Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1875, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MARCI 19, 1875. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. “ QATER OF RURECKITTION (PATAREE 1M ADYANGR). Partaot a yoa “WARTED-Une active agont in each town and village, Bpocial arrangamante mace with such, Apsefmen copirs sent free. provent delay aud tiistakes, be eure and giv Post Oxico address in full, inoluding Blate and County. Remittancesmay be made cltberby draft, axproes, Post ‘Ofcca order, or In regiatored lottory, at our riek, ‘TERMA TO CITY AUDBCRINERR, Dally, dotirerod, Panay oxcontod, 24 centa ner weeks Datls. delivered, Sunday incinded, BO conts por week. Addrese TUR TRIBUNE COMPANT, Corner Madison and Dearborn-ats., Chieagzo, TIL. TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ADELPHI THRATRE—Dearborn straot corner Mon- . Wartety catertainmont, ACADEMY OF MURIC—Ialnntetre Jac Manges. s pans Gn finn Line" sweotbostteand Wivon," and ue Dodger." Z Js hotween Made Intstedetroat,hotwoen Made MUVICR US THEATRE Madleon treat, hotween Penborn and fiat. Kugagoment of Alrs, Housby. “Tha Iunchback.” a9) RANOUSK—Clark stroet,, anponita sitremntionne, Roly Loose Minsirelse Tie Belles of tho Kitche: MOOLEVAR THEATR—Re Olrkand LaSalle, ‘Henry Dh “BUSINESS NOTICES. dotoh, street, betresn jas. iT: LOSS OF THE HATR, WHICH 13 SO. PREM’ TDeevonted by tho tise opine now Of Burnet t'n (0 3 cars where tho hait was coming in handfuls, and bas er fain’ tuarrcat Me deeay, and to promote a Realty d'eizorous genwih, It {sav the samo tinte uncivaled ay iresaing fortho hair. Avsinale application vill rendur At sott and gtorsy for WILNOR'S COP-LIVER Of, AND LIME. THR great pozularity of this safe nnd oftierctous preparation ia Fionn atteib ita intrinalo worth. In the cure of Coughs, Co ma, Brenchiie, Whooping-Cough, ud eit Consiniptise Ssmptome, st Lat no ono necluct the enh Hor, if al. Fs ito of dlenae ‘atin an agent isiuusattiand wich ite all eamulatate, y *s Hate Stanmtnctared only 1. WHLGOL, Chom o Gvibune. March 19, 1875. Che Chicas Friday Morning, 's bilions fever and his ‘ enter- tninmens” by the Mayor aud Common Council of Chicago were not suffered in vain. Tho Hawoniinn Treaiy was yestorday ratified by the United States Sonate. ‘Tho Intest theory concerning the mysterious poisoning of the Maztnsxz family is that they died from the effects of onting pork, ‘The resuit of the chemienl analysis,and the testimony of {he little girl, who is rapidly re- covering, are anxiously awaited. The weighty influence wielded by the Chi- eago Common Council, the Viner, Journal, Ald. Campnent, ete, was strikingly manifest yosterday by the vole on the Municipal Incor- poration act, which was passed in the House, without amendment or debate, by a vote of Ni tob1, The bill now goes to the Sonate, with overy probability of its passage, ‘That was aneat and forcible way of putting it when My, Srann, of Peorin, in tho debate va the Copperas Creek Appropriation bill in tho House, yesterday, said that ‘'Tho open- ing up of tho great line of communication from the Lakes to the Gulf would do moro for the farmem, miners, mechanics, merchants, end all the people of the Stete than to overy day pass an ect regulating railroad tariffs.” Animportant de yesterday ren- dered by Judge Davaruonp, who held that the holders of the first-mortgage bonds of tho Rockford, Rock Taland & St. Louis Rail- xoad wero cutitled to a first lien on that part of the rond north of Monmoth, and to share with the hol of the second series of tho bonds in the proceeds of the rale of the re- mainder of the read, Wo have already called attention to the ecemingly heurtless abandonment of the suf- ferers in Kansas by tho Legislature of that Btoto. It seems, however, that before ad- journment « lew was passed authorizing the counties in which tho snifering existed to issue bonds and with tho proceuis relieve the distrossed. ‘Chis was like authorizing n man dying from hunger to give hix noto to any person who would exchange bread for it. In the meantime, the people there aro suffering seriously, not only for immediate necessities, ‘but for seed for the coming season, Califor- nia has promptly answered the appeal by tendering a liberal supply of seed-grain to ennblo the people of the devasted districts to plant their crops, Nearly $100,000 in money has been seut to Kensas from other States, but more might bo used to allevintetho actual distress, ee ‘Tho tempcr of the Illinois LogisIaturo up. m the liquor-license question was indicated yesterday by tho action cf the Hongo in vot- ing down tho License Committeo's bill, which had already rovvived its quietus in the Sen- ato. The provisions of the bill aro stated in snother column, It was, essentially, ao “Pooplo’s” party measure, aud the voto (71 to 65) by which the onacting words were strickou out and tho bill hopelessly killed by tho tabling of ao motion to recon- sider is a choorful indication that the last election did not result in pack. ing the House with » mnjority of tho saloon-kcopery’ candidates, Mr, Spenk- er Haines, however, was faithful to tho end, aud once moro distinguished himself by ® specimon of unperliamentary impudenco of which anybody but Hares would feel heartily ashamed. It is thought probable that no further attompts at liquor-licunsa Jogislation will bo made during thia session, Wo aro not astonished to learn that Bur. 1eR was ut tho bottoin of the surprise sprung upon tho Sonato in the Pixousace case. It was parligmontary trick wtoguther worthy of Borsen’s coneoption, but altogethor uuworthy of the Senate's adoption, ‘The effect of it is to deprive Louisinua of its full representation in the United States Son. ate for somo time to come, os it has been ever since the election of 1872, 80 long as ‘tho Bennte refuses to devido as between Paicnuack ond MoMusrzun, the Louisiana Logisiatura is poworloss to fill the vacancy, ‘The situation seeins to have boon this: ‘ho Senate was determined not to wilmit Pixon. Bacx, and it refused to declare the sent va- cant, so that the compromiso Legislature may not elect aSonator. It is hardly the ort of position for the United States Senate to tako, Either Prxownack is entitled to his agat‘or ho fs vot; but in olther cass Louisiana is en- title to two Senators, and it wes the duty of the Benate, after two years of deliberation on the question, to dedide it one way or the The Chicago produce markets were very jrogular yesterday. Bfees pork was quiet and closed 5@10e higher, at $10.45 for April, wud $19.72} for May. Lard was in fair de. mend, but declined 100 per 100 ths, closing at @13.67}@13.70 tor April, aud $19,874@13.90 eS - foe Moy. Beata wora active, aud {@jo perb ‘” lewer, st 7Jo for chouldors, 10)0 far shoxt . f ye H ribs, aud 10jofor hort clears, Dressed hoga were quict nnd strong, at 0@1,00 per 100 tba, Ilighwiner were active and steady at $1.11 per gallon. Flour was qnict and firmer. ‘Wheat waa active, and 1{@ze higher, closing at D5fe for March, and ,A6Se for April, Corn was more active, and 4c higher, closing weal: at G0jc cash, and 72 for May. Onts wero quiet and Jo higher, closing ata}e for Maveh, and fife for April, Ryo was quiet and steady at 98¢, Darloy was quict and firmer. closing at $1.06} for March, and $1.02 for April. The hog market was active to the extent of the supply and ruled a shade higher. Sates chiefly at $7.95@7.90. Cattle and sheep wero active and firm, It now appears that Binns Kixo wanted the Minneapolis Postmaster rotained and not dismissed, na was first reported. ‘Tho prin- ciplo remains the snine in cither case, Mr. Dun Kise assumes tho right, as Congress. man-elect, fo control tho Vederal pat- ronngo in his district, and to bully the Presidont and the Cnbinet into a com- plinnce with hia demands, Considering Mr. Krxa's roeont long sojourn in Caunda, he onght to hinve acquired better idens of tho British system of civil sorvico; but perhaps he gave gava so much of his attention to “*Short-Horns” and ‘ Shropshire” that ho neglected to make a study of things political. It may be as well in the end. for, according to present appearances, Mr. Krxo will have to devote himself in tho futuro to the noblo purposo of improving the docilo sheep and tho domestic bull, In that caso itis better that his Canadian experience should have beon confined to stock-raising, even at tho loss of valnable precepts in the Euglish civil- Rervice system. ‘There are signs of tax-reform all over the country. ‘Lhe latest State to wheel into line is Michigan. Its Senate is now discussing proposition to raise revenue by the sale of liqnor licenses, Manufacturers and whole- sale denlers are to pay $400 9 yenr, and retail. ers 8200, The corresponding feca for the manufacture and sale of malt beverages are to be #250 and $100, A constitu. tional question imay prevent tho pas. sage of this particular bill, ho Michigan Constitution requires Stato specific taxes to be collected by the State, These license fees are to be collected by the County Treasurers aud used for poor-relicf, education, ete. If, as is claimed, this is specific taxation, tho Diil is unconstitutional, Amendmont would remove the objection, which affects the form, not the substance, of the proposed law. If Michigan onco tries this system, its superior economy and efficiency will soon lead to its general introduction, It will not be contined to the liqnoz trade. License fees will bo paid by all wholesale and retail dealers, In this way the State can raise every dollar it needs, and the people will never feel the burden. ‘The cost of collection will bo reduced to the mininum,—n cent or two on tho dollar, Di- rect taxation taxes amanon what he saves and so discourages thrift, Indirect taxation falls upon what s man spends, aud therefore encourages saving. THE OPPOSITION TO MUNICIPAL REFORM. Ald. Camenruu and his colleagues, who op- pose the project for municipal reform now before the Legislature becauso it will legis. late them out of office and break up the ring in the Common Council, have found a news- paper orgun in tho Chicago Times. Whilo ignorance in part and selfishness for tho rest fully account for the opposition of Aldermen, the formor excuse does not apply to any newspaper which willfully ond maliciously inisrepresents this project in the intorosts of ating. We do not reoall any recent instance in which o nowspaper bas so shamelessly inis- stated a case as the Chicago Z'%mes has this ona; if from ignorance, ‘the iguorance is inexcusable; if willfully, as we appre- hend, it is the most disgraceful sort of journalism, Yor the most part, the Yimes follows tho misrepresentations of Ald. Oasnenc’s resolutions which wo exposed yesterday one by one, For tho rest its treatmont of the question is charac- terized to perpetuate the present hybrid form of government, an escapo ‘from which has been universally conceded to bo the only ex- eaps froin ring legislation and oppressive taxation. We will take up a few of its mis- represontations : 1, It alleges that the original bill of amend- ments “ was withdrawn, and in its placo was substituted a bill for a now special act to in- corporate Chicago.” This is not true, The bill ponding before the Legislature, which has passed to o third rending, opens with this sentence: ‘Be it enacted, otc,, that any city in this State may reorganize un- dor this act, in tho manner following." ‘The Dill then procoeds to prescribe how any city in the State may reorganize under this act. Tho provisions are yery much tho samo as those of tho General Incorporation act, and the mode of ballot, when submittcd to tho pooplo of any elty, is; ‘For reorgoniza- tion,” or ‘Against roorganization under the Goneral Law of 1875,” ‘Tho effort to ropre- sent the bill as o special act is, therefore, a dolibernte and willful distortion of fact, 2, Tho effort to show that tho bill Ins boen changed has been confined toa mero assertion, Tho fact ia that tho bill has been changed in uo essontial particular from its original draft. So foros tho organization of tho City Government, tho fundamental principle of responsibility, to attain which the project was inaugurated, is still re- tained, The revenue provisions. have been omitted, that they might otherwiso be enactod, and the changes in the other part of tho'bill aro thoso which havo been suggosted ns to details,—such, for instance, as rogards tha Finance Committeeo and the Comptroller's placo in the Law Dopartmont, which were suggested by Mr, Haves, If the Ziimea wants Anybody to believe its assertions lot it print tho bill, which has passed to a third reading, ond point out the easentiul chonges, It must not, however, print morely garbled parta of it, as it has already done in its oditorials,— as, for iustauco, when it omitted intention- ally that partof Art, IT,, Bec, 10, which shows tho publicity with which contracts inust be approved, after thu letting by the heads of the departmenta, before they become valid, 8, Tho Zines admits that the heads of de- partnents' aro responslble to the Mayor, but pretends that tho Mayor is responsible to nobody, It makes the point that a lawyer in Chicago propose] a clause providing for the removal of the Mayor by the Courts for mis- fengance, and that this proposition was re. focted, Tt wan oltogother unnocessary to hava such an rinendment, as the General In. corporation act contains the samo provision. See. 14, Art, IL, of the General Act isas fol- lows Ju cqvo the Mayor or any other municipal officer shall at any thine bo guilty of & palpable omlsulon of duty, o ghall wilfully or corruptly be guilty of op- prevelom, maleouduct, or mistoawauce in the diachargo of the duties of bisoffice, be shall be lable to indict- Imaal in any court of competent jurisdiction, and, om conviction, sball be fined in a smn not exceeding #1,(09,—nnd the Court in which auch conviction shal ae shall enter an order remoriny auch ofleer from oftee, Itwas the business of the Chicago Times to know that this clauso is contained in the General Act. It probably did know it, and chose to suppress itas it has other clauses and facts, This clauge is not repealed by tho ainendments. 4. The whole line of argument made by Ald. Casruert, aud followed by tho Chicago Times, is Dased upon the misrepresentation ihat the bill before the Legislature isa special act forthe incorporation of Chicago, It is no such thing, It is only a bill of amend- ments to enable tho people of Chicago to organize under the Genoral Act. ‘Tho City Government, nftor tho adoption of tho General Act and the proposed amendments by tho people, will bo as follows: So much of tho present ordinances ns is not repealed by tho General Act, and so much of tho General Act sa ia not repealed by tho amendments, The prin- cipal effect of the amentments is to ercato a Second Chamber in the Common Council, rs a check upon the present ring legislation, aud to make all the heads of dopartments respon. siblo to the Mayor, while the Mayor remains reapénsible ta the people and in the courts. &, The fact is carefully concealed that tho bill before the Legislature merely provides for the submission of certain amendments to the General Act to the people, to be adopted or rejected by them, ns they seo fit. Tho effort to defeat tho bill by positive misropre- sentation is, therefore, simply an effort to de- prive the people of this privilege. Thedosignis to force tho people to retain the present loose, disjointed, and irresponsible system, on the ground that tho General Act, without tha amendinents, is not adapted to a city of the size of Chiengo, This design is, of course, in the interest of the present ring legislation in the Common Council, which is broken up by the proposed amendments. ‘Thera is no argument, of course, to be made with any person or persons, on any subject, when they begin hy n positive mis. representation of the matter in hand, In the present instance, Ald. Oamrsr.n and “the Chicago Zimes ave discussing a kind of bill which doos not exist, and maintain thot the only bill which hes been introduced haa no existence whatover. Let the 7'imea begin over, if it dare tell the truth, by printing rer- datim the bill now before the Legislature, and, if there was any other bill, by printing that also, But let them be printed withdut any garbling by Z'imes editors, ny ABOLISH THE COLOR-LINE, ‘There is an ultra-radical Ben Burixn organ in this city which purports to be Republican in polities, In common with other news- papers and politiciaus of the same stripe, it has succeeded in getting the Republican party into its present sorry plight. It advo- cates avorything which Tur Cuicaco Tainusc opposes, and it opposes everything which ‘Tue Cutcaco Trinvse advocates, We are not surprised, therefore, to find it opposing the proposition of ‘Tv Tumunr that it will he for the fntura welfare of the South, and for the peaco of the whole country, to restora the old Progressive and Conservative parties of tho South, and that it will be for tho welfare of the nogroes to divido themselves between these two parties; nor that it seeks to take issue with us upon the future of the negro, and argues in favor of maintaining the color- line, Says this organ of Butlerism : ‘Tae Tninuny, pretenda to regard tho Republican Party an the * progreagive ” party of thecountry, and the Democratic party aa the cousorvative party of tho country ; and yet itdeo'ares {t to bo tho duty of tho Republican party to ellminate from {ta rauks.n portlon of {te colored memberulitp, with o view of incorporat- ing auch eliminated portion with the * conservative” or Domooratic party! A brave General leads his troops againat tho enemy, but our new political atrate- gist proposes to detail a portion of tho Republican command to the nervice of tho onemy f Now lat us look at the goneralship of tha Burien organ, Iu common with other ultra lunatics, it hos been helping to lead the He- publican column. We will not stop to in- quire about the disastrons defeats it has mot in the North, nor the depth of the ditch into which the Republican column lns tumbled under its leadership, but coniino ourselves to the South, ‘The maintenanca of the color- line has givon to the Democracy twelve of the Southern States, and the thirtcenth, Louisi- ana, which wont Democratic Inst year, in about fatling into their hands, leaving only two States, Mississippi and South Carolina, to tho Ropublicaus, with the possibility of an outbreak at any thne between the whites and blacks in these two States, the inavitable effect of which will be to pass thom over to the control of the Democracy also, This is tho result of such generalship aa the Burncr organ diaplays t . ‘Tho.virtual assumption upon which it pro- ceeds is that the white men of the South are all Domocrats or Conservatives, and,, thero- fore, that the advico of Tne Tatpony, that o portion of the blacks should go over to the Domoctats, would oppose the whole white population and a part of tho black to the romainder of the blacks, who would repro- sent the Republican party. ‘This is not only silly and absurd, but it is dishonest. ‘There aro in the South, as overywhore olse, two par- ties among the white incn, o Progressive and o Conservative; and, wore the color-line abol- ished, the whites would divide themselves be. twoen these two, ‘This is the natural division of parties in every part of the world. Ono class of men is always progressive, tho other rotrogressive, ‘The ons, taking sdvantage of tho lessons of tho past, utilizes them in the interests of progress, improvement, and civ- ilization ; the othor throws evory obstacle in the way of progross, and clings to old forms, traditions, and precedents. Tho Republican party is progressive, Its predecossor,. the Whig, was progressive, It was the party which built up the free school system, which fostored and extended education, and which laid the foundations of the country’s prosent advanced position among the nations of tho oarth. ‘Che Demooratic party, on tho other hand, has always opposed progress. ‘Tho Ropubtican party obolised slavory, emanci- pated the negro, and has conferred upon him civil and political rights. The Domocratio party, North and South, strugglod to preserva human slavery, With the exception of State Rovercignty as against National Sovorelgnty, this is the only dividing line botwoun parties in this country. One-half of the Southornswhites belong to the Progross- ive party. ‘They aro not satisfied with the present condition of things. They aro in favor of improving this condition, ‘They want better farmu, increased manufactures, lmprovement in educational resources, new and better school-houses aud churches, purer forms of governwent, and in fact bettor men and women, ‘fhe other half of the white population is Conservative, and opposes all progress, It has not yet outgrown the use of the knife, the pistol, and the bludgeon, It still holds to the old forms. It procipitated the country into war, and it would do it ogain if it dored und were not prevented by the Union sentiment of the North and of this Progressive party in tho South, What keeps this Progressive party, formerly known as tha Whigs, in alliance with the Con- servative or Democratic party, who are opposed to tho National Union? Why don’t they re-establish their old party organi. zation? They are not in. sympathy with the Democracy. 'Tho reapectiva policies of tho two parties are as wide asunder as the poles, Why don't they como out and onnonnco themselves na Progressives, build their plat- forme, organize themselves under their leaders, and take tho fleld under their own colors, fighting for their principles ns they did before the War? Simply because tho negroes have banded together against tho whites, slinply because it is a race-fight, and becanse they think that the North is uphold. ing the negroos in establishing and holding this color-line, But, snys tho Butirr organ : In those Blates where tho reconstruction Conntitn- {lon of 1°69 havo bean overthrown anil new Constitu. Mons ndopted under Democratic aunpiccs, tho samo disposition to pasa unjustly diecriminating measures against negroca has heen manifested, and in some ensosanich laws aro now on tho stutute-books of auch Commonwealth, Why? Becanse the negroes aro banded as araco against the whites asa race. If there he injustico practiced towards the negro, it ix not beenuse ho is on negro. Negrocs have een elected to office, aven to Congress, upon Democratic tickets, ‘Tho negro has been given political rights, He can now vote and hold office. Tho Southern whites, Progress. ive and Conservative, have nequiesced in it. ‘Then, what is left but to abolish this color- line, to say to the Progressives, make your party, choona your lenders, tno in all the negroes you can get, aud make your issues once ingore with tho Conservatives? You will ettract all respectable, honest, intelligont blacks. The disreputable blacks will gravi- tate to the Democrats as disreputable whites do, The organ of Butren to the contrary notwithstanding, such o division will polit- ically regenerate tho South aud ameliorate the present unhappy condition of the negro. Its argument in favor of maintaining tho color- line would apply with equal forco to tho banding of natives ogainst the foreign popr- lation, or tice versa, nud tho result of that at- tempt is shown in the history of the Know- Nothing party, It is the ultimate destiny of the negro, and the sooner it is accomplished tho better for him, rocially and politically, 'The surest test of the truth of this is the fact that the Union newspapers of the South— those in favor of peace, order, and goo governmont—hnve indorsed tho position of ‘Tue Cutcago True, while thoss which have opposed it are the White League and fro- eating papors, which sro nt one end of the string, the Burien orgau being at the other. We congratulate it upon tho unanimity of sentiment which exists between it and the fire-enters. ee MES ANTHONY ON THE WAR-PATH, Misa Susan B, Antuosy evidently has no intention of lowering tho flag of Woman's Rights. Undismayed hy the results of the November elections, in whieh the short. haired sisters wero ruthlessly slaughtered at the ballot-hoxes of moro than one State, un- dismayed by tho developments of the Brrcx xn trial, in which a prominent squad of the femnlo-unffrage champions have been washed, wrung, and put out on tho line to dry, she has once more sounded her shrill battle-cry, and summoned her army to a National Cou- vention to be held at Now York carly in April, once more to adopt measures for pro- euring the ballot. We aro surprised, how- ever, that she has confined her list of speak- ers to two or threo dry old hacks who Lave no influence and siothing new to say. Why doesn't she bring in somo fresh blood? Hore istha Brrouen trial, which has dovelopod somo first-class Woman's Rights ndvocates, Why not invite Bercien and “give the old manachance”? The testimony has shown that he was the leadcr of one wing of the suffragists and ‘I1ntox of another. They counseled with the other lenders, Thoy wrote under their inspiration. ‘They presid- ed at their mectings, They ara therofore competent to advocate the oatse, Why ara Mrs, Trutox, Srermyn Prann An- Drewr, Vicronta Woopnvis, and Mrs, Ayxpnews, who discovered Tiuntoy’s de- lightful atmosphere = whilo sie was combing his locks with hor fingers, left out inthe cold? Surely they aro competent to serve in Miss Anruony's army by virtuo of the work they have nlrendy dono. Their ap- Ppearanco would create somo intorust, ‘Cho public would be glad to hear from Brecnen upon the question, and to know how ho fecls with regards to tho rights of woman since he han boen in the cave of gloom and upon the ragged edge. Sinco Trtox has such o satis. factory utmoaphero, the publio would be glad to know how things ara getting along in tho Pantarchy, Svsrmen Prant Anpnrws would give the proceedings a metaphysical flavor, and tend somo philosophical interest to the question of afliliations, counterparts, and ideals, Vicronza Woonsunr, would make things very lively, and her specches would bo piquant, frosh, and saucy. Miss Axruony, in our opinion, makes a very serious mistake in summoning the same old professional, dry-boned, and epileptic crowd which has regularly been trotted out evory time tho Wor- an Suffvagists ineot in conclave, Lhoy have nothing new to say, nothing that can inter. est tho public, nothing that any ono wants to read or to hear, ‘I'ho publio is tired out with these silly old mon and surly old maids who speak tho sainc old spcechos so many times every yonr. Give us noincthing now, ‘Thero is overy reason to bolievo that the herocs and heroines of tha DBuzcnen scandal would re. late sono experloncos that would ba interest. ing justat the prosent timo, and the publio would be glad to have them riso and explain, Put the old hacks on tho back soat and bring out the fresh ones, Misa ANtioy ‘Tha Constitntion of Mliuois provides, Art. XI, See, 11, a8 follows; * + ¢ A wsjority of the Diroctors of any raflroad Corporation now sucorporated, or hereafter to Le sn- corporated, Ly the laws of tho Htsto, snll be citizens and realdents of this Btate, ‘Tho Legislature of inois has nover passed. any law to carry this provision into effect, and we are not aware that auy of tho rail. road companics of this Stato have paid tho slightest attontion to the provision of the Constitution, The section of tho Constitu- tion we havo quoted is not self-cxccuting ; it provides no ponaltles for non-compliance with it, aud certainly neods legislation to put itin force, Attorney-General Fasall, in his letter to the Legislature, yory clearly points out ¢he dificulty in tho way of the Btato ofivors in instituting legal proceedings to enforce this provision without soine legislation on the subject, expecially some Jaw directing the manner in which the nou-rosident majority in the Board of Directors may be reducod. Look- ing over the reports.of the various railroad companies to the Board of Railroad Commis. wioners, wo find that the Directories of nearly all the great railrond companies have but comparatively fow resident Directors, and the easea where the Dirertories aro made up of residtents avo those of lucal roads, ‘Thus tho Directors of the Chicago, Burlington & Quin. ey ara two residents, the others non-resi- dents; Chicago & Northwestern, four resi- dents, ten non-residents ; Chicago & Milwan- kea, all non-residents; Chicago & Rock Isl- and, fonr residents and nine non-residents ; Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central, all non-residents; Illinois Contral. four residents and nino nou-resideuts; Michigan Central, Pittsburg, Fort Wayno & Chicago, Ohio & Mississippi, all non-residents; ‘Toledo, Wa- bash & Western, ono resident and fourteen non-residents. We cite theso instances to show thot tho railrond companies themselves have not felt under any obligation to observe the provision of tho Constitution, and will not until there is soma legistation on the subject. LABOR IN MASSACHUSETTS, The Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics has issued its sixth annual report. We regret to Jenrn, from the abstract that has reached us, that there is danger of the aboli- tion of the Bureau, Its reports have been of tho grentest#value to the student of social seience, They are quoted from Mnine to Oregon, and aro in demand throughout Enrope, ‘Thore is no other organization in the country which docs a like work, for tho Pennsylyanin Bureau of Tabor has as yet shown no reason for its existence, Tho six Mesasnchusetts reports contain o mass of in. formation which‘is obtainnblo nowhere else, aud tho subject is far from being exhausted. It is to be hoped that the good work may go on, ' ; ‘The report of this year contains an inter esting summary of the condition and com- forts of the avernge workingman in the Old Bay State, In the majority of cases, the father of a family cannot support his wife and children by his own cnrnings, ‘Tho def- icit is mado up by the wages of the ohildron, ‘They earn from one-quarter to one-third of the annual income. Children under 15 earn from one-cighth to one-sixth. Wives-gener- ily earn so little that they really Ixbor at a loss, They would save oxpenso by stay- ing at home. Tho joint-work of o man and his children enables*more than one- half of tho 897 families visited to save money; most of the rest mako both ends meet; and only one-tenth aro in debt. ‘Tho averago saving is 3 per cent of the income, ‘I'he averago income of skilled Inbor is $825.60; of unskilled, 8687.05, Of this income, 48 por cont ‘ix spent for food; 14 for clothing; 18 for ront; G for fuel ; and the other 6 goes into sundry expenses and savings, About three-fourths of the skilled Jaborers live in healthful houses, but only one-half of the unskilled do so, 'Lha working classes, a8 nrule, are well fed and well clothed. ‘A large proportion ” of the skilled workingmen haye sewing-machines, Some of them own pianos and cabinet organs. Ono out of four families renta s pew in church, Ilfalf of the 397 have carpets in one or more rooms. These statistics show n better state of things, on tho whole, than was expocted, The decrenso in wages duo to the panic has deprived tho Massachusetts workingman of his luxurios. Otherwise, he seems to bo got- ting along well enough, so far as the present is concerned. To hoy slight chences for tho future, however. ‘In only a few cnses,” nays the report, “is thero evidence of tho possibility of aequiring a compotence,” Ag Jong as this is truo, so long is Inbor wronged, —~but it in usnally: wronged by itself. The husband and father “bas givon hostages to Fortune.” Where Inbor is too plenty, labor is too cheap, and a lifo o itoil often ends in a pauper's grove. The Burea hopes great things from co-operation in tho way of bottoring the condition of tho work- ing classes, and in this it is right, In En- gland and Germany, thero aro millions of workiugmen living in comfort who, without co-operation, would be in squnlid'misery, PEACE IN ARKANSAS, Tho number of Congressmen voted out by their constituents who dre seeking places from the Government in greater than usual. In addition to these persons, however, wo havo another enso whero an aspirant for high honors has sought and obtained place. Buoors, of Arkansas, has beon appointed Postinastor at Little Rock. Mr. Brooxs, who waa originally a minister of tho Gospel, was very much disgusted with tho way in which tho State of Arkansas was governed by the Republicans, and, in 1872, with a largo following, bolted the party and announced himself a candidnto for Governor, These men nominated o full ticket for State oflvers, The Democrats, st that time laboring under the disadvantago of Jaws oxcluding ex-Robels from the suffrage, made uo nominations for Stato oMicers, but united with tho Broozs party, who in turn accopted Gneenny ax tholr candidate for President, At tho clection which followed, the original roturns showed a large majority for the Broors ticket, and forthe Gnertey electors and Congressmen. By tho State Coustitution tho Legislature of Arkansas was mado tho canvasser of tho returns for Gov- ernor and State officers, This Legislature at once arbitrarily revised the returns, rojected the votou of a sufficient numbor of counties, towns, ote,, to‘ elect tho Republican Stato tickot; thoy also ejected the Brooxs and Gneetey mombera of the Legislature, and nado 4 sure thing of it all throngh, They refused to entertain the Bnoorsa contest, and Baxter, tho Republican, continued Governor, Tho Togislaturo thus organized elected Mr, Donszy to tha United States Senate, In 1874 Gov, Baxren and tho Ropublfcan lendors failed to agroc, and then Brooxs, who hal become a Ropublican again, was reproduced as a clalinant for Governor, ond actually seized the public oftlecs, Civil war was imininent; both sides appealed to the Presidont, who refused to sustain Dnoors, but suggested that Baxren convene the Lexislaturo to dotermine the controversy, ‘The Legislature met ani disposed of the mat. ter by calling a Stato Convention to proparo a uow Constitution, ‘Tho Convention met and prepared a Constitution which put an end to both Baxrzn and Bnoous, by provid. ing for a new cloction of all tho State officers, ‘This Constitution was alopted by tho poo- ple, who also elected a now Stato Govern. ment. Soon after, one Asura, who had been a candidate for Licutenant-Governor in 1872 on the Bnooxs ticket, set np a claim to be (iovernor, gud appealed to the President and the Ropublicaus of the country to aid him, Congress appointed a Committee to in- vestigate tho «fairs of Arkansas, oud this Committee reported that tho new Constitution had been unqnostionably ratified by the people, and that the presont State Government had beon chosen fairly by a largo majority of tho whole people, This was the report of Judge Potann. Mr. Wan, of thia city, reported that the new Constitu- tion and the new State Government were usurpations, and should bo overllrown by tho United States, and Bnooxs mado Govern. or, ‘Lhe House, by a very decisive vote, re- jected the Wann report, nnd declared that there was no occasion for interference by any. branch of the National Governmont with tho affairs of Arknnsns, ‘Tho Senate rofused to poss the Foree bill, which authorized the President. to tntorfera in Arkansas, and wa suppose that the appointment of Mr, Bnoons as Postmastor at Little Nock is to bo nceepted ano final acquiescence in the Congressional Judgment that Arkansas is to be disturbed no more by contending claimants for the Guber- natorial throne, TAX ON ULSTER COATS. The people of the United States who have been enjoying tho Inxury of Ulster conte, which hava promised to become an article of general use, will have the beanties aud the imysteries of ‘tho tariff brought to their at- tontion by a recent discovery at Washington, ‘These conta have commended themselves to the public by thelr grent utility, and by their small cost as compared with all other forms of cloth used in making overconts. ‘The cloth of which they ‘tro mado has been represented as made of calf's hair and cotton, nd the duty imposcd on that class of goods is 40 cents per square yard, Specimens of this cloth havo boen subjected at the Tronsury Department to microscopic tests, and the decision is that the cloth is composed of two-thirds wool and one-third hair, In other words, the foreign manufacturers have been substituting high- priced wool for low-priced hair and cotton. ‘This unexampled conduct on tho part of tho foreign manufacturors, in furnishing Ameri- enns with a moro costly article than they havo understood they were buying, is not to go unpunished. Tho American tari permits no such conduct, and the nid of the micro- scopical colleges has been invoked, and the substitution of costly wool for cheap hair and cotton has baen detected, exposed, audis now to bo punished. ‘The tax on cloth made of hair~such cloth as is used for Ulster conts—is about 80 per eent, If, however, the cloth bo made of wool and hnir instend of hair and cotton, tho tax is considerably grentor, boing 60 conts per pound and 95 por cont, or equivalent to 85 or 10 percent, Thus, whilo a mouth ago aman might purchase tho cloth for an Ulster coat and pay $16 for the cloth and $4.50 tax, he will now havo to pny $165 for the cloth and $15.50 for tnx, It is given out that large quantities of this cloth has been imported by Western importers, and wo supposo a microscopical commission will bo appointed to dravel through the West ond seize and ere *scate all cloth purchased as made of huir an, cotton, but which in reality was made of woo! and hair, ‘Thero is an Episcopal minister residing at Bloomington, Ind, whose namo is Joun L. GAY, and in 1872 My. Gay was connected with tho Indiana State University at that flourishing town, being one of the Faculty, Sovoral inalo students and forty-four female students were attending this institution; and ono day, in collusion with tho rost of the Faculty, much to Mr. Gav's disgust, they in- vited Lmzoponz Truton to lecture to them, which he did, taking for his subject ‘Home, Sweot Home,” and iu this lecture he spoke vory badly about the Church and the Stato, and told tho young Indies aud the young gentlemen to follow Naturo in their marital reln- tions,—nt least so Mr. Gay snys, ‘Thereat Mr. Gay grow vory wroth and sought to ro- ply to Mr. Truton, but Mr. 'I'11ron would not discuss with him. Then Mr. Gay graw moro wrathy, aud finally bocamo so obstreperous that the Faculty requested him to resign, and thereupon Mr, Gax stepped down and out, and since that time ho has forsworn univer- sities where the Maculty allow auch lectures and the students applaud them, and has fol. lowod his ministerial calling, Mr. Gay bas patiently bided his time, confidont that some timo or other he would get even with ‘I'nro- pong Tinron for costing him his situation, Anil the time has come, and ho has borno testimony to Mr, Trzon’s dreadful sentiments, and it has beon printed in all tho papers, What it has to do with the Brecurn case is not very apparent. It has about as much connection with tho truth or falsity of the chargo against Mr, Bercnen ns it has with the death of the Inte Emperor of China, Novortholesa Mr, Gax has had his rovengo, Now that ho has dono so, and has introducod the subject of this lotter in testimony, of course the admission of the lecture itsolf in rebuttal will bo allowed, The literature of the Bexcnzr onse will bo incomplete without this dreadful lecture which so worried Mr. Gar's peace of mind and dolighted the nu- morous male and forty-four female atudents of the Indiana State Univorsity. Tho Liconso Committco's Liquor law, which was introduced in tho Stato Sonate a few weeks ago by Mr, Lee, ag o substitute for the presont law, has been dofented in that body by tho decisive vote of 29 to 17, ‘The csson- tial points of difforonco in tha two laws wore three innumber: 1, Tho now bill provided that ‘*the County Board of cach county shall, upon tho potition of fifty free-holders in any township or election precinct, grant a license to the porson in whose favor such petition is prosonted to soll Hquors within such town- ship or oloction procinct upon tho paoy- ment into the County ‘Treasury of such sum of the Board may provide,” instend of leaving it discretionary with the Board. 2. It rolioved theawnor of promisos where liquor was sold from liability for dam- ages, 9, It limited the liability of the seller for his sales to habitual drunkards and minors ——to those cascs whero the salo was made with the knowledge of tho minority of the buyer or that he was an habitual drunkard, It was undoubtedly owing to the determina- tion of the advocates of the Dill to retain tha first provision (for Hoenso on petition of fifty froe-holders) that tho temporance meu banded thomeelves togothor and brought an opposition to bear which has finally defeated tho bill, Wo yancy no rospoctavie person will mourn over thia defoat, The liconso clauso was «& most obnoxious one, more espoclally as it put into tho hands of fifty men the power to override the wishes of tho majority of 3 community by compelling County Boards to grant thelr potitions, By the passaga of such 4 Dill, fifty men would havo the privilege of plauting drinking shops all over a town as thickly ag thoy ploased, although every other person in the town might be opposed to it, In the yeir 1872 Taonzow Wexrp published in the Now York Lerald a letter foreshedowing ‘tha riga, decline, and full of Civil-Service Ite- form,” That prodiction, from which tho Lerald aud othor papots dissented, Mr. Waxp sow points out in another lotter to the Herald wae fulfilled to tho letter. Emboldousd by the veri- fication of hin pronesy, le makes Snothor, thig timo on tho Civil-Rights ill, Sosen, he LISy was a monomaniac on tho subjects of which the Dill roforrod. Had bis oxtromo viows and mosa. ures on all questions connectet with Hlavory not been modified by hia catmor collesguey, tha Union would have boen imporiled i¢ not lost, ‘Tho act, ho thiuke, will bring nothing but vor. ion and disappointment to the colored mon, ‘Tho bert that can he hopod for it in that i wit bbocomo 8 den lottor, Meanwhilo," ho cone eludes, “ wht I most to bo rogrottod 1a that the Ropublican party will bo hold responaihla fo; thatover of obloquy tarpractical logislation hag or may provoke.” as Thoro has boon o good den} of talk since the adjournment of Congress about Bey, Burren, ‘Tho intentions of tho Iamontod Ensox etatcamey seem to be atill of come momont, nt lonst to the newspapors. It was the common Toport, a few daya aftor the death of Mr. Burrivtoy, that Mr. Butter would offer himself for the vacane but that idea bas since been exploded. A berte, chanco for IseNsain sooma to bo oponing UD i Virginia, whore thoro are, according to te estimato of an onthusisatic “manager,” oxnctl 93,000 Republicans who acho to have him bes in Congress. By all moans, let Mr, Buti become a carpet-baggor, aud go to Virginia, Ne has tn an omiuent dogroo tho qualitics of mind that become auch aatation. * ——— Among the artictes which will bo oxhibited al the Centennial Exhibition by the Government oj tho Hawailan Kingdom will baa. topographicat model of the {elands, showing their mountain, yalloya, rivera, harbors, forests, deeorte, an} arabla lands. Tho Alta California thinks thy idea {ss good one, and suggests that Californi, bo ropresontod ip thosamo manner, A mode} 20 foot long and 7 wido, would bo, it saye, guys. ficient for tho purposs, Cortainly the plan jg feasible and reasonable. Topographical mode's of all tho States would constitute s most inte. osting department of tho Exposition; aud the would have a permanent value to tho Btates, iy dividually. —-—__ N. G, Onpwar, Sorgoant-at-Arma of the ¥:. tional House of Representatives for many years, found bia occupation gone with the incoming of a Democratic majority. Ho accordingly stor} for su oloction to the Lowor Branch of tho Neq Mlampahira Logistature, and, although hia d's. trict had formorly been 4 Democratic stros;. hold, ho was returned by 46 majority. Now thay say Onpway wouldn't make a bad Speaker, 119 impredsion in New Hampshire must bo tiat ‘Onpway has boon roflocting Instro in a mild pot, of way on his native State, otherwise he mizit not so easily havo routed the Domocratie yw. horts, —____.. Thoro faa bill pending in the Logielaturo of Missouri making ecduction o felony. Tho bi!! lung boon reported upon favorably by tho Com- mittes, and will probably pase, By its pro. visions the complainant is compolled to p-cve that seduction waa accomplished under proisira of marriage, that sho ia a woman of good char. actor, and must produce other oviaence thin her own to mako out acase, Tho argumen's in favor of tho bill presuppose a distinct class of uocloty, alludod to by Senator Tenny as mssloy a business of tho seduction of young girls. If thoro fa auch s olags, it ahould certainly to ex. terminated, ———— Among othor witty and decided remarks made by Mr. Mircuet in his locture at tho Theatre Toynl, Cork, was this: Tho London 7':nes, indeed, has dincoveret a legraceful crimo of which Thavo been gullty,vie, that I was a Southern Confederato during tha War la Americt, Auto thialnet charge, 1 own the soit im peachmont,— was a Coufederato, and wo wervull tle best men that I met in Amorfea, Arobol in hia own country, a robol in thie one, Mr. Mirone’s title to sympathy among the patriots of the Union strikes a person of aver age common sonse a8 4 little cloudy. ——————-——_—. Mr, Hasson, tho revivalist, gets smell ex couragement from tho ungodly California news papers, Ono of thom says ho has beatow all the profecuional humorists on their own etasapiog- ground, Anothor, with ribald expresatuns of pleasure, rolates how tho ‘Spocial Apcatlota tho Children” waa stumpod by an old gentle man, who propounded this conundrum: “Il children are exempt from gin until thoy anive at yeurs of discretion, how ia it poastble fer thea to bo convorted 2” ——r ie A mooting was held laat Thuraday in Tabpow ing to consider tho quostion of haying tie Up- per Ponlnaula of Michigan mado a aovarale State. Naturally enongh, the Detroit papers, and tho people of tha Lowor Peninsula ganer ally, doclaro the movenien’ to bo utterly pucrile and ridiculous, ‘he copper and iron of the Lake Sunorior region aro something too valuable to bo easily parted with. +. An honost, though a mistaken, man is the Tlou. Joun Moox, of Saginaw, who wae nomi aated for Supremo Judge nt the tato Prohibitior Convention in Lansing, Mich. Ho declinoa bs cause hes a Domoorat, oud ‘' will not be appro priated by any advorso political orgaul:stion.’ Of courae, if # man is to bo appropriated in that ‘way, io would much profor to havo it done by & political organization that has a ghort of # chance of winning. oo OBITUARY, WILLIAM J, DAYS, Witrrass J, Hays, tho cotobrated anit painter, diod on last Saturday night, in Xow York, in the 45th year of his age. He begau his artistic wtudios yery carly in Ifo, and fint brought himeclf prominently bofore the pullis after his tour to tho Rocky Mountains, which 16 nulted in bia picturo of ‘‘fho Wounded Baltalo that was on exhibition at the taut (hicss0 Exposition, as our roadors will romember. Ho aluo sometimes turnod his attontion to stil life painting, ovo of bis boat pictures in this line being “Tho Composition ot Orchids,” whlch comprises about sevonty yvarietios, Ho W4 buried on Sunday. Tho pall-berrors were i W, Hounpanp, Sansonp It. Gryvonp, Wosrutse TON .Wuitrnipag, Vaxpenice 2, cneach Wu H, Byaup, Winuas lant, i Beavyan Invino, and Jzavis BMebxte all artists, ‘Tho numbor of artista who bare diod eluce the New Yoar came in is sou whut romarkablo,. Tho Net embraces Fruit Harrszn, 9 colobrated Alsatian paintor; MEL Byk, the Danish painter; Jan D'nancols Mite Let, the famous Fronch landscape paloters Joazen ©, Eavon, the portrait palaters Gunent Buauixa, the water colorist; Js Baryste Caumzx Conor, the Fronch srthti aud, lastly, Wittiuam J. Hats, JAMES H, BUDWORTH. nent Jause H, Sopwonts, another promnu’ member of tho minstrol profession, hiss followe! Unawontit and Newz Beymoun to the grt Ue died suddenly in Now York, on Monday ca of pneumonia, Ho was born in Philadelphia : 2831, and made hus debut ou tho New York 7 ag a vocalist aud mimio, in the old Park Thee a {n 1838, rom thore he went to tae Dros al Theatro and joined Luxs Wser’s ne troupe, When Cuxwtr and Woop er es Woov's Minstrels, hie was the tamborine-P' er a When Woop abandoned the business, Doone b visited England, and appeared in London ie Moonr’s Cuuisty Minstreis, About ae 1805 ho appesrod with a wuito faco in the vast of “The Porsocuted Dutchman” with OP auccead. Hoe has playod at noarly all Ne oe atrol halls in ¢hia country, and was a Rroat ito in bis profeasion and with the public. WILLIAM MAYNARD GOMM. Com ~ Bim Winuam Marwanp Goins, G. 0. By eh stable of London Tower, died recently. He a born in 1784, and onterod tho North Foot 1 Lowgu iv 1798. He servod in Holland if ; and also saw sotiye sorvice in the beans He took partin the campaign of 1815, toy ‘a Quartormastor-Gouoral of Piorox'e divi tho Battle of Watorloo. "In 2841 ho wat P "5 in command of the troops 1a Jamsley