Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 8, 1875, Page 3

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Kagagainsns ‘of s Ciara Boreit, MVICKKR'S TIEA] Dearborn and_Sital fadienn strast, betwosn the Plaw," ORIENTAT LODGE, Xo. 33, A, ¥, 2 L : ny il e dnsealtid ila-et. - Special oamimun! 74 o'oloci:, whan the uf - Dy Mo W Brow, . G Crogler, .G M. of (1, Visttors 4 ‘invited to Attend ~Hy urder of the Sl ipembory esiaty e CKEHR, Hoc'r. commauicati Fsteonr et Sl T > rd . i o Sorally tarivod. By order of tho 1 INDEX TO ADVER OT-City and Suburban Real = Fatato, o eetor Lost” and Kouads X muciats Bustaoes SAGE~Amwsemonts, Ttailroad Time- mwmabips, Bledical Cardr, d6., &c. W e RN Tabio, Ueew The Chirage Cribune, Friday Morning, January 8, 1875, That wns an amusing speech which Mr E. M. IaiNes delivered in the ITonse yester- day, in which he said that the Speakership ‘hod como to him * nusought.” Mr. Haives might 18 well admit that ho has nchieved greatness,—not had it thrust upon him, This much must be snid for tho Senato Finance bill, which passed the IIouse yester- day: That it pledges tho faith of tho nation to the redemption of its dishonored obliga- tions within o specified time. The bill is not all we hoped for, nor all we wislied; but it is o great deal, Senator CnaxpLer was nominated for re- clection yesterday by the lepublican mem- bera of the Michigan Legislature. His elec- tion, however, is not assured, though ex- tremely probuble. Fourteen Republican members were not in attendance upon tho caueus, and have given no pledges. On the other hand, the Democrats are said to prefer Cranprze to any otber Repnblican candidato. The organization of the Legislature in Tn- dinna is interpreted by our correspondent at Indinnapolis as a severe set-back to tho Sen- ntorial Aspirntions of Mr. Voonmers, The Independents eannot bo connted on, it scems, to vote with the Democrats. A coalition of Independents nand Republicans ear. ricd the organization in the Senate, and the Ifonsa was swept clean Dby tho Democrats. The Democrats lave o majority over all on joint ballot, and will not need to traffic for Independent support. They will bo strong enough to nominate a man from within the party who will not be asked to represent the rag-money, repudia~ tion nonsense of the Independents, This man may not be McDoxatn; our dispatches indicato that he certainly will not bo Voon- nees, Perhaps Horaax will be takon up as a compromise candidats A letter to Judge Carox, published else- whero in thig issue, contains somo striking statistics of our gold and silver product. The three most prosperous years of this industry have been '3, '73, and '74." The figures aro s follows: 174, 74,401,055 ‘The principal increags haa been in Utah and California. The two together are credit- ed with a gain of over %3,000,000 since 1873, 'This table includes British Columbia and the west coast of Mexico, In viow of the recent discoveries in the Comsteck Lode, the product for 1875 is estimated at $£0,000,000. 1If it reaches {his figure, the gross specio product of the United States will just abont equal the annual balance of trade agninst us and in favor of Cubas, as shown by the Custom. Houge books. Wrirriax Cur.ieny Bryant, Warreraw Rerm, ManToN Mannre, Svpyey Wessten, W, M, Evants, Auaust BeLyont, and other persons of Democratio or *‘Liberal” proclivitics, havo united in & call fora public mecting in Cooper Institute to givo expressions to cer- tain feelings touching the late disturbance in Louisiana. The langusgo of the call is sutl. clently explicit, It terms the action of the military authoritics in preventing a genoral masaacrs in New Orlenns, and especially in responding to the call of the Demecratio House, ““n crime happily in this country so unparulleled, against the underlying princl- ples of our Government.” Well, it is a Dom- ocratic funeral, anyhow. Tho gentlemen in Now York ought to be allowed to pronounce such orations as mny seemn to them mect for the occasion. Only lot them remnember that the Democrats of Louisiana were the first to sk for the interferenco of the troops. The debate in the National Senato on the Louisiana question has been so protracted that it is losing some of its freshness; but the people of Washington at least still con. sider 1t the sensation of {he semson. Mr. Bcuunz may speak to-morrow, and, if he does, all the original interest of the debate will be revived. The galleries were particularly vociferous and rcgonant yesterdsy duriug the speech of Mr, HauiwtoN, whoso utterances twere in the line of some we used to hear before the ‘War. The claque, too, wns like the one which used to bestow fictitious popular ap- probation upon those utterances, But ‘the Benata stood protty well upon itu dignity, and prominent men in both parties caused 1 to be distinctly understood that the highest branch of the National Legislatiure will not ve intimidated br encouraged by shouts from e gallarica, The Chicago produce markets woro heavy fosterday, with fow exceptions. Mess pork Wasmore active, and 2 1-2@50 per brl lower, elosing at §18 .60 cash, and $19.02 1-2@10.05 veller Fobruary, Luad was fuirly active, aud Ba por 100 Ibs higher, closing 8t §18.52 1.2 18.85 cash, and $18.47 1.2 seller February, Meats wore in better request, and firm, at ¥ 5.8@5 8-40 for shoulders, 98-80 for short. ibs, 80d 100 for shorb cloar. Dressed boge | own choice, THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1875. wore active and higher, at $7.76@8.25per 100 ts. Highwines were in botter domand and firmer, closing at 04 1.2, Flourwas dull and wenk, Whenat wnd wmore nctive, aud le Tower, closing at 88 1-fe cash, and §9¢ seller 8 1oro freely offered, and lower, closing at 64 1.2c cash, 64 B.40 for Fobruary,and 7ic for May, Onfs wero move active and 1-2¢ lower, closing ensy at 51 7-8 @520 sellor the month, and 52@52 1-8o sellor Tebruary, Rye was dnll and easior, at 5@ 96 ensh. DBarley was stronger, closing ab #1939 12 seller the month, and $1.24 1.2 reller Febrniary. ITogs wero netive ab i@10a decline in eommon nund medium; salus at§6.25 @7.40. Cattle were dull and weak., Sheep ruled a shude lower, Tho negotintions between Gov, Krtrono and the McExeny people, laoking to n settle- ment of their disputes through the arbitration of the Congrassionsl Investigating Commit- tee, aro rehearsed at length thiy morning in our special dispatches. The White Leaguers were, of course, willing to abide Uy a decision of the "Committee, sinco it could not put them in a worse position than that which they were then holding. Gov. Krnroaa, too, was willing to make a similar promise. It must bo snid, indeed, that Ker- Loca long since tired of the terrible contro- versy in which he has been involved, and’ has been willing, any timo during tho past year, to retiro permanently from offico, Ho has only been kept in the rauks by tho pressure of the minor officers of his Govern- ment; and to them is due the fnilure of tha attempt at compromise, In this connection, it is interesting to notice that the Jndiciary Committeo of the Lower Houso of Congress has based a recommendation for the impench- ment of Durern on the alleged illegality of his famous miduvight order, thua attacking the very foundations of the Kerroae dynasty. Mr. E. M, Haxes, of Waukegan, was yes- terday cleeted Speaker of the 1linois House of Represcntatives by tho following vote : Ilxrxes (Independent), 815 Crriox (Itepub- lican), 68 ; scattering, 2. This is a victory for the Independents and not the Domocrats. The election of My, Hawves simply shows that the Democrats found it impossible to induce the Independents to nct with them ; therefore, like Mobammet and the moantain, they went over to the Independents. This result is significant, ns indicating that tho Independents who are of Republican ante- cedents do not, intend to fuse wito the Demo- crats, Had Mr. Menrerr or Mr. AnysTroNa, or any other out-nnd-out Democrat, been run for Speaker,3r. CuLrox would unquestionably havo been elected. Of course, the Inde- pendents in the House caunot be blamed for availing themselves of Democratic votes to clect their man, They would just ns gladly bave taken the Republican votes, if the Re« publicans had consented to such a combina- tion. Mr. Harxes is & sharp, ncute par- linmentarian. As a member heretofore, he has occupied the floor too often, nnd con. sumed too much time in hair-splitting and technical discussion of unimportant points of order. Whether he will make fair and judicious Committes appointinents, and kecp the Houso in energetio working order, re- mains to be seen. In these respects Cornox was n success, Until 1872, Mr. Harves was a strong Republican, Since then ho hasbeen very “ independent,” 0 much so ns to lean over towards the Democrats considerably, aud he will probably in the future make his bed with thew, DUTY OF CONGRESS TO OHDER A KEW ELECTION IN LOUISIARA, The true remedy for the civil war in Louisiana is the ono which the wholo system of Republican institutions provides for every such controversy ns now exists in that State, Tt is not a guestion to ba determined by the sword ; thero can be but oue just and satis- factory scttlement, and that must bo had through the ballot-box. Whether the Stato sliall bo governed by Democrats or Republie- ans is o matter of ntter insignificanco ; the question at issuo is, that the peoplo of that State aro entitled to a Government of their Tho eloctions in that State in 1872, and since, are open to the nccusation of *being frauds, on both sides, marked with perjury, forgery, violonce, intimidntion, ond bloodshed. In no sense can they bo anid to havo expressed the will of the people. A committee of seven Republican Senators of the United States have placed on record their judgment that the election of Kervoaa in 1872 was n barefaced, unmitigated fraud ; ond thot the election of McExexy, his oppo- nent, wos equally fraudulent, snd was brought about by ballot-box stufiing, falso returns, intimidotion, and violence, This also was the report of the same Senatorial Committce. Neither of these men wevo fairly or honestly clected, The wholo elee- tion was tainted with frand, violence, and falve voting, ‘The whole thing wna like the cheating of gamblers at cards, This record, mado by Ropublican Scnators, tho wholo country has eccepted ns tho truth, It is too late at this time to raiso any issue on that point. In the report of the Sonate Committee two years ugo, tho necessity for Congressionnl ne- tion was wrged, lest in its absence there would Lo revolution and bloodshed. The Tresident, by special message, urged Con- gross to tako wome action. We leliove tho bill providiug for u new election, to be under the mupervivion of the Federal Courts, wag defeated by tho votes of the Democrata, who denied the right of tho CGeneral Government to interpose in the affairs of a State, even when that State was in a condition of anarchy, Tho nou-nction of Congress, for which the Republican majority in Congress is chiefly responsible, has resulted in the perpotuation of the Kerroca nsurpation, the revolutionary usurpation of Sept. 14, 1874, and the extrror- dinnry and violent condition of affairs now existing in New Orleans, 5 ‘The Democratic remedy for this is to tum the two factions in Louisiana looso upon each other, nnd let the question of govern. ment bo determined by forco of arms,—by a war of murder, aud nssossination, and of ex- termination. That is the ouly reredy they lave proposed. ‘Thie President of thoe United Htates, under his cath, must maintain the peace, aud, to do this, must cmploy the mili. tary. This, however, doos not dotermine the question at stake, It ouly postpones that settlement, and, in the meantiwe, the whole country 1 dividing jnto hented and excited portisana of the contending factions, 'fho Republican party {s in the mafority in ench House of Congress, and canuot escapo the responsibility, It must settle this ques. tion, aud do so now. It cannot settlo it by using tho army in tho intcrest of either fac- tion. There iy, thereforo, but one right way out of this mattor, nnd thst is to treat Kei~ 1000's Government a8 an usurpation, and the McE~znx faction as the seme; deal with the fects ns they aro, and provide as o means of extrioating the Stato fvom fts condition of anarcly that an election be held in the State for all ita elective officers, and for membors of the Legislature, and the Government thus elected by the free and unintimidated will of the people (0 be mado and recoguized g the Government of the Stato of Louisiann. That is the speedy ond only salisfactory scttlement of this bad business that ean now be provided, It is immnterial which side may prove tho strongest, The people have aright to have n Government of their own sclection. The Republicans in Congress ennnot shirk the responsibility of meet- ing this cnse . and disposing of it. If they fail to do so, and rdjourn, leaving this matter unsettled, then they invite a general civil war not onfy in the "South, but all over tho Norlh, They cannot afford to earty the Kxrroand usurpation in the faco of the recond made by tho Senato as to the character of that Government. They will arouse the entire country, not in favor of murder and assassination, nor White Leagues, but in favor of free clections, and of the popular right to chooso their own ofticers, Lot Congress give to Louisiana such oan election, and then the wholo country will uphold and mnintain the result of that eloc. tion, THE CEAMPION IGNORAMUS, Tho impaneling of the jury in the Trzox- Brrenen caso has presented the anomaly of n would-be juror who kuows no more sbout the world-wide seaudal than * a new-born babe,” and yet conducts renl-estato and insurnnce business, iy preswmed to have the senses of seeing and hiearing, to move in society, and to be endowed with the ordinary intelligence vouclisafed to average mortals, There is ono way of looking at this oxceptionnl spectacle which tends to make this juror an ob- jeet of cnvy., Accepting tho Seriptural statement that much study is a-wearisome of the flesh, and that knowlcdge i all vanity, the amount of felicity enjoyed by this man must be something very remarkable,—na hap- piness not ouly growing out of general igno- rance, but out of the specinl ignorance with reference to this scandal, The men who has not read or heard tho statements and counter- statenients, the affidavits and letters, who has never learned of the cave of gloom, and the ravages of hypochondria, who knows nothing of tho **Mutual Friend,” or of Bessre the simpleton, or of the ferocious mother-in-law, must be in the enjoyment of one of the celes- tial bentitudesbefore his time, whichwill make his future angelio existence scem somewhnt slow ond tedious. Notwithstanding this man's hnppiness, however, his ignorance is some- thing which is alike sad and profonnd, ten- der and touching, and thoroughly unintelli- giblo. Itisa problem which can never bo solved ; but we doubt whether cven the un. usual happiness which must exalt this man above othiers can make compensation for the dark and empty void in which he lives, moves, and has his being, for some mysteri- ous purpose. y Under the ordinary impression as to the qualifications which constitute n juror, a man of this stamp would seem to be a prizo to the profession snd an orngment to the jury-box. The coun- sel in the emse, lowever, rejected bim, aud in doing so did very wiscly. Tho opinion i rapidly gaining ground that blank ignoranco is not tho first qualification of n juror, and that the judgment of n man of this kind, although it moy be entirely un- prejudiced, is good for nothing, and s likely to bo wrong os right. The only qualiication of a juror should be honesty. An honest man who rends the papers and keeps bimscl? informed upon current topics is moro likely ta givo an honest verdict than on ignorant man who does not rend and kuows nothing of ti=~ events transpiring all around him. Ignoran’. men are always more prejndiced than intelli.. geut men, and less capablo of forming an un~ biased opinion, In the particular ease in question, the ignorance of this juror as to the olleged facts of o scandal which has been discussed in every hiousehold of the United States, was a fact so appalling thot it was tho very best reason in the world for rejecting him., The most mysterious fact sbout the matter is how s real-cstate and in- suranco agent, who knows nothing about this scandal, can conduct his business with ony degreo of intelligence, If he was too moral to read the scandal, he is certainly too moral to be engaged in a lino of business whero he lias to deal very often with sharp- ers, If he was not too moral, but does not meke & practice of reading newspapers, wo shall not be surprised tolearn before long that he has purchased real estato on tho Mountaing of the Moon, and insured powder magazines as first-class risks. In any ovent, Lie has the proud consciousness of knowing that, out of the 40,000,000 of people in this country, he i4 the only one who is not more or less acquninted with the Beecmen-Truton scandal, THE LOVISIANA V/HITE LEAGUE, The furious howl of simulated jndignation against Gen, SnentaN which Northern Demo- crats and Southern ex-rebels are now making doos not grow ont of any acts which that gal- Iant end patriotio soldier has coramitted, but out of words which he has uttered in his dis~ patches to the Government. His words, like his blows in times past, hava struck so sharp and quick that they have struck fire, His keon eyo detected the enuse of the trouble in Lonisinna as soon a8 he arrived in New Or- leans to bo the White League, or * the ban. ditti " ns he aptly calls it in his dispatches, ond with plain, blunt speech ho asks for the privilege of erushing it. This ¢ouse is not on ideaiity, but a foot, and the sooner that fact is recognized by the Amecrican people and dealt with decisively, the better will it be for Louisiana and the wholo country, . The existence of this White Leaguo is an undisputed faot, 'The commander of that wunlawful organization has been befora the Congressional Investigating Committeo, and testified to its existence, and to its purposes in part, although concenling and understot. ingits extont. Itis boyond the possibility of disputo that the White League is a wide- sproad, mmed, oath-bound organization, com- posed of ex-rebels, whose sole object is to terrorizo over and intimidate Republicans, and Conservative Democrats also, There ia no colorod league, armed or un. armed, in tho State of TLonisiana, a8 is shown by proof before the Investigating Committee. The leader of the White Lengue himsclf had only * hesrd"” there was a Black League, but knew nothing about it, while abundant testimony was given to show that there was no such organization in the State. This White Loague baa not only been a thing of the past, but itis a thing of the present, which exista now, not only in New Orleans, where it swarms by thousands, but also throughout the country parishes, where it controls the colored peopla by intimidation, and defents the purposo of the majority by torrorism. It worke with safoty, bacause it works {n secrot, snd had no opposing organi. zation, either publiv or searet, to luterfere with it, It produced the revolution of Sept. 14, 1874, and seized the State Government by force, violence, and murder. [t perpetrated the Red River mnssacre of officials and eiti- zens. 1t Ius repentodly set the laws at defl- anco, and iy subversive of pence and order wherover it exists and hes tho power to cnrry ont its purpose. It is an iltegal organization, which wonld not be tolerated a singlo day in any Northern Stato. It isn brauch, or rather the suceessor, of the Ku.-Klux order under another name, secrot in its charncter, onth- bound4n ite organization, thoroughly srmed, and murderous in its purposes. It is this organized band of assnssing, ro- ernited from thoe old Confedezato army and tho wous of rebels, whom Gen, Snxrman cncountered immediately upon hiv arrival, and who to.day are threatening to assassinate Lim. It is this organization which Geu, BHERIDAN styles * Landitti,” and which he asks {0 have broken up and dispersed. Ilis dispatches moy have been worded too gener- ally and brondly, and scom to includo iu this roll of cut-thronts many persons who do not Leloug to it. 1io may have been unfortunate in the wording, and probably was, for it is nbrurd to suppose that Gien. SHERIDAN in- tended to include bankers, underwriters, merchnnts, clergymen, and other peacenble, respectnble, professionnl, and Lusiness mien, smong the *‘banditti,” But even these men wero ip danger. His dispatches have sud- donly lifted the veil which hid the lawless and unlawful White League from tho geze of the country. It was rapidly increasing in numbers, and, under its pernicious opera- tions, the State was quickly drifting into in- surroction, and carrying these respectablo and law-nbiding clossea to the same fate which overtook them in the Rebellion. It was taking them along faster than they were oware. Unfortunnte and sweeping ns Gen. Sneripax's dispatches may be, they have hed the good effect to rovenl to theso mon the reality of their situation, and where they were drifting, and to cause them to step back and protest their loyalty. It has saved them from being involved in the insurrection, massacre, and civil war in which they would have been involved by this rebel League. It was the White League, in 1860, which ¢ fired tho Louisiana heart” and com- pelled the Stato to secede and wage war on the Nationnl Government, and, but for Gen. SurrIAN's sharp verbal blow, it would have hurled the State ngain into civil war, and carried theso very men, who are now &0 in- digmant over his dispatches, into open oppo- sition to the Government, Whatever orrors Gen. SnenmaN may have madein estimatingthe oxtent of thislawless or- ganization, he has done a most excellent thing in exposing it and ealling the attention of the nation to 1t. His recommendation that it should be broken up and dispersed is timely and sound. It should be done at nll hazards and at whatover cost. It is an armed mob, organized for purposcs of terrorism over law- abiding people, nnd would not bo allowed existence any longer than it would take to euppress it in any Northern State. How long would tha people of Ilinois, for instanco, tolerato in their midst an organizetion which was estoblished for political intimidation, for driving out regularly.elocted ofil- ciols Ly force, and for murder and nsgassination, whero its objects could not be nccomplished in nny other manner? But if it would not bo tolerated in a Northorn State, why should it bo inn Southern? GensSnert- DaN'S recommendation goes to the very core of tho trouble, and, if it is carried out promptly and effactually, as it ought to be, it would be a long step towards the restoration of permanent peaco and order in that unfor- tunate State. POINTS FROM NEW YORE. Gov. TiLpeN's message containa some in- teresting views outside of the portion of it referring to canals, which we printed and re~ viewed yesterday. Three other points de- serve specinl note, In tho first place, tho Governor utates what he thinks the Federal Government ought to havo done, when it felt the need of money to earry on the War. It should have, 8o he says, issued its notes with- out molking them alegal-tender, aud should have at the same time provided for their re. demption on demand ot central points. The funds necessary for redomption ought to havo been raised by heavy taxation, and by the sale of gold bonds at the market rates, whatever thoy might be. It is very doubtful whether this plan could have been pursued during two years of the War, which consumed two to three millions of dollars daily. The general distrust in the finaucial resources of the North would have led to a disastrous run on the Treasury, us soon ns any number of grecnbacks had been issued. Moreover, tho sale of a rnfficient number of - bonda to redecmn the national currency on de- mend would perhaps have been impossible, cithier at home or abroad, for two years after Bull Run. No nation, we believe, has cvor prosecuted as costly and as long a war withe out resorting to a suspension of specic-pay- ments, At the samo time, it is to be remem- bered that we ourselves produced all of the food and most of the munitions, clothing, ete., congumed by our armies, and that, theroforo, by far the ‘greater part of tho business transacted by the Government was with its own citizons, who would have accepted and used the national currency with much more readiness than the subjeots of aforeign power would have done, Lad wo been obliged to rely for our kupplies on outside aid, The second point 18 that resumption would now Le less coatly than our present policy. The permanent good results of settling values aud giving fim foundations for business progperity by returning to the world's cur- rency would far outweigh the possible tem- porary evils of the contraction which might precede resumption, loreover, these evils would not exist, if the contraction were gradual and fixed, and if & wise system of free banking on the present basit of Gavern- ment bonds wers adopted. Tho latter pro. vision would insure & supply of currency in oxact accordance Wwith the demand for it. ‘Tho most expensive thing we can poesibly do, ho urges, is to persist in the use of an irre. decmoble currency, which fluctuates itaclf, leads to fluctuation in the price of all other values,—except those of gold and silver,—~and #bjects ita holders to the constant risk of loss. Finally, Mr. Tmoen makes a strong point by showing that government is too costly an institution in this country, By July 1, 1875, tho people will have paid, within ten years, taxos umounting in currency to §7,000,000,- 000. The Fedoral Government hos absorbed about half of this. The State and municipal @overnments have ‘aken the other half. This enormous texation {s a clog upon the whole productive power of the country, It ia especiully burdensome now, in these hard times, Governmont I8 the one thing in Amerion which Las not boen handled with in. orensod economy since the paunis of 1873, Mr, Tiupzy saye that, if its 0ost were reduced one-third, it would still exceed the figures of & fow yenrs ago, The men whot the people cleet to spend their money would do well to consider {hese facls; but they won't. Thn nation is not in a mood for extravaganes, bt the tax-caters are. Approprintions should bo cut down, and in many eases should he wiped out of existence, but. tho oficial clnsses op- pose. It the bamneloes aro scraped off, the ship of State would flont jusl ns wellina much smaller sea of money, THE STRANGLED STATE, Two hnndred aud thirty-four yasra agoyestorday Citautns Bruans went down 6 the Hosee of ¢ mons i pereon and demanided thoarrest of T 1anrors, Tiottis, 1iAstento, and RIRoDE. Ve ARy ULywera 8, GRaxT, i tho Y wreon of Geit, Dx Tno- BRUAND, entered the Toglsl:tirs of Lonistana and dn- manded the efection ¢f five members of that body. The fve membora of Lontsinna wero an sirietly (e eham fonn of freo government an the five mesbirs of 1hin Tfourn of Canymons, and e whole potitical wel- faro of theeo United States 1 hound up with tho sic- cexnof the cause for which these muen nre Hyhiing.— New York {forid, 'Thin kind of rhetorie is very ridioulons, besides being supremely false. Citances Sruarr demanded the nirest of persons who wore undoubtedly and unquestionably mem. bers of Paclisment. Gen, Graxt gave no order in the premires, nor did SHERIDAN, 'Tho five persous oxpelled:from the hall by Di: Trosrtann were uot members of the Tegislature, having no credentials, not oven a prima facie claim to seats, ‘T interposition of the military, and their presence in the hall, was first roquested and invited by the Democrat members by resolu- tion, who professed to be awed by the polico and the crowd in tho lobby., They were or- dored there to clear the lobby, and they obey- ed the demand mnde by the Democratic Speaker and members. Having obeyed that order, the Governor of the State requested them also to remove from tho hall certain other persons who were pres tending to act as members of the Legislature without any nuthority of any kind, or certifi- cato or pretended certifiente by any porson. 'This order the military obeyed, and, remov- ing theso five peraons, they left tho 106 logal members present and entitled to seats free to act a5 n Honse of Representatives, Then the Democrats, who, even without thege fiva ~otes, had a majority of two, abandoned tha hll, shouting that they were martyrs to mili. tary usurpation ! It is useless to sny thnt the Returning Board had neted dishonestly. Whether this be true or false, that Board was the only au- thority known to the law of Lonisiann to de. clare who was elected to the General Assem. bly. That Retnrning Board was not ereated by the Republieans, It was ecreated by o law passed by the Democrats and Fu- sionists, and approved by Gov. Wanvorz two years ago, and on the return as made by that TBoard two yoars ago rests thowholo claim of the Democrats that they thon olected their ticket, This Board certified to the election of 106 members, and these 106 wero tho only persons entitled to sit at the organization ns membera of the Homse. If Gov. Kecroas hed the suthority, as the Ex- ecutive of the State, to order the removal of all persens not members of the Logislature from the hall,—and his authority to do this will not be questioned,~—thon what is the World bawling about, and whero does it find any analogy between the execution of that ordor and the despatism of the Stuary ? When the 106 members were sssembled, whore did Wirrz aud his associotes get their nauthority to seizo the Chair, refuse all voting by yeas and nays, and then voting to admit fivo men to sents who had no possible legnl claim to bo called members in advance of a contest and investigation? Even on this question they refused tho enll for yens and unya, The facts in this easo aro few, but they are plain and direct. They establish that tho Democrats first called in the military to clonr the hall of tho civil police, They firat intro- duced the sword and the bayonet into the lall of the Legislature. They then, fecling safe, resorted to revolution, seized tho or. ganization by force, called in a portion of the mob to act ns members, and then, when the sameo military, at the request of the Govern. or, efected the Democratic mob, they howled, and the New York World repeats the howl, that the libertics of Louisiaua have been trampled underfoot! We verily beliove that, had it uot been for the presence of the military, thera would have been o general massacro in New Orleans that day. The mili- tary enforced peace, and did no more, THE M 'ARY IN LOUISIANA, The bone of contention in Louisians affaira just now is the wse of a squad of United Statoea troops (fifteen in all, we beliove) in the legielative halls last Monday. It is no longer a question whether KeLroaa was clect. ed Governor two years ago, or whother the Democrats cmried the State last November, or whether the Returning Board counted the vote fairly, These things have all been ig- nored or put out of sight for the moment. The ogitators and sensationalists have got somothing ‘new to howl over, and they seize it with the desperation of sensation-mongers. # Interforence of the United States troops,” is tho burden of the lament, This is tho * ontrago” which is used to fire the Democratic heart, and which has brought prompt responses from Demooratio Legisla~ tures, nnd Governors, and caucused. Nobody has stopped to inquire who is responsible for such intorference as there actually was. There was *‘ interference," and that is enough to nccount for tho goneral outcry that has gone forth against the President and Gen, BuERIDAN, agninst the Republican party and Ketroaa, against everybody and everything that did not agree with a violent and frandu. lent organization of the Logislature. Per- hapa it wonld be well to ask, before going any further, who was responsible for this * interferenco " in the first place. The facts show that neither the President, nor Gen, Buenipax, nor Goo. KeLroga, nor the Republican party, first called for the inter- vention of the military. 'The military was first called in by Mr, Wrirz, the temporary Bpeaker of the House, who was rushed into tho chair by the Democrata by a viva voce yell. 'We have the testimony of all sides that Mr. Witz first called upon Gen, Dz Tno- BnrD to use the force under his command to protect the Domocratic organization of the Tiouse. It ia further stated, and admitted on all sides, that Mr. Witz did this in compli- ance with & resolution passed by the House whilo under a Democratio organiza- tion, asking D& Tuonntaxpto clearthe lobbies with the military, The purpose of this resolu- tlon was to force the Metropolitan Police, the State conservators of the peace, out of the House, After the United Btates troops had thus been invoked, Gov, Kzizoao issuod an order to Gen. Dz ‘Tronnrxnn to drive out five persons who had no certificates of mem. bership, and who were not as much entitled to be present 88 the police who Led beon previously ejocted, Now the Demoorats throughout tho conntry ask ua to derounce President Guaxtand Gon. Bawnr. Bax bocause Gen. D Tacssuws essouted the second of these onders, and ignoro the fact that ho had previously been ealled upon by the Democratic Spenker to exercire the same interference in behalf of the Deinocrats, In other words, the interferenco of tho mili- tary in belwnlf of tho Democrats is all right and Jawful, Imt interference on behinlf of Justice, ng apposed to the Democrats, is nll wipng, We deeline to talke 50 absurd and untennblo a position. It ia not necessary to tho issue fo disenss whether the military shonld have Deen ealled in or not by either side; but cer- tainly i n Democratic Spenker of the House, illegally eleeted, Lind the right to invoke mil. itary nid, then o Repullican Governor, whu hns hield the keat for two years, had an oqunl right to do ‘the samo thing. If the whole proceeding was wrong, then it ill becomes those who began it to blame thoso who had nothing to do with it. And in this light the country will regard it after domagogues have got done yelling nbont it. BEAT THEMSELVES, The attempted organization of the Loui. sinna House of Representatives by tho Dem- ocrats i8 n striking instance of how fraud sometinies overreaclies itself. The simple fact of the case is, that the Democerats had all the advantagen of the first orgnnization, and threw them nway in their greed and precipitancy, When tho Legisla- ture assercbled thero were only 104 mem- bers present. Thers wero five vacancies left undetermined by the Returning Boprd; two Republican members wora unaccount~ nbly absent, Iad the Democrats proceeded in tho form of law, they would have had n clenr majority of two. They could have clected their Spenker, and conld then have seated the five Demoerats in the vaeant places, thus securing o majority of soven. Instend of doing this, they proceeded to or- gonize with & rush and yell. Mr. Witz sprang to the chair and seized the gavel, as though a moment's delay wonld lose it. Then came another yell, and five more Demo- crats, without any cvidenco of election, were brought in and placed in the vecont seats. Thero was no law nor precedent for such mob-proceedings. The Democrats knovw it, and called in Gen. DeTro- sonaNp to employ United States troops to protect them from lawful interference, Ind the Democrats been deliberate and Iawful in their procoedings, tho military aid which they firstinvoked could notbave been turned ngninst them. Indeed, bad thoy procecded Iawfully they would not havo felt under tho necessity of calling in the military at all, This is tho nctual case, upon which the Democrats throughout the country have ‘based their wholesalo denunciation of Presi- dent Graxt aud Gen. Suentpax. There has been 8 porfect rush among the ambitious pactisans as to priority in this pell-mell abuse. 3Mr. Brer, who wants to lemd the Democrats in the House, jumped at rash con- clusions, and had a resolution at hand. Somo of the patriots in New York City, whose names always hend calls for mass-meetings, have de- mauded apopulardemonstration, The Demo- cratic State Central Committee of this State havo *“sounded the tocsin,” Aemphis wants to firo the heart of the people. Various Democratic Legislatures have gone off at half- cock, ‘The Governor of Ohio, with the fog- horn voice, has sent a specinl message to tho Legislatare of that State. Tho Dourbon press throughont tho country are Lristling with the quilla of the fretful porcupine, And now, when the clouds of excitement clear away, the Democrats must mnko tho luwilinting edmission that tho feult is all their own, To briefly recapitulate the whole story, it must be confessed that (1) the Democrats in the Legislaturo proceeded unlawfully; (2) they called in the soldiers to protect thom in their unlawful proceedings; (3) the military, laving beon called by thom, was subsequent- ly used under the Governor's orders to defent their illogal purpose; (4) Gov. Krrroca only did what Speaker Wiurz had done; and (5) neither President Grant nor Gon. SmERIDAN had anything to do with the matter. For all the rest, the hot French and Craole blood in Louisiang and the oagerness of Northern Bourbons for a political sensation must be Tiold to acconn ——————— TEXT AND COMMENT. o the Zdlor of The Chicayo Tribune: TRILADELYIIA, Jan, 5,—In » racent {ssue of your Taper you stated that cost of m sult of clothing $45.00 ‘Your azgument weSt on fo show fhat, if the duty was taken off, s sult stmilar to tho above could ba bought for the $40, In this counection will you be kind enough to explain away the following two facts: Flrsi—The duty on tea and coffes was tuenty cente (") apound, Tha ublquitous * poor man * waa to buy Dis coffes and tea twenty cents o pound loss atter tho duty waa taken off, 7V duty was taken of, Coffeo 5ud tes soll the same 88 before the taking Off of the duty, Coifeo, u fact, avorsgea about ,three centy higher, Secoid—The fron-manufacturers of the United Blates asked for a duly of $7 per ton om forefgn fron, The duty was fixed at $3, and haa since been reduced, The iron-works of the country have generally closed, o are runung on short time. Tho lateat news from Shefeld 15, ust fron (EngHsh fron) hna gone up from 803 to £9, gold, per ton, And, nolwithstanding this Talssin Yrice, the fron-works of Eogland have mado a general reduction in wages of 10 por cent, and in Wales and Eugland the fron minea have recently entirely closed for want of orders, As your “poor man’s ton of fron bears the sama analogy as to coat sadoes your ** poor mun'a " sult of 05 clothing, it should not b difiicult to cxplain the effect of the reduction of ths tarlff on fron and coffve nupon tha yrico uf the foreign article, 1f you will bo Lind enough to anawer tho above fu sny fesue of your paver, you will oblgs an “snxious jnquirer” sfter “ferruth,” Yours truly, P, O'DonNELL, Mr, O'Doxxeis shows a sad ignorance of the facts he tries to state. The tax on ten ‘was 15 instead of 20 cents, and that on coffes 8 iustead of 20, 'The tax on pig.iron was not fixed at $5, and has not been reduced below that figure. It was put ot 86, and is now $0.80. Buch gross blunders betray his unfit- ness for his self-imposed task, but we pro. ceed to explain his two * facts.” The duty on tea and coffes was repealed by the Protectionist vote, against the offorts of the strongest Free-Traders. As all of jt had heen pald to the Government and none to the domestio manu. faoturer, the former lost tho wholo amount of the tax, The romson that the consumer geined nothing was that the coffes and ten producing countries at once lald export taxes on theso articles, or otherwise raised their cost, so that the consumer here still paid the tax, but paid it to a foreign Govern. ment instead of to his own. This could not happen in the case of iron, outlery, textile fabrios, eto. The countries from which we import such wares have uo oxport daties. If the tarl® on them were ropealed, tho American consumer would save not only the small par of the aggregate tax on them which the Government gets, but tho larger part absorbod by tha *‘protected” olass. es. T'he duty on tea and cotfee ** proteoted " nobody. It was a pusely revenue tax, and ought never to have been repeelsd. The pros. tratiow of the liva industry Lo this country is the result of the panic of 1873, which ig partlyducto thetariff. Theeflectof nhigh taril ia to nbnormally stimnlate the produetion of certain articles, and to prevent tho exportu. tion of monufnctures. By incrensing the coxt of yaw materials il of tho processes of manufactiive, it cunbles forcigners, nme fettered in this wry, to largely undersell tha “protected " indastries everywhero through. out tha world, exeept in {ho home market, and does nat keep them ont of that, The result of this is, that, when tho liomo market wenkens, the manufacturer and the mechania have nowhera (o sell their goods. Stagnation and want ensue. When the hiome markot in a Ireestrado conntry weakons, tho process o graphically deseribed by Trof, Csmxzs in his rocent work takes place. "o stocks on hand are shipped all over the world and sold in the markots of the whole enrth, Thustha gint at home is relieved, and tho home de- mend and homo industry rovive, Hers in Amerien, with cheap conl, cheap steam, ahundant water-power, chenp breadstuffs and chenp ment, skilled labor, inventive talent, and every roquisite for cheap production, wa ore cut off by a high tarilf from the world's muorkets, and forced to rely solely on our own local demand, When that wenkens, our sickly industries go down, If the “protective” features of tho tarift were repealed, we should be able at once to export the surplus products, not only of the plow, but of tho loom nnd the anvil, and our manufacturors and mechanics would have the whole world for customers. Mr. O'Dox- NELU'S statement of the condition of the iron trade in England s manifestly nbsurd. ‘When a man can produce nt loss cost and sell at higher figures than before, he mnever dreams of stopping production. The reduc- tion in the tarifl on iron has already cheap~ ened it in the American market without causing any additional importation. Indeed, thero is less importation now than when tho tariff was 10 per cent higher two years BgO. Let the reader cast his eyos over the follosw- ing telegrams from New Orleans, which wero overlooked at tho tima of their first appesr- ance, The first one is from the Democratio reporter of the Chicago ZTimes in New Ox- loans ; THEY AFF. TRT. MISTARE, NEW ORLFANS, Jun 6.—Among many Conservatives, tho seatiment_contiunes (o grow that the Wiztz coup was fll-advised and badly managed, They say the er- Tor Was in Wanting (o exerciso a swecping control, withoat awaiting to reach thut point through legally= preserfved measures, . NEw Ouieaxs, Jan 5.~Tho situstion to-doy fn without notable Incldent. It 18 quite appareat to everybody that tho Democratic plan of Monday was ill-avised and disastrous, and that more conciliatory ‘measures and less rabld Laste would havoe given them a victory in tlie Logislature, Now, it ia thought, that chance i lost, Tup Trinene's correspondent, a cool, care- ful, non-sensational man, telegraphs ue s follows : NEW Ontxans, Jan. 6.—Much diseatisfsction e ex- preescd with Mr, Wiwzz by members of s party for baving called on Gen. Dr TROPRIAND ta protoct hi» organization of the House whon o waa Spealier, WLt cannot falrly bo blamed personally for thla, howaver, 08 Ly call was based on a resolution unanimously adorted by tho House with none but Domocrats prer- cnt, except three Republicans, calling on Gon, De Tac. BIIAND to uno Lis forcen $o clonr the lobby, Mr.Wiras, as Spoaker, sppojnted & committco of 1o to walt 0.1 Gen, DE TronaiaND,wio shoriiy after appoared on tha flooe of the Kouse, and waa received with cheers, an 1 ook fnatructions from Mr. W11z, nnd exccuted then, Now add to the chove dispatelios this ex. tract from an Associate Press dispatch, as fob lows : Tho New Orloans Tfimes (Demacratic Whito Leagur| #8568 It now trunspircs Lust the Kepnbiicans, siies il 4 retirsment of 1o Democrats, having oaly’ fity-or.a members with certificates, hive sdmittol three mem- bers that occupiod precistly (ho smo position & tha five gentiemen who were elocted. As there were fifty-three Democrats present at tho first organjzation who held certificatud of clection, egninst fifty-one Republicans, why did they proceed to organizo the House Ly fraud and violence? They bnd it clearly within their power to elect their Speaker {nirly, and, according to parlismentery proced- ure, moke tho committecs to suit them- sclves, and to determine tho question of who Llind a right to fill the five vacant seats, and to seat their own men, thus sceuring conirol ot tho House by » good mojority. Now they begin to see tho “mistake” they committed, and that their action was *ill- advised and disastrous,” ns the Democratio dispatch ealls it. Who but themselves are {o blame for all tho rumpus? They commenced by chesting and violence, and invoking the aid of the military, and, when hoist by thoir own petard, thoy fill the land with dismsl howlings, nud their demagogical partisacs acho back thoir horrible noises, Lot thewa howl! —— Montlon was made the otber day in Taa TuiouNe of o coming #quall in Milwaukee jour- nalism, which 1mvolved Benator CARPENTER and gome of Lia friends, as well a8 the stockbolders of the Sentinel. Tha crisis cams on the dsy of tho annual alection of ofiicery, and 4 nico timo they Liave had there. ‘The root of the troubla fu alleged to lio lu the fraudulent isans of $10,000 worth of etock to ono Baren, by moans of whiod A. M. TrossoN was doposed from his posiclon 83 Pregidont, aud one Murrury was electod to fillit. TioxsoX olaims that there was & wecret underatanding, of which Lo know nothing, that this stock was hold for BSenator CAnrEN- TER. On the day of electlon hs ob- tuined an Injunction restraining the Directors from votiug upon 105 shares of stool fraudulente ly fasued, baewng his application on an afidavit to the effect above given, Before he had time to vote and win, an injunction was served on bim, preventing his votlug on 99 shares, thus gliving a balance of 80 sgainst him, whioh re- sulted in the election of Munruzy and party. Upon this an order setting nside the clection wis obtained until the case should bo heard in court. These wero interestiug manouvres, but the most interesting of all was the publication of o lotter written by A, E. Boneee, which is filed by Mr. Tuoxaox with his afldevit. DBunees waa tha go-batweon employed by CamPEN- TE6 {0 srrango with Wear, Emszivg, snd others. WEST was offered a ro-appoiatment to hia prosont oftice, and ErakINE was to bo given somo other, Horefuged the ofics of Clerk of the United Statos Courh RonERTS &b tirst refused, skys Mr, Doreee, ‘‘and I was directod to geb him dowa to OanvENTEW'S oflice 40 that he could work on him in private.” Muneney was OB« PENTER'S law-partuor, and a sweet conaplrsoy they bad,” according to Doreex's letter. Whatever influsnce was to liave bosn exerted by the paper in CanpeNTER'S Intarest must ba killed by the exposs made in tho paat few days. The matter i now in the courts, of courss, ——— The Cornoll watch-faotory enterad upon its earocr in Ban Frinclice with trouble, A diffi culty not befora anticipatod arose in the etarnsl Chinase chenp labor queation, and the very pros- peut of hiring the hoathen to do fay work pre- cipitatod a etrike and a very general proapect of further trouble, It was not tho intention of the Compaay to thrust the heathen futo the akilled Iabor departments, but merely to employ them iu the purely meoial snd unakilled branches of the fudustry. A coutrary balief prevailed among the artisans, sud the striko cocurred, It wss brought to an end by the frmness snd sagacity o Mr, Rararon, the bauker, who owos some 35,000 worth of atock la the goncern, and the good temper sad sense of the Obicage people who listensd to him. Withous Lullying, AMr, RarsToN assured tho men that the Company woutd ot sabmit s diotatios, and &3