Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1877, Page 4

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BOCIETY MEETINGS. 2 MMANDERY, No. 1, RRIGHTS TEM- Bl R Cotio: Bir K al#bLs i 3ptenl Conclave At Anyium, 74 and 76 Monroe-st..onTuesday evening next, Feb. 13, et 7 o'clock shs K. l?. The Urder of K. T. 'lllab' i‘onurged ffil‘; i!!c niglita are courteously in+ viied. Dr order atihe £Cy, punt.op, Recorder. i* MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1877. ——————————= % . Groenbacks at the New York Gold Ex- change on Saturday ranged between 943 and L4l f BisNanck is reportod to have exprossed . bimself freely upon the subject of tho East. 1" ern complication at a grand Parliamentary ¢ dioner on Thursday Iast. His opinfon is that war is strongly probable, and that it »*‘will bo begun in the form of diract nttack ' by Russin upon Tutkey. 4+ The opportnnity which was presonted yos- :* terday of seeing and hoaring the Rev. Hexny i, .Warp Brrcmen withont the payment of an : mdmission fee was tho occasion of a tremen- . dous rush aund crush at the Chicago Avonue . Church, better known ns Mr, Moopr's 3' Church. To tho largo nmumber of people * who wero unsuccessful in their nttempls to ?, obtain o glimpse at the celebrated prenchor * consalation will bo in somo measure afforded :, by the report of Mr. Beecaen's sermon which . dppears in our columns this morning. The temper of the British Parlinment on -, the question of the Government's Eastorn i policy i in a fair way to bo tested shortly, * Earl RussELL proposcs to put the question ¢+ before the Iouso of Lords in a motion that 1 England shall discontinne all diplomatia in. ;fercourse with the Ottoman Eumpiro, on the sground that that nation s still barbarous and unwortliy to rank among the enlightened people of Turope. Here is a proposition that hits the nail squarely on the hend, and that evigontly menus business. It will be inter. 2sting to seo what the Ministry is going to 1o about it, Once moro complaints aro heard from our , Cnnada neighbors on the subject of the non- payment by the United States of tho flshery compensation, and tho neglect of the lattor Government to take any stops to ascertain " wnd fix tho amount of such damnges, o8 Pro- ‘rided in the Washington Treaty, The Gov- srnor-Genernl, in his speoch last Thursday . &t the opening of the Dominion Parlisment, slluded briefly to the sabject, regrotting his onbility to nunonnce any progress in sbtaining o sottloment of thoso fishing slnims, though his Govornment had ‘mndo overy effort to securo that result; ;and the Canndian press aro quite fond of fig- aring out tho damngds, which bave been .7ated ns high as $10,000,000 n year. Itap- pears from statistics obtained in Washington -shat the fishermen of the United States Lave lerived no bouefits from the Canadian privi- -.eges such ns wonld justify theso oxtrava. oot claims for componsation. In no year -sinco 1871, which was previous to the opora- ‘tlon of the Washington Treaty, have the products of the American flsherics shown iny increase whatever by reason of the Do- ainion in-shore privileges, unless it bein 11876, for which year the figures ave not at c2and. It would be wall for our friends over ‘he way to make suro that wo owe them any. ..‘hing beforo nccusiug us of failuro to pay 5 dur debts. e ————— \ Chief-Justico Owonox, of the New York .Jourt of Appeals, Lns addressod a lctler to tho New York 'imes correcting some errors + 't tho roport of his views which the Albany, < sorrespondent of that paper bad forwarded, :{Tudge Cuuncu states that ha Lag entortained wd exprossed doubts abont the constitution. * ity of the law creating the Electoral Com- afasion, * but, in common with the publio jenerally,” Lo has ** felt disposed to acqui- * “1sce in It a8 o compromise measure passed in { ‘he interest of fairness and harmony,” Thore rould be wno plainer inthmation a8 +0 the duty and obligation restiug ipon the ' Democratic candidate for Lo Presidency and wupon bhis party - o nccopt sud abide by the decisions of the Arbitration Tribuual thon is conveyed in + his expression of Judge Cuuncm, himsclf a Jemocrat of national promineuce, In the "tetter Lo also rsserts the principle that the Uribunal hea enunciated : that there exists 10 powcr to go bohind the authentication of iho election of Presidentlal Eloctors accord- ng to the lawa of each State, such authen. ; lcation being “flual and conclusive.” In 1 correction of the newspaper version of iy views, Judge Cuumcm. puts himself 4uarely on record not only as to scqui. meence in tho results of the Arbitration " Zomprouiise, but s fully concarriug in the spinion of the masjority of the Commission cespecting the finality of State action in the shoosing of Electo; T —— The Chicago produce markets were less ictive Baturday, and generally easfer, Mess pork closed 15¢ per brl low- w, ot 21585 cash aund $15.03) for March. Tard closed 2io per 100 ta lower, it $10.874@10.90 cash and $10.92§ for ~March. Meats were steadier, at 5o for ;loulders, boxed ; 83c for short-ribs; and 6jc jor short-glears. Highwines were quoted at 31.05 per gallon. Flour was in better de-: Wheat closed jo lower, at -‘unnd and firw, $1.80} cash and 181} for March., Comn . dosed fo lower, st 41} cash and 45io for durch. Outs closed eavy, at 85]0 cash sud e for Muy. Iiye wss quoted at 70c. Bar- {€y was quoted st G2o for February and 60}o or March, Hogs werv dul! and s shade jower, st §5.76G6.60 for poor to choice. Jattle were quict aud steady, at $3.00G0.00, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1877, . nud sheop unchanged, at £3.00@6.25. Ono hundred dollars in gold would buy $105.76 in greenbacks at the close. Tho Illinois Renate recently paesed by a nnani mous vote a resolntion reqnesting Congress to ro- tore the calnage of sllver dollare.. The resolntion had previonsly paered the Ifonee, and Is, thers- fore, the expression of tho Leglalature of that State, Tar Cnicaco TRITXE fa 't eatisfled that nineteen-twentieths of the people of Iilinold, lero- spective of party, desire the silver dollar re- monetized and made a fnll legal-tender for every. thing." We can say the same thing for the people of Missourl; and it may be sald alro of the vpeople of Indlana, Ohlo, Michigan, Wirconsin, Minnesots, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorndo, and, indeed, all the Westorn and Sonthern Etates.—S. Louls Republican. There {8 . no donht abont the sentiment of tho people of Ohlo on, {his subject. Why should not this sentiment find expreselon In the Legielatare? Make it nnanimons, and nelther party would gain sn advantage, —Cincinnati Come mercial. Wero it not for the engrossment of tho public mind with the dresdfal Presidential muddle, the peoplo of tha Western States would make it uncomfortably warm for their Senators who have treacherously conspired to smother the Braxp bill, which passed the Houso months ago, which bill restores the old silver dollarto its place ns n full legal- tendor, and ordors its free coinage. Our Sunday dispatchos from Washington represent the intenso commotion in tho ranks of the Democracy on the subject of the Flor- ida decision. Tho Northern extremists are flerca for tho repudiation of the whole arbi- tration business now thmt it promises so poorly for Tipen, and their views find ex- pression in the Capital, which ean find no more docorous or complimentary epithets than “ rageals" and * scoundrels " with which to convey the ultra-Democratio estimate of tho three Supreme Court Justices and five Re- publican Senators and Representatives of tho Electornl Commission. Moro moderate and prudent men, however, disclaim any intention of . filibustering the Eloct. oral count beyond the 3d of March, and acknowledge that the business oud commercial elemonts of the party— the olements that demanded the acceptauce of tho Arbitration plan—will not tolerate any obstructions in tho way of tho peacefal and honorable sottlement contomplated in the crestion of the Electoral Tribunal, Whother this consorvative class of Democrats is nu. merieally strong enough to provent the exe- cution of tho filibustering programme re- mains to be see S———— DEMOCRATIC BAD FAITH, The Washington correspondent of tho Cin. cinnati Knquirer states that there is o Dom- ocratic programme by which, if the Arbitra. tion Court slinll decide all questions in favor of the Mepublicans, the Dcmocrats of tho Ifomso can ‘so fix it that Rurmsn. rorp B. Haves can never bo President, Thoy hold tho whip-hand, nnd mesn to use it" 'This programmo is to interpose delays in the counting of the ZElectoral votes until the sessfon and the life of tho Congress shall oxpire without that ‘count being completed ; in which casa the President of the Sonato will become Acting Prosident and n now election take place. in Novomber next. Tho process by which this result is to be brought about is stated to bo: The decision of the Court on the Flor- ida case wos commaunicated to tho two Tlouses on Baturday, the 10th, The decis. fon was objected to, and the two Houscs .scparated, Tho Bonate, after the two hours’ debate, overrnled. the objections; but tho Honse rofused to consider the objections, and adjourned until 3onday, the 12th. Ou Mondny (to-day) the debate will take place, and it will not be until late this afternoon that the count will be resnmod. After Florida will como Goorgin, Illinois, Indioun, Iows, Konsas, and Kentucky, While thero aro not two returns from either of theso States, and no question concerning them can bo referred to the Court, there is nothing to prevent nn objection being mado in either case, It is the intention, of course, toob. ject to one of tho votes from Iilinols, given Ly Mr. CuavsER, who s represented ns hav- ing been o Commissioner of tho United Btates at tho time bo was clected, and when ho voted. When this objection is made, the Houses must separate, and vote upon the question; whon the Ilouses soparate, the Houso of Reprosentatives may, as thoy did on Saturday, take a receas until Tuesday, the 13th, and not reach Loulslana until the sfternoon of that day, which will be con. sumed in receiving the objections to count. ing thd voto of that State. ‘Ileso objec. tions ara: 1. That tho Returning Board, by refusing to appoint the fifth member, rendered its action void. 2 Thot tint Board Lod no legal nuthority to canvass the vote for Elvct- ors, 3. That the decislon of that Board was purchased. 4. That two of the Electors wero Ineligible. Tleso objections nre not covered by the deciston in the Florida case, Each of them will be argued by objectors ond counsel, and n decision will not be reached befora n week, carrying the caso to tho 22d of February, Aunother day will be consumed in debating andvoting on the con- currence of tho House in the awand: of tho Commission, There are twonty-four Sintes in tho list after Louisiana, including Oregon, Nino Blates follow Oregon. Any objection interposed will neceusitato the separation of the T{ouses, in which cass the Houso can ad- journ until next day, In the meantime, Sunday, tho 25th, will bo o day lost, and the session of Congress will expiro at 12 o'clock noon on Hunday, March 4, By long.estab. lished deolafons, BMarch 3 terminates legally atnoon on March 4, aud tho Democratic programme is to havo by that time the votes of Linlf & dozon Btates then not connted. This does not look any Letter written out on paper than it will look when the attempt to carry it out shall be made, The scheme is to fraudulontly defeat the law and the Coustitution. It has not the slightest pre- text or apology for its basencss. Bupposo the decision of the Court so far Lad beon ad- verse to the Republicans, or that, at some subsequont stage, such o declsion moy be made, are uot theso Democrats, by their dilatory proceodings for this dishonest end, furnishing the Nepublicans with o ready. mado device to accomplish the defeat of n count in case it be ovident that Tizvex will bave a declared majority? Can the Demo- crats consistently object to Republicans adopting the Democratic plan of defeating the election of President by defeating the counting of the votes? Are uot these Demo- crots furnishing the rod with which they may yet possibly ba beaten themselves? Nor are the Democrats in a position to put them. selves on record as defeating this law, It is true the wrbitration plan was proposed by Republicans, but the Dom. ocrats almost imperiled the bill by tho zeal with which they supported it. Every Dem. ocrat onjthe Joint Committee approved it and labored in its preparation. Every Dem- ocratio Benator but one voted for tho bill' Four-fifths of the Dewmocrats in the House voted for the bill, and, 2o far ns Congression- 8l unanimity secured its passage, it became more a Democratio than & Ropublican mens- ure, It was a bill having for itaobject a fair and legal determination of the election, and also, and more particularly, to take away all pretext or occasion for such proceedings by either House as wonld result in having two Presidents declared elected. The extremists on both sides would yield nothing, and this’ bill was designed to disarm them, The avid- ity with which the Domocrats grasped at this bill betrayed how earnostly the majority of that party songht an escape from the ex- trome and - revolutionary proceedings to which the party had been messurably com- mitted. The party cannot thereforo now, withi any degree of decency, scek to defeat the Iaw which it wna so instrumental in on- acting, i Nor fs the policy n promising one, oven if it, could bo earried out. Mr. Trpex has sunk immeasurably in public estimation since the election. Thonsands of people, Democrats and Republicans, who voted for him in November Iast would not vots for him now under any circumstances, ‘becanso of the disgracefn] “revelations which have beon madeof his condust. An election in 1877 would result in the overwhelming de- foat of TrLoxy in every Northern Btate, and in soveral of tho Southorn 'Btates where ho had a majority lnst fall. It wero infinitely better for the party to accept the elostion of Iaves ond make the most they could of | their own defent. S—— WILL THE DEMOORATS RESIST? ‘Wo do not know how closely tho Demo- crata of . Chicago. resemblo tho Democrata throughout tho country, but: we presume that the average Democrat is protty much the samo evexywhore. If we are right in this, then wo cannot but regard it ns danger- ous that, at this stage of the proceedings in the Presidential Commission, the local mauagers of the Domocratic party shonld Dbegin to ngitate resistanco to tha verdict in caso it shall prove to ba against thom. At their meoting Snturday n rosolntion waas in- troduced denouncing tho Commisaion as par- tisan, and edvising the Democratio Senators and Representatives to withdraw from it, It is only fair to say that tho resolution was tabled, but not until after o large’ number of those present bad heartily indorsed it,~ono Hoorxy ngain roviving the *“wah” talk in the moat violont menner. The inference is inevitable, therefore, that o largo proportion of the Democrats, snifing defeat ahend, aro in favor of organizing resistance to any con- clusion that shall not award tho Presidency to Treoey and the offices to his retainers, In ono respect, this disposition smong the Democrats is infamons; in another, short. sighted and foolbardy. It isinfamous that o solomn contract, indorsed by the great ma- Jority of the represontativoa of both parties in Congress, and equally binding upon both, should be repudiated by ono faction at the first sign that it may result to their disadvan- tage. It is plain that oither Mr. Titoen or Mr. Haves must suffer defoat, snd an agreo- ment to arbitrate waa an agreement to abide by the result, T Mr, Hayes is awarded tho Presidency, it will bo because a majority of the Commission believe him entitled to it under the law, and the Demoerats aro bound inoll honor aud good faith to accept tho verdict peacenbly, It is outragoous, then, before the votes of half n dozen States havo been counted, to denounce the tribunal aa°partisan and unfair, and call’ upon the Domocratio party to break the com- pact into which it entered along with its opponents in ordor to assuro peaco and quiet to the country. Dut thero is anothor consid- eration which the Democrats ignore, . The issue is by no menus settled yot. Tho Re- publicans have gained a point in tho decision about tho Florida case, but Louisiann and Oregon are still to be passed upon. It s not impossible that the ruling moy ba against the Republicans inono of these two cases; this would give the verdict to tho Democrats. DBut if, in the meantime, tho Domocrats shall have set tho precedent for denonncing the 'Commission and declarod that they aro not bound by its conclusions, how can they rensonably Lold the Republic- ans toit? It isa -poor rulo that does not work both ways, and an nbsurd contract that i binding on only one party, Those Demo- orats, then, who now seek to ropudiate the verdict bofore they know what it is, aro merely giving the extreme faction of the Repullican party o warrant for doing the same thing in the event the declsion shall go ngainst Haves, We are averso to the beliet that thesa ex- tromists represont the fair averngo sentimont of thelr party, The great value of the arbitration schomo was tho nssurance ita adoption gave the country that, whatover tho reault may be, it will bo accopted in good faith by the American people, We bolieve tho masses intend to abide by it in tho spirit in which it was adopted snd approved. To the extent that cither party sceks to resist it, to that extent will that party forfeit tho con. fidonco of tho people and court defeat’ at the next oloction, The issuo has passed out of tha control of the offico-holders and the offica-scokers, and thoso who sball howl for “ wah " will howl i valn AR ENCYCLIOAL FROM THE POPE, The Woly Father Is not unmindful of hia chile dren In tho United Statos, and bas addressed, aa e stated laat week, an encyclical to the Candinal, Archblshops, and Blshops, in which ho condemns the public-achool & o It hav been the fashion for the Cathalic advocates of the public schivols to distinguish between the system of gudloss education condemned in Europe and that follawed here, Tn hls cucyclical the. Pope does not admlt of any distinction, and quotedfrom tho celebrated Pontifical letter to the Archblaliop of Freyburg, The Fope leavea it to the dlscretion of each Blshop to Judge of the propriety of publishing the encyclical, Iow far the Cardinal will enforce it ‘we have no means of knowlng. —XNew York Sunday Democral, 1t the above statoment Lo true, it will be the most unfortuuate step tho Pope of Rome has ovor taken—unfortunate for Lis own reputation and influence, and doubly unfor tunato for the interests of his Church in the United Btates. It is a sweeping copdemna- tlon, us it stands, of our whole prblicschool system, as it makes no distinction between secular schools and those in which the Bible isread aud morality is taught. From the fact that it has nob appeared, it wonld seem that the Cardinal and his Archbishops and Bishopa are not prepared to brenst the storm of indignation that its publication would aronse ; but it is significant that, while they Liave the option of ita publicity, they have no option nbout Leeding its admonition, If it ba true Lt such & lotter has been sent, it strikes ot the root of one Institutions .which underlies our re- publican system of government, and which the people of this country will never allow to be impaired or oven threatened. ‘The most inexplicable feature of the watter is that the Pope should have sent sucha letter to this country, of all others. Theze is no part of tho civilized world in whicli tho Rowau Cutholics Lave boen treated so fairly ‘of our, s in the United States, whero four-fiftis of tho church membership aro Protestants, and whero the last vestige of religions proserip- fion hos been wiped out. The highest honors sro open fo them. They havo had seats in Congross, the Oabinet, the Supreme Court, and all tho minor offices. Thoy have inflnentinl interests in overy direction. The road to honors and wealth is 6peu to them, Their convents, nunneries, schools, and asylums aro unmolested, Their orders are freo and undlistarbed. They are not taxed in thoir religions eapnoity. Thoy haveheaped up millions of ‘dollara in church property which pays the State no taxes. The peopla hnva suffered themselves to bo taxed for tha establishment of froo achools in which the Oatholies have the samo righta and ad- vantages ns Protestants, if they are disposed to avail thomaclvesof them. The Tope himself lias even declared publicly that if he shonld bo driven out of Italy he wonld seok the United Slates as an asylum for him. self in his old nago, where lo would ba fres from tho assaults of his enemies, And yot it this encyclical statement be trno, the Pope Lias not hesitated to drive n daggor into the Lreasts of bis benefactors, and to smite tho American peoplo, who have not ilterposed a stono in the way of his Church, by assaulting ood seeking to overthrow their most pracious and valunble institntion—the very corner. stono of republican government, If snch an encyclical has been received, and there isany disposition to enforco it, the very first step of his representatives in this country will arouss such o storm of religions prejudice as Lohng nover yot oncountered. 'Tho people of the United States, withont regard to con- dition, profession, or denomination, will ar my themaolves in o solid phalanx sgainat him, and in that phalanx will be found Toman Catholics ns well as Protestants, Tho publication of that encyclical, or any attempt to enforce it, will producoe n division in the Roman Catholie Church itself, It wonld never have the sanction of tho libernl, intel- ligent, Americanized Catholics, Tho clergy conld only call to its aid tho ignorant and bigoted membeors of their flocks, and thoso under thelr absoluto domination; If Cardi- nal McCrosey wishes to divide bis Church and to unite the American peoplo in aevery section more firmly, completely, and doter- minedly tban they wero over united before, let him attempt to enforco this encyclical lotter, or oven promulgate it. Tho ne plus ultra of the Church of Rome, the **Thua far, but no farther,” wonld soon ba found. % e Pe I ' AN AWKWABD DILEMMA, ! Tho local Democracy have run ngainst a very large-sized snag, which may prove dan- gerous to them, Atameoting of the City Executive Committeo on Saturday, Mr, Oxa- nay moved tho ndoption of the following resolutions concerning the Connty Ring: ‘Warniag, A Ul Is now pending befora the Gen. cral Aseembly providing for a reorganization by means of 8 new electicn of the Board of County Commissloners of Cook County: and ‘Witengas, The cxisting Board of County Com- missloners has justly forfeited public confidence by reason of the well-founded bellef fu the public mind that the county institutions are run in the interestof o closa ringof unscrupulous contractors, and that a majority of the Board arc In collusion with thoso partles for the purpose of personsl palit, sud that o)l !mportant contracts tet by safd Nloard aro farmed ont fn total alsregard of publle intorests; therefore, ho it ~ Dlesoleed, ‘That tho Democratic City Executive Committce hicartlly recommend the passoge by the Tegislature of the proposed bIH for the reorganiza. tion of sald Doard ns demanded by 1he best intor- esta of the City of Chicago and County of Cook, ond by the almost unanlmous desiro of tho citizons and taxpayers, 8o far from thore being an immediate and unnnimous disposition to subseribo to thess resolutions, they encountered a good deal of opposition. A motion to Iny them on the table, and thus get rid of thom nltogether, waa lost by only threo votes, and finally thoy wero referred to a committeo without action, and this may bo tho last that will ever bo lieard of thom, Tho situation {s certainly very embarrass. ing for tho Democrats, Tho great majority of the present Connty Board gro Democrats, and wero elected by Domocratlc votes, If the Democracy should take offielal action fn. dorsing the proposition to legislate them out of offico on nccount of their corruption, it would not mercly bo o confession that tho Democratle party of Cook County had selact- ed bad men to represont them in offico, but it would also ba to court the ill-will of the fellows thus deposed, and tholr numerons following among the bummer classes, As the bummer classes furnish n material part of the Democratio votes in Cook County, the party managers ore averse to giving them offonso. This is ono horn of the dilemma, The other is, that the County Board, being notorionsly corrupt, is con. demucd by all taxpnyers, both Democratio and Ropublican, and there is a universal de. wand for a complete reorganization, which ean only be accomplisbed by meons of the bill now bofore tho Legialature, The Demo- cratic managoers cannot roject or condemn this proposition without encountering the opposition of taxpayors and docent cltizens of all partics. It was this disagrecable alter. native which induced the Democratic man- agers {o postpone final action on Mr, OxamaN's resolution but, now that th sub. Jeet hias boen bronched, the public will anx. fously wait to soo what position the Demo- cratio party of Cook Couuty will take with regard to it. It will not do to dodge the issue, ;. A variely of objections were made {o the resolutions, merely to galn time; but one gentlemnn opposed Bonator Rominson'abill for a clean sweop in the Doard, and the elvction of fifteen new Commissioners on & goneral ticket, because he thought such a course would throw the ontiro Board fnto the honds of the Republicans, This same gontloman was of the opinion that everybody is couvinced of ‘the rascality of the Board, but was not*willing on that nc. count to macrifice any party advantagea. We don't know how be arrived at the con- clusfon that the Republicans will elect the entire Board in caso of a new election on a genoral ticket, unlesa it was through ihe consclousness that tho Democrats have for. foited their claims for local government, Only a little over threo months ago, at the geueral election, the Democrats carried this county by 2,402, that bolng the msjority which Troes received over Hives. The Democrats ought not to fear a contest, then, it thoy will nominate men who can com- mand the respect and confidence of the tax. payers. Moreover, we can tell tho Demo- cratic managers that tho inesses of the Repablican party do not desiro to have the ontire County Board composed of Repub- licans, but would prefer & strong mizority, whether of Democrats or Republicans, so as to avoid the danger of another Ring being formed. We think it will not be difficult for the taxpayers to ngree upon voting & ticket made up partly of Republicans aud partly of Democrats; and, ns their firtin- terest is to secure bonest and competent men, we are satisfied that a number will be selected from both partics by a msjority of the voters. Whather the Democratio or tho Republican party shall geonre a majority in the Board will bo detormined by tho selec- tion of candidates on either sido. ©Of one thing we fesl nssured. Tho loeal Demoeratio managers cannot afford to assume tho responaibility of opposing the proposition to reorganize the County Board, ‘They may better insure the opposition of the ronghs and bummera controlled by the Ring in the Connty Bonrd than tho united opposition of the taxpayers. It may have been unkind in Mr. Onaman to force this altornative npon them, but now that it lins been presonted it will Le folly for them to ignorait, and leave the tnxpayers of Cook County to bolieve that tho Democratia party prefers to indorse a set of publie plunderers rather than risk n party dofeat by kicking them out of office. THE ARBITRATION ACT. During the preparation of the Arbitration aot, and the debates thereon, tho New York Sun, which is nnderstcod to bo the personal organ of Mr. Tiuoex, had never a word to say, It did not approve the bill, but it did not oppose it by any word or sign. Now it lias in some way discovered that the Court will not count Tiroex in, and it doclares the whole Arbitration Iaw unconstitutional and the Court {tself without any legal authority. It goes over the old story that tho Congross i n logislative body; that ench Honso hasits sepnrnte functions; and that Congress, nor either Houso, can delegate any of its powers, but must exerciso thom itself. Therefore that this Conrt, being*a tribunal clothed with the powers of Congress, is extra-con- atitutionnl and has no logal existence. Con- gress has power to create as many courts, in- ferior to the Supremo Conrt, as it ploases, and may regulate and defino their jurisdiction and thoir powers. It may mako the judgmenta flaal or conditional, and at ita plensure mny abolish tho courts. For seventy yeors Congress ncted on all claims sgainst the United States, but Congross had eventunlly no tims to consider theso claims, 50 it croated n Conrt and clothed it with authority to hear all theso petitions and claims, and to give judgment thercon agatnat the United Statcs. Somo of theso judgments’ are penal, but all stand against the United States unless Congress shnll decido other. wise. Did Cougress * delegata” nny of its legislative power to the Court of Claims? Did it delogato ita exclusive power to order tho payment of money out of the Treasury to threo Justices of an Inferior court? Is tho law crenting the Court of Claima thereforo unconstitational ? In this Court of Arbitration there is no more * delegation” of power by Congress than thore is in tho act creating o Court of Claims, or in authorizing the Commissioner of Patonts to extond or renew o patent, or in authorizing various officers of the Trensury to poy money out of the Treasury without a specific appropriation, Congress in this not found itself with oppos- ing majorities in tho two Houses ; theso ma- Jorities were Irreconcilable. Congress was invested with the duty of counting the Electoral vote ; that duty involved the con- sidorntion and decision of many judicial questions. Congross thorofore, by Iaw, pro- vided for the manner in which the Electoral roturns should bo counted,—firat, ll thoss votes wherothore werano conflicting retarns ; and, sccondly, thoso whero thoro was a con. test. Theso contested cases weore to bo re- ferred to n Commission embracing represonta. tives of each House nud of tho Suprome Court. This tribunal was authorized to ex- amino and report on each caso, and this roport wis to stand as the judgment of tho two Honses of Congreza unless tho two IHouses should reject tho same, and othierwise order. In this thors was mo dolegation of power. In ench Ifonse of Congress thers {s n commitleco on the ex- pendituro of the contingent fund. Thoso committees oxpend tho monoy, but their actidn is the action of the body they repre. sent. Tho decision of the Court of Arbitra. tion Lias no authority as the decialon of that Court; the law makes tho report of that Court tho doclsion of tho two Houscs of Oongress, unless the two Housea of Congress shall reje:t tho same. There in no delega- tion of power, either by Congross, or by the Senate or the House. The law makes tho report of this Board the report of the two THouses, unlesa they shall otherwise doclare, The talk about the unconstitutionality of tho law s transparent nonsense. The principle of the bill is an universal ono in all logisla. tion, and nnderlies much of the legislation of the country. OF THE COOLIE BYSTEM. Hoxu Koxo, Jan, 15, via Buanamar, Jan, 16, — Thero .aro” reports of varlous dilficultics between the Hpaniah Minlster at Peking and Teung Ki Ya- men, growing ont of the question of the employ- ment of coolies In Cuba, The Chinese Qovernment absolulely refaso to sanctlon tho further employs ment of Chinese laborers In the Spanieh colonlcs) Tho above dispatch appeared in the for., eign intolligonce printed in the last issue of Tun Triouxe, Tho action of the Chinese Government in refusing to sanotion the furtlier employmont of Chinese laborers or coolies in Quba is warranted by the facta in thecase. The fmportation of coolics into Cuba bas been golug on for thirty years, nnd during that time there have been numer- ous abuses practiced, but the mattor was not bronglit consistently before the Chineso Gov. ernment until 1878, The evidence of the homible eruclty was at last so over- whelming that the late Emperor Tuxag. Cuwir sppoiuted @ Commission, con- sisting of a native ofilelal, OneN-Lansiy and an English and a Fronch Commissioner, Mosars, Macpuzrson and Huses, to go to Cuba and fnvestigato the charges minds by the coolien ngainst thelr brutal employers. They have mada tho Inveatigation and pub- lished their report, which more than confirms the original statements of the coolies. From tlhe report, it appears that the ms- Jority of the coolies Lave sailed to Cuba from 3 acao, Amoy, Bwatow, and Canton, and that eight-tenths of them have beon de- coyed or kidnapped. On board the emigrant ships they are exposed to the most horrible cruelties. Of more than 140,000 who have eniled for Cuba, upwards of 10,000 died dur. ing the voyages. They sra confined in the holds, are beaten unmercifully and sometimes to death, aro fnrnished with the wort of food and not enough water, ara confined in bamboo cages and chained to irou posts, aro kicked overboard by sailors, and im- mense numbers commit suicide by over- doses of opium or throwing themselves over- board. Upon arriving in Cuba the viotims who survive the horrors of the voysge are driven like cattle to the barracoons to be sold. They are stripped of their clothing, ang, after examination, are auctioged off like ney How they are treated after reach. ing their plantations is thus told by the re. rt p‘:ln(xhlulnnl have been supposed that selfe Interest would bave induced the masters 1o keep Lhe coolies in good bodily health. Kvén thls mo- tive, however, scems to bavo been fnsufficlent to work any good for the cmigranta. They are ander. fed, overworked, and treated with great barbarity, ® . Matze and bananss form the ataple food allotted to them, Many stated that, contrary to the regula- tlons which limit the hoars of labor to twelve out of the twenty-foar, they were made to wyork from 48, m. until midnight, Sunday brought them no rellef, and any attempt to rest was punlshed by merciless logging, Abundant evidence !s fnrnished that the murder of coollex wss not at sl unfre. quent, and cases of anicide by hanging, by jamp. ing Into eugar cauldrons, and by taking oplam, were of common occarrence. ¥ One Indignity of pecalinr horror, especial Iy to tho Chinese, with whom rospect for the doad {s a matter of religlons duty, is men- tioned fn thareport, namely : that the bodies wero placed in shallow loles, ** out of which in conrse of timo the bonos wers dug, and were propared with those of horses and oxen for tho purpose of reflning sugar, it boing considered that the nddition of human bonos gnve n purer whiteness to thosugar,” There is no lack of this refining materinl, sinco out of 114,081 coolics who lauded in Cuba dur- ing tho twonty years onding in 1873, no less than 53,602 died on the island. Tho most astonishing featuro of the matter fs that n Governmont mora powerful, more onlight- ened, and more civilized than Spain should havosnffered theso atrocious cruecltics to be practiced so long upon .ita people by their brutal task-masters., It is bottor late, than nover, however, and tho Chineso Govern- mont, having atlast taken o dotormined stand ngainst theso Spanish bloodhounds, will re- ceive the sympathy of tho whole civilize world. & + CONTEMYF! Wanmwaton, D, C., Feb. 10,—The Senate's Oregon Commlttea will repart Coxnan N, Joun- Dax, Cashler of the Third National Dank of New York, aain cantempt for not responding ' to a snb- paua, The grounds for this sction ara as follows: On Feb, 1 & subprnn was lssucd directing Jounpax to appear before the Committeo with an absteact of hisbook, slowing its accounts of SauvELJ. TiLDEN, W. T, Prrrox, and Aonax 8, Hzwirr daring the late and' present political campalgn, —Associated Press Dispateh, ‘Tha above dispatch is morosignificant than would appear at first sight, . Tho Senate Committeo have Lind' evidenco which estab- lishies conclusively the fact that money was corruptly used to securo the bogus Electoral vote cortified for T1pex by the Governor of Oregon, - They have discovered that Cnoxy, tho bogus Eloctor, received a partof this bribe-monoy, after refusing to nct withont it. Thoy have traced the monoy sent to Oregon from New York through various intermediate agencies totho: Third National Bank, in which Mr. Tuozy 8 a Dircctor, o large stockholdor, and & depositor. Tho Democrats have been anxious to havo the country beliove that Apx Hewrrr furnished'it as manager of the Democratio campaign funds, or that it came from Pruroy, Tioex's Iimpecunious nephow, But tho country i8 interested in Inowing who did furnish it 0s o mattor of fact. Mr. Jounvay, tho Onshier of tho Third Natioual Bank of New York, is likely to know. Ho las been asked to tell, but thus far has re- fused to oppoar. Several doys ngo o subponn was served on him, but he did not raspond. Itis timo steps woro teken to compel his attendanco, Whilo the members of tho Louisiana Roturning Board are languishing in the crypt of the Capitol building, becauso they refuse to produce cor- inin Btate records which have passod from their control, and which the Houss has probably no right to, demand, it is scarcoly foir that this Mr. Jourpaw shall Lo per- mitted to defy tho Senate in order to protect Mr, TiLpeN from exposure. It is now likely that this gentloman will be forced to tell what ho knows, and his indisposition to do 80 augurs badly for TrLoxx's personal share of tho Oregon fraud. ] CONEOLATION FOR DEMOCRATS. How long is it sinco the pnblic ear was filled by Democratic warnings and declama- tions against centralization,—ngainst the en- croachments of Congress on the constitu. tional rights of the Btates? Every Democratic nuwspaper was full of it, and every Demo- cratic stumpor made himsolf hoarse shonting sbout the dangers to froe institutions from the contralizing tendencles of the party in power. DBut now we have the remarkable spectaclo of theso newspapers and stumpors treating the rights of the States with con- tempt and howling in favor of going behind the Presidontial election returns of tho States and setting them at naught, and aovolving o new wuet -of returns to suit their portisan purposes. Is not this a most cx- troordivary somerset? As the Now York T'ridune justly romarks: To **go behind the returns," as the phrase and inquire into the technicalities of the pre and ralso questions as to the formalitics or ml methods by which esch Stata had reached tho cone cinsfon embodled in ite oficial certificate of the re- sult, would be very obviously a completo subyer- alon of this principle in the Coustitution and a more deadly blow at tho reserved rights of tho States thau has ever been dreamed of by the tnost extrome advocates of centralixed power and a strong Government, The decislon of the Electoral tribunal which gives tho votes of Florida to ilavxs, and tho application of the same principles which will give Loulsiana to ¥avgs, is, when proporly considerad, a grent Demooratio tri- umph, notwithstanding it may seat Harzs in tho Exscutive chair for the brief period of four years, Every sincers and con. scicntious Democrat should refolco at tho decision of tho Arbitration Commisgiont which uplolds and defends the right ‘con. forred by tho Constitution upon the States to sclect tho Electors by their own laws and machinery, withont the right of Congress to revige, overhaul, or reverse tho verdict, Tho decislon of the Electoral Commission is, that tho laws of Florida, Louisiana, 1llinols, Now York, or ony State which grants certain powers to the Returning Boards, whether thoso powers be large or small, are conclu. sive, and that no authority exists in Con. gress, under the Constitution, for revision or roversal of the decision of thoso Btate Can. vassing Boards, The doctriue laid down is, that, if o Btato is entitled to voto for Prosl- dent at all,-and ite properly constituted Board, reting within Btate laws, bas decided that certain persons are elected, no-power in Congress exists to reversa its decision, Hovw daroe any man calling himself o State- Rights Democrat deny this fundamental article of his political creed? How can he do it without the most shameful and brazen stultification? What Is the seating of the old Usufruct to the juanintenance of the estab- lished equilibrium of rights and powers be- tween the Btates and the General Govern- ment? Webegin tosuspectthatthe longlieads of the Democratio party helped to devise and carriod through triumphantly the arbitration plan for the express purpose of releasing their party from an otherwisa inextricable dilemma, and that their purpose was to de- fend the imperiled rights of 'the States by letting the regularly returned Eleot- ors of Lousians and: Florida have thelr votes counted, as cast, for Havzs and Waezir, As a choice of evils, they chiose tho least, It wers farbetter to respect the legal voice of Florida and Louisiana snd lot Haves tako the Presidency, than to allow Congress to bulldozs those Blates in order to soat Treoen, It Congress msy trample upon the official returns of two fesbia Btates now, 1t will have securod s precedont for tram. pling upon the will ofother and more Impor. {ant Btaten In the next and subsequent elec tions. May wo not tender our congratula tions to Democrats that in the election of Harza tho real triumph is theirs, 'for what will it profit & Democrat to gain Tioew and all the offices and losa his political soul—the rights of the States? In the words of our Now York namesake, ** Doubtleas Mr. Ty, DEN himself will find consolation for hin per. sonal dieappointment fn the triumph of principle and the defeat of centralization,” — k OBITUARY," REAT-ADMIRALS WILKXS, BAILEY, AND ALDEN, The recent mortality among the Rear-Admi- rals of the United States Navy is somethiog re« markable, Within a few weeks past no lesa'than four havedied,—Josern 8xrrm, the oldest tn the service, JAMES ALDEN, Crzantes WiLkes, and Tneowonus BAlLxr. An obituary notice of-the first named has already’appeared In Tux Taip. UNE. ‘The second, Rear-Admiral JAxzs Arbex, dfed In San Francisco recently, He was born fn Maine and was made & midshipman {n 1323, Tie was nppolnted Licutenant in 1841, Captatn in 1863, Commedore {n 1866, and retired with the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1872, e accompanied the WiLkes exploring expedition, scrved twith the Guif squadron In the Mexican War, and for some years was connected with the Coast Bur. vey, During the Rebellion he had command of the sloop-of-war Richmond, was with the flcet that ran by Forta Fisher and St. Phil- ip, also Vicksburg, and commanded Fanna« u's flag-ship at the fight in Mobile Bay. The third, Rear-Admiral Win.kes, was born In New York City In 1501, and entercd tho navy fn 1816, remaining fn active service fifty years, un. 1} 1808, when hie was placed on the retired list withthe rank of Rear-Admiral. His carllest service of importance wvas with Commodore Mc. Doxovont in the Mediterrancan fn 1810-'90, From 1831 to 1823 hp was with Commodore STEWART In tho Pacific Ocean. In 1826 ho was made Licutenant, and In 1830 was appolnted to the Burcau of Charts and Instruments. He was afterwards engaged in the Atlantic Coast sur- vey, and in 1838 undertook his crowntog work in tho cxplorations of the Southern sces, which covered o perlod of twelve years, and the results of which are famillar to the public through' numerous volumes which he published, In18i2ho was promoted to a Comtnandersbip. ‘I'ic most prominent event of lis lfe was tha capture of the Confederate Commlssioners, Masox aad StipkLz, on tho Engllsh steamer Trent, which secured for him the thanks of Congress, although President’ Lincoix dis- approved of the act, and MasoN and SLIDRLL were surrendercd to England, In 1802 he was placed first on the list of Commodores, and on Aug. 28 of that year he shiclled and destroyed City Polnt. In 1803 he=tommanded n special squadron In the West Indles, and captured sev- cral blockade runners. In July, 1860, ho was commissioned a8 & Rear-Admiral on the retived list, Although an extremely soverc dis- clpiinarian, be was aniversally odmired fn the uavy for his courage and skill, Rear-Admiral Tnzovonus Batrer, who dled on Saturday last, was borti In New York in 1803, entered the service fn 1818, and waas made Lien- tenant in 1827, Commander in 1849, and Captaln in 1855, In 1861 he was ordercd to the steum. frigato Colorado, with whith he participated i tho bombardment of tho Confederate works at Ponsacols. He commanded the second diviston of the attacking force In FARRAGUT'S capturc of tho Misslssippl forts. In 1602 ho was made - Commodore, and, as Actlug Rear-Admiral, sue ceeded to the command of the Eustern Guif blocksding squadron. Ilc was promoted to Rear-Admiral July 25, 1868, and in the following October was placed on the retired Hat, COL. JOIIN O'MATIONY. » Col. Joux O'Manoxy, the famous Fenfay leader, dlcd In New York City on tho 7th Inst. He was born in County Cork, Ireland, In 1816, and was cducated at Trinity College, Dublln, which be left without taking n degrec. Iethen maved to County Tipperary, and rat eame into public promineuce as one of the leaders fn 8y O'Briex’s rebellion. Soon afterwards he or- ganlzed arising In Tipperary and Waterford, which was quickly suppressed, and he then cse caped to France. After lving six years on tho Continent o came Lo New York City, and dur- ing the Crimean War énterod into negotlations with the Russian Consul with the hope of in. ducing Hussia to fnvade Ireland and nsstat the people ju aun fnsurrectionary movemert. -In 1858 hie was placed at the head of the Amerlcan® branch of the Irlsh Revolutionary Brotherhood. During the War of the Rebellion be assfated to rulsy the Corcoran Leglon, and afterwards come manded the Nincty-uluth New York Regiment. 10180 be resigued the office of Foulan Head Centre In favor of James Strenexs. Siace 1872 he lias been the chief of the remnant left of the Feulan organtzation. It was safd of bim thut, next to Archblshop McHaLE, of Tuam, he wus the greatest of llving Celtle scholars. He tronslated KeaTino's “llistory of Ireland " from the Jnsh langusge, making a book of £, pages, und ulso conducted for o loug thne au Irlab weekly paper In New York, Ho died lu poverty. UENRY D, SMNITH, The Rev, Dr. Hexny Bovsrox Ssurm, the distioguished theologian and Professor of The- ology In the Union Theological Seminary, New Yurk City, dled in that city on tho 7th fust, Ie was born in Portland, Me., Nov. 21, 1816, gradu- ated from Bowdoin Collego fn 1834, and was cmployed as o tutor in that institution from 183% 0 1857, Ho then studicd theology at Andover sud Bangor, continuing hls studies at Hallo and Berlin. When he returned to this country he took tho pastorship of the Congrezational Church at West Amesbury, Mass. In 1847 le bewuno Professor of Intellectual and Moral Thilosophy at Amherst College, and three years later aceepted tho Professorship of Clurch Hlistory o tho Unlon Theologleal Semiuary, New: Yark. City, He was transferred to the Lrofessorship of Systematic Theology In 1854 ‘which position he resigned {n 1874 ou account of Il health, He was then nade Professor Emeritus and occupfed the Chalr of Apologetics. ‘The Now York World says of bis contributions to theologleal dterature: voluiminous weiter, and his principal *Tio Holatlons of Palth_aud 'Philoso- 'be Nutore sud Worth of the Sclence of * ‘The Problemn of Philosophy Tho Idea of Clriwtlan Theola- **An Argument for Christian Col- eges, ry of the Ohurch of Christ in Chrono- logical Tables.' Dr. Sxitu edited a new editlon of the Kdinburg “tranlation -of Gimssrxw's *‘Church lllstory,” & work of five volumes, the fourth and Aith of whick were chlefly tranalated by Dr, Sara, and a revised vdition of “the Kdinburg translation uf Hauxxuacu's ** History of Christisa Doctrine. ™ . Asslsted by Jauzs S780x0, he made 8 new editlon of the’ Edinbary transiation of brikns’ **Words of tho Lord Jeaus, ™ sad, In con° Juuction with the Dr. R. D, Witcucock, he Wiote **Tho Life, Character, and Writioge of Ed- Robloson.* A ‘*Memurial of Anson 4. ' was apother of his publications, Ho bas en & cootributor to the Uibliotheca Sacra, Astiodiat Quurlerly the CAmat dan “Zteslew, aud Jlours af Home which was merged foto Kcriduer's, He con: tributed 1o ** Applotuns® American Encyclopedis asticles on Catviy, Hxoxt, Kant, Suxiiing, snd the ltetormed Church, OLITUARY XoTas, . Among otber deaths which have recently oc- curred are those of ViSCouNT MILTON, of Eoe gland, who Is known by his book **The North- west Passage by Land,” and a book of travel in tho Rocky Mountalna; 'of Jaxes Mxxar, the famous English turfman sod owner of Doncas- ter; of Jamms M. Wincusty, well knowu fevin his conncetlon with the Kavsas troubles, sud in 1859 u prominent candidate for tue United Statcs Bcuatefromthat State; and of Frank BaRtLETT & very promising baritons stoger fo New Yurk City. b ———— Au extremely Interesting article in the Pall Mall Gazetts upon the reigning sovereigus of Christendom states that thers are at preseot thisty-six of them, from the Queen of Englaud, to whom 237,000,000 of buman belugs owe alle: giaoce, to the Prince of Mouacu, who las 5,741 subjects. Of these sovereigns, ten are nowminally Roman Catholics,—the Empcrors of Awstra and Brazll, the Kings of Italy, Spain, Portugsk also the