Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1877, Page 4

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Lectare hy corner_of Kinzle, W S o b Cer v Tha Holy Allince—Huia and the Bevolver.” La Com- 1 SOCIETY MEETINGS. NSIA LODOR, No. 100, F. and A, M.~Teg- Stdrpcoial Hall.” Business of gregt IRSWELL. Bec. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1877 Greenbacks at the New York Gold Ex. change yesterday closed at 95, The rules which aro to govern the pro- 1 - ceedings of the Arbitration Board wore yes- i tordsy determined upon, and their substanco 1a given in onr Washington dispatches, Due provision hasbeen made against the possi- !, bility of being talked to death by counsel on i 1 cither sido, and a limit is also placed upon { - the volubility of members themsclves. The Commission will kold publia sessions excopt ¢ assuch times as it may be deemed desirable 1 *to olose the doors for private consultation, ‘The President of the Commission is invested ‘with authority to regulateall arrangements affecting the attendanco of spectators. ) — i © Golorado has, through the magnanimity of { i the "Democratio Ilouso of Representatives, . beon admitted o socond timo to equal priv- ilegea as a Btate in tho Union. It is pre. i wumed that the great party of Reform will 3 inot question the legnlity of this second cn- ! 1abling act, for at least four years, as the ne- t | cesslty for an adverso ruling will not proba- £ ly come up within that period. Tho now i pStats is tho recipiont of an honor, in conse- 1 quenca of this clinching process, not enjoyed by any other Stats, and henceforth, in re- -membranco thereof, will pile up her Ropub- fican msjoritics with consistent regularity, . — ‘The long ngony at tho Kansas State Capi- tal is over, After a fortnight's balloting, with tha voto about ovenly divided betweon half a dozen candidates, tho Legislaturo yes- terdny olected Col. Prump by a vote of 89 to 1 68 for D. P, Low, of Fort Scott. Col. Prumn 1 was formerly favorably known s an editor s and publisher in Emporin, being connected i with the News of that placo. Later ho en- 3 1 B i b a2 gegod in the practice of law, and s said to havo earned a competence by his latter pro- fession, togother with profita realized from lands purchased in Kansas twenty years ago, He will 8dd another name to the growing list of practical printerd who have attained to Benatorial honors. — } An extensivo and most diabolical conspira. ; oy to revivo the Williamson County, 1., Ku. “ Klux organization has just been discovered and frustrated. Some twelve or fifteen vil. { Izlnlxuhnd perfected a system of avson and ; robbery, involving murdor whenever it ehould bo necessary or desirable, and wero -+ all readyto carry out the flendish programmo when tho cxistenco of the organization -y "waa accidentally ascertained, and after sov- * ernl arrests had been mado tho parties turned 31’ Blate's evidence, and disclosed information g which enabled tho authorities to complotoly 3 break up tho organization, and will doubt- * lesslead to the captaro and punishment of 3 soveral moro of tholand-pirates. Williason i County has already liad one littlo oxperienco # iIn the Ku-Klux lino, and is to ba congratu- *| lated upon ping o second infliction. o ’ 1 }+ In & communication from Polico Superin- ‘tendent Hioxey, which we print this morn. dng, will be found somo valusble recom. i} mendations na to tho loglslation necessary to ? euabls the polico forco to deal {m s more y summary and cfficient manner with the pro- ltefidonfl thioves who infest Chicago, At { present the pollcs are hampered by a weak 4 8nd defective vagrancy law, the inadequacy 1 of which the crimiual classes thoroughly un. derstand and fully take advantsge. 'The ‘attention of tho Legiclature Is earnestly di. 1+ xected to tho suggestions and information which Bupt, Hioxsy communicates. Xo- forms and improvements of the character he montlons aro sorely noeded to free Chicago | from the prescnce and operations of tho i birds of prey who flock to this city from all '} parts of America. The matter should not bo ) neglected at Springfleld. 1 A fow of tho solient features attending the erection of tho new Btate-House, particu- larly the cupols, are this morning hammered to a level common with tho undorstanding { of the average taxpayer by our Springfield g oorrespondent, who nlso affords a very clear ;; oxegesis of tho cuphemistio report, Intely { got out by the public functionaries, wherein 4 lay snugly hidden the statement that Rici. | Ampso, having failed to pay up on a labor i contract, at 81 cents, wos rudely dispos- { peased of his contract, in tho futerest of the :pnblla good ; and also that, it being neces- isary to have stone-cutting go on uninter. ;xuptedly, this samne RicuarbsoN was tempo- 1xarily empowered to do the work at a ioostto bimself of 50 cents, instead of 81 i cents, a8 befora the visit of the Penitentiary " Commissioners’ * displeasure” upon him, : The efforts of the State-Houso Comuwission- imh turn a dome into an umbrella is not, o0 ths opinion of our correspoudent, a suc- Ioou. either financially, constitutionally, or ‘architecturally. ‘Tho poople are probably istack for about a million dollars more on ; the job. ¥ * The Chicsgo, produce markets wers moder- “ately active yesterdsy, and averaged firwer, Meas york closed 7§@10c per brl higher, at . $816.40 cash and $106.62}@10.65 for March, 1-ard closed 2}o per 100 tba Ligher, st $10.67) osih and $10.85 for March. Meats closed easfor, at 6o for shonlders, boxed; 8}e for short-ribs; and 83 for short-clears. High. ‘wines wero unchanged, at $1.05 per gallon, Flour was quict and steady, Wheat closed Jo highor, nt $1.25] for Fobmary and 21.27§ for March. Corn closed ateady, st 42)c for Fobruary and 47¢ for May. Oats closed firm, at 854o for Fobmary and 85} for March. Rye was dnll at 70c, Barley closed firm, at 594e for Fobruary and 60o for March, IHogs wore in fair domand, at 5@10¢ declina from Tuesday, selling at $5.90@6,756 for common to extra. Cattle wero moderately active and unchanged, with sales at $2.50@6.12}. There was a good demand for sheep, nt $3.00@ 6.25 for poor to choice. One hundred dol- lars in gold would buy $105.37} in groon- qacks at the close, — Yesterday's proceedings of the House Come mitteo ongaged in taking testimony in tho Louisiana case only serve to clinch the con- viction, now quite gencral among decent men of both parties, thnt the so-called invest- igation which Mr. Davip Duprer FIeLp was sent to Congress to conduct Is ono of tho most infamous and scandalous exhibitions of rascality ever known in connection with a Congressional procedure. Self-convicted thioves and forgers, who by their own show- ing should bo in the Penitentiary instead of drawing fees and mileage a4 witnesses in Washington, seclf-admitted liars and perjurers, and go-betweons in an attempted bribery, tho purposo of which was to sccuro the Elcctoral vote of Louisiana for TiLpEN— thesa aro tho agoncies employed to -produce scosational developments intended to influ. enco tho Arbitration Commission in its con- sideration of the Louisinna case. Tha job has beon so disgustingly overdone ns to recoil upon its manipulators and to benefit the personsand interests sought to be injured, It Las resulted in strongthening tho belief among fair-minded people that tho dutics of the Louisinnn Returning Board were per- formed fairly, honestly, Intelligently, and incorruptibly. Tho two Iouscs of Congress meot to.day —Fcb. 1—in the Chamber of the House, under tho provisions of tho Arbitration bill, to commenco the count of the Electoral votes for Presidont. Tho President of the Sonate will open the certificates in alphabetical or- der, beginning with Alabama and ending with Wisconsin, The first State to which objection will bo mado is Florida, being No. 7 in tho list. Wo assume that the Democrats will not act the knavish fool by interposing objections to Colorado whon called. As cach State is called the President of the Senato will inquire, *“Is there any objection?” If objection be mado to any of the certificates, tho Benate will immedintely roturn to its hall fo consider and pass upon tho objection, and tho Houso will do likowiso in its chambor. If the two Houses separately agree to connt tho xo- turn thot was opencd by tho President of tho Scnate, tho call of otlier States will thon be procceded with ; but if the two Houses differ in their conelusions, the points in dis- puto will then bo referred to the Boord of Arbitration for sotllement, I is not likely that thero will be any eerfous contest over moro than throo States,—Floridn, Loulsiana, aud Oregon, THE HIGH COURT OF ARBITRATION. ‘Tho Joint Court of Arbitration created by Congress Las beon organized, and now con. sists of tho following ofticials : JUSTICES OF THE SUPRENE COURT, Juatice CLirronp, of Malne. Justice SieNa, of Pennsylvania. Justice MiLzn, of lowa, Juetica Iz, of Callfornla, Justice BsvLzY, of New Jerncy. SENATORS. REPUERENTATIVES. Epxvxus, of Vermont, {Hoaw, of Massachusetts, Montox, of Indiana, GanrieLn, of Uhlo, FneLinaiuysey, of New/PATNE, of uhlla Jersey, ticxtoy, of V! {?lnln. DAYAND, of Delaware, [Aukotr, of Massachu- ‘Tuunxay, of Ghio, eolts, In point of intellectual mbility, learning, experience, and personal character, this tri- bunal has nover Yeon cqualed by any Court of equal numbers over assembled in the United States. Of tho ten members of Congress, all aro nbla lawycrs except Mr, Montox, and all of them are men experi- enced in political questions nrising under the Constitution. The flve Justices of tho Su- preme Court aro all experienced jurists, Politizally—that is, considering them by their pnat party aflllintions—thoe Court will stand: Kepublicans—Justices, 4; Senators, 4; Itopresontatives, 25 total, 9, Democrats —Justices, 1; Benators, 2; Ilepresenta- tives, U; total, 6. Of tho five Justices, Jus- tices Mitzen and Frewn were appointed by Mr, LixcorN, and Justices DBraprer and StpoNo by President Graxr, Tho quostions to bo submitted to this Court aro purely legal. 'Fhero are certain States from which thera aro duplicats ro- turns,—Alabains, Florida, Louisianu, South Caroling, and Oregon,—though there has been no, serious contest except upon Louisi- aun, Florida, and Oregon. The latter pre- senta o peculior point. Tho Governor's cor- tificate in that caso accompanies the Elcct. aral voto given by an Elcctor who, receiving o minority of vates, was declarod clected be- causo of the {ueligibility of another person who had received o majority of the popular vote. ‘Tho question {s one of technical ad- vantage,” Conld Cuoxrx under tho laws of Oregon bo declared clected? If ‘not, then hiy certificate, including bis vote, must bo re~ jected, and tho other cortificates admitted. In Florida the law created a Board of Canvasscrs to reccive the returns, revise them, count them, and declaro the result, That Board perforined ity duty, declarod the result, and the Elcctors were certified by thoe Governor as duly clected, and voted for Ilaxes. In Touisiana, the Btote law, in like manner, created a Board of Canvassers, who received the returns, and, as authorized and required by law, rovised the sume, snd upon evidenco ex. cluded certain roturns because of violonce proventing a fair election. This Board de- clared certain Electors chosen, nnd these, armed with the Govornor's certificate, voted for Tavzs, Inthesotwo cases the question of law arises, that, as these Electors must be sppointed in such manncr as the Legislature of the State may dircct, and the Returning Board being clothed by the State law with all tho powers exercised by them, will the Court go behind theso returns thus mado in strict conformity with the laws of the respect- ivo States? If the majority of the Court shinll docide not to go bebind theso returns, thea that will be tho ond of the matter. If the Court shall decide to inquire whether the nctionof the Board was suthorized by and in conformity with the law of the State, then it will hear the particulams of the in. timidation, aud violence, and froud on which the Board based their action, We hava never been able to understand why Republicans should have objected to the organization of this Court, aud to the refer- ence thereto of tho questions in controversy. Without the intervention of this Court Mr. Hayzs would have to assums the offico of Presidont and maintain it by force, and in ____ THE CHICAGO 'I'RIBUNE: THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1877: that froceeding would be opposed by ons branch of Congress, and by a namerous mi- nority in the Senats, and by nearly onc-half the American people. His wholo term would bo a continuons stmggle againat the best jndgment of the conutry, with no other praz. tical result than keoping ono met of persons in office and another sat out of office, Bnt, in submitting this question to the Court, the Republicans do so with all the points, oxcept a remoto one, in their faver. Thoy have both in Louisiana and Florida a prima-facie case. They have the action of the official Board of Oanvassers, with the logal sttostation and certificates of the Executive of cach State, Their case, in the light of tho law, is ns perfect and completo as it would be before tho President of the Senate or the Senate itself, It ia ono of the questions which this Court will have to decide whather tho prima- Jucie caso isnot complete in itself. Even, liowever, if the Court shall determine to go behind this prima.fucic case, the inquiry will be, Wna this Canvassing Board in Loulsinna and the like Board in Florida nuthorized by thelaws of thoso States to revise the roturns andrefect alleged votes for the reasons given by them? And, if 50, had they the evidenco to warrant and justify them in thoir netion? After all, docs not tho clection of flaves rest upon the suficiency of the law of Louiai. ann and the law of Florida to sustain the authority of tho Returning Board, and also upon the sufficiency of the facts in the case to justify theso Doards in their action under tho law? If the facts and tho Jaw in Louisi- anaand Florida are not sufficient to justify the vote of thoso Btates for Ilaves, then ho is not entitled to them, If the Governments of Louisiana and Florida, both Republican, if tho Returning Boards of thoso States, both Republican, if the Com- mitteo of ominent citizens, all Ropublicans, who vigited (hoso States nt the request of the President, if the Republicans of tho Sonate and Houso Committoes, who havo spent weeks in those Btates,—if all these, familiar with the law and all tho facts, shall fail to make out n caso in a tegal point of view, and it need Lo on the facts, to the satisfaction of a mojority of this Court of Arbitration, com- posed ns it is, then the country will ngroo with the Court, that the votes of theso States ought not to bo counted for Haves. If auy Ropublican have faith in the logality and justico of tho action of theso Returning Boards under the laws of thoso States, then how can hio fear an ndverse docision? If hio havo no such faith in the legality and justice of tho nction of these Returning Boards, then ho has no right to expeet nnything but a0 adverso decision, It is becanso we havo full belief that the law of Louisiana conforred ample powera on this Roturning Board, and that they acted within their legal power, and were justified by tho facts, that wo have advocated tho establishment of this Court, and expect from it o judgment awarding to Gov. Harzs tho votes of both States. We beliove ho was legally and honestly clected, and wo wish Lim to enter offico with the formal and au. thoritative judgmont of this Court to sustain him, that ho may at once become Prosident of the United States, sustained by the wholo people. Tho only possiblo point in the case upon which an adverss decision can be bascd, is that tho action of the Returning Bonrd was illegal and fraudulent, and if such be tho flual award of & majority of this Court, composed of the statesmen and jurists wo have named, then no man in the United Btates will more cheerfully yield all claim to tho office than will Gov, Hares, who through. out the whola canvnss has borne himself like o patriot, with all the dignity and candor of an honest sud conscientious man. CHICAGO MORTGAGES, If thero isany ono thing that the Bt. Louls peoplo glont over more than all othery, it is the reflection that Ohicago property is heavily mortgnged. They dwell on it, and re- peat it, and exaggerato it, until they have persuaded themselves that the timo is not for distant when this entiro city will be sold out at Sheriff’s sale, and the Luildings torn down to Lo resold na old bricks and lumber; just what shall bo dono with the stone the St. Louls peoplo haven’t yet determinod, A fow days ago on item was printed in Tue Tnisune estimating ot $50,000,000 the mort- goges thot fall duc in tho current year. Thereupon the $t. Louis Glole-Demoerat says that, ns the averago duration of a mortgaga I8 threo yenrs, Chicago must be mortgnged to the oxtent of 150,000,000, which, at an averngo mate of Y per cent interest, requires an anuual paymont of §13,500,000. Tho 8t. Louis G.-D. newspaper also thinks that Chicago doesn't mnke that much money in tho courso of aycar, so it is a mero QUes- tion of time, and not a very long timo cither, when wo aro all to bo sold out under the hommer. This statement of the deplorable situntion of Chiengo would bo unkind it it wero truo; being wholly imaginary, it is only sbsurd and malicious. Clicago o little more than five yeors ago suffered n loas of $160,000,000 by fire, and immediately ot to work to ro- storo the property destroyed, with largo ad- ditions and ombellishments. The rapid in. crease of the population and business nlso required additional outlay, Chicago bad the confidenco of the world to such an extent that funds cawo pouring in for loan from all the money-centres of Europo and the United States, and in much larger quantitica thau was needed, for Chicago lind $10,000,000 of insurance money and its own capital and savings. 'Tho loans that were mado were placed, s a rule, ot fiva years, beceauso even Chicago people bad, no fust concoption of the rapidity with which tho loans would be recouped ; and the great bulk of tho loans were mado in the year 1872, as that and the following year wero the busiest of the robuilding scason. But a small pro- portion of losus wero made after 1873, both because Chicago didn't need them, and bo- causo the pavic put o check to the loan busi. ness everywhere, "I'ho consequence s that the bulk of the fire-loans fall duo this year, five years from the timo they were mude, and the nmount 15 in no sense a gauge of the averago mortgages. Besides, thoro are large numbers of mort- gnges fu this chiy which may almost be sald to be fletitions. We refer to the sales of suburbau and unimproved property at fancy rates, for which tho purchasers made small cash payments and gave mortgoges for the balance. No money was passed over in theso cases, which are almost couutless, owing to the abuormal speculation in real estate that prevailed befors the panic, but they serve to swell the nominal figure of Chicago mortgages all the same. Deducting thesa speculativa mortgages, which do not ropresent loans, and allowiug for tho mort- gages made for actunl loans since 1872 and uot yet paid, probably the gross amount docsnot exceed $50,000,000 or $60,900,000, certainly not $75,000,000, or less by one-half than as stated by the Bt. Louis Qlbe.Demo- crat. The intercst on that awount is not more than $6,000,000. The B Louis people may doubt whether Chicago earns that much, bat we would remind them that the averago business of Chicago during the lnst threo years has been about $650,000,000, of which $200,000,000 wore manufactures, The Averago carnings on tho Inst item nre not 1283 than one-half, ns they includo the wages paid for manufacturing; the earnings on the wholesale trade are not lesa than 7 per cent, and the profits on the handling of grain and produce aro probably 2} per cont. But, to conio within bounds, wo will estitnate on tho business of 650,000,000 enrnings of only $90,000,000, or an averago of 21,000 a year to overy family of five persons, This will searcely bo deemed exorbitant, yot it would suffico to pay off both principal and in. terest of all Chicago’s mortgnges without counting any of tke savings of provious years. Howoever, if it bo necessary to renow any of our mortgnges, Chicago credit is now 50 good that money can bo borrowed roadily at 7 per cert instend of 8 and 0, which we formerly paid. Bo wo think St. Louis peopla mny postpone their attendanco At tho grand Sherif's salo of all Chicago which thoy have been so anxiously waiting for theso nany years; they may pursuo the slow tenor of their way, continue to double up their bank clearings, and hug the fond delusion that they aro rivaling Chicago pooplo in the marchof commerco. It is o harmless amusement and can't reasonably bo denied to 8t. Louis. USE OF TROOPS IN THE SOUTH. ‘We bavou't heard very much from the Dom- ocratic sido of tho House relativo to the uso of troops in the Southern Btates since the President trausmitted his messnge on this subject in answer to the Houso resolution, with the voluninous documents nccompany-: ingit. The documents include all the orders and transfers of troops, and & vast collection of letters and communications sctting forth tho constant menace to the public ponco that obtained in cortain sections of the conntry. Tho messago itself very clearly ect forth that it is tho constitutional duty of the President to *‘tako caro that the lawa bo faithfully ex- ecutod”; that the Constitution requires tho United States to guarantee a republican form of government to every State, and upon npplication of tho Legislature, or of the Executive when the Legislature is not in session, to protect the Statos ngeinat domes- tic violenco; thot tho United States statutes anthorizo tho President to omploy such parts of tho land and naval forces a8 ho may deem necessary to preservo the penco and sustain thoe authority of the State and tho United States in such cases; also, that tho laws sim. ilarly authorizo tho Presidont to employ the army to protect lawful votors from intimida- tion and violence in the eloction for Prosi- dont; and that ho had in no case gone out- sido of tho Constitution and tho lawa in his disposition aud uso of tho troops, But the President further pointed out that in no case, excopt in South Coroling, waa the number of troops increased in anticipntion of eloction ; that so few troops wore available that ho was not oblo to prevent intimidation and violenco in sovernl of the States, netebly Loulsiana, South Caroling, Flor- idn, Misslssippi, and Alobamn; and that no troops were stationed at voting. places, but distributed at such points as wero throntened with violenco and whero they might bo readily called upon as o poess by tho officera nuthorized to eall them to pre- serve tho poace, ‘Tho Presidont also told the Houso that the evidonco now in his posses. alon, copies of which ho transmitted, war- rants him in tho belie! that it would have been his dnty to uso the troops more gen- erally if they had besn nt his disposal. As precedents for tho use of troops in States for enforeing the laws nnd protecting tho people ngeinst domestic violence, ho cited the ‘Whisky Rebellion In Pennsylvania in Wass. NoToN's time, the ANtiony Bunys fugitivoe- slave caso in Boston in 1854, and tho Joux BrowN case in Virginin in 1839, when tha then Presidont orderod troopa to suppross tho uprising without's eall from efther tho Legislature or Gavernor, nnd without any preliminary proclnmnation. Indeed, tho President’s nnawer was 50 comprohensive, that wo think tho subject of troops in tha Bouthiern Btates will not bo agitated very much more. AN INFAMOUB WITNESS. Tho Chicago Hulldozer and other Demo- cratic papors are sccking to make political capital out of tho testimony of the man LittLeriewp, clerk of the Louisiana Return. ing Board, who, from hLis own confessions, is so for untrustworthy and perjured that o would not bo belioved upon tho stand in suy court. The history of this champion political scoundrel, as gatherod from his own testimony, the teatimony of tho Iie. turning Board, and statemonts both from Ropublican and Detnocratio sources, may bo told in n fow words, IarTitrieLn ju o Northern carpet-bagger, who went to Now Orleans and obtained the offico of Iiny- Inspector from CGov. Kerroaa, from which Lo was subsequently removed for cause by Licut.-Gov. Anroise, during the Governor's abgonce from the Biate, thus giving him at tho outset a motivo for revenge. Mo next turns up as clerk of tha Returning Board, and in that capneity is conveniently found snd comwhed by ex-Gov, Parmzn, who turns Lim over to Judge Mozeuy, of Davenport. After Litrierietp has ab- stracted the genuino Vernon County returns from the office of tho Becrotary of State, substituting forged roturns for them, Judge Muneay tukes him to Tows, Linving n copy of tho forged returns in his posscssion, 1o rewnins in Jowa for a time, learning his les- son, and at tho proper timo starts for Wash. iogton, stopping on route at Bpringficld long onough to receive additional coacling from ex-Gov, Pauumen. o next turns up in Washington, transfors the forged roturns or tho stolen original ones,—It is not yet quito clear which,—to Davio Dubrey Fizp, the protector of Boss TI'weep in bis villpinies, and, aftor belag conched by Fietp, appears on the stand and testifies that he was direct. cd to alter the returns from Vernon County by transferring a certain number of votes from tho Democratio to the Republican side. What the condition of the return was when it wos sigoed it is jmpossible to state, s LarTrerieLd or some one ¢lso bas stolen the original and substituted a forged copy for it, but the testimony sheds a lood of light upon the effaie neverthclosa. It shows that in tho bulldozed Vernon Parish there were 700 Democratic votes to two Republican,—a re- sult alinost as notoriously corrupt as that in Enst Feliciana. After receiving sufiiciont proof of tho violence and {ntimidations prac- ticed in that parish, the Returniug Board ex- cluded threo of the worst precincts which nggregated 178 Democratic and no Repub- lican votes, aud LiTTLErIZLD Was directed to make ont the roturus in this manner, but, in. stead of doing this, ho deductedthe 178 votes from the Democratic side aud added them to the Republican, and thea sold out his infamy to Mugpnr, Paruzs, and Frzio, The proof that this infamy is all bis own is cloar from a variety of ressons, among thom the follow- ing: 1. The Returning Board knew noth- ing of the additiond change sud ordered nothing of the kind. 2. Lrrrrxrrerp stole the original retnrns and substituted a copy in Lis own handwriting. 8. Tho chango did not affect any candidato to the ex- tont of changing, the result, and thus nothmg was gained by the Returning Board in doing what he alleges tho Board did. No one was clected by it, and no one was defeated by it, but overything was lett whero it wna before. In point of fact, n Democratio Binto Scnator was olected by 183 majority, Itdid not carry the Stata for Hares nor for PAckARD, nor for any'Repub- lican member of Congress, nor nffect the re- sult in any parish or distriet. Tho Demo- cratio Committeo mny assumo for their partisan purposes that the Returning Board 18 composed of knaves, and hire n thiof, blackmailer, and forgor to prove it, but they have no right to nssume that they are such idiots as to alter returns, knowing that thoy connot affect sny result, and knowing that the fraud would show on its face, or as to order their clerk to do it. Tho objects of the mon LITTLRFIZLD ara npparent enough, o is secking, in tho first place, to mognify him- sclf; In tho second placo, to secura rovongo for his removal from a profitable place; and third, to obtain his reward from *the bar” The estimnte that fa to bo placed upon tho testimony of such an in- famous witness and upon tho conduct of the man Frewp, who lias him in charge, may bo best fixed from Mr. Monnison's refusal to havo anything to do with tho witness or the stolen property, which Twreo's lawyer wanted to shove into his bands. If thisis the manner in which the Democracy is to conduct itg case after the appointment of o Toard of Arbitration, it would scem to in- dicato that thoy do not want an hLonest decision oven from that body. THE EANSAS PACIFIC BAILWAY, Pacific lailway matters being under con. sideration in the Senato, it will bo wise for meombers of Congress to take notice of tho fact that in November last the Kansas Pacifio Rallway defaulted on the interost on its first- mortgago bonds, and went into the hands of Recoivers, Tho whole amount of tho first- mortgage bonds is between 312,000,000 and $13,000,000, and the annual interest thercon is about $850,000 gold. Tho Government of tho United States holds n second mort- gage on tho proporty (excopt the Denver ox- tension and the Leavenworth branch) to tho amount of $6,300,000 and acerned intorost,— the whole amounting to over $8,000,000. The Governmont bonds representing this sccond mortgage have about twenty-two yoars to run at G per cont interost, so that when tho timo for their redemption comes oround the wholo debt will bo somo $15,- 000,000. This sum is an obligation which must bo met by' taxation unless the road can be made to pay it. DBut tho road is likely to bosold under decreo of Court within o fow monthy, and when sold the Govern- ment's intercst will bo foreclosed oqually with tho stockholders’ interests, Tho causes which have led to the default of tho intorest on tho first-mortgage bonds aro threefold: Finst, tho general stringency of the times, resulting in o decronso of traf- fic. Becond, the decision of the Treasury Department to rotain tho entire amount carned by the Company for trausportation of troops, mails, and Government stores, in- stend of ono-half, which tho Supreme Court decided was the legal amount to Lo 8o ro- tained. Third, tho refusal of tho Union Pacifio Rallway to pro-rate with thoe Kansas Paciflc on throngh business at Cheyonno, Tho first of those causes Is not within the control of tho Government. Tho other two are within its control, and may be used to savo tho Company from extinguishment and thereby save the $15,000,000 of wubsidy bonds and intorest. The amount claimed by the Company to have been wrongfully witbhold by the Treasury heretofore on transportation nccount is about $500,000, and the amount aunually withhold about £200,000. Itis claimed that the paymont of the arrenrages on Government transpor- tation would have saved tho Cowmpnny from bankruptey, and that the payment of onc- Lalf of the transportation scrvices so ren. dored would ennble them to tide over tho hard timcs, pay thelr first-mortgago in. terest rogularly, and keep the Government's second mortgage nlivo; and that at tho end of twenty.two years the rond will bo worth at least the ninount of both mortgages, In. osmuch ns the Government subaldy bonds and intorest havo to bo peid in any contin. gency, nud sinco the Government will have to pay for its transportation after tho road is aold under foreclosure, it would soom to ba business-like to keop the Company alive; and, if this can bo accomplished at no greater cost than paying tho sums that the Bupreme Court Liave declded shonld be pald, it would bo proper for Congress, aftor due {uvestigation, to ordor that it should bo done, Tho next point for Congress to consider iy tho refusal of tho Unlon Pacific Company to recoive and deliver freight and passengers with the Kausos Pacifio st Cheyenne on equal terms, or, in milway parlance, ta pro- rale. 'I'woorthreo yearsogoalaw was passed by Congress expressly requiring the Unfon Pacitic to pro-rate with the Kansas Pucific, but a3 no penalty was imposed for non.ful. fillmont, the Company utterly ignored the statate. The two roads had a commeon origin and design snd were endowed by the Government for a common purpose, viz.: to establish a highway between the Missouri River and tho Paoific Ocoan, ‘The Union Pa- cific Lns growa rich, and {s paying dividends on ita stock which novorcost the owners a dol. Iar, Tt is paying its dividends partly at the expenso of tho Government and partly at the expenso of the Konsns Pacific, in which the Government has on interest equal to 8,000, 000 now and $15,000,000 prospectively, The Union Pacitic is now beforo Congress asking now legislation concorning ita indebledness to tho Government. It would be o very small thing to mako it & condition of such legislation that the Union Pacido Company shall comnply with the law heretofors passed which requires it to pro.rate with the Kansas Pacific. ‘fho Govornment is the ouly power which can enforco such compliance, and 1t has tho highest Intercst in doing so, uuless it {s propared to sce its largo investment in the latter Company wiped out by foreclos- ure. It ls not impossible to avert this ca- lamitous result, but, it it ia to be averted, action must be takon speedily. Las put upon the Congressional resolutions instructing bimn to return thauks to the Ar- gentine Lopublic and another obscure Re- publio in tho South 0f Africa for their Cen. teunial congratulations to the United States. The resson given for the veto i3 that Con. gress may not lawfully dictate to the Becretary of Btate what correspondence he sball hold with & foreign Btats. Of courss it s » matter of punctilio, and very much like vetoing the compliments of the season. Howaver, it may scrve ns a timely robnke to those peoplo who want to set up a Congres- slonal cabal to dictata overything that ie said or dono in thiscountry. Bome of these per. sons oven wanted a partisan majority in a single Houso to ignora the other House al- togother, and choose n President for the peoplo boforo sscertaining whother or not the pooplo had chosen a Prosident them. solves. Undor these cirenmstances, perhapa itis just es well to remind Congress in a harmless way that it is only a co-ordinate branch of the National Govornment, and that its priviloges *and duties, like those of the other brauches, are limited by tho Constitu- tlon, B———— OBITUARY, BIONOR ANTOXIO BLITZ. In the death of Signor AxToNIO BLI7z, Which occurred at Philadelphla on Bunday last, the whole public will fecl as it it had lost a frlend, #0 many years had he devotod himself to its entertainment, His name has Nterally been o houschold word. He was born fa Deal, Evgland, June 21, 1810, and his peculiar talents wero sliown 80 carly that at the age of 18 he mado his first oppearance. at Hamburg and then per- formed In successiod ot Lubeek, Potsaam, and other Continental citles, exciting wonder wheray- crhe went, Ile was 16 whon he first appearcd fn England, but did not venture upou the Lon- don boards until he svaa 18, In 1534, being then in bis 25th year, he landed {n Now York and first performed {n Niblo's Garden. Alter a tour of New England and the West he appeared in Philadelphia under the patronage of MarLzer, the proprictor of the celebrated Automaton Chess-Player and the Burning of Moscow. Ho next journeyed through the South, the British Proviuces, and the West Indifes, and on his ro- turn to the United States settled In Philadel- phis. About fourtcen years ago, his first wife having dled, he married a Miss Eastox, of Groton, Mase, Ilo was the father of Mme, Van ZaNDT, the opera-singer, and also of Mes, Merz, now liviug in New York City. Col. ForNRY paya the following tribute to him* 1o reconclled hostile parenta to the marrisge of faithful lovers; frightened the drunkard (nto tem. perance; infused courage Into a ship's crew daring & storm at se, and once mm{:ullnd the reatoration of lier fortund to o pour giel by mokine the portralt of the dend brother of thodishonost guordian vpeak in stern rebuke of hls guilt, Dut no part of this curious character v 80 ngreeable as his constant attendance upon tho Insanc, WIth his birds, hin rabbits, his ventrlloguy, be Is greeted with joy by the poor creatures, whose minds, **like sweet bells {augled out of turie, ars madd brlety happy by is Kininesn and bis skill. During the War he waa omnipresent in the llulslull. performiug gratuit- ously to the malmed and broken, 01ling the hours ot convolescence with Joy, and amoothing the pll- lows of the weary, 1o ‘yave 132 entertainments Lefore 43,000 soldlers, and three wecks, cvery af- ternoon nnd evening, ot the great Banitary Falr, in Logan Square, Pliladelphis, All this work was Eratultoun, The following extract from his autoblography will be of interest, now that he is gone: 1le who gives us one hout's purv pleasure 14 a far greator philanthropist than he who prates uf charity and heaven, which can only be obtained, 80 pays his creed, by passing through lives of slghing, nuung. and continued slaviah fear of Him who would have us in oll things free, llving for the beautiful and good alone, THE REV. GEONGE N, JOCELYN. A dispatch fn Tue TRIBUNE bas already ane nounced the death of the Rev. Gronck B. JoceLyy, President of the Methodist College at Albion, Mich., on the 27thult. ‘Tho deceascd was u native of Indlana, ond he entered the ministry at Evansville. s last appointment in Iudiana was ot Vincennes, whence he re- moved to Iowa totake charge of nchurch at DesMolnes. After two years' labor there, ho wus statloned ut Burlington as pastor of the Old Zion Church. From Burlington he went to Mount Pleasant os pastor of Asbury Church, and subscquently was clected Presle dent of the Wesleyan University. In 1804 ho was clected President of the Alblon (Mich.) College and held the position until 1870, when he nceepted a eall to Grand Rapids, where he remalned for a year or two. The church, however, nceded him more at Albfon, and he once moro took the Prealdency of that {nstitu. tion, amid the duties of which he dfed. The Burlington Hawkeye says of him: * As a citizen he was held with high esteem, ang In 1873 or 1578 was urged by the ‘Liberal Republicans! and personal friends to aceept the candidacy for Governor of Michigan, but he reslsted all en- treatles to permit the use of his name, belleving hie had a higher calling than anything the polit- {cal feld coutd offer.” OUITUANY NOTES. . Among other deuths which have recently oc- curred are those of Iforacx Dnessen, sn old and bighly-cstecmed lawyer of Now York; of Mine. Sanau Feeix, sister of Racuzy, and her- aulf once o famuus actress; of the Rev. Jacon L. Cranx, D. D., who for forty ycars had been Rector of 8t. John's Church, Waterbury, Conn., and who fu 1859 was chosen Dishop of Nebraska, 8 position which he ddeclined; and of Mrs. WeLLs, wife of the Ilon. Davio A, Weers, who died last week ot her homu fn Norwich, Coou. ——— Among the numerous dispatches which passed to aud from Mr, TILDEN, pendiug that corrupt Job In Oregom, was one which, although In clplier, reveals the true Inwarduess of the whole business. The followlng 1s the dispatch refer- red to: Pouruaxn, Ore., Dec, 1.—The Hon. 8. J. TU. den, Uraniercy Park, New York: lleed acantiness eramp eimerge, peroration hothouse surviver bronxy of ‘)llmfler, dotluh hothouse exactnoss of servicen, glest cunnlug, dotish of a golvanic survivor by secordingly respectlul merclleas of Senstor In con. sequent coalesce, Uavnre, The hieroglyphica are not ncarly so Intelll- glble as they appear on thelr face. * Heeld scantliess, sayas ' Gabble.” Of course it shculd be heeded. How could Oregon be prop- erly fixed with o scantiness of money prevalling there! “Cramp emerge’! HHere Is another dclicato Nint to Gramercy Park, They are cramped iu Oregon, hard up, impecunlous. Re- move the “crump with remittance and how saon they will “cmerge” fnto the daylight again, ** Bronze of plameter ™ rather staggers us, unless it yelers to the colossul and monue 1aental brass of the whole undertaking, ** ilot- house exactneas of services” s sufflclently ex- plalned by the dispateh from one of TiLbeN's mansgers ta J, N. Paruiek, of Salem, Ore,, * Becure your polut at all huzards,” * Highest cunning* explafua {tself, and probably crept fnto the hieroglyphles by intstake. The hodge- podge of the remalnder of the dispatch clearly cuough explaius how the $8,000 from the bar'l might be trunsferred from New York to Oregron, and through what bankers. Even an apparently mysterious cipher could not con ceal the {nfamy of the Oregon purchase, ee— Every morning, os regularly us the sun rises, the Chleago ZHulllozer publishes columns of slush and bosh from Col. Ksexaw, {ts editor in Washington. Yesterday he asscried o the most positive manner that tho four Judges se- lected not BuabLry, but Davis, which was wholly untrue. Ho telegraphed the falachood Lo the following phraseology : It is gencrally understood to-night sbout town that the Justiccs bave not yet agrced, and that Lnaniey will bu chosen, 1t can bo stated upon the highest autbority (v), howevor, that tnls yen- eral kmpresslon s lncorrect, and that the Justices have sclected a fth, and that this s no othor than Judye Davis. This was accomplished by Stuoxu voting with Ceiryotiu and Fierv, Mitiek, it b ua- derstood, voted for Hunt, Judge Davie bus been notitid of the sction of tho Justices to-day, but Baenot yot eald & word about what he woald do. He will’ uot suswer uutil to-morrow uwru!ng; STuoNu's scting with Crivrouy und Fiow will an uupleasant surprise to the Republicans. The *bighest authority ™ for this sssertion would be one of the four Judges; but it la very certain none of them told him unythlag. Judge Davis, of course, did uot; nobody did that knew anything about it, The chap nveutedit for sensational efect. He 1s kept tn Washing- ton because hie cannot tell the truth, Theob- Ject Ls to bave reports that differ utterly fiom that sent to the other papers, and therefow it Is necessary to avold the truth and deal exlu- slvely io les and trash. He fills the bill, e ee—— Mr. Weypsin PoiiLies speaks st 3xCor- mick Hall to-night. Itis always a pleaspro to listen to this emloent orstor, to whateyer fheme bomay speak, 2lls stylo of oratory ls af dass- [ fcal, and his thought so clear and logical, that it 18 an intellcctusl treat to hear him, whether the views which he expressea bo accopted or not. Mr. Puirrips has done the cause of unt veraal liberty distiugulshed servico in his long and brilllant career as a publlc socaker, and, now that the snow is whitening his locks, ha s reaping a harvest of honors and complacencles as the result of his hard-fought and prolonged strupgle for the right, No man in the American forum hns displayed more courage or showed more ability fn tho fleld of polemics, [ils themes have been varied, but have always had a common centre In that cqual justice which Hes at the foundation of laws and the authority of the State. It» lias not beon Mr. Paivties’ good fortune to be always applauded; he has sometimes been hissed; but whether recelving applause or hisses, ne has spoken what he thought holdly and fearlessly, If hotreatsths natlona! question, he will do {t ably, aud with his usual eloquenceand great command of facts, 8hould his conclasions not be acqulesced {n, his power 28 an orator must be acknowledged. el sdn sl ol " Forney's Press thus accounts for the defest of the caucus nominee of the Illinois Repub~ Ucans: After Tllinols was carried for Gov. Harrs by nearly 20,000 majority half her Republican repre- Lepistnine Disiicis here. been Trabitolly. Rerrer Taandcred, and pattly becatre a few Legitstive Districts were carelcasly surrendered to Inde- pendenta, There are two orrors in this explanation. (1) The Legislative Districts are not gerrymandered at all, but are the falrest apportionment of any Btate in the Unlon. () There were some Ites publican districts lost by the mistake of run. ning weak or unpopular candidates for the Gene ernl Asscmbly, but they wero beaten by Demo- crats, The Independents did not clect Jast fall a single member of elther branch of the Legls- Inture, although half-n-dozen Democratic mem- bers played possum,—calllng themselves Inde- pendents,—but it waas a trick forope inthesquad of Independents elected fn 1374 who held over two years longer. S ——— Gov. MansmarL JEWBLY, of Connecticut, ex. Postmaster-General, Is In tho city. He gocs from here to 8t. Louts. It1s doubtful whether he has ever found out the reason why the Prest- dent nsked him for his resignatlon, His ro- moval was one of the unaccountable things GnANT has done, which pizzics alike his friends and opponents. Some think that the Prestdent supposed or suspected that ho sympathized with Beeretary Bristow in his battle with tho whisky thicves; others that Boss Suxrnenp, Dancock, OnviLre, Bzrxnar, and people of that sort wera not among his intlmates and confidants. But this Is oll surmisc, as nobody knows. Gov, JEWELL was the best and ablest Sccretary who has had control of the Post-Ofice for a quarter of o century, When he took jcharge of the office, he found the expensca soven and o halt millions per annum in exccss of the receipts, and the gap steadily becoming wider. Whenho Teft the oftice the deficit had been reduced to somethlng itke four milllons. ———— To tha Editor of Ths Tribune. Jouter, 111, Jan. 20.—Plensc anawer & resder of Tuz TuinuxE the following questions: 1. Whatis the salary of & United States Sen. ator?, 27 What ta tho salary of Assaclate-Justice of thé Supremo Cours of tha United States? . At what age does o Judgo of the Supreme Court have to retire under the law? 4, When a Judgels rotlred on nccount of age, docs o draw aoy salary from the United States after 50 retired? A REIUBLICAN. Answen: (1) Tho salary of a Scuator is 85,000, and he Is allowed actual traveliog ex- penses to and from Washingtou; (2) the salary of an Associate Justicels $10,000 per annumj (3 nJdudge of the Bupremo Court may retiro (but the law 1s not compulsory) ot tho aze of 705 (4) a retired Bupreme Court Judge recelyes full pay. ——— Tux Critoao Trinune thinks’ the clection of Judgo Davie ls as inuch 8 Republican victory as it Is Democratic. 1f this Is true, why didn't Tuc Tainexe support Daviy for thy poaition In the feat place, and wly 1 it that his seloction has occa- slonod so much unhappiness among iting Repube Icanst—Springfeld Iteglater, This Is o very casy cowundrum to answer, ‘While half o loaf s better thau no bread, Tun TriouNE preferred o whole louf. Tus Trinuxs naturally desired to have a stralght Republican clected Benator, but 1t prefers Judge Davis to any Democrat by ‘*a very large majority." ———— PERSONAL. ‘The dramatic critlc of the Phlladelphis Tm recently had one of those pravoking **slips of tho pen, " and attributed **Bleak IHouse' to Bulwer as an author, Senator Christlancy bege leave to remark that he has not been » pasticularly happy father for samo- thing more than twelvo years, newsaper roports to tho contrary notwithstanding, ¢ A new mackine for the extermination of grass- hoppers haa been chrlstened by an audncions coln- erof woras inone of the Northern nowspapers o 4" Lopper-dozer,” Tlas tho English Jangusge been bulldozed by a few miserable politicians lu Loujal- anat Abram Tlewltt and his brother went through Co- lumbin Collego on the co-operative pian, The brother earned enough woney to support them both; Abram attended the Collega classes durlug tho day, and at night impsrted to bis brother what bo had learned, The fortono of Dr. Ayer, the patent-medicine man Iately adjudged fusne, 18 sald to be over $5, 000,000, Instead of $2,000,000, as atated In Tux THIDUNE. The New York Sun says there has hardly becn 3 time In the 1ast dozen ycars when ho hoy had loss thaz $500,000 lylog 1dle and awaitiug investment. The lady-members of the London School-Board presd mnatters witha high band, Oae of them ro- cently moved thats clock be placed so that me; bers might sco bow much time they occupled fn bearlng themselves talk, and sald many of them were in tho habitof rlsing only **to cxpress fluont verboalty,* Tho young Prince Napolcon haa been Initiated by Prince Ifumbert into the mysteries of tha Ilallan Freemasonry, much to the disgust of the Pope snd his adherents. It {8 sald the FPope 1s much dissate dsfied with the conduct of the ex-Empresa and the Prince in Rome, and particularly with the frequent vislta of tho lattor to tho Quirlaal, Blshop Spalding, of the now Diocese of Peoria, In this State, delivered a lecture before the Cooper Unlon In New York Sundiy nlght. The drifs of his argument waa to show that demogracy and Catholl- clim are very far from belng wo antagonistic ae Pratestant ovinion would hold, and ho reviewed the Listory of the Catholic Church in this country ta support hls position, Signor Blitz, the magiclan lately doceascd, once #ald to Danicl Welaters ** Qlve we 100,000 Treas: ury notes to count, and watch closely, snd you will ind only 75,000 when I return them,* **Slgaor," responded Webater with solmatlon, **there s no chances thero svo hero better maglclans then you; they would not leave 50,000 after thelr countlng," ‘The cnvelopes for the frea-will offerings at the opening of the Boston Moody Taberuacle wers not returned In the condition that the mansgers had boped for. Out of 8,000 lssucd, only 2,061 wero returned, and of these 5633 wera empty, and one contalned & counterfeit $2 bill, . The receipts smounted to §2. 390,08, which will go but a shost way towards defraying tho expensce. ‘Talmsge's sermon (o the physicians last Sunday was presched from the followlng text: **And Asa fu the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseascd In ble fect until his discase was exceeding great; yet In his dlscase he sought not to the Lord, but to the physiclans, And Asa slept with bie fathers," Ava had the gout, according to Tal- mage, aud quackery killed him. lle was only 30 yeard of sge, ‘*ln this sherp, grapbic way the Biblo sets forth the truth thal you caunot shus God out of pharmacy and therspoutics,” Nest Sunday the sermon will be to clerks, malo and fo- male. No provision scems to have been mada for thase In coats who part thelr balr in the middle. The St, Paul Plonser- Press says those who bave most thoroaghly fnvestigated the condition of the locast-ravished districta in Minnesota bolleve that Wiaona ls considerably ovesdolng the buslness in scuding 8 comtmitive to Milwaukee and Chicago to beg for asalstance from those cit! The Commlt< tee was appolnted at & public mecting, and s com- Pposad of respectable gentlemen, but there is grave doubt as to the expediency of its mission. Min- Desota ls wmply able st prescot, tho Piosesrs Press saye, 10 take caze of her own destituts peopls., Tho worat cases have already been cared for. There Ls much more need of relief for the starving people of Dakots, snd anything Chicago or Mile Waukse may do f0F thema will be appreciaeds