Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1874, Page 7

THE GAGE TRIAL, Fourth Day of l'ho. Procecedings at Waunkegan, Arguments of Mossrs, Dexter and Searles for the Defendant. Strong Personal Appeals in Behalf of Mr. Gago. Sidnoy Smith, for tho People, Handlcs the Oase Without ~ Glovea. The Case to Bo Given to the Jury To-Day. MORNING SESSION, Svecial Diavateh to The Chicuno T'sibune, WauxeasN, Doe, 9.~Tho OCrimiual Court openod at O'o'clock {his moruing, vory few poos plo Loing present. Lho atteodance, howéver, fu- orensed during tho sosslon, quite n uwmiber of Indien coming in to henr the speoches of gouusel, Nothing additioual was loarncd by the Btate's Attornoy inrogard to the movemonts of the iu- dividual who was suppesed to be ondeavoring to {ufluence the jury, aad, ag intimeted In tho dis- puteh last vight, thero was doubtlers no ground' whatover for tho rumors, they having originatod in tho mind of somo oversuspicious person, MR, DEXTEIR RESUNLD 1118 ARGUMENT. Ho sawd it would bo romombored that al tho closo of tho scssion yesterday ho wa taliing about the charactor of the fund, Is position was thot tho lnw of 1833 (uader which Je. Gago was indicted) coutom dated a publio fund,—a fund established by law,—aud that from lts gencral ecopo, ity contemporancous bistory, tho | objects to be accomplikhed, it was vory clear to bis mivd that it was never intended to apply to ncaso of this kind ; that the funds thorein re- forred to, ostablished by expross nct of law, were in. the naturo of appropuiations for Siate Dbuildings or for an asylum. Tho dofendunt hod beon indicted undor that law, though thore was o later and nearor Inw adapted Lo his caso. A decision was quoted ehowing that publio fuods woro such as wero nocessary to cairy on tho Governmnent, aud the questiun asked whather the “Jonathan Burr fand,” the ** police fuud,” the ** wharflug private privileges,” aud tho **euspenso account,” woro uecessary 1o carry on the QGovernment, He clnimed that thego ¢ ro-called fundh,” aud tho interest paid by Mr. Gogo, wero not funds cs- tublished by Iaw, and, therofore, tho de- mand feiled, sinco no more could bo do- manded than it was his duty. to pay over. Auttrorittes wero then quoted on the conslrue- tion of statutes that stand topetucr, hia view being that tha defendant way ontided fo TEN DAYS AFTEN DEMASD inwhich to pay over. This, howover; was de- wied bim. Demand wus mado on the 5th of Jan- unty, and ho was indicted on the 8th. When the Btalo's Attornoy seid that Gago bad used the monay for s own purposes, e made tho most solomn decleration that ho bed notf so used it Ly notindicting bim under theembezzlement statuto, The prosecution hnd sought to cateh bis clienc upon o ** pin-hoolk " law which was not desigued for such a caso, and was pot drafted with refor~ once to any such ofice. o asserted that the rensoh why tho law of 3833 wne called in was be- causs MoAvoy aud Greenchnam parlicipated s if it bad not bean, Heaven only Lnow whoro tho ndictmouts would have stopped ; the wholo City Government would have been swopt. ISTENTION MUST DB TUE GUIDING BYAR of thajury in makivg up thele vordics. Hoclaimed that ““really” there.was but $182,000 duo the olty,~—tho interest, otc., beiug deducted from the £308,000; ond that Mr. Gage hind put in tho hands of tho city his privato estato, which was twice tholoss, Did that prove a dosire to profit by the transnctlon? The prosecution had pre. ventod by abjection the showing that monoy was lonned Ly Gapge's predecessors, and that $35,- 000,000 had boon so loancd, tho city losing tho intercst. Authoritien wero roferred to to sup- yort this view that, oven if tho loauing was not setioned by the cily, the receplion of tho interest amountea to su wpproval, and Dbarred nlt claims agaiust 3r. CGage o6n nccount of loss incurred in the maling of stioh Jonna. Ho aleo contonded that there way no distivetion under thoe churter between loans to banks ond sny othor loans, unless tho Coun- cil devignated bundtw, which thoy bnd not dona; nod further, that the admieaions of Mr. Gage that be wus **sliort,” did not moan that ho was 80 much cash hohind, but that ho Lad fo muck which ho could uob couvert Inlo cash at tha mo- wiont. Ho denled that falic cutries bad boea wada o the books; Ilx, Shorwaod was mistalken; tho books woro in the oflico; why wero they vot bronght into court and tho entries shown? In consiusion. Alr. Dexter ruado A STRONG PERSONAL AIPEAL in behalf of his olient, chavagteriviug him as an oxcellent peighbor and friend, saving if bo wont down to mselv, ho would ga with him band in haud, and praying God tbat the jury, when sit- ting ot their fresides heicaftor, would nover Lnve occasion to vegreb the maunct in whbich {hey discharged the great dutics and responsi- bitities dovolving upon them. ANGUMENT OF 2R, SEALLEN. Mr. Hoarles followsd, oxpluning to the jury their duties nutlor the law, and how the truth could Lo found iu tho tostimony of witnosses, " Thoy wero at liborty to travel over the cutire {lold, and net covfine thomeclves to tho narrow Timit pointed out by the prosocution, He theu touk off his cont, and talked in his ¢ slurt sleaves,” davoting the remninder of tho sossion to disctiesing the points made by tho othercoun- sel, g aranmont being meorely supplemontal, snd prosenting nothing now, ‘Tho Court then adjourned until 2 o'clock, ———— AFTERNOON SESSION. M. EEAULES CONTINUES, Upon reassembling, JMr. Buarles contined bis speech, commonting upon the rofusal of {ha prosocution to admit tostimony which would bave Juld beforo the jury the whole truil, charecterizing it as unfair and unjust to the de- fondaut, aud asking tho jury to tako tho matter tuto consideration. From tho exclusion of the facta It was fair to presume that the prosecution Luew if thoy wero admitted thelr caso would bo dostroyeil. Tho Court told the gentleman that ko and Mr. Hwett, and Mr, Doxter hud TRAVELED QUTSINE THE BECORD, 1ud ho guvo thom notice thut the prosecution cottla pot ho restricted, ' Mr. Searles procecded to say thab the clty Lad notlost & dollar through Mr. Gago, since money thiat was woll mecured was not lost ; tho eity had Lakon all bid property, wnd hud the bonds of the suspendod hanks, Aftor sbusing the Btato's Atiornoy, whom ho chiarged with belog a mens ber of 8 *‘ving " in Chicago which was bouuding tho defeudant, and the representatives of Lo prees, who, o3 ho suid, Lud been pald €25 cach tor writing-up garbled roports to JAKE A TWEED OF UAGE honquoted the trilscens from tho % Marchant of Venleo,” saying CGuge was the merchant, fhe Jury Portia, nud the City of Chicago, poreon- sted by 1ionry Uroencbaum, the Jew—the “alickent Hitlo Jew " bio lind over ween, 1l re- marks, to sny the lenst, wero absurd sud wgon- tlomenly; and, whilo tho spoctators smilet, hils laugnage evidontly neutralizod in grost messure thoolleot thoargumentsof Mr. Hwott and MrDex- ter bad had upon tie Jury. s sapeceh and con- duct from begluning to end—his fumiliarity with the jury, ealling them by tholr {lvst name, and voforting to dr, Gage ay ** Davo "—wus ua 0xhi- bitiou of vottifogging of which hardly o polico- court shystor would bo gailty, AKQUMENT OF GIDREY 6MTTIL, Mr, Bmith then closed for the progecttion. 1lo communced by relerring to the Jaw popo- itions Invelved, touchivg st upon tho elurng- tor of tho funds hiold Ly Mr, Gage at tho oxpira- tlon of his term of ofico. Tho nggregalo which it was his duly to tirn over Was about §508,0005 and tha doonwantary ovidonda sowed that thnt srag divided, under tho provision of tho cily chorter, into cottuin fundy, Mr, Doxtor had mado an elabordto argument to provo that n por- tlon of tho aggregato was mado up of funds not providod for by law for publio purposos, not dis. puting, howovor, thab Gage hold tho futde. | Tho domands mado by Mr. O'Hun for tho dofleit woro thon advorted to. Mr. Gago had seknowl- cagod his obligationa to doflver, and stated us reasons for nob belug abls to puy over. Ilo clafmed that, for (ho sustaining of the indict- ment, It was wholly hunaterial whother ol tho funds woro of the charactor doseribed in the Inw of 1885, and that Mr. Gngo could notoxcuso lum- solf from dolivering bocauso default ns to a por- tion was n mora sorions offouso than dofault na to n cortain othor portion of tho snme nggregato amount, Mr, O'Tfara did not kuow Lho bolauco duo tho City Troasury when ho took pussossion of tho ofiice, and bis ouly means of kuowlodgo ns to the amount was AMlr. Gago, tho outgoing Trousurer, 1lfo prow potod discussing aba future tins tho ronsons why dofault was mads, aud would simply eay Lo hnd mado default, All tho funds in Cbicago wero rassod by tuxation under tho coustitutional power donominated tho right of eminent doumnin —tho right of takiug private rropmv for pubtic purnoses. Lo, Lowover, did n)t conaidoy tho point matorind, for thoe reauson that tho entiro amount of wonoy which M, Gago woy ealled upon o tum over should Lave beon turned over under’ tho logal oblign- tions resting upon lum; and he was in defauit a to tho egpzregnto amonut, iucluding public as well o8 privato funds, I TUE CONSEQUENCE OF A DEFAULT A iu relation to & public fund was mora sevoro thau attached to' the bulonce, 1t was no reasou why tho law should net bo enforcud. Nr. Hearley had made motry over the *ridiculons posi- tion™ fu which {bo peoplo wera plnced by mking & domoud for tho balanes, and re- fusing to take tho ‘‘caty and dogs" ton- dersd. It had appoared tuat Mr. Quye, instend of attendipg to the ditries of his oflco Enmmm‘ly, employed a Mr. Aleott as oashier and nokloopor, who hundivd tho entive funds in tho Oty Freasury ; antl1b was ho who ** Lurned over.” ONE OF THI CHIEF GAUSES OF MOUNNING * on the part of the dofanso consisted i the ro- fugal to milow Grgo to talle about the * teuck ™ that ho lied ondeavored to forco upon hia pue- sor iu lien of cash—iho * trucic* in which hio hod put tho cash belonging to the ‘city. ©Ono thing was certain Clilengo did not got the money due, and in commenting upon tho conduct of the defeudant ho shonld spoak nbout bim a8 he would of tha humblest individuul in the conmuity, The law’ of 1533 wau roforred to briefly, but Mr. Bmith considerod it 0 ovideut that the law lad boon ro-ounatad sovoral times, that ho did not thinlk it necessary to dovote any specinl attention to ib. Tho talk about n fine of $100 covering the offonso was absurd, sud pot warranted by precedent, there belng A numbor of deciuions which ertablishod thot @ sta.ute of the charactor of tho section in tho Citv Obarter (the 3100 cluuse) did not teck the criminal jurivprudeaco of the Sta.c, . ADJOULNMENT. A At iy polnb Mr. Smith roguestod that Le be atlowed {0 Jdofer further argument until to-mor- row nrnineg, sines ho wvas vory much faligued, aud would bo nblo to cancludo just s soun, oy 1o would b ablo to condenso wint he ad tosay 12 the setiniun wan longor protrected. T'he Court then adjonrned until 9 o'clock to- TMOLYOW torniug. . o S AMUSEMENTS. THE ACADEAY OF MUSIC. Mr. Toole, the master of English comedy of tho precont day, bas nearly completed his on- gegomoub nt the Academy. Owiug to the un- usual pressare upon our columns, loes ling been said with rogard to thig brilliant artlst than would havo.been tho case undor other circum- stances. ‘Tuesdey night bo played in “Deerer than Life," and Wodnesdey and laut nights an- other comedy of Mr. Byron's, *'Unclo Di Darling,” overy évonlng to o largor audionce then before, To thoso who looked forward to Lis appoarauco for nothing wore than boisterous merriment and grotesquerio his acting must bo a treat of the richest charnotor,” Ho is o charac- tor-actor of the most polished typo, and his scope includes tho rollicking froedom of tho Mree with a power of cmotional _control ubsurpagsed by eny aoctor of tho prescut day. His voice possossges o sympathitio quulity which, eithor for frolic or melancholy, takes the |- bLenrt unresistingly captive, and bids it hound Soyfully to the muslec of merry laughter iu the stnshine or leads it softly and tonderly to sulfer wilh him tu tho sombte scoues of lifo which are shiftod befors tho -view upon tho atage. It is in this complete posseseion of an audicace, due 23 much to the nature of the man as to tho ox- quisite art of tho uctor, that M. Toolo Lay be- comio what lio is to England, oud what hio would grow to Lo to the pooplo of this tountry werelio longor with ue, 1t {s gonsenze to prate about Tocal types of charactor,;us thongh an Awmerican, audienco bad shut its oyes lo Bughsh literaturo for tho pmst bLalf contary, or nvertod its gaze from the Iinglish drama, ‘a8 though thoy shared tho theorctical upas tluenco of English jron und woolen goods. Tho types of most of IAr. Toole's pioces are types of Lnmanity, niot of cockueys moro. than Lijt Talo nndots. Tho ohjaction that thoy are local would Lanish Rip Ven iVinkio to Kow York, Solon Shingle to Now Faghind, aad Kt and Davy Croclell to thelr respective birthplaces, . “Yo-night i3 Mr, Voolo's bouoiit, Mo gives “The Weavers,” * Doarer thun Lifo,” somo lenrned disquisitions, and somo of s guperln- tivoly good imitations of adtors, whichare por- l'cr(;;.n it theie way. His ongagement ends Bat- urday. M'VIOKER'S THEATRE. John Drougham is plavitig this week In hie own drametized verslon of ¢ David Copperfiold,” & version, by tho way, which wo caunot praiso in tho mildest mapuer, The invidents are ‘strung together with little regard for unity, and a gon- eral shambling air pervades the picce. Iut five af tha chatactors possess any recoguizabile traits, and two of these ato played by Mr. Sroughum,— JDaniel Peggoity and Wilkins Micowber. The formor is an inwipid production, presenting nothing in conunon witkk the flsherman of Yar- mouth, und indeed with a flshermou of anv description, irom the Now "Festamout rocords to Walton's Complote Augler, ‘The afher chaxacter, Mieawber, 18 very .muusing in- deed, wnd full of wirthsoIt o isomly o distant rolative of the Micawber of bisto) howover. Jtr, Soymour's Heep and Mrs, Allen's Rusne Darlle are good : Dlrs. Slonewlls Belsy Trolwood Jacks the st olomoents of * L'ue Ol Soldier " 1u the ubscnes of 4 epinat colnmil, X eek YThe Lottory of Lifo " will bo givon. CIANLOTTE COSUMAN ausounced Wednomlny ovening that she would give a supplemontary rending on Saturdny uight at Farwell Hall, when tho sleap-walking stono from * Macboth ™ end other fawous sclections will bo givon. It is erroncous to wupposs that Mies Cushimau does ot play at MoVicker's The- aire this senson—thut is, sho lins not nzde any aunounceuiont to thut effect, p ! O'WSIL'Y BENSLLT, A, James O'Neil bas o bonettt Saturday even- myg, when an unusually strong LI will elalm at- tontion, Xbcontaing u jumble of tragedy, come- dv, farce, aud butosque, und will include the trislsceno m - *Yhe Merchant of Vonice," withi Afr, O'Noil and Miss Loulso Huw- thoyne; **Tho Widow's Victim," wilh Sulshury asJerry Clip: tho Unrd nebof + Othello," with Mr, Buokloy ns M‘/u, and u burlesquo of the lasl act of *¢ Richnrd 111," with My, Crane s Licke ard nud Mr, O'Neil na Ttichmond, e i THE YALE EXPEDITION.' Praf. O, C. Mavsh and hig sclentille party arrived hore last evouing from tho Bad Lands, south of the Blsck il Iho expedition waw very ducoossful, notwithe standing the axtremoly cold weathor nnd tha coutinued houtilitles of tho Tndinue, 'Lhe latter atopped the party twico when ol tholr way to the ud Loy, attempted & night wilask o their camp, and othorwiso molested them. ‘Che ex- plorations weva moda nnder grest diloultios, bt resulted in fmportant discoverics, Abonb wo tang af the retaning of extigt tropleal wui- il Wors collecled, maongs which Ao wrny now o belonng, 'l colleetlon jgoes to Yalo Gollogo, and il goon by denersed by Prof, Marsh. Tho miltary eecort of tho expedition was under the comniud of Anj, A. . Burt and Liout. We L Caypeutor, THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1874. SHALL TR GIRES BY TRAINED ¢ The Proposed Woman’s Hdu« cational : Inatitute. Mass-Meeting Last Night in Further- d nnee of the Projects The Speakers All Agreo that Some- thing Must Be Done. IIow to Do It, 1s the Next Ques- ton, A meeting of Indles and gentlomen—ospocially tho former—inlerosted in the founding of a Woman's Lducatidasl Inatitute for Olicago was held Inst ovoning fn thobail of the I'irat Mothod- fut Churol, corner of Clark and Washington streets, Tho atlondance was modorately large. Mra, Fornando Jones was clectod to prosido. After prayor Dby a olorgyman predent, Mra. Jonea emd that, a8 the gathering wag a working wonten's mooting, sho would much rather that somo oue who was o boun ido working woman should preside. But, as hier clection wns o com- phmont to the Woman's Industrial and Jduoa- tlonal Assovintlou, sho would ect. TUE OBJECT OF TUE MEETING. s, Camipbell, of Chicago, amiddle-ngod, plaly, but rather bonovolent looking womau, was iue troduced, and, aftor some preliminaries, said that tho object of tho meoting was tho catab- lishmont of n Homoiu thig ity fu which fomales’ conld bo tialned for useful callings, so that women might have u falr chanco to make thelr way in tho world, beonuso. smployors constautly oy that fomalos aro not prepared to do uabis- tnctory wotle In the brauches of indnstry in which they cagage. This roproach shionld Lo removed, and tho only practicul way to romovo it was to fonnd a Fome, Blio wau sorry to havo to oberve that thore wera muuy young womnen fn Chicago who taought it rather degradiug than craditable to learn somo useful employment. 'Lhio bred n otate of de- pendouey,—ono sox depending upon tho otler. That was dezrading to tho femelo charactsr Gitls wero traiued to bo ornnmental rather L+ usoful, to cateh Lmebands who could sn* them fn lusury and jdloness, " Fhis w.w all wrong, Even if a woman did Lappen to marry & rneh man, that was no ron- son why olio should mot luow Eomo ugoful trade, Porlapy the riches might malt away, or the mun might ba ill, und N for « long {imo; childron would bave to bo provided for, aud, thorofore, it was highly desirabla that EVERY WOMAN 8I0ULD HAVE BOME YOCATION, 80 that sho might ot be utterly holpless whon the houy of soro afiliction came, ‘Tha® meeting was not called upon to ‘decide whether there would bs & Homo, but to nid the project. The working women had atready decided that there should bo a Home. In tho institution overy woinan could oloct what ealllng sho should fol- low. She would have n Irco choice, Eo that thexe could bo no diesatisfaction on that ground. ‘Thoy now flung themselves upon tho gonorosity of the community. Thoy would need » great deal of monoy for tho establisbment of tho Iome, nud weallly pooplo—ospeclally wenlihy women—uad & noble opportumty for cout1ibuting Hberally to so charitablo, so noble nu entorprise, Bho would SUGOEST A PLAN totho Iadics, if they should fuil to raiso the neans for tho building, They shonld go down to Springfield, while the "Logislature was in uession, and say to thum that the Homep should bo cstablighed, sud that money was wost nocessary for thet purpose. here wore millions' worth of chureh property in tho State, all nutaxed, Lot tho Logislature tax the church proporty and torn the proceods over to tho cutablishment of thoe llome. Whis sugges- tion originated with horeclf alone, It mignt not be necossary to rosort to such & course, but, if all cle [afled, rbo thought tho experiment on;iahc to bo tried. 3. Campbell then spoke of hor EXPRIJENCES IN SPINNING AND UNITTING whon slie was i rosidont of Maivo, Sue had six brothers to kit for, nnd_did it well, Stockings then—good-sized ones—braught 25 conts o pnh‘. Bhe hind also knit for ministers, ~That was an exanple of formor industry, which she recalled eimply as an 1lustration of olden times in the New England States. Shobegged tho women present to remember that they were the daughters of the founders of the nution,-—the Pilgrans and the Drotestants,—and et them alwaysprotest against the Dblgotry and absurdity” of obstruct- wg wowen from following uny profes- #won for woioh thelr abiiities were sulli- cient. [Applsuse.] Bho quuted an extrect from Marguret uller's writings which incul-, cated the samo principle. Mra, Campbell thon brauched olf on what slhio termod the political eubjectionof women," to which she attributed ull tho evils of tho ctnployment system. It was TIL I00T OF YL UVAS TREE, which shadowed the prosperity aud indopend- cneo of tho women uot slona of the United Stutes, but of Lue world. They should never censo from their domnuds, O’Connoli's motio used o bo, **Demnud the uttormest and you will gob_gotothing.” Tuab was good philoso- phy, and thoe women should not ulono treasuro 1t up as o maxiu, but follow it out in prac- tice. [Appinuse.] ‘I'ho speaker noxt dealt with tho class of women “ who wrapped themselves up in wauly protection,” nud ware simely prog- Jorous s t by of ecidont. _‘Tho world might Judge thom bfl what thoy und done, us working wouon, vub they would” judge of thomselvas by what thoy know thoy wers capable of doing. applaoe) & working woman, Sarah M, Dailey, seut in a paper on ‘TUE TRAINING OF WOMAN FOR HELF-SUPPORT,” which dealt tn oxtenso with the fomalo quostion a4 1t hes beon agiatted in the newspapor-col- umns for a good muny years. Cho evils of the whole lubor system, ns appticd to women, wi denlt with, ond the writer claimod that it was the duly of ocioty to nssist woinan in learning usoful callings, und espo- einlly to direct tho young femalo mmd toward the vuluablo art of housokeeplog, Tor thiy pur~ pose tho Home shoutd bo supplied with all nee- eaanty domesbic apparatus, “Housokeepiug was nomething that was us bavd to lentn s vowmg or sliop-ikeoptug, aad & woman ignorant of tho nousehold art wad eimply usoless aud holpless ug o wifo sud o wmolbor. Yot thousands of young ladies wore growing up around them IGSOIANT OF HOUSLHOLD DUTLS ay thoy wero ot Bausciit, ‘Yhiy was a pleantio oviy, which would requiremuch Iabor Lo teform, No woman conld bo said Lo bo il for wifely dig- vy if sho wore jgnorant of the fist duty of & wilo,~the regutation of her own bousehold, “Who protection ntforded to femolo education m Engtand and i Gormany was alluded to, nud (ho wricor 5aid tlut na imitutiou of ihas liberalily by our Htate Governuents would be u Llessing to Lhe country, A genoral roform in tho system of femulo educution was necessary beforo Amerien could hava thut whicl was tho noblest clemont of national strength ond grontness—ludustrions wiyes snd mothors not depondent on merconary tolp in domestio business, 'IE BV, DR, THOMAS was next introduced, and sud that ho was ot thera with o propared speocly, 1o for tho puce poxo of malkivg avy exteudod romsrky, 1lo was thero shuply ontof aympnthy with tho mova. ment, Ie would be eqiuily rondy fo symputhize ir tho mecling was ealled in tho Interest of workmgmen, “Ilo symputhized with Inbor re- farw in auy bonoreblo way it wight ase, 1o hud a logney ot love for the Iuboring olsses, for Do wus sprang from o laboring stock, Ilis tathoy aud mwiher were both worldng poople. Alihongh rateed [n a slave Blate, Inslot had boon cas with tho spudo avnd the plowshare, so (hat ho was perfoetly familine with ol tho dutalls of farmework, 'Lnorcfore, now that ho waa labor- ing n the minlatry, all his sympathy was with the worlong massos, and ho thought it wan 1 highly bonorable sentimont, becatse thoy wero tha bone nnd slnew ot tho land. e eonsldered that one kind of lavor wes ns honorable ns un~ other. If 1t wih noccasmy thut nil kinds of labor should bo parformed, thon EYURY KPECIES OF LADOR HIUULL D JIONDRED, if 1 1o work was well done, Iub people diifered i their tustes as rogurded work, Lhere should ne moro of tho republican iden Iu this nutter of Isbor, Ho did not think that all women rhould bo vonfined to kitehon businoss, not boeauso Kitohon worle was less honorablo than parlor work, but beeause one porson might Wko one und apother nught nuturally take to the oppo- site, o deslved to lift dabor out of tho idoa that it wa dishouorablo [u uuy shupo, 0 long ag it wat soful and woell performed. 1Mo know that this view wns not gonorally talken, Dut that did nob attor tho faot, Lt was far hottor, ho conatd- orod, to train hoya and girls 1o bo good and ugeless mon sud vomon, tathor than wib nntil thoy foll ud beeamo corrupt, und thon try to ra. form thom, [Applause.] fnt wan the most practienl way to remody sociol ovil and pravent the Increnss of orime. ~ Ho holloved, huwover, in tho pringiple of solf-reliunce. e did not bo- ltevein mnking mon nnd womon paupers, but he bollevodl in_ ussisting thom,—in losnivg thom somothing that thoy could pay back ngain in gond time, A man camo to i, nab long ago, nud gald tat ho wanted to Lolp a young wan nlong to the minitry, The npeaker told hin that unless tho young man had pluck onough to Liolp himolf ho would bo of v VENY LITTLE USE TO [THE MINTSTOY whon lo gat thoro [nupluunop and he would aco, iT hio wasn, wommn, any ministor woll sronnd thio inoon heforo lio wonld kuit stocklugs for him nud give him_the procovids, at 25 conts n pur. [Choors and Jaughtor,] Tho Dovtor con~ cluded by roltorating lus sympathy with tho ob- Jeut of {he meoling, and recommended immo- Ulato action. ] A11BH DAKER, A WOBRINGWOMAN, rend a puper o “What do Waorkingwomeon Most Noed#" “whish bad a direct boaring on the establishment of o Home, 1t wis not, elio said, thoe domestio labor that Indies ob- jeoted to, but sho losa of easte consequont en Tollowing it, That women gencrally preforred to do their own housohold work aftor marriago was Praof positive that By did not disliko that kiud of employmont, if they could only proserve their dignity at thio tamo timo, It was ono thing, in- deed, to bo wistress aud ssrvaut in one's awn cottage, howover small, and quite anothor to bo roduced o the condition of poor * Biddy ™ i somobody olso’s kitchon, #he highly recom- niendod o “ domestio dopartmont in ¢ouncction with the proposed eatablishment, Bt it should uot be the paramount featuro thoreof FULLY DETENMINED. ' Mrw, Jonos saul tbat they were fully dator- nifned upon the establishmont of & “'raining- School”™ That was fixed. [é\pplmma.& Thoy woto offered a bulidiog in tlte Bouth Division ab o modoraio ront, nnd thoy folt like taking it, nnd they would, 8he voferred, but gontly, to tha i qugstion, and showoed what good sud gontlo beiugs women woro, even whon umey WOIo on- reged In tho work of roforming sociefy. [Oheors ‘il Jaughtor.] Bhe was propared to hoar ro- marks’ from &y man or womnn in tho nudience who folt Liko talking for about ton minutes, | AN AUED QLNTLEMAN roso and mald that ha would not ndvlso his dnughtera Lo gro tud work 1 anybody’s kitehien, Ho did not think that tho labor was dignified, and hewad suva that no proud woman, of anv nationality, wonld ¢o into nuy maon or 'woman's Litehon to ho mnds fittlo of and abnsed. [Ap- plnuso.] No; let‘women follow whatever othor busineds might o respectablo, and lenve pots and Jottles alono wuntil they pgot married. [Laaghtor and upplause.] He did not, of courso, menn to sny {het o giel sbould kuow nothing of cookipg eud all that until shoe became s woman, but let hee Iearn in her own houso, from her mother or hior sunt, He did not caro what nnybody saild about tho rospectabllity of Kitchen-work3 he did not beliove b, If all tho mHnigters in Oltieago backed it. [Appianse.] "Chint was tho simplo truth, and he was g dom- ocratlo ag any man, Ho respocied honrewlves just as much 0y his nelghbors, but he thought Litohen-work, in_etronge houses, would be n dreadful fate for bigh-spirited fih‘ln. [Applause.] Krs, Jonos, geelng that the Inst spoakor wiy rathor skoptival, invited wo fuither aléconrse Tron tho body of tho Linll. M18Y MULETT, THE HANDSOME FPEMALE YAWSER of Chicaro, spolta noxt, and made nn eloquent dolonso of wowen in tho professions. She con- demued tho old idea that women's desting was to please und be ploased. That might do very well for sontimental lovers and for moon- struck poots, but was & poor sitbstitute or deily lrend, ‘which womon stood nu much-4n need of ag the stronger sox. Women should not sbrivk from being oall- ed sirong-minded, becrueo thoy pursued somoe honorablo ealling_outside of tho voil chaunols, "I'ho first blow had alrendy been struck, Woman was nlready omancipated from some of _tho old projudices, aud o power on earth could cramp tho progress of tbe human mind. [Applanse.] Woman had just n8 much right to soar into tho lighor sphere of life as man bad, and this simplo fuet, this inhorent justice, was only just hoing recoguized by averago hamanity, Yos; woman Liad been for agen SACRIFICED TO JGXGRANCE AND TO FREJUDICE. 8ho toiled Lior way darkly in somo kitchon or sewing-room, unul some woroiful man married her out of her misery, and then shoddy aris- tocracy taunted ber over aftor with huvh«: been but a bired-girl nfter all. [Applanso.l Womnn ehbould insist on climbing o Incder that had but one round, and thoy would rench tho top, Thoy nroposed to contesi the conservalive decreo that prosumed to bar their right of way. All the professions were now opencd to wontan, nnd it would be her own fault it she did not succeed, [Ayplnuflu.] Mau always Lad tho world opeued to him. Whon woman stlempted to contest with him the prim, how lofty wis bis indignation. Sho alindod pityingly to the Rev. Mr. Parkhurat ; a8 for Robert Collyer, she would lot him pnsy, Leeaueo thoso women (pointing to 80mo on tho platform) bad NEGULARLY USED WIN OP. [Laughter and applause.] Aftor gowme glittor- ing generatitios and » few practical sugestions, 1o protby orator closed amid moro applause. Mrs, Jones suzgested & colloction, which was procecded with at o modorate profit, Dirs. Jonos thought that women ought nob to bo too sonsitive, She begged the audience dis- tinctly to uuderstand that none but working- women had spoken, aud the meeting was de- clared ndjourned. THE TURF. The Louisinnn Jockey Club Races nt Nuew Oricnns, New OnLeass, Dee, 8.—1The first race to-day wa for the Oxlonns atakes, for colts and fithes 8 yonrs ald ; 925 entrance, play or pay, with 8700 udded ; eecond horse, £200; third, $100; 2 miles ; twenty-two nominutions; two started. Dallonkee! lod from the start; winning by a longth ensily, beating Col. Neligav. Timo, REVR Tu the pools Balleukool sold at $190; Nolligan, £030, i B "The second race was for tho Club purse, 400 1 mlle, with 100 pounds on each, 8-year-olds, to carey lhoir proper weight; 8800 to tho fitab horso, §73 to socond, and 523 to third. After hall n dozon faise sturts, all got off wall, running clowo unul romehing tho half-mile, when Crown Prinea aud Pauline Spraguo went to the front, clusely followed vy Lotta nloou, wlo took tho lend oh enteriiig the Lome-stratch, winning by o longth. Crown Privce second, Paulino Spraguoe tlurd, beating King Amadous, Carrio P., Maty L, Bob Button, sud 'Pom Leathoers. ‘ime, 1:43)f. In tho nuols, Lottn Aoon, 81355 Kiug Amudeus, 930 3 Carrie I aud Mury L, 885 4 Crown Princo, 895 ; ths tiekl, £30. Tho third vaee wus for n club-purse, $700, far all uges, 3650 to ilest, 160 to second, 2-milo hents. Won by Falinouth, Loatlug Plunter, Tae Inttor Droko his fotlouk hefore flnlflllilyz the first heat, rud was distanced, Tie, 84715, Tu tho poold lust night Plauter sold for $160 ; Falmonth, 581, But Leforo the race to-duy the betting was ten to ong on Plantor. Gool doy and gouod track. Swall attendance. Do the Eilitor of T'he Cateavo Tribuns: Bt ¢ [havo loug hean hioping that somo grent. Journal, Iike Pux Ciwano Tuisuxe, would mako the Indian problem a question of tho hour, nnd sugyest Home et plan by which our froutior sobtlors might Lo saved from the scalping-lnife of tho Indian balchors, I bave, for sovorul youry, appenlod to men in Iugh station, and en- denvated Lu convinea thom that ull the evily could bo vomeded by placing the Indinns upon islauds whera thoy could do no harm, and whero our over-realless Youkees might not “encroavh upon (them, Iy ihis nob u subjoct worthy of considerntion # Somothing must suxcly be doua, aud that Hoon, 0T thoro will bo n war of oxtormiuation. Lho Clovorn- nient ean find islands enouyh b our Grons Lakes 10 furnll o habltation for noarly wl tho Indun tribos. A vast army could bo ‘dispensod with, and a singlo guuboat conld do the work of wany thousund koldiers, 1 maintain that the Gov- ormment could better atford to feed aud clothe all the Tndinug, et such solated points, than to wuinain » lnyge nvmy and snifer the prosont state of things to_continue. Wil yon not give tuiu subjoct cousideration, and ank Congrosk to invontigato us to tho feambillly of the plan? Yours, 0. AygusTUs JIAVILAND, - ——— THE NEW SYEAMSRIP LINE. Spectat Didpateh ta Vha Chicuan Tribune, Wastsoron, D, €, Deo. 9.~1'ho Gontinental Tiuveponn ports aro engaged In urivalry, the puspose of which 16 to seeure for thawmsolves tho Luropean torminus of the proposed Baltimore & Ohio Btoamehip Tino, Tha Fronch Consul at Baltimoro has recoived n mamorial from tho Chamber of Commorae of Drost, Ifrance, sotting forth tho ndvautiges of that soaport, 1te ehgible xlnumlnn, and its conncotions with all acotions of Franico, TAXATION. The Subject Under Consideration by tho Citizens’ Assoclation, An Able and Exhaustive Report by the Committeo on Tazation, Township Organization Must Be Done Away with in Chicago. A Burden upon Tax-Payers and an Intolerable Nuissnce. Tho meoting of tho Execuilve Committoo of the Cltizons' Association, hold in their rooms yostorday afternoon, wes dovoted to the constd- eration of the importaut subject of ** taxation.” Mr, A, J. Galloway, Chairman of thie Commiltes on U'axntion, reported to the Exceutlve Commit- tuo as follows = Alit, QUAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN! Tho timo for speechi-making upon tho subject of {ax reforn has paesed and the thne for actlvo work arrived, Dut, In preaenting this second report from your Conmitton ont Tazntion, T must Vo perwiitod Lo expross my deop sunee of obligation for tho very valuable aid which I ve rocolvod from my collowgue, M, Magon, not anly for furnisbing n largs portion of tho origioal mattor contuined therein, but algo far ho careful rovision of all that wo Voth bad written, ond for tho systemutic avenngemont of tho various toples discussod indor ape propriate beadings, I will now clum from him a nrihier favor by saking bim to read tho report in yonr presence, THE IEFORT, Mr. Maton thou road the following report: 20 the Kreculive Committes of' the Citizens' Aseociation ¢ “Cho Commitlco un Taxation appointed by yon mado s prelionimney report un i S6th of Soptenber lat iy Whicls somo of the most dbvious ovils of {ho presot sysiom of lovying und collecting tuxes in o clly wero roluted out, nnd remodios for the sanp werd sug- geated, Thnt roport was recommitted to tho Cowe Initteo'on Oct, 16, with instructions to mako a furtler Teport as o tho bost and ‘most feasivlo mothods, in icie udgment, of earcyiug ont thelr stiggestions, Hinco that time flio’ Comifttes havo catefully coneid= ured thale former propoafiions, bave bad beforo them tho vieswa In wrlting of dlffcront porsons conversant wifh tho aubjoct, and havo syniled themselven of tha Test usatatanco which they could obtati, oy will more fully appear herein, 1t will bo remembired that TIE, REFORMA YROTOALD were tho abolltion of township organizaion and the wniform _yaluntlon of propesty tunder the control of o siuglo oflicer appolnted for such o term and with atich powers a8 would most judiclonsly accomplish this yesull, Taling these muggestions in order, your Conunitteo Would obrerve Uit tpon mature re- ilcction thoy arofully conviuced of tho propristy aud fiaportance of thelr rocommendation that township organization should bo dono uwsy wilh, ~Locent ovents couflrm this conclusion, if conirmation swero necossary, Wo charnclorized thia aystem i our pro- vioun roport as utterly usless aud viclons, Womight udd that 1t 14 groat and nnnoccssnry axpensc, thut it ttands fu tho way of almost any tux Teform, and that by itaabolition we can soetire o ‘Systoni more ocononii= el and offective, nd under which tho dosired improves ments {u our modes of taxation can moro readily b obtaned, It remaing ouly to doterming whetber thero arg auy Tegal abstuclos to making ths cliange, aud, it not, 1 wliat \ay it can o brouglt about, Fhicro hus hiees 80 mitch dlgcuenton Wpon tho enbject, aud it is 168 some respects 80 involsed, thst; to properly we derstand i, § seems advisablo to briofly eketch the Listory of TOWNSUIP ORGANIZATION IN COOK COUNTY. Under tho Constitution of 1448 £wo clatsts of conn- tles existed in Lllinols, Tho firet class comuprised thoro counties not udopting township organization, which wero not divided into towns, nd 5 which all tho Lusiness of cach part of the county wi fran- acted by tho Connty Court, Tho second cles com- prised thoss connties ndopting Lovwnship organtzation, whicls wore divided {nto towiiships or towns, cach of which swas o Lody corporate, muuuging 15 owh aftirs, and whh 1ts own ofiicery, comprialng o Supervisor, Town Olerk, Asscasor, Colfector, Justico of the Peaco, and other minor offieials, And, in counties of o ec- ond class, general county alairs wero managed by o Board of 'Suporvinors, made up of tho Suporvisors clectod from tho sovarol towns and. city wards in tho county, Each county was a body corporalo by tecs, whetlicr dlvided into towns or not, Coolt Couluty bo- longed to tho tecond vlasp, namely: thoso sdopting township organization; and, at the time of thoas- seimblivg of tho last Constifutional Convention, ita cltizens were diesatistied with its Board of Super- visore, Thero was o genesal deniro for o chango n tho minnogement of thio general county affairs, ond our dolegates were anxlous to bring it about, In tho Convontion thers or 1o dlscussion upou tho mstler, al} propoe sitions roluting to §t being reforred to tho Cook Cotmty delegation, The restlt of tholr deliberations, ywhich the Convenfton adopted, wan tho section estabs Tishing o Board of fifteen Commissionera to muiige thoafTatrs of Cook Cottuly, All of tho provisions of was little our present Constitution which rolato te county gov- | geunau aro cowprised fn Att, X., wid 356 s fol- ows & 4 COUNTY UOVERNMENT, gy, 6, The General Assembly ehall provide by general law for fownohip organization, under whicll any conuty muy organizo whenevor a majority of tho lgal volers of such county, voling at avy general clection, shall w0 detormine, sud, whehover auy county sloll ndopt towuship organizaiion, %o muci of Lhis Coustitution s provides for tho manogement of the flscal coucerns of tho etd county by the Bosrd of County Commissionors muy bo_dlspensed with, and {lio ffairs of {ho said connty may Lo trunsacted fu stich manner 2 tho General Assembly moy provio, Aud in any county that elull lsve ndopted u township organization 1ho question of contuuliig Mo same may tosubimitted toa vota of tho clectors of auch county at n genoral election, in the manner that now {s or sy bo provided by law and if a majority of all the votes cast upon that_question ehall ho againet townehip or- grization, thew such. organization sball ceass in sald connity, and all lawa iu force in_xelation to cauntiea not buving townebip organization shall jmmediatoly tako olfect” and Do in forcain such conuty, No twa townehips shall bave tlie esme namo, nud tho day of Lioldfug tho aumust township meoting shill be uniform throngliout thio fitato, “Big, 6, Ab tho firet eleotion of Connty Judges ndor thiA Conatitutlon, thero sholl. bo elected in vtk of tho counties I this 'Stafo not atnder fownship or- anization threo allicors who stiall be styled *lo ourd of Connty Commissioners,’ who sliall” hold kes. slons for tio trausaction of couty business as shall b rovided by fuw, Onoof eaid Commissioners shall old Lia oftice for ony year, utiu for two vears, and ono for thica years, to Do dotormined by lot, nud _ evers yoar thoreafter oo such oflicer sliull bo elccted I each of wld connties for tho lerm of threo year, w8, 7. Ui conuty ffars of Gook Gounty shiall o managed by s Board of Commissioners of fifteen yersons, ten of whom shall bo elocted from tho City of Olicigo, and five frous towns outsido of maid ety in stich mulner as may bo provided by law." I COMDON UNDEUSTANDING of {he piTéct af these provisions has been that, o far a5 Cook County {8 concerned, townsliip organization wits continued theroin as proviously existivg, but with the substitution of & Bourd of ffteen Compmisaioucrs for (ha old Hourd of Huporvisors, 1t s well knowu that (Lls ws tho only objuct ot tiat tinto desirad to Die accomphahed by tho poopleof Couk County, and ull of our dolegates to tho Convention whom' your Compiiteo bavo- een ably 1o koe, ugreo in tho sluto- ment that his was the solo {nfontlon of thy Caok County delegntion and of iho Convention, Upon thin view ull cancerned huvo acted sinco the ‘ndoption of the Conatritution of 1870, And our Legislaturs scoms {o recognize it a8 the correot oue In the act of April 23, 1871, which provides that Cooli Cotmty Comumissioners ehiall ~hovo simo _powers, duties, etc, a# prescribed by Inw for the SHourd of Bupurvisors and i 1lio rovision of 151, which provides that @Al Inwy appilabl to tho Coiuty Cleris ot othor coutlics wie Qer townehip organization sbal be spplicalle o thy Jork of Cook Gounty” R, B. 1814, p. 312, 4, And your Comnultico buliuvo this {0 ba tho prescu status of tho system of townsbip organi. zatlon $u the County of Quok, TOWNELIP ONUANIZATION OAN DE ANOLIRHED, 1t followw, tugroforc, i our oplulon, hut it 1y ua compoteut uow for tho neopla of the caunty o abolish s systom ue {6 was wider (o Coustitution of 1645, W uzo nwaro that ho opfufon s entertufuied by sumo {lnt tlio wyatom in question was 1 fact_aboliched by ke Constlrution of 1470 fu (his contty, This procecds wfun tho ussnmption that there aro bt two elssses vf conuties recoguived in the new Gonstitution, one under Uhio Commisioner systeris, nnid one under township organization ; sud it Cook County, belug pluced ut- der tho government of Commissiobers, it wholly belong fo tho Commiesioner systom clies, and ein thereforo havo nothivg to do wilh ‘towne Whip organdzation, which, by implication, must hnve el atiolisbed within its dimults, Tho orror hero liew 1 averlooking tho fuct thut_tho Constitution nowhoro limits tho mumber of classes of countios, und duen ‘pructically oreato o third cluss fn which tho uld towne ship organlzation wak contltiod, excopl ud to (ko Tiowrd of Sugiervisocs, for which a Substituto was pro- Vided, to,_which third class Cooke County slono be- lougn: The ubuence of any ovideucs of futention to abolish township orgunization Lere, und of any ex- resy gravision upon the subject in the Constitution, and thu vecoguition of its continusuce in (ho provis® fon thut fivo of tho Commislouors whull bo eleeted from tho towas outsido of tlio cily, aro olo reasons conclis #ivo o our minds as to the ficorreetuess of s oplu- fon, An orgumont g alko beou mado to shiow thut tho oxfuting conditlon of things s (il regard wan by (ho Conntitution rendered rvovocablo. 'Fhis reasoning recognizen tho coutinnunco of tho towneliip systom i1 Cook County by tho oustitution, und_findiig no ox- presn provision for flu ubolltion Lero, infers thal it cuns notby doue awey with, It urged that Seo, & of Art, X, provides that when lownship organfzition s county, all laws fu fureo tn countles not linving lowaalip brgautzation sball tuke uiruct, i thut 8o, 0 provides that connties nop under township orguttzation wholl lave threo Comaulsstoners, of whom, affor (ho first wlection, ono ahall be eleoted vuth year und huld ollice for tireo yearw, and that tho Taws ‘cuneted to carry oub theso “sections mako the st provisloie, Heite, 58 Coolk Gounty ha ulreatly o Boted of Hf(een Qowtnlesionors, 1 i1 aryguied thut e ohunge provided Ly the Constltution, ~being from townuhip organization to o Government by threa Conte wlenloners, cannol bo ninda here, thut thierofove Soc, £ il 0 bievo no applicatton in Cook County, sud that o ;fually tigposcs of tho matter for s, ot it Fceis to_your Committes that tho accupted vulo of conutructign, which requiros ll of the provistona of w taiulo rolatlng o obo subfoct to o, w0 feil ko Lo cousistont und lurmonioun throughout, furuislics A SUFFICIENT ANGWEN T0 THIA TIEONY, 'Fho threo mectious refurred to cau bo read togethier, withoit violence to thelr spirit or language, an to entirely Loroionize by frenting Sec, 7 as modification of Becs, & and 0, o far us Coole County i cotitorned, Thelr Dlain meaving {hen will bo that townnhip organization mny bo abollslied in sny county which has adoplod t, including Cook County, and the laws concorniuyt counties not under townelip orgatds watlon will como duforco, oxcept 80 far as tley ore modifled i tho case of Conk Connty by oe, T, 1t BremA & necesmary Inferenco from tho fact that the Conatitutton has inadetho Government of Gook County - oxcoptiun fo the general provisiona governiug countier, thnt il such general requirements when op- plied {0 fhin cotuty mint bo conkirned n sscordance Wil tho specla) poviidons relating to it, Heco o yulo of tho peoplo of Coolk County it a grnéral oleo- tlon, dispenaiug with townwbip orjtanization, wonld not vost theeoutrol of all county nnd townwulp alfaird in tlireo Cammilssioncra provided for other countics, o n but du the fifteen Commiesloners provided In Cook County, It 8 possible thnt 1t wway he well to obtaln an amendment to tho oxisling stutute upon townehip organization to removy suy doubt s to tho Immediaty successlon of oue present Board of Commissionees to tho presont Town Govornmouts, i cose thy fownship syatom iy disconlinued, Bub Wo do uot consider nuy feglslation fecestary to enablo the puoplo of our county 1o uifect such discoutinuance, And, s to the MEFIIOD OF ABOLISHING TOWNAILIP ORGANIZATONR, we oroglad to be ablo Lo wibmit berewllh an opluion on tnfs subject kindly propnred ut thelr l‘eq]lu‘ll by tho Chalrnan of your Committeo on Munfctpal Orgaittzn- tlon, 3N, 1% ‘Tuiley, ¥, whose viows must carry with thom the grentest welght 3 % QUINION OF M, ¥, TULEY, KAQ, ** To As J. Galloway, Faq., Ohatrnan Conmittee on Tuza. tlan, “#You nskc my opinion a8 to tho best and most feslble wayof getting riil of township organization in Chicago, Every yeraon who baa given the pubicet any attentlon ‘st adindt that o InTgocity hen nomiora nosd of town. ship orgsnization ihan ncommon road wagon has of fiva wheols, It 18 Dot only b great birden upon tho tax-payers, but it Ling becom an ftolorablo nuisance, “ Tl General Assembly of the Btate made an nt- terupt b fts last sessiou (o abollsh il most objece tiouabla featutre of it, to Wit: tho vollug of motey for town purposes by lo sunual town neetings, by couferring tho power to ix the smnunuls to he ox- nended by tho towns upon tho Board of County Commissioners s but, in my opinfon, 1 long a8 tho town-organizatlon_eystem fa_mafufained, any faw whieh takes awsy from tho peoplo or tho toin autlior- ifich the power fo appropristo snd fovy tho town faxes, §8 unconstitutionsl and vold, It is'ditieult to percelya how towuahip_organization can b maty ong thing in citics aud & diTorent thing in the country, und nat Lo Aubject to coustitutionnl ohfectious, After mia- turo reflection I catt porcoivo no way In which, by wnondment of the preacnt Jaw or othcrpvise, townelij- organfzation cati bo malutatued for any purposa 1 large citlos, aud at (he samo time tho voters of *tho tuwns, of tho ‘fown withorities, be de- prived of the power to Jmposo Laxes for town phr— poscs. Tho Constitution of 1670 giarantces tho Tight o all counties to discontinue le\vuzh‘l’g» urg'nul:allun 1f the votora deslro to do 80, 1t provides by oo, & Art, 10, *That, in any county that shinll liavo ndoptod township organization, the “question of contiuwiug tle sanie may bo submitted to n vote of the electors of such county ot a gatieral elcetion fu tho manticr that 110w by, or may be, provided by tuw, Tl Genersl As- sembl, fn_(he Township Organization uct fu force March 4, 1874, mala the following provisions for in olection upon the question of discontinuiug townstip orautzation ¢ “¢Srotion 1. Aur. 2. Upon th petition of at least one-fifihk of tho legal volors of npy county having adopted townsip arganization, ta Vo ascortatued by the volo cast nb tho Jusl precediug Prosidential elec- tion, tho County Board aholl canss to bo submitted to the voters of stich county, ot tho noxt general clection, the question of (ho contibmance of township organ< ization, to bo voted on by batlots wristen or printed, or ‘partly \written or printed, ¢ For the continnbuce of township organizatiow,’ of ¢ Agalust (ho coutlnuauce of tawuship nrganization,! notlce to Lo given, and the votes to o - canvassed, aud returis mdo, fn iiko mammer e dn fbis ach provided in_ refercuco o n volo on tho adoplion of townsbp organtzntion. Bee, % I3t shalluppear by the returns of sald cloction thnt a mujority of the Jotos cast on st question at. sald sloation are sgatout tho contiuuanco of townshilp orgamzation, tien such organization sliall céaso In snkd county 56 syon us Cottuty Board i elocted and qualified ; and olt lawa ro- lathug 'to counties ot undor towuship orgautantion shali be applicablo fo such county the wame ns if townsbip organtzation hud never been adopted fu it.' “ A question has bLeen ralsed nd to whethier the low in Tll:uflull, and slso tho constitutional provision quoted, aro bpplicablo fo Cook Couuls, bit ¢ must Lo Yorno fn nind that tho Constitution itscif, fo far an the County Board of fifteon Commisslonerd {5 con- cornad, niakes ou excoption in favor of Cook Connis. It 18 not to be presumed that tho framers of tho Con- stitution ' intended to except Cook County from the Uonafitof s praviston aitbortzing cowutios to dis- coutinne townshsp organization, nor that tho Genoral Asscmbly i not iutend to nclndo Cook Connty fu Lho lasr passod 1o caces ot that constitutionst provie- on. o [ am entisfied b no such sbsurd conetruction wouldl be plsced thercot by fho courls, An_olection cun b hatd, and township oranization can he discon- tinued, in my opiulon, nuder tho law as it now stands, A dlscontinusnco of township orgsuization mny bo objectod to by some_of the couniry towus, buf, ns many of them, ko Hydo Park, Cicero, Lalio Viow, aml others, ro acting nnder speclul charters, of under the genersl incorporation act for citien and villages, and ns most of tlo otver towns are sufelently denscly populated to cnnblo thent to organizo s villiges under thiat nct, no great opposliion from the outside towns should o oxpocted. In Oleoro and Lake, oud ably otlicr towne acling under specisl charters, the Sufervisor, aud Town Assessor, sud Collector, aro all, or somo one or more of them, mado ex-oflicio members o) the Bourd of I'rustees of the town, 1t shonld Lo seen to that n Jaw bo pussed to pre- vont wny diflcuity srising in mich fowas by tho discontiwance " of township or- gunfzntion throughout tho comuty, When township organization shall Lo abolished {n Cook Couuty, the county will come under the Inws opplicas bla to comntfes not et township organtzation, Ouo reat benelit from the chanugo will be that we wiil bave hut ono Asseor tor the wholo cotnty, and the great frregulnrities in the nesessment of property necessarily resulting from tho greal number of Asscssors under the towiisldp orgautzation wystem WAI bo avolded. Tho Sherll will To ex-oflicfo. County Collector, Therd will bo great ocoining in Alspepaing with tho townuhip organization systern, 1 might mentlon also thefact that uo approprintion could bo mado for tho orcction of a Conri-Houso or other publis buliding without first submitting the same t0 & voto of the puo’du of the county, Itespectfully, AL B, Towey,” Your Comnittco will only add In ‘{hia couneciion that thoe total vote of this connty cast at the last preceds ing Presidentinl electlon was, 3t round pumbers, 50,400, and that { will titereforo’ bo nécossary to precnt & petition signod by at least 10,000 of thy logal voters of {his county to the County Board to obtsin a sub- mlsshu (0 tho voters of tho county nt tho moxt gens eral election of the question of the coutinnance of fownehip argantzation. Suel cloction will take placo on tho it Tucsilay afler tho rst douday in Novom- ver in tho year 1875, UNIFORM VALUATION OF PROPERTY UNDLR ONE REV~ ENUE orvicen, "Tho eecond agrestion of yotir Comnitteo*fn thelr provioits report was tha thoro shotld bu but ono vali- ation of property, on tho busis of which all taxes for clty, county, ind Stato purposes should bo levied, und. that. thero’ Sould bo o afigls Yavento officor or Aurcs. sor for {lio county, with powez to appojut Ausfstant Auscunors aud Clerks, holdfig oflico for o reasonnbly fong petiod, whogo daty it should be to procure per- Sect mape of al) rosl eslnto in thie county, am to keop B complelo Bet of bookd showing the character of tho fmprovoments on cach track or lob and {lo dafo and consldoration of ouo Or mioro of fts most recont frunsfers, and by wlhom all nsucssmonts whould bo mnde, aubject to fhe reviulon of tho County Equallzstion Doard, Tho abolition of township organization fn {ho first siop to this end, A return to the other system gives us one Asgeasor for thio whola cotnty, whicl office in countics not under township organtzation is under the present law held by the County ‘I'reasurer ox-oiticlo, 'To secure from {bis ollicer the uniform uud accurafe valuation destrod, we should deem it advisable to usk for legislation, aud the law defining his dutics and fix- fug, hia term of oMcs i Cook Gounty can by mle to tako oficet when the peoplo of the connty have dockiod by wlegal Vot to diepenso Wil tho extating syntum, FROVET LEGISLATION OAN DBE OUTAINED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION Apart from ayicelally oinimorated ewed, {ho Consti- tution of the Stato prolfbita spectal legiulation whin thio necessary rolict can bo lind undor general nws, bt by Implication eleatly nuthorizes spiectal lawn wiiert 1o 03Jcets canol o accompllshed by #iels general cuactiteuts, Your Comnittce aro of opinion that tho Constitution recognizes (he fact that . county llko (hut of Cuok, eoutaiiing & great commerdinl iy, must 1ovo wpeclal provisions for its governwment ; and here wo urs muf,ummmu in neking uud abtajuing uny speelflo leghslnton which the pecul- farities of our position or conziition ns o munleipulity may require. It i very mueh lo bo regretted that power 8o essontinl 1o 1w woll-buing of niunicipal cor- Torations khould Tiave been mado 0 dopuud upon jn- plled powers s aud uu ameadment fo tho Stato Cousti- tution, expresuly exemptiug all municipsl eorporations from this oppressive resirlction, woukt jutary effect, Two or {hroo Rtates whicl vired their Consfitutions sinco tho adoption of onrs have—in followling o provisons ngufust peelsl Jeglslatiou—tind tho wisdom to exempt thele munlets pab corparatioun from thiu resirleting clause, LEVY 0F OITY TAXES ON COUNTY VALUATION, Wheu n slnglo nssceament for Stat and connty pur- yoses Dun been_cslablished In g wothod ponored, anr clty rovenuo cun alio bo bustd upon 1t, ai thih a uniform vulwtion for all purposes Of tuxation 1nndo compele. Tho gencral ack for te Jncorpomtion uf citied atl villnges, approved April 10, 1872, providoes that tho c(lg;(!uuncll oy Jovy rid neeces (i smonmt af tho yenrly apgrapriutions wpon the projcety witkin tho eity sibject 1o taxutlon, as the same 16 ssscssod for Htate undl connty purposes for the enrvent year, Tho tax so nuseaeed shall Lo colectod and enforced In the wino mannos ohd by o vamo oficers us Blato and county tazes, und sl by paid ovor by (lio olicers cols Teoting tho simo to tho Tresnnrer of the eity, (I, 8, 1574, p, 201,) ‘Tho aot In regard to tho asacsmment uf property uid tho levy st colloction of tases by hicrs oratod i, approvard Apri 16, 167 broviités, lue oser, for an_ Aswessor and Cullpetor g Sticorporated clticd, 1 bu clocted by tho pople, whosa duties simil Do prescribed by ordinanen (L, B, 1574, l]v. 54), but It ulso provides that tho City Council shull have power nt any too by ordinanen viect 10 lovy o autunl wnpro- istions v tho mascssiuent. for Blato snd county axcs, und i1 such euso to nballel thy ofllees of Ojty Ashesor und Oty Uoliector, (B, By, Do 200 Ty latter act, B0 popularly kuown ns % il No, 00" I8 «blloxlm\n for “various rensons, and lnying Mroady been held to b inoperative, should b ropenled, i enk of i ropeal and of tho {neurpos ratlon of oue city o now confemplated under the goe exal uct tiret sefireed v, ten oy clty Tevon whll ho Bused upon (o Btato ubd county vaimatlon, T earo 1t o ot Fopeatet 1 i il optional withoue Gty Goune «ii to Jovy tho nununl appropristions upon the Stato and couity valuation, stid i thot ovent ateps shonld b taken to briug aboie this actlon ou the purt of the Councll, or to recura deginlutlon 10 coulp I, GONAULIDATION KO NEMEDY FOR EVILA 1 ORUANIZATION, o ddua hus bevn suitgented this to ovils of tawn ship orgaulzations f (1w cily might bo relioved by cone solliuting to threa to77uy Jito 010 : but your coumtlt too thinkA this would bo “ giliug Polion tpou Osun,” for “TowNsuI? | which at lenst two whiat could slxty thousnd : Sihior i olce b DI oo oo ek 4 viva voca voto (o auount of reyvenus to by r,\(u«z«h‘t’{ g kb, the publla nnes oF Uio town 7 Could 1oL mve bocoutrolled by n few hnndvods of Mt b who would be' pald for thelr ncrvices out of v yoted Ly (beinsolves ulo tho huwln of thelr corrapt Tonors whom oy wauld lest Ly ailcad 8 power to inerensa tho nimber of nolll J n the tawimhip doca nol toiovo this. ditteulty, as it would bo fmponsibla I that casa to gel any £t oxe preeufon os to tho nmnnnt to bo rafiod by thom. & ainila modetator nt cacls politag booth i1 a Inrge cliy whero otery voler finw o rigiib to vola at nuy polinge pluca withli It whien cowsolidnted dntoastngla political township could"do but Mitle, oven If so dispiosed, to provent tlieyal voting, ' Bul, 'when uoh noderator Hhoulil by chosen Ly i oratized g of # ropite ers” an wolld ho flio caro at miouy af th pofiing bootlig, there woukl be no protection whatever, % ADDITIONAL IEANONY YOR GITANGES FHOFOSED, Having thus endeavored o camply with your fos striictfons, your Comnmittco on Taxatton deers 1€ prope er to prescit a fow wddltional reasuna why somo of the recommendations fu_thelr prellmitary Fopost sitould Do carried ont, Tho cost of tho nesessmentt, and. cols leotton of elty taxen for the yoar 1873 was $80,416.09, nub lucliding ofley “fent or "any *yortion of thio oxpenkes of tho Law Departinent, A it will bo 8l to estlnate the oxpenscs for 1674 nt $10v,000, with an aunual bcroaso for cach succeeding yoat: Al this would bo saved {0 the tax-payers by ndopting tho plau suggented of astensing all tazes wpan thy slogle vaiee tion, to Lo mado by tkie_propogcil’ Suporvior of Tove euus or Coutity AeHousor. "Thore aro of tho city tixon since 1860 romatning un- scitled mora than twoand o half millious of dollats, of milllons will vicver Lo collectod § and tliat nionnt elthier bas boon taken or must o oxe tracted from tho pockiets of those who have already Dborno moro than thelr full proportion of tho publia burdons, Tho simpllfication of o assessmonts under tha plant recommended, and the more equal afstributlon of the burdons imposed, would, i th opinion of your Committee, freatly reduco (hd numbor of tax-con- testante, and save Lo the Gily and County Treasuries very lurgs minjority of b revenues (bus sunually withtiold and lovied Jn succeeding years upon iho property of tho eoplo who liavo already paid, INDINGT TAXATION NOT RRACTIGADLE T tho discuselon which followed tho roport of Sopt, 20, thie plas for collecting ull the taxes from fhio busis Deks of th country was Urged a gossersiig many ade yantages aver tho ‘ono powsessed ‘hy tho Committee, Bul, admitting tint $ndlroct taxution, I npplied to the wikclo nation, wiklit. distribite. JAtle it sonss b proach to equity, stiil {L would be difleull, §f not fm. posiible, Lo adjuat muclt Lagen o a8 ot to imposs ou unduo gortion of tho publle burdens upon persons of Timited means and restricted busingss, But, wore this yatem to bo ndopted by o ainglo Stafe, consty, or clty, a lurgo portion of the wholo tax-lovy would hes como a promitim o merchavts, musufocturers, jobe bers, aud traders of ull closses, 'wio reslde outsldo of tho commninity fu whicl tho tax 1a collocted, and fo thiat oxtent would rest nw o dead weight wpon fho tuxed industrien in thoir honorable raco for supromacy, o cripplo tho business of ony communlty (n b the aunto timo ta reduca tho value of all fixed properly within it, and to Luild up oll valuces in rival come munltics not g0 oppresaed, Your Cammitlce, howav. ex, (hink thut oxertlon to caus overy perron, company, or eorporation 1o pay taxos “ in pragortion o his, har or it Lroporty,” should nut be abandoned or despaired of ; but thial chustunt, eareful, and futclligent elfort ahond b muda to upproach more nearly (o {his col= stitutiouu! requirement, BECOMMENDATIONS, Your Committeo therefory recomniond Firat—That stops by taken fo rocure tho signatures of thoTaquirad winber of logal Volers toa petition fo (ko County Board to snbimit to tho voters “of tha conaty tho qiiestion of tho continanico of townsbip organtzation ; nnd Second—Ltiat bills be propared to ba_ submitied ta ouir next Genernl Assombly, providing the becessary legilatlots to prevant ung Iiuuvenlento whish otber: wifo mighit result from flio nbolition of lownaliy or- ganization, aud to defino tho daties and torin of ofica 4 tho Conbty Ausessu dn Cooke oty fn cuso i own systemn 18 discontinued, sud for the ropeal of Bl No, 5001 Ry L 1t Lus already heen shown how fmportant it Is ta tho complate exocution of {heir plan that the proposed Wcoryoration of o city vder tho geueral act livge- complislied, but, na this maiter 38 now receiving tha earncat nttoutlon of tho Cilizens' Association, any furthor rocommicodation f8 unnecossary. Rospeot Fully submitted, Al T, GAULOWAY, ¥ G, Mason, Ttouknr Law: Dee, 3, 1874, Commiites on Tazatlon, T'ho roport wag accepted and ordored llublish- ed, and its adoption was made tho spocinl order for Y'riday at the reguinr mosting, AMUSEMENTS, FARWELL HALL, GREAT __S_'ETC CcCESS. Lnst Shakspenrian Reading by Miss CUSHMAN, TO-DMORIROW NIGIXT, When sha will presant the most hellliant propeamm i s 113 Gy of Clleado, Wsliding (h CSIGF Sconok ELANI T, MACBETET, fil’l‘l‘l‘l‘ oholes ¢ollootion of Humorous and Pathotic Sologe Ty special requost, Miss Gusliman will rosd the brins cipal mcones from ** Hanlot” for tho flrat timo Tiora (includlug tho 4th scono of the 4th Act, which is novor aoted), and will repaat, to accommadata thoto who' could nt ol;ln{ln soats, Wadnaalay night, thie Partar and Dgeur enes from **Macheth,” and w vo fu “Sleop-Walking Scono.™ el TICKETS FOR SALE TITIS MORNING st Jansun, MeClurg & Go.'s, 117 State-st. Adumlssion, 81.00; Reservod Koats, 50 cants oxtra, ACADEMY OF DUSIO, Extra speolal announcemont this evoning. Benefit of Mr, J. L. TOOLE. 'Tho greAl moral drama, In thrao cts, of “DRARBR TEAN LIFH.J?? Miohael Garner (his orlglanl charactor), Me. J. L. Toole, 'Tho reception accordod this heautitul drama in England anit Amorica by thomost intollectual and fushio FES dlences for over R0 nhilhlu. and the enthusiasn ene in all lovers n&mu highest tspo of histrionis art by Afr. Tuolu's Ne-llke portraiture of Miohscl Garnor hes no Kamllo {n the dramatio rocords of tho day; aftor which Mr, Toolo will doliver his **Burlasquo Lecturos,™ aud iro tmitatious of )\m?nhr Aators, ‘Lo ecapelitde with o b B'(uh'rll' 'l‘lxmmlu,alir‘. ;)‘. ll,. ’I'l.:fibl-}. ~IOTEONY Ovening v, Toole's Inst night, ho will ape pearas TILI At Pfih DUUUI&L Unllrh‘.‘zl Dickous* nwrl'I. kivery eno should sco (t. 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TO-NIGHT BENUIIT, and Iaat anpearusco hut two of ‘tho yrodt Uomedian, Mr. o Eae TP TER, Dearer Than Life, Burlesque Liec« ture, and That Blessed Baby. Maoager 30, and success, KELLY & tlio [ To-morrow aftarnam—TAST TOOLE MATINEE, Yigoning AtH—Last apnasranon of ez di; TOOLE ‘Hoth tido tickotuhea at 1o Tisell Gnrdod, McOORMICK HALL, DR. O’LEARY, To-night, How Wo Breatho, Congh, Got Sorp Throst, ciatarat Uniny Asg s, Commiin, So.”"A1L shout Tonen ihy to koo from iesa. Mistraged with o varloty of eare and curlous ypschmons, ‘Tost your un the Bpiriomoters, N;.‘:nlfll:l halt, \Ill\lwm'ul Bx\rhu\\ Dloniro or busiueas, i swoetls wh Vo to this (hing, Admlesion, 10 ote, Con. ey i me Tooam 8, 66 Bouth Claricat, " MAGIOAL BAZAAR, v raprlotors, BRANCH 2 UNION SQUAR, SUNDAY LEOTURE, by PROF, MATIEWS. auth ;tfilnfl‘h\'u ‘fifi;‘fy‘;‘éx}?\vfl.fl.fi Iy &lfir&l’i{'\fié‘;}fl ooture on **. ok Poarl lory A 10 Uran ¥ Housor Bundsy neat, 868 p, 1ae Adimblon, 100, 1 - N R