Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1876, Page 4

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From all nccounts it was a derry Christinasin the main, os jolly and pleasant as any we shall bave in the noxt bundred yours, Tipen's Committes hns just finished its work in South Carolinn, having given up The abundant evidences that the ayns Electors were legal- 1y elected have discouraged the Democrais on the Committeco. Tho double set of Electors so confidently predicted for South Carolinn will hardly canse annoyance in the " final count, as the protenders are not even conntenanced by Haxrroy, who is reported to have no sympathy with tho unullifying schemes of Northern hothends. 'Lha clo- ments for firing the Democratic heart ura _sadly wanting in South Caroilna. Tt is not yet entirely certain as to which party will control the organization of the noxt House, The Democrats, it is sald, have conceived s scheme by which they think they can work matters to thelr satisfaction. The Clerk of the present House, whose duty it is to'propare a list of the members of the new body, will, it is intimated, omit from the roll the delegations from Loulsiana and Florida, and by this menns give tho Demo- erats a good working rsjority whereby they can carry things with a highfhaud., Nice- 10id plans of this particular description have nover yot worked well, and there aro valid reasons for believing that they will prove abortive in this case, Onoxix has had the floor largely, in fact Almost exclusively, in the Oregon case, ‘The legally-elected Ropublican Electors with the Becretary of State and other prominent Re- publicans of Orogon arc now on their way to ‘Washington with all the facts beaving upon the meeting of tho Electoral Col- lege. An interview with these gentlo- ot Omaha dovelops the fact that Mr, Croniv's regard for the ; truth is not of that exalted character which * would justify coming genorations in can- ' publie. oniziug this Electoral trinity ns a saint. In fact, most of CroNiN's stories have n strong flavor of Munchausenism, rondered “ necessary, ‘doubiless, by the pecullar exi- gencies of his peculiar position before the This will appear in ‘o strong light when the dona fide Electors have told their story. Good and efficiont rensons why Mr, On. 0N, President of the Western Union Tele- graph Company, should not and will not ap- . pear personally before the two Committecs . Elootions, , Obnirman aof the of Congress anxious to secure his attend- ance are furnished in his lotters, with aca companymg aflldavits, to Mr. Monaon, House Committea ot to Bpeaker RaNDALL, MostoN, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and There s no resson why' 3r, OrTox should respond in person to the subpeenas of the two Committecs, since, by the setion of the Western, Union Directors, hie no longer hias possession or control of any New Orleans, and to Mr, Henate +, of the meusages now on hand, and therefore is unnblo to produce tha documents called for. Honce Mer, Quron will etay at home, snd, in viow of the action takon by the Di- rectors, it is diflicult to tell what officer will be oble to furitsh the mesanges, "The first installment of & most intereating and jmportant inlerview with Gov, Omax- BERLATN is furnished to Tur Tminunz by i 3r. Jaxws Reopars, and printed this morn. ing. It is by far the most comprohonsive " and lucid presentment of the Republican i, viow of the situation In South Carolina that has.yot been nade publio, and it will come 253 revelation to mmany who bave hitherto Jabored under tho mistakon bellef that Gov, Cuasoenraiv's aflitude was one of usurpa. tion by mesns of fraud and force, and that Le las been sustaiued by President Anaxt on partisan grounds and without re- gerd to the merita of the case. No ohe who , bias Leld this viow can read the. eminently PHIE CHICAGU ‘TRLBUNE TULSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1876 fair and modorate atatemonts of faot and the clear and logical reasoning in the Rrp- AT interview withont discovering that Gov. CramnentAwy, so far from being a usnrper upheld by foree and fraud, i« a man who beliaves lio I8 right, and who has excol~ lont rensons for that beliel. The sccond chapter of this most interesting interview will be printed shortly, and will ba awaited writh intorost, 80 far na its efeot on the Electornl yoto s concerned, the Florida Buprome Court might have spared itsclf thoe extraordinary strotch of judicial authority which it exercised in commanding a recount of the roturns aud a declaration of tho result ns shown on their faco. Tho four Haves Eleotors havo happily anticipated the power of the Cowtt to go out of {ts way to furnish now material for argument in behalf of Trnony; they hnd voted for Haves, and forwarded the voto in due form to the Prosidont of the Benate, and aro now officially defunct to all intents and purposes. Tha voto of Florida will be connted for Haves, 18 in law and equity it ought to be, and the only use the Domocrats can make of the super-servicoablo intorposi- tion of tho Florida Court will bo to talk about it. Onr Kansna correspondent this moming tells of the discovery of an Indiat Domocrat belonging to the tribe of Osages living at their Agency in tho Territory, This noble warrior_somehow got it into his hend that TiLpex had been elcted to the Presidency, aud theroupon, according to his trne Domo- cratlo proclivities, ho begon to steal cattlo, and wagons, nnd things, and othorwise Dag the ‘‘mpoils” which fell to him by right of his place in the rauks of the victors, Tho cattlo and wagons were tnken neross tho line into Kansas and pawned for such entables, drinkables, and wearablos as wora thoro to be found for sale. And straightway, whon the cattle, nnd wagons, and things wero disposed of, and the entables and drinkables (especially the Iatter) had bad time to toke effect, this rampant victor crossed back into tho Territory, and most bravely proceeded to bulldoze one of the worshiping congregations at tho Agency. Whilo the services were in progress, ho ranged himself and his revolvers in line of Latile, nud set about informing the congre- gation of a few facts in tho caso. To begin with, he was the bnlly boy with a copper countenanco who proposed to run the corpso and goro business in tho Territory for the next fonr years. His rovolvers would do tho work, and he would back up his revolvers, and his brother Democrats in the States wonld back up him, and their backs in turn would continue, as in tho past, to place im- plicit confldence in TiupEN aud his boltom- less bar'l. In fact, 8o far as his brother Dem- ocrats were concerned, tho whole North had their eyes upon him, aud he proposed to bhave /Jis returns pan ont well in corpses and gore no less than in cattle and wagons. We may have gono farther than tho authoritative statements of our correspondent will warrant, but the pro- pgression seems so natural that we ore unable to refrain, In conclusion, we wonld sug- gest that Keexaw, editor of the Zimes, hove thiis red (bird or davil) brought to Cbicngo and perched upon tho busted Pallay just in- sido his sanctum door. Or perhaps more Democratio exhilnration wonld result if Kernay, editor of the Zimes, would use this brother of his for a bed fellow. ——ee A CONFESSION OF DEFEAT, It is an open question whethoer the De- macraoy are not committing o grave mistake in noting upon the assumption that TrLoex liny been olected past all question, and there- wpon calling publio meotings, war meotings, and councils, issning declarations, manifes- tos, and pronunciamentos, and appealing to tho worst passions of tho mass to come for- ward and insugurnte Tiroex, aa if thero were no doubt about his cleotion. At the outset it was very genernlly admitted that Trroxes had boen oleoted. Thefe was searce- 1y any doubt of it, oven on the part of the RNopublicans, and Mr, Hayes himself was disposed to admit it. Bince that time, how- ever, things have changed, and popular opinion has chonged also, There is now a very reasonable doubt whoether Trtoex has been elected, and tho nudacious but fatile conspiracy of the Domocrats to seccure an Electoral voto in Vermont and Oregon is a tacit admisslon that they thomselves are not pura of their man. A still more open confession of the wonlness of their position is their nppeal to tho " influnmatory olements of soclety, their threats of violence, and incondiary in- fluences brought to bear upon mobs, which nro always tho last resort of desperato men who hava lost faith in the legality and moral streugth of thelr cause. Poople have now discovored that thero is large room for doubt as to the rosult of thd election in tho three States of Sonth Carolinn, Florida, and Louisi. non, nud the Democrats thomselves, by their nation, gro conceding that the result continu. ally grows moro and more doubtful, At the outset thoy wera positively cortaln of Bouth Oarolina. Now they bave been forced to ad- it that, howover the local issua may stand n8 betwoon Haxreron and Opanmpentary, Tie- Dex has not carrled tho State upon any re. turns. In Florida, even counting pnrishes whero there was no queation of Democratio frauds, they cou only muster forty or fifty majority, aud, throwing theso out a8 irregu. Jar, Haves has tho majority. In Loulsiaua the only quostion is, Which candidate wns olected under tho Eloction lows of the State? The Btato.-Sovereignty people have treated that queation as if Republicous had no rights thoy wero bound to respect. If the Roturn. ing Board bias oxerclsod large and extraordi- nary powers, it hna boen becauso thoso powers were conforred upon it by the laws of the Btate, aud uuder thasa laws they had the right to exercise them beyond all ques- tion, Tho Noturning Board alleges it has thrown out votes that wero cast in violation of law. If they were cast in violation of Inw, then thoy ought to have been thrown out. Whethor they were illegally cast or not con be detormined upon the evidence and affidavits submitted to that Board, If thore wero o fair and freo electlon, there I8 no quostion that Louisiana i a Roepublican State By n largo wnjority, and the Domocrats are simply angry bocauso they have falled to carry & Republican State by their poculiar processes of fraud, in. timidation, aud Dbulldozing, ‘They have forfeited every clalm to publio sympathy, and have deliberately thrown away every protonse of tho clection of Mr, "F1LbEN un- der the laws by tholr inflammatory sud sedi. tious actlon, which, as wo have already stated, is n virtual confousion that they nre in the minority in the Electoral Collego. ‘Thoy know well enough that this question can only bo settled by the legally-constitut-. ed authorities, and as ogainst this method they have choson rovolution, and are willing to endangor the public poace to carry their onds ratlier thao submit to the docision of the legal tribunals and tbe authoritics pro- vided by the Constitution, e SEEZING INFORMATION. Wa are regricsted to publisk aud answer the questions contained in the following let- ter, which eomes to ne from Wikeonsin ™ the of The Tridune. . . Wisconaty, D tn ghe middie of your restdential contest, which appeara toa forelmer {mpursible to be scttled in n eatisfactory mannor to ‘both parties, permit him to ndiress yon a fow quentions, which hie hopes you will answer some time in the week. First—Can n Governoraxk the helpof tho United States arma to keep peaca in his own State, befora doing himaell, with the forces at his command, all ho can to keep order? Second—1lave the (overnora of South Caroling, Florlda, and Loalelana doste this? 7hird—Can the Preafilent, without slolating hls oath of ofiice, sond truops into any Stata Dbee fore or otleast wmnking o proclamation, atthy timo of sending, to the obnoslous peoplo of the State, commanding them to submit to 1he Tacal authoritica? Zourth—Dld (Inaxr do this In Novomher? Fifth—\Why did the Senate obollsh the twenty. second rule almost aa svon na thoy were {n scasion? This rate was followed, 1f T mistake not, in the counting of votes for the three last Presilents. What {s good for tho goose fa good for the gunder. Steth—Can o Board of Cansassora for the connts Inguf votes bo composed of tembera Wwho are themselves candldates for offiee, and consequently parties interested? Thia is the eano fn Louisiana, Serenth—1s not the unwiltingness of fAlHng the vacancy of the fifth member of the Lonlsiana Noard o sign of premeditated frand; and does it not faval- faate all thelr transactions on the votes?. Inonswering thess questions you will confera favor on many. J. E. Dixoy, An Old Enplishman, 1.. The Governor of a Stateis the Ohief Ex- eontive theroof, whose duty is to enforce the Inwa and preserve tho pence. Hods tho sole judgo of the suficiency of tho means at his disposal to meet any emergency, and ke can request the aid of tho Federal Government when the Legislature is notin session, or cannot bo conveniently cnlled togethor. 2, 8, and 4. The Govornor of Bouth Carolina endeavored to suppress violenco and digorder in that Siate, but, failing in bis ef- forls, appealed to the President, who issued his proclamiation, commanding the dispersion of the armea forces committing violence, Tho troops were sent, and ono body of them ar- rived opportunely when a fight was going on in which the colored peoplo wero getting the botter of their assoilants, and the whites took refuge belind the protecting bayonets of the national troops. Inthe case of Flori- da, troops were nsked for by the Governor. Thero i8 no obligation on the part of the Prosident to isane a proclamation, but he can do so before or after sonding tho troops, In evory inatance he has ncted undor the legal ndvice of the Attorney-General, 5. The Senate, in 1875, at tho opening of the now Congress, readopted all the rules ex- cept tho twenty-second. 'This wns a year ago, aud long beforo any nominations for President were made, and of necessity long before any of the presont complications conld be foreseon, ‘L'horule wnaan outrageons one. Under it tho Sonate, by simply objecting, could prohibit tho counting of the vote of Now York for Tioey, or the House could roject the voto of Illinois for Hares, It did not vest this power in Congress, but vested it in o majority of either Houso, 6. The Board of Canvassers is n body cre- ‘ated in ench Stato by the law thoreof, and wo do not know how it could Lo done other- wige. If the law of Louisiana does not ex- clude candidates, then they could servo, 7. The Iaw creating the Board of Canvass- ers in Louisiana made a majority—three—a quorum ; it was vested with the power fo fill & vaoancy or not, and having fonr mem- bers failed to agreo upon a person to 41l the vacancy. Tho filling or not filling of the vacancy was o matier of discrotion from which there is no appeal, GEN, BARLOW’S FIGURING. The preciso significance that attaches to the lettora or roports of Gen. F. C. Banrgw, of Now York, upon the Florida election, is easily arrived at. Gen, Banvrow, on his own account, went to Florida to find out for him- self the facts as to the election thero. What ho didn't find out is stated by himself in his firat letter or report, thus: 1 whould have reduced the vote in Arclier Ire- cluct Na, @ by deducting 210 votes from the Re. pnblican majority, though upon the contlct of evidenco I think that one might with perfect falr- ness and honosty declde the other way. Yot Gen. Banrow proceeds to satlsfy him- solf by deducting from the Republican ma. jority these 219 votes, while he thinks “ with perfect fairness and honesty " thoy might be counted. He goes on to say : 1should not have rejected tho Key West Pre- cinct in Monroo County, Courts nre reluctant to reject wholo polla, thoreby disfranchlsing the In nocent with the gnilty, and it never should bedono except upon very clear proof that it 1e impoasible to place any rellance on the return, ‘Ihat is, in tho case of tho Archer Pro- cinct, where the proof is exactly balanced, Gen. Banrow would throw out tho 210 Re- publican majority; but in tho Key West Pro- cint, which gave a Democratic majority, ac- cording to the roturns, of 848, he would not reject tho roturn except upon ¢ very clear proof.” The pracise vatue that attaches to the report of 8 mau who will not reject Demno- cratio votes upon * very clear proof,” but rejects Republioan votes where ho himself admita thore is no olenr proof—that is, no proof—o? fraud, requircsa no comment. There I8 no saus man in tho United States who is such & fool a8 not to seo that it lan poor rule that will not work both ways ; and that, if the return of the Key West Procinet {s counted because it is not olearly proved frauds wore perpetrated thore, the vote of Archor Precinot must also bo counted be- cause there Is no clear proof of fraud thers, —the proof bLoing such that it is an exnct Lalance for and against, or, as ‘tHe lawyers would say, thers bolug & failluve of proof, But oven grantiug Gou. Banow's ox- {raordinary assumption thal o Domoeratio poll should be counted for the very roason that a Republican poll is rejected, ho doca not figure up that Florida was carried for ‘TiwoeN, The roductions which Gen, Ban- Low, according to his peouliar modo of rea. soning, kield should bo made from the Re- publican wmajority as declared by tho Re- turning Board were as follows ; Archer Precinet. West But deducting that 797 from tho 930 ma. Jority for Iaves, as found by the Returning Board, JIaves' majorily in the Htate is yot 183, Whon this iuconsequential result of lils report was. pointed out, Gon. Danrow issued his supplemental report, in which, trying his hand again ot fguring up a ma. jorlty iu Florida for Truoen, ho lugs in Jas- per Precipet No. 2 as one, the returns from which should be counted. As to this he Bays: : 3 . ‘Phen comes Jasper Preciuct No. 2, whore the vote wast Democratle, J23; Ropublican, 185, as relurnod. About this casu I know only what sp- veurs i the mlautes of the Boardand i CowaiLL's Ictter and Cook'y protest stlacted to ay report. “V'he Irregulazitiea complained of (abandoning the canvass when half nlshed, and turalng It over to twa luwyers, who cowpleted 1L the next dayy would funtify the theawiug uut af the whole returni; but what 1w in doubt about 1 whother the luypectors wern Republicans or Democrata, hilg pratest, that they were tho fotmer, and Cow- it and the minutes eny nothing about it. T have heard, and Cock: aleo rays, that they made aii- davits tn ahl of tha Iopnblican contest, end If so, 1 presuine they were lteputlicans, In that cana it #houtd be presumed that in the teturn as mada they touked nfter the Interests of thelr own pasty, and, 4t suy rate, 1do not Ihink that a Democratic major{ty shontd bu thrown ont because of 1tepub- Mean wrong-doln, 1f ench were the case. If hls precinet be rejected It would gite @ Nepublican ma- Jority in the State, otheriiss not. Tho reason he gives for retainiug the vote of ihis precinct, in his canvass on his own account, and which, if rejected, would give tho Btate to Haxcs, is that thero may have Leen Republiean inspectors of election there, Gen, Banzow docs not know- about it, but presnmos thore were, He nassumes further that tho inspoctors, if Ropub- lionn, perpotrated frauds,—whoreby a Demo- cratic majority was footed up; and, on ac- count of the * Republican wrong-doing, if such wero the case,” ho thinks tho return shonld liave been counted for TimpeEN. Isn't it nbout time, in view of the weakuess, inconclusivonesd, and confessed ignorance, admitjed and apparent, upon tho faco of Gen. Banvow's report, {hat they be dismissed along with tho regt of tha rubbish written about Fiorida by people who set abont counting TiDEN iu by tho vote of that Stato? Thero ano sbadowof doubtas to tlie fact that Florida voted for Haxes, and everybody except Gon, Banrow has practi. cally conceded that fact, It is quite too late in tho day forsuch lame figuring and such confessed igorance of the facts toattempt to ‘bulldoze the public into doubting how Flor- ida voted, PACIFI0 RAILROAD ' CHEER. Tha Dircctors of the Unfon Pacific Roil- road have reserved for tho close of the year the *choekiest” performance of the whols torm, and one that will probably not be equaled during the year 1877. They propose now that tho Government shall wmoko now termy, by which they will bo practically re- leasod from the paymont of current interest on the 64,000,000 bonds which tho Gav- ernment lias jssned to them. In lieu of this, they propose tho catablishment of n sinking fund of $23,000,000, to be accumulated by the time the Governmont's thirty-yenrs' loan shallhave expired. DBy this arrangoment, in- stend of the ronds paying the interest ns it nccrues and the principal when due, sc- cording to the original agreement, they will have paid only $25,000,000 in afl by the time the Governmont loan matures, and will still be in dobt $62,000,000 to the Governmont, Bat it is doubtful whether anything would be paid under the new nrrangement, as tho ooly security proposed for the sinking fand is o new issuo of bonds for $25,000,000,— the money to be paid into tho United States Treasury ns rapidly as theso bonds can be gold. If the bonds should not eell (and this {5 n ronsonable contingeney), the Government wouldn't got o dollar, but wonld have granted immunity to the roads for thirty yenrs. The menning of this impertinont proposi- tion is that the earnings of ths rosd may be loft entirely freco from all Government liens to pay the interest on the bonds sold to cap- italists and dividends on the stock. It is colosen! impudenée for the Pacific Railroad stockholdors to claim any dividends befors the Government is indomnified for its ad- vances, Thatstock doesnot represent any cnsh investment worth mentioning. The 20ads renlized in round figures something lika $1560,000,000 by the sale of their own bonds, the issus of Government bonds and.land bonds. Tho construction of the rilroads did not honestly cost more than one-half or two.thirds the smount of money raised to build them. The Rurplus of £0,000,000 or more wea divided among the Credit-Mobilier organizations, and in addition thereto tha capital stock of tho ronds waa also distributed among the con- struction’ rings. Theso rings then aro mnot satisfied with the outrageous cash profits thoy mada by their swindling operations, but now desiro the Government to forogo ita righta so they may collect dividends on the stock which they stole. 1f Oongress has any re- gard for publio soutiment it will refuse to entertain any such scheme for s moment, ¥ MARING A PRESIDENT. Tho New York Publis gravely discusses the possibility of a failure to have a Presl- dent olected until some tlme next spring. It rests this possibility upon o strange under- standing of the law and of the facts. Tho. argument is, that on tho 14th of February, when the President of tho Senate, in the presenco of the two Houses, proceeds to opon the certificates, and reaches the State of Flori- da, sn objeotion will be ralsed to his opening that cortifleato; that the two Houses will then geparate to consider the objection ; that the discussion, being unlimited, will con- tinue from dny to day until tho 4th of March, the opening of the certificatos being unfinished ; that the present Houso will then cepse to oxist; that in the meontime the President (Grant) will bave convened the new Congresd; that the new House of Rep- resontatives will thon proccod to elect a President, voting by Btates; that twonty States, being a majority of the whole num- ber, will vote for Haves, who will then Decome President, Such an outroms of the Prosidential muddle is imponsible, beoauss of tho law and of tho facts. In the flvst place, the duty and the power of the President of tho Bonata to open all the certificatos in oxclusive in him; it is imposed nnd reguirod by the Constitution, and cannot bo objeoted to by any one. If objection be made, it will not be noticed, and nothing short of physical violence can provent his completing the opening of all tha certificates. Having oponed all the certificates, what thon ? It is deniod that hefs authorized to count the votes. But who is thore to object? It is not a meoting of tho two Hounges. Itis a mere gathering of the members to witness the performance of a high constitutional act by tho Prosidont of the Benate, and, in the nbsenco of any law, no member of either Houso or any other person bas sny right, power, or authority to interfere,to direct, or control, or arrest him in tho performance ‘of his daty, Having oponed all the certifi- cates and tabulated them, he will an- nounco that Haves has 185 votes and Tizoxy 184, and the business befng complated the Benate will resumo its session and the Houso will rotire to its own chamber, This is tho only lega! or poasible procecding unless Con- gress prior to that time shall by law direct othorwise, We repent that, in our judg- mont, Congress can by law regulate, direct, and govern all that can take place after the opening of the certificates, but, Congress {ailing to so provide, the business begins and ends witidthe opening of the certificates and the tabulation of the vote made by the Pres- ident of the Benate. The remedy is revolu- tlon, force, war, and robellion. 'Tho assump- tion by the New York paper that the result of the election having failed to be announced, the next House of Represeutatives, meeting bfter the 4th of Maroh, could then proceed to elect a President, is extremely absurd Corke aays, In of the result. e Tho T'welfth Amendmont to the Constitution roquirea that whenover the right of cholce of Presidont shall dovolve upon the House, that right must Le cxeroised bofora the 4th of Mareh following, and failing to elect bafore that timo the Vice-Prealdent becomes Presi- dont, as if the Dresident were dond or con- stitutfonally disabled. Congress is authorlzed by the Conatitution te provide by law for tha extraordinary contingency of & vacancy in tho offices of both President and Vico-Presi- dent ; and this power Congress has exercised Dy providing thnt, in such coae, the Iresl- dont of the Sonato shall act as Presidont until a Prosidont and Vice-President shall bo clocted in the ordinary way in the succeed- ing Novembor. A failare to count the votos would have the effect of loaving both officon vacant, to be filled by the people at'n special «loction in Novomber, 1877, 8o the contin. gency of an clection of o President by tho next House of Reprosontatives cannot ariso under any circumntances, unless at the spo- cinl election in 1877 thera shnll bo a failuro {o eleot by tho Elcotoral Collages, All this but renders it the more imperatively neces- sory that the two Houses of Congress shinll agrae without delny upon some plan goveru- ing tho counting of tho votes nnd declaration R BARK TAXES. National Banks pay a varicty of taxes which in tho nggregate exceed any tax levied on capital jnvested in any other form. ‘They pay one-half of 1 por cont on their capital not invested in bonds; the snme rate upon their deposits; and 1 per cent on their circu- Iation, This is 2 per cent, which taxes aro poid dircet to the National Government. Then comes the municipal taxation, as, for instance, for State, county, town, and city purposes. ‘Theso vary according to location, but, oven when lowest, are severely high. The Comptroller of the Ourrency places tho taxes paid by tho banks as ranging from 1-10 to 8 por, cent Fodoral, and from 110 to 8} per cont municipal, or a total of 5 1-10 on capital. The average to all the banks in the country was 8} per cont. But in tho cities tho rato was much highor, ranging for both Federal and munieipal tax from 1} to 6} per cont. DBut tho magnitudo of this tax las been increased during Iata years, onuge it covera capital which is sunk, much of in 1mortgages on which is vast amount of capital not used, romnining be- it hopelessly, in bad debts, the iutercst and also wupon the not psid, in banks unemployed, and thereforo not productive. 'The taxation on all this capital continues just the same ns if it hod romained productive, The modo of taxation for local purpose iu very uncortain aud varied,—dif- fering in localities, ns is shown in the wide range of rates. It is impossible for the bonks to continne to pay these rates and to live undor n system, or want of system, of taxation, which marks them as specinl vie- tims of the tax-nssessor snd collector. Un- der this oppression various banks have al- roady gono into voluntary liquidation, and thus have reduced their capital, and others have distributed their surplus in order to es- cape nu exaction that is fatally oxtortionate. An appeal is made by the banking associa- tions to Congress for relief In two ways: First, o rolonso from the tax on circulation and deposit,—a release which is in the inter- est not only of the banks, but of tho'com. wmeroia] and manufaciuring communities, and of all othera who bhave to borrow monay to use in business, restrictions upon trade.- They aro in ono sensa nn addition to the rates of interest on lonns, sad therefore a restriction on business; Theso taxes aro by nn increnso in tho rate of intereat, thoy work a restriction on the loans of banks, The inumense surplus of unemployed capital in tho banks compels the latter institutions to sither lond monoy at rotes Bulficient only to cover the taxes, or not to lend them at all; in cither case forcing banks to reduce thelr capital, their surplus, and all thefr loanable means to the lowest sum. 'This, in turn, isa reatriction upon trade in every Hense; it tends to protract and emphasize the wont of confidence in the stability of credit, andadds to tho general dopression aud atagnation, The ropoal of theso taxes, therefors, would bo in the intercst of the business of the country, would encourago capital, would hold out a prospect of better times, and would, ot losst, arrest to some oxtent the diversion and withdrawal of the ordinary lonnable funds from the bauks, where thoy alono can be available for business, The other appeal to Congress is that the taxation of bunks by State authority shall bo made to conform to somo regular standard; that it shall be uniform in each 8tate with the valu- ation and rates of tax applied to renl estate and other property, Thus, whore in Tlinols renl and personal property are valuad for tax- able purposes at one-fourth or ono-third their cash value, that bank shares shall be valued and taxed by the same goneral rule aud in the same proportion and no greater than is other property. Thoy also ssk that bank shares for taxable purposes shall be treated &a all othor property, and the exemptions, re. duotions, and offssts which other property may olaim under the Btate laws. There fs n very large class of persons in the ocountry who have educated thomselves up to the point of believing that Nationnl Banke are chartored robbers, Mcensed to plunder the people of their substanca ; and the power of taxation hoa been industriously employed to recover from these supposed storehouses of {l-gotien wenlth a part of the riches to pay the exponses of government, But the focts utterly fail to prove that the banks enjoy any such monopoly of making money. 'The average profit on the capital invested in all the banks fall much below that of any woll. atocked and well-managed form in Hlinofs, The banks are largely the vietims of tha col- 1apas of oredit, the depression of trnde, sud the stagnation of business. The fact that money will not produce itself is practically brought home, and, when heavy taxation takes ita dsmand from unproductive capital, there is 'a deficlency in the original stock and no aocretion, This is a mattor in which the whole coun- try, without distinction of parly, is inper- ested, and it s to be hoped that Congress will ind time to give a few hours to the con- sideration of the subject, and to the passage of billa giving the desired relief. e—— 0ld Srorxy has already asked and hund an- gwered the following question, which he re- peata in slightly different phraseology : Inierrogatory to Jox Mzpiii, Msj,-Gen. Zacu CuANDLNE, of al. ; Bupposo that the Contnittes of Congreas, now in Loulalsns, should report (in tbe langusge of Mr. WiLLiax A, WussLw's report upon the same Board) that **the so-called canyass made by the Hotursing Board In the interest of Haves seems to us, upon a careful inqulry into all the facts, to have no validity, snd is entltled to no respect whatever,' would you thereupon ssy that Mz, TiLoEx {8 the lawfully-clected Fresidont, snd that any resort to force to provent his inaugura- tlon would be revolutionary and tressonable? What is meant by *‘the Committeo of Con- gresi”? Thero is a Benate Committen snd a House Commuttes, separstely sppoint. od, investigating soparately, and onoh will make »a roport fto thu DLranch of Congrens to which it holongs. Now. ng thero is no *Committce of Con- gross "—4, ¢, & joint committeo of members from both Ilouses—investignting nuyihing in Lounisiann, our answer must ba as to the ro- port that may bomade by the Commitico gont down thoro by tho Hemato or by tho Houso, Roplying, thon, to his *'interroga- tory,” does Sronky mean tho roport of the Committes sent out by tho SBenate? If so, wao answor hisquestion In thie afirmative, and Onaxpren et al. can answer for thomsolves, But if ho menus tha majority roport of tho fan Raxparz-Ane Hewirr Iouse Commit- tee, "Cur, Topusy roplies very decidedly in tho negative, 'Tho sort of report Brrw Mor- RisoN, Jrans, Medlanoy, LiyNpz, DLACKDURY, Meaor, House, Pitzres, nud New will mako was known before they left Washington. Thoy were sclocted by Bast Ilanpanu and Anr Iewirr to whitewnsh tho murderous conduct of the Louisinua buildozers, and to report that thero was no White-Line intimi. datfon practiced upon o colored Ropublic- ans, If thoy fail to Lring innreport ex- onerating tho bulldozers and denying intim- idation, they will be denounced as reoreant to thoir **Democratioduty” by the apoils-hunters nnd Copporhends from one ond of tho Union to the ofber. The roport of that. packed partisan majority of tha Committee, uncor- roborated by the minority thereof or Dy tho raport of tho Sonate Committee, will not be ontitled to the slightost credit or respect, and will receive none from any candid inquirer after truth in tho United States. We again repent what was snld in a previous answer to the snme question, that, if the Senate nnd House Committeen now in Louisiaua shall virtually agree that TizpeNy lns been de- frauded out of the Electoral votes of Louisi- ann by the Canvassing Bonrd, orshall sub- stantially ngrae that ¢ upon a careful inquiry into all tho facts” the ** canvass made by the Returning Noard s entitled to no respect whatever,” or shall unito upon any other re- port, ormake a separato report arriving at tho sawmo conclusion, viz.: that the Eleotoral vote of Lonisinun should bo given to TipEN oud not to Hayes, Tneg Tniouse will concur in the conclusion of tho two Committoes, and jnsist that Truoey shall bo innugurated without resistanee. But benr distinetly in mind that any report which may be made Ly tho partisan majority of the House Com- mittee, proclaiming Trnoexn entitled to the Eleatoral voto of Louisiana, if said roport is not gustained by that of the Sonate Commit~ teo, aud indorsed DLy the minority of the Tlouse Commitlee, wo shinll tront it “with as much contempt a8 if made by tho Louisiana bulldozers themselves. COURTING THE ELECTORAL VOIE, Thongh the present dispute over the count of the Electoral vote is, on many nccounts, thio most serious that hins ever arlsen, it is by no menns the flrst controversy of the kind. A writer in the Cincinnati Commercial re- vivesthe racollection of n determined offort mado in 1800, just provions to the fourth Presidentinl election, to invest in Congross in some form or other tho right to scrutinize the Electoral votes and to determine wheother thoy had been lawfully and rogularly cast. A bill was introduced into the Senate pro- viding that each Houso should appoint a commwittee of six ; that this joint committeo of twelve shonld seleot & Chairman outside their own numbor; that tho thirteen so agreed npon should examine the Electoral votes in secret sossion, and determino which ones should be recoived and counted; and that Congross should confirm the final action of the committeo. This proposition was do- bated in both Houses for o long time, but wnfortunately ouly a small part of the de- bates has beon proserved. Before s vote was taken on the original proposition, an amondment was considorod which provided that the two Houses should go into joint convention for the count of Tlectoral votes; that the votes of the Btates should be countod as they weore receivod, ex- cept in caso of objootion ; that, when objec. tion wasmade, * the members prosontshall, on the question propounded by tho President of iho Benate, decide without debate, by yea or nay, whether such vote or votes are consti- tutional or not,” ‘This proposition met with the severast oriticism and the most earncst opposition, Mr, Cranres PinNoxney, subse- quently Vice-President of tho United States for two torms, made a forcible argument’ against it, during the course of which ocour- red the following clenr statoment of tho caso: Inowing that it was the Intentlon of tho Coosti- tution to make tho Prealdont complotely Indo. pendent of the Fedoral Loglalature, I woll remem- Dber it was the object, as It Is at present not only the Bpirit, butthe letter of that instrumént, tagive to Congroes no Interference in or contrdl over tho clectlon of a President, It s made thoir duty to connt over tho votea In a convontion of voth Tlouscs, and for the President of the Senato to de. claro who hine the mojority of tho votes of tha Etectors 6o tranamitted. It nuver wad intonded, nor conld it have been afe, In tho Conatitution to have glven to Congresa thus ussembled in conven- tlon tho right to object to any vote, or oven to quostion whether Wiey wore constitutionally or properly glven. This right of dolermining on the wanner In which tho Electors shall vote—the - quiry into the qualifcations, and the guards neces- sary to prevent dlsqualified or finproper men vot- Ing. and to_fnsuro tho votos belng legally given— rests, and I exclusively vested, In the Blato Legla- futuree, 1f It ls necessary to have guards agalust $mpropor clections of Efoctors, snd to juatitute tribunals to Inquire into thelr quatideations, with the State Leglalatures, and with them alone, rests the power to fnstitute them, and thoy must exor. clsu it To glve to Congress, oven when assembled in couventlon, a right to roject or admit tne votes of States would have been so gross and dangerous an absurdity sa the frameraof the Conatitation never could havo beon gullly of. Tho amendmont was defeated by n voto of 16to 1%, After refusing to confor tho ex. trnordinary power upon Congress o8 n whole, it would have Leen strange indead if there hind been an ngroement bétween the two Housos to delogate it ton sort of Btar- Chamber committco of thirleen, The original proposition was debated and amonded backwards and forwardsin tho Benato and Houso, but the whole schemo met o flnal defeat in tho House by the strong negative of 78 agninst and only 16 for it. 1t was not again rovived. X Tu previous references we have made to the carlier debates, rules, and precedents, there havo been equally emnphatic protests sagainst clothing Congress with the powoer of scrutinizing and dotermining the Ilectoral vote, The reason 13 obvious. Uongress has o reversionary ight to choose the Presidont and Vice-President, In the ovent that all the persons voted for fall to recoivo o majority of the votea of the Elactors appoiuted, it devolves upon the House to chooso a President and upon the Benato o choose a Vice-President. "This power is most important when it is con- gidored that tho thousands of Federal officers aro distributed malnly through the yecom- mendation of membera of Congress, If, then, Congroess had the authority to decide at any time whethor the Eléctoral votes should be counted, thora would alwsys be a tempta- tion to defeat an eloction by the popular vote as ropresented by the Eleotors, snd {o placa tha Presi dept und er oblf Houso of Representatives for Buch n cowrse wonld completel: theory that- the National Eleuuflr’ie:‘l:;ylm. islatura nve indopundent anci co.ordiy = parts of thw Govosnment, aud ke “am ono virlunlly snbservient td thy oy . Jt must nbio bo remombereil that, “lm. tho election, of Prealdent rovorfs to o, rm" it falla to a Congress chosen two yoars hge(c o tho peoplo voted for President, during wy,‘;,; time tho sairtiment of the country moy hy : changed so that tho old Houss of Ity n: b sontatives no longor faizly ruprenunlgp |eg. This is preciwdly the condition now, Apy conrse which shiould throw the ulucli;m h.“y the Iouso now wonld resutt {n tha selogyj, i of Mr, Titpest, wherens if it werg gi\'cu‘:: the new Iouso, choson at the samp timo thy people voted foi * Prosident, Mr, Hayrs wnuh: be olected, bot:ause there fgn Republican mafority by Histes in tho new Ilousp of Reprosentutives . This fact shows how u: falr and unreas >nable it would bo to givg m; present House ¢'f Ropresentatives authorit; to assnme tha xfi it of choosing n President by nullitying tho Eleotoral vole at its own motion, Bations to the hin Positlon, et e ey The acvthoritize of Oiucinnati have solved tho tramp quostion by sxresting this class of vagrants by setting thoso who are willing to labor at work cloaring: ieo ont of the river, Those who aro not willing to work are uen; to the Work-Ilouce, whera Inbor is com. pulsory. As 8 rosult of this policy, the trompa are pivin g Cincinnati a wido berth, Therois o hintin - all this to the authorities of Chiengo. Tliers is plenty of work at tue Toor-Houso and Bridewell as well as in the atroota for this cf nas of tramping vagabonds, who arq infestin’ p almost every houschold in the city. By tie sdoption of some such systom a8 this, the olty ean secure cheap labor nud the «vitizens will bo freed from & disagreeable and evon dangorous nnisance, et e e, The Bclavonii' Committoo ot 8t Peters. burg has published . an almauns which con. taing some very inte resting statisticsof the Sclavonie populations. From theso statistica it appoars thiat the Scld vonic family iadivided a8 follows: 1. The Q roat Russians, Little Tussians, White Rustqians, Galicians, 0, 000,000; 2, The Pobaes, distributed over Russia, Avstria, and 2russia, 9,600,000; 3, The Czechs, 5,000,00); 4, Tho Siberinn Servians, Styriaug, Ciwinthions, and the Borbo-Croats, 19,000,002; and, lastly, the S8clavic eloment nf Dulgaz:in, more thans,000,~ 000. 'The total number o¥ this great people is 90,000,000, e ‘The conservative Clovelond (0.) Iferala is losing its patlenco and sowmo of its coolncss at tho howling of the TitpeN office-seckers, and thelr insolent threats of smashing things uot to thelr Nking by gun-power, It ubserves: The nation is to bo **bul ldozed " ng wora the Re. {mbllunl Statos «f the Smth. Tha policy of {n {im{datlon is to bu adopted betore the. caunting of the Electoral vute: ns it wan before the olections st which the Blector s wera chiisen, The mnss-meet- 1inga at which Deia ocratlc oz \tors will threaten ters riblo thingn if Mr. TiLveN 18 not counted in and inauzurated will 1o but_llus tations of the assews- Dlages of Boutharn *'bullé ozers™ who menaced Ropubllcan votort: with whi ppiugs, starvation, or viotent death, if ‘they dared, vote the Republican ket, Tho Derv.ocratic Vatersn Loglon fs butu reproduction of zho HAxrrc.N Leglon, the **rifle clubs, " and the **mounted 1ien " of the late Dems ocratic campalgn In the Sonth . But n serjous wistake haa been made fn thu tranafer of - Southern Demeicratlc policy to the Northern Stutes. The lepblicansof the Norih nra of & diffurent closs and temperament to those in the South. Thoy **don't scure worth a cent.” At **mags.n icotings, " windy oratory, and frucu. lent editoria is they can a:ford to Inogh, regaralng them na trafiied poldlers regard the gong-beatin; and shleld. clottering of Chinese warrlors. Bu with tho firs; flsh of & renl weapou, at the tirst do- scent from thestump Lo head flbfldf of malcon- tonts, the would-bu * uullkdozers " will realize the magnitude of thelr infetake. Little time would be wasted, ‘Tho leason, taught- the mischlef-mak- ers would b awlft In i pplication, declsive In ef- fect, ond not readlly to be fnri(ulten. Thers wonld nolthar be tho healtation of 1861 In dealing with the emorgency, nur the lenity of 18065 in deals Ing with those who created ib. ‘ s e —— In the course, of nlong artlele upon the cut- ture of St. Lout 3, editorially printed {n the 8t Louls Gloto-Dei ocrat, some astonishing admis- slons are made.i. The article {8 based upon tha statemont that 1 5 tho result of the two-weeks® experlenco of the Loan Exhibition of Palntings in the Mercantibs Liorary, the recelpts will not cover the expensies, and this, too, although the pletures were fiirntshed without coat, the hall waus glven rent {ree, and the time sud services of the managers cost nothing. Under thess cireumstances the Qlobe-Democrat fronkly eays: “1When we, compare what hus been done for literature, and ort, and‘learning, and culture of all deseript fons §n 8t, Louls with what Las been done in owr* nefghboring cities of Cincinnatl end Chicago, w2 make & very poor show indeed, aod fustead of boasting ought to hide our heads.” And it addis: * What the reason or causes are of this stronge backwardness it 18 not our pur- poso to Inquire; but the fact 18 too well attested to bo dowbted, and, untils change sppears, It would by well for 8t, Louls, In sotting forth her own excellences, to leave out any alinsions to art, or muslc, oit literature, or the drama, or culture of any kind. TPerhaps the Globe-Demos cratmight find tho reasona fu the old adage about the casting; of pearls, e — Ono of the coolest, clearest, aud best-Inform« cd menln Indingus s theo Hon, Jzass L. WILLIANS, of Fort Wayne., Io has been around the State somewhat of late, and, {n o conversation the other day fn Indlanapolls, he gave the result of Lis observalions as follows: He felt positivo thert the Fort Wayns Sentinel was misrepresenting tlo_mora divcreet and cuolor Democrats of his county b{ its Incendlary articles. No doubt many men {ndulged in heated threats, which were nobecombing aud {)l-advised. Dut ho D eard 1o Donsoerats of promivence oz influence exprevw himwelf In favos of ** war, " under any cir- cumstances. Allon waa the ¥ baunor " Domotratle caunty in the &tate, and Democrats naturally ook edtoitto lead off.' In the past they had nerer hesitatod to do so, aud_he had no doubt that the mecting called at Fort Wavne next Baturday ol noon woula bo o lively one, They would re that TiLun uid Hwpuicks wera elocted, m&d would proteat ngalost Havxs boing Inaugurated. But he didn't Lollove they wanted 1o *40ght, © 0F that tho moro d lacruct onca Would be In favor of aiy set of reaol itlons looking to armed realstance. ey foel this d efeat very deeply. For thres days they wara confluieut of TiLow's aucflvn.wh\e';r preparation was mude for & grand ratification. To be Allnppnlnmd by o Returning Board was nfi au cavy thing to wallow, but thoy wonki dou ”fi. awallow it rathert than put themselvos in the sitls tudo of ** relasls o e e We have becn asked t6 publieh the names of tho memberyy of the Sesate and House Com= inlitees sent to Investigate the Loulsiana cleo- tlon. The 8enato Comumittee {s composed of Messrs. How &, WanLEIO1, MOMILLAN, BauLy- BuRY,und M;DoNALD, The last two are Dein- ocrats, The [louse Comumittee s composcd a4 folloma: Merssre. Monmnisox, JrNKs, MoMATON, Lyxpis, BLACKDURN, MuAvE, Houss, PUELFS, Naw, Ross, TOWNSBND (Pa.), DANPORD, Hugte pur (UL.), Cnaro, and Joyoe. The frat nine nates ant Dewocrats, and the other 81X Repub- licans. | | ————— _An Tndionapolls disputch, speaklsg of the yrah ™-fc elug of tho oflec-seekersy says: Inthiscity the expreasion of olderand e:aITr heads §s dac Idedly for pesce, and lhe( do not hea! s tauc thelr sentiments. 1o thi '"W:d sided change in pubilc opinion, uu: o Wtorivon vontures tho statemiedd that *‘the fear wf violence in the settlcieut of the Prealdontiul queation lv dylng ol » — e — CAINADIAN ITEMS. Bpectal 4 Kapateh 4o Tas Tridune. MORTREAL, Dy ¢, 25.~On Haturdsy nlght alt tho Grand Trunli® Rallway employes capable of ruuning an eugluie wore dispatcbed to dmmnj stations to be In 1 'eadiness for the contempluted strike uumnE the mombers of the Locowutive Brotherhiocd. It I8 stuted that the imen Were obliged Lo Fu o paln of distlssal froud the llmr. AW has gono Aulelly so fur, snd tba strika has not yot takun place. " Thera ave laid agents fu this city boldlug oU inducements to workiuginen 10 vulgvate tv Are