Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 28, 1877, Page 4

Thye Tribae, TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL-~IN ADVINCE—POSTAGE PREFAID. gmy Edition, one year. , per 1 et aivrday Edition, {weive pages H:-Weekly, one year..... artaof & veAr; per monih. WEERLY KDITION, POSTPAID. Qne copr, Clubof tén Clubof twi Epectmen coptes sent trea. .To prevent delay and mistakes be sure and give Post- Office addrras {n full, Including State and County. Reinittances may be made efther by dratt, cxpress, Poat-Ofice order, of In rexiatered letters, at our risk. TERMS TO CITY SUDSCRIBERS, Daily, delivered, Bunday excepted, 25 cents per week. Datly, delivered, Bunday Included, 30 cents per week. Addrers THE TRIDUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts., Chicago, il Ordersfor the delivery of Tie TRIRUXR at Evasston. Koglewood, and lyde Park left fn the counting-room Wil receive promp! Ifooley's Theatre. Randolph street, between Clark and LaSalle. En- wagement of Miss Mary Cary. **Poor Jo.* . DieVicker’s Theatre. $1adison street, batween Stata snd Dearborn. **Bae ur.” Adelpt) Theatre, Monroe street, corner of Dearborn. onor,” ‘'The Flagot Cotton's Opera-House, AMooroe street, between State and Destbdra. *401d Slcutl, the Detective. SOCIETY MEKTINGS. M¢¥. LODGE, X0, 416, 1. O, 0. F.—~The members Kl’b‘l iereliy notified to mest at their lodge hall, corner Aslame sod 1. o918, :50 . m, this (Tuekiay) AII{.. ’LI ll(?|1' I(lr ll!l:r[:l-l'tball‘l l{; ln"..I:fl“I “"Id funeral orthaiale Chantes Lerkine b LoU Na iy, sec. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1877, CHICAGO ARSET SUMMARY. The Chicazo produca markets wero activa yeeterday, gnd 1nost of them were stronger. Mess pork closed 102125¢ ver brl higher, at §12.25@ 12.530 for September and $11,35@12.37% for Octo- rdclosed 124c peor 100 1bs higher, at 88, 30 for September and $6, 35Q@8. 3744 for Octo- Meats were firmer, at 5¢ for loose shoulders snd ¢ for do short ribs, Lgke frelghts were ncthve and easy, at Ic for corn {8 Buffalo, 1ligh- wines were steady, at$1.00 per gallon. Flour wos quiet and Grm. Wheat closed easy, ot $1.0G%@1.07 for August and 0834c for September. Corn clored tic lower, at 41%c for Aygust and 42%c fur Seplember. Oats cloeed tameo B¢ 23c canh and 23%c for Scptember. liye was Orm, at Bic.. Batley closed tame at 70c for Beptembor. Ilozs were active and onchanged, closing tealy nt $4,60505.35, Cattlo wore faltlx active at Sat- urnlay's quotations. Bales werc at §2.00@5.46. sheop swero dull at $2.76@4.25. Ono hundred doilurs 1t gold would buy $10£.12}4 In greenbacks as the close, . Greenbacks ut tho New York Stock Ex- chinuge yesterday cloged at 853, Both gas copanies have refused to sc- copt the prices provided for by the Council, and the mattor is about s far from sottlo- ment ns over. Alrendy the famine in India has cost the Government $40,000,000, and is adding to the Colonial burdens nt tho rate of £8,000, 000 per month. * Intelligence from Schipka Pass dowy to ag 1atd es Sunday noon isthat the ighting had boen desperate, and that the Turks, strength- ened by frosh troops, had made o long and tiraleas thongh unsugcesstal effort to carry the Russian positios Thero has boen, among the other commor- cial rovivals of Inte in this city, a resump- tion of tho busiuess of smalting silver orea. Tho Chicago owners of o Utah mino have como to thoe conclusion that they con smelt Lero cheaper than in the mining rogion, uven after paying a freight of $20 per ton. As establishing a precedent for future wise legislation, tho action of tha Council on the proposition to incroaso the police force is to Lo commended. The messuro as adopted provides for n luxury,—when the city is able to pay for it,—a provision that might be beneflcinlly extended to a great many other enactwonts, —— Tho miners of tho Ponnsylvania Coal Company, some 11,000 in number, appoar to Lo enrious to nid in the advance in coal. They were recently offerod an advance of 10 per cont—an offer which they do not secn inclined to nccopt. 'The minc.owners hava now informed their men that thelr offer ic fiual, and that they will close thelr ghafts until such timo ay the miners are ready to reeept it. * Retroating deliberatoly through Montans, hound for a point never definitoly fized, tho Tudians scem to have plenty of timo to spare for recreation and oxercise, Two inore bands of travolers have Loen attacked by tham, and but faw of the unfortunates escaped. The savoges stato that hey are en route for the Wind Riyer and Camp Brown, in search of supplios, but the impression 18 that they are oving for the Lower Yellowstone, P —— A Londou corrcupondent rovives the in. terest in Ouxer My, the floeing Tamma- nyite, by throwing another vell of mystery over the Thesplun-ringster's whereabouts, o clalms that Hary is in London, but burled Loyoud the reach of all save a fow friends, who knew of his projocted flight beforo beleft Now York, but who, appreci. sting his efforts at social doath, guard well avd jeslously his Labitatioy. Jiues Gone vo¥ Drxserr denles any connection with Hary, aod it is probable that the man hos succecded in turowing the world off his track, 'for some timo to como at least, A party by the name of Hisprs valun. teered cortalu statoments rogarding the use of . moncy in the Oregon election last fall, which reflect, to say the least, rather savers- 1y upon the good uamo of Benator Gnoves, ‘These charges nay or may not have beou true, Lut the Senator will in o measure be consoled when ho repds tho counter-afdavit of mems bers of tho Cleveland Bar, who assort over their siguatures that said Hioaix is constitu. tionally iiny unaitigated falaifiar ; that he has st divers Umcs been charged with forgery, embezzlewent,” snd adultery, and with ob- taining moocy under false pretenses ; and thus fur ouly tho borough of Qleveland has been Lcard frow, i The corrcspoudsuce that has passed be- tween Judgo Dnumuosp and Congressman Barxravo in relation to the allegod blazk. willing . practices carried on by Mr. Pum Horxk and other officors of Judge Daux- o030’y Court, is sharp and sploy reading, to bay the very lesst of it, Mr, Baexvano, it sppears, complained to the President of the United Btates of the gross imposition, as ke claiied, that was being practiced upon many «of Lis constituents by the said uoderoflcars of the Court fu the maller of costs and pevallics oo liquor and tobacco licenses. ‘Yhe President refurred the charges to Judge Dumnaiosp to iuvestigate. The latter ad- dresucd Mz, Brestano in regardto the * dacc- \ CIICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY. AUGUST 98, 1877, ! ing " practices of Commissioner Hovxz, and Mr. Brexzano replied to the letter, pointing oat'wherein he considored the law had been oxcesded and the rights of his constituents violated. Mr. BReNTANo says that he had conversed with tha Collector of Internal Revenue in Now York, who expressed great surprise, and would hardly belisve that such extorlion was possible, as it was unknown in that city. Mr. B, proposes to bring this al. leged blackmailing befors Congress for in. vestigntion and reform. Reform, in the lan. guago of the Trt.oex platform, would seem to be *‘necessary.” e —— A Ban Francisco paper has made the dis- covery that there’s nothing like emphnsis, And this is how it came about: Justico Frzro was interviewed by a representative of the discoverer relative to.a charge made by Cuancrs A, Daxa that Justics Braprex had rend an opinion to the offect that the Florida vote should be gived to Tiuoxw. It.ia well known he decided differently fu the Com- mission. Justice Fizrp denied that any such opinion was ever read to him, Tho Ban Francisco paper, not matisfled with the de- nial, endeavors to intimate that Justice Frxp evaded the question, by charging him with having nsed a peculiar emphasis on the word ‘‘read.” It is very poor material to hang a story to. Pioture-stealing has lost its romantio featares, and instead of the thrilling and in. epiring business it wasa few years ago in Europe, it has dwarfed into a vulgar money- msking profession. Not only that, but it has crossed the waters and lost its aristo. cratio characteristics by its naturalization in & Republican land. A short time ago Cali- fornia rejoiced in an effortin the pictoral-bur. glarlous art, and now Columbus (0.) puts in a olaim for recognition smong the favored of the earth. A thief broke into the house of o Columbus man and cut from its frame a $1¢,000. countorfeit of * Andromeda,” rock, chains, and all, and escaped with his booty, which he will probably hold until his con. scionce is smitten by a suitable reward and no questions askod. Heretofore all commont npon the conduct of the Culian war has been auppressed in the Bpanish Cortes, Whonever inguiry has been made of the Ministry, the inquiry has boen promptly stamped out; but at last Gen, Saz- AMANCA, ono of tho best Spanish officers, hay acquired 8o much information on the ques- tion that he succoaded in bringing on a gen- eral debate. In the course of the dobato he showed that this insignificant war has Insted nine years ; that the number of sgldiers sent out from Bpain to Cuba . betweon October, 1808, and June1, 1870, was 170,875 ; that 25,000 were sont in 1876.'77, ond that ina short time 15,000 more will embark, muking in all 319,876, exclusive of Genernls, chiefs, and officers. Tho cost of their pns- sage hias been %6,146,250, and of the other oxpouta there are no statistica. Up to June, 1876, thero had been 48,056 of these soldiers in the hospitals, and 10,000 more had been tronted for casunlties. Notwithstanding tho steady drain which the climate makes upon tho troops, and the steady manner in which tho revolutionists continue to opposs the mother country, the Minister of War made a rosy report of the condition of the atrug- gle, and tha dobato resulted in a vote of tha Cortes sustaining the Gnvornmong. Thus tho wrotchedwork will go on and the now levy will ba decimated by Cuban malaria and tho Ronoral casualties of war, Therels no pros. pect now that Gen. Caxros will put down the rebellion, any moro , than bis predeces- sors, THE SILVER OOINAQE., ,, . The National Board of Trado, at its recent session, had the silver quostion under con. siderntion in_two forms. One proposition wag that made by the Oincinnat! Doard, which read as follows : Resolred, That the: National Hoad of Trade, In viow of the near approsch of the thne appointed for the resumption of apecle-payments, and also In viaw of the charactor and cfiect of the Colnage act of Feb. 12, 1873, respoctfully recommends to the Congress of tho Unlted States a cousideration of tho propriety of re-cstablivlilng the silver aollar of the welght and fineness existing at 1be time of the parsage of raid act, as a unit of money valne, aod 1ta colusge resumed to the amount of $560,000,000 ayear. ‘Ihia question did not come up for action until tho last dsy of the session, when sev- oral of the Westorn representatives Lad left for home, I'ho Eastern mombers gonerally /hnd remained. ‘The vote on the adoption of this rosolution was, yeas, 10 ; nays, 11 ; but, the rules requiring a vote of two-thirds to adopt & rocommendation, tha resolution was lost, It will bo scon, however, that, despito the abience of several delegates who would have voted for' the resolation, it obtained a large majority. Tho other proposition was, omitting somo imumaterial recitals, as follows ¢ ” Wiknzas, Any wietsl, to b af & permanent utili- ty as a medinm by which the values of othgr com- moditles are measured, should possess 8 rocog- nized commercisl valuo, as well among nations as among individusle; wod the uso as money uf two or more mutals by commorcial nations upon differs ent relative valuations can only resalt in complicas tlons and in loss to those placing the higher valua- tion apon one a4 compared with the other, or else, a8 In the past exporience of tho United States, the banlshment from circulation of the one underval. ued; and i Witeneas, It fanot deemed denirable, if It wero poesiblo, to discard ss niouey tho grester part of the world's stock of coln matal hitherio In uso as money | therefore, g Heaolved, That the Natlonal Board of Trads re- ectfully urges upon Congress that immcdiate "steps bo taken to securs aw international monetary cunventlun, representing leading commercial na- tlons, for Lhe purposa of establisbing, If possible,s permancot rolative valuation betwoon gold and sile ver, and thelr uoreatricted colnago and use as wonsy of exchange by the participants in such convention, to the end that stabllity may be Im. parted toall the finauclal calculations and ecuters Pprlses, Lotk foreign aud domestlc, of the people of the Unlted States, ‘I'his resolution was unanimonsly adopted, Those proceedings have been heralded as the rejection Ly the National Board of Trade of tho schume to remonctize sflver, The two propositions aro trestcd as antagonistio, and the adoption of the one and the fallure ‘of the other 4 troated as a robuke to those who favor a restoration of silver. One paper, iguorshtly or maliclously, says: Tha actlon of the Natlonal Board of Trade on the silvor question, like its action on all othor queations thas camo before it for considersiion, was that of & body of wise statesmen and sound economlsts, If Coogress is equally wise, the foultsh, sud worse than foollsh, clamor for **the dollarof our fathers™ will La .disregarded, and the work of resumption witl go fotward unob- steucted. » Thus wiscly the Board disposed of the ativer question, dlsregarding the clamors of such newapapers as the Cinciunatd Cgmmerclal and Tus Ouicavo Tuisusie, . ‘Tlere is nothivg in the resolutions adopt. ed to which we do not give cordial nssent. There Is nothing in them .inconsistent with +the inmediata remonetization of silver. On the contrary, they protest against discarding silver as money,—generally and by nations scling separately. The oaly objection that cau be urged to the adoption of these reso- lutions is an iraplication, though a faint one, that tho establivhment of an international standard of the relative values of gold aod silver should preceds any further extensive ndditions to silver cdinags. The resolutjon, however, does not sny,thim It ia propored in the inter¢at of having both metals adopted Dby ail nations for coinage, and in this inter- national srrangement auniform proportionate value for the twometalashonldalso ho adopt- ed. The whole measure rocommended by the Board is opposed to monometallism. If gold is to be the sole metal used for coin, and silver iatobe discarded, then there ean be no occasion for a convention to eatablish an international standard at which silver shall cirgulato 08 money. An international ar. rangoment on this smbject is only consistent with a general and universal adoption of the Dbimetallio cotnage. While we have no faith that such an arrangoment will bo at this timd assented to by Germany or Great Britain, we cheerfally admit that an International sgresment is do- sirable. The relativa value of gold and sil- ver as melals lias ranged from 15 to 1 to 18 to 1 during the last 200 years, though ths general nvarago has been 154 of silver to 1 of gold. At one time our coinnges were in the propor. tion of 16 of silver to 1 of gold, and hence our gold coin was of greater value as bullion than it was ss coin, and was shipped a3 rap- idlyas coined. Wa then reduced the amount of pure gold in our coins, which raised the proportion of silver to 10 to 1 of gold, which was as much too grest of silver as previously there hiad been too mnchgold. Ounr standand of relative values is too high. France, which makes silvor a legal-tander, maintains the proportions of 15 of silver to 1 of gold. Other conntries have other siandards. If thera wors an uniform ratio adopted, mo matter what it may be, there would possibly be less fluctuations in either coin, 1If 15} francs silvor wers made equal to 1 frano gold: if 16} silvermarks were made equal in volue to 1 mark gold ; if 15} silver dollars ‘were mado equal to1 gold dollar; if 16} ounces of any denomination of silver coin wore mado tho equivalent as money of ono ounca of gold coin, and thess ‘money values were adopted by <international agreement, then silver a3 monoy would have gonernlly the aamo value in gold in nll countries, and gold 88 monoy would have the same valno in sil- ver wherever it might ba coined, We do not day that théto would be no varintions, be- causo they depend upon ®o many circum- stances that no law can govern them. But this uniform standard of the relative value of silver and gold as monsy would have the offect of reducing these varintions where ever the two colns were mmlo‘lugnl-un. dor, The donble standard, however, doos not dopend on thie, The choico of logal. tenders, the right to pay debts in eithor, would have the offect of roudering tempo- rary variations in the values of the two metals of little acconnt, and wonld protect the public against any sudden rise in tho value of eithor one, Tt is this character of an optional standard, the freo ohoico to pay in the choaper coln, which is of more importanco than any inter. national standard of the relative valucs of the two metals as money. Thisis thg reat ond o be sought in the remonetization of silver, and it is in no wise dopondent npon the es. tablishment of an’intornational standard. In all international exchanges of coin, whethar of gold. or silver, the coin- is sold by weight nnd not by count. Bat in tho internal trade o dollar means o fixed unit, and it is importaut to give to this unit a permanent value, which can best ho accomplished by leaving to the publio an optional standard, the right to use either, The nttempt to defest tha remonetization of silvor in this country by talking about treaty negotiations with other countries is o wask invention, Wo can treat on that sub. Joct just as well with silver remonetizod -as with silver domonetized. No nation has ovor regulated its coinage to suit others. Trance adopted the double standard in 1808; England adopted the gold standard in 1816 ; Germany adopted tho silver standard in 1857. and the gold atandard in 1878, each upon its own motion, consulting ita own interosts, Our silver colnage was repoaled in 1878, without the knowledgo of the public, by n sort of trick. It is to our own intercst now to restora it ; much hos beon lost by ita ro. peal, and this should be doge by curselves, whather other nations desire it or not. Congresa will be faithless to its trust, faithless to the best Intorests of the country, and false to tho peoplo who have elected it, if it fail to rostore the coinago of the silver doliar and make ita colnage free, withont any more dolay than is required for tho for- mal enactment of the law for that purposs. v — IMPROVIDERT WORKINGMEN, The suffering which now exists among the Iaboring classes is not a miracle. It was not produced by any suspension of the course of nature, or by any direct interfontion of a su. pornatural agort. Its origin and progress can easlly be explalned on sclentifio prinei- ples. When laboring men spend money as Jfast as they earn it, thoy provide for a future period of suffering as exaotly ss if they should bny the right to it. The problom is Lardly one of political economy; it belongs rather to the domain of moral philosophy, Given certaln wauts, and certain means of satisfying them; the permansuce of the wants sy bo assumed from experienca ; the means of eatisfying them arve liable to con- .traction and susponwion. If there is no con. sorvation of means, the period of unsatisfied wants may be predictod as n logical conse. quence. ‘This i only the formal way of say- ing that the man who makes no pravision for & rainy day is likely to get wet, Many frogal and’ industriousworkingmen aro now out of employment, and for them wo have only the largest sympathy, But the present discussion does uot concern them. Ths question is, In what degroe is improvidence responsible for the present wuffering? ‘The idle and shiftloss working. wen aro tho fimt to be dismissed. Their wasteful habits are at once an indication and o causs of ineficiency. Men who cannot tako care of thelr own interests are not likely to adyance the interests of others. Employ. ors valus industry, frugality, and temporance dn workmen, aud keop men possessing theso qualities tull tho last, As a class, working- men aro improvident, They use for beor, whisky, tobacco, dress, suil amusements & proportion of their wages not justified by thelr prospects of gettingmore, 'Fhey spend iu expensivo food, when they bave.the means, mere than many o well-todo werchant with ten times their income. They marry when it is a0 impru. dence and a siu for them to do so. The sufferiug of the nuemployed is pro- portionato to thelr fnprovidemce, Thelr cirole of wants is larger than that of the frugsl persons. The man who has been ac- castomed {0 beer aud lobacco feels the do- privation of them more keenly than another would misa butter and sugar, The sppetite is scquired and unnatural, bat it exists, and is as clamorous as any other. It iy mot werely innate depravity that brings the ! spendthrift workingnien to the surface and makes them leaders in all political agitations. They begin to suller first becanso thoy aro in & state of chronic destitation. They suffer most koenly because they have the most un. sntisfied desires. They suffer longest bo- cause they are tho lenst valuable workmen, and are tho 1ast to obtain employment. This train of reasoning leads to the conaln. slon that labor agitations are, for the most part, stirred up by improvident workmon, Obseryation confirms this view. Men who have fothing to lose are alwaya the most earnost in their endeavors to divide. Those who pay no faxes clamor most loudly for QGovernment aid. Those who have no homes assail most violently the principles of do- mestio affection and the integrity of the fam- ily. Improvident workmen always come to tho front #nd constitate thomsalves leaders in the dtganization of workingmen for polit- feal purposes. Traco the history of the men who are forming the new Red-Oand party, and they will be fonnd, in nine cases out of ton, the refuss of some respectable trade or manufacturingindustry. Ezamine the rec. ords of trades-unions, “Mollie Magnires, and Brotherhoods of every description, and bad or improvident workigon will be found at the top of -thelr rosters. Bad workmen are always prominent in strikes, and the acts of violetice which follow them, Good workmon are * tonservative because thoy have reputations to jeopardize. They havo savings to ba protected, and strong prejudices against idléness. They will bo re. duced to the last extremity before fhey will combino against their employgrs. When they combine, thoy are often overpowered and overawed. by less efficient men, and aro made to nssist in mensures which they con- sider injodicious, In the last resort, the blame for suffering, famine, aud death lies too often with & fow.who have risked noth- ing, and have dragged down with them in a common ruin their sober and industrions companions. —— MUNICIPAL DEBTS. One of the most prominent causes of the presont financial distress in this conntry is tho immenso load of indebtedness which it is carrying. Thoe country iz in debt, the States are in debt, citios, towns, and villoges are in dobt, nnd nlmost every individual is in dobt to the beat of his ability, and®t is safe to ss- sumo that interest is not paid upon a very large proportion of this debt. Debt is not au unmitigated calamity under all circum- stances ; under some, on the other hand, it is n decided sdvautago, a3 when incurred for productive purposcs, or whera it is used for enlarging business, andyields a profit on tha loan. Tho municipal debts of this country, however, nsarule, do not belong to this class, and, in the vast majori®y of instances, they ave the most oncrous and desperato of all forms of indebtednsss, and have grown liko mushrooms, The table which we printed rocently from the columns of the Galazy, showing the indebtednosa of 130 of the larger cities of the United States, nnd ita incroase during the past ton years, iu full of suggestions for flnancial moralists, The total debt of these citios in 1866 was $221,012,000; in 1870 it had jumped to $614,878,663,—an nverago of over $41,000,000 per yoar. Take the cases of a few represontative citios : Boston, hitherto snpposed to be the fountain.head of finan- cinl wisdom, and an exemplar in the way of municipal economy, las incressed its debt from $18,021,463 to 848,690,497,—aver four. fold; Buffalo, from $760,600 to $7,169,261, —over ninefold; Balimore, from §21,. 028,660 to 933,840,261; Brooklyn, from 89,722,274 to $35,768,114, with nothing to show forit; Charleston, 8. C., from §1,600,- 000 to $4,749,078; Chicngo, from 86,897, 064 to $17,881,092, which includes the floating dobt ; Cambridge, Mass., the homo of the muses aud tho scat of learning, whero thero should bo no more cor- ruption than there is in the Walhalla, from $841,092 to 84,741,600; Cincinaati, a city of only 205,000 people, of groat wealth, and whoso citizens are continually beautifying and adorning her from thelr pri. vate moans, from $8,203,000 to $23,884,- 701; the little City of Cleveland, from 82,420,333 to $7,201,000, nlmost fourfold. Columbus, 0., which in 1866 had no debt at all, has followed the general fashion,and now *flaunts o debt of $1,106,000. St. Louis, with all its boasts of prospority, has jumped from 35,071,600 to 816,818,000, Tho coniservative City of Providence, R. L, the home of Qu eriam snd prudent business management, has succecded in swelling her debt from $089,083 to $0,082,246, Loulaville has jumped from $8,683,210 to 10,600,000. Lowell, Mass,, with all her busy industries, has added over $2,000,000 to her debt. Pitts. burg has made an enormous incresso, her debt in 1808 belog but $2,854,482, while iu 1870 it was $108,772,446, to which must be added 6,000,000 more which her citizens lave entalled wupon themselves by thelr destruction of private property during the Inte riots. PThiladclphia has jumpod from $35,140,835 to $60,260,- 271; and New York caps the climax by advancing, through the efforts of the ‘Tweep Ring, from $32,054,083 to $149,357, 557,—a debt which can never be paid,—lesv. ing her in such a stranded position that eventually she must compound ‘with her croditors, either paying them smaller rates (of intercst or golug to ultimate smash, The cities of Now York Btato seem to have caught the contaglon from (he metropolis, the amountof the dobt of New York, Brooklyn, Albany, Auburn, Buffalo, Newbnrg, Oswogo, Rochestgr, BSyracuss, Ulica, Elmirs, and Yonkers being $205,000,000, involving an annualexpensa for interostof nearly $12,000,- 000, which is $8,000,000 moro than the total annual appropriation for camying on the CGovernment of the Btate, 3 Undoubtedly some of this indebledness represants improvements of value, if not st present, at leest in the futare, and although it may not earn the interest, still, if it tends to benefit the public health or improve the value of property, it is not money thrown awsy, Itisbreadcast upon the waters, which some day will roturn, and not only pay in- tereat but a profit to the whole community. ‘The vast proportion of this indebtedness, however, has been squandered upon improve- ments, many of which might have been bot- ter postponed and the remainder never ua- dertaken. In othor wards, it is money stolen ‘which will nover be returued, and the larger the cities the more extended sre the rings of rascals who have conspired sgainst the pub- lio treasury and the larger the amonnts they Lave stolen. * The municipal indebtedness in tbis country, in large part, is the direct re- sult of the patent American practice of issu- ing bonds aud wtealing the procesds. When the rings aro broken and the thisves aro punished, it.may begin to docreass. STrEESe——— ‘The Executive Committes ‘of the Cuban League met in Now York recently and pre. sented & report which has been ordered pub- lisked. It is & strong appeal to the Govern. wment and the people of the United States for assistance. The report asserts that tho Cuban patriota struggling for independenco have been embarrassed by the refusal of the United Btates to accord them belligerent rights, but thoy are stiil confident of snccess. Tho grenter part of the island ja said to Lo now subject to the patriot arms, Spain has sacrificed 200,000 soldiers in the attempt to put down the rebellion, and the Bpaniards are only able to maintain themaclves in the seaports by menns of tho moral support which they obtain from the United States. The Committee belleve that, in spite of every discouragement, the period of Cuban indepondence ia fast approaching. The trade of Cuba with fqreign countries haa fallen off to such an extent that Spain connot much longer afford to continue the war, or other oountries to eountenance her in attempting to do so. Tho cxportation of sugar in cases and hogshends. from Havana and Matanzas in the first six months of 1877 was only 147,924 tons, as againat 288,458Yona in 1875, and the falling off in the total exports from Cardenas in the samo period wos in sugar from 105,226 tons to 59,813 tons, and in mo- lagses from 90,000 hogsheada to 38,000 hogs heads. The imporis of the United States from Cuba have decreased nearly ong-third, Add to this the fact that tho Cabana are taxed $84 o hoad while the Spaniards are taxed only $7 a head, and the signs of impending political dissolation are too plain to be mia- takan, e Already people are beginning to speculglo as to what the populationof tho United States willbe In 1880. The general estimnte ranges botween 45,000,000 and 47,000,000 Twelve Htates have taken their census {n 1875 Michi- gau took one {n 1874, and Mlesourl and Nebras- kain 187 The following table exhibits the tiguros of population by these cnumerations compared with the late United States census in 1870. The right hand column showa the per- centage of increass In the population of each Stato: \U. 8. cén- Biate 1670. | eensuses. |Inere 1,194,020, 1,350,644! 1. 334, )2 Louj % hamacuuseits’ Michig 837, 1,830,012 134,031 This rate of lucrense (about 133 per cent) would not hold good in the other Btates, for It the same average percentago of Incgease were applied to all the States 1t would givo us & pop- ulation of 44,564,881 for the year 1875, as against 08,367,617 in 1870, and would carry the population above 50,000,000 in 1880, which s hardly possible in view of the fact that emigra- tlon bas falten off to o half or third of what it was previpus to 1874 The State which will ex- Liblt the greatest galn at tho next census wiil probably be Texas, The enormous aize of the Btate, and the quantity of its fertile land, bave’ attracted vast swarms of immigrants. We should not bo greatly surprised if Texas reaches fully 2,000,000 of soula in 1880, making her tho Empire 8tate of the Bouth, as sho will event- ually be of the Unlonglf not divided, s she ©uRbt to be, into at least three Statea. —— ‘The Nation 18 greatly pleased with most parts of Becrctary SUERMAN'S rocont Mansficld apecch. It naturally would bo with what he sald infavor of cnforclog the Resumption act on tho 1st of January, 1870; but it also Indorscs his rcmarks In regurd to the Southern policy. Itsnys: ‘The Bouthern policy of the Presldent ts defended not on the abrupt ground ot necessity which Sen- ator MorTox espoused, bnt upon tho brusder one of right. It was not merely necossary, Lo says, that the troops shounld be withdrawn from South, butit was right: It would have been nnlaw- ful to bave kept thein thers; the nogro in better off without theta, tho HSouth is more lsw-ablding snd more prosperous, and the North better matisfed, ‘This 18 the most coursgeous word tibat* has. laen uttered on the subject by any lesding Tepublican wince Pacxanp - and - Cirax; Tetired from bueiness, Tho vsunl dofens President's action has been couched in th dopm- catory phrase, *Wait and give {ta fale trial," or, **The f'mmans baring dons his sworn duty, do not condemn him without o bearing; porhapa the cxperlment of obeyiny the Constitution may not provo so disastrous after all,” Mr. Susnx¥AN has rightly d that such a dofe; 1 and that the wa challenge debale upon the inerits. Tho reader will not fall to notice the shaft he sends at the ad- mirers of Gen. Gmaxt, The BLai Caxs Ruoxs naving been with new venorstlon of the policy of tho ox-Prosident toward the Suuth, Mr, B#zadAN reninds them that it was his refusal to recognize Pacxaun and his decislon ot ono time to witudraw the troops and recognizo NichoLLs that deprived Pacxanp of all morul support at hom oneycombed bis Le; ture, and left Prevident Hatzs no alternstivs e ——— Callfornia is not alonc In.her complications growiog qut of the Chinese question. Austrulia 13 also alarmed, particularly Quecnsland, a col- ony established in 1850. Tho head of the Gov- eroment at Queensland has sent a dispateh to the Premlers of the other colontes, notifying them that the colony is completely flooded with Clineso, who are flocking there [n great crowds by yirtue of a treaty betweon Queen VicToRia and the Chiness Empire. As Quecnsiand is in a troplcal climate and white men cannot work there, the Chlucse ought not to be unwelcome Visitors; but what the authoritles fear ls, that the colony will shortly bo populated mainly by them, bringing with them all thelr vices. In view ol the difficalty, ¢ not impossibility, of stopping the ewigration, they now talk of com« velling them to pays poll-tax, and of not atlow- ing them to lsnd unless they bring their wives with them, —— PERSONAL. ¥ ‘The * Congressional Libraria, *Mr. Spaf- ford, bas sought in valn for & completo set of Poter Parley. - Barnum's * tatooed Greek ” fsnot s Groek, batan Itallan} and he was tatoced expresaly for the show busin not as a punishmeat, Mr, George Walton managed au elopo- ment successfully at Riverside, LongTsland, re- cently, M ncountered the young lady's father snd mother on bridge. .Ths father ho whipped, and the mother be threw over tho Hridge into the torrent below. They withdrew all objections. ‘The Rev. A, L. Perry regrets Lis inability to aitend the Pres-Trado Cunference at Saratogs oa the 7th prox., but says be may be counfed v every time for co-operation In the good work. e 1s **with and for, and lo & certaln sense abead of, every man and organlizatlon that works for that end," Mz, F. A. Thoruton, the son-in-law of Mr, Ford, of Baltimore, has just committed his conotry resldence by taking au over- dose of laudanum. Mrs, Thornton died iwo weeks 830, and her husband's suicide Is sald to hav the resultof bis sorrow. Both died va Victor Hugo was pleassd with the delicate fiattery of an American who compared bimwith Bhakape ¢+ Sbakapedrs fa ) & 8plre,” sald be geutloman, ‘*slofty spire, poluting beaven. ward, You are llkv & dome—s mighty dome. I £ead Lim for slevation, you for broadth.” 4 The langusge was pecullar,” saiu Hugo, **as well as Satlering, and 1 never forgot it." Richard Henry Btoddard, the poet, began ife at the age of 15 3s ofice-boy for two fedgiing tawyers. 1lis first postry was printed in the Aew IWorld, » paper st that time cdited by Park Beae Jamin. He afterwards served 107 short Derlods as, "prentice lu a printing-ofice, & tallor's abup, and s blacksmith's; and bis bard 1ifo at mechanical pur- auits continued uotll the close of bis 22d year. M. Blanc, tho groat gambler, was buried io Paris on the 11th. The funeral was one of the wost magnificent ever seen 1n Paris. , Opers stars sang the choral part of the service. M. Blanc's fortune excesded $17,000,000. Large charitable bequests are made,~$200, 000 to the church where ha was burled, §100,000 to the fufrm priests of Marle Thercss, 8 ks glft to the Chapel of s Graunde oquette, $50,000 to the poor.of the Flrst Arrondissement, aud 80 on. ‘The will was made Lo Switszertand a few days before bls desth, sad paid $40,000 legecy dutr. TIE COUNCIL. No Sewers to Bo Built Withont Con- . sulting the Aldermen of the Ward. An Ordinance for Commencing the Clty- Hall Lald Over for a Week. All Packing~-House Proprietors to Take Out a License. The Gas-Companies Formally Deoline the Council's Offers, ‘The Counctl held a regular meeting last even- ing, AL Couk fn the chalr. Tha absentees were Cary, Gilbert, and Daly, A communication was received from tho Mavor submitting an smendment to the milk ordfaance, so nsto make the license etplre Avpril 1st. It was passed. Ald, Wnldo moved to rcconsider the vote by which the ordinance in relation to sewers was passed. Ald. McAuley desired to know his reasons. Ald. Waldo sald the Intention had been for the Aldermen to be consulted in relation to the location of scwers, but fnstead of that the ordi- nance, &8 passcd, reqaired them to be asked ns to thelr construction. While they were sup- posed to co-operate with the Sewerage Depart- ment and the Enginect, the ordinance required the Alderioen to direct them. s Ald. Thompsou. Inquired If a supplemental ordinanco was to be fntroduced. Ald. Niesen gald Jio had one, which was drawn l})lv the Law Department and sauctioned by the layor. 1d. Thompson wanted to know whether the ordinance passed Mouday had not been pro- nounced {nvalld. A Ald, Waldo had conferred with Mr. Adams, and lic sald {t was valid, Ald. Thompson wanted to know the object of the reconslderation. - Ald. Waldo replied that becauss he dido't think they were prepared to construct sewers. Nor did lie wish to take the construction out of the hands of the Englncer and the Sewerage Dglp:rtmc:t. ; he vote was then reconsidered. Ald. Waldo asked that the rules be suspended for the passage of an ordinmice providing that whepever o sewer s to be constructed, the Magyor andChicf Enginecr in chergeof sewer- "f' are directed to vonsult with the Aldermen of the wards in which the sume Is to be con- structed us to the location of it. Ald, McAuley could not see what bemefit would be derived from the passage of such an ordinance. ‘The matter was well enough as It was st the present tima, Ald. Waldo retorted that, if ths Alderman bad a sewer to bulld fu lis ward, and had been to the Eugincer, e would kuow the necessity for such an ordiance. Ifo thouzht ‘*‘gue courtesy !’ should bo-extended to the Alder- men. * Al McAuley remarked that the ondinance didn't confer niiy authority on the Alderuicn, The rules were thea suspended,—yeas, 21; nays, U,—as folluws: Yeas—Loding, Kerber, Lawler, Oliver, Van Oadel, Dolaler, McNurney, Throop, Couk, Raw- leigh, Seaton, Wheeler, Thompaon (Vilrteonth), Tiyan, Waldo, Niesen, Linsenbarth, Scuwelsthal, Sweeney, Januens, Nays—SlcAnjey, Pearsons, Rosenborg, Ballard, Thompson (Thlrd). Ald‘.l Waldo moved that the ordinance be nssed. PN, Thompson had been foformod that the Law Departuient had pronounced TIIE WIOLR PROGEEDING ILLXGAL and very daugrerous, He. moved um.\glho ordl- nance be referred tothe Law Department for ita oplulon. It was cxccedingly unngerous, since it would giye the tux-flchters an excusc of at- tacking the Appropriation bill. Tho sewers were to be bullt by borrowing moncy, and taxes wers to bo raised to pay the debt. Ald. Waldo—Do you sce anythiog or belfeve there s anything lu the ordinanco that will fn- terferc with the collectlon of taxes? Ald. ‘thompson replied that tho ordinance provided that, befors any more sewers were constructed, the persons” to whose discretion the Appropriation blll committel tho question of sewers should consult the Aldermen, Ho was inciined to think it was fliegal, as it took the excruise of discussion out of the Lands of the men authorized to act bslme Appropriation bill, and put it {nto the hauds of Aldurmen. Ald, Waldo—Do you not beliovo it to bo the duzl' of the Engloeer l? consult the Aldermen, that 1€ dilféront wards uilghit have a falr rep- resentation! Ald. Thompson answered that, on the con- trary, It was an ex:ocdlnglf bad principle. That was vonferrlug executlve lunctions on Alder- men, when they were elected Icydalntive functions, . Ald. Waldo—Do you not consider it a danger- ouy precedent to glve tho oxpenditure of C?BO,- 0g to one mani : Ald. Thomnpson considered It & more danger- ous precedent to glve the Aldermen executivo funcifons. 1lc was confident that there wos rg‘xiy scrious questlon about tho legality of the inauce, #od that, when tho tax camo to be collected for the repayment of the mouey bor- rowed for sewers, that question would ba ralsed. He dld not wish to cause delay; It might bo made a special order for any nlniu this week; but hedeaired the oplnfon of the Law Departs mont regarding it. . 1 Ald. Waldo sald tho question had been rafsed a3 to its lemality and o regard to the collection of taxes, and both the Corporation Counsel and his assistant declared that the ordiunnce would not duterfere with the collection of taxes, Tho AMayor was also in favor of its pussage. All, Swcengy looked upon this as & move- ment In the right direction. Ile kuow of in- stances where munnz had been spent o conflict With the orders of tho Council. Aud it was to stop that, and to haye tho money for the pur- poses fur which 1t was appropristed,that the or- dinauce was futroduced, Was not proposed that Aldermen should lot tho coutracts or inter fere with the bullding of sewers, All thoy nsk- ed wua that when the sowers wers ta be located they should bo cousulted as to whether it was proper to put a sewer there, * ALD. PEARSONS stoted that it had been ogreed, when the Appro- priation bill was up, that the location of sewers ahould ba left to tho Engincer and tho Commis- sfoner of Health, Hv did not understasd bence, Lliow the mattor could be left with thy Alder men, . Ald, Waldo denied that the Health Commis- sloner wus muntioned, Ald. Rawlelgh sald that bls understacding was that the head of the Department wae tosons sult with the Aldermen, Ald. 'Throop thought that they should have a volee, but not so much o say as would preven the coustruction of asawer, He favored ugd. 1ug the Evglueer to advisy with the Aldermcn, auul fu casu of a coutlict of opliion tnat thu quess tlon be referred to tho Mayor and the head of the Departinent. Ald. Stewart dldu't think there was any need for tho ordinance. What was necessary had al- ready been sccumplished, The Departwent was 10 full sympathy with the Alderwou, and would carry out thelr wishes, It wus better not tu interfore under such clreumstances. When there was a conflict, then it was tine to take actlon, Ald, Cullerton likea the ordiuance passed Inst week all except the clause providing that the Board of Pubdllc Warks aud the Chief Pb. gineer of the Sewerage Department should be uided by the advice of the differcut Aldermen. Yiu Lhought this rasher fnterfered wite the Ap- propriatiosbill and would give the tax-fighters & chaycs to contest it. Hu thought the preseut ordinance was entirely trec from this objection- able feature, aud be Loped 1t would pass, Ald. Waldo sald the. Mayor was in fuvor of the uew ordinunce, and bad expressed the hope that 1t would pass. Ald, McAuley wanted to koow what was to binder the Mayor and Board of Publlc Works frowg consulting with the Aldermen, Ald, Waldo sald thers was nothing to hinder this, but it wasu't dune for all that, The object of the ordinance was to securv this courtusy, which was ot prescut eotircly wanting. Ho could wot sce, e¢ither, how the merc gruntiog 10 the Alderuen uf the privitege of befng consulted as 1o the locatiun of sewers coulll affect the lexulity of the Appropriation bill or alford & loop-Lule Tor the tax-tighters. Ald. Thowpson moved, as an amendinent, that, In the locatlon of scwers, the Dopartwent oI Public Works aud the Chiet Euglueer should determine the samo fu all lustances. Ald. Rawlelgh moved to lay the amendment on the table. Carricd; yous, 13; vays, 15, a8 1ollows: % Yeas—Sommer, Tully, Loddiag, Tarnow, Ker- ber, Lawier, Olfver, White: mfi'ufin." Buaion, w ‘Yhowpeon (Puisteanta), ulmgarten, Ryan, Waldo, Nicssa, Bweency, Janssens—18. Noys—McAuloy, Pearvons, Hoseuvery, Uallard, owpon (Lhind), Btewurt, Cullvripn, Vau Osdel, Ueldicr, MeNuruey, Yaroop, Cook, Liuscobarth, Bebwelathal. Kirk=15, Ald. Waldo woved the previous question, and, the waln question belog ordered, iho ondiiance Was passcd Ly Veas, 23, nays, 8, a3 follows: Yeas—Sommer, Tully, Cullerton, Lmlnhn- Bow, Ketber, Lawler, Dllver, Yeu Osdael, 18y to perform only _certain departwent to d McNnrney, Throop, Cook, mwlelfih. Seaton, Wheeler,” Thompson (Thirteenth). Lanmyarten. Ryan, Waldo, Micsen, Linsenbartiy Schweiatha) Sweeney, Janesens—2b, 4 Nage=3cAuler, Pearsonn, Rosenberg, Dallard, Thoripron (Third}, Stawart, Deidiee, Wik Ald, Cullerton suddenly discovered that he - didn’t ke the ordinance as well a8 he had prey. fously thought he dh, and accordingly moved g reconshieration. He denired to have this thing done, but lie wanted it done according to Jaw, Ench ward had 1ts proportien in the Appropria: tion bill, but hero was an ordinancs giving the Aldermen their say about this matter, and fn vlolatfon of the Appropriation bill. The Conne cil ought to aved an techoleal pointg that might be raised by the tax-fighting aftorneys. If there was anything he wag opposed to, it was the man that fought his taxes, If 1] he Council rnucd this ordinance, interfering as {t did with the Department nf Public Works fo spending the money fur scwers, it would interfers with the Appripria. tion bifl. e belicved in lenving this matter 1 the Department of Publle Works, and hopeq the vote would be reconsidered and the oryj. nance referred or lald on the table, "Lhe motfon to reconsider was lost,—yeas, 16; Days, 16,—as follows: Yeas—3cAuley, Pearsons, Rosenberg, Ballay ‘Thotmpuon (Third), Stewart, Sommer, Cullert, Lodding, Kerver, Beldler, Throop, Cook, Lensens barth, Schwelsthal, Kirk—10. Nays—Toilly, Lawler, Oliver, Vag Usdel, White, McNueney, Rawleigh, Seaton, Thompson _(Thirtaenthy, 'Daumgaricn, Ryao, Waldo, Niesen. Sweenay, Janseene—10. THE FOLICE ¥OR ‘Tha special order for 8 o'clock~—the report of the Judiciary Committce on the lezallty of tie proposition to increase the police torce—way taken up at 8:40. ‘This report, it will be re. meimbered, takes the ground that thero Is ng fllegality In the proposition, provided ony ordi. nance to such effect shall not take effect befors the means to pay for the expense of the fn. crease shall bo provided by apptopriation, or tho voluntary contribution of citizens. The re. port then goes on to suggest an amendment g aceordance with this idea. Ald. Rawleigh moved to concur 1n the reporg snd place on e, he motion was carried, almost without de- bate, by & vaote of 19 to 14, ns follows! Feas—McAuley, Pearsons, Ruscnberz, Dallard, Thompson (Fhird), Stewart, Sommer, Tully, Tar- Van Osdel, Deldier, Thraop, Cook, 'liaw. rnow, now, 5 Ieigh, Seaton, Thompion ' (Thirteenth), Baumgar. ten, Linsenbarth, Schwelsthal—10, ' .. Naye—cullosten, Louding, Keeber, Lawler, Ol- yor. White, McNiroey, Wheeler, jiyan, Waldo, Nieson, Sweeney, Janssony, Kirk—14, Ald, Cullerton wanted to know if this dls. pu:zu of oll maiters pertalniug to the spectal order, 2 - The Chalrman decided that It did, all matters * having been referred to the Judiclary Commit- tee, =nd by them acted upon. CANAL REDEMPTION FUSD, Ou motlon, the rules were suapended to allow Ald, Pearson to Introduce the report of the Specinl Committee to confer with the Hen. ate Committee ou the Canal-Redemption Fund, ‘The report went over, at great length, the may. ters discussed at tho conference, a very full report of which has been published fu” Tua THisuxs, aud closed with tho following pre- amule and resolutions: Wneneas, The Stato of Ilinols did, by an act of the Logislature, passed Qct. 20, 1441, refand to the City of Chicago the ’sum of §3,121,420.04, pursuant to the nrovislons of ari act approved Feb, 10, 1405, wharain it was provided that the State of 1llinols moy at auy time releasg the llen upon the canal and revenues by refunding to the City of Chicago the ainount expended in msking the con. tempiated improvement, and the intercst thereon; and Wnenras, 1t was provided Pn #ald Refundin act, as a conditlon for tho paymentof the sal lten of the city, *'that not less tian one-Aftu nor 1o excead one-third of the eald sum 80 appropr- ated stail be received by said city and be apnlied 1n reconstructing tho bridges ana the public oaild- ingn and structures dostroyqd by Ore upon the riginal sltes thereof:" and 5 a\ nlnl,llll. Tgrllcl'l{ul:;:llntllkfll:". |l,1 lllho annosl ropriation bill of , make tho following o vr':r;flfllnn: ** For building & City ilall, WU].‘OO&' tho samse (o be taken frow the fund known os the *Canal iodemption Fund;' " and Wuenras, lleretofore, owing to defalcations of public oMcers and the fatlureto collect back tazen, withoat authonity of law, money bas been pnid from the City Treasury to meet “the current ox- penses by former Administrations, and charged to ! of which there was no credit on the T'rens- u books, thus depleting the funds w weee o incredit on snid books, leaving in the Treasury to the credit of the aaid Pablic Hullding Fand to-day, according to the statement of (he Comptrolicr, but $74,018,88; therefore, Resolved, That this Clty Council acknowledge -the oblieatlon of the city to make sald fund good, and to caude to bo appropeiated from time to time, e moy be necesssry, a suflicient sum of money to make good sald deficlency, which fund shall bo ex- pended upon the City-1iatl to be vrectad on the st of the old City-11sll Boilding, Ald. Cullerton moved that the report of tho Committes and the ststement of the Comp- troiler be published, »Ho desired to ask.the | Comptroller, throuzh the Finance Committee, several questions. s Ald. Thompsou made the point that the mo- tian was not a properone. . ... . ... Ald. Cullerton remarked thht, 1f tha” gontle- man desired to stop any statements, he would submit. A ‘The Chalr decided the motfon out of order. TUR CITY-UALL. ‘The Clerk next read the following communk catlon from the Mayor: Mavor's Orrics, Caioaao, Aug: 27, 1877.— 70 the Honorable ity Counclt of (s Cily of GA- cago—GeRTLEMEN: As it will spppear from the report of the Comptroller and the Finahce Com- mittee that ‘thero s now in the Treasory to the credit of the Pablic Dolldiog Fund the sum of $74,018.84, and that thors s also to the_credit of the City-1iall Fund the sum of $10,434.70, which can 0lso be applied to the construction of the City- Hall, a9 T am advised, Iwould recommend thagyour hondrable body taka iimmediata action in the'mat- ter of the Cl?-lllll. E I am contidont thal if work is commenced now, without unnecossary delsy, the foun- dations _of - the bulldiog ' can_ be put in before tho close of the seasnn, and that th re suficlent funds in the Treasury, with nd judiclons mansgemont, to meet the ne ryex&n‘l:d lnd(;:ll::sy n:l into tho moxt ao- al appropristion. on WL R M. Hrarn, Mayor, Ald. Pearsons presented the subjolned ordi Dance: B¢ Ut ordained, etc.; Bxo. 1. Thst the Mayor, 1n counection with the Dollding Comntitso of this Council, be and they are herdby authorized and empowered fo take immediate measured 10 pot In the foundstlons of the City-1Iall Bullding upon its unginal sl d sccording to snch plaos sud specifications andin such mannor as they, or s rity of them, may decide upon, sud to em- ich help and lutsuch contracis in carrying work ne may to them ssein proper and ad- le, s provided by law, ‘! 8xc. 2, Tius ordinance shall take effect and be In force frum and after its passsge. Ald Rawleigh moved to concur {n the .report and pasa the resolutions. Al Cullerton moved that tho whole subject be deferred. Ald, Sweenoy scconded the latter motfon, This seut the inatter over under the charter, no vote being required, Ald. Pearsons tnoved that the rules be sus- pended for the purpose of taking up his ordi- nance. While 1t biad its orizin {n'tbe Commit- te, It was a soparute ordtnance. Ald, Cullertou objected, but tho rules avere Qe s . fauor of tho passsge Ald. Thomnpson was in fauor of e of the ordinsnce, with a siusle exceptiol 8 woved to strike out the words “Ma; nd thv Committes on Bulidings,” and fnsert **the Dourtment of Public Works,” doing so for tho reason tlat it was devolyluz upon a committee of the Cuuncil executive functions which did pot boleng to them, Ald. Cullerton—~Will you state whom ou -consiler to be the Department of Publlc Works! 2 Ald, Thompson (Third)—The Mayor, Ald. Cullurp;::n— am ’;‘nur ol the motion to strike out the .\h{or. 7 Ald. Thompson—His proper desigoation In this case Is Departnent of Publle Works. Ald, Hawlelgh was opposed to strikiog out, aince it would do no good. Ald, Stowart sald mistakes had beea made by hasty actiun, the Council should find out how matters stood before thev did anything. ‘The Jaw should be foll8wed, it the sppropriation Il bill provided that the Oepartinent of Publie Works should expead tha woney. Ald. Cullerton dida't thiuk auy one was more in & hurry than be to see ths city's portion of the bufld{nz begun, but he bellsted fu com- mencing rigog, tle didn't belleve the founds- tions could be constructed for $84,000, or that vil\zi;: was that much moaey to the credit of the und, Ald, Pesrton .sald that there was from the back taxes, Ald Cullerton remarked that the Comptroll- er told him several months ago that therc was $160,000 to the credit of ths fund., Now be said there was $90,000. What had become of the balancel Further hu desired to ask about the School Faad,—~about moucys that had been sppropristed, - % ‘The’ Chair {nterrupted Lim; he was not dis- cussing tha questions before the house. Ald. Cullerton desired 1o ask the Council If they wore willing to pass the ordinance without koowiog whether or not TUNAE Wi3 MONNT B¥OUQI sbout to direct & 0. The Chalr remioded him that ‘thequestion was oo striking out and foserting, and not ou 8 e of tho ordicance. Ald. Cullerton was in favor of striking out, for the reason that the watter would v all rubnbuluaobu left under the control "of the ulldiog Cominlttee—a committcs in which he bad every confideace, and bo belioved the peo- to complets what they were