Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1875, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATES OF STRSCIIPTION (PAYARLE ¥ ADVAXCE}. Pastaze Prepaid ot this Office. Daily Edition, pust-paid, 1 year...... . $13.00 Parts f yearateame rate: men codes sent free. e Heis and. misaks, be sare 30d give Post.Office address ip full, including State and Connty. Bemittances may be made cither by draft, express, ‘Post.Ofice order, o n regisicrod letters, at our risk. TEBMS TO CITT SURCRISERA Daily, delivered, Suaday excepled, 3 cents per week. Daily, ddchverul, Sunday incinded, 39 cents rer week, THR TRIBUNE COMPANY, TO-DAT. BMICK HALL—North Clark strect, corner !E;?.o ‘Edwerd Everett Hala, * ACivil Servant.” MCVICKER'S THEATRE—3lsdiaon street, between Dufwmn:d State. ** The Merry Wives of Windsor,” by the Chicago Liederkrznz, TO-MORBOW. ADELPHI THEATRE—Derrborn street, —corner Monroe. Engagement of the Kiraify Tronpe, ¢ Around the World in Eighty Days.” NEW CHICAGO THEATRE—Clark strect, between Bandolph and Lake, Eugagement of Kelley & Leon's Micstreis. WOOD'S MWUSEUM—2onroe rireet, between Deax- born and State. Afterncen, # Uacls Tom's Cabic.” Evening, * Grifith Gauut.” HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Ranlolph strost, hetween Ciark and LaSalle. Kagsgemegt of the Califoruia Miustrels, MCVICKEN'S THEATRE—Madison_street, between En; nent of Jane Coombs. YMOUTH CITRCH—Lect: Ly Gen N. P. o Thi Wil It Eadare 2" Baubs. Egbjert: * The Bepubli m il death of Urotber Jemes, Grubd, beg 3ffer the following preamble and resclutions: Weenzax, Tt has plossed &n all-wise Providence to remove from among us our late Brother Jumes Grabb ; Therefore, bo it resotved, Tht in th death of brother James Grabb the Order Lien been deprived of = member whose kind- ess and honesty of heart czde:rod him most to those who krew him best, and won for him the respect of all s friends. Lero'ced, That we sincerely sympathiza with the be- reaved fzmily of our deceased rotuer in the afficting Hispencation of Providence, which has tatiea him from them and us, spd aseura them the brothers of ilis Lodge sliare with them tho 8orrow of their irreparable loss. Jiesnlred, That a5 8 token of respect for onr deccased trotiser wa drapethe charser and wear the usual badge of wourning for thirty CHicAGO, Nov, 8, 1875, EXCELSIOL LODGE NO, & KNIGHTS OF PYTH- s b > ‘Mcmlers a5 notiiud to be present st aur Castle- il 15 South Halsisd-st., at 30_o'cluck, sharp, for the puryose of stiend.ng the fuveral of te brother, ren of sister city lodges E, C. Fraul Oarrington. ¢ resiaing on the Wazt Siic vited to juin us and marcd in a body ta tue Grand Lodge-l._comer La- Saliosnd Acams-sia. By order of (Lo C. C. EW. KIMBALL, K. T.a2d S, Bzl nortlieasi cora son =nd Halstel-ats., Jfon: day cvening, Nos. 15, e s for sale Ly the mam- ‘bers and at the ddor. 3L ML BUFETM, W. AL Visiting Sir Enigows ccurteously invited. By order of the Em, Com. ' G. A. WILLIAMS, Recorder. COSMOPOLITAN LODGE, No. f, K. of P.—Mem- s of Cosmopolitan Lodge nd Sisiler Lodges are ra- quusted o Le at eir Castie K:IL Adams-sts,, at 10 . 1. this the funeral of our late Bro. evening pext. Work on the 4¢ erder of e ED GOODALE, Gr, Se-. The Chiragy Tibune, Sunday SMlorming, November 14, 1875, At the New York Gold Lxchange on Sat- arday greenbacks opened ot §7f, declined to $74, and closed at 871 The journey of the Prince of Weles has been interfered with by the prevalence of cholera in the Neligheny District of Hin- dostan. The future King of England is afraid of the King of Terrors. Two of the Kentucky Ku-Klux have been convicted. One of them is recommended to mercy by the jury, on sccouat of bad health. ‘We are not aware that he inquired into his wvictims' health before whipping and murder- ing them. The ¢ tidel wave” has cbbed somewhat in this country, judged by the November elec- tions; but it made things lively in Bridge- water, o town on the southwest shore of England. yesterday morning. It wes 10 feet high, and played the mischief with the ship- ping in the harbor. The Grand Jury of the Criminal Court of Cook County took testimony, yesterday, in relation to the conduct of the election judges in the First Precinct of the Fifth Ward. The men who, wilifully or idiotically, dis- franchised the voters in that precinct shonld ‘e made to rue their course. A case has been brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to test the constitationality of the act of Congress passed at the last session Increasing the rates of postage on third-class matter. The point is raised on an applics- tion for a mandamus to compel Postinaster Joxes, of New York City, to receive for {ransmission through the msils a package of books, stamped according to the old rates of postage, and it is claimed that the act of last winter is unconstitutiona! because it is a revenue measure, and ander the Constitution rould only properly originete in the House, while, s passed, it originated in the Senate, is, therefore, void, and does not impair the Torce of the former postal ect, which remains operative as though the amendment had not been ottempted. The District Attorney evinces a disposition to evade the issue by objecting to the applicetion on the ground that & mandamus is not the proper remedy. The case has been taken under advisement by the Judge, who will render his decision @ afow days. If the constitutional objec- tion made be sustsined, the effect will be to resiore newspaper postage to the old rates. The Chicago produce markets were gen- srally wesk on Saturday. IMess pork was ouiet and essior, closing at $19.15 seller the year and $19.35 for Febrnary. Lard was ect- Ive, and declined 10&15c per 100 b, clos- ng st $11.85 cash and $12.00 for February. Meats were in moderate demand and steady. ut 8@8lc for part salted shoulders (boxed), 114@113c forshort ribs do, and 114c for short eloar do. Highwines were quiet and steady, &t §1.12 per gallon. Lake [reights were dali snd easier, at 50 for wheat to :Buffalo. Flour wus dull and unchenged, Wheat was dull and 1o lower, closing at $1.07% cashand £1.07} for Deccmber. Corn was active, and declined ic, closing at 32jc cash and 51§ for November. Oats were quiet and steady, closing at 31jc cash and 3 for Decem- Dber. Rye was firmer, at ¢ c. Barley was dall and essier, closing at 84c cash and 82jc for December. Hogs were active and steady, at $7.00@7.50 per 100 Ibs. The packing in this city since Nov. 1is153,031 head. Cattle were quietand steady. One handred dollars in gold would buy $114.50 in greenbacks at the close. "There seems to be a very detormined effort to rake over the Bercmem scandal again in public view. There aro efforts in various qusrters. Loapks’s Lrial bids fuir to do it, if it goes on, since the Judge has granted leave for & commission to take the evidence of Ar. and Mrs. Rrcmagps. Mrs. Mourtox calls for a Council of Churches. Some of the Congregational churches are sgitating the same proposition. BowEN threatens again if Plymouth Church tries to drop him as it did West and Mrs. MountoN. Mr. BercrER alone promisessilence, and, when he appealed to his church lest Sunday to adopt the same policy, he evidently mesnt to warn them against repenting the folly of the action in ‘WEST's case an Mo ’s, With all the pother and circumstance about it, the six-million-dollar suit sgainst Boss Tweep has not yet baen pushed to that stage where he is required to answer as to the merits. It is now pending in e Court of Appeals on the riotion of Twerp's attorneys to require the People to set forth with par- ticularity each item of fraud charged against him, epecifying in what the fraud consisted. As Twerp and his Ring carefully destroyed sbout all the documentary ovidence, it is morally impossible to farnish any such speci- fications ; and, if he gains his point in the Court of Appeals, it will probably make an end of all proceedings against him, and he will walk out of court to enjoy what is left of his plunder after paying his lawyers. It is a significant commentary upon the absurdi- ty of our system of judicial procedure that, despite the efiorts of the best counsel, it has as yet proved impossible to get the suit against the boss thief before any court upon its merits, and that, with ell that bhas been done, it seems little nearer trial than when instituted. DECLIRE OF OFFICIAL INTEGRITY. The revelaticons in the revenue cases in St. Louis have become positively sickening. They weaken confidence in human integrity. They throw a doubt over all human profes- sions of honor, religion, and morality. Mer- chants who huve for a lifetime held high commercial rank,—who, as respectable and morel citizens, have been social exemplars and leaders in all the political, moral, and re- ligious movements to arrest crime and lead men to better lives,—are found to have been participants in these frauds, and sharers of the spoils of & plundered treasury. The scope of theso frauds is appalling. They were not the mere vulgar offense of defraud- ing the revenue by secreting lace in a petti- coet, or diamonds in a8 neck-te, in order to cscape the payment of a petty charge for duty. It was something more than this. To carry on these frauds required, on the part of distillers and rectifiers, false bookkeping, forgery of returns, non-payment of taxes, and the introduction of their whole working force to & system of falsehood, fraud, and swindling. On the part of the Gaugers cnd other officers of the revenue it required violations generally of their official oaths, and a special act of perjury each time they made an official report ; it involved the acceptancs of special and general bribes by all the officials involved, from the highest to the lowest, and a guilty knowledge of the criminal conduct of all the accomplices— principals and subordinates. It included the actual commission or the criminal participa- tion in the crimes of official and unofficial perjury, forgery, false bookkeeping, bribery, and robbing of the revenue. And all this for the meanest and most degraded of all mo- tives—money. Had any man gone before the Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis and proved that twen- ty or thirty of the most respected mer- chants of that city had been engaged for four years in o systematic robbery of their fellow- merchants, and had resorted to perjury, for- gery, and britery to accomplish their ends, and had actually obtained three millions of money dishonestiy, how long would the guilty have been permitted to continue as mem- bere of the Chamber ? How long would these inen be tolerated as merchants, or as members of society ? Would they not properly fall to the plane of all the confidence-men and swin- dlers who put forged notes or checks upon the market, and swear to falsehoods fora price per oath ? 1s the offense of cheating less criminal when commitled against the Government then when some citizen is the victim? Is perjury free from turpitude whenits object is to get money dishonestly from the public treasury, and when it would be infamous in the extreme hed the perjury been to obtain money from a benk? TIsthe bribery of the revenue officers of the Government to keep their books falsely, that men may swindle the National Treasury, less criminal than the bribery of a bank cashier to falsify his books that some one may swindle the institution of which he is an officer? Are bribery, forgery, and perjury less criminal in the man who, while not committing either act himself, divides the proceeds of these crimes with other men who actually commit them ? ‘Where does society find suthority for draw- ing & live of distinction between crimes against the Government and crimes against individuals ? Where does mercantile hoaor find its warrant in treating the forgery of a bank note or check as an act of turpitude, while the forgery of stamps, or their second or third use, an act entitling the perpetrator to the sympathy of the public, and the undi. minished confidence and respect of society ? One of the greatost calamities disclosed by these exposures is the universality of the cor- ruption of the Federnl officers. From high to low; from the Gauger earning his few dollars & day to the confidential officers of the Revenue Depertment, all have proved false, all have had an itching palm, all have sacri- ficed personal and official honor and oaths to share with the criminals the plunder of the Treasury. The disclosures show how officer after officer yielded to the temptations of money ; how they betrayed their employers ; end how they actually sought out the men who were involved in crime, that their official silence might be purchased. Is official in- tegrity no longer a fact, end does oar eivil. servico attest the trnth of the English Min- ister’s sweeping assertion that every man has hi price? For this decay in morals, for this decline in oficial integnty, for this degrada. tion of omcial Life, socidly is largeiy ro- sponsible. The counery is lergely bupplied wdth men who have become rich by questionable mesans. Wealth seems to be recognized as a mantle amply sufficient to cover all dishonesty in the manner of its acquisition. not for its honors, or its legitimate salary, but for its opportunities. The country has rejoiced at the exposare and conviction of Tweep and his associates. But the St. Louis conspirators are even guilty of greater crimes than the New York Ring. They have com- mitted a series of distinct crimes of the most infamous charactor. They have robbed the Government of millions. The corrupting in- fluences of their crime have had a wide ex- tent, reaching into other cities, where like offenses have been committed. Why should not these men and their crimes meet with the same general condemnation and punishment ? Why should not these eriminals be held up to the gaze of the world as examples of infamy, as well as the New York Ring, whoss mem- bers have become fugitives and outcasts ? THE LATEST ASPECTS OF THE BEECHER CASE. To understand the bm}ings of the most re- cent movements in the case of HEnzy WarD BrecrEn, one needs to Lear in mind certain peculiarities of tho Congregational Church- polity. An *‘ Association” in the Eastern States is simply an orgenization of ministers for mutual professional unaprovement, and hes nothing to do with churches; but at the West the Associations have become conferences of churches. Cus- tom requires every Congregational min- ister to belong to some Association, as a guarantee of his good standing in the denom- ination. Mr. BeecmER is & member of the New York and Brooklyn Association. This body has a right to inquire into the truth of any charges or reports which affect the repu- talion of one of its members ; both because of the relation of membership in it to the standing of the members, and because of the necessity of fellowship among themselves. Hence, when Mr. Beeceer's character was publicly impugned, amotion was made, 8 year or moro since, to inquire into the duty which the Association might have to discharge in the premises. In view of the promised civil trial, this motion was tempo- rarily laid on the table. Six months later, ter the spring meeting, Mr. BrEecHER's de- fenders sought in vain to have it expunged from the minutes. sion s to the wisest course to be pursued, in view of the indecisive result of the civil trial, it was voted to appoint a committee of five, to report to the body what course it was in- cumbent to pursue in the peculiar circum- stances of this case. This action does not indicate necessarily an ecclesiastical trial ; for the Committee may report that such a trial is inexpedient, after the failure of a six-months™ trial in a civil court to secure a united verdict. Yet the Committes may conclude that the single issue presented in the Court and the narrow range of evidence allowed by legal rulesshut out important testimony which would be ad- mitted by an ecclesiastical body; and they mey consequently recommend further inves- tigation. After the Committee have re- ported, the Association may or may not adopt their recommendation. The Rev. Dr. W. J. BupmeTow is the Chairman of the Committee, and will no doubt see that the inquiry after duty is thoroughly made. This action was taken under the pressure of a feel- ing, which is said to exist very generally in the denomination, that the Church ought not to relegate its daties to a civil tribunal; and especially that it ought not to rest satistied after a divided verdict, which was s failure to acquit. There probably was a call, from all parts of the land, for the ministers on the ground to make further inquiry ; especially if there was a likelihood of bringing forward sdditional witnesses, whose testimony might throw decisive light upon the disputed points. Many unquestionably represented that thede- nomination was suffering reproach from a secming incapacity to deal with so prominent 8 person. Precisely here comes in the bearing of the call of the Rev. Dr. R. 8. Stores, of Brook- lyn, to the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City. This would attract comparatively little ottention in ordinary circumstances; though the Congregationalists would be sorry to lose, as the Presbyterians would rejoice to gain, & clergyman of such eminence. Still it is a matter of common occurrence for minis- ters to pass and repass between these two denominations, as personel choice of location mey decide. But the difficulty in this case is, that the reason for a change seemed to grow entirely out of the complications of tho BeecHER matter. It is supposed that the Brick Church people have learned that Dr. Stomms is dissatisfied with being kept in forced ecclesiastical fellowship with Mr. Beecexe and Plymouth Church; and that they imagine that he is indisposed to engage further in controversy respecting the difficulty, and prefers to step over the river into a land of peace, and into a denomina- tion which has stronger methods of disci- pline. There is no doubt that the Presbyte- rions have had high hopes of securing this eloquent prezcher, and for precisely these reasons. But that fact has aroused the Con- gregationalists, who resent the imputation thus cast upon their system, and insist that 3Ir. BezcEeE can be reached by their methods if there is evidence of his guilt to be pro- duced ; that the Association conld expel him, and the local Conference could disown his chureh, and & properly-called Council could advise a universal disfellowship. It is un- derstood, therefore, that a steady stream of protests against the acceptance of his call to. New York has set in upon Dr. Storgs, and is likely to prevail, as ke is nota man to expose himself to the charge of deserting his colors during a battle. Nest comes the late action of Plymouth Charch in dropping from the roll of mem- bers the names of Deacon Wesr and Mrs. Mourroy, without any disciplinary trial, and in the face of the gravest charges male by the latter, in the church-meeting at the: time, agrinst the pastor. For desling similarly with Mr. Trutoy, that church was celled to account by the churches of Drs. Storns and BupryeToxs, and they finally summoned the famous Brooklyn Council of last year; which censured the action of Plymouth Churrch, but recommended continued fellowship and for- begrance, on the ground that its paper, sent to the Council, gave reason to believe that it would not repeat action go contrary to all the principles of charch discipline. That action has now been repeated in aggravated form, and several results may prossibly fol- low, according to Congregational principles and ‘methods. Thus the twe previously complaining churches, which ‘were advised to continue their fellowship only upon a cer- The man who gets rich, no mat- ter by what mesns, is respocted. The cor- rupt office-holder assumes that his accumula- tions will enable him to purchase social po- sition without regard to the manner of his obtaining them. Hence office is now sought This automn it wes taken from the table, and. after much discus- taifl condition, now violated, may proceed. under the full sanction of the result of the Brooklyn Council, to withdraw their ecclesi- astical fellowship. Should this be done, it would creale a wide-spread sensation, and would prepare the way for other neighboring churches to do the same. Another courss open is, for Mra. Mouxrox and Deacon WesT to apply to Plymonth Church for a Mutanl Council of neighboriag churches, to consider the action just taken, and to advise the par- ties what to do. If this should be denied, as would seem likely to be the case, the . usages of that denomination entitle the aggrieved persons to call an £z Parte Council, to pronounce an opinion upon the case. Should such & council condemn the course of Plymouth Church, it could not restore the aggrieved persons to membership in that chureh, but it could give them such creden- tials as would open the way for their admis- sion ipto another church. It is said that Deacon WesT and Mrs. Mourton will cer- tainly avail themselves of this remedy ; and, if s0, we may expect the assemblage of a grave body of ministers and laymen, whose verdict would carry with it immense moral weight. - One other issue is possible, and may be the one selected. Mr. Beccmer may withdraw from the Association, and his church may de- clare itself to be independent of all ecclesins- tical fellowships ; thus quitting the Congrega- tional denomination, and relieving the neigh- boring ministers end churches of responsibili- ty for his standing. Perhaps this will be done to avoid the excitement and risk of far- ther examinations, and the unpleasantness of protracted controversy. It would be a way of peace, and would relieve all parties. Yet it would seriously damage Plymouth Church, and would be so interpreted as to asperse the character of the pastor. Moreover, it is con- trary to the recent policy of the church and of Mr. BEECHER, which ha seemed to be to appear regularly in all the denominational meetings and Christian gatherings, where their presence would imply and necessitate fellowship. The public will watch with in- terest the opening of this ecclesinstical cam- poign, to see whether it will ultimate other- wise than did the civil one. CHURCH MUSIC AND CHEAP PEWS. The Protestant Episcopal Church Congress, which has recently been in session in Phila- delphia, although not acting with any special guthority, nor empowered to dictate in any sense the policy of the Church, nevertheless represents in a large degree the general spirit of the Church, and at this session the spirit seems to have been & very practical one. Although some time was speat in dis- cussing the relations of Protestantism to Vaticanism, there were many features of church worship of a very plain, practical na- tare, which were quite thoroughly investi- gated. Among these were cheap pews and the proper character of church music. The former question is one of the wut- most importance in church manage- ment. The Church nowadays, at least the Protestant Church, does mnot reach the poorer classes, because the poorer classes cannot afford to pay the pew rents. In point of fact, it is almosét impossible for people of moderate means—that is, people living upon average incomes—to endure the burden of taxation imposed upon them if they desire to rent a pew, and this fact keeps thousands of people away who might go to church regularly if prices of pews were brought within their means. They can econo- mize on almost everything else in their bills of living, but they cannot economize on pow rents, as these are fixed at standard regula- tion figures. They are too proud to go to churches and occupy pews without paying for them, and so they stay away from them altogether, applying the same rule to pews that they do to other things, —that is, giving them up altogether if they cannot afford to pay for them. The despair of the case is that most of the churches have been built at great cost and are heavily mortgaged, and, as their revenues are derived mainly from pew rents, they can- not reduce them without running behind- hand every year. As it is, there is a deficit in nearly every church, and it has to be made up with almost every conceivable form of en- tertainment. That church is fortunate which mekes both ends meet. Upon the second question,—that of church music,—the discussion was of peculiar inter- est. The Rev. Dr. PorTer, President of Union College, argued that the mausic of the stage should not be brought into the church at all, and that there should be such musical education in the theological seminaries as will give ministers & correct taste, so that they can regulate the singing in their churches. This is an admirable point. The 1gnorance of ministers with regard to mausic is very deplorable. Not one in ten of them can tell Yankee Doodle from PrLEYELS Hymn. Those who do know auything about it have not advanced much beyond ‘* Penny- royal.” If the church would also add to the requirement the additional one that music committees should have some knowledge of music, and some quelification for their office, there might be some harmony in the musical arrangements of churches. The Rev. W. H. Cooxz, of New York, delivered himself upon the subject in & very sensible manner. While he was opposed to the narrow and angular bounds of old ecclesiastical music, ke was also opposed * to the modern taste that sane- tions adaptations of operatic tunes, and listens with spproval to the ¢ Jubilate Deo,” sung to an air from ** Barbe- Bleue.” The preacher is right at both ex- tremes, but the great difficulty is in drawing the line between them. The Rev. J. W. SmacrrEFORD took strong grounds in favor of congregational singing, end also favored mu- gical instruction in the divinity schools. “‘America,” he ssid, ““is the only country where the music in divine worship is com- mitted exclusively to two men, two women, Surre belongs is a very large one also, and vrhen Sarra stands up with wide-open mouth nnd reddened face and howls ont Coronation and Mear, he is andoubtedly worshiping God with enthusinsm and unction, with spirit and lungs. To squelch him would be a great injustice. The sccret of success is to draw a line between Syrrm nn_d Brow~. Sarrz must be allowed to sing, but at the same time ho should be taught how to sing 50 as not o offend Brow. BrowN, on the other hand, must be allowed to have his good music well done, and no ob- jection ought to be offered if the musicis really sncred, inspired with religious senti- ment, and composed for church purposes. Of this class of music there is an immense repertoire which has hardly yet been touched, —s0 large, in fact, that there is no excuss for the introduction of the music of the lyric stage into the church, as is done every Sun- day in almost every church in this city. It is in reality a desecration, and SyaTm has a right to protest against it; but so is Suare’s discordant howling a desscration also, and Brown has the right to protest sgainst it. ‘Who will draw the line between them? THE SUPREME-COURT VACANCY. 1t is not likely that the vacancy occasioned on the Supreme-Court Bench by the retire- ment of Judge McALLisTER to accept a seat on the Circuit Bench in this connty will at- tract any general nttention. The district from which the Judge is to be elected in- cludes Cook, Leke, Will, Kankukee, and Du- page Counties. The City of Chicago contains a larger population than gll the remainder of the territory within the district, and sends several times as many causes for the con- sideration of the Court. Itis proper, there- fore, that the vacancy should be filled from the Chicago Bar. There- are many other reasons for the selection of a Chicago lawyer. The city, both in its size, the conglomerate character of its population, and the variety of its commercial interests, reqnires a sort of special representation in the highest judi- cial tribunal in the State. Such a claim cannot be dismissed as sel- fish and unworthy, because one Judge out of seven (all that Chicago can have in any case) could not exert any improper influ- ence, even if he were so inclined, favorable to Chicago or Chicago cases ; but he would be useful to the Court and helpful to the cause of justice in explaining the peculiar circumstances that are apt to figure in any case that comes from a metropolis, as distin- guished from the smaller cities and country towns. It is equally importsnt, therefore, that Chicago should be represented on this account as bocause of the greater population. ‘We have no doubt that the remainder of the district will willingly concede this claim. The next consideration should be to find a candidate who is entirely worthy the confi- dence of the people, the peer of some of the able members of the Court from other parts of the State, and one who will represent the city creditably and honorably. The hard work and small pay of the posi- tion render it peculiarly difficult to find the proper sort of a man among the law- yers of a large city who can always esrnmore money at the Bar. But the honor attached to the position, and the consideration of serv- ing the publicin the most useful of all ca- pacities, should count for something. Itis necessary to look among the class who have already earned a competency at the Bar, and are willing to retire to the quieter life on the Bench, more productive of honors and repu- tation. The question of political divisions should cat no particular figure in the case, and, if t:ere is more than one candidate, the best man for the placs ought to bs chosen. There is no politics in the Supreme Court, and there ought to be nons. That the Chi- cago Bar, &s a whole, is 8 worthy branch of the legal profession, is evidenced by the high and admirable character of the Chicago Bench ; and it should be further confirmed by sending one of its bezt lawyers and one of its fairest mien to the Supreme Bench. Asa special election to fill this vacancy will not cell out a large popular vote, there ought to be no difficulty in doing thisif the proper gentlemen interest themselves in the matter. THE BIBLE IN THE SCEOOLS. The Chicago Board of Education, after a due consideration of the communications submitted to them on the subject, and the report of & committee especially charged with it, have determined to stand steadfest to the resolution previously taken to dispense with reading a chapter of the Bible as a part of the daily exercises of our public schools. Two test votes were taken on the issue at the last meeting of the Board; nt one the ex- clusion of the Bible was adhered to by a vote of 10 to 3,-and at the other by a vote of 11 to 2, two members of the Board being ab- end an orgenist in the gallery.” His plan for the promotion of congregational singing was for the minister to insist upon the con- gregation taking part in the singing. *“He shounld adopt & book, drill the congregation in simple hymns and chants, and make the choir lead the singing instead of monopo- lizing it.” The Rev. Dr. Georce WiLps, of New York, also- took the same view, and considered the delegation of the music to a pad choir exclusively a very serious abuse. There is much of truth in all these recommendations, and some error. There are two classes of people in every church. With all due respect to the ministers, it is undeniable that musicis a powerful attraction in drawing people into churches, and this cless of people wants good music, well performed by those who are com- petent to do it skilifally and intelligently. Brows, of this class, enjoys good music ar.~ wants to hear it without being annoyed by Saora in the next slip, who is howling ont of tune and time, because he thinks he is help- ing on the worship. But the class to which sent. Thus the metter may be regarded as disposcd of for the present, and it should be permitted to rest where it is by both those who favor and those who oppose the reading of the Bible in the schools. The agitation of the issue cannot produce any change with the present Bonrd in any case, and is likely to create bad feeling. There are two extremes in this public- school quastion, and, like other extremes, they meot on common ground. On the one side there is the ultra sentiment in the Roman Catholic Church, the extent of which is variously estimated, and which demands either that the Catholics shall be exempt from taxa- tion for school purposes, or that the school- fund shall be divided between the Protestants and the Catholics. On the other side there is the ultra sentiment among certain Protestant denominations which demands that there shall be religious exercises in the schools,— for the reeding of the Bible cannot be de- manded upon any other ground when it is presented to immature minds. The common ground on which these extremists meet is the denunciation of the public schools as *‘ god- less schools ” the moment the reading of the, Bible is dispensed with, though this is the only compromise which can secure the un- sectarian character of the schools and leave them to their original purpose. There is no question but both these fac- tions wonld be defeated if the issue were sub- mitted to a popular vote, which is the theory of our Government upon which such issues must be decided. To begin with the ultra Catholic sentiment, it.would appear at once to the great mass of the people that any ex- emption of this sect from taxation, or the donation of ‘any part of the school-fund to them for dogmatic schools, would lead to the disruption of the entire public-school system. As this system is especially & boon to the mosses, its preservation would receive the popular vote. Every unfavored religious sect would vote solidly against granting special privileges to any one sect. The non-religious people would all oppose & division of the fund without regard to sects. The Protestant tax-psyers would be s unit against sucha proposition. 'The non-tax-payers who derive the greatest benefit from the school system would be inclined to vote against a proposi- tion likely to lead to its disraption. Finally, | ablest and most conscient; the more intelligent, liberal, and American | TaE TRIBONE sdopts thohhpxh[i:h?; > portion of the Catholics would oppose it on | bas followed from the first, in quog ", o™k patriotio gronads. things it can flnd in otier papers, 1 iy If the question whether or not Bible-read- ;;"g;:;):‘:;;wm would o ing should be a part of the regular exercises | .o vron ey wver;:in):;::l e, g 15]}’% of our public schools were submitted to the _wh Nerins people, thers is no doubt it would meet PERSONAL the same fate as the proposal advocated by | .4i Thog S the Catholic extremists. It would occur to hulytn. Picnls 1n "hh“h%. the masses that the cnforced listening to the | 1yq Emperor of Bible of thoss children whose parents domot | 53 tas e O 000 Y Rl T P recognize it at all as a religious book, or those Mr. Beocher proach 3 who recognize only a part of it, or those Who | tho sloquence 3{ aua:; but dosy ot Rictey do not recognize the particuler version used, | Mr. Kenneth Dowis, '“ . is unjust, and likely to create a dissension | famons grain-merchant, wag on 0 ] that had better be svoided. The advocates | day. L CRange vy, of Bible-reading in the schools would be nn- tagonized by (1) the -entire Catholic vote, whose sole provocation for opposing the public-school system is that their children do not receive that form of religious instruction which they insist is the only correct one; (2) all the liberal-minded classes, who are of the opinion that the schoolsshould be kept unsectarian ; (3) all the non-professors of sec- tarian religion; and (4) all those who desire that the integrity of the system shall not be put in jeopardy. If a proposition to enforce the reading of the Bible in the public schools were submitted to the people, it would be de- feated without doubt by a much miore over- whelming majority than that whic’h defeated the Sunday ordinance. Itis not to be seri- ously questioned, therefore, that the Board of Education in the position they have talken represent the majority sentiment in this com- munity. ‘We have not undertaken at this time to discuss the merits of the casa, eswe have done before and msy have occasion to do again. We prefer that, so far as Chicago is concerned, the matter shall be regarded as definitely settled for some fime to come. There is no dispute as to the nuthority of the Board to take the step of ezcluding Bible- reading as one of the exercisess, and the evi- dence is all in favor of the belief that the Board represents fairly the prevailing senti- ment of the people of Chicago. In such case it is better that the issus should be re- garded as settled for the time being. Heari Taine is at present in 1, busy with ltorary xbors. Ho sppoent ™ ke will raturn to Paris by Dec, 1 e Mrs. Burnham aseeverates that Paniony u:icr, Georgeo L. For, i3 utriek:n‘:thh and that he 18 meraly the wreok A Lyoos journal, having r h story that the Pope in fh?:::;"":“!fi Mason, has been ‘prosecuted for puhum::: news. Mr. Edward Jenkins is writine story which will be called :L';"::D:,W It will be about tho length of Ginyy and will be published in similar forg. ® 0% Victor Hugo has renaw house on Guerasey Tasms, g 2020 ol ’?Lend 8 gdrax':: Pportion of his fimnhmh“,“ 6 crowds by which he i surTouadad fatiguo him. = bnPuy Pronson G. Howard, who Written which were successfal, not onfy“in ""flfl) also in Englaad and Germaay, bas acually ,: driven out of the country by the mal; the New York newspaper critics, maligityg The Naw York Sun has basn authorizey that if any sttempt ia made to drop My ) C. Bowen's name from the roll of m},mifn Plymouth Church, as in Mrs, Moulton's : will fight the church nod pastartp mfl:h end. MThua is said to be & remarkable tween a portion of Longfellow's * Pandora,” and the pmlzgti.n “Pantaebegt which deseribes ths feelings of Eveafter e eating of the forbidden fruit. Thers is nomy picion, of course, of plagiarism, The London Times warns the who presented the Stonewall Jackson statn fy the State of Virzinia that they wers guilty of ‘*au extreme wdiscretion " in ¢ ibing for 8 gtatue of & maa who was absolutely wniver until he took up arms against the Amedian Union.” " ‘Who is this JoaquinMiiler, that he £hould pree sume t0 nominste candidates for the Presidency of the United Statea ? He is scarcely s Amed, can himeelf ; and, though hs i3 samethingof poet, he has pever shown any practical knowl. edge of affairs to fit him for the position of guide, phulosoper, and friend to & great astim, A Magdalene in Cincinnati has been mored by the recent discussions concerning the Devilin thet city to inqmre what will becoms of the myriads who are tempted to eternal perdition by Satan, while the conflict betwesn him sadthe Power of Good is in progress. It is a partioset nquiry. Some of the demonologists should & tend to this point. & M. Jules Feury's civil-marrisge in Parisises. teemed by his friends & rare act of heroism. Hy 18 conscious that his wife will not bo regardsin s married woman by many of the lesdem in Parisian society, but he feels it to be his duty o protest thus against the supremacy of ths priesis; and he proposes in every way pomils to assist in %he general movement in Frae agamst clerical domination. A few days 3g0 a youthfal emissxry from o4 bookstore emtered another and made theis. quiry, “Bave you Cock Tails of Anisss Greece?” The gentlemsn interrogated, dis trustiog his ears, required a repetiucn of question, and it was given: “‘A copy of ‘Goct Tails of Ancient Greecs.'” The book was oo in stock, but ** Cox's Tales of Ancieci Greess® satisfied the desire of the embryo bookseller. Itis undsratood that Mr. Florenco has b encouraged by his marvelous saccess in his M play, * The Mighty Dollar,” to disposa of bv rights in Byron's ** Our Boya.” Joir B Owect has accordi agly become possessed of the right 0 give the latter play in several Western citioh i cluding Chicago ; and it is probable we shallme “ Qur Boss ™ before long—possibly at the e Chicago- Theatre during the engagement of it ‘Wachtel opera troupe at MoVicker's Thestre. OUR PUBLIC BCHOOLS. The National Governmert has about as much to do with the public-school system as it has with the sewerage of Chicago, or the spiritual condition of the Hottentots. The reason, then, for the «wxistence at Wash- ington of s Bureau of Edncation, with various salaried officials artd a mania for pub- lishing pamphlets, is not apparent. It is the easiest thing in the world to get Congress to establish a bureau of something-or-other, put, like most easy things, it is a bad thing to do. The farmers of the country would probably survive the suppression of the Bu- resu of Agriculture, though the cessation of its seeds and screeds ‘would deprive them of part of their chicken-feed and their kindling. Education might continue, too, in spots, if the Bureau of Edueation should stop drawing its salaries and publishing facts that can be found jast as well and more cheaply in private publications. The Burean has just favored the world with 152 pages of print—for which tke Nation proba- bly paid twice as much as a book of 300 pages would have c.ost 2 private firm—on the subject of nationsl education. People who wish to find the same information, and more too, conched in better style, and free from the taint of salaried sinecurism and Government- al interference, hud betterbuy the ** American Educational Cyclopadia,” instead of begging for this report. "fhe latter is not uninterest- ing, but it i3 & sorrowfol memorial of meddling with other people's business. The total annual cost of the pablic schools in the States and Territories is a trifle less than §75,000,000, according to the fignres given here. The cost per pupil varies greatly in the different localities. Arizona pays $33.28 for each child enrolled in the public schools; Nebraska, $18.50; Massachusstts, 814.48; Illinais, $7.82; and Alabama, 87 cents. The last State is now about to reduce Seuator Anthony, of Rhode Ialand, is loetwicy on * The Thirty-sixth Congrees,” and ineimisg in his general description of that body mome personal reminiscences of the distinguished e who composed it. Among the Iatter WK Charles Sumner, William H. Seward, Stapbem A Douglas, Thaddens Stevens, and Jeffows Davis. Mr. Anthon is the oaly survivor of Thirty-sixth Congress who bas romained in 300 tinnons and unchanged service. The efforts of certain Methodists m Cincioos? to bave all church-members withdrlqn fromths Queen City Club on the score thatit is ook 1y institation, are not likely {9 be coversd Wil success. Tho church-members who beloog & tho Clubesy the Methodiats do not know wist they are talkiog abouz. The statement that s protast referred to was adopted by the Minigie- rial Associasion is erroneous. It was mersly 4 sontiment of the Directors of Asbury Hetbodish Chapel. The Cincinoati Enquirer tells with evidst emotion and sympathy of an sttempled i in the station-house of that city. Tts creatare was closely watched in bis eareful gorrowful proparations for desth bnhn-'; porters aod several policemen ; and gret wos expressed when the haatily- rope gave way. It Waa a rare chance {or n:: of news, such as has not stirred the sezens' of Cincinnati since the burial of theragbabT A clever suggestion is that of the Cazette, in Songection with the zapork ths & actor has been converted throngh b8 p-ufl;' of Mr. Moody, and asked for praezs. e -y 2elfe reminda several promioent edizors I York that now is the accepted time. ‘The editech perbaps, will retort by passing the along to the preachers themsolves, the p wl 20 the lawyers, the lawyers to the doctotsy = g0 0n. There never was a time whea §90 vico went begging more than now. = wHave yon ever voted, JAra. 'Yl:l;‘: uired o reporter. **Yes, once."_ i ?‘nndz: positive orders from Brigham Yo::" and do you gnow that to this day I bs'7® known what I was voting for. You 885, this munificent provision. Meanwhile, the Cherokees; part of whom were expelled from "Alabama as unfit to associste with the en- lightened citizens of that State, spend $15.25 for every pupil in their public schools, and are not proposing to edopt a Constitution de- signed to brutalize future generations by con- fining their education to the lessons taught in the schools of the street. The Cherokees pay the highest “salaries reported—&225 per month to male and $200 per month to female teachers. Of the 134 normel schools in the country, 124 contain 25,000 pupils, and supply nearly 1,500 teachers a year. The Bureau of Education has discovered 91 private schools for girls,—a number which reflects small credit upon its percept- iye faculties. Two-fifths of thewr 11,414 pu- pis are preparing for’ college. The total number of scholars fell off 1,168 after the panic of 1873. Embarrassed parents are apt to economize in the education of their chil- dren, and daughters are usually the first vie- tims. o ‘We regret to learn that there are 353 ** uni- versities and colleges” in the country. This number might be heavily reduced, though it might be too large even then. There is one library to every eleven ‘“ colleges” ! THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE. [¥ew Pork Daly Graphic.] One of the best of the Western sheets is Tre Cricaco TRIBUNE. A copy of that paper for Sunday Iast lies before us. Itis compo:ed of @ixteen seven-column pages, each page a8 Iarge as tne New York ZTimes' pages. Of these 112 columans forty-one are filled with advertising, and twenty-seven are of the ‘* want” variety. This gives tho paper wealth indeed, but waalth is Do guarentee of eaterpriso or of taste. T'wo or three of the nchest papers in the United States are the stupidest. THE Cmicago TRIBUNE's proprietors 0 T use wealth to make their paper ob the whole the | nothing for the vote; it waa 8 ey most entortaiciog in the country, 1o | andlsimply gave my name, and 'llh“ o tho sheet befors us the first six | OF conrse the officers put theballot in e columna of resding matter are filled with | would euit the President. 1 assure you next vote out thers will be more “,‘fiflhifl cast.” * Do the women usaally vote? 1" b their husbands go to the polls a0d eocn;g oy casting the vote of the entire faxilf, dead and slive iocluded OB, they economists, those Mormona.” . « Arsene Houssaye haa undertaken 8 dlh;: bimself and bis extraordinary letters e New York Tribune, without, it nuh; - fessed, p:rfect success. HMany of his! are manifestly nasty, aod of the oS large part is rubbish. The latser ,of peot] solf, in whicl the novelist astempta 0 "’ amisble accoust of his own staries, "'Ml"‘ any intelligent jury to convict bim it ity ing the box. It is not enough in R W virtue, as he seems to think, that one ;Mfl“ Iate repeated lapses into vice followsd by religious news and miscellany, local and gen- eral; then follows a column and & balf of tne newest jokes and wit,—the gleanings of the world's tan for the week; t%o and a half col- umns of fine-art criticisms, notes, and gossip ; gix columns of society, fashious, receptions, marriages, and festivals; seven columnd of timely acd well-cousidered editorials ; two col- umos, the latest on dif of individuals the world over; fourteen columus of local news; a tinance snd commercial department of three columns ; & toree-columa story from AU the Year Round ; four columns of political notes and letters on the late election; tnree colamns of spe- cial telegraph dispatches (a8 much as all the New York papers together); two colnmns of Associated Press na@s; s column of sporting news; saven columns of suburban Sews, tader town hesds twa calumns of goesip | repeatance. Th story af pepitence d‘”d,,. for the ladies, mostly quoted ; two coinmns of | fails to impress, while & "'-jflw'n{: sk the beat selected poetry; four -columns of | tices. Besiles, there remains to one wA? vy smusements, chiefly music and the drama; and | lured towards vice the Nm‘m?t'nm " some palatable miaceilany * chinked in™ here | & season of. penitence will rest wfl”““ “ite and there. In the Saturdas's paper appears the | theic old condition, aod thst aoy = Weskly pook and science review,—cus of . the | be roundsd out besucifulty Ry s listle €£or-