Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1877, Page 4

wee | 1 Ry e e e e o S “tive action of both Houses, a * THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1877.' Thye Txtbe. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Y MAIL—IN ADVANCE—TOSTAGE PREFAID AT TS OFFICK. afly Fdttton, postpald: 1 5t ATt of @ year. per month, Malted 10 any address fonr fon: Literary ol TriWeekl Partaof a year, One cops. Tostage prepald, Breeimen eaples sent free. Fo prevent delay snd mistakes, be sure and give Poste Cftice sddreea in tull, fncinding State and Caunty. Temittances sy be made either by draft, express, Tost-Ottice order. or In registcred letters, t our risk. 7ERMS TO CITT SUBSCRINERS, Tafly, deltecred, Bunday excepted, 23 conts per week. Tully, deiivercd, Sundny Inciuded, 80 conts per week TH: TRIDUNE COMPANT, Chicago, Ul New Chienge Theatres Cuark street, between Lalke and Randolpb, Le Com: mandeur Cazéneuse, the Prestidiaitatear. Adelph} Theatre, Monroe etreet, corner Dearborn. talument. Varlety enter- tinverly’s Thentre. hetween Clark and LaSaite, En: fio Ltister. **Tho Unequal Mateh.® MeVieker’s Thentre. Madleon strect, hetween Neathorn and State. Ea- gagement of M it M1znon. ANT LODGE, ¥, ond A, M= ammunication. ih evening ‘8t 7:30 trorinthian iyl bi £t Rinslesl, | Work o A T T T THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1877, P a—————————— Greenbneks ot the Now York Gold Es- change yesterday closed at 947, Probably there wns no man in Washing- ton mora chopfallen over tho decision of the Electornl Comimission in the Floridn caso thon was Davip Duprey Frruo, Tho decis- jon falls with crushing weight upou FiEnp, ginco it shuts out all that mass of por- jurcd testimony which he has been ot so much pains to proenre, and which the House tad ordered printed for the enlightonment of the Commission. The pampllots nlready printed are only worth what thoy will fetch as old paper, and tho purchased testimony of Larrrerienn, Mappox, and PicreTT is worth farless. Tho Conmmiusion will receivo no evidence of the chiaracter taken by tho Houae Comumnittee, nud I'sewp has done his dirty work all in vain. P ———— The caso of the Hon, Gronor D, CrAYFeE, ono of tho Illinois Ilepublican Electors, of whom it is alleged by the Democrata that ko wns ineligible by reason of holding tho of- fico of Unlted States Commissiouer, cuts no figure in the final vesult. Aside from tho fnct that Mr, Cmarren lins not profited by tho oflico of Commissioner for several years past, the question of iueligi bility cannot possibly be brought be- foro tho Llectoral 'Iribunal. The only questions which that body is empowered to decido aro thoso arising in cnses of moro than ono set of Bluctoral returny, nnd, as kore is but ove roturn from 1llinois, tho Commission by nothiug to do with Mr, Cnarrer's oligis bility, Nvither ean his vote be rejected Ly the Jolnt Convention, excopt by the affirina~ Of course tho Senate would not vote to reject this vote, and there the mattef ends. L life insuranea is printed this morning from our Now York correspondent ** Nemo,” who lins heretofore supplied tho readers of this paper with mueh information and comment of valuo and intercst on the general subject of insurance, ‘Tho presont letter is devoted to the cxposure of tho rascality and rotten- ness developed in connection with the rocent collapse of several msurance companies, and to tho consideration of the ecffcot upon the Dusiness and futuro prospects of the sound und reliable companies produced by the distrust and tho disincling. tion to take out new policies or renew old ones which tho numerous failures have cre- ated in the public mind. It is cvident that tho busiuess of lito insurance in Americn has renclied a critical period in its history, and thnt tho doctrine of tho survival of the fit- test ia likely to bo subjected to n sevore prac- ticul test. QGov. Hay! y feol roasonably secaro re- garding the Electoral vote of Tlorida, The Commission lins virtunlly decided that tho Republican Electors declared elected by the Board of Canvassers and recciving certifl- cates from Gov. Srranys are the lawfully. chosen Electors. As regnrds tho caso of Mr. Hunraneys, the Republican Elector whose eligibility is challenged, tho ovidence taken yesterday by the Sounte Committeo on Priv- ilegos and RElections scems to settlu that question beyond controversy, Mr. Hus- viueys festiffied that on the 24th of SHeptember, 1876, ho resigned his position us United States Shipping Commis- siover ut Ponsacols, and he produced tho letter of United tates Circait Judge Woops wcceplng his resignation, and the lotter of Collector PorTen aunouncing that Lo had taken possession of tho oflico resigned by B3r. Husenncys. Tho lotter also tostified that he had dischnrged no dnties pertaining to tho oflice &inca tho date of his resignation, A clearer caso of eligibility could not easily bo rado out. ‘There nra tureo sets of papers in the Flor. ida caso from which the Commission must select the evidenco npon which to determino the Electoral question in that State. The firut get certifies in due form to tho election of the Hayis Electors; the second to the eleetion of the Tiipex Electora; and the third is a record of {he quo warranto'pro. cecdings in the Circuit Court and the action of the Legislature subsequent to the casting of the Electoral vote, It is regarded ns pructically eettled that the third sci of pa- pers will Lo passed over as entitled to 10 consideration, thus limiting tho choico of tho Coumission to the two conflicting rve~ turns, Tho Democrats give up Florida to Taves, aud rest their hopes upon their suc. cess in throwing out the votes of two Repub- lican Electors in Louisians and of Watra in Oregon, on the ground of ineligibility, The Louisiann Electors resigned their Federal offices befors the College et to cast the vote, and olso resignod as Eloctors, and were subscquently choaen to fill tho vacaucies, T'o this extont their position is identical with that of WarTs, but thelr caso i stronger than that of Warrs from the fact that they re- ceived the certificates of the Roturning Board and Governor, while Watrs received neither. The Chicago produce markols were rather leuy active yusterday, and generslly stronger. Mo pork clasad 200 per brl hleher, ot at S1.05 and steady. for May. 35J¢ cash and 0Ge for March, autharity. for tho counting, somie nrrangement for tho futurs, ho argnea: $16.30@16.35 cash and 316.42}@16.4 March. Lard closed 156 per 100 Ibs higher, of $11.10@11.12} cash and $11.15@11.17} for March, Meats wero firmer, at Go for shoulilers, boxed ; 8] for short-ribs; and 8jc for short-clears, Highwines wero frregular, 1.07 per gallon. Flour was quict Wheat closed jo higher, at £1.20§ cash and $1.30 for Mareh. Corn closed o shade firmer, at 42]c cash and 4Gjc Oats woro quiet and steady, ot Rye was Barley closed firm, at 600 for firmer, at 70c. Fobruary and &0}e for March. Hogs wera fairly netive and 5@10c higher, selling at $5.90@6.90 for common to extra. Cattlo were activo and strong, with salos at 22.50@ 6,25, Sheep wero in demand at $3.00@5.25, Ono hundred dollars in gold would buy $105.50 In greenbacks at tho close. The Court of Arbitration yesterday de- cided not to go behind the official canvass and returns made in tho State of Florida, and to Lenr no evidence exeept upon the question of the eligibility of ono of the Electors, which has bLeen questioned. It will hardly surpriso any lawger to learn {hat the Court, sitting na a legal tribunal to de. termine questions of law and of fact in the matter of n Slato clection, held nnder State Inws, has decided that it isnot warranted in undertaking to investigato tho clection re. tarns precinet by precint. recognized the power of tho Stato to pro- vide the mauner of appointing the Electors, and has also recognized tho power of the Stato to appoint officers clothed with an- thority to canvass tha clection returns and to declare the result. All theso things per- tain to the nppointment of the Electors, and nro exclusively within the jurisdiction of the Stalo, and tha officers appointed by the Stato for that purpose. Elector are proseribed by tho Constitn. tionof tho United States, ond are not sub- jeot to changa by any Stato law. point the Commission decided to hear testi. mony, poiutmont shall have passed nway, the Denoerats will recognizo as fully as Repub- liciun the proprioty and wisdom of tho de- cluion of tho Conrt. Tho Court has Tho qualifications of an On that After tho first oxcitement of disap. ELECTING A PRESIDENT. JIndge Joux A, JAuEsoy, of the Superior Court, in liis letter published in Tuz Tom- UNE this morning, whilo conceding the pol- icy of croating the Arlitration Commission under the specinl circumstances for this spe- cisl case, very properly shows that such a plan for determining Prosidentinl clections will never do for a permancncy. ‘The law, how- ever, docs not aim to establish a permanent nrbiteation for the determination of such questions ; it onds with {ts netion in this ase. this plan conld not bo repeated with succesa. Wa ngreo with Judgo Jaursoy that Judgo Jaxrsox holds that the Constitution does uot anthorizo the President of the Sou. ate, or Congross, or either 1louso of Congress, to count tho vote; tha Coustitution fails to speeify by whom the vota shall be counted ; navertheless, Congross has the power by legislation to regulato the count. Obvioualy, tho Governmont of the United States must, by some ons of its officers or dopartments, count the voto for President, and, by anal- ogy, it is for Congress Lo name tho oflicer or departinent to perform that duty. this power Congress might impose the duty of counting tho Presidentinl voto upon the President, or upon the Bupreme Court, or upon either louse of Congross, The im. policy of such n proceeding is, however, a probibition of the ndoption of any such plan, Undor The elaim made in by Judge Jassesoy that tho balanco established by tho Constitu. tion botween tha Btates nud the Genernl Gov- ernmont, in tho matter of appointing Elect- ors nnd electing n Prosidont, should bo pre- served. These Llectors sustain n mixod char- neter,~—first, asStato functionariey, in respoct to thoso appoluted; and second, ns Federnl functionarics, in respoct to thelr duty of electing n President, Thereforo he holds liat in nil that relates to their eclection thoy should be subject to State anthority, and inall that pertains to their voting to the national The laws of tho State should so provide for nll this that there would bo nothing for Congress to do but to provide Looking, therofore, to 1. That, if tho Electoral Colleges ars to bo rotained, the Constitntion should be nmend- ed, requiring the States by law to confer upon their courts of Inst resort the power to Jjudicinlly determine all coutests respocting the Electors, and a certificato of such adju. dication should accompany tho relurns of Electord and Lo final, Or, 2, To amend the Constitation so as to pro- vide for n general nssemblage of all tho Electora at somo one point, thero to organize and the body bo empowered to judge of the elcctions and tho qualificntions of its own members; this body to determino all} con. {osted eloctions, cud then to voto for DPresic dent and Vice.Presidont. Vo will not discuss these suggestions; they both rest upon the assumption of reteining the machiuery of tho Eloctoral Colloge, which mnchinery is at present tho sourco of ull tho troublo in regard to theso contested casos, and which promiies to Do of still more rouble in thoe future. Tho remedy is to abolish tho Electoral College and yot pro- serve tho nutonomy of tho States, Mr. Drex- atew hao suggested the plan| which, while working n radical chango iu the system of clecting tho President, does the lenst vie- lonca to the existing rights snd priviloges of tho Stntos, Tho Constitution provides that the Houso of Ieprescutatives **shall bo composed of moembers chosen avery second year by the peoplo of the several States,” In due courso of timo, after half o contuvy of experience, it was fonnd advienble to require that theso Representatives should bo elected in singlo districts, and not upon ono ticket by the wa. Jarity of the wholo voto of n State. Yresidentinl Elcctors aro now appolnted under Htale laws; tho majority of the wholo vota of the Btato elects the whole number of Electors. A small majority of the popnlar vote may control the Electoral votes of New York, Ponnsylvaula, Olio, or llinois, and elect, a President, though the lorgo mafjority of the peopls in the whele Union may hiavo voted for another person, Under the present system, the wminority of tho voters in a Stato, though voting with the majority of the wholo peoplo of the Union, have no moro welght in dotermining the election thau if they bad uo vote. The plan which Mr, Bocearew has suggested iy, that tho people in each State sball vots dircct for President and Viee-President; that the sggregata voto of tho State bo divided by the number of Electoral votes to which tho Biate iyentitled, and that the Eloctoral vote of tho Btato shall be apportioned botween the several candidates in’ tho cxact proportion which tho popular vote in such State for each candidate shall Lear to the whole number of the votesuiven by tho people for President. other part of tho world, Hore is o bound- corn ; but tha restrictions imposed by the American Government aro stich as to amount practically almost to prohibition, When, after quently the law was modified so that tho Thus, if the number of Electoral votes of tho State be 12, nnd the whole popular voto 13 860,000, snd A gets 150,000, B 175,000, and O 33,000, then tho Electoral vote would be apportioned: A 5, B 6, and C L. Tho voto for President could be canvassed, under Statelaws, by the sama oflicers chargad with canvnssing the vote for Stato officers. Un- Iess in oxtraordinary cases of popular unan- imity, the contest in ench State would bo narrowed to one, or at tho most to two, Eloctoral votes, Tho majority of tho popu- lar voto would onery the majority of tho Electoral vota of tho State, and in sll cases the vate of every citizen would have its full woight in deciding tho Prosidential election. Under such a rule, the half million of Re- publican votes given in Now York last No- vember would bave been reprosented in the Electoral vota of that State, and the Domo- cratic voto in Pennsylvanin would have hind its duo weight in tho Electoral vota of that State. In all theso large Btates, in the nat. ural ordor of things, the popular vote willal- ways becloseonongh to enabloany well-organ. ized frands to obtain n majority, and thereby secura the wholo Electoral voto of such Stnte, possibly clocting a Prasident by n fow thousand dishonest ballots. Under this plan, the most that conld bo accomplished in any of theso States by such frand would bo the dishonest gain of ono vote. In New Yorlk, tho Electoral vote is 33, in Pennsylvania 29, in Obio 22, in Tilinois 21, in Indisna 15, In each Btate the prize of the whole Electoral vota is offered to fraud ; but, under the other plan, tho prize at most could not exzeed one vote iu cither State, and the great motive for froud will be taken away. For tho future, thon, until somo other and better plan is%ro. posed, we think the abolition of the Electoral College machinery, and the substitution of tha simpler and mora direct moda of eleoting tho President by the people, through the ngency of tho Btates, promises the best so- curity against fraud, and in favor of honest clections, INJURIOUS CORN LAWS, In n provious article wo deseribed how the excise laws prevented tho manufncture of mothyl or wood aleohol to be employed free of tax intho arts and menufacturcs, ns is done in Great Britian and othor wise Govern- menta, If this wero done in this country, it woull greatly cheapen and promote mauny lines of manufactnre, and, by tho immensely- incrensed consumption of such alcoliol for the arts, thero wonld be an enlarged demand and better prices for corn, But there is another place in his corn.fleld wharo tho farmer anffers n still greater loss, Congress and the Internal Rovenuo Dopart- ment have systemntically and persistently dono all they could to prevent Lim from ox- porting bis corn in the most profitabla way in which it can bo exported. It is an inter. esting fact, not geneornlly known oven to the farmor, who has the deepest interest in it, that r bushol of corn can boe mado into aleo. hol in Chicago, carried as far ns tho Mediter- ranean, nt a total cost of not mora than the sum charged simply for tho freight on the raw corn from OChleago to New York, In other words, corn is worth so much more as alcoliol, and 8 s0 condensed in volumo by tho change from solid to liqnid that tho Chicngo manufacturer, given the corn, can manufacture it and deliver it at Gibral- tar at the same prico that thoe railroad would chargo to carry it to tho Atlantio scabonrd, Alcohol {sof universal uso; it goes to the Turks, ths Egyptians, to Indis, and South America. Every quarter of tho globo de- mands it The corn.growing States of Amorica can produce it chesper than mny lesa market for the products of American groot efforts, the law waa so changed several yeurs ago that alcohol could Dbo exported without paying tho intornal revenno tax, the Iuternal Rovenuo officlals took advantago of tho wording of the law to hamperand cripplo tho busiuesa so that it became unprofitable. The Iaw sald the bond to be given by tho manufacturer who exported the .aleohal must bo * entisfactory to the Collector,” Tho Collector, under tho instructions of tho Com- misaioner of Intornal Rovenue, apparent. ly jenlous of an enterprise that dimin. ishied the receipts of thaoftice, although en. riching the country, conld not regard any Dond as *satisfuctory " ihat was not backed by tho pledge of unincumbered real estato to double the valuo of the tax on tho alcohol, As tho bond waa held until tho apirits reachod thoir foreign destination, and the Consular certificato to that effcct woa re- colved by tho ravenue officials here, not less than olghteon mouths sometimes clapsod bofore the distillers could roleass their land surctics, Under such conditions tho busi- ness was of courso impracticable, Subses bond was relensed when tho spirits reached tho sesbonrd. This was somo rolief ; but still nbond of unincumbered renl estato to double tho valuc of the tax was oxncted ; that is to any, to cxport 10,000 bushols of corn in the form of 500 Larrels of alcohol requires n bond of $72,000, or §7.£0 o bushel on corn which originally costslmt 45 cents. Everything is coustrued against tho cxportor, 1f leakago occurs on the railroad, hio iy compelled to pay tax on it,—tho De- partment apparently acting op the presump. tion that e bos stolon it. ‘Ilio system of gauging now iu voguo is little better than scieutifle guesswork, aud the declared con- tents of a barrel aro likely to' vary percopti- bly with the mental conditions of the vari- ous Gaugors, If tho New York Gauger takes a depressed view of things, fnd findan gallon or two less in ecnch barrel of a ehipment omiving thero than the Chicago Gauger declared was thera when it left this city, the Chicago ex. porter s again presumed to have stolen the difference en routo, and is muleted for tho tax, ‘The entire profit ou a consigument of alcohol to Tuuls or Buenos Ayres may bo lost in this woy. Wkhen the root-crops of Franco and Hungary failed threo years sgo, Europe turned to tho comn States of this country for its alcohol. In tho last threo wonths of 1873, 232,000 gallons were exe ported from Chicago, But tho business could not livo iu tho face of the oppressive mensures of the Government, and sank awny till in the wholo of 1875 but §00 bar- rels, about 32,000 gallons, were exported, Aud for 1876 the whole amount seat outfrom tho United Btatcs wns no more than 5,700 barrels. The copoclty of the country for the production of coru owl the menufacture of alcohol is uulimited. Tho great com Blates of the West could supply the world. If corn could bo cxported as freely as cotton, the West and Northwest could control the markets of the world for alcohol, ps the Bouth and Southwest control tho cotton market. An enlightencd Govern. ment would foster such a sourco of wealth instead of repressing it. Under snch 8 policy, the Intornal Kovenue Departiment, if spirits for export conld not bo gauged with seientifie accuracy and with the same result in Chicago and New York, would at least govern itself by one or the other, and not niako the Chicago exporter suffer nloss be. canse they cannnt ngreo in their gauging ; it would, fuasmuch as the goods are shipped by tho Chiengo Collector in bonded cars to the Now York Customi-louse ofticers, regard any lenkage as an incident of transportation, not a fraud by the oxporter; it wonld not in tho requirements of the bond play to American Industry tho part of Shylock to Antonio. But it does all these things. Numborlesa attempts have been mndo to got relief, but in- vain, Soventy.soven New York merchants potitioned for it, withont suceess ; the Ohicago exportershavonppenled to Coungress and tho Department in vain, Tho persons most deeply interested aro the farmers; but they have not undorstood the matter and have not moved. DBut it is timo thoy camo lo know how docply they gro injured in (bis and other wnys, The Chieago mnnufacturers of alco- hol state that, if the cxports of alco. lhol wero nllowed its natural growth, evory bushel of corn exported in spirits would bring back a dollar in gold, The wonith of the country and the wenlth of the farmors would recoive immense ndditions. The value of corn would riso far beyond its present price, These facts are worth tho rerions considoration of tho sgriculturists of Illinois, Indinnn, OLio, Iown, Kansns, and Missouri, The instance we have chosen is but ono of minuy; the millions on tho loss of which wo have dwelt s but a fraction of tho tenfold moro millions they loso becauso they do not understand the operation of tho laws under which they live and labor, GERMA] ALISM. ‘Wo have alrendy commentad upon Soclal- ism in Germauy, its principles as laid down in the platform of tho Socialist Congress which mot at Gotha in 1875, aud its rapid dovelopment as menifested in the results of tho recont Parliamontary cloctions, Tho Intest intelligeuco nnkes these results oven moro surprising than when they wero frst announced. At tho first elections to the Ger. man Relehstag, in' 1871, there woro 123,075 votes recorded for Bocinlist candidates. At tho socond general clections, {n 1874, this total was increased to 351,272, In tho recent clections over throo-quarters of o million of Germans have challonged Bsyanor’s imperi- alism by returning twonty-four Socialist can- didaten, while tho defented Socialists were supported by powerful minorities. To the general provalence of Socialism in Germany ono of the Doputies in the course of a recent debate in Parlinment boro testimony when ho sald: Not only 18 tho entlre, artiean-body enrolled in {ho ranks of Soclallam, but (he bourgevislo Itself has contribnted numerons recrnits fo the samo parly. There ia n disposition to say that perhaps things might really go better by wmeans of sama roclal reconstrnction, and why, then, not make trialof tho new panaceas? Soclallsm has pene- trated Into the superlor clasacs; it 1s scated in the neaderies; It Is fnsfnuated from university chalr; and It1s eminent menof sclenco who hbave orlge Inated the watchwords which aro now emu- lously rolterated by the varfous workmen's assocla- tions, It Iathey who have denounced Mammon- fam, and thandered against tho abuscs of capital, "I'te partial triumph of Sacialism has uot defonted Bisxancs, for ho still hasa working majority in Parlisment, but it is none tho less n warning to him. ITe cannot afford to despiro a party which In six yoars has in- crensed ovor 600,000 in membership, and which fn six yonrs moramay by an allianco with tho Liberals, who have Lerotoforoyleld- cd under his throats, seriously weakon if not overcomo hils majority, Thoro i much in 1hia Hocinlistio movement which commands atself to a freedom-loving peoplo liko tho Germana, ‘Thoro iy one feataro of ita pro- gramme which isso purely speculativo and impractical that oven thu Uermans them- solves, speculative a4 thoy are, will o slow tondopt it. Wo refer to tho plank in ita platform intended to organize labor and reg- ulate eapital, which doclares: The party of Soclalist workmen of Germany dee mands, in order to prepare the solutlon of the social problem, the creatlon of Soclallst productive assos clatioas, afded by the Btate, and managed on dem- ocratlc principtes by ho working clusscs. Aswo- ciatlons for production In the sphere of industry and agriculturo whould bo cstablished vn a ncalo saficiently vuat to allow of tho Sociallat crganiza« tion of labor in gencral belng duveloped from it, There aro other featuros of tho Sociallst programine, Auch na the right of direct and universal suflrge, the establishment of a citizen militin in place of a standing army, froedom of opinion, inquiry, und associa- tion, gratuitous justice, compnlsory educs. tion, and tho disestablishment of religion, which are charactoristioc of a peaplo opposed to absolutlsm in any form, and which at somo future day, when o wenker mau then Bisnarck is at tho Lelm, may bo sccured, in which event Germany tukes a long stop towards republicanisn. THE ECARLET-FEVER EPIDEMIO. Wo have o disease in our midst that hng assumed tho form of an opidemio of dread. ful fatality. Nolwithstanding the clearer skies, better nir, and Lrighter sunlight, it does not abato; oun tho other hand, it daily onlarges its bounds aud attacks new victims, raging not only in the low aund flthy parts of the city, but ulso in tho clean and wholesome scctions. Now what shall be doo to check it? 1Is thero any romedy that will provent it or that will curo it? Dr. Beeny, a reputable and skillful physi. cian of this city, says thero i3, and names carbolata of soda for use in casos of scarlet faver, both a3 a prophylactic and antiseptic, and stukes his medicul repulation upon its oflicaoy if properly used. We noed not go over tho old controversy as to the credit for discovering it; that is neither horo nor thero, It would bu s consistent for i drowning nan to demand {he nawo of tho man who invented ropes before he would make use of one, although the nowspaper controversy sufliciontly settled tho fact that Dr. Beeue did not claim to have invented tho remedy, but that it was discovered by Iu. glish plysicians and certiied to by their highest authorities as a valuable yomedy, All {bot Dr, Beenz has done is to make known the remedy, to state the theory upon which it is applied, namely, to disinfect tho blood of a corruption caused by tho ravages of minute living organizations by extirpat- ing them and preventing their propagation; to boldly afirm that ho has never lost a caso where he has been called in beforo the pa- tient was in articulo wmortis; and to claim that he has prevented it frow spreading to othermembers of the family, It adds to tho force of Dr. Bezoe's claim in this regard that although his courso has ruised & storm among the doctors because he, being a homeopatbist, shonld presume to administor @& romedy in an allopatbio doso and have the temerity to anuounce it publicly, Thostorm has blown over, saud Dr. Bezoz and the car- bolate of soda remain unhanned. The Oity Government is making what efforts it can, in -the exhaustod condition of ity finances, to stop the spread of this dread- #ul epidemic. Thero is o new man in charge of tho Iealth Depariment, and snnitary policomon and other ossistants have been nppointed with special reforence to clennsing and purifying the city. They report the cnses, places, and houses whero tho discaso exists, and nt. tend to the romoval of filth and garbage from premises, All thisis well enough, so far n9 it goos. Cleauliness is noxt to godli. nes, nnd the purifying processes now sot in operation may, and undoubtedly will, hava o Venefieinl influence upon the genoral hoalth of tho city noxt sununer, Thoy are not suf- ficiont, howaver, to pravent the outbreak of gearlet fovor, or to ontirely stay its ravages, s i3 very clearly shown by the provalenco of tho disease outside of the city, in clenn, alry, snd wholesomo places, The work of the Ilenlth Department Is fmportant, and most valuable na preparing the conditions for tha better operation of some direct rent- edy like that proposed by Dr. Beene. Now, why not allow Dr. Beznz to have n prace tical opportunity of testing his remody in some of tho lower and moroe unecloan parts of tho city? Ilis practico has thus for been among American farilies in Lealthy parts of tho city, Why not let him have chiarge of thirty or forty cases in other quarters, whero tho disenso roges with most virulenco? This would be an.emphatic test, Loyond which thero could be no sppeal. If his treatment under such circumstauces proved successful, tho Board of Honlth should mnke nnote of it and urge ita gonoral adoption. If it proved unsuccessful, then tho fact shonld be made known publicly that his rem. edy is not what it purporta to be, and that Dr. Beeor is nn unsafo guide. And wo snb- mit that the narrow-minded prejudice of schools ond the bickerings of individual phy- sicians shonld not be nllowed to iuterforo with such o test, If Dr, Dzese hns an in- fallible remedy, it should be known and used, for searlet fover has now reached that piteh of virulence aud fatality shero it {sal- moat criminnal to refusa or negloct to omploy an agency which will check its swift progress. e THE STATE-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. There scems to Lo on fwprossion in cer- tnin quarters that Senator Keuor's resolution introduced into tho Illinols Senate to pro- vido for an {nvostigation into the expepdi. turo of the State-House fund of 3i,500,000 withont completing the structure was in somo way inspired by 'U'ne Cricaco Prurm- uye. This is o palpablo error. ‘The ex- perionco of previous investigations by tho Ilinols Logislature, under tha active in- fluonce of tho pecullar Springficld surround. ings, does not .warrant tho hopo that nny good would come of a roncwal of the matter in this shape. ‘I'he result wonld be very much such n cont of whitownsh and plaster a3 the State-House Commissioners nre said to havo pnsted over the woodon pillars in their gingerbrend structure. Legislutive caleimining. is expensive snd simply orna- mental; thera is no solidity nor worth init. Toe TTmsose is - iuvestigating the sibjoct for fitsell aud tho public, and 8 mnot in the whitewasling trado. It is making up from.tho oflleial ro- ports and record, nud printing from timo to time, cortain statemonts which will not fail to nrrest tho attention of the poople who have already boen taxed $3,600,000 for an uncompleted structuro which tho Commis- sioners waro in duty bound to finish for that sum. I is showing in n very clear maunor how n cousiderable portion of this mnoncy hins beon squandered by cavelossness, inefil- ciency, and bad mauagemont, i€ not by bad faith, 'Tuz Taipuse Las no doubt that its own investigation will bear moro fruit than any that shonld be undertaken by the Spring- flold Tegislature. It is o much ensfer mattor to pack a Logislative Committee than it is to decelvo tho people upon a plaln exhibit of facts, Trm Trinune expocts the results of its in- vestigation to show themselves In n highly practical manner, A Committeo ling now been appointed in tho Henate to report n scheme for enabling the Htato-Houso Com- missioners to expend $600,000 or 8700,000 noro on the Springfield Htate-Fouso, Ior- tunately, tho cxpendituro can only be author- ized by n direct voto of the poople. Wo may thank the Constitutional Convention for this protection. Now Taz Trinune expeets that, iu the light of its revelntions about tho con- struction of the State-House, the peoplo of Illinois will not authorizo the expendituro of $000,000 or $700,000, or any other sum, to be paid out under the managemont of tho samo porsons who uro respousible for tho pnst abuses, I Tnuuxe will not find it diffieult to convince the peaplo of Mlinols that, in theso thmes, nn ample and gorgoous State- Ilouso ought to have beon complotad for the sum of 3,600,000 alrendy expeuded upon ft, Wo sbull Lo ablo to convinco thom that Lundreds of thousauds of dollars have been squandered by arbitrary end usoless changes fu the plau; the construction of the dome fu stone fustesd of fron, as originally desigued, accouats for botwoen ¥200,000 and $300,000. Wo alull probably be able to show that n large amount of the uscless, but costly, ornamentation bag Loeu dono by per- sons employed by the dny, tostewd of befug let by contract to tho lowest bidder, as the law requires, Wo havo already shown that when a contract at a high price was lot to the DYeuitentinry Commissioners on the ground that a State luatitution would get the protit, that contruct wns turned over to o privato coutractor with all its profits, and the Btate only received the minimum prico for its convict Jubur, We havo alrendy shown that this coutractor, while drawlng tho full amouut of the contruct-moncy from tho Stato for his stone.work, hus been atlow. ¢d to got over 810,000 iu debt to the State on nccount of couvict labor, though all the money virtually passed through the hauds of thoe Penitentinry Comnmissioners, Tug I'misune i3 not yet dono with ita iu. vestigation. It does not ask nor require the aid of the Legislature. It will go on making o plain cxhibit of what has been done und of whot hos uot been doue, Aud, after tho Legislature gets its law ready to submit to the peaple for sanctioning the expendituro of threc-quartens of o willion more on a build- ing that has already cost & million too much, the peaplo will simply refuse to vote tho wmoney without such radical and swecping changes in the wausgement of State-llouse affairs as will insure its intclligent and eco- nomical expenditure. The Logislaturo iy discussing tho propriety of appoluting & Commission to consider tho Revenue law, and report o now rovenue codo to an adjourned scssion. Tho argument is thot the Legislature has no time to consider proposed amendinonts to tho law, aud that tho law should bo thoroughly rovised aund not patched. ‘The present law was framed’ in 1872, It was a code in itself, and much of it was new aud untried. ‘Ile law went into force July 1, 1872, and has Lad four years aud a half of trial. It hos in that time been tested by the Courts and by experlonce, snd tho result is that tho law has rovan & “are woving I 4 body good one, excopt whero the Courts and ex- perience has shown it to bo insufficient for the purpose for which it was enncted. This rerult fa even n favorable surprise to its authors, who, in enacting it, expected that therse would bo many defects developed which would need legislative remedy. These defects ara mainly included under threo Liends ¢ 1. It contains no provision for tho recov. ery by municipal governments of taxes Tevled for lawfal purposes under former laws which woro defective, 2. Tt provides no pennity for tho non-pay- mentol taxes sufficient to indnco property- owners to pay tnxes, or to induco other per- sons to ndvance the tas and tako n lien on tho property for the amount advanced. 8. It provides for an unnecossary machin. ery, fu the wny of duplication of books and published notices, that serves no purpose but ‘This cost in this city and county does not fall short of $10,000 a yenr, and in the whole State to not to swell the cost of colloction. less than $75,000, 'These aro threo points in the law easily remedied, in no wiso impairing the general operntions of the wholo law, oud points which bave. been developed by oxperienco and by tho declsions of tho Supreme Court, Thesoe are not patches; they aro new provis. jons required to make the whole code of- ficlent, and necessary to protect the munici- palities of the State from bankmptey. Wo trust tho Legislaturo will not hesitato to Anke up this matter now, and let the new provisions go into operation nt least in July of this year, Tha 8t. Louls Republican is sovoroly dis- gruntled at the comments of 'Tug Cuicaco I'nmuse npon the perjured villain Lrrrre- rirp, whom ‘I'wzep's shyster has bLeen coaching aund pumping lies out of, It Inunches out ngainst the Lonisiana Return- Ing Boavd in tho old stercotyped stylo of vituperntion, and roiterates that ‘I'1noex car- ried that State by 8,000 majority. (Why does the IRepublicun call it 8,000? The Democratic count is 6,34.) Let us sco how this majority wna procured, ‘lake, for ex- amplo, the Parish of East Foliciana. In 1874 it voted na follow: Tepublican vote cast Democntic votu cuat Tepublican majority.ces o0 In 1872 this parish voted follows: For (len. Grant, Fur lurace Ureeley Republican majorlty veeenes 1,020 At tho Inte clection tho vote cast wnd o8 follows : ForTilden (Dem. ). For layea (Itep. ). Demoeratlc majorlty... 7 T'ho rogistored volo of this parish, takon shortly beforo the late clection, waa: tepublicans Demuocraty o Ttepublican majorit; 2,147 20 Will the 8t. Louis llq;ubh‘cu;l ‘acoonnt upon lionest principles for this total disap- porranee of the Ropublican vote? What Lecame of the 2,147 rogisterad Republican voters? What beeamo of tho 8i1-to-1,120 topublican majority in that parish? Ilow camo the Domacratic majority to be 1,730 in aparish whero thoy were uotoriously in a minority of 1,000? Every Democrat in Louisinus knows that result was brought obout by means infamous and nulawfal. In this single parish Haves and WaeeLzn were ‘swindled to the following extent: Actual Republican majority in the Liogus Demociutic majority countes Democratie frand. e eiiiinis s ives aen 2,805 Hero is o Demiooratic goin by unlawful menns which §s nenrly equal to half of their pretended mojority in the wholo State. As o mattor of courso, the Returning Board throw out tho bogus 1,786 Democratic ma- Jority, but that did not restore the 1,129 ma- jority to which tho Itepublicans wera falrly entitled in tho parish, We vanturo to assort that there is not an intelligent Democrat in tha United States, who hns read the history of the Lonisiana election, boginning with Trpex and Hevpnices, and including Apg Iewrrr, Sax tanparn, Gen. Paraten, Ly aaN Tnusnunn, Joun Y, Fanxswontn, Geonoz W. Joutan, Croviy, O'Coxon, Consz, and Oaxenoy, and ending with Col. Kxarp, but are couvinced inthelr kearts that TLouisiana was carried for.tho Democrats by A monstrons system of fraud ond violence ; and thoy all know that tho law of Louisiana nuthorizes aud commands tho Returning Doard to purgo the roturna of froudulent and bulldozoed votes. ‘Tup Ctcaao ‘Tnisune publishes the names of persuns who died from wcarlet fever in that city during the month of nary. Tho majority of o victims wero of forclen Inttii The physicins nat tho scourze, but so Tong us Chitcayra sits” o cold morasy, where deye nces und dratnago are {mpossible, sho winy expect tu be a peet-house, — Clucinnatl bnguirer. ‘The “cold tnores® couslsts of solld, dry, Liue clay, resting upon Huwestone, This bed of lapd clay I8 tweuty to fitty feet fu thick- ness, aud through It (s constructed varlous tun- neld conveying wuler under tho city, telegraph- wires, and gus unid water pipes under the riv und fur otlier purposes, More than nine-tenths of the ¢ty s undertufd with brlek and vipe sewers, amd, while the town site {5 an nlmost level pralrfe plaly, It 18 quito well drained, Tt s ot the so-called cold morass or Juck of drafnage that cuuses eearlet fever, Filthy per- sonnl hublts, foul alr from non-ventilated and crowded ruoms, aud lack of care and proper medlent attendance, ate mataly responsible for the mortality, From the latter part of Novem- ber to thu it of February the earth Jus been frozen to the depth of several feet, and covered with stow, and tho river has been frozen over, There have been no inlasmas or exbalations from atugnunt ponds, or pools, or dirty gutters, becuuss they have sll Leen changed futo fee amd covered with snow, ‘The out-door air bas been pure and fresh as any on the prairivs. Aund furtheninore, scores of towns aud villuges bullt on bigh and dry ground In Michigun and Iown, ns well as Illinols, have been seourced this sumuier with scarlet fever und diphtherla—far worse in proportlun to populution thon this city, ‘The trouble hus not been with the town site, or * cold moruss,” or drainage, or unything of that kiud, but in neg- Jeet I not tukiog hold of $ho discase when it Urst inude its appearance, and preventing its spread nuiong the children, It 15 an epldemie, aud was allowed 1o get firm hold Lefore vigor- ous mcusures for its suppression were intro- duced. Thut's what's tho watter, et ‘The Democrats who feel disappointed with tho conclusions of the Board of Arbitration in regard to Florida can derive considerable con- solution from tho reflection that, had the Board declded the other wuy, the Republicuns would now be sufferlug from o deeper erief. The catcem aud aifection of the Republicavs for the noble and pure-minded are fur stronger than that felt by the Domocrats for old Usufruct in the ligbt of bls shameful cfforts to gain the Presidency by bribery and corruption $n Oregon. pleidieeil Loaedbisibhe Qur 8pringficld correspondent telegraphs that a catieus of LOGAN'S partisans bad been ealled tolssue ou uddress to thelr constituents ex- platviug how Tur Cuicaco Taisuxs had do- feated the re-clection of that personl The Comuulttee named are Sol Horxins, Smaw, | Mornisox, MopERWELL, ud HuxT. As Loaan recelved the entire Republican vote day after dav for nearly two weeks, the Committes will make ont n Iist of the Democratic memhers whom Tis TRIDUNE provented from votlng for him. This ls what the Committee 18 appolnted todo. While thetr hand fs in, we would ndvisa them to ascertaln what proportion of the people of Tinols are dlseatisficd with the electlon of Judge Davio Davis, 1t they fustidute earefal Inquirics, they will find it to be fully 3o 7 per vent of the whole povulation. ‘The Honso rtruck arevers blow to-day at the Ty]mgn\‘:hltnl Unlon of tho Distrlct of Colnmhia by adopting an amendment to_the Detclency bil} prohibiting the Congressional Printer from paying noro for compoaltion than thanverage pald l';- New ?l’fl;‘:flflh.h""cwhh‘ and Baltimore, — I¥askington Bomethiog of this kind was nceded: The typographical reale of charges on” Government work was far nbove what private firms fn Wash- Ington pald to their priuters, . The result of hs system of overcharging has been to exhanse the appropriation long hefore the estimated amount of work was done, and now asbout (4o compositors are fle, s thereare no fundsleft to employ them, e ———— ‘The declalon of the High Court of Arbitration on the Florida toturns tsa dlsappolntiment to ottr Democratie friends, who are of a safiruing and unreflecting turn of mind, They supposed the Arbiters were going to disregard the constl- tiitional rights of the Btate, and reverse and change the result of the Tresidentinl election os eanvasecd and decided by the proper and legal suthoritics of that State. But {f they had, what becomes of Btate rights? —rt— The London 7¥mes of the 20th ult. opens g Jeader on the arbitration plan of settling the Presidential diepute ns followa: Tho news from the United States which we pnh. Hish this morning fully confitus the favorable nu. llclruuomwe exproesed a dey or (wo 830, The genius for polltical compromise which the Ameris cans have inherited from the old country has not dexerted them at thia critieal moment, 2id o plan has been agreed upon by the Joint Commlittee of the two Houses of Conpress which 1t fa believed will obviato the grave ditliculty ralsed by the Presi. deutlal election. S i = TiLDEN'S backers arc nlready beginning to talk of appeating from the decisfon of the Arbl. tration Board and applying for n writ of quo warranto, They may as well amuse themeelves In that mannkr for the hiext four years s in any othier way, They would be fn some mischict anyhow, ——— ‘Thie Republicans have won the fiest blond and first knock-down jn the great * Arbitratfon® case. s PERSONAL. - Mra, Julia Ward Tiowe fa not s regularly-ordalned Unlversallat proncher, Sho Is o Unlarian, and has not hitherto sought or recelved ordination. Mra, Croly (JennleJuno) a tho Presldent of New York Sorosts, not the Hev, Phebe A, Hanaford, o was stated fo onr fssue of the Oth Inst. Nrs. Hanafonl at ono tlme held‘ofilea of Acting Presldent of Sorosle In the absenco of Mrs, Wilbur, who was then President. It is hioped the persons who are trying the blae glnss~and thefe name In Chicago 1 leglon—wilt observe Gen, Pleasonton's requeat, and send the reanits of their experiments lo hlm. By collating reports from all guarters of the country, he may by able to give new and valuable informution au the sabject, i Juidge Brady, of New Yark, recently made hls debut nen Jectnrer, and talked most dellghtfully, of Appetito nnd Digestlon. To Lim we are indebt. cd for tho dlscovery that at tho aucient feastsin Egypt our modern castom i respect to wines drinking provailed, and the rulo then was, as it fe wnow: **llomeopathy fur the women; allopathy for the men." Pierca P, Connelly's ‘statue of Oplielia, now on exhibition in Loston, Js life-xize, and represents the subject in a gentle puase of licr nanity, offer- Ing flowers to hor brother, **The exccutlon of the statuo,™ says the Adeertieer, **is wonderful; the toxtare of the silken petilcoat, the brocaded pown, thestocking and slipner, und the ornamnents of walst and slecvee, as weil oy the flesh, being marveloualy indleated. ™ 1t 18 currently stated In tho exchanges that the Chlcago papore, for o wonder, wers **of tha satne mind" with reforence to the election of Judgo Davis to the United States Scnate, ‘This s Incors rect. Tho £.-0,, to be suro, 18 a round O so far a8 publle opinlon 8 concerned, and itn expressions count for nothing, but Tix TninUsE never prefer- rod Judge Davis tonn unchallenged Itepublican, and the 7imes did eo prefer him, Tarncr's **Blave-Ship,* which was disposed of at tho late Taylor-Johnstono sale, hufs been placed on exhibition in Boston, Ituskin's brilllant des scription of It had caused high expectations to bo formed concerning it, and the resuit was a certaln measure of disappointment. There has been much hasty criticlsm of the plcture by the Ioston aue thoritics, many of those who profess to be good Judges ypeaklng In condemnation of the work, The North Pole achemnce for which Congress le avked to glve 60,000 hiav recelved the Indorenment of Judge Daly, Profs, lleary and Lowis, Dr, Ilayes, and many other scicntlets interosted 1n thesubject. ‘Tho Intentlon fs to land o party of avasoned men at 81 degreca North, and leave them there with abundant supplics (o work thelr way to the Pole as they can, At the cxplration of thrce years they will bocalled for, Men afiicted with dunsand dyspepsts will do well to apply early, Gerome's new vainting, **The Sword-Dance," lhas arelved In New York, and it Is much admlred by tho critics, The subject of the plcture isa ‘Tarkish woman dancing in a cafe, holding o large swurd in her partly-outstretehed right hand, and supporting on bier head another aword which liea lorizontal to ber shoulder, Sle {a vory nearly on tiptoo, and sho 1s roally danclng. Tho New York Zodt, high suthority, says: *‘Criticism likes t0 spend Jtecl! In pralse beforo a work like thls," ‘Tha great Chiefs of Indla have been taking & painful leseon in the difference "twist tweediedur und tweedledee, They have contended for thel tight ton sulute of tho vame number of guns o that accorded tho Viceroy, Qreat, thereforo, wai thelr Joy on being granted the privilego of twenty: ono guns after the Deltd Durbar. Dut InGnlte war tholr dlvgust on learuing that the Viceroy's saluti bad alwo been ralsed from Gwenty-one to thirty ong, Hoitismore guns all *round, but no peast or contentment in tha Indian breast, A froshly-iscovercd nuleance fu tho readings ap. Eiis coat I worn tightiy buttoncd Is cheat, but does not conceal the opulent of his paper-collar, Iubie right hand ho carsles gentle peace, embodled fn a chewed and unlighted cigar-stuinp. Tl lat, well vaved, carceas graces fully on ono side In o rakish manner, and Lis bouts carcen also, but in opposite directions, shuwing tho jagged rents tlat have causcd thelr shlpwreeks Tho capacity of the rowlding-room trampto sleep and svom to be wide awaku 1s sald to constitute the wum of hls accomplishments, It _taenough to causo doubts of the veracily of tho Now York Zerald for its dramatic critic to pub- liah serfonaly the statoment that *‘Misa Louls Tomeroy met with great wuccese fn Chicago, aud 1ccelved thie heartiest commendations of the press.” She made a success In no senwe of the word, asd met with the hearticat condemnations of the press The Now York papere have frequently vontured I8 this manuer to falalfy the records in the Intervst of favorite actors and actrevics, Tho Times did it for Ueorga Faweett ltowe, und tho Herald sgaiu e Late Claxton. The thing ought to stop. Talmoge had hard work to make similes for the clerks whom ho specially preached to last Bunda¥s but ko did It thus: **You wael remember 1hab while you have guods to scll you have a soul 10 save. After tho last atore I8 cloacd, after the last merchanlman has gono down to tho sca, whed London and Paris and New York are no mare, YU will be brought to account, What an openiog of ledgers will thore bo then! In an avalauche of Judgment will go down all falee accounte, Wil otherawill go down into n aea of darkness, bo whose accounts corroetly balance wiil mouut 0 b3 throna of Nght." Uematksblo procecdinge have been takenin® New York lsw court by Stephen 1l Alden, & wealthy Conuecticut mau, Ho has beon married three times and divorced twico. Kacn divorce cos 1ilm something like $50,000, Tn tho course of st thug bis marital relatfons e became jnvolved wits a lawyer and ono Eugene N, Ltoblnson, The st ter. wes for s tima his dearcet friend and bls agen! in bosiness. Subeequently thoy quarreled, snd Alden bas now fledablll for §04,000 damazed against Rolinson. Tho particulars are not sl & 10 print, but thelr uaturo may bo Judged from thls ltem: *+7To service night and day, and stmost every day snd night, during the months of Juod and July by plaintiff's wife; und stiending upod defendant, K. N, Robinson, while drupk and io* tozicated, snd dusing fts bad by himresultiod from bis deinking and beiog drunk; aud for ber in* Jury and loss of bealth and atrength cunsequesh thereby, $20,000,"