Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1876, Page 5

WASHINGTON. gavelling of the Colored Poople's Memerial Statue of Abra. 4 ham Lincoln. A Democratic Proposition to Tinker the National Debt. gecretary Bristow Will Commenco the Issue of Silver Qoin on Monday. gen. Reynolds Deires an Opporfunity to Disprove the McCook Charges. Qerms Proposed by the Uhion Pacific in Bettloment with the Gov- crnment. A Report that Dabcock Has Been In- dicted for Complicity with the Safe-Burglary. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. UNVEILING OF THE STATUE. Wasnrtotox, D, 0., Apnl 14.—The unvolling of tho Lincoln statue at Lincoln Squaro was tho featurs of to-day's holiday, Tho colored popu- Iation were out in full forco. Tho procession was large, including colored troops, Knights Tomplar, Euights of Bt. Augustine, the Sons of Puarity, Bons of Lovi, Good Bamaritans, Labor Loague, aod othor uniformed benovolont nsso- ciations, accompanied by musie. Thoro was an jmmenso assomblago at tho pork. Tho status, covored with flags, was tho groat object of in- terest. Tho iirst contribution to tho atalue fund was made on the morning afior tho ausas- pluation of President Lincoln, by Charlolte Beott, acolored woman of Mariotta, 0., who gave #5. Tho original Gost of tho monumont, 817,000, and othor incidental exponscs, have all beon paid by subscriptions by colored poople, Tho 138t Congroas appropriated 23,000 for tho pedos- tal, and tho statne was allowed to pass tho Cas- tom-Houso freo of duty. I'ho atalua is of ‘bronze, i8 12 foot high, resting upon a pedestal 10 fect high. It ropresonts Mr. Lincoln stand- ing croct with the proclamation of omancipation in hin loft hand, while the right hand is out strotched over tha kneeling figura of a slave, from whoso limba the shackles Lave justboen froed. Upon the baso of tho monumont is tho word " Emancipation.” ‘Thero woro on tho spoaker’s stand the Prosi- dent, mombers of the Cabiuet, Justicen of the Bupreme Court, foreign ministery, Benatora and Topreaontatives, and other persous of prowmi- nence, After prayer, musio by tho Marine Band, #alt Columbia,” and reading of tho emancipstion proclamation, — Prof. Laugelon formally accepted the * statuo 1o beholf of tho entiro wation, and then called upon Presidont Grant to uavell it. Prolanged applsuso grootod tho worda of tho speakor, and nYcrnnaod when the Prasident steppod to the frunt and grasped tho rope that was attachod to tho flag voiling tho statue, and, amidst the donfon- ing chears of tho multitude, musie, and hooming o!fi:n;ncn, tho beautifal monumont stood un- voiled. Apoem was read, composed by Mies Cornelis Rav, colored, of Now York. Frederick Douglass was then introduced amid applouse, and delivered an oloquont oration. At the conclusion tho procession roturned to tho Qlty-Hall and was dismissed. st NATIONAL FINANCE, TINKRRING TUE PUBLIO DEDT, Bpecrat Disvateh to The Chicago Tribuna ‘Wasmixotox, D, G, April 14.—The Ways and Means Committeo ore now going to take up the mattor of the public debt, Tho problom beforo thom Is simply to suthorize tho iasue of somo sort of bond bearing less than 6 por cent inter- est, on such terma that it can bo eold. Thoro 18 rouson to foar that the thoorists of the Com- mittee will' not bo able to solve this problam. Tho ablest New York financiors, whe are thoroughly Informed es to the Europesn mar- kot, bave kopt tho Treasury sdvised that tho Enropoan mouey-market has seldom beon in 80 good a condition to take a leng low rate bond, and rarely been 80 woll disposed to the United Btates, na mow. Socrotary Bristow has ropeatodly communicated this information to Congross, Novortholess, the prospoct is tlat & kind of bond will bo sutlorized, and & price for 1t fixed, which will MAKE THE LAW A DEAD LETTED, Ths principal bill befors the Committes in that of Fernando Wood, authorizing tho refunding of $600,000,000 of tho national dobtitu forty-year bonds, bearmg interest at the rato of 43¢ per cent per annum. ‘Tho Bonato rocontly passed a bill ombracing theso provisiong, but tho Commit- teo on Waya and Means hold that the Bonate ia8 no right to originato o mensuro of this char. actor, aud they will therofore covsider Alr, Waood'a,bill an an original proposition. Thebill will onconnter docided opposition fn committeo, some members contendlog that the time of the bond ia too long and TUN RATE OF INTERLAT TOO 1IGL, Thess claim that the Committes is in posses- eion of information which eatablishoa tha fact that tho crodit of the Government is good at 4 por cout,and that aloan for any amount can bo placed ot that rato, 'Thoy furthsr cloim as & roason for opposing s forty-year bond that at the rate st which tho natioonl dobt is paid off tho entiro indebtodness will bo discharged in twenty-nine or thirty yoars, end, should o fuxt{- ru boud bo nuthorized, the Government would 0 compellad lu'luy intoreat for ten years longor than would be desirable, or induco a surrender of bonds by the offor of & large promium. Thosa of the Committes who cntertala those views would consent to autharize a loan redeomable in thirty yeara from thodato of issuo, and bearing iutercat attherato of 4 por cent per avuum. The information of the Becrotary is quite differ- ent, and his purposa in nklnd; for lugislation is to meot the practical difficultica encountered in funding the debt. BILYED COIN, The Becrotary cf the Treaaury is oxpected on Mouday noxt ‘to comtnence tha iasue of allvor coln, It bas baon said that the Becrotary was aveyde to issuiug this coin, It is undoubtadly & fact that hio is ontirely 1n eympathy with the Jaw, bat ho preferred Congress to take tha vo- aponsibility in rogard to the timo of iasue, sinco it is by so many regarded a6 a somowhat doubt- fut exporiment. The Tressury ofticers bavo full confldence iu the success of ‘the redemption of fractioual currency with eilvor, and will heartily carry tho law futo execution, It {a not be- Leved that the price of silver builion will 1all permanently bolow what it is at present, but temporarily, st Jonst, it is likely to advance alightly, Thoy think there is no danger that #he coinn will be purchased for melting. (£o the Asiociated Pren} BILVED BULLION, Wasninatox, 1, 0., Apnl 14.—The Treasury Departmont has purchased two wonths' anprly ©f silyer bullion &t tho tow ratea which provailed a fow woeks ago, the average Frlon paid having, boen about $ conts ’fer ounce lesa than tho pros- ent market rate. Thin stock, together with the !l:::llc%x.x fund, w‘l‘lll, {{.‘ 8 hmeuil!. be sufficlent for nage unf e annual statement at th minty, whict: will ba mads in June, REARER ———— GEN. REYNOLDS, ME DESINKS T0 BE URARD, ‘Wasnrvaron, Apill 14,—There iu a great desl of uneasiness amang the frlends of some of the persona whio bave been charged with {mproper - conduot, or who have becn implicated in the ex- amination conducted before the Clymer Commit- teo, bocause they have not been afforded oppor- tunity to explain or to moeet their acousers face to face. The charges are thus given wide circu- lation and left to do thelr work. This feeling finds particularly earnest rosponss among tho friends of Gen. J. J. llli‘noldl. who was charged with serious offenses in McCook's testimony. glu Tiiends say that upon his return from the Judian expedition hie prowptly denied the charges, sud ed for an opportunity to be heard, which has he tolographed Mr. Clymer on the 84 inst. as follows t Font 1. A, Ranzrt, April 3, 1870.—The Hon. H, Clymer, Houae of Iteprexsntatiben: Neturning from tho field Jast night, T saw for tho firt thne the testi. mony of McCank Defors yanr Committes an fhe 434 of March, 1L in alsolutely falas, 80 far un it rofers to my belng in any ananuer i collunion with contractora or having receivad valuabln presouts from them. 3, J. Tixrxorum, Colonel Third Oavalry, On the same dlfi he addressed the Adjutant Qeneral, n?lna shat ho had telsgraphe:d Mr. Clymar, and oxpressing tho hopo that h's denial wonld recslve tha same publicity aw tho testi- mony. 1o added : 1t thers in_any report of such an Inspeciion sa Liott,-Col. McCooulk rofors to on fls 1n the War De- ynrtment, T bave the Louor reapactfully to raqnest n copy of auch part of it a4 rofars o me, or Lo hava accass {0 1t i1 some manner, If anything detrimentsl tomy reputstion han beon roportad 1 Lave naver known it T am certainly ontitiod to be beard before belng condemued, It is understood that the corn contract reforrod toby MoCoolk was onco invostigated by Gen. Bhorman, and nothing objectionablo in the con- duct of Gen. Roynolds found, ——— THE UNION PACIFIC, A PROFOSITION T0 THE GOVENNNENT. Svecral iapateh to The Chicago Tribune, ‘WasniNaToN, D. C., April 14.—Represoutatives of the Unlon Paclfic and Contral Pacifio Rail- ronds wiil present to the Ifouss Committeo for consideration a proposition for the settloment ot their aftaira with tho Govornmont vory similar to that alroady before tho Senato. Their propo- eition ia to glve a certain numbor of acres of land back to the Governmont at $2.50 an scro, this land lying west of tho 100th meridian, and, in nuswer to criticlams that have boen mado up- on thla proposition, tho ofticors of the Company aro propared to show that this includes o very large area of valusble coal and iron land, ‘fo tho amount nrising from this rotrocession of land thoy propose to sdd all that tho Govern- ment now owos the Company on account of transportation, aud then pay into the Treasury a suflicient sum annually to provido & sinking fund to meot tho bonds aud 1ntorost at maturity, this eum to bo fixed by the Hecretary of tho Troasury. Tho Compauy's officors dosm this Eropogman much moro favorablo than it would avo Loen provious to the docision of the Hu- prome Court that thoy could not now ba obliged 1o pay anything. n this conpeetion it will bo remembered that tho proposition of tho Beeretary of the Troasu- ry to the compouies for settlemont wae to pro- vide a sinking fund by payiog into the Treasury $500,000 for ten yoara aud $750,000 thoroaftor until ti';u sinkiog “fund oquals the principal and 1nterost. P — KILBOURN. A GONFLICT OF JURISDICTION. Special Dispateh to The Chieago Tribune, Wasmyatox, D. C., April ' t.—The Judiciary Committeo to-day decided n to surrender tho body of Hallot Kilbourn to local court an- thoritios undor tho writ of by ‘s corpus, aud will 80 report to the Honso, It is known that sovoral mombors of the Committes havo ox- pressod regrots that he was imprisoned, and be- IHove that the Conotitution has beon invaded by the act, yot thoy nre now disposcd to maintain the powor of Congress as agsinat tho courta. Much interoat Is folt to know the result of this conflict of jurisdiction, Judgo Cartor, beforo whom the hearing to. be lhad, ia an pble Judge ond fearlesa and roso- lute. man, acd * wonld not shrink from bin duty, whatover tho consoquences. ‘The caso of Irwin in tho last Congreas, which i cited as o parallol, is quits differcnt. Irwin was oot undor indictment when in contempt of the House, but Kilbourn is under indictment, having boon found so by reasou of his cantempt of tho House na cortifled to the Grand Jury by the Speaker of the House. Eminont lawyers claoim that this mnst give the Conrt jurisdiction of tho person indicted, or clso tho%law is mosninglesy, C ——— DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. DANNEY, AND HIS FINE-TOOTH €O Spectal Disnateh to The Clicago Tribuna, Wanmxeron, D, 0., April 14,.—Caulficld'a Com« mitteo on tho Expenditures in tho Departmont of Justico bad a soselon to-dsy, and continuod an exomination of the accounts of tho varions Marshale' offices. It is evidently the intantica of (his Committos to examino all Narshals' offices wherever thorois a poasibility of discov- ering irrogularitics, or whore thoro is an oppor- tunity of making political capital. Tho drag-not of the Committoe Is to bo oxtended sl over Louisiana. Marshal Packard and othor leading politiclaus of that Biato aro now on the way loro in opswor to subpmnas. As the Re- puolican Convention in that Btate moots zbout thia timo, the enforcod ahsonco of thoso gontlomen may have been socurod for & pure poso. Canlileld expects, for what reson is not known, to rako over all the accounts in tho United States Marshal'a oflico at Chicago, going a8 far back doubtless aa the limits of tho scseion will allow. For that purposo witnesses have al- rondy boen summoned, and moro aro expoctod to frollow. It ia especially givon out in confi- dential circlen that tho old socounts of J. Tus- soll Jones and of Bon Campball are to bain- vostignted. Marabal Campbell's oflico will thus Lo brought beforo two committees, —_———— SMITH. HE LXPLAING ADOUT THAT NOUNT: SUTITESA Special Dispatch ta The Chicaon T'rbtine. Wiasmsaroy, D, C., April 14,—Clarlos I Bmith, Aseistant Journal Clerk of tlo Iouso, has addroesed & lettor to Speaker Keorr domanding an juvestigation of the chargea pyinted yostor- day, that bo mailed circulsrs to soldiors and othors over tho country asking for authority to colloct bounties for n commission under the bill now ponding in the ilouse, in violation of law. Ilo saya ho wrole to Town Clorks asking for lista of thoso entitled to bounty In the event of tho bitl bocomiug o law, and powor of attornoy from suoh a8 would allow bim to act for thom, promielug & certaln part of tho bounlr coltectod for their eorvicos as moon ostho bill bocame o law, Hontended resiguming bis ofiica for tha vory reasou that tho law doos not permit an officor of the Hauss to engsge In tho prosscu- tion of claims against tho Govornment, ond o8 hia salary hins just beon cut down ,one-third, he intended to uudertako tho more protitable busi- ness of collacting bounties. ‘F'ba lottor will be raferred to the Committes on Judiciary. B e NOTES AND NEWS, THE BUBZAU OF STATISTICH Hpeetal Disnateh to The Chicago Tridune, ‘Wasunaron, D. C., April 14,—The Burean of Btatistics aud Navigation {a ono of the most ex- pansivo and lonst useful Dopartments of the Govorument. Itis not even undergolng Inves- tigation, Last yoar Congreas dostroyed half its nsofulness by mukiog its reports appoar once in thres months, instead of overy montb, as tlioy Lind done for ssvoral years provious to 1875, "ho Domocrats of tho 1ouse of Noprosenta- tivos are now trying to deetray is altogother by ontting down the clerical force £o as to uiake tho soasonable compilation of accarate reports an jmposeibility. DABCOCK, Thore is a rumor to-night that Gen, Baboock bos been indicted by the Grand Jury hiero on account of his mlleged complicity in the ssfe- burglsry, This statoment is made u;on the au- thority of opponenta of tho old Distrtct Ring, TUR PRRYIDENT'S BUMMERD RETIEAT, Presidont Grant is ?rnx)mnu & Bpirited reply to a resolution of tho llvuas of Nopresontatives inquiring, in lungusge not over courtoous, whothior he had performed any offioial dutics except horo at tho seat of Goveroment catab- Melied by law, Ilo will show that ollof his redeceazors, commencing with Washingion, avo beon absont from thia city more or loss Drior to the ph, the Presl- auce from Wash- ington City that it took weukd for & mesvayo sopt from horo to reach them, aud sa much longer for the anawor to bo recoived hore, President Grant has nover, wilh one sxception, been where he oould not communicate by tele. graph with the various executive dopartments of Goyernment, ‘Tho tous of the meussge in which hie vt‘!lll ruplyfltum;lsn resolution will bo urtoo! very decldod. * = = ,:u Thy Associoted Fress] TUL PUESIDENY'S HALALY. Wasmnxatox, D, C., Aprit 14.—7The bill re- ducing tho Prealdo tary was sizued by tho presidjng ofli of the two ITouxes uf Cougress on Monday lset, and sent to tho President on Tho ten days during which the Prosi- dont go or veto the bul will not expire un- ti&k‘:wxy of next week, Buuday not beioy; count- [ Tuosd: NOT GUILTY. Bpectal napotch to The Chicage Triduns, Mrwaoxze, April 14.—Iu the trisl of Bergen- thal Bros.for violating the Revenuo lawa i 1874, the jury rendered a verdict of not gullty, This was ‘s case in which defendauts were charged 00t beeu accozded him. ~ The inquiry ahows thad | with tampering with Government books. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1870—TWELVE PAGES. THE SOUTH TOWN. Tho Committee Bpends the Day in Sceret Hession. Ezxpectation that a Couple of Injunc- tions Will Be Asked For. Ervans, Ryan, Thornton, ete,, Summoned Before the Graml Jury. Tho Delay of the Committeo Has*Bestored Their Qonfidence, Erpressions of Public Opinion Concerning the Recent Eloclion, THE SOUTH TOWN OFFICERS. TUR COMMITTEL, Tbe Bub-Committeo of five, Mesara, Taylor, Linzoln, Bchnoider, Ifenderson, aud Spalding, appointod to call on tho South Town oflicers- olect, mol yestorday morning in the Grand Dacifle Hoto), and again at 3 o'clock in tho after- noon, At 4 o'clock tho main Committoo of twenty-fivo met, and hoard tho report of tho Bub-Committoo, Al the procoodings were strictly private, and will not bo made public un- 41l their Iabor ia cnded, whon they promise & full report of ali their procoodings, 1t {8 undoratood that the Committes havo do- tormined not to mske auy porsousl appesl to tho four frauda to step down and out. On the contrary, thoy will fnvoko tho sid of the law to crush them out. Tho plan is toapply for an injunction restraining Town-Snporvisor Ryan trom paving either himsell or any of his pals any of tho town moneys on account of salary ; aud a like documont mill bo asked for prohibit- fug the Couuty Clork from furnishing tho logal assesamont and colloction books to Puullips, the sol-disant Aasosaor, and Evang, tho self-aloctod Collector. Thoso injunctions will bo applied for op tho genaral proposition that the quartetto wero illegally and fraudulontly elected, aud, be- ing so elocted, have no right to fultlll the duties of thoir oflices. Tho asgossinent books are now in the hands of the County Clork, and in the natural course of oventa would find thoir way into the Assondor's bands on the first day of May, tvo wesks honco. Without thoso books ho can make no assces- meunt whatover, Tho law eays tho assosament shall bo made within the twe montha following, Hhonld the injunction bs grauted it will un- doubtedly be & proluninary ono, Thon a day more or less remoto would b set for n hearing, On the arnival of that day the qnestion wouid como up as one of fact to bo tried on its merita, Aftidavits and witnessca thicker thnn Ieavos in Vallombrosa would bo prosonted to the Court, and thoro im evory likelihood that tho bonrlnfi of tho cause would Lo prolonged be- yond tho expiration of tho timo in which tho as- rossmont should bo mado according to Inw, In that event, there would be no legal asscssmont, and without & logal asscasmont thiore could be no tax levled, and hence nono could be collected. ‘The Bouth Pork Commissioncrs, under thesn cireumstavces, will got no money ; nolthor will tho Stato, county, nor town. Thus it will be seon that the proapects for serioualy locking thy wheols of goveroment are quits brilliant, In faot, thoro {s no telliug what limits the troubloa may roach before the logal status of Lvans, Thillips, Ryan, sud Gleeson is determined. 1lowaver, there 18 overy reason to beliove that tho action of tho Comtnittee mill bo 80 peremp- tory that they will spoedily vacato the places thoy wero fraudulontly alectod to. Tho frauds wmaintain their composure, and Lave no idoa of mn!fiuing. ‘but, on tho contrary, are laoking for- woard to s doy when thoy may roveugo them- felvos on their enomies by making thom pay tho bulk of tho taxos. - EVANS, PHILLIPS, AND TUONNTON, Thoe now_notorious Mike Lvaus, Ldward Thillips, and David Thornton wore found by a TnrsuNe roporter laat ovenlog onjoying o lunch ot tho Houso of David, on Clark strect, and so busily engagod i a low converaation that thoy did not notico his approac, In responso o au inquiry for news, Lvans replied: *Wo bLave uothing, Phwy doau't yes look up that Commit- too? 1'm nfraid thoy isn't doin’ their duty, If thoy doesn't show up pratty soon, L'm goin' to appint a commitioo to bunt thim up, and telt them I ain't huog yot." * [iavo not auy of thom been sround to eoo you yot ?" quoried tho reporter. * Divil a one hov1 seen yet, and, by dang, I thinky they've gone to sleep over thair job.” . * Haye you any idea what they aro dolng 2" # v Yog, they aro trylo' to buy up the Sonth Town Justicos, and’ tryin' to get thim to go to work and put us sl out of oflico ; but I cau buy more than thoso follows.” *Yes, ond I'll bet Mike collects the noxt year's tax,” put in Thoruton, Evans-—Pertiaps they'll abolish township or- ganization ; that'stho only way to got rid of me, “Havo you beon indictod yot?* intorrupted the roporter, ++ Not yot," anawered Thornton, * By reason of aeubpana served upou oach of us, at necou to-morrow tho Bouth ‘lown Dallot-Box Quard, mysolf at tho head, will boldly march over the Ithino and toll Btorey's Grand Jury all that wo know about how thoy tried to atuff tho ballot- Loxea on_ us, and how wo prevented it, aund I toll you, It we don't got that jury to Indict old Htoroy for calling ua bad names, 1 hopo 1 mey never ngain bo Moderator.” **What do you intend ta tell the jury? " “I am going to tell them all tho bod pames that Story's papor has callod us.” “* And swhat about stuffed bailot-boxea 7" “Phwat Lave we Lo say about such nonsonsc na that 7" put in Evaos, “**'That's al! bosb, and tho Grand Jury have had enough of it. I teil yout Htorey and mo I8 old porsunal frionds, sud 1 guess the great sditor can do wa o gnod turn 1or the salke of old times. I intendod to go over sevoral weoks ago and toll him phwat novsenso it waa to listen to such atufl, Why, thoso men that's nasailing me have uo mannere at all, and can't tront & man in o waoly way, ‘They sint me a lotter gaveral daya ago; and if they had mot mo on the atbreet and eald those sclf-same worda, thore would binve been a raw, suro." And tho trjo hurried off to soma moro privato tryating-place. TIE BOAND OF AUDIT. Mr. Leonard Swott, of tho Citizens’ Asiocla- tiou, ealled upon Justices D'Wolt end Foote Thuteday, to sea if tha Juaticea would not unito In rofusing to_recognize the Houth ‘Cown quar- tetta u tho duly eloctod oNicers. Justico D'Woll as1d ho did uot know whaethor tha Juatices Lind power thus to oust thom, but ho was willing to do all in his powoer to pravent thom from acting. Iio waa futly persusded that they woro not tho logally-olectod oflicors, and he waa willing to act with tho Citizene' Assoclation, or auy athor sot of won, in keoping thom out. Justice Foote apoke ua similar strain. "A proposition was made that tho Auditing Board shoutd not alow Ityan and Gleoson to eit with it, because they wore eluctod by fraud. The Justicon, howovor, hLiold that these persons lnd not yot qualitied or takon thoe oath of ofiico, and thorefora must Lo couslderod as acting by virtuoe of their eloction n vear ago, tha law coutlnuing thom in office until tholr succounors are t}utllflod. ‘Theas man have ol been sworn in, and their oaths of oflice aro roquired to bo flled 1a the Town Olork's ofiice ton days afior the election. A NLW THEORY wea yosterday edvanced in roforenco to how the Evans.DPhiltips outrage had boen porpstrated. which was to the effoct that a certain individval ‘wea hid fo the vault when the ballot-boxes were put in there, and that tho tsmperiog with tho vault-door seen from tho outslde way simply to allow of the individual's cscape sfter ha {ud done his work, bo Pat Megrue. TUOW TO DO IT, To the Edilor of TAe Chicage Tridune: Cutcaao, April 14.—In anawer to the conun- drum, “*Tow atsll Chicago rid icsolf of the vandals, Colvin, Evans, Phillips, et al.?" the fol- lowing is suggestod : Let the Committes char- tors tug, with * Long Joun'' as Cavtain, give thom an excursion to the middle of the lake, and then kindly permit them to walk back, Yours, for riddsnce of tho evil some "!.I"A. 5 Tho namo of the mau ls s3id to —_—— PUBLIC OPINION. CHICAGO's ' aoob C1TizeNs." Catro (iL) Bultetin, Aprat 13, It the pressnt disgracefal conditlon of affai inthe City of Chicago shall teach ‘“its allest and coolest-headed citizena who have large in- torests at stake ™ a leason they very much necd to loarn, is will not have boen an unmitigateq ovil. In Chicago, as in moat other cities whore there are large commorcial and manufscturing interests, the men whons business matters are centered in thess, and the respectablo classes oogaged lo profesional aud other pursnits, sa s rule, take littlo or no intercst in municipal affairs. They are indifferent to the processes of eity elections ; they nolther hold offico, eloo- ttonoar, nor voto, 'Tha conseanenco fs that & cortaln class of men got possossion of tha Mu- nicipal Govornment, and, s tn_Chicago to-dny, corruptinn, at firat fearful, cowering, woking in tho dark, becomes bold, dofiant, and impu~ dent, and s only routed by some such extraor- dinary mossures a8 arc now proposed by the roputablo clomont in Chicago, Contrary to their own option In the matter, this clasa of citizeys have boen forced into & partioipation in municipal affaivs, Privata fuclination would naver bave taken them there, A sonseof public duty would novet have takeu thom there. The fact that they aro being shamefully robbed, boldly plundered by rings of pullio robbors and tax-thioven, is tha potent Influonce that hias made municipal politicians of thom. Tho truth 18, these industrioun busluess men, thene dainty, good mon, thoro Teepectablo, decont inen, are a8 much to biamo for tho alarming condition in which Chicago finda berwelf sa tho upposito clars, tho ring-chiofs, tho tax-plunderes, and their horde of blowors and strikere aro, ‘Lho good men, criminally nogloctful of their publio duty, have allowed tho reins of the City Uov- ernment to pass into the hands of the onemy. Herupulouslv absenting themsolves from the polls, they have permitted a fow pablic-apiritod citizons to be aten again and sgain in une equal contests, The good citizens havo now fonnd out that, o city politica ss in oversthing olsg, Heavon helpg those who help themaelves, and vico voras. ‘Ilang the bummors to the lnmp-posts !" cry the outraged citizens of Chi- cago, If each utark aod Atiff bummer wero paired with & stark aud 8tiff respooctable citi- zen, onpof tho men who Lias boon too good to voto, too moral to go to tho polls, the aight | wonld be u losson toa clase of community who ought to learn it,—that no American citizen i justified in peglocting to exercisa at overy olection hin privilege of voilng, and also that it 14 an imperative duty, as woll as a privitege. THE INSUNDECTION, At. Paut (Mnn.) Dispatch, Aprit 12, Bocondarily rosponeible for Lad government are the good citizons who take littlo or no inter- est in politics, excopt to genorally vote their party ticket, and thua about equslly divide thom- solves, whilo the venal and scalawag element of gociety bold and uso the balance of powor. Theso gooa citizens undoubtediy constituted nino-tentha of the grost Chicago mecting, Wo Liavo little sympathy with their lllll'cfln%l. for thesa aro tho punishment which their seliish in- differonce to the publio weal, and thelr f“ - hended partisanship havo fully deserved. t?n well that they should be roused ouce in a while by tho heavy burden of taxes and tho accumu- 1ated ovidence of inoffictoncy iu the public sor- vlco, L'ogsibly some of them msy loara tho im- portance of their Laving something: to do with tho proliminary movements of parties, the good they may nccomplish sa slato-broakers in thoir re- spectivo parties, and the cortainty they cau give to roform movemonta by tho oxercise of inde- pendent judgment upou” overy caudidate for ofliee. . . . 'This Chicago revolt against mi3- rle in interosting. 1t is an attompt through ths force of public opinion to do away,with avils introuched in oflico and austained by the laws of tho land aud party precedonts. For tho sako of good governmont and for the reputation of the American pooplo, we desiro the success of tho movoment just 6o far as it can go without min- istoring to porsonal or cliquo inleresta not pro- ferablo to those agaiust which it is directod. Tut wo have no sympathy whatovor with the emincut citizons ao:d honost tax-pasers whose rovolt in ngainet tho thiogs of thelr own croa- tion. Thoey havo noglected their dutios s citi- zens, or thoy bave holped to corrups politics, and thelr punisbmont is just. TIUL CUICAGO BITUATION. Detrait Tribune, Apru 13. ‘Wo bave already given tho story of the suda- clous frauds perpetrated in the town election in the South Division on the 4th just. A scarcoly lees insolent outrage s boen aticmpted by the prosont Mayor of Chicago, and this contributed, ecarcoly less than the election frauds,’to the publio excitoment and indignation which found oxprossion in the meoting of Tuesday nlgbt. A yoar sgo a new cily charter was adopted, changlng the timo of city eloctions from the 1atf to thospring of tho yoar. Undor this chartor an eloction for members of the City Council is to be Liold noxt Tuesday. Dut the prosent Mayor, Harvoy D, Cotvin, who was first olected in ‘the fall of 1873, and whoso term would vroperly bove expired last fall, mow impaudoutiy claims the right, under the mew char- tor, to hLold ‘over until next &pring, a year and a half boyond tho tito for whiok ho was olocted, and is sustained in this claim by tho *bummor" olowent in the prosent Cit; Council. Thoe poople of Chicago have rosolve to meot this usurpation with open rosistance. Thoyillmx»oun to elect a Moyor al tho eloction naxt Tuesday, and if Mr, Colvin does not resign in I favor, 8o wuch tho worse forhlm, . . . . Tho results of tho meoting convince every ono that the poople of Chicago are thoronghly i carnost and united, sud thut tho thisves and *bummers " have got to **stand from under.” Patty lines will bo ignored in the sloction of voxt Tuesday, and caudidatcs who boar the best ropntation for honesty und good citizenship will bo olectod, Audif tho **bummers” attompt to chioat the poople out of their choice by & ropeti- tion of thoe rocont frauds, they will bo troated to o dose of very summary justice. THE ONLY SAFE PARTY, Ottawa (HL) Hepubdliean, Aprit 13, 1t may not beout of placo to cali attention to anotber fact in connection with ruflianism in conaucting oloctions. Itis thia: When ** paople's partios,” ¢ citizens' parties,” and *no parties, have not only failed to remedy evils, but have Intoosifled thom, and whon tho peopls becomo in earnost in the mattor of reforw, the Ropub- tican party {8 almost invariably made tho nuclovs of tho raform movement. It was 8o in New York in the rald on 'Tammany and ita vil- lainioa. 'The Republicans were solid in favar of roform aud honenty, and, hiad the horest Demo- crats who uuited with them temporanlly main. tainod tholr position, ero thls the Uity Government would havo been purified to » dogree mnot known during the Inst forty yours. The same is now true of Chi- cago, Last tall, when it became apparout that reform could anly be brooght sbout by a union of lam-nbiding citizens, the Rlepublican orgau- jzation becama thio contral puwer in the move- mont, The same was truo jn tho rocent town clectious, and must over bo 80 83 Jong aa partien aro oonatituted hey now aro, The reason Is patont to every thinker, It s bocauso thet mora), patriotic, and law-abidiog soutimonts are more fully roprosented in that party thao in any other, and iu times of groat emergency it is pro- pared to grapple with the monsters of unclean- ness a8 00 othior party can. Hay what wo will, the oharactor of a party as a wholo will be sub- stantially the same as the individual chiaractors of the men composing it. THE DIO MEETING. Ctica (¥, ¥) Hera'd, Ayr(113, Rospectablo Chicago is lutousoly in earnest in its determination to put an end to ** bummsr rulo® in that city. The leading papera and the beat citizens are in accord in charging that the ballot-box has boen ontraged iu preliminary cloctions, tvas Tammany's practices of 1868 are surpeszod, that bummers triumph by brazen frauds, ‘Fhoy aro aiso of ono accord in saying tho ovil must be oorrected, and directly, Tho immense mooting st tuo Exposition Buildiog ‘Fueaday ovening, attonded, according to diffor- ont estimatos, by 25,000 to 40,000 poople, shows, by tho atiendanco rather thau by what was dono, the excited state of publio foeling In the city, Oue atop resolved on ia to cloct & 3Mayor at the city eloction noxt woois, and seat hiw in tho chair which Colvin insists on holding for eightson mouths boyond the time for which he wua elocted. The alanning tuaucia condition of the city, and the imposaibility of getting aid while matters ara in confossod chaos; quickon the interout of citizens whio havo ususlly taken no part {u municipal politics, sud it seemny probablo that necded reforms will be achioved. TUK LESSON, Minneapolis (Minn.) Fridune April 19, Tha meetiug of Chicago citizens held in the Exposltion Building cn ‘I'uesday nighs was an immenss gathering, It was composed of ro- spectablo mon of all classes and partios, awak- enod by the srrogance snd reckloss crimes of tho gsng of fresbootera who have oontrol of Lo City Govornment, to tho mnecoseity of re- docmliag {t from ita thralldom, Our great cities can only be eaved from bankruptcy and ansrchy by tho early suppreasion of tha race of block- bummers and ward politicians who now rula them | utterly lawless supromacy. The fato of the old should be a warning to the new, Tho 40,000 who attended the Chicago meating and pledged themeelyes ta work for an hooest mu- oicipal rule is s healthy indloation, NODODY MANOED. Oincnnadi Gazerts, Aprd 13, e fear that the good people of Chioago are weakonlng in thoir crusade upon the biscklegs. Up to the present writing not a bummer bas boen hung, and but ons sent to the Peniten- tiary, Wowerelod ycaterday to expeot that within twoaty-four bours the gutters would be mnnh.zg with goro, and every lamp-post oras- mouted with an Alderinsn or ballot-box stuffer. The publio mind ia now working off ita indigna-~ tion in the form of resolutions, and the rascals baog on to tho oftices. I, STEWART. ‘fhe Will of the Lato Mililonaires New Yonr, April 14.—Tho will of tho late A. T, Htewart waa filed In tho Surrogate's offico this aftornoon. In it he boqueatlis ail hia property and eetato to hia wifo, Cornelia M. Btewats, and her hoirs forever, and appoints Lonry Ililton to act in bobalf of tho ratato and in managing his affairs. As o mark of regard, Mr. Btowart bo- queathed to Mr. Iilton the sum of £1.000,000. Tio appoluts bis wife, Judgo Hilton, and Willlam Libby his executors, The sabacribing witnosses 0 tho will are William $mitb, Wiliam H. White, and E. E. Marey, M. D, Tho will boars date the 27th of March, 1873. o dirccts his exccutors to pay out tho following gifts e legactes: To Georgo B, Butlor, 20,000 ; Jobn M. Hopkius £10,000. Gifta of £100,000 are diatributed in auma rang- ing from $5.000 to 220,000 to thoss who had long sod faithfolly served him In his busincss affairs, Jlo gives %’:6(}0 to the faithful aor- anta of Lis househ To Sarah and Itobeoca Morrow, friends of His carly youth, and at whote father's house ho eays be enjoyed in youth & hospitality and welcomo which ki caunot forgot or repay, ho bestows an snnnity of $12,000 10 quarterly Installimouts durfug their livos, and slso & house and furniture. 'T'a the relatives of hia wite, pix in_nnmbor, bo bequoatbs 210,000 esch, and to Ellon B. I(lilton, tha wifo of lls fnend, 1. Hilton, the sum of £5,000. One of Jndgo Hilton's fmportant duties is to bring Mr. Stewnrt’s partucrship affairs to a termination, and, aa far 88 possible, without loss to those connectod with Lim 1n busincee. The following lotter ia atiached to the will : New Yonk, March 23, 1873.—70 My Dear Wife: It Liea been aud §a 1y intantion to make provision for varlous public charities, Lut s any echeme of tho kind I proposs = will nced —conalderabla thought aud elaboration, I have made my will witly codicils in thiir yretent ahape to guard agaluat any coutipgency, kuowing 1 may rely ufou vou supriyiug all defizienicies o my part. 1 hopo and trust my lifa may bo #0 aparcd tbut 1 may complelo the vatious plapa for the welfara of our fellow Leings which I bave alrdady fnitiated, but, should it be ruled otherwine, [ mus derend upod you with such ald a8 you may call about you fo carry out what 1 liave begun. Our fricnd Judge Hilton wiil, 1 know, mvu you sny assistsuce in his power, ond to L 1 refer you for u genieral understanding of the various mnethoda and plans which I have at times with bim coneidered and discusded, 1 am not unaware, slso, of the fact tlat there are inany who have served mo faithiully aud well in my businesa and atherwiso wha should be recogazied and resarded, but for whom I havens yet mode no special provision, Your own recolloction, wided by Judge Hilton's knowledge on this sobjcet, will doultlces bring iliese persons to sour attention, and 1 fecl satisled that their clalms willbo jusily vonsidered by you. Especially, haw. over, I do desiro that you will ‘ascertain the nsmes of all such of my employes who have buen with me for 8 perlod of tou'sears aid upwards, and [ requost that ta each of thoso who have been i my employment for » pertod of twonty years shall bo pald $1,000, whili: to cach of those who have Leon with we for fen years shinll be paid $3060, (8igned) Arrzanoes T. BTEWART. Judge Iiilton said to-night, in referoncetotle business affairs of Ar. Stewart, that they would be carried on the sawo as beforo his death, and tbat all the plaus and projects in operation or prospuctivo at the time of 'bis decease wonld be faithfully carriod out. —_—— THE WEATHER. ‘Wasnixatox. D. C,, April 15—1 8, m.—For tho Lake Reglon, risiog barometer, weaterly winds, and ceoler, partly clonds weather, TFor tho Eastern and Middlo States, southwest veoring to northwest winds, cooler, cloudy, clearing wesather, with rlsing baromoter. LOCAL OBSERVATIONG, Cit1cAdo, April 14, Har, Thr 0, Wind. [Ralu [We'thier Timo, 838, m.i20.4] 41 1188, Do U060 42, 06 S, Wi, brisk 00 p, . 29,35 45, 435, Wi 153 p, 32531 52| 35°W,, freah 0) 46, 60, Wi, freal S, OENEUAL OLBERVATIONS, Cuicaau, April 14—31/dnight, Hanta Fe.. OBITUARY. Special Lispateh to The Chicago Tridune. Keoko, In, April 14.—Judge Clagett, ths vetoran editor and proprietor of the Constilu- tion, tho Democratic paper of this cily, died this ovouing of apoplexy, after an illnoss of moro than six weoks, lle was Gl years of age, and has beon a reaidont of this city for twonty-six yoars, During that timo ho hss beon quite prominent in lowa politics. AL one time he oc- cupiod a position on the Bonch, and scrvad one tormss o member of the Legislature. Tho nows of his death is recoivod here with genoral rogret. —_——— 1t Ia cruol in o woman who wears short dressea to cross a mud-gutter in tho rear of & man who Lias & atiff neck. "BUSINESS NOTICES. Do In Tunol-0ld people, whace blood 13 wour snd thin, or young folks (with adolcsceut humor in thelr veiny), should clouse wele systom by uaing Wisbart's Pinu Treo Tar Cordial, wheuever they bavo auy ulceration in the throst and’lungs, er rou- Dlag sores an the external akiu | -— Asthmn.—11 is uscless to describe the torturss of epasinodic asthms, Those who bave suf- fered from ie distreasing paroxymius kuow what it fa, Jouza Whilcomb's Remedy bus never fatlod to aford immediata reliaf, e An Extendcd Popularity,—Each year fnds * Lrown's ronchlad Troches ™ in uew localitivs i various parta of the world. * £or, Tullutiug Coudus Calds, and Throst Diseascs, the Trockes Lave Looti provod reliable. DRESS GOODS. Chas. Gossage ¢ Co. In oalling attention to an unusnally rich display of Bpring Novelties in our Dress Goods Dep't, Wo would eay that it includes many ohoice aud poaroo shados in the new Textures and Qombined Effeots now fashionable, We sub- mit for inapeotion a most attractive and ele- gant asgortment of Bilk and Wool Costume Oloths; Plain, Plaided, Striped, and Brocad- ed Pongees and Matohed Buitings; Eorn Buitings, Oreme Oashmeres, Damasse, and Damasse Btripes, all superb goods, in softest ghades, Bingle and Double Deboges, Black and White and Colored Oheoks and Plaids, Baskot Plaids, Mohairs, and other popular Fabrics, including all the latest novelties produced, BRAZILIAN PEBBLE SPECTACLES POLIPIOAY. HONESTY, ECONONY, PURITY OF ELECTIONS. DEMOCRATIC TICKET Election Tuesday, April 18, For Mayor, THOMAS HOYNE. For City Treasurer, CLINTON BRIGGS. - For City Attorney, FRANCIS ADAMS. For City Clerk, HANS HAERTING. For Clerk of the Police Court, JAMES H.BONFIELD. Citizens who favor the elec- tion of the above tickebt will find the Executive Committee in session at HEADQUARTERS. No. 79 Clark-st,, Room 15, iroin 9 a. m. to 11 p. m., everyday. PERRY IL SMITH, Slrn, MILES KEHOE, Sec’y. DIMOCRATS, ASTRRTION! All candilates for City Oificers and for Aldsrmen are roquested W meet at Hesdquarters Ssturdsy morning, April 15, st 10 o'clock, The Ward Clubs are requested to select two good 1men to act =8 challengers, and ons to act a8 notarys at each voling precinct n cach ward, nnd send their names to the Clinirman of this Committeo as early a5 posaible on Bstardsy. PERRY H. BMITH, Chairman Domocratio Campaign Committes, 7: Clark-at, Room 15. Sixth Ward. A meeting of the Denw crats of thio tixth Ward will toke place. this eveuing =t ¥ o'clovk, at No. €37 ins Ialaud-av,, boar Twentre, GILI)CERIES TR TUASTED COFVEES YA SLACGK'S MAMMOTH GROCERY HOUSE, 109 Rast Madisou-si Buy your Supplies hare. Savo from 10 to 30 per cent, and get Standard Goods. The Only Grocery House in the Northwest Using Burns’Im- proved Stesm Roaster. ‘We sell more Coffees than any other ten Grocery Stores in the city, which is abundant proof of superior quality and olose prices, NEW SEASON TEAS, Fine drawing Moyune Gunpow= der, Young Hyson, lImperial, Fors mosn _Oolong, and Japan Teas, from 50c to 80c¢ per pound. Colgate’s Cashmere Bouguet oap, per cake, 20c¢ New Orleans Sugar.. A BT ecaotcns Stundurd A Sugar. e Standard Granulated Suzar, Proctor & Gamble's Gernun Mottled Soup Rirk's German Mottled Seap.... 4 Kirk's Olive Soup, 20 bars per lox Kirk's Plain Germnan, 60 burs per box. Rir! X Germuu, 60 bars per box Duryens’ Satiu (iloss Starch, per 6-1b New Orleans Molasses, per e 3-1b Cans Baltimore Peaches, per doz 3-1b Cans Tomatoes, per doz.. .. 21b Cans McMurruy's Corn, per doz Choice Mimncsota “Spring Flour, New Process.ceoenveczseacsas (iond St. Louis White Winter. .. Carolina Rice. per 1b...... Just received, & large invoice of Pure New Maple Sugar, Wagons leave the store for all parta of the city and suburbe overy day at 1 o'clock. ¥2-Send for a copy of our Frice Current. FRBY & B ARNES % SPECTALTIES, 87 : S MADISON-ST. FOR SALE. PR o)t O S h SASIl, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC, ABBIGNEE'S PEREMPTORY SALE Eatate of Holtslander, Kandall & Dantels, bankrupts, Ou Thursday morning, April 40, at 10 ’clock, st No, &) Fulton-at., will be soid st public suction for cash, by or- dov of J i, Hussell, Assignes, all the property of tho Above eatate, {ncluding an assortment of sssh, daory, Blinds, shinglcs, tunbor, Fip saws, oto. Alsa'sll the ook socounts of said estate, SUMMER RESORTS. SUMMER RESORT. Highland Hall, Highland Park, Ill. Thls elogant catablishment will be upened for sume mer guesis on the frst week in May, bandsomely furnisbied and equipped for the camfort of Individuals ] Buited o all aights by tuspection st MANASIE'S, O and families. Terma reasonable. Apply to propristar kD, &3 Madlhda th (Lxis ASAES, 0Pt | INGUTAND ATL, ack, 0 Hightand F4 RDWARE, &os EXCELSIOR MANUEACTURIED CO. 612, 614, 616 & 618 N. MAIN 8T, 8T. LOUIS, MO, SNY: TiN-PLATE, WIRE, SHEET IRON —_—A N — CO PP ER. Have always in Stock o complote amsortmdnt of every class of goods uscd or sold by TIN AND STOVE DEALERS, XD AZX CILE MANTTALIUREZS OF T3 oML EBBRATIAD FAMOUS WHEREVER USED OR KHOWN FOR ECONOMY N PRICE, SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION, QUICK & UNIFORM BAKING, AND PERFECT OPERATION. Orders {rom the trade respectfally solieited, guaraxtecing FIRST-CLASS GOJD3, CAREFUL PACKING, PROMPT SHI’HENTS, AND LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES, SEND FOR NEW LISTS. ADDREES: EXCELSIOR Mt Coup, CHILDRENS DEPARTMENT. Flield, Letter & Co. STATE & WASHINGTON-STS., Invite special attention to thia Department, as their lines of Spring Goods are now complete. They will offer on Saturday, April 15, The following goods for all ages from & to 18 years: Misses’ and Children’s Cloth Cloaks; Worsted, Linen, and Pique Suitg; also Byculla Cloth Suits, something entirely new, for children from 3 to 10 years of age. Embroidered Linen and Pique Pelises, Linen and Pique Jack- ets, Boys' Worsted, Linen, and Pique Kilt Suits. Their Infants” Dep't Consists of every article re- quired for an outflt, to all which they respectfully call attention. i TO RENT. Desirable Ofices TO RENT IN TIEBR TRIBUNE BUILDING INQUIRE OF WILLIAM C. DOW, Room 10, Tribune Building, D NOTIOE: Public Notice. City CoupraoLzss’s omu.}n Cu10ag0, March 29, 1876, Notico is hereby given to all psrsons owing Teal Elatato Taxes to the Oity of Chicago for tho year 1875, that the City of Chicago will, at auy tima before May 1,1876, borrow from such porsons the amount of such Oity Tazos due irom them, aud will allow for such loan twoand one-halt per cent (3) on the amouns borrowed, und will 1ss116 vouchers therefor which may be used in 8. ment of the said taxes, and which the Oollector will be dl« reotad 80 to receive. ) g aior of o ey aad Shasse o .pD . 8, 3 ar, BoE2'E Gty Hall, cor. Adsin & Lanalie ate,