Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 21, 1875, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATES OF RURACRIPTION (PATARLE IW ADVANCR), Postnee Frepald nt this OM Daity Rdltien, post-pald, t Farta of ye Muled to any addems rovn wzrze for. Bunday Eortinn . Taterary and Rellgiod 3 One ey Weekiy=Cluh of faur, Woewly—Clab of twen (e Fres Cony On all clube the aubscriber munt romis the postaxe, which ia 15 conts & eony per yo Epecimen copies sent free, Toe preveut delay and misiakes, bo aure and give Toat-Oftice addrens {n fall, inclnding Stateaud County. Rexlltances may be made aithier by draft, exjreaq, Fosl-OfMce onder, or §n registerad lotters, at vur riek, TENVA 70 CITY SUNCHINERS, Pally, delivered, Rundsy excaptsd, 23 esnts por week, Datly, delivered, Sundny feiuded, 30 conta per woek, Addrias THE TRINUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearboru-sia,, Chicago, Til, TO DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ACADENY OF MUSIC—Halsted atreet, between Madisnn and Moarne, orte’ Comtanation, ** Jack McVICRER'S THEATRE—=Madinon street, between Dearborn aud State. ** Rtunuivg » Corner,” HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Randoiph sireet, batweon Cnrl and LeSalle, Lngigement of the Califurnis Wiustrels, MUSEUM—Moor Afternocn, * nd ¥ Tie Iriah Lon, WOO! e & "Caate reet, hetwoen Dear- st Lyuue,” Eveniug, atreel, briween Ran- and % Tompklne the CHICAGO THEATRE=Clas doirh ind Lake. * Paulin Troubaduur,” ADELPHI THEATRE—Deathorn atreet, corner Monroe, Engauement of tho McKee Naukih Trouga, “Ibe Two Urphana,” EXPOSITION-~Lako shore, foot of —_— SOCIETY MFETINGS. INTER-STATE Adaus ntreet. ATTENTION, SIR KNIGHTS!—Slated conelave of Apilla Commandery, So. 1, I, 'T., this (T ) eve- nitg At 7l o'clock, at the t% Sir Knights courteoy . LUCKL, Recorder, Che Chicagy @¥ibune, Tuesday Morming, Soplomber 21, 1875. Greenbacks, at the New York Gold Ex- change yenterday, closed at the low figure of 83}, The extreme prices of the day were 851 and 834 The St. Paul Chamber of Commerca gives forth a very positive expression on the cur- Taney question. A resolution was yesterdny adopted by that body declaring it to ba * the duly of every citizen, the business of overy merchant, to use bLis utmost endenvors to- wards securing ot the earliest possible mo- ment o madium of exchange which is fixed in valua and convertible at the pleasure of e holder into coin.” s The Mark Lane Frprow, dideussing the question of tha mupply of bresdstuffs in Europe, finds no reason to alter its previous Jjudgment that no materinl declino in prices mny bo looked for. [ discrodits the reports of large yields of wheat in France, and has 1o faith in the ertimate that the surplus from this source will reach 3,000,000 quarters, ‘The general outlook on tho Continent is that the market will remain firm, and that a henvy draft upon Ameriea will bo necessary to BUp. ply the deficiency. Sir Epwaun Watkty, the ngent of En. plish bondholders who was kent to make a thorough porsonal investigation of the affairs of the Erio Railrond, i his report expressus confldence in the ability and integrity of Mr. Jewerr as Prosidont and Receiver, and ree. ommends co-operntion with the present managomont of the road in order to pro- vent tho foreclosure of mortgages, He nd- vises that no moro mouey be furnished by English bondholders, but is in favor of tho plan of the appropriation of the net earningy toward the payment of debts, and tho issuo oI mortgage certificates, — The Servian Chambor of Deputies, by a Bote of 71 to 44, hns adopted the report of G Committee recommending tho policy sug- gusted by Prince Miraxo—that of neutrality for the present, with no expression of gym- praby or intentions eithor way! 'The minori- ty were for.an immediate declaration of war, ard they may yet carry their point, 88 the Chinmber proposes to leave the final sottlo. ment of the question to a vote of the people, Slennwhile the revolt is gaining ground in Bosnin, where an engagement botween 2,500 insurgents aud a ‘Turkish Lrigade rosulted in the defeat of the Intter, A now plan for packing conventions is brosched by the Opposition managers in Cook County, It is proposed to uvoid the risk and expense of primary elections, and to reach the desired resnlt mora directly than by the old caucus system, by drawing namos of delognten from among o Lundred or 80 shakon up in a hat. Thiv schome bas been found to work admirably in the selection of jurors iu criminal cnses wunder the present County Administration, whero disagrosment or acquittal must be assurod in sdvance, and thero would seem to be no reason why the vight kind of o delegation should 1ot be se- carud in tho eame wa; ‘Tho clergy and laity of the evangelical desominations of Chicago have exhibited ro. wirlublo unanimity in seting upon the pro. posul to invite and urge Messrs. Moopy and BANKEY to come to this city and head the movemeut for a general religious revival, At the meeting yesterday, which called out a very lorge attendance, and included a repre- sentation of sixty.six churches, thera was but one voice, ard that wos o ery to the great ovangelist wnd his tuneful condju- tor to “Come over and help ua” A letter was' prepared and accepted, and will undoubledly receive a host of siguatures, to be presentod to Mr, Moany by o committeo who will wait upon Lim in person and invoke his uid iu the proposed rovival, and but little doubt is entertained that he will perccive the pathof daty as leading in tho direction of Chicago. All good people, withont regard to sect, will join in the hope that such will be the result of tho great movement, ———— “The Chicago produce markets werg mostly weik yesterday, with a large busivess m gredn. Mexs pork was quiet and a shade easicr, closing at $2195 cash, and $2y, for October. Lard was dull and declined per 100 1bs, closing at $18.32) cush or seller October, und $12.00 sellor the year. Mcats wero quiet and tirmer, at 7{@8c for shoul. dury, 117 for skort riby, and 12@124c for short clours. Lake freights were in moderate derugnd, ot 2ic for corn to Buffalo. High- wines were steady, ut §1,15 per gallon. Flour Wi ove active and easier, Whent was very active and Yo lower, closing at $1.06{ cash sud §1.05 for October. Corn waa quite et ive und declined 2¢, closing at Gtic cash and 85)a for Octuber. Quts wera activo and imeg. FBE CYICAGO TRIBUN TUESDAY. TR IBER 21, 1875 ular, closing at #hic for Septomber and for October. Rye waa quictand easicr, at 75e. Barley was netivo and weak, closing at 21.07 cash and $1.02} for October. Hogs wera fairly activa aud firm, with the bulk of thae fales At ¥7.65@7.85. Cattle wera quiet and unchanged. Bheep were inactive, One hun- dred dollars in gold would buy $117.25 in | greenbncka at tho close, A cnse of grom violation of Iaw, and of criminnl carelessners a3 now appenrs, yester- dny resulted in (he instant death of an old andvaluod citizon, Mr, Neueatian Iovanroy, who was run over by a locomotive and killed whilo crossing e railway track, It is stated that the train was running at the reckless &peed of 20 miles an hour along one of the wmain thoroughfares of the city. The en- gineer and conductor were at ouce nrrested on & charge of murder upow complaint of n son of the decensed, and have been held to bail for trinl in the Criminal Coutt in bail of $3,000 cach upon the chargoe of manslaughter. The ordinsuce restricting railway cnrs o a rpeed of 6 miles an lour within the city Ii has practieally becomo A dend letter, but it hay usually hisppened beretoforo that the friends 8f perrons waimed or killed at railroad crossings were unnblo to benr the expense of a suceessful criminal prosccution. In this lnst sad ease, however, there is nn excellent prospect that the re- sponsibility for this sort of murder will bo loeated whera it belongs,—whether npon the eugineer and conductor, or the ofticers of the conupany upon whose orders the lrain was run at such a rate of speed. THE FINARCIAL DISCUSSION, In anwwer to the suggostion that Tue Trrn. uxE devotes n large portion of its space con- tinuously to tho discussion of the financial question, wo havo to say that thero is no other subject of such equal public importance tocll classes of the people, and that the ab- sence of any political contest.in this State renders a discussion of that mntter at this time most opportune. Discussionsof poli- cies, eapecially of tho character of currency and finance, dnring a short sensou previous to an election, ean rarely be profitable, Then men are more or less influenced and con- trolled by their, party affilintions and party committals, and are not open to a candid con- sideration of any controverted question, ‘We have opened the columas of this paper to & free discussion, We bave printed hun- dreds of articles written by various persons in which the views of this paper were op- posed. We have had confidence in tho cor- rectness of the position of Tar TninoNe, and havo hed equnl confidonce that a free discus- sion would lead others to the truth. The ab- sonco of any election in this Stote thia year has contributed much to the benefit of such discussion. Democrats and Republicans have been able to examino the question withont being inflnenced in their judgment by dacla- rations of party conventions aud by a dosire for the success of party nominations without reference to the platform. An instance of this Xind is furnished in Ohio, where thou- sands of hard-money Democrats will as party men vote the Dewmocratio rag-money ticket, and where other thousands, Republicans, who faver rag-monoy, will yvote the hand- money Republican ticket. Discussing the finaneial question under the excitemonts of such an glection is an almost fruitless businesa. In Ilinois, however, the opportunity for an felligent discussion upon the merits of the subject has been a favorable ome, We are ablo to look at it free of partisan bins, Neither Demoerats nor Republicans know at this time what the platform of their party will bo, and so each is freo to arrive ot his own judgmont ns to what the true policy should be, In this State there aro thousands of Repnblicans who are bad inflationists; and thero aro Domocrats by the thomsands who are in favor of hard money. Tho Pgesi- dentinl election of 1876 will inevitably turn on this fssue. Thero can be no evasion of it Tho Democrats havo u hard-money platfonn and hard4nodey candidates in New York and Massachusetfs, and a rag-money plat- form and rag-moncy candidates in Ohio and Pennsylvania, Their chances of electing their candidates in theso States aro perhiaps equal. A rag-money victory in Pennsyl. vanin and Ohio will be offsot by the hard- money victories m New York and Massa- chusetts. Tho struggle for tho mastery on thia question in tho Domocratio party will be adjourned to the National Convention, with & certainty that in the triumph of either faction thero will bo a wholesalo holt. How will it be with the Republicans? Bhall they go to their Convention oqually divided and torn? Shall they prepare to weet an adversary flushed with victories 1874, and again in 1875, with a divided front ? Shall thoy acknowledge that the party Lo lost its capacity, and, after sixteen yenrs of power, ia unable at this time to agroe whether tho Government shall adhere to n policy of honesty, or, yielding to demagogues, shall inaugurate o dishonest policy? Shall the Democrntie party in the noxt Presidential cloction be the sole champion of - honest 1onoy, or shall that champion be the Repub- lican party? Or shall both parties eo far yield to the inflationists that the friends of an Lonest Government, an honest money, and honest payment of debts, of whataver party, wust seek an union, and, ignoring all other considerations, stand by the integrity and bonor of the uation? We anticipate no division of the Republic- an party on this quostion, We beliove that the policy declared and acted upon by Prosi- dont GRaNT is the truo oue; that it alone is consistent with national safety ; and we'be- lievo that the more that policy is examined and discunsed, the more readily it will be adopted by tho wholo people. Wo bave ronson to know that the discus- siona of the currency question in Tug Ci. 0aao TRIbUNE and other pepers has had a wide-apread influenco in exploding the wild theories and dangerous propositions of the inflationists, and that the Republican party of thig State is rapidly uniting in favor of that policy, which alono can commend itselt to tho intelligence und reason of the country, or can hope to be suceessful in 1876, — The severe frostaof the last few nights have to some extent and 1w somo localities unipped the growing corn, but not disastroys. ly. The great bulk of the crop had passed the point of injury, and is safe. The corny which has been touched by the frost is Ly no weans destroyed. It may not Lo such s will pay for extended transportation, but can all bu utifized, being for many purposcs es good as ever, It can all be used for feeding +ock, and therefore to that extent will serve the purpose for which the most of it would biave been used auy way, ‘The crop of corn outside that touched by the frost will be an imoicnie ove. Despite the generally cool weather /of the sumtner, the' corn has pros- pered beyoud all comparison with previous scasons, &8 have jndeed all the feed products of the Weul. There are many localitios whero tho excessive rains havo been destructive, but generally the acason hins Lean a most success- ful one, ndding willions of incroased wenlth 08 & reward of agrienitural Inbor, —— REW JERSEY CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND MENTS, At tho rocent Now Jersey election the eon- stitutionnl amendments submitted to.the peo- ple wero carried by a very large majority, with the exception of one providi-g for n uniform nssessment of proporty at its actual volto, This was wlopted by a comparatively small majority. The last Constitution of New Jersey was adopted in 1844, The present amendments have been before the poople for two or threo yems. They were propared by a Commission which gave several mouths to the work, They then received the consideration and ap- proval of two Legislatures, aud have finally been adopted by an unusually large mnjority. 1t is creditablo to the sence of the New Jer. sey people that the amendment which re. oeived the largest vote was that providing an efficient system of free public schools, and prohibiting the donation of land or approprin- tion of mouey, sither by the State or any mn- nicipal corporation, *to or for the use of any socicty, nusociation, or corporation whatever,” This not only prolibits any diversion of the school funds toany religions denomination or soct, but also forbids it in the cnse of any lay associntion, The comprehensiveness of this probibition probably deprived the smend. mont of many votes which it would have re. ceived if it hnd been directed merely agninst a division of theschool funds among religious denominations. Notwithstanding this, the amendment received nenrly 45,000 mnjority. It is entirely right. There is no more resson why the Odd Fellows, or Free Masons, or some association that wight have some spe- cial educational hobby to encourage, shouid be permitted to enjoy nay portion of the school fund than there is why o religious sect should possess a part of it. The same argn- ment napplies to both cases. The public schools must be kept entirely froe from par. tisan influences of all kinds, if the integrity of the system is to be preserved. Many of the amendments adopted in New Jdersey wore modeled after tho provisions of the Iilinois Constitution. Notable among theso nre the following: No coumty, city, town, township, borough, or village is per- mitted to Joan ite money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association, or corporation, or becomo intorested in auny stocks or bonds of a private corporation or association, The Illinois prohibition of amending existing lnws by referenco to the title is likewise copied. Special logislation is prohibited in tho matter of granting charters, and other nntters offecting the general public. The Governor is given the privilege of votoing any single item in approprintion bills, A salutary change is the repeal of ‘the per diem eompensation to members of the Legislature, nud substituting therefor s payment of $500 per annum, be their sessions long or short, "I'his in intended evidently to sava the Btata the expenss of protracted and uscless soe- sions. It seems atrange to noto that New Jersey has only now erased tho word *“white " from the provision governing the right of suffrage in that State. It shows that it ia not alone great bodies that move slowly. THE '*STAA[SZEITUNG'S" POLITICS. 'The Staats-Zeitung has left the Republican party and it refuses to join the Democratio party. For the presont its polities evidently bogins and ends with rununing Mr, Hesixa for County Trensurer. All other questions are mbordinated to this purpose. Iliis nncom- fortablo conatraint forces the Staats-Zeitung to indorse the administration of local nffairs by the *‘People’s (?) Party " for the past two years, and appenl to the Germans on an issuo which docs not exist. It belioves that tho only way to ctect Mr, Hesmva County Treas. urer is to maintain the combination of two years ago, and for this purposs it is willing that Chicago shall be plunderod and dis- graced within the next two yoars au badly a8 within the past two yearm. It is willing to utilize the disreputabloe: clnsses, and give them full representation in tho City and County Government, in order that Mr. Hesoio may avail himself of the fat office which he covets. It is prob- ably on this account that the Staats-Zeitung trents tho approaching election uncandidly and unfairly. Mr, Hestvo has a right to bo A eandidate for the County Treasurership, and to bo elacted if he can, 'Thero aro worse men than he aspiring to thut office. Tux Trisone's abjection is not to his candidacy, but to the organization of alocal Lummer party, made up of the worst elements of society, for the sole parpiose of seouring offices and plunder, nnd preying on tho remninder of the commu- nity. It grieves Tur TrinuNe to see the Staats-Zeitung and its mansger scting with and giving uid and comfort to such a disrep. ufable combinatiod, i The Staats-Zeitung began a fow daya ago to impress upon the Germans that the Sun. day-boer question is as much an issmo to-day a8 it wos two years ago! This is not the caso, and we fancy tho Staats-Zeitung knows it perfectly well. The prosent indications aro that the only contesting parties {n the npproaching local election will be the Re. publican party und a foreign combination which has not yet selected a name. Now the Republican party has never advooated the Bunday ordinance. That issue was fought out two years ago by two opposing forces especinlly organized for the purpose, and each counted both Republicans and Democrata in its ranke, If the German Republicans had not voted with the People’s Party, it would not have succeeded. But the Republican party this year will rm a local ticket of its own, with the purposo of plac. ing the city in tho hands of & respousible or- ganization, and without any intention or de. sire to touch the Bunday ordinamce. It wonld be folly for the Republican party, or any other party, to run dircctly eounter to the expressed sontimont of & lirge majority of the people on a local question, and there is no thought of doing it. The next misreprosentation of the Staats. Zcitung is that, when Tue Trinowe refers to tho disreputable classes whom the Staats. Zeitung iu endeavoring to orgaize ngainst both partics, it means to juclude the Gor- waus who formerly voted the Republio. an ticket, but voted with the People’s Party last yoar. It means no such thing, and Lus olways gearefully exprassed itself otherwise, There way no Republican loeal ticket two years ago, and we know that the German Republicans voted with the anti: Kundey onlinance party because it favored their views of an issue affecting their person. ul rights. But we do not believe that they voled to securo the bummerism in office anil tho lawlessness in the city that hav resulted. ‘This year thero s no issue on the Bunday ordinance, Mnt certain oftice-sockers Ppropose to keep intact the combination of two yenrd 8g0, in order to retain possession of the spoils for the bouefit of a class of men whom all respectablo Germans must honrtily de- spise. This combination proposes no ro- forms, doea not promise tacorrect any abuses, does not give the guarantee of any reaponsi- Llo party, but simply indorses the present mismanagement of local affairs, and secks n renewal of the npoils of oftice. Onr experl- enco with the Germans does not warrant the belief that such an appeal will meet with any- thing like o hearty response from them., , The most ridiculons thing the Staats- Zeitung hes -dono Intely is to eriticise Tar TripuNk becanne it Lias indorsed the honost- money platform of the New York Democracy, and in the next column denonnces the loesl cormptionists who call theinselves the Peo- ple's Party. We sea no inconsistency in all this. When the Democratic party docs an Lonest thing, we know of uo reason why we should refuse it an acknowlodgment. Bat Low does this concarn the People's Party, or Mr. Hmivo, or the Staats-Zeitung? They have all refused to nominate A Domocratic ticket and to join tho Democratis party. They lave but one object in vie nd that is the pos- session of the local oftices. They shape all their purposes aud bend all their energios in this direction. What ov earth havo they in common with the Democratic party of New York on thy currency question ? In fnct, if 6 vote wero taken on this issuo among the People’s Party, outside the German Republic- ans, we are strongly of the opinion that it would bo for inflation and repudiation by nbout ten to one. Tho position of the Stdats- Zeitung on this subject is simply ridiculous, It pretonds to favor honest money, but it in- sists upon the maintenance of a dishonest local organization that has no sympathy with honesty of any kind, and has no higher aim than the spoils of lacal oftice and the plun- der that can be squeezed out of the tax. payers. WORK FOR THE CITIZENS' ASS0CIATION, President MacVeaon, in bis recent annual nddross, reminded the Citizens' Association that thero is still much work for them to do to protect the tax-pnyers from fraud and im- position. A enso in point ia the recent pur. chnse by the County Commissioners of Wiz aax¥s & TrreLoke's abstract-books, for which the Commissioners ngreed to pay §45,000 of the public money. If this money has mnot been actually paid over, the Citizons' Associa- tion may possibly save it to the oounty by suing out an injunction against ita payment, on the gronnd that the purchnso was in viola- tion of the law. Pending this temporary - junction, it is probablo that the Associntion mny collect evidenco that there was nnlaw- ful influence used to induce tho purchase, oand that the article sold is not worth any- thing liko the amount of money agroed to be paid for it. 'We arc of opinion that it can bo shown that the stuff which the County Com- missioders aro paying $45,000 for is not worth to the county more than 3 cents n pound, or whatovar the current price of old and used paper may be. We buliove that the Citizens' Aagocintion may not only save the $45,000 of purchase: money, but perhaps $200,000 which will bo oxpended under the authority given by the County Bonrd to con- tinue the work, which is said to bo so framed that men may bo employed aud paid by the county to put in shape the very books srhich have already cost tho county $45,000, In or- der to accomplish the defeat of the reheme, howaver, it will bo necossary for the Citizons' Assooiation 1o go nt the work withont delny, 08 the corrupt ring in tho Board of Commise sioners yeaterday afternoon rushed through a vote dirocting the Clerk to draw an order on tho County Trenaurer for tho entire amount of the purchaso-money, $45,000. It is prob- nble, however, that aday or two will noces- sarily elapso beforo the moncy will netually be paid over, and if action is taken to.day in the matter of the temporary injunction it is possiblo yet to defeat the consummation of the job, It oems, in the first place, that the County Commissioners excoeded their authority in purchasing what Witsanss & Trrzrcke had tosell. The law undor which they ncted was tho Rocordor's act of 1874, This pro- vidos that the County Board may order ab- stract-books to be mnade up from the rocords of tho connty; it does not confor autLority 80 purchase books which some outsidor may bave put together. Tho Board, moreover, has only authority to procuro books that may be made upfrom therecords, whiloalarge portion of those bought from Wirstaxns & Trierons cover the judgments, court records, and tax- salea, 1f these woro thrown out, as thoy must bo under the law, it wonld be found that the Board had paid §45,000 for a fow books which could be written up in the Ro- corder’s offico at an exponso of certainly not more than 310,000, This is the law-point in tho case, and will servo to bring the matter into court; oneo thers, there is little doubt that the transaction will be made to reveal some corrupt practices which ought to ba ex- posed for the public benefit, 1f theso books waro all that they claim to be, they would bo of nouse to the county for the following roasons: 1. Thay would not be accepted ns evidences of title, sinco no responsibility would attach to the abstracts'is. sued from the Recordor's office. 2. They are oconspicuously incomiplots ®s indices for roference, and it would be impossible in nine. ty-nins cases outof a hundred to make n com- Pploto abstract of title. 8. If it woro desirg. ble that there should ba such abstract-books in possession of the county ax the law authorizes, which is doubtful, those books oconld bo prepared in the Recorder's office at one-fourth the cost of the books which have been bought. Itis for the Citizons! Associa- tion to discover the frauds incident to this purchase, the uselessneas of which hra been repentedly demonstrated ; and the best way for thom to proceed is to enjoin the payment of $he money, PROTECTIVE WARD (LUBS, As we are oxpocted to Lave a city election this fall, it is important that it ahould be an olection and not a farce liko the chartor elec. tion of April 23 last, ‘Tho cliques or rings of officebolders and plunderors of thae public are organized, and havelittleelss to attond to, provious to and at eloctions, but to project aud carry out their nefarious schomes. 'The only serious trouble they have is as to which of them shall hold cortain offices and how loug. Thoy are per. fectly harmonious in the matter of securing tbo pluces, and the end in view ulweys jystifies the means. ‘They proceed firat toannounce throngh the papers & list of election judges, among whom there are many good, honorable citizens ; but vory few of this class ever serve in the wards sud precinets whero the frauds are intended. The managers understand this perfeotly, but it giveas a falr appearance to the public, and puts well-disposed citizens off their guard. ‘Then it is arrangod who shall be at the polls eorlv to serve in place of absontees. Thess substitates are usually equal to the work ro- auired, snd the result can easily be foretald, Clerks and challengers aro selected for il qualifications, They then proceed to coop themeselves up in n 7 by Y room in somo obscure, dirty alloy, with windows boanded over, to prevant thoe outside public from being too inquisitive, with o sl opening, perhaps walst high, for tho freo nnd indepondont American citizen fo get down to ond pass in his ‘*socrot Lallot” to this Facradiy-gnarded ballot-box, +Ho cnn stoop down, peep through the little window, and aco “hissentiments” go through the aperture of the box if he likes, or ho can pasa on and make rendy room for the burglar or thief behind him, who has perhaps alrondy been there beforo him six or eight times and oxer- cised this peculinr privilege, During the day these manipulators of {he ballot-box are kept well posted na to the numbor of voten east for their ticket in other wards and precinets, and. it tho reponting is judged insufficient, stuffiog aud falsifying ro- turns to the roquired number is resorted to, 1t is a sure thing. Now, what should the citizen's duty bo in regard to this stato of things in & matter that benrs #o directly upon the best interosts of onr city? Property, personal safety, and publie morala are subject to the influence nud control of n class of men dostitute of com- mon honeaty and moral decency. It should e perfectly plain to all that simply going to the polls and voting, evon for good men, will not defent such villainous scheming. It all right-minded men would vote, it wonld be a great gain, but nothing short of organization eod thorough, determined work previous to and on the day of election will ever relieve us from corrupt officiuls snd bad govern- taent, To work effectually, thero shonld be an or- ganized club in every ward, numbering 200 ormore of the honest citizens, and every member should devote the entire day of elee- tion to the protection of the ballot-box and securing an honest voto, There are plenty of such mon in each ward who can give that much time once a year for so worthy an ob- jeect. Thoe work must bo prompt and thorough. A suflicient mumber must bont each precinet on or befors tho opening of the polls to enforca logal procedure. Kelinble challengers raust be placed inside, to chnllonge suspicious voters, and watch the box vigi- lantly till the votes aro counted and tho re- turns made np as tho law provides mny be. What is the giving of a fow evenings’ timo, perhaps a trifling sum of money, and the entire day of clection, in order to raliove the people from the ruls and ruin of our present disgraceful and dangerows eity and county officinls, compared with the results which might certainly be attained? We have someo honest men in offico; but they aro powetless against the rings and cliques, and ncither do they seetn to have the support aud sympathy of tho people. E Inevitably it e organized, offective work soon, or ultimately a Vigilanca Committes. Is it not wiser to take rensonable pains to enforce the entircly adequate olcotion laws than to continue to neglect such an impor. tant duty till violont remedies nre unavoid- able? Tho time required and the light cx- pense, whon properly divided, will not seri- ously burden any wan, Thot we have puro elections is of vital intorest to all, not loss to the laboring clasgen than to the tax-payer. 'Tho theory of our gystem of Governmont is based upon the purity of clections, and its success or failure deponds upon this test. Who can be more intercsted in the nuccous of our Government than the classes that are said to bo most oppressed in other countrics? Lot us maka the appeal to all honost snd patriotic citizens, since all aro vitally inter- osted. THE GERMAN “WAR -PLAY.! The cable dispatch from Liegnitz, in Bilesin, which appearcd in the last issuo of Tz TRIDUNR, not only gives a very graphic and animnted piotare of the threo dnys’ sham battles of & German nrmy, but it also fur- nishes some very snggestive rensons to ace count for the superiority of the German army to the Fronch in the rocent Franco-German war. Tho kriogspiel, or * war play,” lasted three entire days, and the troops bivouacked upon the fluld of battle ‘during the third night. Two entire army corps ,wero pitted sgainst each other, and their operations in- volved avery detail of the labor and hardship of the real battle except the killing, and at the clore the troops were ns jaded and {atigued as if thoy had been engaged for the same longth of time aogainst an actual enemy. The plans of the mimic battle were laid out with the most minute ex- actnoss, and the Empoeror, the Princes, and the Genorals of the army were in every part of the field, examining and criticising with referenco to praise or blamo after the notion, aud in addition to thisthe troops were also czitically watohed by distinguished foroign officers. Perbaps the best tribute to the efficiency of tho army is the fact that, while tho foreign officers wore unanimous in com- mending the diacipline, activity, und preois. fon of tho evolutions, the Emporor and his Generals were notaltogethor satisfied with all tho operations, showing the exacting stand- ard of military scionco which is required by tho military department, The troops on this occasion were roquired to make long and fatiguing marches both by day and by night, to dig trenches, to earry heavy bur- dens, to ford rivers, to build bridges, to storm almost inaccossible Leights, and to perform evory possible movement aud en- dure every possible fatigus whioh would have boen necessitated had the battle been an actusl instead of a mimio one, and all this not for an aftornoop, but for thres days. day nnd night, without intermission, and without regard to weather. It was not tho show of a gala day to awmuse the people or gratify nationa! pride and military glory, but the actual work of & campnign, with all ita tedionaness of routine as well as its ar- duousness of phbysical work, devised to keep tho army upon its war footing, and ready to take the fleld at a day's notice. Thoro was nothing of the holiday maneuvering of tho English wilitia, or of the summer aftornoon show of the Tronch, Another feature of the German military 1ife, a8 illustrated in this battle, is the impossibility of exemption from this duty. Commutations and substitutes are of no avail. Every able.bodied man, from the Crown Prince to the lowest peasant, must do his duty himself, and boar his share of the labor and fatigue. Shirking Is impossible, and every man, therefore, ia notonly a soldier, but & soldier who stands ready for the duties of & campaign on call, and i -inured to its hard. shipy by constant exerciss of the roughest description. Now, contrast theso operations of the Ger- muan army with the annual maueuvres of the Frouch wrmy, For the success of these ma-. ueuvres & pleasaut Sunday afternoon in loafy June iu essential ; likewisa » plessant park into which the rogiments leisurely march, The troops are then drawn wp in lino, with tho cavaliy on the wings, tho artillery In front, and the infantry in the rear. What space they do mot ocenpy is tilled with crowds of apcciators,—mon, women, nud children out for a holiday afterncon show in holiday attire. After tho troopsare drawn up in lino, the Grand Marshol and hin nids, gorgeously caparisoned, ride into the park amid the roar of artillory and tho cheering of tho multitade, tickled with a straw. 'They pase among the various divisions, and then ride up and down the lines, the troopa present- ing arme. Then there is more choering. The flngs are waved. The bands play. ‘The troops go through the manunl of arms. The gny uri- forms, glistening nrms, waving banners, the sunshine, trees, and fldwers and fountains, and the vivacious and enthusinstic crowds, make up s very brilliant picture o tho eye. 1 The troops go through with this pleasynt pastime, aud then march past the Marshal and the crowd and back to the larracks, and they are ready for war! 'The (erman ma- neuvres are a weéek of incessant toil, with evary detnil of an nctunl campnign except the loss of life. The French manouvres aro a summer afternoon's pleasure,—n holiday show,—to divert the Parisinng and keep them quiet and contented. Tho two syatems neod no comment a8 to their availability and effectiveness for military purposes, Grave. lotte and Sedan furnish the tests to be ap- plied to them. | i THE BTATE VALUATIOR, ‘The State Board of Equalization haa finally sottled our tax bill. That is tosay, they hinve aqualized our assessmont and furnished uswith the bnsis of taxation iu this city and county for 1875, We givo the lacal nsressments and tho assessmont ng fixed by tho State Board : Local Foualized argiasment, ang-rsment, Tands,. 1t $ .0,103,109 Towu lof 144,749, Yersonal proporyy. & Total Tncreane Ly Tho State Board assumes that this equal- izod nssessment iy 50 per cent, or one-half tho nctnol valne of the property,—or that the actual valuo of the property in this county i3 2441,000,000, which is nndoubted- 1y too high in the face of the shrinknge sinco the panie, But wo havo renson to be thank- ful that the State Board has abated in its zeal to tax the peoplo of this city, Last year, the Blate Board thus equalized the value of prop. erty in this county The whole valuations for tho State in 1874 and 1873 compare o follows : 19 1875, $ 562019889 29,814,539 234102182 005,98 180 TotalR.ovvovnens s SLIOLKKAG §1,019,029,090 The reduction in the wholo State is %81,. 000,000, of which §72,550,000 have been taken from Chicago, ‘I'bis equalization doos not include railrond property of auy kind. ‘Tho valuation of rail- road proporty in this county is apportioned all ovor the State. The peculiar process by which under the law the State Board has to determino valua- tions produces somo singular resulta, In Cook County, improved lands (that is, farms) are nasessed at an averngo of £35.80 an acre, while unimproved farms aro nsscssed ot $75.00 an pero. All the town and city lotsin the Btato, outsido of this county, are assessed ot an avernge valua of $95.50 oach, while in Cook County tho averago price is $143.60 oach. TED S0HOOL QUESTION IN NEW JEBSEY: The following are the majoritios by connties in New Jersoy on the nchool question. It was on & proposed amondment to the State Constitution probibitiug auy diversion of tho public-school funds for the suppors of scctarian schools, or tho lovying of any taxea for that purposo. Tho Ropublicana aud the Protestant Domocrats and the liberal Catholics gonerally supported the amendmont; tho great mass of Catholics and a sprinkling of soctarian Protestants voted againgt it and for a division of the school funda smong the socts. The vote waa: Alaj. for amd't, ki 951 Hudson gave 188 majotity against tho first amenamont, the only county that gsve an ad- vorse vote, reducing tho sggrogate msjority to 43,314, —_— Wo pass game laws for the protection of prairio-chickons, quail, snive, and other ** ymall doer," but thoy hiave paased a game law ia Cey- lon which involves big gome, uamely, elephants, The aunouucemont is mado by the Ceylon cor- respoudent of tho Loudon Times that the Gov- ornor of that province has fsaued a peromptory edict agaioel thoir destruction, The Colonisl Uovornmout uses theso animals in the public works, their strength enabling thom to draw slones of large magnitude and place thom wherevor they are required. Of lato, bowover, the strengthiof the elephant dopariment hay dwindled down to the Lialf of its complement, owing to the continual slaughter of them by sportymen. Oue olass, known as tho roguo ele- phants, bowever, is exempted from the edict, aud of those tho correspondent tells the follow. g tongh story: llewardy sre given for the destruction of rogue eleplants, who occupy for a Uma some particular Toud, put to Aight the post-runners, and toar open the bags, which ars abandoned to thom o divert their st tention, The lotters scaticrod about sre skown by 1Le ruuner tn attestation of thelr story, It Law, boweree, beon remazked Lhat, though ordinary letters in such cases are recoverod, the Tegistered fettors havo vome icular atiraction to tho snimal, aud are carriod off y bim lato the jungls. ——— A momoir of Raxoy, tho distinguished Fronch meteorologiat, publishod some years ago, is now belug quoted to show that sovere winters come iu periods, snd that four or five uf them are usually bonched round coe central winter of greatost intensmty. The coming winter, thore- fore, may not bo quite sy cold a4 tle last, but it may be etill colder, i Rexon's theory iw corroct. The three wintera immaintely preceding last woro of s shatacter to coufirm the theory. Tho poriod {8 suppozed to bo forty-ons yoars, which correspouds to the mazimum solar oruption, S Bt el From an amusivg letter on Chicaga's moral uncloanucss, published in tho Vicksburg (Miea.) Jierald, we olip the following : il St Mt o o sttt o this story, though [ can’t just now name lacos and daies. T have, Eouorer, baand 1 rerane, P The corrospondent has got things & littlo mized. ‘Tho Confederate monoy was sent from the Houth to Chicago wheu 100,000 of ber citi- zeuy were uaked, starviog, aud callivg for ald | aftor the (roat Fire of 1871, Ths Bonih re- syonded, an did overy othor part of the rivilisad earth, generously and promptly. ‘Thin solitary act of mockory was tho work of rome Individual who disgraced, by living § A Routhern State, Tha frionds of Mr, C. (. P. Hornen were sur. prived to read in the papers the snuo ncoment that hie hiad gono into tankruptey, as ho was gon. erally au nosed to bo *well off " by thons not acquaintad with the condilion of his private aftairs, Provioun to the firs lia was in indepond. eutcircamatancen. But tompted by tha high renty which pravailed all over tho AVeat Divislon after tha fire lis bourht rome blork of lota and oract. ed a numbor of expenmva brick and stone build. ingn thoreon, at & time when the prico of lots were 33 to 50 per cont higher thon thoy wil} now realize, and whon ft cost mbont double ay much an it now does to build. Ho mortgaged bisproparty to raice money; the pavio csme, renta declitied, property depreciatod In wolling value, ereditors pressed for payment, interest consimed, and tha panio drove hum to tho walj, and whot e has dono wad undoubtedly the WiAcat couro to purade, Ile has turnod ovee all his property to hiv creditors, and whon (i obtaine a clearanco from tho Court will bogis again tho battie of life. 1t should havo bren mentioned at the tim that tho outragaous price charged for sonding a Pphotograph aud album fiom Germany to Chioa. B0, Altor all tho sxpenses hnd beon pald, was not tho fault of tho Adams Express Company, Thoy had to pay tho oppreesiva sum, and merely col. léctod what had been paid ons. The responai. Lility roats elaewhere. Unfortunntoly thae case bog many parallals. i Of the 1,300,000,000 homan belaga In thia wicked world, 370,000,000 have no 1aper or wrip ing miatorinle, aud yot local poets continue te wasto the precious anbstance woek aftor wook, A el The Nurth Division of Chicrgo is not alone in its misery. Rilosta is ponotratod by the Iiver Oder. POLITIOAL NOTES, Mr. Blaino's awn district in Mainaand the sur. rounding country roturnod the usual Republican majority at tho late eloction. This ciccumatance will bo mentioned in tho Nationsl Convention of 1876. It boa beon suggented that the bard-monoy Ropublicana in tho next Congress cannot usa thoir votes to bettor advantage than by belping toolect Mr. Korr Bpeakor. The New Haven Lalladium, rathor n_ stiff-backed Republican or- gan, takes kindly to tho idon. Jolin Morrissoy is to bo urged as s eandidats for tho Btato Bonato, Morrissoy clubs are ale ready forming, and great enthusissm is sald to provail. Doubtless Mr. Bigelow was fully pre- pored, whien ho acceptod tho Domocratio oml- uation, to raw in the samo boat with Morrissey. Tho Domocratio Convention in Nebraska was sound to tho core on tho ourroncy question, but it wag not an imposing body in pomnt of num- bors, Only twonty-four counties out of B1Xty. threo in tho Btate were ropresontod, and thore were but oighty delognts in sttendance, though tho call was issuod to 181, Cyrus G. Porshing, the Democratic candi- date for Governor of Ponnsylvania, refuscs to resign the ofico of Judgo which he now holds, Ho evidently thinks be haa not s sure thing on tho Governorship. 'The Rochestor Democrat commends Lls action, saying : ** That's right, Judge ; never let go with your hands il your feet toach the ground.” Beoator Hitclicook controllea the Republican Convontion in Nobraska. It was at his instanca orthst of his frionda that no platform was adopted. This elenco on the currency question is not conatrued favorably by most Republicans east of Nobrasks, who demand, at this time, that the party everywhare ahall declare unequivocally for specia payments. Present indications are that Dr. Loring will be the Republican candidato for Governor ju Maasa- chuseits this fall. Tho primaries in Boaton have eloctoa dolegatos instructed to vote for Rice, but 1t is nodetatood that Loring is strong in the country and daily gaiuing. The Domo- crats and Indopondents sy shat It Loring fa nominated tho Domocrats will ro-elect Gaaton by 20,000 majority. The Btate Committos, repressnting the Liberal Ropublican voters of Massschusolts, havo issued 8 long address to the peopls of tho S.ate, claim. ing that the same reasons oxiat ta-day for inde- pendent action that existed throe years ago,when they loft the ranks of the Rapublican partv. The document gives the hwstory of the movement, and details tho causes which lod toft. It does not advocate s separate nomination, bat favors tho supportof Gov. Grston for re-election in proference to sitber Mesars. Loring or Rico, the Republican napirants for gubernatorial nomins- tion, The resolution adopted by tho Alabama Con- atitutional Conventfon, * recognizine e finsl tho establishied faot that from tha Federal Union thero can be no sccossion of any State,” has ox- cited favorable notice in tho North., I¢ fa valn- able only a8 ma indication of the spirit which controla the Convention, The Detroit News, & wisa little journal, says of the remolution: ““The embodiment of this guarantes in the or- ganio law ndds nothing, indeed, to tho fact, bat 1t 14 & pledgo to the North that socossioh has no longer & place in Boulhern counse's, and will tend, we trust, to allay Northern suapicions as to the honesty of Bouthern profesaions of loyalty.” A communication was published in Tae Tam- UNE yesterday calling attontion to the fact that the liquor question was an issue in the 3nine canvasa, This “fact” is disputod by such » sianch Republican as Gov. Dingley, who says In his Lewiston Journal: *“The Democratio vole was out in full numbers; the Republicsn vote, although better organized than the Demo- oratic, had doglined to come ont to s large ox- tent, The liquor quostion may have helped the Democratic voto in Bangor, and one ortwa other places, hut 80 far as wo have observed this question has oot influonced voters to sny appre- clablo oxtent oue wsy or the other, Unques- tionably the businoss depression has had some- thing to do with it,—protally mora than say thiug olee.” —_— PERSONAL, Is Mr, Ieaing n good Cathollc or s 8004 Mason? Gen, E, W, Do Boaso, U, 8. A., took tea at tht Kherman House last ovening, Prof. Hayden has found tho best quality of coalin Colorado, and iron in vast quantities, Ledy Thornton and daughter are at Lake George, whero they will remain far s monsh of 80, Mr. Beecher has returued to Peekskill, Ik firat appearance in Plymonth Church will bs ox Oct. 3, ‘The Fon. L. A. Clapp, of the Michigan Bésta Laod Omtice, was at the Tremont House las evaning. Qoanod bas writlen an oratorio on the life of Bte. Qenevieve, “I'he libretto is the work of the Abbe Freppel. The whirliglg of time brings its revenges, sud Theodaro Tilton *ia drawn &s & juror iu the Brookiyn City Coust, ‘Thomas Carlylo canmot write himsalf, W nerves of his hand bsing sutively shattered, ‘Fhis is hin worst drawback. ‘The ltev. Llewellen Pratt, of North Adams, Musa., Ling been appolnted Professar of Kogliss Literatura at Witliams Colloge. Promdent Grant and family will lesve Loog Branch in a epocial palace car on Thursdey neas, sud will go direct to Coiorado. An East Haven (Conu.) mother Las gives birth to an infant without a spine, bus if hea * gono to moot the othor rag-baby,” £'rof. Proctor, in a letter to the Baltimore Bui- letin, denios that he has any intentlon of writing A book on Amazios. 1o this coAasction A siree