Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 29, 1877, Page 4

| | } ¥ 3 A i - 1 é ; ‘ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1577. Tz Trilbane, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—IN ADVANC] STAGE PREPAID. aily Edlton, one year.. .00 Parta of & year, per mont l.“g Matied to gy adiiren four WESkKa {or, o Bondsy haltion: Literss d Dauble Bheet..... g.on Fatnaay EAltioh, {weis paxed. X - Weekly, one year. .. won Tarta of ayear, per mon 30 WRRKLY BDITION, POSTPALD. o Bpecimen copl To prevent delny and mistakes, be aura snd givo Poste Office addreas 1o fall, ircinding State and County. Temtttances may bs made either by draft, express, Fuat-Omcs order, ot In regtstered leiters, at our risk. TRAMS TO CITY SUDACRIDERY, Daily, delivered, Bundsy exoepled, 23 cents per week., Ua'ly, dellvered, Sunday incinded, 30 cents per week. Address THRE TRINUNE COMPANY, Carner Madtson and Dearborn Chicago, Ik AMUSEMENTS. Haverly’s Theatre, Raodolph strect, between Clark and LaSalle. *"On Hand.® Messrs, John Thompson. J. W, Som- mers, J, D, Merton Missca Ploas McAlllster, Doty Nagle. Adelph! Thentre. Monroe strest, corner of Dearborn. **Uncle Tom's Cabin." Mer. George Runkel; Missca Amy Slavia, Alfy Chippendale, - Exposition Bullding, Lako Bhote, foot of Adams strect. Summer-Night Goacert by the Thomas Orchestra. SOCIETY MEETINGS. GF, No. 83, A F. and A, M. <flall, Suvecial Communication this (Fris G S A U 5’5:? of Ilrt‘u lrl'lul&r. o E. N. TUI!KSIL Boc'y. WASHINGTON CHAPTHR, No. 43. It A. M.~B8pe: I omtocaton tHHL UFTLda) NYentng B 5d 1230 Geiock iorworkt on et X pegree” Valling cora: PO e . B AW T He. FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1877 OHICAGO MARKET SUMMARY. The Chicagy produce marketa wors moderately sctive yesterday, ond gencrally eastor, Mexa pork closed 245c per bel lower, ut $12.874% for July and $13,00 for August. Lard closed ¢ poe 100 lbs lower, at $8.70 cash and $8.77%4@8.80 for Au- gust. Ments wero unchanged, at 4¥c per B for loosc shoulders and G3c for do short tibs. Lake frolghts werc steady, ot 1ic for corn to Duf- falo. Iiighwines were firm, at $1.08 per yullon, Flour was qulct. Wheat closed 133@2¢ lower, at © $1.40% for July ond SL24) for August, Corn closed casy, at 47%c for July and 48%c for Au- » Gust. Qats closed quiet, at35c for July Ule for August. liye was firm, at O2c. Darley was nominal, at 80200 for*new, aeller Septomber, lngs closed irmer, at:10¢ decline from Wedneaday, Cottle were Inactive and lower, with limited salcs &t 82.50@0.65. Eheep wera dul), at $2,75@24. 70, One hundred dollars in gold would buy 105,124 in groenbacis at tha close. Greenbncks st tho Now York Btock-Ex. change yesterday closed at 93. It will bo gratifying to the massos who gapport the policy of the prosent Adminis- s tration to know that ** tho doors of Rhoda * Island havo boon thrown opoen to the Presi- dent.” Tho namo of Judge CooLey, of the Michi. * gan Buprome Bench, whose very intoresting locture befora tho Literary Socioty of tho + Chicngo University on * The Demands of Patriotism on the Amcrican Scholar” is print- od in our columns this morning, is promi- nently montioned in connection with the +United States Circuit Judgeship made vacant by tho death of Judge Estsons, Not long ago tho Now York papers gavo tho particulars“of o remarkablo system of robberies, perpétraled by & soecloty wan 2pon “tho paople to whose houscs ho wasa welcoma ‘guest. All names wero supprossed, as the young man had confossed (o stealing wher- ovor invited to o party, and it was hoped that somo of the missing property. would bo recoverod. The kleptomanino was & broker numod Jonn Arrnep ‘Turncrrr, and ho has + succeeded in eluding bis involuntary oredit oy, and nbandoued tho theatro of his lofty nocial efforts, Great grief has followed Mr, Onantxs Bravravon nud Mrs, Axnig Braant, Somo timo ogo, u quasl-medical work claiming them for its puthors was donounced in En- gland ¢ immoral, nnd, as a watter of course, tho prurient tasto of tho DBritish peopla ran the circulation up onormously, But yestor- day tho bubble broke, and Brivravon and Mrs. BrsaNT were scntonced to six months' . Imprisonmont and o flne of £200 cach, At tho expiration of their imprisonment thoy will probably bo enormously rich, if thofr publishers are sharp, News from Idaho soems to define the po- sition of the Indions as aimilar to that of tho Modocs whon they got into tho lava. beds. Tho Nez Perces are strongly posted on tho Salmon River, avd from the na. ture of tho country they can offer o long and bloody redstance ‘to any number of troops brought against them, ‘They seomto bave abandoned thelr ralds, and ore pationtly awaiting o fight to which Chief Josernn pleasantly beckons the army, expecting to root out all opposition to fur ther demonstrations they may choose to mako on,the settlers. Boma of tho correspondents of Turkophilo Journnly in London scem to have jointly and suverally undertaken to firo tho British licart by exaggerated reports regarding the Rustehuk bowbardment. It is representod that the Rudsian gunner in Giurgevo delib- crately sumed at tho Corsulates in tho op- potito aty, and that they continued to fireon tho English Cousulato oven afterthe American flag had been raisod above tho building, It scems hardly worth while for the London T'imnes to comment solemnly upon such palpablo falsehoods, tho ciroulation of which 1s designed to excite public foeling in En. gland against Russia, T ——— As 8 means of terrifying the Mollis AMa- guires Into decency, the recent excoutiong appear to have boen of no avail. Tus Tam- vE correspondent at Scranton, Pa., details the operations of these banditti sinco the harging, and their depredations ssem to be woroe strongly marked than over. Beveral murdars bave been committed, and o nam- ber of unfortunates driven out of this pest- ridden district for having assisted iu the punishment of the excouted Mollica, At the mines, Buperintendents aro surrounded by ermed body-guards, and there is an atwos- phero of turror throughout that section of the State inhabited by theso desperadoes. — Buperintendent Pickaro comod squarely up to the iusue in his letter to the Board of Education oxplaining the causcs of his ruag- nation, and ssys, in effect, that Lo hay becn “frozen out* by his asdatant, Mr. Dory. If his charges against Mr. Doty aro os troo as thoy sre specific, there is but one course open for the Board ‘I'ho cause of education in Chicago is of too much im- portance to be joopardized by the vaulting awmbition of auy oue man, aud it it be asoere tatued that Mr, Doy paralyzed the action of the Buperintondent by thwarting him, or by operating without econsultation with his chiof, the only question is, 8lall tho Board appropriate enough to pay Mr, Dorr's transportation back to Detroit? The Committeo to whom the matter is confided have assumed n dalicato task in deciding be- tween those two gentlemen, but it they aro not overcoma by feclings of personal friond- ship for this stranger within our gates, thoy will promptly report in the best interests of tho schools, and rostore Mr, Prorann to the position from which he has beon virtually ousted. A In another column will be found n lotter from Mr. J. Sovza, of Hong Kong, in which ho explaing the Chiness method of exter- minating locusts. A fow months ngo Tue Tuinoxe addressed him on the subject, ahd he replied, sonding somo chilly seods, used by the Colestials in warning off the pests. The chilly plant is death to insccts, and its introduction into this country will be a boon to thoso engaged in ngricnltnral pursuits, Application for tho sceds may be mado at Tne Trmoxs office, and they will be dis. tributed nalong as thoy hold ont, Another murder by the hoodlums, without much prospect that aoy ona will bo pun- ished. A polico officor wos nssauliod by soma roughs, and o strangor interfering was beaten down and killed. Ringleaders ar. restod, aa o matter of courso, but there is no way of identifying the man who did the worlt, and aftor the dotectives have puttered oround and aunounced, with mysterious gravity, that somo omo of the gang will “squeal " and “givo away™ his partners, cnabling the authoritics to get them all * doad $o rights,” the prison doors will open, and the caso will drop quictly into oblivion. Verily, ** hanging for murder is plnyed out.” S Presidont Hayzs, upon his roturn from tho trip to Boston and Providence, will be undor the necessity of taking cognizanco of the question whothor tho Hon. Jaxzs F. Wirsox, in taking o prominent part in the Towa Con. vention, whereof he'officlated na Chairman, violatod tho order of the President prohibit- ing participation by Federal officers in party coucuses, conventions, efe. Mr. Wrisox holds the position of Govornment Director of tho Union Pacific Railrond by appoint- ment of Presidont Haves, but is paid no sal- ary or compensation of any kindby the Gov- ernment, the law requiring the Railroad Com- pany to pay esch Government Director $10 per day and ton conts per mile for cach day of actual servico and mile of nctual travel. Whother Mr, Witson is an officer of the Government within the meaning of tho or- dor remains for the Prosident to decido. Jonn Broerow, Jr., who bas just gradu- ated at West Point, besides being the son of Joun Bioerow, the Now York Bedretary of State who refused to attond tho banquet given to Becrolary Evants lest ho should soom theroby to admit tho eleotion of Presi- dont Hayrey, was also ono of tho young snobs who refased to associnto with Cadet Frreren, the colored graduato in the samo class. Oa- dot Brorrow and Cadet Prreren have both beon commissioned Bacond Lioutenants and consigned to duty in tha Tonth Cavalry, now stationod on the Rio Grande, and hence n dual quandary involves the son of hia father, —that of accopting o cominission fssuxd by tho present Administration, and of serving in the samo regiment with tho colored cadet. "I'ho conntry will atwalt with breathless inter- cst young Mr. Biokrow's docision of thess fravo qucstions. The fact is noted ns worthy of attention that the persan who officiated as Sccrotary of tho Electoral Commission s at present the custodian of tho records of that body, and is in doubt what he ought to do with them, 28 tho law creating the Commission mads no provigion for tho final custody of tho min- utes. It is conceivable, though not probable, that o contiugency shonld arise in which theso records might play an important part a3 ovidoneo of the title of the President to his office, and it is o rather curions oversight on the part of tho great lawyers who framed the Electornl act that no permanent doposi- tory of the rccords was dosignatod. Aside from tho embarrassment of tho present pos- sassor, who would liko to get rid of his charge, tho custody of the doouments is not likely to worry anybody, ss ths people of the United Statea by this time very goncrally understand who is Presidont, ‘Tho cablo dispatchios this forning unite in chronicling the portentous fact that the croasing of the Danubo hss boen accom. plished, ond that the Russian army is mow pouring into DBalgarla by tons of thousands. On Wednesdny night o crossing wos effected nt Sistova withont serions rosiatance, nnd by this timo it is probablo that 100,000 Russiana are on the right bank, Bistovais eiteated about mid. way botwoen Rustchuk and Nikopolis, and appenrs to havo offerod unusual advantages for a forward movement in force, Tho Czar yesterday issucd o proclamation to the peopls of Bulgaria, announcing tho presence of hia army among them to do battle in their bohalf, and guarnnteeing protection and good gove ormunont as tho fiomediato result of tho Rus. sian occupation. The forces in tho Dobrud. schaare advancing rapldly to the southward, aud tho formation of muxiliary battalions among the Bulgarian Christians has alroady begun. Attorney-Genoral Fawmouio appenrs to have something to say about tho T'wxzp busl. nees, and puts it in the shape of 4 report to the Governor, As to the Bweeny casc, ho admits o sottlemont to save money, and tries to show that, had the great ringster boen sold up, thers would huve boen but a small realization on his proporty, e axplains his position in tho Twrep caso by charging that the great incarcerated eimply lied to him; that his ovidence was worthless in tho start ond unrelisble all through, As for Mr, Jony L ‘TownsxNp, ho disposca of his charges if what he says bo truo, Ho chargoes that gontleman with having incited 'I'wezxp to swenr sgaiust Bwezxr, though he (‘Towxsxzwp) had been rutainod as counsel by Swzexyand pald for his services, In conclusion, he details a proposition of Townxusnp's, that Tween's checks be taken to the payees therein named, who would bo glad to pay the wounts ropreseuted, and of this TowssznD was to receive a cortain per. centage, the balance to go into the L'reasury. TLo whole report is rather spiteful, and it is now M. Townseyp's turn to romark con+ cerning the charges against him, SrTe——————— A new augd iuteresting question in criminal law {3 involved in the caso of Mru, Bamau AL Vicron, of Ohio, whoss sentence to bo hang. el for killing her brothor was by Gov. Hayzs commuted to imprisonmoent for life. Hhe was sent to the Stato Prison, whers sho bas devotud henadf to solitudo und tears. A fow wecks ago a number of ladies walted ou Gov. Yousa and pleaded strongly for hor pardon, but ho manifested a familiarity with the cnso that surprised tho potitioners, aml shocked them whon they snid she wonld rather bo hung than wear away hor lifo in prison by frankly informiug them that any indication of such a feeling on hor part would result in hér prompt oxocution, It was claimed by her friends that she had nover acceptod the commutation, but tho Governor promised to waive any tech- nicalitios, and sco that hor desires were earriod out to tha letter, collaterally oxprossing tho conviction that sho should have beon hung in tho first placo. But Mrs. Vioror had already sppenled totho courts domanding that the - original sentence bo excented, and Judge Brvauay, before whom the application was made, has just decided that, not having nccopted the commutation, she must ba considered an escaped prisoner, snd romands her to Cuyahogn County, where sha was trled, to await the nction of the Court theroe. 'This decision will bo reviowed by the Bupreme Court on the motion of the Attorney-Genoral, when ono of the most complicatod casos on rocord will ba thoroughe Iy siftod. THE PRESIDENT'S POLIOY IN IOWA. The Implacables counted upon the Iowa Stato Convontion to signal tha breach in tho Republican ranks which they bopo to make, prompted theroto a little by discontent with tho President's Southern polioy, and a good doal byhis porsistont eofforts to reforn the public sorvica. They stupposed thoy had primod the guns, and that it wos only neces- sary to npply the fuso, The Towa Repub- licans wisoly refnsed to disgraca tholir State and injure tho Republican party by becoming the toole of a lot of dissatisfied machino politiciana; and they rofused to nocode to tha demands of the Implacable nowspapors to pasa a resolution condemning the President's polioy before it had Leen tried. 'Thoy fol- lowed the ndvice of consorvative and falr- minded men like Senator Kinxwoop and tho Hon. Jaues F, Wirsox, and declinod to pass any porsonal resolution cither condemn- ing or approving the Bouthern policy, Tho Jowa Ropublicans aro divided in their opinions ns to? the merit and probable fruition of this policy, so that it was fairor and botter for them in convention to pasa it over and await its outcome nfter a trial of ita influence, ‘Thoro wero somo ox- tremiats on both sides who could not repress their partisanship; ono of theso offored a resolution favoring tho policy, and nnother immediately offered an amendment negativ- ingit. Both theso rerolutions were referred to tho Committes, which roported adversoly toboth. Intho moantime, soma other en- thasinst offered a second resolution upprov- ing the policy, and it was very prop- erly voted down beeause tha subject was under consideration in committeo; n reso- lntion condemning the policy would have sufferod the samo fate, Under theso circum- stances it ia doceitful to pretond that a fail- ure to pass o rosolutiondirectly approving tho Southorn policy is equivalent to a condemna- tion thorcof. On tho contrary, in view of the fact that tho Implacablo nowspapers demandod o resolution . of condemnation oud failed to get it, tho defeat is rather thoirs than that of tho friends of tho Administrn- tion, The resolution concerning the South which was mado a part of the platform is as follown: % Tho pormanent pacifeation of tho Southorn scc- tlons of tho Unloun, and the complete protection of all citlzens In tho frco onjoyment of all thelr rights, fa n daty to which tho Ropublican party stauds sacredly nledged. The pawor to provide for tlie enforcoment of the prineiplus embodiad 1n the recont constitutional amendinenta Is vestod by thesa amendiments In tho Congress of the Unlted States, and we declaro It to bo tho solemn obliza- tlon of the Loglslotivo and Executive Departments of the Government to put in {mmediate and vigor- ous axercisc all thelr constitutiona! powers for removing any just causes of discontent on the part of any class, and for securlug to every Awmeriean citizen complets llberty and exact equality in tho exerciso of clvil, political, and publle rights, To this end wo §mparatively domand of Congress and of the Chlef Exocutlve o couraze and fidolity to thesa dutice which shall not faltor untll tha rosults are placed boyonud disputo or recall This 1s a resolution on which all Repub- licana can unita heartily, Tho flrst part of 1t is almost a repetition of the terms in the national platforn, Paocification of the Bouth and the protection of the blacks is what it says and means, That is what the national platform sald. 'That is what Presidont Haves has construed as o pledge, and what. Lio {5 secking to renlize ncoording to Lis best judgment. ‘The incorporation af this ponti. ment in the natlonal platform was an ac. knowlodgment that tha pacification of the South ond tho protection of the- blacks had not yot boen nchioved. Tho Prosident was confronted upon his inauguration with a policy which had been tried eight years un- der his prodeocasor, and which had con. fessodly foiled. ‘This was tho policy of sus- taining tho carpet-bag Govorninenta of the Bouth with bayonets and gunboats, There wore two excellent reasons for not continuing it. First, becauso it had failled. The native whites were dlscontented; robell. fous, and hostilo; the ocarpot-baggers and tho troops together had not succeeded in saving tho blacks from being intimidated, whipped, outraged, drivon away from the polls, and oven murderod. It this was not sufficiont reason for trying o different policy, thero wos anotlier and an imperative roason. for it. Congress (tho House bewng Domocratio) rofused to vote supplica to the ‘army so long es any part should bo employed in austaining tho South- ern carpot-baggors, and actually adjonrned without making any army appropriations in ordor to enforce thoir condition, Tho Preal- dent waa thus rendorod powerlegs to continuo Gen, Guant's Southern policy, Instead of adding to tho troops, which would have been necessary in order to sustain the old policy, ho found Limsclf constrained to reduce the army, could barely provide under the law for tho subalstenco of such troops as had o be retained, and was stared in the faco with tho cortalnty that the army would bo disbanded altogether by tho refusal of the noxt House of Representatives (also Democratic) to vote supplies, unless ho should abandon the GraNt polioy, 3 It was ot this juncture that pacification of the whites nnd protsoction of the blavks woro solemuly pledged in the only two Statos whero thero was any conflict of au. thority, if tho Btate Governmcnts were rolegated to tho natives. The offer was well worth trying. Strifo had not succeoded; perbapa conciliation would. ‘The Preaidont, thon, not ouly interposed no obstacles, but ovon gavo a woral support to tho schetns for harmouizing the discordant clements in thesa two Htates. A compromise was ef- fucted betwoon the rival Logislatures which plaoced tho native white element in control, and Govs. Niouoryrs and Haxreron, respective- ly ropresonting the people of Loaisiana and Bouth Carolius, gave o gusrantee that peacq, should be preserved, that violeucs should be represaud, that crime should be puaished, that the negroes should have all thoir political righty, that educational facilitics should bo incrcased aud exteuded to tho blacks in equal proportion withs the whites, and that the dangerous classds 'who hnd giv- en 80 much tronble in the past should ba kept undor rostraint. Bincoe these plodges were given, thero hias boon no eauso for com= ploint in Louisiana or South Carolina. Bo far a3 wo know, there hns Leon no effort, ofthor publie or privato, official or individual, to doprive the nogross of their right to vote, nor to compel thom to voto against their con- vietions and desires, nor in any way to mal. treat or misusa them, Would it not, then, be infamously unfair to condomn the conduct of the Prosident in substituting for a policy which had failed one which ho belloved ‘would succosd, and which, up’ to this timo, gives more signa of success than of failure ? It may bo that the President's policy will not succeed. If 8o, thero isno doubt that Lio will be nmong the first to acknowledgo it; and certainly Tng Trinuxe, which has beon oue of its supporters, will domand another chango, if tho South shall again becowmo.the reeno of political murders, and the blacks shall again bo denied the rights scoured to them by tho constitutional amaendments. Then it will bo time for Congross to como to thonid of tho Prosjdent, as suggestod by the Towa resolntion, with lAws that will enablo him to roturn to a coercive policy more vig- orous aud effective than that carried out by Gon. Ghaxnr. It will dopond upon the peo- ple of the Bouth whether it shall be neces- sory to begin the War all over again. But, in contomplating such a contingency, tho programmo of the Implncables who desire to split tha Republican party into factions now ia tho surest way to rendor tho party power- losa if tho timo shall come whou a coercive policy must be renowed. This policy could only bo rovived and rondered effective with o Ropublican Congress, fully in sympathy witl' the Republican creed that this is o Nation and not a Longuoe, and fully deter- mined to secure to tho nogroes at any cost tho politicnl rights and personal protection guaranteed them by the Constitution. Bat such a Congress can only be elected by har. mony of purpose and unity of action amaong the Ropublicans, and this is what the Im- placablosare saoking to provont. We rejoice that Jown disappointed thom. THE I0WA PROBIBITIONISTS, At tho clossof tho Iowa Ropublican Con- vantion some porson offered a rosolution on the question of prohibition whick had no connection with the platform, no affiliation with the purposes of the Convention, and no connection with politics of any shade. It was tagged on to tho rogular string of reso- lutions like o kettlo ton dog’s tail, aud was 08 1much part of the platform as tho kettlo is part of tho dog. It reads aa follows : Resolred, That we aro in favor of the rigld en- forcement of our present Prolibitory Liquor law, and any amendments thereto that will render Its provislons more effective in the suporession of ln- temperanco. As usual, the Prohibitionists of Iowa have commeonced nt tho wrong end to solvo their problem. Lot us illustrate, Dividing the peopla of Towa into gronps of twenty voters, nine of oach group are teototalers, ten are modorato drinkors, and ono uses ardent spir- its immoderatoly, Tho nine never uso ardent apirits, beor, or wines as a boverago, or.eat or drink anything in which they ontor na an olemont, and they aro determined that no ono olso shall, ‘The ten moderate drinkers havd wina or becr upon their tables, use it on fostal occasions, keep it in their homes, drink whon thoy fool like it, and yet have tho habit under such control that they aro nover intoxicated, nover abuso themselvos, therr familics, nor thio public, but are just ns oxomplary, Iaw-nbiding, sober, nnd valu- sblo citizons as the mine who only drink water, tos, aond coffca. The ono immoderate drinker in tbis group is n curmso to tho rest of thom. 'Thero iano doubt of that. Mo nbuses himsclf. Ife deprives' his family of protoction and sus. tonanco. Mo squandors his property. He broaks every law., Ilis habit becomaes a spo. clea of insnnity, which places him not only outsido tho pale of wsolf-respect, but re- moves him from all restraint. e ls a vio- lont, abuslve, . dangerous, bad men,, and a publio pest, and ho ought to be reformed. Now how do the nino go to work to effect this reform? Tho rational mothod would bo for tho nino teetotalers, combining with tho ten modorates, to bring an influcnco to bear upon this ono man that would give him a placo oither among the nino or the ten, and thoro is no doubt that the combined efforts of nincteon ngainst one would effect this result. Instead of this, howover, tho nino rashly and foolishly seek to sup- press tho omno by bulldozing the ten. Thoy, not only say f{o this ono man *You shall not drink,"” but they also pounce upon the ten men, who aro just ns good citizens ag thoy, who viclate no laws, who aro doing as much for the proaperity, mo- rality, oducation, revenuo, and general prog- reas of tho Btate as thoy, and, menacing them with constables' waprants, policomon’s clubs, and oll the paraphernalia of force, eay to them, * You, too, ehall stop drinking.” Now what is tho rosult of this? Tho ten men who aro consclous of no wrong, who know thoy are doing no harm to themselves, thoir families, or the public, iminedistely ro- sont what {8 an impertinent interference with their private rights. The old Adam, which is in every man's nature, rises, and thoy indiguantly reply that they will not stop drinkiug, They scornfully repel the offorts of theso nino to intermeddlo with thelr private affairs, and, to provont such fn- solonco and such anmvasion of their personal privileges, thoy join hands with tho one im- moderate, and oleven of tho group are im- mediately arrayed egainst:‘nine, instoad of ninoteen against ono, as might have been tho resultif tho nine had actod in a rational manner, This makes on ond of prohibition, There has never boen o time, and there nev- or will be, when eleven mon will yield tonino on a question of personal privilege. It has been tricd over and ovor agaiu, and it has failed every time, Ning men have never yot beon able to stop eleven men from drinking by forco, and never will bo able. The resolution goes further, It declares in favor of any amendmonta that will tend to secure the more rigld onforcomont of tho law, Wo can suggest two smendments that are directly in the intercsts of temperance, aod that will prevent drunkenness: Finst, let sonitary laws Do established and onforced, like those in England, which soverely punish the salo or man- ufacturoof drugged, impure, or adulterated liquors, Becond, let tho nine unite with the ton to socure tho subatitution of beer and light wines for whisky, rum, brandy, andall the ardent spirita. This will prove a radical remedy for drunkenness, ag can be shown by reference to France, Germany, Italy, Bpain, and other coumtries where only boer and light wines aro usod and intoxication is com- paratively unknown. Noarly if not all the ten would unite with the nine to briog about this substitution, aud tho result would be the almost total disappearanco of drunkenuess in Iowa. ‘The error that the nino moko is in - scoking to establish ideal perfoction by com- pulsion instend of praetical good by the use of-reason and common-senso methods. 8o long as reformers seck to make absolnto piety, holiness, or prohibition testa of good- ness, the majority of people will not only not agreo to it, but will not evon believe in tho theory, The Towa Prohibitionists hava made a'radical mistake. Drute foreo nover reforms, especially when tho brute force is in tho hands of the minority. Tho Springficld Journal, speaking of the Dlinois Pension Agencics, says: . Penslon Agencles aro assumod, in theory, to be located with reference to the convenfence of pene sloners rather thun for the accommodation of tho Feaston Agent, and Miss Bwxer could an well have boen assigned to duty at Springfield as Chicavo. The fact that she was a woman, as aleo that sho had proved herself 8 good ofitetal, undoubtedly had much to do with hoe mtention. The Journal scems to think that it wonld in some way bo mors convenient for n pon- sioner living, for example, 1 Cairo, Galenn, or Danville, to have his drattmalled to him from Bpringfleld rather than Chicago. It supposoa that the mail facilities between Chicago and other parts of the Btate sro bad or defective 88 compared with those of Bpringfield ; but our ablo and cateomed contemporary is in error, and it is also in error in supposing it wera doing tha grontest good to the gremtest number by bringing the offica within the local reach of the seventy.five or 100 pemsioners living at Bpringfield rathor than thoe 2,000 or 8,000 ponaioners residing in Chicago. We recog- nizo ‘tho gallanlry of tho suggestion that “Miss Bweer could as well bo romoved to Bpringflold,” but it is hardly fair for Bpring- field to want all tho' attrnotive women and able mon. - Springflold hns Putures for a Postmaster aud Seny and Menmirr for editors, and still is not happy. Tho imports and exports of the United States for the ton months ending April 80, 1877, comparo with the snmo months in 1876 8 follows: 1870, $380, 000,848 13,077,601 240 s dle, 8541,013,248 08, 824,087 Coln snd hunum....’ au:ugimn ”m},e'us:x 163 $608, 061, 015 534, 818,151 Forolgn cxporta..... 201001068 To1TIA0 $688,102,270 §532,035,628 Incrense of exports.. 8,126,641 Decreascin imports.. 122,100 Burplus of exports.. 102,237,033 148, 080, 270 I'hore is a continued docline in the nmount sud valuo of. dutinble goods as compared with freo goods, The importa of theso for the ton months compare: 1877, 18! 8244, 200,708 $209, 68 Totlablo goods. 0,712 Freo goods,, ., 161,004,508 1), 400,087 Of tho artic! domestio export the val- ues of some of tho items compare : 1877, Breads h 776,352 810! Provia 07,710,527 {lluminat 40,125, 835 Haw cottos 164, 000, 000 B0y, Cofton manufactures 8,200,000 TObACCO ceevane s 0en 000, 18, L0, . 3 Tho declino in tho amount and value of dutiablo imports indicate a sorions loss of rovenue,—a result, in part, of taxation that s bocoms prohibitory. b ] 1t ia difficalt to undorstand why the two im- placablo opponcats of tho Administration—the Times and Inter-Ocean—cannot 1f¥e tn peace and harmony when they agree so well on all the “lve {ssuca.” Tho Times maliclously gives to tbo public tho details of the operation by which tho J.-0, swindled its oditor, Fawcert, and the latter retorts that tho Z¥mes has stopped onc uf {ta prosscs and reduced it forco by discharging a dozen men, The charges and counter-charges, for all wo know to tho contrary, aro true; but why should tho managers of those consumptive sheets show up cach other's tallings? Tuz Tnin. unBdeprecates this aystem of journallsm, It may bo tho fact that the L, O, U, 18 a sors of binko- shiop, ns the Zv¥mes Insinuntes, and it may be that Mr, W. 8TOREY has no uss for a sccond print- Ing-press, as Mesara, I1ax and PaLygn suggest, but why drag these mistortunes before the public! Warrensoy, of tho Loulsvilla Cowr.~Jour., remarked In a pleasant speech on one occasion that tho fights butweon journal istlc cxperimeuts must moro or leas roflect on respectable and cstablished papers, and the Times ana I, O, U. should remombor. that it is tho instinct of the very sumall dog to creato dis- turbances, that his superlor may becomo fn- volved. Not a great whilo ago, bLeforo Mr, PaLuEeR rotired from the publicly sctive mon- agement of tho L, O. U, to woo the purer atmosphers of the Poat-Office for cditorial fu- apiration, tho Z, O. U, snd Times lay with their arms wreatbed around cach other’s necks. Why cannot those fraternal relations bo re- stored! It is evident that Mr, Brousy dealres it, because ho has reduced hils printing cavacity to that of the L, O. U, and it {s manifest that the I, O, U. would liko it, beenuss it, ko the gentleman on tho gallows, (s anxious to forgive cvorybody. If thero s any ono who stands to- wards those papers n tho unfortunato relation of “friend," it would bo *‘godilke® In im to case their Jast moments Ly reconciling them, and Trs Taisuns will *bless them both,” e —— A privato letter from Justico Warrs to o fricnd contalus tho following mnbiguous para- graph: @ 1 have to-day acen for tlg frst timo an articls which, ay 1 undorstand, hoa gone the rounds of the press, to the cffcet that § was not satlefied with tho socins attentions [ recelved while tu Charles- ton, Moat cortalnly 1 hope my friends will not Leliove mo gullty of ooy such foolish complaint, 1 have never sald o word from which any such in. forence could possibly be drawn, and no wuch thought was in my heart, 1t hus annoyed mo ex- coedingly, My dawghter Is as wach aonoyed as I am with this newspaper paragraph. 2 ‘Therp I8 nothiug in this to disprove the sssertion that Judge WaITE was contemptu- ously snubbed in Charleston, and the fact that ne did not complain of 1t Is insignificant com- pured with tho further fact that he docs not deny his lll-treatment, et —— A novel trick@adopted by lightning-rod ped- dlers in Mlssourl is exposed by the St. Louls Republican : ‘The lghtning-rod agent or agents, for they somo- timee 1evel 1 pale tol Gt ThtoBAEL wicHoa that n rod {4 worth 6744 conts, or sumo such price, # foots but, 84 8 experiment, they will put up une for bim, exclusively, for 83, and wait on Liiin for the money, When this utfractive propa- sition s scceptod, the victim is mude to aign a nuto or contract which he supposcs 1s an oulleution to m{uln threo or slx wonths, but which turny out to be & nate for $70. Tbo rod 1s putup, sod the sgonts drive ull; but {n a few days afterwards foriy s, S o e Lrmic vty course, the v’lcum 1 surpriecd and bn?v.l{dmnl'. and indignantly denies that bo over signed such & noto g but “thers’is the inexurabie Landwriting, which binds Lim for the sum claimed. Any man but a Missouri farmer would read a note before sigulng it ‘We wish to ask the Burliugton Juwkeys & question. Buppose tho farmerd of the United Btates were forbldden to feed thelr corn to hogs, would got that bave an effect to diminish the value of corni One of the chicf uses of the wetal sliver is to circulate as mouey; but the act of Coogreas of 1878 forblds it to so virculate except In driblets as small chaoge. Has that prohibition uo effect on the valus of the monoys ‘Think sgain, Mr, Hawkeye. —— There has been a large falliog-oft in the trade with Epgland ju Awmcrican fresh weats. The warm weatber has had somiething to do with ft. But the New York Graphic gives anotherand additional resson; it reticets on the honesty of New York cattle-dealers as follows: The busincas st thu outset proved prodtable, and, 04 & conaoguuace, 100 wany sushed luto it.' The later exportere were Lo cagor to resllze large prof- Ma, Wore nob careful enough a4 to the quality of whels wtock, aad bandled thois shipmeuts budly, In w N other words, front & Jack of hard business senso and novers business honeaty, lostes havo come in- stead of extrovagant profits. . Wil busineas men hover loarn tha oid, ol Ioason that Wonerty s als ways politle, and integrity always oxpedient? 1latd-hended Enellshmen are the Inst men in the world to be Imposed upon by bad beer or bad beef, oran Inferlor urticle of any kind. Nor wilt they :;;r Pay a penny tov much for anything under the —— A curlous lawsult has just Leen finfahed in Genesce County, N, Y., and 8 decfslon {s anx- lously awaited by a large Spiritualistic commu- nity. Ezra B, Bootn bought a awamp In 1574 for a speculation. It did not panout, and when ho was applied to by Jexesian Eronsty, he was ready to scll. Eiannmy had been Informed by alady medium that Rep JAckeT, late Sencea Chlef, had appeared to hery adyising the pur- chasc of the property as It contalned valunble ofi, satt, and coal depoalts, After the purchnse, E16u371, asslsted by several medla, wotked the swamp to lind nothing in it, and now he sucs Hootn Lo recover his motiey on the ground of fraudulent misrcprescntations at the time of the sale. e — The firat wall evolked by tho President’s proce Inmation shutting down on wire-pulling offive- holders comes from the Des Moines Jeglster's editor, which is nlso n Postmaster, Mr. Haxrs meant his notlee for these cross-road politlcians, who use thelr papers and positions to secure their own little euds, and who are of about as much use to a party or a Government a8 a tam- ble-bug to a collego commencement. That tho proclamation was necossary, I8 demonstrated by the vigorous kick of this Postmaster, and that it has hit plumb centro the first week of its en- forcement suzgests thut it cannot Lo carried out. tuo rigldly. ——— In discussing the sflver question, the most stupla sheet among oll our exchanges is the Burliogton fawkeye, 1t is strong on u pun, but when It comes to the “dollar of the dads” it is powerful weak, It scems not to have gol through the hair of thoe Hawkeye that creating a great demand for n inetal necessaclly increasos its value, und that cutting off the demand re- duces it. The Hawkeye should lay aside its puna and paragrams, ncrostics and turlupinades, long cnough to lnvk into somte clementary treatisc on political cconomy, where it will per- celve that it is making o Jaughing-stock of it- selt ———— ‘Tho Inter- Ocean in able to pay Ita editors, ond it does not bavo to obtaln o foreign clerkship either, even for Its London representative, When its two assntlants are able to sny os mnch, it will be time for them to extond eympathy,—7,- 0. What's that! Who! Does the . 0. U. mean to say that the Times' man O'KemNax or WiLkie has obtalned a foreign clerkship! Tne TrisuNE " extends sympathy* to the L 0. U, as no correspoudent’ or representative of the former over was fortunate cnough to obtalna forelgn clerkship, ————— “ Tho Inter-Oceas Is able to pay Its editors,” shricks tho Assignco of that concern. . Then why don't hic pay FAwoRTT for his editorial servi- ces? The Z.-0, saysthat neither PALME nor HA iscditing 1t. Thenwho are tho **cditors” it is “ablo" to pay? It is well known that the luna- tic who writes the intermivable protection swash is pald by o ringof Pennsylvania prohibf- tory-tariff monopolists. Who aro the cditors that are paldi ———e—— The 1. 0. U. says that ‘it has taken cnough bread out but of the mouths of both Tug TRib- UNE and T¥mes to support a very respectable newspaper.” If this were so ft ought to Lo ashamed to confess tosuch uachristianconduct; but wo cheerfully forgive it, as the incrcaso of Tur Trusune's dally circulation during the past eighteen months excceds tho present dally circulation of the L. 0. U. & ‘When tho Milwaukeo Sentined man docs not get his TninuNze in time to steal its war news, liolets the flap of onc of his ears rest lightly upon the Danublan fortifications and listens. } Who Is running for Parliament now, that tho Ticuyonaa case should be rovived 1 PERSONA. Victorien Bardou, tho newly-elected mem- ber of tho French Academy, hos Just completed his 40th year, and s safd to Lo the yousgest of the Immortals; : Oxford this year conferred degrees on Tishop Browne of Winchoster, Lord Chlef-Justics | Coleridge, Secrotary Cross, Minlstor Slr Edward |- Thornton, and John Evans of tho Royal Soclety. Gen, Josoph E. Johnston was presented with & bunch of magnolins morrounded by green leavea at tho recent Richmond College Commenca- ment. 'Tho audience was vociferous and entnusie astie. Olarn Louiso Kellogg will have a contribu. tion in the midsummor holidsy number of Scrid- ner's, and the samomagazine will contain the open- lug chapters of a new novel, entitled **Ilis Inbor- Itaace," by Adeline Trafton. Mr. Gladstone has promised to contributa an article to the July number of the Nineleen(A Century on tho subject of **Authority in Batters of Opinlon, ™ in reply to Sir Jamea Stepnen's papor on tho subject in the April number of the same ro- view, The death is nonounced of Lieut. Jones, ‘who was in charge of the Merrimac during her fight with the Monitor, Commodore Goldsborough, who dlod only o fow days ago, commandod the blockading squsdron at Fortress Monroo durlng tha samo fAight, One on tho conoerts given to the President at Boston reprosents porfectly, it ls understood, the **calture*’ of that intorosting city, No tickots wera sold for this particular concort, Money can- not buy & way Into the awful prosence of Loston **culture,” it should be understood, The American correspondont of the Lon. don newapapers made o rather scrious crror whon ha telegraphed to the other side that the Cabinot had declded that the intcrest and principal of tho 4 per centa only aro payable In gold. The Cablnet did not sa decide, according to best uccounts; and ita declalon, Inany event, couldnat afect tho legal contract in the case, Mzrs, Elizaboth Thompson, of, New York City, offers three premtums, ono of $100 in gola, ono of $75, and ono of $30, for the best newspa- por articles of about 2,000 words upon somo fea- ture of tho **Labor Question," considered in Its widest aspect, Manusoripts are fo bo sent to the offico of the Llterary ZTudle in Now York. Mrs. ‘Thomp«on reservea the right of accepting at 820 any cssoy that shall not be awarded the premium, Oliver Optic and Bol Smith Russcll have acranged o new form of entertaiument, tobeknown as ‘*Laugh aod Live; or, How the Ninotventh Parish Dullt Its Church.” It will introduce Mr, Russell in soveral of his charactor delineations, and Oliver Optic In his own stories, The plecuis founded on an incldent intho annals of the church of tho Nineteonth Parish of Dinkerport, by which, aftor the paster and puople had succeeded In paye ug uft Its debt, 1t was burued down, and the min- wior got up tho'entertainment of **Laugh and Live," with the procecds of which the edifico was Tobwilt, The Jubilee of Pius IX., or the fiftleth sunlygrsary of bla consecration ss a Blshop, oc- curred on the same day with the national annlvers aary of ltaly, called tho **Fosta della Btatuto," 1t waa feared that thero might be a colilslon in the streets botween tho Natlonalists and the Pilgrims, but nothing of the kind took piace. ‘Tho revlewol troops st 7 o'clock ju the niorning was the occaslon of a spontancous and overwhelmiug demonstration of affection for the King on the part of the people. A number of pligrims were at the review, pralsing the troops and the martial ap- vearance of the King, The coremonies st the Yatlcun, 18 lssald, were not so {mposing, the streogth of tho Pope haying been pretty well ox- hausted by the previous cervmonles, 8t Poler's Chorch was ducorated fn the ususl manner by the tanglng of crimson stk on the grest plllare. A correapondent of the New York Fost adds that the result of the Jublice was not satiefsctory to the clerical party, which hoped that tho numbar of pligrims would bave been much larger, and that they would biavo coto from the higher class of so- clety, The 8,245 pligrims wbo were present on the 2dof June were fow when compared with those prescnt at other Jubllees of the Howman Cath- oilc Church, The 11ts this year ta the Pope, bow- over, have not been in proportion 1o the suwall numlcr of pligrims, those who came havlng brouglit gold und other precions thinge to ropruacut the abscut vnes, BOARD OF EDUCATION. Superintendent Pickard Assigns‘ His Reasons for Ra« signing. A Want of Ilarmony with the As- sistant Superintendent, A Committee Appointed to Investigato the Trouble. ‘The regular semi-monthly meeting of the foard of Educaflon was held lsst ovening, Prestdent Sallivan In the chalr, On motlon, it was declded to have tha examina- tion of candidatea for Supcrintendent of Drawing take place on the 12tk of Jaly. P Inspector Prussing, of tho Commlttea on Ger- man, reported the Increave of the number of popils studying German for the last month ot twenty, The increase for the iast ‘six montis had becn steady. Tho report wns acceptod. : Wiien the Board reached tho onler of unfinished businens, lmsx:ctnr Stith offered tho following: Suxneas, Ji 8 Fickant, e, Superintendent of 1677, notify the President of I8 purpuss to realin such TP RAR SO0 . 1o PIOKRRL F4d. Gt on the 14t fort o s communication to_the-uit, request tiat it I released froni the busition he now holds aficr tho 1080 OF 1110 Prusent scliool-turmy and, Vjixaxas, The terin of otics for which be was clect- el " schiools of thls city, ad fully approciuting the Inoiives Yhieh prompt bint hot Lo spociy the ats of his with- e Teexulred, That lio be and 1y heeely raleased (rom his pusstion ax Buperintendent of Schanls, and hife resigna- tlou Is licrely accepted, 10 take iTect b tho ¢lo#0 Of the present terin, coding June 2y, 1577, WIHY I RESIONS. The President announced that tbe Buperintend- ent hiad sabmitied a communication to the Board, ;vhlch the clerk proceeded to read. It waa as fol- owa: . To the Roted of Fducation—GextLesex: When I exiresacd to you iy destea to Foting fromm iy worl now cuinploting tho thirteonth yesr, » public ruason for s dulnig was LHouHE NElEhor estmary noF desirablo. My ressong have been so varionsly siven, and my plaiewo fully developed by perions Los nugunlated witlh eftber. that It now sppears due o mysif as well as to oursalves that & concine statement over iny own alg- ature bo made to ciid alf surimise, Porsonai conslderstions muit glve way when publla {ntoresta are fnvoived, My desire for quict withdrawal seemn to fail of ronlization. - Cousclous of delocts Ad Aware of mistskes, your Superintonlent lius gladly avalled Winuelf of evory sugiestion louking toward fmprovement. Tho severa criticlum to which ho has been subjected from persons known and unknown liss not boen sccompaniod Ly well-concurted plais of reform, and he has been left in thedark os lo what remedy should b applicd Lo cure Such glaring defects a3 wero patent to' oUliors wiior ian himscit, Two yosrs ago your Superintendent was f{nforthed that. as nge wna creuplu upon him, {t would be dostr: ablo"to hiave some unc s sasiitant, Wi ul ) hie - place, ' Iu pursusnce of thls object o Kontleman was sclected, £r0m Whoso largo oxperienen inuch benofit was expected. 1¢scemed then mteurud Ahat suggestions would be nisds Which muat vesult in needed muditications of our work and fu Impruved methods of teachlitg. as well main the more businos. Hike conduct of affairs Intrusted Lo tha Siiperintedent aind Iis asaletant unaer tha rules of th L Thesa €xpoctations have not been realized, since no sugges: tlons of changy biave been made, (hough often asked for. 1t s nut to0 niuch t asy that the Kuperintendent has received no colinsel whiataver from lila salstant yer- * talning to their legittmate work. Un tho contrary, the Assistunt Buperintendent scortis ta have marked oue for Wimeelf an fndependent courss uf sction,if Lo work ha has required uf others, without oven aaking the con- sent ot anraval of the Buporlatendent, can bo taken an an fndicatio Your Supetintendent has often bean asked to oxplain eertain bianksof tho existenca of which e had not tho siikhtest knuwiedye uniil Ll atiention was calicd to them In the schools, Must of the (nformatiou asked for can b obtainad from Teporta mado manthly Lo tha Yok, or from " tho clerks Wola o {rom & o Gt " pa ways o s tnapection, Somo ot fie Inforination asked for (s €ntirely out of rintendent’s departinent, Th o Init to the resldence of toacliers 18 convenlent for use In hie office, but need not be called for thres or four tines n & your, Atthe lest imseting of the Princlpals Assciation, sealed pruposala ware civen gut with instruciions tha thiey boopened only &b the sehiool-bulldingv. 0 ba ros turaed In thic care of ono of the assistant clorkh, Of s pecullar procesding lttia would hayo beon sy parhaps, hiad nut the fuct transpired that tho assistan! clerk, Who alded (1 preparing tho bianke was nstruct- ed L'aflow no ony to sce the biauks, and to destroy tho siencll u 00n na used, cn Lhg Nuperintendent naked tho privilegn of acos ing samo of the bianks he wes inforimed that thiey were for the Drivato use of the As denty and only uj nlsvllcluon [T tho Buperintendent been adla to obtaln e single exception of the directory blanks, the Supers atendent has not been allowed to sio any of the blanks after thoy were filled, Liecoguizing tho Iniportance of naity in the dmints. tration of school aflaira, the Superiatendent it luva: risbly submitied to his asalai whatever ho laa epared for the wsw of the Board or fc ustruction ~af teachers, but sel samo courtesy beon returned. of the Huperintendent man; s ex, Asslazant “woul 001 af methods of pil lics, a0 8t variaiico with what tha ilavea 10 be forthe best fnterest of the $chools tliat the result must be a divided adminlairation 1t Iunfi:fl contluued, u! itorest 1 tho schools of the c".{ 1a best expressed in the hupo that, under & new adminatration, which hearty and uulted suppurt of vour lion- grable body, all tia defects of the past aball be reme t Instruct! ) Any changs that shall incrensa the offlelency of the schiool tem 1no ons will hall with grester ilodness thaa my: f." ‘Er{ respectfully, your obedient servant, PioxARDL Buperintandent Setiools. INSIDE 1ISTORY, 7 Tnspector Clark hoped the resolation wonld not boadopted. 1In the first place, there necd be no hurry, Tho communication from the Snperintond-« cut gave, for the first time, the real reasons for his resignation, 1ad tha Buperintendent ad comu forward and statod what wae tho real cauee, viz, ; that the Bosrd hadimported from another city an stant Suporintendent, and that tneso gene tlemen had not worked barmoniously together, Mr, Pickard had nt last come to the conclusion that he could not work in this waykny longor, and hod thereforo resigmed. . The ninss of tha tax-poying community wanted Mn Plekard rotained. . The cause for his resigdation was that the DBoard had pat In his way a man who waa a hindranco and an obstruction to his work. When it cama to a choice botwaen Mr. Pickard and & stranger,—a man brought from Doe trolt for the speclal purpose of supplanting him snd thrusting him out,—the speaker conld not hes- itats sa 1o wiich'way be know. 110 had bean ssked by 8. gcntlumln high in authority to vote for Mr, Doty, tho renuest bo- ing made lu the presence of Arthur Dixon, o ro- plruu 10 this yenlloman that he understood the movement to bring Mr. Doty to Chichgo was or the e of thrusting Mr. gentle- man's o the P im0, 1 am free to confoss to you.* The speak- er sald then that Le would never vote for Mr, Doty Inthe warld undor thoss cifcumatances, and ha never In choosing between Mr, Pickard and this man who had not wucceeded in bringing in tresh material and fresh biood, —as was ho woald do,—a gentleman who bad devoted his tima 10 obtaining sintistics of no apparent carthly valie, ho bad no hesitation, 1e should vote sgalnst tho resolutions. ‘Thore was no hnrr{ and the matter should be ailowed to rost until the public pulvo was fell—tho pulsoof taxpayers who cortalaly had tl*hu in this niatter, uspector leed rald it was well known thet he was & pronounced and opon friend of Mr. Plckard, Wiileut Washington, New York, and Pbiladelphia Iast year, Lo had hieaid t sald, by gentiomen con- noctod with educational intercata in thoso clties, that Ohicago had tha best Suporintendent In this country, and that they would bo l%hd to get Lim uwl{ m Chicago If thoy could. Such s man ought to be retalned, At any rate, tho Doard should move llnwl{ inwo hoportant & matter, and he therafors moved to uostpona action untll tho next regular weeting, Inspector 8mith sald that Inspector Clark had taken up another subject, and one which bad no buaring on tho case, Lo tho wore wmatter of ime vorted Leachurd, he ™ BELIBVED IN IMPOLTED STOCK. He would like to inquire wby Mr, Pickard's WIIT' nution bad uot been presented bafore, sinco thu als legod reasons must bave oxisted somo thuv, A bypocrits Inspector Smith could not eudure. Mr, Viekaca'a old reason foe rodi Was tha *Vrapide Iy fawlnu work and bls need of o respite.” Now uv bad sauther reason, Did it not look 1f tha furmer restygnation was held over tho heads of the mombers aa a threat, for the purvose of hnproasiog the Board with Mr, Plckard’s fuiportance sod tha propristy of increuslog bis saluzy, just as if thero wes no uther nau in the country that could take biaplace? Inspector Bwith belleved, from what by had heard sud scon at the Centen- nial,” that the Superintendent of the Ci clunstl schools hsd r reater [ rriulu over the excellence of Mz, Plckard bad over those of Chicago, I Smith deprecated the idea that he bore Mr, 1o spoko wheroof any anluosity, but he could not live and ¢ndure wankood s & mewber of the Hoard, sud bave it turust tnto teath yeavailer your hat this man would resign. He believed it wis quite possiblo to fod & man to teka hls place. Frow what bad been said, snd frowm the communication jlself, bo wud mory than ever in favor of accepting thoe realgng- tlon, luspector Clatk wanted to nsk what possible barw thero could by {u postponing u decision of the question until tho Noard could thoroughly uue dorstand what the people wanted, inspector Smithsald the coutroversy bad boen golug un fur the last yesr, ‘The Lourd usderstoud by imattor now as wull as it ever would, and ho wanted the controversy ¢nded, 0 that sowe attene tion might be given to the sulject of Anding o man who wouid taku Mr. Plckard's place. luspeclor Prussing could noi lay s0 much stress ou_public upiulon, for that wes a manufuctured asticle, A won could writs ten lotiers a day to tho pors, sud public oplulon was supposcd to bavy g:eno nlwf. ‘The Board was quity competent to judge mow, without tho ald of auyasuch public oplulon. - Tle moved, in conclusion, that tho Prus« x.l'um appolnt 8 committee to exsiue the poluls 1o 3r. Pickard's lotter and roport thescon thls uvens fspector Welch suggested that Mr, Doty should bave an opportunity to be beatd In regard to this coununication, whiel virtually ‘suounted 10 chugees. Mo rmarked that, as far a¥ dmporting was concasned, nearly every Superintendent Ctu- caz0 over Lud was hmported” from souia other city, whore they had thuo 0 traln teachicrs, luapector levd would, of coursy, give Mr, Doty 8 hoaning, snd moved, 89 0 awvaduwent, that 159