Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 15, 1875, Page 4

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January 15, 1875. wt x. 1, HULST, Secretary. uimsban, and Country Real Wanted’ ta Rent, Suarding Low, aud Found, Musical, Friday Morning, When Honatio Sevstoun declitios to bo a candidate for election to the United States Senate, the politicians know that he has fixed up things in such a way os to be morally cer- tain that he can’t win in any other way. Quite an admission is medo by Gov. Tay- non, of Wisconsin, in his annual message, whero he says thot the Porren law is very defective, and ought to be radically moditied. ‘The parts of the message touching on rail- road legislation in Wisconsin aro published in another column of this paper. Said Mr. J. G, Berner, ex-Mayor of Wash- ington, etc., when he was asked yesterday what influences were brought to bear on ex- Goy. Swann by which ho was induced to ns- sist in tho Preifie Meil plunder: “0, he wes always in favor of tho subsidy. He took 8 broad, stalesmanlike view of the question, —lilke myself." Modest Jia Brennerr, Sast Wann, assistant Professor of Virtuo to old Jt Brnnzrt, said yesterday, before the Waya and Mcans Committee, that he only helped to get the Pacific Mail subsidy because he wanted to keep ‘the proud old flag fly- ing.” Now, there is a man qnito worthy to agnist the editor of the Washington Patriot (//) in plundering the National ‘Treasury, Mr, Gronor MM, Kramanr, it will bo seen by correspondence published elsewhere, has been invited by certain citizens of Chicago to stand foran election to Congross to succeed the late Mr. Jouy B, Ricz, Mr, Knemann, after entertaining the proposition for some time, has finally dismissed it, bo- Heving that his experience in public and particularly in political affairs is too limited toadmit of his rendering efilcient servica to the poople of tho District, So Mr, Cavn- rrEtp will have a walk-over, if the Peoplo's.. Party managers can agroe to keep thoir hands Truthful camo to the foro yesterday in the Houss, and supported an at- tack upon the Indian Bureau which quite re- minded some of the old members present of his best efforts in the early days of the Republic. It ia not exactly o logical | February, Corn was quiet and firmer, clos- ing at GG 1-2 cash, and 72c scllor May. Oats wero moderately active and steady, closing Lo2 fle eash, and 52 7-8e for February, Liye wasqnict and firm, at Me. Barley was quiet and irregular, closing at 31.26 1-2 eash, and 31,2 2@1.23 for February, Hogs were active at abont Wednesday's prices ; soles chicily at 26,00@6.95, Cattle and sheep were in good demand at unchanged prices. a eee ‘Treason is showing its fangs in more placos then one in this country at the present time, A revolution was recently introduced into the Virginia Legislature calling on the different States to convene their several Legislatures to agree npono concerted plan for tho sup- port of the Louisiana revolutionists, If this he not treason, then the War of the Rebellion was fought in vain, Tho proposed nection, in tho first place, is expressly forbidden by the Constitution, which says: No Ainto shall enter into ony treaty, alllanco or confeleration; , . . no Stata ehall, without the couventof Congresr, . . , enter into any agrees ment or compact with sny other Blate or with # fore eign power, The resolution in the Virginia Legislature is, therefore, treasonnble in itself, But it has etiil more significance. It was in this way thet the Robellion of 1861 was inaugu- vated. A revival of the samo plan at this time is warning which should not be neg- lected nor belittled. The ‘proposition is sheer trenson, ‘There is no other construction tobe placed upon it. It may not go any farther ; indeed, it mnat not, But it is all the samo n sure sign of the existence of tho same treasonable disposition {n somo por- tions of the South, which, when it broke forth in 1861, plunged this country into a civil war {hat costais hundreds of thousands of precious lives nnd thousands of imillions of dollars, Taye its lessons been so soon forgotten ? The unnatural conlition in the Minois Legisizture between the Bourbons and Inde- pendents met a serious reverse yesterday. ‘Tho Senate resolutions reviting the military outrages in Louisiana, aud proposing a joint committeo to report a proper expression of the indignant feelings of tho sovereign State of Illinois, wore taken up in the Ifouse, ‘Tho wero first nid on the table by 83 yeas to 63 nays,—7 nbsent, A motion to reconsider was also tabled b¥ yeas, 78; nays, 70,—5 absent, On both votos a clear majorily of the whole House voted to squelch the Bour- bon bombast, and repudiate their blatherskite and partisan humbug, ‘Tho Democrats havo been rather hasty, Tho ‘ Independents” who are not Democrats aro not prepared to swallow the resolutions of 'J8 without time for yeflection upon the consequences, They aro hardly prepared to indorso rovolution, Dloodsked, ond murder, and it was not good policy to hava asked them to do so at this stage of the game and thus early in the cam- paign, As it is, the Independents represent- ing Democratic and Republican constituen- cies have both revolted, and have badly de- feated the Democrats on tho first squaro issue of tho day. Tho Independents will heve to repeat that operation several times before this session ends. Would-be Senator Precuzack has been try- ing alittlo coup d'etat on his own account in the Louisiana Legislature. He has procured a second election to the United States Senate from Louisiana, if we conceda aclaim of n first election. In other words, ho has caused himself to be twice elected to the samo offica for the ssme term, which is simply ridicy- lous, If Mr. Prscupack was not clected the first time, this second election by a now Leg islaturo, only half organized, will not avail him. Ifhe was elected the first timo, this second election is » farce, The vacancy oc- curred two years ago, when aon election was held. There arc now two contestants for the seet under that clection, and the United States Senate, which is the exclusive judgo of its own membership, has not yot decided which of these contestants is entitled to tho seat. Until it does, or de- clares that neither is entitled to the seat, thera ig no vacancy which tho Louisiana Legislature can fill, Besides, the present election would defeat Prxcupact's principal object in getting conclusion that everybody who be- tomes remarkably flerco in these days for reform and purification is in a bad way morally, but it is true that all the prominent Democrats who have lately been convicted of bribe-taking wero especially distinguished for holy zeal and incassant demands for in- vestigations, It would bo sad if Becx should prove to be no better than common’clay, Another Professor of Virtue at Washington has been caught with his fingerain the Pacifio Mail corruption fund. The new Professor, of course, is a Democrat. His name is J, G. Berrerr, Ue has been, by turns, Mayor pf Washington, editor of o Demo- eratio organ, lobbyist, and “ attor- ney,"—or, es the childron count on the buttons,—Rich-man, Poor-inan, Deggar-man, Thief, Merchant, Lawyer, Doctor, Chief, ‘There is scarcely anything he hasn’t been, Lately he has been editing the Putriot,—0, deceitful name !—and calling upon the Demo- crats to rise in their might and hurl from its epheres the conupt and despotic Adminisira- Vion of Prosident tinasr. We do not envy tho Chicago Times any advantage that it obtains by dishonorable aeans, and are therefore prepared to view, with considerable equanimity ita publication of Gov. ‘Taxtog's mocssage yesterday morning, in advanco of all contemporaries, nud before it had been delivered to the Legizlature of Wisconsin. Proofs of the measage were sent to Tue Tripune, os well as to ali othor daily Journals in the Northwest, on the express stipulation that it should not be published beforo it had been read by the Governor. Tho Times alone of all the papers thus accomodated broke faith, So far as the mero question of rivalry is con- rerned, Tuy Tarsuve caros nothing at all what the Times may do; but for tho good name of the press genorally in the Northwest, we wish, to have it known that every journal but one, In this city at least, may bo truated with docu. ments in advance of their publication, Any favora of that kind bestowed upon Tuz Trip. owe in the future, as in the pnst, will not be abused, Tho Chicago produce markets were gener- ally strong yesterday, with lesa doing in the aggregate, Mess pork was in good demand and firm, closing at $18,0@18,55 cash, and §18.72 1-2@18,75 for February, Lard was moderately active, and So por 100 Ibs higher, cloring @t $15.49 1-2 cash, ond §13.55@ 15,57 1-2 wellor February, Mecta wero in fuir tho seat, which ia the $10,000 or #12,000 back. pay he expects to draw. If he holds that his election dates from day before yesterday, and not trom two years ago, ho certainly cannot claim. pay for two years before ho was elected. Altogether wo don’t think My, Pixcuvacs hea improved his condition by his coup d'etat any more than the Demoerstio minority in the Louisiana Houso of Representatives improved their condition by their coup d'etat, President Gnaxt approved the Finance Dill reveatly passed by Congress yesterday, and informed the Senate of tho fact by a special message, in which he ventured some suggestious as to the logislation necessary to make the new law effectual. Tho messago is one of tho ablest that hes emanated from the Executive Department for many years, It is almost diffident in the modesty of its opin- ions, yet luminous, forcible, and decided in the expression of them. ‘The morsago begins with congratulations on the passage of the Senato Finance bill, which the President says imects with his approbation because it fixes a dato for the resumption of specie pay- meuts, and also because it implies the oblign- tion of Congress, if in its power,.to pass such laws us way be necessary to redeom the promise of resumption, To this ond the President offers oa few suggestions. ‘The first suggestion fs that tho revenue shovld bo inereased by the restoration of tho tax on ten and coffee, and of tho 10 per cent tariff reduction, ‘The proceoda of these taxes, if they aro restored, will bo ap- plied to the sinking fund, to tho redemption of legal tenders which may be retived under the now law, and to the withdrawal of the freeticnal currency, Tho second suggestion is that tho Secretary of the Treasury be au- thorized to redecm Iegal-tender notes at premium of 10 per cent in gold, less in- terest at the rato of 21-2 per cent por an- num from Jan, 1, 1875, to the date of put- ting the law into operation, Thia is put forward by the President and his advisers as necessary to the practical operation of tho Jaw towards resumption, It is virtually, as will be readily seen, a mensure for a gradual return to specle,—one that proposes to let tho gos out of the paper-money balloon gradually, instead of bringing it to solid ground with a shock. The President also suggests the establisiment of a mint at Chi- cago, St. Louis, or Omaha, on tho score of economy and expediency, Wo havo noithor time nor space to discuss the quoationa pro- sented by the President’s mossage this morn- request and steady, et G 8-8@6 1-20 for shoul. dora ; 9 8-8G0 1-20 for short ribs ; and 9 7-80 for short clears, Dr2ssed hogs wero dull, and 10@lSc per 100 the lower, at $7,.40@7.85. Highwines were leas active and steady, at 010 por gallon, Flour was dull and unchanged. ‘Wheat wes more active, and advanced 7-80, long dull at 68 8-40 cash, and 69 1-8 for ing as fully na we would wish, and therefore defer extended and careful consideration of it to o future issue, The Inter-Occan of yosterday contains an editorial confossion a column long of all the material points to which Tox Tnrevue re. gretfully called ita attention the day before as to tlio supposed connection of its proprie- tors with the corrupt Paeific Mail subsidy business, We expressed the fear that it was Mr. Scrrbynen It, Isuitaze, the business man. ager and part awner of tho Jnter-Orean, who had received 87,000 of the corruption fund to “influence” Congressmen, This is ad- mitted, and the Jnter-Occan says thot Mr. Isauam will “oxplain” nt “some future date.” Wo are glad to hear it. Wo also said that Mr. Frank W. Parater, Mr. Ina- vaM's friend, then a member of Congress and now editor and part owner of tho Jnter- Orean, voted for the million a year subsidy. This is likewise admitted. Wesnid, too, that Mr. Paumen had pocketed his share of the salary-grab, ‘This is not denicd, but admitted, We further remarked that Mr. Parmer hed brought to Chicago hin ‘35,000 “ back-pay,” and Mr. Isonas his $7,000 of the Pacific Mail corruption-fund, and perma- nently invested thesd monoys in the Later. Ocean, 'Vhero is no effort to controvert this; both facts nro admitted, Now, having ad- mitted these essontial particulars, wo do not sco the occasion for the column of irrelevant slush with whieh tho Jiter-Occan accompa- nied tho admissions, Nor enn wo seo how Tite ‘nines can be ronsonably accused of having made au ‘attack ” after the manner of a “cowardly assassin.” ‘Tnx Trinunn is cor- tainly not responsible because one of tho pro- prietors of the {nter-Ovsun pocketed tho sal- ary-grab, nor because the other had a big slice of acorruption-fund. We regret it exceed- ingly, and tender our sympathetic condolence at the nnexpected exposure, What more would the J,-0, have us do? A NEW ELECTION IN LOUISIANA, The President'in his message very clearly points out that his only duty in the caso of Louisiana and in all similar cases is to recog nize s State Government aud to employ, when properly called upon for that purpese, tho power of the United States to protect it against domestic violence. Ife has no choice. Ho must maintain the peace when called upon for that purpese, for- it ia his sworn duty. ‘The case of Louisiana is not a new one. It hes been a mockery of Government since 1863. Its career hasbeen marked by fraud, raserlity, dishonesty, and violence from that day to this, Ithas now resehed that point when tho only authority recognized in Lonisi- ana is that of the United States, and that only when it is enpported by national troops, Tho duty ef Congress in this matter is a clear one. It has been neglected too long. The President in his mecsage, speaking of the Government now in that State, says: AState Administration wns organized, with Wit wax P, Kecneds 26 Governor, which, in the discharge of my dity, under See, 4 of Ari, 4 of the Conatitu- tion, I kave recognized aa the Government of the Btate, It hes been bitterly and persistently alleged that EerLoag was not elected, Whethes ho was or not is not altogether certain: uor fa {t any more cor~ tain that bis competitor, McE:veny, waa chosen. ‘Tha cloction wasn gigantic frau, and there ara tio rollablo roturus of ite revultz, Keztoaa obtained poeseasion of the office, and, in my opinion, has mote right to it than his competitor, Iam well aware that ony militery interference by the olficers or troora of the United Staves with the viganization of s Stato Legislature, or any of ite proceedings, or with any civil dopartient of the Governmont, {s repugnant to our fleas of government, Ten cuncetye of no cnso, not involving rebel:fon or inwurrection, where such Interfcrenco by the authority of the General Government ought to bo permitted or Justified ; but titre aro cirenmatances connected wit the late legislative imbroglo in Loulsiann which ecem to oxempt the military from any intentions. wrong in that matter. Lirave deplored the necessity wich seemed to mo to make it my duty, under {ho Constitution and lawa, fo make such interference, I have always refused, except where {taeemed to be toy imperative duty to actin eucho manner au the Coutitution end Laws of tho United Btates required, . . . . Ihave hereto- fore urged the cago of Louisiana upon tho attention of Congress, aud Iconnot but think {ts Inaction has en- couraged tho greatevil. . . . . It should bo recole lected, too, that upon my recognition of tho KstLoGa Government I reported the fact, with the grounda of the recoguition, to Congress, aud asked that body to tako action in tho matter; othorwise I should regard their eilenca as acquiescenco in my course, No action haw been taken by that body, and I have malntainod the position marked out, . . . , Inow earnestly ask that such setion be taken by Congres as to leavo my duties perfectly cloar in dealing with the affatra of Loulsiana, giving assuranco at the come timo that whatever may be dono by that body In the premises will be executed according to the eptrit and leltor of tho tar, withont fear or favor, From this resume it will be seon that thero ig an entire absence of any proof that cither of ihe claimant Governments in that Stato were ever elected, McEnrny was declared elected upon felso, forged, nnd mutilated ro- turns, and Krrroao was declared elected in the absence of any legal returns, That whole election in 1872 was a ‘gigantic fraud,” os tho President calls it. The election of 1874 is open to the same general distrust, On ono side was moral and armed intimidation ; on the other o partisan Uoard of Canvassers. clothed with absolute and irresponsiblo authority, In no Northern State would an electlon thus conducted be tolerated for 1 moment. Nevertheless, the President, under the act of 1795, when Wasurxatox was Prosident, is compolled to recognize one or the other of these claimant Governments, and compelled to employ the military to support it. The duty of deciding which is the true Government of a State, and whether it is republican or not, isin Con- gress, In the Rhode Island ease, the Su- preine Court of the United States snid: Tho fourth section of the fourth article of the Con~ atitution of the Unitod States provides that the United Btates shall guarantee to avery State fn the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them egainst invasion ; aud, on the opyiicalion of tho Executive (when the Legislature connot be con vened), sgaiuat domestio violence, Under this article of the Coustitution {t reste with Congress to decide what Government is tue established one luastate, Yor ua the United Staton guarantee to each State a republican form of goverument, Congress must necessarily decide what government Ja establish- od jn the State before tt can determlue whether it is republican or not; and when tho Senators and Reproe schtatives of a State are admitted {nto the councila of the Union, the authority of the Government undor which they aro oppoiuted, aa well ue ite republican ehuracter, 48 rocoyulzed by the proper constitutional authority; and ftw decision ts Linding cn evory other department of tho Government, and could not bo questioned in 8 judicial tribunal, Congress has refused, by omission, to de- claro the Kenioaa Government the legal one, ‘Tho.House has admitted certain Representa- tives and excluded others. Tho Senate has refused to admit the Senators elected by the Kerroaa Legislature, It has in like manner refused to admit the Senators elocted by the McEwray Legislature, Congress rejected the Elootoral vote of that State in 1872, as bogus, The President’s recognition of the Kxizroca Government makes that the established Goy- ernment of the Btate, until Congress shall otherwise determine, It can hardly be de. clared that tho existing Government, which derives ita authority from on election which the President declares was a “' gigantio fraud,” and which has no suck popplar following as tobe able to maintain itself a single day without the protection and support of the, Federal army, is republican. government is one established by the clearly. expressed will of the governed, and founded on law; the moment it becomes theorotically, or in fact permanently, dependent upon mili. tary force, and henoe a military government, t census to be sopublican ; and it ls the duty of Congrosa to interpose and exceute the guarentee under which the people of Lonisi- nus are entitled to a republican form of gov- ernment. Gon. Burner has introdnced 1 bill provid- ing for the appointment by the President of three Superintendents, under ‘whose general charge an election shalt be held in Louisiana in May for all officers who were to have been elected in 1872 and in 1874, and providing tho means of a fair nnd free olection, and an honest canvass of the results, Without ex- pressing any opinion on tho details of the Dill, we confess that its general purposo scoms to be the only rational plan by which this wholo disgraceful and incendiary business can be remedied. It is not possible to hold an election in Louisiana under the control of partisan Stato oficers or White-LLengue ban- ditti without s repetition of tho frauds which have marked the elections of 1872 and of 1874. Neither party will trust tho other. No result declared by one faction will bo neeepted by the other. Tho sole solu- tion of all questions of politics in this country ought to be reached through tho pallot-box, That is the American substi- tuto for civil war, coup d'etat, and assassinn- tion, What romedy so efficacious, and nt the samo time so consistent with the theory of our Government? In what other form can the real will of tho people of Lou- isinna bo ascertained? In what other form can the present Government, the product of a “gigantic fraud,” be got rid of ? In what other form can pence be extablished now and presetved for the futuro? If Congress ro- fuse to act, thon the prosent military despot. ism must bo continued, nud the election in 1876 will bo a repetition of thore of 1863, '72, and '74, with-thoir attondant violence, fraud, bloodshed, revolution, and military interfer- ence, ‘fo withdraw tho military aud leavo the State to the control of either faction, is to invite directly o civil war nnd an omount of bloodshed that will bo disgraceful to civ- ilization, Louisiana is a plagne-spot. It must be cleansed and purified, and this can only be effectually dono by having a freo and fair election, with an honest declaration of tho result. Any faction rebelling against the Govyornment thus established should be trent- ed as outlaws in arms against the peaco and authority of tho wholo nation. THE RESPONSIBILITY i THE LOUISIANA CASE, From the many admirablo points of Presi- dent Graut’s message on Loui iinna affeirs we desire to direct expecial attention to that which ho inekes in the following pavagraph: ‘Whothor it was wrong for the Governor, at the re~ queat of the majority of the members roturnod as elected fu the Ifouse, to usa eich mosta as wero in Lis power to defeat theso lawloss aud revolatlonary pro- j ceedings, te perhaps o debatable question; but itia quite certain that {hore would have been no trouble if those who now complain of logal interference bad allewed tha House to be orgaulzed fy w lawful ond rege wlar manner, When {hose who inaugurate dleorder ur anarchy diaavow sich proceedings, ft will bo tino enough to condemn those wha, by auch moans as thoy have, provonted tho auccosa of thelr lawless ond des- perato echomes, Hero is a logical aud succinct summary of the whole case, Admit that the interven- tion of tho military, at the instance of Win1z and Krxutoaa, was all wrong, if you plenso, Set aside tho fact that the troops were thero in complianco with a request from the Gov- A republican’ ernor cf theState, dictated by tho insurrection of Sept. 1f. Dony that this vequest wes mado in conformance with the requirements of the Constitution, Ignore the fact that tho White Leaguo was still an armed body defy- ing the State Government and writing to overthrow it. Close the eyes to the circumstance that the Governor called upon iho military at the request of o majority of the Logislature according to the Constitutional provision, ‘Take the broad ground that the whole procecding was “unlawful, outrageous, infamous,” etc., ete, It still remaina that thero would havo been no such outrage if the Democrats had permitted tho House to be organized in a law- ful, parliamentary, and regular manner. Tho Democrats furnished tho primary canso for the successive steps which led to what they now call on outrage.” Evory illegal act in tho case was tho logical outgrowth and direct result of their own illegal act in tho firat place. ‘Tho chain of circumstances which led to this “‘ontrage” is now complete, ‘Thove is not o missing link, When the Louisiana Tfouss of Lepresentatives convened, it wana lawful body. There wera present fifty-two Republicans sud fifty Democrats. One Re- publican member had been kidnapped, and three Democrats were voluntarily absent, Tho Clerk of the former House began by calling the roll, as provided by tho Constitution of Louisiana, Had ho been permitted to finish, a Speaker would have been regularly nominated by 0 majority vets. The organization of the House would thon have {proceeded in o regular manner, and there would havo been no pretext and no de- ‘sire onthe part of the Goyornor or a majority in tho Houso to call in the military, But tho Cleik was not permitted to finish his work. The Democrats, knowing themselves to ba in the minority, and having thoir confederntes in the lobby wearing concealed badges as As- sistant Sergeants-at-Armg, violently posseased themselves of the control of tho House by a coup d'etat, Hero was tho first illegal and outrageous act upon which all the others hang. - Having begun unlawfully, it was inevilablo that the Democrats should proceed unlowfully. A minority having olectod” a pro tem. Spcaker and forced him into the chair, a Clerk and a Sergeant-nt. Arma were elected in the samo unlawful manner, Then flve porsons, who had no certificates of clection, were soated in tho same unlawful manuer,—a minority thus at- tempting to orcate its own majority. Finally, this same minority (still a minority, though having added five bogus members un- lawfully) called upon the military to protect it in its chain of unlawful proceedings! Ig it not literally true, then, as tho President says, that ‘there would hate been no trouble Uf those who now complain of illegal interfer- ence had allowed the House to be organized in a lanful and regular manner" 7 The fact is, that the Domocrats had com. mitted the grossest and moat high-handcd outrage that can bo perpetrated upon a legis- lative body, Hod tho minority invaded the House with loaded revolvers and shot down the majority, the physical outrage would have beon greater, but the moral indignity no worse, The minority selzed control of the House just as effectually, ond ailenced the mojority quite aa sum- marily, as if they had shot down their opponents. They had no more right.to do the one thing than they would have had to do the other. Unless we admit, then, that the minority in an organizad legiulative body may kill off the mojority, or render them just ea inofiiciont and helpless by a coup d'etat, we must confoss that the Democratio minority in the Louisiana Houss wore respon- alble for all the trouble that has grown out of the afaiz, dnd thé milsoriiy of Deiio- erats supposed that the majority of Republic ans would supincly and ignominiously submit to sneh an outrage, they must have thought they wero dealing with tho miserable Dagos whom they so much despise, and not with in- tolligent American citizens, Lither tho intervontion of tho military was lawful or it was unlawful. If Inwfal, it was 80 because the military wero called in by the Governor at the demnnd of n lawful majority in the Legislature to put down on infainous revolt against constituted authorily, If un- lawful, it was tho necessary outgrowth of a series of unlawful acts committed by the mi- nority of tho Legislature in defiance of the majority. In either caso tho Democrats must Dinamo themselves and their uulawful pro- ceedings for bringing it about; and they inust cleanso themsclves of their iniquity before they can be justified in criticising the means whereby their Inwlessness was de- feated and their nefarious schome rendered ineffeotual, THE MUNICIPAL AMENDMENTS, Tho list of amendinents to the general law for municipal incorporation, which the Citi- zens’ Association hag submitted, is the result of four or five months’ careful work by tha Association, with the aid of tho best minds in tho city and of thoso members of tha City Goveruments whose opinions were worth having. We shall horcafter rofer to all tho proposed amendments, At present, we shall deat only ;with Seo, 7 of tho bill'as already published, ‘This section provides for tho remodeling of municipal administration in cities having over 100,000 inhabitants. Tho model adopted is that.of the Federal Government. ‘This plan lina been subjected to the soverest possible strains for nearly a century, and has stood the test of tronblosome times better, probably, than any other system would havedone, Ac- cording to the proposed amendment, tho Mayor of any Illinois city of over 100,000 in- habitants, which is organized under tho Mu- nicipal law, would appoint, with the consent of tho City Council, a Cabinet of ten officials. 'Fheso would be a Comptroller, a Corporation Counsel, a Cuntmissioner of Streets, a Com- missioner of Sewers, of Water and Gas, of Public Buildings, of Locat Improvements, of Police, of Five, and of Health, respectively. Each one of these ten would have control of his own Department, with one important excoption, ‘Lhe main objection to tho one- man system has been that, unless every high oficial were honest, he could readily stonl by letting -fraudulent contracts, See. 7 pro- vides, however, that overy contract must be lot to the lowest responsible bidder, and that all bids shal! bo oponed at a meoting of tho Cabinet council. ‘This last effectually pro- vents trickery, The bids must bo submitted to the scrutiny of the Mayor and the whola Cabinet, six being the smallest quorum that ean act Cabinet meetings are to be held oncs in every week, or oftenar, if the Mnyor chooses. Tho Mayor cau remove any of the ten heads of Departments, but the dismissed oficial enn be reinstated by a two-thirds voto of the Council, ‘fhis is au admirable scheme as compared with the existing hotch-potch City Govorn- mont. It frees tho people from the necessi- ty of paying salarics ton lot of uscless offl- cials, 1¢ does away with our comples system of Boerds, some of them appointed and some elected, and none of them removable, aud substitutes a simple, rogular system of ro- sponsiblo henda, ‘There is no responsibility ina Bonrd. Like other corporations, it has no soul, and usually no moral sense, At present, our Boards can defraud the people pretty much ot their own sinful will, and neither peoplo, nor Mayor, nor City Council can do anything to provent it, Responsibili- ty cannot be fixed or located on anybody. Under tho new systom, tho Mayor is respon- sible for everything. If his appointess aro caught in peculation, ho cannot shirk action, Ho must remove tho guilty man or answer to the people who gavo him the power he has betrayed. This is precisely what wo need, If the Cook County delogation in tho Logislature has tha interests of Chicago in particular or honesty in goneral ot heart, it will do overything it can do to secure the passago of this bill without fail. THE BOURBON HOWL, ‘Tho recent Democratic howl over the Lou- isiana squabbles and troubles, which is be- ginning to abate in its virulenco sinco it is confronted with facts, should be set before the people in its proper light, Its beginning and its end, its offort and purpose, were first and last the manufacture of Demoerntic polit- ical capital, for which purpose the “bandit. ti” dispatch of Gen. Suuntpan was seized upon by the Bourbons asa veritable godsend. Had that dispatch not boon published by the Seeretary of War, and hod -the situation in Louisiana beon bounded by the Wrurz call for troops upon tho one hand and the Kzr- Lode call upon the other, the Bourbons would have contented themsolves with a growl in- stead of a howl, and would havo given tho situation no furthor attention than they did the September emeute, They cared nothing for the ‘‘ usurpation,” as thoy called it, for they had mado use of the same kind of “usurpation” in Louisinna ond Kansas, They cared nothing for the use of troops, for they called upon the troops first and applauded thom, ‘They cared noth- ing for the alleged * violence,” for thoy sus- tain the White-League banditti, which nccom- plishes its purposes by violence when tho troops of the United States are not prosent to prevent them, and it would to-day, had it the power, withdraw overy soldier from Louisiana ond give over the Stato to anarchy and bloodshed, coup d'etat and revolution. What the Democratic party wanted was an opportunity to raise o howl and inflame anti- Republican prejudices, and it found it in the Louisiana situation, and has improved it, Democratic newspapers, Congresamen, Logis- laturos, and partisan Gomagogne meetings have united in the common offort to dis- tort the facts in the caso, and to faston the responsibility of the Louisi- ana disturbance upon the President and the Republican party, who had nothing to do with it, Not onc of the: had the con- sistency to condemn Witz and the Demo- cratic minority for doing the identical act they charged upon Ket1oca and the Hepub- lican mejority, Not one of them recognized the fact that Gen, Buznman had no more to do with the events of Jan. 4 than if he had remained in Chicago; that the Preaidont had nothing to do with them; that the Repub- licen party had nothing to do with them; that the only persons who did have anything to do with them were Wittz, Kztz.0co, and Gen. Ds Trovnunp, and thoir immediate tollowers. ‘While the Demoorats were frantically howl- ing, the Prosidont and the Republicans were calmly Waiting for the facts. The Republic. on party hes heard this howling before, It hoard the Democratic yell, both North ond flouth, at the outbreak of the Rebellion "Phe facts are now beastly all ia, The Demos cratic members of the Louisiana Legislature havo made thoir stntemont. ‘Cho Republican members also, Gon. Srrenman has mado his statement, and the Prosident ins made his in a cahn, dignified, but pointed and forcible manner, and tho Domocratio howl already begins greatly to “weaken.” Tho peoplo now soo through the animus of all this par- tisan howling and aro getting disgusted. dfonest Democrats themselves are becoming mortified and chngrined at the action of their lenders. ‘Tho Tresident's message has sent nshot into the balloon which hns col- Inpsad it. They would have rejoiced had tho President gone of ina rago of partisanship, and Republican members of Congress rushed into hasty and ill-ndvised mersures. They would have exulted had more troops been ordered to Now Orleans, and had Gen, Suen. tnan been given perimission to enrry out the recommendations of his banditti” dispatch. Instead of this, the facts, ono after the other, have domolished the flimay protenses of tho Domocracy, and the President, inhis message, has entirely knocked out their underpinnings and left them sprawling. Instead of indors- ing military interference, tho President says: Lam woll Aware that nny military interforenco by tho officers or troopa of the United States with the organ{~ zatlon of a Stato Legislature, cr any of its proceedin or with any civil department of tho Government, is pugnant to our {dens of governmont, I ean concel of no care, not snvolving robolhou or insurrection, where auch Interforence by the authority of the Gon- eral Government ought to be permitted o can be jus tifed, In this ono sontence he has deprived the Bourbons of all the material out of which they have mado their noise, and left them nothing to how] about any longer. Ie hos exposed the duplicity and knavery of their loaders in distorting facts to mnke political eapital. ‘Tho people now undorstand the mo- tive of their howling, and, as there is no fur- thor capital to be made from it, the people may look for its abatement. THE BELCHER TRIAL, Tho Breecuen trin), so far as its accessorics and surroundings are concerned, begins to look very much like a hollow mockery, if not avery silly farce, Tho public, after having been dosed for over a year with “exposures” of all sorts, letters of all sorts, affidavits of all sorts, and statements and eounter-state- monts from interested and disinterested par- ties, entertained the hopo when it ws an- nounced that the case would bo taken into tho courts thot at Inst tho exact truth would be disclosed, and tho guilt or innocence of Mr, Bercuxr would be definitely established and forever settled. Peoplo had grown 50 weary of tho caso and its proftless and, in some cases, harmful discussion, and the pub- lic morals were suffering so much from its indelicato details which wormed their way into every household and left their impure tracks, that they looked forward to the trial, in which all rumors and “ they says” would bo cut off, with a sigh of relief. But now thatthe caso has come to trial, what prospect is thore that the jury will bring in an impartial and unbinsed verdict ? Mr. Imrow is fighting his case alone and single-handed in the court,as he fought it out of the court, That same powerful church organization of Brooklyn Heights, which during the Inst year turned the whole New York press against-him, and sought to ostra- cise him morally and socially, has followed him into the court and interposes itself be- tween him and justice, so far ns it can, with- ont bringing itself into ,contempt. Mrs, ‘Tizton, whose presence in the court-room during this trial is a matter of extreme indcli- cacy and bad taste, is brought in daily for effect, and is shown off to the best pos- sible advantage by the Plymouth Church managers. It is only o little remarkable that none of them havo suggested that she prosont herself to the jury in the attitude 80 vividly described by Mr. Brecnmn himsolf, with folded hands and closed oyes, “like some forms carved in marble I had seon upon monuments in Europe.” Daily Mrs, Beecuer rushes forward and embraces Mrs, Tuton— for effect, Plymouth Church occupies tho wholo court floor—for offect, smiles at the sallies of Bexcuen’s counsel, turns up its eyes in holy horror at the points mado by Mr, Truroy’s counsel, shoots glances of defi- anco at Mr, Tinton, rogards the jury in o patronizing manner, receives Mr. Bezcurn in its Friday-evening prayer-meeting style, and loads his table with bouquets. Mr, Brzcuzn himself, for effect, pays no attention to tho proceedings, but sponds his time in reading ‘' good books,” and after ad. journment seeks to hob-nob with Mr. ‘Tixton'a counsel, and delivers himself of certain pleasantrios aud jokes to show tho jury he is not in “a cave of gloom.” When Mr, Bezoner endhiscounsel depart, Plymouth Church makes a rush to seo them off and give thom o triumphant oxit of cheers. All this may be a very good stroke of policy for Mr. Bzzonzr and his counsel, but it amounts to an attempt to influence the jury, and should be treated as o contempt of the court, It shows that Plymouth Church is de. termined to force a verdict, and a vordict ob- tained under such circumstances will settle none of the merits of this case, Mr, Bezon- En may be acquitted by the outside pressure brought to bear by Plymouth Church, but such an acquittal will leave him in the publio estimation precisely where he was before the trial commenced. A decent re- gard for public opinion and for tho proprie- ties of this trial should have induced him to establish his innocence in such a manner that no appeal could be taken from it, Un- seemly merriment, brow-bonting of Mr. ‘Tiron, and influencing of the jury by force of numbers and social influence, will not clear up-his reputation, The people of this coun- try want to believe Mr, Bezoner innocent and to see this terriblo scandal removed from the church and society, but Mr. Brzousn has commenced in a very curious way to ac- complish this much-desired result, ———— On the 28d of May, 1857, the Logislaturo of the Territory of Minnesota incorporated Enasros Coanine and twonty-five others as the Nebraska & Lako Superior Railroad Oom- pany, with authority to construct a railrond from some polnt on Lake Superior (in Minne- goth), thence weaterly within the Territory of Minnesota to the Nebraska line, Thia char- tor was subsequently accopted by a notice to that effect signed by eighteen of the corpora. tors, A year later, in Moy, 1858, the people of Minnegots adopted a Constitution and were admitted as a State inthe Union, That Constitution provides that ‘no corporation shall be formed andor spocial acta excopt for rauniotpal purposes,” On the 6th of March, 1861, the Legislature of the Btate of Minnaso- to 4 ‘on aot to amend on act entitled an act to incorporate the Nebraeka & Lake Superior Rollroad Company." The firat neo- tion of thia amendatory aot provides “ that tho act, oto, be and tho same is hereby amended and continued so that it shall read as followa" It then proceeds ds nove to in- corporate Lrwan Darrow and alzteen othors an the “Lake Superior & RBallrdad | Company.” It authorized tho Company to construct a railway from Lake Superior to kone point on the Mirsissippi River. Tha 'Yho last-named Company organized, and bit constructed a railrond from Duohith southerly to St. Paul. In 1868, the actof 1861 further amended so as_to authorize the Co pony to condemn land without trial by jury. Under this law, tho Railroad Company pros ceeded to condemn cortain lands in Bt. Panl, the owners of which brought suil to restrain the Company. 'The Bapreme Court of Mine nesota, inan elaborate opinion which woud cover five or aix columns of ‘Tun 'Tniausxr, hag decided 1, That the Legislature of tha State could not, in 1861, under the pretense of amen the charter granted if 1857 by tho Territorial Legislature, make a new grant of powcrs, 2, That the act of 1862 way, in law and fact, the creature of a new corporation, with new franchises, nud that the two acts were separate and distinct acta of incorporation. 3, That tha net of 1861 was void, having beon prohibited by tho express letter of the Constitution of tho State, This decision destroys the legal character of the corporation, which has outstanding somo $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 of capital stock ard some $20,000,000 of bonds, All these bonds are invalid, thero being no such corporation in legal oxistence, though per. haps the debt remains as a lien on the prop. erty purchased or constructed with their pro. cceds, THE COURT OF CLAIMO, The Court of ‘Claims was established by act of Congress in 1855, Its bnsinoss has conetantly incrongod, and go largo heve been the numbor of the causes referred to it for adjustment, and so vast the amounts involved, that tho beat legal talont in tho country is required upon the Bench of that Court. That, with the most unflinching integrity, can alone savo the vation from the loss of millions of money, At tho time it wag or- ganized, tho salaries of tao Judges wero fixed at $4,000 per yoar, and, notwithetanding the great appreciation of tho cost of living, only 500 have since been added. Tho salarios of tho Judges of the Supromo Court have beon raised from $6,000 ta 10,000 por year, and nobody over claimed that this figuro is too large for tho men nnd for tha services they are required to perform. At thoir present ralary the Judges of tho Court of Claima can baroly support thoir families in Washington, and if they aro large they caunot do even that. It is plain, thorofore, that some ressonablo in- erongo must bo mado, or Judges of inferior abil- ity, and what is far worse, perhaps, of doubtful bonesty, will soon replace thoso who havo heretofore served their country fo long and so well at what all must confess is an inadequate compensation. Doubtless plenty of men can be found who would gladly accept tho alfico at any salary tho most romoraclesa economy could suggest; but thoy would soon bo rolling in milliona derived from the infamous Ring thioves whose villainies they would quietly sanclion, Tho readers of Tae Tarmoye noed not be told thot we ero inflexibly opposed to oll setary- grahs, to Credit Mobiliers, snbsidy ateale, Pacifia Mail, and every other kind of swindle, come thoy from political friends or focs ; but this doea not estop us from commonding Congross should thoy mako @ reasonablo addition to the nalaries of tho Judges of the Court of Claims. Whilo on this subject we quote the romarke of Sonator Bayann, of Delaware, at the timo the salarios of the Supromo Court were increased, om 6 motion to increase the sslarics of the Judges of the Court of Claims to $8,000: Mu, Paesmpenr: I cannot imagine how it bag been ihat, in providing an advanco of tho ralaries of tho diudgéa of the Buprome Court, “an equally mart- torious clies of men,” those whose line of duty 1a upor qulltous bigh a grade, whose responsibilities are just aa great, roquiring almost, if not quite, ag high s do grco of professional aldil, as much labor, and certainly aa high qualifications, the Judges of the Court of Claims, should have been whoily omitted, ‘They arc entitled, in my opinion, to almiost, if not quite, ax bigh Aralaty aa tho Judge of tho Supreme Court, As T maid before, tho grade of the questions with which they are occupled for a large portion of tho year is quits a high oa that of any of our Judges, in every respect this amendment offers a very moderate compensation for one of our hardeat-worked and moat dosorving of our public acrvante, I Lope there will bo no objection to tle amendment, but it will be adopted without dime ont, ——— Aye we to suppose that the press of tho grea City of Now York is as hopelessly ccrrupt as its Governmont ; that the champions of the White League bandittt and Brooklyn motality are thiover and blackmailers? It would seom#o. Wa have called attention sqveral times to tho bitter at tacks.made by the Now York Jierald and one o two other papers upon Comptroller Green. They have demanded his head ; have ageailed him day after day with vituporation and calumny, until at Inet one nowspapor came to hin rescuo, The Daily Graphic hes dono for Mr. Bennett and one or two others what the Now York Times did tor Twexp, CoNNoLLy, BWEENEY, and thelr pals, It has exposed tho koavyery aud thoft of tho Herald, the animus of ite at tacks upon Comptroller Guozex, and made manifest the courage of that official in braving auch powerfal opposition as tho Herald in dotonse of tho City Treasury. Mr. Beyxert, as proprietor of tho New York Herald aad the Evening Telegram, claimed billa for ad- vertising of the amounts respectively of 844,824.80 and 928,000. Among the items of the bills wore those: Advertising the Mayor's mos- ange, six columna, $1,625; Report of the Board of Public Works, $1,870 ; Comptroller's Roport, 2,825 ; Report of Puvilo Parks Commissionora, $9,268 ; Department of Docks, $1,500, and so ontothgond. These wore the items for which Mr. Benner charged tho city $72,824.80. Au every sane porson knows, tho Mayor's mes- saga and similar documents aro pub- lished a8 mattera of news, but Mr. Bex- wetr chore to mako them matters of profit. In addition to this, tho charges were at the rate of $18 line, instoad of 40 conts a lino, tho ;rogular advortising ratos. Mr. GRcEN ro- fused to allow the chargo of 81s line, and at the rogular advertising rates paid Mr. Bennstr his claims, loys respectively $11,927.60 and 914.- 183,20 for the two papers, the proprietor of tho Herald and feleqram giving a rocoipt in full, signed by Mr. W. H. Henny, his authorizod agent, Mr. Bennerr novor forgave Mr. GnzeN the deduction of this aum, and, falling to extort it from him by flinging dirt and threatoning to cause Green's removal, brought suit against the clty, These damaging charges aro supported by” the publication in fac-scmile of five documents by the photo-lithographio process, ‘Two of thom authorize W. H. Henny to receipt for Mr. Ben- Nerr; two moreare the rocelpte for the sums of 999,470.80 and 18,847.80, dated July 0, 1872, and Aug. 29, 1872, raspectively, and tho fifth is the preposterous bill of @26,998 for publishiog the Mayor's mosaage and accompanying docu- monte. That Mr, Benxerr sbould have the effrontery to revive the knayory of the Tammany Ting fa not astonishing, however. It {s tho firet truite of the return of New York to Democratic rule. His departure for Europe was tluoly. po were ox-Judge Monais and bi Evizaberu TiLtoM, The father w: firm, ‘The daughter clung to him, and down. She was clothed wholly in black, and wore & black Inco veil before Ler fave.=-Chicago Pina’ apeciat dtepatch, Te was a Utils remerkable that Mss, Tr-roxt enterod ther, who fs the connsel of bor hushand, and int proving her abause, Ita badly mixed-u; Pp mass, ow st will {urs out is beyoud the kon of morial mun,—Chiouge WNmea! editorsat commient, 4 It to a badly mixed-up’ mess,—on the part of tho Times. ‘Tho name of Mrs, Tivton's father was Richards. Her mother's socoul husband was Judge Monax, But this is as neor the truth asthe Times usually comes, shter, Mrs. ieod’ erect, und 1d ber hoad The Minneapolis Mail says: "The beat judges of the rosp.octive strength of the Repub- Ioan onndidatea for the Benste place them as Solloviei TWaakemy, 80; Date Mts Wasuiuat