Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1877, Page 4

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Grand Insngoral - TUESDAY, JANUARY Greonbacks at the New York Gold Ex- change yeaterday clow.d at 94, Suit was yestordoy commenced by United 1; States Distriet-Attrirney Briss, in Now York, * against BAMUEL J, TitoeN, to recover tho sum of $150,000, the snme being the amount *. of income tax w.hich Mr, Tioxy is alleged i “ito owe the Un'ted States Government, 0 of the business classes through- 1! ou the country continues to Le heard in ap- yiproval of tho Joint Cummittee’s plan of ‘v settlement. Numerons interviows with Chi- :3 cagonns are printed this morning, while the . dispatchies from all ‘parts of tho Union tell of resolutions ndopted by commercial bodies * with great unanimity indorsiug the proposed b The politicians filibuster and i liesitato over it; the ‘mmss of the people : vome straight to the point and voto that it & 18 the one thing needfal at thin critical time, To have done a good thing, "‘ regret it, i3 not by many removes n.ore cred- table than to kave dono n mean thing and then feel proud over it. ‘The Ropublican émbers of the Houso who opposa the arbi. : tration plan are {n the former predicament, They voted solid for the resolution, offered 71by. Mr, McCrany, of Iown, calling for the Y creation of the Joint Commitloe, and which was passed by Republican’ votes, besides introduced by Republican Senate i curred in the proposition for the Joint Com- fimittes, nnd the joint report is therefore s " Republican mensure, t patriotlo and honorable, aud it woull bea . pity to spoil it now by liaving to transfer to tithe Democrats the credit of the final adop. i+ tion of the Compromise bil ‘Thus far the record is The opposition in tho Senata to the Eleet. :—‘unl bill roported by tho Juint Committee i+ began yesterday in a speoch by Mr, Montos, {'who wns the only wember of tho Com. i'mitteo that refused to sign the veport, % His avguuent was inainly of a parti. |.#an character, based upon tho assumption ; that the nrbitration plan gives to tho Demo- {crata an ndvastage which they would not and in this view, as might be oxpected, Srwox Cauenoy, of cordially coreurred. *_otherwiso enjoy; Pennsylvanin, know witlh some certainty ‘whetlier the Louislana caxo will bear judicial review, nlso rispoke’ in opposition to the bill, _-speeches in favor of its passage were made i by Benators Freraxonbrunx, ;,'l‘numuw, and tho dubate will be renewed i-to-day, with every indicetion that the DLill ied by the Senate, The Cook County Board of Commissioners _.have been suddenly sud extensively started #7in the business of juvestigation with a stock Yin trade that will troudle them consider. It is not to bo expected {that tho investigution will bo fuir, honest, = jior- thorough, for ilinvolved with the thicving contractors, and £iall will bo pulled throngh, no matter what r:the developments might Lo or ghall prove to Nevertheless, the weary taxpayers will ‘i‘”‘ thaniful to Commissioner FitzaemaLn {:4of his vigorous exposureof the robbery fywhich the plundering contractor was able to {isccpmpliss through the co-operation of the {:Committee on Publio Clarities; will be sithankful for any and all things that help to ing into prominence the outrageous cor. fznption of the Connty Board at a time when weasufo s pending at Springtield to legis- “1ate the Riug out of existence. i The Ohicago produce markets were mod- serately active yesterday, and stendier, Mess ‘pork closed 12jc per Lrl Ligher, at §10.85@ 10.90 for Fobruary and §17.15@17.17} for March. Lard closed 24c per 100 Ibg higher, at $10.90 for February and $11.02}@11.06 for Meats closed stendy, at Go for e, boxed; 83c for whortriba; 8je for short-clears. Highwines wero dull and ; sasler, at §1.06} per gallon. Flour was quiet and tira. Wheat closed §o higher, at 8150} cosh and §LO1§ seller Februwy, Com closed steady, ot 43c cash and 44c seller Febrnary, Oala’closed steady, at85}c cash and 35ic for Fobruary, Ryo was quiet, at 72¢. Barley closed 1o lower, at 62 for Feb. rusry. Hogs wero in moderate demand and anchavged, with sales of common to good grades at §5,90@6.30. Cattlo were dull and irregnlarly lower, Sheep wero firm, at £3.00 @525, One hundred dollars in gold would buy 106,374 in greenbncke at tho close. A protracted and stormy cancns of the Re. publican members of the Legislature was in session up to a lato hourlast night, bat noth- ng of practicnl consequence was accom- plished, Gen., Looas not having with. drawn 80 as to leavo tho caucus free to attempt the selection of another eandidate, Our dispatches report a move- ment in favor of Wasnounye which has already received the support of five Dem. ocrats, who avidently have such a re- pugnance to disgracing the great State of Illinois by the olection of tho dema. gogue AxpEmsoN that they will support 8 Atraight Republican aud an eminent statesmnan such a8 E. B, Wasusunse. Thoy havo shown, by voting against Loaax twen. ty-eight timey, that they cannot be induced to nssist in his election, and they have also shown that it is not impossible to present a Republicsn for whom they are willing to vote. Asmatters now stand, another day of abortive balloting is probable, e __} It will now be of interest to know whether any correspondence, by telegraph or other. wise, pnssed between the nephew of Gov. Tioen and persons in Columbia, and ‘wheter any money was sent from New York by draft or express, aud if 8o, whether Gor. 'I'ILDEN wag, as ustal, wholly oblivious con. cerning the tranaactions of his nephew reln. tive to the securing of needful Electoral votes. A witness appenred before the Sonth Carolina Investigating Coramittes in Washington yesterday and told a remarkably clear and straightforwaed story of an at. tempt to obtain a vote on the Oregon plan. Hisname is Brvesty Nasu, helis n negro, A member of the South Carolina State Senate, and was an Elector on the Hares ticket, He testified that just before the wmeeting of the Electoral College ho was sent for by Alr, Cniuos, o banker of Colum. bia, and offered $50,000 to cast his vote for TrLoey—310,000 down, and tho balance af- {er the vote had been cast; olso, that Crips proposed to give him 310,000 to rocure the votes of threo Renators to adumit the Dema- cratic Senators from Edgefield, Lanrens, nnd other contested connties, Mr, Cuirps, the Columbin bauker, hins denied this story in ad. vance, in o letter to the Committee, and prom. ises to bo on hand to testify. Itis, however, remembered né o signiticant fact that Crns was atforded an opportunity to testify when the Committae wns in Columbia, but refused to respond to o summous, It will be the word of a bilack Senator against the word of o white banker, aud in view of tha Oregon developments there will bo n greater diversity of opiuion than might otherwise be the case, ‘The unphilosophical jackass of the Chicago T'omes, who began by denouncing the Con. gressional compromise measure with his nsual blackguardism, now saya that, **uolely 83 o mensure of expedioncy, und for this timo only, the project may be adminsible,” As tlnt s all that bas ever Leen desired by anybody, this [s an adwmission of the whole cage. At the same time he ndheres, with all tho pertinacity of un unphilosophical jack. aag, to his old notion that Congress can de. termino what Electoral votes ure insuchn manner s to enable either flouse to reject any it chooses. ITe says: Congresefs commanded by tho Constitutlon to count votes. What voten? ‘The Constitution an- swers: Votes that folill the conditlons provided by the Constitution, given by persons qualified und appolnted &4 the Constitution provides, for peraons alsa qualiled s tho Constitatlon provides, Such are the voted which Congress 19 commanded by the Constitutlon to count. It is too much to expect of an unphilo. sophical juckass that he will listen to reason or common senso, but ho might at least havo some regard for truth. ‘I'he Constitution dues not nnswer any sucl thing ns he ways. ‘The Constitution xays that Llectors shall be appointed by each State as the Legislaturo thercof may direct, that these Electors shall meet and cast their votes by ballot, and that suclt votes shall bo certified by sald Electors and trunswitted to the President of the Sen. ate. Theso aro the votes which Coogress must count, If thero are any pretended Electoral votes Congreas may reject them,— not ouo House of Congress,~but it requires no legislation or wpecinl action on the part of Congress to detorinine that votes cast ne- cordlng to the requiremonts of the Constitu. tion nre u fuct votes bLefora they cnn be counted. COUNTING THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE. "I'here are thoughtless, incousiderato purti- snng whose measure of Inw and justice Is to havo all things decided in their own interost, and thoso personus are, ju the matler of conuting tho Presidentinl vote, divided as follows : Damnocraty any that tho House of Represenlutives is Democratio 3 let the Houso refuse that tho vote of Lonisiana bo connted, This will defeat an election, and then tho Democratic House onn elect Trnvex, Republicaus say: The Premdent of the Sennte isa Republican ; let him take the responsibility of connting the vates himnself; let him count all tlia contested votes for Haves ond thus end the matter. It Is safo to assume (ot if tho politics of the Presi- dent of the Sennto and of tho House of liep- renentalives were reversed, these two clisses of persons would be demauding tho very opposite of what they now iosist: upon, T'he claim that the two Houses of Con. greas havo no power by law or revolution to regulate the proceedings pertaining to connt. ing the votes, and that the President of the BSenate s the sole, aud uxclusive, and final authority o couunting and deciding what shall bu counted and what sball not be counted, 14 somewhat embarrassed by prece- dent aud established usage. Tn 1521, 1n 1833, in 1857, ju 1865, 1869, aud in 1873, Congress did by Inw exercise this pawer to the extent of directing the President of tha Houate ‘what votos ho should connt, and what votes Lo should not count, and liow and in what manner ho should count thewm, In this asser- tion of the power of Congress the seversl Presidents of tho Henate, including in some instauces a Vice-President, yielded a ready aud unquestionablo complianc@with the re. quircments of the two tlouscs. During the last three years Mr, Montox bas been labor. ing zealously to induce Congress to pass a luw proposed by Lim permanently deaying to the President of the Senate nuy authority in the matter beyond the were opening of the certificates, Mr. Mortox proposed this Lill fn Fobruary, 1875, snd egain in 1870, ‘That bill, in terms, limited the power of the President of the Benate to openingthe cer- tificates, and submitted sl other questions to the concurrent votes of 3o two Houses. That bill was pasved in 1875 by the Seuato, o g e e lcri S THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 18 e e e e i e e LD S B S—" N el T and voted for by the following Republicans: their numerical strength, 4. The concentra. ftallr}xhuneu, Peane, tion of Turkish troops in certain specified 6. The sending of Circassian troops to Mussulman provinces, 6, Aboli. tion of tithes and of the farming out of taxes, 7. Tho use of the Sclavie langnags in the courts of justice and administration. 8. The meeting of an assembly of notables, to be consulted by the Conference on the administrative reforms to be introduced. 9. The appointment of Christian Governors Ly the Porte, with the approval of the Pow- 10. The punishment of thosa impli- cated in the massacres. 11, The creation of o Commission for supervising tho execution of these reforms. In addition to these re- forms, Rnssia stipnlated that the boundaries both of Servia and Montenegro should be extended by territorial acquisition from Bos- More than this, it was stipulated that the proposed Turkish Constitution shonld not even be recognized or discussed. Both by his laugnage in tho Moscow speech and by his preparations for war, the Czar pub. licly declared himself the champion of the It Russin's demands sero not complied with, then Russin would make war, ‘What has been the result of the Conference ? Every important demand of Russia was dropped by the Powers withdut protest from Tussin, except the appointment of an Inter- national Commission for the limited time of five years to superviso tho cxecution of re. forms. And what reforms? Apparently the very reforms contajued in the new Turkish Constitution, which was not even to be recognized or dlscussed. impotent result, which might bave been Turks withont prej- themselves, was firmly, oven contemptuousiy, rejected by the coun- cil of magnates composed of Mussulmen, Greeks, Armeniavs, and Christians, with the declaration that Turkey would not allow for- eign interferenco in hier affaivs, and tha Plen- ipotentiarics have gone home, leaving the Czar fnce to faco with the Porte, and face to faca with the Moscow specch nlso. Plenipotentiarics’' vessels, however, hardly disoppenred in the distance, before Tussia, instead of acting alone, is appealing to Earope again. Gen. JoNaTIEFF announces that if Turkey displays any hostility towards the Christians, Europa will be offended; that asTurkey hasrejected tho domands of the Con. ferenco it dovolves upon Europe to take moro forcible action ; andthat if Europoe does not unite, then tho failare of the Conference is the defentof Europe, not of Russia! anxiety and hedging of Ruasia to socuro allies, in the faco of the Moscow declaration, looks at lenst like & disposition to make o If wsuch should be the cnse, and indications now point that way, the position of Russin as n military power in Enrope bas been hinmensely overstated, and the eriticism whieh will bo made by the other Powers will not bo very flattering fo The Turks, who are thus far masters of the situstion, ovidently had good grounds for belioving that Russia wonld not engago in war or they wonld not havesofirmly rojected Severnl of tho rensons which led to thelr action begin to be appa- rent,—~among them the impossibility of con- ciliating Lngland ; their belief that they cau keap Russia at bay, aud that Germany and Au.tria would both like to see Russin erip- pled ; the financial difficultica of Russia, her tronbles at home, and the absolute certainty that England, regardless of her sympathies, will not allow a Russian army to thresten Cruel, tyraunieal, relent- less, ond fanatical as the Turk may e, it is impossible not to sdmiro the akill, diplomacy, nnd courage with wh'ch he ks risen supe- rior to the dem.nds of all Europe, not a sufficient provoeation of arraying neighbor against neighbor, and drawing into a common disaster millions of people who donot expect an office frum either party. He Is evidently porsuaded that the issne is one of law and fact over tho vota of Lt nial- ana, and that it can best be settled by on ap- peal to arbitration (which is the growing practice of nations as well as individuals), while the two Iouses are arrayed against each otlier in a flerce partisan struggle with- ont any hope of ngreement. e in evi- dently of the opinion that the restora- tion of confldence and business prosperity is of mora vglue to the country ot the pres- ent time than the tempovary success of either He is evidently well ns- sured that the issuo involves no abandon. ment of principle, bnt only the seitlement of » doubtful question, and that It will estab. lish no precedent for the future, which will undoubtedly be protected by a constitntional In 1876 tho bill was again considered again passed, the following Repnblicans vot- Frelinghayeen, Morton, o Cameron (Pa.), lazalls, : Cameron (Wls, ), Jones {Nev, 33 sot of politicians, It is too Iate for any of thess Republicans to claim that tho President of the Senate is alone anthorized by tho Constitution to count the Electoral vote, tha bill by providing that, in case of a disa- greement betweon the two Iouses s to counting the vote, the President of the Sen. ate should decide which is the true and valid return, received only seven votes, of which only four wers Republicans,—Loaay. Mon- ToN, Botvrwrni, and Fonny of Michigan, A motion to amend The influencs of the President's position on Congress canuot fail to be important. It is an nssurance, to begin with, that the bill will not be vetoed, and to this extent: it is oqnivalent to a Jarge number of Congres- slonal votes, since it is not likely the bill oould receive the requisite two-thirds in both Touses to pass over a veto, fluence all those members of Congress who have becn intimately associated with the support of President Gmaxr's Administra. tion, for it is unlikely that the Presi- bos committed mensure without the assent of several mem- bers of his Cabinet for whom he entertaing profound respect; indeed, Becretary Fish has already given it o publio indorsement. With all the Congressmen who bLave been identi. fied with the support of the Administration, this fact cannot fail to bo effective, tho public, there is not much need for en- couragement, for the mass of tha people outside of politics aro enthusiastically in the proposition; bat it is well President Gnaxr hes been anxious for the success of the Republican party, and hia willingness to abide by an arbitration in the ugly dispute that has arisen is an examplo of patriotism that will recciva But what are the ultra party newspapers opposing the schome golng to do with him? THE SOARLET-FEVER CONTROVERSY. “The Chicago T'mes is endeavoring to got up a quarrel with Tar Triouyz becaunse weo procured from Dr, Brene the formula for o remedy and preventivo in tho case of scarlet fover on ‘hie very ssme day it was attacking Dr. Beene for not giving it to the public. Tue TaIBUNE's superior cnterpriso has not unfrequently Leen the occasion of the Zines’ In tho present instance, the answer of the Times is that Dr, Beese's remedy is We have nothing to do with that, solong as its efficlency is not disputed. It is for Dr.-Beene himself to establish any cloim he may have for tho discovery of the nntiseptic known a3 “sulpho-carbolnte cf sodium,” That the remedy s efcient seems rather to be confirmed than disputed by the Times' medical researches, from articles written by Dr. Antnun Sansost in 1868 anl 186Y, in which he says: My experlence In the use of eulphe-carbolate of sodinm In zymotic diseases s unexceptionally During twelve montha I bavo adminis- tered it In every severe caro which has fallen un- der my observatlon, . carbolate of sodlum in five severo cases of acarlet + Recavery was rapid, perfect, and Sclavie cause, Bt this recorded action asserting the pow- er of Corgresa to govern the counting of the votes, nud denying the exclnsive avthority of the President of the Senatato do 5o, is not the only embarrassment under which the Re- publicans must labor who mako that claum, Iu the debntes on these bills several Senators recorded their opinions on this subject as Mr. Montox said : It [the Constltutign] doca mot eay who shatl count the votes; it leaves it opento the Inference that they sball be counted by the two Houses on the one hand and by the Presitent of the Senate on 1will pesume that It Is open to both Then the auestion comes, which Ia the mure reasouable, which Is the better, which is the safer of the two: toadopt that constructlon which gives this great power {0 one man, the President of the Senste, who mey be connting the votes for himaelt, as It has turned ont slx timen In our his. tors; orwould It be safer to leave It to the deters mination of (he two Houses of Congress, repre- seuting the States and the people? If we are open 10 adopt one ar the other of thess two construc. «ione, 1eay the latter Is the safer; it I3 in con- formity with the spirit of our Uovernment and of Ithen adopt the Iatter con- It will also in. This meagre and accepted by the yopular tnstitativns. wido imitation. Mr. BotTwres, of Massachuselts—The power [to count the voten) was conferred itpon Congrees, and he duty was enjoined upon Congress, ‘The power and the dutg oro bn Congress, Conress must ex- ercisu the nower nnd perform the duty, and it Is ot possible under tho Coustitation to tranafer it (10 the Prestdent of the Senate]. Senator Dawes—I azree with the Senator that every disputed question that can possibly arleo upon the papers themaelyes hiad better be decited by the two llouses, ns Houses, than to be declded by the President of the Senate, . that the Constisution weans that they (the votcs] stull be canuted by the two Houses, Senator Louax fon n proposition to appoint tellem]—The more addition of the numbar of votes, done werely as & clerleal duty by thes: persony, certalnly s snbject to the sapervision of the two Hatisex uf Congress, tha samo as, for tnstance, in many States whero the Htato Constitntion refers oien for Governor to the House of Heprescntatives and the Sennte of the to count the vote; that Is the langnuage of eeverl of the Kiate Consatitutlons; bt the vote t4 never actually counted by the Legia- lature; It i counted in thelr presence by the secre- tury orclerks, ns moy he, evhitently s, that they count the vote, tierely nre thore persons designated by the bodles Should they make o mlsconnt of the sote thers In the presenco of the two Houscs, the to Honsen will have Jurladction over Hence It cetminly means the count. 1ug of tho vote by the two Touses of Congress, nl- thuugh the mere enumeration of the number ls dune by person selected for that purpoee, Thoe ldea 18 that the two Housts count the vote, OF courso they designate somo mere minlsierial oice of counting the vote and oisking the addition, but 1t fx in fact conatructively doue by the two Housce. words **Ly them," they referto the men seloctod ax the pervons (o make tho count, and Ieaves them the pereons to count the votes, Instead of the con. atruction that the Coustltution certaluly Lears,~ that the two Houses count tha votes, These views—that tho votes must be and can only bo counted by tho two Houses of Congress—were aflirmed Ly Senators Fre. LINGHUYSEN, CoNRLING, CHRISTIANCY, STEW. ant of Nevada, Epumusps, and Wriant of Towa,—nll Itepublicans. In tho debates there wna bat one Seoator of tho whole body (Howarp of Michigan) who denfed tho power of the two Iouses to count the vote. All assumed that it was {ntended that the two flouses should count the votes, and by uo one more strenuously than by Senator Montox, whose bill stripped tlio President of tho Seuato of every vestigo of anthority boyond the mere opening of tho certificntes, 1t i thereforo too late for Republicans to set up the claim that for Congress to nssumo Jurisdiction over the counting of the votes to tho exclusion of the nuthority of the Presi. square backdown, the counting of the the ultimatum. It quotes largely But the meaning of it tu count the vote, Temployed sulpho- Constantinople. Indorsed by smuch authority as Dr, Toe TninuNe fully justified in giving to the publio a prescription for an antiseptic at n time when wontlet fever and diphtherla are so frightful as an epidemic. the following inquiry suggests itself: If the use and efliclency of sulpho.carbolate of sodium are so gencrally known to the med- ical profession o8 both preventive aud rem. ody for scarlet fever nnd dipbtheris, why have not the doctors employed it more gen. erally? ‘Tho fact that they have negleoted it is apparent cnough from tho ravages of tho two disenses, sinco Dr, Sassoy says that he found it ‘' unoxceptionally favorable,” tbat when Le used of searlet fover, **recovery was rapld, per- fect, nnd uncomplicated.” Yet it s admitted that hundreda upon hundreds of children have been carried of during tho fall and winter in this nnd other communities; that when a family hus been nttacked with several children, it is rarely that not more than ono have died, and that tho spread of the diseaso has been withont parullel, doclors(knew ull about Dr. Berse's nntisoptio and its eficioncy, why haven't they used it? It they have used it, why has it had under their treatment so little of tho efliciency that Dr. Bansox found in it, and that Dr Beton bas tested in his own practice? We (hink ‘T'ur. ‘Trinoyehas done good secvice in ealling 80 much attention to the sulpho.carbolate of sodiuny, and that the doctors will now bo forced to give it the trial it ought to Luve, Now If you put In the PRESIDENT flkm'gxmhém THE COMPRO- And right horo Thero i3 & class of Republican nowspapers which have Leert accastomed during the lnst fow years to take up thy party whip and apply it to all other Republicau nowspapers who have ventured to express themselves independently on current political questions. Tho test of party fidelity which they have establishied hias been implicit faith in Presi- dent Graxt's Infallibility, quired n prompt and complete acquiescence in all of his utterances ns the gospel of the Ropublican party, and infidels were scourged and scarified without merey., eating contretemps, aud owing to the slto- gethier unusual precipitancy of theso ex- tremo partisan journals, they now find themn. siclves opposed to President Cuast on the most vital issue that Lias arison during efther of his terms, viz.: the measurs reported in Congress to regulato the count of the Presi. What puzzles Tux Trinuxe is to know low wo nare to reconcile the perplexing contradiction, referred to have taught ua to believe that the Ttepublican pasty is bound by all the acta of President Geant’s Adwministration ; indeed, ‘Tuc Totsune ou moroe than ouo occasion has been read out of tho party for dariug to differ with the President, and suggesting that he hns been deccived or committed an error of Now, what course will these ultra newspapers take, sinca President Gnanr has evideutly fndorsed the Congressional compromise measure, and kaid that he will tign it ‘“willingly, cheerfully, heartily,” while they denounco it as a surrender, a {rand, and a humbug? Will they now pro- ceed to read President Guant out of the pacty becanse ho differs from them, os they have previonsly read those ont of the party who uiffered from President Gmaxr? Will thiey pracoed Lo ** bulldoze " him ns they are * bulldozing" the niembers of Congress who are inclined to favor the compromise ? They have re- unconstitutional powers. If that be uncon- stitntional, thon tho Coustitution has been violuted from its earliest days, nnd especially at the counting of the votes of overy Presi. dentiul election sinca the Republiean party Beuntor Haxriw, when Vice-President In 1865, oficinlly recognized the subordiuation of his right to count the votes {o the joint resolution of the two Housen directing from which States votos should be received aud countad, and he re. fused to open whatover certificates had been recelved from ¢loven States, on the ground that he was obeying the directions of the two ‘With such n record in favor of the power of Congress to take thowhole business Into its own Lnnds, it is dificult for the Re- publican party to maintain that the counting of the vote by any other than the Presidont of tle Senale is unconstitutional, Jection to tha Compromise bill as uncousti- tutional, because it deprives the President of the Benate of the exclusive power to count the votes, and to decida upon the'logality of the votes, ean bo wmalutained by the Repube licans only by a repudiation aud denial of the whole record of the party on that question. ———— The nowspapers L beon In- power, The extremes suxiety of the Honse Demo- crats to be ng impertinent as possible on the subject of the disposition and control of tue army was manifesled yesterday in the nsual It iuforruation was what they wanted, their desire was promptly gratitied by & mesange from the President ou this par- ticular subject, with accompanyiug papers, glving a statement of thedisposition of troopn in the Boathern States, aud why they were sent there, and alio citing the authority of law under which the troops were located. Incidental to the inforination that the pur- pose was to prevent violence and bloodshed at the elections, the President takes occasion to express hia regrot that o had not more troops to uee io the same manner, believing that their presence in Mississippi, Alubama, and Georgia was no less necessary in order to secure a foir election freco from violence and intimidation than in Loulsiana, South Carolina, and Florida. If the Democrats can extract any comfort from yestordsy's budgel of formation from the President, they are quite welcomo to it, adwinistration of tho Government for nearly cight years hay sialdenly lost tho charm and committed avital ertor at tho very close of Jils public carcer? Wo shall await anxiously the result of tho new developuent. tremeo newspnpers will apply the gamo rule to thewselves which they have Lithorto ap. plied to othiers, and, now that the President has spoken, they will abandon their opposi- tion to the compromisa and accept his vers dict »4 final and bindiog upon their party ul. THE RUSB{IAN POSITION. It is only two short nonths ago that the Czar of Rtussia made a public specch at Mos- cow upon the Turkish question, in reply to the after-dinuer speech of My, InsnarLs, in which Le s#aid that Russia liad sent an ultl- matun {o the Porte that the then exiating state of things was lutoleratde, and that, un. less Europe was prepared to act firmly and cnergetically, ho should ba obliged to act alouo; fu fact, that Russis bad onky been restrained from adopting oxtreme measures by the consideration due to the Emperors of Austria and Germany, ‘weeks ago that the Confercnce of the Powers met at Constautinoplo. croment, through its representative in the Couferonce aud Its regularly-accredited Am- bossador at Constantinople, Gen. Iaxatizer, laid ita programme beforo the Confer- ence, faoiling in the adoption of which Russia was ‘‘to act alone.” gramme included eleven very sweeping 1. A geveral disarmng. ment of the population of Bosnis, Herze- 2. Tho clection of all Perbaps these cx. THE “JOURNAL" ADVISES LOGAN TO WITH. Meanwhile, President Graxt's heorty in. dorsement of tho proposed weasure will give it greater strength both in Congress and throughout the couutry. tiro career has shown him to Lo oue of the miost persistent aud uucowpromising of men. His inclination s to fight uverything through whenhe believes ho is intheright. in tho army or siuce ho Las been President, bo kas uever shown any evidence of weak- ness in any lssue at hand. In egree. cordially to a scheme waich doea not predetermine tho- Electord count, which promises n peaceful acquics- cence from both partics in any ovent, he has evidently convinced himself thot it is the only way that bas been presented to Con- gress, or that is likoly to be presented, which Ho bas evidently con. cluded that the possession of the officesis Tue Chicago Evening Journal threw up the sponge for LogaN Just eveniug, and advised him to withdraw, and warned bim of the con- scquence ‘*{f Als gersistence as a candidate deseated his party.” The advie of the Journal 1s sound, if not glven too lute; but the article Is defaced by some lil-natured remarks sbout Tuz TriBuNc for admonishiug Louax to do just want the Journal warns bim be muat do. had known beforehand that it Intendca to take this course on Monday, Tux TriBusE would probably bave waited to et it fret suggest to bl that the tine bad corue to step aside and give tho party a chauee to elect a Republican It was a very disagrecable duty, and one wo would much prefer to let the Journal perform, on account of Its fondness for and sup- posed inluence over Loaan. the carefully-sugarcoated pill it administers to QGen. Gpant's en- It is only a few The Russian Gov- reforws, as follows; goviua, snd Bulgaria, Mowsrer, keso ty functionaries by tho parishes, formation of & militia and police, composed of Clristiang and BMussalmon aceordiog to will avert civil strife. Tax TaisUss is_very much sxercised overtbe persistence of the m;nbucgy f the Ueneral As- sembly In voting for the eancns nomines for United Btates Senator, It insfata that by so doing the nxi- g:nnnlt,v toelect any Republican to that ofice ls inglost. It gmvely appreliends that the dag of Rrace has been sinned away aiready. . o . The recommiendation should oo coruidered, however, rl\mn Avart from ita source. This will be the alxth day of the election. There is some danger that in the heat And rancor of the long confict the Uetter judgment may be overborne. ~Temerity and timidity are alike to'be yuarded againet. 1t would be folly 1o Ignore the real facts of the sitoation and blindly Incug defeat. . . . Gen, Loaan has re. cetved the entire vote which he had a right toclalm on the ground of ‘\Afl.y fealty. 1lcatlll lacks three voten of an election, . . . Gen. Loaax must #ee that he cannot be responaible for the election of an anti-ltepublican Senator, [t Is for his persunal Interest to do the best he can fos the party in this emergency. 1lols n youny man, comparatively. It would "be the misfortune of a lifetime 1f, the confilct over, the Repnblicanaof this State and of the nation ahonld feel that nie perslatenceas a can- didate lleflnlcd(he_‘lmfly. That is the one resuit he cannot atford, Two years hence there will bo anather Senatarial election, and fonr years later the seat now being contested far will be the bone of another contention. A public manof Gen, Louax's position nnd prospects cannot fa1l to realize the pe- caliar respunaibliity of Wis candidatare. eapecially in 1he llaht of hiasueech {n the cnocus which nom- fnated him, whereln he expresaed the fullest confi- dence in hir election, provided the entire vote of the party were given to him, = We do not know the Apecifde ground ‘of hia confidence. We know that nodishonorabla meana to win support will be nsed, Gen, LoaaN und his friends |“> reciate the fact that the public sentiment of {lflncls would con- demn any euch thing. ——— PERSONAL. The benefit far the family of 5. S, Murdoch at the Doston Theaire Friday afterncon netted 83,400, Goldiwwin Smith han an article with the suggestive title of **The Ascent of Man * in tho last number of Macmillan's Jlagasine. Mr. Beecher, In his last Friday evenlog dls courre, spoke of ancient Qreclan soclety, and fa reported ns having sald that Greeco was **the devil's own caldron." Joaquin Miller snya he Ia atudying to correct his critical judgment, no that hercafter we may hope that he will not publish the contents of hls waste- poper basket and throw his brilliante away. A New York jury had much difiiculty to express sufiicently Its contempt of a man who firet, In an afildavit, awora to the fonocence of n twomon, and In open court testifled to her gullt; bat the matter was comprowired by clearing the woman, Whena young sculptor, in conversation with Qlbeon, deprecated criticism of a certaln sfatue on theplea that it hiod been modeled fu n very short tine, the latter replieds **People will not ask how long the Matue took you; they will simply say it s bad—yes, bad." **1labberton, " enya the New York cort ent of the Springfeld Repudlican, ‘‘used to have theological predilections till he filled an en- gagement on Beeclier's paper, which cured him of that foollshness,” This does not seem orthodox enongh for Massachusctls® readers, **In Amerlca, o8 fn China," eays the London Spectator, commenting on the Asltabuls disaster, ‘8 few Hves Icas or more make uo differenco.” The intention of the writer of the London article may not have been {0 say o brutal thing, Lut the ambiguity of it certalnly has that cffect. - Another rarity added to the Old South collection s copy of the famaus ** breeches™ cdition of the Blble, printed in 1677, which cained its name from itareading of the verse In Genesle: ** Then the cyes of them Loth were opened, and they knew thnt they were naked, and they sewed figge-trco Ieaves together, and wado themselves breectics. It has always been owned by a John Smith, o'de- ncendant of tho original owner, and tho present John values 1t at §1,000 In gold, ‘The Boston correspondent of the Hartford Cou- rant thinke it 1s a good polnt to remember in Mr. Toutwell's favor that he made no effort toald In hisown clection, He remalned falthfully at his post of duty In Washiniton, **\We ho 1, writes the rorreepundent, *‘some of the anclent good polltical manners Jeft In Massachusetts, and 1 pray that you will put It down to oue credit that neither Mz, Boutwell, r. Hoar, nor Mr. Rice, In this instance, is cven charged with working for himself,* Ar. John Dright thinks highly of the proposal for Introducing the Gothenburg cxperiment of ob. talning o municipal monapoly In fintoxicating Tiquors Into Blrmingham, 'Tho experimentls to bo made. the Town Councll having adopted a motion 10 this efcct by a vote of 46 to 10, In the same apeech, and another connection, Mr, Bright relat~ ed an amusing story of a rich gentleman of his sc- quaintance, who, on belng asked why he traveled in third-claes rallway-cacriages, promptly repiled, ‘‘Fora very good reason,—becaoss there Is no fourth-clasa," N ‘The Rev. Joseph A. Cock, who bas lately galned a name in Doston by hisargumentaagalnst the evo- Tutionlsts and the transcendentallsts, {s a young man, a native of Weatcrn New York, e spent & few years at Yalo and larvard, gradnated at the Anduver Theological Yemwinary, and traveled and stagted abroad. The andicnces which gather to hear hiin fill Tremont Temple every Monday noon, and his name is on every lip. Hls self-confidence and egotism aro well cnough recognlzed, while, at the same time, the many amiable quslities of his dispodtion and the brilliancy of his intellect are cverywhere admitted, ‘There wan an unseemly disturbance at the last meeting of woman sa@mgista in Washlogto: As Miss Couzins was ubout to begin her addrs Mary Walker attempted to offer resolul Strong objectlons ware ralsed, bot shoe perslsted, and Mlss Anthony sent for a policeman to nrrest Mary, This actlon created a commotion which was only quisted on arrival of the officers, Mra, Walker then charged that Mlss Anthiony was not working in tho Interest of ber sox, but for herself alone. Mivs Authony attempted to con- vinco her by phynalcal urguments that the accusa- tion wns false. Ocder wos finally restored, and Mes. Walker retired, The French Minlster of Fine Arts, 3. Waddlng. tan, sccuwia 1o have uther than political clasms to the position which ha holds, 1faving beon requests cd by leading muslcal connaivscurs to direct the performance at the Couservatolee during the visiy of the Lord Mayor of London next month, he con- sented. Mhe pleco under his care will be the fourth sympbony of **Hobin IHood,' one of the works of the lnte Alfred Holmes, 8 Parlstun by restitence, whodled last month. Although highly eateemed on the Contlnent, Mr. Uolmes s com- paratively unknown Ju England, his native coan. try. But a commemoration concert 18 w b given in London i ks honor next mnonth under the pat- rousge of the Priuce of Wales, Lord Dudley, and Hir i, Wallace, An attempt Is making to cheer up the Boglish peaple from tbe despondeucy Intu which they bave beeu plunged by thie dresry winter by suggesting the poselbility that vur i 1w rapidly burning up, 1t e suid that w wun lu another system, composed of much the rwwe chemicul substances our own, has nuw suddesly sssnmed u brilllance which juplies un enormous addition Lo the intens ity of [ts heut 38 well we ite light, Its planets, It 1t s nny, are probubly now undergoing combuse tion theiselyes, while the tnhabltauts bave censed tube. Juany expression of opinles on this inters estiug wubject It will be well for cach reader to consider whether hie would prefer to be frozen or burned to death, aod then put his buoss in onder Withia view to cither cunthigency, Mr. Itichard Grant White's laat agticle, *'On TReuding Suakapeare, in the Galary, referred to yesterday, contaius a usctul, though not new, ente fciam of a familiar quotation from **Troilus und Crenslda,” The line, perhaps s often quuted as soy in Shakepeare, s conmonly made to read: Que touch of nulure makes tha whole world Kio, Auexaminution of the context will show that Uhio meaning of the poel s strangely perverted by this reading. It is not a touch of naturo that mnkes the whole world kin, but on¢ wuch of ua- ture, namely: 0 T ratee new-hora gaids, S i T i sty rdusted. Yet the disconnected llue, vo obviously different frou the meanlag of Shakepeare and eo clearly uu- poctical in Ite nakedness, can be often fuiiud s an inscription in theatr d fo printed on the covars of at Jeast on; oo of Bbakepesre. All the books of fumiliar quotation print ealy the separate liae, ——— WHAT HO! Bpecial Diwalch to The Tridune. Nonwat, LI, Jun. 2, ~Induced by the agita- tionof the questivn of the avnexation of Nor- mal to Bloomington, a number of property- owners living within the corporate llmits of Normal are orvanizing a plau of secesslon, the object futended belng to withdraw frowm the ¥ avold the city and school 1axes of Normal, which, though not nearly so high as the taxes of Bloomington, are quite oucrous Lo these frecholders. Tho se:cesionists claim that, by law, they can, upon petijion to the Couunty Court, withidraw from the corpors- tion, Their design has cause niuod eal uf cxdtement, not ouly in Normal, buf Blmmln{; ton also, aud thelr actlon will be resiatod. T mutlun of thelr right to secede i3 one that se- usly affects every town and city 1o the Btate, 3' THE COMPROMISE. The Public Sentiment of the City of Chicago. As Expressed by Its Railrotd an Business Men, * 1t Is Generally in Favor of the Adoption of the Compromise Plan,’ And of Sustaining the President in His View ‘of the Matter. The Diffioulty Must Bo Settled or Busi. ness Interests Will Be En. dangered, Saturday’s TRIBUNE devoted o paga to briet intorviewa with prominent 'citizens, eminent In all walks of lite, on the arbitration plan now before Congress for ‘settling the Prestdential dlspute. 1n view of the support given to It by President Grant, and the Increased publle in. terest taken in the question, the reportorisl stall made a second four. yesterday among prominent bustness-men for the purpose of ob- taining au expression of public sentiment, with the following result: THE RAILROAD MEN. MR, NIRNRY XEEP, President of the Chicago & Northwes*ern Rall road, was the first gentleman visited, WWith bim the reporter had the followlng Interview: 4 What i3 your view of this arbltration ques. tion 1" asked the reporter after lntroducing him. self and stating the object of his vislt. . ' My own vlew," sald Mr. Keep, **Istbatit ought to be accepted. I think it {s as falr o sot- tlement of tho dlspute s can be hoped for." ** What do you think would be . the effect on the party that opposed the measurci® **1 should-say It would be disastrons to which. ever, ?my opposed {t."” ‘* How will the adoption of this measurs af- fect the busincss interestsl’” " \Why, of course all the business men in tho country are in favor uf 4 settlement of the dls. pute, and 1 think they Iook upon this pian of settlement as belog o8 {alr as anything thoy can hope for. 1haven't any doubt whntever t{nt it ouglit to be accepted, and I think those are the vicwa of the business men of the country.", NI, T. I DLACKSTONE, President of the Clicagu, Alton & 8t. Louls Rallroad, waa next vlmed" and, I response tu the zame linc of questions, aald: - ++1 think this plan Is tha best way to settls the question, and a scitlement s something very much to by desired. It s of far more importance than, the mere efection of elther lh[vc- or T(lden, ' My opinion {s that the party whfch opposes this ‘measuro will very probably ba defented at the next electlon. © But any settlement will givaan impetus to the gen- eral business of the country, aud, fnasmucii as the railroads serve all classcs, It must offect them ns it docs those othor classea, My views correapond_substantlally to thoso expressed by President Grant on this” question—that nlmost lu{thlmz Congress mny ngree ugon would be beiter than to have anything llke snother ro- belllon,” MR, NUGH RIDDLE, Vice-Presldent and Ueneral Buperintendent of the Chieago, Rock Island & Pacifle Rallroad, bad not much tosay upon this question; but what tio did say was to the polntt *\We don't know," szid lic, ** anything about the constitutional questions that may arise, but desire to sec the mutters o disputo ml)mled, aud the business of the country revived.” “ How would it affect, In your opinion, the ‘party that opposed the measure?*? 1 don't kuoow, as I have not formed any oplufon ns to that, but I think the Presidential question tnight be settlcd in sume shape,” Have you noticed that Prestdent Grant ap- proves the plani’ ‘ * Yes, and I should fecl like sustatning bim i the approval, The sooner this matter fs set- tled the better it will be for the general busl- uess of this countr{." The reporter next called upon NR. . C. MELDRUM, General Western Kroleht Agent of the Plits- bursi\'l?un Wayne & Cliicago Railroad, What are your views on the compromise plan now before Congress " asked the reporter, ** I am not In favor of the plan, I cobscien- tiously belivve that It {8 the place of the Pres!- dent of the Senate to count the votes. The peo- ple, 1 believe, were too nervous over this ques- tlo, and hence hins arisen this plan to tide over o ditlculty which wonld ~ have settled Itselt after & proper count of the Yates by the Presfdent of the Seuate. I consclen- tlously belteve Hages was elected, and If it had been g0 _shown, 2y must binve been the vase un- dera proper count, I thiuk the people would bave Leen satisficd with that result, and sub- mitted to it. If the President of the Benate, who bas always done thuse things, bad counted the vote, tha inattercould baye been determined then and there, aud, If Hayes wasn't really clected, thut aldo would sppear.” “But Prestdent Grant approves this compro- mise plan.! *Yes, I see by the morx;lnz papers thot ho does so0." * What have you to say sbout thati" “1won't express myself upuy that—but I don't think he should sign the bill, in tho event uf it passing, unlcss it wua declared to be con- stitutional, The bill skouldn't pass any way.' * But won't this compromise settle the ques- tion uud restore business uctivityy” “1 don't think there would be any such effcet uny way until atter the whole thing Is over—utitil “after the Inauguration. That's ubout all I bave to state, aud you tay n[ for n;v. Ifl genersl, that Laninot"In favor of the olan. . MR. M. B, LEDYARD, General Buperintendent of the ichlean Cou- ttul Railroud, expressed bis opinlon as fullowss #The buslness-men of the counutry, nearly all of thew, are In favor of this plan.: We want the mutter adjuated. 1 thing al) sensible men will ugreo to any compromnlse. President Grunt you sy has approved it. I thiuk tho thiog ought 1o be scitled In sowe way. Weall want peuce aud better times.” Mil, KOBERT ITARRLS, President of the Cliago, Burlington & Quincy Ruflroad, was found {u his otice. ‘The follow- fug Interview took place: ** What do you think of the compromise plan before Congress " usked the repurter. ** I buve bo opinlon to express. Lot Congress doits duty," Aud subsequent attempts to secure amore detinite rxnrunluu of opinion did not servo to dislodge the gentleman frum that position: 4 Let Congruess do ita duty,'? MR, WILLIAM K. ACRERMAN Presldent of the Illinofs Central lhllruld, was fouud, und, on bew wked the same geueral ilne of questions, sald:, I trfed to read this plan over and under- stand {t, aud I do think it {s & capital thing, It scew Lo e to be the beat way, If nut tho onl way, out of the truuble, wnd 1 hope it wifl go’ through. The business of the coun- lr{. Is vesy much disturbed, and I suppose this unsettled condition uf uffuirs fs tho chlel cause of ourtroubles. 1 like the way fu which Presldent Graut bas :rpmvadol this plan,aud I think It must be injurious to elther party to of pose ity Lecuuse such opposition will “stmply show a deteriuativn on the part of that party which olfers it (o huld party above principles and patriotism, ‘Thiu zeporteralioralled at theoflices of Messrs, Oeuxge fulliian, Jubu C. Gault, Uen, Auder- lm:‘ o H.. Pursons, Jumes C. McSulln, and Sudge Beckwith, othier pruminent rullroud men, but wus luformied thut they were not io the city. e MANUFACTURERS. p MR, CAXLILE MA$OX, who Is the manufacturer of bollers, on Clinton street, nesr Kinzie, was souglt out by a Tais- oxs veporter. Ho twas fouud fu his oflice, and thers the following copversation*tovk place: ** What is your opiuion of the Cuinpromiss bill ow befors Cungress on the Fresidentisl question, Mr, Mason{" 1 belteve it 13 the best we can do under the circumstances. I also' believe it I8 perfectly constitutional for the réason that it Is simply & question a8 to what returus the Vice-Fresidest sball read,” i “Then you believe that the Vice-Presidest, bas the right to decide asto the returns, sod which should be accepted as the correct ones!” “ I beliova the Vice-Pregldent Las the right to read the returus, and taw Commlslon is ouly :‘npolnud &8 8'Cound] to advise with bim uped puted polnts, and 1o decide i Ibls whih are'the piupss wuss Jof bl vl ead o0 e —— v