Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1876, Page 4

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Engacement of Hatls Putnam. #0ld Carfosity Bbop.” ernoon and evening, MVICKER'S THEATRE—Aladison stroet, betweon Doarbora and_Btate, _ Afternoon, * The Lady of * Lyons” Evoning, ** A New Way to Pay 0la Dobts." ADELYIHI THEATRE—Monroe atrect, cortier Dear- boru. Variety entorisinment, Aftornoon and evening. FARWELL HALL—Madison stroet, between Clark snd LaSalle. Von Bulow Matinee, The Ghirags ribune, Saturday Morning, April 29, 1876, WITH SUPPLEMENT. Greenbacks, ot the Now York Gold Ex- change, closed at 887, Tho party at tho Washinglon end of the telograph lino announces that wo of this vogion may expect warmor wenthor to-day. The delicate state of Speaker Kenn's healih, and the daily increasing probability that he will soon bo compolled to take a respite from his Inbors, roceived recognition yesterday by the amondment of Rule 5 so ns to provido for the appointment of o Speaker pro tem, for a period of ten days, instead of quo day, as horetofore. puidarat It is now nearly three weeks sinco the sup- plies were exhnusted at tho Red Oloud and Spotted Tail Agencies, and the Indinns are reported to ba on the verge of starva- tion and in n frame of mind and body fit for troasonms, stratagoms, snd spoils. Thoy aro hungry and savago, and it is probablo that thoy sro only restrained from o goneral raid npon the sottlers by tho moral effcct of tho recont drnbbing adminis- tered to Onmazy Homsx and his warriors. How long this effect will hold, is o question of grava intorest to tho frontier peoplo. Tho nction necessary to rendor the city certificates availablo for raising money, in accordanco with the recont docision of the Circuit Judges, was token last ovening by tho Common Council in the passage of an ordinance ordering the city tax lovy for 1876, “Tho Council proceoded with the canvass of -the voto which was intonded to install a now Board of Aldormen some time within the mext year or two, but which has failed of nc- complishing that purjfso as yet. A hitch occurred by reason tho negleot of the clection judges in four precincts to properly certify the roturns, and the canvass was in- terruptod, It should be resmned next Mon. day evening, and finished without delay, The peoplo aro bocoming impatient under this fooling. Congrossional Prifter Qrarr now proceeds to give the pedigres of tho high korso upon which he vaulted and rodo, ss ho supposed, beyond the reach of the House Investigating Committco. He avers that the investigators had been for weeks secrotly accumulating testimony concerning the management of tho Government Printing-Ofilco, and that he was, according to tho Committoo's proposition, to be allowed but onoe short day to review sad rebut this mass of evidence, He did not, to uso a homely phrase, turn tail becsuse he feared the result of the inquiry, but, believ- ing ho was not to have a faix show for his roputation, took ndvantage of tho only chanco of eseape offered by making rapid re- treat to tho smiling realm of non-jurisdiction, Tt is to be hoped that the Senate will test Mr, Orarp's sincerity, The Reform ex-Governor of - Wisconsin is hoving some trouble in satisfying a Legis- Intive comumitteo now sitting at Madison that his exponditure of State moneys somo time after leaving office was n logitimate transaction, notwithstanding tho fact that claims against the commonwealth were satis- fied thereby. In unornamented United States tnlk, the main trouble is this: It is suspected that ex-Gov. Tayron filched $500 from the Governor's contingent fund, and that, somo {ime aftor tho expiration of his torm of of- fice, ho bocamo alarmed at tho prospact of an investigation, and, going forth ns a private citizen, drummed up a claim sgainst Wiscon- sin held by one SroaN, and paid it. The framework of pilfered postsge-stamps snd cabbaged stationery in which this ongaging 1::."“‘ is prosonted adds much to its inter- ‘Tho little leavon of oconomy and intelli- gont retrenchment which Mr. Wercn intro- duced in the Board of Education some weeks ago ot first had tho effect of causing a gen- eral gourness in the heavy mass, but it hay worked around to some purposo at last. The Laro possibility that the expenses of tho pub- lio schools might be reduced without injury to thelr efficiency is finally admitted, and n wpocial committoe has been appointed to thor. oughly examina the subject, and roport in time to give tho Board tho bonefit of their conclusions in Bxing salaries for the next schoal year. It is unquostionably true that much wholesome pruning can be done in the matter of the number of teachers employed, tho salaries paid, and in other directions, and o large reduction thereby effected, and it @bould be accomplished thoroughly, andwith. out favor or partialit; The Chicago produce markels were less excited yesterdsy, Mess pork was sctivo and firmer, closing at $21.024 for Moy, and §21.22} for June, Lard was in good domand, and closed 5o per 100 lbs higher, at $12.874@ 12.90 cash, and $18.024 for June. Meants wera miors aotive and ¢@}o per 1b higher, closing at 7§o for boxed shoulders, 1130 for do short ribs, and 11jc for do short elears. High- wines wore nominally easier at §1.07 per gellon. Flour was quiet and steady, Wheat was sotive and lower, closing jo higher, at 97}o cash, and 98jo for May. Comn was setiva and weak early, but closed {o. higher, st 45§0 cush, and 4640 for May. Oats were sctive and 3@1c lower, closing strong ot 81}c tor May or Juns, Ryoe was dull and easicr at 63}@6tc., Darley wan in better demand snd 10 highar, closing at A% for May and 65e for June, Hogswero nctivo and stendy at Thurs- day's decline, poor to chojco selling ot $7.25 @8.00, Cattls ware in activoe demand, and sdvanced 10@150, with sales at $3.60@5.25 for common to chofce, . Bheop woro un- changed. Ono hundred dollars in gold would buy §112.75 in greonbncks at the closo. et sa—— The result of the first day's investigation of tho clinrges ngainst Sccrotary Buistow in connection with the * Mary Mesritt ” onso as in tho highest degreo gratifying to Mr, Brsrow nnd his friends, and in a correspond- ing degreo unsatisfactory to Care and the Democratio invostigntors, In every inatanco tho witnesses summoned ot CaTs's instigation in support of the charges proved to be admi- rablo witnossea for the other sids, their tosti- mony bringing to light facts that were not only not damnging, but wero oxtromoly flat- tering and creditable to Mr., Bustow. s conncction with the case of tho bark « Mary Merritt," ns shown by the ponding investigntion, 18 in a fair way to materistly enhanco lis roputation for a lofty sonso of honor and involnerable fntegrity. At this rato o will in tho ond have ronson to be thaukful to Cate for laving instituted tho inquiry, —— Considerable euriosity has boen excited by {he many mysterions allusions to the sum of $64,000 paid by the Union Pacific Railroad Company for & lot of Tort Smith & Littlo Rock land-grant honds of littlo or no value, and thero is a strong desire to know more abont the matter. Mr. Brane bas alrendy shown a clean Dill in the promises, but did . not consider himself bound, in proving that he had nothing to do with tho 364,000 trans- nation, fo nscortain and meke known who the fortunato individunl was that msdo such a happy disposition of wortliless truck, Mr. Tsrpox, 5 Democratio Congressmnn from Massachusotts, proposes that o little squaro dnylight ehall be brought to bear on the hazy businoss. A resolution instructing tho House Judiciary Committco to inquire and report wos offered by him yesterday, but Gen. Horeoor, of Illiois, objected, and it was withdrawn to take its regular order. Of conrso tho resolution will bo adopted, the Committee will make the inquiry, and overy- bodyj willknow all sbout it, provided tho Union Pacific peoplo are willing to tell, = That experienco is a good tencher is amply ghown by the action of the Houss yesterdny relative to $he Indinn.Buresn transfer propo- sition. Early in tho session the uninitiated members of the majorily, led by the more oxperienced and designing Democrats, adopt- od n rulo that any measure could be tacked on to an appropristion bill, providing sich monsure wns germane to the original bill and seoured rotrenchment. The adoption of such o rule was strongly contested by the Republicans, and oven by a fow honest Dem- ocrnts, who foresaw tho danger threatoned by such courso. Under this rule a clouse to transfer tho Indian Bureau to tho War De- partment had been attachod to tho Legis- Intivo and Judicial Approprintion bill. When this clause camo up for considoration, Mr, Serrye, tho Liberal Ropublican member from Massnchusetts, objected on a point of order to the incorporation of this clause in tho bill, and was sustained by the Speaker, Tho Democrats, not wishing to show tho cloven-foot, abstained from overruling tho decision. The schieme at the bottom of all this was to forca tho Sonato to indorse the Indian-Burean transfer,—to provide forwhich & bill has already°passed tho House,—or risk the failurs of the Appropriation bill. —— TUNCLEAN DEMOORATIO BIEDS, The field of Demoerntic investigation grows +wider, and, as it grows widor, grows moro in- toresting, especinlly ns the now leads run di- rectly into tho happy family of the Democra- cy which treated the country last fall to such a flourish of trumpets announcing tho re- forms it was about to make, and the abuses it wonld corrcct. A fow samplos of the up- pointments made by the Democrats in the House show how much consistency thero is in the hue and ery of reform sot up so vigor- ously at tho opening of Congross, and how much desiro thero is to correct abuses in the present absurd, one-sided, blackuailing, ex- ponsive, and persecuting investigations in the Deomocratio Btar Chambers, whero any vagobond, dead-beat, or lunstic, may be- smirch the reputations of gentlemen bocausa thoy have refused to bobled. The list is o suggestive one Hauerroy, Clerk of the Committes of Ways and Moans, was accused of paming his child for J.-WisLkes Bootn, immediately after tho nssnssination of President Lincory. Ho denied it vigorously, sud the charge wns prossed ns vigorously. Ie then sought to escape by a subterfuge, and the charge was proven ngainst him. The Chairman of the Committes thon invited him to rosign, and Lie accopted the invitation. Burra, of New Hampshire, was appointed to succcod the voteran Baronay, who hind held his position as Journal Clerk for thirty yeors undisturbed by changing Administra- tions, becanso all partios concodod his lon. esty and ability ; but Syurn was no sooner ‘warm in his seat than he was ousted out of it beeauso ho used his position to advauco his privato intorests in the bounty-claim bus- iness, Gon. Bovauroy, Clerk of tha Iouse Mili- tary Committeo, hna rosigned his position owing to tho unplensont fact that he has been engoged in a whisky conspiracy In Texas, and is under indictment for the con. spircy. Ho has escaped Investigation by resignstion. One can hordly imngino the virtuous indignation that wonld have been displayed if the Dewocracy had caught Ropublican in this fix. The Democratio Committes, however, broke his fall by de. ciding not to pursue tho investigation of him becauso it was so expensive to procura the witnesses, and, with this mantlo over him, e stoppod down and ont. Apaxis, Clork of the House, {a now in de. mand for investigating purposes, a resolution having beon introduced to have him and all Lis appointecs {nvestigated, that it may be determined whether they have been acting against the majority by lobbying ta provent tho reduction of their salarics ss proposed by the Committee on Appropriations. Frrznvan, Doorkeeper of the House, has a delightful list of recommendations for his position, Having beon selected on account of Lis gallont sexvices in the late Confodera- oy, it is now nscertsined that he never smelled powder during the War, It is fur- thermore alleged, not by the Republicans, but by the Dewmocrats, that Mr; Firzuvas, notwithstanding the aristocratio flavor of his name, hag been indicted for arson; that he bhias Leen indicted for stealing two old quilts ; that he bas beon indicted for perjury; that he has beon iudicted for sn attempt to levy blackmail and preven$ a United Btates officer TH CHICAGO TRIBUNE SATURDAY. APRIL 20, 1876~TWELVE PAGES. ' from discharging his doty; that his son was killed by » man whom ho (Frse- nuom) was attompting to bent; and, 1astly, that his own lotters show him to bo n man of unsound mind s woll as bad_morals, Theso charges are mado by the Oinclnnnti Enguirer, n paper whose Democragy has mever beon questioned or suspocted. Erusoy, the Engincor of tho Houso, is charged by McGrrxsey, Assistant Engincor (Domocrat), with stenling Government prop- erty, with irragutaritics in the Brooklyn Navy- Yard, and with attempting to poison n phy- sioinn in New York City. Tho latter charge, nssociated with tho awful condition of tho ntmosphiors of tho House, is atrendy making the Domocratic members in the Iouso un- onsy lest thora mny Lo in the cellars somo mamber of tho Borara family, Thero aro other subordinates of tHo ITouso, for whomn the Democratio party is responsi- le, resting undor accusations of various kinds ; but our Nstis ldng enough for all practienl purposes,—quito long enough, in fact, to show tho uttor hollowness and hypoc- risy of Democratio prefonsions of roform. In place of making further commeut, we yiold to tho Cincinnati Enquirer, whoso Democracy, ns wo havo said, is beyond Yues- tion or suspicion. That paper says ¢ The soonor tho Demooratlo Houso gets rid of 3fr. L . Frrznvan tho better it will bo for themsolves and the party, nndl the sooner will {hoy nip {n tos bud a lacge amount of ‘incipient rascality that has begun to erop out amobg the men nnder Mr, Frrznvas's employ. 1f the Democratic House oxpoct to da & thorough buni- ness in tho reform liue, they had botter Hek thoir own platter rat, Purify those that bo of tho bousohold of faiih, and then presch pusity to the Gentiles, If this bo the record of the Democratio party now whon it controls only the patron- ago of the Honso, what will it be if it should obtain controlof the patronage of the whole Government ? THE SECRET S8ERVICE BUREAU, There is an intimation from Washington that the House of topresentatives propose to drop the appropriation for the Government secret service, which will necessitate the abandonment of that branch of the publie servico and tho discharga of its employes. T'his is n vory unwiso movemont if it be actunlly contemplated. Thera is no question but that there wero serious abuses in the secret service in yenrs past, bul shat is cer- tninly no renson for the abandonment of b dopnrtment which is useful and necessary if properly managed. If it were, then ib would follow that popular government should be nabandoned bacatso its liberties and oppor- tunities have beon nbuséd. Moreover, tho ' ecrot service bins been thoroughly renovated sinco it wns under tho control of WmLcy and run in the interest of the District Ring. It has been doing tho most efliciont work | during the past two years. It wnas reor- ganized undor Exawn Wasinuny, who is ab the samo timo an expert detectivo and sn honest man. Tlo bas been thoroughly tested in both respects. Since ho assumed centrol of tho servize, the records of the offico show that S175,000 in countorfeit monoy has been recoverad, over 100 counterfeit plates cap- tured, and 200 mon sent to tho Penitentiary for counterfeiting. This has been the prin- cipal work of the Burean, and it hns boon prosecuted so energetically and honestly that tho gangs of counterfeiters throughout the country aro demoralized and scattered. Thoy have given up oll hopo of escapo if they fall into Wasnpunx's hauds, and kuow that thoy cannot count upon any compromisos that will guaranty them immunity. In addition to the succossful roids on the countorfuiters, M. Wasupuny und his nsslstants have been no- tably efllciont in working up the exposure of the Whisky Ring, aud havo enjoyed the con- fidonco of tho Secrctary of the Trensury in {his motler when even thoe revenue officinls wero not trnsted with informution os to tho miovements intendod, 1t is probablo that tho intention of abolish- ing the secrot service has received encourago- ment from tho supposed mse of some of its funds in Davesrort's work of provonting frauds in Now York City. But there is an error it tlus. Tho so-cniled * secrot-sorvice fund,” of which Davenronr used a part in o legitimato wny, was not the rogular socret- gervico fund, set aside to maintain a system for proseouting counterfoitora and Government thieves, but was taken from o specinl seoret-sorvico fund belonging to the Doportment of Justice, and_ especially nppro- priated by Congress for tho purposes for which it was employed. The error of sup- poking Davesrorr's monay to have come from the regular secret-gorvico fund aroso like- 1y from thefact that WirTLEY, thon Chief of the service, waos intrusted with both funds. Dut the fact is that the interostsof the publiosorv- jco demand just such au organization ss Mr. Wasnpuax has formed, and, if it be abaudon- ed, the country will bo overrun with counter- foiters, tho maild will bo robbed, illicit dis. {illing will come into vogue, and the publia servico will bo preyedupon in thousands upon thousands of dollars in excess of the cost of maintainiug Wasusuny's forco. Within a your after its sbandoument tha necessity of ita ro-cstablishment will bo apparent, and then it will cost amillion or more to ro- place tho service upon its present footing, with tho danger of $ts falling into bad hands, It will bo o serious mistake toabandon it now when it is more eflicient and honest than ever before. THE PROPOSED DOUBLE STANDARD OF VALUE. Senator Jones, of Nevadn, may bo snid to ropresont silver, Tho principal production of the mountains, valleys, alopes, stroams, and rocks, which make up the territory with. in tho Btato he represonts, is silver, and the oceupntion of the people residing there is the oxtraction of silver from tho eawrth. The Senator, on tho 24th, dolivered an claborate spoech on the subject of gold and silver, and their relations to ono another from the re- motest ages to the pregent time, and his ar- gunont . was against tho demonctization of silver, and in favor of hoving tho double standard of logol value, The conclusion he reached ia, that the relative values of tho two metals are subject to temporary changes, bot that tho averago rate of 15} pounds of silver to 1 pound of gold hns been maintained for conturics, and that the silver is less subject to change than gold. By baving the double standard, thero is & permanency given to both; that when gold becomes scarce and advances in valuo, tho debtors should have tho benefit of the silver standard, and when silver bocomes scarce and advonces in valuo, then the debtors should hnve the bene- fit of the gold standard. The double stand. ard is necessary to provent combinations to advance the value of gold, and to proteet the debtor class ahould the supply of cither metal fail. Even during fluctuations the averago of the difference between the two stundards would always be tho real measure of values., Ar, JoNes carnestly protested agoinst the demgpelizing of silver by the world, and upfii:(‘lly»by tho United States. He regarded it a8 a trick of the gold-producers and of Tombard strect, which ia the monoy centre of tlfs world, to got exclusive control of the singlo standard of value recoguized amoug nations. Wo o not agreo with Mr, Joxes that it is necosanry to have two standards of value, or that thore s any dangor to bo approhend- od that, if gold bo made the exclusivo stand- ard, its production will becomo a mo- nopoly. Whon that timo comes, should it over come, na it hns nover yet come, the people of that day will have the wit to;meet the extronlinary emergonoy. Tho partial demonetization of silver ns a standard hes not baon attended by any serious disuso of it as o currency. The world's commeorce avery dny demauds loss and loss actual coin in pro- portion to ita business, to clect its exchanges of other property. Tho bill of exchango dis- pensos with the gold that wonld otherwiso bave to pass botwoon parties, and the gold necessary is simply that needed to ndjust balances. There mny ba seasona of tempo- rary acarcity of gold, as thore have been, and evon if the known deposita of that motal bo nontly exhnusted, ns Mr. Joxes states they are, it does not follow that other deposits mny not be discovered. \\Vlthin thirty years tho minea of California’ and Australia bave beon oponed, and it is ' ronsonable to ga5umo that,gold does oxist elsowhere, and will con- tinuia to be found to the ond of time. The demonetizing of silver docs ot in- volvo its disuse 88 coin, Al tho nations of tho world will use it na a subsidinry coin; tho United States con find uso for sovoral Lun- dred millions of it e a substituta for the pa- tho testimony ns A campaign doonment, but they eannot Auppress ft. Thus it ia that what somotimes throatens to bo n calamity often turns out to ba n blessing in disguise. The conucction of the Presidont with an illogal appropriation of monoy for an illegal purpose wonld have beon o calamity,e but the result turns out to bo only an oxposnuro of stupondons Democtatio frauds. For this tho Democratio porty has only Banwey Cavipietd to thank, who requested * Littlo Jomxy Davesront ” 1o go on and explain in his *'own wny.” o it HOW THE FARMERS ARE PROTECTED. It waa a favorito argament of the Protec- tioniats during tho War, and for n year after it (whilch covered tho period of inflated prices for ngricultnral products), that a high tariff did not injure the farmors, Tho editor of Tag 'Trinune was misled by false appoar- ances into belioving tho same thing fora short time, but which subsequent facts and observations corrected. It was during this periodho wrote n communication givinga table of agricultural prices in New York at four dotes, viz. : in Jonuary, 1850, 1861, 1865, and 1866, which scomed to bear out the fallncy. Ton years havo elnpsed since then, and the protection given by the tariff hos been largely incronsed, and tho ovil working of tho system Lins been fully developed. Wo now reproduce the sama tatle, sdding theroto the pricos in Jnnunry, 1876, in the samo markot, and ask the espeeial attention thoreto of the farmers who believe that they have been benefited by protection. The table, thus enlarged, is aa follows : por currency with which the country i af- jJan. 1, flicted, The declino in sitvor haa reached its 1880 | tegh, | 1808 lowest mark, and thero is no valid or reason- Pl able pretext that can bo presented why Con- 440 | 870 gress should not anthorizo a coinnge of silver e | i dollnrs until. the whole country is supplied 1000 143.00 with 3. The fractionnl currency is but & fififi,‘l‘,‘v il e imfi ‘small portion of the monoy used in ordinary ’;fi“g"“"“ufl- % 48 dnily transactions; the whole volume of | Butte 2| 4 small notes, national as well na Lok notes, %‘.‘:‘;“. e & m should give way to the free circulntion of sil- vor dollars, and these dollare should bo of the lionest standard weight which has always beon retained for tho American dollar. The gold being the sole legal standard, the silver will nlways ciroulato in common use to the exclusion of the gold, reducing the demand for the latter nnd incroasing that for silver. Whilo silver will ceaso to be a legal-tonder, excopt ns s subsidinry coin, the demand for it will suffer but littlo diminution. But tho making both a legal-tender and having both logal tandard will produce the very same condition of things which nuw oxists with gold nnd papor both legal-tender, the inferior excluding tha superior in goneral use, and subject, ns tho paper currency is, to all man- nerof fluctuntions To facilitate the comparison, the value of the curroncy at the datos given was, on the dollar, in 1850, 100 cents; in1861, 100 conta; in 1866, 71} conts; and in 1876, B8 conts. Any ono who cxamines the list and computes tho prices paid in 1861 with those in 1876, pnd reduces tho Intter to an equivalont gold- valuo currency, will discover that the unpro- tected farmers in 1850 and in 1861 got a3 bigh prices for their products as thoy did in 1870, Whilo the farmors nre thusleft without any protection and got nothing for their products but what the world is obliged to pay them, the protective tariff applies to them a very difforent rulo. ‘Whilo the farmers have tho prices of all thoy Dave to sell fixed in a foreign market, Congress, under tho form ot o protective tariff, establishes n minimum prico for all they have to buy, and this is dono by a senle of taxes which the farmors poy. Wagive a brief list of indispensablo articles and tho tax lovied thereon : LIITLE JOHNNY DAVENFPORT'S WAY. Bansey Caveizenp way sufely contest the polm with Hiestes Crysen for blundering. Jouxxy Davexvont may ba littlo in size, but in Banvey OavLerer's honds De lns grown to be an clephant, and an olephant which D, O. would like to got rid of, The dispatches yesterday ‘morning rather pithily intimated thnt Banvey was sick, It is little wonder. Littlo Jouxny Davesront and the way ho has have been ealeulated to malke stronger men than Oavrrizi sick. Banyey has blundered from firat to Inst. e blundored in allowing a dofamatory chargo against tho Presidont to ges o of the Cowmmittee-room into the Dem- ocratio nowspapers without knowing whether ho could maintain it Ho blundered in in- sulting his witness, bocause ho theroby was called *indecont” and n *low-minded Con- gressman " by Democratio nowspapers, To blundered in inviting him to produce tho vouchors for tho money he expended in ex- ypasing Domocratio corruptions. The hugest Llunder he has made, howaver, is contained in the very first question he asked of him, Says Mr. CAULFIELD : 8 ‘The test{mony taken beforo this Committoo tho day provious to your sending this divpatch sbowed that thero hiad been §35,000 pald to you out of the socrote service fund, from s period embracing vome {me tlie year 1871 o some tlmo In tuo year 1874, I think. Notv, in accordance with this dispatch, and with the readiness which you have shown $o tostify here, and tho explanation which you say you wish to make, you will ploaso go on and expiain, in your own way, whats ever you wisli{o say to this Committes, & Alr. Cavrrizwp intendod this question as n trap in which Mr. Davexront would inevita- Lly bo caught. By giving him a carts blanche and the widest Intitude, ho intonded to in- volve him in such a manner that cross- oxamingtion would bo hiy utter ruin. The trap, however, whon it. sprung, caught Banxer Caunvizep and his Committee, When Little Jomxny Davenrorr com- menced to go on and oxplain in his own way, his way waa not Bamxer Caur- rieLo's way, or the Committea’s way, or any Democratio way, It was, in fact, & very bad way. ; but, 88 he was iuvited to have his own way, it was tho height of discourtesy and un- gentlemanliness for Banxey to stop him snd soek to direct what ho should say. If he got amora than he bargained for it was his own fanlt. Hoving s way, and being invited to go on in that way, Mr. Davesrost i8 not to be blamed for improving tho opportunity so fiberally end innacently tendered him by CavrFIeLo. A brief examination of Littio JonxyyDavex- vour’s woy will be of intorest, - It appears that it was his way to tell Banxey tho whole story of Domooratic corruption and batlot. Dox stufiing under the ‘I'wrkp regime, and the manner in which ho atopped it. His way .was very succcsdful in Now York City, Littlo ns bo {s, he put down Tammasy Hall, with ~ ita ballot-box stulfers, ita repeators, its fraudulent natural. jzation business, and all tho ingonious ma- shinory by which the ‘lwees Ring had over- coms every Republican majority, no matter how largo it was, Davexront's rogistration of voters by the blocks and houses {n which they lved killed the power of Tammany Hall over the ballot-box. Davenrorr, singlo. handed, slaughtered the Demacratis hydra, resoned the ballot-box, and gave Lonest olec- tions to Now York City,—or eloctions as hon. est o8 thoy cam bo iu alarge city, Fraud upon tho ballot-box coased when JouNNy Davenrort innugurated his way of reform, and it has not been sttempted since, except in such isolated instances as aro liable to occor in ol cities. "There is no Jonger a cor. rupt ring to wait until tho majority outside of the city 18 known and then add figures enough to tho city vote to got up a ** rousing Domocratio majority.” That day has passed. Bannkr OCavryizep's blunder, huge aa it is, Las, however, resulted in benefit to the country, Tho people at large had forgotten theso stupendons Demooratio frauds and cor- ruptions. Barxey Oaverrerd’s blundor hos made them a matter of official record, from which thoy cannot be expunged. It has giventhem to the whole country from officlal sources. The Democrats cannot deny thein, from the fact that it was *‘Little Jounny Davenvont's” woy to preservo his records snd papers, with which he can substantiate them, They may not be disposed to circulato Ta: Bilk goods, 17| 0ltraw gooda. 33T ypoal thi Iarthen! Linen goods. Windotr-gy Flat-ronn, . 46:Woolen hosjery, 0 Woolen underc! made,, Berewa for wood, Files, kuivos, el ilsnd-sawa. .. Taather yood ilelothe Wo might oxtend this list indofinitely, but theso will show the farmer how it is that, whilg ho geta just the snma for his products that ho got befgre tho protoctive tariff, it takes three bushels of grain, threo hogs, and threo barrels of flour to buy, in 1876, what two bushols, two hogs, and two barrals would have Lought beforo Protection. In 1860-'1, tho averago tariff tax was about 15 per cent, and tho farmer can look over the rates of tnxes now demanded aud discovor how the tariff, under tha pretonso of protection, con. sumes at lenst ono-third of all ke produces, Nor is this iax thus extorted paid into the Tronsury ; the Government gets a small pro- portion, while the rest is collected as o bounty by the protected and privileged classes, —_—e FRENCH ELECTION CONTEBTS. The London Zimes hay beon reading tho Republican porty fu the French Parliament a veryuseful lesson in the political clemiontaries by showing them that they are something move than ona hundred years behind the British Parliamont. Tho occasion of the ro. bukoe is tho course of tho majority in quash. ing tho cloctions of many Deputios whose ro- turn had been eatablished boeause thoy hap- pened to belong to the Opposition or Ultra- 1nontane party. The Z'%mes soys : Tho retusns that havo been complalned of have boon retuitted to tho Commlttee for examination, sud theso Durcauz, not having, as our own Election Committees had, the power of finally deciding on the slectiona ro- ferred to thom, have reported to the Ansembly iho facts of each case, wilh & recommendation e to tho courso that should bo taken, In scarcely any instance, howeser, have the msjority of the OLsmber cared to pay apy rospect to the report of a Committce, excopt whers ft recommendod that the election of & friend should bo confirmed or that of an opponant et aaids, althiough it may bs ssid {n extonuation of tho Chamber that thelr own want of respoct for the principles of fustico Las frequently boen anticipated by tho Bu- Teaur, A Committee belng chosen by lot might havo a Conservative majority smong its membors, and the limited number of members sitting in a Commlitteo ometimen holpod to make cach member act in & consclentions manuer, but the Chambor Lias uniformly unscated Couservattva Doputics whoss elections have been impugned, Ang prolense has spparently becn deemad good enough (o justify tho setting salde of an cloction case, After pointing out numerons instances of this flagrant injustice, and consuring AL Gaunrrra for 2ot spplying a corrective, the Tmes showa the antiquatod manner of its proceedings by historical references, Up to the year 1770, the validity or invalidityof the elaction of a momber of the English Parlia. ment was detormined by a voto of the whole 1fouso of Commons, sa that the tenuro of o geat in Parlament was dotermined upon partisan grounds purely, ‘This manifest in. justice was finally corrected, at firsl by an act ‘which Lord Guexvitre succecded in passing, which Intrusted tho question of tho validity of elections to a smell committee appointed by lot, and eventually, in 188, by leaving tho question to the declsion of the Judgas of the land, and taking ¢ out of Pasliament alto. gother, Tt will occar to nlmost every ono that, in reading this lesson to tho French Parliament, the London Times is also rending a Josson to the American Congress, and, while the Fronch oy be a hundred years behind the English, wo are still further behind the English than tho French, We borrowed the English plan and incorporated it in our Constitution, and thero it still romains, making the IHouso the judge of the election of its members. Therc is no question that the practice has become a most acrious abuse in our system of politics, and that it has degenerated intoa puscly partisan business, not so arbitrary and unfnst na the Fronch practica referrcd to, but sufl- ciently so ns to make it nbsolutoly cortain that it would Lo profitablo for us to follow tho English, aud assign the duty of pro. nouncing upon the validity of olections to tho courts. Beats aro contestod now upon the most flimsy protoxts, the con- tostant belng rensonably suro thnd his party frionds will vote him in, or, if ho falls, that he will draw pay and mileago at the end of tho contest. Buch n reforence will save timo, and thoraby save money to the Gov- ornment; save doublo pay, save partisan domornlization, and result in a more just and equitable docision in contested cases. Thero moy bo soino oxouse for France, which is just starting npon its oxperimont of a reg- ular Parlinmentary system, but thero ia cor- tainly no excuso for onrsolves in presorving this antiquated practice nauy longer. The proper roferonce of conteated sonts is to the United Statos District Courts of the district whers the contestants happen fo live. A judicial decision from an impartinl sourco Svould bo moro satisfactory, since it would bo divested of pnrtisan considorntions, and «it would, in addition, save timo and money to tho Government, and afenrful demoralization in polities. THE CONGRESSIONAL PRINTER, Mr, A. M. Crarr, whose claim to distine- tion rests upon his oceupancy of the office known s Government Printor, sccms to have been liborally eudowed with the Amorican charactoristio of ¥cheek.” The full moasure of his possesaion in this line was not devel- oped until he had submitted to the fire of Congressionnl investigation. After acknowl- odging the jurisdiction of tho House Printing Commilteo to invostigate his management of tho printing-office by appearing boforo thom, by nsking and obtaining loave to bring coun. gel with him to cross-cxamine the Govern- ment wituesses, and to introduco witnesses on his own behalf, tho dignity of Mr, Crare suddenly rovolis ngainst being investigoted by so insignififant o body ns the Lower House of Congress, ns he is nn officor, technically, of tho Upper House, Hero is the lotter in which he insists upon a proper recognition of his importance: Ori1cr oF 1177 CONGRESSIONAT PRINTER, WANTING- 20w, D, O., April 27, 1876.—To _the Hon.J. [u Vance, Chairman of Conumittes on Irinting—DsAn Bin: 1 dusiro to acknowledgo tha recelpt of tho nota'of your Glork, undor date of tho 24th inst, On consultation with counsol T am advised that, fnssmuch as Xom sn oficer of tho Benate of thio United Slates, your Com- Imitteo has no furisdiction to fuvestizito my conduct 1n ottleo na Congressional Printor, and that your Com- Tmitteo will not pretend to do so, Eo far ss your in- quirics undor tho resolution of the Houso of Ticpro- sontatives sro concorned, I have no special lntereat, and, Werefore, 1 have conciuded that T have no duty {0 porform excapt to give you any information in my powoe in rogatd to the aubject under jnvestigation by ‘your Commltieo, which I have already doue. A, M, Craer. This letter wonld havo been fnpertinent onongh if Mr. Crarp had started out with it, and denied the jurisdiction of the House Com- mitteo from the first, sipce Mr. Crarr is en gaged in sponding the monoy of the peoplo all tho snmo, even though elected to his offico by the Senate. But it was rather Inte in the dny for lum to fall back on his Sonatorinl dignities after tho House Committeo bad pro. coeded far enough to create a vory strong suspicion that monoy had boen recklessly squandered, if not nctunlly stolon, in the De- partment over which Le presides, 'Tho Dbur- den of the evidenco alrendy.taken by tho Committes goes to show that thoro have boen sorious nbuses enabling corruption, that the books have been kept in a slovenly manner, £ not, actually falsificd, and that the “cost of maintaining his branch of the public service, which is abont s useless as any othor that can bo thought of, has beon out- rogoously high, Tho Committee hnd ox- tonded to Mr Crare overy facili- ty for justifying Lis managoment of the Department, and he might™ have condoscended ot lenst to show that ho lad not stolen any of tho monoy, Iis rofusal to do 5o lonves his friends in an embnrrassing situation, They cannot deny that, when o man's sccounts o correet, it is an onasy mat- tor to show thom to bo so, But, since Mr. Crare hag refused to favor tho House with any such showing, probably tHo best ground for tho Senato to take is that it does not want any officer who ian’t prepared at any time to demonstrate the honesty of his accounts, and so summorily kick My, Crare out, This in n very simplo procceding in tho Benate, which may proceed at any timo to vacato any* ouo of its offices by electing a new occupant. ‘[his will be tho best wpy to disposo of Mr. Cuare, after which ho will probably deign to submit to an examination either beforo a Houso Committee or a Grand Jury. The whisky-thioves liavo * nailed ” it to Buistow this timo,—that mule story, wo mean, The Ring organs hiave stoutly nssorted that TuomrsoN with a p, who, with the “% Co," conatituted tho firm which made the contract forfurnishing the mules, was nmyth, The spies, however, havo discoverad that Lo was n voritablo Kontuckian, but s’ now de- funct. They found Lis widow, or, rather, found an old 1ndy who had beon told by an. othor old Iady that she had talked with Tuourson's widow, and learned that the de- funct T., iustead of meking & profit on the mule claim, had lost A $6,000 on his operstions in mules under the con- tract for supplying them to the Governmont. Possibly tho old Indy who told somebody that nnother old lady had been told by Mrs, "Padaeson that such was tho faot, wos cor- rectly informed, What does it'prove oxcopt that in good faith the contracting firm bad purchased mules under their contract and lost money by tho operation, bocanss, the War closing before the time apocified for complation of the contract, tho Government rofused to roceivo tho animals? That was tho preciso ground of tho clalm. Bat the Whisky Ring's organg, on this old woman's story at sccond-hand, forthwith discover that it is conclusive proof of Bmisrow's corruption in arguing tho caso 63 an ottornoy, béfore the Court of Claims, prior to his appoint- ment ag Bocrotary of tho Tressury, To the Whisky Ring it is as plain ns the noscoaa man's faco that it ot lnst Tnoxrson & Co. lost monoy on tho mule contract, it was because of DBristow, just ns becauss of him it was that the wlisky-thioves' stealing op- eratlons ‘turnod out so disastrously, The overwhelming proof, in their catimation, of Lis guilty ehare iu thewhole business, 1 that, after all, the contractors loat money, which, granting the trath of the whole story, but phows that the claim, instead of being trumped up, was an honaest one. The whole is & con. geselon that the Whisky Ring and thelr hired splca snd_professional witnesses, aftor dog- ging the Bacrotary for months and overhaul- ing his private practico as a lawyer, can only +tynake o case" pgninst bim by grandames' tales, and those so flimsy that they boar thoir refutation upon their faco, a3 does the latest addition to the mule talo. There could be no higher testimonial to the unimpeachabllity of Bawrow's record than this abandonment —_ of all attempt tomanufacturo charges sgainsy, him in his official caroor, and narrowing down slandors againat him na o citizen to thy ‘vapory foundation of 0ld women's gossip, Tha means odopted by the Treasary Do, pariment for tho distribution of silver coln in oxchango for the fractionals aro ontirely inadequate aud very unsatisfnotory, It i not now coming out as faat as it ia hoardeq, and thero {8 scarcoly to-day any more sllve; in eircnlation than thero was before tho lay providing for the exchango went into opers. tion, Nono of the Bub-Tressuries are pro. vided with a suflicient number of clorke to count the fractionals and issuo the silyer in keeping with tho demand, and the ox. change has almost come to a standatill, Much of this delay may bo agolded by mak. ing tho banks tho ngents of the distribution, which thoy will nssumé willingly and withon chargo if the Trensury and Sub-Trensurics will giva them proference ovor all other appll. cauta and supply them promptly with silver chango, Thoe banks will thon, ns o mora mat. ter of accommodation to thoir customers both in the city and codniry, oxclangy the silver thoy hava received for any frac. tionnls brought thom, and will pay it ont for tho fractional part of nll chocks, As the business of city and country is now trans. ncted almost ontirely through the bauks, this will bo the beat and quickest way to got the silver into n general eirculation, and it wil} go into tho hands of those who will pass it avound instend of hoarding it. Instead of four or fivo clerks working at the distribution in a city like Chicsgo, sevoral hundred clerky will bo engaged in it. Tho Treasury Dopart. ment should issue a general order to facilitate the exchange in tho manner wo Love sug gosted. goport, with tho assistance of roporters, has written a let. * tor to the Chleago ZTimes in roply to the charges of Tire Crarorao Trinuxe that he had sont forth distorted and garbled reports of tostimony taken before his Committes, in which he makes a very lamoe and wesk de fense of a very mean act, and of conduct so unfair that it has called down rebuke upon his hend from tho most respectable of the Democratic newspapers. Mr, Banney Cavi. rrenp's main defense i8 bis statoment thal ¢ the roports issuing from the so-called Star Chamber have been in overy inatanco ro. tailed by Republican mombers " (7). There ara two Nepublicon members on this Committes, and we cnll upon them to stato whother this chargo of Banyey Caverzeio’s i8 trmo. Thers i another statement made by Mr, Oavrrein in his lotter, to which we aronot dispoeed to tako excoptions. e says that many of the charges against Secretary Brisrow have ema. natedfrom Republicans. Thisis partially true, The whole truth is that the Banrrev-Suiz lio ngainst Brustow was started by tho Wash. ington Burenu of tho Z'hieces' Organ in this city, nud was given to Cavrerzto by o fellow named Cuntis, correspondent of that paper. It is well known hore, and consequently we aro stating no secrat, that tho Washington Burenw of the Thieves’ Organ has been the sourco of all the slandors that have been cir- culnted agpinst the Secrotary of the Treasury, aud that it is part of o plan to break him down for his prosecution of the whisky- thisves, of whom that concorn is the hired organ, Thera is an ‘obscuro little Domocratis nowspapor in Milwaukeo, given to dirty son. sations, and suspected of blackmailing prac. ticos, which is mow trying to attain soms notoriety by clniming to have raked up the schooner Mary Merritt case ngainst Secrotary Busrow. In defining this case, in reply to a correspondent who wants to know all about it, this Milwaukes newspaper states it as fol. lows : y ecrotary Barstow allowed fo bo romitted the for- folture of & vessol which bad been afiirmed by twa courle, Beorotary RicRATDSON, snd s Commission of oxports, after ho,as Secrelary of the Tressury, bad recelved from tbe owners g proposition to compro- mise, and after ho, aa counscl for tho awners, had an .gucd that Ricnanpson's declsion would forevar clos tha case. Thia statoment, which of itself fails to show any corruption, and is probably devoid of truth even ns it stands, omits to set forth that tho two Judges who lhad afirmed the forfeitnre subsoquently joinod in the appeal for relenso ; that tho attornoys who prosecuted did likewiso; that the special officer of the ‘I'roasury Department reported thoe releaso favorably ; that the Assistant Becrotary of the Trensury approved it; and that Becrefary Bristow's share in the trausaction wos sim- ply ez offlcio, oflixing bis signature after the casa had passed through the most caroful ex- aminntion on all sides. For tho rest, it will bo ouly decont to wait to seo whother oven s partisan investigation can discover anything roprohensible in the transaction, ocither on tho past of the Secretary or-his subordinates, Y . S—— Courls of Justico are established to de< termine contosted claims upon full hearing of tho proofs for and against. Their decislon is renched according to the law defining the rights of parties and the rules of evidence and procodure, Judgmont is rendered only after publio trinl, at which each party is lieard by counsol, and has the right to ad- Ques ol testimony in support of hiw sido of the causo, It is rightfully accepted na of final authority and s disposing of all &r parte statemonts. The mule case, whick is being mnde the subjoct of exaggorated partial, and fabricatod ez parte charges agoinst Beerotary Buistow, wad so disposed of by tho Court of Olaima, Al that ho hod to do with it wns to arguo tho caso as mttornoy fof tho plaintiffs, Upon full henring,. the Courl decided in favor of his clients. Now, years after tho judgment, s Btar-Ohamber Come mittea is to try tha caso over again in hope of besmirching Brustow, *in which endeavor it {a alrendy manifest they will utterly fail fThot is the mulo case in a nutsholl, snd it but serves to show how completely folled have boen the Whisky Ring and Demooratio conspirators in their attompt to blackes BaisTow, A NOTE FRO! To (he Zditor of The Chicuze Tribunes ¥alRrireo, In., April 21,—As my name bag been couuected with the charge made sgainst the Hooy Janes Q. Brae relative 10 the Litllo Hock & ¥ort Bmith Raflroad bonds which found tholr way smouget the aasets of tho Unlon Pacifia Hallroad Compadty allow mo t0 say Lhal my beliel concerning that mattes does not lffer from Llio atatement made by ihat oo tonan { the Houss of lleprosentatives on Moncaz, the 2dth jnst, 1f any Jerson Tiaa rocatved & didersnt impreasion from anything which I may bave said, it la mmply the seaultof # misanderatas ing. 1 investle Freiish Jublect long ago, and becamo fully cou- Yicad of Mr. BLanix's gullilesnces in the pro 1 Kold tu the same oplujon now, 1 donot beliove that the noet searching investigation relative 10 natd bonds would result in tho ‘flf“‘“ dogres ta Mre Hraie's detriment. Yours truly, Jauss P, WiLsod, Theabovels » very guacded siatoment. It cootaing no denial of the report which has beea golog the ronuds of the papsru that Ar. WiLsaxX told My, Brainm what My, E, H, loLLive sald to HagaisoN lo regard o whom the money fof the bouds was paid. Nor doss it deoy that be Bad the alleged conversation with Mr. DA, - 3 F, WILSON,