Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1876, Page 4

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A GIEAT CAMPAIGN DOCOMONT. * famnel J, Tilden hias clalmed since he put himselt :formard a8 8 candidate for Presidentof the United }8tates, and the party which have taken bim up as their atandard-bearcr have done Nkowise, that he lms always beent 1. AX EARNEST PaTRIOT. 2. Tug DEstrovRr oF Twzed AND TR CORRUFT Canar-RiNa. 3, A SINGERR AXD EPFICIENT REFORMER. 4. AN ADY0OATE oF Punz ELEOTIONS AND OPPOSED %0 FIATDULENT VOTING. 6. OrPOSED TO THR 18AUING AND CINCULATION OF BHIXPLASTGRS. . IONEST DEALING WITI WRETRRN RALLEOADS IN DIKTRRRS, A regard for historlo truth and the general welfare compels TiR TAINTNE to show that all these cisimn of Alr. Tilgen in his own behnif are not only untrue, but Lhat tho very reverse Is the fact. The vecord conclustyely proves that hie was-- 1. A RRCESR{ONIST. AND OPPOSKD 10 THE SYAR FOR TIE MAINTENANCE OF TH(E UNION, 2. A 10SOM FRIEND OF **B038 TWEED"® AND A MEMUIER OF THE TAMMANY GANG. 3. A IOUUS REFORMER WHO REDUCED NO TAXES, REFORMEDNO CANAL CORRUPTION, AND MADE NOTIING BETTER TUAN HE FOUKD IT. 4. A CORRUPTER OF THE BALLOT-HOX, AND A LEADER IN FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS, AS CHARUED UPON HIM BY HORACE GREELEY, 5. AN 1SS OF SHINPLASTERS TO LABOR- 11 IRON REGIUNS OF MICIHGAN, 6, A THOUS RAILROAD BIARE, WIO AMASSED MILLIONS BY DEVOURING WESTERN RAILROADS IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE, ‘The followug aro the captious of a few of tha counta in Tilden'a Indietinent: on Tilden, 2 eed, Titden, and Tammany. Tiil-Shop—-Khowing liow the **Great Re- former » benchtted ot tho expenty of the peaple. Tilden a a Lnltrond Phystclan=luw Sammy oncher- e the old Galens atockholders: how b pleyed it un the £t, Lonis, Alton & Terre Ilauta toad; huw thu leasces of tic Brtfoville & Sontharn Tlknols foad were made tn contribute to the **barl™; how ho hucus: pocused hic Bouthern [ndiana Koad; Sammy's conuection with Unlon Pacifie 1tng. “Cilden aaa Knnatier—~Tlow his Lako Buperlor Tron ¢ fea mardu helr Iaborera takn Shinpiasters, asa tatriot—Tia connection with the *mige : " rerolutiona of 1801; hils rofunalto sign e cal 1 favor of maintatning the laws sad Constitutton of t ted States, s Heformer—Iitn attempt to get credit for o fienul licans havu dones hix cunnoction with the New York election frauds of 1458, a8 exposed by Ituruce recley: how sammy whipsawed buyer an reller. Tyendricks' Jtecord =Tla Rebel sym nhludmmg the Wors how o **worked" a fraudulsat army (inuie clntin; bl oppoudtion to Thirteonth, Fouitcenth, and Firicenth Amendments. 0 ‘This great Campalgn Document Alls four peges of Tuinvxzsize. A copy thereof should be placed {n the Tonda of every voter in tha West. Tinyes and Wheeler Clubs eyerywhers should order **Tliden's Itocord " for distribution. COST OF THE REVORD, It wrill bo sent by mall or cxpress, with charges paid, . on tho follawinyg term: Teri00 coplen, ‘ar b dozen coj Bioglo copy... By the 1,000 copies, special rates will be charged. Send orders immediately for **Tildon's Record, " TRIVUNE CO., Chicago. £ AMUSEMENTS. New Chicrgo Theatre. Clark street, between Loko and Randolph. Hoo- oy's Minstrela” Afternoon and eventog. Adectph! Theatro. Monroe street, corner Dearborn, Varloty perform- ance. Afternoon and eveniog. s Tlaaloy’s Thentre, oment of - Jolin _ Dition, s e oo poal Fry ad D Hoota. BATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 18706. Greenbacks at the Now York Gold Ex- chango yestordny closed ot 893, ‘Tho creditors of the Cook County Nation- nl Bank will bo gratificd to learn that a divi- dend of 10 por cont will be forthcoming in. September. 2 The Board of Education last evening adopted a rosolution calling upon the Com- mon Conncil to institute an investigation of the charges and rumors concerning the man- ' ngoment of school affairs by the first-named Lody. The Common Council wrostled with the o question at its meeting last ovening, and aftor o long discussion and stubborn fight orilinances wero passed admitting to compe- tition in the manufacturo of gas two now companics, whoso price to all consumers is limited to $1.50 per thousand foet. ——e Henator Looan lias not boon ablo to com. aand the number of votos necessary to call up and socure action upon his bill for the cqunlization of bounties, and is smd to have nbont reconciled himself to a postponement until the winter session. The country could ensily reconcile itsolf to an unlimited post. ponement. . Tho warm southwest wind of last avening boro upon its wings a mgst disgusting ro- minder that the great geographical problem which tho ITealth Department has under- taken to collar and throw etill remains un- solved. Can't tho expedition make a forced wmnrel of n mile and a Lal? or two miles and capture thot horrible stench? e — Tlio chinrncter of Mr. Brrouzs's defense to ihe action for malicious proscontion insti. lutod by Franx Mourroy is outlined in the defondant's onswer to thebill. Mr, Bxronzs denica thnt MourToN was ready or unxious to procecd to a trial on the criminal indiet- ment for libol; denies that he (Breonen) evor requosted the Iirooklyn District-Attor- oy to drop the prosecution, and avers that *his testimony was true wherenpon tho Grand -Jury indicted Mouvton for libel, Berious allcgations of corruption against Dr. MoVicras, Health Commissioner of Ohl- ¢ngo, wero wado publio in the Fost yester. day, in the form of an affidavit to the effect that Dr. MoVicgan propored, for the sum of '§100 per rmonth, to secure to Gronax Lan- DR & complete monopoly of night scavenger work, Dr. MoVioxan makes & most emphat- To denial of tho charge, stating it to be wholly svithout foundation, and doubtless at the proper timo will strungthen his denial under oath, The Chicage produce markets wero steadier yesterday, except a rally in wheat, Afoss pork closed 150 per brl higher, at $18.40 for August and $18.40@18,42} for Soptember. Lard closed 2§o por 100 1bs lower, at §11,22} @11,25 cash or seller Soptember. Bleata wero dull, at 740 for boxed ahoulders, 9jo for do short ribs, and 94c for do short clears. Lake freichita wero dull, at 1jo for corn to Buflule, Rall freights were unchanged, Highwines weze quiot, ¢ $1.104 per gallon. Flonr was THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 12; 1876—TEN PAGE tamo. Whoat closed 4@} higher, ot 80 for August and 88} for SBeptomber, Corn closed 4o lower, at45}e for August nud 45da for Soptember. Oats closed n shade firmer, at 80 cash, and 80}c for Beptembar. Ryo was strong, at 50@51e. Darley olosed firmer, at 730 for Seplember. 1Togs were dull and closed woak at 5@150 decline, Sales wore principal- 1y at $0,15@6.40. Cattle wors dull at about Thursday’s quotations, Bheep were quiot. One hundred dollars in gold would buy $11L374 in greenbacks at the close. This timo it is the Bonato which inangu. rates the movement to restors the franking privilege, That body yesterday, after an hour’s debate, Sonntors on both sides sup- porting the proposition, tacked an amend. ment to the Post-Route bill having this ob- Jjoct in view. The honors ore easy, the af. firmative vots being oqually divided—15 Democrats and 15 Republicans. One of the former, howover, Raxporrn, of Now Joraoy, clianged hia voto before the resull was an- nonncad. - Secrotary . Monrrnt. has appointed Mr. James G. Hoy, of Boston, Suporvising Architect of the Treasury, cice PorTen, ro- signed. ‘The appointment is regarded as a good omo, and a happy eseape from tho threatened restoration of the Murrerr dy- nasty, Mr, Hity was the prineipal nssistant of both Murrerr and Porren, liss been con- neoted with the Departmont architectural nffairs for nine yoars, and s enid to be emi- nontly qualified for the position of SBuparvis. ing Architect. Bonator MonTox was accorded n magnifi- cont ovation at Indianapolis last evoning upon the oceasion of his appearance at home to inaugurnto the political campaign in that Stato. 'Tho building selected for tho deliv- ery of Mr, MontoN's speech was the largest in the city, aud yot was throo times too small to contain the vast crowd of people that sought to gain admittance. We publish the speach in full this morning, and we need bardly Leapeak for it a carefnl pornsal; Sen- ator MonToN nover makes a speech that i not worth any man’s while to listen to or read. His roturn to Indiana at this timo to participato in the important canvass in that Blate will prove an immenso nacquisition to tho campaign, and add thousands to tho mn. Jjority that the Hoosier State will roll up for BeN Hanamon in Octobor and Haxes and ‘Wroezren in November, A decision of importanco to the creditors of the Lamnr Insurance Company is given in our law roport this morning. The Supremo Counrt in this decision upsota a questionabla transaction between the Insurance Compnuy and Messre, Cuamyany & Harnpiy, bankers of this city, wheroin the latter furnished the amount of collateral security necessary to ennble tho Company to comply with the Btato law, proteading to be the purchasers of 5,600 shares of stock, which, by o secret agrecment, was subsequently cancoled, and the bankera relieved of all linhility thereon. The decree of tho Superior Conrt sanction. ing this transaction is reversed by the Bupremo Court, which holds that Cosmuan & Hanpiv beecame tho abeoluts owners of thoe stock, the cancellation of which must be disregarded, and they compelled to pay the assessment mede upon that stock to satisfly tho claims agninst the Company. ——— The County Hospital investigation is con- cluded, and the Commlittce has taken tho matter under advisoment. From the moth- ods pursued in the conduot of the investiga- tion it would appear that the Committes Lad made common cause with the Hospital mana- agement a3 sgainst all persons who should attempt to sustain tho charges of brutality, cruelty, neglect, and inefficiency, and that the Committee had constituted itself judge and jury iu s trial involving its own guilt or innocenco, Whorefore no one will bo sur- prised ot o whitewashing report. But the courago and dotormination shown by Mrs, Epaan in hor single-handed strugglo againot overwholming odds will not have beon in vain if tho effeot shall bo to impress still more forcibly upon the minds of tho voters of Cook County the necessity of broaking the back of the Ringin tho Board by the olection of five honest men as Commission- ers this fall. THE BILVER BTANDARD. Tho value of confidence to the prosperity of mankind is illustrated by the deplorable consoquences of the loss of it. Wealth, ln- bor, machinery, the means of transporta. tion, and the productivencas of the mines, tho forest, and of the soil have undergone no change, oxcopt to incronse, and yet the de- pression and atngnation have fallon upon the trado, commorce, and industry of tho coun- try. There is an abundance of capital ; mouoy is lying idlo and in quantities unpre- condonted. Londers Inck confldonce, and mon who under other ciroumstances would bo ready borrowors wantconfidence, and tho money is unomployed. Mon lack confidence inthe faturo; they look in vain for any indi- cation of what that future has in store, so they sitdown and wait. Tho employor dis- cliargos his oporatives; he ocannot soll what he produces; consumers only purchase to weot their wants from day to dny; con. sumption is reduced to the minimum. There nre no ventures. ‘There is no speculation, No man dares to den! upon the future, In the meantime, whilo tho business of tho couniry was drifting in this nervoless way towards thut point from which ultimately thore must bo n recovery, Congress, in {ho dark, wjthout the kuowledgo of moro than a chosen fow, abolishod tho standard of valucs which had existed from the date of the Union, ‘This procoeding has had tho effect to nggra- vato ovon tho existing stete of things. It has added 156 per cent to all the indebtodndss of tho country. It Lns incressed the value of money, It hasdoprived the poople of the United Btates of the use of that form of money and that moasure of values which are enjoyed by nearly all the oivilized natlons of the world, Under the protonse of s higher morality, our Congress has taken from the Awcrican people that form of mionoy and that moasure of values which for conturics have been, andare now, in uso by nine-tenths of tho peopla of tha civilized nations, In our woakness, in our efforts to got upon our fect aond recovey our financial vigor, 'Congress summarily takes off one of our fixanclal logs, and tells the country to walk upon one. France, equally prostrated by a coatly war, haa boen preparing for a resump. tion of payments. She has boon purchasing and hoording silver that she msy at the proper timo use it to pay off hor dobts, re. liove theoverburdened industry of its weight, and put every line of production and trade into active oporation under that one of Ler two standards which she has preserved. 'The United States, whoso poculiar product is uil. ver, have in tho very hour of thelr nced dis. carded the wotal, prohibited its use, and bargained with tho brokers in gold for an ad. dition of 15 to 18 per cent to thy indebted. ness of the nation and of tho peopls. The United States havo declared that the silver of the Amorican mines may be n legal stand- ard of volues in all lands except that in which it {s produced ; that hore it shall be bnss metal, while in France, Italy, Aus- tra, Belgium, and all through the Orlent, it is tho legal monsure of valuoa, The demonotization of silver hax not ro- duced its value in exchango for other com- moditics; gold has bocome searce, and the disuse of silver hias increase the demand for gold. Gold has advanced not morely in sil- ver, but in all commodities, Monoy by the gold value has grown dearsr, Thero is o abrinknge in the relative value of all othor property. The proporty bought lnst week is not now worth the money then paid for it; tho property bought a month ago on credit is not now worth in money what is duoonit. The relativa valnes of gold and of all othor kinds of property aro changing dsily,—the ona ehrinking, the other propor- tionatoly advancing, Under such circum- stances, what hope can there bo of & return of confidenco? What hope is thore in the future for debtors, whose property is on the descending sealo, and whose debts are on the rising one? Nor is the decline in the valua of property the only ovil. So long as the do- cline contintios,—so long as property falls in value in money,—so long will it bo out of market and unsalable at any price, and so long will it decline in productive value. So long will the debtor popnlation be bound hand and foot in hopeless insolvency. In the resumption of spacie payments thoro was hope of a resumption of values, & rosumption of trade, a resumption of von. tures and comparativa speculation, a renowal of consumption, and a fresh impotus to pro. duction aad to the employment of labor, In short, having a fixed and permanent baals, all the clements of prosperity—capital and lobor—would bo put in active operation, Dot spocie payments on the exclusive gold standard is uch an impossibility that such a result cannot even be hoped for, ‘The nbolition of the dual standard was an outrage npon the country, and an avil of oven groater magnitude in o purely pecuniary senso than the War itsclf. It has crippled and disabled the country. It has contributed toswell national and all othor debts. It hns postponed specio paymonts indefinitely, It has added to the value of gold; it has ro- duced tho rolative value of silver, wheat, corn, cotlon, and evory other product of tho United States, and of overy other descrip. tion of property. It is n national ealamity undor which the country must suffor and lan. guish until Congross shall ropeal the iniquity and restore tho dunl standard of gold and silver. Wo trust that the people in their power will not overlook this quostion at tho polls. Demoerats and Ropublicans can be found in every district who will pledge themsolves that if electod to Congress they will vota to restore tho ailvor slaudard—the ailver dollar, Lot the peopla of the West vote for no other candidatoa. Weo ropeat, specie payments on tho gold standard must continue to be an impoasibility. The only hopo for speois payments; the only hope for any return of business, trade, manufactures, or exchanges, or investments in property, is for a restora- tion of tho donblo standard of silver ns well 28 gold. A DEHOCRATIC BLUNDER. Mr. Scorr Lorp, a Democratio momber of the Honsa of Ropresontatives from New York, placed his party in a very embarrassing position by tho introduction of a resolution intendod for campaign offect, without, how. over, oxplaining to his colloagues that such wos the purpeso. The orror brought out a temporary opposition from the Democratic sids of the House which more than offse} the intendod offect of the resolution itsolf, and fully rovealed that its final adoption wna only brought about with tha understanding that it really meant nothing. Mr. Lonp's resolution is thus described in the Associated Pross dispatchos : . Mr, Lonn offered a resalntlon rociting that the right of Hllflnf\l Dmcrlkt.'d by the Conatitutions af the weversl Staten is Rubjcct to tha Fifteenth Amendment, ond that the cxerciso af said ry;m should be faithfully maintalned and obsorved by the Unlted Statos, and that it {s ssscried that the exereiso of eafd rlght is in some Statos, notwith- standing the efforts of good citizens, resisted nnd controlled by frand, intimidation, snd violence, 8o that the object of the Fifteenth Amendment is do- feated, ond that all citizens, withont distinction of raco or color. nre entitled to the rights conferred by raid amnendment, and dnclflflnl‘ that oll attempts by force, fraud, torror, Inthuidatlon, or otherwise 10 provent a froe exerclée of tho right of sulfrage, should meet with certaln, condign, and offectual rnnlnhmnm. and that in uny case which has hero- ofors occurred, or which may herenfler ocenr, in which violence or murder haa been or ahall be com- mitted by one class or race on another, tho pun- tatunent aof the criminal or criminals is impera- tively domanded, whether tho crime be one pun. {shable by & fine and hnprisonmont or one demand. ing tho punlshinent of death, The ultra Domocratic managers were thunderstruck at any such declaration as thia, 'They did not know what to do, Thoy did not want to vote for it, and thoy did not daro to vote ogainst it. They bogan flibus. toring, and thoreby betrayed thomselves, On tlo call for the provious question, all the Republicans voted in the afirmative, some thirteon Domocrats voted in the nogative, and enough Demoorata refrainod from voting atall to lonve the vote less than a quorum and render it null and void. Then the rule was cited which compels evory member pres- ont in the IMouse to cast his vote uuldss speeinlly oxeused by the Iouse. This forced the Domocrats to torms, and thoy woro obliged to swallow tho bitter dose. But thoy did it with suoh wry faces and such evident disgust a8 to malo it apparent to the ontive country that it was simply because they did not dare, and not because they did not desire, to place themselves on reoord mn favor of fraud and intimidation in the Bonthern Statos, Y “I'he resolution has really more significancs than evon Mr, Loun, intended it should hiave, It is o confossion by the Democrats, in effect, that fraud, violence, and intimidation have been employoed in the Bouth to provent the negroes from voting, und to praotically de- stroy the oporation of tho Fifteonth Amend- ment. All this has boen porsistontly and vigorotsly donied by the Democrats in Con- greas heratofors. Even now thore aro two Democratio Sonators who are maintaining that thore was no intimidation in Misslssippi, in spito of the ovidenco takon by the Senate Investigating Committee. Thoy must feel somowhat chagrined ot finding their col- leagues in the Touse admitting what thoy havo Loen so desperately disputiug, The resolution {s such an admission, bacauso if thoro had boon no cfforts to dofout the operation of the Tifteenth Amendment, $hore would bo no occaslon for passing o resolution denouncing such efforts, Tho sdoption of this resolution leaves the Domo- crats in this disagreeable plight : Either they havo not boen sincere in denying the fraud and intimidation by which the Democrats havo obtaiued usoendency in several Bouth. orn Btates, or they are not now aincere in their pretended repudiation of that polioy. Of courso the adoption of this resolution will notloas the Deniocrats a aingle vote in the Bouth, since the Bouthern Confedorates ara desporate in their atruggle for - sn- promacy, and can only attain it by n solid adhorence to tho Demooratio party. But the resolution can searcely Lavo the reassuring effoct intended st the North, since it was only adopted after every means had beon ex- hanstod in sn effort to dedge a vote on it, and sinos it was pressed by the voto of men who lave'been contonding that there has hoon no violencs or intimidation. The iden that the Domocratic party would evor pun. isha man who had provented n * niggor™ from voting is too proposterous to be enter. tainod a moment. But that they Linve sought to practice a new doception upon the peoplo of the North furnishies anothor evidonce of the ingane and recklosa ambition of the Con- foderates to get control of the Government, THE CONDITION OF WHEAT. The condition of the whaat in stora in this city ing boon the cause of much anxioty for soveral wecks past; and it now appears to hove boen the subjoct of no little misropro- aontation. The ory was raised hero that the wheat was hot, and the statement was tele- graphod to Now York and Liverpool. As n consaquence, prices declided badly, bocauso bnyers hold nloof, afraid to touch it. Somo threo weoks ago a commission firm in this city decided to tako the risk, and forwarded a cargo of our No, 2 to Lowor Canadn. The nows was rocoived yosterday to tho offect that the grain hnd arrived in first-clasa con- dition, and the report was accompnnied by orders to buy more. This encournged othor parties to operats, and vesscls havo Leen sent to soveral of the elovators to load, tho wheat drawn out being in each case satiafac- tory to tho shippor. The wheat being now in good order, thero is no furthor occasion to foar, the most un- favorablo part of the season beingover, As statod in our article of several days ago, the wheat that has arrived on the seaboardin bad condition, and &ince bocome heated in the Now York warchouses, is chiofly whent which wns billed through from country points without boing subjected to inspoction inthis city or Milwankee. Tho grain was too damp to bo graded liere as No. 2, which wasa prominent rcason for not sending it hore, though that fact was not stated with unnecessary prominonce by the country shippers, The whoat which has passed into storo in Chicego as No, 2 has well stood the test of tho very severo weathor of this sum. mer; and a knowlodge of that faot will not redound to the discredit of our cityas a grain market in tha fature. The worst feature in the case is that the howling about hot whent appears to have been chiefly done by partics who do not own a gingle grain of it, cithor hot or cold, but seizod the opportunity to bear prices in their own intorcst, without considering that the farmor was thus impoverishod by not realiz. ing enough money to pay the cost of rais- ing tho whont and forwarding it to market. These parties desorve equal blame with that other class who were accursod in the olden time for forestalling the market, and ars carefully hedged in by the rules of our Board of Trade to-dsy so that they may do no hamm. To the ordinary thinking man what ia sanco for the gooso should be cauca for the gander, IMISS0URT. The Missonri Republicans met in Conven. tion on Wodnesdny last and nominated an excoedingly strong ticket, for which they will poll the largest: Rapublican vote evor cnst in that State. The presont delogation in Congress Is solid [Confedorate. 'Iie Re- publicans expeot to redeom tho First and Tonth Districts, and hope to carry- the Third, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth. In 1874 —tho bad year for Republicans—the Stato voted for Hanom (Dem.), for Governor, 149,666, and for Gmxtar (Rop.), 112,104, But the Ropublicans will do vastly botter this fall. Xn 1872 they cast 121,271 vqtos. Thoy will give Haxes 160,000 ot the vory lowest, and moy poll 10,000 more, Tho Globe-Democrat sayn of the ticket : The hearty unanimity with which tho Repnblican State Conventlon yesterdsy nominated our tlis tngulshed fellow-citizen, ° FiNkeLNoung, for Gavernor, la tho most cheering wign that has been given hy the purty In four years, and If properly followed np means a close race, and & possiblo vic- tory, cven In this Uomocratic stronghold, Mr, FIRKRLNBUNG stands forth as s politlcian who has steadily and successtully clovatod the atandard of politics. Loth by farce of moral character and in- ellectunl abllity, ho stands in the front runk of tho men whom Amoricans should delight to honor, and his clevation to tho highest ofiice In the Btate would be & slgual.triumpli for the causc of true patciotismn and’ good government. 1o ia also for- tunate in Atanding forth not meroly us the repro- #entatlve of the sturdy lepublicanisim of the der- ninna in tho past, butna un emphatic declaration thiat in this conteet the Qurmana aro not doladed by the very cheap professions of the reformers whom Moniusar:v and KeLry bronght out hero st dJune, The Issuc’fs now between a atraight-out Republlcanism and A straight-ont Democracy, and in such a contlugency there need not be much doubt sbout the Gormun voto. Whatever tha merlts or the weaknesscs of Libieral Kepublican. fam, it exists no more. and the Intelilzent Qerninn votera of Missourl, who lent it its chfcf atrength, aru ready to iake (hat strength folt whre it righte ly bolonge, The ticket 1 u sirong one throughout, and tt would bo Impossiblo to fmprove {n the judg: ment which framod {8, Itis clear from the resolutions adopted that the Missouri Republicans are not dis. posed to take much stook in TiLpex or his proinises of reform, One of tho * planks" thus characterizes the Confederats platform adopted ot 8t. Lonis: 3, That the bold nnd improvident assnmption by the Domocratic ustional plstform and the lettery of ita candidutes, that the Demovratic party by u purty of reform, 18 agroundless, false, and bruzen protonse of virtue which 1t has not, and Is shown 0 bawu by the past history of that party In clty, ttate, and national Goversitent, und ls especinily iHuntrated and proved by the recent nominntion fdr tho uitice of Presldent of 4 1wun whoso life has been devoted to the service of saflroad corpora- tlons, who ariginated the acheme by whick com- binatlons destroyed compotition in trunspor tation, hn\infi roibed the producors of the West ' of milllons anuually; Who has amassed anarmone wealth by Jobbery fn rablrond stucks snd bonds; who wan the personal and political friend and asaciate of Witniax M, Twucn duriiy the purlod of Lifa atupendous robboerles, and wha stands condemned hy the teatimony of 1onAck Grsetky . 2s 8 participant In frand upon the peoplo by stuff- Ing ballot-boxtu; who was tha legal adviser of the partics who perpetrated the Credic dMobllice frauds upon the Giovernment, ‘snd Who wie and 18 sur- rounded and supportod by all the currupt und vi- cloun eloments of Now York City, led by thy no. torlous Joux Monmsaey and others of 1ike Infa- mous reputations, 4, That truo and gonuino reform and an honest. admintstration of the uffuire of the Government cun bu looked for only at the hunds of thoe itopul- liean unr({. which has the disposltion, courage, #nd integrity to punish such unworthy niemnbers of the party ws are guilly of misbehavior or crime fu ohice, wherens tho Demacratic partyalways sufors 1t ruguos to go unwhipped of Justice, The Republicans of Hamilton County, Ohio (Oinciunatl), have determined to re- deom their county from Domocratio rule, and to roplace the presont two TrLbsy and Hex- Du1oks membora of Congress by two good sound Hayes and WazrLes men, They Lave placed in nomination Judge Fonon for the Firut District and Judgo Sranixy Matrazws for the Bocond District. Thoso gentlemen aro thus briefly desoribed. Judge M. ¥, Youcs, the nomines for Congress inthe Flrst District, is about concluding u ten years’ service on the Commion Pleas Beuch, ® Yeara i ho waa & momber of the law firm of KanLkn & l}om‘l. and at tho breaking out of the War he \vas uppointed Major of the “lwentieth Ohto Infuntey, Mo wav subsaijuently promoted, and when ho left the vorvice ho held the poattion of Brigadier Qune oml. Tlv waw soverely wouuded {n the faco before Atlanta, July 21, 1861, Iu the fall of 1504 ho was olected Judyo, und hus continued In otlee ever slnco, having' been re-olected In 1871, Judgo ETANLEY Matraswy, tho nominea for Congress I thu Second District, resldes in Glendale, und {w tho wonlor mowber of the law fina of MaTTiEwWs, Hax- BEY & MaTTuewe. o haw held varlous ofiices pere talulugto his profcsslon,—Frosecutlog Attoriicy, City buollclivr, uns Judgo,~but Las never been un ofice-holder In & political rene, Duringt tha War The scrved an Colonel of A regiment, which Ia the only intorraption to his professional life. Ono of the Distriots, tho Firat, has beon Democratle-Confoderata for a long timo; the other was Ropublican until 1872, when the greaf Liboral defcetion from the Republican party took placs, ‘The Firat District elected 8arren (Dom.) by 8,669 majority over Bexn Eaotesron, and the Sccond Distriot elcated Gon, Banning (Lib. Rop.) ovor Harvza Ly 1,603 mnjority. At the same time tho Ro- publicans wero beaten in tho county by 5,658 votes. Ilaves ran nhead of his ticket 600 or 600 votes, but tho tidal-wnva submorged everything in the connty. At the election in 1874 Sayrzn (Dem.) wns ro-clected to Con. gress from the TFirst District by 4,314, and Banving, who had turned Democrat, in the 8econd by 1,636 majority., Last fall Gov, Hares boat Avrex (Dem.) in the county by 1,205, Tho Bacond District was carried, and the Ropublicana foel confident they can elect Judge Matrnews, and run Sayrer very hard in the First District. "The Ropublicans ex- pect to gain five or six membora in Ohlo, —— A MISTAKE, In his letter of accoptance Mr. TiLbry Lins mado an érror of omission from which he will not likely recover, and this error was in noglecting to frankly discuss tho horrid Hamburg massacre. -Amplo timo had elapsed from the perpetration of this fenrful massa. cre to the date of his lotter of tho 81st of’ July to havo obtained full particulara re- gording it. The roport of Gov. CmaMpen- LA, the accounts of tho main instigator, Gen. Burzen, and of the eye-witnesses on ‘both sides, hiad oll been medo and comment- ed on, 5 * Tho wesk platitudes indulged in on the nocessity of following the Coustitution and its amondments, and of geouring to all citizons, of whatever raco or color, thoir full rights, will not avail when it iz well Imown that these South Carolina butchers will give thoir votes and use thoir persuasive influence in favor of tho election of Gov. Tizpex. When such mon as Laxan, whoso fidolity to the Domocratio parly lLas been unquestioned, and whose associntions and edueation have rather tonded toward tho con. tinued degradntion of tho negro, boldly de- nounco this crimo, and whon tho Democratic papers of tho entiro North, excopt the Now York World sud OQinciunati Enguirer, not only offer no apology for, but unqualifledly condemn the outmgo, it certainly wonld seom that the question had required an ipportance in the Preaidential contest which could not well be ovorlooked by the Demoecratio candi- date. In ontircly ignoring it Mr. Tinoxx has virtually acknowledged his dependenco upon that class, of which tho instigators and porpotrators of this | butchery are a port, for his election. The state- meont made, that the conlstrikers of Ponngylvania jare of far greater importance while thoy reccive but a passing publio no- tics, is plainly nntraoe, from the fact that while tho one is a quarrel between Inbor and capi- tal invostod in producing anthracite ocaal, the other is a struoggle which affects in the issucs connected with it the existencoof tho na- tion itself. , Honest Democrats at the North who have deprecated any nllusion to the caugos which produced the War, and to the questions which immediately followed it, es an attempt to keop alive a bitterness and an- imouity which should ba forever buried, aro alrendy doubting the expedioncy of suffering the coming Administration to be influenced by the eloment which caused this massacre. In his silonco rogarding it, Mr. Truprx has plainly declaved that the claimn of progress, of common humanity, and of civilization must be subservient either to his own ambi- tion or to tho suceoss of a political organi- zation—a position which will prove to bo fatal to his prospects, in viow of his official rcoord and his connection with the worst elomouts which have 5o long controlled tho politics of the Oity of New York. By unqualifiedly donouncing the Hamburg masancre as & crimo against honest Govern- mont, whether caused by the aggression of cither black or white, he might havo lost the voten of many of tho firc-enters of the Bouth (who thus would not have voted at ull); but for cach vote thus lost he wonld Lavo socured the approval of ton Democrats, who, in tho faco of this butchery and tho roticenco of Mr. TrLpEN regarding it, cannot, in tho exercise of thair best judgment, place their foture in the keoping of the parly with which thoy have beon allied. Al of tho other {ssucs involved in the next clection aroinsignificant with tho grentissue which this massacra hins 8o strongly brought forth, The hue and cry of Roform which the Democracy have uttered ns their watchword is misorably inconsistent and impotent, from the fact that in rafling at tho sins of the Ropublican party it offers no cure for its own. If the Demos- raoy, a8 Judge DoorrrrLy says, has béen ‘*chastenod nnd purified by defeat,” andis “now regenerated aud redeemod from all the orrors of the past, the fact must be proven by somothing far differont frow the Hamburg masseere and tho silonco of the Prosidential candidate regarding it, to secure cithor for the platform or the nominces the indorsemont of tho loyal members of their own party. erommre—————— Awyritor in tho Now York Z'ribune statos that the Fronch silver five-frana pleco ia ox- actly equivalent iu welght and finoness to two half dollms of our subsidiary -coin, which would therefors make the Frouch five-frano pieco worth abont 01 por cont of the silver dol- lar, Two Amorican hinlf dollars aro now worth 82 conts {n gold, and the Amorican silver dol- lar would bo worth about 88 conts, or noarly the samo ns groenbacks. Tho prosent tond. enoy, howevor, is towards an advanos in the value of silver, notwithstanding the passage of the bill which was sncaked through Con. gress suppresaing the coinago of the silver dollar, ‘That rageally bill must bo repenled, ond thoss Congrossmon who opposo its re- poal wilt got thomsolyes into troublo, Tos HENDIIOKS ma poech in Johnstown, N. Y, on tho5ith just. There was not a great deal of polities in it, but he managed to say this; ga Whatover may have been your paat politieal oplnlons, you are to reflect thatthis year, this most solomn yedr In Americun history, thils Contennial year, when no man daro bo fafse to his country, Whed that ballot {4 cant 1t muat be put an the side Witli rlglt or on the sido with wrong, You cannot take » nontrdl ground. As our great Master 1,500 years ago sald: ** You Liave got to be with Mo or ogainet e, You have got to b for the right or agalnst it. * When the _eloction-day come round, you will 81l huva u duty Lo perforn, From tho Inaccuracy of the quotation from tho great Master's decluratlon, it I evident that the Demoeratle candidate for Vico-Preaidont has not been reading the Now Testament for a loug time. Ho puts himself ln Curiar's place, and gives tho crowd to understuud that those of them who voto against him will be commit- ting slu,—It is t2 be hoped not an unpardona- ble vue ————— Luw Brawanp fs {u o dreadful stow, If ho accepta tho Coufederato nominatlon with the gold-noney platforu, aliithe (reenback Grane gera will drop b 08 o do would a hot dump- ling; on tho other hand, it hu refuses to staud on the Hard-8hell platform, the Confedurutes Wil give blin the graud bouuce, ung put an. other candidate fn aomination. fu themeas- whilo, the Republican Grangers cannot awallow hiin fn any cuae un account of his Copperhead reconl. A Kendall County man who knows his true Inwaniness says of SIEWARD: e le, and alivaya war, a Demoernt of the antf. War type, who voted the War a failure. 1ic honrd ed hia crops for fonr yenrs, refusing to take $2,25 A bushel In Government monoy for his wheat, be- cauee, a8 hiosald, '* the d—d money woano ac- count.* 1o evidently belonged (0 that class of patrinta who maniteated their logalty by crylng ont againat Government lasue of greenhacks oven 10 put down tho Rebellion, end who helloved that 1t would take n whecllarrow load of them to buy o lont of bread, 1o afterwards took $1,60 In raps for lila fonr {mfl'l‘ crop of wheat, and it {s probabloe that at that time his luve for the rag-money tvas born. Tle has something of horse acnse, mitch of low ennning, *‘and," rald he, **nine ont of ton of all the men you meet are just as capable snd just & dosarving to be Gpvernor of this State aa Lew BTawAD." ———— Brx 11151 has Just been down in Goorgia for tho rst time sinco tho amuesty debate.” A letter from there states that he mado a speach in which To attacked BLAtNE ueverely, and sald hie (BrLaiNg) ont canto even amony Republicans for his conras in the amneaty dobate [1]. He (Tin.1) had recelved lundrads of “latters of " congratulation from all quarters, including one from a member of the En- glish Parliamont, who congratulated him upon showlng thnt the stories of cruolty at Anderson ¥1lle wero untrue, Mr. Iiwn will probably bo re- nominated and ro-elected. If there had been nothing agalnst BLANg's avallabllity as & Prosidential candidato except the caste he lost among Republicans on nccount of what ho sald in the amnesty debate, he would have been nominated at Cinelunati by acelama- tion. o far from it Injuring Braing, it added enormously to hispopularily and strength. That British member of Parlinment must have been caslly convinced f le accepted Bex 1liv's falac asscrtions {n preferenco to the overwhelm- Ing record of facts produced by Oen, GARFIELD In lis erushing roply to Bex Hivy. —————— " There scoms to be soma trouble in Missonrt about.the Confederatecandidato for Governor,— Cal. PuBLrs,~formerly member of Congroess. Just what {t Is we cannot quite understand, The Qlobe-Democrat Winta at itin this way, from which we Judge tlicre may be o woman in the case, but her name i3 not given: Parrs Is nald to have_exclted o it curiosity n Waelington, Nost 10 Brpermin e 1 the most curlouscat man In the country, If tho Domocrats inalst that the man’ s the plat- form wo accept tho tost. GUSTAVUN A, FINRELN. n rl‘ma against DoN Juax PokLes. Let the people chpose, he Graphic says that tho groat question in Washington is, What did congrufinmnnqmmn do ‘with that sansngo bolilnd the Speaker's chaie? That was trao bofare DoX JUaN PreLrs vislted the Na. tional Capital, Naw the queation ls, Why did that Indy screamn and call up the wholo population of the ateambont merely bucause Dox JUAN PitzLr's asked her to walk up on tho hurricanc deck? ————————— A movement has been fnaugurated In the Enst to reducd the price of admission to base- ball games to 25 cents, The success of the ef- fort would doubtiess be to tnake the natfonal game also a moro popular game than it fs. In the West, the effect of high prices Is not o ap- parent as at tho East, but there is still room *| for an Inproved attendanco cven in Chicago, ————— It has heen notleed that the French Govern- ment, notwithstanding its reputation as a stern dispenser of justice to political offenders, hns been more merelful to the Communists than Lngland has been to the Fenfan Ieaders. The ctimes of the latter arc certainly not. moregnon- strous than those of the former. —— : Even Toxt Ewing, tho.craziest shinplaster lunatic n Ohlo, eats crow with Wasi MoLrax, 01d Biy ALLEN, ond the rest. Ata meeting of tho Democratic State Central Committeo ho mady & speech indorsing the 8t. Louls plat- form, with the TiupeN fnterpretation put upon it in the letter of nccoptance. ————— « Hexnutcrs should huery homo and look after that mulo story, 1t Is traveling more rapldly than the tast mall, . v P, 8.—A dispatch says that ho ssserts that he pushed tho swindling claim in the 8enate with- out feo or compensation, Well, what did he do {t for thent . PEBSONAL. No Icaa than nineteen of Rumbrandt's portraits of his own unlovely face aro now extant. Four different translations of Bret Harte's **Ga. briel Couroy* aro announced for appearance in Germany, Mr. Qeorge Crutksbank's etchings and other worka have been purchased ¢n dloc by the Weste minster Aquarium, Master Humphroy's clock was *‘unvelled” in Now York Wednesday, by-the Ion, Isaac I, Dalley, Into whoso possession it has Intely come. Prince Bismarck 18 sald to be & perfect mastor of Amcrican slang. 1Iis favorite phraso fs, **Tlow Ia that. for high?" It issald, also, that the Princois not a bit of a anob. 2 .Tho London Athencum bluntly prononnces '*Danfol Deronda’ a fallare, but tho Spectator Judges that tho matter of tha plot ia tho strongest Qeorge Ellot has yet written, Tho death fa announced of Prof. Childers, an eminent acholar and a froquent contributor to English periodical Mteratare, 1is principal work 'was a Tali dictlonsry, which he complled while acting as Asalstant Librarian to the India OMeo.” ‘Tho best whist In the canntry was played in the club-room of the old Unitcd Biates Hotel at ara- togs, when Cornollus Vanderbllt, Gen. Wool, Tloverdy Johneon, and Judge Wayne, of Georgls, wero frequenters of the place. The club.room wan bailt about 1845, Tho 1Women's Centennlal Journal notlces that few of the porsons suffering from sunstroke at Thiladelphis aro women, It attributes tho fact portly to the more auitable dressing of. the women, and parlly to thelr habltual abstinence from the use of Intoxicating lqnors, Mr. Qeorgauincob Holyeake, whose health fs “now re-established, liaa undertaken tho oditarship of o new paper, to be entitled tho Secutar Revlew, Ho will undortake to test famillar subjectsby o new principle, divosting that which Js secnlar from complicity with that whlch is utholstic, Mayar Cobb, of Boston, recontly gave a position on tho pollco force of that city to a young man who had graduated at Harvard College and the Harvard Medleal 8chool, The . applicant was o practicing phyaiclan, but found himsclf unable to providethe bareat necesaaries of life for hla wifo and child, The Journal last eveniug said that the raln of ‘Thuraday night, though it did not put ot the me- teors, did ** put ont” tho people who wers watch- lug forthom. Ou tho contrary, It put the peoplo In. Ralph Waldo Emerson has an apple-orchard from which he derfves almoat aa large an Incomo as from tho aale af his booka, The propriotors of tho Windsor Iotel, In New York, the othor ‘day, proforred a chargo ngainsta man who Jiad boarded &t tholr tables threo months without paying for the privilege. Tho micn in charge of tho dining-room wore deceivad by the etriking resemblance of tho strangerto o regular boarder who pald bis bill regulazly, QGon, Custer's **War Memolra " will v continned {n soveral numbers of the Galaxy, tho publishcrs having a Jarge supply of manuscript on hand, The next number of tho magazing will also contaln a blugeaphical sketch of Custer by Capt. Whittaker, U, B, A., snd an articla by ox-Bacrotary Welles on “;flm Nomination and Electlon of Abralism Lin- coln, ™ Gon. Fadeye@f, who Ia to succeed Gen. Teher- nayofl as commander of tho Bervian forces, ac- quired diatiuctlon in the Caucaslan wars, Ilc roso rapldly fn tho Ilussian soryice, and was subse- quently known as an ardeat friond of tho Slavic race, The Iluwsian Governmont having changed ftapolicy In regard to Austrls, Gon. adeyef's wrlting foll into disfavor, and he was allowed to retire from the army with full puy, UOTRL ARRIVALS, Palmer House—V, B. Hallock, Iinghamton, N. Y. : G B, Hull, Detrolt; E. K. lolton, 8t. Louls; Johiu A. Grubain, New York, Dr. Cahiihern, Ger- nlany1 @. Groas,' Austeia; L.'W, Thrupp, London; Chiarlos Dutrett, Molbourno} Capt. Havelock, En- lands J. B, Dutchor, New York; B, F. ltood, Bt. lej J. 1t Dobbl Los ngeloui A, P, Tock- well, Dioaton; Martin B, Townsend, New Yark; M. Howard, Hartford,,.. Grand Pacif—Tho Hou! X. d. Inzorsoll, Poorla: C, M. the Hon, R. Mikarg, Peoria; . 1, gt Lode 3. It Yout, ” Belvideroy dardner Plilppa, Clncinnatl; W. 1f. Lue, 8t. Louls; the iou. A, L. Grltln, Keokuk; B, A. Buldwin, 131, C. Uoltro, Jackvouvilly; B.C. Lilchs 0K ... Tremont Jlouse—A. A, Millles bt. Louls; J. A. lhomberg, Dubuquu; the Mou, , N, (iraves, Dubiquo; 8, I, Beawick, London; Watlncs Jolwon, Buffalo; G. 8. New, Utah; tho fon. W. M. Guylord, = Northampton, Muss. ; U P, Juurrlot,© Urbana; P, Yaukln an sster, * Bcotland.,..8heruiah Houte—Col, J. M, Quinlan and Lisut. U, W, ltoyce, U. 8. A., Now url; the llon, J, Penteld, flautoul, 31, ;the (o) G, R, ioblard, Connecticut; the Hon, J. 0, King, Phllatelpbias J. D. Glllatte, Lincoln, 1.5 @, fi. Davidson, New Yorkj Col. C. 1L lngram, 8t. Louly; li L. Hoddruth, loston; the lon. Pascal Suith, Bt slaul; D W . Lockwood, U. B, Arwy; b Maricy Bissh, vicl GAS. A Council Bession Devoteq to This Subject. .Two New Companies Empoware to Go into Business Here, Thoy Are the Consumers’ anq tho Gaslight & Coke Company, Public and Private Conmumers to n; Charged $1.50 & Thousand, Strennons Efforts to Delay Action on {he Ordinances Defeated, The Order Roduoing the Bizo of Gps Burnora Adopted, An sdjonrned meeting of the Conncll Inet night, Ald, Aldrich In tho chair. Tlie proceedings commenced with the order on the subject of gas. Tho minority report of the Committee on (5. Lights rocommending the passage of the ordinance rolating to tho CONSUMENS' GAS-LIGHT AND COKB COMIANY was read. Ald. Thompton moved that the Alderman why prosented the ordinance have leave to withdraw I, the report having been sigued by but two mewher af the Committec, —not a majority. Ald. Rawlelgh, who with Ald. Aldrlch had M. ed tho report, aald ho did not wish Lo withdray . The gentleman (Thompeon) had refuscd to sim elthoé o mojority or minority report. Ilc for on waa not afraid to place himsclf on record g willlng tolet new gas companten In. Mr, Walkip sald ho would take off 60 conta a thousand 1 (b companles wera ot allowe to came in; If they were, e would do nothing. 1f they were allowey to come in, ho was ratlsfied gas would be furufsiicg for 81 a thousand fect, . Al Thompson Made the point that, thera helng no majority report, there conld e no minority re. port, and, therefore, thore was no report atal, Ald. White rald that point would be gooil If the Cominittco had not been fnetructed to report. Ald, ‘Thompaon sald there were four cumpanies; which was the Alderman hdvocating? Ald, White roplied that ho apoke in favor f them all. Ho proposed to go right on recora fo favor of economy and rotrepchment. Tho Pitte. burg Company \vas good and sownd, and wouhf sava the city foar orfive milllone of dollurs during the next five years. Ald. Rawlelgh ridlcnled the fdea that he conld not bring Ilfl his veport, 1le claimed that If toe clty was fighted with ofl, it would reeult in a anving of 8600, 000 In tho next two yents, AWl Thompson—Ilow wiil you facilitate the lighting of the ity with oll by AllowIn other com. panics to come in and tear up the streetsy Ald, Ruwlelgh—~It wili bo two or three years be. fore "“.ly ara ahla to operirte, and {n. the meantimg we can Tight with gfl. ‘The Cliilninan avked if the Committea was In. structed to roport on this ordinance. Ald. Rawlolgh roplied fn thy attirmative, Ald, Bweeney could sce ng reason for not admit. ting the compinles. He, however, favored podt. poning the subjeet, sinco ho wanted to find oul which company woull furniah gas the cheapest, ALD. M'CREA neoded light on the {shicd at the confusl them, Thompao, drsg fnfled to maki a9 held epecla) ud question, Tle wna aston. 1 of the Committee—threo of Pearsons, aud Cullerton liav report: yet they opposed tho minorlty report, which was houestly presented and for udoption, 1t louked to hifm oa If the In tho nowspapors that the question boing staved ot was true, Mok belng wasted sk 1t way n shame that something was not done tortop the waste, In view of the economle declurations of tho Councll, the community would not have confidence in 'the Conncll nuless prompt vction were taken, Ald. Thon s npson was glad the gontloman i pre- sented thia view of the subject.” T'here was, howe ever, no dispute In the Committee and no dinagree. mient, with the exception of this single poin there wero two nieinbers In favor of ‘admtting new companies, and three were oppoocd to thetr sdmis slon. Ald, McCrea—Then may I ask why tha majority dous not bring In . ropost 20 that we can discud tho question? Al‘h. Hawlelgh asked All, Thompson 1f “lic hod not requested the majority to slgn report scversl times. ALD. THOMPSON snid that was thofact, Tho Alderman had repeat cdly urged on the Commilites the propriety i signing o report nuthorizing the admivsion of new companies, hut the majority were ‘opposcd to such o utep. Ile hold that the reports’ presented by Al " Rawlelgh were not reports, a8 they were only slznod by two miomber of fhe Committee, Thero were varlous propasitions be- fore the Committee, There was that of Ald. Sheri- dan_ relnting to tho frec admisslon of gas com- panies, nnd thore wan lrrnpnnluon to supply ths 1 gna from water, Hoagreed that tho s eons truct was exorbitant and ontrageous, and It it could be swept away the Committee would be unanimous in favor of such proceeding, ‘The matter had boen roferred to the Law Department, but ho ques- tloned whether the point of .tho {egalty of the contract could bu settled withont un appeal ta the Supremmo Court. The companles had voluntarily consented that tho burners should Lo roduced from 5 to 3 feet, Ald. Stowart—Ia it heceasary to get thufr consent for unich & chango? Ald. Thompson—It certalnly s, If the contract is vaild, The compauy which supplics the North and South 8ides woald reduce tho price from $2.60 fo $2 from now until tho 1st of April next, If the two proposltions were nceepted by the Councll, at Tenst $300,000 would he snved Lo the city, Ald. Throop nsked If the coucesslons wore not condltioned pon TIIE EXCLUSION OF OTIER COMPANIES. AWl Thompson replied that thu companles ra-« talned the right of withdrawing lhu,‘lmpuulunnl 1 new companles were altowed to Jay down malne. Ald, Smith Inquired whero Al Thompson iy {nformution. Ald, Thompaon sald that ho was authorized by the South $lde Company to tato thefr L)rn]m!llluu. Ald, Smith wanted to know if the city wus obliged to nso G-feet burnem, Ald, Thompson said tho contract called for om. Ald, White mid tho West Diviston contract dld not roquiro thelr use. Ald. Thompson—Tho majority of tha Committee ara in favor of adopting tha table for lighting nud extinguishing the Jamps, of changing the burnere, and of accepting the proposition to reduce the rics, VAN, Throop—Why don't the majority of tho Commiites muko o ré F«m thent Ald, Thompson—They have DECIDED TO MAKE NO REPORT. Ald, White—Don’t you propose to inake & re ort? ;Mfl. Thompsan—We proposc to make no report AE‘. \White—You wora* requestod to ropors to- 1, Thompaon—I do not underatand that a com- 1nil1u6 is ObITgod fo tmnke a Fopore ut the Aestmect- lug aftar Hioy aro fnairucted, 1d, Sweetioy—1¢ is your jutention to makea re- 0rt sotne da PeAld ‘Thoniuon—Certainly, It1s th tntoution of thu Cominittos 8o farns | know. Individusily, I ntend to mako s roport when Instructed by the Councll, Ism in favor of admitiing new compi- nles it [ can sco uny )l'oml 1o come ont of it. What wonld bo the offect of admitting them? Thero are four knocking at the door. they were nllowed to tear up tho strectu to put fu tlielr malne, the utrovts would coriuinly be vory seriously abstruct- ed. How long wonli It take thom to lay the malns thronghout the clty? Notoncof tho companics aaking come [n wonld como with res sponsfblo mou and say they would Isy malns throughout the city wnd furnish as At u rato cheaper than §t In farnished now, fhoy propused ta Iay the mufns when they gob ready, 1f one company wonld come forward mid aruntoo to furnish gis at & reduced price he wad fl‘l‘hvur af adwltting it, None of the vrdinanced juaued by thi to do that, Committee © Chairmau of the Committeo }uupux‘l'«l 'l‘hclprormltlnn of the majority of tho a8 plwply this: Tho reduction in thu timo-table had already been passed, and they de- #ired the paguago of anexcecdingly hinportant ondee to changu the burnors from 6 to 3 fe The mo- cct, uent that was done the Bouth and Narth Bifo Company would reduca thelr 'vrlcu fromn §2,50 10 :2; and when the President of TIE WEYT 8IDB COMPANY roturned ho was suthorized to say that ho wonlt make s wimllar reductlon, In this wéls a Kaving to the city would bo effectod of over $300, 000 per un num. . Ald. 8mith expressed surpriso that the provious apsaker wlnhnflo ravont the n&lullulmll’ of new companles. 1t would ba a terrible fix If by tuking fhiosy concessions from the extuting companles they should bar compstition hz uew companics, - Ald. Callerton—Will the gentleman allow mea questiony 1d, Bmith—Innamuch as the gentleman repres acnts tha West Side Company 1o & certain extent, [ do not like to cope with Him on thls questlon. (Laughter, Ald, Cullerton—\Vell, it you rofuse It s all right; but I don't want any wan to hapugn my motlves. Ald. Binith—But { am yoing to db it. Ald. Cullerton—Well, Tet us have it, then. Ald. Smith— am not goint nto porsonal matters now, bat slmply wish to bt this gas monopoly. But T will say this—that wiicn Tsea Mr, Blllin:s come boro und fall oa the gentloman's neck and kiss bim, I naturally think ho fa (n collnaon with bo [Langbtor, ] "o Alderiat wont on to 627 that It would be wu detriment to have the strects tosn up for the Iaying of walns. Ho Lnew that MONEY LAD DREN UBLD, to give the pld companics thelr contructs. A gens tleman who w the ofd Connei] had told blia that they had g 10 vote for thy contract, 1o (Mr. Bmith) conld prova that If uocesary. Al Thompion—Ato you In favor of " the adula- slon of tho Consumers' (Gag Compaiy 1 All. Buith sald he had ot examined the differs ©nt propusitions, but by wus surprised that s e