Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 15, 1876, Page 4

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At the New York Gold Exchange onSat- urday greenbacks ruled at 913 Judge WrLriaus yesterday gave his decis- jon in the case of the Riverside land suits, which were o tangled mass of real estate, trust deeds, bonds, gas-works, water-works, and railroads. The only point of general interest was the subrogation of the cily in the interest of Davip A. Gace in the River- ide property under what is known as the ¢ JEWETT trust deed.” The Times of yesterday has some nnjust and utterly uncalled-for remarks concerning C. L. Eastox, one of the Republican candi- dates for the Tllinois House of Representa- tives from the First District. 1Mr. Eastox is alawyer of more than aversge ability, is possessed of general culture, and will make a good Representative. The writer in the ¥mes could not have kmown the gentleman, and must heve gotten his information at second-hand from some prejudiced person. Ex-Attorney-Gereral Wrnrraws, who has just returned to Washington from a thorough canvass of the State of Oregom, expresses the opinion that that State is as sure for the Republicans in November as the State of Maine. The entire Republican element in Oregon is working in complete harmony, and, from the fact that the Democrats have herctofore orly succeeded because of a lack of coliesion in the Republican ranks, it would seem that Mr. Wrnrians' predictions we well founded. ¥ The case of Ald. Barrarp, who sued for an injunction against the Commissioners to restrain them from proceeding with the crection of the new Court-House, came up for hearing yesterday before Judge Facwrun. The complainant introduced tes- timony to show that the county was not in a condition fo proceed with the werk, and that it could not be prosecuted without vio- lsting the Constitution. Arguments in re- buttal were made by Messrs. RoUNTREE, Jrwerr, and Lawnesxce. The Court took the question under adrisement. The Third Ward Republican Club last evenirg adopted a very efficient method of sanvassing the ward, which ought to be fol- lowed by every club. The ward is divided into precincts, and each precinct into dis- tricts of two or three blocks. For each district a canvasser has been ap- pointed, and every house is to be visited, and the names of sll the male occu- pants ascertained. Not only this, but the numbers of all vacant lots and churches will be noted, to be used at the election, so that repesting will be slmost impossible. The names of the canvassers also are such as to insure accuracy and relinbility. No definite conclusion has been reached by the Earopean Powers relative to the pro- posed armistice. It is evident, from the tenor of all the foreign dispatches, that Rus- sia is at present the stumbling-block in the way of the settlement of the Eastern prob- lem, but whether the Czar will carry Lis opposition to the sapparently mutu- al programme proposed by the other guaranteeing parties to the exient of open war remsins to be seen. Itis cer- 1ain that the Porto’s proposition meets with little favor at the Servian and Montenegrin Capiisls ; and these Provinces, if left to themselves, will prefer to fight to the bitter end rather than accept any compromise which does not include a full guarantee for the protection of the Christian population. The Chicago produce markets were ir- reguler Saturday. Mess pork closed 10@15¢ per brl lower, at §16.00 for October and E14.771@14.50 seller the year. Lard closed Brmer, at $10.45@10.47} for the month and $9.20@9.22% for the year. Meats were easier, ot Gjc for new shoulders, box- ed, 8i@6ic for do short ribs, and 8jc for do short clears. Lake freights were quiet and firmer, at 4c for corn to Buffalo. Highwines were firm, at $1.10 per gallon. Flour was quiet and unchanged. ‘Wheat closed jc higher, at §1.08} for October and §1.03} for November. Corn closed #c lower, at 43}c cash and 43c for November. Oats closed easier, at 324c cash and 323c for November. Rye was firmer, at 594c. Barley closed 2@3c higher, at 89¢ for Dctober and 85}@86¢ for November. Hogs were 5@10c lower, at %5.50@C.00 per 100 Ws. Cattle were quiet, at £2.50@5.00. . Bheep were stendy at $2.75@4.50. One hundred doliars in gold would buy $109.00 in greenbecks at the close. There is no oceasion to con the party plat- form for it. There has slready been fur- nished us & sample of the retrenchment in tle reduetion of salaries, and catting off of sinecures, and fetching expenditures down to hard-pan, that is to be accomplished under the regime of the Reform Democracy in case they capture the Administration at the ap- prouching election. The Inte Reform Demo- cratic House of Representetives, which was elected upon the retrenchment-reform, high- moral basis, furnished the sample referred to, and made clear what the Reform Democracy meanbyreform. The figures compiled from the official record show it. The total offi- cial staff allowed the Speaker by the Repub- lican House consisted of a single officer, the Spesker's Secretary. The Democratic Re- form House came into power and proceeded to retrench, after the Reform Democratic style, by doubling the Speaker's staff, for the purpose of cresting the office of Special Messenger for the Speaker. The Sergeant- at-Arms of the Republican House ran his office with the aid of two subordinates. The Reform Democratic House retrenched by creating the office of Paying-Teller, making the number three. The Doorkeeper of the Republican House discharged his duties satisfactorily with the assistance of 23 sub- ordinates, all told. The Democratic Houss retrenched by increasing the number to 33. The Postmaster of the Republican House was allowed 10 subordinates in his office. The Democratic House retrenched by in- creasing the number of employes in the Postmaster’s office to 16. The Republican House did its committee work with but 27 committee clerks. The Reform House re- trenched by adding 11 to the number of Committee clerks. To sum up, the Reform Democratic House retrenched by increasing the number of House employes from 89 to 115. The figures indicate precisely wherein the retrenchment consisted. It was in the multiplication of sinecure places to be filled by the Democratic brawlers for reform. If Gov. TiLDEN is not a rapid writer, there- markable document printed this morning, like his justiy-admired letter of acceptance, proves:him'a comprehensive one. The addressof the National Democratic Committee may be accepted as in great partMr. TiLpeEx's handiwork. It has all the Macaulayan stateliness of diction with the brilliant directnessof Benke. It ie a significant document in tone as well as in composition. If the result of the election had not gone far beyond Gov. TILDEN'S anticipations he would never heve permitted anaddressso positive 98 thistogo out from his committee.—Chicago Times. If he had not been heated and his head whirling from the effects of the stimulants, Sau Trupex would never have permitted his man Hewrrr to issue that ebloviating pro- nuncismento, which is written in regular Mexican style. Hewirr himsclf must have been partly intoxicated when he penned it, and when he sobers off he will be ashamed of the ridiculous bosasting in which he has indulged. The able editor of the Zimes de- clares that the maudlin pronunciamento “* has all the Macaulayan stateliness of dic- tion, with the brilliant directness of Burge"! 1t is clear that he, too, tarried too long over his bottle, and had reached the hiccough frame of mind when he made so preposterous a comparison. Indeed, it is nearly certain that he has never read a chapter of Burne's writings in his life, else he would never, even when intoxicated, liken those eloquent writings to the drunken drivel issued in Hewrrr's name, but which the able ceditor ascribes to the ‘“Reformer” himself. It is on insult to the memory of the great essayist to compare the partisan electioneer- ing slush of Hewrrr to the * stately diction of Macavrar.” The alle editor of the Times speaks of “TiLDEN's justly-admired letter of acceptance,”—a letter which nei- ther that able editor nor any of his subscrib- ers ever understood the mesning of. Per- haps it is for that reason the able editor “‘admires” it. Col. INcERSOLL has the repu- tation of comprehending the meaning of abstruse documents as well as most men. He spent some time studying that ““admired letter of ncceptance” to find out what it meant, and this is all that he has been able to make of it, as set forth in his New York speech: There is a gentleman by the neme of TrLpEN who ‘has written an eseay upon finance. Some people call it 8 letter of acceptance. Now, suppose 1 read this letter, and, after having read it, got at the atmosphere, en rapport,—you know what I mean,—that I wasfuilof it, and that I wrote In the same vein. Suppose I ehould, in the most solemn and impressive mauner, tell you that the fluctuations caused in the vital stability of shifting dinancial operations, not to say epecula- tions of the wildest character, canuot be rendered instantly sccountable to a trne financial theory, based upon the great law that the superfiuons is not a necessity, exceptin vague thoughts of persons unacquainted with the exigencies of the honr, and cannot, in the absence of a central reservoir of coin with 8 haman intelligence at the head, hasten by any system of convertible bonds the cxpecta- tion of public distrust; mo matter how wiscly planned and discreetly pursned. failure s assured, whatever the real result may be. E If that is not just like it, I don't know where the difference is. This is a perfect photograph of the ad- mired letter of acceptance. Perhaps the able editor comprehends the true inwardness of it, but it is quite certain no one else does— including TroexN himself. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The City of Chicago, and the county of which itis a part,isa large political com- munity. The texes lovied and expended for local purposes hers are greater than those levied for the support of the Government of the State of Illinois. They are greater than are levied and expended for the Government of any one of the States of the Union except two. The combined public debt of the sev- aral parts of this community is greater than that of any one of a majority of the North- ern States. In point of population ana in the amount of taxable property, it outranks many of the States. The power to tax and the power to expend and to create debt is lodged in two municipal Boards, the Cily Council and the County Commissioners. At the election a few weeks hence one-third of this Board of County Commissioners is to be elected. The retiring members of this Board are Messrs. Busse, Burnics, Hertrve, Lox- ERGAN, and JomxsoN. Noone of these mem- bers has been nominated for re-election, though Messrs. Busse and Burpick have stood high in popular estimation, and Messrs. LoxercAN and HentmNe are men of fair rep- utation, and have been in no way personaily implicated in the questionable transactions of the Board. All the candidates, therefore, for this Board are new men for that office. ‘The opposing candidates are as follows : Republican. : Democratic. L. 1L Dayi: William Fitzgerald, Peter L. Hawkinson, John N. Lenzen, Patrick Mctrath, John 1. Hotman, G. W. Newcomb, James Bradley. H. C. Sennc. (One vacancy. ) A comparison of these lists will result in & decided preference for the Republicans ; nev- ertheless, the question will suggest itself, in the light that the most of these men songht the nominations, What they desired the office for? The compensation, at the greatest stretch of the law, cannot be made to ex- ceed $1,400 & year, and then only by giving their whole tume on every business day of the year. Is the office songht for the com- pensation ? If 50, then the seeking of the office for the compensation indicates that the men have no occupation or business which yields them that sum annually, and that the office is sought for its profits. If such be the case, then the prospect of re form or a correction of abuses is a poor one. ‘We may, however, do injustice to some of these candidates, who, unknown to us, are, like Mr, Nxwcoxs, men of wealth, business experience, thoroughly familiar with city and county affairs, and entirely able, with. out neglect of their own daties, to give 280 days' time to the publio without other pecun- jary reward than the paltry sum of $5 per day. The whole Board consists of fifteen mem- bers, and eight members constitute a ruling majority. The public are asked to elect five from the persons named on these two lists. The present Board has been considered as ruled by a mejority which is essentially cor- rupt, and which has sought the office for the money that is i it. How are the public to select from these ten men? Will the selec- tion improve the Board, or will it tend to give unanimity to its action? Mr. New- coxs renders the public a rare service by consenting to serve in the Board, and will be some compensation for! the loss of Mr. Burpick, who ought to have been, but was not, renominated. We understand that Alr. Busse, who lives in the country, has con- sented to be a caadidate, and we trust he will be re-elected. He has served ably, faithfully, and to the great protection of the public. In seclecting members for this Board no party considerations should induce the public to vote for a man who ought not to be elected, nor vote against any one who is known to be competent, and who seeks the office for an honest purpose. ‘This Board has the power to create a debt of several millions of dollars, and to spend the money at their exclusive discretion. It has the power of taxation for any purpose which the majority may select. The expenditure of several millions for & new Court-House is now in progress, and the histqry of the stone contracts fur- nishes indications of what dishonest men may do and will do when they have the power. Hero there are five officers to be elected clothed with absolute discretion to levy taxes, and borrow money and expend the proceeds. Each one of these offices is more important to the public than Sheriff, or Re- corder, or Secretary of State, or Treasurer, and yet for these offices the two parties have nominated the persons named in the two lists we have given. The Democratic party is grossly criminal, that, preaching reform, it did not nominate even oue suitable person for Commissioner. It would have won some respect for its professiods of reform had it nominated five _persons for Commissioners who were known to the public as competent and experienced men of integrity and character. It not only failed to do so, but made such nominations that, if successful, will hand that Board over to the corruptionists beyond all deliverance or rescue for years. It is to be regretted that the Republican party did not, while select- ing Mr. Nrwcous, strengthen their nomina- tions by making the whole ticket equally ac- ceptable and equally proper to be elected to protect the large pablic interests at stake. THE REFORM CANVASS. Never was there such ado about reform. Trmoes and Reform is the outery that is borne upon the breeze in this breezy cam- paign. In his letter of acccptance and in Lis pronunciamento over the Indiana elec- tion, Mr. Tr.oEN himself shouts it londest of all. Jomy Moznissey, with a hand full of trump cards, pauses in the gemo to take up the cry for reform. From Tammany Hall JorN Kervy re-echoes it. Wane HaareTox passes it along in South Carolina. In Geor- gia Bex Hou sounds it, and *“ Gen.” Bor- 1ER, of Hamburg massacre, repeats it down thers, while every Confederate, and party hack, and camp-follower, snd machine poli- tician educated in that school of which the cardinal doctrine is, * To the victors belong the spoils,” swells the chorus for reform. ‘What do they mean by it? When did Mr. Tmpex, or Frexaxoo Weop, or 3ir. Hex- DRICES, or JorN MoRRIssEY, or Tammany Hall, or the New York World, or the Cincin-~ nati Enguirer have any other or higher ides of reform than that of kicking Re- publicans out of office to make place for Confederates and party hacks? The only reform they propose isto turn out of office everybody, without regard to his quali- fications, fitness, and fidelity, in order to make places for the Democratic howlers for reform. The character and antecedents of the men who raise this tremendous din about reform prove it. Mr. Smasy TIDEN was never, in all his shamming career, so much of a sham as when he lifts up his voice and eries sloud for reform. Heis a product of the spoils system. He has never ‘failed in making his appointments to reward his friends and punish Lis enemies. ‘The same is true of Hexpricks; and the whole army of strikers and wire-pullers are already busy bargaining for the places they expect to cap- ture under the rallying-cry of Tmpen and Reform. All that the reform they shout for signifies is & new deal, in which a *clean sweep” shall be made of all the offices in every department of the Government to make place for the army of spoilsmen, ¢ gnunt and hungry,” who shout for TrpEy and Reform. Those who have been carried off their feet by this reform din and clamor would bo wise to stop and ask themselves where it comes from, and what it means. Thenlet them contrast with it the unmistokable utterances of Gov. Haves on the same subject. In his letter of acceptance, with reference to the spoils system, he said : More than forty years 0goa system of making appointments grew up, based upon the maxim, **To the viclors belong the spoils.” The old rale, the true rule, that honests, capacity, and fidehity constitute the ouly real qualifications fof office, and that there is no other claim, gave place to the idea that party services were to be chiefly consid- ered. All partics in practice huve adopted this system. It has been cssentially modified since its first introduction. It Las not, howerer, been im- proved. At first the President, either directly or through the heads of departments, made all the appointments; but gradually the appointing pow- er, in many cases, passed into the control of members of Congress. The oftices, in these cases, Lave become not merely the rewards for party services, bt rewards for services to party leaders. The system destroys the independence of the sep- arate departments of the Government. It tends directly to extravagance and official incapacity. It is a femptation to dishonesty; it hinders and im- pairs the careful supervision and strict nccounta- bility by which alone faithfal and eficient public service can be secured; it obstracts the prompt re- moval and sure punishment of the unworthy. In every way it degrades the civil service and the character of the Government. - . - Ttonghttobeabolished. The reform hould be thorough, radical, and complete. We should return to the principles and practices of the founders of the Government—supplying by legisla- tion, when needed, that which was formerly the cstablished custom. They neither expectea mor desired from the pubiic officers any partisan ser- vice. They meant that public officers should give their whole service to the Government andto the people. They meant that the oficer should be se- cure in his tennre 25 long as his personal character remained untarnished and the performance of his duties entisfactory. If elected, I shall conduct the administration of the Government upon these principles, and all constitutional powers vested in the Executive will be employed to establish this reform. There is no mistaking the exact meaning of that. It is a declaration in favor of the reform that disposes of the whole question of administrative reform ; for when Govern- ment officials give their whole service to the Government instead of to party, when their tenure of office continues so long as they effi- ciently and honestly discharge their duties, and when the Administration is conducted on those principles, there will remain noth- ing to be accomplished in the way of admin- istrative reform. The principles declared by Gov. Hayes in his letter of acceptance are not new with him. In 1872, in his speech at Glendale, which was reported in full in the Cincinnati papers, he took occasion to refer to the pub- lished speech of the Hon. AamoN F. Prray on Civil-Service Reform, and to indorse it as “ gound doctrine,” and to add that he trust- ed the day was not far distant when the doc- trines declared by Mr. Perey would be car- ried out in administration. What Gov. Haxes then held to be sound doctrine is manifest from the following extract from Mr. Perey's speech : The dificalty, as I conceive, les in a false pre- tense of appointing men for the bemefit of the party, when, infuct, they are not appointed for any such purpose, but to secare followers, and ronners, ayd electioneerers for the men through whose influence they are appointed. If we can get rid of this difiiculty, there will bo very little left to be got rid of. Aly idea of the true remedy for this was simply by the force of opinion, by the action of the Presi- dent and heads of departments, and, if mecessary, by act of Congress, to forbid members of Congress, both in the Honse and Senate, Federal ofilcers, judicial and o*her, of all kinds, from asserting, as perquisiles, theright of nominating Jfor offices of any kind, and of preserving to the President aud heads of departments the right given them by the Constitution, fo nominate the oficers withoyt ex- lernal pressure, and the Senate to act upon ulthout reference to personal arrangements among the Senators themselues. Gov. Hayes, too, has acted upon the re- form oprinciples declared in his letter of acceptance among his appointees as Gov- ernor of Ohio, the record showing along list of Democrats appointed to office by him, foremost among whom was Gen. Tou Ewixe, whom Gov. Hives made one of the Board of Directors of the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home—a most important trust, involving the expenditure of large sums of money and no small share of what is denominated *¢ patron- age.” Those who are sincere in their demand for reform who will review the record’ and party affiliations of Gov. Haves and Gov. TmwpeN respectively will see how they may throw away 2 man who means reform for a man who himself is a part of the spoils system, and whose professions for reform are to be trusted precisely as much as would be the professions of the Turks of a heartfelt desire to protect the Christians in Servia. THE LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES. Both parties have nominated their candi- dates for the Legislature. The Republican nominees are 8 decided improvement upon those of the Democratic party. This could bardly have been otherwise, considering the general character of the Democratic Legisla- tive ticket. In the choice of members of the Legislaturo, each parry has a direct inter- est in the character of the candidates of the other party. Under the minority plan each party must elect s proportion of the Repre- sentatives. The political contest is really confined to one member from those districts where there is 2 contest at all. In the Third District a Democrat is to be elected, and the candidate, Mr. Sanrr, will be creditable to the district. Inthe Third District but one Republican can be elected, and but one is nominated. In the Fourth District but one Democrat can be elected, though two have been nominated. In the First, Fifth, and Sixth Districts cach party has named two candidates. Ifisunnecessary to cell names,— the public are fully advised as to the men on both tickets,—but inasmuch as nominations in each district are equivalent to an election of at least one of the minority candidates, there exists a strong reason why the future Representative should be notonly competent, but also a man of established character, es- pecially for integrity. The public have an appeal even from the mistakes of conventions, and party man- agers will be false to their daty if they do not take these two lists of candidates and purge them of the name of every man who is notoriously igecompetent and notoriously unfit for the office. If party managers will not do this, then the voters of each district, of both parties, can unite in the sclection of men who are fit to go to the Lsgislature, and who will be of some service when there, and by combining their voies do two good things: 1. Elect proper Representatives. 2. Defeat and punish bad nominations. The interests of Chicago in the noxt Leg- islature are too great to be sacrificed by mere party discipline. If the party insults public intelligence, then the party asks to be and should be defeated. We hope the voters will sovercly scrutinize these Legislative nominations, and in no csse vote for a man to represent the public whom the voter would not select to represent him personally in any matter requiring ability, information, experience, and honesty. But the best and wisest course is for the mansgers of each porty to ask the withdrawal of the improper candidates, and, in case the candidates per- sist, then inform the public, and leave it to the voters to apply the remedy at the polls. AN OFFICIAL OUTRAGE. Some years ago, Mr. C. F. Periorar, at that time a member of the firm of Jaxes Foesyra & Co., wholesale grocers of thiscity, bid for andobtained, in the name of the firm, the contracts for supplying the various pub- lic institutions of this aounty with a great variety of goods. Though thess contracts were teken in the name of the firm, they were in fact almost exclusively managed and coatrolled by Permioxatr. The goods, etc., were delivered, practically, by the firm to Prriorar, who furnished them to the county, and he conducted the whole business in a sort of confidential way with the officials representing the county. In January, 1875, the firm of Forsyra & Co. was dissolved by the retirement of PErtorar. In the subse- quent investigations by the Grand Juries of the transactions between PEerroraT and sev- eral county officers, the testimony of the books of Forsytm & Co. while he was o member of the firm be- ceme of some importance, and AMr., Jaxes FomsyTH, semior partner, was summoned. That gentleman frankly and fully stated to the Grand Jury all that he knew personally, or that the books of the old firm contained, whichhad any bearicg on theirregularities. It will be remembered that PEerrorat, Kruses- vy, SweeTzer, and several Commissioners were indicted for conspiracy to defraud Cook County. Some of the Commissioners were tried and scquitted for the want of suf- ficient testimony, while Prriorar and the other Commissioners have taken & chango of venue to some other county, and are yet to be tried. Mr. ForsyTa is of courss one of the witnesses for the State, and towards him there is a most malignant feeling on the part of the officials. The Board of County Commissioners, for themselves and at the instigation of Prrio- 14T, recently made an order directing thata suit be institoted in the name of the county against Jawes Forsyte & Co., to recover $02,000 alleged to have been fraudulently taken from Cook County while that firm was contractor for farnishing supplies. This suit is 50 evidently malicious, and instihx_fed 80 notoriously for revenge, its object being to injure and, if possible, break down the financial credit of the firm of Fopsyrm & Co., that we have felt it to be no more than justice to a respectable mercantile house to thusspecially state the facts, and to brand the proceeding as an official outrage of the most disgraceful character. e ———— POLITICAL FORGERS. It was expected that, when the October elections wers over, the Chicago Zimes would sbandon its fac-simile falsehoods and its forged letters. Tt was not believed that past offenses would be apologized for, still it was hoped that no new ones would be commit- ted. Yet that paper, in its issue of yester- day, returned to its Literary Bureau fabrica- tions as follow: Of Gov. Haves' sympathy and abeolute iden- tification with the Enow-Nothing Leegue there is not ;a shadow of doubt, as the appended explicit note from himself testifles: Cortunvs, 0., June 39, 1870.—L. . Secretary American Alliance, Box 2,071, New York— Dear Sti: Your favor of 9th and 19th {nst. received, with certificates of membership, constitution, etc., of the American Aliance. e pleased to accept my thanks for your lilgh uppreciation of myseif. Trusting that ¥ may ‘prove worthy of the confidence reposed [ me, 1 remafn your fellow-citizen, R. B. HAYES. This note from Gov. HaYEs clears the situation like sonshine. This letter, preceded and followed by a mass of verbiage, is paraded before the read- ers of the Zimes as if it proved something, was something, and yet the editor knew that the letter was a forgery, and that the crime had been exposed. He attempted to pass a counterfeit bill, when all the world knew the note was worthless. 'This particular forgery is No. 2 of the series. The first one was furnished by the Literary Bureau of TrroEN & Co., manufacturers of spurious fac similes, campaignslanders, Know-Nothing scares, etc. It was supplied in wholesale quantities to the T'%nes and other passers of counterfeits— editorial shovers of the queer. That was speedily detected, exposed, and its circula- tion stopped. Then the Bureau manufactur- ed the letter given above, and recommended it to the trade as a fine specimen of the “bogus.” No sooner was it in circulation than the cheat was discovered. The editor ter, Chief of the Cincinnati Volksblatt, suspecting tha forgery, addressed himself to Gov. Haves' Private Secretary, Mr. A. E. Lgg, and promptly received the following by tele- graph: Coruvsus, O., Sept. 14.—Col. L. Markbreit: There was never any such letter written. Thereis nota word of jtruth in the whole etory that Gov. ‘Haves, either by letter ]x otherwise, ever ex- pressed such sentiments. A. E. Lee. To unother German inquirer the following explicit dispatch was also sent : CoLuMsus, O., Sept. 13.—Dzar Stm: It is not trae that Gen. Haves was 8 Know-Nothing, or that he has given any assurance of sympathy with, or indorsement of, declarationsagainst the naturaliza- tion of foreigners, or the privileges of naturalized citizens. Heis opposed, as the Republican party 13, to any sectarian interference, Catholic or other- wise, with political affairs. You can denounce aa one of the roorbacks of the campaign any charges inconsistentwith theae facts. Very truly yours, A. E. Lz, Private Secretary. These responses were mesde public. some weeks 830, and yot tho Zimes republishes the falsehood—a notorious, exposed, confessed lie. Ware the writer of the editorial in the Times to attempt to pass a forged check, or utter o counterfeit note, he would be sent to the Penitentiary. Where else would a Court of conscience or of morality send him were he tried before it for trying to passon the public a counterfeit letter, knowing it to be such ? The only plea in palliation of the crime would be that everybody knew it was 8 forgery, end that the writer was onlya simpleton. And that is the only plea. For what can the Times expect to accomplish by such a shameless prostitution of the power of jour- nalism? Does it expect, by turning a Cheap- John and peddling stale lies day after dsy, to deceive Republican voters,—men of intelli- gence,—and persuede them into belief in these falsehoods, so that, angered at Haves, they will vote the Confederate ticket? Is it the part of a reformed journalist, is it one of the methods of a reform campeign, to obtain votes by fraudulent pretenses? Are the pol- itics of the country to be reformed by for- gery, and is honesty to be secured by dis- honesty ? It bes hitherto been customary to appeal to the reason of an opponent by argu- ments. It is now proposed to appeal to his pessions with falsehoods, and defrand him into voting against his principles, his con- victions, and his party. A person guilty of such practices is openly condemned by all decent men, and is regarded with secret con- tempt by the party in whose interests he is laboring. And this is the latest illustration of the independent jouwrnalism of the pble editor. CHINESE RELIGION. The doctrines of the Chinese religions, although they have no particular bearing upon the Presidential campaign, which is now the uppermost topic in the popular mind, are none the less part and parcel of a great system which may yet play an im- portant part in the social end political fabrie of this country. Since Mr. BurLiNcawx's time, popular interest in Chinese matters has greatly increased, and the emigration from that country to this, as well as the establish- ment of more intimate trade relations be- tween the two countries, have given this interest additional impulse. People are talking of China to-dsy more than ever. The newspapers are printing more informa- tion concerning the habits and customs of its millions of people than ever before, and yet it is a curious truth that comparatively little is known about them after all. Tkis is specially true with regard to their religion, or rether with their system of teachings, since they have neither God nor religion in the meaning of those terms es accepted by the Christian world; and yet this system is the system of over four hundred millions of people—one-third of the human race—not onlyin China, but in Northern Tartary, in Corea, and in Japno. Anything which tends to throw light upon the religious beliefs of this peculiar people, therefore, will possess unusual interest at the present time, when the Chinese question has become so far involved in American pol- itics as to figure in the platforms of the two great parties. A work written by the Rev. Jorx L, Nevixs, who was for many years a missionary in China, supplies some facts upon this head not generally known, and, as the work in question, for some mysterious reason, has had a very limited circulation and is substantially out of print, Tee Cuicaco TriBuNe will give those facts the benefit of its circulation in a series of Sundsy articles, the first of which shall be devoted to Cox- Focrus and Confucianism. The great Chinese teacher was born B. C. 551, his family name being Kuxe, and his disciples calling him EKuNd“Fu-1s; or the teacher Kuxe, which term was Latinized by the Jesuits into Cosrucrts. Much of his life was spent inlong journeys from province *to province, during which he attempted to reform abuses and give instruction to his fol- lowers. He was not the originator of any new doctrine, but the expounder and inter- preter of the teachings of the old sages. The Confucian system is found in the Chinese classics, comprising what are called the Wu- King and the S-shu—* The Five Classics and the Four Books.” The Five Classics record the teachings of the sages who preceded Coxrucrus, and the Four Books contain his own sayings and teachings. ‘These books are commonly regarded as expounding the religions system of China, whewiu in reality the religious element is almost entirely wanting in them. The contents are made up of ethics, history, political economy, biography, and poetry. Coxructus never discoursed upon the gods nor upon the future state. When asked about death he replied: ¢ Imperfectly ac- quainted with life, how can I know u'f denth ?” He always professed to teach posi- tive truth, in opposition to what is vagne and uncertain. Five Relations and Five Virtues form the bases of his system. The Five Relations are those between Emperor and officer, father and son, husband and wife, older and younger brothers, and friends. These Relations bring out in the strongest light the duties of loyalty; of -respect, obedience, and regard for law inthe family as fitting the individual forbeinga good citizen; of filial piety as the firstduty in the category and one of the most important pacrts of Chinese religion; the duty of woman to be the servant of man; and of the elder brother to love and the younger to respect. These are the main relations. They sppertain to huean duties alone. There is no mention of any relation between God and man. The Five Virtues are Jen, Yi, Li, Cu, and Sin —Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Knowledge, and Faith. Asin the Christian system, Benevolence is placed first, and Cox- rucrus defined it as follows: * What yon do not want done to yourself, do not do to others,” which, it will be observed, is the Golden Rule in the negative form, - pro- nounced 500 years before Curist. His sec- ond Virtue, Righteousness, he defines as that which ought to be done, thus appealing to the conscience, the law of the heart, rather than to any written law. In discussing his third Virtue, that of Propriety, he contended that the habitual cultivation of its outward forms tended to develop the inner virtues. Undoubtedly much of the Chinese habit of inflexible adhesion to form and ceremony grows out of the Confucian idess of this Virtue. The fourth Virtue in his system, that of Knowledge, relates rather to a knowledge of men and of self, and of prac- tical wisdom in dealing with others, than to general intekigence. The Virtues thus far include the careful culture of the affections, the outward behavigr, and the intellect. The last Virtue—that of Faith—pertains to sincerity of heart and truthfulness. It is not so much Faith as Truth, the ground of Faith. Coxructus rests the authority of his sys- tem upon the conscience, and the object of his teeckings is the promotion of good gov- ernment by pointing out rules and principles for self-government and culture. There is no idea of God in these teachings. Like Socrates, he based his system npon the sug- gestions and intimations arising from man’s moral nature, rather than from any written or divine law. His great desire was to benefit the race. His idea of ‘government was a ruler swaying his people by illustrating in his own person the perfection of virtue. As Dr. Nevins says: ““It is perhaps not too much to say of him that the system of ethics and morality which he taught is the purest which has ever origi- natedin the history of the world independent of the Divine revelation in the Bible, and that he Hag exerted a greater influence for good upon our race than any other unin- spired sage of antiquity.” In future articles we propose to take up some extremely inter- esting topics connected with Buddhism, Tauism, the national religions rites and be- Lief, the superstitions, and the missionary operations, from which a good general idea msy be derived of the real character of Chi- nese religious belief. At present we have advanced far enongh to see that the Con- fucian system is confined to certain morali- ties and virtues, without reference to the ex- istence of God or any special belief in a Future state. The Cincinnati Republican papers are point- ing out how the horse was stolen and two Re- ‘publican Congressmen lost in that county. It is now discovered that an immense fraudulent vote was polled, but no adequate steps were taken to prevent it. Under the laws of Ohio the Tax-Assessors are requirdd every four years to report the names of all male ichabitants within their districts of the age of 21 years and upwards, which includes alicns as well as c:ti- zcns. Last spring such a census was taken. ‘These returns compared with the total vete cast ‘on Tuesday in the following wards indicate the extent of the frauds. Of course there are in every ward a large number of men who are not legal voters; but thesc are cnumerated by the Assessors. The figures given below show the number of votes polled in excess of the adult male population of the several wards: R Fourth Ward, excess 93 Sixth Ward, excess 90 Fifth Ward, exces 171 ‘Twenty-first Ward, excess. Twenty-fifth Ward, excess... Excess of votes over adult males. 76 As these were wards largely made up of for- eigners, it is farr to presume there were sey- eral thousand unnaturalized persons; yet, not- withstanding that, the vote far exceeded all the male adults in those wards. 1t is the®opinion of those who are investigating matters that 8,000 or 4,000 fraudulent and spurious ballots were added to the legal votes cast for the Dem- ocratic candidates. By these means they have corruptly returned two men as elected to Con- gress who were clearly beaten. We understand the matter is to be taken in hand before the United States District Court, and it is expected there wiil be some astonishing revelations of rascality by the professional reformers of the TILDEN school of politics. ———— The Boston Advertiser is the bearer of good tidings from the Republican campaign in Massachusette, and in estimating the reliability of this good news it isto be remembered that the Advertiser is a sound, sure conservative authority, which never “enthuses” or talks at random. It says: With the good news from the West eigns are fair for the election of the Republicay State ticket handsomely over all the factions. op posed to it, and of the election of Republican Con. gresemen in every district, with possibly n single exception. And of that district, imperiled by fae homination of & candidate who fs to-day attacking can principles from the iy dis- telct, —we do not wholly despatr, P = ¥ dis ————— The Republican Vigilance Committee of In- dianapolis were tolerably successful in driving out of the town the blood-tubs, roughs, and ballot-box stuffers imported by the professional Reformers from Baltimore and Chicago, but, after runuing the scoundrels out of Indianapo- 1lis, they neglected to follow them home. A large number of these wretches & moved on ™ to Fort Wayne and deposited their spurious votes, repeating at different Democratic pre- cincts. Others got in thefr work at the various towns'along the road that were under the con- trol of the Reformers. The majority for Byy JEANS was enlarged sbout 500 or 600 i 2 ‘Wayne by these Baltimore importations, Ey day more and more evidences of fraudp) the number of imported voters did not voting in Indiana are accumulating, Pom,yfm . EXeeey Brue JEANS’ majority; but, had there beenp, more cheating on the side of the ““Reformeryn than on that of the Republicans, Tnothing by the final footing of the official retums Wolj determinc which candidate was electeq ernor. But the mischief is done beyond repay, ———— J ““The South African Republic,” as the Tryy,, vaal State is styled, and which is abont tots come 2 British dependency, will have lasteq a & Republic about a quarterof a century whey that event takes place. The Transyaal D, tion of Independence was made in 1852, and thy independence was achieved in 1854 The py AMall Budget furnishes some facts cop this moribund Republic, from which it appean that it embraces s territory of 120,000 squuy miles, and has a population of 300,000 inhabits ants. It is intended to federate with thy Transvaal State the Orange Free State and Cape Colony. * And,” the Budget adds, ey {federation shall have been accomplished, or the two neighboring Republics have been absorbeg into the British Dominions, one of our colo. nies, and that anything but the most. importay, will be twice the size of France.” — PERSONAL. Irsbella wept when she re-entered the Escurq : after her long banishment. Victor Hugo's forthcoming volume of posms F] sald to be purely Jiterary in its character, excludi political topics. Butit contains some severe per. sonal satires. Two celebrities of Berkshire County, M. chusctts—Prof. Grifin, of Willlams College, ad Gen. W. F. Bartlett, of Pittsficld—are lying st iy pointof death. The Copts in Cairo persecute travelers with tyy cry of **Backshcesh for the Virgin Mary.” Ty 1s the primitive idea of indulgences lingering in t3 untatored Eastern mind. Maj.-Gen. 0. O. Howard was expected to befy town last evening on his way from Washingtonte the West. He did not arrive, however, butwi] doubtless be here to-day. Edward A. Freeman, the historian, refused stand as a Liberal candidate for Parliament fron the Tniversities of Glasgow and Aberdecn, on . count of the heavy expenses whicha canvass would entafl. The New York World says: *‘There arethres things that every moderately-intelligent girl Xknows she can do: She canmake Mayonnaisesauce; she can hum the *Beautiful Blue Danube,’ and shs can play Camille.™ The rising newspaper humorist of the East is Mr. Alden, the author of 2 number of clever editosialy in the New York Zimes, which are as remarkable for their perspicacity as for the splendid flow ot .animal spirits which they exhibit. Mary Anderson, the yonng Louisville actress, had a fall the other night and scraped the skinof her classic proboscis. She was obliged to play Yy Merrilies Quring the remainder of the week, asit was felt that 8 Juliet with a banged-up nose wonid be a mockery. % Martin Farquhar Tapper arrived in New York Thureday, and was immediately pounced upon byt nomber of expert Interviewers. One of them asked him what he thonght of Walt Whitmam **Plagiarist, " bitterly responded the great moralia 4 and philosopher, The XNation, Inareview of ‘*Daniel Deronds,* finds that the very mame of the book points tos misunderstanding between the readess and th author. They cared for Gwendolen Harleth. T writer'sinterest centered, or was intended to centre, upon Daniel Deronda. A newspaper-proprietor in Montreal has beer sued for alleging that a rival sttended oneol Aimee’s performances. They do things differently withus. In Chicago or New York the offenst would be In asserting that 3 live newspaper-maz had not been to Aimee's show. Mr. Moody paid a tonching and eloguent tributs 10 the memory of his dead brother at the funerd in Northfeld, Mass., Tuesday. He was forcedts do it, he said, although some might question his taste. The audience was much moved atthe broken et earnest words of the speaker. Plays which are esteemed in this country indeli- cate find plenty of fashionable patronage in En- gland. Thus, the Marquis of Lorne and the Princest Louise went recently tosee at the Criterion Theatrs **The Great Divorce Case,” which has been con- demned 85 unclean by all the critics who Lave wit- nessed it in New York. Mr. George Smith's wife and large family of children bave been left in destitute circumstances by his untimely death, and it hos been snggested that & public testimonial be made on their behalf The services of the eminent Assyriologist haw surely deserved that his family should be placed above want by a grateful country. Batler must be more or less than human if be does not wince under Prof. Lowell's keen shafts, which the Xation is kind enough to throw. The 1ast epigram, entitled **Moieties, " is as follows: AWldow? Yes, and not of one but twaln, 2 Nelred thelr bt ous proma. i i, ¢ Nelped their dubfous profits, am At'the o1d stand the basiieas cartics b > L The great social question, which, agitated for more than eighty years, is still far from being peacefully settled, has been the subject of the Comte de Chambord's constant meditations. Prines Bismarck knows this well, for he once said to 3 French negotiator: ** There is but one man in Et- rope who understands as I do the social questioz —the Comte de Chambord. " Mr. George Alfred Townsend has hemrd that Stanley is speculating in fvory, and for this resson feels compelled to kill 2 good many negroesin Central Africs. The statement js preguant with awful meaning. It will be ikely 1o prevent s Jarm sale of Stanley napkin-rings =nd table-ornaments, to say nothing of toothpicks. But it should cause a redaction in such coarse implements s billiard- balls. Rabert Lowe writes a letter to the London Tind in which he takes the position that it s the duty of the people opposed to the policy of the Govern- ment on the Bulgarian question to appeal to the Crown. The Zimes controverts him sharply, hold ing that he has misunderstood the constitutions! prerogatives of the Crown and the fanction of th Government as intermediaries between the Crowa and the people. The Chicago Ttmes says that one of Gov. Tilden's late political documents **has ali the Mucaaloyan stateliness of diction with the briillant directness of Burke.” It is mot for **brilliant directness” that Gov. Tilden has heretofore been distin- guished. As spectmens of ** brilliant dircetness,” his messages, and especially his letter of accepl- ance, have been like his subsidized Western rail- roads, which run to every cross-roads. ‘The Springfleld Republican advises the journal- ists of Indiana to learn their buxiness, so that the} may be able to arrive approximately at the e sult of an election the day after it has occarred, 38 the Massachusetts editors can do. This ia Db quite falr. The laws of Massachusetts are more favorable for an early connt than are those of fadi- 2ana, and all parts of the former State are accessible by telegraph, while many townships in the lattef are hard to reach. Alexander Humboldt von der Horck, a youo§ German scientist and traveler, well known in Ea- rope for us explorations in the Arctic regions, bat lately arrived in this country from Glasgow, whers he delivered an address before the British Associ¥ tion, and will make & short trip to onr Wester® cites, in several of which he has been invited 10 lecture. In the summer of 1875 Mr. Von def Horck made a perilous voyage along the rocky coast of Norway, which he left to enter the Sea of Spitzbergen. The Saturday Review thinks Mr. Gladstone should zesume his place zs leader of the Liberal party or court the retirement from public life which he has so well earned,—in other words, b# should ** put up or shut up.” JItisnot surprisisg that the Conservatives are anxious to get Mr. Glad- stone In chancers, nor is it strange that he secks 18 keep them at full length. The freedom and sin* cerity of an {rreeponsible party-follower which a8 apparent in Mr, Gladstone's late speeches arelo refreshing contrast with the cautionsness whi his position 28 a party-leader imposed upon him. Kladderadatsch shows the present conditionof the American problem in a cartoon representingd white man with a negro on his arm waving his hand atanIndian. The three are described as **trav: eled into the land,” *‘lugzed into the land, " and ‘‘born in the land.” The same journal sumsup the disgust of Germans at the German exhibition in Philadelphia in a little sketch of Germaniass3 lovely female in classic costume, who holds up 3 corner of herlong gown to her weeping eyes as sb2 contemplstes an award marked, - Billig = Schlecht,” or, in the vernacilar, *‘chesp nasty.” A crowd of other damsels, exultisge drive her out of the palace doors,