Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 25, 1876, Page 4

THE CHICAGO RIBUNE: THURSDAY," MAY 25, 1876, e Tyibvane, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—TOSTAGE PREFAID AT THIS OFFICE, Ldtttan, postpald, 1 year... Dally T m Tt ¥ YeAT at same TAie, Malled to any address four weeks for. Sundny Faicion: Literary and Mellgio Bheet, .iveieee £ri-Weekly, post Tari WRER! oS T b o dony. GIub of twenty, per cop) Tho postage I8 35 cents & year, which we will prepay. Bpecimen copiea sent free, To prevent delny and inistakea be surc and give Posts ©Ofiice address In full, including State and County. Remitinnces may be made efther Tost-Oflice order, o in registered letters, st our tlsk. 7ERMS TO CITY SUNSCRIDERS. Daily, delivercd, Sunday excepted, 25 cents per week, Dally, deitvercd, Sunday Included, 30 conts per week ddress THEE TRIDUNE COMPANY, Coruer Madlron and Desrbar, Chteago, 111, MENTS. TAMU New Chicngo Thentre. Clark strect, between landolph aud Lake, Hooley's Mibstrels. Hooley’s Thentre. dolph street, letween Clark and LaSalle. En. Tint of Lely's Fith Aveniie Companys + Bigue. MeViek Mudiron strect, beiwes gageanent of Alaggic Mit 's Theatre. State and Dearborn. Ene . *‘Little Barefoot.” \Vflm\’»lflluul’“m. 2 i Mcaroe siret, between Dearborn and State, After- naon, ** Invisthle Prince.” Evening, Frank £, Alken in_**Bert; or, Ocean to teean,™ THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1876. Greenbacks ot tha Now York Gold Ex- chango closed at 8 The Queen of England and Empress of India wns 67 years old yesterday, and the anuiversary of Ifer Majesty's birthday was duly celcbrated in various paris of tho United Statea by stanch Britons temporarily sojourning among us, and by American cit- izens of English birth who cherish loving yecollections of the mother country. An estimate of the standing of the Senate on the quoestion of jurisdiction in the Brr- KNAP impeachment cnse gives 33 for, 81 against, ¢ doubtful, and I who will not vote, ‘This is & closer showing than had been cal- cnlated upon for several days past, and the chango of n few votes may shapo the result eithor way before the finnl decision is reached. The Methodist General Conference yester- dny sdopted the rcport of the Committeo on Missions, recommending the organization of annual Conferences in Ching, India, Sweden, Norwany, and Italy. Ex-Senntor IeveLs, one of the most eminent men of the colored race in America, was eleeted editor of the Soutlurestern. Christian Advosate 8% New Orlenns. - The Minnesota Republicans -yesterdny cleeted n delegation to the Cincinnati Con- vewtion, consisting largely of Braivg men, but tho Convention refused to instruct or direct the delegates to vote nsaunit, Ne- broaska instructed her delegates for Braise. In the New Hampshire Roepublican Conven- tinn no Presidentinl preference was expressed, and the delegaticn was left unpledged and uninstructe Mige Baney, ex-Building Inspector, is doubtful on the subject of the Mnyoralty. is uncertainty dates from the moment of his removal from oflice, and he proposes to contest the matter, It was alko reported yesterdoy that Marshal Goonriu intended to hold on by the same slonder thrend,—tho chanco that the Circuit Court may decide that Mr, ToyNE is not Mnyor of Chicago. 'These superiluous bar- nacles have chiosen to stand or fall with Cowuviy, and the longer they stick the further they will have to drop. ‘The lnwyers hava made up the issue in the guo twtarranto pro- ceedings, and the ease will bo arguod on Baturday of this week. ‘We print clsowhore a lottor from Mr. A. C. Hesixg, which purports to be a reply to an editorial in Tae Trisuscof the 20th inst., but it is a good deal more than that. The srticle was o summary of the testimony of Mr. Hestxa in the Musy case, and recapit- ulated the astonishing things'about himself and Mr. Reny and others which ho rovealed, Lut ospecially concerning hinself, o clnims that the nrticle has done him injustice, and ondenvors to point out whercin. But his communieation is mainly devoted to justify- ing and pallisting his conduct in the whisky and blackmail business, o claims that ho iy only guilty in a technicnl sonso of a viola- tion of tho rovenue laws. As to blackmail- ing Fanwerr, Waup, Jurssey, Branrey, and “ Buffalo” MiLvreg, there is no confession of having done any wrong. Itisto bo greatly apprehended that Mr, HesiNa does not see himself in the samelight that others sco him, —e Tho Ilouse Judiciary Committeo had o barren session yesterday in the investigation of BMr. Brae's connection with Fort Bmith ‘& Little Rock bonds. Rovixsoy, the mysterions witness who was expected to dis- closo how ho brought a packago of bouds from Jostau CaLpwary to Speaker Braisy, proved to be o flash-in-the-pan go far ns damnging or important testimony was concerned. Ho Drought a package to Mr. BraiNg, but never heard that it coutiined Londs, aud had no reason to suspect that such wero its coutents; on tho econtrary, the package looked like anything but valuable bonds, and it was received publicly and without any mystery by Mr. Braive. Ronrxson testified further that he never told anybody that he had carried a package of bLonds to Mr. Brave. Tho Intter sought to show by his cross-examinntion of another witness a stato of hostility toward himself mnong Arkansas Republicans, and was In o fair way to dum- onstrate that malico was at the bottom of this matter, but was provented from so doing by the Democrats of the Committce, whose evident purposo is not so much to arrive ot the truth as to injure Mr, Braxe. Tho Chicago produce markets wero very irregular yestordny. Provisions were nctive and weak; brendstaffs Jess active, andl closing stronger. Mess pork declined 25@300 per brl, closing nearly the same ns “T'uesday, at $19.85 for June and $20,15 for July, Lard declined 12jc por 100 ths, closing firmer, at $11.85 for June and $12.00@12.02} for July, Meats woro easior, at 74c for boxed shoulders, 10e for do short ribs, and 10je for do short clears. Lake freighta were moro active, at 2} for wheat to Buffalo, Hail freights were dull and uuchanged. Highwines wore 4o bigher, at $1.09 per gallon. Flour was in light dewund and steady. Wheat closed jo higher, 8t $1.06 cash and $1.06§ for July. Corn closed §@Jo higher, at 480 for May and 16l@ 46jc for June. Oats closed 3@i¢ lower, at 81fo for May and 80jo for June. ltye was tirmer, at 69}@70c. Barley was yuiot and steadier, at 72jo for May und 690 for Juue. Hoge were active, at 16G20c decline, closing firma at tho rednction; rales chiefly at 6. @6.50, Cattle were activo and stronger, with sales at 3.00@! . Sheep were unchanged. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $112.50 in graenbacks at the close, The ticket placed in nomination by the DMlinoia Republiean Convention at Spring- field yesterdny is ono which will commend itsell heartily to the enthusinstic np- proval and ratifieation of the Ropublic. ans of this State. The was tho largest in numbers nnd tho most respectable and iutelligent ever held in Tilinois, and its work is what might be oxpected of such a body. For Governor the name of Snerny M, Cuntoy is presented ~—n name lonorably and prominently identi- fled with Republicanism in Ilhnois, and borne by n gentleman of high charnctor and ability, It is the best nomination that conld have beon mnde, and will bo indorsed by tha people Ly & rousing majority nest November. Not less excellent is the nominn- tion for Licutenant Governor of Axprew Suvstay, of Cook County, whose selection for tho second place on the ticket will prove in the highest degree gratifying to his many friends throughout tho State. The remainder of the ticket is exceedingly strong—QGeoree I, Harrow for re-clection ag Secrotary of State, Tnostas Neeores for Auditor, Epwarp Rurz for Treasurer, and James K. Epsarn for Attorney-General, Tho Stato is also well represcnted in the Na. tional Convention, and from the character andstanding of the delegates it is fair to ex- pect that Ilinois will exert o marked influ. ence in tho nomination of the candidate for the Preside: THE GENERAL BUSINESS DEPRESSION, Much is written and printed as to the causes leading to the present goneral busi- ness depression, a depression which has pre- wailed in this countiry ever since Septomber, 1873, and which is moro or less provalent in all parts of the commercial world, All com. merco i3 speculativé, ‘The man who pro- duces does #o that he may sell his products at a profit beyond the ordinary wages of his labor. Men build houses that they may enjoy the rents, Men engage in manufac- tures that they may scll them at an advance on the cost of raw materials and of convert- ing them into fabries. Men bny goods in foreign countries expecting to sell them here at o profit. Men buy grain to be dalivered n month hence, expecting to profit by an ad- vauco in prices; and men buy lands and lots, urban snd rural, bolding them in the hope of a rise in selling values. Without specula- tion, and unless men minke ventures, there is no commerce. In such case trade is con- fined to an actual cxchange of necessary commodities, and there is stagustion and dullness, When the retail merchant, instend of purchasing Inrgely, merely purchascs suf- ficient to keep a swnll assorted stock, hie dis- appoints the wholesals dealer, the importer, and the manufacturer. When the whole body of retailers do this, the disappointment is general. When thio man with soine money invests it in lands, or lots, or buildings, hio to that extent inspires confidence ; others are induced to do the snme thing in other lines of speculution ; men get lopeful aud go to manufacturing ; others start out in all the varied brauches of trade, prodnction is en- couraged, more labor is employed, the spirit progresses until thero is o gencral activity, ond n rapid exchange of commoditics. This trado extends from community to commn- nity, Stato to State, and country to country. Then there is greater production, an increaso of wealth, the employment of that wealth in trade, and there is a progperity equal to the aggregato nctivity. Another fact bearing on modern com- merce is the clinnge whick has taken placo in tho ownership of the eapital employed in trad¢® ‘The time was when the merchants and tho capitalists wers tho samae porsons. Then n merchant did business on his own cnpital, and upon such credit as the posses- sion of that eapital authorized. Now there is & distinct class of porsons who loan their capital to merchants, Tho man trading on his own capital wns cssentially conservative. Thero was a limit to his operations which he dare not go beyond without losing his credit and imperiling Lis capital, Such & morchaut, doing & com- parntively contracted business, made larger proportionate profits on tho amount of busi. ness done. But this has been changed. Capital is now hired. Thé merchant, with n swall stock of his own, hires capital or credit, paying therefor a higher annual profit to the owner thon that owner could havoe got from it in his own trade. L'he mod- ern merchant extends Lis business to the Inrgest possible point. Ho buys and sells without limit ; the grenter the volume of his trado the smaller tho per cent of Jrofit re- quired to produce the rent of hiu capital, Commerco is therefore now done moro largely than ever upon credit where it way once done on actual capital, and the mercan- tilo world stands upon o less substantinl footing than it did Lalf a century ago, A convulsion, therefore, has a larger sweep in its destruétion than it would bave had in past times, ‘[ho closcst definition wo can give of tho causes producing theso financinl rovulsions is the withdrawal of confidence, We have statod how confidence is inspired, and Low wmen, littlo by little, venture to buy, to Luild, to produco, to ship, hmport, and make, until oue by one tho forces of trade aro put in motion, and the great volumo of cominerce rolls on in ita enormous circles, The men who have by small things gained wenlth, who from little profits seck larger ones, go on expanding their speculations, and make bolder discoynts upoun the future, At lnst the legitimute boundary of speculn- tion is reached and passed; enterprises becomo giguntic, certain men become rocog- nized oracles in predicting the future, capitnl is withdrawn from legitimato and protitable operations to bo buried beneath mountains of speculative eredit, At last, some chief awmong the gang, like Overexn & Gunney of London, or Jax Cooxe, falls amid the ruins of his fancy castles. His victims, one after the other, follow him; the men doing busi- ness on credit avo crushed by tho contrac- tion; the fictitious takes wings and departs. Tach man bolds what little substance he has, aud puts no faith in others, Toan unhealthy and unlimited credit there is the shrinkage which kuows no credit. For a poriod more or less protructed thera is & struggh to keep above water ; bub gradually, one after tho other, in the succeeding stagnation, depres- sion, failure of profits, and difficulty of re- trenchwent, ull those immediately or seri- ously dopendent on ercdit go down, to rise no more. Out of this gloomn the recovery is slow. Contidence has been lost. Thero hag beon no loss of property, but the wholo fabrio of credit, contidence, and spoculation has been swept uway, Who is thero to iuspire it? Who is thoro that has moucy nud will ven. ture to speculute with ity Wha will buy Convention | real estato and wait for n risa? Who will , build for the sako ot bLia rents? Who will put mulls and forges in motion? | What prospect of profit is thero in jall this to inepire the employment of enpital in speculative enterprines ? Cnn the Government promote this recovery ! of confilonce? Thero aro restrictions aud restraints upon trade, weights and chaing upon commoreo, which in these days of de. pression and gloom are more oppressive than at other times, nnd which ought to bo re. moved. We labor also under the embarrass- ment of nn unstable and depreciated cur. rency. We aro selling and buying on a scale of prices as uncertain as the weather, Wo liave practically no stendard value of moncy. Had we a fixed standard, whether of gold or silvor,—anything of substantinl, intrinsie, tangible value,—we might at least hnve tho improvement of kuowing that when a dollar wns borrowed, what sort of a dollar wonld be paid back at tho oud of thirty days. But the rire and growth of trade, the ex- pansion of credit, the frenzy of speculntion, the explosion, collapse, and prostration, are so closely progressive, so inevitably conse. quential upon one another, and so period- ical, that, though each disnster may havo its peenlinrities, they seem to fill their place in the cycles of coramercinl civilization, and are a8 unavoidablo by human laws ns the storms which shake the natural world. PAY YOUR CITY TAXES! It is now timo to appeal to the loyalty and *pride of Chicago people to pay their taxes without further delay, Tor the first time in years there is a condition of things in this city to nttract the payment of taxes, and for tho first time in years it will be indecent and outrageous for men not to pay who have it in their powoer to do so. Heretofore the reckless expenditure of city moneys and the disreputable clnss of people living nupon the taxes gave a good excuse for a refusal to pny until it become absolutely necessary., Now, however, the practieal work of retrenchment has been begun, and thero is not the slight- est doubt that the present Mayor and Coun- ¢il will reduco the current expenditures to the lowest figuro consistent with the public welfare. In the meantime, the city finauces ore in a deplorablo condition, Soveral months' back pay is due to the policemen, the firemen, tho teachers, aud all thoso employes of the city who are most in need of their earnings from month to wonth, Between §800,000 and 1,000,000 are due employes for services and labor rendered, for which neither the law nor justice warrauts a further postpono- ment. It is not too much to say that thers are fomo instances of sctual suffering, and there are certainly many instances of gross swindling, arising from the failure of the city to pay those who have done the public gennine service. In both cases peoplo suffer who hove earned their money. It is also necessary to provide for the interest on n Jarge part of the bouded debt which falls due July 1. The city must have money in order to escape a defanlt and in order to re- lieve the nceessitics of those to whom it is iudebted for public order and protection, Wo have the pledge now that the money so poid shall bo used for theso legitimate purposes, and not employed in the **shin. ning” processes that have been going on for a couple of years to keep up tho per- nicious and unlawfnl issue of certificates, It is time, thercfore, for thio property-owners to pay up, and relieve a city really rich and progperons from the blemish of bankruptcy, the appearanco of which has been brought on by a false policy and an extravagant ex- pendituro of public moneys. There is also an appenl to the selfish nature of thoso who are not to be inflnenced by theso higher considerations. Tho taxes for 1874 are really past due, and their collec- tion ean be enforeed within the next two months by judgment and sale. "Tho law under which they aro now nssessed and col- lected is tho Stote law, and there is no longer any opportunity to successfully avoid their payment. They must bo paid in tho end, aud the limit of time is not far of. But to attract the prompt payment, on account of the pres- ent necessity of the city, o discount of 2 por cent is offered on all tho taxes of 1875 wlich shall bo paid prior to Juno 1, and 1} por cent on all paid prior to July 1. Applica- tion to the Comptroller for tho necessary amount to pay any person’s taxes will socuro a certificato, from which 2 per cent will be discounted when tho money shall be paid to the Conuty Treasurer. "T'his in better intor- est—the rate being about 12 por cent per annmm—than anybody can carn on moncy for the next two months, and it should in. duco all tax-payers to make n spocial effort to pay at once. It is now a duty, prompted by mativos of charity and humanity as well 2y justice aud self-interest, and thero is no reasonnble nor fair excuso for further dclay on the part of anybody who can possibly rolso the monoy whick, in any ovent, will have to bo paid over in two months, INDICTMENT OF PERIOLAT ANDKIMBERLY. 1t is worthy of note thatthe indictments which have been found ugainst Prmiorar, tho County Contractor, and Kimpenty, tho Warden of the County Poor-llouse, ara of the smme general nature as those found agaiust tho whisky-thieves which have been #o suceesfully prosecuted, with tho differ- enco that ono is an offense against thoe United Btates Government and the other an offeuse sgainst tho Stata Government, ‘Tho toxt of tho statnto under which the indictmont hag Leon fonnd reads as followy : It any two or more persons conspire and agreo together with the fraudulent or mulicious {ntent wrongfully uud wickedly to injure tho person, char- acter, business, or property of another, or to ob- tatu mouey or other property by falsu pretenses, or to o uny $legal uet, Injurious to the public trade, health, morals, police, or adminlatration of public Justice, ur to prevent competition by the lottug of any contract by the Stute or the authoritles of any county, city, town, or village, or to Induce any pervon not to enter fnto such competition, or to commlt uny felony, they ahall be devined guilty of 8 consplrucy: and every such offender, und every person couvleted of consplracy at common law, shall bu lmprisuned ln the Penltentiary not excecd- fug three years, or fined not exeeeding 81,000, Tt will bo seen that the langungs of the statute is exceedingly compreheusive, and certainly fucludes the offenses sagainst the publio of which Prntorar, Kntueury, and samo others (including certain members of tho County Board) have long been suspected. It is certuin that the United States nuthori- ties, under a similar statute, have been able to convict the men who have conspired to defraud tho Govornment revenues on evi- denco much less diract than that which is un. derstood to have been taken by tho Grand Jur). There is a vast difference, however, in tho practice of the United States snd Stato Courts, aud not the least important of the differences is the mode of selecting the petit juries. In the United States Courts it is next to impossible to *““sot up" a jury, which is drawn by certain desiguated United States Conmuissioners from o list of namos fur- nished by the Clorks of the various County Courts of the best mon throughont the cn- tire diatrict, which often ncludes & whole Btate. Our local petit juries, on tho con- trary, aro made up by the Sheriff or n subor- dinate Bailiff, nnd the experience of the past hins taught the publie that it is not a difticult matter to solect o jury which will '*hang" or disngree, no mattor how clear a case may bo mado out against the prisoner at the bar, A desperato effort must bo mado on tho part of the Criminal Court and all its officors not to permit this sort of thing in mnking up tho petit jurics boforo whom the consp ra- tors against tho county rovenues shall bo tried. It is only by the conviction, disgraco, and punishmont of tho county thieves that their carcer of plunder mny bo checked. ‘The revenuo servico of tho United States has been purified more by convicting the whisky-thioves and sending them to tho Pen- itentiary than by all the laws over onacted. The extornal evidences of thieveryin the nd. ministration of county affairs are as numer- oun and convineing as wero the external avi- dencos of the existence of a Whisky Ring. Now lot our local courts and oflicials do as cflicient work in prosecuting these ovidences 1o conviction ns hias beon done by the Unitled States Courts and Bfticials. Then wo shall begin to seo the light. MUNN'S ACQUITTAL, The Muxy trinl is closed, tho jury aftern brief consultstion bringing in a verdict of not guilty, and Moxy is free. This result is dto to the fact that the jury discredited Reax's testimony. Outside of Renx's evi- dence, the Government's case was not n strong one, ‘Thero wns evidence to show that ha had been loose in the managoment of his offico, and perhaps that he had winked at irregularities, but there was no positive evi- dence, excopt the statements of Rem, to show that ho had taken bribes or hnd actively engaged in a conspiracy to defraud tho revenus. The case therefore went to tho jury substantially upon Reuw's testimony, with the legal presumption of inuocence, previous good character, and Remy's sus- picions veracity, as offsets in Muxy's favor. The Court itself recognized this factin its charge to the jury, which sct forth that tho only direct and positive testimony tending to connect the defendant with the conspiracy wns that of Jacon Remir; there- foro the jury mmst take into account the foct that Renst was the chief organizer of tho conspiracy, that they must scrutinize his motives, also whether he oxpects to ob- tain any immunity from, or mitigation of, his own punishment; whother any influ- ences lave been brought to bear upon him to testify agninst tho defendant ; whether ho hns any feeling of revengo to gratify, or any ren! or supposed advantages to gain for him. self by sccuring tha conviction of the de- fendant—aud dotermine for yoursclves, in tho light of ull these circumstances, whether hao has told you the truth or not. The Court summed it up in the pertinent question: ** 1Ios Ren told you tho truth in rogard to the defendant’s complicity in this conspir- acy 2" Reny fatally wenkened his credibility when lie swore that of the $200,000 or more blackmail which he lovied on the distillers, ho kept only enough to buy cigars, but gave it all away to tho Governmoent officers and to Heswve, The jury refused to beliove this, And ho hurt himself in swearing that Lo wns an innocent, pure-minded man until Hesive seduced him into becoming n blackmailer of the distillers. Hesino indignnntly denied in his testimony the truth of this statoment. Now Jasemay have told the nnked troth as to Muxw, aud, in in the opinion of thousands of peoplo, did tell the trath, yet he dis- credited himself with the jury by maoking the two other statements, and theroby enused tham to give Muxy a Scotch verdict of not proven, which is tho most that can Lo clnimed for him ; for, had not Rensr damaged bLis credibility with the jury as nforesaid, they would undoubtedly Lnve returned a verdict of guilty, While Musy may bo congratulat ed upon hin esenpe from the serious charge of con- spiracy to defraud the revenue, it should not be forgotton that ko stands convicted by competent testimony of another charge al- most sa serious—although ho was not on trial for it—thnt of meglect of duty as s pub- lic officer. Fortunately, this point did not depond upon Reax's testimony, or Mr, Remas might have prosented MuNN as a model offi- cer in oll respects, whilo trying to prove just the contrary. MR, HOYNE'S RIGHTS AS MAYOR. Mayor Hoxnk has mado a full and satisfac- tory roply to the inquiry instituted by Han- vey D. Corviv in the Circuit Court to his nuthority for exercising the functions of the office which he now holds. The pleas filed in tho case merely form a connceted narrn- tive, in logal phrase, of the circumstances ond ovents which led to his election, and in- duced Mr, Corviy to set up the preposterons claim of holding on to hig oflice for a year nnd a half beyond the term for which he was chosien, and after his successor had been elected by the people. Corvin's term ex- pired originally in Decembor, 1875, Early in January of that year a petition, with the required number of nancs, was presouted to the Common Council, asking that the gen- eral charter of 1872 bo wubmitted to a vote of the peoplo for adoption or rejection, It was the duty of the Council to ordor an clection for this purpose as early as practic- ablo, Instend of this, che matter was post- poned until the Mayor and Aldermen could cauvass the sitnation and ascertain how the possible adoption of tho charter could effect their tenure of office, Finally thoy fized the date for voting on the now charter ut April 23, nearly four months aftor the petition was filed, and just three days after o general election would have been held for Mayor and othercity ofticers under the new charter, if it had been adopted at auy time prior to the third Tuesday in April. Tho purposo of this delay was manifestly to on- able the Aldermen then surving to hold over nu entire year, and the Mayor two years, beforo the recurrence of another gentral elec. tion under tho charter to fill their respactive places. This was & fraudulent misuse of their power, and s betrayal of tho people in their own selfish office-holding interest, The charter of 1872 was adopted, and the existing Council took no other steps townrd calling n special election to fill the vacancics in tho several city offices ; under tho chartor the ald ofticers continued to dischargo the. dlutics of tho scveral places. Iiut tho time camo around when it was not in the powor of the Couneil to delay the clection of their sugcessors uny longer, The dato of the gon- tral vlection for Aldermen and the city ofll. cers (excepting thu Mnyor) wns fixed by the charter every April, and it could mot bo uvolded. DBut the Council, truv to the original compact, still declined to call a special election for Mayor, the genural clection for that office oceurring every vther year, ‘Chersupon the people exerclsed their original right of voting to fill the ofiica on a genoral eloction day, whon all votera were fully informed of the fact, after both political partiesa and a mon- starmasa-meeting had nominated a candidate, and when all the tickets afforded an oppor- tunity to overy voter to express his profer- ence, At thin clection, Mr, Hovss recoived tho groat mnjority of votes, and, including thoso not roturned, or improperly, returned and not cnnvnssed, ho received almost ns many voles as tho aggregate number of votes given to both eandidates for any other offlco voted for. This was nn election Ly the people, if thers over was one, aund to an offico that hnd beon vacant for six months, which was the time that lLind clnpsed after the expiration of tho term for which Mr. Cowvin had heen chosen. The voto which Mr, Iov§e recoived wns properly canvassed by the moew Coun- cil (the old Council having refused to do its duty in this case, ns it had proviously in neglecting to call a specinl olection for Mayor), and he was duly decinred Mayor of tho city. Inthis capacity he demanded and received the ncknowledgmont of all the de- portments of the City Government, and be- gan his caveer a8 Mayor with a larger cou. stituenoy than any of his predeeessors. 'This, in brief, is what Mr. Hoyxe cites ag his warrant for cxercising the rights aund functions pertaining to the office of Mayor, It is a mero statement of fact, so that, if Mr. Corvin and his nttorneys desira . quick set- tlement of the case, thoy will proceed to ar- gue it on thig basis, If this is not their pur- pose, and they desire to bo let down easily and slowly, they will probably demur to 3r. Howxe's answer, though tho facts in tho caso nro motorions, If Mr. Corvix's counsel are confldent in the right and justice of their cliont’s clnims, they will not hesitato to solicit the earhest de- cision of tho Circnit Court on a stato of things with which almost overy intelligent mau is now entirely familiar; but whether they do this or seck furthor delay, the action already taken by Mayor Horxe shows that he will not defer the policy of rotrenchmont and reform while waiting for n decision. Mr. Iayes cont; tify his rotire- ment from the office of Comptroller with tho necessary loss of the eity's credit. In yes- terdny's Journal he thnus exprossed himsolf : In reply to Tur Tuinuse, I would state thnt the city has alrendy been dishonored in consequence of the position In which I have been plnced, and whether the city's credit can be restored herenfter, wlit depend on the administration of Government, as n repudintlon Government ean have no credit. In regard to the atatement that 1 assume ** that the Mayor and Council, and all who differ," etc., are in tavor of repudinting the city debt, I would sny that 1 liave assumed nothingof the kind. Thin Councl, as well as the last, stand on record, by an almost unnnimous vote, directing the Cotnptroller to pny all these certifieates at maturity, but Mr, Hovxe and his leading backers tako the position that the delt 1s $1legal, and that the city Is not bound to pay it, and that the city can fairly refuse to meet I¢ and postpone the payment at thelr pleasure, That in actunl repudintion! Preciucly the same as that chrzed against the State of Missisaippl. 1 have no fdea thnt it Mr, Hovye continues to entertain his present viewr, and should be declded Mayor of Chicago, that ho wonld make any provision for the payment of thlsdebt. In reply to o questlon re- garding the payment of employes, Mr. Havss enld: *‘'They can't raive money to pay the employes of the city excopt by loans, and the city's credit is gone, " The case is very simple. The city owes §3,000,000 of certificates, which the law de- clnres ean only bo, and must be, paid out of the %5,000,000 or more of back taxes, the most of which will be collected in July, Au- gust, nud Soptember. The Iaw prohibits the borruwing of monoy on timo notes. Now, we understand that the Mayor proposes to apply this money as fast as collected to pay- ing those cortiflcates, instead of taking them up now by issuing time notes, and using the revenue for other purposes. That, Mr, Ilaves thinks, is as bad as the ropudiation charged agninst the State of Mississippi, but there are bnt fow persons who will agree with him. 'Tho law expressly authorizes the city to borrow money on the taxes of 1876 to pny the oxpenses of 187G, and, if thoe city cannot do otherwise, wo suppose it will adopt that course. Tho fact that some pieces of the paper of the oity have not beon paid is pronounced to be the destruction of the city's credit! Mr. Ilaves would havo * paid " that paper by issuing another batoh, and that Micawber-like operation, he thinks, would linve saved tho credit of the city! There is not a respectable citizen in Chicago who proposes or thinks of repudiating any of this serip. Tho only man who insista that thera is a purpose to repudiate is Mr, Haves, and, aftor ho gota over his little pet in not being pormitted to have his own way, he will discover that the new Mayor and Com- mon Council and Comptroller will be just as zenlous in defense of tho honor of the city ns he over was. One thing must be said in Brveninor's behalf at least, and that is, ho died game. Like ex-Mayor Corviy, he hung on dosper- ately when everybody elso saw that he had not a ghost's chianco of a nomination, He was in the gripo of a singular infatuation, and thought to tho lnst that ho would bo nominated. Ho was 50 nuxious to con. tinuo in the Governor's office that his cyes wera closed to the fact that the people were tired of him, and dotermined on a change, For four years ho lins dono littlo elso than Iny pipe, pull wires, sud itinerate over the Btate, eloctioneering for a re-claction. He wholly overdid this kind of work, and cansed a popular reaction aguinst bimself, Ilad he romained in his oftice, and in a (uict and diguified manuer attendod carefully to ita duties, and button- holed nobody for a re-slection, ha would in all probability have recoived the nomiuation without serious opposition. TFor in that caso his own county wonld have stood by him and saved himfrom defeat. What would have been friendship and respect was turned into disgust, and no dunning or personal importunity sufficed to overcoma it. The office of Governor embodics the highest dig- nity of tho Btate, aud peoplo will not tolor ate an application of the system of ward politica by occupants thereof for the pro- longation of their tenure, ‘The Pittsburg (azetle, one of the leading Republican newspapors of Western Pennsyl- vaun, undortakes 8 wmild general denial of the inferenco that Mr. Dox Caarenox's ap- pointment as Becrotary of War moans a transfer of tho Ponnsylvania delegation to Cincinnati over to Alr. ConkuiNg after it shall have cast a complimentary vote for Iaprraner. But the Gazette, in denying, really ndmits more thau it intended. It ad- mity, for instance, that the managers of the Ponusylvania delogation are in favor of Congring or MontoN 08 a second choice, which really means CoNgriNg, as MontoN is likely to bo out of the raco. It also declarcs that tho Pennsylvania delegation will not favor Bristow, because ho is regarded na *‘nrbitrary, opinionated, and net quick or strong ;" nor will it favor Braixg, * becsuso ke was instrumental in defoating tho Force bill in the last Congress.” ‘Chis really leaves Cosgumvg the ounly one of the leading enndidates for whom the delegntion will vote nftor deserting Ifantmaxrr. If tha Guzelte fa right in this, then it Lins really furnished n confirmation while intending a donint of the roport that Mr, Don CaxrroN's appointment as Secrotary of War was in keeping with an underatauding that the Cam- xroN family sliould deliver thoe Pennsylvanin delegation over to CongrLiNg, who ia roport- edto bo the President's favorita candidate. This i8 nlso tho view of the Philadelphin Tmes (Indopendent), which says that tho nrrangement was brought about through the intervention of a man named AMackey, who i ono of Mr. Camenon's best frienda and his most trusted ndviser. But the 7imes does not admit that the compnct can be earried out. It prodiots, indeed, that the Braive men in Pennsylvanin will revolt, and it claima that thoy Lolieve thoy can command n mnjority of the delegation for Bramve., In that ease, Mr. Connrina's advantago is by no means assured, Some of Gen. 0, 0. rp's friends ave taken exception to n paragraph which appeared In Tue TrinuNz o day or two ago connecting his name with the Freedmen's Bank, whose ras- callties wete exposed at the same time, There was no fntentlon to Intimatethat Gen, Howann was a sharer [n the beneflts of the frauds prac- ticed upon the Ignorant negroes throughout the South by the ngeney of this institution, and wo kuow of no proof that he luterested himself in securing the repeal of the prudent laws of Con- gress which required the bank to Invest its money (n United States bonds. The nfquitles of the bauk management began with this change nthelaw. At the same time, Gen. Iowann's connection with the fustitution was unfortunate and certainiy not creditable to him. IHe was called an * Honorary Trustee,”—n positfon not contemplated by the law which created the bank. In, this position he permitted the use of his name, which lad particular strength with the freedmen, and he was certainly used in gainlng o part of the con- fidence which was so shamelessty nbused. Gen, Howaip, ns a man of honor and Intelligence, ought to have refused his consent to be used in any such way, If he was ignorant of what was golng on, he {s Llamable for such ignorance, and ought not to have loaned his name to trans- actions with the unature of which he did not take the time and pains to familiarize bimsclf. ———— Tt 1a proper to say that the removal of tha Inte City Marshat, Mr. Gooperr, was prabably based solely on the fact that he was an unnccessary expensc to the public. There has been no vio- Iation on his part of any of the propricties and no dereliction of duty; but, on the other hand, Mr. GoopetL is a banker aud not a policeman, and it {s not obvious that he could {v any way contribute to the eflicieney of the depurlment. Superintendent Hickzy, to whom the sole responsibility is now transferred, is an ex- perienced police-officer and w good dlsciplinarian, There Is probably no man {n Chlcago who knows the gamblers, bunko-steerers, coufldence-nen, and thjeves so well as he, and probably none other who could so quickly rid the city of thelr presence if he wants to do so. If Mr. Hickey rightly apprehends public sentiment and desires to follow out the wishes of thu Mayor and present City Government, he will proceed encr- getieully in this dircetion, e aO— ‘When a Governor secks a re-clection and only sccurcs 24 votes out of 80 from his own county, notwithstanding the frantic cfforts of several geore henclimen, including three or*four editors of maching ncwspapers, he can hardly blame the other counties for not supporting him, ——— PERSONAL, What kind of a collar ought to bo worn with a Llocady shirt? ‘I'ho Duke of Edinburg is to be promoted to the rank of Itear- Admlral. Judge Ionr will preside at the Unitarian festival in Boston, which begins June 1, Mr. W. H. Crane, tho comedian ro well and tavorably kuown In Chicago, Iv stopplng at the Tremont House. Mr. Stdney Lanier hns explained his theory of the relation of words to muslic. Now will heplease explain his explanation? If Periolat §s convicted. ho ought to have the cholce of enting his vwn beans or meeting o shamo- ful duath on the seaffold. Cora Pear] has #old out her atock of sin and ob- talned the usual wages, She fs now haggard-look- Ing, nnd & victim of duna, Kute Fleld's stago name—Reemle—wag that of ane of her father's Intimate frlends n Clncinnati, Keemle & Field published a paper there years ago. Mr. Beverley R, Kelm, General Passenger Agent of the Kansas Pacific Raliroad, Is at the Palmer House, and will remain in the city scveral daya in tho interest of his Jine, ‘The Tirooklyn Argue 18 anthorlty for the state- ment that Senator Thnrinan cven wishes all his un- cles were annts, Then Old Bill Allen would not have Interfered at 8t. Lows, ‘The tickets for the Lest seats in the Fifth Avenne Theatre, New York, on tho occasion of Fanny Davenport's benefit, were 82,60, Thies way tho Uret time she had played Rosalind. The 8Inger will case has been complicnted by the discovery of another ** laat testament,™ five years inter thun any of thoro now in dispute. When old Singer willed, hie willed, you may depend on't. Lord Mandeville, whoso marrlago to Miss Yznaga del Valle threw sl New York socicty into a fer- ment Monday, fs Lot 238 years of age, e la the son of & Duke, but kis father by in the prime of lifo ond hearty, and thera will have to b a weary walt- fng for the Dukedom, . ‘The New York cockneys are lost In admiration of the stage-conch lino established by rich ama- tenrs, and large crowds assemblo (o sco the fash- fonable passengers monnt and dlsmount from the top of the coach, As Goldamith never pald: Still they gaze, and still the wonder grows At eachTalr **outstdo’s* striped hos, At the unnual reunfon of the Army of tho Potomac Society In Philadelphia, June 6, Ma),- Gen. John A. Dix s to delivér the oratlon, and Wiitlam Winter, of tho New York Zribune, wilt read an origlual poem. The exerclacs will begin inthe Academy of Music at noon, sud o grand Lanquet will follaw in the evening. The astatement of the Cleveland Leader that Theodore Tilton appearcd before an audivnco at Welllugton In u state of intoxicatlon s probably n mean and cruel honx. It i belng repeated by anch journnls s the New York Z'ribune, which naturally delight in unything that can tend to besnirch the reputation of Tilton and regild that of Mr, Beccher, A man 14 seen dally on Troadway, New York, carrylng & squaro pastcbaard box on top of u pole, on two sider of which is printed, **Shame on you'; on the third, ** Bewars of the devit and his wife,—Rum and T'ohacco,” and on the fourth, ++Shame on you, men, to encourage POOF women to eweep our dirty strects with their dresses, while wultitudes of deserving poor arv starving, " It is positively asacrted that the Prince of Wales doesn't want (o be Emperor, aud hay been oppoved 10 the new title all slong, He would profer tobave e denr mummus keep up the dignlty of 8 Queen fu a proper mavner befure she assumes new and more gorgeoua titles. Tho Frinco's sentiments in this respect, it o thought, gave speclal zest to his re- ception by the peupl of England ou bls return howe. | Misa Ellen McAlllster, a danghiter of Judge 3Mc- Allister, will wiake her fiest appearuuce in public ot Mr. Knight's benefit to-night. She improviscs readily on the piano, and, the advertiscument aays, **plays upon any themo glven, extemporancously, producing entirely originel music. Mr. Knlght wiil read selectious from '*Mucheth, ** 8hanug ©O'Brlen," and other pleces, surlous and comle. T'he entertaloment will tuke place o the Thlrd Unitarlan Church, corner of Monros and Lafiln streots, Col. Harry . Armstrong, forcman of a newa. Ppaper oftics in Cinciunatl, marricd before the War, ond took to live with blw hiy wite's sister, then aged 6 ycars. He adopted the child, and had her numo changed to Arwstrong, When sho grow up tu womunbood he became so fond of herthat hly wife ubtained a decree of diverce, ‘Then he mar- ried her. Now he ls divorced from her al On hils towbstono may be written the stmple Inscrip- tion: ** Ho sustained with exemplury infidelity the relutiona of adoptud-father, brother-iu-law, und husband.* MUNICIPAL, Considerable Confusion Reigning Around the City-Hall, Goodell Putting on Iis Wan Paint Lreparatory to Cons tinuing in Ofilce, Miko Bailey, Armed with a Colvin Pronunciamento, Wilj Hold On. The Ex-Mayor’s Replication to Mayor Hoyne’s Pleas in the Quo Warranto. A Fruitless Effort to Investigate the Gamblers on Von Hol« ten's Defalcation, Ex-Comptroller IIayes’ Officlal Dooks and Papers to Bo Thoroughly Examined. He Declines to Define His Posi« tion, but Awalits Results, IIOW TIIINGS LOOI. TIIR BITUATION YTESTERDAY. A visitor at the City-Tull yesterday woull fall to notice anything unusual. There are na outward signs that show a change in the aspect of affairs nor fn the different Departments, A careful observer would mark and reflect upon the vacaney of the rooms assigned for the May. or's use. But the fnterest of days gone by sinks Into Insignificaney beside the more recent chunges In minor branches of the City Governe ment. The question of the Mayoralty g temporarlly forgotten, and the headless chiefs arethe herocs of the hour. It might perliaps be incorrect 1o use the word “changes,” fur there are none visible, Mr. Iayes sits cheer ful, but thoughtful, fn the Comptroller's sunee tum, but work In the Department [g stopped. Mike Balley was around even more than ever, and Marshal Goadell conld by found in the quarters with the necessary search, YeWhat are they woing do sbont I a free quent lqln:ulhm that will be found elsewhure an- swered. A marked feature of the scenenof yesterday were the anxious faces of the poor clty employes, whose countenances showed only too plainly wha their lips spoke, **Wo don't éare Bow it goes if we can only et onr money. " The feeling of inse. curity and ndifference to” work 1s gentral, and clerks and assistants are ready to abandon their situntiony ns soon as anything ¢lse turns up tndo, ‘The Alilermen come and g0, hold consnltatlons with Mayor toyne and among thomselvew. The Jeader haye a’cheerful tendency, while some ot the more timid begin to doubt the wisdom of their course, TINANCIAL, A CONPERENCE OF TIE POWERS. Mayor Hoyne, Ald. Rosenberg and Pearsons, and M, F. Tuley had a quict little confab yese terdny morning {n the Mayor's offlee, and the subject of the chat was the tinancial situation, . What the exact words were whieh pussed from one to theother can only be guessed, butallthat would be said by auy one of those who did the talkiug was, that the sltuation was desperate, and they could bardly say what would bo done, The sctlons of all those having the flnances of the city In churge are extrnely guarded. They have no [nformation to impart, and appear to be annoyed when the subject s introduceds A TriDUNE reporter was, yesterday afternoon, informed by & promfnent Alderman, who cne joys the contldence of all his associates In office, that there wus o deco-laid and wiso move- ment on foot that would agaln place the city ine condition to merit the confidence of all varties Gnanclally interested §n ita wellare. The mose would provide for the payment of all the Indebed- ness to theemployes, which was regarded as the first but not the most pressing debt, **The hest thing to do,” the Alderman atated, **to restore contidenco both at home and abrond wonld be to puy our employes, Notthat I wvan that othet debta should be allowed to run. That would nevet do, Butwhat Imean s just this: We aro gefting up aplan to pay the cmployes immediately aftet the npproval of the course by the Council, anll think that will be dono. That done, by the sawe plans—which Ioam sorry Tean't tell you, they are #0 fine—we can fix otlier matters. What aceidents will drop o on us before that timcl can't ry, but we will patch [t upns well a8 we know how “\What promises from tho bunkers here hase you got, or whut bapkers aro they?™ asked the re- e " Portter an admonition ot to he *tao fresh,* a1 nomie one was an old hiand at the busi tha Alderman #nid that the planwould woon ha perfect- ‘ed and put beforo the Councll next Monday nlgh ‘Fhere was overy prospect that the plan would meet with favar, notwithatunding the fuct that the aspect wan ** desperate. " - WIIAT MAYOR IIOYNE SAYS. n an Interview with a Trnese reporter late fn the afternoon, the Mayor dicussed the tnanciul wituation very freely. ~ Iils Honor expreased the aplulon that ail outsianding paper of the city Iy il- Jegal, but etated that the Finanee Committee were caretnlly considering the question with a vie paying the employea and meetin the other oU tiona uf the city as thoy full due. < f *¢Can you give me nllr fdea uf the policy of the Finance Commitiee n this respeety ™ aaked the re- £, lm'r‘h\.VL']I," responded the Mayor, **the mc'mhur‘: hold a conference In tay oftice this morning, and came 1o the concluston that it wonld be more katis- fartory to the holders of certificates If the Common Councll pass a resolution sgrecing to thelr pay- ment at a cortain date, sy within two or three years, than to allow matiers to remain Inn the pres- ent unsettled condition. A Empufllhm o l‘|I|: efect will be submitted to the Counell, pmh:lhha ita noxt meeting. 1t will undoubtedly be adopted, and put un_end to the abeurd cry of repudlation which han boen raised by certain purties. 'he jn- tentlon of the Administration s to pay the Eille ployes ns spuedily an posible, and to niect every cr Just obligation of the elty.™ ol »“'.'Llr el‘x’x:lc‘:;ulx\d,fi #aid the reporter, chnnc.'lni. l}_»fi conversution, ** that keveralof tho decapitated wil @ thority Lo remove them. e T ot ‘i i 1n diaposed to dinpute my nutharit —that in the Iste Su perintendent nr e Xir. Dutiey. 1 notitied the Board o Ditulic \orkn of s reinoval, and directed thow o tuke charge of the ofice. A few miuutes ago 1 re; colyed Ui followinss 1o X on. Thomas Hoyne— Dran Sint 1 um direeted by the Bosrd of Publle Worke tb acknowloige thu receipt of your letterw oty notifying the Hoard of the rémuval of Ml 1 iatley, lute Superintendent of Bulldings. "iue 1oard mado demand upan Mr, Balley for the surronder uf hiin oflicy records, papcrs, clc., bt he rofuses to comply with the dewand, stutl} 34 B Eiven not recoize your authorlty fu the jirew laea. Yuurs St 4 po gpriivan, Secretary, sewell, what do ydU Tutend to do sbuut iy el o : Mo Fitve turmed the Teter e o the Clty-A1 *and the matter 1 now i his huds. mflll"q,’ln:‘l‘nmd thut Marshal Goudell ulvo umm(l: to deny your suthority, Have you been notifled fect ' o L e wered tho Mayor, swlllug; **1 bardly i tho i tiiat Iw corceet, flo certainly asked that th :v,.:«l::uvfll)nmld be hield hack until “the (ulnm,l"ll: reported thereon, sad 1 have beurd nothing fro nce, " B win youdo In case the rumor turns out ect?" o O Won't think 1t will be_necesaury 10 d auy thing. We haveu new Complroller, and ha W be unnble to draw any pay. lhat fack willp e e . ancalied maldo LY t thin polnt Muyor lde by Dnl: urlli‘lx now Aldcriaeu, snd the hutorvicw ter wlnated. o o TIIE EX-COMPTROLLER. WIIAT JE BAYS ABOUT TIE BITUATION The prinelpal buslness of “-UU'HI“{"}"L: Hayes yesterday was answeriug the qucul\)::x_ of reporters on the genersl situation. “- cussing the fllmnuln’: ponltluum;:)f ):: cit; with Tus RIBUNE i} sluy(ml that on Monduy he had puhl:ifl:flm U{ maturing certificates, Twenty or thirty xhu:u sand had gone to protest, but there wus 1o "5‘&) 4 due till Juue 1, when between $700,000 and 500, 000 cume due fu New York und $400,000 or §500, 000 fell dus in Chlesgo. Ho thought that 1t would all go to protest. He hud already, before bis removal, made arrungementa to liuve the paper bold in New York, renewed at & & &) g