Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 25, 1876, Page 5

4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY,” MAY 25, 1876, @l Teibane, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYADLE IN ADVANCE—POSTAGE PREPAID AT TIS OFFICE. Fdition, Postpald, 1 YEAL. . ..iieirenn Sully Edttton. pet ot Rl e raie: venes £13.00 Mafled to any nddreas four weeka for. 100 Supday Edidion: Lierars and ieligi P ect. . ! Tri-Weekly, postpsld, 1 year. o Ll ta of year at'name rat = Wi TOyT o Omnor fbe 51 Club of twend » L13 The postage 18 15 cents a year, whicl we will prepay. Bpecimen caplea sent free, To prevent delay and mistakes, be sureand give Fost- Ofiice nddress n tull, (ncluding State and County, Remittances may bo made cfther by draft, express, Tost-Office order, oF in registered Ietiers, At our risk. TENMMS TO CITY SUDSCRINERS. Dally, delivercd, Bunday excepted, Dally, delfvered, Sunday Inciided Address TIE TR Coruer Madison and Dearborn: MENTS, TAMUS New Chicnge Thentre, Clark strect, between Haudoiph snd Lake, Hooley's Minstrels. Hooley’s Theatre. dolph street, hotween Clark and 1as: Gient of Daly's FItth Avenuc Conipany, o, En. Lique.” gag: DMeVicker’s Thentre. Madiron strect, be State mud Dearborn. Ene me:n:nl.nl Maggle A 1. *'Little Barefoot." Wand’a Muxcum, Menroe sireet, hotween Dearhorn and Btate, After- noot, ' Invisible Prince,” Lveniog, Frauk E. Atken 1o **Pert; or, Ucean to Ucean, ™ THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1876. Greenbacks ot the Now York Gold Ex- chango closed at 881, India was 67 years old yesterday, and the anniversary of Iler Majesty’s birthday was duly celebrated in various parts of the United States by stanch Britons temporarily sojourning among us, and by American cit- izens of English birth who cherish loving recollections of the mother country. An estimnate of the standing of the Senate on the question of jurisdiction in the Brr- xxar impoachment case gives 33 for, 31 against, 6 doubtful, and 3 who will not vote. ‘This is o closer showing than had been eal- culated upon for several days past, and the chnnge of n few votes may shape the result either way before the finnl decision is renched. The Methodist General Conference yoster- dny adopted the roport of the Committeo on Missions, recommending the organization of annunl Conferences in Ching, India, Sweden, Norwny, and Italy. Ex-Senntor Revetrs, one of the most eminent men of the colored race in Americn, was clected editor of the Southwestern Christian cddrocale 8t New Orleans. S The Minnesota Republicans -yesterdny clected n delegation to the Cincinnati Con- vection, consisting largely of DBramve men, but the Convention refused to instruct or direct tho delegntes to vote asaumit. Ne- braska instructed her delegates for Braive, In the New Hampshire Republican Conven- tinn no Presidentinl preference was oxpressed, and the delegation was left unpledged and uninstructed, Mixe Barey, ex-Building Inspector, is doubtful on the subject of the Mayoralty. is uncertainty dates from the moment of his removal from ofiice, and he proposes to contest the motter. It was also reported yesterdny that Marshal Gooprun intended to holl on by the ssme slender thrend,—the chanco that the Cirenit Court may decide that Mr, Iovxe is not Mnyor of Chicago. 'Theso superiluous bar- nncles havo clhiosen to stand or fall with Cowviy, ond the longer they stick the further they will have to drop. The lawyers have mado up the issuo in the quo wrarranto pro- ceedings, and the case will be arguod on Saturdny of this week. We print clsewhore a letter from Mr, A, O. Hesing, which purporta to be a reply to an editorinl in Tae Trinusc of the 20th inst., but it is a good deal more than that. ‘The article was a summnry of the testimony of Mr, Hesixe in the Muxy ease, and recapit- ulated the astonishing things nbout himself and Mr. Reust and others which he revealed, but especially concerning himself., Ho claims that the article has dono him injustice, nnd endeavors to point out wherein. But his communieation is moinly devoted to justify- ing and pallisting his conduct in the whinky and blackmail business. 1fe claims that ho i4 only guilty in a tochnical senso of n viola- tion of tho rovenue laws. As to Llackmnil- ing FanweLy, Wanp, JuesseN, BravLey, and * Buffalo"” Mivrrenr, there is no confession of having done any wrong, Itisto bo greatly apprehended that Mr. Mesiva does not sce himeelf in the samelight that others sco him, The Ifouse Judiciary Committee had o barren session yesterday in the investigation of Mr. Bramse's connection with Tort Smith ‘& Little Rock bonds. Roninsoy, the mysterions witness who was expected to dis- close how Lo brought a packago of bonds from Jostay Catpwary to Speaker Braise, proved to Lo a flash-in-the-pan so for as damnging or important testimony was concerned, He brought o package to Mr. Braisg, but never heard that it coutiined bouds, and had no renson to suspect that such were its contents; on tho contrary, the package looked like anything Lut valuable bonds, and it was reccived publicly and without any mystery by Mr. Buamse. Ronivsoy testificd further that he never told anybody that he Lad carried & package of bLonds to Mr. Brawe. The latter sought to show by his cross-cxamination of another wituess a stato of hostility toward himself among Arkansos Republicans, and was in a fair way to dem. oustrate that malico was at the bottom of this matter, but was prevented from so doing by the Democrats of the Comuwittee, whoso ovident purpose is not o much to arrive ot the truth as to injure My, Braise, —————— Tho Chicago produce markets wera very hiregulur yesterday., PTrovisions wero active and weak; brendstuffs less active, ond closing stronger. Mess pork doclined 25@30¢ per brl, closing nearly the same us 'I'vesday, at $19.95 for June and §20.15 for July. Lard declined 12§o por 100 tbs, closing firmer, at ¥11.85 for June and $12.00@12.023 for July. Meats wero easier, at 7}o for boxed shoulders, 10c for do short riby, and 10§c for do short clears. Lake freights were moro active, at 2% for wheat to Buffalo. Itail freights wera dull ond uuchanged. Highwinos were 3o higher, ot $L0Y per gallon, Flour was in light demund and stcady. Wheat closed jo higler, at $1.06 cash and $1.06§ for July, Com closed §@{c higher, ut 480 for May and {6} @ 46jc for June. Oataclosed §@4o lower, ot 81jo for May and 30jo for Juno, Rye was firmer, at (9}@70c. Marley was quiot and steadier, at 724c for May aud 594c for June, Hogs weru active, at 16@20c declive, closing firma at the rednction; rales chiefly at £6.35 @06.60. Cattlo were nctive and stronger, with sales at £3.00@5.12). Sheep were unchanged. Ona lundred dollars in gold would buy $£112.50 in greenbacks at the close. The ticket placed in nomination by tho THinois Republican Convention at Spring- field yesterdsy is one which will commend itself Leartily to the enthusinstic ap- proval and ratification of the Republic. ans of this State. The Convention wns tho largest in numbers and the most respectable and intelligent ever hield in Illinois, and ita work is what might Lo expected of such a body. For Governor the name of Snenny M. CuLuoy is presented ~—a name honorably and prominently identi. fled with Republicanism in Illinois, and borne by a gentleman of high character and ability, It is the best nomination that could havo been made, and will be indorsed by tho people by n rousing majority next November. Not less excellent is the nominn- tion for Licutenaut Governor of ANprew Suuvstay, of Cook County, whose selection for the second place on the ticket will prove in tho highest degree gratifying to his nmany friends throughout the State. The remainder of the ticket is excoedingly strong—Georak T Hanvow for re-election as Secrotary of State, Tnoxas Neeorrs for Auditor, Epwanp Rurz for Treasurer, and Janes K. Epsary for Attorney-Goneral, Tho Btate is also well represeuted in the No. tionnl Couvention, and from the character andstanding of the delegates it is fair to ex- peet that Tllinois will exert n marked influ- ence in the nomination of the candidate for the Presidency, THE GENERAL BUSINESS DEPRESSION. Much is written and printed as to the causes leading to tho present general busi- ness depression, a dopression which has pre. vailed in this country ever since September, 1873, and which is moro or less provalent in all parts of tho commercinl world. All com- merco is speculativé, The man who pro- duces does so that ho may sell his products at a profit beyond the ordinary wages of his labor. Men build houses that they may enjoy the rents. Men engnge in manufac. tures that they may sell them at an advance on tho cost of rnw materinla and of convert- ing them into fabries. Men bny goods in foreign conntries expecting to sell them here at o profit. Men buy grain to be dolivered a month hence, expecting to profit by an ad- vauce in prices; and men buy lands and lots, urbsn and rural, bolding them in the hope of n rise in selling values. Without specula- tion, and unless men moke ventures, there is no commerce. In such case trado is con- fined to an actual exchange of necessary connnodities, aud there is stagnntion and duliness. When the retnil merchant, instend of purchasing largely, merely purchascs suf- ficient to keep a small assorted stock, he dis- appointa the wholesale dealer, the importer, and the manufacturer. When the whole body of retailers do this, the disappointment i genernl. When the man with some money invests it in lands, or lots, or buildings, he to that extent inspires confidence ; others are induced to do the samo thing in other lines of speculation ; men get hopeful and go to manufacturing ; others start out in all the varicd brauches of trade, production is en- couraged, moro labor is employed, the spirit progresses until thera is n general activity, and a rapid exchange of commodities. This trade extends from community to commu. nity, Stato to State, and country to country. Theu there is greater production, an inerense of wealth, the employment of that wenlth in trade, and there is o prosperity equal to the aggregate activity. Another fact bearing on modern com- merce is the change which has taken placo in tho ownership of the capital employed in tradd® The time was when the merchants and the capitalists were tho same persons. Then o merchant did business on his own capital, and upon such credit ns the posscs- sion of that capital authorized. Now there ia a distinct class of persons who loan their capital to merchnnts, The man trading on his own capital was essentially conservative. There was a limit to Lis operations which he dnre not go beyond without losing hig credit snd imperiling his capital. Such a merchant, doing a com- paratively contracted busiuess, mado larger proportionato profits on tho amount of busi. ness done, But this has been changed. Capital is now hired. Tho merchant, with a small stock of hLis own, hires capital or credit, paying therefor a higher annual profit to the owner than that owner could have got from it in his own trade. ‘I'he mod- ern merchant extends Lis business to tho largest possiblo point. Ile buys and sells without limit ; the greater the volume of his trade the smaller tho per cent of Qrofit re- quired to produce the rent of his capital, Commereo is therefore now dome moro largely than ever upon eredit where it way ouce done on sctunl capital, and the merean- tilo world stands upon a losa substantial footing thnn it did Lalf ncentury ago, A convulsion, therefore, has o larger sweep in its dostruttion than it would Lave had in past tinmes, ‘Tho closcat defluition wo can give of the causes producing these financial rovulsions is the withdrawnl of confldence. Weo have statod how confidence is inspired, and how men, littlo by little, venture to buy, to build, to produce, to ship, import, and muke, until oue by ono tho forces of trndo aro put in motion, aud the great volumo of commerce rolls on in its enorwous circles, The men who bave by swmall things goined wealth, who from little profits seck larger ones, go on expanding their speculations, and make bolder discoynts upon the future, At lnst tho legitimato boundary of specula- tion is reachied oud passed; enterprises become gigantie, certain men bocome recog. nized oracles in predicting tho futare, capital is withdrawn from legitimate and protitable operations to be buried beneath mountains of speculative credit. At last, some chief among the gang, like Overexn & Guaney of Londou, or Jax Cooke, falls amid the ruins of his funcy castles, His victime, one after tho other, follow hin; the men doing Lusi. nesg ou eredit aro crushed by tho contrac- tion; the fictitious takes wings and departs. Tach man holds what littlo substance ho hns, and puts no faith in others. Toan unhealthy ond unlimited credit there is the shrinkage which kuows no eredit. For a period moro or loss protracted there iu & struggh to keep abovo water ; but gradually, ons after tho other, in the succeeding stagnation, depres- sion, failur of profits, and difficulty of ro- trenchmont, all thoso immodiately or seri- ously dependent on credit go down, to rise Do wore. Out of this gloom the recovery is slow. Contidence hias been lost. 'I'hero has beon 1o loss of property, but the wholo fabrio of eredit, contidence, and speculation has boen swept awsy., Who is thero to inspire it? WLo is thoro that hay monsy aud will ven. turo to speculate with it? Who will buy ! real estato and wait for a rise? Who will build for the snke ot his rents? Who will |put mlls and forges in motion? What prospect of profit is thero in all this o inspira the employmont of capital in specnlative enterprives? Cnn tho Governmont promote this recovery i of confidenco? There aro restrictions and restraints upon trade, weights and chains upon commoree, which in these days of de- pression and gloom aro more oppressive than at other times, and which ought to be re. moved. We Inbor also under the embarrass. ment of an unstable and depreciated our- rency. Woe are selling and buying on a scale of prices ns uncertain ng the weather. We havo practically no standard value of monoy, Had we a fixed standnrd, whether of gold or silver,—nnything of substantinl, intrinsic, tangiblo value,—we might nt least have tho improvement of kuowing that when a dollar was borrowed, what sort of a dollar would bo paid back at tho end of thirty days. But the rise nnd growth of trade, the ex- pansion of credit, the frenzy of speculation, the explosion, collapse, and prostration, aro so closely progressive, so inevitably conse- quontial upon one another, and so period- | ical, that, though each disnster may bave its peculiarities, they seem to fill their place in tho eycles of commercinl civilization, and are 88 unavoidable by hunnn Iaws ns the storms which shake the natural world. PAY YOUR CITY TAXES! It is now time to appeal to the loyalty and *prido of Chicago people to pay their taxes without further delay. For the first time in yenrs there is n condition of things in this city to atiract the payment of taxes, and for tho first time in yenrs it will bo indecent and outrageous for men not to pay who have it in their power to do so. Heretofors the reckless expenditure of city monoys and the disreputable class of people living upon the taxes gave a good excuso for a refusal to pay until it becamo absolutely necessary. Now, however, the practical work of retrenchment has been begun, and there is not the slight- est doubt that the present Mayor and Coun- cil will reduco the current expenditures to the lowest figure consistent with the public welfare. In the 1ueantime, the city finnnees are in a deplorable condition. Seversl months' back pny is due to the policemen, the firemen, the teachers, aud all those employes of the city who arc most in need of their ecarnings from mouth to month. Between $800,000 and 1,000,000 are duo employes for services and labor rondered, for which neither the law nor justice warrauts a further postpono- ment. It is not too much to say that there aro somo instances of actunl suffering, and there are certainly many instauces of gross swindling, arising from the failure of the city to pay those who have done the public genuine service, In both eases peoplo suffer who have earned their money. It isalso necessary to provide for the interest on a large part of the bonded debt which falls due July 1. The city must have money in order to eseape a default and in ordor to re- lieve tho necessitics of those to whom it is indebted for public order and protection. Wo have tho pledge now that the money so paid shall bo used for these Icgitimate purposes, and not employed in the *¢shin- niug"” processes that have been going on for a couple of years to keep up tho per- nicious and unlawful issue of certificates. It is time, therefore, for tho property.owners to pay up, und relieve a city really rich and prosperous from the blemish of bankruptcy, the nppenrnnco of which has been brought on by o false policy and an extravagant ox- penditure of public moneys. Thers is also an appeal to the sclfish nature of thoso who are not to bo influcnced by these higher considerations. The taxes for 1875 are really past duo, and their collec- tion can be enforced within the next two months by judgment and sale. The law under which they are now assessed and col- lected is the State law, and there is no longer ooy opportunity to successfully avoid their poymout. Thoy must be paid in the end, sud the limit of timo is not far off, But to attract the prompt payment, on nccount of the pres- ent necessity of the city, o discount of 2 por cent is offered on all tho taxes of 1875 which shall be paid prior to Juno 1, and 1} por cent on nll paid prior to July 1. Applica- tion to the Comptroller for the nocessary amount to pay any person's taxes will socure a certificate, from which 2 per cent will be discounted when tho money shall be paid to the County Treasurer. This is better intor- est—the rate being about 12 per cent per aunum—than avybody can earn on money for the next two months, and it should in- duco all tax-payers to make n special effort {o pay at once. It is now a duty, prompted Ly motives of charity and humanity ns well s justice and self-interest, and there is no rensonable nor fair excuso for further delay on the part of anylody who can possibly ruise the monoy which, in auy event, will lave to be paid over in two months, INDICTMENT OF PERIOLAT AND KIMBERLY, 1t is worthy of note thatthe indictments which have been found agninst Peutorar, the County Contractor, and Kiunenry, tho ‘Warden of tho County Poor-House, are of tho sumo genernl nature as those found ngainst the whisky-thioves whick have been s0 succesfully prosecuted, with the differ- ence that ono is au offense against the United States Govermment and the other an offense against tho Stats Governuent, Tho text of tho statute under which the indictment hag been found reads as followg : If any two or more persons cousplre and rgrea together with the fraudulent or maliclous {ntent wrongfully und wickedly to Injure the person, char- acter, buslness, or property of another, or to ob- tatn money or other property by false preteoscs, or to do any ilegal art, Injurious to the public trade, health, woruls, potice, or adminlstration of public Justlee, or to prevent competitlon In the Jottiug of any contract by the Stute or the authoritivs of any county, city, town, or village, or to Inducs any penon not Lo eater foto such competition, or to comult uny feluny, they shall bo desmed guilty of a conspirucys and every such offender, und every person convicted of consplracy at common law, alisl! Lo lmprivoned fn the Penltentiary not exceed- fng three years, or hned not exceedlng 81,000, It will be seen that the language of the statuto is exceedingly comprchonsive, and certainly includes the offenses against tho public of which Prmorar, Knumeury, and somo others (including certain members of thie County Bonrd) have long been suspected, It is certain that the United States authori- ties, under o similar statute, have lLeen able to convict tho men who have conspired to deofraud the Government rovenues on ovi- dence much less diroct than that which is un- derstood to have been taken by the Grand Jur}. There is a vast differonce, however, in the practico of the United States sndState Courts, and not the least important of the differences is the mods of selecting the petit Juries. In the United Btates Courts it is next to impossible to **set up ™ a jury, which is drawn by certain designated United States Commissioners from a list of nawos fur- nished by the Clorks of the various County Courts of the best man throughont the en- tiro distriot, which often includes a whole Btate. Our local petit juries, on the con- trary, aro made up by tho Sherilf or a subor- dinnte Bailiff, and tho experiencs of the past haa tanght the public that it is not a diflicult matter to seleot a jury which will **hang" or disngree, no mattor how clear n cnse may bo made out against the prisoner at the bar. A desperata effort must bo made on tho part of the Criminal Court aud all its officers not to permit this sort of thing in making up the petit juries beforo whom the consp ra- tors against the connty revenues shall bo tried. It is only by tho convichon, disgrace, and punishment of tho county thioves that their earcor of plunder may be checked. The revenuo sorvico of the United States has been purified more by convieting the whisky-thieves and sending them to tho Pen- itentiary than by all the laws ever enacted. The external evidences of thieveryin the nd- ministration of county affairs aro aAs numer- ous and convineing as wero the extornal svi- dences of the existence of a Whisky Ring. Now let our local courts and officials do as officient work in prosecuting these ovidences to conviction as has been done by the United States Courts and dfficials. Thon wo shall Legin to see the light. MUNN'S8 ACQUITTAL. ‘Tho MoNN trial is closed, the jury aftern brief consultation bringing in a verdict of not guilty, and Mouny is freo. This result is duo to the fact that the jury discredited Reny's testimony, Outsido of Renw's evi dence, the Government's case was not n Atrong one, 'Fhero was evidence to show that ho had been loose in the management of his office, and perbaps that he had winked at irregularities, but there was no positive ovi- dence, excopt the statements of Remy, to show that he hnd taken bribes or had sctively engaged in o conspiracy to defrand the rovenue. The case therefore went to the jury substantially upon Renx's testimony, with tho legal presumption of inuocence, provions good character, and Renu's sus- picious veracity, as offsets in Muxs's favor, Tho Court itself recognized this factin its charge to the jury, which sct forth that the only direct and positive testimony tending to connect the defendant with the conspiracy was that of Jacon Remt; there- fore the jury must take into acconnt the fact that Remx was tho 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; whether any influ- ences have been brought to bear upon hit to testify ngainst tho defendant ; whether ho hins any feeling of revenge to gratify, or any renl or supposed ndvantagos to gnin for him. self by sccuring the conviction of the de- fondant—and determine for yourselves, in the light of all these circumstances, whether ho king told you tho truth or not. "Tho Court summed it up in the pertinent question: ¢ Has Renx told you tho truth in regard to the defendant's complicity in this conspir- acy Remy fatally wenkened his credibility when he swore that of the $200,000 or moro blackmail which he lovied on the distillers, he kopt only cnough to buy cigars, but gave it all away to the Governmont officers and to Hestva, Tho jury refused to believa this, And ho hurt himsolf in swearing that be wns an innocent, pure-minded man until Hesivo seduced him into becoming a blackmailer of the distillers. Hesixnag indignantly denied in his testimony the truth of this statement. Now Jaxumny have told tho naked trath as to Muxy, and, in in the opinion of thousands of people, did tell the tralh, yet he dis- credited himself with the jury by making tho two other statements, and theroby caused them to give Muxy a Scoteh verdict of not proven, which is the most that can bo clnimed for himn ; for, had not Remt damnged his credibility with the jury as aforesaid, they would undoubtedly have returned a verdict of guilty, Whilo Muxy may be congratulat ed upon his esenpe from the serious charge of con- spirney to defraud the revenne, it should not be forgotten that hostands convicted by competent testimony of another chargo al- most a8 serious—although he was not on trial for it—that of neglect of duty as a pub- lic officer. Fortunately, this point did not depend upon Reux’s testimony, or Mr, Remar might bave presented MunN as a model offi- cer in all respects, whilo trying to prove just the contrary. MR, HOYNE'S RIGHTS AS MAYOR, Moyor Hoyng has made a full and satisfac- tory reply to the inquiry instituted by Han- vey D, Corviv in the Circuit Court to his nuthority for exercising the functions of the office which ho now holds, 'Tho plens filed in tho case merely form n connected narrn- tive, in legal plrase, of the circumstances and ovents which led to his election, and in- duced Mr. CoLvix to set up the preposterous claim of holding on to his oflice for n year sud a balf beyond the term for which ho was chosen, and after his successor lad been clected by the people, Corvin's term cx- pired originally in Docombor, 1875, Early in Janunry of that year a petition, with tho required numbor of nawmes, was presonted to tho Common Couucil, asking that the gen- eral charter of 1872 bo submitted to a vote of the peoplo for adoption or rejection. It was tho duty of the Council to order an olection for this purposo as carly as practic. able. Instead of this, che matter was post- poned until the Mayor and Aldermen could canvass the situntion and nscertain how the possible adoption of the charter could effect their tenure of office. Finally they fixed the date for voting on the new charter ut April 28, nearly four months after the petition waa filed, and just thres days after a general election would have been held for Meyor and other city oflicers under the new charter, if it had been adopted at any time prior to the third ‘Tuesday in April. The purposo of this delay was manifestly to en. uble the Aldormen then serving to hold over an entire year, and the Mayor two years, before the recurronce of another goudral eleg. tion under tho charter to #ill their respoctive places. ‘Yhis was a froudulent misuso of their power, and a betrayal of the people in their own seltish ofilce-holding interest, ‘The charter of 1872 was adopted, and the existing Council took 1o other steps toward calling a special cloction to fill the vacancics in the several city oftices ; under the chartor the ald oflicers continued to discharge the, dutics of tha soveral places. But the time camo around when it was not in the power of the Council to dolay the election of their syceessond any longer, ‘Tho dato of the gen- rul election for Aldermen and the city ofll. cers (excepting tha Mayor) was fixed by the charter every April, and it could not Lo wuvoided. But the Council, true to tho original compact, atill declined to call a special election for Mayor, the genoral clection for that office occurring every other year. Thereupon the peoplo exerclesd their original right of voting to Qill tho offico on a general oloction dny, whon all voters wero fully informed of the fact, after both political partics and a mon- ster mass-meoting had nominated a candidate, and when all the tickets afforded an oppor- tunity to overy voter to express his profer- ence, At this election, Bir, Hoyne received the gront mnjority of votes, and, including thoso not roturned, or improperly returned and not canvassed, he received almost as many votes as tho aggregate numbor of votes given to both eandidates for any other offlco voted for, This was nu clection by the people, if there over was ono, and to an oftice that Lind boen vacant for six months, which was tha tima that bad clapsod after the expiration of tho term for which Mr. Couvty had boen chosen. The voto which Mr. IlovNe received wna properly canvassed by the new Coun- cil (the old Council having refused to do ita duty in this case, as it had proviously in neglecting to call a speeinl clection for Mayor), and he was duly declared Mayor of the city. Inthis capacity ho demanded and veceived the ncknowledgment of all the deo- partments of the City Government, and be- gan his career a8 Mayor with a lnrger con- stitnenoy than any of his predecessors. This, in brief, is what Mr, IIoxne cites s his warrant for cxercising the rights and functions pertaining to the ofiics of Mayor. 1t is o mero statement of fact, so that, if Mr. Corviy and his attorneys desire o quick set« tlemont of the case, thoy will proceed to ar- gue it on this bnsis. If this is not their pur- pose, and they desire to be let down easily and slowly, they will probably demur to Mr. Howse's answer, thongh tho facts in tho caso are nmnotorious, If Mr. Corviy's coungel are confident in the right and justico of their client’s claims, thoy will not hesitato to solicit the enrliest de- cision of the Circuit Court on a stnte of things with which almost every intelligent mnn is now entirely familinr; but whether they do this or seck further delay, the action already taken by Mayor Horng shows that he will not defer the policy of retrenchmont and reform while waiting for o decision, Mr. Haves continues to identify his rotire- ment from the ofico of Comptroller with tho necessary loss of thae city’s crodit. In yes- terdny's Journal he thus expressed himself : In reply to Tie Trintse, Iwould state that the city has already been dlshonored in consequence of the position In which I have been plnced, and whether the city's credit can bo restored hereafier, wlll depend on thie ndministration of Government, as o repudiation Government can have no credit, In regard to the statement that T assumo ** that the Mayor and Council, and all who differ,*' ete,, are In favor of repudinting the city debt, 1 would eny that 1 have assumen nothlngof the kind. Thia Council, as well a8 the last, stand on record, by an almost unanimous vote. directing the Comptraller to pay all these certificates at maturlty, but Mr. Hoysn and his leadiug backers take the position that the debt 18 HNlcgal, and that the city is not bound to pay it. and that the city ean falrly refuse to mcet it and portpone the payment st thelr pleasure. That i actual repudiation! Preclsely the mame as hat chargzed against theState of Missisaippl. I have no idea that if Mr, HovNEe continnes to entertain his present views, and should be declded Moyor of Chlcago, that ho would make any provision for the payment of thisdebt. In reply to o question re- garding the payment of employes, Mr. AvEs sald: **f'hey can't rufse money to pay the employes of the city cxcept by loons, and tho city's credit la gone.™ The caso is very simple. The city owes 3,000,000 of certifieates, which the law de- clares can only be, and must bo, paid out of the $5,000,000 or more of back taxes, the most of which will be collected in July, Au. gust,aud September. The law prohibits tho borruwing of money on timo notes. Now, wo understand that the Mayor proposes to apply this money as fost as collected to pny- ing those cortificates, instead of taking them up now by issuing time notes, and using the rovenue for other purpoges. 'That, Mr. Haves thinks, is as bad as the repudiation charged agninst the State of Mississippi, but there are but fow persons who will agree with him, The law expressly authorizes the city to borrow money on the taxes of 1876 to pny the expenses of 1876, and, if the city cannot do otherwise, wo supposo it will adopt that course, Tho fact that some Dpioces of tho paper of the city have not been paid is pronounced to be the destruetion of the city's credit! Mr, Haves would havo “paid " that paper by issuing another batoh, and that Micawber-liko operation, he thinks, would have saved tho crodit of the city! There is not a respectable citizen in Chicago who proposes or thinks of repudiating any of this serip. The only man who insists that thero is a purpose to repudiats is Mr. Haves, and, after he gots over his little pet in not being permitted to have his own way, he will discover that the now Bayor and Com- mon Council and Comptroller will be just as zealous in defense of tho honor of the city as he over was. One thing must be said in Brvemmnor's behalf at least, and that is, ho died game. Like ex-Mnyor Corviy, he huug on desper- ately when everybody elso saw that he had not a ghost’s chanco of a nomination. I was in the gripe of o singular infatuation, and thought to tho last that ho would be nominnted. Ho was so0 anxious to con- tinuo in the Governor's office that his oyes were closed to the fact that the people were tired of him, and dotermined on a change, For four years ho has done little elso thau lny pipe, pull wires, and itinerate ovor the State, electioneering for a ro.clection, He wholly overdid this kind of work, and caused a popular renction against himself. Iad Le romained in his oftice, and in a quiet and dignified manner attended carefully to its dutivs, and button- holed nobody for a re-election, he wonld in all probability bave roceived the nomination without serious opposition. For in that caso his own county would have stood by him and saved him from defeat. ‘What would have been friendship and respect was turned into disgust, and no dunning or personal importunity sufficed to overcome it. The offico of Governor embodios the highest dig- nity of the Btate, and people will not tolor- ate an application of the system of ward politica by occupaunts thereof for the pro- longation of their tenure, Tha Pittsburg Gazelte, ono of the leading Republican newspapors of Western Pennsyl- venla, undortakes o mild goneral denial of tho infereuco that Mr. DoN Camenon's ap- pointment as Becrotary of War means a transfer of the Ponnsylvanin delegation to Cincinnoti over to Mr. ConkuiNg after it shall have cast a complimentary vote for Iantraner. But the Gazette, in denying, really ndmits more than it intended. It ad- mits, for instance, that the manngers of the Ponusylvania delegation aro in favor of Congrinag or MorToN 88 a sccond choice, ‘which really means UoNELING, 58 MoRToN {8 likely to be out of the raco. It also declares that the Pennsylvania delegation will not favor BrisTow, because he is regarded ns ‘*arbitrary, opinionated, and not quick or strong;" nor will it favor Braixe, * becauso Lie was instrumental in defeating tho Force bill in the last Congress.” This really leaves Coxzrxa the ouly one of thoe leading candidnates for whom the delegation will volo oftor deserting Iantraver. If tha Gazette ia right In this, then it has really furnished a confirmation while intending a deninl of the roport that Mr. Don CamEron's nppoiutment as Beoretary of War was in keeping with an understanding that the Oaxt- EnoN family should deliver the Poennsylvania delegation over to CongrLiNg, who is roport- cd to bo the Presidont’s favorite candidate, This I8 also the view of the Philndelphin Zimes (Independent), which snys that tho arrangement was brought about through the intervention of a mnan named Mackey, who is one of Mr, Camenon's best frionda aud his most trusted adviser. But the 7imes does not admit that tho compact can be earried ont. It predicts, indecd, that the Buamve men in Pennsylvanin will rovolt, and it " claima that tlhiey Loliove thoy can command a majority of the delegation for Buamve. In that case, Mr. Connrina's advantage is by no menns assured. Some of Gen, 0, 0. Howarp's frienids have takon exceptlon to o paragraph which appeared in Tur TRIBUNB & day or two ago connccting lifs name with the Freedmen's Bank, whose ras- calitles were exposed at tho same time. There was no Intention to Intiinatethat Gen, Howaup wn3 a sharer in the benelits of the frauds prac- ticed upon the ignorant negroes throughout the South by the agency of this institution, and we know of no proof that he interested himscif In securing the repeal of the prudent laws of Con- gress which required the bank to Invest fts money in United States bonds. The Iniquitics of the bauk management began with this change inthe law. At thosame time, Gen. Howarp's connectlon with the fnstitution was unfortunate and certafuly not ereditable to him. He was called un * Honorary Trustee,—a position not contemplated by the law which created the bank. In this position he permlitted the use of his name, which lad particular strength with the freedmen, and he was eertalnly used in galuing o part of the con- fidence which was so shamclessty abused. Gen. Ilowanp, a8 a man of honor and Intelligence, ought to have refused his consent tobe used In auv such way, If he was ignorant of what was golng op, le is blamuble for such ignorance, and vught not to have loaned his namo to trans- actfons with the nature of which he did not tuke the time aud pains to familiarize himself. —————— 1t Is proper to say that the removal of the late City Marshal, Mr. GoopELL, was prohably hased solely on the fact that he wus an unnccessary expense to the publie. Thero has been no vie- Iation on his part of any of the propricties and no dereliction of duty; but, on the other hand, Mr. GOODELL is & banker aud not a policeman, and it {3 not obvious thnt he could fu any way contribute to the cfliclency of the department. Superintendent Hickey, to whom the solo responsibllity {e now transferred, is an ex- perouced police-ofllcer anda grood disciplinarian. There 18 probably no man in Chileago who knows the gambiers, bunko-steerers, coufidence-men, and thjeves so well as he, and probably none other who could so quickly rid the city of their presence If he wants to do so. If Mr. Ilicxzy rightly apprehiends public sentiment and desires to follow out the wishes of the Muyor and present City Government, he will proceed encr- getically in this direction. N — ‘When a Governor secks a re-clection and only sccures 24 votes out of 80 from his own cottnty, notwithstanding the frantic eflorts of several score henchmen, including three or*four editors of machin€ ncwepapers, he can hardly blame the other counties for not supporting him. e e— PERSONAL, TWhat kind of a collar ought to bo worn witha bloody ehirt? ‘The Duke of Edinbarg ia to be promoted to the rank of itear-Admiral. Judge Toar will preside at the Unitarian festival in Boston, which begins June 1. Mr. W. H. Cranc, the comedian eo well and favorably known in Chicago, s stopplug ot the Tremont fouse. Mr. Sidney Lanler hina explained hin theory of the relntlon of words to music, Now will heplease explaln his explanation? It Perlolat is convicted, ho ought to have the cholce of enting his own beans or meeting a shamo- ful death on the scaffold. Cora Pearl has #old out her stock of sin and ab- talued the uannl wagea. She 1s now haggard-look- ing, nud 8 victim of duna, Kate Fleld's stage name—Reemle—was that of one of her father's intimate friends in Cincinnatl, Keemle & Fleld published a paper thero years ago. Mr. Beverley It Kelm, General Passcnger Agent of the Kansas Paclic Raliroad, Is at the Palmor House, nnd wiil remain in the city scveral doysin tho interest of his llne, ‘The Brooklyn Argus 1s anthorlty for tho state- ment that Senator Thurman even wishes all his un- clea were aunts, Then Old Bill Allen would not have interfered at 5t. Lows, ‘The tickets for the best scata In the Tifth Avenne Theatre, New York, on the vccaslon of Fanny Davenport's benefit, were $2.50, This was tho rat time she had played Rosalind, The Singer will case has been complicated by the dlucovery of another ** last testament,” five years Inter than any of those now in dispute. When old Stnger willed, hio willed, you may depend on't. Lord Mandeville, whoso marriage to Miss Yznega del Valle threw alt Now York soclety into a fers ment Monday, is but 23 years of age. He Is the son of o Duke, but Lis father fs [n the primo of life and hearty, and there will bave to be a weary walt- ing for the Dukedom. . The New York cockneys arc lost in admlration of the stage-conch llao established by rich ama- teurs, and largo crowds assemblo to sco the fash- fonable passengers mount and dismount from the top of the coach. As Goldsmith never sald: 8tlll they gze, and atill the wonder grows At each talr **outslde's” striped hoso. At the annual reunlon of the Army of tho Potomac Soclety In Philadelphla, June 6, Maj.- Gen, John A, Dix {8 to delivér the oration, and Willlam Winter, of the New York T'ribune, witl read an orfginal poem. The exercises will begin Inthe Acendemy of Musle at noon, and a grand Lenquet will follow in the evenlng. The statement of the Cleveland Leader that Theodore Tiiton sppeared before an audienco at Welltgton i u state of Intoxication is probably mean nnd crucl houx. It ds being ropeated by sach journals os the New York 7ridune, which naturally delight in anything that can teud to beemirch the reputation of Tilton and regild that of Mr. Deccher, A man I seen dally oo Broadway, New York, carrying o squaro pastebourd box on tup of a pole, on two eldes of which {s printed, **Shame on you™; on tho third, **Bewaro of the devll and his wife,—Rum and Tokacco,” and on the fourth, **Shamce on you, men, to encourage poor women to sweep our dirty streets with their dresses, while multitudes of deserving poor are atarving, " It 1s positively asaerted that the Princo of Wales doesn't want to be Emperor, and has been apposed to the new title all along. He would prefer tolave lis dear mamma keep up the dignity of s Queen fu 4 proper manuer befure she assumes new and more gorgeous titles, The Prince’s sentiments in this respect, it fu thought, gave speclal zest to hils re- ception by the people of England on his return home. | Miss Ellen McAlllater, a daughter of Judge Me- Allister, will muke her first appearance In public atMr. Kolght's beneflt to-night. She improviscs readily on the plano, and, the advertisement soys, +plays npon any theme given, extemporancously, producl entirely original music.” Alr. Knight will read selectiona from **Macheth,™ ** Shamus O'Brien," and other picces, surious and comic, T'ho entertainment whll take place in the Third Unitarlan Chburch, coruer of Monrue sud Lafin atrects, Col. Tarry G. Armstrong, forcman of a news- papur oftice In Clucionatl, married before the War, ond took to ve with him his wifo's sleter, then aged 6 years, Hu adopted tho child, and had her name changed to Anwstrong. When she grow up tu womanhood he becane ¥o foud of Lerthat his wite obtained 8 decreo of divorce. ‘Then he war ried ber. Now ho s dlvorced from her slso, On Dbis tombatone muy be written the sfumple inacelp- tlon: ** He sustained with exemplary infidelity the relations of adopted-father, brotler-lu-law, sod busband.” MUNICIPAL. Considerable Confusiop Reigning Around the City-Hall, Goodell Putling en Mis Wan Paint Preparatory to Cone tinuing in OMco. Mike Bailey, Armed with a Colvig Pronunciamento, Wili 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« len's Defalcation. Ex-Comptroller IInyes’ Official Books and Papers to Bo Thoroughly Examinecd, He Declines to Define His Posl. tion, but Awaits Results, IIOW TIIINGS LOOIK. THE SITUATION TESTERDAY. A visitor at the City-Hall yesterday woull fall to notice anything unusual. There are na outward signs that show a change in the aspect of affalrs nor in the different Departments, A careful observer would mark and reflect upon the vacancy of the rooms assigned for the May. or's use. But the fnterest of days gone by sinks Into Insignificancy beside the more recent chunges in minor branches of the City Govern ment. The question of the Mayoralty fs temporarily forgotten, and the headless chilefa are the heroés of the hour, It might perhaps be Incorrect to use the word “changes,” for there are none visible, Mr, Hayes sits cheers ful, but thoughtful, in the Comptroller’s sane tum, but work In the Department ig stopped. Mike Bafley was around n more than ever, and Marshal Goodell could ba found In the quatters with the necessary scarch. ““What are they zoing du abont 1t¥" wawa fres quent question that will be found elsewhere une swered, A marked feature of the sceneaof yerterd: were the anxlous faces of the poor clty emplo; whose countenances showed only t00 plainly & their lips spoke, **We dun't care how it joes it we can only zet our money.” ‘The feeling of insc. curlty and indifference to work is general, and clerks and assistants aro ready to abandon thelr situations as soon as anything clse turns up todo, The Allermen come and go, hold consultations with Mayor Hoyne and among thomsclves, The leadens have a cheerful tendency, while some of the maore timid begin to doubt the wisdom of thele course, o FINANCIAL. A CONPCRENCE OF TIE POWERS. Mayor Hoyne, Ald, Roscuberg and Pearsons, and M. F, Tuley had a quict little confab yes- terday morning in the Mayor's office, and tho subject of the chut was the fnanclal situation, | What the exact words were which passed from one to theother can oniy be guessed, butallthat would be sald by any one of those who did tho talking was, that the sltuation was desperate, and they could hardly say what would be done. The actions of all those having the finances of the ety In charge are extremely guarded. They have no information to impart, and appear to be annoyed when the subject is introduced, A TRIDUNE reporter was, yesterdny afternoon, informed by a promiuent Alderman, who cne joys the confidence of oll his associates In office, that there wus o deco-lafil and wise move. ment on foot that would again place the city In s condition to merit the confidence of nl) varties Gnancially interested in Its welfare. The move would provide for the payment of all the indebted- nees to theemployes, which was regarded a3 the firat but not the most pressing debt. **The hest thing to do," the Alderman stated, *‘to restore contidenco both At bome and sbrosd wouli be tc pay our omployes. Not that I mian that othet debts shonld be allowed to ran, That would never do, Dutwhot Imean is just this: We are getting up aplan to pay the employes [mmediately after the approval of the courso by the Councll, andl think that will be done, That done, by the same plane—which Toam sorry Iean't tell you, they are s0 fine—we can fix other matters. What accidents Wil drop In on us before that time T can't suy, but We will patch ftupas well as we know tow. **What promles from the bankers lere have you got, or what bankers are they?" asked the re- P er an_admonitian not to be **tno frosh,” 8t some one was an old Hand at the buriness, the ‘Alderman aid that the planwould soon be perfect. d and put before the Council next Monday night, ‘Fhere was overy prospect that the plan would meet with favar, notiwithstandiug the fact that the aspect was **desperate.” 5 WIAT MAYOR TIOYNE SAYS, In an Interview with a Tainese reporter late In tho afternoon, tho Mayor dixcussed the financiul wituntion very frecly, ~ 1is Honor expressed the opinion that a1l ontsianding paper of the city lv il Tegal, but stated that the §lnance Commitice wero carefully considering the q paylng the em[:luyu and meetin tlous of the clty 3s they fall due, +*Can you give me aiy {den of the policy of the Finunce Commitice in this respectt™ akied the re- er, POtll, " responded the Magor, **the members hold o coifercnce in uey ofice this morning, and came to the conclusion that It would be more #atix. factory to the holders of certificates §f the Common Councll pass & resolutlon ag s to thelr pay- ment at a certain dute, m{ n two or threo years, than to allow matiers to remalit fu the press ent unettled condition. A Erupurltlun to this effect will be submitted to the Counell, probably 2 ita noxt meeting, 1t will undoubtedly be adopted, and putan end to the sbeurd cry of repuilition which haw been raleed by certaln partlen.” Uhe In tention of the Adminlstration ia to pay thy em- ployea ns "“L{“‘Hy nn)u!)lsnfl)}‘r} and to uieet every s zation of tho city. o] f,‘?.'fi‘u‘},'a’hfi.‘ % skl the reporter, changing the conversation, **that -uvc;:nl uur.‘lrl:ln:‘:lcm\;:'l“:'::-nnul 2 our authorily m. O A of “aho whi Ia disposed to diupute —thot ia the late Superintendent of Ty sty ot 110 el tho Hoar of ablic Warks of s removal, und directed thm to llukn-c)mrge uf nu‘eumc ! A few mioutes ago Lre colv wini reply s eolved the [QNONE T tron. Thomas Hoyne— Dran tind Lum directed by tho Board of Lublle Works to acknawledge the receipt of your lelter e e wotifylus tho Board of the removal of M. B atley, Tuté Superintendent of Dulldings, e Board nade demand upon Mr. Balley for (he e ot hiw ofice records, paperd, elc., b hie refuses to comply with the demund, stating that B G mot recopuize your authority in the prew- faca. Nours, 1€ by, guuirvan, Secretary, sowell, what do ydi intend to do abuut this M':'-?()m?:'mmed the latter over ‘tluh;m'quuu\:- he matter Is now in hi 3 o] oo it Marsbal Guudell aio Intends to deny your authority, Have you been notitles feetr” 2 o e awored thy Mayor, amiling; *+1 bardly think that 14 correct. ~ He cerininly askel thut (o removal should bo ieid back wntil the Comuiites ropurted thercon, and I have heard nothlng fr him since. e +*What will youdo {ncase the rumor turn! O tan't think 1t will bo necessary 1o do anye thing. We havea new Cowpiroller, and he wil be unable to draw any pay. ‘That fact whl pr sl o e letsp s Ay s by At this polnt Muyor Hoyno w Ide bY ot 0 (ho now Alermen, aud tho fnturview te winated. o TIIE EX-COMPTROLLELR. WIAT HE BAYS ABOUT TIlE SITUATION The principal business of t.'x-(:umplrollh‘r Hayes yesterday was answerlng the questiond on with a view to the other obligs- of reporters on the general situatiun, D:.J cussing the fluanclal position of I,» oty with Tue . Tnmuss man, | HG Stated that on Monduy s had puld §57,000 of maturing certificates, Twenty or thirty ”“m.; sand had gone to protest, but there was no mor due till June 1, when between $700,000 80 §500,- 000 camna due i New York and $400,000 or §300- 000 fell duo in Clicugo. He thought that it would all go to protest. e had already, beford bis removal, made arrangeincnts to Luve this puper held 1o New York, reaewed at a swull