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

The Tribuwe, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. PATADLE IN ADVANCE—TPOSTAGE PREPAID AT THIS OFFICE. Peily Eattion, postraid. 1y TS of @ year, per monLl ia 20y adiress four Syyday Edit Yarts of & year, per Sion) ‘WEBELY EDITION, POSTPAID. Postage prepald. Epecimen coples sent free. “To prevent delay and mistakes, be sure and give Post- Oftce address in fall, including State and County- Remittances may be made either by draft, express, Post-Office order, or n regletered letters, at our risk. 7ERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS. Datly, del! rered, Sunday excepted, 25 cents per week. Datly, delfvered, Sunday {ncluded, 30 cents per week Address COMPANT, SOCIETY MEETINGS. " and_ A, M,—Tegular fonday Eveatos, Nov. 13, al 7:30 sharp. Work on the Third Degree. " Visiting o'clock yrds f the W. M. breuiren tracernaly fovited,, By orderof the . . ‘BLAIR LODGE; Yo. 333, A. F. YETTE NO. 2, R. A. M.—Hall, 72 L A eation ~ Honday eveaiog, Rov. 13, stv:wo'clock, for business and work on the gree. the H. P, M. E M. Dej By rderof e Mo Lo e —Regulsr com- . C. CREGIER LODGE, XO. Regula mgnlgflgr\vcgnflflrher::l me “;.‘.&fl\:‘?‘r.l{ on third degree. Visiting brethren ey, THOMAS A. B. NULRIS, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1876. Greenbacks were worth 914 to 91} cents on the dollar at the New York Gold Exchange on Saturday. If Louisiana or any other State has voted Democratic, let it be so counted ; but that is very different from taking the canvassing of the retarns out of the hands of the authori- ties and by force declaring a result without reference to the real result of the vote. To this the country will not submit, and if 3r. Tmoex be defeated, even if by one vote, he must abide the result, and the Solid Sonth must submit, just as they were forced to submit to the election of Mr. LxcoLy in 1860. It will be seen by reference to our ashington special this morning that Sena- sors Logay and Epuuxps declined to go to Louisiana to see 1o it, as suggested by Presi- dent GraxT, that a fair canvass be made of the Louisiana election returns. The Hon, Wirrmax M. Evasts, Judge Srax- LY Marrmews, Bex Haemisox of Indi- ang, ex-Gov. Jomx A. Drx, E. Rockwoop Hoar, E. W. StoucmTOX, ex-Gov. E. F. Noves, and others of equal character and prominence named in Tae TrIBUNE specials, it is understood will accept. They will go to Lovisians backed by the moral support of the whole people, and their presence there will gusrantea a prompt exposurs of any attempt at fraud in the count. The announcement made in the last issue of Tee TrmeUNE by telegraph from Spring- field, of the death of Gen. Bracg, the Dem- ocratic candidate for Congress from the Fourteenth District in this State, was incor- rect. A dispatch before us from Gen. Brack himself states that he is not only not dead, but better than he has been for a long time past. It is not given to every man to read his own obituaries, but,as Gen. Brack's have already begun to appear, he will have an_ opportunity of knowing what people honestly think of him. As the In Memorinms in the General's case are likely to be very pleasant and handsome, he will at least find compensation for the orig- inel error in some very flettering reading. The Associated Press agent at Charleston, 8. C., is paving the way for the disagrecable process of “climbing down.” He has, since election-day, religiously held to the opinion that South Carolina hed gone Democratic. It has oniy been an opinion, but the agent was compelled, from the unfortunate circam- stances of his location, to give it to the coun- try daily. The time has come, however, when respect for the truth or the fear of being accused of willful misrepresentation has triumphed over local pride, and this veritable chronicler of daily events has an- nounced to the country that Mr. Truoex's majority in that State has fallen much more behind that of Hauprox's than was expect- ed. In fact, he think's the former's majority in the State may possibly be less than 100. He still sticks to Haarprox, however. Once more is heard from our Ilinois ex- Governor, Pataen,—the same who yet burns with indiguation unguenchable at P SHERIDAN’S usurpation in posting & small de- tachment of troops here to protect the citi- zens after the great fire. Paracer would burn with a new indignation this time, but that in- stead he prefers tositin judgment. Itisupon President GranT; and sitting in judgment upon his orders to Gen. SEERMAN to 5ee that no overturning of the ballot-box by violenca be permitted in Lonisiana, our ex-Governor delivers himself to the effect that “*In brief, GRaxT is not responsible.” If it’s a comfort to Pararer to talk in that fashion sbout the President’s dispatches to SERERMAN, GRANT can afford to let him (PAauMEm) enjoy it. But the ex-Governor may thank his fortane if the verdict passed upon himself, when his career is judged, is that he wasn't responsi- e, The Chicago produce markets were rather less active on Saturday, with smaller changes in quotations than the previous day. Mess pork closed steady at $15.40 for November and $15.30 seller the year. Lard closed 5¢ per 100 Ibs lower, at $9.50 cash and 9. 2% seller the year. Meats were a shade easier, at Gle for new shoulders, boxed, 8} for do ghort-ribs, and 82c for do short-clears. Lake freights were steady, at 3c for com to Buffa- lo. Highwines were unchanged, at $1.07} per gallon. Flour was dall and steady. ‘Whest closed ¢ higher, st $1.08} for No~ vember and $1.09§ for December. Corn closed ic lower, at 433c for November and 433c for December. Oats closed easier, at 381fc cash and 33}c for December. Rye was firmer, at 574@3Sc. Barley wasfirm, at 79¢. Hogs were 10c lower, at $5.40@5.90 per 100 1bs. Cattle were steady, at $2.50@4.75, and sheep quiet. One bundred dollars in gold would buy £109.37} in greenbacks at the close. The vote of St. Louis falls enormously be- hind that of Chicago. Take that cast for Lieutenant-Governor, which seems to be the Erockmiever (Dem.) Alien (Rep.).. Total vote of Chicago. 62, 48 Chicago ahead......... oeee..12,032 This is the larg ever castin St. Louis. St Louishas been given three mem- bers of Congress, when the vote of that county does not indicats population encugh for two Congressmen. The votes “"Louisiana. If you tamely submit to disenfran- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. -NOVEMBER 12, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. cast in the three Congressional Districts Lere aggregate 83,000. In making the ap- portionment in this State, Lake and DuPage Connties were attached to Cook to entitle us to three members; but St. Louis County, with 27,000 votes less than Cook County, has also three members. How did that hap- pen? The truth is, St. Louis lacks the populstion of this city by 80,000 or up- wards, as shown by their deficiency of votes. The peculiar phass of unoer‘tainty which characterizes our Presidential election has aroused John Bull from his chronic lethargy. The London Times of yesterday morning printed special by cable over a column long giving details of the situation. As your or- dinary Englishman is perversely dull in com- prehending anything pertaining to pu.lxtxufl, governmental, or geographical mattersin this country, it is easy to imagine the muddle into which the British people have been plunged by the existing state of affairs. There is only one class of jndividuals in London who will feel and realize the fact that something of a crisis exists here, and theseave the hold- ers of American bonds, which securities, according to the English market reports, have been adversely affected. Nov. 11.—Had the National con- test been decided elsewhere, the Repablican vic- tory would not be questioned ns to this State. Now Democrats from all quarters sre sending sppeals to Loulsiana Democrate 10 insure a Dem- cratic majority at all hazards. A dispatch from the Chicago Times office,” published in the Demo- crat here, saya: **All eyes aud hopes turn toward chisement, the endia defeat for hope and reform. The North will eay God-speed to & cleaning out of the PAckarp and KrLLoce scoundrels.” Thisis only a sample of the incendiary dispatches sent to this inflammable people. ‘We do not envy the man who could indite and publish such an sppeal to violence and threat of war as is contained in this dispatch to the madmen in New Orleans. It iswell known that the returns of the late election in Louisisna have not been made and will not be completed for severcl days to come. Be- fore the result can be known to any one these madmen insist that the State has gone and must bo counted for TroeN, and if necessary that such a result must be enforced by might—by civil war. The Chicago dispatch urges these peo- ple to make this war and declare the vote for Troey, and this before any one knows or cat know how the State has voted. The American people will demand a fair and hon- est election. The facis, however, are neces- sary to an understanding of the truth. When these facts are ascertained and the truth made known the country will demand that there be an honest result declared in Louis- iana, no matter whether it elect TrLpEN or Hayes. An honest election is far more im- portant than the election of any one man over another; and the country, Democrats and Republicans, will, when the facts are known, so insist upon & declaration of the honest result that no man, unless 2 madman or an incendiary, will dare to take arms to secure an opposite declaration. The send- ing of such a dispatch to New Orleans was so criminal, as well as so stupid, that we question whether the editor of the T'imes, at his advanced age, had any part in the pro- ceeding. He certainly can have no desire to witness the bloody and ruinous results which this dispatch, emanating from his office, ad- vises and instigates. A WEEK OF SUSPENSE. Since GraNT's campaign in the Wilderness, | there has not been experienced here a week of such excitement as that through which we have just passed. The closing of the campaign whick, with dm of ‘drums, and flare of torches, and unbounded enthusiasm, of course, was being celebrated by both parties, was not done with until long after the Sabbath had been usheredin; and on that day of blessed rest little if any rest was there in the opposing camps at political headquarters. Aondey the parting shots ; were fired; the last remaining vials of stump oratory were uncorked; the torches flared forthe last timeand were extinguished ; and meanwhile the work of active preparation was pushed on both sides with supreme vigor, and there was marshaling and hasten- ing to and fro of challenging and rallying committees and ticket-distributors, to get all in readiness for the final contest at the polis. Tuesday came the decisive struggle, and on either side every merve was strained to get out every vote for the ticket, anidl whero it couldn’t be got for the ticket, by trades, to get it for favorite candidates. The vote in the city was the largest ever polled, and more intelligent discrimination in the way of “scratching” on the local ticket was practiced, as the count disclosed. At night, with the closing of the polls, came a brief Iull, and voters went home to Lolt & hasty supper and hwry down town egain to flock to the newspaper offices to eagerly await tho bulletining of the returns. Thess came in slowly and scatteringly until near ‘midnight, and vague, and confused, and con- tradictory enough were they to uiterly bewilder the gentleman who was figuring on his bets, and the gentleman who was figuring on his chances of securing an appointment under the next Administration, and the other gentlemen who were figuring on the effects in divers ways upon a maultitude of things. Later was received news of the loss of New York, and Haves stock fell flat, while the Democrats exulted in their triumph, and were offering bets at large odds upon it. Wednesdsy morming Tue Trmuxe and other papers, following the dispatches, an- nounced in their first edition that Trroex was ghead, and probably elected; in the second edition that the result was doubtful; and in the third that Haves was shead. This increased the tension of popular excitement. Business was practically suspended, and on 'Change, and in banks, stores, and factories the sole topic of conversation was the elsc- tion, as to the resnlt of which all remsined in doubt. That Trpex had received 184 Electoral votes—but one less than the num- ber required to elect him—was reported. But the Pacific State, and Louisiana, Florida, and Sonth Carolina were reported doubtful, and 80 aggravatingly slow were the returns from these in coming in, and so contradic- tory when received, that each party alter- nately rejoiced over its victory and * con- ceded ™ its defeat. Thursdsy’s dispatches settled that the Pa- cific States had been carried for Havzs, and parrowed the list of doubtful States to Louisians, Florids, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The report of North Caro- lina as among the doubtful States created a temporary flatter, but before the day ended it was generally believed that that State had gone for TrLpex. Kruroce dispatched that Louisiana had certainly been carried for Haves; the newslang phrase for all frands and violence at, the polls—¢ bulldozing "— was added to the newspaper vocabulary ; State of the Union. The excitement now grew wilder. The crowd that thronged TaEe TrinuNe office redoubled, and dispatches innumerable were showered upon us from all quarters asking, “How's it gone?” and ¢Who's clected 2" and ¢ What do you think of South Caroling ? ¥ snd *‘What are your private advices? "—everybody wanted pri- ~vate advices—and there were more people on the ragged edge, and in the cave of gloom, and waiting for that steamboat with the re- turns aboard to come in, than are likely to ever be seen again. What was trne of Chi- cago was true of the entire Union; and throughout the land the like scenes were be- ing enacted, the like keen anxiéty was felt. Friday simplified the situation nothing, and the wild talk of desperate political /mi- venturers and hot-heads inflamed the excite- ment and provoked grave apprehensions, until there came President Grant’s timely suggestion that leading men of both parties go to Louisiana to see that there was a fair count of the vote, and his admonition that “The country could not afford to have the result tainted by suspicion of illegal or false returns.” That commended itself to the sober second-thought of the people yester- day, while the result in Louisians, Florda, and South Carolina remained in doubt, and 50 remains at this writing. Instead of ex- plosive utterances as to what might happen as the vole of those States was declared, the firm, strong under-current of public opinion was that what must be made to happen was an honest count, and that the result, no mat- ter whether it elect Hayes or TiupeN, must be abided by. That feeling is growing hourly. It makes certain that the country will be safe under the Presidency of either, and that the day is far distant when we need despair of the Republic. And so begins another week, with the result of the Presi- Qential election still unascertained. THE - “0UTS AND INS” The Chicago Times takes exception to the position of Tue TemoNe that the party out of power has the advantage of the party in power, in a political campaign, and says : It has been supposed that the incumbents of the offices are more or less affected by anxiety about the result of elections fnvolving their oflicial ten~ ure, and that, when the political contest bids fair to be close, they will make some pecuniary sacri- fices for the sake of their party and their share of the epoils. It has also been supposed that the officeholders generally have friends who are more or less influenced in their political action by per- sonal considerations. ¥ each of the 70,000 place- holders under the National Government has half & dozen personal friends who would be sorry to see him turned ont of office, there is a solid army of nearly half & million for the support of the party in power, and this number excecds the majority generaily cast for President on the popular vote. The view which the Zimes takesis only cor- Tect as applied to Democrats in office. The argument of Tee TrmUNE was spplicable only to Republicans in office. It is a well- Inown fact that a Democrat in office will mortgage his property, chattel-mortgage his body, and forfeit his soul, to keep in, and that all his relatives will gather round him and try to keep him in ; but this is not true of Republicans. The half-dozen relatives of the Republican in officc are not going to waste their substance in his behslf. On general principles the ZTimes knows very well, if it knows anything, that, where thers is one man who expects office of the party in power, there are ten men who ex- pect it of the party out of power when it gets in. The hungry and long- famished wolf outside the~ fold will make o greater effort to get into it than the full dog inside will make to keep him out. The hungry animal is keen, active, and do- termined; the full one is slow and supine. The Zimes furthermore makes no account of the envies, jealousies, and heart-burnings of thoseoutside towards thoseinside, in the same party. 'Thero are scores of men probably in this city who feel that they ought to be Postmasters who would do mnothing to re- tain the present one in his position. There are scores who think that they ought to have places in the Custom-House and Revenue Department who will spend no money or make no effort to retan the present Col- lectors in their places. It makes no account of the multitnde among the outs act- ing upon vaguo expectations and direct promises, in which the Democrats are notoriously profuse, and of the fact that, if they refuse to be bled, they forfeit all claim to, office, direct or indirect. The 70,000 place-holders of whom the Z7imes speaks indeed hold the fort; but whatof the 700,000 storming the fort with empty stomachs, heat- ed imaginations, vivid fancies, and the des- peration that always grows out of starvation, each one overrating the value, perquisites, and capacity of the office for which he has fought, bled, and died? There isno force known in the whole world of Science or Nature like that of & Democrat after an office. The only parallel for his desperation is that of astarving dog gnawing at a bone he has found in the guiter. MUNICIPAL TAXES. The electionsbeing over, and the Represent- atives of this city in the Legislature having been chosen, it is advisable that there should be an intelligent and careful consideration of the legal wants of the city, that these Representatives may go to Springfield in January with some definite idea of the serv- ice required of them. The City of Chicago is not alone in the need for legislative remedy in the matter of the Revenue law. All the other cities in the State are in the same distress, and the Rep- resentatives of Chicago will find in the Legis- lature the delegates from other cities anxious and willing to co-operate in any measure of relief. As the case stands now, unless there be some change in the law, the governments of cities in this State must suspend their functions. . The dirsct evils under which this city (with all others in Tllinois) suffers ave: 1. The ingbility to enforce the collec- tion of taxes. 2. The consequent loss of revenue, necessitating a suspension of gov- ernment or the credtion of illegal debt. 8. The failure of the law to provide for the collection of unpaid taxes for former years. Municipal corporations have no menns of support save by the revenue from taxes; the levy of taxes is confined to specific appropria- tions for current expenditures; the taxlevy ig therefore reduced to the minimum, and the failure to collect the tax leaves the city with alarge deficit in revenue. The Courts of Dlinois have followed the doctrine that to demand a tax of a citizen is on a par with indicting him for crime ; that, if the citizen pleads a defect in the indictment or tax-warrant, the accused is entitled to every presumption of innocence of any in- debtedness for taxes. The trial is conducted with all the severity of construction in favor of the accused, and, if there be the slightest defect or technicality on which he can be ac- quitted, the Coust pronounces him innocent, and lectures the public suthorities upon the despotism of attempting to make a man pay taxes to support the Government of the city. ‘Where an indictment for horse-stealing is set and the contest seemed dependent wholly upon the vote of Florida, the stepping-off ssnia for informality, the accused may be re- indicted, tried, and convicted; but, where a man is released from taxation becauso of in- formality in the proceedings, the law does not provide the means for re-taxing his property, and forthwith the community is subject to a special extra tax to make good the deficit. The tax-fighter actually fares better in the Courts—the Judges take a more humane view of his case, in conse- quence of the greater atrocity charged against him of owing taxes to support the City Gov- ernment—than dogs the horse-thief or the assassin. It is time this view of taxation should be changed. The Supreme Court has lately taken a broader view, and, recog- niz/x g that Governments are necessary, and thdt revenue is necessary to maintain Gov- ernments, has begun to close the door on all tax-fighting complaints where the merits or legality of the tax itself cannot be question- ed or denied. The Courts, however, cannot make laws, and the present Revenue liw is sadly deficient. It is based upon the as- sumption that all men are patriotic, honest, and scrupulously exact in paying their taxes; but this assmnption is fallacious, and now, not only hera'in Chieago, but in all the other cities, and in various counties, there is large and growing proportion of the people who pay no taxes, resorting to ihe Courts for protection under defects in the law, and imposing on the rest of the public an undue proportion of taxation. All over the State there is & branch of the legal profession that undertakes tax-fighting on shares. Chicago wants some legal provision made under which can be collected the 2,000,000 of back taxes which have been evaded. It also wants some provision of law by which the tax can be collepted when due. At present tho property-owner who does not fight hLis tax borrows the amount from the city, county, and State, paying 10 per cent therefor, and pays at his leisure. The city ought to be able to realize at a tax-sale the whole of its revenue, and for this end there must be some change in the law. ‘We hope the Common Council will invite to the concultations on this subject the best informed and most experienced citizens, and that with the aid of legal advice there be prepared between now and January such bills for the amendment of the Revenue law as will secura the reforms needed. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE. The case of Superintendent Hrckey will come up before the Council to-morrow even- ing, and it seems to be a foregone conclusion that a very large majority of the Aldermen— the numberis stated at twenty-five out of thirty-six—will vote for the resolution re- questing the Mayor to remove him. It is too ungrateful a task to go over the mass of tes- timony which was token during the investi- gation in the most unsystematic manner, and which had little of the character of legal ev- idence. Much of it was given by discharged policemen/ detectives in bad repute, gam- blers, thibves, and many others not worthy of perfect confidence. Yet four of the Com- mittee concluded that Superintendent Hickex has not been discharging the duties of the position as efficiently as he should, and rec- ommended his removal. This report does not express any opinion directly npon Hicgey's alleged relations with Day WessteR, who seems to be about as dis- reputable an old African as lives; but the Committee evidently reached their conclusion on the general ground that there are abuses in the manegement of the Police Depart- ment which can be best corrected by o change of Superintendent. But one of the Committee, Ald. CurierToN, dissented from this conclusion, and reported his con- viction that Hrcxxy is the victim of a con- spiracy to get him out of the way. Thereis certainly some reason to suspect as much, though that of itself would not signify that Hickey is blameless, The prosecution was conducted by & man named TrUbE, who has the reputation of being the retained attorney of the worst gamblers, bunko-stecrers, con- fidence-men, and thieves who infest the city, and who employed some very disreputable ngents in the effort to make out his case. It is to Hiorex's advantage that he is a thorough and experienced policeman, but it is to -his disadvantsge that the gambling dens ara not all closed, and that disreputable places like Dax ‘WessTER's and others in the same neighbor- hood are tolerated. Thisis abont the way the case stands, and it is for the Council to determine their action, as they conceive to be best for the interests of the city. Of course the removal of Hicrey and the sppointment of his successor rest finally with the Mayor, but he will probably be in- clined to accede to the declared opinion of a large majority of the Council, if sustained by ressonable evidence. There is only one point we desire to insist upon. If Hickey is to be removed, the place ought not to be filled by suy attache of the force. He is certainly the most capable officer in the present force, and the same objections that apply to him will apply to some extent to all of his immediate subordinates, If there has been a conspiracy to get rid of him, which seems not altogether unlikely, the conspirators ought to be gratified by the appointment of any person acceptable to them. It is not for the interest of the city that Mr. Trupg, for in- stance, should have a Pofice Superintendent that suits his purposes, nor that Mr. Trupe’s clients, who are largely gamblers, bunko- stecrers, and thieves, according to common report, should indorse an appointment. If Mr. Hicker is removed on the ground that there should be a more efficient management of the Police Department, then some one outside of the present officers and entirely disassociated with the present order of things should be celled to the position. The nome of ErMer Wasnnury, formerly Superintendent of Police and more recently Chief of the Government Sccret Service, has been suggested. The objection to him that he might be distasteful to the Germanson account of his connection with the enforce- ment of the old Sunday ordinance seems to be removed by the Siaats-Zeitung's indorsement of him, and by & very general expression among the Germans that he was the most efficient officer the Chicago police force has ever had. 'The fact is now very well understood by the Germans, as well as everybody else, that Mr. Wasa. sunxmerely enforced the law as he found it, gs it was his daty to do. The Sanday law was repealed long 8go, and the Germans are equally interested with other good citizens in having all the laws enforced. So fer ag the Z'%imes spesks for the Democrats, Mr. Wasasury will also be acceptable to the law- sbiding citizens of that party, and of course the Republicsns will be gled to see him re- tarn, It is certain that he is a man im- plicitly to be trusted, and his courage, ener- £y, and efficiency have been abundantly dem- onstrated. His past record is an sssurance that he will bs able to close up the gambling- hells, run out the thieves, and keep down the disreputable classes. His vigilance and shrewdness as a detective, as well as his hon- esty. were develoned daring his career as not | Chief of the Government Secret Service, from which position he was removed for the\ same reason that all the other of Secretary BrisTow’s trusted associates were,—what- ever that was. It is not for his sake, how- ever, but for the sake of Chicago, that it will be well to securb him as the Superintendent ; and, if & change be made, he is the man of all others who should be called to the vacancy. HONEST POLITICS. With Democrats as with ordinary mortals, the old saw applies that * hindsight is better than foresight.” Thus the very elements in the conduct of the election which the Demo- crats assailed most fiercely turned out to their advantage. The protections under the law for assuring an honest election were demanded by,ihe Democratic managers and newspapers, probably because they b\glieved that it wonld be to the advantage ofyi 9ir party to afford an opportunity for frausd; yet i/f/lz turns out, as seems likely enough, that they have carried the country, they will be able to fall backupon Hhese protections as an answer to any charges of fraud. We wish we could persuade the Democrats—particu- larly now that they are likely to assume the management of the country’s affairs—that an honest, law-abiding policy is the best even in politics; and it is chiefly for this purpose that we call attention to the advantages they liave enjoyed because the Republicans have enforced the law, ‘The Democrats, for instancs, assailed with one voice the enforcement of the National Election law, providing for the appointment of an equal number of Supervisors from each party, under the auspices of the United States Courts, to protect the ballot-boxes against corruption. The Democrats jumped at the conclusion (arguing perhaps from their own consciousness) that this law was to be used in some mysterious way to assist the Republicans. But the fact is that Dem- ocrats in cities like Philadelphia, Pitisburg, Indianapolis, and thr]ston, have been eager to avail themselves of the rame pro- tection, and by meansiof this law and its en- forcement have g.mmgffl against all”pos- sible corruption of the ballot-boxes for the benefit of the Republican we-iv, So in cities like New York, Broo Chicago, ard New Orleans, where the law has been enforced at the instance of the Republicans, the latter are now excluded from setting up the cry of fraud, and the Democrats have the full benefit of their ad- vantages. The supervision instituted by due process of law, and exercised in behalf of one party as well as the other, has disposed of all charges of false registration and false counting by purging the lists of impnrities, and the people receive the returns with as much confidenca as is possible at any time ‘when one party finds itself in the minority. The employment of the United States troops in certain lo/cnlities to maintain the peace was even more fiercely denounced than the employment of Supervisors of Election. When the President ordered troops to South Carolina, in response to the demand of the Governor ' of the State, as provided by the Constitution of the United States, the cry of bayonet rule ” was immediately set up by the Demo- crats. Yet thepresence of the troops in South Caroling has proved chiefly advan- tageous to the Democrats. The .soldiers have becn called on to protect the negroes ‘who had been bought, orcoaxed, or wheedled, or threatened into voting the Democratic ticket from the assaults of the Republican negroes, and they have done so. This is the reason why the Democratic vote in South Carolina is apparently so much larger than there was any reason to expect. They pro- tected the whites the other evening in Charleston when they were in the minority. They have behaved excellently, stopped fights, suppressed riots, prevented the smash- ing of ballot-boxes, saved the lives of elec- tion judges, and enabled a quiet and peace- able election to bo held in a country that was aflame with excitement and hostile passions. The troops and their offi- cers have been impartial conservators of the peace, as they are slways likely to be from education and the nature of their occupation ; we do not believe American soldiers have ever yet fired on anybody for partisan pur- poses. Yet their employment for the very purpose and almost the only purpose for which a standing army is now maintained was savagely denounced by the Democrats as an invasion of State rights, and probably lost the Republicans some votes at the North. If the Democrats are not beyond learning from experience, they may get some useful lessons in honest politics from tho recent election. FREQUENCY OF ELECTION EXCITEMENTS, ‘We have no doubt there will be a general acceptance of the suggestion that our elec- tions for President are altogether too fre- quent. Once in four years is too often for such a general upheaval of the coun- try and the universal excitement attend- ant thereon. There is no stability in the Executive Department. The first two years of anew Executive are occupied in the dis- tribation of patronage and in preparing for legislation; the next two years are spent in preparing for the succession. A year before the President's term is over he has been either set aside by his own party orisa can- didate for re-election, and, in either case, has ceased to control his own party and the gon- eral public. This is not by any means a new question. It has been discussed for many years. As long ago as in JicksoN's term it was pressed, and, while popular with the peo- ple, it has never found favor with the poli- ticians. The objection to one term, and that of six years, has been that it reduces the chances of candidates to obtain that office. A man at 60 years of age desiring and expecting the Presidency can afford to wait for the expiration of but few four-year terms, and would have even less hope if the terms were made six years each. An annual election would not be too frequent for these people. The Government, however, was not instituted for officeholders, but for the general welfare, and these frequent elections are injurions to the interesis of the country and destructive of the public morals, The adoption of a constitutional provision fixing one term for the President, and that term to be six years, would give to the Presi- dency a stability and independence to which the office is now a stranger. Tho President isnow amere office agent,—a maun whose ‘business is not to select persons to fill office, but to appoint the men to office who have been selected by the members of Congress of his party. Unless the President do this, then the Senate will refuse to confirm the sppointment of any other persons, and the President will be absndoned by his party in Congress. If, however, the President have 1o hope for re-election, and have six years of office, he can afford to be independent, and can appeal to the people from Congress at the intermediato elections. So strongly im- pressed was Gov. Haves onthis subject, that he frackly wrote his declaration that, if elect- ed, he would not be a candidate for re-elec- tion. Mr. Tmpey, in his letter of sccept- ance, while declining to make any * self-im- 'posed restrictions,” declared that the re-elec- tion of a President should be prohibited by congtitutional provision. Here, then, are the two candidates at tho recent election both testifying to the fatal effects of having more than one term for each President. The country has just passed through a most intenss and extraordinary excitement over the choice of President. For six suec- cessive months it has engrossed the public mind. Tt hasled to all manner of excesses. It has led to the expenditure of millions of dollars to corrupt and debauch the public morals. It has flooded tho country with a torrent of * calumny, vituperation, and per- jury. Tt hos lowered the standard of official and personal purity in public estimation. The active campaign has been attended with more or less drunkenness and personal ex- cesses. Young men have become involved in the whirl of party excitement, and have become familiar with excesses and dissipa- tion to which they would otherwise have been strangers. Henlth, and money, and time, and good morals, have been sacrificed. In less than two years the subject of the succession will be again agitated and the popular mind put in training for the next campaign, so thet the actual rest from one campaign to the other never exceeds two years. In the present case all the excite- ments preceding the election have followed i aphfl‘demsgogues are trying to fan that ex- ment into a civil war. This is altogether too frequent. Tolength- en the term to six years would give the country time to recover from one exciting season before engaging in the next. ‘When Congress meets in December one of _the wisest things that conld be done would be to submit to the country an article of the Constitution extending the Presidential term to six years, and making the President ineli- gible for two terms in succession. Such a provision, we have no doubt, would be wel- comed by the people, who have become wearied and exhausted by the fierceness and intensity of the Iate election. THE CHINESE RELIGIONS. In the present muddled condition of -the popular mind, pending the result of the Presidential election, the readers of Tme Crrcaco Trrsuxe will turn with a feeling of relief to the continuation of our discussion of Chinese religions, and will derive from it thosefeelings of restand composure which are so much needed on the Sundsy morning,— ‘& poultice to heal the blows of sound.” In previous articles we have examined quite exhaustively the three great systems of Con~ fucianism, Buddhism, and Tauism. In addi- tion to these three general systems, there are certain national religious rites and beliefs which may be called appendages of these systems, and are practiced promiscuously by the votaries of all sects, while in point of fact they appeal with more directness and practical force to the average Chinaman than either of the three gemeral systems, since they are part and parcel of his daily life, upon which he especially relies for success and happiness. The first of these rites is Ancestral Wor- ship, an outgrowth of Confucianism, which is one of the oldest forms of idolatry known in China, and one of the principal obstacles in the way of Christianity, since its obsery- ances are regarded as tests of filial piety, and its neglect incurs ancestraldispleasure. The visible objects of this worship are ancestral wooden tablets, upon which are inscribed names, titles, time of birth and death, sur- mounted by a portrait of the ancestor. The tablet is also supposed to contain one of the three spirits of the deceased, the second residing in the tomb, and the third in purga- tory, where the residence is only temporary. The form of worship is similar to that of the other idols, and is generally performed in the family temple constructed for that pur- pose. If all & Chinaman’s ancestors were represented by fablets it is evident that Celestial ancestry would soon become an embarrassment of riches. The danger of superfluity is obviated by not allowing tab- lets to females, nnmarried males, and aban: doned characters. The temple is the most sacred spot on earth to the Chinaman, for here his ancestal spirits reside and he him- self will reside after death, which accounts for the anxiety of the Chinese in this coun. try to have their bodies sent home, The Kitchen God occupies a very im- portant position in the family worship. He has no temple or image, but is posted up on every Litchen-range in the form of an en. graving. He is the household divinity. Ile takes cognizance of everything that goes_on in the house, and makes an annual report to the chief of the gods. He is in reality the Josu whom the Chinaman adores. .. Although located in the kitchen, and occupying an enviable proximity to the victuals, he has nothing to do with the rats, Ppuppies, mice, and other small deer which are Chinese lnx. uries, but is placed there Probably because the kitchen in Ching, like the kitchen in the United States, is the fountain-head of the small family gossip, the source of waste and extravagance, and the convenient meeting- place for “the help's” cousins. The pres- ence of Josx in the Chinese kitchen is un- doubtedly a check upon the Celestial serv- ant. What a blessed relief it wonld be to the American housekeeper if the servant. girl knew there was a Josm in her cooking- stove watching her every action, and making a minute of the flour snd sugsr reserved for outside acquaintances! + The State Worship is practiced exclusively by tho rulers, and is made binding by the Constitution of the Empire on the officials, including the Emperor and tho Imperial family. In carrying out this service they worship objects which are divided into three grades: First, heaven, earth, spirits of de. ceased .monarchs of the existing dynasty, g0ds of the land and grain, and the specind patrons of the dynasty; second, the sun, the moon, the spirits of Emperors and Kings of former dynasties, Coxrucrus, the Patrons of agriculture and silk-weaving, and the gods of henven, earth, and of the pessing year. In the thi e % = e mi grads are ineluded hills, rivers, mountains, innumerable spirits of eminent, persons, and the thunder., Ag the Chineso officials are continually removed from place to place by the Emperors, o it is suj that the divinities i Ppased he divinities of eachcity are continually changing ; accordingly, they do uot have per- manent nemes. The same images answe: from year to ¢ spiri : yes year, but new spirits occupy them with each changs of administratin. The dlearin, istration. oring out of the State gods is as com. plete as will be the clearing ont of GraNT' employes if Tuoey is elected. .s inE:vch];c;“};:m China also coutains o temple, ONFUCIUS is worshiped in the form of an extra large tablet with the in. St “ 3 seription, “Tha Great and Holy Soge.” The officials are also Tequired to worship reg- men of previous generations. _They are nlso required to perform a ceremony for i, benefit of neglected ghosts. Deified heroes, whose neme is legion, are also ‘worshiped, The God of Weslth, who wasg originally tax-collector, is on object of supreme ador. tion. His style of collecting tages was unique emough to suggest 5 new method of dealing with Chi- cago tav-fighters. He once calied Tpon a family who refused to pay thoir taxes, whereupon he camped down in their honse. hold and announced his intention to stay until they paid. As he was an enormong eater, the taxes were soon forthcoming, There are numerous other less noted gods presiding over the diferent occupations and arts who are industriously worshiped by those pursning them. The reader will not have failed to observe that China is profuse. ly stocked with gods, and that a well regulated Chinaman who keeps up with hig religious duties finds plenty to do to keap him out of mischief. In our mext articl we shall examine the worship of spirits, who are as numerous as the sands on the sep- shore. —— Since Wednesday last one of the afternoon papers has been boisterously boasting that Haves was elected, and asserting that Top ° TRIBUNE gave it up on Wednesday. We sap- pose this assertion is based on the word # Lost» that was at the head of the display headings; but if it had taken the trouble to read down to the bottom it would have found the last display line to read, +*4:30 a. m.,—very latest,—thg result close and doubtful.” At 4 2 m. Wednesday morning the dispatches seemed to elect TILDEN beyond all doubt or peradventure. He had swept New York, [ndi- ana, Connecticut; and New Jersey. The news from the South looked pretty poor. The dis ‘patches from Florida indicated that it had gone ¢ for TILDEN, and Florida was a State that had been conceded to him before the election. Ore- gon had generally been conceded to Trupey, and Lonisiana had only been faintly claimed for HavEes by any Republican. The retums from no Southern State ere assuring, or even hopeful, from what was known as late ag 42, m. ToDeEN had secured 18% votes, and only needed one more to elect him, and he would be 2 rash and reckless man at the mo- ment who would express the opinion in writing that HaoYES would win. At 4:20 2. m., just asthe formsiof the early mail edition of THE TRIBUNE Were én route to the press-room, 8 dispatch arrived modifying the aspect of matters. It was the work of buta few minutes to bring them back and insert this sentence as the last line of the display headings on the first page: 4:30 A. M.—VERY LATEST-—The Vote Close, and the Resuit Still in Donbt. At the head of the editorial columns this post- seript was inserted : PoSTSCRIPT.—4:30 8. m.—The Electoral vote for Haves, including the three Pacific States and Wisconsin, foots up 181; the vote for TILDEN iS 184; leaving Forida, with 4 votes, to determine the Tesult. This postscript was certalnly not & surrender, of the ship, but left matters in a very intercst- inz condition,—TiLDEN, 184; HaYES, 151; and Florida to determine the result. Since then four anxious days have come and gone, and the situ- ation is precisely what we stated it to be in that first edition on Wednesday morming, viz.: “Very close and result doubtful.” At 5 a. m. the second edition ot TrE TRIBUSE for city circulation was issued, with several col- umns of additional election returns, and in re- gard to the result this was the heading in dis- play letters: *“5a. m.—Still later news—The result depends upon the vote of Florida.” Then followed the reports on which the opinion was founded. AtT:30a third edition was issued, with more news, -headed, “Not Settled,” and from that moment till this no advance has been made on that opinion. * What has appeared te be gained one day has been lost the next. The result is still *“Not Settled,” as THE TRIBUNE stated last Wednesday morning. A Wedunesday afterncon the Post had all the dispatches of the three morning papers before its editor from which to rebash the news. ‘Wednesday afternoon the Post, with no addi- tional uews of a certain or definite character, proclaimed Havyes elected beyond doubt or contingency, and in all its editions since it has repeated the same claim, without one decisive figure to found the claim upon. * ‘This may be very funny, but it is not honest Jjournalism, and has a tendency to do harm. It encourages betting by those who creait its clsim; and if TILDEN gets a vote out of either of the three doubtful States, or AlavEsloses ove, they will not thank the Post for playingits confidence game, whereby they lost their mouey. Since the first issue of Tue TRIBUNE at 4:30 a. m. Wednesday morning, it has given the ex- act trath so far as the result was knownto mortal man. All that was told more than it published was mere opinion, guesswork, or braggadocia. —— The demand for city newspapers during the past week has been unprecedented since the ‘War. All of the Chicago dailies have sold many more copies than their usual editions. Speak- ing for Tie TRIBUNE, the sales on Wednesday, the day after the election, were Jmmense. For the early traln edition, issued at 4:30a. m., 5,000 copies; of the second edition, for the city and country, 41,000 were printed and- disposed of. At 7:30 a later edition was printed, of which 11,650 copies were sold in the city and country, making a total of 57,650. Thursday morning we printed two editions, and sold 51,200 copies. Friday morning the sales dropped to 44,500. Saturday morning— yesterday—they rose azain to 49,075 copies. Unless there shall be some very exciting news connected with the counting of tbe votes in Louisians, or one of the other vital States, the circulation of the city dailies will recede prutty rapidly to the normal demand. The sales of Tue TRIBGNE in the country vfuu!d have been much larger if some of the dty mewsdealers who have discretionary au- thority to increase their orders for the country ere not in the habit of discriminating in favor of a partivular sheet,—a. thing which Is not done by newsdealers in other large cities. e To. 5ht of The Trivune. Cricaco, Nov. 11.—The Presidential vote can £ettle the questionaf the popnlation of Chicagoand St. Louls far better and more satisfactorily than sny *‘put-up job ™ fn the intercst of either city. Pleaze give the vote of Chicago and Cook County, and St. Louis and St. Louis County, for 1876, a0 oblige a Reapen. ularly in the temples of the God t of War an@ the Gof! of thex:nmrz, one of which mnymbc found in every city, these gods being dsified The vote for President in the City of Chica- go foots up 62,418; in Cook County, 78,1%. The votein the City of St. Louis aggregates 40,(!?6; in St. Louis County, 48,403. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat does mot like the con- tr;;s: thus p]resen!cd, and mourz{ully observes: '8 not pleasant to think that Chicago, which is :g;p&ixg&;l\yo an inslg‘pigcml c‘l!:r, ::f: it nore 1 , 000 votes, which exceeds t St. Lodia **by a large majority.” - ———— For the purpose, we suppose, of allaying ex- citement among the impulsive and inflammable White-Liners of New Orleans, the caim and - conservative Chicago Zimes cditor sent the fol- !m\‘mg dispatch to that city, which appeared in yesterday’s Democrat » All eyes and hopes turn tr 1sil I you tamely. unhmitpw dis[m:(m:gl‘;lfl?: ill::n:;:d is defeat for hope and reform. The North will say **God-#peed™ to a cleanin 3 and Kziloaa scoundrels. ¢ 7 Of (¢ Fackand ——— We have reccived a shower of letters and Ppostal-cards since Wednesday from people in the country complaining of a scarcity of Tris- uNes. Notwithstanding the great pumber sent to the country the demand far exceeded it Copies of Tne TaIBUSE were sold and resold at 10 to 25 cents,—50 some of the complaining writers state, The St. Louis Globe explains why a Constable could not walk up and arrest the JANES boys, the highway robbers. It says: Among the returns of th 3 e JAMES 00) ico bave succeeded in xuunf}. ”rncyiu:m e&flu the