Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 26, 1876, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. s T s NN — e ——— e TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE, PATES OF SUBSCRIPTION (PATAGLE IN ADVANCE). Postaze Prepatd ot this Office. Daily Edition, postpaid. 1 year. —reees$13.00 Partsof yearat came raf addrass FOUR WEEES for. Literary aad Religious Matied to any Suadey Editio Shee Tri-Veaekly, posipa Parts of yoar at same rate. WEEELY EDITION, POSTRAID. Qe copy, per year. Cla of tive,per co; lub of twenty, S O o se s T o & Faa, Whioh we will prepay. Specimen copics eent free. To prevent delay and mistakes, be sure and ive Post- Ofticy address in fall, inclading State and County. Remittunces may be made either by draft, express, Post-OfSioe order, er in registered letters, at our risk. TERMS TO CITY SUDSCRIBERS, Dafly, delisersd, Sunday excepted, 25 cents per week, Daily, dolivered, Sunday included, 30 cents per week, Addreas THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cerner Madisun and Dearborn-sts., Chicago LiL. AMUSEMENTS. TO-DAT. McCORMICK HALL—North Clark strest, corner of Sinzie. Lecture at 3 p. m, by Susan B. Anthony. Bubject: * Woman's Wants.” ‘HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Randolph street, betwaen Clark and L:Salle, Coucart at S p.m. inaid of the Good Samaritan's Home. NEW CHICAGO TOHEATRE—Clark streat, between Lake and Rancolph. * Der Verschwoerung der Fraven; or, Die reussen in Breslan.* ADELPHI THEATRE—3forros strest, cornar Dear- ®orn. “ Humpty Dumpty.” TO-MOBEOW. ‘WOOD'S MUSEUM—Mouroe street, batween Dear- ®ora and State. Afternoon, “ The Serious Family.” Evening, " The Hunchback,” HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Randolph street, between @ark and LaSalle The California Minstrels, MCVICEER'S THEATRE—Madiron street, between Dewrborn and State. Engsgement of John E, Owens. * Ozr Boys."” . ACADEMY OF MUSIC—Halsted street, between Mladieon and Monroe, Engacement of the Julia Mathews Eurlesque Tronpe. * La Fille Afad. AngoL.” ADELPH] THEATRE—Desrborn street, corner Ronrve. * The Fiying Scud,” FARWELL HALL—Madiron street, between Clark xud LaSal's, Lecture by Prof, K. A. Proctor, Sub- o<t 3 Ohur Suns than Ours. SOCIETY MEETINGS. D. C. CREGIER LODGE, No. G4t AL T. & A, A Reguiar Cominurication will be held at 230 Ahlwankes- zv., Weduesay evening, March 23. Work on M. M. Deiree. Dusineas of importanco will come before the Lodge, a3d all memers are requested o be present. ATASONIC SOCIABLE.—A Calico Party (the Ist of :verie, wven by Corinthien Uall Trustees, will come ou Tuesday evening next, March 23, at their ball, + Kinzie-st., to which ‘the fraternity and th are cordully innited. A very pleasant tima is ipated. ATTLXTION, Compandery, SIR ENIGHTS !—Spacisl Conclave of 0. 1, K. T.. Monday eveniag, for work on the R. C. Ontler. courteouely invited. By order of CHAS. J. TROWBEIDGE, Recorder. THOS, 3. TCRNER LODGE, No. 409, A., F.and A. 2.—Wall meet Thnrsdsy evening, March 30, for work @5 Secoud Degrer, at Fres Masons® Hall, 72 East Mon- P.m. Visitors are cordially invited to By order of W. AL WALLACE B. DOGGLAS, Sec. , 3t 7 olock, for business as . Degres, Yantors cordiully invits: of thell. P, E. N. TUCKER, Sec's. CORINTHIAN CHAPTER, No. 62, R. A. M.—Rep- mhr Couvocstion Monday evening, March 27, at T30 @'dock, Work o= tue Mark Degree, 8. M. HEXDERSON, H. P. e @hiengo Tribune, Sundsy Mornmg, March 26, 1878. At the Xew York Stock Exchange on Sat- wrday greenbscks closed steady at 8§73, 1t is anrounced in a Washington dispatch that ope of the resulis of the anti-Coxkisse feeling in the Now York delegation to Cincin- mati will be that the Hon. Wirrray A. ‘Waeerer, well known in connection with the Louisiaua compromise, and one of the Re- publican lenders in the House, will be placed in nomination before the Convention for the Presidency. If the approaching municipal election is to be other than a fraud and a farce, it is imper- etive that there be a thorough revision of the list of jaudges appointed by the Council. The obsolute neccusity of thisis spparent from the fact that in the First Precinct of the mew First Ward, where the appointees are of @ piece with those for the other wards gen- exslly, two of the three persons appointed to act a5 judges are the same individuals who at the charter election at which they were judges stuffed some fifteen hundred ballots into she box. Our Washington specials this morning an- nounce that there isa prospect of union of sufiicient number of Republicans and Demo- erats of the House upon the proposed non- partisan currency bill to secure its passage. The main features of the proposed bill are the repenl of the Resumption act of 1875, which could not be carried into effect without additional legislation that there is o prospect of securing ; provision for fund- ing the greenback circulation in interest bonds paysble in gold; and, retaining the presemt free-banking act, to authorize an issue of bank notes to the amount of 80 per eant of the greenbacks funded. The Rag-Baby party of Connecticat having solicited Mr. Doxarp G. MiTcEzELL to run €or Governor, the latter declined in a very vernal and bucolic way. The Bachelor who bad 8o many Reveries in his younger days evidently has no intention of fondling and ourdng the Rag Baby in his maturity. Ac- cordingly he wrote to the Committee who waited upon him: “I wounld rather be farmer than Governor; I would rather mt in my Library of an afterncon and watch the grow- ing corn undnlating in the western wind than sit in the chair of State signing bills for public acts ; and the bright flag floating above the Capitol would not be so pleasing in my eyes as the smoky banner of the far- of steamer seen sthwart the dancing waters alvering in the June sunshine.” * To him who in the love of Naturs halds communion with her visible forms she speaks a various 1snguage ;" but evidently, in the talks with XKature which ** Ik Marvel™ enjoys, there are mo hints of politics. Happy man, recubans sub tegmine jfagi, who can shat out the wrmgles and excitements of the great world and dwell st peace with all mankind, and ocontented with the prodigal store of Nature's beauties and uses. The Chicago produce markets were mod- erately active on Saturday, but prices were generally lowver. Mess pork was moderate-. 1y active, and closed 74@10c per brl higher, st §22.42@22.45 for cash and $22.724@ 22.75 for May. Lard was active, and closed 5@ 7o per100 ibs lower, closing st §13.70@13.72} cash and $12.90@13.924 seller May. Meats were dull and tame, st 8j¢ for boxed shoul- ders, 124¢ for do short ribs, and 122c for do thort clecra. Highwines wers active snd firm, 8¢ €107 per gallon. Flour was guiet xnd unchanged. Wheat was moderately sct- Ive, but 4o lower, closing at §1.01} for cash and $1.065 for May. Corn was rather quiet xud Zc lower, closing at 45jc for cash and 8jo for May. Oats were dull and $@ic tower, closing at 33c for cash snd 34ja for veller May. Rye was steady, at Gic. Barley was quiet, at 570 for March and 57c for May. Hogs ware active, and 5 higher than Friday's closing quotations, light weights selling at £8.10@8.25, and common to good heavy at $8.20@8.50. Cattle were in good demand, and raled firm, at $3.50@35.50 for common to choice. Sheep were nominal, at $4.50@6.5Q. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $114.37} in greenbacks at the close. The West and South Town Democratic Conventions yesterday placed unadulterated straight Democratic tickets in the field. The quelity of their performance is indicated by the fact that the entire ticket for the West Town is, with a single exception, composed of saloon-keepers and liguor-dealers; while in the South Town M1xe Evaxs captured the Convention and made the ticket. Mixz, in- deed, carried matters with such a high hand, and so openly packed the Convention with his retainers from the old Sixth and First Wards, thatin a fit of irrepressible disgust Patnics O'Briex bolted and announces him- self as an independent candidato for Collector against Evans. It may be observed of O'Briex that he as much deserves the votes of decent people as does Evaxs; and of both that no two candidates ever more deserved defeat. There is a diplomatic breeze brewing over the case of Wrxszow, the Boston forger and defaulter. In response to the demand forhis surrender under the Extradition treaty, the British Government has addressed aformal de- mand to the President, through the Secratary of State, that before Wixszow be extradited en act shall be passed Dby Congress exempting him from trial except for the erime for which his surrender is asked. This de- mend is made pursuant to an act of Paorlia- ment passed in 1870. The demand for ‘WinsLow's extradition, however, is made under the treaty of 1842, which con- tained no such stipulation as that made in the British demand. Secretary Fism takes the position that Parlinment could not by subsequent legislation and without the consent of the United States add conditions to the treaty, and asserts the determination to insist upon WinsLow's extradition accord- ing to the terms of the treaty. Hence the breeze which threatens troublesome compli- cations. Gov. HaRTRANFT, of Pennsylvanis, is at ‘Washington, and has dined with Brarxe and hosn't dined with CoxELING, wherefrom the political quid-nunes deduce the momentous conclusion that Roscoe’s chances of having the Penosylvanin delegation to Cincinnati in- structed to cast the vote of the State for him are not so good as he has reckoned them. Again, the friends of CoNkLivg admit that, unless they secure for him the vote of Penn- sylvania, his dubious victory in the New York State Convention will scrrce avail to save him; in short, that his saivation, o far 8s getting to the White-House goes, depends upon Pennsylvania. This all will, of course, enable every render of Tre Trisose to figure out to his own satis- faction how slender ares Roscor's prospects for the Cincinnati nomination, of which no- body west of the Erie Canal, wo believe, ever suspected he stood in peril. What is more to the point, CoNErLiNg's friends returned from the Syracuse Convention to Washing- ton admit that the New York delegation, though instructed, will not all regard them- selves bound thereby, and that on the sec- ond ballot at least twenty-five of the dele- gates will vote sgainst him, which will be liable to then and thers terminate his Presi- dential race. MAC! E POLITICB. The curse of American politics, and conse- quently of American Governments, is the fact that politics are worked by machinery. gvery ¢ favorite son” has a machine work" g in his exclusive interest. Every State bes its machines, worked by its aspiring statesmen, and every Congressional District, every city and county, and every ward, has its polities worked by a machins. The Nation gives n graphic and interesting Lis- tory of how the politics of the recent State Convention in the State of New York were operated by the * CoNxrNg machine.” Mr. CoszLng has been a Senator of the United States for some years. Hoe is a gentleman of moderate abilities, but of immense conceit. During his public service he has never risen above the status of 2 mere politieian, devoting his time and abilities to the manipulations of local politics rather than to any measures of statesmanship. Of course he has aspirations for the Presidency, and, as a means to that end, has set up in the State of New Yorka *“machine " to operate the politics of that State. 'The Union League of New York City, representing the great mass of the voters of that metropolis, recently adopted a series of resolutions urging that the State Convention be composed of delegates having higher aims than the mere glorification of any ane man; opposing the practice of ‘‘pledging™ the delegates to the National Convention to the support of any particular candidates; and generally denying the binding obligation of the action of a convention controlled by *‘an organized machinery of office-holders.” ‘That their resolutions expressed the senti- ments of the great mass of the Republicans of the State of New York, and especially of the city, there is no doubt. They were ia- dorsed by all the Republican papers, repre- senting all divisions of opinion in the party. But the power of the machine was soon ex- hibited. The office-holders at once went to work, and in ten days *‘every Assembly Dis- trict in the City of New York had elected delegates to the State Convention, and every single one of them was pledged to nominate Roscoe Cozerva for President.” The elec- tion of an unanimous delegation in favor of CoxELING in a city where he had no strength but illustrates the power of the *machine ” in politics. The Nation says: r. CONXLING'S success 2t the present moment is the best possible fllustration of tho working of the system, for the very Tetzon of his utter wact of real ment a3 a candidste. 1f he wers in apy wa tinguiehed or able man, there might be so: about the trae explanation of his rise 16 polincs, But betsnot. Hehas, eince hie appesrance in Cougress, dope notking that even his frieds can briag forward, except make s nomber of windy speeches, coniaiuing 0o thought or suggestion of thought on any subject of interest to any buman bang. There is Do profes- aton, trade, or calling outside of politica i this conntry 1n which his manner of parforming his duties would Dot 1n a monty’s Wme have Lrought bim 1nto general aiscredit sod in daoger of losing his livelihood. His success 18, therefore, only stiributable to ane caure— tho * machine.” He has now for eight years been devot- ing bis whole time to making the 10,600, more or less, ofice-holders in this State his retamers; and he has succesded. le has removed and appointed, punished xnd assessed, and encouraged and reprimanded, until they all feel, and feel nghtly, that the Government which employs them i not that of the United States, but CoxxLING'S Government. They find that theberd of voters outsids go on voting the * Boss’" ticket, while 1nside the * Boss® fizes the Dames onm it him- self. The * machine " which sccomplished this result in New York was operated by Messrs. A. B. CogxELL, BrLiss, and Smarre, with their understrappers in the Federal ofices, each bolding his plscs at the pleasure of Mr, Rascos Conzuxg, United States Senator. a di- How they accomplished it it is unnccessary to explain in Chicago, where the system brought from New York has been in success- ful operation for years. The ““machine” control of politics is familiar to the country, and the recent violent and excited times at Washington over the sppointment of an honest man as Collector of Internal Kevenue in Chicago shows how sacredly the ‘““ma- chines " are protecfed aund defended by their owners and managers. We have in Chicago, as we have no doubt they have in New York, a body of men whose interest is in the dividends from the machine. These men nominally belong to both parties, but they are a profession. ‘Wlen a convention is needed to appoint del- egates, the machine begins to operste. It employs this body of professionals, and, placing in their hands the list of delegates to be chosen, the men who are hired to elect attend the primaries and do the work faith- fully. The machine, though manipulated by the local officers, does the work of its proprietor. CoNkriNg took care to put the right men in the right places in New “York, and there are others just as skilled as Coxerrye in the menagement of machine politics. ‘There are varions machines. 2layor Cor- VIN runs an extensive machine, which con- trols the Common Council. Aldermen run small machines, including permissions to run saloons free of license, and thereby control ward politics. Then the peopls of this State have had the novel spectacls of a Governor of linois with his machine, operated by his Penitentiary and other appointe.s, running the saloons and dance-houses of Chicago, to push a delegation to go to Springfield to re- nominate the veteran pietist. Tho machine is in operation. The crank is turned at Springfield, and the Railroad Commission, the Grain-Inspection Department, Justices of the Peace, and the Penitentiary, and the troders in railroad passes, all dance in the liveliest -manner, and drink accordingly, to promote the election of an unanimous dele- gation pledged to vote for the nomination of a man at Springfield who wields this patron- sge. The American people as a body have the notion that they govern themselves, but the facts do not justify the assumption. The Senators and Representatives at Washington have usurped the appointment of all persons in the civil service, and, through these stipendiary operatives, easch works o * ma- chine,” by which, as in the case of CoNELNG, State Conventions instruct delegates how to vote for Presidents, and @bvernors, and members of Congress; and the only office and function of the people is to ratify et the polls the work of the few thousand profes- sional primary-meeting regulators hired for the occasion. In the same way Congressmen have themselves nominated, and Governors secure delegates, and all office-holders, from the highest to the lowest, become mere tend- ers or feeders to some otherman’s ¢ machine.” THE COUKCIL VOTE ON THE MAYOR'S ELECTION. The effort has failed to obtain from the Council a call for a special election for Mayor to be held on the same day as the regular election for other city officers. It will prob- ably be renewed next Monday evening, but there is no likelihood that the result can be changed. The exact vote on the proposition was as follows : X For—Richardson, Dizon, Coey, Spalding, Stone (Fourth Ward), Clarke (Fifth Ward), Cullerton, Mo~ Donald, Woodman, Clark (Tenth Ward), IHeath, ‘Waterman, Campbell, Case, Cleveland, Quirk—16. AcarxsT—Foley, Warren, Fitzgersld, Reidy, Som- mer, Hildreth, Bailey, O'Brien, White, Gunderson, Ryan, Eckhardt, Stout, Mahr, Lengacher, Schaffger, Murphy, Sweeney, Lynch, Jonas, Corcoran—21, The list in the negative is the Black List, which every citizen, whether Republican or Democrat, should save for.election-day, in order to refuse his vote and support to every man whose name it contains. There were two Aldermen absent. SToNE, of the Fifth Ward, went out of thie city before he knew a special meeting was to be called, and could not return in time; his disposition in the matter is shown by the effort he made to have his vote paired. Mr. DiormNsox's ab- sence is not so well explained. Thers is an unsubstantiated statement that he was sick, but it is alleged, on the other hand, that he was seen about town 2s usual during the day. It has been suggested that Mr. DIckiNsox's absence can best be explained by the fact- that he is a brother-in.law to the lawyer whom CorLviy recently appointed Corporation Attorncy, and that he preferred, therefors, not to vote on the question to depose Mr. Corvms. It is not easy to explain the votes of some other members of the Council. Mr. Frrzoeratp, for in- stance, though & Democrat, has been steadi- ly opposed to the bummer Government of which CoLviy is the chicf representative; and it is stronge that, at a time whon he might have made this opposition effective, ho should have surrendered to Corvry and disre- garded the wishes of his ward. Some of the men who voted against the right of the peo- pla to choose their own Mayor have pretend- ed to be Republicans, among them WankEx, of the Second Ward; Wmre and GUNDER- 80N, of the Eleventh Ward; Eckmarot, of the Fifteenth Ward; Stour and Mang, of the Sixteenth ; and LeNGAoEzR and SCHAFFNER, of the Seventeenth. Republican voters should draw a black mark over every one of those names whenever offered for nomina- tion or election to any office. This is the best possible punishment that can be meted out to these individuals, for they are all pro- fessional politicians, and they desire either to be re-clected to the Council, or to be sent to the Legislatare, or to live upon the public 1n some other capacity. Not one of them should ever be permitted to hold office at the hands of the Republican party, which is not in favor of usurpation or the defeat of the popular will by any trick or subterfuge. Hivoreta was CoLviy's principal attorney in the Council, and managed his cass, He delivered himself of some propositions that were as startling in their nature as they wers overpowering in their oratorical dress. He ennounged with a flourish that the Supreme Court had already decided the cage! when it is a matter of common notoriety that the Su- preme Court declined to decide the case, azd left the Coancil free to sct as it saw fit. ‘Whetherthis misrepresentation of HiLprera's deceived anybody or not cannot be known, but it is more probable that those who voted against calling an elaction would have deae s0 in any case, and without any regard to the law or to the rights of the people. Ths men ‘who voted that CoLvry shail be permitted to usurp the ofice a year longer did so in the interest of a corrupt and dan- gerous combination to control the pstron- age of the City Government and exercise an influence in the disposal of the city moneys. Another proof of this is found in the lobby influence in this matter, in which all the members of the present City Govern- ment, and all their friends, have spared no effort. They ars donbtful as to whether an- other Council can be elected in the interest of the ta-calers, but they are fully persuaded that, if they can retain Corviy in the office of Mayor, they can “run things” the same as ever. They mey find that they aro mistaken in this assumption. We show in another article how the new Council may assume con- trol of the matter, and the question of Cor- VIN's usurpation, therefore, enters icto the approaching election. With this additional incentive to the election of a Council in the interest of the tax-payers, the tax-payers and respectable citizens will scarcely neglect their duty. One thing is certain: There cen bo no reform and there will be no step in the di- rection of retrenchment as long as the Ad- Interim holds the office, It is not for tlus purpose that he desires to hold on. THE COMING CITY ELECTION. On the 18th of April, or threo weeks from Tuesday next, the people of Chicago will be called upon to elect an entirely new Common Council, consisting of thirty-six Aldermen, o City Clerk, an Attorney, and a Treasurer. Unfortunately, the majority of the present Council has decided that the people shall not have an opportunity of electing a Mayor and thus securing an entirely new City Gov- ernment. 1t should be borne in mind that under the pew charter the Common Council 15 invested with greatly enlarged powers; in point of fact, the Common Council is practically abso- lute in the government of the city. 3any, if not all, of the wholesome legel rostraints upon the powers of tho Council have been repealed, and now all power of govern- ment is concentrated in the Counncil. They are dictators, with full power to creato offices and to abolish them, fix salaries, and to ap- propriate money. Nezver, under any previous charter, has the Common Council had such unlimited powers as the next Council will have. Citizens, thercfore, will taks notice that the character of the City Government for the next two years will depend on the selec- tions they make for Aldermen within the next few weeks. The voters of each ward will bave the selection of two -Aldermen, and the Aldermen who will be elected must be sclected at the primary meetings. Prac- tically, the Aldermen will be selected at the primary meotings. Will voters attend those mectings and do what they can to name can- didates such as they would like to have elected ? ‘The new Council will be charged with the election of a temporary Mayor in placo of Mr. Cowviy, The mew charter provides that when the vacancy in the oflice of ayor is for more than a year, it shall be filled by a popular election ; but the Mayor and Council having refused to let an election for Mayor take place, the charter provides that where the vacancy is for less than & year, then the Common Council shall select one of their own number, who shall serve as Mayor until the next election. Electing a new Common Council, therefore, will include the clection of the future Mayor, acd the voters of each ward, in selecting candidates for Aldermen, should choose two men either of whom would be competent for the duties of Mayor. Better have a Council with thirty-six Aldermen, each one of whom would make a good Mayor, than a Council made up as a majority of it generally is, of men who are not fit for any public office. THE W PROSECUTIONS. The *lIaying down,” and *‘ squealing,” and other performances, which, in the current highly-expressive slang, signify confession of guilt and effort to make the best terms with the Government by the parties indicted for complicity in the Chicago Whisky-Ring, have ceased ; and the first square.stand-up fight ageinst one of the indictments, made by PamraaN and Rusg, is in progress in the United States Court. The case has been stoutly contested ; the testimony has taken a wide range; the cross-examinations have been searching; and the result of it has been that a flood of light has been let in upon the operations of the Whisky-Ring here. Of course the other mde remains to be heard, and the folly and injustice of attempting to pass npon the merits antil it shall have been heard is obvious. But the query that inevi- tably presents itself upon the testimony ad- duced by the Government is, What defense can be made that will avail to overcome the apparently invincible array of proof not only against Parzanaw and Rusm, but against other parties awaiting trial, and in whose interest obviously the cross-examinations of witnesses for the Government have been made ? Juxses and his partner RoeLLE, of the rec- tifying firm, both testified directly, and with only such minor variations in their testimony s tend to show that it was not preconcert- ed, that, for an extended period, they regu- larly and systematically received and dis- posed of the crooked from the defendants under the arrangement with them for de- frauding the revenue; that tho steal was operated by the simplo device ‘of stamping spirits 83 of 100 proof the actual proof of which wes 188,—so that to fifteen barrels of if, at a rough estimate, fourteen barrels of water had to be added to reduce it to 100 proof, or, in other words, so that the Govern- ment was cheated out of nearly one-half the tax; that, to further increase the steal, the stamps (which under the law should be de- stroyed, having been used only to eover the spirits in transit, for which other stamps are issned to the rectifiers) were regularly re- moved from the bairels, and the next dey returned to Pamraay and Rusr to be placed upon other barrels of spirits, so that “:they were made to do double gervice, The testimomy of Jusger and RoELLE was corroborated in the main partic- ulars by Rosrre’s son ; by the bookkeeper ; by the Government Storekeeper, MuzLLER, who with charming nasvele swore that $1.25 per barrel tempted him, and that, after wrest- ling with his conscience fourteen days, he ¢ fell " into the arrangement ; by Matteny, another Storekeeper, who swore he was proof against offers of $2, but that he also fell for $2.50 per barrel, and assisted in the steal ns well as incidentally thereto perjnring himself in making his official reports ; by Beecnzs, a Gauger, whose conscience was satisfied with nothing less than §3 per barrel for his por- tion on divide of the plunder, and who in ex- planation or justification, or both, swore that it was JAEE Reeu who seduced him, leaving it to be, of course, inferred that his conscience was not reconciled to less than $3 per barrel, that he migkt make up for lost time; by Mcerres, a Gavger, who also received his price, and 26 nn additional return therefor conveyed sdvance informstion to the Ring of investigstions to be made by Revenus officials ; and by Bxcrer, therunaway Storekeeper, who confessed that he had been foolish enough rogue to take the note of the distillers for part of his price, and that, though Resm paid bim §400, the firm had repudiated the note, leaving his villainy unrewarded. In addition was the testimony of Forp, of the rectifying firm of Foro, Ourvza & Co., that his house, in like manner, received and dis- posed of the crooked from Paimraay and Rusit. 'The only difference between the com- pact of the defendents with JuNRER and Roerie and that withForp, Orrvee & Co., as disclosed by the testimony, was that the first received 15 cents per gallon for their share in the steal, while the latter got 20 cents per gallon,—a difference of simply 334 per cent. With this fatal not of testimony enveloping them, it is not easy to see what loophole of escape is left for Panwaan and Rusn, and the public will, with lively curiosity, watch further proceedings, to ses whether their counsel will be abla to open any avecue of escape. Incidentally, there has been developed adeal of inside information as to the true mward- ness of the Chicago Whisky-Ring; aud, in- cidentally, it may be observed that the chief aim of counsel for the defense evidently has been to draw out all the evidence in the possession of the Government against the en- tire Whisky-Ring, so that, if further trials are had, thedefendants may know what Lestimony they must mect. It is developed, not mercly from tho testimony of the Ring officials sworn, but from the manner of the frauds themselves, and their extent and the length of time for which they were practiced without interruption, that the official section of the Ring must have been a deal larger and more far-reaching than has yet been disclosed, for it was morally impossible that frauds so long continued and so easy of detection could have gone unexposed save through quite general official connivance hereabouts. In view of what has been divulged, the public will give rendy credence to the statement of one of the rectifiers called a5 a witness, that tliey were put to the alternative of stopping busi- ness or joining the Ring, and the other state- ment of a witness formerly mn the Revenue service, that he was advised be could choose between going in with the thieves or being removed. It is also disclosed that JARE Remy, as collector for the official Ring, mado levies to 'tho tune of $20,000 upon & single crooked firm, ss though it were a common thing for him to do, and that it was paid, as of course; and that, be- sides, Hrosmyo also collected his political funds in the like manner. But, whichis most important, all the indications go to show that the Government is in full posses- sion of overwhelming proof agrinst the en- tire Ring. That, indeed, would appear to be the sole result of the excoriating cross-examination to which Mr. Stones subjected tho witnesses for the Government. He appears to have taken the view that the witnesses who, in the classic phraseology of the times, “squealed,” had been assured of immunity from or mitigstion of their puniskment for their share in the crimes they confessed, and to have assumed the solemn duty of himself administering to them punishment that wounld doubly compensate for that they es- caped by squealing. He did 1t GEN, SHERMAN WANTED IN WASEINGTON. The first official act of Secretary 'Tarr in arranging with Gen. Sgeryvax for a transfer of the army headquarters is one which wil] commend itself to the people of this country as eminently sensible and proper. The Na- tional Capital, where the War Department is located, is the appropriate place for the head- quarters of the army in time of peace. It would be just as consistent for the United States Treasurer tolocate himself in St. Louis, with the Treasury Department in Washing- ton, as itis for the General of the Army to locate himself in St. Louis, with the War De- partment in Washington. The advantages of the immediate proximity of the General of the Army to the War Department are alinost too apparent to need mention. The economy of the change is an important consideration in these straitened times. His connection with the army will be just as intimate in these days of telegraph facili- ties, even to the most distant frontier post, as if he wers in St. Louis. The means communication between himself and the ¥ecretary will be greatly improved, as well a8 with the Military Committees of Congress, and the Department generally, so that for the prompt dispatching of business, as well as for its economy, there will be great advantages in the change, which no one will question excepting the people of St. Louis, and this is of very slight if of any conse- quence at all. There is another very material considera- tion. Immedintely after the discovery of Secretary BeLgxar's disgrace, Gen. SHERMAN stated in an interview with a reportor that one of the principal causes which led to the transfer of tho headquarters from Washing. ton to St. Louis was the impossibility of his living in Washington within his salary, so numerous and exacting were the social de- mands made upon hiw, not only by friends and scquaintances, but even by strangers, who invaded the privacy of his home and expectad to be entertained upon the grounds that he was a public man. Now, Gen. SEEB- 3ax is just the man to go to Washington and revolutionize this odious and ruinous system of living. There is probably not s manin this conntry who more fully enjoys the pablic confidence, irrespective of partisan consid- erations. In his long and wuseful public career, not a corrupt or dishonorable act has ever been attributed to him. Ho has proved himself to be an able and skiliful officer and an upright, exemplary gentleman. His posi- tion and reputation enable him to take a bold stand with regard to the frivolous conven- tionalities and silly, as well 2s expensive, etiquette of fashionable lifs. The example of such a man in Washington would, in the first place, be a constant protest against any fuarther corruptions or frauds in the War De- partment. In the second place, the example of such & man, with courage enough to defy the follies and extravagances of fashion, and to live strictly within his income, would have a very material influence in changing the present felse condition of social life in Washington. It would be of little use for eny ordinary person to attempt this social revolution ; but a man like Gen. Smrraax could wield a mighty influence, and, ss he has the disposition to make a fight against extravagance, axd is a man of frugal and economical Labit of life, we trust that he will employ these *‘ weak piping times of peace * by taking up his position in Washington and meking as gallant and persistent a fight sgainst dead-beats, adventurers and adven- turesses, spendthrifts, the horde of foolish females who follow fashion into its most riotons extravagances, and the equally large horde of weak men who have not force of character enough to resist the reckless waste that fashion requires of them. Gen. SHERMAN is just the man to go to Washington and set this silly herd s lesson of living with. in their incomes ; just the man to kick inter- lopers ont of his house, a8 he kicked them out of his camp during the War; just the man to let his friends know they cannot ex- pect extravaganos in his houge ; just the man to set this profligate, fashion-bound society of Washington an esample in economy, frugal- ity, and the old-fashioned virtues. -His infla- ence in all these respects would be immense, and, coupled with the official advantages we have indicated, suggests thegreat importance of the change. At one time it appeared that thers would be no adequate musical preparations as a part of the Centcnnial celebration, but of late more interest secms to be taken in this im- portant feature. Mr. DupLer Buck has be- gun the rehearsal of a picked chorus of 1,000 voices, and Mr. Taeopore Tgouas will con- duct the opening exercises of the Exposition. The notable original compositious will be the Centennial March, which WaoNeR has under- token to write, and a cantata by Mr. Bock. There are also arrangements for furnishing good music during the continuance of the Exposition, both inside and ontside the Expo- sition building. There are to be thres large organs in the main building, besides the band stand, which will be occu- pied in turn. by various home and foreign bonds. In addition to this, it is pro- posed to erect in the Centennial grounds a musical pavilion for an orchestra of 100 pieces and a chorus of 300 voices; and the Womau's Centennisl Committes have taken the ForresT mansion for Mr. Troxas’ orches- tra, with the intention of so arranging and enlarging it as to accommodate sn audience of 4,000 persons. The country will enjoy some of the attractions brought over on ac- coant of tho Centenuisl,—among them Birse, the distinguished Berlin conductor, witha band of his own, and OrFexBAcH, the famous opera-bouffe composer, who is to lead an or- chestra playing exclusively his music,—some new and some from his operas. There will also be at least one Italian Opera, and per- haps two, and ona English Opera. So the Centennial will do something for music after all. It has been charged sagainst the people of Pennsylvaria that they -were actuated only by mercepary motives in organizing the Cen- tennial Exhibition. That the puipose of financinl profit, however, is not the only motive actuating them, is shown by the fact that they have established within the last week or two a Museum and School of Indus- trial Art, which has been placed in charge of men of experience and culture in this depart- 1ent of art. The institation has been estab- lished at the present time for the reason that it will be possible at the close of the Centen- nial to stock it with the materials of deco- rative and mechanie art in s very thorough manner at a very reasonable price. Thus the infucnce of the Centennial Exhibition will live, long after its doors aro closed, for the edification and the education of the people. Even if the great show should result in financial loss, Philadeiphia will have its com- pensation in this institution. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, Tae Taiscse having stated in a recent issne that * It ia now understood that Mr. D. A. Gage bad withdrawn some $140.000 for his own use during Lis first term,” the Infer-Ocean desires to interview the editor of Tox TRIBUNE 88 to his source of information and the date thereof, and other matters in coonection therewith. The latter consents to be “interviewed,” and the following ure the questions propounded and the answers thersto : Question—* How is it now understood that Mr. Gace ‘w3 a defauiter in 1871, previous io Lus re-slectionon the ticket with Mr. Josxei AlEDILL " 7 Answer—The ioformation is derived from the ex-Comptroller, BurLEy, who stated to usnot long since that Mr. D. A. GAcz had told bhim he had invested abent $140,000 in Riverside bonds before the expiration of his first term. Q. —Mr. M. admits (7) that e (GAGE) was & defaulter mmu;a amount of $140,000. Did he know this fact A.—No ; be had never heard a breath of sus- picion against the official or personal integrity of Mr. GiGE then or afterwards, until his dere- liction was mada public in the fall of 1873. We supposed Mr. GAGE to be not only an honeat and upright, but & sealthy man, and thathe had given tho oity & bond which was deemed abun- dautly good for sll the moneys Lie would bs called upon to account for. Q.—Thero were rumors in_circulation at that time that tho defalcation amounted to bstween $300,600 and $100,000. Dia Mr. MEDILL hear those rumors, and did e or not balieve them 7 A.—Thero wers no such rumors 1n circalation to his knowledge ; he never hoard a word of the sort. This statemeatin the 1.-0. is the first in- timation of tho kind he has ever seen or heard. Q.—Were the books of the Comptroller’s offics, upon tho re-elocticn of Mr. Gags and the election of Mr. MEDILL, 50 * manipuiated or fxed* that thecredita toMr. Gac, Tressurer, were made, Dot from oflicial documents, but from memory and * guess work?" Did Mr. MspILL know af and consent to this * guess work ¥ in accounts 7 A.—Tte fire occurred nearly two months prior to the time Mr. M. entared upon the discharge of his official duties. During this period, from QOct. 9 until Dec. 4, Mr. Gronoe TarLor was Comptroller, and made up a new set of books from the most accurate records and evidences then in existenco. He was assisted by the old clerks and bookkeepers, who wers perfectly femiiiar with the accouata between the city and Mr. Gage. Mr. Tasron had also the gssistance of Magor Masoy and the Council Finacce Com- mittes, the City Clerk’s ofice, and of all other city officials having any information cr knowledgs on the subject. Comptroller TATLOR was con- tinned in chargeof the books and accounts of the city until Febroary, 1372. We have every resson to believe that the books he left to his succeseur, Mr. BurLEy, contained & correct atate- ment of the zity’s accounts with Mr. D. A. GacE, City Treasurer. Wa nover heard their accurcoy called in question. Q.—Did not mors than one editor in thia city know at the rime of GAGE'S re-election that he was already in defsuit toa large amount? Did they not still, not- withstanding this knowledse, support and urge GAGE's re-cloction? ~ Was not the e.iitor of TAz TRIO Cu% ous af the number possessing Lsis knowlodge 7 A.—Our belic! is, that no editor in this city kmew or suspected it, or even imagined such a thing possible. Pretty nearly cll the editors in Chicago at that time supported Mr. GAGE'S re- alection, haviog implicit confidenceithias he was an honest snd responsible man. Tho last ques- tion has already been answered in the nogative. Q.—Tas not Mx. MprLL notified, Just previous to hie acceptance of tae Domimation to the Asyoralty, thut Mr. GAGk was 3 defsuliar, aad that ha was put upun the ticket becausa he was s defaulter, witn the view of enatling bim to eover bis defalcation? A.—This question lcoks as if it were intended a8 ap insult. The reply to it, however, 18 that if any one ever told the editor of the I.-0. sny- thiog on which to base such a quostion, be has our permissioa, sad is hereby requested, to tell that individual he is a lisr and slanderer. Passing two or three 1aalicious and false ss- gumptions in the form of quesiions, we coms to the last one : > 2103 of the office consequenice of Bis knowleage tuat Mr. GaoB was atill & defaulter. and hat eXFosure must follow hiv defeat for & taird term ¢ Malignant peraous who have not sense enongh to perceive the aburdity of the innnendo have givon curreny to itin vsrons forms, aud it s therefore not anrprising that it turns up iu the oolumns of tha L-¢. under the eneaking guise of an interrogatory. Bat we ehall auswer it. 1o the first placs, the editor of TaE TRIBUNE resigned the Mayvoralty in August, 1873, and went abroad in pursnance of an iutention long previously formed. The important sud essen- tial dutice weich ho had undertaken to discharge had been accomplished; there seemed nothing left to be done during the brief resmdua of his term except rouline buainess, which another could parferm just &5 well Tae Couscil selected Mr. Boxp, Chairman of the Financy Comaittes, 20 old and able Alderman, who wa parfectly familiar with ail the daties of thy DZ i fice, He knew pracisely aa mach abont Gagyy accounts with the city 28 did the Masor or Comptroller. In the next placa, 3r. D, A. Gus was not an appointes of the Mayor, He Wag selected and elected by the peoplo of Chicag, rocciving the highest majority given ag any candidate. His bond was fixed and approvad by the Common Council. He was not respons; ble to the Mayor, and coula not bs removeq by him. Tho Council had a right under zh’, charter ** to designate the baaks or other plageg of general deposit” whers he should keep the city money. Ho asked the Council to do g which they declined on tho ground, 29 sdmsey by the Law Department, that this wonld releage his bondsmen from their liability. As g, Council refnsed to name the placesof daposit, by selectod his own, and dopositod the money whero be pleased. Hs had given s bond whicy wis eatisfactory to the Council, and muge monthiy sworn statements to the Comptrallar of the money in his possession. In caso it should ever come to the knowledge of & Magor that the City Treasurer was short 1y his accounts, that fact would furnish no cauge or resson for tho Mayor to *‘reugn or gt abroad.” He would gain nothing by 80 ridicq. lons and prepoaterous a performanco, "l stigma on the Treasurer could not attach to the Mayor. The obvious thing for him to do would be to make the defalcation known to ths Comp- troller, Law Department, Common Council, and the bondsmen of the Tressurer, and to take all stops poesiblo to secure the monef in the epeediest way that conld bs devised. Mox asguredly thia is tho course the Mayor wouli bave pursnad had he ever received hint erin. timation that the Treasurer had misappropriated any of the city funda. PERSOFAL. Ik Marval is an inflationist. Paul Boyton sailed azain for Earope ysster day. Tom Thumb has boight &' stock-farm in Texas. m Stewart’s dinner-parties are given svery Sunday evening. Thomas A. Hall, formerly of the New Chicags Theatre, is now in Philadelphia again. Tho Graphic refers to **Gath ™ a8 * our scra puloualy-caraful and usaally-correct correspead. ent.” Daring her stay in Florence, * Ouida™ drov fast horses in the Italian style, with flowars, and bells, and various other adornments. There is authority for the statement thst Mr. J. W. Simonton isno: to retire from the man agement of the New York Associated Press. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone has beer elected by the Royal Academy Professer of Ancient History in room of the late Bishop Thirlwall. Mr. Ward Cheney, President of the Silk Aszo- ciation of America, and a well-known manufac. turer, diad at his residence in Sonth Mancheater, Conn., March 22. Ben Bristow was s good boy at school. Hu teacher often told him that the peoplsof the United States would inaist upon making him President some day, snd 8o they may. *Can you see me, dearest 7" said a Chicage man to his dying wife. * Teil me, csn you ses me ?" *No," she faintly whispered, *but I cax smell your breath.”—XNew York Herald. Joseph Van Lerius, the distinguisbed psinter, died st his residence in Malnes on the 29th of February, at tha age of 52 years. His principal works were * Cinderella * and “ Lady Godiva," both of which have been engraved. Scribner, Armstrong & Co. announce the seo- ond thousand of Gilder’s poem. ‘‘The New Day.” Mr. Gilder is the acting editor of Scnd- ner's Monthly, and, as a scholar and poet, hasiz a few yeara won an enviable reputation. ‘I'be Hon. Thomas Kingan, of Indisnapolis, has besn married in London to the late Mrs. George Farnaworth, of the same place. Mrs. Farneworth obtained a divores last fall. Kingan is the wealtniest pork-packer in Indiana. Bismarck says the French Radicais, if they obtain power, will begin eating the priests be- fore they tackle the Germauns,—the task is %0 much essier; “and,” he adds, **I have no deaizs o balk their appetite in that direction™ It is stated that the Hon. Thomas Kinsells, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, has joined Alr. Beecher’s church. Mr. Kinsells was born and bred a Catholic, but he has slways been sa ardont admirer of Alr. Beecher, and was, na donbt, an easy proselyte. A loaferish young Californian married a ser vant girl, and after a dsy or two deserted her, Three months of dissipation in Sxn Francisca killed him ; but before his death his mother died, leaving to him, 83 her only heir, about $150,000. Thus the girl gets a fortuns. St. Louis howla at the proposed departurs of Gen. Sherman for Washington for s permanent residence. Gen. Sherman can scarcely reconcile his present reasons for going with his past res- sons for coming. There roally does seem to have been something in the fence somewhers. New York Sun: *‘The Massachusetts Board of Heslth have made the important discovery that most of the inhabitants of that State, above 5 years of age, eat pie twico a day. Masssachu- @stts must be the place Charlea Dudley Warnez had in mind when he wrote of *s ragion of pes petual pie.”” The appointmont of Mr. Bayard Taylor to be Centennial poet has been noticed favorably by the Eastern preas, and there is reason for con~ gratulstion. Mr., Taylor certainly has the poetical facultyin high degree, and, if he is not the representative American Doet, he is af least a good representative of the bost Americsx manhood. The Now York Tribune says: ‘‘Very greal care is taken to dony the rumors covcerning the ill-koalth of Mr. A. T. Stewart, and it bas doubt- less been exaggerated. But Mr. Stewsrtis ax old msn, and is bearing the cares of an encd mous business at s time when business is pol alwaya so protitable and satisfactory aa in tha fiush days before the panic.” Alady was yestorday examining some infantt apparel in & dry-gooda store on Main street, and evidently at a loss to make up her mind aa tothe proper selection, when the clerk thought to assiat her by inquiring: *Is your baby a boy oragirl?* The ady fushed hotly, but replied, with ingonions frankness: * I don’t know yor.” She was suffered to make ber solection witsoad further terruption.—Helena (ifon.) Herald Spelling bees aro becoming the fashionsbl amusement in Loudon society. Aftar s dwner party at Viscountess Combermere's the otber Dight, the salons wers thrown open and & *spell- ing bee” was had The interrogators wers Lord Eliot and Mr. Knox, the umpires being Lord Guilford aud Sir William Fraser, X. P. The prizes wero awarded aa follows: To the Hoo. iss Canning, & large chins beenive, made for thess occagions; a pair of bronze candle sticks, the Hon Mr. Planket; a Roman tazzs, Mru. Legh, of Lyme; & pair of Swisa bracksts, the Hon. Mrs. Lowther; Lora Lorne’s Posmt Lady Jane Stewart; & statustis of rs. Brown, Lord Sherborne; and a papar-weight, AL E. no surna, AD article in tbe West Jersey Press mnuas »Walt Whitman's Actual American Fosiion. anc¢ anthenticatsd by Walt Whitmsn raself, baa fonud its wa3 to the columns of the London Academny. ‘The main statements in the artclé are that Whitman's works have falles suli-bora in this conntry; thas he can obtan no publisher ; that his articles writzen for maga 2in6a are contemptaonsly rejected ; and that all the astablished American poets studioualy ig* nore him. This ie very near being the exact truth. Whitman is oot bonored in this conatry § ho cannot obtain fame here ; if hia English ad- murers can do better for him they shonld lake um to England; and Joaquin Millar might a8 ‘wsll go along.