Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 20, 1875, Page 8

8 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SAT'URDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1875.--TWELVE PAGES, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATER OF AURACRITTION (PATAPLE IX ADVANCE), 7 Pentage rapobt as (We omce. i a onee BES nan Pate apa 81880 | Weakly Parte of a year at tho xamo rate, Ta prevent delay and ‘kes, be eure and gira Post. Diflee addraes in full, ine Ing Btate and Cons: Ronulitancesmay bermndeclther by draft, exp Oficoarder, or in teglatercd loticrs, at our risk. ‘TENMS TO CITY AUDACHIDERA, Pally, delivered, Sunday excepted, 25 conta per wock Daily, delivered, Sunday included, BO cents por week Address THK TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner fadtvon and Dearhorn-: Chicago, 1, clears, Dressed hogs were quiet and casier, closing nt 27.50@8.20 per 100 Ibs. High. wines were quict nnd 1¢ lower, at $1.04 per gallon, Flonr was quiet and firm. Wheat wes more active and 3-to higher, closing at $5 1-fo cash, and 85 6-Se for March, Com was more cetive and G-8@3-le higher, clos- ing at Gde for March, and 71 1-20 for May. Onts wero in better demand, and 1-20 higher, closing at 53 7-8c seller the month, and 53.44 for March. Ryo was quiet and stealy al 19@09 12e, Darley was quiet and 1-20 higher, at $1.10@1.10 1-2 for March, and $1.08 for April. Togs wero quiet and easy, closing 100 lower for common and medium. Cattle wero quiet and nominally anchanged, Sheep wero fairly active and steady. supplying tho bread on a sinall margin of profit, leaving no room for 'division”; and that tho suecesafal bid of $2.40 por hundred was mado with reference to a pre-arranged partition with some of those awarding the contract. At oll evonts, £2,600 is taken ont of tho pockota of the peapte for tho current year in order that the Sonwraxruntis may onjoy the privilege of furnishing the county poor with bread at a much higher bid than their competitor, This is another instance of the promised reforms we were to have under {he regime of tho People’s Party. To AMUSEMENTS. OOLKY'R THRATRE-<Randotnh strert between Thrcant radetien Dore * aod e*deony Lind." "At jarnoon and evening. Tho testimony of Mrs. Francts D, Movre tox in tho Bysourn ease yesterday foll liko n thunderbolt, It is the most terrible blow Bereuen has yet received, and will injure him more than the testimony of all the other wit- nesses combined, Mrs, Mounton testifies, first, that Mr. Bercurn confossed his ‘“‘sin” to her, and blamed himself for it. Second, that Mrs, Tints confessed the ‘sin to her, and blamed herself for it, Third, that Mr, Beeouen told her it “was of no uso for him to live sny long- er, and that he would take his life"! Fourth, that he confessed to her his ‘ great love" for Mrs, ‘Tiron, Fifth, that Mrs, Tinton told. her, if the matter became public, sho “would snerifico her husband and her children rather than Mr. Bezanen.” Sixth, that Mrs, ‘Txitow told her sho could not livo with Tizopone, because ho was continually reminding her of the “sin” she had ‘ com. mnitted.” ‘These nroa fow of tho points of her testimony, but the most vital ones, ‘They como with all the more crushing forco because thoy come from n lady of tho highest charactor,—a lady in whom Mr, Bevousn himself has always had confidence, and who has sedulously sought to avoid notoricty by keeping her uname out of the case, It cor. roborates all that has gone before, and carrics the force of truth with it; and, unless it can all be explained away, if ever there was an occasion for Mr. Brrouen to rotiro to his ‘*cavo of gloom," it is now. EXPORTATION OF MANUFACTURES, One of the most dostructive consequences of tho Civil War, and one of the afflictions to be charged to the great Rebellion, is that it fornished the opportunity— necessity many would call it—for imposing on tho American people a system of impost duties which have destroyed tho powor of exporting manufactures, and left tho conntry with nothing that can be exported to pay for our imports except agricultural prodncta, petroloum,and gold. Its effects aro upon us, and visible in tho extraordinary fact that the wholo burden of furnishing the oxchanges and maintaining the commorce of the United States is placed exelnsivety upon ono portion of the people. The popnlation of the country ie abont forty millions, of which ono-half are engaged in agriculture, nnd the other half in other industries, chiefly manufactures, transporta- tion, and trodc. One-half the population dwell in cities nnd towns, and the other half on the land. The whole American people aro large consumers of foreign productions of many kinds, Woe have on our soil avery element that en- ters into tho minutesi detail of production. Wo havo abundance of all kinds of food, and it can be furnished to consumers at less cost than it can be in any other country. Nature ‘hos placed in almost avery section and local. ity rich deposits of iron and conl; and for the same amount of Isbor there can be de- liyerod at the month of the pit more coal and more iron ore and of a better quality thancan be dono in any other country in the world. So rich in qualfty and so inoxhauatiblo in quantity are these deposits af coal and fron that no famine or oven scarcity in oithor can over be feared, We have, in like mannor, rich deposits of copper and lead, and inexhaust- iblo mminos of silver and gold. In addition, we havo tho resourags of vast forosta, which are no longer enjoyed in any other country. We have, in comparison with omar grent conrmercial rival, magnificent and cx- tensivo water-powor, not confined to ono lo- enlity, but distributed everywhera, Nature has blesaed us with o bountiful hand; bas placed within our reach all tho material for the groatest manufacturing production that the world has evor witnessed. In tho world’s grent staple, cotton, she hoa given us prac- tically monopoly; and yet wo actu. ally manufacture less ootten per capita of the population than we did fifteen years ago! Tho cheap wools which ore needed to mix with our finer grades in order to produco ovory variety of cloth oro as available to us as to any other nation, and, in addition toa sapromacy in the pro- dnetion in cotton fabrios, wo might also be the great manufacturer of woolen goods for tho world. With this vast, inexhaustiblo masa of wealth placed bofore us, the pro- tective policy has touched American industry and capital with, paralysis, Instead of pro- ducing three tons of coal and threo tons of iron, it hes limfted production, as it wero, to one ton of each, and by statute fixed tho prico of tho one ton of metal at a price which forbids exportation, It has by statute fixed a minimum price for cotton goods, a result of whioh is thot tho raw American cotton ia taken to Europe, there manufactured into cloth, and brought back to this country oud sold to the very peopla who grow tho orig- inal raw matorial, ‘The cotton plantor has to furnish the exchange with which the Amori. can people purchase in foreign countrios cloth made of Amorican cotton! The Amori- can farmer has to furnlah the breadatuffs with which the American peoplo purchase in England the Woolen cloth made of wool which we exclude, and which, if admitted here and mixed with the domestlo wool, would onablo us to compete in quality with the fineat cloths of the world. Tho Amorican former has to furnish tho pork and Jard, the ‘checso, and corn, wheat, and other grain with which tho whole American poople make thelr exchanges the world over. Tho whole finan. celal burden is thrown upon the agricultural clasa, whilo the other half of the peoplo are living upon the pensions which the corrupt protective systom has provided for thom out of the agricultural product, Hore is tho striking fact that the only un- protected class of producers are the only peo- ple who have anything to eell abroad, ore the ouly people who contribute to our national commerce, and withont whose productions the United Statea would ceaso to have any commerce. At tho same time, tho protected producers have nothing to sell for exporta- tion, Depending on the prices fixed by atat- utes, they goon, yoar after yoar, producing for a home-market which ia too impoverished to purchase; they have closed the markets of the world against themselves, and thoy live upon the extortion the law authorizes them to practice, Every fluctuation of the market embarrasses thom ; every monetary stringen- oy cloacs their doora, and stops the salo of thelr goods ; their labor is discharged ; their machingry becomes idle; their capital is sunk, ad WOW, 19 om aveomulated mists of tnan- MVIOKER'S THRATRE—Madltan atrest, between arborn and State, Engagement of Charlotte Caslunan, "Guy Mannering.” Aitarnoon and evening. Mr. Dawes’ Tax bil] had another bad turn yesterday, being laid asido in order to permit the cousidoration of bills on the private calendar. ‘This is no time, however, for Mr. Dawes to bo discouraged. Somo membors of Congress have their being only in conse- quenee of the private calendar, They would rather go to the private calendar tha enter. tain an angel from Heayon, as Mr. Haunt DAy would say; nnd Mr, Dawes’ bill is much Jess than that. If tho Lower Houso should be impaled on tho private calendar until the fth of March, it would bo less ex. pensive to the country than if it should pass Mr, Dawes’ bill in its present shape. But tho chances are somowhnt against so fortunate o disposition of affairs, ACADEMY OF MUSIC—italstod streat. between Made yon and Moaron, Engagemont of Madame Janauschok, Afternoon, *' Mary Stuart" and ‘Come Hers." Hven- ng, ** Machoth.” MRA-HOUSI:—Clark _atree! alta Ree eee Oe ona Minstrenee Bron from.” Afternoon aad evouiniz, ADPLPIIT THRATRE~Doarborn street, corner Mans Be, Wants entortalnmont, ‘The Brench Spy." Af- oon and evening. ONICAGO MUBEUA—Momioc strost, hatween Dear. mand State, The Lolle of the Fauborg "and '* The wo Murderers." Afierquon and ovoning. BUSINESS NOTICES. WE MEAN ALL WE BAY.—FULL SRT REST GUM rath, €8, Satisfaction or money refunded, Filling, titat- jisas, at half tho usaal rates, MCCULHD 73Ulark-ats The Chitcaga Gribune. Saturday Morning, Sabrinry, 20, 1875. WITH SUPPLEMENT. Judge Drumuoxp will sit in the United tates Court, at Springfield, next week, and Teal with the Macoupin County Supervisors ignin, ‘That case preserves a perennial freah- 1088 for which the secker after news cannot bo too grateful. ‘Tho Court will also, it is sxpected, pnas on the constitutionnlity of tho tax on capital stock, Tho ncophatous monstrosity, sired by tho Bureau County member and damned by the Chicago Times, was destined to have a short life, Mr, Hennon’s resolution was inconti- nently tabled yesterday, and the Illinois Leg- islaturo no longer feels tho heavy responsi- Dility of amending the Constitution of tho United States by knocking the hend of the Government, and leaving it o shapeloss mass of body and legs, There is only ono sad fen. ture about this disposition of o brainless as well as headless schemo, and that is that Speaker ILawes will bo deprived of making thot great oratoricnl effort of his life which has been printed in the Chicago Zines with strong editorial indorsoment. We can only suggest to Mr, Hares in this sorrowful dis. appointment the latest slang advico given to bores by people who are talked to death,— “+ Hire 9 hall.” ‘The Honso Committes on Pacific Railroads Yeported yestarday, with a fovorablo recom- mendation, 'foxt Scorr’s Texas Pacifio Rail- woy bill. This fraudulent measure should not be allorved to make any further progress, The Republican Congress cannot afford to allow so cnormous n swindle, Bettor let it rest for tho “Reformers” to consummate next session, ‘The address issued by the Democratic mem- bers of Congress from the South is generally commendable, though there sro some phrases in it so vague and opaque that it is diflcult to decido whether or not tho spirit that prompted it is in full sympathy with tho os- tensiblo purpose of its promulgation. It would have been in better taste if the gon- tlemen herd roverted less to tho ery of a “long-suffering people,” which inevitably includes the recollection that thoy are chiefly responsible for their own alleged woes. Wo sympathize heartily, however, with all that points to peaco and conciliation. The prom- ico of it on the part of the Demecrats would havo more value if it came from them while controlling the Government instead of ate time whon thoy are seeking by means of promises and professions to get control of the Government, We will hope, nevertheless, that the promises will be made good if the Democrats shall ever have tho opportunity. The Army Appropriation bill passed tho Lower House of Congrese yesterday without troubis of any kind. ‘That bugaboo of an amenciment, which was to make eppropri- ationrs for two yoars, was not 50 much ns of- ferec. Tho idea doabtless originated in the tocmning brain of some carpet-bag member, and was novar goriously entertained by any inthoential Republican. A Bobemian, happily so born, has traveled aP. the way froin the Black Hills to Sioux City, in this terrible winter weather, and ‘brings late tidings from tho mining-camp there, He says GOO miners aro at work. ‘Tho Bohemian himsclf brought with him about $2,000 in gold-dust as a specimon of tho kind he left behind. The story is well told, but it has not abundant confirmation, It is porhops remarkable that the creden- tials of Mr, Axaus Oaxenox, Senator-eloct from Wisconsin, were presonted by tho Vice- President, nnd not, as ussgo would lead us to expect, by Mr. Hown or Mr. Canrenren. ‘The omission of this act of courtesy was not very serious, but, if it was intentional, it showed a degree of bad fecling on tho part of tho Wisconsin Senators which was not to their credit. Bir. Parr, of Indiana, was magnanimous enough to offer the credentials of hia euecossor, who was also o politionl op- poncat. Topaz Wittaxs tumbled the air-castles of the gamblor 3foDoxatp ond his counsel ‘fnupe about thoir cars yesterday by a prompt aud searching oxamination of their case. Thoy learned then for the first time, wo do not doubt, that the Courts of Cook County, reflecting the sentiments of the people, have determined to be tzifled with no longer. McDonaxp was involved by the Judyo in a mass of contradictory statements, and bound over to answor a chargo of perjury, Mr, ‘frupe, too, who is quite as dangerous a man a3 MoDonaun, and far moro dificult to bring to justice, was mado to understand that tha packing of juries and subornation of perjury are criminal offenses, and that ona who practices law with such arts os his stock in trade may stand in pressing need of ominent counsel himself, Judge Woutama deserves the earnest thanks of the people for his straightforward and courageous conduct, If his course is the result of a concorted policy among the Judges of Cook County, the gam- blers will be driven from Chicago within three months, The Banking Committees of both Houses of tho Illinois Legislatnro havo perfected the dreft of a now banking law. ‘Tho necessity for such s law is apparent. The State Con- atitution contemplates it; and the interests of the public domand it, But the bill drafted by the, Legislative Committees, if it fs correctly outlined in the dispatches, is Beriously defective, Wo havo triod to show Im the finoneial article this morning that any provision for quarterly statomonts which doos not require their verifloation by official exaninations is worse than uscless, Tho Republican members of tho Minnesota Legislature came to thoir senses yesterday, being aided thereto, perhaps, by the vigorous antisoptic administered by Col. Br Krxo, and elected a United Statos Senator to suo ceod Ramsey. Tho spectacle presented ‘by the Republican loaders in Minnesota, from the beginning of the sossion until yesterday, was wholly demoralizing in its effoct upon tho party, and tho withdrawal of it is a fit subject for congratulation. ‘Tho elec- tlon of Locnren, which at ono timo secmod imminent, would have been a gross political blunder,—one which could not havo been easily ropaired beforo tho noxt Prosidontinl election, ‘Yhat danger has beon happily averted, Judge McMiznayx, the Senator. elect, is a sound Republican on principle, yot in no senso an iron-bound partisan, He has never held ony other than 9 judicial office ; and, from tho very nature of his professional training, ia poculisrly Attod to sit in a body having the high deliberative and jndioiat functions of tho United Statos Sonate. MoMruax will take rank with CunistiaNoy ns a statesman, who, whatever his ability sa specchmaker or o manager of caucuses, will never bo found wanting in his devotion to the best interesta of tho people, The party which can send such men os these tothe United States Seuate is cortainly not undeserving of confidence and respect, It is worthy of remark that, tho very day tho Sonate Judiciary Committee issued an oficial manifesto to tako tho sting out of tho “‘prea-gag law,” a correspondent nomed Surru was arrestod on a criminal process for libel institated by a man named MoFannanp tor odispatich which the former had sent to 8 Boston paper, ‘This was o direct applica- tion of the law, which thusfurnishes a moans of intiraidsting .the Washington corre. epondenta by arresting them in Washington for allog.d libels uttored in another city, and printed in newspapers which these corra. spondents neither own nor control. It uscd to bo a stonding joke with tho fanny nowspopers that railrond accidents would ceaso when railroad Directors were compelhed by law to ride on the cow-catcher of each passenger-onginc. Yot we havo this morning the report of an accl- dent on tho Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Loris Railroad, by which the General Memagor and the First Vice-President of the Pennsylvanian Company wero sorloualy injured; and this, although the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Road iscontrolled by the Pennsylvania corporation. Thera is no- body but will regret the misfortuno that hos befallen Mr, MoOunzoon; but it will atill Murvo to point a moral, 1f not to adom a tale, Jom Mrrowen, it is well known, stood for an election in Tipperary with no inten- tion of taking a seat in the House of Com. mons if elocted. He had determined to ab- sent himeclf, and to refuse the customary oath of allegiance, His rejection by the House ‘was, thereforo, no serious blow to him, His son will probably be put forward as a candi. date, Tho whereabouts of the two Mrrouezs has not been generally lnown of late; but the comanon belief is that thoy are in this country, The elder Mrrourn hod, a lecturo engagainent in Chicago afew weeks ago from which he exoused himself on a plea of ilincas, He sailed with his son for Evropo on the 6th (ost., and thuy avo probably now in Ircland, Tho County Board could not be persuaded to rescind the award of the bread contract to tho Scuweronta Bros, ot $2.50 per 100 pounds, ond give it to Mr, Vorz, another bidder, at tho rato of $2.19 per hundred. The raling mojority or ring of the Board, rofn- forced on this occasion, to the general sur- priso, by Mesa, Jovzs and Somunr, from whom better things had beon expected, sought to justify this un- warrantable waste of the county money by throwing discredit on Vorz's ability to fill the contract according to stipwation. Now, wo aro informed that not only is Br, YVorz financially responsible, but that he actually offerod to deposit $5,000 seourity in the shape of five $1,000 U-per-cont United Btatcs bonds as a guarantos of carrying out the contract to the letter, This ta cortainly a tore substantial kind of scourity than is afforded by tho personal reputation of the Souwenruntu Bros, whose supplies of broad in the past have been strongly Suspected of not fulfilling the re- quirements of tho contract In vow of these circumstances, the public can only xeach one conclusion, viz.1 that Mr ‘Voua's bid of 99.19 por hunted was based on ‘The Chicago produce marketa wero gen- eroY.y elxonger in tone yesterday. Meas pork was quiet ‘and 5@7 1-20 per bri lower, oleving at @18.13@18.20 cash, and $14.22 1-2 for March. Lard was active and 60 por 100 a lower, closing at 618.40 cash, and $15,465 @228.47 LZ neler March, Meats were quict ai: @ shade driaex, at 98-90 for shoulders, 9 Ga for mhovt ribs, and 0 7-80 foy alot ufnctures, rotting, rusting, and decaying in We suppose that at thia monient, thongh prodnetion lina been grently reduced dering tho last cightoen months, there aro manufactured goods in oxcesn of any demandi for them that cost 2500,000,000, Not a pound or a yard of all this stu can bo sold out of the United States. passed, tho city stil would have bad to rely only on the small State valuation which had been the rula for thirty yenrs in this State. Subsequently, and afier the adjournment of the Legislature in 1873, the State assessment, unier the influenco of tho raileoad-grab haw people, was advaneed to nearly three tines ite previous nmount; and in 187 tho assess- ment for Stato taxation in this city was abont the samo as tho city assessmont under Bill 300, Such is tho history of Bill 309, only remaining reason which cau bo urged in Dehalf of its rotention is the defoctive char- acter of the Stato machinery for assessing Senator Rontnson’s bill is triqd to manago Congress, ita existence npon a subsidy bought by bribes, it cannot got into its eaftn too quickly. Roacit enumerates, among other evil effects, the deliverance of Paeltia commerco into English hands, the sloppage of American If it depends for their warol:.onses, vesuela which could bo used in thn of war by the Government. ean carry our goods moro cheaply than we can, wo sliall save by giving thom tho work, ‘There are, by Roaou's own statement, only threo fron vessels now being built in ‘They are ell in his yard. country can probably bear np under the not very weighty infliction of their stoppngo be- As for war, wo can botter afford to build our own war veasels than to build them and then hand them over to a Company which sonds its vessels to tho bot- tom, whilo it devotes its talonts to running Tf tho English Instead of inerensing production, it is a pilfal’ for enpital, and the certain im- poverisher uf tho poople, It reduces the com- pensation af Jabor below the cost of maine taining life. Itin beggary to tho operative, an inhibition of productive wealth, aud tends to national impoverishment. Instead of mak. ing our great uatural resources contribute to our national wealth, we havo placed a prohibi- tion upon their production, nnd nn embargo With all the facilities of abundant food, inexhauslible stores of fuel and of ores, with water-powor in abundance, with ovory clescription of raw material, we are capable of being tho gront manufacturer of the worl, and, in exchango for these pro- duets of ow: induatry, slcill, and tnbor, we could draw hither wenlth of all nations. icy wo have rojected. that the tier of tho soil shall alone sell his surplus, pesing for its transportation in pro- tected vebiles, drawn over protected road- ways, and so taxed on its way to market that it costa tw) bushels to pay the cost of mov- ing one to market ; and, instead of furnishing the world with the products of our looms } and our snvils as well as of our farms ond plantations, we silence the two former and leave to iio latter the sole burden of fur- nishing the whole country with exchanges. When this. policy shall be abolished and manufactures mado free, when all branches of industry mny trade in all the markets of the world, then will set in a prosperity and a production upon this continent such as the world has ‘never yet witnessed, taxes in Chicago. intonded to cnro this defect. so, then thero is overy reason for dispensing with Dill 300, and in the future collecting our city taxes by the samo mnchinery used for collecting State and county taxes, fore complotion, upon exporiation, LET THE ANIMALS LOOSE. Tnosas Nast has drawn ous of his most yigorous and pointed cartoons, which appears in Harper's Weekly for uext weolt, entitled ‘The Trouble has Commenced—A ‘I'nlo of Tho central figure is Mr. Joun Youxa Brown, of Kentucky, who appears as a furious young tigor in a rampant attitude about to spring upon Bex Boritr, who stands beneath his forg pawa hotding 1 scroll upon which is inscribed, ‘ Vory Civil Rights in tho House of Roprosentatives.” Fenxaxpo Woop, Sunset Cox, W. 8, Honan, W. It, Bonnigon, and Sam Ranpatu have hold of tho infuriated beast by ihe tail, and aro sweating und tugging at him to restrain him from devouring poor Ben, while Spenker Bratz, pounding upon his desk with his gavel, crics out in consternation: “Gentle. men, you must not lot your wild animals looso till the next session,” with romarkablo powor and action, and tolls It is not only remark. able, howaver, as tha record of 1 curront event, but as tho forecast of tha future, isa flash which illuminates tho noxt session, and gives a momentary glimpse at what will happen on the floor of the next House when tho “wild animals” now in tho Houso are re- inforced by oighty or more of tho same un- tamed and ferocious sort. of the coming cvont cast bofore, and it indi. cates what will happon when the ‘ wild anf. mala” nro tho majority of the Democratic caucus, and Woon, (or, Horan, Morrison, and Ranpatr will find more tails than they Then these Northern Democrats will be in a minority in their caucus, and the “animals” will ba ‘looso" and past all re. Rosco omits the reason which: is probably, tho most cogent in his mind Against the repoal of tho ill-gotten subsidy, Ono of tho witnesses the Congressional Committee that Roacit was promisad a good share of the subsidy for his servicos asa lobbyist in gotting the job through, and that his share waa to be slip- ped into the pnyments made him for tho No wonder ho wants tho subsidy continued. It ia o cunning Roacn. ‘Tho reason for tho disappearance of Amer- ican shipping from the high seas is the high Wo havo in this country overy req- uisite for successful, chenp, and good ship- Under o low tariff in 1860 our seaports were crowded with vessels and our shores with ship-yards, Thosu yards oro now deserted, Tho tariff has ‘* protected” a ones grent industry into denth, the Republio will never role tho sens again until wa aro rid of that terrible incubus which has sunk our shipping and paralyzed the trado that onco throve so well. testified — boforo commerco and But that pol. We havo insisted vessels he bnilt, The picture is drawn the story ato glance. THE WOES OF A “‘ PRIVATE CITIZEN." * Tho Hon, Col. Wrutzast 8, Kiva, ex-Post- master of the House of Representatives, member-elect of the next Congress, propric- tor of one St. Paul newspaper and two Min- ueapolis nowspapers, owner of o stock-farm and breeder of blooded bulls, leading poli- tician of the Stato of Minnesota, and s0- journer ineog, ot a‘retired summer resort, in Cannds during the presont heated term, desires to extend his protean accomplish- ments and become the Great American Lettor- ‘To this ond the Hon. Winntaft has begim by addressing n royal missive to tho Minnesota Legislature. His first now de- parture from the old-style epistolatory cor- respondonce is found in his failure to date his letter ; ho docs not even put it as coming from tho Dominion of Canada; ho takes no noto of timo; locations, and. months, sud years he leaves to smaller minds, Mr, Kura did not dosiro or expact that tho Logislature of Minnesota would answer ‘HB: OF 300, The Obicayo Zimes insists that this paper has no right to advise the repeal of tho law Known a1 Bill 800, because the Mayor of Chicago in 1871-'73 advised the enactment of Tho Chicago Timesis hardly igno- rant of the fact that when Bill 300 was onacted it was na necessity, and that, being no longer a necessity and having served the oecanion which cnilod for it, it shonld now bo repented. ‘Tho general revenue law was enncted in buf did not go into operation until July of Uiat yoar, a date too late to pormit .the collention of city taxes under that act, and n special act was passed to bridgo over ‘Tho general Jaw of 1872 contained tha following provision by which city taxes might be collected upon the State and county It is tho shadow ‘Lhero is ovidenco alrendy that the Northern Democrats ara afraid of their wild animals, ‘They feel an auxicty for the present Congress to pass the Approprintion bills, so that thore may be no necessity for an extra session, not only thot thoy may avoid the rush, and scram- blo, and bitter fight of the hungry applicants for office, but that tho “ animals” may not be Jet loose at o time when they may do great harm by their ferocity, and projudice elec tions. Hoxway, in his despair, wishes that Congress could adjourn until o yoar from next December, which would lonvo tho const clear, not only for fixing the elections, but also for retiring the animals to their cages until the Prosidential elections wore over, Cox and Ranparu dread tho oxtra sesssion, be- cause, if thera is one there is little doubt that that chiof of the salary-grabbers, Frn- nanpo Woop, will be elected Sponker, and, even if ho should not bo Speaker, ho would certainly bo Chairman of the Woys and Moans Committeo, and have the leadership of his party in tha Houso. troubling not only tho moderate Democrats in the House, but the Northern Demoeratia party in gonoral, who now find that the ani- mals will not only havo control of the noxt House, but control of the party and of tho Presidential Convention, and tho tail will bo too big and too strong for thoi to hold when tho animal makes his mad spring, Lot us have an oxtra session by oll menns, and see what the animals will do whon loose, When Speaker Buarye announces the close of tho present session, the tigers ond leopards will bo in possesalon, freo to roam and anarl, soratch and devour at will, and if Cox and Ranpatu and Horstan and Mornrwon got hold of tho tail, the worso it will be for them. Lot the country have a look at tho wholo menagerie at once, It is better to open the cagos now and let them out than to wait until noxt Decomber, by which timo tha people may bo again deceived at tho elections in rogard to tho real naturo of the beasts, If the country is destined to suffor from their ravages, it might as woll commence gotting used to it now oa any other time, Let your animals loose, gontlemon. Bxo, 122, ‘The proper authorities of towns, town- ships, districts, and incorporate cities, towns, and ‘villages, alia, annually on or before the second Tues- day in Aurrcst, certify to tha County Clerk the soverat amounts which they require to be ralued by tasation. The city7 nt that timo was governed by its charter, which limited the rates of taxution for variotis purposes ag follows: mills; goneral revenuo, 41-2; lighting city, 2; buildings, 21-2; police, 81-2; streat- cleaning ond ropnirs, 2; sinking fund, 1; sowers, 1; water 1; school sinking fund, 1-4; total, 22 33-4 znflls. ‘There was, in addition, o power to levy such tox os might be snfficiont to most tho interest on the public debt, which was aboit 8 mills, But tho rates for tho ob- Jecta nanxed wore arbitrary. Tho city asseas- ment for 1872 was $284,197,490; the assess- mont of the same property for Stato pur- poses was less thon $90,000,000. charter limited the rates, and the ques- tion was submitted not only to the Law Do- portmentibut to several of the ablest Inwyera of the Stnte, whother the city, in certifying the amotmt of money to bo raised by taxa- tion, would be limited by the rates designated in tho charter, and the wianimous answer wasin tho affirmative., Under these circum. stances, tax of 1 mill each for water and sowers would produce only $90,000 for each objeot, iinstond of $281,000 under tho city assesanumit, oud the necessity for largo addi- tions to the water-supply was deemed impera- tive, as it also wos to tha sewerago system, oa without tho latter the public was suffering, and thers could be no extension of tho fire. limits. ‘Indeed, it was the want of sewerage which caused such strong efforts to reduco the firo-limits. Then, again, 8 1-2 mills on the Stute valuation would not produco enough money to support tho polico six months, nor would 2 mills pay half tho city gas bills on that valuation. To pouceod under that law would produce only about half tho money required to maln- tain the necessary officers of the city, A farthor necossity that then existed for Bill 800 was, that, if tho city taxes woro loviod undor the State law on tho Stato assessmont, it would roquire an aggregate rato of at least 60 mills, or fice per cent tax on the Btato valua- tion, to produce $4,250,000, whon, upon tho city assessment, 16 or 17 mills would produce tho required revonuo, _ It was insisted that to levy a tax of five per cent for city purposes, when the levy the provious year had only been 15 mills, would be injurious to the credit of tho city, fatal to tha obtaining of loans by those trying to rebuild their dostroy- oil structures, and thus groatly retard tho re- building of tho olty. It was supposed that Bill 800 would avoid this seeming enormous inflation of the tar rato, Another reason for Bill 800 was the lack of faith iu the State system of town asseas- ments in a great city like Ohicago, where the Assessire aro elected by the mob, and where, without the city assesamont to guide them, they-would mako 9 shocking mess of their work. It wes hoped that tha next Logiala- tare might enact a radical nmendmont to tho general law on this important point, but which thoy have thug far failed to do, And thon, again, thera was a grave apprehension that, in the impending struggle in courts over the conatitutionolity of the railrond-aid grab, law, the wholo tax-levy in Cook County might be tied up by Jajunctions and leave the olty without funds, But, looldng to the fulure and regarding ‘Bill 800 ag only a temporary measure to mest on emergency, o provision was insorted in it authorizing the olty to drop it whonovor tho Common Council aaw fit, and proceed under tho State revenue Iaw,—which the Counoll since then, howover, has refused todo, In order to pave the way for thia chango from Bill 800 to the Stato law, a little bill was in- troducesd and passed bofore the adjournment amendirig Bec, 122 of the gonernl law before quoted, which reads as followa: AnythUig in their respective charters, or In acts heretofore pessed by the General Assembly of this State, to the contrary notwithstanding, This amendment romoved the difficulty of reatrioting the rates of tax for tho gavoral purpose; but this law was not snactod until May, wad did not take effvot until the follow. tegaiidinent $0 Boe, 120 wad with Congress Mail investigation is pending, he would naturally disdain to onter into a formal correspondence with so diminu. tive a body as. Stoto Legislature. He has simply tnkon occasion to express in befitting terms his regal contempt for the impertinent resolutions which the Minnesota Legislatare passed upon him. Here, of course, the mat- The Legislature would scarco- ly have tho temerity to repoat its offense, and consequently it was not necessary it should lmow Mr, Krxa’s address, explain how the resolutions found their way to him in his retirement; but Mr, Knvo is too heroic to complain of this unwarranted in. trusion upon his privacy, and actually spooks of it ana piece of good fortune. ' Anetoble feature of Mr. Knvo’s First Epis- tle to Lho Minnesotians is‘his insisting upon & publie recognition of his rights as a “pri. vato citizen.” Most mon who havo achiovod notoriety, and oven those who have had it thrust upon thom, rather take pains to claim the distinction upon overy possible occasion, Not so with the modest Mr. Haya, Mr, Krxo was a publio character when he was Postmaster of the House of Represontatives, and will bo a public charao- tor aftor the 4th of March, when he will be- come 8 membor of Congress, whilo, ho is, and insists upon being rogarded, a quict, unostentatious, and virtuous private citizen, Ho has rotired to Canada for the double purpose of escaping tho oxccasive heat now prevailing in the vicinity of St, Poul and Minnoapolis, and of studying tho process by which Canada succeeds in raising as good mutton and juicy veal og the old country, with the intention of introducing this process on his own stock-farm, to the great glory and benefit of Minnosota. Shall Mr. Knxo be disturbed in tho quiot pursuit of knowledge, the benofit of which he proposca to give to the Stato? Shall the short season of rost which intervones betwaon tho Inpse of one long, arduous and distinguished career and the inauguration of another bo ruthless. ly invaded by o sot as) Mr, Kina rominds them, aro : tho He docs not oven Tho ouimals aro A SUBSIDIZED SHIP-BUILDER ON SUBSIDIES. Joxn Roacu, ship-builder, Paciflo Mail lob- bylat, otc,, has favored Congress with a utate. mont of his views on the impropriety of o- penling tho Paoifio Mail mbsidy, mite four reasons against the repeal, Tho firat is, that ‘No bribery of Con- @ressmon haa appoared in the ponding inves. Tf Mr. Roacu really believes this, ho is a phonomenon, alone among 40,000,000 Americans, who should ba exhibited by Ban- ‘Has he never heard of a certain Souusaryn, with £600,000 of tho Preffle Mail bribe-fund, and an uncortain Biuw Kana, with $125,000 of that fund, and Conz’s brother-in-law, with $56,000? IIe admits that the money was spent, but snys that it was absorbed by‘the lobby, ‘hat is, the Company gavo bribes to gotits bill passod, and now pleads ‘not guilty” bocauso all the bribes porhaps did not reach tho partioular members who were thought to bo for galo, Tho judges, who oro the American peoplo, will not sustain that ples, , The aecond reason is, that the Company is not responsible for the sins of jts Diroctora! It is aufflofont to quote, in roply to this, ono of the most familiar and sonndeat maxima of “ Qui facit per alium, fucit per ea," The sarcastio Roacw alleges, in the third placo, that the effects of “controlling in American hands, through the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the commerce of tho Paciflo Ocean,” havo beon very good. ‘Pheso elects may be briefly and trathfally enumerated sa (1) the serlous daningo of our reputation for seamanship by criminal caro. legsneaa and constant shipwrecks, (2) the loss of $6,000,000 to the Company (these ore Mr, Roacu’s figures), (8) tho giving of onormous profits to Mr. Roaou's iron. works at the exponso of all tax-pryors, aud (4) the corruption of Congress, to tho groat and lasting disgrace of the Nepubllo. Tn common with all other honest and sensible journals, voters, and tax-payers, we fail to seo where the good affect “comes in," ox- copt so far as Roaoa's pockets are concerned. Finally, says our special pleader, the effect of ‘cancsling the bribe-bought contract of 1872 and dostroying tho ‘credit’ of the Paolfia Mail Company” will be bad. The Company bas had no credit to be destroyed, Guce it stoppad diiioging fb business ad of mon who, who, to quote his royal words, ‘will soon havo dizappeared into the positlon.of noth- ingness from which thoy were only lifted by ono of thoso political accidents of annual oc- currence in ‘our’ State”? No wonder that the Hon. Col, Kno grows eloquent in his denunciation of such unparalleled effrontery, Another notablo fonturo obout this distin. guished ‘private citizen's” communication to tho Minnosota Legislature, and through that body to the State, and through tho State to tho country at largo, {a the startling revo. lation that thero is not an honest man left in Minnesota now that Mr, Kiva isin Canada, Yo begin with, the people oro “all lars,” and partioularly that portion of tho people who goto tho Legislature to represent the othors who stay at home, and who “Jack the common proprieties and decencles of official poaition,” entortain ‘s painfal (toMr, Kiva vory painful] disregard of truth," and are givon to ‘false, hypocritical pretenses of regard for tho honor of tho of Minnesota,” nus a4 a curiosity, over a very large of the thieves and scoundrels who compose the population of Minnesota, ond doscribos some of the robberles in which “Your puro, virtuoas tastes,” he concludes ina grand climey, “do not, it is trae, all run in the somo direction ; but with somo of you they travel in tho lino of rallroad uchomes; with somo lead into tho’ rich domain of swindling Government and Indian contracts; some into the delightful pursuit of manufacturing and dealing in bogus half-breed sorip; whilo others of you prefor thé moro quiet and ehady pathways of pino-land rings.” Mr, Kixo was only de- torred from giving the names of all the vil. lana in tho State because ho had not tho Gircotories of all the citlos, and slmply re. fralned froin describing thelr high crimes and taladatnsaore betwige he Would have ben thoy aro engaged, Sa EK. obliged to make a transoript of the criminal coilo, ‘Tho Hon, Col. Kina, ete., makes an ing} dental reference to his Vacifie Mail coe nections,—which was very gractona in him, Tle reealla tho fact that he swore,” about two years ayo, Unt he ' never neeented OF te ceived ono dollar in consideration of Rervicey in niding tho passnge of that bill.” 119 Bub. sequently ndds : ‘T haye only to say not one dollar of money received hy mo was over ine tended or applied to influoncing a vote Upon the Pacific Mail subsidy.” If it were Pormit. ted to criticise a retiring private citizen like Mr, Kina, wo might suggest that there iy a slight discrepancy here. He seems to sen in ono placo that he nover recoived o dollar and to assert in onothor that he kept all he got and did not squander any of it on Con. grossmon, Butas tha Hon. Col, Kixo’a rep, erence to Pacific Mail wag 9 condescension on his part, wo recognize the abandoned Drotal. ity of oriticising it, Among tho fonr cardinnl essentials for good poker-player which Gen. Screncr ha; laid down is ono which leads us to Delicrg that the Hon, Col, Kino would bo a fonnidy ble adversary in that noble and elevating gamo, Itis: “Plenty of Cheok.” A NEW PLAN FOR LAND VILLE, ‘Tho tendency of American law, from thy outset, has been to simplify tho transfer of real estate, The cumbrous processes of thy English law have already been dispensc4 with in o groat degreo; but much remains to be dono, It cannot be doubted that thocom. parative easiness of transferring land in this © country has lind much todo with our pro. pority. It hos facilitated tho acquisition of land by men of small means, and has, thers. foro, pushed forward tho dovelopment of the Wost at a prodigious rate. Wo took a great step forward when we adopted tho present recording or registry system, Years after { was in successful operation here, English lawyers wero trying to prove that yt could nover work. It has worked, but it is perhaps not tho bost possibla plan, A poor man who wishes to sell his land cr raiso money upon it can ill afford to buy thy necessary lengthy abstract and pay tho Lary foes charged for oxamining it. ‘This, too, is an ovil that grows, for every transfer makes the abstract longer and moro costly. Ths transfer of real and personal property should ‘bo equally easy. When this shall havo ben attained, thero will bo slight nood of farthy progress, 4 England's Inrgest colony, Austrolin, has a systom of titles which is claimed to be per. foct, An effort was mado, about three yearn ago, to have it ndopted here, but tho mattr ‘was pushed with scant energy and was som forgotten. Tho attempt is, we believe, tote revived. Intelligont action cannot bo taker untit the Australian plan is understood ‘Wo thoroforo givo its outline. It is called the Towns system, because a statesman of tht name carried it into effect. Land is held by tho local Governmont os atrusteo. This is not obligatory, but the great majority of land-owners prefer to put their titles into this shapo, ‘Che trustes issues to tho ind vidual owner a guaranteed certificato of title, which ig assignable in precisely the same wy that any negotinblo instrument is. A simple indorsament transfors it, The transfer mut bo registered with tho trusteo in order to bt valid. We havo something like this in tr case of stock ina railrond. A sharo, which can bo transferred by indorsemont, transfers tho ownorship to a certain proportion of thi real ostate held by the company. The Towzns system has worked well. Th certificates issued under it pass readily from hand to hand, and aro: pledged os collaten! for lonns. Australia is proud of the muccest of her now system. Somo other plan my, perhaps, bo bottor than this, but this is ade cided advance on our present system. Sout amendment may be noeded. Thus, it doubtful how far our local Governments adapted for playing tho part of traateo, — In Bill 800 thero is s special provision which authorizes tho Common Council ty rosolution to put asido that law, and edopt tho nasessmont and collection of taxes ander the Stato law, but this authority is couple with the roquiremont that in such case th Council $s “to nbolish the oftico of City Assessor and City Collector.” The abolition of offices is not generally popular with tho Com mon Council of this or any othor city, Bil 800 was, ns we have elsewhero, shown, 61+ ceasity in 1878, whon it was enactod ; it is 19 longer necoaaity, but an incubus, an obsir clo in the way of collecting taxes, and abou bo repealed. Wesco thatin the discusion of this mattor before the Legislative Com mitteo at Springfield, Mr. Hzemo, and lt MoGnarn, Olty Tax Commissioner, both oF posed the ropoal of Bill 800, on the growd that thoro are $2,500,000 of back txt unpaid of 1873 and provious years, andthe dolinquont list for 1874 not yot collected and that, if thia law bo repealed, there would bo no law loft undor which they could collocated, This, wo confoss, is vory weski tho same argument would prevent the repel of any tax law or any ponal law, In tho lat section of the genoral rovenno law of 167 are ropealed a long listof provious actafot the assessment and collection of taxes ; bat tho ond of the section ia added a caving clause, which roads : ‘The repealtaf said acta and parla of sects aball not construed a6 to finpalr any right exlating, of attect Proceeding pending at the timo this act alall effect; but all proceedings for the asressrasnt of MT tax, oF collection of any tax or special sesessmient (ied remaining incomptete, may be complated purus! the provisions of this act, There ia no legal alfloulty whatover fo attaching to the law repealing Dill 500" ing clause reserving to all olties all rights Anos, and romedies existing under that for all taxes nssoseod aud not collected unde? said Bill 800 or any provious law, and be all procoedings begun under said law may proseouted to complotion just the same a is uaid law had not beon ropealed. There rt nothing more common than to attach repealing acta such # clause, Othe there never could bo any repeal of soY it ‘The objection of Mr. MoGaatu ia special is easly remediod so far as to enablo the rf to goon and collect ali the taxes due to including the dolinquent tax of 1874. fae repoal should of course apply to alt #7 wi quent assessment of taxes. This desire cling to BU 800 is one of the great ier ties in the way of obtaining any legisla! for the relief of the city from its foane eimbarrasaments. EE) ‘Tho Duttata Commercial Advertise, » Hak conservative Republican newspaper: Lapeer artlole to show the inoonsistenoy of pata” that the Republican party {a "the party of ot tbe which will reflect the universal sentiment oF Republican party in the North, It bas™e mosity, no feoling of hatred towards the ne bY ‘Cho Republican party fought the Wet eae ae beliloa, and saved the eountry treat -~ and dentrdotied whlch would bate flow Gusta sdosaciod, 0 cbvey punta’ &