Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 19, 1876, Page 2

111l Commiarlon, ran warced to: slso sn amendmont ating £73,800 to defray tho expentos B elonging o tue United Blates at tho nfal, c.l;ll‘rl.nuhl:mm snbmitted an amendment appropri- wting £10,000 to enablo the Secretary of the Teeanury to ay for the stone delivered under tho contract for tho oat-Ofice bullding at Parkersburg, W. Va, Agreed to. ir. Morrill (VL) moved to strika’ ont the provieoin the bill 3 it came from the Honmo of Iteprcacutativen {hat all officers appointed Ly tho President for the B torion phall bo bona s citlzens of the Terzilorica rorpectivaly for which they sliall bo appointed. Agreed ‘3¢, Allison, sntmitted sn amendment » propriating 6,000 for aulaistence of the Apacno %m.h:rn ‘Apache Indiau Agency, New Maxico. Agreed . submiited an amendmont liding g, bill eontained should be con- eompoensation to membera of the TBlack Hilis Commission, who are prohibited from ro- oeiving tho same by the revised statntes of the United Biatow. Agroed to. Tha bill ‘:l'lvlnu Deen considsred in Committeo of the Whals, wos reported to the Senate, aud ihe guesiion being on agreeing 1o the smendments mudo iu Com- ‘hole. T i moved that a far(ber clause n rogard 10 the payment of compeneation for tho Black Ilils Oomimiseionore, 50 ns to provide that compensation shiowld not excoed 8 a day for each memlwr of tho Commission far the time actually enploged. Agreed to. The appropristion for subsistence of the Apache Indians &8 tho Houth Apacho Iudisn Ageucy, New Moxico, was reduced from $36,00 to §25,000, Tho Uil then paasod. e Committce on Todlan Afairs Afr. Allison, from tha Committce on Indiat ., flpurl:I favorably the il w Section 10 of tho nct yuaking appropriattona for current and contingont ox- Tetires of the Indisn Depariment for the fAcal sear Ending Juna 39, IATG, in reqard o snraties on Indian anentr: bonds, ond Lesss aud sccounta of Indiaus, cte. Calendar, ‘After oxccutivo session, adjourned, UOUSE. ‘The Honse took nip tho repart of the Tlection Com- mittes on the Alslama cantested clection case of Promberg against Jiaraleon, The report was unani- Imoue, declaring the mtting wnomber, Hatalson, entitid €03 seat, Tho repott, afkor riatements of,the perjury ©of tha wilneases fur tho contestant, was agreed to, The Houee then tovk up_the Tiorida contested rlec- tion cate, tho resolution of the mafority of tho Comne mittee being thut Walls, the sittiug mernber, i8 not entitled to » seat, and that JessgJ. Finlay, contestant, in; the resulution of the minority being to tho ops ite effect, P overal rpeeches wera made, bt no voto takon, Alr. Sealen inteoduced o bill to rofund certain direct taxen an linds collocted. from citizens of tho lato in- surrectionary States, Tecess till 7::0. Tho evenlng session to bs for con- sideration of (he bill to transfer tho Indisn Bureau to tbe War Departmont, NATIONAL LABOR CONVENTION. Thnt Rody Splits on the Finance rlank of the Proposcd Plntiorm. Pirrsacno, Pa., April 18.—The National Labor Convention met at Scpills Hall at U o'etock this morning, wheo thoeall of {he roll showed 110 dolegatos present. 8 Tho morning sesslon was occupied by the toading of varlons papers, discussion thereon, and transaction of unimportant business, In tho afternoon two reports were receivod Irom the Committee on Resolutions, the minority toport being signed by nine membsre. Tho ma- Jority report was read, and thoe reeolutions con. sidered seriatim. The firat resolution, after be- ing discussed at great length, wad recommitied 1o the Committee ou Resolutions, Upon tho read- g of the_second rexolution as reported by tho majority, Mr, Murcott moved tho adoption of the ouoority report 1 Jion of this reeclition. Tho minority report was read and adopted, wheroup- on the Cincinnoti_delegation of rocial Demn- trats, headed by Haller, atose and Joft the hall i a body, giving as their reason that the raport of the minority, which ad been adooted us the tecond rosolution, was contrars to tho instrac. tions of their comstituents, The resolution 18 s follows : Resoleed, That we faver the repeal of (ke Natlonal Banking law and the lesnmption act; that we fivor il ireus of Government money to be madea full le- pal-tender for all monetary purpoces, convertible (nto tterest-hearing bonda ot tho option uf the holder, sud reconvertible futo sald legal-tender mcoey st the sanic option; and furtbier that the rate of in. tereet upon sueh convertible Londs ehall ot at auy Ui exceed 435 FoF cont per annum; thas Iystom of faniff for tho purpose of encouracing 1@ntecting American industrics aud productions, sud are opposcd 10 auy Teduction of the present Tarif awn, The third rosolution, as reported by the Com- . mittee, was adoptod. Iturgea upewall working mon and women the nccossity of orgapizing under ono boad, csch of all aud all of ench, upon » secret baris, not antagonistic to their duty, to their faunly, tbeir country, or their God, snd recommends that organizativns Lo croated in connty, State. aud uation, to sssist each other for protective and Leucvolent purposes. The fourth revolution was reaa snd discuesed. and s substitute being oifezad tho Conventlon went into Committee of the Whols to discusys the amendment, pending action on which tue Tonvention mdjonrned. ey BRAZIL, . HI5 IMPERIAL SPOUSE, Speciar Dispateh to The Chicaco ‘I'ribume, New Yonsi, April 18.—Tho Empress (who is a eonfirmed juvalid, aud go lome that sho appears often to go on sll fours) and her attendants 28ve Lept their rooms at the Fifth Avenuo Ho- tel with groat persistency, and rofuse to receive iy but friends and old acquaintances, To- pight, however, tho Emorass acceptod an invi- iation to attend a porformauce of ** Der Frie- ychutz " at the Acedomy of Mlusic, and, haviag tegularty purchaeed = box, occupled 15 withont suy sort of cernmony whatover. Tho demoeratic mouners of tho imporial Brezilizne 1s slill the monder and talk of this dcmocratic town, and ibeir indifference to display aud to tha atten- ucng of tho best socioty causes indignation smong the enobs, HIS ROYAL NIBS. CLevELAND, O., Apnl 18,—The Emperor Dom Pedro and party errived in this city to-night, mado o stop of Lwenty-five winutes and wero Sriven to Lake Shoro lark and viewed Lake Erte. Ho left vin tho Baltimore & Obo Kail- road for Chicago. A largo crowd asvombled st e depot. THE EMPEROR AT MOODY'S SERVICES, New York Worta, Aprit 15, At the evening service at tho Iippodrome Mr. dtoody's test waw, ** What eball I do with Jesus, mhich is called Christ?" At Mr. Moody's tight yaud sat Dom Yedro and his suite, Mr3 Chils. tine Tomsen, and & number of other gentlemon, Cho Emperor bad o smalt umbrelln Lotween his tneey, on the top of which swung his high sill sat. Ile paid the closeat attention to 3lr. Sane tey's singing, ebwking bis Lead in approval, and when ** The Ninety-and-Nioo ” wes sung, ho beld a bymn-hook in hw band and traced the words as Mr. Baukoy sang thom. Mr. Moody, after giving out hig text, mald: «Ido put care 60 much about tho sormonif I soald impress the text upou your boarta. Ido not care what denominstion » man way belobg 1o, nor wonld I go ucruss *the stroot 1o cliango bis denomiuation, but 1 would o around the world to briug ouo eiugle eoul to Jesus. (‘Iho Emporor sook his Lead and muttered, *Yen.") Mou meau to deculo somo *day what mc( will do with Chrst, but worldly iuterest stauda in tho way. If 1t wero not for this Inck of deoirion bundreds of youns 1oen iu this city would be Christians,”" "As tho epeaker beeawe excited, largo drops of perspiratiou stood unon tho K- peror’s forehond, and Le l2soed forwurd pu the edgo of L chair, lo catch every word, not once removing bin eyew [from dir. Moody's face, Mr, Moody spoke with unaeaal dlstinctposs, **If you wishs truo liberty and peaco,” bie kaid, ** at tept Christ aud you will enfoyit.” (** Very tru suid Dom Pedio, turning to bis Becretary,) A Kipgdota will not buy Christ or a place 1 Iieave so beside Him. Eveu a greal Emperor cannot save his soul with ail his wealth sud power un- leou he bows himself st Chnst's fect sud sc- tepts of Him." The Lmpurar Lowed big head, and turning to his Bocretary bade Lim pay par- licular attontion to Mr, Moody's rcuoarke, At sho conclukion of ‘the mervice, which vias vory effective, the Fmperor sbook bauds with Mr, Biuody aud Mr, Bsukey, sud 8 place being cloar. od throngh the crowd by the police, the Royal party passed out the ‘I'wonty-saventh etrdet door, entered their cariisge, sud were driven wway, cudeavoriug —_———— THE NEW YORK HOTEL. New Yorux, April 18.—The New York Ifotel nill probably ba closed on May I, the present ‘easces refusiog to pay the rent demanded, Luedr intention 1 the matser befog rumored, gave rise to the rumor shat they bad failed. Fhey state, however, that, while the furniture 18 2eavily mortgaged t0 the owners of tho builde g, the closing of the kotel iw mmply in couse- juence of a dissgresment us (o the rent, g e A NET-FUL, Epectal Dupaleh & The Chicaoe Tribuna, New Yorm, April 18.—Moody anu faukey Yook up a collection {n the Hippodrome this Mterncon, sud realized 8110,000. ‘Ihiy evening wly 913,000 was ralued. ‘Tho pamce of the ke subecribors wore carefully concealed, The Convention Certain to Commit Erpressions of Rentiment in Refor- Wanted: A Presidential Condi- twn for Governor are waning, of tho delogates aro here to-night, many of tho most jufluentiol of whom cama in tho afternoon trains and procceded to malko thoir inttuonco felt Ly stomming the tide that had setin for Lan- ders, and which eeomed ilablo to cacry the Con- veution for him with a rash. accepted aw ndicating the ropudiation of the rag-baby by tho Indlana Demorracy to-motrow, While theroe is talk i hotel lotbies nnd oa the ond would sboligh tho patlonal currcucy and havo tho Government go into the business of supplying currency sdequato to the demands of trode. the extent of putting that in tho platform, But Landers, on tha stump, with tho nid of James Buckanan and othor hair-brained inflationisty of that nlxls. -would put it into tho issue, aud moro, too, of in tho party on that very acconnt, They do not propese to jeopardize” Hendricks' prospects Lefare the Cincinnati Couvention by having Lim presanted thero aa the candidate of inflation run mead. At the samo time, overy ono of tho nnasers, from Hondricks tunself down, is cither committed to the rag-baby programino, or realizes tho necossity ot subscribing to it uu- qualitiedly, So overssholmiug is the rag-baby au element of the party in this State, that thoso cheauged upoun their arrival, aure 15 tremendous in bia favor, and tho delega- no doubt cf | chow of opposition to Litn from among tho load- ors, coptibly. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1Y, 1876, ' .. 400, and wilt ba likoly with & good ticket to do better this yoar. Tho war on Mayor Colvin, of Cbloago, ia watched with much ‘intorest by moerchants and business men genorally of thia section, who uul- vereally sympathino with tho poople in their of- forta to got rid of tho bondagoe of thievos. Very truly, Tt Dasin, ¢ POLITICAL. Gathering of the Unterrified Bourbon Inflationists at Indianapolis. TINAWAY. Ta the Bidttor of The.Chicagy Tribune : CriNToy, 1L, April 17.—Whon George William Curtis cnunclated the sentimont i the Syracuse Couvention that in (ho coming struggle for ypolitical supromacy tho man must bo tho plat- form, ho bLnt echoed tho couviction of overy senaiblo porson in the country. Tho poople aro lck of tho shama and trivkery of political wire- pullors, avd ara rapully losing faith in tho roundod poriods of * resolutions " and * plat- forms." What they desiro, what they need, and swhat thoy aro dotermined to bavo, ia tho right kind of & man to bear tho standard, and thoy will ralty around him, In the approaching Hoe publican Stato Convention, the people dosiro that a man ¢hall he nominated to head tho tickot whoeo reputation is npoticss, and who muat, by reason of tho integrity of hisclaractor, command thorespoct aven of Lis political advorsarics. 1do not think I misreprescot the sentimont of think- ingz Repablicaus in this section, when I mention tho namo of tho Hon, Thomas 8, Ridgway ns tho man who possesses mioro slomonts of succoss than any othor yet brought out. Unfottored by political ringa or disraputable asspcilions, un- blemished in charactor, abie, ouorgetic, awl a dovotea Itepublican, ho wonld lead the party to o glotions vietory, Wo want no man who bay grown gray in political wire-pulling, but ona who is an ardent patriot, an houest and eapablo man,—such a man, {n fact, as tho Hon. Thomays 8. flidgway. J3 K. the Indiana Democracy to Rag-Babyism. ence to the Illincis Gov- ernorship, ‘What Bristow Told an Inter- viewer---Some Presiden- tial Ciphering. About That Cincinnati “ Conference "--- A Plain Tale by Richard Smith. GOOD MLN WANTED. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribusne : Artrasts, IIL, Aprit 17.—Wo aro having.lively times in thig, the Thirteenth Cougrensonal Dis- trict. Every county in tho Districe has o candi- dato at prosent before tho Convoution, and overy ono ciaims tho candidate, For my part, I do not think i& shonld mnko wny difference which connty tho candidato 18 from. What we, “the people,” want, is the best mon for all of ouv oftices, and wo must nominato tho best, or wa will be defeated. Judgo Tipton, I tuink, is tho ablest aud most popular man, 1ie would bo nn hovor to our District. But thers is o strong feeling apainst MoLean County, Lecauso it has slways had tho Representative ; thoreforo, it wo cannot have Judgo Tipton, lct us bavo tho noxt vest man. K. D. Diion, of this couuty, teithe next best man, o ia an oble lawyer, popular, will heal up all strifo, and tako well with the eoplo, Uut whoover, is nominated, the Repub- icans must work togothor harmoniously, or we will bo defeated. ‘Tho Republicous in this part of the Btate are for Cullom for Governor; but thoy all_edmit that Waebbnrne is the strongest man. Give us Hristow or Hayes for President, Washburne for Gtovernor, aud Blion_for Con- gioss, nnd wo are euro of succesd. Yours ro- spactfully, W. H, M. 3 —_— ' NATIONAL POLITICS. A SECRETARY BRISTOW. ENTERVIEW WITIl THE DISTINGUISIED RENTUORIAX AT KIS 1(OME IN LOUISVILLE. Correapondence New York Herard. Louisvt Ly, Ky, April 14.—-As the air of tho Wost bas of lato been filled with rumors grow- ing out of the fact of Socrotary Dristow's visit to his homo in Lhis city, the more prominent of which will be alituded to in tho saquel, your re- porter+ eought tho object of them at the Galt Tlouse to-day, with o view aof akcortaining their truthfuluess aud of obiaining such fnforma- tion from ths distiogulshed foo of tho Whisky- Tung as ho might choosn to impart concerning tho important political questions of tho hour, “ I havo called, Mr, Hecretary,” smid tho re- porter, **tousk whetber thera is any trath in the report that you aro going out of otico " Tho Becretary smilod. * That is a little nm- biguoue,” he roplied. ** If you wean to iuquire whetber I havo reeignod “em— * Yes, air, that is 18.” “1 havo not,” * Thoro is o report in Washington that you date Dy the Ohio De- mocracy. STATE POLITICS. THE INDIANA DEMOCRACY. TWO-TUNIDY OF THE DELLGATES TO TII CONVEN- TION VRESRNT AT INDIANATOLIS, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. IxpiaxapeLif, Ind., April 18.—From all indica- tiona to-night, tho rag-money faction is losing ground, ana Landers’ prospocts for the nomina- Fully two-thirds This is not to be atroet of lLard-monoy Democrats. Tho fact is that there aro no hard-monoy Domocrats hore, or. if thero bo, thoy aro 8o overslaughed by the inflationis: mob that thoy feel it is no uso talk- ing. Tho only sontiment expressed, and it is dinned into onc's cars evorywhore Liove to-night, fn that tho Resumption nct must bo repealod un- conditfouslly, that there umst bo na further cou- traction, aud that tho country muet bo loft to grow up to the volmuo of currency. THE LANDERS FACTION GO FUMTIER, 1f thoy succeed, they will hardly goto THE MOST IRONOUNCLD GRELNGACK LUNACY. Ho is opposed by tho mamging politivians who aro called bard-money Democrats find that the ntmoxt thoycan hopoe to:do is to dofeat Landers by nominatiog Holman, oqually an In- flationist. avo." *There aro many reporters in Washington," bo obsorved, and thon sdded: *Of canrse,'n nan can't expect to hold ofico nlways, or know precisoly whon bo iu going out ; but I may say that I expect and hope to go out the 4th of noxt March.” + 'Then your visit to Kentucky has no politicsl #ENATOR M'DONALD ig the cmbodiment of whatover thore is ln the Indiana Democracy In favor of Lisrd-money, aod o I8 here working quictly but most effectively to dofuat Landers, “This s the koy | gigniticance »' to what Londers sald fo mb to- | “w]ccrtainly thouglht it hed not until my ar- night: That the people were all | rivaihere. 1 thonght I cama to look sftor somo for bim, aud tho politiciabs ol agajoet hiw, There is vot another scoro on which the man. sginyg politicians aro opposed to Landers. In the Democratio Cangressional caucus Lauders opposcd Kerr for Speakier, and, ufter Korr was noininated, refused to voio for bim, This be- cauge of Kerr's hard-money principles. * What- over olsa may Le a principle of the Indiaua Democracy, TR UNALTERADLE PRISCIPLE ia that the caucus nomineo mnust bo supported oaoyhow, aud for a violation of this Landers s to bo punished. It is not, however, by auy means cestata that Landera will vot, after all, Lo nominated. Nearly one-third of the delegstes Lave cot yet put in an appesrance, sund nobody can” predict bow the situation may bo “I'no ontside pres- private business ; 10 pags & Weuk aruong 1oy own people, nud gonerally to got away from tho tur~ moil of business and rest mysolf, Isew by tho pupers, however, that thero is » mystery, and that 1 have ulterior plaos,” *What abuat the Gincionati conferonco ?" ‘hero wns no conference.” “Dld you ot stay over in Cincinnati, where yoit wero met by Mr, Watterson, wlo, iu com- pany with Mr, Islstead and Mr, Richard Smith, paesed the ovening with yon 2" "Fhie Secrotary luughed. Do thoy say that 2" he enid. Being told that they did, ho contlnued : **Thero was a delay of two lours, wlich obligsd _mo to lie over in Cincinuati, I saw neither Mr. Halatead nor Mr. Watterson. Sinco my arrival here Mr, Watterson tolla me that he was in Cincionati, in company with Mr. Haldo- msn, on private vusinces, They left Cincinoati two Lioura befure I got there,"” *Then there i8 no trath in the ramor that the L‘uu;m'-.lournal in golug to como out for Bris- tow?” * I do not koosr what the Courier-Journal ls going to do, but 1 thunk it pretty rafe to say that 1t fsn't for Brietow. It hus declured that it is not over and over again. It is a Domoeratio paper, pledged to support tho Bt, Lows nomi- nece. Whils I am indebted to it for considera~ tion and frioudly treatmont, that {u. when I havo been assailed in'my private character, 1t Las not hastencd ta bellove me o thicf iu udvance of the proof, but has discradited charges agatuut me; thia iy to be ect down to its fairnese, and to tho fact that 3lr. Watterson and dr. Haldoman are my neighbors, who kuow s, and could not ba imduced 10 lie about me,"” +Thou nll these talos aro falso? " +Absolutely so0." Mr. Bristow spoke pleasantly upon general topics, but was reticent aw to tho Presidential question. Ho betraved no anxloty or uneai- noes, seoming tothink elightingly of the movo- ment 1o by fuyor, tiona from Lawrenco, Wabash, Cass, and Allon Counttes Instructod for Holman bave broke, and in whoto or in part it is to-night ropozted will GO OVER TO LAXDEERS, Holman has uundoubtedly injured himself by his equivozal correspondenco announcing that bio did not waut, aud then that ho did want, the nomination, Hadl he como hero in person to manipulate tite muchine, there would have been Lis securivg it A it ig, the contost promises to be sharp and bittor, ‘Fo-night the Houlman mnen aro kanguine of sue- cexs, ond Landors' fricnds aro depressod at the 1t fs, however, to bo reckoned smong tho poesibilitics that EACH WILL RILL OFF JUE OTHER, Jo anticipution of suvh uveut, four Henators, Dawid Turpio, Geu. Muuson, Congroseiuuu Will- taru, snd Judge Bicknell. are nnmed us com- promise condidutes, with tho chances spparontly ln favor of Williams, who is at Washingion, sports o soit of Lomespun, sud, in conye- aquonco, 8 reckoned powerful with tho Grangers, The Henancls wen have already carned their point as to the platform, 4o for us tho Commntteo on Hesolations is cuncerned, At :vi‘ul, it s roported on goud sathorisy to-uight at X SOME SUREWD CIFHERING, To the Editor or The Chicaco Iribune: Lixcor, 11, April 17.—Wu observe that somo are already proparing elatea intending {o ‘show tho probable rosults of tho work to be done ut Cinciunati. The timo for that charncter of flguring, we think, hay not arrived, All tho cal- culations thet onn bo maao are uscenssrily basod lurgely on specnlation,—~1nost of It mers guzen- ing. Manyof tho States have not held conven- tions, and somo that have donu o, seuy unin- structad delogates, ‘I'nbles mode from informa« tiou turniehed by others are ofteu based upon littlo mora than tho ndiviflual preforence of o fow individuals, and do not retloct tho viows of o Htate, or even 4 county. As su oxample, we reforto u stutemont in Tuk Tuiwesy of Apnl 12, based upon i1nformation given by somo per- nom, ‘‘that the Republicaue of Logsu Couuty ste for B, M. Cullom, slmost to = mwan," We agreo thut Cullom is popularin Logan, —deservedly so,—and lopublicaus horo wenld eupport him choerfully, aven onthusiastically. Wodobhim thoe justico to eay that, as tho parly uominco for Governor, ha would recetve the full party vote of tho county, and might oxceed it & little, butns betweeu Cullom and Washburne, any person who will tako tho troubie to talk withy our people will soon learn that they are not for Cullom almost to & man, Washlurue s very pop. ular in Logan, aud undreds profor bim to any porson, The * elaborate computations, or rather apcou- lattons,” of the Now York Tribune, and tho fig- ures (also epeculstive) furnlshed by tha Wash- ington correspondent of 'Tux Citicado TrisuNe, roay bo based upon inforwation far from roli- sble. Indced, thoy ouly profess to Lo stato- ments of what tho friends of tho eovora; Procidentisl candidates clama for their ro- apective fovorites ou the frst ballot, Your correspondent ehows that the frivndy of 3ir, Blawe claim for him, on tiret Lallot, 844 votes. e, however, ¥ifts tho waiter, snd yiolds tum, according to prosent ladioations, 250 yotes, 1u both calculations several States aru counted that aro by no meany certain to go for him. We think not tmore than two orthires of the former Slave Hiates can be rolied upon for Dluino. Nor 18 Ilhinois, or Miuuesots, or Kaneas, or Califor- nis, or all the "Lerritones, at all likely to bo sol- id for hiw. ‘Ahe fricnds of Morion claim for himall the . THE CCHNENCY BESOLUTION, ¢ it bias been dgroed, shiall declare for tho immedi- ato repeal of the Besumption act,the subistitution of ?xucuhacl;a for tho National Miuk currency, und in favor of o roturn to gold and silver oy tho Lasis of circulation when it can be dons without injury to tho coontry. That is as near a8 ovor Uendricks can succand in having the platform look towurd sesunny tion, sud by the [ndiaus Demourucy will bu aceupiod e o siquare-out rag- paby declaration. — THE GCOVERNORSHIP, TIUE FEELING AT DUCATUR. Bpeclat Correspundence ny' Tha Chiczuo Tridune, Ducarum, 1L, Aprli 17.~1Tho chilly rajus, the snow and aleot, aud beavy bail of.lust weok, have given blooming peach-troes and eurly gardeving adecided *‘pull-back™ appoarauce thst can- traats strangely with tho mitd wintor. The political caldron I3 beginnlug to bofl per. shir. Oullom’s friends bave boen s sottiug bls mege," and at preseut the Repub- lican drft has turned toward bim. **Mr. Ridg- way is a good man, but then he ean't make fnends,” rewarked ono of our loaders to mo Haturday. * What about Washburno? * 1 asked, “ Washburno is s great may, but has long aloce passod the CGlovernorship, 1o might do for Prowident, if he was oat of the Galous ing." + What of Beverldgo?" bie i out of the ring.” 4, ho Las pardoued himself out,” retorted another, **'Ihie Governorzlup lies really betwoen Cullom and WWashbumo.” ‘I'iero bay been considerable buzzing of candi- dntes for b fow days past. Beroges 13 working itko a Leaver ; wo [s Lippiocott ; even aspirauts for county ofticen are Leginuing 1o uppear at the surfuco. Awcuy these, Muartin Frostmyer, an intelligont, popular German, i3 sunoutced a8 o candidate for Bherul, subject to the dociston of the licublican County Couvention, I'ho Grangers aro “n good dual in cuace, and tho Democrats aro completely o, Htil, dele- gates slart S0-biglt for tho ** Yarmors' Stato Con. yention,” to be held at Centrulia to-morrow. "Phe 'imes of this city, which Las beon prosided over by the low. B, B, Jack, who has labured so zeslously to oarry Demacrutic water ou one whionlder and Indepeudeut water on the other until both fuctions distruet bim, ja to withdrow from that paper. RMr. Kimball, s soft-inoaoy man, takes bis mantlothis wesk, Laut fall tho dgepublcaus carned bhus couury by wyme 400 to Fouth (excopt Ientueky), Indiana and Tilinols, and yoiir correspondent gives him of the foimer Hlavo Hiales Arkansas, Mississippl, - Alabszan, ‘Toxas, Tonnesyoo, Wast Virginia, Georgia, Flos idn, aid tho District of Columbia, and also In- diana—184 votas, Wa nro eatisiiod that the fig- uros mado a8 botwaon Blaiuo and Morton nward tho former too much, and tha lattor too littlo, in the Bouthern Htatos. It givos to Morsou, how- ovor, Teanessoo, which is roasonably cortaln to Lo for Bristow. Wo nlvrmlmm‘ that tho former 8lave States will mostly be for Morton, ‘That iaall tho real sirongih he will have in donvention, excep: bils own Htate, Iiis strongth is therofors protty sol- 1d a8 to torritory. That of Blaino lalosa solld in that roapoct, as ho will fall to carry all the New Eungland Biatos, is not lkely to develop much streugth fu the Middla States, and in the Honth can got but a fow vates. In tho North- weat lits etrength will bo cousidorablo, but it should bo remembored that whoro Blaine 1s ro- garded most popular, Bristow already Loa latgo strougth, aud it 19 daily increasing, K Tho number of votes with which & eandidate can lend off in a convdution. whoro the contest 18 botwoen mauy, is very soldom any test of his real strengtl. A weak wman often runs woll on a firat ballot. Tho strougest o i3 lio who can fucoeed in o contost anLumwly agninst each of lus compotitors, and the man to nomiinte at Cincinnati {8 ho who is Hkely to dovelop the most strenyth noxt November, Morton, in the National Convention, is ltkely to reach the maoximum of hls sirougil onthe firat ballot, ‘The votoqcast for Conlliug, 1nrt- ranft, and Flayes, acebrding to preseut fudicn- tions, will be “merely complimeutary. Dlaine, upon & tirat ballot, in wbich ko will probably ro- ceivo s Jargor voto than suy othur porson, will vory MMIK gob nll tho ntrength that ho can rally onuny snbsoquent batlot, Ioe caonot reasona- bly nxrccl. to draw much from the strongth oniginelly given to others, AMorton or Diistow 18 tho utrongest man fa the Soulhern Hiates and Iudisua, Nuxt to Ilayes, Bristow 4 tho favorito o Olto. Pennsvlvanin, oxcopt for llartrantt, is at present uncortuin;—aay go for liaino or Bristos, or divide between them : nud Now York s moro likely to gzo for Brirtaw than Bluine, or at least to givo tho former tho lurgor shoio of bor voto, ‘Theso aro, howover, to o congiderablo extent, speculations, ‘Lhoy indicato that tho contest wiil eventually bo betwoen Uristow and Llmne 3 thot Bristow 14 the atronger mau, and wa fully believe o will ba. If hosbould not bo uowi- natod, iuour Judgmont o weakor man for tho gront contost will Lo tho Cineinuati victor, ona who in tho final raco to bo docided by ho peo- plo will fail by thousauds of votos to receiva tho support that would have poen giveu to Dris- tow. The grawing popularity of Bristow iu Ilinoia 18 sutch as to warrant tho statomout that by No- vomber Lo would poll 10,000 more votes 1 the Prairlo State than would be given to tho talanted Now-Englandor. ‘Tho strength of Dristow fs ot pronont_doveloping vory rapidly amonys tho peoplo, He acts upou the principlo that oftice ehould sook the man, uot the mun tho ollice. In this respees he is difforent from those who pull tho wires and work up conventions, or have oth- era to do It for thom, He nsks no man to speak, writo, or organizo for him, and does nolhisg of the kind Limsolf, This course is botter for bum, a8 16 18 110t 11 the hands of wero politicians aud plnce-seokers, who would ba more apt to injure thao benoflt Lim, 1lis modesty comnionds him, aud ho bias made himself popula by his intog- rity, stutesmanship, aud faithtul dischargo of public duty, Tho pooplo aro realizing that Dlalne now oc~ cuploy the place for which Lio 18 bost fittad, and. would bs a_wenkier mau in tuo November con- test. Mr., Blalpo, as a leader on tho Rapublican nide in tho prosont Congreds, has plantod o good many thoruy in the eides of Southorn Demo- crats. 1o has domo xo by nggressive movo- ments in party and_parlismentary warfare, and by 80 doing has mado bimaelf popular a8 o party manager, Asn result of this, Lo has drawn to his support somo dovoted friends and ad- wirera. Tho pcople ore cahnly consider- ing the durnbility of that bnais of his popularity, and to what oxtont it niay bo an clemont of pormanont strengti or wosknesa. Many of tho reflecting mou of the country bo- liove that, Itko n two-sdged sword, it will out two ways—nioro sgawnst than for hum, and crippla hum in tho Nuvownbor contest, 13y o very natural traugition they turn to Bris- tow, aud by tho oxerciso of a hittla sound scuse at ouco comprehend that hia populurity reuts upon a mora certnin foundation,—ouo that bas 1u it every olemont nocessary to mulo it por- manent, that will safoly carry bim through asa victor in tho great battlo, ‘Tho peeple want houest reform,—uo mero party or bogus work. ‘They do vob any that athars nre not, or would not be, reformeis, but they have uot taken tho initiative nnd passed unseathed with o atill bold trout through tho flery ordeal, us Bristow bas, Othors, with goldou apportunitios, bave oot stood nor do thoy now stund out and occipy the bold astitudo on that queation that Bristow does, ‘Tho most important u!‘)hur}uz—n problem that tho peoplo and tho dalegates to Ciucinuati aught to study very thoronghly—is that to bo solved on tho 7th of November., On that quoe- tion e proposo to take present indications and mako o fow Jigures, The former Blave Btatos ey likely to count much more in Juue at Cin- cuunty, than in November at tho poils. Somo are, without doubt, ltopublican States, but, with bo very persuasivo mguments and iufluoncos that may Lo brought to Lear to deter a numo) ous clasy of Ropublicans from voting their senti-. wouts, wo can couut very little from that soction with cortainty. Wo will, thereforo, for n moment, look at tho darkest side of this picture, and, for the pur- poues of the calculation, ussnme that the cloct~ oral volo of tho formor Slave States will bo giv- en to tho Demecracy, The whola numbor of electoral votos will, wo beliove, bo 869, including Colorado, aud tho Enccessful ticlkot must thoro- fore rocoivo 185, Tho former Hlave Btates will cant 185 votcs, to which wo may add Dol wware (3) making 138, that o Democratlo ticket will by this estimato raceive againet any llon:hlieuu compotitor. The Siates that might reparded na cortaln to vote the Hopublican tickot, headed by nuy ouo of thoso who aspire to tha I'residency, are tho five Now England States, (leaving out Connecticul Penusylvanis, Illinois, Miohigan, \Wisconai! Towa, Minnesotn, Nebraska and Kansuw, cas ing 120 votos, Home might think Mussachusetts not cortain, but we thiok it vught to bo counted 60, To theso we add Ohio, 22, and Colorado 3, makiug 151, Indisue can bo conuted cortain for Bristow or Morton, but not for any other lispub- lican, ‘Thew should Bristow be tho caudidate, hier 15 votes udded, would make 106, ‘'I'his dis« pouos of all tho btates oxcept Now York, Now Jorsoy, and Connecticutfeasting 50 votes, nnd tho three Bintes west of the Locky Mouvtoing, casting 13 yoted. T'ho 19 uro likely to be u‘;m. aqually divided, but may Lo given to tho Do- mocracy, Wo tlunl, however, that Uristow could carry Californin and Novads, snd Bluine coutd probably cavry Califorma. It will ba soan from this stanapoiut that the prospect of olcct- 1ngg any lepublican, without the voto of New York, is oxtiemely doubtiul, A1, to the 16 votes abovn stated, wo add New Jersoy sud Counecticut, 16 votep, it malies 181, wod ischs 1 of o tajouty, Thon if Calitoruis aud Novado should givo their ¥ votes to the lie- I\)nmmm ticket, aua Orogon her tureo to tho eutucrats, tho Ropublicans would bo success- ful by b majority, withoutthe vote of Now York, ‘Fhis, it will ho_percoived, Includes the 24 uucer- tain votes of New Jersoy, Counceticut, Calitor- iy, nud Novada, It Bluine should bo the candidate, and carry tho four siall States last uncd. Lue lode tho 15 votos of Inciaug, bo baw, without New Yori, only 175 votes, lacking 10 of au clection; und should bo lows New Jersoy sud Connecticut big vote will ba reduced to 160, Then, If Lo could carry Now Yori, 45 voted, o would bo elocted by 10 vates. Couuting the Houthery States apainst us, we think any well iuformed porson will agros that thesp calculatious ure reasonable, ‘I'ho contost i destined to be very closo un- loss we hayo an exceptionally strong ticket, It wil), we apprehicud, be conceded that Bluine i certain of no Htato that would not cordiully o tor Uristow, and that bristow 18 etronger in How York, Iudiaus, Conneetleut, and Now Jer- mu'.b the real battle-ground, there van Lo no doubt, Now, a word about tha Bouthern Btates shich wo have counted sgainst us. 'The two Carolinas, Georgin, Alabama, Lousiana, und Toxns, aro 1y frct Ltepublicau Htates, Iu eoiso of them, and also in Kentaocky, Tenneorsse, Virginta, snd My soutl, thero was, Ermr to the ltebolhon, sstroug Whig eloment. Tho Whigs, with fow exceptions, opposed socession aud tho War, They fually weot Into it under tho force of circumstaucos that thoy could not coatrnl, und a4 @ matter of rafety, A » ralo thouo old Whigs uro not Doine geratd., If wo can hiavo 4 fair und honont elec- tiun, st Jomst bLelf the elictoral votes of the Houtbern States would bo given o tho Bepublican ticket, Dristow, with (ho old Whiyg elowont, s very popular. The vorieat reLuls abd copporheads agres that ho iy honest, will Lo ampurtial, deal fairly with sl quostions, snd 80 ¢ufore tho laws that tho constitutivuxl nghta of all would be guuranteed to thom. Whatover of opposition to Bristow exists in the Houth 1 only politicsl, whils tuat to any other would be not only politicul Lut in suine’degroo personal. Rupublicanlsm In tug Bouth hay, unfortunate- 1y, been largely uudordibe coutrol of palitical buwmers, ‘il'huy likely to manipuiate the Btate Conventious and seud dulugates to Cincin- uath who will noy repreavat tuo welusl wislvs of that ho might moeet and expjain the chargos, and this was dono as oearly as tho month of wvention to dlspose of tho case ono way or tho other, barely roforred to one of the churgey. It did not atato tho cane fully nor clewsly, angd, a8 we un- doratond tho matior, the cards of Mr, Kollln Blaine, with s view to meatiog tho churges con- tatned in tho Sentinel articlo, fall oatiral; of tho mark. a8 his real motivo, or that the facta whon fuily known would havae tho offeot lie supposed. This matter has boon in cirgulatlon for wooks, a8 tn known to mang leadlng newspapor men and to Mr. Biaino and” nis (rionds, but was not mngnl. fled with blazing headlinos until it reached tho Opporition papers, aimply for the roason that it is well understood, by thode swho bavo (akon tho paing to iuquiro, that Mr. Blaino claims to o ablo to vindicato perfootly his innoconco of any wrang in connoetion with tho matter, Wo rapeat agnin, and with the groatest possible aincerity, that we do ot bolievo Mr. Blatno i guilty, Sq——mt ALLEN AND THURMAN. - TOE ONIO DEMOCHACY AND TRE PRESIDENCY. Speeial Corresvaridence of I'hs Chicago Iribune, Coroxmus, 0., April 16,.—The mill Allen Pres- dential movemont fu lmitod atrictly to the oftico of tho Cinclunatl Enquirer, Ity sigoificanco is simply this: When tho gale ralsod by Mr. Cly- mor's Committoo of Investigation went awoep- ing through tho political foreat, and laid low somo of tho tallest Prosidentisl timber belong- ing to tho Democratio estate, there wop distrosn in tho Enguirer ofiice. It was presontly maul- fost that in tho'pursult for a candidato and “anything to beat Thurmen," something must bo done besides balancing Pendloton aund Hen- dricks a8 posstbilities. At first tho offort was to show that no disastor had bofallon Az, Pondle- ton, and that hoe still hold tho nndying affection tho groat hody of Fonthern Ropubligan sandnof lopublivans in the South, whil -] Dblacik, feot, whotlhior justly or not wp will hot in- utro, that tho (overnmont has unufl'urydod amm that protection thoy wora ontitlad to, They know that Bristow lias tho coutaga to do night, and whilo they havo conildence that o woul | meo thair constitutional righta werg protected, no. parly or individual would have auy fonr that siach protection wonld Lo soafforded oy to violato tho rights of othora, If any man could pour olton tho troubled waters, ot calm tho billows of strite, or bring ardor out of chirox, Bon Bristow is that man, Ia {w oxcoptionally strong with tho masecs of Sonth- orn Ropublicans. Many Houtlern mon of in- telligonca and woll informod, prodict that he could carry soveral Houthiern Batoy that wopld Do given to no other Republican, 1n viow of tho forogolng conaldorations, wo hnzard nothing tn sayinp that in tho formor Blavo Statea thero would bo a larger snpport for Bristow than any other Republican ; that in tho other Staten his goneral strovgth is from 18 to 05 votes groator than would “bo given to any other; that ho enn bo elocted, without sny donbt, whilo thero might be doubt as to tho auo- cox of any other, Theso questions should bo sorlously conaid- eored at Cincinnati, W, I J, o Je DRISTOW 1N INDTANA, Ta the Editor of The Chicagn T'ribune: Tonr Warsz, Ind, April 17.—I am not a rog- Iar correspondent or any other corroypondent, but you will porhaps nllow me to say o fow words to you on Presidential romttars, Morton would vory likely bo beat in Indinns, if ho abionld bo nominated by tho Kopublicaus at Cin- cinnati; tho Gormans will go strongly against him on nccouot of elura cast on Carl Behurz in 1672 aud on other occusions. If hio cannot carry his own Stato, how i3 it with othors? Conkling Is not talked of a8 n pessibility bere, or in sny other Wostorn and Northwoestern Btatos. Dlaino had o groat irength here, and overywhera elso in the Wost, until tho Belkuap oxposure, whon public attention turned more to Dristow than at any timo slnca tho commence- ment of his raid on tho defraudors of thy rove- nuo, Blomo i wuoll liked by Republicans all ovor tho. Weat, but thoy doubt ‘whather thoy can bo sucoesaful with him, Can wo oarry Htatos onough to vlect our caundidate ? That {8 the question with Republicans outside of tho wire-pullers, Thern aro undouktedly n groat number of modoreta Democrats in the wholo West,—onough to enrry Indiana, Mighi- gan, Hlinoiy, Wisconsin, Nobrasita, ana tho Pae cillo States without n dount,—who wonld vota for Bristow in proferonce to any Deniocrat, I am o German, and moatly usdociatn with Gor- mauy, aud know their sentimonts, Thoy want tho Augean stablos clonned, aud look w) Dristow oa the man to do it without foar, Thoy look upon him ag tho knight ** sans pour ot saus reprociie,” Will tho Lopublican purt{ give ua this candidato? Withont duubt, Catl Sohurz would support him, knowing bim as an Loneat, Liard-money man ; sud has any man more influ- ence among Gorman-Americans thau ho ? Blaina would be wll right under othor circumstances, ‘but Bristow s tho right man at tho right time nad in the right piace. GERMAN-AMERICAN, et By - BLAINE. DLAINE AND TUE DOSDS, Special Disnateh ta The Chicago Tribune, Wasniyatoy, D, C., April 18.—Mr. Harrison, Govoramont Dircctor of the Union Facific Rail- rond, whoso statementy aro at the foundstion of the cliarges against v, Blaine, will bo honrd in n fow days by tho Committeo on the Ju- diciary, which is how ougaged in mvostigating cortain traneactions of thin road. It is undor- stood that Mr. Blaino Intonds to make a full atatement of tho case without walting for-him 10 appoar. . LICUALD BMITI ON THAT ‘* gO¥rrmENce." Cineinnat! Gazelte, Aprif 17, ° Tno mooting of four gentlemen in Clincianati, in rogard to certain chiarges mado privately against Mr, Blaino, about which much has been eaid witbin tho last fow’doye, was not, as bag beon aeserted, o tho intercsts of any patticular candidato, mor against any porticular candidate. It lad como lo the knowledge of thoso parties that thero were charges against Mr. Blaino in the poesession of 1Jemoerats that would bo sprang if that getle- man slionld bo nominated for the Prosidanay by the Cincinnatd Conventlon, and it was to Jook into thoso that tho conferonco was held in this city, T'horo wore four persons presont, all Ro- publicans. Thoro hayt boon correspondence pro- viously with Jr, Dlalve with reforence to tho nntter, and o was subuoquently nd- vised of oll that transpirod st that moeting, and ho was also furnishod tho names of tho gontlemen present. Tho lotter writton to Mr. Blaine with roforence to tho meeting in question, and all provious correspondoncs, ho g at full tiberty to publish whenover Lo sces fit, Tho confercuce had but one object, nnd that was to discover whother tho chargea were aocl na to injure Mr. Blaige 1n tho event of-Lig nomina- tion, and to ascertain, if possible, what truth thero wad in thoso charges. Tho gontlomen ro- terred to could not aflirm that the charges wera trug, nor gould thoy say that thoy wore falso in all tholr parts, Thoy falt it thoir duty, theroforo, . in tho intorosta of Mr. Blaino snd to Ropublie- an party, to make thas goutloman nequainted with all the dotalls in thelc possossion, in order lic journala camo laden with obltuarlos of Gon- tleman George, it ommo o bo nccoptod oven in tho Enquirer management, a8 only too truo that tho great groenbacik-indlation advocato of hard ponoy was numbered smong the departed, Trior to theso ovonls a prolly formidabla Peundleton movemont and antl-Thurman rhove- ment had been -maeked for a timo behind tho nsmo of Gov. Wiilinm Allen. The old Gov- ernor himsol?, after hin retiremont from tho ox- ocutivo ofilc, was submitted to oo interviowing process at bis home on Fruft Uill, tho taln ro- sult of which was to inform tho world of man- kind that Lo who In Iast summor’s campaigu bad prowisad to livo nnd dfe {n tho arms of tho peo- plo, wan still in tho hands of * our people.” Do- uulihad not dismayosd biw, and years had.not shated bis natural forco—of voico and love fur ofics.” Bo It is falr to undorstand tunt Gov. Alten accopts tho voaition of hoad to tho onumoeratod force oppusod to thip nomfuation of his nophsw, Judgo Thurman, Thero was & timo when such an snnonneo- mont would have moeant & groat doal morp than it does now. * During tho great political contest; of last year, whan dov. Allon himself coul-! dontly oxpected & re-oloction by o ima- jority tp range amnywhero from 60,000 1o ."100,000, ‘snd when his adhoronts fully showed bis most sanguino expectations, it was no nnusdal thing to seo him greated both in publip aud in privato ay ** tho noxt Prosident, of tho United Siates.” And, Indeed, the old, white-bajred ohifeftain of so many faichful ro- tainera did seom to tho obsorver to carry undor Lils bt n protty fair assortment of Proaldential possibilitics, e had o history, o fair record ag a publio man, had gsaocinted with men of na- tiousl renawn whon in tho Senato of the United States, somed to tho young men of his party to binve come down to ua frown o formor gencration a4 somothiug of a spocunon of the giants that hved in thoso days,” o was o Granger, withal, and bad a knack of gotting away with tho imagi- .nations of Lis Ciranger friends, It looked ny though Lip hiad ouly to realizo » moderata rotarn oo his invostmont of oxpoctations as to tho Oc- tober eloction by betog alected by ovon n smal} majority to como immediately to the front as the Domocratic candidsto for 1876, - Butlas all tho world knowu, tuat campaign end- od disastrously for b, and it may ag well bo ndded, ended him, The Dowoorsoy of Obio sre abfo to do thelr sharo of foolwl' things, but they will nos bo 8o foolish as to o into the 8t. Loufs Convention with Mr. Allon un their candi~ date, 'They will want o candidato who can givo asguranco oitlior of his ability to carry Ohlo, or of his atandings with tho party in somo Northern States where tho result of tho voto in November will bavo a controlling fntluenco on tho general result, and it is plain enough that Gov. Allen dogs nat auswor oither of theao requiremonta. Meauwkile the tido of Dumocratic gentimont has turned mioro towards Judge Thurmau of late, nnd Lis frionds oro alrgady ablo to mako 8 protty formidable shaowing of strongtl, ‘Tho calmnltg which ovortook Alr. Pondloton was a shock to tho Democratio opponculs of Judgo Thurman in Okio, from swhich they will not caaly rocover. Prior to that nffair it was an opoen sccrot that somne of tho Democratio mem- bors of the Legislature, who in tho pro- vious Geuoral Assombly Lad voted for Tlhurman's re-clection to tho Henalo, weroe now bitterly opposed to him, and indeed expressod their l'n[fmh that thoy bad not choson M. 'on- diaton instead. It T8 unlikely that many of them would saw caro to ndmit that they thought this ouly two monthy sgo. It {4 plain that tho frionds of Judgo Thur- man biave an advantsge frow all this, When tho Cuntral Committco met sowmo weoks since to fix tho tito for holding the Htato Canveution, It was-slroady apparent that Sonator Thurman's fortunea werv roviving, and I found tho most oordial and jotatligent volorans of tho party— mou who had come horo as outside, but intor- catod, spoctators—strong in tho belief that, be- foro tho meoting of the Bt. Louis Convention, Ohio would present & solid front for Thurman, Thero sro, howaver, somo_conditions that tho friends of,tho Benator will do woll not to ignoro in thoir dalculntiops. Iromineut uoder this charactorizos ono or two rocent comory into tho Domocratio camp, Therofs e lifo-nud- doath strugglo hore for tho position af rccog- mzod loader. Tho success of tho party on the financial plank of 1676 would have given Gon, Towm Ewing, Jr., that prastigo, Sam Cacey would havo disputed tho claim in vain, Usroy iaun demagoguo who utters what he thunks will in- lnouco Lis hoarors, without rogard 1o foots or principles, Ewing bolloves in tho omiiipotunce of Government ay o creator of values, aud speals from o convictian of this yort grafted, as it were, iuto an old Whig utock. to tho success of tria principles of pohitical ocopomy, because ko kuows nothing about thors, and has all tho zoal of & crusador for that whicl 14 falso, Tt 18 ncodieqs to say that ho Lias a con- siderabloe following, and that even tha cohesivo powerof & groat and usually controlling dosize for party suocess umy not Lo nbla to proveat such n domonstration on this account at Bt Louls a8 shall matorjully weaken tho maoral forco of Benator Tharman's sitpport. Btill further, the Hanator's osnse hay beon damaged in the bands of his immediato frionds who detest tho whole miserablo businusa of committing tbo Democratio party to s polioy of forced goveruroent loans iu tims of powce, hy the wide distrlbution of .cirealars in which, ay March, in oider that there might bo sbundant timo boforn tho moating of thie Oincinnati Con- The publication in the Indiannpolis Sentinel and Morton, Bliss & Co,, published by Mr. short Ioneo wo cousider o furthor ex- planation necessary, In fact, n full joveatiga- tion will bo requured to placo afr. Blaine 1w a xwtmr position before tho coustry. 1f tunocont, luu st bo establisbed by sowething wmore than more goneral denlatd. If Mr, Biaine should bo nommated for tho Presidency, tho Demoeratio Houno would be auro to ruvostigate. With thoso ehurges ponding, the Cincinuati Convention wonld not bo‘likely to rl thoe nomination of Ar. Blaino, ‘Lho investigation should, thersfaro, b demanded by Mr. Blaine at. onoe, and sbod to & conolusion, In ono of- tho casas, Harrisun, s (tovornmont Dirostor in the Union Vacitio Railroad, would bo & wit nesy, 1o suys o knows all sbout tho £64,000. trandaction, and fy ready to go beforo a Cone pressional Comrnitten awmd tell the whalo story, ‘This would ot tuko mora thsn o fow days, and if, from what we huve Loard, My, Hurrison's ov- idenco would mnot couvict Mr. Blaine, ho could uot bo convictad at all. It will pot suilico to eay that Mr. Harrison is 8 friend of Benator Morton, aud this 1w Morton scliome to kill off Biuine, Mr. darrimon, wo aro infurmod, 18 sn honorable mian, sud ona not likely to entor into nuy yquestionable scheme to the approbation of tho Western Domoornoy by clainung to be himwolf a supporter af Mr, Peg- dlcton's doctrine, und rofors o by, Pendluton for In anything but & misapprobenslon of tho letler of Mr, Thurmen, i which ho eitos Mr. Pondla- ton’s speech at Ironton lasl summer a4 corrobor- ative autharity ju pupport of his pomtion, 1 am unablo to say. holp or injure ooy perses. Neither will it TP Do ctond o ‘) - o diriiow cone| OYMER POLITICAL DATTERS, Hplraoy, & Hases plot, or o Coukling iniquity, . — 1t Is nothiug of tho kind, so far sy wo Lave any MISCELLANEOUS. Kknowledige on the subjoct. The chargos are boand to bo mado in full, and tha sconer they uppear and are met gpecitically and snuroly, the batter for Br, Ulains, and the party, and thu country, ‘i hio peopla ara oxtremoly sensitive nt thopres. eat timo with roforenco to the eharactor of pub- lio wou, aud It is ceatain that s elean rocord will b reguired of Presidential candidaten. For the Itepublickn party to nowiuste o caudidate who uy bave a veriond cloud hovering azound by reputation, woulid bo & snicidal polioy, 16 iy es- sontial, thereforo, that whanever thero are clouds restivg upou candidates, tho doubly shauld bo dispolled or the candiduto abandoned. 1 order to a succossful campaign, it must be an aggressive, not o dofonsive oue, sud in the nominations &n awakenod public consclence must bo respected. AORUIBON, TLia Svecial Dispateh to The Chicaqo Tribuna, Moo, Iil, April 18.—The Morrison cily liceusq and no licenso, The vosult is a majority uf 181 In favor of Jiceuse. All tho warlls {u the city gavo mujorities. . The advocates of no- licenso loft no weasus untricd to win a victory rud the result is o subatantial recoguition of the preseut administration of tho city. & . UYPE PADK, ILL. . dvsoial Dispatoh to I'he’ Chioago Tribune, » Hgpr Pazx, 1ik, April 18 al Waito-Willett cpmbination, Tho Trun- toca olectsd aro ; Taylor, 1,060; Beusley, 1,025 Fatrell, 9763 Hehlund, 830; Powell, 817 Boguo, 741, Following the balance of the vote fur "'rustoes s Cudisore, 714 ; Lowes, 836 ; Mitokoll, (054 Flood, 516; Iumsoy, 063L; Lollausbue, 583 ; (hllott, 502 ; Howos, 415, Russell iy elout~ «d Glerk uasnimounly. ., . Ui, DLAINK'S BTORY, Indianapdia Journal, Aprit 17, The Journa! dows tot lugeachs Ar, larsison in thia comiaunity, snd will not dony that ho s the friead of EVANGTON, TLI of Morton,—Eenlinat, Hpecial Dispateh to The Chidaga Tyibune, The Journal doea not. impcach Mr, Harrison Evaxsro, 1L, April 18.—~1he village slootion to-dy called ont 601 votes—l4 lous . than last yoar. Tho ouly opposition to tha rogular tickot was that from ll E , Kiader, who rau indopeud- ong sguinet D, Davis. Tho reeutt gives genersl satinfaction. 'The voie widt lrunl.uu-()i,. iah Huwo, 874 N, G, Iglabast, 5005 1D, 13, Dowey, 544 Il A. Gage, 062 N, B. Davis, 477 ; James ), Con« nor, 501 ¢ Kfl AL Kidder, 250, Village Clerk—R. It, Seott, 594, Trustees Public Library—Charles A, Iogers, 6863 N. (. Grldloy, 5035, 'ne South Hvanslou cloctiun wus hotly con- toated, an Amsrican and Gorman ticket baing in the fleld. ‘I'he following waro electod ; 'I'runtoos, Jumeos 8. Kirk, O. F. Gibbs, J. B, Adsws, P, Winter, I1. A, Warren, and C. M. Caus ; Volica i‘e"fi!,".fl“"’ Jobn Il Larke ; Villagu Clork, D, fu this community nor in any othor community, Ha {s well known io Indiana as o gantloman of veracity and a successful baukor, In all watters in which bo protoods to spesk from porsocal knowledge ho 18 cutitled to the fullest faith and credit, and wo do not for a moment doubt that tho things nraratod Ly Liw as having truouplred iu tho Union Pscifio Voard did occur just us he has relsted thom. But, couceding sil this, it doos not follow by uny meaus that Mr. Biaino Is guilty of the crmes imputed to bhn by the Sentincl's urticla, Mr. Ilarrison daos uot pretend to know imore than that he way “irequented to withdraw his motion, the ocro- tary twaking the voquost, glving a4 » roason sl e incestigation would invalve Mr, Dlaine." While thiu was tho molive ssuiguod by the Heo- otary 10 M. Liarzinou, 1t doennos fotlow bk ib PAXTON, QIHBON, AND LODI,elLL. pectal Dirpalch (o The Chicae 5 a0 Tribune, + Paxzon, L, April J8.~Lho anti-lcvase patty _thot Nr, Brigtow 8 hond i8 tho ambition for leadorship which | acf e is moro dangerous - Mr. Thurman cowends himsolf to<| confiripation of this siatomont, Whothor this, olection occutred to-day, Tho issue was siuaroly. -Uowplotu defent olacted the ontira Couniclimen here to-day by o 1najority of 20. ‘Thero hna boen intonas exclte. ment all d?‘y 3. 11 Cluud, Independent candy. dato for City Attorney, was defeated by J, @, Patton, noti-liconsn, by 3 votes. Our City Cotnetl is unanimously anti-licenso. (libmoq aud Lod), nd|oining towns, elect liconsa Boardq, THE ILLINOIS DEMOURATA, Sneetal vtlch to Thé Chicaan Tribune, Brrryaziety, 1. April 18.—Tho - Democratiy Stnto Contral Coinmittoo meetd hare to-morrow A0 agroo upon the tine for holding tho Biate Convention to solect dolegaten to the Nationa] Conveution, Tha eecond Gonvention, to nonf. nato o Btalo ticket, will probably not ba Lalg until Augues, - s CAIRD, IT.L. Camo, IlL, April 18,—Tho municlpal olectioy asecd off quiotly, I'olitics wara iguored, Rtg. urps {ndionto the election of 1% M Btackfletl, ‘Troanurer, ‘aud J. W. Stewnyt, Glork, by amal} majoritics, MILWAURER. i . aneetal Disnatch lo The Chieaao Tetbune, MirwAuker, Wia,, April 18.—Mayor-elect But, Jor wad funupurated tuis aftornoon and mado ay oxcellent audrers, tho main polots of whigk bavo boan_already published. Tha Gommerpigj Timnes and See-Liote waors choson oficial papors, Kmlnzl 1anuicipe! ofileera wero sloctod and gon. rmed. " 2 THE LIDENALS, = Nrw Yonx, A prit 18,—Tho National Committer of tud Liboral Republicans is caliol to moct [y this city May 8 to tako notlau in referance to ¢ National C , ote. of Wonr pooploy” na- tho Gonfodsratos In Cop. | i owal Louv eatlan, ote gress soy § but, a8 ono attor anothor of tho pub- | ———— NOTES. g GAMPAIGN PARAGRADIS, .. Kansaa {8 protty gonerally concadod lg‘n;;h‘ Ttoboson vows lio will not vole for Dom Pedy for Preafdent. i i . Now 6 tho timo for Prosidential candidates i eatel thoir second wind, Barnum s meking thinga hot for Mr, English in tho Connocticut Senatorial conlest, ‘The New Iinvon Union (Dom.) wants to haye the Uemocrats stoor aloar of Judzo Davis, Mosny hag rotired nbgolutely from' politics< politics long nizo retired absolutely from him, A flippant Tlapublican nawspaper declares thay Kitkwood is only fowa's favorite son-fu-** Iy, [Mo Now York Post romnrks that Morton hy S)u‘wu L ;\u‘prialng weakness " in the Southery tates, #Third-clasa logislation upon third-class posy ago” {4 tho Now York Zosi's Lappy way of ox ‘pressing it, ' % Joff Davisis sent _to I;uropnlnc;‘dur to b out of tho way of hin Domdoratio fhieuds duriog the Preaideutial campaign. s Conlling. hns‘.mwngu antagonized Westorn in. toroats ; why shiould tho Westorn Republican support him ot Cinclunafi ? i ‘Tha Boston Post charges Sonator Anthony, of Rhode lsland, with controlling tho, "clection of membors'of tho Leglglature by improper means The New York Tribune -says:, "“Tho convia tlon is growing upon ' tho Democratio -Jonrnaly ® woak, lucompetent ‘man, It is snd." . Y Bors Kélly, of New York City, is sending un instructod dolegates to &t Louts, which moans that Lo is dosorting, or fosling is way to desast, Gov. Lildon, . A Wisconsin Democratio paper stiggosts Evarty and Adams, but sdmits that possibly {ts tioket it {00 freazingly respedtable.” It 1a nlgo fraez. ingly Iopuhlican, ¥ y e Siatesmon,of a carfain class aflogt to deaplss #the hammoring of tho vress,” but it iv o nota. blo fact that peraons of Lhia clags ‘have bue {lattoned out mora or less. v . - “"I'ho Augueta nowspapors want to havo Fostor DBlodgett punished, frsully saying: * The Domocratie party in Goorgln 18 strobg enongh to b ublo to punish its criminalu,” Tho Momphis Avalanche wents Ben Hiil i turn the job of sotting tho South rizht before tho world over to some one *‘who tleosn's 1o quiro to be sct right &0 ofton himaolf,” Gov. Chamborlnin's lottor to Breatdunt Granl, published some weoks ngo, was Writton last Da cowbor ; and, as Chambetlain kopt ‘uo copy of it, bo is ourioua as to how it gobt into print Dabeocle ? Gov, Chamberlain is oalled by his admiren ¢ the most oloquent man in the Bouth." Mate bim Proaident, and .he will persusde~you thu blnck and whito are tho samo thing. in politics— aud g0 thoy are, iu ono sonso. - The Baffalo Expresa says: ¢ Witbin itsolg thy Republican party contains the ngunc!cs.*{h(n ine etramonts, tho foreos of reform. If they do not oxist in it thoy exist nowhere, and the virtue to }ogfiuome itselt politioally hos died out of the and.” RN Tho Cincinnati Garelle esys: “It ia worlh whilo to notice tbut overy mou who stols mny- thlnf;. or who expeots totrado in patronageor spolls, or who wants 'to seo n Domocrat electel T'rosident of tho United Stutes, is u{:pased toity nomination of -Bon. ‘Dristow by the Cincinuai Conveution,” Tho Philadelphis Press is informod thyt Lana, Jr,, Qf Munssachusotty, {g be i 1, | coming o . formidable Rapublican, candidate for Prosident. ' ‘Lha bost thing that ‘has yob lee wald for Doua is that hia election would dnv Gon, Lutler out of tho country. T'hio Utica Herald (Ellis 1. Rtoberta' paper) bu n good word far the Now York Conforenco caliel by Willinm Cgllon Brgant, Carl Hcharz, sui others ; but tho wmajority of Republican noms. papers oxpreas tho opinion thut the jutonds) éion canoot fail to. bo prarmature, #The Assoociatod Pross holpod Mr. Colvin alonz by telegraphing n liberal obsiract of his abaurd *‘statomont” over tho country. Many of th wide-awaleo nowspapors ignorad the dispateh sl mlmc.hur.i ‘not cousidoriog {t & mattor of sufd 1bnt &mm:umca to dosarve publication outsidr of Chicago, * Thyrmon thinks Tiayes has, on the wholo, th best chance for {ho’ ltopublican Preswdentsd nomination, Lis ownghunces for tho Domocrs 0 nominution pro improying ; ho foars ouly D nrd and ancock, the lattor anuworing to thede weription 8 *‘the Groat Uuknown' oa it Domocratic side, Cho Boston 8choo! Committes fillod tho w1+ enncy caused by tho rosignation of Miss Crocke or, who bad boen chosen o.Bupervisar, by th sloction of & mon, ‘Tho uversion on the partol thio malp mombers ta pecapt fomuals nssociates is not aaslly overcoms, sud shora is littlo duatt .that if tho ,majority had contio) of the (oo wittee no woman would serve on jt. Tandell 1s sald to bo getting roslly alsmd’ ovor the obronio dilatorwess of tho Ioust Night aftor night that body meots to voto away s the Legisiative Approprintion bill, but vory k- tlo progross ‘T made, Two of the Goneral A propriation bills aro yet to bo pasued, and tweaty roports from Investiguting Commitioos ura tobt considoreds Tho Toniavlllo Couricr-Jonrnalsnya: * fhoald the Domocratic party lu '70 ropoat the mone mont in *72? -1f jtcan soonre as its nomivel such a lopublican us Judge Davis, of tho 5i premo Oourt, ot Mr. Bristow, should it _seeor! him? Yo think not, hocause tho satire chain of circumstancen i rovorsed, Who Domoctsil ety in 73 was * disoryauized und dinwuni: - 1 ‘76 it has . mujorisy in Congrewys ws well » tnjority of. tha (overnors of thu soscnl Hiatas, 118 organisation, if ot perfuct, can b petfootad.” ik 'Che Rev. Thomas K. Boechor, in tho Elmin Qazetly, advanoes the original aud starthit propotion that tho oleotion bribery Iaws bare poaled, aud tlut yotes bo sold in an opon mark 1o uasorts thal * whilo tio world stonds WW\ Wil b butght sud sold iu & Domocraoy ;" b 4 vust uuwbery: of volors canyol posaibly usd their votu nisoly ;" that * iy ia bobter for canis to irat out the yoto by onsh than for partyued ta got it aut by bribea and lea ;" that *‘to wfl; 8 prusy is o0 innovation, no dtsgrace to stx! bolders," nor in itsolf immoraf, and b **bribary lawa once ropealod, honest wealilfe and patriotic men could bid in opon market .‘d £h10 voton which aro now aold to tha kuavish corrupt only.” Al lntelligont nowapapers at once attributed tho !ndinnlli‘o“llu story Ex:‘inm, SSlame to Mullfl:- and the last doubt on tho point Iy removed I tho coutso of the Sentinel, which originally ww,‘ livhed tha charga under the nead of ** Muno‘r:x Victory," sud “mado theso remarks aboul i/ “ ‘Plyo utartling Information puhlhhedmlflol‘“ columu, directly inoulpating Blaine iu rn“"l"n- au ouormons snm of monay from she Uslon I aific Kinilrosd, on the ovidenco of ono of tho I rootors, has boonin the possession of !lolml for somo timo, aud has boon used necretly byh frionds to kil off Dlaine. It wae usod oncd A aften, sad that is how it foil into tho }n-lngl_l:‘ o repressntativa of tho Senlinel"—Ypringw publioan, g ot A VELOCIPEDE RACE. i New Yook, April 18,—Tho cl)lmp!amhlp b,h clo raco for 50 inilos, botween D, Stantol ghvh champioo, aod W. L. !I::Llumn.‘ 1o Amgicas chswplon, took plaoo lagt nigbt 8! oy Rink, and reaulterd in s wietory for !Sflflm ):nulnllnfll hrzkl:\ dwmu t:ln m: “l;:\ll't fl‘:“ufl also on hig 20th mile, when he Ritoguther, - Bianton finishied hiy 60 mile 12 1hgoo hyurs and fout minuted ,