Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1877, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY JULY 25, 1877. confront a mob one needs to be told that theso hardy soldierrn, commanded by inirepid and ex- perienced officers, can firs with marvelous rapidity and precision, and that when the command is given overy trigger will be pulled. Tho incendiary and the thief will do well to avoid a meeting with theso rix companies of regular troops, who, whether ienling with Communists or hostile Indians, havo an unpleasant way of shooting to kill. The Tribune, “GERMS OF SURSCRIPTION, BY MAIl—IN ADVANC oni ITION, POSTPAID, Mr. Guapstore, in reply to an address from the Baptist churches of Worcester- shire, haa published a long letter condemna- tory of the proposition to grant to the En- glish Government a supplementary vote of two millions of pounds, He not only denics that thera are any precedents for sucha course, but he predicts that such a policy, even if it be disguised under the plea of British interents, will be resisted in a spirit the Government will do well not to provoke, Ho affirms that no such vote could be taken at the prosent jancture withont roviving in the minds of the Turks the delnsive expectation of English assistance. : havo virtually repudiated a noble duty, but it is a long stride beyond this in the di- rection of mischief to countenance or sup- port that great iniquity, the Turkish domi- Unhappily for Mr. Gladstone's predictions, the recent action of the Gov- ernment in sending not only its flect to Be. sika Bay, buta atrong army to Gallipolis, commanding the Dardanellos, looks very much like active interference, ‘HE COMMON DEFENSE. ‘There is no pfefense so ntrong os that of Thore aro 20,000 able-bodied men in this city having homes and families dopendont on them, and who naturally, look to the public authorifes for ptotection for those homes against firo and plllnge, and for their families from violonce. military organization in this State, atd the general interruption of communication, of necessity compels the people of ench com- munity to depend on themselves, Tho safety of life and property in Chicago is in tho hands of the people. Will they protect eure and mire Post- vent relay and mistakes, be duress in full, including Stat Fatt, ex Poat-oftice order, or in regietered letters, at our risk, TERMS TO CITY SORSCRIDERS. 25 cente per week, Hooles’a Theatre. * Randotph atreet, between Clark and Lasalle, Fa- garement of the Union-Squste Company. * Les Dane Messrs, Thorne, O'Neil, Stoddart, ete.s 3 any Morant, Sara Jewett, Katharine Rog: Afternoon and evening. Adciphi Thentre, corner of Dearborn. Haverly's ‘Minstrels. Ada R Billy Rice, Dilly Carter, cte. Afternoon and evenin) Esporition Ballding- ke Shore, foot of Adams street, Summer-Nieht val hy the Thomas Orchestra. WEDNESDAY, CHICAGO MARKET SUMMARY. The Chicago produce markets were cxcited and irregular yeaterday, the leading ones being weak~ ‘ened by the labor trouvles. Sess pork closed 6@ 124 per hrl lower, at $13. 2215@15.25 for Anguet 1.471% for September. AR.05 for Angust and $9.05@ 9.0714 for September. Meats were ateady, at beper TD for loose shoulders and G%c for do short ribs. Lake freithta were leas active and steady, at 3c for corn to Buffato, Highwines were quiet, at $1.08 Flonr was doll and weak, Wheat clored 154@0';¢ lower, ot $1,950 for July and Corn closed 34b1i%c lower, atd7isc for July and47%e for Angnst. Oate closed ccash and 27is¢ for August. Kya . Barley was Orm, at 71c for new Hogs wero dull, at 5@10¢ decline, cloning steady, at $4.85@3.10, Cattia for butchers’ atnff, Sales were at Sheep were firm, at §3.00@4.75, t Saturday evenlug there was In storoln this city 176,460 bn wheat, 1,743,448 bu corn, 187, 785, bu rye, and 61,208 bu barley. bu, dengan Increase of 130,551. dn during the week, One hundred dollars in gold would buy §105, 621g in greenbacks at the close. $1.1514 for Augast. ‘This city has thousands of able and ox- porienced soldiors who aro compotent to muke intelligont organizations. holder standing in his own door is poworless both for the genoral as woll as his own protection; but 400 ‘citizens, organized under “the direction of competent offi- cors, and acting in communication with other bodies ench 500 strong, within supporting distance, will constitute a defonae not only against actual mob vio- lence, but the mere fact of such organization will repel attack and preserve the ponce, Unorganized, tho citizons must remain help- less; their very want of organization is an invitation to violence and an encouragement So long na businesa is dis- turbed, workshops and stores closed, so long will there be freo opportunity for each man to give such aid ashe can to the Mayor, Ench ward and each procinct should at once enroll ita citizens for the common defenso, for protection against incendiarism and against violence to porson and property. ‘These lints should bo furnished the Mayor; competent officers should be supplied and Each ward, ench precinct, each streot, and each block should be thus organized, that the Mayor may know that anch organizations have boen mado and where they aro located, that he may be able to aupport them if necessary or have them support others in the maintenance of public Tho factthat 20,000 citizens, armed and under command of competent officers, are dispersed through the city to support the police and tho military, will have an assuring effect, and, if it doos not detor vio- lence, will furnish the means to suppress any violonee or outrage, arson or robbory, that may bo attempted. ? Let every man who has a household, who bas n homestead, who hos n store, n ware- ‘houss, a factory, or an office, which ho ‘wishes to save from fire and violence, or who hosa family ho wishes to protect from abuse, enroll himfelf with his neighbors for his own and the general defense, ‘Thero is no defense now but sclf-defense, and self-defenso ia the strongest and best, Properly organized, such n dofenso {a invin- eiblo, and on that organization depends for the time being the safety and preservation of life and property in Chicago, Again, we appeal to avery citizon to organizo for the Greenhacka at the Now York Stock Ex- chnuge yesterday closed at 4}, There were no fluctuations during the day. Thotgh the great strike is still in full foree nnd virtno, there is by common consent moro respect for lifo shown than in the earlior stages of tha difficulty. The strikers are thoroughly in earnest, and the railway business of the country has come to a stand- still, and the companica rofase any action looking toward a settlement of the difficul- The Republican Judicial Convention for the 'I'welfth District yesterday nominated the Hon, Crank W, Urros, of Racine, as candidate for Judge The nomination is in¥every way most exccl- Tent, and wo have no doubt that tho Repub- Neans of Mellenry, Boone, Lako, Kendall, DuPago, Kane, and DeKalb will ratify it at the polla with a handsome majority. the Appellate Court, It is gratifying to observe that in goneral atono of moderation and a respect for Iaw characterizes the speechcs made at the vari- ous Jabor gatherings, Ono of tho speakers at tho Labor Lengue last evening hit the nail squarely on tho head when he said that by destroying the property of the railroads the strikers were in effect destroying their own property, for in tho end the workingman would bo taxed to pay the damage. ime and under any other circumstances, the procession of such a gang of ontiaws, thieves, and Communista through the City of Chicago would have attracted the serious’ attention of tho police and the thoughtful consideration of the people. Yesterday it was a burlesque, and the bent efforts of the banditti only held! the atrike system up to ridicule. sort of midsummer festival that amused the chitdren.and did no damage. It waa » pleasant Charter Oak policy-holders will be both in- terested and gratified at the encouraging as- surnuces embodied inthe resolutions adopted yesterday at a moeting of the numerous com. mittces present at Hartford to look after the interosts of the people whom they represent, It is now believed to be certain that the Company will not be put into the hands of a Roceiver, but that a new management, more economical and efficient than its predecessor, will hereafter guide tho destinies of the proclamation commands all good citizens to at once place themselves on the sido of law and order, and to join with the local authorities in the protection of life and property and the preservation of the public poace, For the honor and credit of Ilinois the Governor's appeal should be promptly responded to, classes once understand that the vast ms- jority of tho citizens, workingmon and all, are against them, and we shall have no diffi. culty in preserving order. A WORD WITH THE WORKINGMEN. All citizens should give solemn heed te tho Mayor's proclamation, It isa note of danger that may be averted with prudence, forbearance, sobriety, reason, and respect for law. ‘The danger is not from the volun. tary strikers on the railroads or in any‘other business, It is threatened by the criminal classes, tho rufflang, loafers, and thieves who use tho strike as # disguise for thelr unlawful It was not the workingmen who yesterday tramped the streets, visited shopu, foundries, and manufactories and forced those engaged in earning their living to lay down their tools and abandon their avoca- tions. These tramps must not bo confused with the railroad strikers, who have their own question to settle, The railrosd men have no object or interest in forcing the operatives in the shops and factories from their work. The latter have no quarrel with their employers about compensation, ‘The yorkingmen are among the greatest auf. ferera by the enforced suspension of busi- ness. Thoir interests are identical with those ‘The two-classes should make common cauge for their mutual pro- tection. Al! employers should mingle and advise with their employes have been driven from their work by the bummers snd Communista, their omployeys should share their loss, and both should unite to pratect theroselves against the dicts. tion, and threats, and vidlence of the lawléas Let the vicious It is not entirely out of th sibility that some of the strikers will find themselves in the clutches of the United States suthoritios it necessary’ to Washington for the railways aroin the hands of Receivers, e~4 consequently under the protection of tho United States Court, and Judge Davu. wonp has issued an order announcing that all persons interfering with such roads will be promptly and sununarily dealt with. _ Publio opinion in England ia divided as to the renl meaning of the embarkation of ‘troops for Malta. The Ministry when ques. tioned are at some paina to make it appear that only a small number are to be sent to reiuforco the posta in the Moditerrancan, fpltsough it ia known that five of the. largest troop transports, with a carrying capacity of 1,600 each, have been placed under sailing orders, and it is rumored that an Admiralty Agent is now in Liverpool for the purpose of chartering private vessels. While the time has not come for the Goy- ernmeut to show its hand, it is very evident that the hand is a strong one, and that Rus sis will bo afforded an opportunity to sca it of their employers, Tho workingmen themselves must guard against being betrayed into support of the kuaves who do not work aud will not work. Business is depressed, it is true. But the times have been hard for years. Buusiness of every description has been poorly remu- nerative, if at all Chicago was adouble suf- ferer,—first, from the destruction of the fire of 1871, and secondly from the depre- elation of property of all kinds, especially real estate, since the panic of 1873, Chi- cago businese-men bare never beon sccusod It is now definitely known that six com- panies of tho ‘Twenty-second Infantry, re- turning from duty in the Sioux country, will arrive in Chicago carly this morning on thelr way to Detroit, and will remain in this city Their presence will value in proventing dis- if they should be of unfairness fo the working classes. Chi- cago wagos havo alwnya been at the highest rnling rates in the West, During tho nn- exampled rebnilding after tho fire, Chicago property-owners pnid generonsly and prompt- The declino of wages bas been the outgrowth of hard times and ptern necessity. Thero is not a clear-hended employer in Chicngo who ly for the work that was dono. would not gladly pay bettor wages, if he conld, for then his would he proportionately larger and more profitable. trade and destruction of their property, the workingmen will necessarily suffor a part of the loss. They will be worse off in the degree that their employes are worse off, No class, then, has moro renson to resist, aud denounce, and repudinte rioters and de- atructionists then the workingmen them- selves, The exercise of common jndgment will im- presa those facts upon nll workingmen, Tho interesta of their families demand that they shalt help maintain the public peace and order and the protection of property and If there ore any special classes of Inbor. employed mon who just now feel that they ore not receiving as good wages as thoy wonld like to havo, Ist them sacek to sottlo with their omployera in n quiet, orderly, lawful, reasonable way, But Iet all thoso who prefer to carn a littlo in hard times rather than earn nothing range themaclrves upon tho side of the Jaw, insist npon thoir right to work without being threatened or assaulted, and lend their strong arms to the fnll restoration of order, authority, and busi- nesa, Tho Inw must prevail in the ond, Or- der must be assured, and it will depond lntgely upon the workingmon themsclves whether thoir condition shall be rendered worse than itis by the destruetivd force of tho roughs, villains, thieves, and madmon of tho city, Evory depredation committed and evory hour of enforced suspension of buri- ness will fall moro henvily upon tho real Inboring community than any other class, and they should exert themeclyes by every means of rentraint and counsel to maintain the pub- THE CRUSADE AGAINST LABOR-SAVING MACHINES, Tho proposition of tho sclf-conatituted leaders of the Inbor classes which has been declared over and over in harangues and embodied in rezolntions, to stop the produc- tion of Iabor-saving machinery in order to increase Inbor, is ignorance. It displays mental condition in this direction hardly above that of the stono ngop Sinco the days of Puanaon, when men first elevated water from the Nile by machinery instend of carry- ing it in earthen jugson their hends, or since the timo when Grecian scionce discovered the use of tho screw, lover, and pulloy in alding ond saving ‘abor, thore nover has beer n nation, people, or trade that has vol- untarily surronderod or forgotten its inven- tions for prodncing moro with less Inbor. Barbario nations, ignorant of inventions and their uses, have overrun moro highly-civilized countries and destroyed them, and this many of tho arts of tho Aztecs, the Egyptians, the Grecians, and the Romans bnve been lost, somo of them forever; but there in no instance in the world’s history whera mon have willingly givon up the advantages of inventions to produce the same results with leas labor, or a greater result with the same labor, for the purposo of incrensing physical effort. Do these Communintio spoutors suppose that the world will evor give up gunpowder for bows and arrows, or brecch-loaders for match-locks and flints ? Do they suppose the world will give up stoal- edged tools for the implements of the stone or copper age; steam machinery and tho mochanical powers for tho raw labog of tho hinnds; the sowing-machine for tho hand- needle, nad, grentest of. all, tho railroad, that mightiest achievoment of hn- man mechanism in Iabor-saving, for the atage-cosch and Conestoga wagon? Do thoy supporo that people will willingly go back to that time whon, in carrying ox- changes, it cost throe bushels of wheat or corn to carry one to market? To make the absnrdity of their domand still more nppar- ent, do they suppose that peoplo will wil- Nagly give up the air-brako which has been adopted, first, for economy of labor and ox- pense in arresting speed, and rccond, for safoty of life, and return to the old system of hand-brakenge, becauso it employed moro brakemen? Tho demand is absurd and im- possible on ity face. Would it be possible to induce the pnblio to surrender the Beasemen system of working stecl, or the hot-blast methods of melting iron ore, or the improved modes of converting iron and stcel into thousands of useful shapes, or of chang- ing hides into boots and shoes and harness, and wool, cotton, linen, and wilk into textile fabrics? Would cities give up steam water-works or steam fire-engines, in order to employ hand labor and watering- carta ? * Would the South surrender tho cot- ton-gin or New England the powor-loom ? Would the country be willing to throw away automatio machinery for flouring-mills, anw- ills, and sash-factorics, and for making nailé, serows, ping and needles, knives and forks, and the utensils of tho kitchen and honschold ? Would the farmers give up their reapers ond mowers, threshers and cleaners, drills and droppers, and other labor-saying implements of husbandry, in order to make more and harder work ? ‘The Communists forgot that while these machines seem ‘to cut off labor in one direction, they increnga it In,ouother, and that it takes Iabor to produce, operate, and repair thoue machines, The object of the machines is to do more in supplying human wunts, and to produce more neceasaries with leas of Isbor, so that mankind may have more &f the good things as well as® the necogsities of life. Their proposition would turn us back to that barbarous era when mon lived by flocks and herda, dwelt in caves or wigwams, clothed themsolves*with skins, and fog upon the flesh of boasts, herbs, and Desries. It ia 9 moroment of retrogreasion based upon ignorance of human nature to wipe out al! that the skill of man has pro- duced, so ns to got greater results. They forget that as you cut off tho power of pro- duction you cut off the power of purchase, All business is simply the exchange of com- imodities. If the productive power decreas es, there is leas toexchange. The joint pro- duction is so much smaller, and there is no increase in the market, for labor. If the farmer does not produce, he cannot buy; but, as he increases his production by labor- saving machinery, he buys more from me- chanics, hero are cases where the cities produce more than the country can purchase, but this cannot be remedied by any such anti-labor- saving wachiuery resolutions as theso meet- ings have passed. ‘The causo of the de- pressod condition of business cannot bo traced to the abandance of goods and wares, business But if tho merchants, mannfac- turers, builders, and other omployers be atil! moro crippled by a disturbance of their food and clothing, produced by brain-skill and Intelligence, nor would a relapse to the mechanical methods of barbarian ages fnr- - nish a remedy, no matter what the Com- ‘ munirt brawlers my say to tho contrary. THE SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS. Of conrae it was not tobe expected that Chicago could ercapo all oxperiouce with tho present panic. Whon the country is visited ‘by a scourgo that rages from ore end of the continent to the other, a large city like Chi- eago shares the gencral infection, The disoase justnow is frenzy, nnd it in contn. gious. Wo mny, and probably sliall, be ablo to avoid carnage and incendintism such as Baltimore and Pittsburg suffered ; and even ‘mch acenea of violenco and bloodshed ns havo been enacted at Buffalo, Reading, and somo other places may not occur here. Int Chicago is alrendy confronted with » general suspension of businors. ‘The trafic of a scoro of Chicago railroads has been brought to a atondstill, The freight stations, yards, aud shops of tho various railronds wero visited yesterday by solf-constitnted committees, and theofficersnuid employes were notified that no more froight-trains must be sont ont. The railrond officers accopted the situation, and thero will probably be no effort made to-day to ship or recolve. Tho dictation, of course, was unwarrantable, Itis even donbtfnl if itcame from the railroad employes to any extent. . It is certain that, on some of the roads, the employes wore working quietly nd contentedly until thoy wore forced to qnit under the ominous threat that a mob notification implies, The railroad managers of Chiengo neem to havo agreed pretty generally to abido by the enforced anspension for the present. Most of them feel that they arotrastees for millions of dollars’ worth of othor people’s property, and that they will do wrong to risk its destruction by nn effort to continuo business under the circum- stances, ‘he decision is pradent, Thoro will not bo oven the semblance of provoca- tion for violonce, plundor, or iucendinrism while tho railroads accopt the terma that tho strikers nnd tho outaide mob impose. All this moans a gonoral suspension of business, If any one doubted it boforo, this result is very ovident to-day. Tho doors of the Chamber of Commerce might as well bo losed; trading has practically coased on the ard. Tho banka cannot sdvince money on bills of Inding, nor oven on warehouso re- coipts; tho exproks opens cannot bring back from New Yor and other Enstern cities the money dne Chicago commission men on shipments alrondy mado; commission mon will not be ableto meet thedrafte drawn npon thom by their customers in the Weat; grain lies in the cara on the various tracks which cannot even secure tho doubtful pro- tection of storage. The wholesale honsos might na well close their doors also, for thoy can do no business, They cannot ship tho goods for which thoy have orders; they cannot get the pay for tho ordora that havo boen filled; now orders will censo to come in, The manufacturers havo shut down. Thoy wera closed yesterday under the orders of the mob, Thoso still in opera- tion will suspend of necessity, since thoy cannot got the material to work on, nor send it off after it is worked up. In cortain con. spicuous branches of Chicago manufacturing, auch as the slaughtering of hogs and cattle and the packing of meata, the suspension will be instantaneous and absolute. Thon ithe unemployed classes will bo incronsed by the thousands who havo beon working regu- lnrly and willingly, but who will thus bo forced ont of employment. Tho banks will do no business; there will bo no business for them to do, for exchanges will ceaso with the gonoral suspension of trade. In one word, tho onforced prohibition of rnoning freight-trains and tho stopping of tho manufactories mean a dend-lock on all ‘business, A day's suspension will stop a million dollars’ worth of business; a week's suspension will bring actual want to thon. aands. Tho gaunt spectro of starvation will quickly become a* reality. ‘The growth of rapid tronsportation has mado tho various noctions of this country, and all its manifold industries sand trades, so universally inter- dopondent that, with the complete stoppage of tho railronds, it would speedily be s ynes- tion in Chicago how ond whero to got enough tqeat. If it should como to this, of course riot, plunder, bloodshed, and incen- diarism wonld bronk forth; the thieves and rufiians might begin tho carnival before the noceaalty for food anggeated it, but neceasity would cortainly produce it in the ond,’ In ordering and compolling’ the cessation of freight traffic on all the rnilrosda, the wedgo has beon ontered for overturning the whole commercial, social, and industrial artruét- ure; aud the house, if pulled down, will fall upon those who have started the work of demolition, ‘ The Liboral party of Gront “Britain fell short of tho legitimate measure of its prin. ciples whon it falled to extend tho auffrago to the people of the county constituencies, and to equalize the represontation according to population in the towns. In the boroughs every householder and lodger who pays a amall rent ia a voter, Four men out of five living in the represented cities of England and Scotland have the elective franchise undor the Reform bill of 1868,, But in the villages and rural districts so high o property qualification is required that not more than one-quarter of the adult malow can vote. Nong vf the-Isborers are voters, and . very few ‘mechanics or salaried men, The land-owners, ond their tenant farmers, and the shop-keepers of the villages, and a fow others, aroenfranchtsed. ‘The ad- vanced Liberals have been trying for tho last eight sessions of Parliament to get a bill passed placing the county frauchise on an equal footing with that of the cities; bat a largo section of the Liberal party have op. posed it, and the Tories have voted uolld against it, The Jandlord class are afraid to let the agricultural Jabors have the franchise, "last they could not control them, and so have opposed the measure with unbroken front,—Whig Lords as well as Tory Lords, But the Liberals have at last united in favor of the measure, and the Whig land. Jords have withdrawn their opposition and supported the bill for the first time, Every Liberal but two voted for the bill. In another year or two the British Suffrage bill will bo forced through Parliament, and then will follow another bil! extending tho suffrage in Ireland. There are at least a million of disfranchised men in En. gland, about 200,000 in Scotland, and 300,000 in Ireland,—this on the bacis of the present city franchise in En. gland. On the lat inst., aftor an animat- ed dvbotg on Mr. Taevetran’s motion for the extension of the county franchise and a redistribution of 100 seats in Parliament, » vote was taken. The /’uli Mall Gazette asya: "Tho most remarkable festuros Of the debate were the speech of Mr. Goscuex (Liborsl), in opposl- tion ta the motion, followed by Lord ilautixotox's sonouncement of his inteutlon toaupport It for the fret time. ‘The result of thc divisiva was loudiy cheered hy the Liberals, for the minority of 167 of Inet yone had been increased to22?, and the motion waa only rejected by the comparatively small malority of Afty-eiz. Theonty Livorala who voted in the majority wera Me, Qoecury, Mr. Lower, Lord Enxger Bares, and Mr, W. 1. Foster. Sir H. daura and Sie W, Wancount, who laet yoar followed the example of Lord Iantixatos in stay- ing away from the Monee, now voted for tho motion, Mr. GLanstons and abont twenty mem- bers of his Adminiatration voted In the minority, which also contained the names of the Marquis of Lorne, the Marquis af Tavistock, the Hon, FE, F, Laveson-Gowrn, Lord R. Gnosvexon, the Hon. C, G, Howann, the Hon, I. F. Cowren, the Non, W. Pontaan, ant other representatlves of Whig tamilics, The division was the largest that has taken place on the question, ‘The gréatest namber of members who have previously voted was in 1874, when Mr, Trevanran's bill was rejected Dy 280 to 175, Including tellers, Jna House of 464 members, The minority waa aleo“arcer than oh any former occation, In 1872 the motion was rc- Jected by 150 to 72; fn 1873 Is was talked ont; in 1874, an already stated, it was rejected by 281 to 178; In 1875, by 270 to 168; and in 1876, by 260 to 107, including tellers nenach enee, The majority acainet the motion, it will be seen, has on one oc- casion been eleven Jarger than on this occasion, while tne rotes given for the motion were more numerous by forty-seven than In any previous di- vision, WHO CONSTITUTE THE PEOPLE? Has it ever occurred to the men in tho cities and towns who have Communistic ideas and purposes, and who are now en- deavoring to excite the journeymen and In- boring population to unito with them in ar- reating the whole trado and industry of tho country, how small their proportion nume- rically of the people of the country? When these men, therefore, assumo to grasp con- trol of the Government of tho: United States and to dictate terms on which they will permit commerce to procecd, it is well for them to inquire how far thoy constitute ‘the people,” and how far thoy embrace the physical force and power of the nation. ‘Tho railroads are tho artcrics of the trade and commerca of the United States, They aro osscntial for all purposes of communica tion between towns, cities, counties, Staten, and sections. They are of oven greater im- portance than the mail nnd the telegraph, and in this instance they practically include both these. ,Many soctions of tho country depend on the railways for their supply of ‘road and ment, vegetables and fruit; noorly nll sections, and ospecially the citicd, aro de- pendent on tho railways for their coal. To stop the railways is thoroforo to create a famino in the cities, nnd is to separate the interior districts and prevent thom sending to or recolying from markot. Btag- nation may ot first pinch and oppress the lnrgo cities, but it must very soon reach tho agricultural body, nnd then, and not ‘until thon, will it be felt direotly and personally by tho people. The attempt is mado to soize tho railroads, interrupt all commnnications, prevent tho oxchange of commoditics, and bring produo- tion, labor, business, and social intercourse and govornmont to an absolute standstill. Having dono this, these gontry in tho larga cities propose to rnlo tho country and nd. aninistor by force upon tho lives and proporty of all too wenk to defend themselver, He- canise numerically strong in tho cities, thesa people deceive themselves in assuming that they aro the country, or any more than com- paratively a emall minority, Of the mon who have stopped work in this city within the last forty-cight hours, a large majority have done so on compulsion. Mon whose wagos aro satisfactory and all that hard times will permit, those who have had stendy work, and thoso who havo boon gind, because of the great scarcity of employment, to have been forced to quit their shops, and, losing their own wages, have thus unwilling- ly becomo contribntors to a genoral suspen- sion which thes neither sought nor desired. gots work at all, ‘The great body of these people are dissatis. fied with the situation and are not Oom- muniata; they have no desire to murder, burn, or steal. Wowever much’ they may sympathize with the demand of the railroad mon for higher wages, they know that in their own cnses the way to high wages and continued employment is not by the destruo- tion of life or property, and they know fall” well that, howover it may be delayed, tho eventual restoration of governmental author ity is inovitable, ‘The American poople have not sunk into barbariam in a week. ‘The chief power—political, moral, and physical—of tho nation is in the hands of the agricultural people. As ina cane of for- eign war, and as was tho case in tho Civil ‘War, so in this case, the power of tho nation is in tho hands of the men who own the soil they cultivate, aud who will czorciso their force to protoct their own property, and who will seo to it that this is 9 Government of law, whtwe authority shall bo maintained, and the publio as well as the privato rights of person, life, and property ehall bo pro- tected. It may take some days, but in due time the Grangers will come to the relief of the cities, and the earnest, conservative peo- ple of all trades and occupations will resume the government and control as well of tho railroads as of all other properties, interests, and liborties of the country, There were two ways of meeting and deal. ing with this vidlont interruption of business, One was to resist tho dictation at tho start; the other to surrender to the mob long enough to enablo the cool-heaied people, the business men, and the real workingmen to arrive ata full realization of the conse- quences, Woe think tho Chicago railway managers havo doue wisely in adopting the lntter course. Had they endeavored to re- alat now, thero woiftd have been a collision, more or less frightful, as thero has been in other cities, aud no man could foretell the ond thereof, Now all the men who own property, all the men who have regniar situ. ations or business, all tho men who want to carn a living oud are willing to work for it, all tho men who have mothers and aisterd, wives and | little children, whose liverare dear to them, will have the time and opportunity to collect their thoughts, Every employer will or- ganize all his fatthful and industrious em- ployes on the side of order, protection of property, and resumption of business. Tho rajlroads themselves will find hundreds of thelr workmen who have no sympatlry with the smashing of all thinge, tho impoverish- ing of the community, and the precipita. tlou of general want and suffering. All mon to whom life is dear, and who have sacred and precious trasts in the women and chil. dren dependent upon them, will make com- mon cause for the protection of property and the public order. ‘This will be the first step. Tho next, and it must perforce follow quickly, will be on the aggressive. The mob that now attacks or threatens will be warned to stand back. The cry will soon be changed from the sensclesy clamor’ for 8 suspension of industry to an overwhelming and irresist- ible demand for the resumption of business. The connaunity will direct the railrasd man- agers to resume the running of freight ; there will be men enough to move them, and the community will protect them. Susvension now without resistance ia probably therpeed- jest means to resumption without violence or bloodshed. ‘THE COST OF REFORM, If the reforms nndortaken by the Prest- dent should shatter and disporae his piety, he wonld none tho less havo folfilled his Tho responsibitity of the reforms does Aot belong ‘The programme wna drawn duty both na patriot and a partisan. to him solely, up at Cincinnati by representatives of the Republican party. The policy ha bas now putin oporntion was dictated by them. Itis not his fanit if some of them supposed the platform was Pickwickinn. Ha accepted it without Pickwickian reservations, and, ns an honest man, ho now abides by his word. Morcover, tho value of reform onght not to bo estimated by its effect on the efficiency of fn party organization. Tho President who should inquire first what would benefit his party and afterwards what wonld benefit his country, wonld have a low view of pub. We do not belittle the services Nie duty. of party men and measures, and especinlly not thoso of the Repnblican party in this But Presidont Harzs would be de- country. ficient in courage nnd integrity if he shonld merely confirm existing nbases because he feared a temporary injnry to hiaparty. This alternative has not boen thrust npon him, Ho is not required to abandon either roform ‘Tho loss of strength caused or hin party. by the reform measures will be more than supplied by the gains produced through them, Theo losses arise from Civil-Service Reform and the Southern policy, fects of the latter mensura ara temporary, As tho results of the policy in the South are seen, discontented Republicans at the North will bocomo reconciled. of the Kn-Klux is no longor blown through the Innd, there wil) be no occasion for auxlous souls at tho North to enfertain gloomy forebodings, The possible losses of Electoral votes at tho Sonth will be countorbalanced by gains in the samo region. Tho losses resulting from Civil-Sorvico Reform, on the othor hand, ara permanent. They comprise: (1) Office- holders and committee-men dismissed the rervico for couse; (2) the votors influenced bythose officeholders; (3) persons who make monsy by levying and disbursing political assoasments; (4) voters affected by these na- sessmonta, . Gains arising from tho notion of the Ro- form Administration are moro considerable than the party fnuglemen, with their narrow views of expediency and loyalty to exploded ideas, can begin to understand, First in im- portanco is the flonting vote, which always Jenna to tho side of reform, without re- gard to party, The assistance that Trr- DEN derived. from this source gave him more than ono State in tho Union Inst fall. The - unattached vote controls more than lialf of the Northern Staten, ns was shown in the election of 1874, If Tarxs securos this vote, ho will add to tho Republican column at the next Presidential election Now York and Indiana surely, and ponsibly New Jersey and Cannectlont. At tho name time Ohto, Illinois, and Wisconsin, which have wavered soriously of lato, and would havo gone Democrntie had any candi- dato but Harrs or Bursrow beon nominated at Cincinnati, will be held firm. The Paciflo Const States mny also be counted on to ap- prove and reward tho party that undertakes to reform the Govornment. Tho principal gain will be duo not so much to any close Process of reasoning among the pcople as to the popular impression that reform is abroad, and the opublican party re- sponsible for it. Among smaller gains will bo those officoholders who ap- prove of Civil-Servico Reform be- canse they helrevo it to bo right, and bocanso it reliovyes them from persecution. ‘Those men ought to exert a considerable in- fluence on tho communities in which they live, not by the usual methods of manipu- lnting primarios, but by example and por- suasion, Inthe Bouth, the new policy of conciliation will gain at once the Electoral yote of North Carotina, and ultimately those of Tennesseo, Louisiana, and Alsbams. Meanwhile, it will be an important ‘eloment of Republican strength at the North. The bloody shirt has over boon a treacherous and alfppery garment to hold on to; and tho once beautiful bonner is now too dilapidated for further @se. Many an cyo has danced to sea that banner in the sky, but few eyes would dance to see it there again. Asumming up of the dead and wounded in both parties, including the period from the inauguration of President Harzs until the present day, will show that the losses havo been about equal, while the Republicans have gained an sdvantage over their advor- sorics in strateglo position, Wo cannot ox- pect to fight without losses both from actuat casualty in the ficld and desertion. Hut aa our position improves in other respecta wo may look confidently to have our numbers increased. With the best cause and the bost equipment it would be surprising if the Re- publican party, in the long run, should not be victorious. ‘The deserters, camp-follow- ers, and bommers who have gove, or are going, never conatituted an element of strength. They kept away honest men, the good opinion of one which is worth a whole ward-meeting of others, Bome of the uttcrances of the Communtatic speakers of tho Market Square meeting show the truo lawaniness of these Ivaders aud what would become of sovicty If they had their way. Take this sample. Jou Patson mounted a pilo of barrels and barangued his hearers as thus reported: Mo belonged to a club which met every Thureday nicht ina basenent saloon at tha corner of Ran- dolph and State atrects, and he would ask all his {rlends to mect hint there eome night, when th woul hear cheering words and far belter ape: cre than iie.wae, tfo felt for the laboring clas ashecousidered thoy wero gruund down. This didu’t ought to be, aa they were the alrength of the country; they weru thd producers, aud every> body who accumulated wealth madeitout of ther. The time bad come when what bad yone on for years shauld be reversed; the rich and poor would Ve tocnange placce. It would uot bave beeg #0 had they been treated avy way falrly, but thoy had And now they would help ‘themselves to really their viva. Z Here was a direct invocation to the mob to proceed to the work of pillage and robbery. PERSONAL, Nine hundred and twenty physicians, sur- Geons, and genera} practitioncre of Lonidon have algncd a petition for thd abolitton of the Grocers’ License, under which retailers of ordinary gro- re permitted to sell Intostcating Nquors 10 ‘They regard the practice under the License law as even more peruicious than open dram-selilng, since it tends to encourage secret drinking and drunkenness at home. Br, Bret Harte has written a letter to the Washington Natlon denying any knowledge of the authorabip of the story entitled *'Josoph's Broth- er,” accredited to bim, ls namo was attached to it without bis consent. Le says sweetly to regard tothe matter: ‘*it is asmall matter, but asf ob- servo that tho carcless practice of aligning other peuple’ namce to checks and drawing the money sbesetsom appears to be steadily growing tuto dis- fevor in commercial clrcles, it sccms to me that the plactug of an author's name, without lis coo- went, toau article not written by bim, should be practiced under nome sort of restraint, and only Tho injurions of- When the namo with the greatest delicacy, EF rhoula, if I wern you, proceed cantlonaly in any commenta yon might make, attributins my tlstnelination to pare with my name to that aniveteal human weaknesa which oxtends ton deatrable control of ot’ le robe and toflet articles, and even cast-off cloth. Ing." Mr. Benjamin Loasing, the historian, ling chosen for hia reeiience a quiet and retired apot fn Tintchess County, N. ¥., sixteen miles cant of Fiehkill and the Hndeon Rtver, He wan visited there recently by a reporter of the New York Erening Post, who hoe written an interesting Story of the visit. Mr. Lossinc's house was bnilt in 1811, ana hae beon remodeted to euit hie tate and conventence. fis library contains nearly 4,000 volumes, and fe placed Ina fire-proof bullding. It fn rich in historical matter, rclected principally with reference to use. Losaing began ilfo ne a Journallet, ’ A ludicrons incidont acenrrod on tho odta. sion of the Duko df Connanght's vielt to the Qneon's County Roso Show recently. On tho Duke's arrival at Maryborough Station, after hia luggage had been put on the car, an elderly Jady, who dld not recognize his Noyat IMighnene, went upto him on the platformin an excited manner and told him sho hind loat her hand-hox, Mer tone and manner miggested that ho know romething About it. She ransacked the Duke's logeage, ani, with gestures which implied snepicion, enid: ‘Mind, i¢ wae a white one.” Hla Noyal Highness was much amusad, and the apectators slo enjoyed the scene, ‘When Royalty was abont to visit the Duko of Wellington at Strathfeldeage, ono of tha gentle- men of the proes reqneated permission to be ad- mitted ann reporter on the interceting occasion, ‘The Fleld-Marahal presented his compliments,and begged learo to eay that he did not sce what nis honse at Birathfeldange had todo with the pnblic pross. Another timo, a perfect stranger naked the Duke to recommend him for somo appointment, The reply was in these worda: **The Dake cannot recommend him to the offer, for he knows noth- Ing of him or hile family, Tho Duko's leisure ought not to be waated by having to peruso auch appliications,"* In the course of his ovidence in the trial of Mr, Nradiangh for pubtiehing an alleced obscene book, Dr. Drysilale, rentor physician to tho Free Hospital, sald that his hospltal tife had lod him to ace a great deal of the poor, and he had often been phocked at tho degree of poverty ond misery which prevalied among them, and ho shonid say that n great cea! of it was caused by Intge families and the rapidity with which poor women bore children, who came injp the worl! showing aymp- toma of dlecane In consequence of Il. Sir W. Jen. ner firat drew his attention to dt, and ho had often observed how the firat child wan vory well, and the second pretty well, while the third and fourth wero weak and rickety in consequence of Insuficlent nutriment, and dicd off rapidiy. Thore ia n boy hero now nt the Hot Apringsin Arkansas, Wo Hyvod at Atlanta, On., and was taken out of the atreots thero, squalid and starving, and anffering from an hereditary and In- curable discase tranamitte’ to him by vicloug pa- Tents, Ie was obliged to suffer the amputation of ‘one of hia fect; but, as eaon as ho recovered, he signified his determination to dopond on charity no longer. Waving recelvod $10 a8 capital by bor. rowing from the agent of the Donevatont Meme, lie scon made monoy with whicn to pay this back and pata snug $160 in bank, Then disoase over- took him again; his remaining foot went like the firat one; his moncy waa oon spent, and ho war rorlucedt to death's door, As sonnas he recovered he went bravely to work, and repaid all his ben- efactore. Now be has xogp to tho Mot Springs for is health with some monoy in his pocket, and an unconquerable will never to submit or yield even to circumstances. Tho Emporor of Brazil is no dsbbler in selontific researches. Ifo pten as far as anybody it every branch of Investigation that he prarsnen, Daring his recent etay in London he waa invites to breakfast with a learned Don, a Professor in ont of the universities, The latterhad taken the palnt to **eram" himself extensively from’a now Ger man work an archwotoxy, In which subject It wa: suppored the Emporor liad comparativoly amalt interest. During breakfast the Professor paraded hia newly-acquired knowledge in an exultant man- ner. Tho Emperor watted until the end, and then remarked that he was glad to sco, the Mrofessor show so mach Interest in the anbject, bnt adviscd him to discard at once his German authority, whieh had been superseded among scholara by a new Mungsrian work written in Latin... The Profcsaor was eatlafed, ‘The Emperor William has left Ema foil Coblenta. ‘The Cologne Gazette, In a deacription of bis habits, says ho riees at Gor G:30, apocars on the promenade about 8, drinks the waters at tne preacribed intervals t1119:10, then breakfasts, and evory other day aleotakes® bath betweon 10:50 and11:30, During tho morning bé recolvcs civil and military reporta, dines about 4, gencrally in- viting company, and then rocelves areport on for- eign affalra, 9 Cabinot courior arrtving avery morn- ing, and the telegraph office being open night and day, Ifmninterval romains befaro the theatre the Emperor takes an airing, anit apout (7:50 ap pearson the promenade, then attonia tho play, next takes tea, and about 10:45 rotirgs to his nar- row lrun bedstead, unless businosa detains him 121 or 11:0, Asfor the forcign company at Ems, Russiansand Austrians ora slmoat. obecnt thie year, and tho English prodominate, President Andrew D. White, of Cornel Univoraity, writos toa friend in thls city that he is mote than over Inclined to agroo to Sir Mobert Peel'a dict that **Aucaburg is the Ancat city tn Europe." But he Iamenta tho changes that have taken place In the Hotel zu den Drol Mobren, the oldeat hostelry {n Europe. It formorly canstitut- edapert of the old palncaof the Fnugers, the banker-princes of Augeburg, but for 400 years bas been §=8 = hotel, =and = has — entertained, as the autographs in ite regluters show, hatt the Kmocrora and Kings who have ruledin Buropo within that period. Ono of the Fuggers lent enormous sums to Charles tho First. ‘That mouarch visited Augsburg and dined with the banker. While the banquet was progressing, the latter ordered # fire of clnnamon-wood, then ¥ costly article, tobe kindled in tho froplace, apor which be threw the Emperor's bonds,—thus can cellngthe debt, A few years ago the room ty which this princely act of hospitality was per formed ati!l exleted In Its origina} state,—a On old apartment, with splondid carved ceiling an mantel; but President White's letter states tha the Phillatines have transformed it into the break faat-room, and the eslebrated Aroplace ts now a the end of a corridor, JUDICIAL, Republican Judicial Convention for the New Twaltth District Appellate Court, Special Dispatch to The Tribune, Tonnes Juxctios, I., July 24.—The Repub- Vean District Convention for tha now Twellth Judicial District Appollute Court convened in the achvol-bullding here to-day at 12o’clock, Fifty- two delegates were preront. Capt. A. 1, Coon, of Marengo, was selected as Chairman; and George 8, Utter, of the Richmond Gazelle, Charles Archér, of the Genova Hepubitcan, B. W, Coon, of the Belvidere NorfAuestern, and W. M. Knox, of tho Iaryard independent, were chosen as Secrotarics. Upon @ motion vy EB. H. Gary, the follow! wors solected as & gopeliias s on Credent! tol. We co, MH, Gary. D. Rt. Hallov, B. Faller, fi, 0, Whittemore, P, K. Granger, Quackenbush, The Committee reported the dele- gates enumerated above, Upon motion of 'T, C. Moore, the following wore chowen 98 & Judicis}! Comumittes for the ensuin; yen 8. Carlisle, of Mamprpire WwW, larsh, of Sycamore; 11.8, Hudson, of Kendall; ¥. Il, Gary, of Wheaton; C, A, Partridge, of* Waukegan; James B, Perry, of Mollenry; Charles RB, Fuller, of Bolvidera, Upon motion et Col. James, the Convention ruceeded to an atorinal ballot for a cauaidate for ho Twelfth District, which resulted as For Upton, McHenry, 0; Lake, 6; Kendall, 5; Dy Fags, 3; total, 23, For I’, C, Moore, Kane, 13. Vor Charles Kellum, De Kalb, 0, . For O, UH Welglit, fioone, 5. Total number of ballots, 52; necessary for a olce, 27. ‘Tho Gret formal ballot resulted the same. but be- fore tho announcement wos mado J, F. Parke changed his yotu from Moore to Upton ‘No cholce. ‘The second formal vsllot resulted unauluously for Upton, amid enti iain, Upon the motion of J. U. Wright, the following dasa Kepublican dudleial Carspaign T.C, Moore and Be. Werk: . Granger and J. M Suuthwortn, ot MB. Castle and Charles Kellucr, of Kalo: C. A. Partridge aud &. Gridley, of Lake; B, il. Gary aud J... Wriyht, of DuPaye; 0. H. Wright and J. J, Foute, of Boone; i. 8. Hudson and L. G. Bennett. of Kendall, ‘The Hon. Clark W. Upton was born st Mont- pelier, Vt, and is pow about 5é years of ace, Ile was cducsted uuder the cclepratcd Senator Colis- wer at bie birthplace, aud removed to Ulnots in 1830, where be bas sldce been enygayed In the suce vesaful practice of the law, bie residence being in Waukeyau. He ls tho happy father uf u famlly of two suns and three daughicre, and enjoys s com petence earned tu the practice of bts profcsaivm