Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1875, Page 4

[ v o B THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1875. ____‘—_______—____fi_____—_______—_____'_______________fi\ TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATEN OF SURRCRITTION (TATABLE IN ADVARCE), and mistakes, be surs and give Post. 11, inetn e and County, Temi:tancesmay bomado eltter by draft, express, Post- Owcocrder, o in reglstored letters, at our risk, TENMS TO CITY AUDSCRINERS. Inally, dellvered, Sundey excapted, 25 conts perweek, Dalls. Gellvered, Sunday included, B0 conts psr weok, Adarcsn TILE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cornes Madison aud Dearbay hicago, L1, TO'DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ORAND OPERA.HOUSE-Clark _streot, erpots Bhnman House, Kelly & Loon's Minsizels, * Bilewo," arbo CADRMY SIC—1Talntod streat. hatwesn Mad- o mm Sosees ¥ Diigademiont ‘of Josspts Storphes * Maum Ore," ek ADRL, 1~ Nearbom streot, corner Mon- 2 ,’fvm{,"—?fif.fl}mm “'Ths Ticketof-Leave 2, M'VICRKR'S THEATILE-Mndiran atreat, between Desrhorn and Stato, Lngagement of Lawronoe Barratt. *iCing Taar," HOOLIY'8 TIUFAT Qlark ang LaSatle, ** 3 indoiph strset, etweon OMIENTAL LODGF, No, &, A, T, & A, M.—Tall, 12 L " tutod Somninnieation (hia(Fric: ‘clack, for busluess of tmyortauge. 1t e TUC ATTEY N, PRt T KNTGNTS 1—The mombors of St. wndory - C o requested to meet At tho Asy. . el 2, 1o escort Jollet Conie mandety from (i, cnat., Mamber trom othar com- it mands ary inyited to nive e BARSARD, B GIL. A; T, and A, M. o he la attendancn Friday otaning April 4. liro. i Giok, G : AR ERink t Dol Mo todhete Uy e orise W e U, L BENNELCT, Sec. LANDMART LODGE, XNo. Membors aro oapecially Toqu BUSINESS NOTICES. D TIVER OTL AND LIME-THAT PLEASANT and activy agent in tha cnroof all, amplive symptoins, *¥W\ibor's Ocmponni of Ture Qod Liver Ul and Lime," 1+ boing alrecssily adopted fu medical perctice, Sol by the propriewor, A. B. WILIOL, Uhoraist, Buston, THE PARISIAN ENAMELERS, WHO PROFESS ta alin lagies * beautifdl forevar," nro the most per- nisions hambugs oxtant, Thirsila plester obatruots tho Pares, destroya the olasticity of tho skin, and 13 AL Lest o " Laird’s {ioum of Youtn 13 ence which producss a complaaion 1lko. and at tho samo 11ino kivs volvot ao!tuose. to thn surice, aud provents tho formation of wrinkios. Suld by drugglits everywhare, OAUTION'TOHOUSERREPERS, ~OWING TO THE Increasic g cort of vaoilla hoans used In the manufacturo of Extract Vaailla, epurious componuds sro being thrown upou the matkel, purporting 10 be pure_val ut proparodd prineipally from Tonga Loans. This [ untibato dosts 110 maatacturer fess than on taentietis part as much s the renulne vanllla bean, It Ean Tond ly'he dereetad by 1ta ador. - i 1n tsod rinelsally by tobac soniste fur portumivg snufl and cigars, and was vor Tniendnd (0 b0 ueed ann NAvoring far the vatlons Tapons da Diaparod. fur 1he human siurach, . ety iract ¢ Paniila it berbared fram seloctad vallia bosi, and 1n Srariontd Gatieely fres fruin Tonqus oF othor uejotoricns substanses. @lya Chitags Tribune, F'riday Morning, April 2, 1876, A roheering of tho argument agaiust the retronctive effect of the decision in reference to the additioon! tax on tobneco will bo grauted by the Secretary of the T'rensury, A verdiat of “guilty” upon an indictment for poiygamy was returned yesterday in Salt Lako City in tho cage of Geonoz RryNoips, o Mormon, Tho jury was composed of both JMornons and Gentiles, and, they were out but balf an hour. ndicato 3r. Brin Kiwxo from perjury to have his lawyers— Gen. Buruen and Mr. HannrsoroN—{ight: ngainst his indictnient on the ground that the testimony before tho Investigating Com- mittco wes not regular! 'The best vindica. tion ho could have would bo s trinl before a court of justico and o verdict of innocence. B is the practice of comuion rogues to evado trinls by technicnl irfegularities, but Mr. Kmxo s n member of Congress from o large and intelligent District in Minnesota, and he is wider serious charges sustnined by serious testimony, e can never regain the confl- denco of his constituents by evading a trial oz sy technical point: A point of uncommon significance when corsidered by itsclf, and apart from the great event of the day and of the trial, was the statement made yesterday by Br. Jaues Rrorati when recalled for cross-cxamination by tho plaintifi's counsel,—that in connection with a mention of the chargo of adultery “r, Breeuen did not deny that he hud given Tiuros canso of offense.” TUn- der ordinary circumstances, another part of Mr, Reorati’'s examination wonld also attract attention. Ho was asked whether, in all the conversations he hnd with Mr. ZTzronce, the Intter denied the commission of ndultery. To this question Mr, Evants and Mr. PonrTER stoutly objected, but wero over raled by the Court, whercupon the witness, ovading the direct question, replied: I dlid not ask him about it." Not what Mr, ‘Beoratn asked, but what Mr, Beecuen said, i what tho world would liko to know, The dismal failuro of tho Democrats to east discredit upon the Republican party in linois by the State-House investigation, and the consciousness that something must be dong toward redeeming the promise to ex- poso o frightful mnss of fraud and corruption under the Republican administration of State affairs, has stimalated Benator Casey to the point of calling for another investigation, "This time it ls the Penitontiary management that s to bo ventilated, and the subjects of tho proposed inquiry are to numerous and compli- cated that anything like thoroughness would employ a committeo for the uext three months. But, of course, ns the result of tho investigation must neccisarily be the dis- covery of frauds,—as the Opposition, being * out of meat,” * must dig out a woodchuck,” =~tho method by which that result is reaclied 1s of no consequence. Senator Uasex's Com- mittes will only need a doy or two in which to obtain the material for such a report. At last the defendant in the greatest of all scandal coses hos token the witness-stand, and what ho sald and Low he said it will be found in the voluninous report of the pro- ceedings yesterday in the Brooklyn Court, Afr, Bezenen has o long story to toll, and ho has commenced ot the very beginning, even at the dato of his birth, giving, with a minuteness of dotall which shows how thoroughly ho had prepared himsolf, o completo histosy of his carcer 08 preacher, author, sud lecturer, down to the point where the scandal beging, but mnot much, s far, con. corniug the issues involved ‘in the great trinl itsclf, It will doubtless interest the reader to know that Mr. Brromew's irrepres. sible humor bubbled to the surface withgreat frequency durlng the delivery of his testi. mony, and that Le wus gay aud facetiouy in the extremo, taking pains to atate the exact po- riodot his courship—exactly one-half thetimo which Jacon put in before Lo sequired both Lxau and Racne; Low thero was a time of {he yeor when Mr, and Mre, Breones wore of the same age, and th¢n again there wes a time whan shie was his senlorj how Emiza. netn thonght the topaz brooch was a box of litlle pills from ‘Trrovonr when sho first re. ceived her pastor's gift of jewelry ; and othor such side-splitting items of affirmation, 8o far, one wonld not supposo the chnrge of adultery to bo n very serlous matter in the estimation of the defendant, but perhaps in nday or two something will bo said about this feature of tha trial, The Ghicago produce markets wero gener- ally strong yesterdny. Mess pork was nctivo and 500 per brl higher, closing at 2140 cash, and 221,70 for May. Lard was in good demand, nnd 20e por 100 1 higher, closing t 1442} cash, and §14.06 for May. Ments wers nctive and 4@}e per Ib higher, at 8o for shoulders, 11fc for short ribs, and 11jc for short clears. Iighwines wers dull and ensiery at $1.12 per gallon asked. Flour was «quict and strong, Wheat was netive and e higher, closing at 95e for April and 994c for May, Corn was quiet and o shade firmer, closing at 68¢ for April and 76} for May, Onts wero nctive nnd n ehade finner, olosing at 55 for April and 5e for Moy, Ryo was quiet and firm at £1.00. Barley was dull and nomiual at ¥1.01@1.02 for April, and 99 weller May. 1fogs wero nctive nnd 10@lie higher. Salen at &7.25@0.00, Cattle wevo quict and wenk. Sheep sold to o moderate extent at sbout Wedhesday's prices. eVt Rt A CLEAN RECORD, For fourleen years the Republienn party has had almost absolute control of State politics in Illinois. When 560,000 or 60,000 of otir young men went into the Union army in 1862, the stay-nt-home Democracy earried tho State. Tho Republican majority was at the front and cast no votes that yearut Illinois polls. This was, however, but a brief interregnum. Tho Democrntio Legis- Iature of 18G2.'3 disgvaced itself beyond ro- demption, nnd had to bo almost forced to dis~ solve on account of its secession sympathics and conduct, During twelve years, then, the party of tho Union has been in power. It selected tho Governors, tho State ofticers, and a mpjority of the members in cach Ilouse of tho Legislature. Its ropresentatives ap- pointed the different Boards that control Stato institutions. Itin the main managed the nfiaira of the State, The lonor, the profit, and the responsibility of that man. agoment all belonged to the Republican party. During the timoe it held power, vast amounts of public money passed through the hands of its officials. Many building con- tracts aud other public works had to be let. A State coual—New York's most fruitful source of politieal corruption—lad to be mannged. There were heavy disbursoments for military purposea. War-claims against the State ns well as the General Government —claims of o sort which greatly contributed to tho utter corruption of Pennsylvanin poli- tics—were settled, During its fourteen yenrs' leaso of power, the Republican leaders mnn- nging theso complicated matters have necos- sarily had many chances for safe and successful plander. They have been freely charged with having avail- od themselves of theso chances. When the Illinois Bourbons used the disaflected Repub- licans and the Grangers as cat’s-paws, and so reguined, in 1874, tho power denied them sineo 1560 (except in 1862), it was announced that * investigation” wns to be the order of the day for the next two years, Everything was to be investigated. The * whited sepul- chres of Republican administration” wero to bo torn to picces. A separnte committoo was to follow every cent into tho pockets of the successive State Trensurers and out again. Every bnck laid in o wall under Republican superintendeuce was to be investigated. The sluggish currents of the eanal were to bo dragged for proofs of peculation. The up- sliot of these faithful huats after corruption wag to bo such an astounding, overwhelming exposure of politienl plunder that nemtly every Republican in the Stato would forthwith become a Democrnt, and the rest would emigrate into some State where Republicans were still in power,—providad, of course, any such State should exist after the Illinois De- mocracy hnd beaten the tom-tom and sounded the hew-gng over the resurrocted and recking rottennces of Republicanism, I The dust of ages still covers the Bourbon tom-tom. The mountains of evidence taken by tho various investigating committees have given birth to one very small and very ridicu. lous ““muss.” It seems that Gov. Bevenmaz once wrote to & man and asked him to give another jpan, a contractor with tho State, a littlo timMe on his payments! 'Thero is no pretense that the Stato loat anything by this. Yot this i the sum total, Only this and nothing more, The State-Ilouse has been nearly built at a very low cost, when wo consider the mngunitude of tho work and the great distances which nearly overy square inch of material had to bo carried. It is o magnificent edifice, and will 1ast o thousand yerrs. ‘I'he Republican corruption o freely charged during the last campaign turns out never to have existed. ‘The only approach to it was when members of both parties combined in the Legislatures of 1847 nnd 1869 to make money out of spe- cinl logislation. 'Then the Republican party carried through its project for n new Consti- tution, and that Constitution not only put a etop to such steals, let us hope forever, but 1s quoted as o 1odel throughout England and America. Bourbon ingepnity can pick no flaw in the honesty of Republican rule in Ilinuis, At- tempts to do 6o Lave utterly foiled. It s o clean record, fourteon ycars long, which the Republican party submits to the peoplo of llinois. 'Tho T'émes, not contont with the notoriety it ias sought aud the crown of martyrdom which it so ostontatiously displays, chooses to treat Tue Citoaco 'EnmoNe as among its enemies, and ondoavors to meet the force of the facts of tho case, as stated by us, in the following fashion: Tl fact that the appeal of the Grand Jury to the Cuurt for protection " wuu flfat suggestad by the Judgs, 2 & vhit made by bim to the Grand Jury rcom, in violation of every rule of Judicial propriely aud deceucy, 18 » rather fmportaut fact which tho ono- wided Mr, Menis choosee to fguore, Aud yet thiy fact of such fmmuno significance was first made kuown tothe publle threugh MepiLu'a paper, upon Information furnlubed (in disregard of hi functional duty) by » Grund Jursican, Pue Tnmune chooses to ignore no fact in the cuse. On tho 15th ol March, while, as it subsoquently appeared, the Grand Jury wore hoaring testimony in relation to certain com- plaints against tho editor of the Zimev, that body sent for the Judge of the Court, and exhibited tho articles in' the paper vilifying tho wewbers of the Grand Jury., The Zimes eays that we ignored tho fact that Judge Wirsiass visited the Grand Jury room, fm. plying that he went there voluntarily and unasked for the purpose of dircoting them to appeal to the Court for protection. The foct was that he wont to the room st the request of the Graud Jurors, ‘The 7%mes s sumes that it first obtained its information upon this matter from Tux Tamvxa; but its .ity of the bonts is enlargel. statemont i3 not true in fact, and was nover mado in Tre Trmuxe. Whot tho local of Tue Trmuxe (March 16) stated as to that “vinit" was: Theas allegations [of the Témes) irritated someof the Jurors, who are unaceustomed to * tho feariess crit- fctsm of tho independent preas,” and yeaterday moru- ing, at their requet, Judgs WILLIASS came into their room, etc, The Judge, having thus boen ealled before the Grand Jury by that body, was asked if indictments for libeling the Grand Jurors would lie, and the Judgo answered that such a proceeding would be of doubtful propriety; that ke hind been personnlly included in the abuse by the paper, and for him to connsel the indicting of the Zimes would give tho matter an nir of porsecution, In answer to their question, was there no menns of protec- tion in such ense, ho told them thatif tho jury would present tho obnoxioua articles to him in court he would be officinlly compelled to act by issuing & warrant for contempt. The effect of these remarks by the Conrt way that the Grand Jury, by a large majority, decided to take no action of any kind, The next dny, however, the Zimes again denounced the Grand Jury miors vitu- peratively than before, and soveral of tho jurors by name, and the Grand Jury decided to call the oflicial nttention of the Court to the mntter, Thesa aro tho *“facts,” asstated by Trz 'Trsuxe, and thoy fully sustain the nssortion that the Grand Jury appealed to tho Court for protection. Thoy utterly disprove aud refuto the inferenco which the Zimes makes that’ Judge Wittiams voluntarily visited the Grand Jury, or that he ndvised, recommended, or induced the Grand Jury to make the appeal, even when beforo them, at their request. The whole tenor and weight of hig advico at that visit to tho Gragl Jury room wns that the Grand Jury should nol take ofllcinl action rolating to libels on their own mombers, aud the jury adopted that ad- vice. Their subsequent nction was induced by a ropetition of the libels in a more sennda- lous and aggravated forn THE COPPERAS CREEK DAM AND LOCK. I'ho defaat of the appropriation of 370,000 for the completion of the lock and dam at Copperas Creele is just one of thoso stupid acts which legislative bodics sometimes com- ity and the like of which nny member wonld Lo askamed if committed in his private busi- negs. The whola cost of the Copperas Creek dam will not exceed $423,000. Of this sum, in nddition to an expenditure by tho United States and the receipts of the canal, the State is only asked to contribute 370,000, If that snm had been appropriated, the work would be completed Dy Jan, 1, 1876, The failure to approprinte that sum will compol tho suspension of tha work for a year, or perhaps two years, leaving the unfinished structure exposed to dnmage aud injury, In order to protect it in ity unfinished stato, tho Commissionors will have to expend £10,000 or $12,000 out of the menns ot their command. 'This sum is at the rate of 15 per cent on the sum needed. That much money having been expended for the protectivn of the work ngninst the elemonts —floods nnd jce—instend of being expended on thework it self, will increase the deficiency, aud wmust bo mado good out of the rovennes. It is an pctial wasto of that much money, and an increiso of the ultimate cost of the work in that sum. Tho carnings of the lock when completed will exceed §4,000 o year, and the postpone- ment of tho work two years will be a loss of revenuo at that lock of $8,000. Tho com- plotion of the Copperas Creck lock will add to the onrnings of the lock at IHenry and on tho canal $10,000 to £20,000 a yoar, and the postponement of the work will be an imme. diate loss to the same amount. At present, the navigation of the canal is oxtonded to Pecria by the river only during the fow wecks of high water in the spring. Sinca the deopening of the caual, the eapac. Thus, a boat can carry in 4 feet 8 inches of wator one. third more weight than it can in 4 fcet of water; and hence, with the deeper water, the boats carry not only incrensed valucs of froight, but their profits are increased, and the canal rovenues enlarged. Tho comple- tion of tho lock and dam at Copperns Creck would give G0 additional miles of deep wator in the river, This will furnish continuous deop water to Peorin, tho second eity in tho Stato in commerce and population, during’ eight monthy in the year, instesd of the ity or sixty dnys of high water s at présent, This lock and dan will give continuous deep- water navigation through the whole soason to the Cities of Lacon, Peoria, and Pokin, and' to Chillicothie and many other towns, and ex- tond its advantages to all the country tributa- Ty to theso places, A look at tho map ex- poses tho fact that the completion of tho Copperas Creckt dam and lock will furnish deep-water navigation to the exports and im- ports of tho Counties of Maurshall, Starl, Poorin, Woodford, Tazowell, Fulton, and considernble part of Mason,~cheapening their cost of transportation, incrensing thoir profits, decrensing their expenses, and add- ing to tho taxablo valuo of their property, and consequently to the Stato revonues. ‘Tho refusal to appropriate this $70,000 to complete this worl in 1875 is ns stupid and foolish s for a man to bulld a costly house and leave it without roof, doors, or windows for n couple of years, to b injured and dam. aged, instead of comploting it, and receiving tho rental upon the mouey luvestod, At Kingston, on the Illinois River, thero are largo coal mines having an abundnnce of good conl, Kingston s betweon Peorin and Copperas Creck; but, for tho want of this dow and lock, it might almost ag woll be in Now Mexico or Canndn. Except during tho fow weoks of high water, boating.is cut off, It this dam and lock were completed, Pearin could Lo supplied with coal in abundance ond at low prices, not ouly for consumption but for distribution, This would Lo a large and additional business, adding to tho com. merco of tho rivor cities and towns, and add- ing to the rovenuo of tho improvemont fund. Bnt tho ITouse of Representatives has 1d- fused to approprinte the $70,000, and hasg chosen to let the work on which §340,000 bins been, or will be, expended take the risk of Leiug washed away or destroyed. Now, let us examine it s a nanclal proposition, This money being apporpriated, the work would Do comploted in January nexst, and the in. cronsed revenus in 1876 would bos Tollo at the new lock, Iacreased tolls ou 4,00 Total unual inorease, Bame for 181T.e0rerees Tolls for two yoarv, 38,00 This is what tho Legislature proposes to poy for kesping $70,000 two yoars in the Btate ‘Yreasury. But this is not all; E Loas of folls, twa years..., Coet 61 protaciing unfinished ‘Waste of materiali.osiinasen And this, to delay the expenditure of $70,000 fo¥ two years, DBesides this loss, there will be & loss of the new and inoressed trade on the river botween the various cities; an incronsed cost of freights on lumber and nll othor nrticles teansported by water. Rut tho gontlemen of tho Legislature in their wisdom have refused to advancs from tho iStato Trensury oue year's net income of tho eaual, They are willing to sacrifice 248,000 of canal rovenues soouer than advanco or lend upon the canal rovenues the sum of- 870,000. Is not that nn expensive financial oporation? Is not that a high rato of interest to compel tho cannl to pny? Would any member of the Legistature in tho manage. ment of his own private affairs bo guilty of such an oxtraordinary act of folly and stu. pidity ? THE NEW INCORPORATION ACT. The new Incorporation act, having passed the Senato by n vote of 20 to 12, wns sont back to the Ifouso for concurrenca in the nmendments mndo by tho former body. We havo already oxplained tho naturo and efact of theso amendments, Some of thom lave Leen a positive benefit to the bill,—such as the limitation of general city taxes to fiftoen mills, the definition of tho duties of the Fi. nance Committeo of the Common Council, and the separato submission of the Minority- Representation clanse, which will better sate isfy some of the oppouents of that doctrino, Concerning other amendments thoro mny bo difference of opinion ns to their eflect, but not one of them nlters the spirit of the plan rought after, As the main principles of the Dill remaiu intact, it is & matter of surpriso that it should have encountered opposition in tho Tlouse, and, finally on tho vote, have failed to receivo the mnecessary votes for ity passage. It has now gone to s Conferouco Committee. "The writer in the Chieago Zimes who has taken upon himself tho task of defeating municipal reform in this city has ade a Inst effort to kill the bill, and, if not promptod by n deliberato purpose to falsify and. docoive, ho has surpnssed himself in nsininity. Xlo kayss Oae rather atartiing effect which wiil reanlt as o cone requence of enacting the Chicsgo Ussixa-Nling char- fer will Lo the dlsincorporation of tity-five citles In Tilinols which kave surrcudered thelr speciol charters and beconse organtzed under the Goneral law of 1472, 1t ls stmply preposterous to say that thery can bo two reneral Laws on tho same subjeet In forca at tho samo time, Nownch absurdity can exlst fu roavon or {n law, 1t tho MestNa cliarter bo n geuneral Jaw, an it promot- eru clafm, and as ita Wtlo aud tesms finply, then the in- ovitable effect of fta evactment will Lo to repeal #o much of tho Genoral Munlcipal Incorporation law of 1872 us {s fucompatible with it provisions, And this notwithstanding that the Iesxa blll contains o sece tion declaring the impossibly abmiralty that * this nud thatnct shalt each be in forcaaa n genoral law,” Two atatutes In contifet with each othier on tho aamp sab- Ject cannot be each in foren us law at the same time, no matter what tho legislntivo deciaration may be, Qua r tho oflier must ceste 1o bo in forco, and the uuiversal ruls of Judletal construction, in ail such cdnes of confifeling siatulos, Is that the statuts of tha Jatest date repeals, by necessary implication, all coa- iMctiug statutes of au earlier dato, ‘This sort of stuf is only worthy of ridienlo. If it is * proposterous to soy that thero can bo two goeneral laws on the sumo subject in force ot tho same time,” then it is preposterous that the Illinois Legislature should have passed one law permitting persons to ns- sociate themselves in business under n part- nership, and another permitting them to bo- come incorporated as & company. Onue is not more prepostorous than the othor, The Zimes man purposely concenls the fact that Loth acts, that of 1875 as well as that of 1872, avo optional, aad neither oblgatory. Does tho Times protend to say that.tho Legislature, having passed the Inw of 1872, theroby for- feited tha right ever again to amend or modi- fy that act?* But it has not been proposed to do even this much, It has simply propaved an act enabling thoso cities of tho Stato that do not desire to organize under the provisions of tho former nct, or that have tried it nnd become dissntisfied, to acquire nnother rystom of organization, in the same way that persons associated in business may abandon a partnership and organize in a stock company. 'The provision that ** this and that act shall each be in force ns o general law " (ench law being optional with every city), is not ouly no¢ absurd, but perfectly intelligible, practi- cable, nnd rensonable. ‘Ilus tho passnge of the proposed law in no wise affacts the cities nlrendy organized under the act of 1872, if thoy take no note of it ono way or the other. Neither docs it affect thoso cities governed by # specinl charter, unless they see fit to aban. don thot charter ; in that ense, they may or- gonizo under cither the law of 1872 orthat of 1875, If the 1%¥mes writer can- not understand this, ho is probably the only man in tho State of Ilinois too stupid to, comprehond so plain a proposition. "The ridiculous declaration thit the passage of the new law * will bo the disincorporntion of fifty-five cities in Illinois ” was intended to intimidnte (tho 7'%mes is in tho intimidating Lusiness lately) tho ropresentntives from those districts in which small towns have orgoanized under the Generalnct of 1872 ‘This falsification seoms to Lavo hind its efect. 1t tho T%mes' position were correct, it might properly induce many of the members to op- poso tho bill who havo herotofore sustained it. A large number of the towns organized under tho act of 1872 are small communities to which the * village " provisions of that act ara well adaptod. It would bo a special hardship to ‘urco upon them tho adoption of the now act,” which would not be suited to their slzo any more thon tho ot of 1872 would be suited to a city of tho size of Chi- cogo, Lt tho fact is that tho passagoe’ of this act lenves them undisturbed in their presont form of governmont, and thero is no reason in the world why they should, refuse to other and larger citics a form of govern- ment better adapted to them, 8o far a4 Chicago is concorned, tho pnssage of this act may or may not affect our Munic- ipal Governmont, ns tho peoplo of Chicago moy elect. An eloction i already ordered for the third ‘Tuesdsy in April, in confor- mance with the requiromentaof the law, when tho peoplo will decide whether or not the city ghall be reorganized under tho law of 1872, If it be voted nat to reorganize under that law, tho new law provides that an election shall bo held in August to decido whether or notthe city shall be reorganized under the law of 1875. 'I'hat rcorganization may also be rejected. 1f so, we remain under our presont hybrid, irresponsiblo systom, and the question connot be again ngitated for two years, 'Tho whole plan ia simple, clear, and logical, and any failuro to comprehend it is new argument in favor of compulsory educa~ tion, * he most surprising featuroof this now opposlition to n bill that hasbeon jmproved on tho wholo by a body which passed it by so largo a voto s the new doparture of certain Cook County members, \th wero Mr, Horwns and Gen, ManN 50 furiously opposed to it yestorday? Why did not the vigor of their opposition develop itself earlior? Tho ory of *Iesmva! Heswval” f8 not new, though it seems to have been the main point of nttack, Bupposo 3ir, Ilzsva doosapprove the bill, or suppous he doesn't? Can that affect tho marits of’ tho bill? Tho Houso decided it meritorious hofore; it is bettor now than it was when the Ilouso passed it. How, then, ean Mr, ITestNa's position affoct it? 1o mupported it bofors ny well ns now. It mny bo that tho now opposition arises from o misapprehension n3 to the effect of tho amendments, If not, it looks as thongh there is roguery in the now deal, nud as if Mr. Yesixa is not the rogue, * AN EMPEROR S8EEKS A MEW HOMNE, A story comes from’ Paris that Dom Proro II., Emperor of Brazil, proposes to abdivato in favor of his daughter, the Countess of Fu, nnd that upon his alxlication he will come to the United States and resido hero permanont- ly. Sofarny the abdienation is concerned, it would not e surprising, as sbdication has heen tho rule in Dirazil. When the Ioynl family of Portugal wero oxpelled by Howa- rAnTE, in 1608, they flal to Brazil, Jomy VL, who was Regent for his insane and wid- owed mother, upon the death of thu Intter, in 1816, was proclalmed King of Dortugal. Intho meantimo ho had declared Brazil o Kingdom, and he remained there until, in 1821, in obedionce to a peremptory do- mand from tho Cortes, Lo returned to Lisbon. On leaving, ho nbdieated the Brazilian throne in favor of his son, who toolk the title of Prono I, and was crowned in 1822 Emperor of Drazil. Jouy VI died In 1826, and Proro I, of Brazil heeame King of Tortugal under the Litlo of Prono IV, ‘This Intter crown be abdicated in favor of his in- Tont daughter, the celebrated Manta pa Gro- nta, who reigned in Portugnl until her denth, in 1853, In April, 1831, Pebno L abdieated s Emporor of Brazil, and was succeeded by his son, Prono IL, who was born Dee, 2, 1825, and wny then just rising 5 years old. A Regency govesned until 1841, wlien Prono II,, then 16 yenrs old, was declared of nge and crowned as Emperor. In 1813 ho mar- ried o daughtor of the King of the Two Sici- lies, Proro 1. has roigned ever sinco in Drazil, and, thongh only 49 years old, has beon Bw- peror nonrly forty-fonr years. Ifis sister Y'raxces was marziod to tho Princo pr: Jorr- VILLE, son of the Iate King Lovs Puruie of Franco. Two sond died ntan eerly age. Ifis cldor danghter, Tsantuua, born in 1846, is wnrried to Lovts Pusrrr, Count of En, son of the Duke px Nrxouns, the eecond rion of tho Inte Louvs Puirir of France, This marringe took place in 1864, but has boon chiidless. Tho second daughter, Lrororonis, married Avoustus, a Princo of Saxe.Coburg. She died in 1871, leaving four sons, the oldest of whom was born in 1866, Tho Countoss of Su is the nntural heir to the throne, She was born in July, 1816, and is now bat 29 yenrs of age. 'The Count is an oficer of tho Emnpire, aud Grand Marshal of the Drazilian army. Hig Lrother-in-law is Aduniral of the Benzilian navy, It will bo seen, therefore, that both the predecessors of the present Bm- peror abdicated not only one but two thrones, and, should he so abdieate, it will be only in tho line of precedent. Ilo i3 yots young man, and would imake an estimable citizen of tho Republic. As he is somoewhnt sognclous and enterprising, ho will probably come to Chicago, THE NEW YOREK CANAL FRAUDS. The New York Z'ridune has printed o vol- ume or two of fuets in relation to tho grest cannl frauds, and every page of it teoms with proof of corruption. It isn sickening scan~ dal. For years tho Ring has beon the inuner whoot of each party. It has dictated nomi- nations. When by some chanco an honest mnn hag been named for an offico in which ha could interfero with the frauds, the Ring liny shown tliat plunder was more to it than poli- tics, and has socured tho election of his com- petitor, 'The favorife method of robbery has beon by making **unbalanced bids.” When Dbids were asked for doing cerlain work, part of it costly and part of it chenp, the Ring contractors would bid vory low on the costly part and very high on the cheap part, in such o way that the aggregate would be below the worth of tho whole work. Tho contmct would ho at onco awarded to these * lowest Didders.”. Then the costly work, which they did at a Joss, would be cut down to tho low- est possible amount, and the chenp worl, which thoy did at an enormous profit, would bo greatly incrensed in nmount, Such & pro- cess demandod confederntes throughout every branch of the Btato Government. I'heso con- fedorates " woro mnover wauting. Thero nro nny number of such instauces on record. Ono will suftice for our present purposes, hr. 11, D, Drxisox offered to do o certain pieco of work for £U00, The contract was given him, Wheu the work wus done, ko recoived $112,000. Another mothod of chent- ing was fo advertise for bids for o small pieco of work, so small that the pro- portionate cost was nocoasarily great, becauso contly machinery had to Lo transported to the plnce and used there. As soon as ono of the ting got the job, tho work swalled to en- ormous proportions, and tho contrnotor wns paid the bhigh rates on tho whole thing. Thus n certain DeLoey agreed to * grub and clear” throo acres of canal ground for 870 au aero, Beforo ho way through, tho threo acres becamo 479, and the $210 swellod into £08,680, In etill other cases, tho Cnnal Board unblushingly ralsed -the contract priced after tho papers wera signed. Imxny @, JacusoN got an incrense of ouly 10,000 per cent in this way on ono item. Iy auother caso, when he had contracted to do 70,000 cublo yards of enrth excavalion at 40 cents, double tho fair add usual prico, ho did 140,000 yards, aud collected &3 cents a yard, ‘Thero havo® been still other ways of cheating, but the catalogue of rascalitiog grows monotonons. Tho membors of the Ring in the New York Legislature are trying to prevent investigation, but in vain, ‘Tho rogues may escapo punishmont for the past, but thoy will be deprived of thoir power to steal any more, 8till, while Gov, Liwpes wad writing his messago, tho Canal Doard was lotting contracts to the wmakers of “un- bulanced bids ” in the same old way, Tho New York exposure is of more than local fmportance. It showa tho Went that it hLas beon payiug barbaronsly high frelghts on its produots for years for the support of o grent gang of thioves, It suggests tho possi~ bility, if nothing more, that sinful games of tho same sort have beon played in other Statos. It strengthouns tho doubts, alrendy grave, oa to the ability of any publio corpora- tion, municipal, State, or nationnl, to sccure honest management of public prpperty, Finally, it calls attontion, once more, to the sad fact that mon who would not atoal a cout from ono man will steal millions of dollars from o mass of wen, organized into o political corporation, without soruple or romorse. Filching from the publio purse is no, longer to bo considored theft, It is *¢ politics.” Tho announcomont that Mr. Bezonen Las avaled himsolf of the privilego of * aflirming * instend of ** swearing " on tho Biblo tohiatesti. mouy, will searcoly fail to cronto o sonsation, ‘Tho difforonce betwoen an oath nnd an af. firmation is that the formor {uvokes tho at- tostation of the Almighty, as well ns incnr. ring the pains nnd poualties of tho law for perjury, whilo afivmation is simply o legal form of inourring theso pennlties, 'Tho dis- tinetion is a moral one, nud has no effect in lnw, If Mr. Deecuen thronghont his life lins nlwnys entertained conscientions serue ples ngainst tho taking of nn onth (nernples bt aro rave nowadays), and ling nlways doclined to swear upon tho Bible in the usnal form of the New Yorlk courts, then his refusal to do so in the present. enso ought not to projudico what ho may have to say in tho minds of the people. If it Lo Whown, howevor, that Mr. Beecuns hns taken the, usunl oath on formor ocensions when ho may have been ealled wpon to do ko, or that his conscientions seruples aro of recont birth, thia cirenmstance ean kearcely fail to creato nneasiness in the publie mind. RUSSIA IN 1875, Freedomof the press hns never existed in Rugsia, but thoslavery of the press innow be- ing mnde n Jittlo mora sovero, Heveral news. papers have been suppressed ; many mora havo beon *¢ warned” ; and one Liberal jour- nal hns boon notified that its editorials will herenfter bo sent to it by tho Minister of Public Instruction, and must be inserted word for word as they rre sent ! This is an original aud amusing bit of barbarous despot- ism, Theattemptedsuppression of whatscems tosomebady incondiary literature has natnrally Dlown the embers of disafiection into n flame. The two centres of sedilious printing in Zurope are London and Switzerlend, In lioth, vast numbers of socinlist tracts avo bo- ing itmelc off. Theso nro efterwards seeretly shipped to Russin, and ave frecly distributed among the peasantry, They are said to be ““writton with great art in the ordinary lan- guage of the .common people.” MM. Enox- MANN-CrATRIAN'S novel, *'Ihe History of n Peasnnt,” hng been thrown into the form of nn appenl by a French peasant to his Russinn fellows to repeat the Revolution of '89 on Russian soil. ILis ono of many fircbrands flong into the heart of tho Impire. The Government's uneasiness under adverso criti- cism showsthat that criticism is at least partly winged with trath, It is popularly supposed that thero exists n great maoss of discontent inside the Russinn frontiers, Insnrrection ricemns to be sporadic there. Wild religious sectaries mako troublo, The Dboldest, Dbarest, baddest theories of sacialism stiike their roots deop nnd attain rank growth. Grent scerct societies extend over the Empire. “When to this popular socialism,” says the LPall-Mall, **we add the Jactrinairo gocinlism which so largely exists among ‘tho educated and the professional clnsses, it will bo seen that the elements in which great political convulsions find their orvigin ara not wanting in Russia,” This is partisan testimony, but it las truth in it, Yet oven tho most enthusiastio lovor of liberty may well shrink from the thonght of a Tussian revolution, If tho pensants rise, they will either bo cut down by the thousand until Dblood lss wushed away all traco of insurrcetion, or they will triumph, will burn, vob, slaughter, will drive the Emperor frow hin throne aud the nobles from their es- tites, What then? Self-govornment is be- yond them, Will tho timo bring forth the man fit to lead ? Itis more than doubtful, There will be plenty of demngogues, but fow, if any, statesmen. So far ny discontent forces the Govornment into reform, itis u good thing, If it subverts that Covernment, it will probably Lo bad thing., Russia in gotting along about as well a8 could bo ex- pected. Constitutional liborty is not the fruit of aday. Whotherthe Doy with 1 whito oye " is hanged or not, Mre. M. 8, Weraony, the * I'rlvoner’s Friond,” Lns kad her auy, and snid it to Jussc likoa Major, Sho las distinctly told him that the time will coma when socioly will “abandon tho present vulgar syetom of susponding mur- dorers by the nock till thoy are dend, and pro- vido for them Lomesof Love, properly italicizeg, whare thoy may have botter traita luculcated. Thols j8 vory pretty, If Alrs, WETSORE has & nice family of cluldren blessed with botter (raits, it wottld bo just as well to turn Jrssiz Poxrnoy luoso smony them as an oxperimont, Jrssk hay a plessant babit of gonging the eyes out of chil- dron’s heads and seolug tho sightless littlo onos grropa about for sometaing to loan against. Ile i quito an expert fu jabbinmg knivos into thom, and han shiown an ability to ‘miict moto stabs in ono human body thau many elder aad moro experienced porsoun, Mol equally versed in other branches of infantile torturo, and if Mra, Wezsone raally desires to havo him in the nurdory, and hend in hor littlo onea for experimont, sbie certninly ought to bo allowed to doit, Tho Stato gave Jease a tomporary Homo of Lovo iu tho Ponitontinry, but, as ho had his amusements cat off with his liberty, the poor Loy got weary of the place, aud his mother, aidad by sach pleasant pooplo as Mre, Wrrsone, took him out. Then Lo resumed Lin former pas- timen {iil tho pooplo of Maueachugotts tired of thom, aud docided to put him boyoud the chance of continulng them to the distress of his vietin aud tholr pareuts, And it Iy o quostion whothor tho poopta of that Stato aro sufliciontly elovatod in’ goutimeut to slero with Mra, Wersone that sympathy for Jesse which sho doca not hositato to oxprens. To all appearauges thoy are not, Catton-planters {n theBonthern States promise thin yoar, as thoy havo for sovera! years past, to put in less wecd than usual, Tho businoss now afforda o very small margin of profits to anybody, Tho obvious romedy 18 to diminish production, Moralists, as woll ag political economists, azo fu. torosted and concorned ; for, if the experionco of Inst year is ofton repeated, thoro will bo no as- wurqueo in tho Integrity aby moro than in the prudonce of corain planters, 400 numoroun and too reclless to mention, It ucoms that the prac- tico has beon for all handa to join ,around early In tho season, nud swoar ualomnly that they will plant o smull ares in cotton avd s lorgo ono in corn. Each planter, ‘thou, roposivg porfect con- fidonco in big uoighbor, procecds to oxactly ro- vorso (his beautiful shoory, mnd tho consoquence s sgain & large yield of cobton, s falling market, and small profity, "I'hls yoar, botter thinga aro hoped for. Lvory- body is oxpocted to koop hiu word, for foar that uobody clso will, Doubtless tho result will be lurgor roturnw ond olooror cousciences, Iadi- rootly, too, all tho bonofits of compulsory edu- cation in two dopartwonts of huwmsn activity will aceruo to tho planters. ——— Tho Wasbington Natlonal Monument Assocla tlon bas {wsucd an addreea to tho peoplo of the United States, urging & united and detormlued popular movoment for tho complotfon of tho work which the Bocioty has bogun end thus far sustaiusd It s the dosiro and aim of tha Bocioty that the monimont be comploted on tha ono hundrodth suniversary of tbo uatiow's bith, This is & sppaal that wo cau wmout heattily approvo and vocond. Tho neglocted aud docaying heap of stoucs which now wtauds as the nation's monu- sment to WasnINazo¥ is a perpetual reproach to Amarics, aud anuuworthy obairuction totho prog- rexs of bis famo. There nced be no apprelion- uion shat sny monoy dovoted Lo thls objecs will o misuod or lost, The lust Cougresstonal ine veutigation of tho affairs of the Boclety, mado lo 1874, siowad shak Bot one cont 0f tho funds re- ceived hadnt any tims been foat by Invostmeny or o.lerwiro, Bubreriptionn mav bo ade ang inquirles addzonzed to J. Cannous, Danyr, Boero. tary of the Socloty, Waahiugton, , 0, o e Womon ofton do things which s my novor drenm of, and the diary given the portunity for indulging a purely fominlng weal ners, Thua Mrs, Buntstess, of Ban Pajlp, CIL‘ indinorcotly fudlied tha clicumatancos 1y gy such and snch & night sho "hnil fun with wo ‘This diary coming Into tho Tands of Sfr, Sy uENY, that activo gentloman (manllmuu. knooked hor down and saturated her wity, col’l water from a garden-hono 88 an effectun) cfl.,h‘, of tho robellions blood. Not suy Atrompt nay miado to axplain matiers, Jir. Bimmicys wopy for & divorco, nnd after many paskagos ot army it loaked out that tho distingnishod X ¥ e humorous monsents sho lind shated wag g Tise} achoolma’am, M, Burssiexn Jost his anir, lui Mrs, SuIsreNs got o very satisfectory wettin, and thero ey dotermiucd to ot tio myyer drop. Dut thia habit, of recording amnyyp, ovents In n diary should bo abandoned at nn:: It {n sura to malco troublo. I was ona of thy most tolliug poluts against Lady Xorvavyy, N wonld ™ an . Bometimes when n ehrowd lawyer gets the defondant in a suit on tho stand e succceds oxtractiug valuablo informetion from him, 7, euit of May CHAMBERLAYNE, of New Yo anninat Joun Horsrs, for broach of promise ¢y warriago, hag glvon an instanco. Tho phigyy Is jusk 16, and tho defendant, nho Iy yey wealthy, over 60, Undora skillful cross-gray, watlon, Mr. IoLxes was conslramed to gigy the damaging truth that ho hiad served twotemy m the Penitentiary, onn for forgary and another for manslaughter In killing & Breoiiyn polis, mau. Iiad Mr. [Torxes meroly mado an e lirmation of these Incidouts, fustond of swoy, to them, now, what oo fuproved nspect bis ey would liavo worn, —_— M. LaRtAY, of tho Washington Chroniclny having been invited to Join the Senatorial erey, #lon to Moxioo, fools impellod 10 sreak {1y truth. e says the use of a national veseel fp privato purposes ia Mlegnlr and han never heretg, foro beon nuthorized oxcopt by & Congression) enactment ; that naval oflicers aro 1ot allowedf, take their own wives vn board, even when eellig on orderd from ono statlon to another; aud flys the procedent, for thouo and other roasons, st o weriously rogratted. 1t is roatly refreshing i Lear good, honest talk liko this from M. Il LN, tnough it may bo fuspirod by such motjry a8 piquo, and u desiro to have his newsgzg advertsed fn theso dull thaes. —_— ; ‘I'ie Probibltioniets of Ruode Ieland ara my- ing a protty bis fuss out of very littlo msteriy, By boiting tho Tlopublican nominatioun they oy possibly hiand tho Stato over to the Demoery. whoaro notoriqusly preachors and practicars f Individunl option. Altogothar, tho sctim of theso Indopendont-Republicau-Probibitiunistey about as provoking political tomfoolory g vy have noen anywhero sinco tho last caupaign, 1 18 almont onough to drive ono into advoustsg campuleory intowperance. Wiy not ? When Senator Oorrsuy told tha poorls of Counceticut thoy could hoat bim if he vy found to luow anythiog about finance Lt opoued A way to their hearts, It's tho mea sb; protand to kuow, aud dou't, tho peoply waui liko to shoot, AMinistor Cusimixo aommiuuffl;nnd-alzelb digeretlon whon he loundored into the ped.ger ol young Ring ArroNso. Tho monarck iy tunt wise child of whom the provorb spesks, . —_— Gry. Brivyen would havo reaigned long ey bnt ho thought of all the other Loarts tif would ache. Ifo dld not caro for Liwmself, g Tho donkey that vanquished the loness is Ciucinnati wan gonorally writ down on ses; 121 1o has mnco'diod from morttieation, —_— PERSONAL, Josquiy Minren's wite's daughter fo belzg tralnod for the siage. #3The Hon. Lo Bcxroy, Licutenant.Qevera of Indisus, {4 o guost at tho Grand Palt Hotol, Amateurs aro golng to play in tuo Acadray el Musle Sawrday. Tho play fs * Othelly™ Ity plnce Kow York, AMr, Cuanrey G, BLARE, of tho Mehign Iron Company, Marquatte, Is & gucat st ity Grand Pacific Hotol, v Gen, CusTEn says it taken an Inlian fairnis utes to oealp a victim, 18 it bocauso ho iadulga fu his customary deliboration ? Jonx Braspert roturned to tha oity yeste™ Aoy from oxns, and pocketed overy ball on tle pool-tablo before ho took u drinlt. Tho Now York Commiercial says that & rev Lito called tho “Bax WiLkzsoxn" 18 to Lo Ity favorite among the boga this spring. Hcurxck says ho was not tho only ot Texne Cuay rafsed Lord CasTieueson aut o lils boots, 8o to epeals, at tho uatiousl grme. An Englishman named Sicox hay lehelel 8 ook of originol pooms * Tho ,Macru wog ol Holl." o at loast approclatos his work. Coruert eays: *‘Taat story about l':f.'l Qranris too thin, A mao wholisto bo cut for(ed) in not allowod to rouign hig commizsion Gon, Burnarax and staff arrived at Fort Lot enworth oarly yeaterday morning, anda:o ! of Qon, Port. Thoy will romatn a¢ Loavaawits until Saturday. ) Jrese M, RiontAnps, formorly Proaidoatof 8y Board o ado of Chicago, I in the cityoscd mare, having twice ciroumuavigated the wrll siuce ho left un, Mr, Hatiwers, the Shakspearcan cmhwu;l Lias obtained leavo to soarch the pancling of 1= Liouse of Lady Bauxanp, tho grlndfil'l.'m*“‘ tho Bard, for BiARSPRARE'S missing paperd. The Purnasa are going to publish #1ho Auth omy of tho Domoatio Cat.” With all good fic Ing for that musioal animsl, this publioviot #eems suporiuous, nas that the weather hagiae proved. Tho houso oceuplod by Gronor Barceort i3 Washington, where ho fa compiling hiv Listom baa had for ita tounnts Jasks K. Javizie Wasmsaton Inving, Joun P, Kesseox, Wi 1ax Wint, Peren Fonce, and JARSD E:A“l,",u * Apousrus, dear,” eaid sho, toudorly prs him !g’m Dor a4 the moonlight tlooded the b window wlioro thoy woro atauding, "1 lh:ukx:l bad botter try sowoe othor hair-dyo—Jour “’,*‘l' tacho tastos liko turpontino,"—sirooklyn A7/'¢ Tlio Iatost s to prove if possible ‘"“"m.'i‘ tried to soll WooniuwL'sstary to the ne MX"‘A’; outetdo of Now York, aud the Toshostor Hw'h‘ crat unmes Mupat Hararean as ono of 1o ¥ nossed, . e A ¥ond du_TLao mother sald toher rlm;‘m tho othor night, as tho glrl was leavloR (65 for an oxtended visit to friondus **1€ 813 gor ovor lifts ye out of bod, Jest you KnoP o Jane," and Jaxr, trembling with emotion, 5 ** You bot " 207 Lord ITzxny Lexnox announces tisé ““’“m British Chiaungl etoamor Bossomer 1 8 ul' e wuccess, I¢ thoro s any ona feature O i civilizatlon that is roally wanting, t 18 0 ‘m v tilo arlstocrat whose namo {4 & big lndoree to advortisers, * Gabriolle,” n whioh Kare Fimtd 5::;;‘ solvod to couquot, was writton by ‘“‘" hesitH Dumasand translatod by her father Ir e Fronch, Tho Providence, B. In “‘T:nil! viow lier performanca with & mild €¢C which must be very irritating. Jtedto® A funny joko, and all tha moro palst x o its truth can bevouchod for, occarrod b : D'” {nent charoh in thia Ststa, It sooma ts :. thy Doacon Lind beon vory industrioud i rr o new church book, costing 76 centd + petord service in quostion the miuister Jus o divmissing tho oongregation, rono AU NS, will ple you who bavo cuildren to lep“l'n o0m, ¥ present thom nexs Ssbbath.* Thoe