Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 30, 1876, Page 4

4. THE CHICAGO TRIBU MONDAY. OCTOBER. 30, 1876. Che Gribune. TERMS OF SUBSCRILION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—-POSTAGE PREPAID AT THIS OFFICE, alts Faltton, postpaid, 9 year. $12.00 ¥, if ayeay, per montli... 1.00 ! iddrees four wee Mw toany Sunday Kaltion: ‘Literary mud Ivellg neet . ne ‘TrisWeekiy, postpatd, Ly Varts of a year, per month WERKLY EDITION, POSTPAID, Voatage prepatd. Apectmen coptes sent free. ‘To prevent delay and mistakes, he enre and give Post ‘Office address in full, Including State and County, Ueraittances may be made either by dratt, express, Post-Oflice order, or in registered letters, at our risk. TERUMB TO CITY SUNSCRIDERS, Datly, det! zered, Sunday excepted, 25 cyte per week. + Dafly, dellvered, Sunday included, 30 cents per week Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madteon and Dearborn-ste.. Chicago, Ut. AMUSEMENTS. — MeVieker’s Theatres Madson street, between Dearborn and Btate, Engagement of tue Strakosch Opera Troupe. ‘*Nor- ma." Adclpii Thentre. Monroe street, corner Dearborn. Engagement of Dominick Murray, **Escaped from Sing Sing.” Wood's Musonm, Monroe atreet, between State and Dearborn. After noon, ** Ten Nightsln » Bar-Room.” Evening, ** The ‘Two Orphans." New Chicago Thentre. Clark street, between Lake and Randolph. Panto- ‘taline and Minstreisy, is Hnverly’s Thentre. Randotph atrect, between Clark and LaSalle, fornia Sinstreln. Calle MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1876, At the ‘New York Gold Exchango on Satur- day greenbacks were worth 91} conts on the dollar. Poor Tcnennayerr has now got into tho following highly-complicated and precarious situation: “ His centre, undor Deronrna- ‘rovicn, occupies the heights of Djnnis; his right, under Honvatovicn, is behind Schlic- govatz; and his left, under Porovisn, occu- pies Alexinatz.” This is terrible. We havo printed oxtra copies of Mr. Buanve's great speech in Chicago on Satur. day night, and are propnrad to fill all orders thorefor, It is undonbtedly one of tho strongest, clearest, and most convincing ar- guments of the campaign, and should re- ceive the widest possible dissemination. Mr, Moony dolivered yosterday for the first time in Chicago his famous sermon on “ Danren,” and our readers will bo edified this morning by tho perusal of a literal transcript of the narrative as rendorcd in the every-day vernacular by Mr. Moopy. We print also the sermon of tho Rev. Brooxz Henronp, o prominont Unitarian clergyman of this city, in reply to Mr. Moopy’s recent serinon on the subject of the ‘ Dlood” atonement. ‘Tho intense fecling of in ignation aroused by the conduct of Judge McAuuisren in the Surzivan trial is not peculiar to Chicago alone, as will be seen by the comments of the press in other cities, a few samples of which aro reproduced elsewhere in this issue. Hundreds moro of the samo character aro to be fonnd in the columns of our exchanges, showing that tho “ popular clamor” excited Dy this oxtraordinary caso is something more than gc in its seope and extent. Warning is given by a correspondent at Etkhort, Ind., of the preparations imaking by Hozr: to import into South Chicago a large number of repeaters from over the Indiana line. By arranging to have the gravel, wood, and coal trains run west as far os Sonth Chicago, Host ean bring into the First Dis- trict several hundred Indiana voters in time to take them back to vote at their rightful residences, Io has undertaken to win in tho Congressional contest, and the Republicans and respectable Democrats at South Chicago will do well to keep a sharp lookout for Houte's Indiana repeaters, Ex-Secrotary Buistow mado a specch last week at Hopkinsville, Ky., his home at the boginning of the War nud at the time he was a member of the Stato Seunte, Ho is grontly admired and respected by the people of that section, regardless of polities, nud to a very large audionco ho reiterated the sentiments expressed in his speeches at tho North on the subject of the Democratic policy of intimi- dation in the South. ‘Tho proponderanco of Unionism among the Old-Lino Whigs and loyal Democrats of that part of Kentucky, as well as Col. Bnisrow's popularity with his former neighbors and friends, will account for the fuct that his specch was enthusiastic: ally reccived. ————. The publication in a foreign journal of tho letter attributed t3 M. Du Sossenanp, Chief Commissioner of France tothe Ameri. can Centennial Exhibition, containing serious charges against the Centennial Commission and its manayoment, besides insulting ns. Persons upon the American people, has created a-strong breezo in official circtes at Paris. Figaro of to-day will print a lottor from: Marquis ‘Vanterranp, himeelf a mem. ber of the French Comunission, se- verely censuring the writer of the letter, and — pronouncin, ig its asser- tions malevolontly false, Minister Waau- nurse hus promptly taken notice of the matter, and tho Duke Dy. Cazes, Ministor of Foreign Affairs, lias cabled Sostarenanp to ascertain if he is tho author of tho libolous letter, and it is sald that tho Chiof Cominis- sioner disclaims tho rerponsibility aud pro- nounces it apochryphal, he French Gov. erament is highly inconsod at the publica. tion of so gross on aasault upon tho people of the United States, aud will hold somabaly to astrict accountability for it. Lf Sommer. aun wrote tho letter, he will find Limself in extremoly hot water on account of it, —_—_— The Chicago produce markets were rathor quict Saturday; provisions being tame, and breadstulfs firmer, in consequence of small receipts. Moss pork closed be per bri lower, at $16.20@15.25 for old, seller October, aud $10.25@15,27} seller the year, Lard closed firm, at $9.674@9.70 cash (now) and B32) @9.35 seller the year, Moats woro ateady, nt Gjo for new shoulders, boxed; 8lc for do short-ribs; and 8$v for do short-clears. Luko froights wore dull, at 4c for corn to Buffalo. Highwines wero steady, at $1.10 per gatlon, Flour was dull and steady, Wheat closed jo higher, at $1.10} cash and $1,103 for Novem. ber, Corn closed 4@Jo higher, at 42%0 cash and 43c for November. Oats closed do higher, at S240 cush or seller November, Rye was firm, ut Gic. Barley closed dull, at 820 cash oréeller November. Hogs were dull, sto further decline of 6@10c, pucking grades selling at $5.25@25,50. ' ‘Lho eattle trade was fairly active, and prices were firm, at $2.50@ 4.85 for common tu choice, Sheep were iu demand, at & for common to p Ono hundred dollars in gold would buy $109.76 in greenbacks at the closo, TILDEN'S LEITER ON THE CLAIMS. Tn his Saturday night speech Mr. Brame pointed ont a striking omission on the part of Mr, Tipe in the lottur of tho latter re. Inting to Southern claims, Mr. Tinpen argues that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution excludes the great multitude of claims, ‘Thatamendmont rends: The validity of the public deht of the United States authorized by law, including debts incurred for the payment of pensions and bounties for serve fcea in euppresalng {neurrection or rebeliion, shall not be questioned; but nelther the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or ob- Mgatlone sacurred in ald of Ineurrectionor rebellion againet the United States, or any clalm for toss or emancipation of any slave; but all ench debts, ob- Higatious, and clatms shal) be held illegal and vold. Mr, ‘Ctwpen in his letter promises that it ha bo elected ‘Sno claim for any lors or dam- ago incurred by distoynt persons arising from the late War, whother covered by the Fourteenth Amendment or not, will bo recognized or paid.” Mr. Braise points out that this word “incurred,” used in tho amendment and in ‘I'unen’s letter, has a peculiar meaning. Tho losses are those ‘ine curred” as‘wellas those “suffered.” The former are losses of n voluntary character; those of the latter kind are those inflicted or imposed by one party and suffered by tho other, The Intter class aro represented by tho claims which now threaten thedestruction of ths, Treasury. Here is what Mr. Buarne said: Task your attention one moment while T read tt. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States bare twa classes of Hebel clams, one the Rebel proper, the other, compensation for slaves; and the amendment snys that no debt or obligation fncurred In ald of the Rehelllan stall ever be paid by the United States; but the amend- ment dovs not say that any loss suffered shall not be paid, If the Fourteenth Amendment sald that any loss suffered in consequence of the Rebelllon should not be paid, that would be a complete bar, ‘Dut you will observe that that is the clnes of claims which are now presented to the Congress of the United States, and about which the ssue fs before the American people. That class of claims ts for loases suffered, not for losses incurred. ‘There {4 avery strony difference between the nee of the word ‘*Incurred" and the word ‘‘suffered."” The word "Incurred" implles on active intervention of the man who Incurred tho loss. The word “‘suffered means that the losa— (ere a band of music entered the hall, causing a temporary confusion, but a moment later the speaker proceeded.) Now, I want yon to observe that {n Mr. Tiepen's letter he carefully conduee hhnvelf to the same language that ix sed in the Fourteenth Amend- ment, and thot fa, that he will vetoany bill pro- nosing to make guad any loves * Incurred” by disloyal people. Twieh Mr, Tinpey had sald that he was opposed to making good any Jusucs ** nuf- fered by dleloyal persons, T maintain that there {eu very great difference inthe language, 1 do not charge, fortdo not know, that Mr. Tinpes meant this difference, but Tdo charge this: that the Ripour bill now pending in Congress. pro- viding for the payment of every form of Rebel claim, can ge through and become alaw and be signed by Mr. Trevew withont violating that letter, Tmalataln that; thatin signing that bit he would not in the remotest degree violate the pledge made Inthatletter, Take the very liter] meaning of what he has put there, and there would be no pos- eible conflict between hia simature of thut bitl and the scutiments expressed In that letter, The importance of this distinction is ob- vious, Mr, ‘Irnpen isa Inwycr, and never forgets the fact. The distinction between a loss “ineurred” by a man in the Rebel servica in aid of the Rebellion and 1 loss sustained or suffered by him'is a wide one. ‘Lhe man's proporty might bo taken or de- stroyed by the Union troops during his ab- sence in tho Confederate army; such a loss would not, strictly speaking, be “ inenrred,” but it wonld nevertheless bo suffered, Mr. ‘Tunpes, in declaring that he would peremp- torily veto any bill making componsation for losses “incurred,” would not feel himself pledged to veto n bill making componsation for property takon or destroyed where the Joss was ‘suffered " but uot incurred. ‘The claims for losses incurred are buta minute fraction compared with what tho Chicago Tunes and other Democrats insist are “ mer- itorious” demands for compensation to the citizen for private proporty taken by the Government for public uses. Under this in- terpretation of Mr, ‘Truprn’s otter, there is no promise on his part to veto the very class of claims which constitute the monaco to the national integrity. Tho bills pending beforo Congress wnako no provision for the paymont of any losses “ineurred" by the people in rebellion, Those claims are for private prop- erty talon, used, or destroyed by the Union anny. Thus one caso long presented and urged before Congress was by a maiden Indy, A non-combatant, whose house stood in the line of the appronch to the Union fortifica- tions. A portion of tho building was neces. sarily torn down, aud she clained compen- sation, ‘This loss was suffered by her, but was not “incurred”; Mr, Trnpenx could readily, under his letter, sign the bill to pay her without violating any pledge mado by him. This claim also fells under tho classifl- cation mado by Northern Democrats of mer- itorions, the property being taken and the Gnimant being ineapable of bearing arms, Claims of this general character to thu dxtent. ofa thousand snillions of dollars aro now pending,—waiting for tho election of Tnpry and the return to power of tho Solid South. For this purpose Missouri, Alabamn, and other States lave organized State Com. mission, ant have pnasad upon and ad- judiented claims against tho United States for losses sustained und suffered by their people. In Alabama these claims a month ago had reached eight millions of dollars, and will be probably threo times that amount. In Missouri they reach between eight and ten millions. In timo Louisiana will have her demand for three hundred millions; aud ‘Lennesseo, Georgin, and Vir ginia, and all the other States will follow. Paymont of these claims will be demanded in the namo of the several States. Not a dollar will bo asked to pay for any Joss ‘in. curred,” and there ix nothing in Mr. ‘Tre pen's letter which will prohibit him froin going with his party and siding the Solid South, to which ho will owo his election, by approving the payment of ovory dollar of these demanils, Mr. ‘I'tnpen know vory well that tho coun- try was excited on this subject; the very fact of hia writing a lotter at all gives avi. dence of his knowledge that tho public de- manded 8 disclaimer by himn of any part in supporting this grent calamity, Instead, therefore, of evading the substantial quos- tion nt issue by tho employment of technical term, splitting hatrs upon the difference be- tween lossos “ incurred" and losses suffered, he, if honest and sincere, should have mot the public expectations by a frank assur. ance that he would never approve or sign any bill which permitted the payment of any eloim by any person in the iusurrectionory States who did not prove his loyalty during tho War, ‘That is tho only protection that is needed, The removal of that requirement ig all (hot is needed to admit the paymont of all these cluims from the top to the bot tom of the list, Had Mr. 'Tinpex given this assurance in the plain and distinct language of an honest, curnest man saying what ho ‘torch, the shot- meant, the country would at Icnst have nc- quitted him for the present of any rharo in the grand conspiracy against tho national credit and existenco, But Mr. ‘Tinpes did no such thing. Ifo promised to veto any claim for losses " incurred,” of which claims there aro few, if any; but ho loft himself {reo to sign, approve, nnd allow the great mass of all tho Rebel claims, which if al- lowed will bankrupt tho ‘Treasury, destroy the public credit, and destroy the Govorn- mont itself, A CRY a Wo have before us au address and memo- rial of tho colored Republicans of tho City of Charleston, 8. C., which gives the He to tho reiterated statements of Democratic speakers and nawspapers, North and South, to the effect that the negroes of South Carolina are well treated by the whites, and that the stories of intimidation, terrorism, and mur. der are campaign fabrications, ‘Tho memo- rinl is a startling comment upon the inofll. ciency of Inw in tho South to protect eitizens in their legal and constitutional rights. ‘Tho colored Republicans have mado many appeals to the people of this country since the eampnign commenced. They havo ap- pealed for protection to lifo sgainst the munierous raids of White-Liners, aud Ku- Klux, and Democratic Rifle-Clubs, They havo appealed for tho right to gather in political meetings without being hunted down and dispersed by Butzen’s nud Gany's gangs. Thoy have appealed for the right to speak their political sontimonts, for tho right to vote without intimidation, for the right to enjoy life, liberty, nud tho pursnit of happi- ness, They have appealed for tho right of acquiing property aud enjoying the fruits of their Inbor. Thoy have appoated against the and the revolver, But all these appeals combined do not come with such forco and piteousness as this memorial, which indicts tho ‘Tildenites of Charleston for a brutality unparalleled in the records of 8 political campnign in this country, Wo commend the following oxtract from this momorin!, which is signed by eighty of tho lending colored men of that city, to our rend- ers: We do naw appeal to humantty to help ne in our destitution; we have not endeavored to atir up strife ur foment discord; we are seeking but to* adhere to princlplea which we know to be true, ‘Those who have lost employment are not the idle and vicious; they are, the most of thom, indus- trioug, tober, diligent; dealrous of honestly earn- ing a ilving for themselves and famliies—having o8 much right to Ilve here aw any othor; claiming that no one hana right to interfere with their po- Utical afitiations and opinions. With no offenre alleged, except a refusal to eurrender man's bright- est jewel (honor), with years of faithful (and In many Instances) unrewarded ‘labor, they have been even (in some cases) turned adrift without warning, aud this from a people professed|y Chria- tlin, surely the Iible does not teach such a reliz- fon, We appeal to the lovera of humanity every- where to condenin tn deserved terma nach actions, and show that humanity's God stlit lives, The emergency is preaiing; want {9 on every hand be- cause of this unparalicled perscention; the plaints of the mother and the cries of the puor children are wafted to Almighty God In invocations for the showing forth of His Omnipotence in thelr behalf, We, therefore, pray that all charitable people do InstItute whatever measures of temporary rellef they can devise, In order that tho destitution ex- isthny among colored Repubilcans because of teat- fastness to thelr political principles may in a meas- ure be relieved, Reduced to destitution because thoy aro Republicans! Starving because they aro dotermined to vote the Republican ticket ! Deprived of Inbor and the means of earning their living becauso thoy have committed tho crime of adhering to tho party which gave them their freedom! Hunted down by Rifle-Clubs, shot down by their flrosides and on the highway, driven from their homes, hounded like wild bensts, intimidated, ter- rorized, and proscribed,—ns if this wero not enough, theso unfortunate Republicans are now reduced to destitution for their stead- fastuess to Republican principles. This ix their only crime, ‘hoy are penceablo, or derly, Inw-abiding, good citizens, quietly ful- filling their duties undor the laws, They havo committed no offense. 'Thoy havo nat throntonod the rights of others, 'Lhoy have not even defended thoir own; and now, after years of the suffering, povorty, and degradation of slavery, thoy ora granted the boon of freedom only to find themselves tho victims of their former owners, and reduced to destitution because they are Hepublicans- And this is Domoerstic Reform on the Trt- nen plan, Theso are the mon who are bab- bling of reconciliation, aud who ask that the Government shall bo placed in their hands! —_————. TILDEN'S INCOME-TAX, So far from the defense being satisfactory thnt was made of Mr. Tinpen’s income-ro- turns by his former law-clerk, Mr, Stnnorr, the dovelopments tliat have since Leen mada of inoneys paid to Mr, Trupen and earned by him’ in speculations during the years in con- troversy show that Mr. Sivyorr deliberately suppressed Jarge and important items of rev- enue, notwithstanding his claim to know anoro of Trupen’s business than 'Trpex him= self. Ono of the moro recent of theso devel- opments is that during the year 1869, when Mr. Trupen paid tax on an income of ouly $17,000, he received a single feo of $50,000 from the Pittsburg, Fort Wayno & Chicago Railroad Company for his services in nego- tinting tho lease of that road for the Penn. sylvania Company and drawing the papers in the transaction, ‘This information is communicated to the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue by Diutrict-Attorney Brass, of New York, and is based on a special examination of the caso by a revenue-agent sent to Pittsburg for that purpose, and on evidence which is rogarded as conclusive, Confirmation of this infor- mation is found in the fact that, when the District-Attornoy applied to tho Board of Directors of tho Vort Wayno Railroad (ot which Mr, Trupey is a prominent and inilu- ential member) for the privilege of examin- ing the Company's books for 1869, the ap- plication was refused, aud the District-At- torney was notified that his demand would bo resisted in court and to the last extremity. It is very clenr that, if tho books contained tho evidence that Mr, ‘Tinney was not paid a suin by this singlo client grossly in excess of tho ontire incomo on which ha paid tax, his influence with the Directors would be exert- ed to produce those books, and it would un- doubtedly provail, But tho estubboruness and unusual carnestness with which the ro- quest for the books was resisted indicate thot Mr, ‘Tinpen has really boon oxorcising his influence to have the books withheld for tho sate reason that ho hos thus far declined to produco his own private necounts for tho years when tho income-tax was lovied,—be- cause they would furnish evidence of the truth of the charges made against him. But it is probable that tho Pittsburg, Fort Woyuo & Chicego Company's books abont this time would also show that the $50,000 feo was not tho only moncy he made out of this transaction, Mr, ‘I'tupen was the sgent of the Pennsylvania Company (‘Tox Scorr) in bringing about this fomous leaso of the road. After all other efforts to compass it lad failed ho wos sccurod, and it was through his influence and manipulations that tho job was consummated. He was tho firat to know that it would bo brought about, and was familinr with tho progress of tho negotintion at overy step, As soon as ho became enlisted in the scheme ho began buying in stock to tho utmost capacity of his funds, and+ let in his frionds, Tho riso in tho stock from tho time he purchased upto the conclusion of tho transfer was from &40 to 255 na share, and it ia belioved that his profits were not less than half a million of dollars, Tho books of the Company would probably show uot merely the feo of $60,000 paid him, {but hin pur- chases and sales of tho stock, thus showing his profits in this singlo year, from this sin-, glo trausnction, to excoed the entire income ho roported during ten years, Tho Fort Wayne Company's books might also be usc- fol in showing somo additional light on tho sworn return for tho year 1862, for it was during this year that ho managed the sale of the road to tho Purchasing Comumittce, of which ho was one, for tho purpose of reor- ganization, It is cortain that hia services in this transaction consumed more time and required a largor amount of Inbor than the services ho rendered in tho leasing of tho road in 1869, Bor the Intter work ho re- ceived a foo of 850,000, so it may be fairly concluded that the feo in 1862, nt lenat, gx- cended the $7,000 income which he swore to in that year, On this state of facts wa do not sco how Mr. Trtpes is to avoid a suit for the income- tax which he failed to pay, whether ho bo elected President or not, and in the mean- timo he virtually confesses his linbility by refusing to make an exhibit of his own pri- vate accounts, and by causing to be withheld the books of those corporations which would throw light on the matter. ‘Honest men and good cltizens who have the honor of tha country ot heart cannot afford to ignore these things, no matter what their partisan politics may be. ee JUDGE M’ALLISTER'S DEFENSE, Wo aro disposed to give Judge MoAtus- Ten tho full benefit of nil the defenso ho can produce for his extraordinary conduct in the Bunurvan caso, and wo therefore reproduce the testimonial sent him by a fow lawyers. It is as follows: Cuteaao, Oct. 27, 18706.—The Hon. IW. HK. Afe- Allister—Sin: The underalgned, havinglong known your judicial career, take pleasure in saying to you, in view of the present excitement now being raised against you, that, szithout expressing any opinton as to your rulings upon the late trial of Sunsivan, (hey nevertheless beltere all your decla~ tons were honestly and conactentiously made, and that yon are utterly fucapable of Intentional jnd{- cial wrong, and they disapprove the call that has been made upon yau, by a portion of our citizens, to resign your position, C, B, Lawnence, C. Becrwrrn, Ws C. Goupy, Ld, J, Nissen, Tita O, WiKENHON, Cuates Hiteucock, Winuiax H. Barxuat, 3 . LEY, Gerona Gnay, Metvute W. Furzen, 1. N. Stites, Roognr Henyvey, Cuances W, Gnicos, Tuomas F, Wirunow, We direct attention especially to that portion of the testimonin! which we have printed in italics. Measra, Lawnencz, Goupry, and just fifteon others of tho ontiro Chicago Bar have dono nothing moro than ask Judgo McAniisren not to resign, whilo thousands of the citizons who are just os much his principals and employers ox Messrs, Lawnexce and Goupy have expressed a desiro that ho shall resign. Conceding that the above-named Iawyers have the same right to protest agninat tho petition that tho thousands of citizens had to prepare it, thoy have deprivod their protest of all weight and influenes by’ purposely and conspicuonsly tnaking an exception of his rulings in the Suraivan case, which is tho point in issue. If these gentlemen hnd desired to do Judge McAxntster a real sorvico thoy would have indorsed his rulings in that caso, But per- haps they were not willing to stake their legal reputation on tho assertion that Judgo MoAnusten was right when he impressed tho jury with the idon that a man any lawfully carry o londcd re. volver os a habit, ond that, having dono s0 as a iinbit, thatcircumstance relioves him of all suspicion of malico whon ho kills ® fellow-creature, Perhaps they also hesi- tated about indorsing ax propor legal practice the judicial tolerance in a court-room of a mob organized as partisans of tho accused, It is also possiblo that thoy do not care to. publicly indorse the iden that an armed man may attack an unarmed man in hia own home, first knock him down and then shoot him {1 self-defense whon tho victim risos to resist his assailant, But, as tho testimonial stands, it is in no souse a justification of Judgo MoAnuisten’s conductin the Sunzrvan caso; nobody has accused him of acting corruptly, and thereforo it was not necessary for these Iegal gentlemon to rush in to tes- tify their belief in genoral that his decisons aro “honestly and conscientiously made.” In his reply to tho lawyers whb signed this weauingless certificate of character, Judge MoAtumsrer again invites criticism. He should have stopped when ho had properly thanked his friends for their exprossions of confidence, Instead of that, ho again secks to mislead by giving out tho impression that tho potition for his resiguation was started to overawo and intimidate him in the appli. cation for bail for Susmivan. Judge McAz- LisTER knows, ns does everybody elso, that the bailing of Sunztvan has cut no figure in tho cage. At tho timo the petition was pre- pared nobody had thought of tho bailing, Judgo MoAuuurer had adjourned the Crim- inal Court for the day, and had gone about other business. Nobody had thought of his reconvening court hastily to antertain tho application for bail, Perhaps there was not fifty signatures to the petition before Sur- itvan was bailed out and free. ‘Lhe subject of bailing was not; mentioned in the petition; it has not been one of the complainta against MoAuusren oither before the potition was prepared or wince several thousand signatures havo been obtained ; it has probably not occurred toa single ono of the signers. This efforton the part of Judgo McAxuisten to make it appear that anybody was trying to iutimi- date him is, consequently, without the sinollest warrant, and is* unworthy of a gon- tleman who assumes so bigh and “ inde- pendent " a tone, ‘Thero is anothor point in McAniisten’s ro- ply which should not pass unnoticed, “What Judge," he doctaims, “ will ever, Lerenfter, have the courage to decido contrary to the demands of popular clamor ? In this attompt to crush ine by thia outburst of blind and unreasoning rage they havo obliterated everything that gives vitality tothe judiciary, viz, ; Tho independenco of the Judges.” In this tho facts aro again misrepresented. Judge MoAuusren forgets that he has ul- ready said the reason ho was solected by Suunvan to try him was because howas the only independent and impartial Judge in the city, But thero has at uo timo been any ‘popular clamor,” aud at no time any attempt to ‘“‘crash"him, Tho people who are now making a gravo and carnost protest against his partisanship kept silenco during the trial from beginning to tho end. There was no expression of their. just indig- nation at his rulings, at his snubbing tho counsel for the people, nt his tolerance of tho mob, and at his ovident favoritism to- ward tho accused all during tho trial, ‘There ‘was novern moro striking instance of tho popular doferonce to the judicial prorogative. The only clamor” heard during tho trint was that of the Sunnivan claquers, and s0 far from having any reason to anticipate in- timidation he received the most vociferous demonstrations of approval at overy step, Ho was applauded at almost every utterance, and encouraged to pursue the very course ho took, Tho circumstances rather warrant a chargo of his yielding to clamor than of his resisting it, TILDEN AS A CANAL-REFORMER. Ouo of the reforma which Gov. Tinpen at- tompted Inst winter whon enacting the role of Canal-Ring smasher was to labor to secure an approprintion of eight hundred thousand dollars of the New York Legislature for “deepening” the Erio Canal. His intriguo for the Presidential nomination, however, led to n reckoning of what colonization of yoters to carry Now York might be mado by slippery Sas with that oight hundred thou- sand to be expended by hia appointees and creatures, and tha project was defented. But the colonization will go on all tho samo, under the management of TrupeN’s Canal Board, and the taxpayers of tho Stato will pay tho cost, which will then be set down to tho account, not of canal deapening, but of canal repairs, ‘That Board waited while the summer season of low water and favor- able in oll respects for tho work passed and until but o few days since, when they discovered the Oswego Canal needed a denl of ropairing forthwith. Com- inissioner Watratu, one of the mombers of tho Board who wasn't in tho Ring, thereupon proposed that, as usual, tho work bo lot by contract to the lowest bidder, But the lowest bidder would have set sbout the work to make money ont of it, and not ns a cover for colonization frauds in the interest of TiupEN; and tho Ti,pEN majority in tho Board promptly overruled Mr. Wannatn's propositicn, and have undertaken the work themselves, which affords every opportunity for carrying out the corrupt programme fn- dicated. How the money on, this pretext drawn out of the State Treasury by Mr. 'Tin- pen’s Canal Ring is diverted to corrupt political purposes is told by tho correspond- ent of the New York Times, writing from Oswego: It is openly proclalmed here that no man will be employed on this work who docs not vate for Tipex. A few days agon young Irishman, named Joun DreEx, who had fought for the country in the Unton army, und therefore supposed he hada right to vote ashe fought, secured work on this canal job through the influence of a brother whois a Tipex Democrat. But he was honest—though {ndfwercet enough to avow himeelf a Republican in the hearing of rome of Trunes's political eplea, and the reault was that on Saturday last he was In- fonned that his Inboravas no longer wanted by the State. ‘The same proscription {s exerclacd in the purchase of efone and other material on the Une of the repairs No manta allowed to furnish anything for the work unless he avowa himself in favor of **Tinpen and Reform.” Liko ropaira on liko basis, it is reported, will bo begun at onco on the other canals of tho State, And since Commissioner Daven- vorr has ‘instituted his vigorous investign- tion of the registry frauds in tho Cities of Now York aud Brooklyn thtro will, of course, be fresh discovories of the necessity of canal repairs, ho whole indicates how clearly Trupen perceives that ho can carry Now York only by fraud, and that he will seruplo at nothing to compass such fraud. PRESERVE THE BALLOT-BOX. Mr. Brarnz, in his speech on Saturday evening, did excollont and timoly servico in recalling the desporate efforts of tho Confed- erates in the last Congress to repeal the law appointing Supervisors of national elections, whoso duty itis to provent frauds in voting and counting. It will be remembered that this law grew out of the monstrous frauds committed by ‘Trnpex aud his partner 'TwEep in Now York City in 1868, by which the vote of the wholo State was stolen and Ropublic- ans wore disfranchised. It was a Demo- cratic coup d'etat, and a revolution ngainst freo government so monstrous aud dangor- ous in character that Mr, Gneznzy oddrossod a stinging letter of indignation to Truex upon the subject, and so thoroughly venti- lnted the infamy that Congress passed a law, for which it had the constitutional right, to protect the ballot-box from frands at tho na- tional elections of President and Congress. men, Last winter tho Democrats in tho Houso determined to repeal tho Jaw, Tho only renson they could give for jt was the old State-Sovercignty reason of unconstitu- tionality, since the Federal Government was but the agent of the States aud could not legislate with reforenca to elec. tions in the States. It was the samo objection mndo recently by Judge Mitzen in this city aud Mr. Broap- nrap in Bt, Louis. It was the same ground taken by the Robels when they declared it was unconstitutional for tho Government to coerce them or to fightthem. In addition to this, tho flimsy plea was made that tho repeal of the law would save some forty thousnnd dollars per annum, as if exponse were to be considered in saving tho ballot- box from fraud and protecting tho majority in its rights, Why did the Domocrats desira tho ropent of this Inw? It was not mado in the in- terestas of any particular party or for any partisan purpose. The Inw authorizes the appointments to be made equnily between both parties, ‘Tho Suporvisor docs not even have the selection of his nssistants in his hands. ‘The lending mon of the two parties select them, ‘Ihe only power he has in tho premises {x to rojeot profossional ballot-box - stuffers and men of bad charactor, All that ho demands is that those who watch the ballot-boxes shall bo mon of good character and undoubted standing in the community. ‘Tho effort of tho Democrats to repeal suchan impartial lawis of itsolf a confession that they live and thrive by olection villainy, aud that they obtain power by force; and vio- lence, and fraud, If they wero honest, thoy would rejoice to have such o law, and work earnestly to onforce it, If they really bo- Hove in their protonso that, Republicans cheat at the clections and colonize voters, then all the more do they need such a law to protect themselves, ‘That they do not de- alro the lav—a law in the oporation of which thoy havo one-half the machinery in their own handa—is prima fucie evidence that they are engaged in the nefarious and infa- mous practices against which the Inw is di- reoted. If they themselves wore not falsi- fying rogistration-tists, stufling ballot-boxes, and colonizing voters, thay would make no objection to a !aw preventing auch practices, No honest, law-abiding man fears the opera. tion of a law which has no othor object than to prevent frauds in voting, especially when the administration of that law is divided im- partially between tho two parties, The €f- fort of the Democrats to repeal it shows that they aro detormined to bronk down tho anfeguarda ngainst fraudulent vot- ing, and ‘to inaugurate such an. thor yeearnival of fraud na oxisted in New York undor tho rogime of 'Tinpen and Tween, The honest yotors of this country will have to detormino at this clection whother they will allow tho Government to be administered upon auch principlos as these; whother they will put a man in powor whose record ia so fingrantly dishonest and corrupt; whether they will romove the last protection from the ballot-box by clecting the partner of Tween in tho ballot-box stuff- ing business, | Mr. Buarz has done good service in calling attention to this monstrous and dishonest effort of the Democracy, It should not be forgotten by honest votors, nud by that class of citizonsa who beliove in an honest election, Elect ‘Tinpen, and the safety of tho ballot-box is endangerod ; and any violation of the purity of elections is a blow aimed at the freedom of our institu. tions and the safety of the country. The loophole there isin Gov. ‘Cinpen's letter on Southern claims has been pointed out by Murat Harsteap in 4 lotter which he publishes in reply to tho criticiams of the World on his New York speech, In his let- tor, Gov, Tu.pen—afterciting the Fourteonth Amendment to prove that tho probable payment of tho War debt of the Confeder. ates, which nobody proposes to pay—goos on to say: No claim for any toss or damage Sncntred by dis foyal peraons arising from the late War, whuther covered by the Fourteenth Aniendment or not, will berecognized or pald. Tho cotton tax wil hot ‘be refunded. 1 shall deem !t my duty to veto every bit providing forthe assumption or payment of any auch debts, losses, damages, claims, or for the refunding of any such tax. What Gov. ‘inven ignores is that thero never was and uover will bo a disloyal War claimant, They are loyal all, and whoever looks over tho records of the War Claims Committeo will be astonished to find what an oxtraordinary amount of suppressed loyalty there was in the very heart of the Confederacy during the War,—so much, it would seem, that it was impossible for the Union annics to aoize or destroy any prop- erty in tho entire length and broadth of tho Confederacy, or to even mnko n singlo"forag- ing excursion, but that the sufferers wore sup- pressed Southern loyalists. The Southerner whoso house, or stable, or cotton was burned, whose cotton was seized, whoso fences were destroyed, or whose hen-roost was levied upon by Union soldiers, who wasn't a loyal man, and who doesn't want pay for it now, romnins to bo dis. covered. It is these suppressed Sonthern loyal claimants whose raids upon the ‘Trons- ury aro to be guarded against. Trnpen’s let- ter does not commit him to opposo or voto paymont of their claims. On tho contrary, his restricting his Innguago to disloyal claim- onts implies n reservation in favor of those who are loyal; and the Southorn theory now is that betweon the Amnesty acts and tho pardons issued by Axpy Joungon, and which anybody who didn’t got from Anpy can got now for asking, all disloyalty is wiped out, fo that no man’s disloyalty cannot bo got rid of so os to qualify him to make his grab out of tho National ‘Treasury as a “loyal” claim- ant. Asto the attempt of the Democratic or- gans and orntora to pooh-pooh away this Rebel claims business, of which thoy find it eminently disagreeable to bo reminded, Mr. Hatsreap, in his letter io the World, tolls the wholo truth’when he says: ‘You tell ua, **The great majority of the Sonth does not scck any payment of Southern claims.” You are mistaken. ‘There are tens of thousands of War claims carefully prepared in the South, await~ ing, with the Wintaning resolution and the Pn DLE bill, to accept, according to Mr. Cant, from their *'Trustes” pecuniary redress for all griey- ances, Dovntas Jenponp sald of the soll of Aus- tralia, that if you tickled it with m hoe it would laugh with a harvest. It{s the pecullarity of the Southern soll that wherever it was tickicd by a United States bayonet there ta an eruption of Con- federate claima; and the Solid South, If the Dem- ocratic party obtains possession of the Govern- ment, will speedily dleontangle tho **futile” technicalitica of Gov, Tinpen's letter, interposed in the newepapera betwoen them and tho Treasury when the South was utterly committed to him, and the Presidential election was plainly to be decided by New York. ‘To Mr. ‘Tirpen himself are wo indebted for judicious warning against putting our trust in the “ solf-imposod restraints” of dhuai- dates, which con be uo restraint npon partics, Ilis lettor on War claims, if accepted as hav- ing beon written in good faith, would signally illustrate tho sort of self-imposed restraints that cannot be relied npon, But thot lettor contains no restraints, self-imposed or other- wise, upon examination, against the paymont of the Rebel'claims, not one of which over was presonted or ever will bo except in be. half of somebody of professed loyulty. ——— ENGLISH STEEL COMPETITION. Wo copied froin tho London 7%mes tho othor day n short article in regard to the in- tention of o Sheffield steel-monufacturing firm establishing a branch uf their works at Syracuse, in tho State of Now York, ‘Tho London 7%mes rathor oxults over it, and calls it “carrylug tho war into the onemy’s camp.” As iho tariff on steel is excessive, tho firm concluded to get a branch of their establishment inside of tho barviors. Says tho Times: ; The firm, in announcing tholr intention to cus- tomers in America and Canada, says: ** Inasmuch as the founders of our house were the ploncers of the American trade, and were consplclous among the carliout manufacturers of cast-steel after thu death of the inventor {n 1770, {t seems appropri+ ate that we ehoull nleo bethe firvt to accept the logic of events, ond transfer tho manufacture of English = stew! «ta America." The new American Company, they add, will use the name and trade-marka of the Shefleld house, and will produce the same qualities of steel from the samo brands of Swedish fron ** until American fron shall bo found to equal it.” The manufacture at Syracuro will be under tho charge of o atecl-maker, practically trained at the Shef- flold works, alded by akiited Shefickd workmen; and the patents of the English firm, thelr “+ pecu- Mar modes of preparing cructbles, mixtures for melting, methods of manipulating, and all conti: dential information of whatever kind employed tn tho Shefleld process of steel manufacture ™ will henceforth, be avatlable in the works of the new American Company, Referring to tho foregoing, o correspond- ent writes a letter to ‘Tne ‘Uninuxe : To the Editor of The Tribune. Citeago, Uct, 26.—Can you sce any particular objection to this reault of Protection which brings British capital Into this country to be taxed and makeso home market for our produce? Won't you explain Low tho poor farmer would suffer If Shef- fleld and Manchester wore both forced to ** carry the war Into the encmy's camp," and brought thelr men, money, and machluery with them? Youra, ete, W. G J, From a Protectionist point of viow, there is not eo much unalloyed bliss in this foreign importation as may appear at first sight. Consider a point or two, The iron aud stecl making business in this country is greatly deprosued; tho market is overstocked ; the existing catablishmonts can far moro than supply all American demands; prices are very low ; many of the workmen aro idlo for lock of orders; many of tha manufacturers ,are practically bankrupt for tho same reason. While the steel business is in this poor con- dition, a branch of the in to’ bo sot up in thisseant eee tho homo markot atill atcel business still cheap capital, and «Ey p7; and pecrot and poculie ag httey Preparing —_erueibles, nixtureg = melting, methods of manipulatin, fre much confidential information,” ‘2 nd et high-tori® duties in the way, owt ‘unprotected “infant” steol concerng ey on thoir own against this -powerful forei; ae torlopar? Will they not. bo erished 4 wall, and their home market Part! aoe from them? Will they not be com via reduce still lower tho miserable ue ab their workmen? Will not a nities _ American mechanics and Inborers bo th Ba out of employment equal at least to Wome ber of imported Bnitish workmen ? To cea it going to “make a home Tarket, tory i formers" to increase the number of ae and idlo men? And how are the sAnieee steel-manufacturors to bo Denofited yee Introduction of this undermining ond eat ing forcign competitor, who will remit 1 their profita homo to England? a ‘Tho firm intends to use Swedish and American iron out of which to annke it competing stecl; will that help Atnerican iron-makers? Our correspondent videntiy had not considered the question in all jtg bearings when be wrote his letter, GETTING THINGS HIXEp, Roxanay iaton Coe Mele reo D Sham'thet euteatehy ees get way You ore he of the Itebellion. If thie fa nor note mackie yout readers know in your next f Jou werw ous of tho reclastie-rene pay’? 137 IR country to oro Moro, and deprong the lower. With, their apectfully, Jastes Mea Reviy: The Democrats of Michigan arg pretty rough on the editor of Tux Trupes; who in his time has been accused of aged many things, but never of any before Which so nearly took his breath away as theabove charge, But as he refuses to “squeal on the mild. tongued and omtable editor over on Wells street, perhaps the satd editor might Voluntarily confer the facts on Mr. JAMES Mrap and tho Democrats of Michigan, ii re Speaking of the trial of the Sur LIVAN mut der case, tho New York World makes the fol. lowing fatec assertions: A personal quarrel anda eri ‘was turned into retistious and partion chet newspapers go forgot thamselvex ay to prejudge the caso und take aldos for oF against the prlsoner, And after passion and prejudice had dened flerce waves up to the acl, threehuld of the Conrt he they were stayed, and cagu Wi earshot of their ndtee and commotion, ee NHL So far from the newspapers of Chicago pro. Judging the case or taking sides, they retained, perfectly neutral for a long timo before the trial degan and during tte continuance. Nota word was sald for ot against the prisoner or the man agement of the cago until after the trial was over and the ease was glyen to the jury, al- though the ruling of the Court in disregarding the statute as to the competency of Jurors as. tonished the editor of every newspaper fn the clty. One of the papers so far forgot Itself agtocomment on the astonishing conduct of the Judge on the morning the jury reported their inability to agree and were discharged, Tho New York papers, in no exelting mur. der trial, ever go generally and completely held their peace white the trial was progressing as the Chicago papers did in the Sutsvax trial. So perfectly did they ayold anything that might look or be tortured into an appearance of pre- Juaging the case that one of the counsel forthe prisoner claimed and boasted in bis specch to the Jury that all the whole press of the city, with one possible exception, were on the slide of the prisoner, and desired and expected his com- plete acquittal. After the case had ended, and the jury was discharged, and the prisoner Iet Joose on email bail, then the press of thiscity began to comment on the Judge's astonlshiog rulings and behaylor, which they had a perfect aud constitutional right to do. e — A special dispatch from Baltimore to the Cin- nati Enqutrer speaks of a great meeting held there, addressed by Senator Bayanp, which greatly edifled and pleased thu Confederates who heard him, Here fs s apectmen of It: Gov. Cannort presided, Senator Baxann, of Delaware, delivered a convincing and eloquent ads dress, at’ times electrifying the nndience, whore cheors und huzzas shook the Immenre hall, and could be beard half a mile away, Anny the ute terances of Senutor Bavanp way the declaration that every citizen should revolve hitneelf into a Committes of One, at the cdinfug Presidentlal election, and see to it that the right guaranteed under tho State laws should in no way be interfered with by United states officers, acting under authar~ y that was entirely assumed, and in direct rolt- ton of the Conatitution, He held tha preercation of peace and the protection of the citizen, any Stata officer had the ‘sine right to ar- reat @ United Stulee Marshal as to arrest any other man who conmiltted an offense, The danger, Ae sald, was sugictently great to juatlfy extreme measures to avert. ‘The address throushont wat Drilliant, and wrought thoxe present to the highest pitch of ‘enthusiasm, After the meeting, Senator AYARD Was Berenated at Barnum's Hotel, It wus the State-Soverelgnty utterances re ferred to in italic that caused the Confederites to cheer so loudly that they could be heard half amile away, It was the old Rebel yell that "39 heard. What Bayanp was denouncing was the right of the National Government to protect Its citizens In their persuns and polltics ugainst a+ sault by Rifte-Cluts, Ku-Klux Klans, and taid> night murdererg, and also to protect the ballote box ut national elections for Congressmen aud President avainst fratda, bullot-box stulling, repeating, false counting, intimidation and a ansalnation of voters who may oppose Confed- erate doctrines, Bayann talks as if be in preparing for a new secesaton aud rebellion wi his "Solid South,” ——— We aro indebted to the talented artist of Frank Lelia Newapsper for knowledge z what the Solld South is doing, ‘The talento artist has gotten up a two-page brant Mlustrate tt. In the foreground are the Pred dent and the members of his Cabinet, Me Bhaing, Senator Morton, and others, whe moticy crew of armed retalnera,—the sere Ku-Klux the artist perhaps Intended,—from ‘ bind thelr corthworks intently regarding e field before them. It is a cottundlell. ah se cupunte, supposed to represent the Sold mae are negrocs, the only people in the Sout ls ever onter a field te work, and they, ti women, und children, are busily enna vie {ngcotton, A solitary white man fs at 4 on, tlie inference being that the ernie tho whites are out clectioncerlng for the : “ Ad cratic ticket withshot-guns, The solitary he mt appearance suggests the overscer of ies at slavery, only the whip—thanks to the pa tlonal Aincndments—tawantlig. And t Pali tary white who laborlously looks on ath after the true Southern style—what ave knows to be tho true Southern Hane iGo arm round the neck of an aged et he old to moke half a hand,” but who Coie less has to work or atarve, Aud betty a they are doing in the Solld South; ane H w ser white mau iu every ficld to embrace t . pent annuated darkey cotten-plekers, It Is, of aries tmposalble that massacres of negroes 35 ares burg, Ellenton, Alken, and eho vhere cot cur, ————$T—_— ces Cole Tho Burlington (Ia.) Jlawkeye gs al Tnounsonu's great speceh in Chicay: ca thls other Western papers are doing, und wakes vomment on its done Kable production, ani Oy tbe . burnlag oratory it hae not rene diy serch delivered 1 this easly, ‘The Professor of Urcek and Latin ink a lege well remarked, after, ony Ob, specectcs in that Status soerbap. oa and Ciceno equaled that. All i ave aati that, If thoy did, they were never rep Ss nest Wo think the Chicago speech was we ai Col. Inagusoue bas male during: hat « Tt las never been equalled by anybody: —————————— ty ta 70,822. he German vote in Oblo amounts toy And Tess than one-tunth of it Borger att} ckub ruta of Ubi HNO! State on the be eo ada gett, “The German that, in the