Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 7, 1876, Page 1

- The dhicagn Daily Teibune, VOLUME XXX, I'INA_NOIAL. STATE SAVINGS INSTITUTION. $600,000 CAPITAL, $110,000 SURPLUS. The Oldest and Liargest Bavings Dank in the Northwost. Fays U por cont intoroat por aonum on doposits, -nml.nnnunnr on tho jstof Jonuary and lat of July. Ail depoaits wado during tho 1st threo days of & month draw intoroat for the month. SAFETY = DEPOSIT VAULTS ofthe Btate Bavings Institution wero built {or the accommodation af the Dusiness Mon snd Bankers of Ohicago and tho Northwaost, Thoy are Fira-Proof and Burglar-Proof, Money, Diamonds, Bonds, Doeds, Ooin, Buliton, Sllverware, Wills, and other valun. bles taken on speaial doposft, and guaranteod ucurityfil E"Q,’,' in these Vaults for ront nt onable ratos. ue D. D. SEENOER, Pros't, .+ D, GUILD Cash'r. QEO. C. COOK, Man'gr Safely Vaults. MORTGAGE LOANS At current rates, on Chlcago property. REED, New York. JOEIIN H. A VERY, 150 LaSalle-st., Chicago. 7 PER CENT. we will Joan 8100, 000, in large sums, at SEV- EN fi cent; #10,000, 86,000 and $2,000 nt 8; 1,200 and 22,300 at 0, SCUDDER & MASON, 107-100 Dearborn-at. Hercantilg Trust Co. of New York, oney to Joan on Improved Chicago real estate, sud on oo farin pronerty o this xleinity, JAMES 4. TIOYT, Gen'] Manager, 108 Dearborn.at. IROTEL, R NIt lil S A ST, WALNUT-ST., From Thirty-third to Thirty-fourth-atan PIILADELPIIA, PA. 0N THE EUROPEAN PLAN, STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. BEST HOTEL IN THE CITY. JAMNES T, STOVER, Managor. _ GAULT HOUSE, CHICAGO, ill faraiah tho hent accomimoantions at 82 and 60 pov duy. " Liberal dlscount to paries,” Ouo; aif block from C. & A., P. & Ft, W., C., M. & it P., aud threo blocka from C. & N.'W., 0.,'D. BV G 8L L Dopots. Old culomors, lends, and sll are Inyited. 8 T. \V. GATES, Proprietor P, 8.—To ati]l mako and furnish the best engines 1nd machinery in the Weat. Send for circular. P. W, GATES' SONS & CO., Eagle Works, IAILROADS. Lighining ke And Liable to Strike Again. THE OLD RELIABLE BALTIMORE & OEID R, . Toeton. ... New York. Philadelphia Baltimore. Washington.. e Passengers holiling ticketa by this route can atop overat any point desirable, % For full Information call at the Cflm&llny 'aOffice, aimer House; Grand Pacific Hotel, Clark: 4nd in Depot, Ii:fl'\mm‘m Building, fooé.\lnnrnm iy, THOS, P. BA! Weat, I'ass. Agent. G Discount on City Taxes. SAFEST, INVESTMENT FOR YOUR ¢ 18 IN YOUR OWN TAXES, especially when yon can get s HANDSOME DISCOUN'T. Tho City of Chicago will, at any thne beforo June 1, 150, borrow from prsond owing Sity Real Eataty Tuxes for the year 1875 the amount of such taxcs, sllowlng two {2) per cent discount, and after Juno 1 and prior to July 1, 1870, allowing ona sud ono I (1}3) per cent diecount, and will lssuc touchern therefor which mny bo used at once, or telduntil tho owaer la prepared to pay his oftier L. M. COLE, Gen. Ticket Agent. AL NOTICES. 1eh, By order of the Mayor and Finance Committee, dpply to 8. 8. IIAYES, Comptroller, Hoom 3, City lall, Cucaao, June 5, 1870, Inconsequenco of thodeathof John C, artridie, Mthe lato firm of J. C. Partridge & Co., It has became neceasary to llquidate his interest In sald tpartnership. Tor that purposo, and In order to ftarganizo sald firm and contlnue the business, the Maits of tho late firm down to Juno 1, 1 will besettied and wound up by the surviving partner Itereof at the ntore, No. b7 Lake-xt., whore all Penona having claims againat tho said firm aro ro- Qested to forthwith prescat them, LORIN PALMEL. GOLD MINING. The underalgned denires 1o rrange with one or hore capltallats for working valusble geld property faNorth Carolina and_Georgia, by the Callfornin [draulic procens, and in connectlon with Stamp Ml "No [itermedinto particawill be troated with, H. C. FREEMAN, Civil and Minlng Engineer, Alto Paws, Union Co., o Wiwaukee, otc., dally (Sund: ‘uum i A L e nd Laplis, daily (Bun- 108. m. P . tabecomo s housetiold word, as esnentlal a e family. Mizes Ear(e:lly in starch. on Wk, WOOD, 230 Wabash.av., who will show you yles of wark and teach you'how touso it Aak Ll Grocer ur Druglet for ZOLINE. N,__-_"“i’l'!’""‘f' 'DUCED PRICES AT CENTENNIAL. ,?gud‘,flx»flouw‘ Chester, Pa, Th chowrlvaila Milisry Academy, ocouryiog un ik and commandiing an exteualve view of the xaze Liiver and surroundlog cauutry, wil baobened 28 Lie eupims atiou, cunmenclog Juns oy 10ta ta the Exposiion. Hlours Centennial Bulldiugs, 40 ttautes’ Anonlpfliglllun. YAIT & CAUTER, POLITICAL. Criticism Provoked by the Blaine Coup d’Etat in the House. Uncomplimentary Extracts from tho Ex-Speaker’s Congres- slonal Record. The Demooratic S8tock of Heandal Not Yet Exhausted, New England Comment on Blaine as a Candidate, How the Blaine Men Cap- tured the lowa Con- vention. Bristow Very Strong in Iowa Among the People. The Same True in lllinois=-His Friends Among the Gers mans. Record of the Bristow Family as Repub. licans and Unionists. A Strong Minority Against Conkling in the New York Delegation. BLAINE. THOSE LETTERS. BOME FACTS CONCERNING THEM, Special Dispatch fo Tha Tribune. ‘WasHiNGTON, D, C., June 6.—There haa heen gencral comment here to-dny over the fact that only five of the elghteen, or rather nincteen, let~ ters, fucluding Mulligan’s accompanying mein- oraudum or explauation, submitted by Mr. Blaincin the Ilouse yesterdny, were sent in time for publication in the mail editions at the East by the New York Associated Press. The five selected nt o late hour were among tho most unimportant. But for the speclal corre- spondents zolng in a body at half-past 10, and insisting that the letters ehould be sent Ly the Assoclated Press, not one of them would have been given to the country this morning in the regular report. Tho regular proceedings of the House, a8 prepared by the Assoclated Press, were made up and sent off without them, and yet the let- ters were nll read in the Iouso before 3§ o'clock. ‘The whole cotrected copy was BENT TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OFFICE by Mr. Blalne at half-past 7 o'clock, and from that time the copy was at the contral of the Assoclated Presa to send. Instead of using it, however, it was tarned over to the oftice of the Congressional Record mbout half after 8, when the Asdoclated Press could, by an arrange- ment which had been previously made, have rotained tho copy tlll midnight, or evon an hour later, ns well aanot. Fiually, at o late hour, the apecial corrcapondents, through telegraphic orders, compellod the Asnoclated Press tobegin an eflort to get these letters off, Mr. Tilaino npncars to have corrected tile copy prompt- ly. and to have sent it eatly to the Xnunclllcll Fress office, and ho is much snnoyed at the charges freely made that rome of his frionds were engayed ina plan to withhold the letters in order that the reat of the personal explanation might have greater effect. TIRIR ARRANGEMENT. The letteraappear In tho Congressional Record Infull, ~ They hase beet generally examined, and havo formed almoat the sole topic of convereation to-dny. ‘Their srrangoment ' exclted univorsal commient. Sotne which related o the sama trand- action waro us ldoly separated as the limlis of the cxplanation would allow, and whero a number on the same subject came together, they are iresented In the nveree ordor of thelr dates. In' short, 1t would hardly be possible to arrange them cither with regdrd to dates, subject matter, or the legls- lotlon to which aome of them relate, #0 as to create greator canfusion in the mind of the reader. The Lo entlroly new matters Introduced by theso letters are held to bo THE WORST FOR MR. DLAINE, an a member of Congreas, namely, thoso which nl- udo to leghlation which e muggested, and which benefited “the gun company, in which he was » stockholder, and hia sctonfa Speakur in helpin through the legislation in_favor of the Little )oc Rallrond. forence Lo the Globe of the Thirty- elghth Congress, and to letters produced, the transaction appuars to bo this: Ho, being then a member, suggested to Mr, on, of Jowa, an amendment to the Revenue bill by which, If a cor- yoration or frmy, aticr hasiug mado cuntracta 1o clive goods, found the tax on the products lo- creaned, they ‘were allowed to add fhe tax to the contruct price, and, If tho Uovernment was the party making the contract, the certificato of the of- iicer making 1t was to bo recelved toward tho dls- charge of thio taxes. ~ After socuring its Introduc- tlon through Kasson, M, BLAINE SUFPORTED IT ON TIUE PLOOR, clalming that It would be fiagrant Injustico and a fimu frand on_the gm of the tovernment to do Iiferently. ‘Tho objection Is not 1o tho law, but to the improprlety of a member working onthe toor [n the intercat of his own corporation. A sccond eeries of lottern which exclto scvera corment aro thos connocted with tho help hugsve, an Speaker, to wecuro the passage of the bill fn fat yor of tho Littlo Rock Road, by sending hia page ta Gen. Logan and asking him 'to mako a certaln point of orier agalnst an amendment which, i adopted, would have put the billover a year, The lutters In tbis casc aro arranged n the Inverso orderof their dates, with the cxception of one, which is entlrely disconnecled with any of them. ‘Takey in conuectlon with the Globe, they saw that by using Gen. Logan he GOT TIE FORT BMITIl RAILROAD BILL THROUGI in April, 1860, In June following, Blsinc had been offred & participation in the now rallruad ene vlse an enerous e o could expect or desir and he did not feel that hu hould prove a dead- head, for he saw various channcls whera ho know he conld bo uecful. On July £ he wroto that he was more than aatisfted with the fermu of Fisher's offer, and ho desired 1o bring Caldwell to & defaite prop- asition, On Sept. 5, he obtaina hia contracts for the Maine partics, anit a coutract for the delivery to hlmaelf of $130,000 lond-grant bonds and $42, - frt-mortgaco bonds, and on Oct. wrote asking Flulier ta explalu to Caldwell TUR QUEBAT FAVOR ho (Blaine) as Spenker had done him In saving his bll) for him at the preceding sesslon, theough Gen, Logan, ua ulready related, and the same day wrots again sending thu record, ‘sud_showing what o nar- row excane Caldwell and ¥ixher's bill had on tlat laat night of thie sossion. ‘Thiesv are tho chicf polats of wew matters In- troduccd, but uearly all the letters contain the suune ficia, bsving un iportant and geavs Losrty dpon toatiinony already taken, * Th letier whi ulligun eefurs Lo as relating fo tho $U, 000 tray uction with the Union Paciic Road receivex lts e plunation from the testimony of Flalier and Mulli- gun, Anothor letter §20,000-ROND THANSACTION with Catdwell which has recalled the testimany of Curry as f0 Xobluson's story ubont such a package of bonds. It is unly Just toMr. Dluino to say thut, in spite of the worsh constructlons which gro put on sowe of thewe lotters, & largo number of his friends declare thut bo bas vindicated himself, and turued the current strougly I bis favor sgein. e THE INVESTIGATORS, WILL TIIBY PROOBED} Spactal Dispatch 10 The Tribune. ‘Wasminaron, D. C., June 8.—The Democrata are greatly disgusted with what occurred yes- torday. Many of them ure vory outspoken in thefr eriticlam of tho course followed by Proctor Knott, which they Jonounce as weak and fool- fsh in the extreme. Culbouol Wiat is the Dumocratie party to galn by a quarrel with Mr. Blalnel s & question which leading Democrats have repeatedly asked within the past fow days, and it {s well kuown that many of tho wiscat representatives of that party have from the be- giuuing disapproved of the malignancy with which . Blaino hss been scemingly puraucd. &= 3 CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, JU Proctor Knott has from the first shown a dinpoaition to prosccnte Iilaine to the ntmosat ex- tent which the anthnrity given to his Committes wonld allow. When an appes] waa taken from Committes on the admisslon Itia reported that the only hymittee who was present and voted for the admission of that testimony was Bceott Lord, but that Knott, who waa alsent, was palred on the questlon with s Republican, thus ahowing that o would have voted with Lord had ho been prosent. It in Alwo currently te- ported that some very promf Tiemo- crat intimated to Knott nearly & week Ago that the attempt to break down Dlaine a9 n Prealdential candidate wan no® in thelr Jndgment, wire, and better pollcy wauld bo to punly the (nves- tigatlon 5io farther than wan abaolutely necessnry under the resolntion. 1t mnat not bo supposed that the sttack on Dlaina will not be rencwed. Proctor Knott Is undeatood to he Vm‘i’ angry st the treatment which e recolved at Blsne's hands yeaterday, and thera In reason to belleve that ho Will enter Into the further protecution of any chorges thnt may be brought agalost Dlalne, with great vigor ond Interest. Vogue' hints are mlno thrown out of NEW DRVELOPMENTS Roon to come, The ingniry did not proceed ta-day, owing to the Interest which the Chialrman of the aul-Commitite (Huntom felt In the Indian Appropriation bill, pending before the Honxe, 1tin reported that the next two witneeaun to he exomined, one of whom in ex-Senator Rice of Arkanean, will give somo In- teresting teatimony In regard to the management of tho Little Ttock & Fort Smith Raflrond Com- pooy, | but while "t e damaging to he reputation of John Delano, who wan Land Com- minsloner of the road (If suythini can Injura hin chnracter), [t will not touch’ Ulaino's canncctlon with the corporation, o nvolve him In the remot- est degrec, Some of DBlainc's politleal encmicn express In [rivaie doubt an to tho carrectnws of th coples of ho letters which ho read In the Ifouse yesterdny, and Jnt that he s probably suppressid some of tho moat damnglugg portions of them. THE COMMITTER, To (he Western Associated Press, WASINGTON, Do C., dune §,—The Sub-Tudlcla- 1y Committer, Investizating the charge againat ex- Speaker Blaine, were to have a mecting this after- noon, but, oWing to the engagements of Hunton in the Houne, postponed the hearing i1 to-morrow. Ex-Senator Rice and Mr. Howe. of Arkansas, will be examined relative to the aifairs ‘of tho Little Rock & Fort Smith Rnflrond Company. MULLIGAN AGAIN, Nrw Yonx, Juno 6.—A disyatch to the Times, {rom oeton, eayn: “dames Mallican, tho colo! bratc@vitnesa in the Biulne Inveatigation, reached Toston Inst evening, and wheu Raked what he tliought of Bluinc's slatcment, he anawered eni- phaticaily: " My law not read &l the letices und mever will, He will keep back the oncs that would do bim most burm," " THE FORLORN IIOPE. HOW MIL RLAINE MET IT. Bpectal Dirpateh to The Tribune, Wasninarox, D, C., June 6,~Blalne’s bril- llant performance Inthe House yesterday has heen compared to the hurling of a thunderbolt into the midst of a great assembly of people. Its firat cffect Is stunaing, and sllence for an Instant prevails, but this is followed by the greatest excitement and confusion. Blalne's terrifle charge upon Proctor Knott, and through him upon the Democratic party, wae hardly Icss startling, and the momentary astonish- ment with which it was witnessed by both fricnds nnd opponents has now given wny 104 deep, enrnest current of popular fecling, which, judging from lta effect here In Washington, must make the ex-Speaker one of the most formid. ablo elements in the Cincinnati Convention, THR MOST STRIKING FEATURE of Dialne's triumph yesterday was Ita andacity. Never has the Latin prover, ** Audices fortuna Jurat," been so strikingly illustratod in the House of Representatives since the days when llenry Clay, both as Speaker and leader of his party on the, floor carrled everything before him, as much by his doring oa by the magnetism of his hnpaseloned eloquence, Blaine took the floor yesterday in deflance of all rules of the louse, During the scasion of Saturday lust the day had heen set nfmrk for tho conslderntion of the Geneva Award bill to the excluslon of all other businees. Nothing wns, therefore, in_order after the close of the morning hour but thin bill, and yet no one on the Demncratic ritdo of the ilouse seemed to know this, or, if ho did, had courage enough to inter- pose an_objection, As Blmne proceeded, and an exciting colloquy occurred between him and Proctor Knott, Chairman of the Com- mittee on Lhe Judlelary, ~ Iiamilton, of New Jerscy, rosc to a question of order, and asked tho Speaker pro tem if 'the lauguaga uscd was par- lismentary, WITHOUT WAITING FORTIE SPEAKER TO REPLY, and without glving him an opportunity to, Blalne, a3 quick as o flanh of lightning, anawered the quess tlon himeelf: *‘Yea, catirely s0,™ and was shout to proceed 8a though this was the' proper way to settle the questlon. This Nittle incident was a falr sample of inany others that occurred dnrln[i‘ tho afternoon. Blulne continued speaking, alvo wholl. withont regard to the hour rule, and yet, although the Democrats were smarting under” the furious blows ho was dealing, not one of theni seemed to retain hin senses sufticiently to eall attentlon to the fact. Lnt the climax was reached when Blalne moved a resolution pructically censuring the Com- mittee on the Judiciary, and inslsted upon ita im- mediate consideration a8 & hl‘(ll questivn of privi- lege, If any ano had asked him la nceardance with sehatrule of the House a resolution of that kind 2 bacame a queation of privilege, he wonld probably - v been nnablo to quote it £ but, as It wa, noono neemed to thin of this, and it was only after the resalutfon was_fairly beforo the Iouse, that the Democrats feebly ond tardily COLLECTED TIEIR WITS, and, by a rule which would nat stand the test of Pulamentary Jaw, fnally succoeted i burging fu by reference to the Judiclary Committee, 1t was this wonderful audacity which onabled biin to vio- Iate all rules of the House without questions coupled willi his personal magnetism and. the mo. mentam with which heaweptonward In his specch, beariny down ail lutaciee, that enabled hini to g5 guonz’h with his dififcult fask and bear away tho onore. It mnt be admitted that Dlatno's explanation doea not satlsfy his opponents olther in the Repub- Nean party or outof ft, They find In_tho lelters which Binlne read, and even in_his cxplanations of them, many passages which, in thelr uplaion, prove Lis unfitness Lo becomo & lender [n n great. reform 3 aud ovon If thin were nat #o, the fact 3 been enguged n .o many snd ko varied upeculations in urge as having wnfitted him to gl tho respunaihlo pastiion of the Presidency, or to gatn tho cunfidence of the better class of peoplo. SOME BLAINE CONTRACTS. A NEW STORY FROM DEMOCRATIC SOURCES, . Special Correspondence of The Tridune, WasimxaTtoN, D. C,, June 4,.—It Is afact not generally known that the recent scandals brought Lo the surface, with which ex-Speaker Blaine's name {8 associated, have been made public in spite of the opposition of the shrewder Democratie managers and politicians, who de- sired to withhiold them in the hope that Blaine may ba nominated by the Republicans at Cin- clonati. But I have the hest reason for bellev- {ng that the Democratic stock of Blaine scan- dals Is by no means exhausted. At least one one of them hus vome to my ears, (n 8 rounda- bout way from Democratie sources, which I will retail to you for just what it is worth, and take at least that much wind out of the Democratic sails, which ars already sot for a race with Blatue, THE CONTRACTS, Among tho contracts made by the Interlor Department for surveys of Indlan reservations are the following: Pottawatomie lteservation, Sept. 3, 1872; ‘To Orln T, Morr| f Malne, amount - pald . § 40,440.20 Apac] 3 26, 18 To drein T, Moreitl, smonnt paid B3, Ute Indians, Wind River It tlon, Wyoming Territary, Winnel and Bloux boundarles, Oc 187; To J. W, Mliller, of Kan pald. To J. W, Miller, of Kaneas, amount unpoid.. . 11,002,423 Totaheeoees woune L$108, 458, 03 The estimated profits on these three contructs are from $00,000 to $70,000. So far there is nothing unususl or remarkably abuout them, ex- cept that the Jast ono covers an extraordinary smount of widely-scparated work, which coutd only have been secured In a single coutract by some_espoclally potent influence. That fufluence was thio then Bpeaker Blalnu, who came on here Iato In Beptomber, 1874, and rushed it through the Depariment by persons) exortion, and to whoue In- fuenco Ju uccrodited the lotting af all the contracts cuumerated ubove, THH DEMOCRATIO CHARGE. Now tha Democratic allegation, aud one which It fo'claimed can be fully established, lu that thostlent partuer In ail thess contracts, who enjoyed fully one-half of the entire protita they ylelded, wi W0 other than lobert (. Blaine (brother of Jatuea (. Dlaiue, the ex-Speaker), and thon ouy of tho clerks of the Senate, 1t appears uf record that il 1. Dannan was tho attorney for both Morrlll and Miller, aud the general supposition fs that ho (Dan- nan) was tho real and principal party (o interest. Morrlll waa the minor party and the fgure-head lu tho (wo contracts of Bept. 3, 1872, and Juns 26, 1873, but ho ad nothing whatoves to do with the rl‘ll:l(cfl work In the last contract. The fisld notes, L 1n safd, were aent to hlin in Maine, whern he re- mained, and were aworn to by him there. Miller waa n' surveyor or clvll engineer, and the allegation §s° that he was employed by the artlee who controlled the contractsand pald by he manth, and that he had no proprictary intercst whatever in the contrnct nlnnllln? in his name, Tho allezed Intereat of Jtobert 0. Dlaine was ropre- rented by Dannan, and wna secured, ma {t ix chargud, simply by furnishing the Influcnce of Speaker Rlalne In getting the contracts. 1t inre- ported that there 1 no doubt that these contracts were obtained theough the PERYONAL APPLICATION AND URGENT SOLICITA- TION OF JAMBS G. DLAINEL and it 1a alro rnid that thers i abandant proof that dames O, Blnine, prior to applying for the con- tracta, took ateps to Inform himaclf of thefr real value and theamount of profit they would probably deld. Mr. Blaino wad at this time Speaker of the 1oune and had a certaln control over the appropri- ations, ro that his infliience with the Departments war proportionately great, If the nlnr‘ In trne, his brother, Robert'G. Biaine, acama Lo have been innbout the vame sttitude aa Mr, Orville Grant, the President’'s brothier, unleax James Q. alxo shared the profita of the contracts he Procnledy which Ia the inference the Democrats will seek ta put upon the affalr, Of course there fa nothing on the face of this transaction which, even if "It be aubstontlated, ehowa damen G, Tlalne to be personally corrupt, any more than there Is conclnsive evidence of pere roital corruption in the Northern Paciile, and Fort Smith & Litte Itock bond transactions, DBut it adds suotler to TR, LIST OF TRANBACTIONS in the hands of the Democrate, (o be need in case of Bialne's nomination to ahow that, ax a member of Cnnt{rnn and Speaker of the louse, he was rn- paged fu varlous speculntions, more or lees nearly cannected with the Government, efther for hia own benctit or for the henefit of his relativesand frienda, My Informant in this mutter has intimated to me that the Democrats have other transactions of o #imilar character with which Blaine’s name is con- nected, but which tlxufinm keeping fn the back- ground yet for moro eilective nee agalnst him in casc hie sholl Le nominated at Cincinnut, OccAsI0NAL, NEW ENGLAND OPINION BLAINE 118 WORST ENEMT. Hoston Journal (Bep.). Tt s due to truth, however, to say that if Mr. Blaine s innocent in the matters charged, he lias been Wis own worst enemy in some of his methods of denling with the exigency. Briefly summarized, these are the facts: Mr, Fisher let Mr. Blaine have $162,500 in first-mort- gage honds for 180,000 In cash, and threw in ns Tonus §130,000 In land-grant bonds, $130,000 in common stock, and §130,000 in preferred stack. Mr. Blalne proceeded to scll ot retail among his Maine friends $130,000 of the first-mortgage Londs, which were the most valuable and mar- ketable of the sccuritics, for $130,000 of mouey, giving to cach purchaser an equal amount of both preferred stock and com- mon stock,—so that Mr. Blalne had left, as profits on his transaction, 832, 500 In first-mortgage Tonds and $130,000 in land-grant bonds, Subse. quently, the enterptlse coming to grief, Mr. Blatne's purchasers, orsome of them, demanded that heshould take the bondsa back and return their money, and hedid so, but to what extent does not appear, Supposing them to have ull de- manded reclnmation, Mr. Malne had back on his hands $162,500 of the first-mortgage bonds, and £130,000 of the land-grant bonds, snd it was in the disposition of these Lo other raflroads that were [ ¢ Influenice ut Washington, as charged, that Mr, lhnhlv has apparently involved himsclf the maat seriourly and the wort (atally, In rettling with Fisher, finally, Mr. Bisine claimed to be aloser, but Mallizun, In behaif of Firher, denled this, and told iilaine that be bad the uuthority of Elisha Atklne, of Boston, one of tiae Directors of the TUnion Pacific Rallroad, for reminding hilm that that rond, through Col. Tom Scott, had relieved him of $356,000 of one class of thero bonds, snd pald him §04,000 for them, Mr, Atkine on Weanerday, before Mullican testified, denled the knowledge'of any ench traneaction, or rather represented the teaneaction as entlrely he- tweenSeott and the Union Pacific, which in the inal stage it of course nominally wss; but he has not ot explicitly denjed Mulligan's statement, which s certainly a powerful addition to the evidence in behalf of the uriginal scandul, us rovealed first Ly Dircclor ilarrisun on tho authority of Tressurcr Rolline, and sustalned in part by admisealons of Director Wilson, of Jowa, "There Is very good rea- gon to belfeve that the Atlantle & Pacificand tho Missourl, Kansan Texas Roads knew of no other party in their purchane thau 3r, Blalne, and werurpect that the books of one of the corporations contain the record of the purchaee of hlin." NOT THR MAN OF THE NOUR. JHariford Courunt Cliep.). It fs possible to belleve in Mr, Blaine's honesty, and In his great abllity, and his many great qual- ities, to entertain for Lim a elncere fricndship and regard, and, at tho same thme, to hope that he will not bu successful in hisefforts to secure the Cincin- nati nomination. This we believe to be the posi- tlon of a great many earnest Republicans, Person- ally, they like Mr. “Blalne very much, but they do not consider hilm the beat man fa the preaent orite ical time, and they aro not ready to jeopardiza the chncen 0f succexs at the polls by making such o nomination. We do not doubt that Mr, Llnine will in tine prove that his connection ‘with o many apecalative ralroads and rajlrond specalators wos nll entlrely legitimate, but there can be no doubt that the connectlon hias damaged blm toa great ex- tent, It was not what the people expected of the Speaker of the Hlouee, ~ and, while he has doubilesa been honest and stralght- forward in his dealings, he evidently would prefer that his rallroad experiences shonld not be known. 1fc has made & mistake, and no one recognlzes it more thoroughly than he, And his mistake unfits hiin for the lea ur!hir at this juncture, simply be- cause {¢ will prevent his recelving the ruppor of a large class of good Hepublicans, ~ whose votes are enscntlal for nuccess, That i tho long aud short of it. It 18 not necessary to condemn Mr. Blaine nor to malizn him. It fa possible. ou the contrary, to ceteem hie very highly, and yet to refuse to make Ufm the standard-bearer,” He has made o mistake, und mistakes ure sometimee as damaging as crimes, For exsmple, it wonld not be politfc 1o nominate Gen, Schenck on the Presidentlal ticket, and yet the Democratic Investigating Commitiee unanlmouely acquits him of any frandulent design or action hn regard to the Emina Mlue swindle. But he himself admila tiat he made an error of Judgment, G TILE CANDIDATE QUESTION NOW. Lioon Globe (tep.). The enemics of Mr, Dlalic have done thelr worat, sud have suceeeded fn putting him in & light which will go far towards sottling the ques- “ol\ of hls candidacy. ~ No decent man can take any part in the mefodramatic exultation with which they brandish thelr daggers over the fallen Cwesar, ‘Thuy have not by any means proved theic case, or shown that Mr. Hlaine's hands were stain- ed with & bribe, or his public actions sold for galn, but they have made It appear that he was_concerned in transactions from which he would much better have kept Nimeelf clear, and that be has been unwilling to bave them fully revesled to the public now. Itw principal im- ortance lled n tho eflect of the disclnsurcs upou er candlducy, and it ls Hkl‘l{ tobe decislve. He had something to conceal and haa shown an anxicty fu prevent a complete revclation of his conduct Wille A Influchtial member of Consress, which in a time like this I fatal. 1t puta hfin in's position requiring *o much defenaive cxpiantion that all but s warmest fricnds will cool, and It will be almost impoasible for him to win any further ac- cesaiona to lile supporters, Iis N||ly chanee of the nomination was ininaking a galn in the Convention, and now the changes will show a falliug away from his standard, slmost 1o 4 certalnt, EXQUISITE TONTUR Routan Transcript {Rtep, ‘When Mr, Binlno wrote to Mr, rren Flsher, Jr., of a magnifcent chanceto **go In* on the Northern Pacltic lailroad swindle, otferingas ‘'a small tlyer" an Interest of $23,000, worth double that—which he was *'ablo to control, ™ ho added, *+ T ean't tonch it, " and he points to that phrase as Incldental proof of his official integrity, That wemorandmin book, in his_own penmanship, of sales right and left among his frienda In Iieifast and Augusta, brings up an almost pathetic picture of, th enterprising Speaker hovering over and gloating upon these **splendid thiugs," these Uiyery rare oncs,” a8 he handed them around with his fingers protected by a corner of his hundker- chief or n plece of brown payer, se that he might not **touch™ them. Could'a more exqulsite tor- ture be invented fora uan of Mr. Blaine's specu- lative ardor and business capacity? Arenot hls encmles watlsfied? HONEST BEN BRISTOW. IN NEW YORK AN BMINENT DELEGATION TO TINCINNATIL Speciul Dispatch to The Troune. Nuw Youk, June ti—The Repibilcan Reform Club, which i3 composed princljally of mem- bers of the Unlon League Club and fncludes most of the prominent Republicans of the city who are dissatisfied with the tendencies of the present Administration, adoptedthe followlng resolution this eveniug, by an alinist unanimous vote: - Redolred, That, tn the judgment of the Hopub- Mean Reform Club uf the City of Now York, the nowination ot the Hon. Benjamin (1, Bristow, of Kentucky, for President of the Liited Statos by the Itepublican Natlonal Conventior at Clucinuaty, will be a vatiefactory guaranteo of die detorming tion of the party fo desurvo the spproval of 4 peaple at tho approaching election, md will insure Fienublicat antouss i $he State af’ Tew Yotk oad inthe nation. The Club appointed » delegatiol of sixty-nino rominent Hopublicans, Includin; Jossph . Bhoate, Dr. 1L W. Bollows, Dorasn B. Katon, Janes’ B. Mott, Lioyd Aspluwall, Gen, 'Baslow, 7, 1876. John Jay, Jackeon 8. Rchultz, John Jacob Artor, William'E, Dodge, Davld Dows, and others, to go to Cincinnatl to work for Hristow's nomination. An addrear to the Natlonal Republican Conven- tion was adupted urging in the atrongest terma the neceasity of insiating npon Civil Service reform and specle paymenta, To ihe Western Ancinted Press, . ANUTIER DISPATCH. Nrw Youx, Juny 6. —The Republican Reform Club held a meeting to-night, and adopted an ad- dresato the ltepablican National Convention nrg- Ing the nomination by that Conventlon of Presi- dentlal eandldaten whose lives sfford a trustworthy ledge of fulfilling the promisex of the Itepub- ican party relatlve o 8 ruturn o specie payments ~ and civil #ervice roforn, and they ask thot the reeolutions, ny well a8 the nominatlons, of the Conventlongive theae an- aurances, It wan resolved 10 rend adelegation to Clncinnat, Twenty prominent memlira were relected, among them the following: J. 1. Choate, 1L W, Bellown, E. E. Thorne, Durman . Eatun, Francls C, Barlow, II. L. Burnett, Charles Lanier, Gen, James B, Wiiton, Lloyd Aspinwall, John Jay. Jackson 8. Schultz, John Jacoh Astor, 11, It. Y. Post, Legrand B, Cannon, George L. Schuyler, Henry E. Plerrepont, Willlaa H. Gulon, Willium E, Dodge, 8, B.Chittenden, Jr.. David Down, William 8. Opdyke, Howard i’mler, Theo Ruose- velt, and D, ¥. Applet eton. A resolution fayoring the nomination of Bristow was adopted. IN 1I0WA. HOTES ON TIE RECENT STATE CONVENTION, 70 the Kditor of The Tribune, Des Moines, la., June $.—The telegraph has furnished your readers a brief report of the proceedings of our recent Btate Conventlon, but a few additional ftems may have some Ine terest. The gatbering was the largest political conventlon ever helil In the State. The per- sonnel of the Convention was excellent, there belng fewer professional politicians and more Intelligent, earuest representatives of the hone orable callings and professions than are usuully seen In almllar bodfes. ot the wpinety-nine organized counties iu this State, nincty-seven were represented, tnany of them with full delegations, while a large nuin- ber of persons who were not delegates were there o8 interented lookers-on. It was spparent from the very ntart that the Repoblicans of Iowa hiad de- termined toeec to it that the machine politiciana should not place the party ina false position, as was done in the Iilinols Convention, held afew duys carlier. And the developments showed that aur people were none too watchful in thie regard. ‘The aympatblzers with your Whisky-Ring organ ond rag-baby representative were on hand, and hoped to have Ity hereales adopted, but in this they “ignally fallcd. Iowa Republicanshuve longriuce re- pudisted the fdea (an well a8 the man who uttered it) that you can make o dollar by runaing a plece of paper thrungh a printing-press, and the attempt to folet the rag-baby on the party met with sach a rebufl inthe Commitice on Itesolations (Lat no further sttempt was made, The hostiiity of thin clement to o sound currency {8 only equaled by their hatred of Mr, Bristow. ~Whether tain hatred Is the result of the punishient futifcted on thelr friends, the Whisky-lting thieves, by the hone Secretary, I have not viwme uow todiscuss, e this an 1t may, they worked with a zeal worthiy of agoud cause tu get his encules on the dolegation to Cin- ciunatl. So furus 1 could learn, they succevded in only one Instance, ond that was by & very cheap dodge. In the Caucus of the Firel Cangres- sional _District it woa declded fo prosent dumes F. Wilson to the Convention nsa candidate for delegate-at-large. After this action had been tuken Mr. Wilson waa calied un to deiinu his pusi- tionin regard to Preeidential candidates, In uoing this, he declared that under no circumstances would be vote for s man as first or_second cholce, or fur rst or secund place, whose birth, residence, or atilllations were with the Svuth. [ls mencer and words satlsficd 1hose who heard him that he wan bliterly hostile to Mr. Dristow, and the del- eiutes from his own district ond frum ull parta of tlie State wero justly indiguant, and declured thelr PUFpOEe 1o VOIé igainat his clection usa deloghte, I lave the best reaeons for seylug hat neatly or quite & majority of the meu who were in bis district would © bave vuted ogainat him. Learning what the feeling was, the few Bristow-hatera resorted to a8 systeny of gharp prac- tice to prevent Wilson's defeal in the Cunvention, Lltsl, they mnnaged by entreuty to induce five of the nine members of the Conmitice ou Permanent Orgnnization 1o vote to muke Mr. Wilson President of the Convention. After succeeding in this, Wil- £on carried out Lis part of the schemie by making an adrolt speech, complimenting Blalne and omit- ting to denounce Lristow, an hv Lad done in his caucus speech, Still thuy were afraid to risk a fajr vote in the Couvention it Mr. Wilron's case, and, when lie wae nominated as a candldate for deicyate 1o Cincinnotl, vne of the ring moved that be be clected by acclamation. To this objection wus made, but the Secretary of the Convention refused torecognize the ubjection, called for an uifirmative vote, rufused to call for the pegative vote, und di clared Mr, Wilson elected, Afterwaris, when the point was ralsed that Le had mol been legally choren, Mr. Wilson sald if tere was an factlon he would call for & vote ; but 1t was a notice able fact that when o few of his uymyg‘ zars {n- slsled on AiOWIng tho matter (o paus, he wis very willing to ucqulesce, and the resull Mr, Wilson will go ae & delcgate to Clnclapati withoot having Dbeen selected in & legal manner, Heo will alwo ex- erciee ull the influence he can exert in his [legally- held place to prevent Mr. Brietow's nominativn tor cither President or Vice-President, snd In doing this he will misrepresent & large majority of lowa Republicans. It fs the honest bellef of rour correspondent that four-fifths of the tepublicans of the State are in favor of Mr. Bris- tow foreither firet or second place on the ticket; and I do not hesitate to say that nis name on the ticket would insure thonsands of votes for the par- ty that can be aecured to It fn no other way, Our seopie are lonestiy nnd eurneetly in favor of re- orim; aud they arelive to the’ fact that aclions wpeak 8 great deal louder than words, They readi- 1y understand that the sclection of the mun who o ull others has ocen the moat active and fofueu- tial in uunlnhhlfi corruptionists and making fraud odious, would tave a greater eignificance, and go to restoru confidence in the honest fnten- tions of the party, than the adoption of a thousand platforms of vehement ueclarations iu favor of reform. 1t would require mo ur- gument 1o convince the averaze voter that the eclection of Bristuw would mean honesty and re- form. They have the best possible evideuce that he {s incorruptible. No man with ordinary scnee can (all to sce that he could have made mllitons of money aut of his prescnt position. The whisky consplrators would have poured out money without stiut to keep themselves snd thelr friends out of the jails and the Penltentiaricn, and 1o have saved thelr fortuncs and reputations: but with honest Ben Bristow ag the head of the Treasury Depart- ment this was impossible, There are two classes of Republicans who oppose Bristow's nomination, 'These are the thieves and eorrn&»llonluu and thoee who sympathize with them, and an element in the party who are_ susplcious of the Kepublicanivm ot any and all Southern men, The tiret-named are entitled to.no volce In (he party, 1f we cannot aucceed without following their dictation or con- sulting thelr wishes, success is uot worth an effort. The other class are honest in their opiuion, and only need to be convinced that Mr. Bristow ia in full accord with Republican principles, and that he will remain true to his convictions, 1o become hila ardent supporters. Famlllarity with his past Fnllllml record, and a knowledge of his character or unwavering sdherence o what be believes to b sight, wlll convince all such that any fears of hia Jubnsonixing aro pertectly yroundicss, iils whola lifo shows that his Republican principlea aro frmly rooted and grounded. Thia belng the case, wo have In his chamcter for honesty and tiruness amplo aud complete axsurance that, if clected s & Republican, he would coutinue (o the cnd a con- sistent defendor of those principles. Fortunately our delegates will go to Cincinnatl uninstructed. T'wo attempts were mada in the Con- vention to tle them up, but these both failed. The motion Instracting for Blaine met with such decid- vd opposition that It was promptly withdrawn "I‘l ar that it would be voted down. Follow- iny this was & motion that the delegation be re- Auired to vate 48 & unity but this was prompily Iaid on the table. Bhould Mr. Blaine fail to vindicate himself from the recent damaging accusations bLrought sgainst hitn it may de fuirly p ued that # large mojority of the lowa dolegation will voto for Bristow. On the other hand, should Blaizo oull thtough, unsmirched, and be' nominsted for "l"ldum. Bristuw will bo supported by nearly all our delegutes for Vice-Prealdent, 1say this more onaccount of what I know to be the public senti- mient of vur peoyle, than from any direct expree- slon from thy delegates themselves, 1 cannot think that these men, as a rale, would ignore the wishes of thoso they represent. W. E. G, BRISTOW 7THE UOFE OF TIE PEOPLE, v the Kditor of The Tridune. BurLiNGTON, lu., June 5. —The State of Towa can no Jonger be counted atmong the advocates of Blalne's candidacy for the Presidency, Asa matter of fact, the people huve nevor been In his favor, Until tho recent developineuts, ho has been geverally reganted as an houorublo man, quite unpolluted by the basencss of that lu- tolerablo greed which has been the ruln of so many of those who, for & time, have enjoyed the confidence of the public. It hus bitherto been credited that Bluluo bod passed the ondeal of temptation fu this point entirely unscathied; that his entlre record, public wud private, way, aud would contlnue ta bo, {rreproachablo, and mast peraons wero willing to do honor to the man who ad walntained his mankood unimpesctiod atatine when su many hai falles arvund him. "The whole secret of his possitle caraiilacy wos ucstled [n this sular [dea of hle peveanal Intogrity. Without Thfihe would never lave boen dreamed of s & Prestdential aspiraut with any prospoct of wuccess, A sble ma. siilifal fa dobate l.l:‘u;nugtl.‘ versod inparllamentary law, possessing nus Lxum vf political sagacity, and sccomplishied in | thote qualitien which wonld grace the fatare ocen- ant of the I’realdentia] M jon, 1t {a not surpel ni; that many, in c 5 ahout for the right man, ehonld have fixed apon hin as In some respecta more deairable than most, §f not all, the prominont politiclans of the |I:{‘ 1t #o far an hie hin hnd any **following ' outaide the ranka of politiciana, afl the o (éeling i haa il war Tounded upon the bellef that even his oppuncnts could charge him with no dlshonor. entlon was held Binfno sttll \\“h‘er‘l uulr !h'!“c O it maintained hin position of supposed integrity, Nothing had cast a ataln upon it, 2 Anil It wae nI{e natural’ that a body composed mafniy of thoso nnder the influence of met who have been Intimata with the ex-Spraker, nml&;ellmp- cxpect favors at Tiia hands, should be fonnd rcli‘ Renerslly to favor Iila nomination. At that time [ hiave no doabt that the great inass of the lowa Republicans wonld have heen ratinfied with hia nomination, thongh large numbers would even then have prefereed iristow, But all wonild have conceded that such a nomina- tlon deserved o hearty support, and would cheer- fally have given it, How {8 {t now? It in true that no one admita that he In proven gulity of any unwnrrantable act, ur that anything han been rald against bim that [+ not susceptible of an explanation altogether conslstent with hiln innucence of any offense nxninat hishonor A a mnan or a_ Hepreseutative. Al Republicana will he dellghted when this explonation comes and il expect It to come. But even auch on explana- tion will not restore the fecling with which he was rezarded butten days since. The simple fct that traduction hea found, In his caxe, plausible foun- datlons to bulld upon, cannot hut leave a blot upon & character which was only altractive becanse jt " unspotted. 1le nay show an plaiuly an may be that no cent of money ever foand ita way fm- properly into hin own pocketa, Yet his handling of bonde un behnlt of his friends, and by whole- sale, will still remain convincing evidence to many that he has not always Leen 84 impartial and disin- Intereated a legislatorua we have up to tho present suppoted he war, ti» plain to ali round jodzments that, however great oy be the dimppotment to Mr. Blaine’s rlende, ‘the Kepnblitous cannot affonl, at this Juncture, 1o nominate a man whose personal and Fnbll: character they must at once defend, While he wan supposed to be pure, o war perhaps as available ns any ono. But with Mullizan's fith, whethier true of false, meared over him, no one who does not wish to rec the Republican nominee efcated wonld for an {natant” think of giving him that position. Soyou way now, 18ink, eet down oe 1 fized conclusion, that lowa is o longer to he counted for Blulne. The people were tiever rery urgently JSorbim. “They bre to-day quite positive againet his nomination. And, hawever the delegater to the Convention may vote, [nm quite cortain that the thoughts uf nine out of ten of the Iowa Republic- and, when they think upon the subject, conclide With a moat earnest hope that the Convention will be arise enouzh in the end to nominnte Bristow. What the Kepublicans dusire most of oll in the nominee i+ a man upon whore honor and integrity they can place fmplfcit relfance. Drilllant oraturs and tricky debaters **kick the beam ™ In the public mind, wid rizhtly tov when welghed agaiurt the eolid worth of 8 man who dares to do rizht under all clrcnimntan Bristow Lus grown rapldly in the o fc estimation, and never so rapidly as within a few daya past, The contrast hetween him and the other aspiranta Is so signiticant. and takes much hold of men's minde, that no wonder he wins his way to the hearta of the people. Perhaps all this will no rece ommendation to the politiclank who, as usual, will engineer the Cincinnau Conventlon, ‘There ts one matter that will have influence with them, however. 7Aey are hound to give us u can- didate who can be elected. They know that 3 num- inatiun Ia no longer the equivalent of an vlection. "They underetand that they must conault the popn- 1ar pulre. As they find that they will decide, and it scems to me that unless they ure much blinder than I take them to be, they will not be long in as- certaining that the only mon who hoe at this mo- micent the allzhitest hold upon the hiearts of the peo- ple is Benjumin J1. Bristow. The politiclans must £0to blu or, it seema to ine, to defeat. The alter- native may not be pleasant to some, but there it s and they must make thelr cholce, If any man shall dare to Interfere with that choice, hia fate will not be an enviable one. The public will be excecdinz- Jy apt to remember him, and their excerations will follow him to his grave, It Is necessary tnat the Republicans sliould suc. coed nt the cominz election, Thelr defeat cannot fail of being disastrous to the country, and per. hape rulnour forever. Even this [ea Willnot jire vall to secure ntcceas unless there be aome promise of un houest ydministration, Biriatow reemns to be the only man whose life and public act indicate reform, The public are sick at heart with the in- cesant ezposures of the corruptions which have crept into the public service. They will not sup- port men who ure even suspected of any wropge doing. Nothing s Teft ua then but the nomination of thiée man wham all belfeve the possessorof those high and admirable qulities which are now abso- lutely ensential buth to the saccese of the Kiepabli- cane and the welfare of the country, Let the voice of the people be heard, and all will be well, Disre- gard It, und chnos Is come again. ¥ AN HONEST AND CAPABLE 3AN, To the Editor af The Tridune. Mr. PLEASANT, In., June 5.—The discussion of the Presidential-candidate question up to this time by the Republican press of the coun- try has fulled to materiully settle the polnt in the minds of the people as to who shall be the next nominee on the Republican ticket, The people ore thus far agreed upon one polnt, and that ls, that some houcst man, fully capable for the rerponaible place, and not & pot-houre poli- tician, must be elected. They want **a Govern ment of the people, by the people,™ and, in order to have such a Government, there must be a mun aclected by the people who known the wants of the people, and bow to sdminlster without partiality to certaln sections or States the laws which, like any other oflicer, he {8 elected ta enforce. mong the Presidentlal candidates who have entercd the race fn i wr York.. Who suppores that and, even if nominated, elected by the Hepublican vote of this country, though he is backed by President urant and Simon Cameron, of Peunsylvaniar It is even rtrange that Lis nome has i proposed ae 4 candldate. Ile is nota man of the prople, thongh he s & Republican Senatar, Those who know lum know that Le is an_aristocrat, —that he holds hime seifabove the peopile, —consequently l«not, nur can- not be, a representativeof the people. e ly haughty, austere, und weak, and has done nothing to merit lhu‘l)lnn: which a few politiciane in and around the White Houre are tryinz to forco him in- to. 1lin nomination will split the Republican ticket in'the West, and leave the victory to the enemy, for there are thousands in the State of luwa alone who would as suon vote for an Emperor, a King, or & Sultan, torule the country as ltoscor Conkly The people must and will bave only o man of 1k people. | Give us Bristo Ko IN ILLINOIS, WILL THE CONVENTION GIVE THE PEOTLE THE MAN OT THEIR CHOICE] To the Kdttor of The Tribune, Lincory, 111, June 0.—I suid {n my letter published fn your fssue of June 3 that I would write no more before the meeting of the tional Convention; but, in view of recent dev apments, atu induced to lay before your readers a few udditlonal reflections, Tdo not condemn Mr. Blalne. What the people will do and how they will feel toward him fu the future are mat- ters to e yet manlfested. I hope his useful- ness to the country may not be destroyed. It will be safeat prosent Lo leave him where the evidence and bis own conduct places hiny, Mr, Colfax, with as Jittle evidence aguinst him as secma to be agninst Blaine, has been 1ald upon the polit. feal shelf. No true Republican will rejoico that the Maine statesman is obscured by s cloud, and mo fintelligent one will fall to sce the impropricty of nominating for the oflice of President one who Is, or s likely to bs, under 8 cloud, Throee grains of intelligence will teach us that the business of stump-speukers must not bo that of apologizing for, or defendlug the private character of, their cundidate. 1f that will have to be done, wo had aa well surrender before the battle commences, Whatever may be sald apulogetically of Blaine's motives in refus n)i‘ 1o surtender sny of the letters obtalned from ulligan to the Comnit- too when dewianded, the J}rupr oty of that refusal cunnot_be wuccessfully defended by spologivs or otherwise before & people who demand that the party anall bo reformed. Usder no clrcumstauces that may transpire In tho future, however favorable, {s it st all Nkely that wo could elect & ticket headed by Mr. Blaine, aud 1 tho paliticians at Ciucinnatl shoild, t epitd i of unfavorable circumstances now exieting porslstent blindneas, nominate hiui becau thelr favorite, aud thoy have not lost condd B, they will smsuraes moat fearful party llhlllxg‘ We have e nt 10 the effve friends of Conkling and of Morton have (or some thae past becn [ porscasion of the facts more re- cently placed before the Committee bearing upon the rectitude of Llaine, and that it had vot been thoir purposo Lo spring that mine until nearer the tme thy Couvention would weet, but that the recent manifeststion for Blalnu In the North- west was of 8o enlhuslustic 8 charscter they deemed It prudent not to walt lunger. Whether that bu trua or uot we do not know. 1¢ truw, snd thu mine that bus been sprung justly aces Alr, Dlaines charucter under 8 cload, the facts had as well been public ¥ miouth ago us now. if untrue, and the purposo was to lmproperly do- atroy the prospucts of & competitor, the motive was not houorable. Unfortunately for Blalns, Cookling and Morton each have an Inordinate dealrw to be Presldent. Each has in a large aegree departed from the rule thiat Las heretofore been, we belleve, univensl, to let thad oiice seek tho uian, snd has entered the lidts against each other, Emuy much 1ae candidates would euter upon s scrub race for Cougress in a backwoods district. ~ The political wiachino has been sut W work, riug-work and wmanagement have been tha arder of ho day; profcssc ticlans bavo. sebquioliticalesdraps , with s .40 y, P PRICE FIVE CENTS. bo aprang at primary meetinga and Connty Cone ventlone; pofitical guigeona have heen caught and nent an delegaton to Staie Conventlons to misrepras nent the wikhew of their constituents. Tha mae cline, “ars have been aperating for Blaine, Conkl§?F mnd Mortan, the larger crowd for Blaine and 1 nller for Morton,—yet they have all een o otk and doing their he 11157 tersonal atruggle by the candidates them- nem_T obtain the nomination conducted in 8 mang? therto nnheard of, and with s character of 2= commaon among those who asplre ta the moe= {nmm‘- of the country, one should ha rmie Wby by another, we shanld not ba nstonished, for™ Heoften dic iegitimate frult of " the piank thies %o bren ndapted by the reapective napirants tog” fier thelr prospects In this Frc')l'lum[nxl‘ tace, £ reomal strugsle and scramble to procare & e ation for the Presidency [na new feature in A7 con puiltica, and winle that slone may not be A¥ entto brand the participant with political dia- L7 aty, we feel warranted In wayiog it 1 not old- fmm oiied Republicanism, fnf old. fashinned Whix. Kery, nor is { evenoid-fashioned Democracy, The man’ who would oltain hir nomination by thest means, wnd be a0 fortinate nx ta be clocted, woulé anost likely feel his obligation rtronger to the ring of politicians who assistcd him o i position this the nanaca of the people, He wonld bo require¢ to_roward hla political friends, und any refore measures that the people might demand wosld not cly be Inangnrated, aw't afford to run & man who will make & personal strigeln to mccuro & nomination. Wi can'taflord to rin one whose election would by doubtful. We can'tatford to be defented, or re any unneceseary rieks, e can't affod to run any man in peeference 1o another equally well qualied aud truv 1o his party and the conntry, who would run better, We ean't afford to run iman whe incder ohlizations 1o political rinzaters, The puople preavnt Ben Bristow, capable Inevery respect, ani of angucstioned party feally,—a man swho hak not sought £nd docs nottiow scek the po- sition: a_man who would he under obligations to a0 polltlead rinz, but would 1 cqually untram. meled In the adminlstration of the Government; man who wonld have to fricnds to resard or cnemivr to puuld to tie detriment of_the publie service: aman who can bo clected, The peoplo want bim because of hir stralzhtforward and honest course as & public ofticer, und his ability usan ex- centive. Though the azrows of malice have boen almed af him, and the tires of revenge have heen kindied under bla feet, Lie has heen “unhurt and unecathed. He b been #0 prompt {n meeting all charges that Jiave been brought axainet him, —mule-casc, hog cave, Mertitt-case, aud all,—n«to be in advance of the rule required fn hifa defense. Iie hias not waited to iear the proof dgainst him, bat in all casen took the initiative, nnd pros his Innocence, though i dolngzro he \waa proving a negative. - Few “micy wonld have been ro well abie 10 asnert thelr Inno» cence, 130 the scramble between Blalar, Conklhing, ané Morton, one hia« dealt unfalely toward another (nc we don't suy b, liristow has lind nothing te do with i, There was no occaslon for it, and. 1 there was, he I« not the man to cogage In that character of warfare. If the Cincinnati Convention will only pive the people the man of their choice, the man for where they woull vole with enthusinsm, the Americat people wilk roll up a rousing mujority. 1f, on tae other hand, the Sust wishes of the people are ig- nored, Jouk out Tura defeat, or, If a victury, ont in which there will be no reform. WL d. DRISTOW ALWAYS A KEPTDLICAN. To the Edttor af The Tribune. GexESEO, 1), June 5.—1 Lave takena deey Interest in Mr. Bristow's candidacy on account of my knowledee of the man. Untll lately have not had much hopes of his nomination; but recent developments appear to make a thange of slate abaolutely necessary, Inthe reconstruction of the slate I do not ece why Bristow's chances are a0t amony the hest, I have known Mr. Bristow for many years. I knew bim before the War when he was plal Ien Bristow, just atarting in the practice of law inarall Kentucky village. I taught school in the neighborhuod of his Lome and waas intimately acqualnted with bis father, his brother, and others of hia relntione, 1 afterward gnerved with him iIn the same department of the Unlted Siates service, and was ot Frankfort while ke was o member of tho Kentucky Senate. Although far from being an Intimate scqualint- ance, yot, in consequence of the fucts stated, L was sufliciently interested in him to watch his ca- reer clorely frum the beginuing of the War to tue prenent tine. When 1 lived in Kentucky Inever heard the qual- ty of ita Republicaninm doubted, It was the quantity of it that truubled ue. Understand me now, ] am not kpeaking of Kentucky Unionism, for 1 know there thousands of profesased Uniun« 1sta who were rebels at heart. But I do Insist that the Republicanism of larlan, Spew, Goodloe, Feland, Bristow, und hundreds of vther Kentuck- fans that | might name, was pod I of the pare, un- adulterated rort. Bristow became 3 Republican when [t required s goud deal of nerve to by known 25 one, 1zm aware that many good Repabilcans say ** we cannot trusta man for Fresident who was a pro- #lavery Democrat, We took Andy «Johnson, and he aold us out and went back to his old masters, This idea, whether truo or falve, has no applica- tion to B. 1L Bristow, He never voted a Demo- eraticticket in his life. ie has not a drop of Demne ocrutic blood In bls veins, Hls father, the Lon, Frapcls M. Hristow, wo< an_ old-line Whig, lie was also one of thuse who belleved that slavery wak a curee tothe count’y, and he pablicly and ably advocated gradual emancipation, He was an hanest, Christlan gentleman, sad was very popular in that section of hentneky, He was twice elected to Cougrere. 1 well remember, in the campalim of 1850, thut the only arsument used ngalnst him by the Demucraly was **Uld Frank Bristow {s sn hon- et man, and & good man, but he ls an Abolition- int," He remuined fn Congress up to the opening of the War, and on all occasions etood side by aldo with the uncunditional Unlon men. Up to the day of hlsdeath he never swerved in his patriotism, Hloth oy hia sons were in the Unlon army. and acquitiod themselyes well, In addition to being the ¥on of #uch a father, Ben Bristow had a North- ern masn foroteacher, aud afterward went tos Northern coliege (Jetieraon College, Cannonsbare, I'a,), where he graduated in 1851 e entered the United Staten srmy ut the beginntng of the War, and wasa brave dashing onicer. He was mustered ont with his reglment, und was shont to enter the eervice again, when his friends insisted that he could do more guod for the cause of Union- jem in Kentucky by going to the Legislature. Ha was clected to the State Senate in 1684 ns 8 Repud- llean, snd while there was & ltepublican of the wnost radical stripe. While u'Scenator at Frank- fort, he was In frequent communication with the commander of the militars department, and was, as I personally kuew, one of his most trusted und rellable advirors, Bristow has, withall the energy of his Impulsive natare, supported every Revublican candidate for President from Lincoln'down. 1le had no sympa- thy whatever with the Greeley movement. speeches for Gen, Grant dunng the Jast Pre: dentlal campaign were of no doubtful character. “Tha very fact that lie was soon after appulnted Iv the President toa high aud tmportant office proof enough of thy estimate placed upon bls vices by him. Slnce he went to Washinzton his carcer has been public hirtory, Ilis ngbt with the powerful coborts of the Whisky-Rin is too recent to require repo titlow, Hia victory has been completo—overivhelm. it It may be teue that he will come out behind in the Prosidential noutination. Bristow lacks wmany of the qualltics of the successful politiclun. He Is brusque, abrupt, and independent in his man- ie has not the faculty of pleasing everys body. But if heshould be tiominated for Presi- dent, T predict that be will be tefuinphantly elect- ed, and §f he lives toserve out bls term of oftice, the verdiet uf the peoplo will be that ristow |s as honextas Abraham Lincaln, as determined aa Ed- win Al Stanton, and as true to principle as ienry Wilson. E.C, MovgRWELL, TUE GENMANS FOIL DRISTOW, n the Editor of Ths Tribune. Mavon's Orrice, CENTRALIA, IIL, June 5. —Permit me to Inform you that in spite of all the opposition from varlous sources to the nom- fuation of Col. Bristow, this resolute and hon- st public oflicer ias mauy friends here, espe- clally smong us Germuns, who, ever seekiug to promota the nation's welfure through honeat, more ul, and manty agencles, canuot be coaxed to the support of any candidate fur that eminent position who, inan unguanded mowment, betrayed tho trust coudded to Lils care, the reward of which should be a0 everlasting dotestation in its true sense, and no mantle of charity, nur white washing edict, should be permitted 1o cuver np the tracks of auch disguss- fug rascality aud deceat, Most m‘mu““fl 3. B, Sauxe, Mayos, PREFERS BRISTOW. GOV. BULLOCK, OF MASAACHUSATTS, Boston, Juue S.—tiov, Bullock, elected delos gate to the Cinciunatl Couventlou, has writtom & letter stating that he cannot attend, owing t@ un engagement at u literary institution of the State, und adds: Of all the candidates for President as yot cons spleuonsly mentloned [ should prefer Mz, Bristow. Of the four gentlemien now mosd promiucutly canvassed, 1 should cortainly select Bii Tor iy vate, and 1 'should as certataly adhers to uiy choice. nder uo clreumstances would I \olb for - candidate who, while posscaa! otffcia) induence and puwer, has failed to uso b opportunitics in exposlng sud correcting abuses Cowlug within the “reach of bis bscryation, but for personal reasons of for party ends bas permitted thew to feater on. 1 frmly bo- llevo that the present Secretaty of tha Treasury hay, by hie uniform conduct 13 office, proved his fitacas for the paramounb requirements of Qus,