Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1877, Page 4

a THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1877—TWELVE PAGISS, @E?B filfifihnnfc. dll the contracts for inddo work on the Courl-Hloure which cannot TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. that n Catholic clergyman recently made n public protest ngniust the carclessness, ignorance, and inaceuracy which charncter- izea tho wnarriage licenses issned from the Clerk's office, 88 likely to creato the most serions confusion and entail the most In- mentabls consequences. For clerical work of akind which most boys 10 years old would Le nshamed of, illiterata bummera havo been pnid $4 & day, or four times as much os day-laborers got for hard, honest work, who have mors brains and superior qualifieations. Yet Lizn is the ¢ Working- men's " candidate, Btill more serions abuses ars reported from Lis adminisiration of the offico, . It haslong been pnblicly rumored that he charges the county the highest price allowed for copying (cight conts per folio), and that he haa the work done ns a family perquisite for four cents a folio, thus making 100 per cent on the operation, though the law requires that the Clerk shnll havo no emoluments be- yond his ralary. The slatuts is evaded, it is eaid, Ly potting this work into the hands of his wife and others of his family, ostensibly allowing thom to make the 100 per cent profit. At all events, the system requires the payment of the largest price by the county and returns the most slovenly work; Lizn and his relatives enjoy all the benefits, and the public must endnre all the ovils, of this manifestly improper nse of the office-work. It is inevitabla that such man- .agemont mnst enormonsly increaso the ox- ponses of running the office, and such ap. pears to bo tho fact. We nre informed that, some {ime after Lies was olected, he made 8 proposition to the County Board to run the entire business of the office for $45,000 n yenr, and privately told his frionds that ho conld then make a profit of §10,000 a year for himself. This proposition was not accepted, becanse it wonld bave deprived the Qounty Ring from using the patronage of the office, and of course Jacx Rountrer ndvised that it was unlawful. But, instond of keeping down the expenses of the offico to $35,000 (a8 Lz proposed to do if he conld run it ns n business of his own), he made it cost £05,000 tha very next year, batween $70,000 and §80,000 the year following; and wo underatand the expenses of the current year will amount {o more than one hundred thou- sand dollars. Hero ia o wasto, then, accord- ing to his own proposition, of $/0,000 n year for private and political purposes. Laes {s altogather too expensive a luxury. It moy be that ho is tho eort of man the Democrats want to boss them, to manipu- Inte their conventions, mn their primaries, maoke up their commitices, dictate thelr nominations, and care for their Interests be- tween olections; but in that case they slould employ him nod pay him ont of party funds. Fully one-half, and we hope more thon one-balfy of the voting populs- tion of Cook County are Republicans, and they protest against being nassessed their sharo of an annual waste of $50,000 to maintain Lren in his supremacy and for the comfort of the County Ring. Wo aro also inclined to think a good many Democrats focl the sama wny. ed. The renr of Plosna has been closed by another brilliant movement of Gon. Gourko, who with n strong cavalry forco has captured an important strategic position on the road to Sophis, and at the same timo haa mflicted a hieavy loss upon the Turks in officers, mon, and waterial, bagging a General and his staff, 4,000 soldiers, and a quantity of cannons, rifles, and other war material. If Gen. Gounxo ia reinforoed so {hat he ean yproperly strongthen his position, Osmax Pasha will bo hermotically senled np in Plevna, and must eventunlly be compolled to attompt to cut his way out or elso bo starved out. ‘To ndd to the daugors that now threnten the Turks in Europe, both Greece and Sorvia hinve only boen waiting for the probability of Russisn snccess to cast in thoir lot with Russia, and at no time since tho war commonced have circum. stances conspired %o favorable for such an alliance, The Turkish ontlook in Asia ia even darker than in Enrope. By n sudden change in the tido of avents which seems almost miracu. lous, the Russinus, after boing driven back woll nigh to their frontier, and snffering fearful loss, have turned upon MoxnTAR Pasha, captured ond wing of his army, and shattered the other and driven it into Kars, where it is now besieged, whilo Isxars Pashs, with the romnant of tho Turkish forces, is retreating with what hasto he can, closely followed by Gen. Tenaurasorr, The Tark- ish position, therefore, both in Europe and Asia, is soon to be a dangorous if not a des- perate one. .The Turks are not yot defeat- ed. Theystill fight with all their old bravery, and will continuoe to do so to the last ; but the advantage is with tho Russians, nod the toils aro gathering round the butchers of Roumelia, The campaign may go over into suotheryoar; but if the Russians should win an important victory before winter sots in, or should resk up or capturo Osxrax Pasha’s forees, wa may hear before this campaign is over of Turkish propasalsfor an armistice poending some schomo of mediation by the Great Powers, agroed npon, we beliove thero are not more than threo or fdur Americans and two or thres Germane, whilo all the rest are Irish, thus carrying ont the programme of the for- oign Know-Nothing ‘combinntion. Of the ontiry tivonty-threo, thero are certainly noj half-n-dozon who oceupy a reputable stand- ing in the community, For the most part, the Committeo is made up of saloon-keepers and political bummers ; roveral of the num- ber are in Liza's offico, and directly subservi- ent to him, Take them as they come, and you find Dave Tronyrox, the notorious saloon-keeper and boss of the gang in the First Ward; Par Coxyotvry, saloon-keeper of the Becond Ward; Jor Srosaex, saloon- kesper in the Third Ward; WiLuiax Best, of the Fourth, who is supposed to bo 8 !n!oon.kaepcr; Caanne EaToy, one of Lien's depondents, in the Fifth Ward; and so on through the list, which coniains thres Tyaxs, who aro prosumably saloon-keopers, as that is o favorite businoss with the family. Wedo notthink that so hard a crowd wns ever intrnsted with the destinfes of n politieal porty, and Mr, Prany IL Sairn must foel ospecially honored by the compauy in which Lo finds himself ; he will probably be forced to give up tho Chairmauslip in favor of Dave Trnonxton, 5 United 8tates, ond the money must be paid on the order of the Conrt. The pasrage of such & lnw will be to make tho Court of Claims the most comprehensiva and absolnto tribunal evor catablished in this or any other country. Its decrces will be almolute, and corrnpt Judges or wonk onea wonld find in the opportunities of their po- sition n wealth rivaling and excoeding that of the Comstock lode. " Buch a power shonld not be given to any body of men. If, as long as thirty years ago, men perpotrated frauds within tho limited circlo of claims then allowable, what will bie the case when totwoor three mon is given the power to allow and direct the payment of two or three handred thonsand clnims, the proofs of which are to be in lho form of aflidavits mado for the most part by those intorested in like claims ? The lawa of the United Btates make ample provision for the collection of any lawful debt due by tho Government. A *‘claim" is not a Inwful dobt; itisan appeal to the Government {o set nside the law, lo overmle cstablished principles, and, acting paternally, grant a specinl favor to the claimant, That is o claim. Mr, CrnisTrancy's bill, unless it be grossly' misropresentod, proposea to dolegnte this bensvolent and ' parental power of charity to the Court of Claims, and, at a limo when the country 18 struggling undor tho heavy burdens of ex- trnordinary taxation, to opon the doors to claimanta for several thousand millions of dollars, payable on demaud when so ordered by a majority of an jrrosponsible and jnfe. rior Court. ‘This bill, if it be o8 represefited, is actually worse than the combinntion of snbsidy schemes, It ia not only to open the doors, but to take the doors off, and leave free nccess to the Treasury to all men who can swear up n claim sgainst the United States. you can have all the reat of tho ticket. Burg thing, hand bring.” The bellwethers of thg Industrial flock shook hands with th emissariey in ratllcation of the bargain, and went to wori; forthwith to carry out thelr part of the con. tract. Thoy manipulated the Industrial Con. vention, and allowed the aforesald Lizn ang Lrxcit to pack it with Democratic blowharas and bummers. Lien and Lyscit wero duly nominated by the packed Industrial Convention, Alfter that was done the Industrials procecdedq u; nominate the men they wanted, viz: Kay. Axavom, McLavenuts, Mciluas, Jox. Ly any possibility bs commenced for a year to como ; whils the thick-stone steal can bo defoated by Architect Eaan if he mointains nstubborn opposition. And in the mean- time the people will see to it that the power of the Ring is not perpotuntod by the elec- tions of a week from Tuesday, TT MAIL~1N ADVANCE—FOSTAGH PREPAID. IR 380 et o s = Eaneat s Senr, phrinath, Now that the gas question is safely out of the way, thattwin buncombe brother, the Fire ordinance, isto be made todo duty onca more. An smendment which contem. plates thie partial surrounding of the city on {he southwestern side, the sourco of greatest danger, with n cordon of wooden buildings, was introduced in the Common Conneil Iast eveniog by Ald. Curtenroy, aud refer- red to the Joint Commities on Streets and Alleys. To incrense the chances of another fearful conflagration, and to undo all the good work of the past two yoars in guarding gainst the recurrence of the calamities of 1871 and 1874, both of which had their origin in precisely the kind of noighborhioods which Ald. Coz- 1xxToN's amendment proposes to multiply, is n mensurs which should be promptly re- ported against by the Committee snd voted down by the Council. Chicago i8 in no liumor to tolerate any more tinder-box folly of thia sort. £ The true inwardness of the contest for the Speakership will become apparent as soon o8 the Commitlees are announced. Mr. Rav- DaLL, immediately after hir eloction. slipped off to Philadelphia, ostonsibly to avold but- tonholing, but in renlity, it was belioved, to quictly confer with his friend Tox Scorr as to the composition of the Commiiteer, and ‘more especially that to which the Texns Pa- cific subgidy scheme will bo reforred. Binca his rolurn Mr, Rawpary has kept his owa counsel as to the rosults of tho Philadelphia conference, but it is now stated with posi- tivenoss that the Chalrmanship of the Com- mittee on Pacific Rallroads will Lo given to Avzxaxpen I, Brxeuexs, who is the most prominent and pronounced snpporter among the Southern members of the Tost Scorr grab, nnd who, probably mors than nuy other one person, helped to secure for Alr. RaxDALL the Sonthern votes which elected him Speaker. The confirmation of this re- ported intentlon will likewise confirm the statements freely made during the Speaker- ship canvass—that the price of flaxparn's success was his aid in carrying the Toxas Pacifle bill firough the Honse, . B0 . B0 WEERLY EDITION, P ” fracopy, per 3 1.4 Ll o Yor. 448 Frecimen coples sent tree. Give Fost-Gllce address In fall, Including Btate and Eounty. Hemittanees may be made efther by dratt, express, Tost-Offiee order, or in regiatered letter 8% our Fisk. TERMS TO CITY SUNSCRINERS, T'ally, deliverod, Snnday excented, 25 cents per week, 1 stly, detivered, Eundsy Included, 30 centa rer week. Address TR TEINUNE COMPA! tion met next day it promptly snanped up 1::' and Lyncn, the two Democratie Bosses, and— sat down on the rest of the Industrial ticket, and squashed it, and then nominated afull ticke of simon-pure Nourbons throughout. They dig ot givs the Induatrials even n smedl of the Jug, As it 1s nono of our funcral, it 18 uscless to o into mourning over the alaughtered Industria) innocents. Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts.. Uhie: P e Urdersfor the cetlveryof Tz Tatataxa }.Tflfi::m :m:gfilz:mrn n . The mecting of the International Brotherhong of Laocomotive Engincers at Boston recently brought together some 140 delczates, represeat- ng nearly 200 divistons, There were indicatinng of the approaching dissolution of the Brother. hood, or at least of {1t early decline fn (nflucnce and Importance. The Grand Clifef, Prrer A, AnTnun, was tho principal speaker. He inalst. ed upon the neccaslty for united action, and pointed to the results accomplished by the En. glish laborers under Joseen Ancit. Hethoughe ths rallroad strikes wera justitlable, aud suf. clent testimony to the usefulness of the Broth. erhood, There are abundant proofs, howerer, that the Brotherliood hus done more harm than wood to the individusls concerned Init. Tho 1q@s In funds oceasloned by infudiclous strikes which it has ordored would atone be sullicient to pay ali differcnces in wages for a year. ——— A memorlal has been prepared by the Natlonal Tifle Association, and will shortly be presented in Congress, urging that a provision be foserted fn the Army Appropristion bill enconraging rifle-practico In tho army und navy. It assever- ates that, notwithstanding tho high standard to which smal) arms have been brought, they arg of no more value for warlare in the hands of in. cfiicient soldiers than were the arms in use - twenty years ngo. To secure vroficiency a sys- tem of prizes s suggested, whereol the expenss will b Inconsiderable and the gain to tho army in consequenco of the competition immeasur- able, The memorial will be presented by Repre. sentative WirLis, and strongly backed vy the Assoclation. MeYieker's Theatre, Msdicon etrect. between State aod Dearborn. Rne gagement of John T. Haymend. **There's Millions fnft." Meedames Don, Htoneall, ete.t Memms. Ray- mond, Learock, ttc. ‘Afternoon and svenlng. Mooley’s Thentre. Tandolph street, between Clerk and Lafalle »gardanapalun.” Mesdames Hanchett, Letonrneur, etc.t Messrs. Morton, Morrls, etc. Afternoon sad cvenlng. THE CLAIM BUSINESS. One of the groatest dangers which has threatened the honest admiuistration of tho Government has been the corrupting pre- sentition of olaims, and their allowance snd payment, not only by Congress, but by the sovoral departmenta of the Government, Aftor tho Mexican War thors was a small del- uge of clairs, of which many «were fraudu. lent. 'The Whig Adminlistration of Mr, Firt~ atone was nearly wrecked by the allowance of two of these claims,—one known as tho “GarrnN” caso and the other the * Gano- NER” claim, A resolulion was passed by Congress nuthorizing the Becrotary of War to sottlo the claim of the hoirs of GarrmN upon principles of “justice aud oquity.” "The Becrotary construod this in the most lib- eral way, and not only allowed tho clain but allowed interest thoreon,—somethingunheard of i that day. For years that paymont was regarded a8 o national reproach. Alout the samo time n man named GampNEn worked through the Deporiment a clalm for property lost in Mexico, amounting 'to §800,000, which claim soon after was dis- covered to be frandulont. Tiwo such cases Lapponing within a short time of ench other +as considered a most alarming circumstance. Wo havo progressed much during the inter- voning thirty years. Nothing indicating- official dlshonesty startles the publio now ; on tha contrary, such things seem to Lo ox- pected s part of the regular administration of affairs, Ithns been but o fow years since tho celobrated CitonreNxING claim for half o million dollars, though n notorious fraud, wos nctually so far pushed through the dopari- monts that the warrant for the payment was signed, when n member of Congress boing privately informed roported tho fact to the House, and payment was forbidden Ly law. 'The. scandalous allowances mado by varions doparimonts for claims arising under the military aond naval sorvice, and for other claims of varlous kinds, all of thom fraudulent, have become familine to the cougtry, These claims have all been of o character not prohibited by Iaw,; but thero are othor claims of many kinds which the law excludes, and these por- Lisps ngyregate moveral millions of dollars. Evor minca tho War thore have been efforts mado to removo thesa legal obatructions, sud to open the doors of the Treasury to evory- body. A Board of Commissionors has been in Bossion ovor two yoars hearing and inves- tigatiug o mnas of . Bonthern claims, thou- snuds of which have been rejected as fraudu- lont as well as illogal. Undor these ciroumstances it will boa surprise to the country to leatn that Sonator CupisTIANOY, of Michigan, has offered a bill yhich enlarges the jurisdiotion of the Court of Olalms, ond places it withfn tho power of that Court to order the payment from the. Troasury of perhapa 85,000,000,000 without appeal or investigation, Hero aro somo of the provisions of the bill. The Court is to liave jurisdiction to consider—e All money claims or demands, of any claesor description, cogulzable by the head of any Exocu- tive Dopartment or Buresn, or any Aaditor, Comp- troller, Commissioner, or otlier officer, or by the Southorn Clainis Commiasion, which accrued sinco tha15th day of April, 1801, excepting claims grow. Iugout of the internal-ruvenae, custums, and pen- alon laws, for which speclal romedles aro or may be providea by law: J'rovided, That no claims pre- sented undor this provision shall be barred by lapse of time If preseated within (wo yoars after the pasaags of thie act: And provided fur- ther, That If any clalm which has bien presented to (o Southern Claima Commission ahall bo pre- sonted to the Court of Claims under this act, the ovidenco taken in such case while ponding beforo the said Connalselon shall, upon the ordor of the Conrt of Clalma, bo transmitted to said Court, and, 1f matarial and relovant, shall be admitted on the trlal of ssld couse. This scheme goes further and provides—" That the prolibition of non-intercourso laws shall not be held to defeat tho title to the propesty of aoy.clalmant which waa acquireu in good faith under a permit from the President of tus United Htates, tho commandlag ofMcer of a military de- partment of dlatrict, or whore such property was purchascd with oney, credit, or the proceeds of property which was within the insarrectlonary tes- itory before intercourse therowith becamo unlaw- ful. ~ Aud soy claim which haa been rojected be- causa of such defect of tittoahall be rehoard by tho Court, on the petition of the clalmant, If preseated within ope year after tha paseage of thisact, and shall bo decided aa 3f no Judgment had been rea- dored thercon, [ Bao. 9 of the bill provides— That overy Judgment of the Court of Clalms from which no appeal lies by law aball ba payable immeg- diately, ‘I'ie country has not yet got through with the claims for scompensation duc to thoso who scrved on tho Union side during the War, zbr has it made much progress in the olaims of those who insist that, wiile they woreliving at the Bouth during the War, they wero loyal, and thoy soted in re- DLellion because coerced; and mow, before thess are disposed of, M. CHRISTIANCY pro- poses to authorize tho Court of Claims to {reat the late War as on invasion of the South by n nationsl enemy, sgainst whom the whole peaple were a unit, and hereafter it citizons sustaining losses from the War ard to be trented alike, and, upon proof of loss, are to be paid. Buch trifling ciroum- stances as that the claimant was in the serv- ioe of the Confederats Government, or that Lis property was lost or destroyed by that army, or in its interest, aro not to interfero with bis right to be compensated by a paternal Government. When the Court of Olaims was established, it was de- signed that that tribunal should ino- vestigate claims judicially, snd yeport to Congress. Congress thereupon, if they sagroed with the Coust, voted the money to pay the claim, and if not, they refused the sppropriation. In this way several cases of dishonest claims allowed by the Court were osposed in Congress, and the money (o psy them withheld. This bill, kowevor, takes away this power of revision, and the judg- mont of the Coust ia to be final against the New Chieago Thestrr. _Clark street, opporite Ehermsn llonse. Kogage: ment of the Cempbell Comedy Combization. **low Women Love.” Mesdames Rand, Batcheider, etc.g Measrs. Norris, Lake, ctc. Afternoon asd evening, Adeiphl Thentre. Menroe street, corncr of Dearhorn, Eogagement of Toberts' Pantomime Troupe, *‘Humpty Dumpty.” ‘Afiernoon and evening. Collsenm Novelty Theatre. Clsrk street, opponite the Court-Tiotss, ** Wild B, the King of the Dorder Men." BOUIETY ETINGS. TOI . WARREN LUDOE, Ko, dra, A ¥, and A, M.—Hegular communicstion this (Saturday) evening at 7:30 o'ciock prompt, st 1helr hsll, 72 Monroe-st., for :lullh!!llllld 'flls» Qr;“:lfl'fufiluflew"\l'l requested. Vis- H N tors woicaine, Ty OFer 7 i DUNLOP, Becretary, e e i D S SR o BATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1877. There i3 ono resnlt of the injunction so hastily gronted by Jndge Moonk in the case of the West Side Park Commissioners which we omitted to mention in commenting upon the subject, but which is of the gravest im- portance. The Judge required o bond from Messrs, Lire, Howbew, Minuasp, and Muus of only $2,000; but the woriginal bond given by these gentlemon in assuming tho trust has been released as to the consequences of any oot subsequent to the Governor's order removing them aud the qualifieation of their suceessors. By restraining thelr successors {rom ontoring on the duties of the offico Judge Mooze hns virtunlly continued the official life of tho old Commissioners without providing an ndequate bond for the security of the public intorosts under their control, If thers should be auny diversion of the park funds by any ono of these per- sons under tha prosent conditions, the pub- lic would have only the ridiculously insig- nificant bond of $2,000 to fall back upon for indomnification, if indeed tho new bond could be held to cover a deflolency in tho trust. Porhaps this {s o matter which did not occur to Judge Moone, or ho wonld have Lesitated to graut an injunction before the other sido of the caso was presented to him, At all events, ho shionld review his decision to the extent of requiring a suflicient bond from the old Commissionors to protect the interests of the people; othorwise, any abuso of tho trust will place n heavy moral responsibility upon his shoulders. INDUBTRIAL POLITICTANS. ‘When tho Industrinl Workingmen's party was organized, Tne Tmmune warned tho honest porsons concerned in it that they would be sold out by tho politicians, The prediction has been fulfilled to the lotter. Tho bargain and eale have been so public thot the Industrinls themsclves have been compelled to recognize the facts, It mmnst bo conlessod that soms of {lie membors of tho party aro honest, if mistalken, men{ they went into it with tho idea that it was a great ‘moral institation, and that membership in it would in some mysterious way co ntribute to thoir happiness. Through their Mfluence tho first compact with tho Domosracy, in ac. cordaneo with which the Industrials wero to have tho Commissionors and the Clork- ships and the Democrats averything clse, wna rejected. 'The Industrials then said thoy would not consont to n division of, spoils with *Democratic bummors,” Thoy would have nothing to do with professional or hock politiclans, or with any existing party. They woro going * to mako & cloan swoep,” and introduce the Millonnium, or a section of it, into Cook County politics, The Conventions have beon held aud the’ nominations made, Tho honest men now have tme for roflection. Thero Is much food for refloction. They discover that they have given more to the Democrats withont apy provious compaot than tho Democrats dared to claim was an equitable division of tho spoils, The Domocratic Convontlon confirmed only. tho nominntions of Lxxcm, Lien, Haves, Praxt, CasszuyaN, aud Hoaax out of the thirteen named by the Industrials. Al tho persona thus confirmed naro dyed-in. tho-wool Domocrats, As such thoy wero awarded places on the Industrial ticket ; aud tho nnderstanding was that, in return for the compliment tondered them, all the other can- didates on that ticket would be accepted by the Domocrais, Worso than all clso must be to the Industrials tho reflection that these men might not have been nominated by the Domocrata if they liad not previously been promised tho support of an influential body of voters, The Industrials have not only failod to nominate their own men, but they have nominated on both tickots some of the worst men in the Domocratio party. This is the upshot of the groat moral movoment: Tho Industrials have placed at the head of their ticket as ropresentativos of thelr principles Livnon and Lien,~the onoa distiller of no particular distinction, and the other a political bumimer, In return for this self-betrayal they Lave rccelved .from the Democrats absolutely nothing. It is not surprising that the mass of tho party—if so small a body can bo sald to possess mass —ig not ploased with the result. Tho meet- ing of the Central Committeo Thursday night gave an opportunity, which was im- proved by o number of speakers, for the exprossion of the genoral disgust. They testified to their good wsomso by de- nouncing the sale as corrupt, and declaring that under no ciroumstuuces could it be ratified by them or the peoplo thoy represented. It wounld be indeed o sublime spectaclo to sea the Lard-flated voters of Chicogo going to the polls in a body to support that cminent champion of reform and high wages, Gen. Licn, or helping into tho oftice of County Treasuror, as tho best friond of the poor workingmen, Mr, TuoMas Ly~oxm, who hna shown fidelity aud zeal only in the manufacture of whisky. ‘I'he Dbargain bias not boen ratifled, and will not be. Tho Industrials owe it to themselvea to roject the wholo ticket, A suffiolent indication of the spirit that governed the Industrial Convention is afford. ed by the faot that not one Republican was placed on tho ticket. Bo significant a cir. oumstance ns this did not, of course, escape thoattentlon of the speskers at Thuriday’s ‘moeting, Mr. WonMioToN declared he would support the Ttepublican ticket. Mr, Dizon woanld rather “ocut his mother's throat" than support tho Industrial ticket. Mr. Ganver considered Lizn & *‘monope- list" and ** professional corruptionist.” An. other spepker askod Kzaxs to polut out the nawme of aeingle Republican on the ticket, and Mr, Lausy summed up the case when he sald that the Workingmen's Industrinl party was # composed of Democrats,” Tur TriDuNE has never questioned this fact, It'basurged it upon the workingmen, and is glad to bpve the opportunity to ropeat it on 6o excellent authority, If tho Industrial party is com. posed of Democrats, workingmen who are not Democrats should keep clear of it, and workingmen who are Deniocrals may a8 well vomain in their own parly and not pretend to.be asything else, OHICAGO MARKET SUMMARY, The Chicago produce markets weeo irregular yesterday, provislons being very dull. Mess pork cloaed bic per brl lower, at 814.35214.40 for Octo- ber #nd 812, 57%@12.00 for Janoary. Lard closed nteady, at $8.574@8.00 for October and §8.22%; @8.25 for January. Meata were stesdy, atfic per Ih for Joors shoulders and 7i{c for do short ribs, Lake freighta were quiet and e lower, at J¢ for corntoBuftalo. Whisky was unchanged, st $1.07 per gallon, Flour was qulet and firm. Wheat closcd easicr, ot $1,00% cash and $1.04 for No- vomber. Corn ciospd steady, at 4B%c cash and 4314¢ for November, Oats closed quict, at 24lc cash and 23%c for November. Ilye wasatendy, at 563t4c. Barley closed weak, at L8@38%c spot and 58Y4@00c for November, 1ogs were activo nod firm, at 6@10c advance, closing at $4.8% ——— During the life of M. Trters he manlfestet an fnglorious weakness for coatish; and when s 1ast his physiclan demanded that he civeup <his favorite dish, his wife sternly determined that the demand should be complicd with. Ono of Tuigns' more intimato fricnds was 3. Mio. KET, the historlap, who called daily, nlways carrying & parcel. On one occasion Madame Triens dropped in upon the pairto find that tbe peronnial parcel contalned n superior article of codflah, upon which tho friends were in the hablt of regaling themsclves., 8ho had alwags supposed the bundie to cantaln historeal docu- ments, and, from the strengih the story 1s gaine ing, perhaps sho was right. President Grant's visit to Marshal Mac- 3Manox 18 ono of the picturesque things in listory, The two mon have many points of resembiance and many opposite’ character- istics, ‘Their carcers have beon in some re- spects strikingly similar, ' Each was first a suceessful soldier nnd afterwards tho chiel of a great Republie. Each owed his potit- feal elovntion principally to the popular es- teem which his military renown had bronght him, and each was unflited in some degrce for the dischargo of political dutics by his military education. GnaNt was in civil life hardly less stubborn than MacMano, hard- 1y lesa confident of his o¥n judgment, and not at nll less -jealous of his peruonal prorogative. But as Goaxt's military rec- ord is much moro brilliant than that of AlacManox, 50, unloss all presont indica- tions fail, will his civil lifo be regarded as nobler when the livesof both men nre finally madoup. The American Prosidont always stopped on the right side of imprudence; the French Prosident has not always dona s0, The American had thoroughly at heart tho welfarn of his countrymen and the per- manency of Hepublican institutions; the Frenchman is chiefly concorned about the Church and the dynasty of the BoNaranTzs. It would be a whalesome thing, porhaps, for the two Dresidents if they conld exchauge views freely on political subjacts, without roforenco to official etiquette. Gen. Gnaxt might give MacManon lessons in statecraft ; for, though America has wiser politiciany than GaaxT, it hos none stupider than Mao- Manox, at 8$2.00@5,20. Sheep were firm snd atea ‘There was luspected into store In this city ‘yes- terday morming, 179 cars wheat, 230 csrs and 7,300 bu corn, 48 cars and 2,000 bu osts, O cars and 10,300 bu rye, and U2 cars barley. Total (548 care), 213,000 bu. One hundrod dollars in gold would buy $102,75 In greenbacks at the close, gttt e Collector S1ystons, of Boston, and his sube ordinates have steadlly refrafned from taking avy part in tho canvass fu Massnchusctts, Mr.e BiMsons says ho s the fricund of Gov. Rice, and would do anything in his power to securs tho Governor's re-cleetion, but the Clyil-Servics platform is 80 siringent on Government ofilclala interfering In campalgns that he, for one, pro- poses to stay out. The fden that tho party is dopendent upon the cxertions of a few hundred offlclals he pronounces *‘to the last dezres nonsensical and absurd." Greenbacks at the New York Stock Ex- chango yestorday closed nt 97§, psineic SitioudadiadilY THE OUILOOE OF THE WAR, The comparative quiot that has charactor. ized the operations of the respective armies in Enrope and Asin during the pastfow wecks is broken ot last, and stirring events are transpiring Loth in Bulgaria and Arme- nin. The clond which Las hung over the lussians so long secms to have lifted, par- tially ot least, and, nlthongh the Turks aro not yet defeated, it must be conceded that the former bave gained anm immonse sdvan. tago,—on ndvantago so important that if it is prompily followed upit will Jead to flnal ‘auecess. Up to within o vory recont period the Turks have had the ndvantoge, and had succeeded in pushing the Rnssians well np to the line of the Danube, The tide, how- aver, has tarned, Tho Czarowitch's army, aftor being pushed beck and kopt from co- operating with the Grand Duke's army, finally made a stand upon tho Lom, and, se- curing a atrongly intrenched position, acted strictly upon tho dcfensive. Menmmer Arr. mode a desperate attack and was repulsed. Although mot defented, and still nblo to hold kis position, ho retrested further to tho enst, townrds tho Qundrilatoral, The Miniutry at Constanti. nople, inconsed st his rotreat, removod him and placed SurLeisaN Unsha in command, upon bis reputation as n desperate fightor which ho had won at Shipka, Svrrnus Pasha, however, docs not seem to have fared any better than Menxaer Ant, Ho bas heen in command over threo weeks and bna not struck o blow, On the other hand, ho camo to the front, survoyed the Russian po- sition, and, finding it too strong to attack, hiaa [allen back to Rasgrad, exposing himself and leaving Rustchuk open. Meanwhilo the Czarowltel's army 15 in motion, and, if they succeed in pressing him much further back, Gen, Zraseuyan's army in tho Dobrudscha wny play o very lmportant part in the cam. poign after its long idleness, At Shipks, the Turkish sltuation is still worse, The Turks have rocklessly sacrificed thousands of thelr best soldiera fn the vain attempt to scale tho rocky ramparts of the DBalkans and drivo the Russlaus u@t of the [Pasa which Gon. Gounxo so gallantly captured ; but the Xussions atill Lold it, and even if they lose man for man with the Turks they keep the Pasa ot n vory cheap price, In those Ligh altitudes, whero anow is atrendy falling, tho compaign is virtually over, and it endsin ‘Turkish discomfiture, Tho road from Bul- goria to Rownclia still romains in Russian possesdion, and tho gallaut schievement of that brilliant raider, Gen; Gounxo, is not lost, At Plevna thero has beon a radical change for tho better, and one which may liave a decisive influonce upon the campaign, With astonishing recklessness and remarka. ble incapacity the Grand Duke Nicuoras had nearly secrificed the campnign when Gen. ‘TopreneN assumed command, He commit- ted his first orror in allowing Osian Pasha to euter and hold Plovna with a small force and gradually concontrate his whole army at that point in a position of unusual strength, In June le threw his army against the Turkish rodoubts and lost thougands of men. To Beptember he repent. ed the costly experiment, and was ogain ve- pulsed with fearful elaughter, losing in both nssaults nearly 80,000 men, and between the two asssults commilted the furthor error of allowing heary reinforcoments and jmmense copvoys of proviulons and stores to enter Plevan by.the rear, from Sophia. The Turks, however, with every advantage In their favor, have beon unable to improve them. Thoy have been cooped upin Plevua, although their rear has been open all the time, the investment never baving been complete. They have not once been able to follow up their repulses Ly moving out and attacking the Russiaus. The prospect that thoy tan assume the offensive is now darker than ever, Bince Gen, Topix- vex has taken command & slower and mora cautious policy has been adopt. ever entered Chieago harbor in ono day are rived in this port yesterday. In nine bours, from B . m. to & p, m., there wero 143 ar- nivals, and the total from 3 a, m. to 9 p. m. was 161, Of these about 100 bronght cargoes of Jumber, 37 wero loaded with conl, and the romainder yrith freight of diversdescriptions, E——— - Thore {s & dlsposition to find excusca for Purnroy, the Now York pollticlan who cracked tho Jaw of s brother delogate at a. Democratic Couventlon held somowherain New York State. Not that the people sdvocats jaw-cracking asa general proposition, but the victim's name hap- penedto be Jones, and it 1s smrgested that ene couragement {n this lino of industry may (o timo result in tho suppression of tho Count JOANKES, The Industrials nominated a full ticket In Baltimore, and declared that they could elect it casily, If tac Republicans would stand back and hold tholr coats while they went in and thrashed thio Bourhon Domocracy within an inch of their live. The Republicans, who bad stood up often envughtobe knocked down by the Baltimoro Llood-tubs, accordingly took a back scat,nnd let tho boasting Industrials cowne to tho front. The clectlon eame off day beforo yesterdsy, with the following result: Kane (Dem, ), for Mayor..... Thompson ((ndus. ), for Mayor Democratic 1080l oo sosensesrrenses, 16,810 This is almost two to onc, and is the worst defeat cver fnflicted on an oppo- sition candfdate fn the Monumental Clty. The Industrials were scooped o every ward, and did not clect a solitary candidate. The leaders of tho Industrials were nearly all Demo- crats, the same as In this city; they nominatod themselves, and gave tho Republican elemont in thielr faction gcarcely a representation on thele ticket; notwitbstunding which the Republicans furnished uine-tonths of tho votes given to their ticket. The pretended Democratio Industrials, when {t came to voting, quletly voted the Demo- cratic ticket just as they did In Ohlo, with the result abovo given. The humbugs who call thiemselves “ Greonbackers and howl for cur- reney-waterlog {uflation ran a ticket, and policd for it the enormous number of 535 votes. The voto for President in Baltimore, last fall, was as follows: Tilden (Dem, Hayce (Rep.) « Democratic majority .. It will be scen that, notwithstanding the heavy support they recelved from the Hepub- licans, they allowed themsclves to be beaten nenely 0,000 moure than tho Republicans were last year. The *‘ludustrial” thing, as an ollce-gettiog schemo, is o demonatrated failure. e ati— Tho truth of tho statemont in our Wash. fagton dispatchies, that a conferonce of the enemios of tho Administration was rocently Liel! at the lhouse of Secretary Sneasaw, is renffirmed this morning. It ia conaldered re- maorkeble that a member of tho President's political Louschold should have taken part in n gathering the purpose of which was hostile to the Presidont and his Cabinet, but the ausertion is reitoruted, and can undoubt. edly be substantinted if any 'of the parties to the conferenco should demand the proofs. —_———— An opponent to the new schieme for govern- tng the Clty of New York, whereby it fs clalmed that 60,000 peoplo witl be distranchised, kicks vigorously ogalnst losiog his vote. lle says that, through the collapse of threo banks, 10 hias boen reduced below the standard of suf- frago fixed by the schome, and ho protests againat tho plan, which, e observes, wos orl- Inated by six Dlncturu.in tho bankssthat rulucd him. a In his messago to the Mexican Congress, President U1Az announces satisfuctory arrange- ments with all the friendly Powors cxeept the United Btates, Sthl, ho thioks “lt1s to bo presumed that the ofliclal relations between both Governments may bo soon renewed,” al- though he will *admit nothing that may tarnish the digaity or linpair the rights of Mexico.! ———— 39,178 68 "The investment of Tlovna is now com- pleote, and the fato of that stronghold, either by starvation or capturo, is, to all nppear- nnce, sealed. CGounxo's splendid victory on tlo Bophia rond Lins been followed up by am- plo reinforcemnents, and the Russions now encivelo Plovna in numbers which, when aug- mented by the troops belng sent to varions romts, will soon be sufficient both to prevent the arrival of provision trains and to defeut any ottempt at cacapo by sortie which Os:aN Pusha may be driven to make. The plsco i not vietualed for a protracted slege, nud everything points to ita downfall snd the eapture of the Turkish army thero futrench. e beforo the closing in of winter necossl. tates the suspension of military operations. LIEB'S CAMPAIGN, Henaanx Lien i8 tho central figura of the present local eawpaign., He is the nmow + Doss " of tho Codk County Democrats, and has acquired his position by measns of Lis good understanding with the corrupt County Board, Mo ran the Damocratic Convention to suit bhimself. o was nominated by no- clamation ; nobody dared to pat in an ap- pearance agoiust him, 1o secuecd the nom- ination of his man Lrxcn over Judgo WaLrace, & geutleman of Ligh standing and unimpeachable infegrily, whons.the respocta- ble Democrats favored to a man, o caused a Coutral Committeo to bo appolnted that is made up almost exclusively of bummers. He gecurcd thio nomination of Tox Hooax, the Hydo Park policeman, as ono of the County Commissioners; and it is significant that the County Iting requiro the eloc- tion of only ono mau who will act with them in order {o contluno their power, o rewnrded with tho nomination for Judge a man who, as o member of tho Lagislature, had prevented the pnssago of the legistation proposed for smunshing the Cook Connty Riug. A guerrills in politics,— a fow years ago n Republican, yesterday a * Workingman,” now o Democrat, a Com+ munist on occaston, nad o blatherkite al- ways,—ho rallied tho bummor clemons aud captured the Democratio organization despite the protest and opposition of the decent wen in the party. ° But it Is not only Lixn's offensive character ag a politician, and the danger of dictation from a mau whoso power rests upon lis as- sociation wilh the bummer gavg, that make Lim the most conspicuous figure in the cam- paign ; the fact that be 1s o candidato for re- election to an offico that has been scandal ously mismanaged during the four years Lo has held it also domands his defest. Prior to 1873 ho had been an unimportant political adventurer, but the vicious Kuow-Nothing combination of that year, which called only men of foroign birth to oflice, gave him an opening to the County Clerk's office, Ever since he has been in that position he has used it and its patronage as a political asy- lum, supporting & great crowd of dead-beats to be employed malunly for electioneering purposes, and asscssing the cost of their sup- port upon the tazpayers of the county. For atimo he ran a newspaper in the German langusge, and ft was undorstood that his clorks had to pay for it by taking stock; in that case the clerks were only nominally supporting it, for the money came out of the county in the additiona! clerks and high salaries paid out of the county fund. Asa necessary result of thia management, or rot- ten nismanagement, of the office, Lixs Lss collected around him a lot of jguoraut, fllit- orate, and characterless fellows, who have DLlotted and blurred the records, who have wisspelled and defaced documents, and who have disgraced the county while Lelping to deplete its Treasury. It is said A Brockville (Ontarlo) edltor has eucceeded In gotting the dead wood on his contemporuries. A man whg had taken atpychnino staggered lnto the oditor'® house, and afforded him a rareop- portunity to noto tho offccts and ravages of tho polson. Ilo la now in & position to explain in how far the *“scoop "' was preferabloto & doo tor under the circumstances. 82,102 e #The man,” obscrved Recorder HacrETT, of Naw York, from the bench theotherday,—*the man who bolleyes what ho sees In tho newsps-, pers fs an idiot, uniit to Lo in the Jury-box.” Constderlug tho amauut of puifery unloaded upon HACKETT by the press, it {s falr to assumo tbat his prescot position s tepable, ‘The suporiof stono for Luilding purposes, which was reported fo exist in unlimited quautities under tho'surface of Jaxe Bunn's' ruttlesnako nursery at Chester, and which wan ono of the chicf ressons as- sigued for the location of the Southern Penitentiary nt that point, somehow fails to cut any figure in the nward of the contracts, 'The cut stone for tho 200 cells of the prison will bo taken from the Will Connty quarries, dressed et Joliot, and shipped by mil 200 wiles at tho oxpense of the State, Thero were undoubtedly reasons for the selootion of Cuoster by the majority of the Commis. sioners, and for the approval of the site by Gov. Currox aud his cosdjutors on the Board of Ruvlew, but the étone-supply was evidently uot one of them, There are ;now four tickets beforo the votera of Couk County, who will be hard to plessy It they cannot select from among them, The old partics huve mude tho followlng comparativa nominations: afice. Rep. | Dem. Supoctordndge.d, A, Sameson, 1L . Riller, County Judge., 3l B. Louu J. E. Smith. FrobateJudge,.d, G Knickerd J, U, Uaines ckor, ‘Tremsurer ... L. McCrea. . T, Lynch, Probate Clork . 8, ¥, Thanchett, O, Riectel, County Clerk.. K ¥, U, Klokke, } Crlinigal Clel obn Stephons, T County Sup't...A. G, Lane. a. Plan Commistioners,U. W, Spotford, A, choeninger. Augnst Moyer. W, Turemisi. E. Barling. C. Cusaviman. A, Boese. C. N. Dunphey. W. E. Wheeler, Thumss Rogsn, The new'partivs, viz.: the Indusirials and tho Comimunlsts, have nominated as follows: dnd s Com. R. Doolittle ..J. A, Jameson, AL Wallace,T. Moran, J. Rosenthal. Stauber. n Patten. R, Farsons. M ks, at— e Gen. Suxnxan s cvidently holding himself back unt!l female suffrage bas Lecomo afixed fact, when ho will make a terrible raco for the Presidency on the strength of baving kiased bis way trom Ban Francisco to New York City, e t—— e Alter separating those two Democratic sheep —~Ligsand Lyncu—from the Industrial fock, the Bourbon Conventlon sat down on the * toil- iog" guats, What are the *toilers’ golug to do about it? ————— . For the fuformation of a correapondent who makes the loquiry, we wonld atato that the gentleman who outwitted Mr, Evanrs is Dox, S not Dax, CamxaoN. ‘flie constyuction placed upon the Prosl. dont'’s Civil-Bervice order by Attorney-Gen- eral Devens, and copfirmed by the Prosident in his conversatious with Congressmen, is sufficiently clear and reasonsble to satisfy any but the most in. corrigiblo of the machine managers, It iu distinetly announced that the order is ouly intended to prevent tho packing of enitcuses and conventions, and the manipu. lution of nominations by Federal oftice- holders in the large cilies, but that once the uominations aro wmade, no restrictions whatever, are placed unon the officeholder. He may, if ae chooscs, talk, write, and work for the party and the ticket with such vigor and ef- tect vs Lo 13 capable of,—in ghort, be as free to participote in politics as he was before the order was heard of, with tha siugle exooption noted. e ——— Boa-constrictorallek thelr prey, covering them with slime preparatery to swallowing them whole, That {s what Lixa and Lyxcu arc dolug with tho * tollers.” agice. Buperior Judge,. Couuty j udgo. } The manner fn which Lixn and Lyxcn roped {n tho Industrials was a little the ncatest thlug shat has occurredin Cook County politics for many & day. We would advise the Industrial leaders not to play sny mora euchre with tho, Ligs-LYNCH crowd untl they learn the little game. Lmen has confidence In the potency sod power of sod<com mash on the average Dembucratic voter. . Coldwaler. Joln McUllyi L. Thorsmark, €. Casselman,.., Max Nisler. 1. iogsn.. M. V. Barr. Some of the mames on tho Tudastrial tickot will be withdrawn, otlbers will probably be kicked off, aud onc or two may voluntarily re- tire, e —. 1t 1su't often ‘:iqt the cleven obstinste jurors are lald out by thit shining light of accommo- dation kunown &s the twellth wan; but the Jatter won a glérious vietory in a recent trial ln New York. A woman was on trial for sbusing a little girl, and eleven of the jury favored con- viction from the start, The twelfth lusisted upon & recommnendatiog to mercy, and when this was refused he pitched fnto the foremen and threatened tolick the rest seriatim, where- upon they gave way and acceded to his dewand. The Court declined to recognize the recom- meudation uuder the circumstances, but a prec- edent has been eatablished which will be of great cotmfort and avail to the one accommodat- {og mah on Jurles In tho future. o et—— Boas Lien sud the unsophisticated Lrmcm sent thelr cmissarics to tho Indusirial bell wethers with & captivatiog proposition. Said they: *“You nominate us—oue for "County Clerk and the other for County Tresaurer—and } | | The two Democratlc Bosses, L1k and LYxcH, got 10 thelr work on the Industrials very boauds somely. The poor, simple-minded Inaustrials went wool-gathe ring and—came back shora. § T —— The County Hing Las no intention of giving up tho ghost without & few wmore graba at the Treasury, ns appears from the Luste manifested in rushing through certain jobw, the procecds of which will cousole the retiring riogsters for their (fail. e to get 8 mnew lease of life. They will not succeed so readily as they celculate, By the aid of the honest members of the Board and by ‘a zesort to the restrain. iog powers of the Courts, the Ring can be frustrated in its attempt to- award | The Industrials bsve acquired somu ldes ot what is meant by tho confidence gamo. Sold but not yet dellvered—The Indastrials to Lixs and Lyycn. The “tollers" were ralsed out in the Dom- ocratic Convention. ot —— Tho Jacobin Lins has become tho Demparatle Boss. § ( The character of the recent Democratio Convention, and of the men who have now acquired undisputed codtrol of the local Domocratio organization, is fairly reflected by he County Central Committes elected by the Convention, Of the twenty-threo namos § Lixs played & bracg game on. the *tollers.”