Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 22, 1876, Page 4

svete a THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1876, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. RATES OF AUNSCHIMTION (PAYANLE IN ADVANCE). i I $13.00 1.00 om Matiet & any adirors FOUR WRERR for ion a Ga Gi cents. year, which wo will prepay. sent free, = * ‘To provont dolay and mistakes, bo enro and give ost- ‘Ofico addross In full, including State and County. Remittances may he made elthor by draft, express, Post-Office order, or ju registerod lottors, at our rlak. TRNNG TO CITY AUNSCRINERS, ivered, Sunday inoluded, 30 cents por work. THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts., Chicago HL AMUSEMENTS, Walloon aad Monto” Eogaventent of" the Julia faditon and Monron, Engy Mathews Iirlesque Troupe." Danghlar of Une itegi- ment "and * Aladdin.” ‘WOOD'S MUSEUM-Monroe street, between Dear- born aul State, Afternoon, “ Factory Girl.” Evening, “The Fool's levengo."” ADELPHI THEATRE—Dearborn stroet, corner Monroe. “ Humpty Dumpty." Afternoon anu evening. HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Randolph at Clark and LaGallo. ‘The California Minstrels, toon and erening, MoVIOKER’S THEATRE—Madison atreet, between Pore snd State, Engagement of John E, Owens. ur Boys," between tere ¥ PARWELL HALL—Madison street, between Clark Ne, Lecture by Prof, 2. A. Proctor, Sub- jand LaSan fects # Life and Death of Worlda,? Itvered, Handay excepted, 26 conte ner week, he Chicago Tribune. ‘Wednesday Morning, March 22, 1870, Greenbacks In the Now York Gold Ex- «hange yesterdny closed at 873. ee United Btates Treasuror New has finally determined to resign hia offico, the resigna- tion to take offect at tho ond of thia month, (which closes tho current quarter. Mr, Nzw resigns solely becauso ho finds ho cannot “longer noglect his private business, on no- count of which ho has for some timo contom- plated roturning to privato life, It is an- nounced that ho will probably bo succesdod by tho progont Assistant ‘Treasurer, Mr. Wns, In tho Senate yesterday the Honso Diplo- matic Appropriation bill was roported back with amondmenis restoring all tho provisions for foreign missions and consulates that wero included in tho bill of Inst year,—ovory one jof tho cuts and reductions mado by the House boing digagroed to.: ‘Tho Sonnto also adhered Yo its disagrcomont to tho ents and reductions mado by tho Hongo in the West Point Appro- \priatign bill, and appointed a Committeo of onfcFonco thereon in behalf of the Sonate, Tho first of the whisky prosecutions to which a thorough defense has beon promised j—that of Panratan and Rusu, proprictors of tho Chicago Alcohol Works—will bo called for [trial in tho United States Cburt this morning, ‘Mr, Sronns, who conducta tho dofenso, has \givon out that the witnosses for the Govorn- ‘ment are to ba mercilessly riddléd, ond that )the caso against his clionts isto be hopelessly demolished. Itis not improbable that tho trial moy load to further interesting dovelop- nents, Tnunstan also, Both his bandana handker- chicfs do not suflica to wipe out from his tecord tho history of that $50,000 fea which ho gobblod out of tho nssots of tho Atlantic #& Great Western Railroad—which corpora. tion was so skillfully mannged for fleecing the stockholders. It was no ordinary foo, sach as Barstow oarned in that mule caso, and tho intoresting quory about this time, is what Trunman did for it, Can it bé that tho ‘Ohio Senator is on tho way to join Gzonaz 41, Penpixron, Hexpnicss, and tho rest ? Alargo number of delegates to the Now York Republican State Convention had arriy- ed at Syracuso last night, and a canvass mado of them showed that tho Convention would bo undoubtedly controlled by tho Coxxzino wing of tho party, So much opposition has, howover, alroady doveloped that the Conn. xia men no longer talk about sonding a del- ogation to Cincinnati plodged to support him for tho Presidency, but, instead, talle of offer. Ing o mild resolution, tho effect of which would bo to instruct tho dolegation to cast a complimentary vote for him, It is doubtful whothor even that can bo passed, and ovi- dently ConxzrNa’s strength is much less than ‘was anticipated from the first dispatches, ——_—_—_—_—_ Under a Territorial law in force in Utah, Joun Wioars, convicted of murder in Salt Lake City and sentenced to death, has boon allowed to make choico of the manner in which ho should bo put to death, and yestor. day, in open court, elccted to bo shot rather than to be hanged or decapitated. If, Low. ever, it bo the design of the law to impose the most horrible penalty for murder, to havo ® sack drawn over one’s face, and to be Hongled at a rope's ond until stranglod, ix Probably the most horrid punishmont that could be devised, If tho objoct bo simply to dostroy criminals too dangerous to bo letlivo, it might be accomplished absolutely without pain or repulsive spectaclo by the administra tion of chloroform or other, It in interesting and highly unggestive to Jcarn from our Washington dispatches this morning, a4 appear from tho testimony of Post-Trader Evans before tho Congressional Committeo, that at tho National Capital wo soem to havo progressed so far in Republican simplicity that a lobbyist ox-Goneral charges $1,000 for introducing an applicant for o Post-tradorship to the Secrotary of War, and ‘grambles Lecauso it wasn't $500 more, It ia mo leas intoresting to know that tho ox-General rwho did tho introducing is that rare specimen ito whoso existonce $100,000 a year and cod. Mehing in summor and Florida in winter is Iwbaolutely indispensable. It is comforting, dhowovor, to know that Judgo Tart, tho pres- ent Secretary, is a plain, unpretentious gen- tleman, to whom one iay introduce himself, sud that withal ho has not in all the world a friond liko unto that distinguished warrior of Bybarito tastes and infinite chock, The Chicago produco markets wero some- ‘what unsettled yostorday, Muss pork was Jess active, and declinod 150 por bri, clos- Ying at $22.92) cash and €23.65 seller ‘Moy. Lard woain moderate roqueat and a shade easier, closing at $13,.65@13.674 cash ‘and $13.87)@13,.90 sellor May, Meats wero Tess activo and easy, at 8$o for boxed shoul. dora, 1240 for do short riba, and 1240 for do short clears, Highwines were activo and stronger, at $1.05@1.06 per gallon. Flour ‘was in fairdomand and steady. Wheat was Jegs activo and 1@140 lower, closing at $1 02} for March and $1.08 for May, Corn was quiet and go lowor, closing at 4440 for March and 4740 for Mny, Onts wore qnict and A@}o lower, closing nt 8240 for March and 34$o for May. Rye was quict at Gie. Barley was dull and irregularly lower, closing at 570 for Morch and 68}@584c for May. Hogs wero active and 10@1so higher, most of tho trad. ing being dono at $3,.25@8.60 for common to good grades, Cattle wero activo ond casiar, closing 100 lowor forshipping grados, Sheep wero firm nt 25@36c advance, with antes nt $4,80@6.80 for poor to oxtra. On Saturday ovoning Iast thero was in store in this city 3,166,163 bu whont, 2,168,874 bn corn, 735,- 478 bu oats, 138,978 bu rye, and 356,468 bu barley. Ono hundred dollars in gold would buy $114.124 in greenbacks at the closo, The decision of tho Snprome Court of the United States practically nullifying tho ontire anti-Obineso legislation of California has stirred up tho Pacifico Coast as novor sinco snnexation did earthquake. As ono man, #0 to speak, tho ‘honest miners” ond tho rest of the population who aro conatitutionally opposed to work of any sort aro rising up to domand protection against the Chinco cheap Inbor which is ruining thom. If only Ict alono thoy would manngo to disposo of what was left of tho Heathon Ohinco by their barbarous code avon as did Wittram Nre of An 8m. But tho Suprome Court has nd. monishod thom Jonw must bo Ict alono in that matter. Honco tho uprising; and they aro going to send delogations to Washington to implore Goyernmont protection against about. tho only people in Californin who will work at anything if they can get out of it, Itis a moving spectaclo this appeal to Congress, a8 moving as would that of our professional working mon of tho sort who nover work to be protected against the influx of cheap Irish and Scandinavion Inbor which is taking the bread out of thoir months, Mr. Cavnrrenp, our own Banyer, yeator- day distinguished himself by roporting to tho House o bill making it wisdomonnor for department clorks and tido-waiters to con- tribute or solicit political campnign funds, but leaving Senators and Representatives froa to lovy political blackmail assessments upon thoir appointccs in office, oven down to watchmen in tho Governmont buildings. Mr. Brame saw the omission, and asked and ob- tained loave from Oaunrrenp to offer ou amendment including Sonatora and Ropre- sentatives, so as to strike at tho root of this Diackmail business. After having granted leave, it seems to have suddonly flashed upon Banner that, according to tho unaltor- ablo creed of the Democratic sido, Mr. Buains is in all things instigated by the devil to the discomiiture of the Democracy, and Bannsy insisted upon the previous question, cutting off amendment and leaving tho bill 2 com- plote fares, So farcical was it, indeed, as ro- ported, that the Houso, on Mr. Buarne’s mo- tion, reconsidorod tho vote by which tho main question was ordorod, that ho might of- fer his amendment, which ho did, making it misdemeanor for Senators or Ropresenta- tives to solicit or contribute campaign funds, and adding o clauso making tho contribution of money or other valuable thing as probib- ited absolutely disqualify a Sonator or Rep- resentative, A WORD WITH EX-MAYOBR MASON, Ex-Mayor Mason, whoso Ietter we insert olsawhoro, thinks propor to writo a long com-, munication on a very slight provocation. ‘Tho statement mado in n brief paragraph by ‘ton ‘Tnomone was, that tho issuing of certiticntes by the city did not originate in 1871.'3; that certificates had been issued by Mayor Mason's Administration, which camo down as a legacy to its successor, and that overy City Govern. ment sinco 1865 had beon obliged to mako tho same temporary loans. It was further stated, in an nrticlo in uo way reforring to Mr. Masoy, that tho records of the unpaid real-ostate taxoy boforo the firo wero de- Btroyed, and that Comptroller Hares placed their amount at $760,000, nono of which will over be collected; but the appropriations for which theao taxes woro lovied were all ex- pended beforo tho tiro, and tho doficioncy now figures as part of tho floating debt of tho city. Mr, Mason, for tho purpose, it would seom, of provoking a controvorsy, thinks Proper to assume that thia was intended as on assault upon his Administration, whon nothing was loss jutended. As a sufficient rojomder to tho ox-Mayor’s fulmination, we givo Mr, Hares’ statement, in his own words, | in his communication to the Common Coun- cil a fow days ago, viz.: t cannot bo ascertained as yet, but when tho present Administration and Commou Council took charge of tho City Governmont, in Docomber, 1873, thoy found, Dbosldes tho Gace dofelency of half o million, othor do- ficlencica upon tho tax warrants of 1871, and six pro- vious yesre, of over $300,000, of which §750,000 romain uncollected, and at least $700,000 may bo connlderod Lopoless ; $360,000 of theso deficiencies, being for all tho yoars before 1869, I provided for in 1874 by charg” ing the amount back to tho different accounts, no col” toctions having been mado on those warrants for the year preceding and tho warrants themeclves having boon destroyed by tho fire, ‘That amount fa now cov- erod by subsoquent uppropristions and tazes, but there atill romatus $400,000, 8 deficlency on taxes bo- foro 1872, ‘There also remains uncollectod ou the ware rant of 1872 ovor $300,000, moatly appealed to the Sue ‘premo Court, As Tne ‘Tumune did not have Mayor Ma- Son's Administration in mind whon it referred to tho mattera covered by the Comptroller's statement, it could havo had no purposo to cronto a falso impression concorning that Ad- ministration. Upon this vory slight provoca- tion, Mr, Mason engages in an elaborate ausault upon the Administration of his suc- cessor, for what purposo it is difficult to un- derstand, ond with a wuccess which, as wo will show, hardly compensates tho mental and physical sufforing evidently oxporioncod in the oporation. The Administration of Mr, Meprz, had the same law officers, and for a considerablo time the samo Comptroller, that sorved under Mr. Mason, ‘Thoro was thon on tho statute-book savoral provisiona of lnw upon the subject of the custody and uso of the money belonging to the soveral funds, in. eluding tho following : Bes. 19, Chap, 6, All monoy recetved on any special ‘saacaament shall bo held by the Trossurer ay a special fund, to bo applied to tho payment of the{mprorement for which tho assesemont was mado; and sald imonoy shall bo used for no other purpose whatsoaver, BEo, 13, Chap, 18, .. Provided, alvo, that all funds Gerivod from tho aslo of said wator-losn bonds, oF from water-rents, or otherwise, for tho Wator-Worka of aaid city, ahail be exclusively used and appropriated by aad Board to the object and purposes pertaining to tho water-cupply of aaid city, horeln specified ; nor shall the samo, or any part thereaf, be used by sald Board, or by the sald city, for any other purpose, Suc. 32, Chap, 18. All accounts pertalning to the ‘Water-Works of said city uball bo kept separate, . All moneyw deposited with the City Treasuror on ao- count of the Water-Works alall be by hit kept soparate ‘sud distinct from all other moneys, as the wator fund, and aball bo only applied for the usca and purposes for ‘which the same were recelved; and such moneys ahall bo held by the Troasurer of tho city ass spoclal fund, Separate and distinct from all other funds; and he shall be decmod yuitty of embezzlement if be shall pay ‘out such moneys for auy account other than that be- longing to auch water fund, and shall be lable to srulictinent for 90 doing, Bxo, 4, Chap. 5, Iu case of w dudciency tn any fund to meet any demand upon it, the Comptroller may, with the sanction of the Msyor and Finazice Committes, wae, to most such demand, any moneys standing (0 the credit of any other fund, general or special, xxonrz the WATER UND, the scttool-Tax FUND, And BPKCIAL AMSKSAMENT FURDA, Now, hero was a peremptory prohibition of low against .ho aso by tho city of the moneys belonging to the wator fund, tho school-tax fand, or tho special ossossmont funda,—all of which had large sums to thoir credit in tho fall of 1871, 08 reported Deo, 1, 1871, by Comptroller Tarton to tho incoming Mayor: Water fund, from sate of bonds, credit, School building fund, credit... Bpaciat nagcaaraent fu di Bridowoll fand, credit, Reform-Sehoo! fund, ¢ TOtaleesesererees eeseecsecaenseeenee sees (fl 850,332 On the same day, Mr. Comptrollor Gronae ‘Tayzor reported thot tho Administration Lad proviously wsed of tha money in these apecial funds tho sum of $1,144,186. Ho also ro- ported that at tho samo timo thero was an outstanding floating debt, including $188,707 of tho cortificates of indebtedness, nmount- ing to $686,707. Somo of tha items, how- ever, soon after taking the form of judg. monts, tho whole, including tha cortificates, judgments, unpaid exponses for November, tho amount duo to tho special funds, and somo sniall items, nggregated $2,085,806, This, in point of fact, was the “ legacy.” It is truo tho amount of certificates was only $158,707, but there had been $1,144,186 il- legally obstracted from tho special funds, which had to ba replaced; for that purposo, and to restore those bonds, and to cover up tho illegal uso of this largo sum of monoy, tho now Administration bad to issuo cortifl- entos and borrow tho monoy, There was no other way. So far as tho new Admintutra. tion was concerned, it mado no differ. onco whothor tho provious Administration had iesued $2,085,396 of certificates to rop- resent its flonting debt, or had used monoy in tho Treasury uot legally applicable for that purpose, toavoid tho issue of such cortifi- cates, tho result was precisely tho samo, Tho unlawfully-used money had to be put back whore it belonged, and tho judgmonte and other floating debts, including certificates, had to bo paid. Tho incoming Administration in December, 1871, was primarily callod upon to put back into tho ‘Treasury, to tho credit of the special fands, tho money illegally drawn and spont by its predecessor, It was also obliged to provido for tho existing outstanding certifi- cates and floating dobt, s largo part of which ‘was soon putin tho form of judgmonts, the whole amounting to nearly $2,100,000,—in. debtedness which it had inherited. To do this it had to issuo cortificntes. The balanco of cash left in tho Treasury by Mr. Mason's Administration was $420,000, of which $140,000 had previously beon sot asido by the Common Council for tho repair of the Water-Works and oxtension of maius, which reduced the remnant of cash to $280,000, ond all of it belonged to special funds, ond could not be touched for general purposes. Now lot us recapitulate. On Doo. 1, 1871, thero was outatanding from My. Mason's Administration : Certificates of indebtedness... $138,707 Money unlawfully withdrawn from’ special Other ftcins, ‘Total floating debt, 279,179 2,085,906 be] Teed cath in Treasury. 420,000 Floating dobt, over csah, 1,665,908 ‘To moot this required tho issno of an equal amount of certificates. ‘Two yoars later, in Decomber, 1873, the outgoing Administration, ‘Mr, Mason says, loft outstanding certificates amounting to $1,593,000, or on increaso of $28,000 over the floating dobt which it had inherited from its prodoccssor; but at tho samo timo it loft in the Troasury a cash balance of $1,118,100. It is truo that Mr, Gadz, tho Troasurer, who had also come down as Ologacy from Mr, Mason's Administration, did not turn over oll the monoy to his suc- cessor, ho having, os it is now understood, withdrawn somo $140,000 for his own uso during his first term, But that fact does not alter the accounts of tho city. ‘These showed $1,118,100 on tho Treanurer’a booka against $1,695,000 of outstanding cortificates, and agninat $420,000 in cash and a floating dobt of $32,085,000 two yoars beforo. Hod the Administration which begun in December, 1871, imitated its successor in tho illogal uso of the monoys in the special funds, it might havo avoided, as its predecoasor did, the isauc of certificates; but the law prohibited such uso of tho special funds, and certificates had to be issued, under the law and practice which had oxistod since 1865, DEMOCRATIO CONSISTENCY, Tho ignorance of the Democratic press of this country is something remarkable, In the firat placo, it is romarkoblo that it has hoard nothing of tho Repnblican victory in New Hampshire, and tho largo Republican gains in the rocont town elections of Maina, Now York, and New Jersey. In tho socond placo, it is stil moro remarkablo that it hag heard nothing of the peonliar transactions of such prominent Demoerata as Mr, Punpix- tox, Gov, Iexpnicks, Bass Ranpanp, and Goy, Trzpen, which have been doveloped since the Betxnar investigations commenced, How is itthat nono of these papens which aro busy from morning to night prating of the national morality hove heard of Gentloman Geonae's nent littlo operation in railroad claims, of Gov, Henpnroxs’ peculiar atylo of financicring in water-bonda, of Sax Ranpatz's crooked operations in Phil- adelphia, of Gov. Tupen's rnilroad- squoozing operations, aud of Manan'a exodus through tho courtesy of Irearzn Cuymen? Wo have looked and looked in vain for them to launch tholr thundor- bolt against these tall Democrats, and wo had aright to expect it. Thoy havo not allowed o day to pass without preaching us sermons in morality, without vaunting Domooratic ro- forms snd condemning Ropublican rascali- tics, They have printed long essays upon tho shamo of Berxnar’s conduct, ‘Their dis- tress ovor tho corruptions which have beon unearthed has beon simply pitcous, Thoy avo monnod and mourned and rofused to be comforted. Thoy have added to tho ronry catalogue of oxisting ovila by inventing new ones and piling up Sensations and calumniea without number, ‘The occasion Les been well improved by them, and thoy havo seized upon it ag an ad- mirablo Opportunity for moralizing and for convincing the country, with patriotic and centennial cloquenco, that moral purity and principle should always bo superior to parti- san purposes, In point of fact, thore nover bofore waa euch aon orhibitionot weoping, aud wailing, and grioving, such pitiful lamenting, such indignant fulminating, such righteous wrath and raving, In view of tho exhibition, it was but natural to expoct that it was sincere, but now it appears that corruption is odious only whon it is Republican, and that it may be ovor- looked when it iv Demoocratio; that the Republican who is guilty of mal. feouance in office or violation of public trust must be condemned and punished, but that the Domocrat who is caught in tho samy transaction may retain his placoin tho Demo- cratic party, and his operations may pasa unoriticised and unchallongod in the Domo. eratio nowspnpors. Mr. Pexpieton has boon guilty of n transaction which has lost him his placo among honorable mon; but the Demo- eratio papers havo not only neglected to con- demn him for it, but many of thom havo oven failed to print the acknowledgmontas ox- tortod from him in cross-examination, Gov. Henpnicea stands. charged with damnging accusations, and tho Democratic papors aro silent. ‘This shows tho exact mensuro of Domoerntic sincority and consistency ; shows that political immorality is only roprohonsi- ble when it is practiced by tho opponents of the Domoorats ; shows that all this raving, and fuming, nnd bluster, all theso investign- tions, sensations, and calumnics, alt this howling for reform, and political purity, and partisan principle, aro simply buncombe for tho dolusion of credulons voters, intonded to operate to Republican disndvantage noxt fall. Boyond all this, the silence which theso Dom. cratic nowspapors observe with regard to tho charges instituted against promincnt Domo- cratio candidates shows that thoy thomaclvos only wait for tho opportunity of placo and powor to perpotuate abuses ond corruptions ton-fold worso than any that have occurred undor Ropublican*Administrations. Betwoon this danger and that infinitely worse ono,— tho praotical operation of tho Stato Rights’ horesy, which is now affirmed upon tho floor of Congress by tho Southorn Democrats and indorsed by tho Northorn onca,—tho poopla of this country ought to soo tho necessity of Keoping the Government in tho hands of those who aro now engaged in swooping out the corruptions of some of their leaders, and who proservod it in tho hour of neod against tho dosigns of those who now sock to gain control, THE CITY'S GAS BILLS. Tha Common Council is never disposed economize in gas, whether of tho illumin- ating or of tho oratorical kind. Tho sum of $600,000 has been appropriated for tho noxt nino months, though Ald. Warenwan mado n offort to have this sum extended ovor o year. But tho statement was mado that tho city would owe the gas companics $220,000 by the ist of next mouth, and tho romaining $280,000 could not light streets during nino months without the grontest economy. This statoment oxcited no attention in tho Council, and not an offort was mado to reduce the con- sumption of gas to a figure which would bring the bills within the appropriation, not- withstanding the belief that no contin. uance of consumption at the prosont rate will moke a gross bill (includ- ing tho deficiency) of $960,000 for tho year. That is to say, at tho end of this year the city, instead of owing tho gas companies 342,000, ay it did at tho beginning of the year, will be in debt $160,000 on tho gas ac- count after oxhausting tho appropriation. It ig timo for tho gas companies to bogin to in- quire whethor they can ovon collect the bills over and abovotho appropriation. Tho presont chartor hos already beon interprated to limit tho validity of tho city contracts and the oxtont of tho city’s linbilitics to the amount of tho appropriations, If this is the law, thon it will be in tho interest of tha gas companics to work for a reduction in consumption and con- sent to aroduction in prico; for, othorwise, thoy will be furnishing tho city gas for which thoy cannot collect their charges, or will havo tho poor romody of turning off tho gas, which will morely incongo the public without availing them, A private gaa consumor finding himself lim. ited to a cortain sum for gas during an entira year would naturally profer to burn less ata time and oxtend it over tha ontiroyoar, rathor thon indulge himsolf Invishly a part of tho yoar and remain in tho dark tho rest of tha year, and also rathor than lond himself with debt. But tho Aldermen on bohalf of the city aro not controlled by the same considora- tiona as they would bo in their private capao- ity. Itis a notorious fact that tho number of lnmp-posta hoa hoon enormously increased in outlying districts of tho city whoro thoy are not necded ; yet no effort has bean mado to turn off the gas or reduco the amount of conaunption on the open prairics, It is equally notorious that no judgmont is used in tho time of lighting aud turning off tho gar in tho streota; yet the Council has noyor been willing to adopt a sciontilo system for lighting tho lamps whon it is dark and oxtin- guishing thom when it is light. It is also notorious that tho South Sido Gas Company is charging tho city moro than it doca somo of ita private consumers, and that $2 0 thou- sand is an amplo price ; yet no combined and strenuous effort is put forth to bring down the prico, In othor words, thero scema to bo no considerablo sentimout in the Council in favor of tho people who havo to pay the gaa bills, CATCHING A TARTAR. Intelligent people aro genorally agreed that Greenback conventions and rag-baby moetings aro unmitigated frauds, A lot of follows get togothor under tho pretenso of represonting laboring men and farmers, though most of them never did an honest day's work or onlti. vated an ncro of ground in tho whole courso of their lives, ‘Thoy exchango thoir inanities and absurdities, and scatter words instead of thoughts, until thoy become tircsome to themselves and overybody else. If it wero not for an occasional gleam of satire in theso conferonces they would not be worth any further reforencae, But the Cook County greenbackory canght o Tartar ot thoir last mocting which gave a temporary zest to thoir prococdings, ‘I'hore. happened to bo o real farmer prosont, Mr. Rioz, of Oglo County, who was invitod to address tho mooting, as & bona fide Granger was too much of a rarity to bo iguored, But Mr. Rioz, being o real former ond man who works with tho hope of reward and only oxpcots roward from hia work, immediately procecdod to repudiate the irredoomable rag-paper fallacy, and told the assembled dilutionists some plain truths which they did not want to hear, Ho told thom that notes, whothor ia sued by tho Government or a bank, was sim- ply a promise to pay, and that the value of this promise dopended upon ita redomption. He did not want to place so dangerous a powor in the hands of tho Govorment as rog- lating the amount and valuo of monoy any moro than tha power of determining the pro. duction and prico of his wheat, Ho did not propose to bo forced to give up hia wheat in exchango for worthless shinplastora which nobody intonded to redeem, And, finally, ho told them that the President might os well issue a proclamation that water must not run ‘up hill os for Congress to isauo a flat that paper iu worth ag much as gold. Tho ignoramus Greenbackors, and tho bogus Grangers, and the fraudulent laboring-mon were not accus- jstomed to listen to good common sense of thia kind, and thoy mado an effort to cough and hoot Br. Iiox down in*tho conscious. news of their jnnbility to answer him, but ho did not stop until he had thrown a few grains of truths among the mess of chaff which the meoting turned ont, Ono {ndlvidunl: dis. played his own obtusonoss by saying that it was tho rtamp and nothing elso that gavo valuo to tho gold dollar, ignorant of tho fact that tho snmo welght of gold dnst can be ox- changod for a stamped dollar at par, bocauso the Govornmont charges nothing for minting it, not oven tho cost of tho impression, But the mooting did not hold togethor long aftor Mr. Rick had spoken a fow words of solid sense,—n commodity to which they wore not accustomed, and which periously disturbed their market of nonsonse. It wouldn't boo bad idea if a gonuino farmer contd onco in a whilo drop in on those amatour Grangers and professional Communiasta, Ee ) THE BOARD OF EDUOATION, « Mr. Ropyrx Weton, a momber of tho Board of Education, has committed tho un- pardonablo sin. He has mado an offort to bring before tha public tho oxtravaganco of the school management in this city with o view to a reduction in the oxponditures, Ho lias opposed tho tax-eaters in thoir own dom. ioilo, This unheard-of tomority has brought down upon Mr, Weton tho united condomno- tion and cternal enmity of both the Board of Education and the Common Council. A man in favor of reducing oxponsos and outting off nscless {toma and offices is a sort of person not to be tolorated in official Boards. It was not surprising, therofore, that at the very first mooting of the Bonrd of Education after Mr, Wexen had made a public protcstagainst tho oxtravagance of tho Board, ho was ar- raigned by a unanimous vote, and bullicd and brow-beated by almost ovory individual momber for having dared to desort tho noblo army of tox-caters, and for having indicated where o dollar might bo raved to the tax-payors, Mr, Weon's dis- ciplining did not stop hore. Having beon arraignod to make his dofense in the open Board, ho simply declined to rotract anything ho had snid ; but, on tho contrary, procooded to cite instances in support of tho statomont ho had previously mado. Thoroupon tho Board of Education exceeded itsclf in impor- tinence, Quiotly ignoring Mr, Weton and his protest, all tho other mombors voted that Weton had mado a retraction, when ho hadn't done anything of the kind, ond -aent this resolution into the Common Council for tho purposo of gotting the full and oxtravagant appropriation which hed beon asked, Mr, Wexon justified all ho had said, and thereupon tho ontire Board declared that ho had rotract- od Ho reassorted everything he had said, and thoroupon the Board unanimously ro- solvod that ho had deniod everything he had said. Por cool and bare-faced deception, this simply oxceeds anything that has como under our notico, and illustrates tho unanimity with which tho oftice-holdors ond tax-entors aot whon any roduction of oxpenditures is thrent- oned, Thoro is little question that tho manago- mont of the Chicago schools ix as extravagant 88 that of any othor branch of tho City Goyorn- mont. Tho Board of Educaticn is made up of a class of porsons who, while not as a rulo apt to partake of any of the benofits of tho monoy they expend, are abovo tho considera- tion of dotails, and are not at all starticd at a round half a million for any purpose which thoy may desiro to forward. ‘This is about tho amount tho Board of Education proposo to oxpond on nino now school-lota and thir- teon new school-houses and furnishing thero- of ata timo when tho city has not tho funds to mest ita outstanding obligations or to pny the curront exponses which cannot bo dis- ponsed with. 80theydomanded anine-months’ appropriation, just like all the other branches of tho City Govornmont, notwithstanding the two months’ vacation, thus ranning their demands over into tho next year. So tho teachers aro paid at rates which, in other vocations, would bo rogarded as good pay for twelvo-months’ services, while tho public schools, after allowing for the vacations, do not exact employment for moro than nino montha, The * flontors "—uunssignod tonoh- ers—oro not donied, thongh Mr. Wxzon has been abused for exposing thoir oxistence, Thoro aro thirty-nine of thoso, bosides threo superfluous Superintendonta, who aro draw- ing solarics that might bo cut off without the slightost detriment to the school-servico. Tho duty of theso thirty-nine tonchors seems to be to rolievo tho regular teachors of an ocon- sional class, there being on absurd ralo limit- ing tha number of soholars ench tench. er may instract, Those items, along with the cost of certain ornamental studies like music, drawing, and Gorman, at fancy pricos, run up the oxpenses of the Dopartmont far boyond what thoy ought to bo. While tho average cost por scholar throughout tho Stato ix only 36, that of Ohi- engo is nearly $18, and in tha Central High- School Mr, Wexom esys that it runa up to $62 por scholar for the year, ‘Thore has been no disposition shown by the Board to mako any rodaction in these extravagant ex- ponditnres, notwithstanding tho great finan- celal embarrassmenta of tho city and tho uni- versal demand for o reduction of taxation. On tho contrary, tho offort has boen to pile up the appropriations beyond the usual term in ordor to givo tho tax-ontors in other branches of the Governmont an opportunity to use tho surplus funds for thoir own pur- poses, ‘here ia ovidontly going to be a desporate offort to crush out Mr, Wzicen, His position in the Board will not be porsonally comfort- ablo hencoforth, and ho may feal disposod to yield to the presauro upon him to resign and give up tho fight ho has begun, Ho may console himself, however, with tho thought that he hag tho sympathy of tho tax-paying public, and will bo sustained by tho public if he will romain in the Board snd continuo to exposo the abuses, Hoe may do himself and the public a service by boldly opposing the continued oxtravagance of the public school managemont in this city, and by oxposing it when he cannot correct it, Now that he is ina position of Shempton of roform, a good deal of information come to him, and ho will bo able to accomplish moro in the futuro; ho should remain at his post and do his duty, and refuse to gratify the tax-caters by with. drawing, Tho Whisky-T'Aieves' Organ publishes a long explanation from Washington of how tho Congressional delegation makes Collectors of Revenue, By the showing, Gen. Loaanis tho chicf manipulator, It appears that, when the doath of Gen. Weuarzn was announced, he called the delogation together and told thom that Mr, Jomn H, Orovon was the man for Colloctor, and tho delegation all said ainen. Now thoro is not a man in all Chicago whose appointmont would have been more universally popular than that of Mr, Crovan, Ho has all the qualities propor in an officer of that kind, But it seoms that Gon. Logan during the day weakenod on Mr, Oxovay and “lay down” on him, Like Mr, Dznrozson, Crovax was not the kind of a man, on further reflection, that was want- od, Bo the “ delogation” was summonod again, nnd told that Mr. Crovon wonld not do, but that Mr. Hanvey waa tho right man, and tho delegation again sald amon. In the meantime, without any suggostion from Chicago, four namos wore sent from Wash. inton to this city requoating nn opinion ns to thoir morits, Ono of thosa mon was Denton- son. Hanvey was not montionod. An in- dorsomont of Dentorson was sont back, and hig nomination was font to tho Sonato, Whoroupon Gon. Logan nnd tho ‘delega- tion” got upon tho tallest kind of horses, and thoy did somo awful work for forty-cight hours in Washington, Tho Republican mom. bers of Congress from Illinois proclaimed it from tho honso-tops that the appointment of 4 Collector in Chicago was their privilago. It was o porquisite pertaining to thoir offices. Had they not appointed overy man in Dinoia who hog beon indicted, convicted, or dis- missed from offlcs for dishononty? And to whom could so wisely bo givon tho appoint- mont of a Colleotor of Revenue? Had tho President appointed Crovan, these Congresa- men would havo fought him as bitterly as thoy did Dentoxson. Thoro wasn principle at atako,—tho dangorous, rotton principlo that @ mombor of Congross or n Sonntor has tho right to'nppoint all Fedoral officers in his dis- trict, or that, to got his own stipondiaries in office, ho must defont and rojoct such mon ns Dentoxson and Crovon. Tha “principio” haa beon vindicated. Dentoxson was forced out, CLovor thrown overboard, and tho *dologation” havo won ao groat moral vic- tory! Wo hopo thoy will onjoy it. AN HONORABLE GALLANT. To our pain and sorrow wo observe that tho more tho Kentucky-railroad-claim-Bowsn business is oxplored, the moro cloudy it looks for gallant Gentloman Gronar. His stay in London (whilo on tho Continent his wifo waited his coming) to bognile tho tedium of that bo-fogged town to Mcsdames Bowen and Manan; hia run through Spain and the prov- inces with those ladics, whilo his wifo tarried at Paris; and the ciroumstanco that it is drondfully suspocted that both his charming traveling companions became so desporatoly onamorod of him that they quar- roled about him, whonco tho orplosion,—all goes to show what n gallant gallant was Gentleman Gzonaz, and tho boorishnoss of thoso who havo boon making innuondoos about it, and who for the lives of them can't toll. what tho gallant gontloman could Lavo dono nndor tho circumstances. But his gal- lantry doosn’t avail to savo him. Den Bur- En, who sees two ways nt onco, and of all mon kas akoon scont for finding out, has been conducting an investigation on his own accdunt into that samo Penpracron-lowsn- railrond-claim affair and things, And Bur- ixx {tis whoso sinister optic has discovered through whoso Lands tho gallant Penpir- ton’s little douccur— briba” they aro call. ing it now—of $30,000 passed to Mrs, Bowen. Burner yestorday told it to Onyaten's astonishod Committos, and noxt that body will have to convict Gontloman Geonos of having by groonbacks and female intrigue put throngh his plundoring claim. But, while thus convicted, his very conviction establishes his hovor os o gallant gentloman who wouldn't “squoal” on tho Indy in the caso. Liko a little man, he stood up bofore Curiren’s Committeo, and, whilo convicting himself out of his own mouth, and so committing political Aart-hart, not a word did ho confess against hor. Liko a little man, ho swore ho paid her no money, and didn't explain thnt it wos paid to some- body olso for hor. Liko 9 little man, un- flinchingly ho aworo he took out of tho plun- der for his aharo full half (tho othor half, it is shown, went to tho Railroad Company), and so deliborately appropriated to himeolf hor $30,000 sharo in tho transaction, which ho included in tho half ho charged to him- self. It may hava to bo conceded that Gon- tloman Gronor stands convicted os a claim- jobbor and lobbyist, and that ho got a far as possible from tho “ nothing but tho truth” im his sworn statemont; but he shiolded tho lady, and that, it must be confessod, saves his honor as a gallant gentleman, Tho South Town Ropublican Convention yesterday placed in nomination an unorcop- Honablo tickot, which should reccivo tho nct- ivo, zealous support of overy tnx-payer, and of all who prefer decont administration of town affairs to plundering bunsmorism, Mr. A. J. Gazzoway, the nomince for Collector, has long boon known as ono of our leading cltizena and as a man of business capacity and unimpeachable intogrity, In 1870.2 ho ‘was o Roprosentative in the Llinoia Logista- ture from this county, and at tho oloso of his term was clected a mombor of tho County Board, in both which positions ho served with distinguished utility. Ho has also beon one of tho loaders in tho Gitizons’ Association, Ho is o largo roal os. tato ownor, thoroughly identified with tho interesta of tho town, and isa mon of pro- cisely such stamp og is noedad for Colloctor, Mr, W. IL B, Guax, nominated for Agacsyor, has boen long connected until comparatively recently with tho assessment dopartmont of the city, in tho assossmont of South Sido property, with the valuo of which thoro is no man'‘in tho city botter acquainted, Ho is a man of high character, whoxo valuation would bo accepted as accarato‘and honest, and, with him os Asseasor, tax-payerd could rest assured that the duties of that important office would be intelligently and consciontiously discharg- ed. Tho romaindor of tho tickot commonds itself in public confldonco and support, Thero will bo no troublo about if. Tho livo question is whothor tho tax- payers who havo long been plundor- ed by tho bummer Town Boards will take the trouble to come out and vote for and electit, Mrz Evans and Eo Pamir will rally all tho bummers, and will'bo on hand early in the day to carry the olection, as thoy havo boon in tho habit of doing, and handing the South Town over to tho bnmmory, to be plundered ns of old. Thoy will do it if the tax-payors and honest folk genorally, avery man of them, do not goto tho polly, And, if tax-payers and honeat folks let tho clec- tions go by default og thoy havo boon in tho habit of doing, they will desorvo to bo plun- dered as outragoously as thoy will be if tho buinmers’ ticket is clcotod. ——_——_—_——— The Common Council to-night will bo called upon to dotormino whether or not an election for Mayor shall bo called for the gamo day aa tho cloction of tho other city officers, Thore should bo no skulkers. Every Alderman should bo in hisaeat, An absonce, without a good oxcuse, will be properly con. strucd as cowardice, Tho constituents of every ono in the Council will scrutinize very closely not merely tho sotual vote but tho failure to voto, The sentiment of the public on thia question is by no means uncortain, and it is for every Alderman to decide for himself whether ho will follow public gonti. mont or cater to Mr, Convin'’s preposterous claim for holding the oftice anothor year. ‘There must bo a call for the general election, hore and the enll for tho rpecial oleotion riny ainado a part of it. Tho prosont indication oro that, if nll tho Aldermon put in an a; pearanca, tho election for Mnyor will certainly +: ‘bo called, as the people have domanded, Mra, Myrna Crank Garves hns_ ong moro recovered judgment in tho Uniteg States Suprome Court in hor suit for th vost catatoes in and around Now Orleans t which eho lays claim. Tho judgmont is not Fi final, howovor, but in simply upon a point g * prnotice, nnd in effect means further litign, tion, That was ns to whother undor thy ; “Popular Projndico act” of 1867 sho haa |B right to havo ono of hor suits removed fron |r tho Louisiana courts to tha Unitod State {* Circuit Court. ‘Tho Loulsiana Suprom, |" Court doniod her application for such trang |” for of tho caso, and yeatorday tho Unitey States Suprome Court roversod the judgmeny of tho Louisiana Conrt, nnd decided thn, without regard to subject-matter of con, + trovorsy, tho Popular Projudico act applic ~ to all cases, ‘Tho case, therefore, by monday from the latter Court, will bo transfurrod tg tho Circuit Court of tho United States, ang the anciont litigation will go on. LOGAN'S SEORETABY, Mr. Caurnon, of Pennsylvania, sent up a slip fron Anewapspor charging that novoral Honators kept tri. yato accrotaries who wero pald as clerks, An onec, tho Souators mentioned he denied the truth cf thy article, Senators Wear and Looax, whovo nany woro in tho articlo, bot denounced ft sa an unmity gated falschood,—Foceriinys in the Senate, March it Commenting on the above, the Springfey Register says s Tt is gonorally undorstood, and has beon cttrrentiy reported, that Mr, D, SitzrnenD, the Secratary of th Iepublican Btate Oentral Conimittoe af Tiinots, {8 thy socretary of Jon A. Looax, Afr, HiTReMEAD In te ported in the oficial " Gongreanional Directory" of tho Forty-fourth Congress, page 81, an the Clork of thy Senate Committes ou slilitary Affairs, of which Mp Looan ta Chairman, If Looaw denies that Biternray hiss acted aa his private sectotary for the past ino Years, tro sliall bo gisd to learn of the denial, In order that no injustice may bo dono ow Bonator, we will chaorfully publish any rofutattos of tho Zegister's imputation. Tho Evening Post annonnoce tho discovery that, daring Mayor Mepiut's term, thore was en, incroasa of floating dobt of $644,910. It pro fossos to take ita figuros from Mayor Coryin'’s first mossago, Wo havo not oxaminod th Comptroller's books oituer to refute or vorily the chargo; olltno anawor it ia nocoseary a} prosont to mako fs, that daring that torm thy tax-fightora managod to avold payment of thelr taxcs to tho amount of $1,059,846, A consid. orablo part of this delinquent tax has since been twisted out of Suom, sa tho Supreme Court his slowly docidod ono point aftor anothor again thom. It is ouly a day or two ayo that the Fint National Bank was finally compelled to pay ita olty tax of 1872, amounting to $19,200, and the Fifth Nationalnlso, amounting to 37,500. fall tho taxea bolonging to that Administration could havo beon colloctod, instead of the floating dobt-increasing $544,910, aa the Post assorts, it would have boon reduced by moro than half, tmaillion of dollars. No ono thing las more embarrassed tho City Govornmont since tho fire than tho act of tho Legislature postponing the timo for enforcing the collection of the city taxes for about elx months. DBoforo tho fir, judgmonts wore obtainod for ron! estato taxes in Marob. Now they cannot bo hnd before August or September, During all this time how is the City Govcrament to live and keep houso? This was ovo of tho most serious ombarrasemonts both the Administrations since tho fire hare had to encounter. oe ‘Tho bill introduced in the Now York Logisla ture, known aa tho No-seat-no-faro bill, ia likely to moot an untimely ond, owing to the forcinle and poculiar argumonta of tho stroct-railivay companics, Tho author of tho bill doserted it at a moat critical moment, au advoraa roport was mado, ond 6 motion to table prevailod. It taal. loged that money haa boon used in the Logisla- suro by the companics, but of course thor is no proof of this. The subjoct is a dificult one tohandle, Many of tho companioa bayo fran ebisca which tho Stato cannot suddonty and pe remptorily abridge or alter; and othors ban influoncoa in high quartors which aro paworll cnough to dofent any ordinary assaults fron without. Tha No-sost-na-faro cry has an cle. ment of juatico in i¢ which the poople in ths longrun will perceive and insist upon having racognized by the corporations heroaftor to bo formed, if not by thouo alroady in oxlatenco, The Hoo. R. P, DentorsoN rosides in tho Boventh Ward. Tucsday ovening, stan over flowing and enthusiostio meoting of the Repud ican Club of lus ward, the following resolutions Wore unanimously adopted : Waurneas, It a currently roportod that tho Repub. Hean delegation in Congress from Northern Iliiuols have recently interferod in an appointmont to onsot the most important Fodersl ofices in our city ins manuer which wo believe detrimental to tho pubus interests, thoreforo, Hesolved, That this Club, as Republicans, do con demu all such intorfereuce us unwarrantablo and sub- versivo of all true roform, Resolved, That 8 copy of this rosolution sball be send tothe abore sald deleyationin Congress by our Bocre tary; that our delegates for tho Grand Council shall be jostracted to bring the samo rosotution before thit body end that the city papors be requested to publi ‘BALIO, OBITUARY, YERDINAND YREILIGRATH, Fenprtanp Faemionatu, the Republican poet of Gormany, died in Cannstadt, near Stottgart, Saturday, the 18th inst. He was born Juco 17, 1810. Io ongagod in morcantilo pursulta at the ago of 15, and sx yoars lator becamo agent of & banking-houso in Amsterdam. Io continued this connoction until 1839, when be ronounced bueinoss and dovoted himself to litoraturo. He waa an oxtromio radical of the romantic achook In 1842 Fuemaonatiy waa allowed a small por sion from tho King of Prussia, tho aoceptance of which aroused tho distrust ar enmity of many of his formor frionda and lltorary nase ciatea. Tho ponsion did not, howevor, socure him to the Government, and in 1884 ho pub- Ushed 9 volume of pooms ontitled * Pooms of the Timo: A Confession of Faith,” tho offecta of which tho author prudontly anticipated by withdrawing to Switzerland. A sketoh of Fart Liauatu, published in the Now York Tridung and, Wo preaume, from the pon of Mr. Bayard Tayzon, contalus the following Interesting rocol- lections ; ‘Tho writer of this sketch became acquainted with Furitonata iinmediately aftor bla Might from Ger many, He wea Wise at & farm-houso by the Lake of Zurich, waiting, but in aatate of evident disappoint- ment ahd depression, for somo now change of fortuns, Ho wos thon JS yours old, and. remarkably handsoms, 4u spite of a tendancy to ‘corpulency, Ho was of ini dle height, largo chested, with & musalye but rounded bead, abundant cheataut hatr, smooth, open brow, a0 ppale of unueually largo and Tuminous hazel oyess lily voice was: very mellow and agreeablo, and his mane “hors cxpreesod both heart and refinement, Ho bad a recelved an invitation from some Gormanaio Wisconsin and teemod lermpted to socent it. A year ot two afterward Loxarztrow, who had mace quaintance at Bt, Goar iu 1942, atrongly urged bim to come to the United states, and bo would have ually complied, but for the broaking out of the Revolution of 1848, which auddenly restored him to Gorraany sud to an activo participation in the political uphoav ‘The roaction which foliowod the Revolution drove the poot into a second exile in 1851, ie established himself in London, whoro he ro maiued, loved and adwnired by a large circto of literary people, until tho Praouso-Austrian Wer Of 18668 removed tho laut obatacla to hia returo to bls native land, which took place in 1808, At this time ho found bimsolf in destitute ciseuu- Stancos, but @ subscription of 60,000 thaloré raised by his admirora placod him above wavt . Io remained to tho last an * irreconoilablo” in politics, Often DRaTus, Aanow Atnotn (not Aanon Constanze, ait corrootly reposted by tolograph) diod in New York Inet Saturdsy, Ho waa senior mombor 0! the woll-known firm of AnNoup, ConstaDLs Co., and at the timo of his dosth in his 820 your He was born in the Yale of Wight. Fifty-twt yoars ago he established himsolf in basiness i Philadelpbis, but after m residonce of thre yoarsin that city ho removedto Now York He