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

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. BATES OF STBSCPIPTION (PAYABLE IN ADVAXCE). Postaze Frepaid at this Office. Datly Baition, post-paid, 1 sear.... Parte of year st seme rate. 1ddrees FOUR WEEXE for. B Ao Thiarary xnd el shoel.... On all clobs the sabscriber must remit the postage, which is 15 cents a copy per year. Bpecimen copics sent free. To prevent delay and mistakes, be sure and give Post-OfEce addreas in fall, including Stateand County. Remittances msy be made either by draft, express, Post-Offics order, or In registered lettars, at our risk. TERME 7O CITY SUBSCRIDEZS. Datly, deliversd, Sunday excapted, 23 cents per week. Dasly, detivered, Sundsy fncluded, 30 cents per week. Address TO-MORROW'S AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIC—Malsted streef, between Madison and Monroe. Engagement of N. D. Rob- erta’ Combinstion. * Jack and Jill.” McVIOKER'S THEATRE—Madison sireet, between Dearborn and Stats. * Bunoing s Corner,™ HBOOLEY'S THEATRE—Randolph street, between Chark and LaSalle. Engagement of the Californis Minatrels. ‘WOOD’S MUBEUM—Monros street, between Dear- born and State. Afterno ‘Eaat Lynne.” Evening, ~Casts * and * Tha Lrish CHICAGO THEATRE—Clark sireet, between Ran- &olph snd Lake, * Married Life " and * Tompkine the Troubadour.” ADELPHI THEATRE—Desrborn street, corner Monroe, Engagement of the McEeo Bankin Troupe. “~ The Two Orphans.” B INTEB-STATE EXPOSITION—Lake shore, foot of Adams siroet. SOCIETY MEETINGS. LINCOLN PARK LODGE, No, 611, A. F.and A, M, Membere are requested to aitend the faneral of our late Bro, Jno. H. cgwum, on j&iond:)‘ pext, Notice of hour and plsce of moeting in to-1Orrow's papers, By order of W. 3L C. 5. G. FULLER, Sec. MASONTIC.~The reguiar assembly of Oriental Con- sitory will bo held at their rendezvous, 72 Monroe-st., on Thursday evening, the 23d inst., at 7:30 o'clock. Im- poriant buiness and work on tns 0% Ly order of ‘he Commander-in-Chief. JAMES H. MILES, Gr. Sec. ATTENTION, SIR KNIGHTS !—Stated Conclsve of ‘Chicago Commandery, No. 19, K. T., \Monday evening, « Bept. 20, 1875, for businesa aud work on E. T. Order. Visiting Sir Knights courteousiy invited, By order of ¥ Com. G. A. WILLIAMS, Recorder, The Chicage Tribune. Bundsy Mormng, September 19, 1875. Greenbacks opensd at the New York Ex- ¢hange on Ssturdsy at 86, declined to 85}, advanced to 83§, and closed at 853, The London Spectator calls upon the Cana- . &an authorities to use all the foros needed to bary Gureorp in consecrated ground. It is strange that this has not been already done. When any Church publicly defies the author- ity of the Stats, thers is,only one thing far ths State to do. g There is no foundation for the report in some of the newspapers that Gen. GRANT Was in the city, or to be in the city, yesterdsy.. It was probably started by the fact that this pext week the President intends to make a fiying visit to St. Louis on business connected with his farm near that city. On his return 3 is probable that he will come by way of " Chicogo, and stop over for a few days to visit our Exposition and see his friends here. Gen. Grawt has a sincere affection for Chi- cago, and never permits an opportunity to visit it to pass by unimproved. We havea suspicion that be thinks Chicago would be & good plece to live in when he shall have retired from the Presidency. —_— . There is great excitement in England over the investigation of the recent collision be- tween the royal steam yacht Alberta and the sailing yacht AMistletoe. The Queen was on the former when the lstter was sunk, with the loss of at lesst two lives. The testimony laid before the jury seems to show that the disaster was caused by a violation of maritime rules on the part of the Alberta. The jury disagreed, but eleven of its thirteen members voted for a verdict of manslaughter, The case is now being tried before another jury, and also by a Naval Board of Investigation. The Queen, it is wonderingly announced, has sctually written a letter saying she is somy snybody was drowned. So kind. —— ‘We publish to-day, in our amusement ool wmns, the final installment of correspondence between Gen. McCrure and J. H Mo Viczxe. Tho issue of a personal disagree- ment hes nothing of interest in it for the public. The facts in the matter are very tlear. While Gen. McCruza may have been betrayed into a sort of half corsent to permit s part of the First Regimdnt to appear as “supers”on & theatxical stage, it is very avident that that half consent was given with the utmost reluctance, and ageinst his better indgment. His final order, when permitted wm opportunity to act, was a peremptory refusal. The only error made by Gen. McCroma was in not refusing point-blank in the first place,—an er- ror which is excusable in view of the extraor. dinary pressure brought to bear on him. Had he allowed the mombersi of his regiment o appear upon the stage he would have lowered himself and his command in public sstimation. Friends of the organization and the public a¢ large will rejoice that he refused. TIhe First Regiment is too important a publie poesession to be used st will for purposes of private profit. Gen. MoCruze will have ths satisfaction of knowing that his course is ap- proved by the public. If the officers and @en of his command do not now appreciate the wisdom and dignity of his refusal, they wiil by and by. There is an efort making to indnes Judge McArrtsTes, of the Supreme Court, to re- move to Chicago and becoms a candidate for the Buperior Court, to succeed Judge Gazr. We do not believe Judge MoArnistes is a ;n:ty to any such tricky procesding. The resignation of Judge Tuxx leaves & vacaney i1 the Circuit Bench which has to be filled this year. The filling of that vacancy does o0t inclode the rejection of an incumbent. [ Judge MoArsoarxx feels dispossd to serve tn the local courts in preference to the Su- preme Court, we have no doubt that the people of this county, without distinction of party, would support him for the vacant place on the Circuit Bench. They have dons this before on more than one ocession. But Judge Gamy bas served two terms on the bench o.! the Superior Court with great ac- ceptability. The-last time he was elected by the _unsnimous vote of all parties. There s no reason why a faithfal, boniest, and competent Judgs should bs re. @oved simply to make room for another, ¥udge Gany haa bean s laborious publio serva ®ul. Noons has ever questioned his integ: @iy, His Bdality b his duty, his talrngia to' litigants, and his efficient efforts to dispatch business, aro universally admitted. Why then attempt to displace him? We do not believe thero is a man now on the bench in Illinois who will say that sich a Judge ought to be displaced. Judge McALLIsTER is now on the Supreme Bench. He is not a resident of this county, and will have to remove here to be eligible. Why should he consent, ander these circumstances, that his name should be used to defeat the re-election of aman who has proven himself to be an honest, faithful, able Judge? We donot believe Judge Mc- Aruster would consider such an act cour- teous and diguified in another, and therefore will refase to be 8 party to it himself. As we said, we believe there wounld be a general acceptance of him for the Circuit Court, as there‘would be for the Superior Court, if the Iatter were vacant, The Chicago produce markets were very irregular Saturday. Mess pork was quiet and 5¢ per brl higher, closing at $21.95 cash and $21.65 for October. Lard was quict and 5¢ per 100 ths higher, closing at &13.55 cash or seller October. Meats were in bet- ter demand and steady, at 75¢ for shoulders, 11je for short ribs, and 113@12¢c for short clears. Lake freights were quiet and un- changed, at 2lc for corn to Bufielo. High- wines were active, at $1.15 per gallon. Flour was dull and ensier. Wheat was active and 2}clower, closing ot $1.08} cash and $1.07} for October. Corn was active and 2c Jower, closing st 59}c cash and 57c for October. Oats were in fair demand and §@1c lower, closing at 37c cash and 33ic for October. Rye was firmer, at 76}@77¢. Barley was quiet and 1c lower, closing at $1.11 for Sep- tember and $1.05} for October. Hogs were in moderate demand and unchanged, selling at §$6.50@9.50. Cattle were quiet and weak. Sales were principally at $3.00@5.00. Sheep remnined steady, with sales of poor to extra at $3.50@5.25 per 100 Ibs, One hundred dollars in gold would buy $116.75 in green- backs at the clos: THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY ON THE CUR- RENCY. The proceedings of the New York Demo- cratic State Convention on Friday last were of the deepest importance, not only to the Democratic party, but are destined to have a serious effect upon the organization of all parties in the Presidential election of 1876. The action of that Convention forces sud compels both parties to take decided position on the great Financial question. The New York Democratic Convention not only made a declaration of its own views, but did soin & manner that amounted to a bold defiance to the Conventions of the same party in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The party in New York has simply declared to the party in the coun- try: *We stand on the platform of honest money, honest Government, and honest pay- ment of debts; and we will not follow or affiliste with those who hold the opposite dootrine.” The New York Democracy pro- pose to stand on the hard-money platform, whether the party generally does so or not. Gov. Trmorx and Mr. Cmartes Q’Covor were conspicnous leaders of the Democratic party, and bravely and ably led in the exposures and prosecations which led to the detection and punishment of the robberies by Tweep, Sweeny, CoxnoLry, and their asso- ciates. Gov. TrupEx devoted his time per- sonally to the investigation, and appeared in court 88 8 witness to prove the guilt of the conspirators. He took high ground in favor of official honesty, and by his influence was sble to carry the City of New York against the Tweep-SweeNy party. In dus time the Democratic party nominated Trupex for Gov- ernor, and, though his opponent was the pop- ular Gen. Drx, Tuney was elected by over 50,000 majority. As soon as he got in office he addressed himself to the investigation of the chronic abuses and robberies in the man- agement of the State carals. His proceed- ings produced 0s much consternation in his own party as a few years before he had pro- duced in the Democratic Twesp business. He was appealed to by the party leaders to for- bear, but he was resolute. The Democratic Legislature did not dare to denounce him, but it sought to defeat his ex- aminations by appointing Legislative Com- mittees to do the work Gov. Tm- peN was not thus to be defeated, and, taking the responsibility, he appointed Com- missioners ontside of the Legislature to pros- ecute the investigations and bring the rob- bers to justice. At the head of one of theso Commissions was Joux Bregrow. In former times—that is, before 1854—BicrLow was a Democrat. He was then editor of the New York Evening Post, and, with that paper, left the Democratic party on the slavery question. In 1861 Mr. Lixconx appointed him Consul at Paris, When Mr. Daston died, BicELow was appointed Charge d'Affaires. Subse- quently’ he returned, and for a time edited the New York Zimes, but remained a Repub- lican, voting, however, for GrEELEY in 1872. He was an anti-Grant Republican. Though there wero a number of Republicans inter- ested in the canal frauds, the party generally has supported Trmpex in all his efforts to root out the corruptionists. There is not & ‘dishonest Democrat in New York —Wwe mean one who has sympathized with the Tweep gang or the canal thieves—who is not opposed to TiupeN. These, and that portion of the party who favor inflation, proposs to malke war in the party. This fac- tion was, however, powerless in the State Convention, which at once, with great unan. imity, placed at the head of the ticket Jom¢ Brozrow, the radical Republican of twenty- one years' standing. The unanimity with which this act was done, and the defiant tone of the platform, leave no doubt whatever that the Democratic party in New York is already prepared to form thé nucleus of & Na- tional Hard-Money party in 1876, should one be necessary, which -will be mado up without reference to past political combinstions. It is & solemn warning to the Ohio and Penn- sylvania demsagogues that if Ben Burnes, ‘Wase McLeax, Bru Avvex, and By Keriey are to control the Democratic party they will control it alone, and with the hard-money Democrats left out. In thic broad declara- tion of devotion to honest money, to honest Government, and honest payment of debts, the New York Democracy are svstained by the latest declarstions of the Demo- crats of all the New England States, New Jersey, " Delaware, Maryland, Mich- igan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Negads, Oregon, -California, and Texzas, or nineteen States. Other States may agrea with them in their declarations mext year. It is not probable that these States will all bolt if a rag-money p&fifgfln be there will be an immense bolt of and under such circumstances and in such numbers as will divide the party in twain. The Republican party has in no State Con- , vention declared for inflation or currency de. bazement ; still, ita ranka eunhin'nuny in Hationiktd who ars wild s hawks oh the sub- -adopted by the National Conve viduals, ject, and ready to strike hands with the currency-watering Democrats. The National Republican Convention will bave to face the music on this vital, overshadowing issue, as well as the Democratic National Convention. ised ose of the gathering was to pre- g::: thu?nys and means for retaining the spoils. Those who were formerly members of tho Republican party. (and they were in the minority) had mothing to Should the majority declare for inflation, or | say of former political association. Those cowardly seek to evade the issue, then there will be an equally strong protest in all parts of the country. The fact is—and politicians and party man- ngersof every party may as well prepare themselves therefor—the paramount subject, the absorbing question, the all-important and controlling issue in 1876, will be this one of honest money or dishonest money. There is no other issue strong enough to displace it, and it presses for solution. There is not room for & difference of opinion smong in- telligent men ontside of this financial ques- tion. 'It is one that addresses itself alike to rich and poor, and to every person, male or female, in the land. It is the question of wages—how much wages shall 4 man receive —and shall he receive it in par money? Party Conventions must take unequivocal ground, and Democrats and Republi- cans, postponing and ignoring all other questions, will take sides and vote upon that all-important matter. The New York Democracy give notice that on this ground they will not compromise. The man who refused to compromise with Tweep outside of the Penitentiary, and who is to-day fearlessly indicting, arresting, and prosecuting leading ** statesmen " for robbing the canal fands, will compromise with no proposition to pay the wages of labor with dishonest money. They but proclaim the purpose, which is much stronger in the Re- publican party than in the Democratic, to vote for honest money, in their own party if they can, but, if not in their own party, then in whatever party thatis pledged to carry out that policy. Shall this element of the Democra- cy voto with the Republican party next year? The question will be answered by the action of tho next National Democratic Convention. SUNDAY AND THE ART-GALLERY. It is unfortunate that the Executive Com- mittee of the Exposition failed to securo quornm at their meeting of Friday, for this postponed for a whole week any action on the offer of the Directors of the Sunday-Lec- ture Society to take charge of the Exposition Art-Gallery on Sundny afterncons, provide a1l necessary safeguards, pay all the expenses, and divide the profits, if any sre made, equal- ly between the Exposition and the Sunday- Lecture Society. The delay to act is doubly unfortunate, inasmuch as there now remain only three Sundsys before the closing day of the Exposition. If nothing is donobefora next Friday, even if the Executive Committee thon ; decides to open the gallery on the only day when the majority of the working classes can visit it, it wil bo difficult to get the nsws before the public in time to insure a good attendance on the next Sunday, Sept. 26. Is it not matter of sufficient import- once to have a special meeting of the Exec- utive Committes called to considerit? We understand that the Directors of the Sunday- Lecture Society would prefer to have the Ex- position managers open the Art-Gallory on their own account. The Directors do not yearn for the unpaid task they have proposed ! to undertake, but they would prefer to bear this burden rather than have the doors of the gallery inhospitably shut to the masses of the industrial classes on the afterncons of the first day of the week. If the Exposition managers are nnwilling to take the extra work upon themselves, but accept the offer of the Directors of the Sun- dsy-Lecture Society, we are informed that the Ilptter will construct a fenced passage, ronning from the Adams street' entrance of the main building and dividing it into two forks to the two doors of the gailery. Appli- cation will ba made to the city authorities for the services of a sufficient force of police- men, to be stationed on the outside of the pnssage, and instructed to keep the crowd moving to and from tho gallery. Their presence will prevent any confusion and any attempt to visit other parts of the Exposition. Within the gallery, competent custodians will be provided. If the crowd is large,—as it doubtless will be,— 8 hint will be taken from the management of foreign galleries on holidsy occasions. A certain line of march will be marked out, so that each visitor will see all six rooms, and will then find himself at the door of exit. This is the plan pursued at Dresden, Rome, Tlorence, and other cities, and it works to a charm. An added precsution can be taken by stopping the sale of tickets if thers ssams to be danger of overcrowding the rooms. The plan here sketched can be perfectly well carried into effect by the Exposition managers. They will find that 99 per cent of the Sundny spectators will be ready to act 28 amateur policemen, should any occasion arise, and the few improper cheracters who may mingle with the rowd will appreciate this fact and be kept quict by it. The ex- perience of the Sundny-Lecture Society has shown that a Sundsy afternoon crowd gathered for the purpose of innocent and re- fined enjoyment is a model assemblage. The Executive Committee of the Exposition owe it to the people of Chicago to open the Art-Gallery on the first day in the week. They are considerably indebted to the people in other respects, and the discharge of this particular obligation would be o graceful and 8 justact. If they fear the work or the ex- pense involved, the Directors of the Sunday- giuu Bociety are ready to relieve them of CHICAGO'S GREATEST DANGER. No city on the American Continent has to- day 8o many elements of prosperity es Chi- cago. The growth of its population and commeres is now 28 rapid and steady s ever, and is altogether unparalleled elsewhere. Thero are no notable signs anywhere of retro- gression, We know of but one serious men- 526 to its welfare, and that is its local politi- cal condition. The citizens and tax-payers of Chicago have permitted themselves fo be- come 50 much engrossed with their business affairs that they have handed over their po- litical interests to those who are ready to make politics a business. This is the reason why the contest of city and county has passed into the hands of a reckless, irresponsible, a_nd non-tax-paying set of persons, whose single purpose is to possess for themselves, and divide among their friends, as large &u amount of the public funds as they can clutch. Itis a notorious fact that the great h?lk of office-holders in this city do not con- tribute one dollar to the payment of public expenses. They are not tax-payers, but al- together tax-eaters, snd their personal inter- ests are antagonistic to the interests of those who pay the taxes. Not only this, but the tax-paying community refuses to be aroused to the danger incident to such a condition. The tax-caters nssembled on ‘Wednesday evening last with that perfect confidence instituted by a possession not only of all the offices. lint af iha hallotboxes The undis- who wers formerly members of the Demo- cratic party (and they were in the large ma- jority) made a formal declaration of their abandonment of that party to sustain f-h“ combination of spoil-seekers. The possession of the offices was the sole and only nb)ecf. in view. With, perhaps, onv or two‘excephuns (and we may be mistaken in making any ex- ception), there was not & single person pres- ent who either does not hold some office 8t the present time, or is not seeking sn office in the immediate fature. 'The gothering repre- sented the corrupt Celts and the corrupt Teutons who joined bands two years ago to plander the honest and industrious ta}-pny- ers, whether Americans, Germans, I._nsh, or Scandinavian. ‘The gathering consisted of foreign Know-Nothing bummers. < The unenimity of Wednesday eve‘mug's meeting gives full notice of the intention to hold this foreign Know-Nothing combination together for another election ot all hn%ards. There will probably be no Democratic ticket, or, if there is, it will be put forward by & few well-meaning men, too honest to lend themselves to the corrupt scheme for plander, but too Bourbonish to unite with any but the Democratic party to defeat the bumers. The Democratic party is to be sacrificed. Mr. Barney Cavrrrern, Congressman, explained why. It is because the Democratic party would then be responsible for the thieving and rascality of the tax-eating bummers. This is tho trapslation into English of what Mr Bamney CaviriErp said. Ho did not want the National Demo- cratic party loaded down with the misdeeds of Democrats holding local offices. To avoid this, he was in favor of maintaining the organization of foreign Know-Nothings under the meaningless name of the “Oppo- sition party.” His telk sbout ‘“men of high moral character as well as of intellectual en- dowments” in connection with this sort of a | party would be ridiculous if the matter were | not so serious. We do not know whether or not the dis- reputable People’s party men can again com- mand the united votes of the Irish and Ger- mans by putting forward the liquor and Sun- day question, which has been settled for at least a generstion to come. If they can, we presume they can get sufficient votes from the disreputable classes to secure their election. If not, we presume they will not hesitate to avail themselvesof their possession of the ballot-boxes to provide their own majority. But we give the people of Chicago warning that if they stand aloof and permit this state of things to go on, it is only & ques- tion of time when this city will be as badly off as New York, mow losded down with debt ond-with an annusl expenditure of $14,000,000, and struggling to carry the con- sequences of afew years’ misrule by just such a class of men as now control the affuirs of this city. [The time will come when tax- payers and honest voters will have to form Vigilance Committees and guard their ballot- bozxes with revolvers. If the people of Chi- eago would avoid such results as these, they cannot begin too soon to assert an interest in local politics, THE WORK OF THE CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION. The first yenr of the Citizens’ Association isat an end, and Mr. Fraxgroy MacVeaom, the President, has summed up its work in a remarksbly clear and vivid statement. An unofficial review of the situation might dis- oover more errors of judgment than Mr. Mac- Veaom notes, but it would not fail to admit that the working members of the Association lhave applied themselves to local reform with an unexampled devotion, and have boen ac- tuated throughout by the purest and most disinterested purposos. It is the penalty of unselfish application to public interests with the intention of ferreting out abuses and ex- posing official corruption that it encounters, not only the opposition of the office-holders and professional politicians with whom it in- terferes, but likewiss the criticism of those whom the work is intended to benefit. The gentlemen who hsve given their time and money to the work of the Citizens’ Associa- tion have not escaped this penalty, and their successors may not hope to escape it; but we still trust that competent gentlemen will volunteer to keep up the organization and prosecute the good work for the benefit of the tax-payers of Chicago and Cook County. The Association is the representative of the tax-payers. The work of watching the various departments of the City and County Govern- ments is too vast and wide-spread to be done by any individusl, and individuals will not undertake it. It iz only through an organi- zation of this kind that the tex-payers can hope to exercise any supervision over the tax- enters. The members of such an associstion are naturally tax-payers themselves, and deep- ly interested in the honest and economical administration of public affairs. They are not office-holders, and ought not to be (and we believe have not been) office-seekers. Their interests and sympathies are identical with those of the tax-paying community, and opposed to those who enter public life for the sake of the plunder. They make mis- takes,—as who does not,—but they cannot fail, with strict watchfulness and pure mo- tives, to expose and defeat many a projected steal and job. The Citizens’ Association of Chicago was called into being by the July fire of 1874 and the subsequent withdrawal of the insurance companies. It was admitted on all sides that prompt and energetic work was necessary to protect Chicago from the frequent recurrence of disastrous conflagrations, and save its com- mercial prosperity so seriously threatened by these fires. ‘This was the first work under- taken .by the Association, and thers is no doubt but its influence has led to many sd- mirable reforms in this particular. The fire- limits were made co-extensive with the city- lLimits, the water-supply was rapidly increas- ed, $200,000 were judiciously expended for new water-pipes of proper dimensions, and a better discipline was introduced into the De- partment. There has been a wido difference of opinion concerning the suggestions and usefulness of Gen. SHALER; but it is proper to remember that the Association paid him his fee without calling upon the public treas- ury, and it is probable that the discipline of the Fire Department is considerably improved by resson of his having come. Mr. MacVEAGH very frankly admits that the Associntion mode & mistake in first recom- mending to the people the adoption of the General Law of 1872, This was done nader the impression that amendments could be procured from the last Legislature which would adapt this law to the requirements of o large city like Chicago. But opposition to this was encounterad in the Legislature be- cause such amendmenta would necessarily ap- nly to all the villages and towns organized under the law of 1872, and it is already fitted to their wants. As soon as the validity of this objection was recognized, the Associa-* tion prepared another general law, which the Legislature passed. They then made a sec- ond mistake in counting upon the hearty co- operation of the respectable voters to vote down the charter of 1872, and in underesti- mating the persistency of the office-holders, who saw herein an opportunity to keep their places beyond the time for which they were elacted. Tha respectable voters stayed away from the polls, but it wonld not have made much difference if they had voted ; those having possession of the ballot-boxes stuffed and counted the votes to suit their own pur- poses. It was at this juncture that the Citizens’ Association developed their greatest strength. They refused to submit to the contamination of fraud in the charter election, which, if per- mitted to stantl, would render honest elec- tions impossible in Chicago for 2all time to come, They immediately instituted proceed- ings fn court to expose the frauds and defeat their results. They failed in their injunction proceedings merely on account of the unpar- alleled recklessness of the Board of Aldermen, who scoffed at the mandate of the Court. Still the Citizens' Association persisted. They have succeeded in getting favorsble decisions from two of the Circuit Judges, and have gone to the Supreme Court with a fair pros- pect of victory. If the findl decision is sgainst the charter of 1872, and the practice of ballot-box stuffing receives a lasting rebuke, the people of Chicago will have to thank the Citizens’ Associafion for the good work; without them the fraud wounld have been sub- mitted to, and a precedent would have been estahlished which nothing less than a popu-~ lar uprising could avert. There is still plenty of good and effective work for the Citizens’ Association to do. There will always be in a large city like Chi- cago. There is not a week nor a day when some scheme for plundering tax-payers isnot working in the brains of political marauders, and unless some such associstion is watching the departments closely the jobs cannot be averted. The following passage from Presi- dent MacVeaca's report is not an exaggerated statement of the case : Tho city is to be repaved, and a *job™ Is in con~ tomplation, It needs the Association to see that when Chicago is repaved it shall be done in the most im- proved manuer aud honestly. The Polico Adminis- tration of this city is simply absurd, and must be ro- formed in a permanent mapner. The building of tha Court-House, unless watched by this Association, and ‘watched thoroughly, will be tho greatest plece of rob- bery and corruption ever seen west of the Alleghe- nfes. The City Council and County Board are about equally prolific in outrages upon the people, and need the constant sapervision of an Associstion such as this has now grown to be. Each week produces some now specimen of ragcality in oae of these Boards. Ab- stract jobs, contract jobs, illegal salary jobs, the well- catablished trade in franchises, and the whole motley troop of rascalities, will march by 23 usual from year's ond o year’s end, unleas halted by some Citizens’ As- sociation, In view of this condition, it is to be hoped that the Association will turn oué in force next Tuesday evening and elect officers who will prosecute the work in hand with the same vigor and earnestness that have charnc- terized it so far. CONSOLIDATION OF SIMILAR SECTS. In ap article printed in the last issne of Tue TriBUNE, speaking of reasons for a con- solidation of the Methodist and Episcopal Churches, the remark was made incidentally that the tendency of the time in the religious world was in the direction of a closer union of the varions segments of Churches not separated by any distinctive dogmas or dif- ference in creeds, but only by some unim- portant featares of church discipline and government. This important fact is worthy of more detailed notice. There is, for in- stance, 8 very noticeable effort to unite all the branches of the Presbyterian Church into one common organization. In Great Britain also, especinlly since Parliament has can- celled the State patronage of the Scottish Church, leaving the congregations free to elect their own ministers, the two Presbyterian gects of Scotland are on the roed to reunion, and will undoubtedly effect it before long. When the various branches of Presbyterians come together, then there is perceivable no reason why the Congrega- tionalists should not cast in their lot with the Presbyterians also. The difference between them relates only to some small dissimilarities in charch government, more sentimental thanactual. Neither Church can give a clear, logical reason why they should not come together and unite their strength and divide their expenses. The outside world can see no difference between them, and those inside canpot without the aid of a microscope. Congregationalists go to Presbyterian churches and vice versa without any shock to their respective feelings or doctrinal idens. The prenchers of the iwo Churches very often exchange pulpits, and are just as much 8t home in one us in the other. In the Baptist denomination, glso, there aro several branches, such as the Close-Com- munion, the Seventh-Day, the Campbellites, the Christians, the Pedo-Baptists, and others, which should be growing on the same tree. They all believe in the dogma of immersion, and, having this bond in common, baptism by immersion would be much more frequent if they would sink their minor differences and come together. In the Liberal denomina- tions, likewise, such as the' Unitarian and Universalist, there is no essential differ- ence of belief. They are so nearly alike that it is not worth while to keep up the expense of separate establishments. Suppose, then, that the Methodists and Lpiscopalians were united in one Church, the Presbyterinns and Congregationalists in another, tke half dozen Baptist branches in another, and the Unita- rians and Universalists in another, cannot any one see that the usefulness of all would be immensely increased, and the oppressive weight of supporting so many separate churches would be greatly relieved ? Thera are two strong reasons why sauch consolidations ought to be effected: 1. While the Churches remain apart, it is in- evitable that there must continue to be pumerous little and weak eongregations, con- stantly in debt and hampered for money, sttended by fecble, uninfluentisl congrega- tions, preached to by half-starved, weak min- isters. They can only pay very small sala~ ries, and consequently can only obtain very small preaching. Starve a preacher and yon will get a starveling sermon. The minister ‘who does not get enough to support himself and family cannot be expected to have much heart or interest in lhis work while hunger gnaws at his vitals. Such churches cannot do anything ‘in missionary work. They can- not take proper care of their own poor. They cannot contribate liberally to the world's charities. To build and maintain churches in a manner to attract people re- quires a great deal of money, and this keeps thom constantly’ impecunious. In addition to this, these little churches must be in con- stant competition with. each other, involving no end of wrangling, heart-burnings, snd in) @ second place, these de- nominational divisions give the Roman Cath- olics the powerful argument that Protestant- ism cannot be true, because the Protestant Churches cannot agree in a common belief, but each denomination is broken up into sab- sects, which are constantly wrangling with each other. In the early days of the Protest- ants, when they were a unit, they made enor- mous numbers of converts, and gained over millions of Catholics to the Reformation. When they became strong enough to stand alone, they commenced quarreling over petty points of doctrine, and split into numerous warring and brawling sects, and the result is, that Protestanism is no longer progressive, Instead of uniting its forces into the most compact possible shape and gaining strengtiz by usion, its forces hava frittered away their strength in internecine disputes and conten- tions about non-essentials. The sub-sectsare beginning to perceive their error in this regard, and the present tendency is towards burying the small points of difference out of sight, and uniting on the essential doctrines for the sake of mutual safety, and to push forward the work which all profess to have at heart. THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS. A cable dispatch from Rome in the last issue of Tre TRIUNE states that at the last Consistory the Pope announced the creation of seven more Cardinals. Six of the number are Italian, and the seventh is from France. The action of the Pope in this instance is in strict keeping with the policy of the Roman Curia during the past seven or eight centu- ries,—that is, to keep the College of Cardi- nals at least two-thirds or more .Jtalian. Italy now has nearly fifty Cardinals, Germany three, France four, Austria, Ireland, England, the United States, and Central America, one each, while South America, which con- tains between twenty-five andethirty millions of the most devoted Catholics, bas no Car- dinal ot all. There was s time when no Catholic would have dared to comment upon this remarkable disproportion. As time went on, however, the Catholic world out- gide of Rome, began to wonder at it. The world hes advanced so much at this time that Catholics ere beginning to chafe under it and to protest against it. Theworld ot large has o mere sprinkling of representa- tion. The College is virtually a close corpora- tion in Rome made up of Italian appoint- ‘ments, many of them nepotistic. The Curia intends that the outside Catholic world shall have no potential voice in the election of a Pope, and that the Pope shall always be an Italian. It hasno confidence in a German, English, Irish, or French Pope. An Italian Pope is alone considered competent to man- age the affairs of the Church and to have the keeping of the keys of St. Prrem. ‘This injustice is at last beginning to cre- ate great dissatisfaction in some quarters and anxiety in others, and with good reason, since the Church outside of Italy in reality monopolizes the intellifence and resl energy in the management of its interests and the spreod of its doctrines. There is bardly an Italian Cardinal in the whole catalogue who is known beyond the limits of Italy, while the Cardinals from other countries are char- acterized by their superior intelligence and talents, and are known the world over. No one doubts that in intellect and executive ability both Cardinals Max¥vG and CurrEN, of England and Ireland, are superior in abil- ity and scholarship to any of the Ital- ian Cardinals, and even to the Pope himself. This question of & more equitable representative division of the Cardinals will be discussed more and more now that Catho- lics have found that their tongues can be un- Ioosed without special danger. The injustice may be endured untll after the election of the next Pope, but it will be remedied before long. The great Catholic world will insist that it shall be more fairly ropresented, and that the College of Cardinals shall not be packed jn the interests of Rome. There must bea chance for other than exclusively Italian Popes. It is evident that the English news about the Turkish troubles is not entirely trust- worthy. It is evidently colored in the inter- ests of the Turks. London dispetches of Fri- day last represented that Servia was firm for peace, but the direct dispatch from Servia which we print this morning shows that the majority of the Skuptschina, or Parliament, of that provinee is for war. This is doubtless an index to the popular feeling. If Servia joins the insurgents, Turkey will almost certainly lose all her torritory north of the Balkan Mountains. The Servian regular army consists of 110,000 splendidly-equipped men, The reserves number 200,000 more. The *‘sick man of Europe,” when he meets these troops, will besicker still, unless Russia and Anstria interfere. There is a rumor that the parties to the treaty of 1856, which was deliberately broken last year by Russin, would not be unwilling to see the Sulten dethroned, his European provinces and the bulk of his debt shared between the Bear and the Double-Headed Esgle, and the Viceroy of Egypt mede the sovereign, under the title of Caliph, of all Turkey in Asis. Never hit an elderly gentloman in the mouth ; never punch billiard bails too hard ; never brush your hair with an ivory brush; pever pull too hard onthe lines when you have a hard-mouthed horse; should you Lave false teoth, mever smoke, and always carefully test the tempers- ture of your tea and coffee with a thermometer. Never chow your penholder, if it bappen to be made of ivory. Celluloid is mo lhike ivory the difference canuot be detccted evea by experta. Falge teeth are made of it; bair-brushes are made of it ; billiard balls are mado of i¢; mar- tingale rings are made of it; tooth-brushes are made of it; penholders are made of it. Every- thing resembling ivory in your posscesion may bemadeof it. And if aspark should touch it, or a sharp concussion shake it, an explosion will follow. Cellulowd is chiefly made of gun-cotton, and this material preserves its inflammable and explosive proparties in composition. Bewars, Tue TRIBUNE of last Suadsy published a letter from ** A Cstbolic,” in which exceptions were taken to a statement, 1n this paper, of the case of Loume LaTeAv, the Belgium girl whoss ab- normal neurotic manifestations hava attracted some attention during late years. This corre- spondent scemed to think that he bad caught Taz TrIsUNE in s self-contradiction,—slleging that it had, in one placo, attributed the phe- nomens in quesation to physical disease, and, in apother, ascribad them to priestly trickery. *‘A Catholic is evidently not a very clear-headed individual, or he would bave observed without difficulty that the oifferent causes mentioned were ascribed to different branches of the alleged miraculons exhibitions,—a part of these exhibitions being scientifically deducible from a malady of & nervous nature, and other oarts being ressonably traceable to daceptive arts peecticed by those who had a strong interes in m%Bg the case appear 88 oz of undoubted superiaturalis m. ‘The correspondent was very positive in his utterances,—ndt only desying that Lovisx's exaltations, with their concomi- tants and consequences, were susceptible of rational explaoahion, but denouncing as false the atatsment copied by Tuz TriBuNE frem the London Timas, thas ihe girl had been withdrawn fact was as our authority had The London Times of Aug. 31, in in 2 normal habits and conditions ; o former sym; fasting, i s, b oo, e Thera ia littls doube that the state of health that, whea her is played upon by fanatical or di form such crusl operations for the of their religions aims, it is not conclude that, for the same end, wonders from which they expact to- benefits for their Church. portraits, ove of which, that of gained for him groat celebrity, bus death be had planned to exacute latter for an art sale. The Post a constant contributor. abont 35 years of a to the State Prison, and for three affection for the laundress, and the mangle and went for him - with acell. design, js 1,600 francs. Peacs ani are represented by the outline of mentioned. The St. Louis papers have just exclosively benefit Chicago. Its _ Paris has a pew newspaper. It de Philadelphis. 1t mightbe better ** des Etals-Unis ™ for the last two local, affair. Accarding to the English notation be read as one trithon. L] PERSONAL Lorne’a naw posm is probably load: shots at his brothers-m-iaw. iama Colloge, died recontly, sged 97 pufl. despotisms. Gladstone. belp him in thirteon. Gen. Hooker was entertained at Auburn, N. Y..on Friday, sod in Leld a pablic reception. The Rev. S. Platt, the man whose icky, jorky, irreverent, and garish.” He was expostuated with, and cumbed. A briliiant suggestion is mads Bates swim across the English Ol companied, except by Private D: Boytoon swt. beaudes being a profitable ona. Brick Pomeroy is locturing thera. Gen. ‘lige Anderson, of Atlsnls, to avail himself of Gen. Johnston's livest Eoglishman it ever s&w. same interest in the business thai b Omaha Ezcelsior, c juvenile journals west of this city, of Public Works. lector at Bt. Joseph, ernment.—JIndianapolis Herald. Adelaids Loe Neilson is ill st d'Athenes, Paris, respondent ascribed it o cansed by the absence of Phil ‘band. That is very cruel. from Paris, publizhes the following: LOUI3E LATRAT, 2ccording bo » lattar tromy gain a stigmatiot. For soma By, ing kept pricets and sight-seers umf".:f"’-c stato which Ied to prieatly services | ;’.m, he produced ideal heads, and at the in the Egyptian army to ask for & place. aton didn’t think of this when he decliosd- A 8t. Louis paper aays Lord Houghton i8 e In Arkaosas they personalize the _maa writes the best account of s hsaging. Raad is given the premium far his vivid dishing up the latest sensation down thers. Clem Chase, tho oditor and progristor of ¢ one of the mest wflflw the guest of Mr. E. M. Johnsan, of ibo b by relatives from prissily inflae; e upon had reverted to & nnmln:;m:‘: this denial it would sppear that he 7% foundation, as later advices than thosa b us, and commeated upon by him, show g b Tl Y ity Fores b, oy girlis iy it responds to their touch with 2-‘7“ g to the designs of Natura. And, wheq tical dignitaries can, without mmpwb I!hum L] they to deception to aid in magnifying .Z.'m,‘ bl duriny gy S = The New York Evening Post ann : death of WILLIAM OLIVER StoxE, lh::u o porcrait-painter, at Newport, B. L, an thy inst. Howas born in Derby, Ct, bup most of his life in New York in the ‘mi:fl his profession. Most of his tima wag dmed: Mo Bogy time of by saveral of ty, s ug sudden death will be & groat sholt 0 his gty a0d bo will be deeply mourned. Mr. 1oy gy & member of thio Century and Unicn Clute, g {o the monthly exhibitions of the formar hy n Ho was tnmarmed, ng —_— It is sad to record that & clergymxa bag yoars, Be corder HacxeTT, of New York, sent him, wmnd iy name is GEoROE C. HOLLAND, pratorof thy Ag. rican Union First Methodist Churchin thataify, The true inwardness of the Reversod Houuy was an ardent osteem for his lacndress, who yiq a widow. A brother of his flock imbdy s dayty clergyman found him in £00 closs prozimity gy 8 raacr, vig the intsntion of carving him. Ha was inten rupted, however, in the operation, and now gy - to Sing Sing for three years, leaving hia tival s wmmiuterrupted opportunity for that length of time with the widow, while he cools his heeks The csll mede by the French Goverament o designs for a postage-stamp drew qutnol than 431. The first prize, givan for the scespd d commey 81030 of the world between two figures bearing the valu of the stamp. The sscond prize of 500 fraveily given for & cornucopis resting on an ascuichem, France, holding & torch, received the thi while a Morcury oo a Pegasus was hovanby O WeN beguntan preciate the fact that the fast mail train dossd beoeda s uoiversal. If it could be reversed it would bets the advantage of New York, for then the gradms influence of the Chicago papers would be fuli is that wicked cify before breakfaat, and pesgirs the readers for a better and parer life all dsy. 18 published in the interests of our eentennial show, a2d called the Indicateur de ¢ Ezposition Usiversld to mbstitals waords of the tile, provided this is to be a national ac:a A correspondent asks ns to give the reding, in words, of the expression 1,000,000,00000 it i one bl ion ; but according to the French system, vhid bas beon sdopted 10 the United States, i thaid lod with lings Frederick Perry, the oldest graduats of Wil- yoars. ' Why ace newspaper men presentod with cigam 80 often ?—Boston Sunday Times. Aos.—Te 4 Capt. Webb i3 only 36, says an exchangs. Twenty-six, aud only s Captain. Oh thase foRy According to Clarence W.Bowen, who b been interviewing him, Carlyls does oot e Boston has a high-toned pauper who csS beg. ia teu languages, aud carse those who u_lnu to s banquat a8 the evening rheumatiag was micacalously banished, is described a3 ““pu¥ All the widows of Samoa bava sat their.ad for Steinberger, it 18 said. Naturally enoughe Steinberger has a corner oo dry-goods. The Nizam of Hyderabsd sullenly refased 88 ‘meet tho Prince of Wales on his visit to Infa finaily e that Sergh sunel uose- alzall, in 8 Simeon Bouffard, s Parisian rag-picker, ¥ dead. Howas 80 years of sge. Rag-pekiog seems to bo a healthy and inigaratiog passaih A Virginia paper says George Wastiiagiod very dirty, and Gen. LaFayetto Deeds washios: This levity is acconnted for by the fas ta¥ wishes spoioet Jobho» And ‘Honghton sxid the editorial page of that psped was too versatile to be written by one mad. Stewart is slways at his storsat 3 &. M- may be pleasing enough to Btawstt, busbe can't understand why his clorks dou't take (B4 Lord This 0 doss. whe Cagte nylsol presacd llltw Col C. B. Wilkinson, ntarnsl Bovenu> Coke Mo., is a defaaliar -na: fagitiva. Col. Wilkinson undertook to l»fl:i b3 gamo of draw-poker at the expanse of 18 the Hotd snd a romantic newspaper &2 mental scteds8 Lse, bar bot* Detroit bossts that Chicago has to uudw:: eity for hor Bisbop, and others. It are not tor divers people, but they best. In fact, some of our mapartal jecta of general axecration. doos i sty tlons ase O William A. Beach, the loarned eounsel for 4 defense, has again been bestan by ® learned hog. It wasats game of —a .uh:‘fl' an educated porker on axhibition st Ferswof™ Beach cut for desl, tho usual way ; hissaoul, Beach daslt for him and hog oat Wi passed; W ! !