Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 11, 1876, Page 4

4 TERMSB OF TIIE TRIBUNE, RATES OF SUNSCRIPTION (PATADLRE IN ADVANCE), Postage I’repoid at dhils Oflco. , td, 1 56ar...... Dy Rallon, o e four weeka for, $12.00 3 afied to any addresy 1.00 %’dnyl‘ RehTon: Liverary ana Heligi s B 1, 1 . .80 Tri-Weekis, 3 Iye e, ai o WELKLY RDITION, POSTPAID. L DP Tl . 130 Ziuh of twenty, per co 115 The postage s 13 centa & year, which we will prepay. Specimen coplos sent free, Ta prevent delay and mistakes, ha sure snd give Poste ‘OMmce addresa in full, tnclading Stato and County, Itemittances may be made either by denft, express Post-Office order, or In regfatered letters, at our rlak, TERMS TO OITT SUBSCRIBERS, Dally, dellvored, Bunday excepted, 25 cents per week. Datly, dellvered, Sunday Included, 30 cents per week* Adriress THE TRIRUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sta., Chlcago, IlL AMUSEMED .50 'Se New Chicago Thentre. Clark street, between Randolph and Lake, Mooley's Minstrels, ITooley’s Thentre, Randolph street, hotween Clark and LaSalle. Bugagement of Fifth Avenue Company, **Plque." DMeVicker's Theagre. Madleon street, between Stalo and Dearborn, En#ngemenl of the Maggic Mitcholl Troupe. ** Pearl of Savoy. ' Adelplil Theatre. Dearbarn street, corner Monroe, Varloty enter tainment. **Mazeppa. ™ Bnsoe Ball Park, Corner of Dearborn and Tiwenty-thisd strects. Championship game Letween the Ciucinnat! and Chicagu Clubs, The Teibawe, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1876, e — Slightly warmer weather s predicted for tlis locality to-day. ———e— Greenbacks nt the New Yerk Gold Ex. change yeaterday olosed at 894, —— The feature the proceedings of the Methodist Genoral Conferenca at Baltimoro, yestorday, was the publie rotraction by the Rev. Dr. LARATAN of the charges made by him that tho rocords of tha Inst Conference had boen tampered with, important docu. monts being suppressed. The latest variation in the reports of the chronic disturbance kept up on the Mexican ‘border by D1az is to tho effect that his revo- Intionary forces aro suffering terribly from Inck of supplies, and that in consequence they are falling back from Mntamorns, which, however, is being prepared for a siege. As will be seon from our dispatehios this morning, they are going right ahead in Mas. wchusetts electing Bristow delegates to the Nationnl Republican Convention, tho latost of whom are H. D, Hrypg, Vice-President of ihe Boston Bristow Club, and J. T, Osaoop, of the wellknown Boston publishing firm, teturned from the Third Congressional Dis- trict, which includes part of Boston, An uninstructed delegation to Cincinnati wns chosen yrsterdny by the Alichigan State Republican Convention. The platform wdopted, however, declares that the record of the party neither should or will securs A victory, and that tho Presidential womines must bs 8 man whose own charncter iz an assuranca of an honest, economic, pure Administration,— which means Bmisrow considerably more than it does anybody else, 'The delegation, it is reported, is about equally divided bo. tween Bristow and Bra At Inst lightning has struck at New York, The members of a score or more of the henvy firms that have boen there disposing of tho “‘cruoked” manufactured at Chicago, Milwaukee, Peoria und elsowhere, were yes- terday indicted and will have ample oppor- tunity to test in the courts the validity of their claim that they hada legal right to buy any stamped goods for sale in tho market without moking inquiry as to whether the stamps had been used a second time, or the Government otherwise defrauded of the reves nue. Tho evidenco secured by the Govorne ment, it ig stated, however, iy sufficiont to establish, beyond question, that the parties indicted simply worked tho New York seg. ment of the Whisky Ring, and that their thiare of the stealing was on no less scalo tban that at Chicago, Milwaukes snd else. where. The great party of Independent Gresn. backers held their State Convention in Wis. consin at Madison yesterday. Thedclegates, all told, at the organization numbered exe setly a dozen, and, by sssiduous drumming, about twenty-five persons in ail were per- suadod to take part in the proceedings before sdjournment sine die. They resoluted in favor of a currenocy issued oxclusively by the Government and in quantity equal to the wonts of trade, snd, that done, proceeded to do what in their powae Inid to kil off Judge Davip Davis a3 the Democratic candidate for the Presidency by instructing their delegatey to the National Greenback Convention, at Indionapolis, to support him s their unani. wous candidate. The Landful then went home, with o grateful consciousness, it is to be hoped, of duty performed, but their doings will not excite o perceptible rippla in the great pool of national politics. Mr. McCeeain tho Board of Aldermen, the other night, referred to the instance in Congressional history where Joux Qumncy A rose in his place in the House of Rep- resentatives, made a motion, and put the question himself, and declared it carried. Tho affair took place in 1839, at the meeting of Congress. 'The strength of parties was so equal that the majority depended on the ad- mission of the Whig or Democratic members from New Jersoy, The members from that Btato wore elccted by general ticket, and both sides claimed the whole dslegation. The Whige had credentials bearing the *broad scal of the Btate,” and the Dewo. trats had credentials signed by tho local officers. The Clerk, Huon A. Ganrann, of Virginin, refused to recognize the Governor's tertificates, and the House failed for a num. ber of days to elect a Bpeaker., It was dur. Ing this disorganization that Mr, Avaxs rose ind made his motion, It was met by shouts from all parts of the ball, * Who is there to put the question?” to which Mr, Apaws node his famous answer, “I will put the gquestion mysel?,” which hoimmediately did. Though the party fecling was intense, BIr. Apaus was unanimously chosen to preside tmporarily until the House was organized. The Chicago produce markats generally ranged higher yestorday, and some of them wera less active, Mess pork advanced 200 per brl, clouing weak at $20.85 for May and $20.60 for July. Lard was 6@10c per 100 b8 higher, closing at $12.26@12.30 cash and $12.82} for June. Meats were & shads firn. er, at 7jo for boxed shoulders, 10jo for do short ribs, and 11jo for do short clears, Laka freights were dall, &t Bjc for wheat o | alone desire his retention Baffalo. Highwines were slendy, st $1.07 per gallon. Flour was in better demand and firm. Wheat closed 20 higher, at $1.01} for Mny and $1.02} for June. Corn closed o highor, at 46jc for May and 45}@460 for June, Oats wers ensier, closing at 80je for May and 314c for June. Rye was firmer, at 62}@6dc. Barley was stronger, closing at %1c for May and G2jc for June. Hogs wera quiet and i@10c lower, with sales principal- Iy ot $7.00@7.15. Cattle were weak and n shada lower, Sheep were in good demand, and sold at 25,00@7.00 for fair to extra. Ouo hundred dollars in gold would buy $112.25 in greenbacks at the close, The case for the Government in the trial of ex-Ald. Joxas at Milwaukes closed yos- terday, ond the theory of tho defonse, na outlined in the*specch of Mr, Muxnor, ap- pears to bo o general denial of the charge that any conspiracy was formed for the stenling of the evidenco from the prosecution by means of burglary aud the connivanco of In- ternal-Revonue-Supervisor Hepnior, 1t is donied that any such schemo was ever thought of, or that the whisky men intended to do more than ob- tain an abstract of tho documentary evidonco against them, They did, however, attack considerable importance to the fact that Lawyer Pnerrrarax was a relation of Supervisor Hepnicx’s, and had no doubt that ho would therefors be in a position to pro onrethe desired '* points" from the otherside. On this account they retained Mr, PaerTY- MAN a8 counsel, paying sn extra large foe because of the relationship. Jonas, it is urged, wns only consulted as a shrewd, filciont adviser, aud not as the co-engincer of o burglary job, THE MAYORALTY COMPLICATION. It is well that the facts leading up w the present conflict in the Mayor's office should not be confused, forgotten, or overlooked, as the history grows rapidly with the events of each day. Couviy was elected in November, 1873, under the old charter, to serve two years, ending Dec. 1, 1875, In April, 1875, Corvi and his friends forced upon the city tho new charter, which charter legislated all the then incumbents out of office, but au- tharized them to exercise the powers of such offices until the people should fill the offices by election. The Common Council might have called a spacial election to fill the va cancies at any time nfter the chartor was de- clared adopted, in May, 1875, but thero was no popular demand therefor; the public, though disgusted with Corviy, were content to lot him serve out tha two years for which he was olected, But the Common Council did not call a special election in No- vember last, thereby showing an in. tention of continning Cowvix in office beyond the time for which he had been originally electod, sgainst the peremptory probibition of tho Constitution on that point, The new charter provided that in April, 1870, thers should be “a general eloction for city officers,” and Convix's nsurpation was submitted to, undor the expeotntion that the Council would call a special cloction for Mayor to take place at the same time. The Common Council, controlled by Corviy, not oaly omitted to call such election, but re- fused to do s0,—twice voting down such call by three or four majority. Such gross botrayal of public right evoked general indignation. Tho Republican City Convention, represonting one-hnlf tho peo- ple, by an unanimous vote resolved that an clection for Mayor should be held, and, to svold any nppearance of partyism (Convix then professing to bo a Democrat), a public meeting of all citizens was called, to be held in the Exposition Building, to nominate a candidate for Mayor. The Democratic Con- vention, representing the other half of the people, a fow days later, after a long debate, by a nearly threo-fourtha vote, united in the call for the meeting at Exposition Hall, to nominato a candidate for Mayor, That was the main purpose of that meeting, at which over 40,000 voters attended, and which for numbers, and unanimity, and de- tormination has never been equaled in this city orin the West, That meeting unani. mously declared that an election shonld be held for Mayor, and that Mr. Horse, as o non-partisan, should be voted for as the representativo of the whole people, At tho election r, Horxe received an nggregato vote of 35,000, and would have received nearly all the other votes had thers not been o doubt suggested that the vacancy in tho office should be filled by the Common Couneil. But the people at the samo time elocted o Common Council under tho pledge and instruction that, in whatover mannertho result could be best legally reached, a new Mayor was to be installed in place of Colvin, The new Conncil, thus charged with the grave responsibility of putting asido an usurpa- tion and of installing a new Mayor, sought and obtained the advice of legal gentle. men outside of the circle of Jawyers who bave been furnishing opinions to the city for Couviy, and, governed by tha sdvice of Messrs. Jewzrr and Dext, have proceeded 05 the law directs in the organization of the City Government under the new charter, In the performance of their dutics the Couucil have canvassed the vote for Mayor ; have declared Horxe elected ; have fized the amount of his bond, and have approved that bond. He haa taken the oath of office, and has entered upon the duties of the Mayor. ‘Tha Council bave frther, under tha uthor. ity placed in their hands, by solemn rosolu. tion fnstructed the hends of all the depart- ments of the City Governmont that Mr, T'rtosas Horne is the Mayor of Chicngo, and is to be obeyed aa such by all officers of the city. I%uring the moetings of the Council while theso proceedings were going on, Corvix was Pprosent as the presiding officer. 'I'ho Com. mon Councll is the Legislaturo of tho city, and the Mayor is tho presiding officer, But Mr. Corvin claimed to be something more, Ho presumed to dictato. He refused to put the question or motions made, and refused to allow an appeal from his own decision! Ho claimed to be absolute judge of the pro- priety and legality of all motions and proceedings, and would allow the Council no voice in the matter. In this last struggle Corvix has placed himself in contempt of the legislative body, and unnecessarily so, His legal rights would not Lave been waived or woakened by putting the question, and they were not suved nor strengthened by refus. iug. Mr. Coviy was also guilty of the grous indecorum of threstening to employ Jorce Lo protect *'Lis righta.” What kind of force, and againet whom? '"The Common Council represent the peoplo of Chicago ; they ropresent tho people who assemblad at Exposition Holl to demand en election for Muyor, and they represcnt the people who elected that Couucil to executo the law suthorizing the election of o Mayor, 'fo theaten this body with force—either the force of his own flats, or of the polico forcs, or of the mob of ballot.box stuffers in the lobby who -in office— THE CHlCAGd TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1876. was an act ominently disgraceful. Tho Common Council when in session is absoluta in the governmont of its own chamber. Itis the sole judge of who shall be in tho hall, and can exclade tho police and the mob, and all othors except its own mombers and ita own officers. It ean punish aoy person, oven its own mombers, for disorderly con- duet, It would be woll for Mr. Couviy to look at things ns they are. o is ©io longer Mayor, and it is too late for him to threaten orcommand. Ho s no longer President of the Common Council, and may be cxcluded from the hall for disorderly condnct just ns woll 3 any other person acting in a disgrace- ful manner. o is no longer rocognized ns Mayor by the Common Council or the City Clerk ; and the City Clork now practienlly Aupersedes thoe office of Comptroller. Ho is no longer recognized by the Law Departiment of tho city or the City Tronsury; and, in fnct, by no branch of the Government except his own appointees, many of whom dopend npon his continuance in offica for their pen- sions from tho City Trensury. — THE BRICKMAKERS' STRIKE, The labor troubles of this city are frther complicated by a general striko of the brick- mokors, It was begun by & fow who Incited others to join them, and, when the strikers felt themsclves strong enough, they under- took to drive off men who wore willing to work at tha best wages they could got. 'The differonce between the omployers and work. men is in regard to the price of labor. Lnst year tho brickmalers wero paid $3 o day and this year they are paid $2.60; it is said that the employers have also discussed a ro- duction to §2 a day. The roason of the ro- duction of woges in both the lumber.yards and brick-yards is apparent enough to ob- serving poople. Brick is down as low ns §0, and lumber is $7 or '$8; neither the brick nor lnmber men have mado any money for two years, and many of them bLave loot heavily. Tho domand is smaller this year than last, and the prospect for those who have their money invested in the brick and lumber business is a docline in trado and losa of capital, They will naturally reduce expenses a3 much s they can 60 ns to sava themselves. On the othor haud, they can- not reduco the price of labor below a figurs which will command the amount and kind of labor they require. Tho fact is that there in an abundanco of it offered at the prices which they propose to pay ; but the strikers assumo to prevent by force others from work- ing at the price which they thomsolves reject, All this is the resnlt of & donso ignorance of the law of supply and demand, which is an inexorable law, and cannot be ignored,ovaded, or sot nside, It betrays a certain class of laboring men not only into a violation of law and justice, but into the orror of refusing to accept employment from the only men who can give them employment at the only price the Intter can afford to pay. These laborers aro not fit, as o class, for any other kind of employment, and there ia no other employ- ment for them., They shut themaelves out from carning a living by refusing to accept the only wages their employers can afford to pay them, and they then undertake to pro- hibit others from carning s living who desire to work at the wages offered. Theso people are not reasoning oreatures, and it is idlo to attempt to convince them ; but so fur ag they resort to violence to deprive other men of thoir right to labor, the strikers must be put down by the strong arm of the law. The brick- makors aro a rough set of men, and they live and work in a location near the lumber- shovers. A cowbination of the two, under the leadership of bad men, mightbs o se- rious mennce to lifa and property in this city, and safoty can only bo sssured by promptly suppressing every indication of violence, and punishing any violation of the peaceful right of men to labor at any price thoy seo fit to accept, — THE CENTENNIAL. The great Centenninl Exposition, or Fair of the World, was inaugurated yesterdsy in Philsdelphis with imposing ceremonies, which aro described elsowhers, It repre. sents the active labor of five years, the re- sults of a century’s progress in this country, and tho current condition of the world iu all its material industries and artistic growth, In the case of our own country therois an agditional clement of a patriotio character, from the fact that it is tho centonnial of American freedom. In the celebration of that Centennial thoro must of necossity be 1nore or less bosh ard buncombe, foritisa national peculiarity of ours to slop over in all matters pertaining to tho Star-Spangled Banner and the American Engle. Aaking all allowances, however, for our national exu- berance, there is sbundant reason for con- gratulation and rojoicing that the Republic has survived ita first hundred yeurs, and there iy abundant reason to hope also, in the language of Wrrrrien, that the new cycle cast in some diviner mold will shame tho old, A resume of the great work that has been accomplished in the past few years towanls launching this vast enterprise will be of in. tereat. ‘The proposition was first intimated in o resolution passed by the ‘Philadelphia City Conncil, Jan, 20, 1870. Subsequently the Legislature of Pennsylvania indorsed tlie proposition and presentod a memorial to Congress asking the assistance of the Gener. al Government. On the 3d of March, 1871, an act was passed providing for the celebra. tion, for the appointment of a National Com- mission, and for the notification of other countries ; and this Commission met and or- gonized by the election of Gen. J. R, Haw- Lry, President. On the 18th of June, 1872, another act wau passed croating the Centen- nial Board of Finance, to take’chargs of tho financial affairs of the Exhibition, aud, under its provisions, twenty-five Directors were chosen April 25, 1878, TIn June, 1874, Congresa passed a third act suthor. fzing the Mint to issuo a wsot of me- morlal medals, On the Gth of June, 1875, an act was passed requesting invitations to bu insued to foreign nations, and on the Sd of the following July the President issued Lis proclamation commending the Exhibition tothe world, By tho uct of Juno 18, 1874, articles for cxhibition wero admitted duty fres, and on the 3d of Octobor, 1874, the Becretary of the Wremsury msued a circular sotting forth tho operations of the act. In Janusry, 1874, an Exocutive Board was appointed for muoking a National Exlibition, and in Feb- ruary, 1873, one of tho most jmportant susilisries of the Commission wes organized, —a Woman’s Natioual Centennial Organiza- tion, with Ars, E. D, Giireseiz at its head, which has sccomplished a great work in the last three years, ‘The above comprises the machinery which hos produced tho results described by the telegraph elsewhere. The cost bas been considerable. 'The estimated cost of the buildings and the expenses from first to Jast is $8,600,000, .of which the State of Pennsylvania farnishes $1,000,000 ; Philu- delphis, $1,600,000; concessions, $300,000 ; subscriptions, $2,600,000; and the appro. priation by the Genoral Qovernmont $1,580,- 000, Tho balance of $1,500,000, it s ex- pectod, will be provided for ont of admission feos. The Treasurer's account, Aprill, 1876, shows a total receipt of $5,103,003.25. On account of buildings and charges incident to buildings and grounds, there have boon paid out 4,178,101 ; paid by the the United Btates Commission, $246,229 ; by tho Board of Financo, $100,506 ; for memorial medals, $22,808; on account of loans, $140,000 ; nd- vanced for printing and ongraving, $24,800 ; and thers was on hand, 824,787, Buch are tho details of our grent show and of the celobration of our Centennial. Al- though the arrangomonts aro s yet far from comploto, thore is overy indication that the display will compare favorably with previous exhibitions at Vienns, London, aud Parls, and good ground for lope that when its doors closo it will bo able to mnko o botter financial exhibit than reaulted in thoso cities. Now that tho tlurry of opening day is over, tho solid worlk com- mences, and tho suceess depends upon Phil adelplia and tho railronds. It is possible for thom, by conforming to the wishes of the people and meeting them half way, to attract groat crowds to the city and reap an abundant harvest of grofit. It is equally possible for them, by greed and rapacity, to overrench themselves, and make the financial result na disastrous as that at Vienna, It is to be hoped that tho managers and the peo- ple of Philadelphin will make the Exhibition available to tho greatest number of people at the minimum of oxpense, for such au Exhibi- tion, from an educational point of view, cannot but be of the grentest practical bone- it, and of ‘special benofit to that vast class of people who cannot afford to travel. 'To shut out the people from this immenss dis- Pplay of -the products of all nations in the various industries and in the realms of art would bo little less than a public calamity, and ono from which Philadelphia would not soon recover. LA 7 oL" Ex-Mayor CorviN hns practically para- phrased the cclebrated aphorism of Lous XIV. of France, and acte on tho principlo: 4 La ville, c'est moi.” No bettor evidence of this need ba cited than his attompt to in- timidate Ald. Aupnicn, when the latter rose to put a motion of appeal which Corviy, as presiding oficer, Liad refused to recoguize, He had summoned about 100 policemen at the City-Hall, in charge of Bergonnts and Captains, nnd it wns understood that the City Marshal was propared to oboy his or- ders. When, therefors, Corvix assumed to forbid Ald. Arprica from putting the mo- tion, and peremptorily ordered him back to his seat, it was a threat. If not, it was mors child’s play. But CorviN had ovidont- ly in his mind that ha could compel the leg- islative body to obey his behosts, He aspir- edto play tho role of n Croxwrrr, only in the causo of usurpation and tyranny. He must have thonght of having the police com- pel tho more than two-thirds in the Council to obey his mandates, or he would not have summoned them. o hod policomen enough on hand to have taken each of tho twenty. fiva Aldormen by both legs and arms, with Sergeants to hold them by the throats and Captains to beat them over their heads. Was this his purpose ? It looked very suspicions. If not, what could his intimation of coercion have meant? ‘What elso did he contemplato when he £aid ; ¢¢1 shall resent to tho best of my ability, and I ghall omploy all tho moans I have at my hand to doso”? Ho aoted as though he was King of tho country instend of an ex-Mayor of necity, trying to hold his office beyond the term for which he had been elected, and in opposition to the expressed sontiment of the peoplo. Mr. Coiviy dismounted from his high horso on Tuesduy, and evidently concluded that ke would not underiake tho high-handed outrago of cocreing into silonce the legis- lators elected by the poople, nor attempt to broalk up the City Legisiature by tho polico becauso moro than two-thirds proposed to govorn it instend of permitting the presid- ing officer to run it. Before Marshal Goop- ELL, or Suporintendent Hioxey, or Deputy- Buperintendent Drxoy, shall undertake to carry out the orders of a private citizen, (viz.: ex-Mayor CoLviv) ngainst tho Council, they will do well to ro- eall tho fact that the new charter ex- plicitly confers upon tha Council full author- ity to abolish every one of their offices, and reduce them to tho rank of private citizens withoup as much suthority ns one of thelr patrolmen, This is the courss that will prabably bo pursued if they provoke it; for, having a majority of moro than two-thirds, tho Council can pass an ordinance abolishing these offices over any protense at veto, Thoy can also creato a new offico, to be known perhaps as Chief of Police, which will be filled by the appointmont of Magyor Hoxxne, and such appointment confirmed by the Council. There will be no disputo as to authority in thia case, as thore might be if Mayor Hoyxe merely removed Officers Goop- eLy, Hicney, and Dixox, and appointed men to fill their places. The right of the Coun- cil to abolish the offices cannot be disputed. But in additiod to this right, tho charter makes tho City Marshal and the police force directly subscrvient to the Council. The latter part of Seo. 73, Art, VI, reads as fol- lowa: ¢ The City Marshal shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the City Council for the presercation of the public peace.” Again, smong tha apecinl powers of the Council ns enumerated in Art, V., are tho following : Slzty-sixth~To regulate the police of the clty or village, snd pass and enforce ull necevsary police ordinances, Sixty-elghth—To presceibe the dutics and powers of o Superintendent of Police, policemen, and watchmen, Secenty-first—~To provide by ordinance in regard to the relatlon between all the ofiicers and ein- ployes of the corporatiou in respect to each other, the corporation, and the people. All theso sections, and, particulnrly the last, make the City Marshal, the Superin- tendent of Police, and the policcmen them. selves, diroctly answerable to tho Conncil and subject to its commands. We can scurcoly think that tho police officers will fly in the face of the lnw ; but, if they do, it will bo at the poril of punishment under the statute for violation of official dutics so far us the highor officers are concerned, and at tho risk of losing thelr places so far aa the subordi- nnted are concernod. ‘The charter which Mr, Cowviy Insisted wpon having sdopted wakes the Council supreme aud absolute as to the government of the city, and now he wmust abida by it. Chicago Las just now, aund hashad for sev- eral weeks, strong attractions for candldates who pxpect nominatious from the approach- ing Republican State Convention, Never was thero such & desire from so many stran- gors to cultivato the most friendly rolations with onr citizens geuerally, and with our locul political leaders. For once the impor- tance of Cook County is fully spprociated by our frionds in tho rural districta. We have had visita from prospeclive Governors who aro lost in admiration of overgthing portain- ing to Chlcago, and who think her eighty votes in Convention, it givon for the right man, wonld secure the most ltbernl consider- ation from the noxt Executive. Inlikeman. ner oxpectant Trensurers, Secrelarios of Btate, Auditors, and Behool Buperintondents all have como hithor, and al} have evinced a ‘warm attachment to our people, our institu. tions, and our numerieal strength in State Counventions, Cook County hnawon now ad- miration, Sho is a fair subjeot for tazation. A member of tho ‘‘State Board” was onco haro and hoard of the sale of nlot at $1,000 n front foot ; and that thero wore 600 miles of stroets and 1,200 miles of frontago, and thought that an average valuntion of $1,500 per front fool would be o fair ns- sessment of thelots in Chiengo. Our pres- ent visitora do not ssy much abont taxation, but thoy all think that a *liberal State policy” toward Cook County would not only Do just, but wouldbe beneficial tonll parts of tho State. But the objoct of interest is the 80 votes of thiscounty in Convention, This is protty nearly equal to thao vote of any four Congressional Distriots outside of thiscounty. Thero is a natural solicitude that Chicago shonld make no mistake as to voting un- advisedly or for the wrong man; to voto wrong would bo au irreparable publia in- jury, whilo to give the whole 80 votes for the “ right man” would exhibit the raro in- tolligonca of the people of the county, and show that tho county was desorving its high rank and its 80 votos in Convention. It is wondorful, also, how each candidato—an averago of four for cach office—goes awny antisfied that *“Cook is all right,” and how frequently he comes back to emjoy tho society of a pooplo who have 80 votes in Convention and who will certainly voto * all right."” FPROPOSED FRENUH EXHIBITION, The fact seems to bo gonerally ignored that n decreo has been issued in Franco for a Grand Exposition 1 1878 on & seale of gront. er magnitudo than that of 1867; and, in spite of gomo strenuous opposition, there ara indications that the schemo will bo car- riod out. Tho feasibility of holding another great fair at that time hns beon variously discussed for two years or moro, aud ono of the principal rensons cited in support of it is the influence it will probably exert in divert- ing tho renctionary sentiment of Franceinto o pencefnl aud conservative mequiescenco in the common industrial and commercial move- ment for the bonofit of the country, It will bo n bold undertaking so soon after the Philadelphia Exposition, and it can scarcely bo expected that the difforent nations of the world will put forth the same efforts as if there ware a longer interval betweon tho two, Novertheless, the thriving industry and grow- ing prosperity of Franco, allied with the grent attractions of Paris, will enable the French people to succoed whero others might fail. There are two projects for tho necessary buildings. One proposes to uso the Champs de Mars, whero the build- ings of tho Exhibition of 1867 wero located, with the differonce that the mow building shall cover an area of about 1,500,000 feet, or some 300,000 feet more than that of 1867, "Thero is another project for covering the av. enuo of the Champs Elysces, tho Placa do In Concorde, and the T'nilerics Garden, which would certainly mnko tho grandest inclosura of modern times; but the objection to this plan is that it would deprive thoe city of ono of ita main attractions,—the promenade, drive, plensurs grounds, and incomparabla viow that this succession of public places af- fords, 1t is likely that the former plan will bo adopted if the scheme shall bo carried out, and the cost of the bnilding is estimat. ed at $6,000,000, a pnct of which ia to be borne by tho Government and the remaindor by private financial arrangement. The Exposition itsclf, howover, seoms to bo amero incident of the genoral plan for quicting the French people, aud particularly the Paris workingmen, and turning thoir thoughts in tho direction of a pescoful sup- port of the Ropublic, A schemo of intsrnal improvement ia contemplated at an oxpendi- tnre of $24,000,000, which is described as {follows by a corrospondent of the London Times : The Borcy Entrepot, that great abreuroir of the Capital, will be rebullt, the quays belng ralsed so as toput anend to Inundations, and an immense new bridge, to be named Tolblac, bolng conatruct- ed, Tho Avenue of tho Opera will be continued to the equare of the Theatro Francals, thus placiug tho Opera and the boulevards in direct communica- tlon with the Tuflerles. Tho Boulevanl St, Ger- main will bo carried from the Pont do In Concorde ta the Placa do St. Germain des Prea, whence tho fature Boulevard Henry IV, will run to the Pont des Saints Peres. The entrance hall of tho Palals de Justice, an immense work, will ba completed; Ahe Hotel do Ville will bo rebullt as far us the ex- terlor goea; the Hotel Dieu, that famons hospltal decreed at Vichy simultancously with the Opera, that work af charity which was to be inlshed ot the eime {imo a8 the Tunple of Pleasure, will be com- pleted. The front of Notre Dume will be clearvd from the surronnding bulldings s0 as to make it visible from the bridges and quays, the Prefecture of Pollce will be finlshed, the sarroundings of the Church of Notre Dame des Victolres will becleared away, the approaclica to the Palals Royal will be finproved, aqnares and statues will bo multiplied wherover practicable, a large equestrian statue be- ing erccted at the bisection of the lsusamann and Meeaine Boulevards in front of tho Parc Moncean Gate. Electric clacks will be placed In the streets in conalderable nombers, and tramways and means of tranaportation will be increased. 'This is as grand o schome as ever Baron THavssuaxy conceived, with the wealth and power of the Empira at his back. Its pur- pose is much the same now as was the purpose of similar schemes worked out by Naroreon III. Tho entire city, and to somo extent the entire Btate, will bo set in mo- tion for the next two years, and will thus expend in honest work sone of the surplus excitement natursl to the French people, which, unexpended in this way, is a constant menace to its own Government or an invi- tation for a foreign war. Probably the Fronch Government is the only one in the world thot could ecnter upon a similar undortaking with any prospect of mal. ing it poy. DBut Paris is TFrance un. der tho Republio as well as the Em. pire. The money which Franco oxpends on the improvement and embellishment of that city, on u scale grand enough to arrest tho attention of the outaide world, will re- turn with intercst in the inoreased number of visitors from all quarters of the globe, and the increasod commerce of tha Parision shopkeepers and the French manufaoturers and producers. The proposed improvements of tho oity will attract even more than the proposed exhibition; and, more than both thess, will be the attraction of the circum. stance that everybody is going. The exhibition will be grand; Paris will be grander; but grandest of all will bethe congress of all nations which Paris alone of all the cities in the world can convene. R —— The Joliet Jlepulkican points ont how bad- ly Beveninag, before his weakness became conspiouous, ran behind his ticket, for Liou. tenant-Governor, four yoars ago. Some of his henchmon say that ho only ran 2,078 be. hind Oorxssy; but this is not trus, Oorxs. 1Y's majority was 40,000, while that of Brv. xnipor was only 85,304 ; which shows that ho foll Lehind Ocrkany 5,356 voles, But this gives no adequnte notion of his unpop- ularity. The vole cast for the various Btate officers was as follows : For Lientenant-Governor— Toverkige, Rep. Black, Dem.. 0, 405 47,042 41,408 42,708 Rutz, Hep, Lamphler, Dom,.. Mnjority.... Attorney-Geriof Edsall, Iep, Eustace, Dot MAJOrItY et seisseraninientveensiiares 48,804 It ia thus soon that Bevenioox ran behind all the other State officors from 12,000 to 16,000; and, if the clection had boon any way closo, he would havo been disnstrously defeatod, while they would have boen olooted. The roason of OcLrsny's majority being less than that of others is, that his opponent was a vory popular Germsn Re- publican, the Hon, Gustavz Koenner, who carriod a large German Ropublican vote, in 8t. Olair and adjoining counties, and also in Ohicago. As the Joliot Republican obaorves— It s unfalr, therefore, to comparo Deverivae's vote with that of Oaresnr; for no one wlll have the hardlhood to deny that, if Oarzsny had for in opponent any other than a popular German Ro- publican, he would have received as large a vote 88 ony condidste on the tickel. But, as tho opponent of BEvEamwor was an Amerlcan Democrat (Gen. BLack), his falllng behind«can- not bo charged to the same cause aa In the case of Qureany. It must bo aftributed, then, to mome other reason than the natlonality of his oppouent, It was, ns Is well known, caused by his unpogrular- ity with the Germans, and not on account of any popularity of hia competitor with that nationallty, Some of Bevenmoar's blowers and strilors, bolding offics by his appointment, f#alsely assort that ho has grown vastly in popular- ity with tho Germans since 1872, and that ho would now roceive their hearty support| This is all bosh ; they hold him in r@ great contompt now as they over did, and proba~ bly moroe; and, if ho is nominated, tie will ba out to pioces. Thero is another fcamidable element who will quietly knife hin if nomi. nated; wo rofer to the Board of Trade, which numbers =not far short of 2,000, With the pgreat ‘bunlk of that !mdy' ho has mado himsolf exceedingly odions by his wrotched, partisan appoint- ments of Grain Inspectors, Thoy are botter qualified a8 blowers for BeveEriper than as proper Inspoctors of Grain. If tho Conven. tion should commit the blunder of nominat- ing this weak, unpopular man for Governor, they will endanger the Ropublican tiocket in every closo and doubtful county and district, His nomination may cost the Ropublicans soveral members of Congress, the control of tho Legislature, and, with it, o United States Sonator. This would bo paying rathor too doar for g0 poor n whistle. Sm—— — It would simplify matters considerably if those journals opposing Brastow could ngree on their grounds of objectlon. The Detroft Loit suys Tue TrisuNe Injurcs Bristow by proving that e s a true aud rellable Repub- llcan, It says the courso of Tne TRIBUNE “ {5 the more extraordinary beenuse there Is no ap- parent cause or excuse for it lere comes the Dubuque ZTimes, which shakes its head dublously, and says that the peoplo want more light us to Becrctary BrisTow's political antecedents. It thus proceeds: Tir TRIBUNE says it has fnvestigated Mr, Brig. Tow's personal history and his political record, Of couree it would not havo pronounced for him without first having dono sa. DBut that jouraal should remember that millions of voters neltner liave nor can havo tho opportunities for such. in- vestigation, snd heuco muy bo excused for their lack of such impllcit talth as Tiu Tninuse onjoys, We bave no doubt that Mr, Brustow could carry Town by 40,000 majority, but Mr, BLaINa would cure v 1t by 60, 000, Weare in & quandary. Tho Dubuque paper cxpresses the oplufon thnt the peoplo of Tuwa need more light to show that Bristow fs “ a re- liable Republican 5 but the Detrolt poyer de- clares that it s calling his Republicanism In question to furnlsh tho evidenco; it says “! there is no cause or excuse for It.” Yet both of those papers” Liesltato to come out for Bis- TOW because they are not yet convinced that he is o ¥ perfectly reliable Kepublican.” We are anxious to secure thelr support for Lim, as they are {nfluential concerns in their respectlvo States; but, whilo the T¥mes doubls, the Post puts a veto on removing them. All ‘thatfs left for us Is to relegute the Dubugue prper over to tho Detroit concern, and let thew. seitle the miatter for themselyes, ———— “A_correspondent of Woodhull & Claftin'a Weekly lucldly explains it. The human raco isw't deterlorating, cven If people nowndays grow bald and logo thelr teeth emrlier than in tlmes post. ‘The loss of teoth and of halr, in fact, are evidence, not of deterfaration of the gpecles, but of thetr development; and it Is only o question of thne when evolutioa shall snateh the entire race bald-headed, Beforo the human specles lost thelr talls, the whols form divine, according to the Evolutlon theory, was covered with halr; and it was not until :about the time of the introduction of the fig-lenf that Nature dropped the from thenceforth superfluous hir- sute covering, 8o, ariglnally, otar teeth and toe- nails must have been equal to the work fimposed upon them {n tearing to plecen and devourlng uncooked flesh, fish, and fowl. There is no long- cr oceaslon for such teeth and toe- nalls; machinery and conkery combined prepars our food by us, and Nature Is relleving us of talons and tecth; and whon, iu the order of de- velopment, we reach that era whera wo direct] y assimilate our food, of coursethe tecth will go altogether, and the toe-nalls, for which theres is no use now lo particular, will doubtless follow, The coming man, bald-hended, toothless, und toe-nailless, would doubtless, too, regard the blond locks and pearly toeth of the falrest beauty of theso times with the samg aversion with which we contemplate the talls that udorned our simian ancestors, Pe———— That 18 a very flnc-cut device by which the finecut. tobacco-manufacturers of Noew York Clty seck, through Congressional ald, to re- cover thelr loat trade, which has been captured by Chicago and other Western citfes, The Weatern manufocturors put thelr fine-cut upon the market In 10, 20, 40, and 60 pound packages, In which it keeps wmolst and in good condition for years, The New York manufacturers, however, putitup lu tin-foil packages of 1, 2, 4, and 16 ounces each, und now scek to have the Reveuus law 6o modifled that One-cut tobacco shall only be put upou the market in such packages, solely to require Western mnnufacturers to repack thelr stock on hand, and to pay tribute to tho tin-foll manufacturers, ‘The pretense for It all 18, that the revenue is, In some Incomprehensi- ble way, defrauded by sales of fue-cut in tubs, while It never {s upon that sold in foll pack- ages; the which fs remarkably thin, It (s the best, however, that the Now York dealers can invent, and s a elgnal advertisement of thelr ineapacity to compete with the munufacturers of the West. e e, S The stock-gambling maula in Calitornis, which hitherto bas been confined to mining shares, will doubticss rocelve & new Impetus consequent upon the striking of coal-oll in the Ban Fernando district, near Los Angelea. The {ndicatlons of ofl In that reglon were noted some years alnce, and boring was several times commenced ; but the work was abandoned until quite recently, when a company formed fn the Peunsylvanis ofl reglons struck ol at a depth of about 160 fuet, from which & fuir yleld was ob~ Aot toined, The work was pushed qulotly: bes alrendy clams have beea pmlun oze gai’n'.llhl&‘ lands in the nelghborhood, a nunber of welly arc belng sunk, aud new eompanies are o 1zing, and the speculative fover fs being stimy. Iated to fover-heat by glowing roports to thy effect that the 8an Fernando district {s oqual ty tho Pennsylvania oll-regions, and that fts devel opmont will open up s half-dozen Vonanzas, That thero Is oll in considerable quantity, i demonstrated by the fact that the yleld lr:)m four wells now in operatlon {8 in tho neighor. hood of forty barrels of crude petroloum pey day; and as, when tho placergold-mincs were b, gluning Lo be exbiausted, the great Comatocy and other lodes were struck, ylelding richer ree turns, so now, when report has it that the Lo ginning of the end of theso hos been reached, 1t may bo that an equally golden barvest wil) e reallzed from petroleum. ———— It camo about—thie sensation that agitates the quiet little town of Blanchester, O., ang the surrounding country—because of the eloqueney unutterable of the late Maj. ZetoLmn, Not only was It cloquence unutterable, but ynys. tered, for he appeared thero about a year o adeaf mute. But his cloquence, atded by py |, handsome person and_expressive eyes, had tre. mendous ¢ffcet upon the Blanchester belles, ang soon he was the ncknowledged lody-killer of the town., He looked and lstencd, withoug liearing 8 Word, to their sentimental moonings, and they ‘all declared him * perfectly lovely. Among his fair victims was s beautiful gir), pos- seased of o round fortune In her own right, ang her he wedded. Thereon ho lost his eloguency unutterable, and talked in every-day, matter-of. fact fashion, and the happy bride found that shy could not reckon, among the varlous forms of bliss in store for her, that of nover having wonly with her husband; and be cxplained his impos. ture by telllng a romantic story about soms religious vow not to utter a word until after he wns marrled. Then he sftkened, and on his death-bed confessed his trus name,—he lad marrfed her as plain Mr. Aveny,—sud had iy “ other wife " and children, who lived withing hundred miles or so, sent for to recelve s Jast words. The Inwful Mrs, ZetaLzr came, betray. ing no concern, except to collate earcfully, after his death, the evidence to cstablish his Identlty, in order to collect a pollcy of insurance on hiy 1ifo; sud now the belles of Blanchester ara inyul. nerable to all mute cloquence. o ————— ‘The New York Hfe-Insurance companies hava Improved the advent of spring with {ts sunshing and flowers, and all nature and worms and things, budding into lusty life, to publish some mortallty statisties, Therefrom it appears that, with all the talk about malarial climate, thy typhold fever {s conflned to no particular climate but that Its ravages extend throughout the whole United States; and that it 1s more viru. lent in New England, among the granite hills, than {n the South, with ita bayous, and swampy, alluvial bottom-lands. Consumptlon, too, It seems establlshed by tho most carcful observa. tlon and collation of statistics, Is no more to bo escaped in the sunny South, or in the dry cllmate of Colorado, or yet In the sheltered villages whers tho oranges blossom in California, than in bleak New England and the extremo Northwest. ‘The average for each scction of the country, gen. erally spenking, is about tho eame,—17.01 per cent of the total annual mortality betng due to that discase in its varlous forms., Accord- Ing to the flgures, no less than 6,83 per cent of tho total mortallty for the last year was due to accidents and casualties, which, {£ the figures be accurate, Indicate un extraordinary reckless- ness and cheap cstimate of life,—for to that are accidents, so-called, chiefly attributable,—such as our English cousins charge us with; and, of | the total deaths attributed to accidental causes, over ono-fifth aro reported as having occurred In the Far-Western States and Territories, and on tho Paclfle Conat. e ———. The report of the Massachusetts Bureau of Labor-Statistics, just published, for the yesr Ppast, shows that 254,993 laborers {n that Statere. cetved for the twelve months an averags wagt of $413.87. The highest average yearly carnings for men were $570.19, fn Suffolkk County. The average wages for females were 83 cents perdlem, and thefr hours of labor 10 40-1004 day. In thly vstimate, however, 18 included the earningsof domesties, who besides recelved thelr board. The averago enrnings of the children of each family where these were employed, ns is gener nlly the caso in the manufacturing districts, were $227.65 for the year, being equal to nearly 50 per cent of the wages of the father. A signiflcant feature of the report is, that 1t dise cloaes that the average loss of time for nll the operatives fu tho State was 67 days for the year, most of which was occasioned by n‘wppugu ol the mills. —— Jopan oppears to bo moviog forward rapldly in tho path of modern clvillzation, Late fllt of Japanese newspapers show that the Christisa Bunday has been substituted for the Jehirokr aa the national day of rest. Burglaries are als¢ growing very prevalent, and aro conducted & the bighest style of tho art. Press-prosccutiont continue, the unfortunate editor of the Liern Shinbun having been sentenced to ong year't mnprisonmnent for criticising the course of tht Govornment. A Government notlfication has Dbeen fssucd forbidding the time-honored prac tice of wearing swords, The Japanese' do not take very kindly to this, however, and, when the Prince 8ATsUMA passed through Yokolioms the other day, the sword-wearers very shrewdly evaded the officfal proclamation by dolng up thelr swords (n bundles and carrying them upon their shoulders, R — II. D. CoLviy has now “passed the chalr and Is promoted to the Lonorable, dignified, sud permanent offlce of ex-Mayor. This officty while it ¢njoys few emoluments and no perqub sites, and {8 destitute of selary, has one advar toge over thut of Mayor: it is a ({feofiet WitLiau B, Oapex, who was the first Mayol of Chicngo, was clected thirty-nine years sgo. and laid aside his robes of oflice in 1839, —thirty seven years ago,—is still ex-Mayor. Hanveh D., who fs now ex-Mayor, will undoubtedly bt in posscaslon of that post of honor Jan. 1, A. D 1900,—that fs, if his tenacity of life bLeanrs any proportion to his tenacity for oftice. 8o he fl sure of Lolding on to one office to his heut's content. —————— . The Japancso have {nvented anew ordersf chivalry which hus not yet found its way futo the dlmanach de Gotha, and has not yet evend name. Two fortunate indlviduala havo alrealy been decorated, our Ameriean Oeneral, Leozs- pie,and u Frenchinan named M. Bo18soNADE DB FoNTARADIE, The most agrecable feature con nected with the order 1s the fact that the persod invested with It receives a sutn of money. Upon this occaslon, the Amerlcan was pald 2,500 yen and the Frenclunan 2,000 yen, tho pen belpg about equal to our silver dollar in value. Tho moneyed conslderation involved in the ceremony will undoubtedly be an sttraction to crowds of Americans, and make tho island a favorite plice of suminer resort, ——— It cx-Mayor CoLviN has been s Republlean sinca Octaber, 1873, ho has kept the eecret t0 himself with remarkablo fidelity, and hos fooled the Democrats most successfully; for they bavy fondly belleved that the *old man® was one fem, And, it a man's actions, or the u.-ompmn.).' he keeps, ara signs of his politics, thu $byes had good reason for supposing him to be & brothier 4 dimecrat.” e ——— Tho Hon JomN H. Apaus, of Stephenson County, who haa served ss Btate Senaton 8 mentioned for Lieutenant-Goyernor. No bcml: man bas yet been named, Ho would brln'g b: perlence, sbility, and dignity to tho offlce; nl; ; for that matter, he would maoke a for bette Governor than some of the candidates who s.r: urging themsclves upon the peoplo with much unseemly zenl and button-hollug. ——————— The municipal legislators of Philadelphls, l: ter bravely holding out for over & year, huw“d lust opencd the municipal pocket nndl vom_ oney for the Centennial with remarkab! 'u tshuess. They have sppointed 500 sddl ry policetnen to sarve from May 10 to Dea .