Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 4, 1875, Page 4

eee eee oem TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. BATRA OF AURUCKIPTION (PAYANTY NC ADVARCE). Postage Prepaid at this OMce. 13. To prevent delay and mistakes, be eure and give Post. Office address in fall, including State and County, Remtttancesmay be made elthor by draft, express, Post ‘Ofice order, or in registered letters, at our risk, TERMA TO CITY BURECRINERS, Daily, delivered, Sundar excented, 25 cents per week Daily. delivered, Sandey included, 30 conta por week Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cormer Madison and Dearborn-st hicago, Ill. ‘TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIO—Halated street, between Mad- {von and Monroe, ‘'Grana Uaile." HOOLRY'S THEATRE—Tandolph street, between ‘Clark and LaSatle, ** Magnotia,” an 2ATRE—D. atrent, corner Mon- roy ati entorainoeat. re othe Field of the Cloth et Geld.” a ERS THRATRE.-Madison straot, between Denbecnand Bale. TiAnrecmentot ‘Mrs, D, P, Bowura. “* Love's Baorlfice." CHICAGO MU: UM—Monre street, between Daae- "Nan born and State,‘ Seandal " ani ‘the Good-for- Nothing.” Afternoon and svonia HUUSE—Clark_ atrest, opposite Be rome ely 2 iaon's Minstrels. The Crimson Scart.” —— See BUSINESS NOTICES, WE MEAN ALL WE SAY.—FULL SET REST GUY ey eotuniied, cleat SEE: Mhalfthe sual raters MCIBUNAY, 73 Clerk alans, at VANILLA BEANS vs. TONQUA BRANS.—VA- ails "bene azed to tho mamutacturaof oxtract vanlla costs the manufacturer frota #22 to B27 por pounds while Touqna beane only eost from 6” conta to coats per pound; the. low price of the Jattcr fs au indnooment ta uuprinetpled manufacturers to use this injurious and aalseating sbstitute alinost exelustvaly Iu place of tho reouins vanilla boan. Anaxtract prepared. from ‘Tonqus, foan hase flavor similar to vanilla, bat eau be detectod by iteedor, It would mako an erdelict handkerchlet partuma wore {t not for discoluring linen. Tt fa used by tobacoontsta for perhuming. suf and cigars, Rurnoit’e Ratract Vanilla js prepsend fromm seleated nila boaas, anda warranted. entirely treo froin ‘Tunqas, Sr other injurious substances. ‘To test the trathfuln Of this etatermont, houseknopers wito are desirous of ob- taining strictly pure vanills aro advleed to subrolt a bot tle of Burnatt's extract vauilla, with any other brand they may be using, judges, and can explain the «l ‘Bout how to dotect ronqua I Crugeits who are compotent frthoditorence in quallty aud sug> autita INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, Obanees, ‘To Krchang Household Good: MEH PN Gee Rallrord TimocLabley Siedionl Cards, ‘a VENTH PAGE—Amusomonts and Ocean Stoam- Ds. Ghe Chagas Tribune. Thursday Morning, Fobruary 4, 1875. Suburban, and Conntry Real ta, Lost and Fé Found, Business Searcely anybody will be surprised by the announcement that the Canadian Reciprocity Troaty has been rejected by the Senate, It was given up long ago by the doctors. Mr, Kavrsann will be shocked on learn- ing that 9 strong influence has been brought to bear against his confirmation as Justice of the Peace on account of his singular labor of love for the gamblers Monday night. Here is another dispatch {from tho Asso- ciated Press agent at Milwaukee, who is also editor of the Milwaukes Sentinel, Senator Canprnten’s organ. No confidence whatever can be placed in his statements : Minwavare, Feb, 3,—Camenon has heretofore acted ‘with the Republican party, but it ia understood that be approved tho Democratic platform in this Stuto io 1873, He has not been active in politics for two years past. The concluding sentence of a ‘ City-Hall” Jocal item in Tuesday's ‘Inoue, speaking of the demand of the Fullerton avenue contract- ors for extra compensation, reads as follows: ‘The whole affair foreshadows = new issue of worthless cortificates of city indebted- ness,” This expression of opinion was en- tirely unauthorized, improper, and unknown tothe editor when inserted. If tho city su- thorities issuo any certificates in sottlement. of the disputed claim for additional pay to the contractors, of course they will be good, and the city will not avoid paying them when due. Tho Treasury Department, with a view to ingroasing the efficiency of the Internal Reve- 6 Department and discovering any emboz- xlements or frauds that may yet be unde- tected, has ordered a goneral chango in tho essignments of the Supervisors, The purposo of the Secretary manifestly is to corroot all the abuses that have gradually gained a ploce in the service, and in its execution he is utterly indifferent as to who may be hart, His action cannot bo too highly com- mended. The only hope of the Republican party is in its honest mon. If there are rogues in the ranks, they cannot be expelled too publicly or too soon, —— ‘The Diocosan Convention will to-day begin balloting for a Bishop. Strango as it may seem, Dr, Dz Koven has the largoat following of any ono candidate. His succossive defeats in the various Conventions lately held have in no way dismayod his friends and odmirers, who find in his speech before the late Gen- eral Convention ample guarantee of his sound- nossin tho faith. It must be considored a high compliment to Dr. Dz Koven that so representative and conservative a churchman as Mr. Jorun 8, Remerx comes to his sup. port through the public press. The letter from Mr, Ruxuszy, elacwhoro published in this issue, gives out no uncertain sound, Adispatch from LaCrosse published else- where in this issue gives some information, which we must confess ourselyes to have been in need of, concerning Anava Castenon, who was yosterday elected to succeed Bonator Oanpentrs, Mr, Casmuon is a native of Coledonis, N. ¥,, and not many genora- tions removed from that more famous Caledonia across the sen, Ho is, by all | accounts, a man of unblemish- ed roputation, both oa rogords his public and his private life; and he holds a high position at the Bar of Northern Wiscon- sin. He wasa Republican beforo Mr. Can- rewten, and he remained a Republican after Mr. Canvenrzs had inspiritabandoned the truo principles of the party. The election of Camznon ig a most substantial victory for Re- publicaniam, pure and undefiled, in the State of Wisconsin. —— ‘The Chicago produce markets were steadier yesterday, Blows pork was active and 50 per brl lower, closing of $18.30 cash, and @18.571-2 for March. Lard was active and 5@10c per 100 ths higher, closing ot 813.55 gash, and $13,75for March. Meats were in good demand and steady, at 6 1-2c for shoul- ders, 91-20 for short ribs, and 9 7.86 for Wort clears. Dressed hoga were moderutely notive and easier, closing at’ $7.10@7.80. Highwines were in fair demand and steady, at 980 per gallon. Flour wos quiet and unchanged. Wheat was less sotive and 1-1@ 1-20 higher, closing at 873-80 cash, and 68 3-40 for March. Corn was relatively quiet and 1-80 higher, closing at G4 5-80 cash, and 720 for May. Oats were active and 1-10 higher, @osing af 53 5-Sccash, and 530 for March. ve was quict and steady, at 86¢970, Bar. Wey was dall ond 1-3@8-d0. lower, closing at THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1875. $1.22 ensh, and $1.22 3-4 eller March, Tlogas were quict and ensier. Sales at $6.25@7.35, Cattle nnd sheep wero dull and nominally unchanged. Tho falt text of the treaty Intely arranged by representatives of the United States nnd the Hawaiian Governments, and now avwnait- ing the action of the Senate, is given this morning in our special dispatches from Wash- ington. ‘The terms of it are advantageous to both of tho contracting ; powers, but of much more consequence to Hawaii than to tho United States, The chiof concession made by the treaty on our part is the admission of Hnwaiian sugars and sirups free of duty, in return for which we are granted the privilege of oxporting to thoso islands on the same torms breadstuils, provisions, agricul- tural implements, boots and shoes, rico, sugar, salt, soap, wool,—in short, all the prin- cipal staples, Tho treaty is to run geyen years unless sooner abrogated, There is a certain newspaper publication in this city which divides its tima Letween in- truding itself upon thedomestic affairs of oth. ersand intruding upon others its own domes. tie affairs, It is ditticult to determine which isthe more impertinent and disgusting. Just now it is engaged in exposing its private business matters to tho gaze of a public which has not tho slightest interest therein. One day this week it was betrayed by a reck- less employe, who expected to be discharged for it, into sponding $400 for special tele- graphing ; and so unusual was the circum- stance that it proclaimed it to the world next dsy with a great flourish of trumpets, But it did not repeat the expendi- ture. The glory of spending — this amount in one day will probably lost it for along time tocome, Tho trouble with that concern is that, even when it does spend $400, it spends it abont six months after date, It now calls upon the world to witness that it is dopleting its treasury in order to get a repetition of the nows in the Bercnen-Titton scandal which Taz Trmuxy gathered and printed six months ago, when it was fresh and original. At that time, as tho readers of the Northwest will probably remem- ber, Tue Tripune gave the developments in the case in advance of the New York press, and, in some cases, in advance of the personal statements of the parties, Tho substances of the famous Mounron state- ment was specinlly telegraphed to Tua Corcaco =Trinuxe two weeks before the statement was otherwiso made public, and this direct from the lips of Mounron himself. The marital correspondence of Mr. and Mrs. Tinton, which attracted more atten- tion than any other single featnre in the his- tory of the scandal, was first given in Tue Trroune to the exclusion of all the other newspapers in the country. ‘Tha last and most important of all Mr. Trton’s state- ments Tae Trisvse printed in an extra, and sent it broadcast throughout tho land, while the Zimes had to copy it verbatim the next day for the benefit of its readers, which it did without giving credit, In fact, all through the exciting scenes and unexpected dovelopments of last summer, when the whole country was on the qui vice for startling revelations, Taz Tninune was the only paper in the United States that, day by day, satisfied the public clamor and gava without exception every foaturo and episode. And now the Zimes is growing hoarse in its ex- ultations at repeating in a prolix fashion what ‘Tax Trinune told six months ago. Wo pro. fer to give a picture and an intelligent gum- mary of each day’s proceedings in the trial, which ia traveling over ground long since familiar to Tue Tamunz readers. The next time some rash employs of the Times office squanders $100 wo hope he will not be six months behind the news. THE TEXAS & PACIEO §IEAL, The time has now come when the Toxns & Pacific schome may bo openly denounced as a gigantic steal from beginning toend. Tho only basis for existenco it has is a land-grant fraudulently obtained from Congress, Even this was grabbed by the present maungement from the men who had risked the danger of imprisonment for obtaining money under falso pretenses in France, and who had done the dirty work in Congress, In this sense it is a double ateal; and the men who now como before Congress to ask for Government aid for tho Toxas & Pacific Railroad are really asking that the present Congress shall sanc- tion the corruption of one of its predecessors, and assist the very persons who took od- vantage of this corruption by swindling the original corruptionists, ‘Tho exposuro of the villainy out of which the Texas & Pacific Company has grown is very like that of Credit Mobilier, to which the schome itsolf bears a striking resom- blance, Tho rascality of tho Credit Mobillor operations was first reached through a law- suit brought by Col. McCosm in the United States Court at Philadelphia for the focovery of certain ahares of stock which ho charged had been givon away without his knowledgo or consent, and which he claimod as his own. ‘These shares were found, upon investigation, to be the samo which Oaxzs Ames had dis. tributed as bribes among members of Con- gress and otherwise placed ‘'whero they would do most good.” The complaint of Paut 8. Fonses, filed in the United States Circuit Court, Western District of Texas, July 6, 1870, will indubi. tably lead to the same results if followed up in the same manner, Tho modo of pro- ceeding was precisely the samo asin the Credit Mobilier, vi the distribution of stock and land certificates among membors of Congress and othors in a position to Influence favorable legislation for the granting of Gov. ernment aid to build tho road, ‘The differ. ence is, that the amount of stock fraudulont- lyissuedin this caso was much larger than that in Crodit Mobilier ; and that, while Mr, Oaxes Ames enjoyed the profits of his fraudu- lent transactiony, the prosent management propose to avail thomselves of the disgraca- ful operations of Gen. Faxmon? and his un- scrupulous colleagues, ‘The prevent Toras & Paoiflo Company is the outgrowth and legitimate succassor of the Southern Pacific, the Momphis & El Paso, and the Trunscontinontal Companies, Joux Q, Fremont was the owner of acharter for the Memphis & Et Paso Railroad which on- joyed 4 Inud-graut from the State of ‘Texas, dating from before the War. Ho struck an alliance with certain persons to oxtond this railroad to the Pacific Coast and, for that pur- pose, to obtain an additional land-grant from the United States, To this ond, Gen, Fae mont, with his assoolates, issued land-grant Certificates to the amount of millions of dol- lars, and appointed egonts for their free distribution, or, in the language of the Com. pany's reaolution, ‘to be used by him [the agent] under the direction or approval of the Exeoutive Committee of the Company as full. paid and unasseysable stook for promoting the interests of said railrond.” We print this 2 morning, in another part of the paper, A transcript from the records of the Company, showing that the “ring” formally voted in favor of distributing vast amounts of the stock and Innd-certificates for the purposes of bribery, These documents were brought out in the bill filed by Paut 8, Fornes, the main portions of which were printed yesterday, The total amount of the corruption fund was as follows : 5,500 Lind-certificates of $1,000 each Full-patd and unaxaeusable stack... Total. csscesseesavsssvecsserercos seen es s$20,500,000 Asa corruption fund this completely over- shadows tho $900,000 handled by Mr, Inwin in tha interest of Pacific Mail. Of course, allowance mnst be made for tho fact that Mr, Inwiy’s fund was in cash, while the Memphis & El Paso fund was in stocks and certificates, whose yaluo was contingent upon the desired legislation. The distribution of the lnnd-certificates, which were worth something moro than tho stock, was confided to Gen, Fremont ; and, nominally for his sorvices in this distribution, but moro probably for rais- ing money under false pretenses in Franco, the “Company” voted Farvonr himself 1,000 of these cortificntes, valued at $1,000,- 000, In addition to thie, there was actually distributed of the whole fund as follows ; Feb, 29, 1868, Executive Committee resolveit to inne 30,000 sottlement vectificates of value of $103 tach.... $ 3,150,000 Marcit 2, 1863, Executive Committee resolved 9 favite 5,500 construction cortifiestcs of $1,0c¢ value cach, and April 14, 1868, Frenn ‘evorts that ho has disposed of.. 3,000,000 Jan, 7, 1859, the Stockholders’ Convention tli- rected stock to feaue to Schmoelo, to be held hy him for the purposos of Executive Committes, ts the amount of... April 10, 1869, Executive Committes ‘that construction bonds had been diapoxod of to the amount of, or March 22, 1869, Fremont received’ from Schmoela construction bouds to BMOUNE Of, serevreeseersereee Tho balance of the fund as yet remains un- accounted for, and, as the stook subsequently became valueless by reason of Mr. Tos Scott's coup detat, it doesn’t matter much what becaine of it. Tho distribution of this corruption fund was for tho purpose of securing United States bonds and United States Jandaon tho same terms as the Union Pacific had obtained them. Itis not known, of course, and could only be ascertained by an official investiga- tion, who wero the recipients of tha stock and land-certificates, with the exception of a few comparatively unimportant persons. Mr, Monrton 0, Hunrer, now 8 member of Con- gress and also a inember of the Congress just preceding that which passed the land. grant, received some of them. Mr, J.P. ©. Suangs, member of Congress then and now, scems to have been tho engineer of the scheme in the House, Col. Buaytoy Duncan, a Bourbon politician, was intrusted with the distribution of part of the fund. Iana- trus Donveuuy is alleged to have received stock in consideration of joining the fortunes of the Northern Pacific with thoso of the Southern Pacific, Other names sre mention- ed in the various letters produced by this bill. But the principal point in interest is that the atocks and certificates wore used 2s 9 corrup- tion fund to brite Congress, Fremont issued his general orders and directions to “turn around" newspaper correspondents and “not to forget” other gentlemen. Tho various interosts were characterized by States. Thus, Mr, Denxts asks; ‘*Havo you tried to cap- ture Florida?” And Mr, Smanxs says: *Pexas is O. K.; so is Arkansas, I under. stand.” Erpenson, one of the “ ring,” writes to Duncan: ‘Of course, we are not so un- reasonable as to éxpect men of talent and influence to worry themselves, to expend their time and monoy, for nothing.” And Berouorrz, another of tho ring,” is acered- ited with the statement: ‘ Many [Congroas. men] held the sccurities of the Company; dnrgo euma wero paid directly and indirectly for Congressional aid.” ‘The ‘tring” was only partially successful. Congress gave no bond subsidy, but gave a land-grant estimated at 9,000,000 acres, Meanwhile, Mr. Tom Scorr had pitched Gen. Fresxont overboard, It was Mr. Scorr who conceived the idea of establishing a second Credit Mobilier to build the road, and it is said that pledges of further stock in this con- struction company to members of Congress secured additional votes in favor of the land- grant; it is also said that his confidenca in the voting of tho subsidy of $10,000 a mile which he now asks is based upon the interest which present mombers of Congress already have in the scheme, As the case stands, we do not apprehend any danger of his succeed. ing. Ho may og well pack his carpel-bag and bid farewell to Washington for all time to come, THE DEFEAT OF CARPENTER, Tho long Senatorial strugglo in Wisconsin isat an ond, and results in the dismigsal of Mr. Carrenteu from any further sorvico for tho State, at least for the present, and the substitution of a now man, the Hon, Anaus Casrenon, to reprosent Wisconsin in the Unit- : ed Btates Senate, Eight days ago, when tho| ring thought evorything was fixed, the ballot-: ing commenced, Mr. Oanrenten having 69' votes ; Mr. Braaa, 61; scattering, 22. Tho second test vote was on Tuesday last, which | stood: Oanrenten, 59; Braga, 52; scattering, 19, Tho struggle was closed yesterday by as combination of Democrats and Republicans upon Mr, Oaarenoy, the first ballot giving hina 68 yotea ; CanrEnTer, 5D; scattering, 4. ‘The rosult of this contest clearly illustrate a the disposition, not only of the people cif Wisconsin but of the whole country, tre wards unfaithful servants, and the rebul:e comes with additional foroo in Mr, Oanrny- txn's case, because ho is an exceptional iy Brilliant man. Ifo is ono of the ablest wad most popular men Wisconsin has product sd, Ho was surrounded by a host of friends, w tho clung to him to the last. His popularity vas once almost ak great in Wisconsin as that of Dovanas in Minois. His personal addr rosa and intercourse, his gentality of dispositi on, his brilliancy of manner, and his eloque: aco, commended him even to his opponents. Hig great failings wore loss harshly treated {an those of other Senators, and his univi sreal popularity smoothed over offenses w' hich were loudly cundemned in ot! hors. The press of Wisconsin fought for him as zealously as his personal friends. Every machination known ti) po- litical caucuses was set in operation iia his behalf. No other man inthe State could have conducted this struggle with sucks por. tinacity or held the office-holders go ¢ Hlosely together to tho last, Tho Reform Rt ipubli. cans of the Legislature, howover, were deter- mined to punish faithlessness and in Adelity to duty, and they havo succeeded, Tlic hon- est masges of the people of Wiscons!m paid no heed to his glittering talents, Th ey only rogardod the fact that he had beon un faithful to his duty as 9 Senator, that ho had d egraded his high position, that he had not lig tened to their romonstrances and had defi id their warnings, that he not only scouted | the re. bukea of the press, but sought to. muzzle it, im eompany with Judge Pou sawp and Bex Butuen, in com: pany with whom he hins now gone into reticument. For theso and other sufficient rense ns, tho people have «lis. pensed with his serv ices. Tha caso of Mr. Canrryten clearly il- lnstrates the temprw of tho people of the whole country. AL shongh others have been sent into retiromewt, their cases nro not 0 forcible, because ttiey lacked in the clement of porsonal popularity, Ilia defeat showa that nothing can mute atonement for a devin- tion from the strict slino of duty and integrity ; nothing can cover tap faithlessnesa, dishonesty, and duplicity, Tle people have detormined that, however yropular, genial, brilliant, eloquent, or open hearted a man may be, ho must be sncriticedtand punished if ho is rec- reant to official ty ast, Mr. Canrentes in his retirement will h avo this to reflect upon, that honesty ig the bert policy, and time to shape his course hereafter in consonance with tho popular will, if ‘he desires to re-enter public life. In thus dismissing Mr. Canrenten, the people of Wisce main have done right, and the result is ono of the most hopeful signs of a popuiar determination to reform politics, Tis successor, Mr. Camrnoy, it may preaumted, is an honest, incorruptible man, orhe would not have beon chosen by tho people in tsheir present temper. Ho is a lawyer by pro!fession, has had large expori- ence in both ‘Houses of the Legislature, hav- ing also servo i ns Speaker of the Assembly in 1867; in politics is an indopondent anti-mo- nopoly Repub ticau, and has been elected upon an excellent platform, embracing National Sovereignty :and State rights; preservation of the public crvdit; honest payment of the na- tional debt;; rigid economy, State and Fed- eral; @ sownd currency in coin or its equiva. lent; a tari for revenue only; down on Credit-Mobi lier corruptions, salary-grabs, and press-gag ls ws, and the supremacy of tho civil authority irs times of penco; liberty, equality, and fraternity of all men (negroes included) under the l aw, ete. It may bo too inch to predict what any man will doin a six years’ torin of office, but Mr, Camerion will go to the Senate more fully and accurs toly informed of the wishes of the people thy m any of his predecessors, If ho should fail, it will not be for want of informa- tion ag to the course he is expected to follow. The awf! warning which Mr. Canrenten's sad fate a fords ought to bo sufficiently clear and emptinatic to show him the road he must not only avoid, but the straight and narrow path in trhich he must walk. COLLECTION OF CITY TAXES. The «:ommunication of Mr. Comptroller Hayes {.0 the Common Council submitting o list of tse banks that are in default in the’ payment of thoir personal tax for the years 1871 arid 1872, and alist of the names of those citizens who are opposing the payment of taxes on thoir property upon technical ob- jectiom 1, shows that the personal tax due by the bar dks equals $153,542, The report docs not spt:cify the natura of the tax resisted by the private citizons; s considerable propor- tion of' the objections are said to bo special assess! nents; and it is estimated that the ag- gregat e of gencral tax avoided by this litign- tion is about $350,000, In addition to theso uncoll ected taxes, the Comptroller has been compt ‘Hed to accept in lieu of taxos certifi. gates +f tax-sales to the sum of more than one x Jllion of dollars, All this is evidenco of thi) wratched condition of the law govern- ing tho assessment and collection of city taxes, Hei we have, first, the cases of a largo number of citizens who combine and object to thus payment of special and general toxes becatise of alleged dofects in the law and in its ¢rxcoution, and the Court sustains the objections and tho tax is lost, Secondly, wo have. the casos of thosa who, while making no f(srmal legal objection to the tax, omit to pay ft, and allow their real estate to bo sold for ‘taxes, Timo was when tho salo of prop- erty? for taxes wos a serious matter, and tho law: now imposos as the prico of re« deraption 26 per cent addition to tho tax. This isa high and a liberal premium, anJone which ought to be sufficiently at- tra ative to induce men with money to invest in tox sales, Time was when at a salo for dé linguent taxes the whole amount of tho di dinquent list would be paid to the city in o single day. Now no ono purchases at a tax ile, and the city has to purchase all the d vlinquent property and then pay the State amd county taxos thercon. Here again comes im play the defective law governing ‘ithe present method of assessment and col- “Mection of taxes, This State law compels the ‘purchaser at a tax sole to pay all othor taxes which may be assessed by the Stato, y county, and towns upon the same property |! for two years, otherwise the purchase at tho ‘tax sale will not be a valid lien. So gonoral- ly defective are the laws under which tho city proceeds for delinquent taxes that whens purchase is mado at a tax sale tho sale ia of ' such uncertain validity that the owner is able to dofy the holder of the tax-certificate. Tho lower courts cannot supply the defects of Jaw and make proceedings under them legal which are not legal, The purchaser at o tax salo for city tuxoa, instead of reaping 25 per cent on his investment, ia eventually very glad to get back his money with 6 per centor without any interest at all, and is fortunate if ho is not compolled to suo the city for the recovery of the taxes paid on the proporty at the illegal sale. Under these circumstances, is it surprising that the Comptroller holds &1,000,000 of tax-certificates instead of that much revenue? No ono seems to care any- thing for o tax sale now, What wo complain of is, that the City Gov- ernmont, including able Jawyers and mon familiar with all these legal dofects, makes no effort towards a correction of all this shame- less patchwork. The city is drifting without money, The tax-fightors laugh at its tax laws and defy the tax salos, Tho entire City Gov- ernment hang their hopes upon the chance that the Suprome Court will reverse Judgo Wattacg on some of his rulings, But sup- pose the Supreme Court next May, after the Logislaturo has adjourned, does not reversa the County Court, what ia the city going to do in that case? This polioy of staking the eredit of tho City of Chicago upon the pos. sible opinion of the Supreme Court is not wise, to say the least. The idea of betting on a judicial decision heroafter to bo made, and leaving the financial credit of Chicago to do- pend on tho result, ia worse than trifling. Why is thore no effort to put this business of assessing and pollecting taxes upon a clear and permanent legal basis? Certainly there must be some mon somewhere in the city or State who is competent to write a law under which the City of Chicago can make a logal osseasment, and can collect the tax thero- from, ‘There is but ono way in which the city can maintain itself, and that is by a revenue de- rived from taxation, When one man refasea to pay taxes, the deficit must be made good by others. Asa specimen of the reasons for not paying the taxes of 1678, we quote the following, filed by the counsel representing a largo body of tax-fighters : Firat—Tho afdavit to County Treasurer's dotinqnont liat in not aumelent under the statute, Second-—Tha objection enlarges to the whole of this Aclinquent List, It ininauMcient under the law. Third—Tho objection expands, There ta no power to make a auiticient report, ‘Tho at: ieinsuicient to bring this cause into tate court, (Act of 1873, 1.80.) Fotirth—Tho act under which the proceeding is in- tiated ts vold, FUth—Tho ‘advertisement in iteolf {a inaufficient to give the court juriadiction, and ia void, Sicth—The dvidenceof City Collector's report ts in- auficlent to now the right to recover, but, on the cou trary, shown that the objections must be sustained, Tho power to levy aud collect taxes ia absolute. It is essential to tho existence of the State. It has authority to compel every man to contribute to the support of the Gov- ermmont, It has authority to make tho proof of the actual levy of the tax evidence of the legality of the tax, except in cnses of fraud or manifest error ; and it hag authority to enact that upon application to the Court all dofects tn furm to the proceedings not going to establish paymont, error, or fraud, may bo corrected by tho Conrt, and judg- ment rendered for tho tax. If tho tax-payer foels aggrioved, he should be allowed to ap- peal on certain grounds only, vix.: that the tax was levied without legal authority; that the tax in this case was erroneously imposed on the particular property; that there was fraud in tho assessment and levy; or, that the taxes had beon paid. Wa do not mean to deny that the tax-payor has rights, but he has obligations also, ‘he community has rights, and among these is the right to collect taxes from every man owning property. No man has a right to evade paying his taxes, but the gencral pub- lic have the moral and the logal right to com- pel each man to pay his proper share of taxes, If the wisdom of Chicago and of the State Legislature cannot dovise a system by which taxes in the City of Chicago may be legally assessed and collected, then the City Govern. ment may as well be abandoned. Tue Taimunr desires to uphold the credit of the city, and to that end advocates such amendments or changes of existing tax-laws aa will enablo it to collect its taxes, put a stop to successful tnx-fighting, arrest the rapid in- crease of flonting dobt, place the Tronsury in a healthy condition, and thereby preserve and maintain the financial standing of the Municipal Government, THE NEW RULE, The new rule adopted by the House of Representatives at Washington will commend itself to the approval of every honest man in the country, The Democrats themselves will, after they have had time for roflection, be surprised at their own stupid obstinacy. The rules of deliberative bodies ought to un- dorgo but few changes, and never bo altered gave whon oxperienca has demonstrated a necessity for the change. In this respect the rulos of the two Houses of Congress aro like tho Constitution of the United States. Thoy aro intended to bo s permanent law, subject, however, to such additions and modifications as time and tho change of circumstances may show to benecessary, ‘The rules of the House of Representa. tives have therofore undergone but little change since the foundation of the Govern- ment, As time has progressed and the busi- ness of the House has increased, these have led to modifications. Thus, twenty-five yearsago, it was the custom to present all petitions and memorials to the House, tho presontor stating their substance and moving their referonce, It becamo necossary, in order to save time, to have these papers filed in tho Clork’s office, instead of being present- edin open session, The old form is still pre~ served in the Senate. Other changes of o like character have been made, but generally not until the general sense of tho House has demanded them, Par back aa tho Kansns- Nebraska bill, and even to some extent prior to that date, the attempted forcing of the previous question has led to a resistance on the part of the minority and a resort to parliamentary expedicnts to prevent action. This was notably displayed in the case of tho Kansas-Kebraska act in 1854, when the bill was eventually car- ried by whot Speaker Buamz styles ‘ta legislative fraud.” The power of the minority to arrest the proceedings of the House at last became go liable to sbuse that just beforo the War the rules were changed by the Democrats, giving to two-thirds of the House the power to suapend the rules and pass bills instantly and without debato, This was adopted os an evident necessity ; it sub- stituted two-thirds of tho House for a major ity in absolute control of business, Another stago in the history of the country had boen reached, Frauds and schemes of plunder aro unblushingly presented to Congress, Singlo mombers of the’ Houso load. od down with as much as $200,000 of corruption money, uso their influence for aub- sidy legislation ; offlcers of the House, even the Doorkeepers, arofeed to promote schemes of robbery. It wos important that the minority should have some power to resist such raids on the Treasury, and yet that minority consumed nearly an entire week op- posing the will of the majority as to taking up the Civil-Righta bill! Hero wos 6 striking instance of the peril that was involved in any attempt to amend the rule so ns to give to tho ma- jority control of tho House. Mx. Jouy Cusana, 6 subsidy-promoter of Pennsylvania, proposed aa a caucus agreoment a new rulo which cut off all dilatory motione, and left to the discrotion of a mere majority the power to pass any measuro instantly and without debate or amondment, A number of Ie. publicans united with the Opposition and defeated this monstrous rule, Finally, after anather protracted siege, two-thirds of tho House voted to suspend the rules, and then the House adopted tho following anti-filibus- tering rule; Whenever question ts pending beforo the Houao, the Speaker ebull not entertain any motion of a dilatory character, except ove motion to adjourn and cue mation to fix the day to which tha Houso shail ad- journ, but the previous question on the eugrossinent and tind reading of any Lill or Joint resolution shail uot be ordered during tuo first Way of its considera~ tlon untess two-thirds of the members present sball uccoud the demand; provided, that this cule shall not apply to House resolutious offered in the morning huutu of Monday; aud provided further, that it Well not opply to any proposition to uppropriate the money, tho cri or other property of the United Staten, exe copt tu tho regular aunual eppropriation bills, ‘This rule reduced to plain English means that s motion to adjourn and a motion to ad- Journ to atime certain may each be made once while a measure is pending; that the provious question shall not be ordered on tho same day a measure is taken up for conaider- ation unless by a vote of two-thirds; but the rule is not to apply to any bill appropriating public money, credit, or other property, ex- cept in the annual appropriation bills, The minority under thia rule will have at leastone day in which to debate any measure and offer amendments to {t; and should any bill grant- ing subsidy in eithor money, or credit, or in lands be proposed, the old right to inter- pose dilatory motions romains unchanged and unabridged. The rule literally gives the majority the power, after fair debate, ‘0 pass public measures do. ——— apite tho objections of tho minority of tho House. Aguinst the oxercise of this legiti- mate control of the House thero can be uo valid objection, ‘The Demoernts will in the noxt House find how essential such a rule is to the dispatch of business, Still, no fierce and intense was the purpose to dofent all considerntion of the Civil-Rights bill that, except tho clenr-hended ond honest W. 8. Hotatan, of Indiana, every Democrat voted against the rule, The country, however, willappland and justify the action of the House in putting an end to this revolutionary practico, THAT ACEPHALOUS MONSTROSITY, The Chicago Times is a visionary political exporimentalist. In matters of Government it is a devotee to transcondentalism and non- senso. It longs after somothing different from tho existing state of things, no mattor what the existing status may bo. It is con- stantly renching after something, it doesn't know exactly what, Its vagaries are cocx- tonsive with tho numbors of its yearly issue, Some time ago it attempted to apply XI. Covarn's eclectic system to politics with the most disnstrous results, The ‘Eclectic tick. et” got sbout fourteen votes in the county.. Now it is making a desperate effort to apply M. Cosre’s positive system to polities ; and the process is equally unintelligible. But whether eclectic, positive, or negative, tho result in all cases isa jumblo of nonsense and absurdity likely to onsue whonever n re. former starts out without understanding what he is talking nbout. In the present iu- stance it has produced an acephalous mon- strosity—n Government without a head. We are asked to believe that constitutional monarchy in Europe is a headless institution, With the facts before us we really can't do it. Tho British Government is the model of con- stitutional monarchy in Europo. Just now a Queen happens to be the head of that Gov- ernment, She possosses the power of ap- pointment and removal, and otherwise exer- cises tho functions of the Executive. The peculiarity of the system is that the Adminis- tration, or Ministry, is changeable according to the modifications of public sentiment on pending issues os reflected and represented by tho majority in tho Houso of Commons. When the Ministry ceases to be in sym- pathy with this majority, the Queen usual- ly dismisses it and calls sbout her an- other Ministry composed of the lenders of the majority. But she is not foreed to do this, ns sho may dissolve the Parliament and send the members back to their constituency to determine by a now election whether they are in sympathy with a majority of the people. It is in this way the Executive head of the Government—tho Queen—ascortains what the sentimont of the people ig, when she is in doubt, whether in harmony with the Commons or with her Min- istry. If the political complexion of the ma- jority in the House remains the same after tho election, tha Queen dismisses her Minis- try and forms a new one; if not, sho retains her Ministry. Usually the majoritysentiment is so clear that the Ministry saves the Queen or King the altornative by tendering their portfolios whenever the House of Commons votes a want of confidence by rejacting one of their leading projects. The constitutional right and power of the Queen remainsall tho same, ‘This is certainly not a system without a head. As wo goncrously intimated the other day, we think we understand’ what the Z'imes is trying to attain, though this is no foult of the Timea, It wants tho principleof respon- sibility to attach to the Executive in this country—or, rather the, responsibility to the ruling sentiment of the country to be sub. stituted for the present responsibility to one party. Now thisisa very good ides, but we don’t soe how it is to be promoted by nbol- ishing the President attogother, as tho Times advocates, nor by making one President got out of office and inducting a new Presidont into office every timo there is o change in the sentiment of the House of Representatives on a leading question, What would the Times have? Itinsists that there shallbe no head, no Chief Magiatrate; then who shall make these changes as they come about? If it isto bea changeable Presidency, into which one man shall step in and another step out every few months, are we to havea genoral Presiden. tial election every fow months? We hope not; we have far too many elections in this country now. Or is this new form of gov- ernment to be simply a Cabinet without a head? In that case, who is to call the Cabi- net together? Shall it be the Speakerof tho House of Ropresontatives? And if this is tho programme, is the Speaker also to dis- solve Congress, and send them back to thoir constituency to see whether they have not drifted out of the line of public sentiment? Or is it to be assumed that Congress is always in sympathy with the majority of the people, no matter what thoy do? All this confusion comes, we fear, from the insane notion of having a Government with. outa head. If the Times will only consent to restore the head, any kind of a head, we may then make somo progress toward the so- lution of the problem. We do not conceive it impossible to apply the system of a responsiblo Executive to this country, Asa matter of fact, wo think it would be highly desirable under certain cir- cumstances. But we apprehend that the firat ossential to the formation of this syatom is gradual and natural growth. It must be attained, if at all, by a auccession of reforms in thatdirection; itcannot be jumpod at. It adapted itself slowly in England to tho mon- archical syatem, and has now obtained tho force of law by its steady development as o custom, It must be similarly adapted to the republican system in this country, and the way must be prepared for it. The first requisite is that the President shall cease to be tho more head of a party during the wholo of his torm, and become the representative of the. majority sentiment of tho country, whatever direction it may take during his sdininistration. Thia will be best promoted by longthoning ‘the Presi. dential term of office, and by making the incumbent ineligible to a re-election. Tho President may then coase to be a mors partisan the moment he becomes President. He may took forward toa term of service without being beset with any temptation to so administer the office as to promote his chances for re-election. Ho will be in a position to be thoroughly independent, and may be guided in all things by the sentiment of the majority. Another requisite is the institution of a civil service system whereby the subordinate functions of Government may be steadily, uniformly, and intelligently exercised without regard to any changes in the personnel of the Government which have grown out of differences on the tariff or the ourrency question, We must first out loose from the rotation “ppoils” system of politics before that of m changeable Exooutive, Involving partisan and personal changes in the amy of office-holdora, can be enfely adopted, The starting-point for thin reform is Likewiso to bo found in tho ineligibility of the President to re-clection. If our system of Govornment is to tg progressive, wo aro probably alreudy on the rom] to non-partisan Executive responsibility, Already the Presidont who expecta to prog throngh an administration with anything likg Personal comfort and offloial dignity inst yield to tho sontiment of the majority in tho appointment or removal of hie Cabinct, Pep, hapa this is the first step toward the recogns, tion of responsibility o8 an clomont of oy, syutom, But inany event we can Rearcely conceive that we shall over have ® hendleag Government, Thero must be a pivotal poing in Government; some permanent element about which the other elements may revolye, To take away tha President and substitute nothing in his stead would be to loave ug, steam machine without o governor, a ship without a helm, a body withont a head, A BLOW AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, And now comes Mr. Honan, of Cook County, and wants to tinker the State Cop. stitution so as to divide the publia echos monoys among sectarian achools,—n achemy similar to that just sprung upon the Missonyj Legislature by some Bourbon members, Ny, Honan wants See. 33, Art. G, of the Constity, tion to be amended xo ns to rend as follows; Seo, 3, Tho General Astombly shall provide for ig equitabte distribution of all money apprapristed fu school purposes among the free schovls uf the Slate, provided euch relisious sect may estabirah frre akon and be entitled to an equitable ehare, but no woney aball bo wppropriated by the Guneral Assembly forty aid or sustain auy academy, seminary, college, univer. sity, or any sectarian denomiuation whatever, neq shall any grant or douation of land, money, or othe personal property ever be made by the Slute or any stich public corporation to any Church execpt to any tain free achools therewith connected, We can best indicate the changes whid Mr. Hoxaw seeks to make in this section by printing it as it now stands: Bsc. 3, Nelther tho General Assembly, not county, city, town, township, whol district, or othe publie corporation, nball ever muke any appropriatcs, or pay from any public fund whatever, wuything aid of any Church or sectarian purpore, or to bel qoprert or sustain any school, ncademy, sorniniy, Hege, univorslty, or other Literary or acientific ln tution controlled by any Church or sectarian denon, nation whatever; nor shall any grant, or donation land, money, or other personal property ever be msds ty tlie bate, or any sich public corporation, to ay burch, or for any soctariun purpose, The difference in the two is simply this that, while the prohibition of the use of pub lic moneys for seminaries, colleges, and uni. versities of religious denominations is re. tained in tho proposed amendmont, it strike out all the rest of the section as it now stands, and authorizes the division of the mony among denominational schools, If then were any possibility that the people of ttl State in the proposed election of November, 1876, would ratify this amondment, tho situ. tion would be ono of the gravest characte and fall of dangor to tho public school sys. tem of the State. If it wore poxsible for Mr, Honan to carry his amendment through the Legislaturo, there it would die, If it way ever brought before the. people for ratifice tion, they would voto it out of sight by a majority so overwhelming that no ono would have the temerity for a goneration to come to renew the absurd proposition, The amendment proposed is simply om branch of tho organized effort among th Bourbons to establish the old Church ant Stato combination, and make the State psy for the toaching of sectarian dogmas. Every parent now has the right to teach his chi. dven ag many dogmas as he pleases. Every Church has the right to teach its dogmu from its pulpit and its own schools which it supports, and that is as far as the peopled this State will ever give their consent to the propagation of any religions creed at tho public expense. The proposition is simply out of the question, and an agitation of the | proposition can do no good, and only sern to stir up resentful feclings, Thero is nothing more certain than that four-fifths of the tax-payers and voters of Ilinoia aro in. flexibly opposed to lovying taxo for tho sup- port of sectarian schools, or permitting any- thing to be done to impair or destroy thi existing publie school system. Boveral of the daily papers of the olty are ia the habit of publishing “ Gite Concert ” adver tisemonts with editorial commondations of tus same. ‘Those advertisements havo all been cf fered to Tue Ininuxz and declined, on tk grounds that they were supposed to be lott sdvortisements, and ag such prohibited by tli criminal Jawa of Ilinola. Occasionally ons it 80 disguised in phrascology as to decalye the ob ‘vertising clerk, but all auch havo boen throi out by the editor aa soon as his attention 13 called to them. But some advortising agonts insist that tho pift-onterprive announcements do not fall uode? tho ban of the statute forbidding the pnblcw tion in nowspapersof lottery advertisomonts. Is order to sottlo this somewhat important pois, the case has boon submitted to the State's At torney, together with copies of several newr papers containing suol gift-concert advertis- ments. THe baa returned the following aust to the queations: Tathe Fuller of The Chicago Tribune: Ovriog oy THE State's Atroungy, Caroads, Tk 3,—Youra of tho lat iust,, conceruing the publica’? of “Gitt Concert Advortisemonta” by certain Det papers, ia just received. All newspapors which 10! ja auch advertisenienia violate the law, end tho)” prletors thereof are Ualle to indictont, Every ut propriotor may be punished under Soc, 190, 18.07 283, pp. 378 und 979 of the Revised Statutes of 176 Any person may make complaint to the Grand Jary fur auch violations of tho law, or to me, und I will prot! the matter tu the Grand ‘Jury, If you desire, 10 call tle attention of the Gran‘! Jury to the nowspae mentioned by you fn your ltt r, Yours, otc., Omanixs H, Heep, Hlote's Attorcey, According to the explanation of the law by St Duro, it is not necessary that tho editor of Tu! ‘LarwUNE whould indicate any “ desire” as to sh courae the Stato’s Attorney should pursue. Every now and then comes from the frontict # story of blood and passion caused by the raldiog of frontier towns by Toxan bull-whackera. ‘The bull-whacker is not necessarily destitute of lu manity or principle, although tho exigencits of frontier civilization not unnaturally boget | him an indifference to the amenities of civilize! life, ond sven to the rights of his fellows, The bull-whackor becomes a bully, with » latent cm orgy for evil in bim, awaiting ite opost nity #0 become active aud disastrauy, This opportuvity comes when tho bull-whackers eacort their proP* erty tomarket. Passing through the small tor of the frontler they become drunk on bad whist and then their active energy for evil become little loss than sstonlshiug, ‘They rougl-ride : over the townsamen, shooting and cutting io the! mad fury, and leaving corpses and invalids be hind them. Until recently a policy of concillt tion has ueually beon maintained toward thet ruflang, but recent outrages havo welded te cltizena into banda for mutual protection, § reprivals are constantly dccurring, New Me has recently suffered more than usual £100) thelr incursions, aud the Town of Cimarron br came the scone of « violent 1 ffgay but a few go. The bull-whsckors hau mado ups s0* party, and, in the violence of Intoxication. ¥#! out with the avowed intention of Kiiling 0me body. A Bheriff’s posse oppceed thew ra they opened fire. ‘Tne Citizens’ Committ 4 iunmediately formed, drove them ars stone building, from which they broke ov light of laws, and fivally forced them outs ae bulbwhackers were propared.for such 69 ye gency, and bad thelr horaes held ready tor #! ander gover of thoir rites, They menser get into thelr eadul-#. nd side of, sollowed OY