Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 20, 1875, Page 4

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDN ESDAY, JANUARY 20, 18765. ec ee eS TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATER OF EURRCRIPTION (ATANLR TN ADYANCE), Postage Prennld nt this Ofice. 93.00 : 8.00 Patel tay and mfatak In fot, ineludin Remittancos may Lemade either by draft, ctpress, Post- ‘Ofewerder, or in registered letters, at aur risk, ‘TERME TO CITY aUHECHIBENS. Patly, delivered, Sunday excepted, 26 conta perweek Datly, detivered, Suntay included, 30 conte per week Address THE TRIBUNE COMPAN Corner Madieon and 1 + Chicago, fit, ‘TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. MY ERIS THEATHE—Madison strent, botwean eR aan, Tingagonant of ihe Steakores Opers-Troupo. * Faust." ACADEMY OF MUSIC—Iialsted street, between Med- jrond Montee. Hugngement of denn Mecniiough. Seommorm te Katherine and Petracilo.” — Rrentag, Gack Cade," jOAGO Bt pormand Biaten Jonroe atreet, hetwaen Deare ears ins Man-Trap.” atreot, opposite RRA-MUUSE—Clark GRAND, OPERA TOU ar) noyite Bherman House, Kelly & Leon's Minstrels, Grace the Duke. Afternoon and evonlue, MOOLEYS THRATRE—Randolon street, citar Gnd Lagatlen “Magnolia.” Afternoon aa between avening. ADREI RATRE—Dearho-n strect, corner Mon- SOCIETY MEETINGS. MASTER MASONS! ASSOCIATION the Masons! Asscolation Is horeby caltod forthe coustiter- stton of the proposed building Tasy,, ‘ednesday, Jan. PO, at3:W ys my aun 2, No, &7 Washington-at. A tail attendance expocted, By order of tho Secrotary. ——— nt —A, meoting of INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. PAGE-Cits, Suburban, and Country Real mater Waning to Beate, Hoarding and Todging, Var tend Found, Horses and Carrlaxes, Rants tad, eter, atc. SEVENTH. PAGE—Arantoments, Now Publications, DeENRioamehips, Worcesterabiza Sauce, Rallrosd Time: ‘raposals, Instruction, ete. Che Chicano Cribune. Wednesday Morning, January 80, 1875. Mr. E. W. Keyes, Chairman of tho Repub- licnn State Central Committee, and Mr. Can- PENTER'’s most efficiont henchman, has tele- graphed to the Chicago Inter-Occan that the election of his man to the United States Senate is now certain, It has beon before now a species of campaign tnetics to ery vic- tory in the hour of defeat; and, though we flo not foro moment menn to intimate that Mr. Keyes’ utterances amount to so much as that, yet wo prefer to wait for better author- ity before believing that the game is up. —_—_—— Tndge E. RN. Hoan introduced a resolution in tho House of Representatives yesterday, di- recting the preparation of ao Dill to protect persons held in custody by the Sergennt-at- Arme from arrest on tho order of a District Court. The immediate occasion for the pre- sentation of the resolution was tho arrest of Waretaw Rem on tho suit of Anexan- per QR. Sueruenp., Mr, Ter, it must be understood, has been attacking Mr. Dawzs, pud Mr, Dawes is tho rival of Judgo Hoar before the Massachusetts Legislature for election to the United States Senate, So the appearanco of Judge Hoan as a champion of Tew before tho Iouso of Representatives is not without its significances Messrs. Dawes and Brcr havo had their turn at the correspondents, and have been quite as considerate and decent towards the gentlemen of tho press as the circum- stances would permit. Tho members of tho Committeo on Ways and Menus who havo been maligned by tho correspondents aro Dawes, Beck, and Woop. The reflections upon the integrity of theso men were Lased on mero gossip of the strects, which ‘was itself invented by Newspaper Row. Mr. Wurrenaw Rem himself was compelled to confess in the case of Mr, Dawes that ho had no evidence whatever to support his ac- cusation, and that he did not believe thero was any. Toe Cuicaco Trmune owes noth- ing to any of the persons concerned, but, on grounds of abstract justice, it cannot with- hold its condemnation of the correspondonts who have recklessly assailed the reputations of public men for the sake of a sensation, or to subserve private and unworthy ends, Mr, 3, B, Currrenpen, the Republican re- eontly elected to filla vacancy in Congress by a Democratic constituency in Brooklyn, aroso to a personal explanation yesterday, and corrected statements recently made in tho editorial columns of Tuz Trmusz, On tho authority of the Hartford Post, we said that the Congressman from Brooklyn wos the Onitrespen implicated in tho Pacific Mail scandal. ‘Tho truth ia, ac- cording to Br, Dawes, that ono Lu- cra E. Currrenpen hos confessed to having received Pacific Mail money, and Snavon B, Currrenpen is inno way involved. We take great ploasuro in making all tho amends in our power to the honest Mr, Cuut- TENDEN; and the dishonost one, we hope, will understand that Tux Trrovne hos a very poor opinion of him, Aftor all, the mistake ds not 60 inexcusable ns the one committed by the Chicago Zimes, tho othor day, when it made out the guilty mon to be Gzoncr R, Onrrrenven, otherwise known as Count Fosco, Balloting for United States Senators began yesterday in twelve Legislatures, Elections wero virtually made in Dolawaro, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, New York, and Pennsylvania, ‘The successful candidates in these States, in the order named, ore: Bay- anp (Dem.), MoDonatp (Dem.), Hastum (Rep.), Cocunet (Dem.), Kennan (Dem.), aud Waxtace (Dem.),—n Domocratic gain of four votes in the United States Senate, There is good-sized Republican bolt in Minnesota, which will probably de. feat Nawszy, In Michigan, Cuanpien showed unexpected strength on the first bal- lot, lacking only four votes of an election, Dawes polled ten more yotesin tho Massa- chusetts Legislature on the second ballot thanhe did at any time during the entire contest last yenr, Io will probably be eloct- od to-day, if Mr, Hoan's friends cannot be got to unite with the Democrats on Cuannes Franow Apans, or some other Indepondent, and of this thero is little likelihood, Anoy Jounson did not make so good a record on tho first ballot in Tonnesseo as was genorally expected. His chancos, however, aro still good. The Chicago produca markets were again irregular yesterday, Mcss pork was active, and 30@10c per brl lower, closing firmer at 17.70@17.75 cash, and $17.85@17.87 1.2 seller February, Lard was active, and 19@ 12 1-20 per 100 ths lower, closing at $13.20@ 18,22 1-2 cash, and $13.27 1-2@1.8,30 for February, Moats were moderately active and easier, at O 1-80 for shoulders; 9 1-80 for short ribs; pnd 91-20 for short cleara, Dressed hogs wore dull and weak, at 97.00@ 8.00, Highwines wore less active and steady, at G40 por gallon, Flour was dull and wook. ‘Wheat was in fair domand aud frmog, cloring at 88 1-20 cash, and $9 1-8¢ scller February, Corn was dull, and 1-1@1-2¢ lower, closing at Ge cash, and 72.4-8e for May. Oats wero dull, and 1-8@1-fe Tower, cloning at 52 1-2c cash, nnd 62 3-4e seller February. Ryo was quict and steady at 97e. Barley was dull and steady, closing at $1.27 for February. On Saturday evening last there was in store in this city 2.826,030. bu wheat, 1,460,155 bu corn, 607,830 bu oats, 23,379 bir rye, and 290,422 bu barley. Iogs wero dull at Mon- day'n decline; sales at 85.50@7.10. Cattle and shcep were in large supply and lower. Se The Bourbons held amecting in Cincin- nati on Saturday Inst, to ‘‘indignate,” at which speeches were mado and letters rend in reference to the Louisinna business. The Cincinnati patriots were a little late in their indignation, and evidently wero not awaro thet tho Enstern Bourbons have not only censed howling, but are admitting, very re- Inetantly, that there was nothing to howl about, Novertheless, they went over the old ground, made tho stereotyped specelies, pronounced the President a tyrant, SHentDaN his minion, the Republican party a body of conspirators, ete, ete., and howled as loudly as they could to make up for the fact that they commenced howling so Inte in the day. "Tho Commercial of the next morning suggest- ed a fow things which thoy forgot to sry, among them tho following palpate hit at the absurdity of the pretensions of State Sover- cignty in Louisiana : An Toulsinna war first purcharod with the money of the Nauon, then defended from a foreign fon by tie Nathnal forces, and at last conquered by tho army avy of the Natiou, there 4s no peculiar ranctity fe Soverciguty inbering fu that Stite, She wae t with money hy JEFFRitsoN, defended agalnst the British by JacnsOn, and, when'in insurrection, con quered Dy Fannaotr and Ben Burnen. We rather think after thiy that she mny be raid to belong to * we, the people” who have formed “a mora perfect Union,” The puerile pret.nelons put forward ia bee hoif of State Sorereighty nowhere appear more abanrd thanins State that was naiied to the Nation with ‘Uayonets well driven in, Tho mecting of the State Farmers’ Asso- ciation in Springfield yesterday was an ovent of some importance in Hlinois politics. Al- thongh the officers tried to smooth over affairs, it was pretty evident from the tenor of the reports that tho interest of the farmers in tho separate political organizations which Messrs, Praca, Santi & Co, havo been trying to bring into existenco is rapidly de- clining. Tho State Association is bank- rmpt, even the salaries of the President and Sceretary remaining unpaid, The Pur- chasing Agency isa flat failure, ‘Tho mem- bership of the Association is computed in the vaguest kind of away by Mr. 8, M. Ssurn, who evidently has his own reasons for prefer- ring generalities to oxnet statements. All that ho ventured to say yesterday was that the total membership of all the industrial or- ganizations—ineluding Grangers, Sovereigns of Industry, ete.—in the Stato was in the neighborhood of 150,000. Ho roughly esti- mated the Independent vote cast at tho last election nt $0,000, and gave this as a incasure of the State Association’s strength, Taking theso facts as they are presented by persons most kindly disposed to tho Farmers’ Asso- ciation, and considering that no national is- sues wero involved in tho election of Inst fall, it is not a rash prediction that the Farmers’ Association will cut no figure at all in the Presidential election. The Granges, itis quite evident, have swallowed the Associa- tions, and hereaftor all political action on the part of tho farmers will proceed, indircctly, through the secrot societies. Tho choice of the farmers in 1876 will in most cases bo be- tweenthe Republican and Democratic parties, THE COMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Yho importance of some action at this nossion of Congress to regulate the mode of counting the electoral vote for President and Vice-President is daily assuming a grover aspect, Congressional noglectof this subject is but preparing the way for, if not inviting,» civil wor, ‘The election of 1876 may bo a close one, and the vote of oven the smallest State may determine the result, The duty of counting the vote is imposed on Congress, which body meets in joint session on the sec- ond Wednesday in February, 1877, to open, examino, and count the returns of the elect- oral vote. ‘The Constitution is silent as to tho authority of Congress to determine the validity of the roturns whero two separate re- turns are made from o State, or where the election in such State is claimed to have been fraudulent, ‘This power has beon, however, assumed by Congress, o3 implicd in tho authority to open and count tho returns and declare the result, But Congress consists of two ITlousos, each more or less indepondont of the other, In 1861, the electors of Wisconsin did not mect at the State Capital to voto for President on the day named by law,—a storm or other ac- cident preventing the mecting,—and thoy met and voted next day, This was clearly illegal ; but o8 thovotoof thatStatein no wise changed tho rosult, it was counted, notice of the informality being placed on the record, In 1869, the vote of Georgia was oxcluded. In 1873, the votes of Louisiana and Arkaneas wore oxcluded on the ground that the eloc- tions in thoso States wore fraudulent. In neithor of these cases did the exclusion havo the effect of changing the result of the eleo- tion, But the procedent has been establish- od that Congress may act authoritatively on this subject, and exclude tho vote of a State, or, where two returns are made, to select either asthovalid one. This matteris further complicated by arulo, adopted in joint con- vantion of the two Houses, whereby all ques- tions arising onthe canvass of tho returns are to be deolded by cach House acting soparately, aud not by tho two Houses col. lectively, Under this ruto both Houses must assent to the counting of the voto of cnch State. So long os the rejection of a vote does not chango tho general result of tho election, there may bo no occasion for strifo; but tho possibility of such an event is so imminent that wiso and patriotic statesmen should seek to avoid the ocourrence of such a calamity. Now, the the election of 1876 may be a closo one, the sesull of which nny depend on the vote of Louisiana, Avkansas, Florida, Alabama, or Mississippi, in each of which States thore ix aperpetuul conflict between the whites and tho blacks, and where the chargos of intimi- dation of tho blacks by tho whites and of frauds are conatantly mado, and doubtloss with more or lesa truth. Now, if the olec- tions in those States bo charged with fraud, and, as was the case in 1873 {n Louisiana and Arkansas, both sides should return an eleo- toral vote, aud the counting or non-counting of the voto of oithor or any of those States should have the effect of changing the gen- eral result, Congress will be brought face to fece with tho momentous diffloulty. We levo in tho St. Louis Republican, o Democratic paper, the suggestion and the threat, that} when, in 1677, the two Houses of Congross meot to count the votes for Presidoxt, tho Democratlo House, being mora numerous than the Re- publican Scuaie, will repeal the joint rulo which authorizes ench Houso to act sepn- rately, and thus giveto the Houso the numeri- cal power to decide all questions,-~to decide what votes shall bo conntod snd what shall not be, and, of course, to declare the gencral resnlt of tho election, ‘Lo this action tho Re- publican Senate and the country will have to submit or revolt. There is no appenl from auch © proceeding to any judicial tribunal. ‘The alternative, no mattor how infamous or rovolutionary the proceeding, roust be subs mission or revolt. Even if tho joint rule were not repented, and each House be al- lowed ns now to jiegative the counting of the voto of any State, the rejection of the vote of Arkansas, on the ground of fraud, by tho Sonate may be offsot by the rejection of the vote of Connecticut by the House, and thus the negative of oach House would bo Lalanced or overrenched by the negative of tho other Hongo, until at Inst the vote of the Electoral College may be all thrown out, or a. auflicient number rejected to give the choico of President exclusively to the Democratic House of Representatives, If, soventy years ago, inthe very infancy of the Ropublic, a strife of this kind came near dismoembering the Union, what may be expected now, when partisan feeling is not only far more intense, but the number of States and of pooplo ton- fold greater? In view of this Democratic threat of what the Democratic House can do and will do in 1877, it becomes the duty of every honest man. in Cotigress who favors honest elections and houest counting of the results to provide by law for some other mode of counting and do- claring the results of Presidontial cloctions than the present ons, Avoitlance is wisdom, "The country does not want a civil war, yet wo know of no provocation thereto groater than a partisan defeat of the will of the peo- ple in the election of President, ‘fwo plans have been proposed: Mr. Monros's plan is to disponso with tho Elect- oral College, and havo the people vote directly for President and Vice-President in districts as for Congress; tho person having a majority in each district to bo crodited with one vote therefor; and tho person having the majority in the greater numbor of dis- tricts in o State to hava the two votes for tho State at Iargo,—a special tribunal to bo cs- tablished to canvass the returns aud declaro tho result, ‘ ‘Tho other plan is that proposed by Senator Wniout, to have the Presidout and Vice-President elected by the popular voto of the whole people of the United States, without reference to any electors or to any special number of votes from each State. Whether either of these plans be the propor one, or that some other will furnish a bottor means of securing an honest election and o non-partisan canvass of the returns, the ne- eessity of soma action by Congress and at this session to avert a possible ropetition of the Louisiana scandal on a national scale, is none the less evident TRE COOK COUNTY NATIONAL BANK, Tho stockholders of the Cook Couaty Na- tional Bank decided Monday ovening that the bank should go into voluntary liquidation, and its business was formally suspended yes- terday morning, Its remittances from the country were turned over to the Third Na- tional Bank, which took care of tho country drafts that camo in during the day, and thus averted’ anything like a panio among. tho country banks which kept thoir balances with the Cook County National, In the city the suspension occasioned no excitement whatever and scarcely any comment, Tho line of country deposits was confined to Iowa banks, and mostly to the old friends and former business associates in that Stato of ‘Mr. Anizn, the President; tho line of city deposits had been narrowed down within the past year to the some personal relatiors in Chicago, The consequonce is, that the fail- uro of the bank has no commercial sig- nificanco whatever, and it did not cause the slightest ripple in commercial circles aithor in Chicago or in the country districts doing business with Chicago. ’ Tho management of the bank may be char- acterized as unfortunate almost from the very beginning, without meaning thereby to cast any reflections upon its former or present officers. Something was anticipated from certain political connections at first which ‘was never realized, an instance of which may be cited by the presence of o former Ponsion Agent in the Directory. It is belioved, too, that there were certain nowspaper connec- tions under both managements which wero unprofitable, There is no reason to beliove that either of these cascs was serious enough to cripple the bank, but they will serve as indications of a tendency to operations outside of careful banking which, in the aggregate, will account for its misfortunes, Of akin with these was tho bank’s advances to n certain railway project with which it was generally identified in financial circles, and which has been an absorbent of the moneys invested therein. A considerable amount of these railway scouritios are still held by the bunk, The prosont management hns also been associated with certain speculations on the Board of Trade which have oventuated in disaster, though this connection is claimed not to have been a fatal agont in precipitating the suspension, However, tho succesaion of thesa and other individual connections that werg coatly will, in the aggregate, account for tho bank's troubles in the minds of cautious bankers and conservative businoss mon, The bank was practically the property of Mr. B, F, Aue, who came hero about two years ago from Iowa. Bir. Anew hos moro than once intimated that the bank was not in as healthful a condition when he bought it as he then believed; that considerable of its Dills receivable woro difficult of collection ; and that hie anticipations of realiZing thereon wero deranged and dislocated by the panic and the stringency that followed it. But he has also frecly admitted that he himself has made mistakes, and he makes no effort to shirk any of the responsibility, Te owns tho great bulk of the stock himsolf; tho remaindor is divided up in small parcels, which may causo some individual distress, As to tho deposit. ors, however, it is claimed, and there is rea- son to believe, that they will be paid in full, in timo ; though, owing to the unnegotiable and somewhat irrogular character of the bills rooeivable, it will probably require consider- able delay in settlement, and may in tho end exhaust the capital stock, which is $500,000, ‘The statoment of the bank, Dea, 81 last, rop- resented a surplus of undivided profits of &07,737, which, while wo have no doubt it ‘was nominally correct, was calculated to mis. Tead as to the actual condition of tho bauk. ‘Tha surplus is evidently invested in seourl- ties which are not negotiable, and this is the renson why the profits could not be divided, We oro inclined to think that the great bulk of the capital and deposits is similarly in- vested, bi As wo have already intimated, thé failure of the Oook County National has been thor. oughly discounted by the eommercial com- munity. ‘E¢ ls genatally understood to have been in a weak condition ever since tho panic, a year ago Inst fall, Tt was one of the banks that then closed its doors tomporarily ; but, unlike tho others whieh resumed, it has filed to recuperate, Tho reavon of thia must bo -found in the uncommercial chacnctor of its bills receivable and tho nn. negotiable naturo of its securities, Other- wise tho bank woult have found no difienlty in recovering, for there has nover been a time when money was moro plenty among banks whose resources were perfoatly good, nor when iteould be borrowed on absoluto security at lower rates of interest, Tho trouble was in the nature of tho securi- ties, Asan outgrowth of (he panic, the bank was forced to take a Inrge amount of real es- tate (it reported $174,000 worth in its Inst statement), and probably at high prices, ‘Ihe character of tho bids receivable and other so- curities besides real estate has already been described in a general way. The utmost confidence is overywhere ex- pressed in tho personal integrity of Mr. B. F, Aves, and much sympathy is expressed at his misfortune, but thero is quite a general feeling now that his private fortuno has hith- erto been over-estimnted. Tho bulk of it seems to be invested in mortgages on Town farms and in Towa lands, which ara not now salable. It is said that Mr. Aunen had made arrangements for funding his securities and raising a large amount of money on them; and that the partial failuro of this arrange- mont led to tho closing of the bank, as it was his intention to have used tho funds s0 ob- tained for helping the bank over its troubles, Mr, Antex now expresses tho intention of dovoting all of his private means, if necessary, to the payment of the bank depos- itors, Owing to the way in which his assets are ‘spread out,” and his somewhat com- plicated relations with cortain speculative operators, it is impossible to say how largo this private fortune is ; but it will probably be sufficient to supply any deficioucy that may romain after the conversion of the bank's assets, ifthere be nny. Tho deposits aro yarionsly estimated between $600,000 and 700,000, Over $100,000 is thonglt to be due to Iowa banks and bankers, and less than $200,000 due to city depositors. About one- fourth of the latter is due on tho certitied matgin-checks of Capt. Jack Srunczs, the Board of Trade operator. So it will seom that the line of purely commercial deposits had shrank to on insignificant sum, and the effect of the failure commercially will be nil, THE LAST OF THAT HOWL, Abont the most edifying spectacle in recent journalism is the manner in which the Bour- bon newspapers are eating their own words, particularly tho New York papers, Such a getting down from high horses, such feats in crawiishing, such ground and lofty tumbling, such sudden diminuondos of howling, such grave and placid domeanor after their recent. clnmorous nonsonse nnd insane hullabatoo, and all within o little week, have not been witnessed before for along time. Only one week ago they concentrated their vocal abil- ity aud scurrilous powers in one pro- longed yell against tho President and the Republican party, until they grow red in tho face, and scared quict pooplo into the notion that the President was about to don the Cwsarean crown and let his lieu- tenonts loosa upon tho South to lay waste, slaughter, and burn. One of tho loudest of these howlers was that ‘ rock-buttressed” Bourbon, the New York World, which is now eating humble-pie with cheerful alacrity and striving to convinco poor old Mr. Coorun and older Mr. Buyanr that it did not howl at all, and that some one olse must have dragged them out to the indignation meating. The latest discovery of the World is tho fact that the President has the right undor the laws to make use of tho military power, which compels it to make tho following ad- mission: ‘Under tho existing lav, President Gnawto an, when evor ho Lolleves it ix impracticable m New York, by yenson of unlawful obstructions, combinations, or as~ weinblages of persons, or robeltion ngalnst tho authority of the Governinent of the United States, to enforce by the ordiuary course of judicial proceed- fuga the Federal laws, employ the ormy and uavy to accomplish those things, provided ho, by prociatna- tion, commands the inmurgenta to disperse and retire totieir homes, Mo w tudopendent of courts and Judicial oflvers, and so, in tui service, 1s the mill. tary, There ts uo ueod of on applicetion by tho Gore ernor or Logislature of a State, lu can act on hisown ination aud application of tho itness of things, This is not all, end by no means tho worst. The World has another admission to make, which it does very pathetically but very thoroughly, evidently fecling that full con- fession is goodforthesoul, Says the Work: Lut thin te not the worst of It, The recent Rovisod flatutes havo incorporated, under the title “Insure rection," @ provision of the law to uphold the Hour- teenth ‘Atnendmont of the Coustitutlon, whereby the Provideut cab, without the application of any oiflelal, olther State or Foderal, Executive or Judiolal, march tropa iuto any State for the suppression of auything he calls an insurroction or domestic violence, or ao conibiuation which, iu his opiniou, deprives of Nation- al righta any portion or claea of people of aay Statet Having mado these discoveries of facts, here ig the mannor in which tho World appplica them to the Louisiana case: In rospect, therefore, to the condition of things in ‘New Orleans a woek eyo leat Mond.y, it may be sald that, if it preacnted « cuso of insurrection agalunt the Government of Louistans, then President Guawr could not employ the army unless on an upplication of the Legialature, or of tho Governor if tue Leyirlature eould uot boconvened, But if, on the other bund, it presented a cave of unlawful obutruction, or combina ttous, or assemblage of persons, or rebeliioo, or insur rection, or domestiv viul ogaiust the Fedural Government, or of any of the things tendiug, in the opinion of the President, to ceprive anybody of bis national of local rights in that S.ate, then he was not bound to await the application of to Btuta uuthoritler, but could march the troops into New Orleans and em- ploy them, subject only to thy gouoral reatrainte of his oficial oath and of puntelment by impeachment, The World bos now done the handsomo thing, although it knocks out all the undor- pinnings from under the Bourbons and saws off the limb upon which thoy aro sitting. Tho most pathotio result of the World’s discove- ries, however, is the fact that poor old Mr. Dayant, after having been dragged away fyorn his Howznon cold winter night to grind the Bourbon hurdy-gurdy, must now abandon his intention of impeaching tho President. How cau an official bo impeached for doing whot tho law allows him todo? It is sad, but sadder remains to come, Tho World ia.the great Bourbon organ,—the “yock-buttressed" Bourbon organ,—and now thot it as backed in its tracks, all tho little Bourbon organs must right-about-fuco and toke the back track also, The leador has sounded the retroat. But why didn’t this big Bourbon find out all theso facta before it howled, and save itself its wind and its readers its silly babblo and clamor? It was just as cosy at the outset as now for it to dis- cover that the Louisiaua Logislaturo was “an irregular and unlawful assemblage” when Wruirz seized it; that the Democrats first called upon the troops; that the President had nothing todo with it; that Gon. Susnman had nothing to do with it; that the Repub- lican party had nothing to do with it; and that the Prosident had the right under the law to call upon the troops, tho law leavingit to his disoretion ; and lastly, that tho Preal- dent had such good discrotion that he de- claros in his mossage he ‘can conccive of no oase, not involving rebollion or inshrrec- tion, whore anch interference by the atthori. ty of the General Government ought to be permitted or oan be justified, The World now hopes that the Democrats will repeal tho tnw, Wo hopo so too, The alacrity with which they howled for tho troops to put ont a few policemen when there was no occasion for it, is significant of wht might happen should they ever be ins position to use the military themselves, THE STATE GRANGE ON AUDSIDIES, ‘The Illinois Stato Grango has adopted tho report mado to it by ite Committco on 'Lrans- portation, ‘Tho document which wo pub- lished in our issue of the 16th inst. may therefore bo regarded os tho authoritative utterance of a largo number of Hlinois farm- ers on several important subjects, Ona of these subjects ix subsidies. Tho Grange is unalterably opposed to granting tho people's money to private railronds. It believes that railway competition is a better safeguard against extortion than railway legislation, which belief shows a decidod gain in sound sense, but it thinks that private persons should build the neccs- sary routes without public aid. The langunge of tho report on this point is strong. Wo quote: “Wo ato not prepared to reeom- mend ony subsidy to any [railroad] route, however ‘ell guarded may bo its provisions against frand, or grabs, or Credit Mobiliers ; but if such ean be built by private enterprise, wo wolcome them as tonding to supply more compotition and thus tending to reduce freights to the xenboard.” ‘This is sound doc. trine. Wo are glad to seo the Illinois Grange putitself on record in this way. It should send ongrossed copics of this passage to tho erring brethren in the Sonthern Granges whom Tox Scorr lins captured, ‘They renlly ought to know better than to allow them- selves to bo used ns ent's-pawa by tho greatest railroad monopolist of the country, The Hinois Grange, apparently on the principle that a bird in tho hand is worth two in the bush, and despite its already expressed. views on the ineflieacy of snid railroad Jaws, wishes to maintain our present statute rather than trust entirely to the competition thet may or may not come. It declares its beliof that tho law is ‘¢ based on sound principles,” and that it should not bo amended until all the pendinglitigation under it is settled. It is best for the farmers that the railroads should be treated with oven-handed justice. If tho present law really wrongs them, it should be amended, ‘That community pros- pers best in which every class of interests has its due. Conservative wisdom marks most of tho Grange’s recommendations about water-ways, It wishes the nation to cast some money on the waters in tho hope of having it returned before many days, but it does not advocate wasteful subsidies. It asks for aid in improv. ing the Keokuk rapids, digging the Rock Island & Hennepin Canal, and opening the mouth of the Mississippi, ‘This last recom- mendation has a curious addendum tacked on toit. Itscoms that tho tugs which tow ves- sels up to Now Orleans chargo great prices for stnall services, —'I'wo tugs could be built for $75,000, which, by charging half the present rates for tonnage, would clear large profits, This is an admirablo field for privato enterprise, but the report wants the Govern- mont to go into tho tug business, ‘Tho next thing should logically bo to ask the Govern- mont to run a couple of express wagons in all our largo cities, in order to cut down the yates now demanded in that business, ‘The report sets forth the advantages of shipping grain via the Mississippi nud tho Gulf, Itargues that if grain can bo sent from California, Egypt, Chili, and Burnah on long oconn voyages, during some of which the equator is crossed twice, it ought to bo ablo to resist tho bad air of the Lowor Missis- sippi. Perhaps it ought, but it isn’t. Wo do not think that New Orleans can over ba a grent shipping port for the corenls of the Northwest. It can, however, and doubtless will, become moro of a distributing point for them,—a depot from which the Gulf States will draw their supplies of food grown in tho Upper Mississippi Valloy. On the whole, this report, though disfig- ured by the ono or two errors which wo havo criticised, is on admirable paper. It is good to know that the farmers of tho Northwost are still sick of subsidies, Thoy have not forgotton Credit Mobilier or Paciflo Mail, Congresemen had better tako o note of the fact. SENATOR LOGAN’S SPEECH. The speech of Senator Looan on “ Self- Government in Louisiana” has come to hand. It is a formidable document in length, and, as it would occupy about four pagos of Tae ‘Trinvne, it is manifestly impossible to print it. Tho telegraph has furnished a fair suin- mary of its contents, and has given its gen- eral spirit, so that it is only necessary to glance at a few points in the ‘embarrassment of riches” not hitherto prosented in detail, and of these the historical seem to possess the most value, especially in tho light of precedent, Atthe time Mr. Loca delivered his speech the whole Bourbon party was clamoring againat ‘the military usurpation,” as it was termod. Gen, Dx Tronatanp and his fifteen soldiers wore denounced on the stump, in legislative halls, in Congress, and in the press, a8 the minions of a tyrant and subvertors of popular liberty ond constitutional law, regardless of the fact that ‘the military usurpation" was in- sugurated by the Democrats themsclves, who mado the first call upon tho troops, Mr, Lo- aan emphasizes this fact by placing the Dem- ocrats upon the record to the “ military usurp- ation," and cites somo historical facta which will boar repetition, Over sixty yoars ago Gen, Jacnson asrrosted M. Lovtanuen, a member of the Logislature, who was one of the moat troublosome of his enomies, and then put the Judga of the United States Court, who had granted tho prisoner o writ of Habeas corpus, in jail, ond banished him from the city. The Democracy eulogized the General for the act, and afterwards elected him Prosident of the United States, In 1854 Faangxin Prenog, the Democratio President of tho United States, sent several soldiers and marines into tho City of Boston, arrested Axtzony Boas, a fugitive slave, and roturn- ed him to the State of Virginia on a Goy- ernment vessel, In 1856, under the orders of Jzrvzxson Davis, Secretary of War, act- ing under the authority of a Domocratio President, Col, Busnen, at the head of the United States troops, dispersed both Houses of the Free State Logislature at Topeka, Kan., by force, and this action was indorsed and applauded by the Democracy all over the country, In 1861, Gon. McCrznnan issued his order for the arrest of the Maryland Leg- islature, and the first opportunity that pro- sented itself the Demoorats ran him for President. Those instances are sufficient to stamp the inconsistency of the Bourbon ont- ory over the use of tho troops in New Or- leans, That point is now woll settled, and has already ceased to be used as a factor in the Loulaiana problom. The onlydlatinction which @ Demoorat draws is se to whose gorness and | ox is gored, If it is tho Repub- lican, tho uso of the troops is alt right; if tho Democratic, it is all wrong, When Wirzz enlled for the troops to disperse the polico, it was all right. en Kinoca called for troops, it waa all Wrong, Even whilo tho Bourbons all over the country were clamoring against military tyranny, Wirtz called upon the President to reinstate him with tho military, and it was all right. Sen- ator Loaan deserves the credit of having pushed tho Democrats to the wall upon this question and silenced their howling over the uso of troops. The closing portion of the Senator's speech is devoted to the defense of the Presi- dent, aud this defense was energetic, manly, and convincing. It was o defenso which eamo not only from 1 personal and political friend, but from a soldier. Timo has nlrendy justified tho de- fonse, Whilo we disagree with him that the recognition of Kertoaa would scttlo the Louisiana question, there nro many strong points in his speceh, especially in the arraignment of the Demoerncy for its inconsistency, and ono of tho strongest is his maatorly defenso of the President and Gon. Suenipay, and on this point tha fneta sus- tain him, and the Bourbon press now admit ho is right. Except in tho points we have specially indicated, Senator Loaay’s speech roviows facts which have beon many times atnted and disenssed during tho past fow weeks, and which need no furthor notice. As to tho matter of the speech, it is sufficiently radical to suit the most ardent Republican; asto tho manuer, it may pain Mr. Rromanp Grant Ware's sensitive heart to seo the view which Ir. Looan takos of ‘* Words and Their Uses.” THE KING OF THE LOBBY. We print tho ovidenco of Saw Wann, the “ King of the Lobby” at Washington, de- livered before tho Committee investigating the Pacific Mail subsidy, It is good rending. Sam came up smiling; in porfect good humor with himself and with everybody. He Isughed in tho most pleasant manner, end mado other pooplo langh. He told the story of how the lobby operated and how it got paid, and what it did with tho money, and really enjoyed the plersuro of being recog. nized as the King of the jackals. Ho was in favor of the subsidy personally, Ho ‘want edto see the American fag flying again on the ocean,” but he never did anything to bring that result about until Mr, Berner paid him $500 cash, and promised him 93,500 moro, Ie added, with the simplicity of King that can dono wrong, “I was agreeably surprised at boing retained, because that clenched my determination to do what I could for what I regarded o great national onter- prise.” Here was patriotism,—tho patriotism of tha lobby, Since Droxens described old Donrrr asthe Father of tho Marshalson, and pictured the prido of tho old beggar in receiving gratuities from visitors and follow-prisoners as a recog. nition of his rank, thera is nothing moro quaintly humurous than the sclf-satisfaction with which Sasr Wanp said to the Committee, “Twos rotainod, I suppose, because ‘tho King’s name is 9 towor of strength,’ and I am called the ‘King of the Lobby;’” and further, ‘Once in a while, 4 little windfall of this kind recompenses us, who are always toiling here. Iam not aot all ashamed,—I do not say I am proud,—but I am not at all ashamed of the occupation.” ‘This King of the Lobby entertained the Committeo with o description of tho ends that are accomplished by dinners, and, in answer to a question whether money was ever wasted on good dinnors, ho promptly re- spondod, ‘I do not think money is over wasted on o good dinner, If 1 man dines badly bo forgels to say his praycrs going to bed, but if he dines well he feels likoa saint.” ‘This is the philosophy of the profession that hires itself out to procure legislation, es- pecially of that questionable kind which has to be managed, as Wann ‘says, carefully and secretly, But Warp and his associates are mero blinds, They are feed more to keep thom quiet, and because they know and can suggest where moncy can be placed to do most good. Thoy give good dinners; make mombers feel like saints, and, when they havo been sanctified by oystera and champagne, then the gentlemon with tho long purses find them prepared to have the American flag again floating on tho high seas. The King of the Lobby was ovidently a mero puppet to get up gamo-dinners, tell good storios, sing jolly songs, and make the members foel joy- ful, while the Scuustazrrs and Brun Krxas were carrying the big checks and doing the heavy financial business, Sam Wann, who is not ashamed of his pro- fession, is morally far above tho officials who ont his dinners, drink his wine, and are pre- pared to receive proposals for their votes, 'Tho King of the Lobby, whoso aspirations are now ovidontly limited to procuring the means for a good dinnor, succeeded vory admirably, while professing to toll the whole story, in telling the Committee nothing what- ever respecting the Pacific Mall subsidy or any other corrupt job, In this ho was amart; under o show of plonsantry and candor, he prosorved the silence becoming hia rank os the recognized head of the lobby which rogu- lates legislation at Washington, It ig one of the errors of fogydom to regard the youthful habit of praotical juking sian ovi- douce of moral, and sometimes even mental, do- pravity of the foulast and moat hopeless descrip- tion. How many brilliant men havo boon lost to fame throagh a eilly practical joko which bag resulted in their expulsion from colloge will never bo known, but that some of the heroos of history have enjoyed but @ poor reputation for gravity and eolomn senso among their preceptora is sufficiently established, Ono need uot go far back to choowe an il- lustration, for tho hlatory of ono of the mout gallant men of modern timos, tho late Com- mander Cvsurna, furnished an examplo. Ho was ‘a wild, rebellious boy st school, and a fow years lator the idol of a nation, Tho Louisville Com- ‘mercial recruits the list of wild boys who hayo become famous mon with the name of Monour® D, Conway, by narrating tho cruel but ingenious practical joke played by him and two others upon Dr, Jeasz Psox, President of Dickinson Collego, and afterwards Dishop Prox, of the M. 2. Church, Upon the occasion of the inacguration of Preaident ‘Tax- ror, Dr, Pox left the College to be prevant at the ceremony, intending to stop at Staunton, Pa., to attend the annual conferonco, Conway wrote a letter to the Superintondent of the Insane Asylum at Staunton, minutely desorib- ing Dr. Pecx, and stating toat he was an un- fortunate monomanise who believed himeelf to bo Dr. Paos, of Dickinson College, signing it with Dr. Peox's name, Whon the good Presi- dent arrived at Staunton a strangor offered him & Beat fo his corsiage acd drove him ta the In- sano Asylum, whero was detained until some of bis friends “at the conference identified him. ‘The sourct was well kopt, and never till late! made publlc. It wow a oruel joke, but more thougitlous thaa malicious, as mont college | iokesare. Coxwar has ved to Ulustrats the fart that vitality, if excossivo, is not vieo, ond that a thaughtlers act of ingenious ernolty may bo committed in youth whieh s glorious mane hood may more than stone for. No sana man can dofend 9 practical joke npon any theory of aeneo, but who expoota nonge of aludents ? Cox. wav's accomplices in this sehomo were honowd members of society, one of them at loast nory. ing as Hoeretary of tho Louiavillo Industrial Convention, =e PERSONAL, Offenbach cannot vtand tho rank immorality and indecency of Sardou's plays. A theatrical advertisement in New York will draw 2,000 peoplo—wanting situations. A, T, Stowart has no insurance on his life, 11¢ finda the dimo savings banks pay botter, Mies Anthony, who recognizey only the rights of the vos, owos hor nativity to Adams, Mass, — World, Maj. J. W. Powoll, of yellowstona fame, ar rived in this city yenterday morning, and is stop. ping at the Grand Pacific. Vie Nono is going to guard St. Peter's with statues of thotwelre Apostles, and finish the group with a bust of himself. Now Unven haa lost ite oldest inbabitant in the porson of Heriah Bradley, aged 97, who has gone to another new haven. Mr, T. B, Blackstone, Piosident of the Chi+ cago & Alton ailroad, has gona to New York on business counected with the road. Chorry-Poctoral Ayer offered King Kalatcaus somo bair-rostoror, and tho monarch hinted that his own acalp needod attention most. Thoro was one Cooley of whom nothing erao) was evor said—Mre, Alico, of Brookfield, Masu., who died 5 Christian and a contonarian. ‘William Gordon is dead. Ifo was acento artlat for Charles Kenn at tho Princesa’ Thoatre during tho days of Shakaponrean pageant. He was 73, W. C. Cleland, the Goneral Woatorn Passenger Agent of tho Pittsburg, Fort Wayno & Chicaga Ttailrond, has recovered from his recent sickness, and was at his desk again yestorday. Mr. Fiold has procured, in addition to bis $15,000, adivorco from his wifo, and tho custo dy of his child. Mrs, ¥ield may not marry again, and refuses the @16,000, Ilow doos she propose to live? A butcher in London was triod for sending bad moat to market a short time ago, and, the charge boing proved, ho was given a month in prison, withont the option of a fino, His puvishment was meet. McFarland cays ho turned tho $25,000 over to John W. Fornoy, and yet, in all Forney's reminis- cences of great men, noither Mclarland, nor Attoracy Abert, nor Attornoy Irwin oro even mentioned by name, Clara Louiso Kellogg tells untruths. She says so wouldn't marry the best man in America, It is a joke, however, Sho knows we've been married a number of years.-- Rochester Democrat. J.J. J, Sullivan, formerly of Hooley'’s Thoatre, has married Katie Potuam, and now shares hor {oys, sorrows, professional Iabors, and board- bill, ‘Tho “‘heppy pair” have the warm con+ gratulations of the fraternity, Mr. Callan, one of tho oldest inhabitants of Washington, drank wine with tho first Adams on Now Year's Day, and an older inhabitant, David Hebron by name, haa shakon bands with evory President from Washington down, The name of the giver of anonymous £1,000 ebecks in England has cometo light by his doath. Ho was on old bachelor named Atwood, who gave away about 2,000,000, and loaves double that amount to bo scrambled for by his hoirs. Woodbull & Claflin will presont a petition ta Congress asking $100,000 indemnity for the sup. pression of their papor, their impnsonment, and persecution for publishing tho firat of the Beecher scandal. Butler, of course, approves, Mr, John B, Drake, propriotor of the Grand Pacifle Hotel, yesterday recoived, as token of ro- spect from formor omployos, a magnificont specimon of tho Amorican bald eagle, killod by Joln Doyle and Thomas Welch near Oconta Wis. The Profect of Toin-Tain, the port of Peking, China, whose salary was $1,500 por annum, Las just retired, aftor four yoars’ gervico, on = for tune of $750,000. He displayed thrift and in- dustry equal to the averago American offlce holder, A large number of tho employes of the various express companies throughout the Union ore stopping at the Grand Pacific, whero they will holds meeting of the Mutual Protection Life Insurance Company, 8 Company, organized and maintained among their own number. ‘Tho editor of the Ackley Independent retires te private life at Shawnestown, Ill. His farewell words to the citizens of Ackloy close with the following touching paragraph! ‘That the good Lord may love you all and prosper you, is the good-byo wish of him you have beon ploased to namo ‘Tho Hog on Ico.’ Several human skulls of the period of the “mound pulldces ” heving just been exhumed near Moyaville, Ky, From the enormous qu:utity of check of which they give evidence they ure supposed to havo once be Jongod to the citizens of some pre-historic Chicago, St, Louta Globe, But as thero never was a pro-hiatoric Chicago, and aa this joko ia some sixty-four years old by Shrewabury clocir, and av it was applied to some other circumstance, it doos not go for much. Saye the New York corrospondont of the Wor- cester Spy: ‘Tbe Wallacka havo always been rather celebrated for bounce, and somotimes try itonthe wrong people, Henry Wallack once, boasting of the history of hia family, told William Warren that tho Province of Wallachi was named for them. ‘Cortainly,’ ssid Warrov, ‘just a Moldavia was named for Mary Dnvia,'” {Wo are informod that tho Hon, Goorgo B. ‘Williame, formerly of Lafayatte, in thia State, bas rene'ved on engagement with the Japanes? Government, for an indofinite torm, as Commie- sloner of tho Imporiat Rovenus. He recoives& aslary of §10,000 & yoar, togather with a furnish- ed house, sorvants, ote, We learn thet Mr Williams has his family with him in Japan, aod ig perfeotly satiaflod with hia situation and sur roundings. Moat persone would be.—ZJndianap> tia Journal, Whon Bill King was first developed, Mr. F, W. Palmer, the chlef proprietor of tho Infer-Ocan, vent a telegram simultaueously to the St, Pact Press, Pioneer, and Minneapolis Tribune, eotting forth the pool” stock speculating theory. Jt bappons further that Mr, I. W. Palmer, the proprietor of tho Jnfer-Occan, was a mombor oft Congress trom Iowa whon the Paciflo 2fail sub- sidy passed. Tne bill wont to a conference committee, and the Chairman of tho Committeo on tho part of the House was F. W, Palmer white tho Sonate Chainnan waa our own Dill Windom. A groat many people in Minnesote who know Bill Windom, believe that ho recoived aelico of Bill King’s $115,000, and it might nob boabad plan for the Committee to inquire whether Mr. Paimor's zeal in sonding excul- pating telograms was bocause Ais sorvicos wero valuable as Chairman of the Conference Com mittee, Here is anothor olew.—St. Paui Dir patch, NOTEL ARBIVALS. Tremont Houae—D, W. Joros, New York; J, Ts Reunoily, Pittsburg ;'A, Dietmyer, Cincinuat! ; We Moy, New York; W. N. Hainos, Baltimore; 'T. Ouiey, Wheeling ; Jolin 8, Hunteluger, Fort Atti Gluten Labbitt, Belott ; Kt, W, Chainpiou, Now York Roberts, Borton } A.Appeun! Detroit; P.O. Goble, Evausto port; P, H, Sanford, Knosvilio;'H, D. Boxe, Biout iy ; W, A. Harris, Rugiand; A. i field; MM. 8, Mathews, Bouton: O, D. ‘Gora Fort Wayne; Joseph Oroft, Watertown, .., Grand Puce fto—L. &, Fuller, Hpringield ; W, H, ‘Damsel, 02! 'T. J, Mudeou, Pitted J. i, Hitchcock, N A Marttord; Dun ML W, Heywood Enis, Patrick, Ds yk tart, Hpons George W, Waabtngtony . Ourtis, Nuw York; ¥, B. Kelley, Rockford; ¥. N. 7. Uti Bate Piette. Sew vane oa A by lo. '. B. Yailel lew Yo: “4 ‘Bates, Geond Taplds Daan, Mee fork, MWe ward Bisarns, Bost, < j