorlckeon wan eatled to tho chafr, Tho wttende suce wan decidedly elow the average,, THE WATER-WONKE INVESTIOATION, “The following roport of tho Hixccutive Commiites was read by tho Clor 0 thn Cltlsens! dvociationnf Chlenno ¢ 1o attontion of your Executive Committeo Liag been dirocted, ainco Liio dite 0f Lol Jiat montily ro- port, wainly {o tho_conldoration of the veriaud f- porthnt subjoots montivusd in that aud the pravioua ono submifited {0 your body in Qetober, und, ulthonghs somo_ suliects of mbnor Interens’ havé boew duly jutroduced for conslderation dusing tho pieriod of four weeks, Kinco your It meatiug thoy Iiavo beon, with an exeeptlon, of suchi nutura oy 1o l'l;;x%cl' (h(dr Wispusition of comporatively easy nccome plishment, On Nov, 4 s resolution yas ndoyted, on tho repro- sentations of unny well-known citizans, appointis cammifties of axpirienced enpingors fof tho purpozs of axumining th cuglnon ab the Walor-Worke, aud, us 1 consaguence of_snuch exumination, tho walet-hystera of the cily, {n yuck manuer as will gty the publio an to the supply, both presont aud prospective, Thls ex- amination. Wy comanced on” this day, and 18 cous ducted with {hio eordlal nld .of tho Bonrd of “Iublie Works and tho Clty Englneer, nad of tho Chict Ewfuevr of tho Water-Works, o gewutlemon comprisiug tio Engineers' Cominittea urs widoly-lma'sn experts,and biing o tho aid of their undortsking tho expsriclico of mny yeers and tha confidenco of sil fntarerted in thiy vseeodingly fme portant work, ‘Chelr roport will bo published as s0oi 4 cireumataticos will warrant, THLAMGED WATER-MATNS, 4 A ppectol commiticn, for the prpose of ascortain~ s tlie naeure and oxtenit of tho action of the Doard of Publi Worlks n the witlor of laylng enlarged water~ yipew dt tho Lusiness actof tho clty, bavo mado a favorable reporl, 11 GOMMITTIF ON TAXATION Mave n roport ridy, o ucarly roady, to submit to ug, and that bhusineas will be the firat and paramount cou~ uldoration from this Ume until the final nocesaaty ac- tion 13 faken, ‘Che teport will bo published ny soon ng miade, and the poliey snd rotion of the Execntive Come m{llnn will Do mude publie from timo to timo thore= nfter. THT REINCOBRORATION FETITION, The petiticn for tun reorgauizition of tho Munie clpul Govornment, which was Dled with tho city aum thorities on Nov, 2, hau pnsscd through several stages portion reguintions which we hove, through a speciol coramitted, ept wetch of, and, alttiodgh wo do not bellovo §t linz heon tho subject of ununecesnary tee liy up to thiy tme, tho period soems to hiave urrived whon delinito nction ou the part of tho Come mon Councll hius bacomo n necesaity, 1t i sinted thin nome discrepancies appem: in tho signatures in one or two of the many abeets of which the potition Is com- posed, but wo uro fuformad that they aro few and un- Amportant, and wo juwve offered 10 benr tho oxpenne and tioubloof verifyinr tho siguaturcs to_such an extens us will comply fully with tho law. We nwals Jurtior actfon on tho part of tho Comnon Councll, THE UNDERWRITERS® COMMITTER, *¢ Bince onx Iaat report we have vecolved a vislt from a Committeo of the Natlonal Board of Underwritete, whoks object was to investigato and report upon the varlous Inprovements mado in our means of protece barely keop peco with tho thrifty dovoteo of “* knock-down " in the race for nicke's. As fost a8 n precaution against the ap; rialo *threo for tho company, ous for me,” comes out, the concorted ingenuity of thounenda of tho dirtv-fingored dovises o echieme to over- reach it, What man crentes the conductor can destroy, aud not & mechanieal contrivance yob but hins beon vanquished, Tho last dovice was tho derringer-looking boll-punch, so Qisastrous in its effects upon the norvous syntem of tho peaceful travelor. An ingouious man named May invented two modes of beating the punch. Ono was by & bell worn round tho neck of tho conductor, W was aitached to o lover. When the conductor steopad to collect faro, tho lover wonld riso; whon he rose to punch, the Dell would be rung by the fall. Thoother mezns wau by a small bell hield in tho samo hond ay the punely, which rang when pressed. Thedetectivoy, lenrning of the oxistoncoe of these urrangoments, lost no timo in eapturing thirty of tha votaries of “Imock-down” nnd arresting the ingenious NMay. The Third Avenue line, Naw York City, wan almost condictorloss for half u day. ‘Lo eaptives had bank-necounts, e ey The wholesalo attack mado by cortaln clorgy- men of Now York upon tho stage has resulted vary differeutly from the anticipations of these woithy gontlomou. Instend of rommning yrop- erly siloncad by. a realizing sonso of their own prosent depravity and futuro incsadescenco, theso children of #in have made their adinnts a rolustant but highly effectual advertising me- dium. ‘Thus do tho managora of the CGrand Opera-Ttouse appoxl to the publio for *patronage in publishivg a novel invitation to allthoe clorgy of the city to come and witness the ‘*Dlack Crook,” as porformed at thelr honse. Not only do they offor them seats fu the aunditorium, but offer to modily the rulea of tho hougo #o nsto allow them hehind the rcones, thus giving them every opportunity to judgo of the amouut of immorality practicod in their theatre, Thisisa vory ingeuious dovice. Dosides bringing tho oz~ iatence of *''he Black Crook" lhome Lo every body in the city, it forcas tho clergymien eithor to nceopt tho invitation or to reframn from ss- sniling & subject with tho facts of whick ihisy refusa to noquaint thamselvos, That must havo been o divorting scone ina doctor's ofilco in Bt. Louis, Tho physiciau hod been troubled with o non-paylug ypatient, who Tliad for two years noglected o bill of fow dol- lara. Tho other day, in balancing his books, the doetor gave it up for lont, and with & polito note mado the lady who owed it o present of his sor- vicos, Accompanicd by ono male and threa femelo friends, the lady visited the dootor, paid Liis Lill, und orderod the malo comystiion to cov- hido bim. The doctor remonstrated by sirneh- ing tho broath out of his aszeilunt until hoe spraiued bis wrist, when o colored gl who wos ougaged ns kitchien meid, apuropriatoly * settled nit hach" wilh o supplomentary pummoling. Tho Indles retirad in great hukte, tho dogtorwildly intimating that, but for tho unforoseen necident to hig wrist, he would bave subjeotod thom to that timely correction which, ucconding to ap- poarancos, tholv mothers had neglected in thnix carlier days, If ungallant, such horots romodies would be more effectual thau nny other, Tho Tew of companantion is kindly illuntrattad in the prasont pligat of the New York Ferald. In his discomso on roporting wernong, deliv- ered o fow diye sinco, H. W, Boechar eredited tho Herald with publisbing tho fivst voport of ~ seriuon, whorompun thut modest newspapor prickod up ity oaxs, nud, like Messrs. Doducn & Togy, **lovked ng virtwous as poasible.” Now e former foreman of tho New Yok Tribune do- nies Mr, Boooher's statoment, and tho Hereil pottlshly denies thnt Morse invenled tho tele- groph, © that Franklin digeavered olectriel) y, ‘Watt the steam-ongino, or Newton thu law of gravitution, It {u wratehed, panting, and woon- ing., Liko n small child, howovor, it clutchwi with the mora volomence its pet doll. **Yor: Aldn't print tho first sorman," says th Tribune “1 don's covo," sayn the Iierald. **my cotro- #pondont wen caught ond jmprisoved by tho Cavlints, and my London Duveau Is uudoy the surveillance of Bisraarok's splos, Thave!" L 8o profanc are the gontlomon of Telth, Seob~ and, that a strouious attompt fs Laing mado kY amond thelr maunne of conversation through the fmproving modium of the Yolleo Court. 'Tho olorgymon in tho pulpits have warmiy donouncoed profanity as o highly domorulizimg practice, and tho polico are buslly ongaged in purping tho comunity, 8o fav, the rosultu in the way of flucs hava boen gratifylng to tho eauso of pure Ianguere. What o mized-up conditlon of affniru wo should havo wera tho law enforced fn Chi- cago, How could ona of ouv model officars anrey A prisoner to the stelion-house without risk ot arrost by & brother officer? Uy the timo tie oriping] imprecator bad reachied the station, o wholo platoon of policomen vould bo his folidwe pilsonors, arrestod on tho same olmrgd, a4 tlon sglust fire, 1most of which havobicen fuauguzated during the last throo niouths, In order that onr Asaoe ciation might havo tho viows of thero gentlemen and exprees tizeir own, o meeting wau eallod Hov, 21, whicis s Jargely attended, nud the proceedings of whieks finya Lecu publirked, Tho Cominitteo cliuded to bnvo 110t yot rororted, Diit wo Iuva reason to heliovo tit tuoti opinfons were ganerully favorable, Thelr raport iw expooted ot nn carly date, * GEN, ALEXANDER SHALER Tns, 09 you ara wall ware, entered on tho active pore Sormuite of bls dutics, whd his prolimluary repot, publizied Nov, 25, has been read with interest, "Tnd ]l-,):lnl of Fire Commissioners wo bolieva aro affording Gon, Bluler every desired facllity and support, OLTT AHEAD, 410 poriad {a elose at hinud whon the offorts of tho Assoglution will Lo required in a partlevlarly aclive Away 10 propare ond forward the necesaary Lills for our gtato Legislature, desigued to_offect chongos in oxiste ing emaclments nud to carry out various mcasured whieli haveoriginated fi tho ASsociation, and our Core nitteo on State Loglsiation hus fn courso of preparatien a sorles of billa to covor tho polats referred to thiera, nd which wiil bo. suppleraented by othor matters af a1 ourly date, Tho nocessity for lezal advice in money maltery whicls are now befora us hag becoma o urgent aud of such frequent ocenvrenco that wo havo found in nes- uamary to tppoltit a standing committer, wilell wo uzo anmvnn:'j t0 (1o by tho by-Isws, and tho nemes of tho geatlenten catected will be publhed in o fow days, 15 order of tho Esecutiva Commitco, ; J. C. Auiprrn, Olork. = MUHIOIPAL REORGANIZATION. ! Tho report of the Committes in chargs of the potle {lon for municipal reorganization was also read Ly ths cecutive Commiltea nf tha Citixens’ Ascoctation : T Ghmmittes Lving f chargo tho furtheranco of tho citizens! petition for incorporation under tl gonexal Iow reapectiully roport that they havo lLd eral_conterences with M, Itichardhon, the Chalrm. of the Judiclary Canimittee, to which Committeo ! potltion wag referrod by the Common Cauncll Halurdsy, the 95th ult,, they attended the mocting of Kaid Committee, Your Committee had 20 opportuitity at tho timo lark named to oxaming_tho yetitions, ot which thors ara o largo numboz, They foind thit Lo ona of these potitions was subscribed a numbor of IGTIIIONS NANES, names woro 0f £o comiez] nud absurd ¢ Thero 1 10 ubtefipt mads to givo them tho uppearanco of real aignaturos, Thoro 4to also nsmber of amen ou zonio of tho pefitions shich a pear o bo in tho sume handwriting, Wihethor the’ ero {myroperly written, or whatbor they were ¢ Jumes of mocbanics and working-men wio could 1st conveniuntly writs at tho time tuo neiftion 18 proe wontad to thiow, aud Taquested thu furties circulating tiho potition to'do o for them, your Commitieo L.s 1o neaus of dotermining, But, after discarding =it 1imen nipon tho Tetition 1o which uny abjection ciz Lo rightfally made, for auy cause, your Compiiiteo ara sweil watlsfled, both from the Haspeetion of it putitions aea from their kmowledga of tho wodo u \hicis tho greater poztion of tho siguatures wera obs 1afnod, that there Wl by found upon tha pelitions o wmuch larger pumbor of wamea of boua o vofura yhia voled at tho lnst preceding clty election than the Iaw requived, ‘Stnco your Counmitteo attonded tho meetiog of tho Tidiely Comnitteo DIFUENERT REPORT have been prevented to (o Comiion Cotnell,—oma signed Ald. Blehardson aid Cinubiall id Walts, wd ono by Akl Oullexl 1 (5 roport s seon it in b aces tasoma of tho petition ¢ apon tho Cltkzeun' Auoclitios, mud 10 scei: to bold uil 2dsponsibln for tha np: oo aignaturea sbove referes | to. . Yho Citlzons' Avsockitlon s 1o coutrol over thy metto: 2 who eliovsen hos the Tlght to Jrarens and civcalsto peliiions fo tho Comano. Counsdl, It politions aro fuund with impropcs ulgnuturer, fhey wera prubably plnct:.fl thera by tho ' oppoients of ibis ~meneuso - fur tho purpoto of loing used to diecredlt .o other aignntures,and of atfording qrounds of objectl to ny action batuyg trkon by tho Oaunell upon t8¢ pe.- Htione, I the Aecociation nad hud tho slightest su picion that nuy pesious elreulating suclt potitions = neting in bad Tt and secking to_ prafudics tho pet Uon by uppenduny limproper und olfenaiva nignatiirc it would certafnly Luve been gevatly for thoir intere ‘aeni{g tha potitious do the Conmmon Cour: + 1eoy hiad evory Teason to kiow they wor' i utinized, to iao_oxanined tho o't~ i moans to havo disaussod and vejec' - I Swoper and fieitions slgustures, Their Tailura to do £o only Tnynishes ceidenco of the O e o g, boon patried on i \Whiolo imtter ba beon earrted on o1 ;‘n‘:}!‘x\n}:xl-lmulnhnl o cengurca of Ald, Gullerton wor' | it ahpropviately beatowed upon thouo peraai whoovar they ey ke, whosa contemptiblo conrsg 1 Nibaeribing wezo ofiensise and fetitions names b FHiod o tha appononis Of tho petition tn i Thdioiary Cowmiited and in tho Councit tha ot Yonafita grounda which thoy Luvo of delaytng ory Vuing acilon upon ft, But 1€ tho oppanenis of . e o v gof up_petidons with fetitions olgr ivees 1t docs ot doprive tho legal voters of 1ho 315 . oonvnl to thew by law, 'Tho siguatures to moat e Fatittous which were presonted wero obtain: o tho waperintendence of dr, A, Du iyde, o vt T citlzen of futegrity oud reaponsibility, and Iuisants oployod by Lit,whoso nunce ara farois - hon tho back of tho varioh potitions citenlate {iorn, and who can vorify them, ¢ doaired by the.s afiidavite, THENT I8 A DIVFENENCE OF OPINION 2 fn respoct 1o th upeessity of any proof whiafover fa vorify tho stguatures, Oue view la, that fu tha o senca of Loy coulestunts 1o the pefition, or any tlanca to tha conlrary, tho potition ehouid by aestm: L to bo what 1t purpoHs fo bo, rod tho signator oumed to bo primn faclh lioua fide, subject to the g of tho Cointnitteo to rojeet any nwmos found these) \rhic, upon inspection, siould uppear fo be thoko nonvordents, or fletitiouy, or olheiwizo objootionubs, andt 3, after Tojecting ouel mamos, thoro Vas fouw: | to 10 o cuficlont number of sligusturey (3 which no valld objection oppearod, the I whou 1 deomed compifed with umd tho voto ehou! Lo ordored, ‘Tho ofher viow taken Is that tru ally mwt bo furnished with compatent evidenco th ¥ ovury o subieritod to (Lo potition s that of a log yoter, wid thrty wnill suelh proof dn furuielied, i Counell i not roquired l‘a .:.nt. This view would, 2 1y oparate e o pstod of obtaluing auy such prool pro. e el anthorkcod fha petition, and 1o arwon v nra aliazged wiith tie duty o the powar of b Lo At Tho I ovidontly contemplates nothin ¢ 4. Poobtain such evidonee, byen If {t wers ! entblo, would Ly aitondod with muehlabor and ox- Tormlblo, e 8 f0 bo tapected to fur- i to fuuds o undertalo tho work whiclt Wi an fnvutigation would fiapose? In mll s whota poit*lons of this publio natitre aro sutbiors faod to ho pressated to munieipsl bodics, thoy ure Uotnlly when provented nsstmsd to to bouteide,~ Wi to requirs provf of the siiueiures of thy pett- Honers in not according to 4ho Wsnal coures, T0 aen quiry t fa referenco 121 potition which must b dliued Ly oysk 0,000 voleis, aud whore the svls objwt lat0 ‘Phess a