Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1875, Page 4

f o 4 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1875. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATES OF AUTACRIPTION (TAYADLE TX ADYAXCE), Postoge Veepaid nt thha¢ Datly, by soatl,.... 312.00 | Sunda: Unt Weekly. G50 | Weekly Parleof @ soar at tho rame rate, ‘Ta preeent delay and miataker, be eure and gira Post Oftce adileose in full, including Stata and County. Iemlttancesmay bomade either by draft, express. Post- Ofnce order, or tn registered letters, at nur risk, ‘TERMS TO CITY AUTECHIDERS, Dally, delivered, Sunday excented, 25 cons per week Daily, delivered, Sunday included, BV conte per weok Address THE TRIBUNE COMUALY, Corner Madison and Vearhorn-ste,, Chteago, Il. TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. MIVICKER'S THEATRA—Mnileon streot, hetween Daarborn and State. Kngagement of the Steakovol: Opors-Troups. ** Ernant OADEMY OF MUS(C— inter street, batweonn Mad- ivand Slonroa,, Hngagoment of Jobs seCallougi ** The Gladiator. CHICAGO MUSLM—Monroo streat, between Dear- Yornand Btate, ‘*Threo Yeats Ins Man-Trap.”” GRAND OPERA-NMUSE—Clark Rherman, House, Kelly & Leon's Minstrels, race the Duke, treet, Of ite HOOLEY'S THEATT Olarkand LaSalle, ** Mags dolph atreot, between ADELPRITIIFATRE—Dearborn streot, corner Mon- ree, Varioty ontertaimucnt. SOCIETY MEETINGS. ORIENTAL Lona. comamuntcatian thin (i rida A. Tt A M.cSpecial ing, at 7g ofelock, tor UCKER, Sec'y. HIRD PAGE, City, i Ta it Che Chieags Tribune. Friday Morning, January 22, 1875. : 4. Inwry’s testimony is bearing very hard on tho Tfon. Jows G. Senvstagcn, who has final- ly taken refugo in hfank aud humiliating ig- uorauee, ScnivumaKen said plaintively to tho House Commitice yesterday that ho was in a very embarrassing position, and knew it, but tho truth was that the facts of the caso had gono clean out of his memory. He topped of his testimony by the solemn assertion that ho had been telling God's truth, which, to say tho least of it, was a somewhat equivo- cal use of Innguage. f Speakor of the House eithor intelli- gently or honestly. Experience may improve his Knowledge of parlinnentary usages, but wo fear nothing but o radienl change of heart can botter his disposition to do right by his politieal opponents. ‘Tho scenes in the Tfouse yesterday, which are fully reported in our special dispatches olsewhcro published, would have disgraced a Peoplo’s-party caucus in the Ninth Ward, and Mr, Hares was chiofly responsible for them. The patriots wera called i together in Mr. O'Enrey’s saloon last night todeviso waysand ! active and steady at Ge per gallon. j price, lower, closing at $1 cash, and 913,25@ W297 1-2 for February Meats weve firm and rather quict at 6 1-8@6 t-te for shoulders, 91-82 for short ribs, and 9 1-2e for short clears. Dressed hogs were moderately active but weak at 47.00@7.50, Mighwines woro Flour was rather more active, but anchanged in Wheat was moderately active and 3-fe higher, closing weak nt 8 3-8¢ cash, and $0 7-8e seller February. Corn was dull and easier, closing at Gi 5-8e cash, and 72 J-8e seller May. Onta were more active, and easier, closing at 2 1-40 ensh, and 52 1- February, Ryo was quict and firm at a 97 1-2c, Barley was quict and 120 lower, closing nt 1201-26197 for February or March. Togs were in better request, and Advanced 4@ 10e; bales at 0, Cnt. tle were weak but moro active. Sheep wero dull and unsettled, Tho Illinois State-House investigation has apparently turned up something that ought to havo been exposed to tho atmosphere long ago, ‘The Committee reported to the Lower House of the Legislature yesterday that tho allowances for “waste, bandling and profit” have Leen nearer $750,000 than 10,000, as originally estimated; that some work has heen paid for twice over; that Teniten- tiary Jabor has been pnid for at the market-price for freo Inbor; and that there have been frauds of greater or less propor tion running through the whole timo of the construction of the building. It must be enid, before any conclusions are hastily formed, that the Committeo of Investigation was from tho first hostile to the interests up- on which it was appointed to sit in judg- ment; moreover, the report is merely pre- liminary, and cannot be accepted ag at all final, There are eflorts making at Springfield to abolish the Stato Board of Equalization, but wo havo not learned what is proposed to be substituted therefor, So long as the present system of taxation for State purposes by val- uation is adhered to, that Board, or one of some equivalent authority, is essential. ‘The Bonrd was created in the first instenco to cor- rect abuses under the old, irresponsible prac- tico of assessments, and to abolish that Yoard without providing an equivalent Board would be to render tho matter of Stato assessments a farce. Wo think, however, that the composition of the State Boanl might be wisely changed. It now consists of one member from each Congressional District, with tho Auditor. This Board is entirely too large for any intelligent or prompt discharge of its duties, ‘Taxation is not levied by Congressional Districts, nor in the interests of counties, but in the interest of the whole Sinte. The Jaw might, we thiuk, be appropriately amended by abolish- ing tho present Board, aud by making the Governor, Auditor, Attorney-General, Secre- tary of State, and Treasurer, e¢z-officio, Lorrd to equalize tho assessments, ‘This Hoard would represent the wholo State, would be in possession of full information, means for the defeat of an awful conspiracy lntely entered into—so the story runs—by tho leaders of the Republican party in this city, The conspiracy aims at nothing less than the defeat of Mr, Cau.rirxp in tho elee- tion, soon to be hold, fur a sucecssor to the late Jonn B, Ricr, Tho Republicans havo agreed, the Peoplo’s-party londers say, to run tho Hon. ‘Horso” Eppy for tha vacant place, Now that tho faithful aro on the alert, the wicked schomé will, doubtless, be aban- doned, The influence of Cuanpier’s defeat upon the Senatorial elections in Wisconsin and ‘Minnesota will undoubtedly bo vory great. Present indicntions aro that neither Canren- would have the assistance of the Attornoy- General, and could actually perform the du- ties more intelligently aud cquitably than any Bonrd elected by districts, If the Legis- Inturo propose to reform the Board, we think tho reform might take this shape, A large annual expenso would thus be saved to tho State, and a very much better Board of Equslization would bo substituted for the present clumsy concern. PASSAGE OF THE LITTLE TARIFF BILL. ‘Ayear ago, under the protense of correct ing the Innguageof the Tariff Inw and rondor- ing it clenr, there was Dill concocted by o ring in Washington callod the “Little Tariff bill.” ‘This bill embraces about forty items. ten nor Ramsey hasa ghost of a chanco of being rewlected, Indeed, Canrrnren’s fato may be said to be sealed. Nineteen Repub- licau members of the Legislature yesterday pledged themselves not to support him under any circumstances ; and tho defection of six- teen mombers would be sufficient to defent any Republican candidate to whom the Dem- ocrats offered a solid opposition, It cannot be said, cither, that Sir, Wasununn’s chances are very good, Judge Cuniettancy, who has been clected Senator from Michigan to succeed Mr. Cuanpter, is in favor of hard-moncy ; aud elso, wo gain from his somewhat enigmatical utterances to a reporter yesterday, in favor of freo-trade, when it can be brought about without loss of revenue to the Government, and without serious damage to the copper and salt intorests of Michigan. Tho Jndyo really stands on tho platform of Tur Tnt- ‘ung, though he doesn't caro to say so openly in tho State of Michigan. Ho wants a revenuc-tariff; so do we. Ho wants the cop- per and salt interests of Michigan to bo placed in tho way of becoming self-support- ing; sodo we. The Judgo will pnss, Tho correspondence between the State Far- mers’ Association, Gov. Beveninoe, and the Railway Commissioners, which wo publish elzewhoro this morning, is exceedingly good rending. The farmers, it scoms, aro dissatis- fied with tho slow workings of the Board in tho way of enforcing the Railroad law passed at tho last session of the Logislaturo, and wish to have adopted the injunction process #0 successfully executed in Wisconsin, The Beard belioves that thero is no law in this State under which tho raitvonds could bo en- Joined to oboy the Jaw. ‘Tho Association, on the contrary, affirms that thoro is such a law; and that, if thero isn't, thero ought to bo, At this stage of the controversy, of courso, everybody can stop for o good laugh, and dismiss the subject altogethor from recolleo. , Hon so for aa tho exciting cause of it is con. cerned, The Choctaw claim of 981,247, which defeated tho Indian Appropriation Dill, should be rejected again, and as many times as may bo necessary to defent it, It is an old and particularly pursistent claim, gathor- ing moss as it goes, aud growing with the secretions of age. ‘hisisno time for Con- gress to considor any doubtful claim for noarly $3,000,000, It must be ramembered that the Government reeeipta are now fall- ing lsrgely short of tho Government ex- penser ; we aro increasing tho publis debt and adding nothing to tho Sinking Fund. ‘tnero is serious talk of incrensing the bur. dons of taxation to incot tho exigencics of the Government, Certainly, in this state of things, no claim for so largo an amount of monvy should bo considered which is not as clearasthe light of tho noondaysun, Certainly 4» uo old rotten Choctaw claim twenty years old should now ba dug up,and pressed, wees The Ohicago produce inarikuts wore irreg- ular yosterday. Moss pork was sotivo, and de- elined 20u per bri, closing ot §17.75@17.80 cash, and 617.83 1-3@17,85 for Fubruary, Lasd wav solatively quict, and ¢ por 1U0 thy It was passed by the House, ainended by the Senate, and has since, boen migrating from ono Ifonse to the other upon disagree. ing votes. It was, tho other day, reported from a Conference Committco and passed in the Senate, and yesterday it passed the Tfouse, It now gocs to tho President for his approval, ‘Tho billis 9 fraud, but that fact unfortunately has not interfered with its passage. In evory item of tho bill tho ox- isting tax is inerensed, ond increased for somo special interest, frequently for tho benefit of a single firm or maker of a particu. lar article, It is a contemptiblo robbery of tho public. Every picayuno manufacturer who thinks ho could minke mora money if Congress would so legislate as to prohibit compelition, rushes down to Washington and asks to have an increase of the tax on mouse- traps, umbrella-sticks, clay pipes, nnd other articles; ond forthwith the Committeo on Ways and Means of tho Congress of tho United States roports a bill adding 10, 20, or 80 per cent to the tax on each of theso articles, ‘This eternal patching of tho Tariff lawis not in theintorest of rovenuo; on the contrary, it is to cut off revenue, by giving tho manufacturer a monopoly, and forcing the public to pay him o special bounty. It was but n day or two ago that a Phila- dclphia momber presontod a demand that Congress shall increase the duty on aill um- brellas from GO per cent to 90 per cont in gold. This isto enable somebody in Philo- delphia who makes silk umbrellas to charge 90 per cont moro for his goods than tho pur- chaser could got them for in the absence of this monstrous tax. ‘Lho “Little Tariff bill,” among other rascally things, proposes to in- creaso tho duty on the light still wines of Eu- rope to 40 cents a gallon, or to the sum of 100 per cent! ‘The present tax on that class of winos, costing 40 cents a gallon and Jess, is 26 coats per gallon, or 63 per cent. This bill makes that tax 100 per cent in gold, which, with tho premiums on gold, tho freight, tho profits of importers on tho tax, aud other incidences, will mako this tax equal to 140 to 150 per cent in currency, ‘This proposition is in itself most soandsl. ous, ‘Tho country contains a large popula. tion of Germans, French, Italians, and other Europeans, aud of Americans too, who uro thexo light wines asa boverage in place of the miore atcoholio and intoxicating liquids, Tho inisfortune of tho day is, that theso light wines ore not in general use instend af whis- hy. ‘They aro healthy ; their use is conducive to temperance and sobriety, ‘They aro, as compared wilh the spirituous bovernges con- suuned by the couutry, os harmiloss as tea or coffee, Inall those countries whero theso wines ore used oxclusively, sobriety is tho rulo, and dronkenness the rare exception; the habitual consumers of these wines know nothing of the delinum, the madness, the wreck of body and mind, com. mon to thoso who drink the whisky aud brandy and other flery and poisonous stuff denlt out to the American people, ‘This proposed inoregse of tax on light wines is not in tho interest of temperanco, decency, or publio revenue. It is intended to prohibit “the importation of theso cheap, harmloss light wines, It fa o bill to increase the salo of whisky, of full oll, aud of poison, Us ie to encourt sro the trade of the doggery ; it ia tocutof thause ofacheap, pleasant, and harmless buverage, and leave the public to re- sort to the flery, strychnine decoctions sold over American bars, and whose salo would not be tolerated in any other country, ‘This is one of tho items of this raseally ‘ Little Tarif bill," which bill contains others nearly as reprehensible, In the éubate in the House yesterday, Mr. Brer. who wasn member of the Conference Committea, opposed the passage of the bill, and was supported by My, Buncuarp, perhaps the ablest member from Illinois. ‘The in- iquity of the bill was fully exposed when Kettry roso to defend it, Krier is an insane protectionist; he never knowingly advocated the adoption of any meanure which woutd diminish the boun- ties now paid by the people to Eastern manu- facturers, nor favored one which would have a contrary effect, If our opinion had not already been formed, we should find a prima facie coso against the Dill in the fact that it wes acceptable to Kenney. Wo publish this morning tho full test of the amended Dill as passed, and shall examine it more in detail in a future issue, Wo regard it as tho most monstrous and outrageous measure that has passed the present Con- gress, nad hope to seo it vetoed out of hand by tho President, PACIFIC-MAIL REVELATIONS. Inwix, having found by his irksome jnil- life tint confession is good for the body, if not for the soul, lias begun to give names and figures, So far, wo have $666,000 of tho cor- ruption-fund accounted for,—accounted for, thas is, so far as the brokers whom Inwrx used are conecrned. Most of tho names he gives belong to men who wero ovidently mere fo-betweens, ‘There are one or two ex- ceptions, Col. J. W, Fonzy is trapped with a $25,000 bribe in his haud. The Hon. Witurast Krua, of course, kept part of tho 000 Inwin handed him, ‘The Ton, BR. C. Pansons, repudiated by the Cleveland (0.) District nt the last election, got only $1,700, according to the dispatches, but the figures are probably wrong. Parsons would hardly smut his fingsrs for so trifling a sum, The most conspicuous sinner is tho Hon, J. G, Scnumager, ‘This voracious bribe-tnker got $500,000, Inwm says. ‘This is $25,000 beyond tho sum previously ro- ported, Scuuxaxen, when called upon to tes- tity, wanted to wait until Inwiy was through! When this was denied, he suddenly “forgot overything” about the matter. His mind was a blank, It would be well to shut him up in an idiot asylum until his memory returns, Boxp Wrxenrster, ex-M. C, from Ken- tucky, testified that his deposits with the Scrgeant-at-Arms at tho time the corruption- fund was being put where it would do tho inost good, wero the fruit of various games of square poker. Did ho play with Inwz, or ono of Irwin's agents? ‘This is an old trick. The lobbyists of the Whisky-Ring always played poker when the Ring wanted an act passed to raiso higher or to prevent a reduction of tho whisky-tax, and Congross- men who played with them always had a wonderful run of luck at poker, Inw1y is to continue his testimony to-day. ‘Tho Committee is at Inst on tho trail, and should follow it up hotly. Mr. Brox can gain nothing by trying to screen Scouvsaxcn and other Democrats any longer, and Mr. Dawes, having got into the Senate, will now exhibit, let us hope, some of the backbone that has lately been wanting in his organiza- tion, A little course of jail may do other men as much good as it has Inwi, Scuustaxrr would look well behind bars, So would Kiyo, The latter's expulsion from tho next Congross may be taken as assured, Tho re- peal of the subsidy to the Paciflo Mail Com. pany should not be delayed. SENATOR CHANDLER, Eighteen years ago, Zacuantau CHANDLER, avich and enterprising merchant of Detroit, was elected Senator of tha United States by tho Logislature of Michigan. - In the same year, 1357, IssaoP. Cuntarianoy was elected Judge of the Supremo Court of the State by the people of Michigan. The two men havo kept their respective positions ever since. Senator Cuanpirr has not had any violent opposition in cither of his previous contests for re-election, Judgo Cunisriancy hos hed no opposition at all, After an exciting con- test, and by ono of the closest votes on record, he now succeeds "Old Zacu Caypien" as Senator, Eighteen years scems to bo tho limit of Senatorial service now. Probably no second Benton will ever write of “ Thirty Years in the United States Senate,” Mr, Cuanpizn has dono well {by his State, His famo haa been stained by no salary-yrabs, Credit-Mobilier jobs, or swindling subsidy. steals, Ho has been mistaken in his advocacy of high-protection tariff interests, but his faulta in this respect have beon those of many well-meaning persons, Ho has never shown tho hot-headed Protectionist zeal of his colleagno, Ferny, Whon Chicago, after her flery calamity, pleaded for tho privilego of buying her materials for rebuilding in the cheapest market, Caaxpier showed an hon- orable willingness to assist tho stricken city, whilo Ferny, whose grent fortuno was mostly mado hore, spared no effort to retain his power of exacting high-tariff prices for his lumber from an impoverished people. On the financo question, Mr, Caaxoirr has been thoroughly sound. While his wild-cat collcague clamored for unlimited rag-money and proved himself to be tho ready dupo of every financial folly, Cuanpten withstood the false cry that tho ‘© Wost was solid for inflation,” aud voted for honest money. Tle has been dubbed a ‘flerca Radical,” and with truth; but ho oarned the title when Radicalism was unpop- ular, Tis defeat is probably duo to four causes. Tho firat was the popular focling that eighteen yoars is long cnough for any man to hold a legislative oflce. With this rotation notion wo havo no syinpathy, If o man discharges his duties in Congress with first-class ability and honesty, the best thing to do is to keep him nt his post till ho dics in tho harness. The second reason was tho suspicion of intemperance which has been go cerefully nursed by his opponents, ‘This seems to have had no good foundation, at least of Inte; but there can be no doubt that the recent outburst in Michigan against drink- ing was cunningly used by politicians opposed toOuannien, Thothird was the uso mado by Mr. Coanpixn of the Fedoral offices in Mich- igan, Bred in tho traditions of the old school, he has always regarded these places 8 the spoils of his victories, He has. stuck to his friends, which ia a good thing persoy- ally, but may not bo politically, He has scattored officon among hie adheronts as re. wards of services renderod to himself, This has caused wide-wpread complaint among oflce-geokors, The fourth cause of his fall was his failure to identity himaelf with any great measure of late, His work was done, —not badly done, but finished. Ho “lagged mperfluons on the stage.” IIo belonged to the old school, to the ante-war politicians, and showed no aptitude for now problema in statesmanship. Ho has probably dono all ho could for Michigan. The State he hassorved to tho best of his nbility for eighteen years has no more uso for him. Wo have not been a party to the recent ns- saults upon Mr, Cianpien. His successor in, unless famo has flatterod him, an honest, abto man, anda sound Republican, We hope he is worthy of tho place ho is called upon to Hil, but a great many people will miss “Old Zach Craxpurn” from his old seat in the Senate of the United States ; and many will feel like saying they could have better spared a better man. THE PROPOSED ARMAMENT, Wo regard the recommendations of tho President's special message to Congress as timely and valuable, without any reference to tho rumored complications with Spain, His reitoration of those recommendations within so short atime after his annual message is, at least, evidence of the very great importanco he attaches to them; whether it has moro significance than this or not ho has not seen proper to make public. Certainly if wo aro likely to have war with Spain, or ovon if there is a remote probability of it, the commoncst prudence suggests the supply of heavy rifled ordinance which tho Presidont recommonds ; and, if thero is no indication of such on event, it is infinitely better that money ba expended in this direction than in the way af additional expenditures on stone forts and wooden ships. 'That portion of the message which refors to the conversion of our 1,300 large smooth- boro cannon into rifle should receive the im- inedinte sanction of Congress. ‘The money asked for this purposo is insignifleant na compared with the demauds usually mado for grent public improvements. ‘Tho Into American experiments with rifled cannon show us to be in advance, in this branch of ordnance, of the European nations; and, if $250,000, or twice that sum, will ennble us to avail ourselves fully of this advan- tage, we shonld not bo slow to appro- priate it. The invention which has made the proposed change practicablo is n rifled sicel core, which is introduced into the old smooth-bore guns, ‘The cast-metal guns aro heated, which expands tho bore, While in this condition tho rifled steel core is driven in, aud, when tho iron cools, it shrinks on tho core, holding it hard aud fast. This steel coro in found to add greatly to tho strength of the gun. ‘The cannon thins reconstructed is practically a new weapon of double strength for longor range and oxtraordinary ponctrat- ing power, In this manner, Jargo old-xtylo ordnance, rendered utterly useless by tho improvements in iron ship-building, be- comes thoroughly officient. As stated by the President, a 10-inch smooth-bore can thus be converied into an S-inch riflo, eapablo of picrcing over a foot of iron, ‘This is rather understating than overstating the efficiency of the newly-invented rifle-bore, 'The experiments at Boston, somo months since, showed that these remodeled guns drivo a bolt, at short range, through fourteen inches of iron, and into thick onken wood be- yond, At longer rango the force was corre- spondingly grent, throwing either a bolt ora shell. The London mes, in commenting on theso oxperiments, said that, if they wero correctly reported, theso new rifle-cannon could pierce and explode any ixon-clad man- of-war inthe British navy. Certainly wo should not fail nor delay to provide the powor- ful advantage which this invention will give ua, There is not an appropriation bill passes Congress but contains an extravagant appro- priation for forts and fortifications. Tho actual disbursements on fortifications during 1874 wero $2,263,991, Hero will be found au opportunity for sufficient retronchment to ofiget the additional expenditures recom- mended by the President for heavy ordnance, ‘The experience of the War of tho Rebellion ought to have been convincing that no forti- fications aro so serviceable as earthworks, 'Thero are always men enough to throw them up in emorgencies, Wo can, therefore, well afford to spare some of our annual expendi- turos—and tho mora of it tho botter—in this direction, aud to devote more to heavy ord- nanco. This is likewise an expenditure for coast-defenee, and one that will prove moro efficient, if tho best iron-clads can be picrced and exploded at a rango of a milo or moro, than any elaborate system of atone and brick fortifications. Woe shnll then have at our command an effective wenpon for attack os woll of defense in case of a foreign war. THE CHOCTAW CLAIM. ‘The people who livo by raids upon the Na- tional Trensury soem to have concentrated their entire offorts upon the prosent short session of Congress, to make a big haul. About 200 of the presont members of Con- gress willretire at tho ondof this session, many of thom to be heard of ofiicially no more, Tho subsidy men ond tho claim brokers and jobbers scom to think that this is the best season to approach these men, and get thelr votes for questionable approprin tiona, Tho old “Choctaw claim,” which has beon pending before Congross sinco 1855, hos never féund 9 Congress corrupt enough to pasa it, and it has been brought forward at this session, expocting that tho rotiring two hundred will pass it now, The claim is for $3,000,000, and, as itis fraudulent, the re- cipients can well afford to divide one-half of it, for whatovor they got is clear gein, Tho virtuo of the avorayo Congressman wasshown in the voting on this claim on Wednosdoy last. Tho appropriation was added to tho Dill by a largo majority in Committee of tho Wholo, where there is no record mado of the voto; but, when tho bill was put on its pas- sage, with that claim in it, and the vote was taken by yeas and nays, tho bill was defeated by ao largo majority, This was precisely the tactics shown two yoars ago on the Back-Pay BSalary-Grab bill, and finally members voted for that fraud because otherwiso the bill would bo defeated, It will como to this on this claim yot, wo vory mnoh fear. ‘The country, howover, wore not bam- boozled by that protonse on the Salary-Grab Dill, nor will they be by any yote on this monstrous grab, If the bill caunot pass without it contains this item, then Ict the bill fail, The very long list of salary-grabbers in both Housss of Congrous defeated by tho people is a sufliciont evidence that thero will be no toleration of any man who votes for legislation notorfously corrupt and dishonest. Any member of Conyrecs who does not want to have Choctaw” aftixod to his name for the remainder of his political lifo will take pains that ho does not vote for this claim, whether it be in or out of the Indian Appro- priation bill, How many more of theae rotten old claims are there to be brought forward this seusion? Are members of Oongtesd satisfled that tho Republican party is dend, that they Hsten to the demands of these ‘Tronsury-rniders to rob tho'lreasury while the present session Insta? ‘Lhore in'l'om Scort in tho lobly asking that the Tepublican Con- gress shall vote him six to seven millions of dollars in got n yonr for forty years, ‘There is Jay Cooxn demanding an eqnal subsidy. And here, whilo tho House is trying to discover who received tho million of money paid for tho passage of the bill giving corrupt subsidy to the Pacifle Mail, a majority of tho Houso is trying to pasa this rotton Choctaw claim of three millions of dollars, without going on the record, Gentlemen, beware, B, F. ALLEN. It begins to look very much as thongh Mr. B.F, Auzey, erstwhile of Iowa, but more re- cently of Chicago, is n sort of Western Jay Cookr. ‘Iho circumstances of the failure of the bank over which he presided do not scem to be highly creditablo to him. Tle came to Chieago with a grent flourish of trumpets, Liko Jax Cooxr, his wealth was estimated at fabulous figures, away up in tho millions, Liko Jay Cooke, ho had played the rolo of philanthropist and Lonefactor, Like Jay Cooke, he invested in railroads and wild-cat speculations, instenit of following the le- gitimato paths of tho banking busi- ness. Like Jay Coonxr, ho had half a dozon banks located in various cities and States,—ouo of them in Now York. Liko Jay Cooxe, he was “sprawled out” in all di- rections, and was dabbling in overything, and carrying everything, from speculative rail- rords to speculative nowspapers, Like Jay Cooke, too, he scoms to have onrned his repu- tation for generosity and good-fellowship at the expenso of tho stockholders and deposit- ors in his bank. But, unlike Jay Coorr, No has not made over his entire real and personal property for the benefit of the creditors ofhis bunk ; though, if he did, tho resemblanco would renppear in the fact that the property of both men is very generally pledged, and likely to be exhansted before tho creditors of tho banks can be satisfied. There aro somo circumstances connected with the failure of the Cook County National before ho can expect to be roinstated in the good opinion of the public. The settlement with Mr. Sreycen, wheroby, in consideration of 312,000, he relensed the former owner of the bulk of tho shares of 8 guarnnty which might havo accrued to tho benefit of the creditors, is one of them. . ‘The sweeping conveyanco of all his own assets under mort- gage for nn indefinite period to a New York banking firm, of which ho is o member, is another, The conyeyanco of a mortgage on his Chieago homestead and furniture to a ‘preferred creditor” nt tho last moment, is a third. His throwing of unim- proved property, which ho had taken in his own name at high prices, upon the bani, isafourth, Tho withholding of mortgages and documents rovealing this state ot things Lill after tho collrpso, is a fifth. We aro also informed that only certain stockholders wero notified of tho meetingat which it was resolved to closo the doors, while all the others wero kept in tho dark. All theso circumstances reflect but little credit, as they now stand, upon Mr. B. FE. Autun. Evory man in business life is subject to raverses and failure, and there is nothing dishonorable init yer s¢, Even bad manage- ment is frequently more to be pitied than blamed. But there would appear to bo, de- liberate preparations in Mr. Auuen’s caso to take care of himself, his personal partners, and personal frionds, at the exponse of the stock- holders, dopositors, and ereditora of the Cook County Bank, whoso funds he has beon man- aging. THE NEW YORK COUNCIL OF POLITICAL REFORM, This organization has just issued a pam- phlot, containing the record of its four-and-a half years’ work, When it was organized, ‘Tween and his Ring were supreme, Tho thefts of his gang already amounted to tons of millions of dollars, and corruption was still at flood-tide, Justico was o farce, Tho Bench was in the poy of the men it has since sent to prison, Tho Ring controlled twenty- six daily and sixty-ono weekly papers. Their bribes, in the shape of pay for useless adver- tising, took ovor $1,000,000 a year out of the Troasury. Dishonesty wassuprome, The Coun- cil of Political Reform claitns tho eredit of the great chango sinco 1871, Tween is in the Ponitentiary wearing a striped jacket and trousers, His collengues aro also in the Peni- tentary or in oxile, except the one or two slippory rogues, like Oaney Hatz, who have crawled through the meshes of tho law. ‘he Judiciary is once more honored. Public business is transacted with somo degree of honesty. Taxation hos been largely reduced. Tho expense of Government is loss by at least one-third, Of tho Ring organs, twonty- soven died with it, Somo havo since perish- od, Others are growling at tho steady denial of their fraudulent advertising bills. Others aro working for futuro reform. In 1871 ‘“Thore was but one daily paper in Now York, the Z¥mes, through which the Reform Asso- cintion could freely and fully communicate with tho public.” ‘The Council has had and has four objects, —forming 4 right public sentimont; nominat. ing and electing fit men to offico ; detecting and punishing misconduct in offlco; securing good logislation and proventing bad. In in- fiuencing public opinion, the preas has boen the most efliciont agent, All of the daily popers, however, cannot always he reliod upon, and the Council therefore wants an organ of itsown. (This {is an unwise want. Tho “organ” would havo no influence,) The non-partisan and the religious press have aided in the work. Sohavo the olorgy. Cir- culars and handbills have Leon cxtonsively used, Tho history of the conduct of tho campaiga for the adoption of tho recent Constitutional Amondments is of especial value to would-be political ro- formers, Wo thereforo give it in cz- tenso, Neither of the political parties showed ony interest in tho amendments until just be- foro the November election, and then tho Demoorats opposod them vigorously, Tho Council of Political Reform began work in Moy, A pampbiet, written in a popular style ond advocating tho adoption of tho amendments, was writton for it, It dis- tributed 20,000 copics of this through the Sinte, Tho ontire State was divided into sections, Canvassers, most of whom wero lawyers on their summor vacation, were sont to every town to argue with prominont citi- zens, editors, and officials of both parties. Ballots for both parties, with a yote of “yes” on tho amendments, were printed for evory county. More than 10,000 in- fluential citizens from the wholo State were sot actively otf work, Commercial and finanoial associations wore induced to publicly indorso the amendments, Every election district was flooded with ballots, and agonts of the Council were at every poll. This masterly byatens wes not planted in * Political Rot kes fe Bank which Mr, Antex must fully ovploin (tore aye nor oe ite vou: vain, The Democracy enrricd tho State, but all tho amendments so bitterly opposed by tho Tenders of tho victorious party wera all adopted. The majorities for them ranged fram 122,000 to 316,000, Tho Council of Political Reform claima to havo carried fonrteon gront mensures of re- form. It tabulntes thom somewhat as fol- lows : (1) It hos stopped Stato aid to sectarian institutions, and has thts saved the tax-payors over $31,000,000 per year; (2) It started the reform movemont of 1871; (3) It colleeted and published (through the Now York 7'imes) the proofs of fraud which inally overthrow weep; (4) It prevented mob-violonce against the Ring, and organized and aided the Commit. tea of Seventy; (%) It secured the nomination of honest mon to civic office in 1871 and 1872; (6) It purified tho eity charter by freeing it from the Ring features, and by incorporat- ing about fifty amendments into it; (7) Tt has maintained a permanent anti- lobby agency nt Albany ; (8) It lias preventod the passage of frand- ulent bills which would have cost tho city $10,000,000 ; (9) It has procured tho passage of Dilla largely increasing tho revenues of the city from its markets, courts, ete,, and has thus reduced taxation from 8 4-10 to 28-10 por eent; (10) It persuaded the people to adopt the Constitutional Amendments, which will be of incalenlable velue to the public; (11) It secured compulsory education,—a most beneficent mensuro; (12) It has purified the administration of justice, which had becomo foul and fetid ; (18) It has enforced the Registry law, and thus secured honest elections ; (14) It has steadily suporvised the dis- charge of officinl duties, and lhas caused tho indictment of two Aldermen, three hends of departments, one Judge, ond more than twenty committers of election frauds, In order to carry on all this, the Council of 823,000 during 187%, Tho cost of its work is but a bagatolle compared with the valuo of it. . We trust that our Citizens’ Associntion may bo ablo ta show something like this record when it on- ters upon its fifth year. When Chicago votes on the question of incorporation under the general law, the Associntion would do well to emulate the toil of the Council in persuading the popular vote. PACIFIC MALL INVESTIGATION, * Wo wish distinctly to express our approval of the commendable zeal and pertinacity of the Pacific Mail Investigating Committeo in pursuit of tho nowspaper reporters who re- ceived ‘rotoinera” to uso their influence with Congressmen. But, at tho samo time, wo do not care to sco the attention of the Com. mittee so entirely absorbed in the Bohemians as to noglect the inquiry into the part which members of Congress played in Paciflo Mail bribery, and to this end wo will aska fow questions: 1, Why does the Committee fail to call for that notorious Ditron list of Congressmen who deposited $1,000 bills about tho timo of the possago of tho subsidy? It is not likely that many mombers will be found to roll in $1,000 bills, and deposit several before break- fast every morning. It may bo diffleult for some of them to account even for one $1,000 Dill, 2. Why aro not ateps taken to examine into the accounts of members of Congress who voted for tho bill under suspicious circum- stances? This was dono in the Credit-Mo- bilier investigation ; why notin the Pacific Mail investigation ? 8, Mr, Beck intimates that he has not ‘lot up" on Sonumaxen; but why doesn't ho “let down” on Sonumaxen? Why is not somo offort made to force Scuuiranen to tell what ho did with the $300,000 he received ? If his position as member of Congress pro- tects him against imprisonment for contempt, why doesn’t Mr, Becx movo his expulsion from Congress and his imprisonmont after- wards? Scrumaxen has already odmitted that ho handled $800,000 of the money and kept 310,000 for himself. This is renson enough for his expulsion.", When hoy.could no longer plead privilego, he could be forced to tell what he did with the other $290,000. Why doesn’t Mr, Bzox move in this matter ? 4, Why is there not some earnest offort mado to seouro tho attendance of Kixo before the Committes? This well-known individual is somewhere m Central New York, and the Committee could Iny itshandson him if itreally hankered after him. . Why, thon, does it nog- lect this opportunity for discovering what bo- camo of 125,000 more of the corruption tand? 5, Is the repeated arrest of Mr. Warrznaw Rem while answering the summons of the Committee, and the summary and unproce- dented committal of Mr. Wersonz, to be construed os a species of intimidation toward tho newspapers, to keep them from exposing what is now demonstrated to have been a gi- gantic steal ? G, Finally, why does the Committee exceed its powers when dealing with nowapaper cor- respondents, and fail to use them when deal- ing with members and officers of Congress who are implicated? Doxx Parr, who opposed the bill persist- ontly in his newspaper, and whom the Com- mitteo tried in vain to implicate in the trans. action, saya that he needod no better evidenco of the uso of money when he ‘saw all of the carpet-baggers and suspicious characters in Congress voting for it.” Now why docs not Mr, Brox procecd upon some auch hy- pothosis as this, and not givo his attention oxclusively to the newspaper mon? —_—__= = QOV. BEVERIDGE'S OLOT ‘The somowhat gushing rezolution in which the Inois Furmers’ Association expreased its approval of the ‘plain, neat, and unostonta- tious” olothoa which Mr. and Mrs, Bevenwaz wore at the reception they gavo the Grange delogatea marks a now era in the history of offi- cial recoptions, and opens a new fiold for the favorite American pastime of ‘reaoluting." Whon Kaxanaua, King of the Can——Kannakag, pays bis next vieit to this country, his passage ‘will doubtlosa be marked by the publication of thia sort of thing s Reseed, Phat we, Karaxava I. and Ute Majesty's sulle, hosrity approve of tue ueat black panta worn by Mis Excolleney Hoag weealileas of Sun Balled Btatow a tion yiven us last evening, at Wo recom= the recept is som mond'the tailor who mada them to gouts, Or: Resolved, That tho simple and unostentatious wig worn by tle Mayor of Chicago yeuterday evening eom~ inands our admiration, Now thet the ides haa been suggested, the presout civio pride of Chicago might telograph tho “King of the Oan—Sandwich Islands” for G certificate te the correctnoss of his grammar and tho purity of bis literary atyle. The farmers’ handsome indorsemont af the way in which Gov. Bevemmox and his wife droas ought to be of aubstantiol valne to the Govesnor'’s tailor and bis wife's dressmaker, ‘These tradespeopld aboeld be daly thdnhtal, Thoy will, If thoy aro wise, incorporate thy farmers’ card in thoi advortisemonte,—or rating tho tailor will, ‘Tho drosamaker's patrona wif porhapa, prefer not to be plain and unostonia, tious in thoir attire, But why ahontd tha tary. ors oxpress thoir approval of the Cubornntons} clothes and of the ‘‘simplo, cordial address " thoclothoa-wesrors? Did thoy oxpoct to asy Mz, Baventpor arrayed in the national colors, biuo pantaloons, whito vost, and rod coat,—anq Mrs, Baventnor radiant in groon sill, bodeckey with yollow sunflowora? Did thpy oxpoct to ty received with magnificont hauteur and have thoi hosts nod slightly and stiMy in rosponse to thy fifteenth-aseistant-usher-in-walting's loud proc, mation of “Mr, Hezextan Jones, of Pogram, wishes to prosent hia humble and loyat rospacty to His High aud Honored Excoliency, tho Goy, ernor of Illinoia"? If thoy didnot oxpoct thasg absurd things, and wore not surprised whon they found that office-holding did not necossarily Mako & man cithor a boor or a dandy, what 4, tho world waa tho ugo of announcing that wo tho farmors of Illinoie, In convention assemblog, do horeby annonce that Gov. Deventoar wou; the right sort of clothes, and that hia manno havo no nonsense about ‘om ? Sag eS In tho first report of the failure of the Coox County National Bank the namoof Judgo Tay. PULL was mentioned among thoso who had 1. colved the targest accommodations in that bay’, Lat this turns out to bo erronoous, Tho fact je, Judge Tnusnout novor had an accommodalti, ordiscount from tho bank, neither small oy | large, aud is only intorosted a4 a holder of a fq sharos of its stock aud as a croditor for a sm) deposit. In this connection it may bo stated thy no meeting wan ovor held which adopted a reso. lution to go into voluntary liquidation. At tea sovcral of tho stockholders declaro that thar had no snch notice, aud can loarn of nous tha; waa given, PERSONAL, E. L, Davenport is opposed to Sunday amv. monts. Lowia 0. Austin, of Austin, Thorp & Co,, Ner xork, diod in that city yeatorday. Boston had 790 flro-alarma last year, and key $3,043,202 and oxponsea thereby, Dr. Kano, of Dotroit, dica in thnt city yee! day. For twenty yoars ho has boon one of th: tending physicians of Detroit. ‘Tho great-grent-grandson of Daniel Defooi; auidiot. Moro is a reflection on Irwin, lived | descendant of Benjamin Franklin. % It ia s horrible death to dio, to be Small-Talkey to death, but the Loursville Courier-Journal Small-Talkor can't kill Sheridan that way. When the Now York Sun is short of beams: | turns, aa it did in the days of its infancy, to thy never-failing joke about Doacon Richard Sait), To read how Mossrs. Dodson & Fogg parade! into court Nre. Bardoll, Mra. Elizaveth Clin ~ pins, and tho rost, iso rofrosbing revival jus now. Mra, Joasphiuo Cable, tho amiablo wifo of 2,2, Cablo, lato President of tho Lockford, Rox: Island & St, Louis Railroad, bas been fad © reat. Joaquin Billor cut his hair on retarni; London, but proserved his pootic mdivid by donning green pantsloona, lis cap and b will bo assumed inter. It is not true that Biehop Robortson has dé posed the Rov. Dr. Holland, of St. Loulr, fi: questioning the comfortablo doctrine of eterus: damnation during tho recent cold snap. Mies Ads Dyns, it is raid, is soon to becom Mrs. A, Oakoy Hall. If tho marriago ia to tot tho stago of Miss Dyas, on injunction should by sorved upon her. Tho stage canuot spare her. Col. BM. J. Green, & woll-known Ilinoiesn, ani Colonel of the Eleventh Missouri during ti: War, died on Wednesday night at Omaha, from - the effect of wounds received during the figli at Nashville, Tenn. ++. ‘i ‘Whon a lady in gotting into 9 carriage, wos | ing ono of Mrs. Swissholm's nameless garmeui of rathor too close a fit, hoars a sound as of distant rifle-practico, she rotires into tho nearul millinery establishment, and Bocause Trinidad Baca, a wealthy Mexican of Pueblo, Col. stabbed his wife, tho papers av making s terrible fuss, just sa though a fre born Mexican had not the right to cut, sts shoot, and rob whom ho pleased, and wheuerst he ploased, During tho installation of the Rov. Geor ‘Humphroya, as pastor of tho North Amhorr! Cx } grogational Church, » movement was tnuic Preyout it by soveral people, who (Heaven give thom) ssid bis sermons wore too sl And this near the Jast quarter of the ninetecr3 contury. 4 Alexander Franz Zar Houon lived in * ¥ Petersburg, and Sarah Epstein in Cincinns:. ‘Tho tides of time carried ber photograph ner i? tho stormy sos snd ico-bound wastes of East, and, impelled by love of the photograph ho came to join snd wod his affinity 8,000 mils 7 away. And they woro wedded. s Tho question which agitates Brooklyn ist + minor degroe is, whother «man who has te: assessod $16,000 for seduction bya juryis! fitting peraon for the Board of Education. \t ii Kinsolla iss little uncertain about his duty, oj! anxiously waits to. soe what Boocher will do, |! placed in a aimitar prodicamont. iq Who says that tobacco is injurious? Mfr. 6:3 {} Burna {a 80 yoars old, snd has xmokod w! | chewed avor since he was 7 years of ago, Hei hale and hearty, one of tha lamp-lightors, 1 goes bis nightly rounda, Ho never had a dott ovory tooth in his head is scund—and ho bas } o new tooth rocontly.—Portland (Bfe.) Adi t re ed i ‘I a if tiser. ‘Tho Sacramonto Bee has this choerfal item “Ail porgons contomplating suicide during noxt spell of gloomy weather will boar in mic : that the yard locomotives “Tulare' and ‘Go :; Stanford’ are not adorned with cow-catehets |; and that, by patronizing theso engines of & © struction, success will attend tholr aulciddet © forts.” i The following gentlemen have been olxt! otticors of the First National Bank of Danvil® } Ill: Tho Hon. J, G. Englivn, President; 1.2 Palmer, Cashier; A. 8. W. Hawes, Assisi! i} Cashier. The following gentlemon havo be! j elected officors of tho Denvillo Bankiog * | Trust Company: Tho Hon, J. 0. Bhort, Pre | dont; William Giddings, Vioo-Prosident ; 07 § ‘Maxon, Cashier, e ‘Let those congratulations ba immediately & lected and placed on fito, Katte Putnam bei! i marriod J, J, J. Sullivan, and abo is still a if malden moditation fancy free." It was a >; toned lover who started tho paragraph oo" rounds, Wo hate to rob Sullivan of hia pal?” and all the happiness we associated with tht i Hance, but truth fe migbtior than tho pon * must provall in a newspaper office, " Ono of the most eloquent and inatructive!* +4 tures evor hoard in LaSalle was dotiverals) : Col. J, P, Sanford Isst Weduesdsy evonns: dor the auaploes of tho Lasalle Lecture 4” / ciation, His subject was ‘The Old ‘Timean g the Now Times.” It was onriched with a fruits of antiquerian and historical rosearch. * a gonerously spicod with numor, and struck Lm blows ag tho popular follies of thoue Latter 41 HOTEL ABRIVALS. , . rg, Minelaaipp.. Hone 3, Yedoy, Detroit sossph Gullet, Danvile acyl L, Griswold, nia; J. BA. Vile, Wie NY Guid, Balmoe Waldron, Kuikakee son Hainus, New Yorl el Haltamny 0, Be H : Blood, Woodstock ; season Joseph B. G: a i, De Ws ith, Bpringdeld; Waid, Detroit; L.A. Rar, Row york; 4. B ton, Peoria; H, Oranaton, New Yurk} Mal. ‘Waldron, ‘Tennoasee...,9herman Houn—O. r , Balt Lake; J, Hi, Brown, Yo: own, Buftslo; 4, B, Ohass, Indisns Bere Peoliny de A. Botiben tian J g08 | eee balan) He a. Fog De a