Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 2, 1877, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1877. The Tribawne, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ay i Eataray Lditl X1 i Feckly, one year, 8.00 'aTia of & YeAT, pet Mo i WERKLY ED] % Oae copy, peryeay 1.5 RV Tolr s 380 Fpectmen coples rent free. Ulve Post-Ofice sddreas [0 fall, tncludiog State snd County, Remittances may be mado either by draft, expresy, Tost-Ofice order, or in regiatered lotters, at our HsK. TERMS TO CITY SBUBSCRINERS, Dally, delivered, Bundsy excepted, 25 cents per week, Lafly, deltvered, Sunday included, 30 cents ner week, Address THF TRINUNE COMPAY Corner Madieon and Desrborn-ste,. Chicagu, Orders for the delfveryof Toe TRINUSK at Evanston, Englewood, and Hyde Fark left in tho counblug: room Wil recelve bromps atiention. MeVicker's Theatre. Madiron street, between State and Desrborn. *Pink Dominoes.” Meadames Don, Stoneall, Grabam, etc.s Mesrs, Wheelock, Learack, Pearson, etc, oaley's Thentre, Randolph sireet, between Clark and Lasails. The Evangeline Combination. **Evangeilne - dames Weathersby, Clancy, ete.; Mesirs. Goodwin, Jiostne, etc. Haveriy’s Thentre, Monrue street, corner of Dearhorn. Engagement of Dominick Murray. **Escaped from Slog Sing." Mea- dames Stetson, Redfeld, etc.y Mesars. Marray, Reen, ete, Colisenm Novelty Thentre. Clark street, between Washingto n and Tandolph **Ths floy Detective.” Afternoon and evening, New Chicago Theatro: Clark street, opposlte the Bnerman louse. Engace- meat_of Camobeil Comedy Company, **3ty Foolish Wite." FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1877, remaining hefore election it wonld be next to impossible to ascertain the facts concerning tho character of tho appointeoes, the majority of whom are porsons of no general reputa- tion of nny kind, but it is safe to presumo that the selactions have been made with care, and are satisfactory to Boss Lien and the reat of the Ring. The Republicans will cer- tainly not feel justified in relaxing their vigilance after having read the names of tho persons deputized to handle the votes and the ballot-boxes on clection day. eSS e A tion-repeal bill, which Mr. Bucrxen, Chair- man of the Banking and Carrency Commit- tee, surrendered to his charge, hias not been o brillisnt snccess. By a series of parlia. mentary binnders, the result of inexperienco in the ways and rontine of business in the House, he hns sacrificed all the advantages of his position, and the bill is now beforo the Houso and practically out of his control, Tho show of strength yesterday demonstrates the probability that Ewino's first attempt at palinmentary goneralship will result in in. glorious defent, and that his chances for the Ohio Benatorship will not be improved M_go uad hoped. The majority of twents-two whidh ho was pble to command on Wednesday hnd yesterdny fallen off to eight,—nan evidence bt tho inflntionists attempted too much when they undertook to sccnre 8 repes! of the untire third section, including tho free- baoking clanse. If the bill had been ro- ported in nshape to repenl only the date of the Resumption act, and then handled with ndroitnesr, there is hardly a doubt that it would havo secured a much stronger support. Present prospects indicato that Ewivo's defent will be confirmed by the enforced withdrawal of the majority report] and tho substitution of the minority bill reported by Mr, Fonr, in which the date only is ropealed, CHICAGO MARKET SUMMARY. ‘The Chicaen produce markets wero less active yesterday, and generally ensler. Mers pork closed for November and . Larnd closed casy,at it Meata were lic per Ih lower, at Glic for looke stionklers ond G%c for do short ribe. Lake frelghia were quiet ond firmer, at 33e for corn to Duflalo. Whisky was unclanged, st SLNL@ 1.07 per gallon. I'lour was carier, Wheat closed firm, nt b3 for November and 814 for December. Corn closed steady, at 434 for No- vember and 42%¢ for May, Oats closed qulet, at 28%5e for November and 23%c for December, Ttve wae steady, at e Darley elosed easier, at e cael and H133@81%¢c for Decumber. Hogw were moderstely active evely, but closed dull and 0€%10¢ lower, at $4.0025.00, Cattle wero un- changed, Salex wern nt §2,00Q4.85, Sheep were lower, ut $1,006.4.25, The receipts of Lows in this city durlug October ware 434,057 hoad: do rince Jan, 1, 2,844,540, azuinat S8, 015 rano time In 1 Inspected Into store in this city yesterday: 250 cars wheat, 41 cara and 0,000 bu curm, 5o ears and 6,000 Lu eats, 10 cara and 10,000 bis rye. and BO cara barley. Total (745 carv), 715,000 bu, One hundred . dollars In gold would buy $102.74 In greenbacka at tho close. l Greenbacks ot the Now York Stock Ex- chavge yesterday elosed at 073, ‘The ITon. A. B, Fosten, Cannda’s leading railway operntor aud capitalist, died yester- day at Montreal, Accordling to tho monthly Trensury state- ment, the public debt Las beon reduced $1,236,554 sinco Oet. 1, Lisn letter of prominonce on tho Ring tickets this year! Droppiug the aspieate from the word signifying a place of futuro punish. ment, it will beobsorved that the coineldenceis curious and sigaificaut : T will then corrcetly represent the condition of things in Cook County in tho event of a Republican defent. — The officinl summary of the vola enst at tho Ohio Octobor clection tells the story of that eveat so plainly that noone need Lo at a loss to secount for the defont of the Republican ticket. Thio Atny-at-homes did it. Compared with the voto for President in 1876 there was & falling off ot 103,680, and 75,879 lesa than were cast for Scerotary of Stute the samo year, ——— Candor 18 to bo commended wherever ex. hibited, nnd more espocially in political lifo, where it is o rare quality, Mr, Porrer, of New York, was candid enough to say yestor. day that the publio interusts wonld Lo pro- moted by letting the gontlemen on his side of the House (the Democratio) go Lome. There is no doubt sbout that, provided thoy would agreo to atay thore, . fravhitac bimel I— Tho County Doard is a good placo to get scquaiuted. From being assoclated togother 0 long, the members como to have nvery ncenrate estimate of ench other, miore espe- clally in ruspect—or perhaps disrespoot—of morul character, Conunissioner FiTzognarn scomy to have made o spociul study of Com. missioucr HoLues's reputation aud standing in the community, as will o seen by refer- cnco to the wpirited dubate in yesterday's mecting of the Boarll A rosolution was yesterday offerod in the Housw by Mr. Goone, of Virginia, approving of the action: of the President 1n withdeaw- ing the Federal troops from Bouth Carolina as o proceeding wiso, juet, and constitu tional, otc. Mr. PriLis, Republican, of Kausas, objected to grauting leave for the iutroduction of the regolution, and it was thereforu refueted for tho present. Gen, Nurie, of Mussachusotis, wade tho sncer- 1ug suggestion of a reference to the Commit- teo on Education and Labor. The railway manngers representing the principal lines connecting the East aud West have concluded a coufereuce In this ity having for its object such a division of tho west-bound freight-business as will be satis- fuctory all around, aud put a stop to the cutting of rates. It docs mot appear that the movemont i successful as yet, but con- siderable progress bas been made, and the mauagers are hopeful of perfecting a sys. tem of division that will Le satisfuctory aliko to the stockboldors of the railroads aud o the merchauts and siippers who pat. Fonize them, . ‘flie Roumaniaus are proving themselves very cllicieut allics of the Ruasians, They Luve behuved with admirable cooluess and valor, aud even with better judgment than the Russiana themselves, before Plevua, and now they have captured and occupled an im- portaut ‘Turkish position on the line of the Danubo near Rakova, The recent invasion of the Timok frontier by o force of Circase slany will shortly show what kind of alliesthe Bervians are likely to prove when they enter the ficld on the side of Rusuia, If the nows of this invasion be correct, it will not be long before Servin will bo forced into the war, The list of judges of election yestordsy reported by the Comunittoe on Public Service, so-called, of the County Board, is chicfly ro- maskable for the same peculiarity which characterizestho Industrial-Democratio ticket ~—thoabeencoof Americans, Lu tho threo days —— It is proper that the taspayers and citizons of Chiengo who are in favor of reform in County Government should tnke notice that Dave Tionston’s Campaign Committee are concontrating their offorts in tho city with the purpose and lope of carrying it by so Iarge a majorily as to overcomo the conceded TRepublican majority of the country districts, T'o do this, it will bo necessary for them to get at Ieast 3,000 majority in the cighteen wards, and the expenditura of monoy, the organiza- tion of the rougls and bummers, and all the devices which the Dave Tronyrtox gang are equal to, will bo with this end in view. Now tho programmo of the Ring, the bummers, and the Dallot-box atuffers con bo dofeated by an oarnest aud united offort of tho Lusiness mon of Chicago, avery one of whom fsinterosted insaving the extrn half million dollars n year which is squanderod and stolen under the prosent County Government, SBuch nective, personal interest in tho result.of the election s will bring out tho entiro vote of tho taxpayers, bnsiness men, and repatable citizens, will preveut Dave Tronyron and his crowd from realizing their hopes, Thero is ono citcum- stance which shonld nssuro this interest in the busineas community. If Dive Tuonv. Tox's crowd can carry the city by even 100 majority. though thoy will fail thercby to clect the goneral county officers, thoy will olect four ont of the five Com- missioners, ns this number {8 chosen by tho city vote alone. Thero is one of theso persons, at lenst, who is balieved to Le open to n suspicion of sympathy with the Ring, and the Ring only need to clect a singlo Commiseioner to maintain their power, It isy therefore, the duty of the Republicans and Reformers to put forth every effort and draw out every good citizen of Chicago in order to prevent Dave TronntoN's party from carrying tha city by any majority what- over; for oven thu defeat of Dave Tuory- Tok's candidntes for the general connty of- fices would searcely cotponsato for tho loss of .the four Reform Commlissioners who aro to bo elected by tho city vote nloue. P Sty THE LATE SENATOR MORTON, Senator Montoy, at tho early age of 5+ yoary, in the prime of his intellectual vigor, has passed away., By his frionds, by his State, by bis party, and by his country he will Lo mourned ; his death will be regarded, 08 the denth of any great, intellectual man will be regarded, n3 n national loss, One by one the States are claiming place on the roll ‘of IHustrious statesinen who have departed for tho nauies of their vons, Indiana to-dny asks that sho bo represonted on that roll by the nnme of Ouiven I’ Montox, (he moat distinguished of her sons sho lina yot given to the country, The st of Americans who havo won fame In clvil life, who havo succoeded In overshad. owing oven military glory by high aims and glorious nctions, is not so long but it can be called over readily. Tho statesmen of tho Itevolutionary period form, of course, n class by themsclves. With the exception of Hau- 1LTON, the majority of these mon wero in timo made Executive rulers of tho - uation. With tho advont of Gen. JacxsoN a new class of statesmen came upon the stage, and among the most omincut of these how fow attained the Presidency, Wemsten and Cray, Caniroun, Waiaur, Wint, and Bextoxn will livo honored in the memory of the na- tion when many of their more sucoessful rivals sball Lo forgotten. Evenerr, Bew- Anp, Dovaras, and Cizase will fill no Jess hon- ored pages in history becauso other men wero preferred for higher places thun they ottained, Alr, MonToN's publio carcer has been a long ouo for so young n man, In enrly life Lo bad been o Democrat; but, ufter the pnsango of the Kansas-Nebraska Lil), hio loft that party and Lelped to organ- izo the Rupublican party of Indiana in 1864, e bounded to_tho leadership of tha new party iu Lis State, and for twenty.three years Lio has been its outocrat, without a rival or a heart-burn. No Republican in Iudiana has ever contested tho lendorsbip with Liw, or sought o thwart him in the connoils of the party. s wish hus boen law among the Lepublicavs in that Btate, Mo wns a natu- 1al-born lesder, aud a ruler of men by virtno of brain-power and forco of will, 1In 1836, ouly two years after tho Kepnblican party wag formed, he rau as its candidate for Gov- ernor, and made & most vigorous and brill. iaut canvass, stumping almost every county, sud, while Lo failed of an clection Ly less than 0,000 votes in o poll of a quarter of a million, he ran ahead of every other candi- dato on Lis ticket, and established bis un- challengod leadership duriug the rest of his Jifo. His oficial lifo begad with the breaking out of. the Rebellion, less than twenty ycars sgo, but into those bricf years have Leon crowded greater labors, more active efforts, untiring energy, and zoal than aro met with in the ordivary life- timo of most mon. In 1860, fust on tho oveof the Waz, he was made Goveraor of the Stato of Indiana, and that, with the exception of a single year on tho Circuit Bench, was the be- ginning of his official life. Up to that thwe be was little known outside the limits of In- diava, His election 08 Governor seewns, in the light of snbsequent eventa, to liave been providential. The great executive abilitics of the man were at once developed. Iis services and Inbors during the four years of the War were extraordinary, and have passed into history. o weil merited the litle ho obtained of ‘‘The (ireat War-Governor.” Hnd a man of different politics, or even ono of less conrage and power of will, hLeld that office during that critical time, who can moagnre the disnsters and calamitons con. sequences that would probably have befallen the country ? From tho Governor's office, to which he had been re-olected in 18G4 by more than 20,000 majority, hie was elocted to theSenate in 1807, Ilo entered it dnring the period of Tteconstruction, and thongh he had previons- Iy nevor been a tnember of any legislative body he at once took Ligh rank among the most eminent men of tho Sonate. Itishard- Iy needed to add that the ten years during which he wns n Sonator hnve been marked Dby an unbroken serios of porsonal friumphe) In what may bo ealled rough-snd-tumble, dobnte, ha was by all odds the most powerful man ju that chamber of strong men. No man grappled him in thet kind of discussion but got bruised and hart i the fall. His oponing speeches were always campaign documents, which Iaid down the platform and furnished the arguments and facts in its support, He wns not a learned map, nor conld he be styled a scholar, ns thoso terms nro gonerally understood. Mo was not o gracefal orator; Le lacked the polish and the cleganco possessed by many men far his inferiors, DBut he was not the less effective, Ho was bold, determined, positive, and dog- matie; he carried conviction to the minds of his hearors Ly the force and logic of his langunge, by the oarnestness of his manzor, and by the deep souso of his own sincerity, Ho wns florce fn his resentments, bitter in his denunciations, intoleraut in his opposi- tion, strong in his party prejudices, extremo in his policies ; and nggressive alwnys. He knew little of what men understand ns for- boarance. Belioving himself right, he re- jected all that did not meet his approval as wrong, and wrong ho pursned moat vigor. ously. His opponent in politics he treated s o publicenemy, and against that ecnomy he waged o sleepless, unrelenting war. 1o en- tered publio lifa in the nctivo prosecution of tho moen who had rebelled agnirst the Gov- ornment and the laws, and his last public ulterance, o fow weeks since, on the far-off const of Oregon, was, in general tone, such as ho might have delivered ten yoars ago. During his distrossing illnoss, however, ho sent to the President strong words of encour- agement and commendation. His dying wish was to prevent a rupture between tho President and the Republican members. In the main he cordinlly indorsed the course and policies of Haves, His lnst publio utterance, given to the country a fow dnys ngo, was nn expression - of faith in President Haves and in the ontcome of Lis Southern policy of peace nnd reconcilintion. 1o applauded the new departare, and do- manded that the Repnblieans in Congress shonld not erabarzass the Administration by factions opposition eithor to measnres or ap- pointments, bat shonld do everything in their power to promote harmony botween the Ad. miuisteation and tho party, which have a cominen juterest. Benator MonTox Was a prominent candi- dato for tho Presidontial nomination in the Cincinnali Convontion, and, had his health been sound, ho would probably have boen nominated; but an apprehension filled the minds of the delegates that disease had such hold of his system ns might termivate his lifo long beforo the end of a Presidontial term. Mr. MonroN was a Democrat in early lifo ; he had no affilintions with the Whig party. He supported Porg, and Cass, and Preror. Bat, rogarding tho Knnsas-Nobraska act as the ovidenoe of a deop conspiracy on the part of slavery to prostitnte the wholo na- tion to fits service, he united with the Tepablicans as a declared cnomy of elavery. TInto thia battle with slavery ho carried all his courageous spirit; it was n matter of per. sonal lintred, and though the War hns been over twelve years ho has mado the causo of tho enfranchised blacks the occasion for maiataining the war against slavery, which, in bis judgment, still survivedin spisit, though nolonger visiblo in the body, Mr. Morrox's statesmunslip, thongh molded nnd controlled in o grest measure by bis feelings, bod the merit of eincerity, Ile was tho advocate of slrong mensurcs becauso his judgment approved strong measures. e belioved in what Lo advocated, ‘I'ough a rigid party man, intolorant towards all who A4id not support the camse of free. dom, he was as determined that the party should always nct with him, and ns ke desired, 1fe regarded the party ns an agont tocarry out tho principles of justice and right, and as such to bo sustained under all circumstances, but ho nevor failed at the sanio timo to assort what was the justice and right which the party should protect, dofend, and promote, Mr. Monton, throughout his publiolife, though doeply engaged in parly combina~ tions and responsible largely for the distri- bution of party patronsge, cscoped even the suspiclon of any interost in cor. ruption. iz pervonal Integrity was un- questioned. e, within a few years, mado himself the loader of Lis party in the Senate aud in Congress, His success was rapid and substantinl, ‘I'he socrot of this success may Lo placed to the credit of his personal integ- rity, his untiring industry, his ability, the fore of his peculiar oratory, his mastery of facts, clearnoss of statement, and to his ag- gressiveness. Ho woa always prepared with aword anda blow, and thoy wero always used together, Mr. MonTon has left no equal in the Ben- ate. Thore aro other men wore learned and brilliant, but none who can exercise the power af control over the public wiud and over thoSenato that he Lias dono. Hehas Loen in the Republican party much liko what Dovorss was in the Demoeratio party, and it will bo difiicult to find another to #ill tho vacaucy ho has left. Able, powerful in de- bate, aggressive and intolerant, Lonest and patriotic, sincera and unwenrying, the nawe of Scnator Monton is deeply impressed on the pagoes of Lis country’s history, sud in futuro times ho will be ranked awong tho great statosmen of the Republic, ——— Me. Wexoros Putsases sud Mr. Winzus Lroyp GagsiwsoN hsve recontly made fresh assaults upon the Southern policy of the President, Tho country long since ceasod to attach importance to the utterances of theso gentlemen on political questions, and tlioy aze interesting uow ratlier for the illus. tration they give of the occasional eccen- tricities of the human intellect than for any bearing on the state of affairs in the South. It is unfortunate for the fame of Mossrs. Punrrres ond Gannsox that they bave lived so long. They devoted themsclves with such enorgy to the racred canso of the aboli- tion of wslavery that they bocAme men of one idea. When slavery wna abolished, their mission was accomplished and thoir ocenpation gone, But they did not recog- nize the fact. They have been talking evor sinco na they did before. It has been so easy for them to imagine the nogro in fet. ters that they have not stopped to inquire whethor he is still in fotters or not, but pre- for to assmo that ho in. A to tho facts, there can be no prolonged or sorious contro- versy, The President’s policy has secured the negro in political and social rights which ho never possessed bofore; morsover, tho policy, so-called, wasn necessity. With nn opposition House, expressing the popnlar will, tho President conld do no less than he did. Captioua criticism of the condnct which ho pursned under the presanrs of this nocessity is neither eandid nor patriotio, Gy, J. T. Rawerian (the Alderman), Arntiun Dixon, W, P. Nixow, Wasnrxatox Hesive, J. M. Arrey, and E. A. Frurins,— alt of them men of character, and sovaral of thora especinlly compotent o speak of clerieal and acconuling work, Tho Com- mitteo have not had tho time and oppor. tunity to traca Lizn's nffairs to the bottom, but what thoy have found issufficiont to con- demn his administration and to creato n strong suspicion that oven the financos of the Clerk's offico are not in a proper shapo. His books are ovidence of the most slovenly clorieal work ; 1t is admitted by competont wmon in his offico that a majority of his em- ployesnre not fit lo do the work; it has boon found that many persons have bLeen carried on the pay-roll who do little or no work for the econaty; and it is meserted that the cost of ernsuros and cor- rections, rendered necossary by the carcless- ness and incompetenco of employes, is nbout 88 large ns that of the original imperfect work, It is not surprising that, as a con- requence, the offico expenses are donblo what they ought to be. In 1874 thoso expeuses were but little more than $45,000, and Mr, Lirs once offered forun tho offico on con- tract for that amount, claiming privately that he could make §10,000 8 year for himself under the arrangement, 'The cost of the work actually dono, estimated on the basis of the salaries now paid, is set down at about §40,000; as tho fees yield 251,000, there should be paid into the County Treasury over $10,000 annually. Instead of that, in the two years 1875 and 1870, Mr. Lien drew out of the Connty Trensnry 262,206 ovor and above tho fees received, and this year it is catimated that his oxpenses will bo $112,000, or at lenst $60,000 more than it ought to be. If thoro were nothing but this, Mr. Lien should be mado to give way o a successor. But thero aro other mntters which place the County Clerk's offico under Liznin n still worso plight. There is reason to be- lieve that Lizs assessed his omployes Inst yoar about, 84,000 for political purposes, but ha paid no such sum over to the Domocratio Committeo. This year it ia sald that ha bled his clerks about $3,000 before the nomina- tions wero made, and before sny Democratio Campaign Committeo was appointed, so the party will not get tho bonefit thereof. The Democratic monagers shonld nscertain what disposition was made of thoso funds, It is furthor stated that asinglo membor of his fomily hes been paid o8 high ns $800 a month for copying, though it would be physically impossible for any one person to carn that nmount of monoy, or anything like it, by mero copying. The oxplanation is that this porson reccives eight conts per folio (the highest amount allowed by law), and farms out the work t{o inferfor copyista for bolf that sum, whereby tho county is cheated out of sgvernl hundred dollars amonth, becauss Lixn, as the agont of tho county, could employ thess low- rate copyist directly for the county without giving his family tho midleman's profit of 100 per cent. But the worst foaturo is that Lien's cash-account is in n muddle; thatit is not kopt on a system that checks the cash proporly ; that Lien's cashier is his father- in-law, and the pasistant cashicr n drunken follow, who snys Lies dare not dismisa him; and, finally, that gentlemen having large clnime agoinst tho offico for tax redomption hiave beon kopt out of their monay for weeks at a time, Those several circumstances, along with the fact that Lizp has been in the habit of making disbursementa in defiatce of law, demand that Lizp shall bo reqnired to turn over the office in order that the money may be counted, It tho Democratio Committsa woro dis- posed to do 1ta duty to tho public, or to the party which it purports to represont, it would oject Henmany Lrzn from tho tlcket, because the puspicions which his manage- ment of tho office bave raised against him aroof a kind thut can only bo dinposed of satlsfactorily by turning over the money and effects for which bu is responsible. Aftor the warning that has been given, the elec- tion of Lren will moke the Demoerats di- rectly responsiblo for any mismansgement, irrognlarity, or defaleation that may ulti. mately occur in tho County Clerk's office, or which may nlready have occurred but can- not be positively proved till Lizn shall be forced to vacate tho office. A NOBLE BEQUEST, The will of ALLeN O, Lzwis, which de votes a largo fortune to tho establishment of n Polytochnio School in this city, is as gratifying as it is unexpected. Thore is no publio institution which the city and the Northwest stand so much in need of. The studies which are pursued in Polytechnio Sehools are particularly thoso which nasist in opening up tho rosources of o new and growing countty, snd are cousequently those which Liold forth the greatest inducewments to young man of limited fortuncs and unlimited ambition. The drift of modern education is in the dircction of the sciences and awny from the clasaics, and Mr, Lewis, in empha- sizing this fact, has given fresh testimony to his own sagacity, Ho bLasat the samo time recoguized, in a public aud befitting manner, Lis sppreciation of the local needs of tho country in which he mado & sharo of bhis fortune. Thero is no Polytechnio School of consequence this sido of Troy, unless an exoeption can be made in favor of Ann Ar- bor. It mny be said, in a goucral way, that tho West is deatituto of means of instruction in those Lranches of study whioh particnlar- 1y conoern its own development, ‘The East, on the othor hand, is full of such institutions, Even the great universities have been forcod to meet the growing demand for them by opening speciol sclentific schools in connoe- tion with their regular courses of instruction, The Bheflleld Sclentifia Bchool at Now Haven and tho Lawrence Sclentifio School at Came tion of the property will pormit, a Poly- technio Bchool for Instrnction in engineering, applied chomistry, ste., will be opeaed. The will provides that the beqnest shall take effect in 1886, if the accumalations do not rench $800,000 before that time. This isn noble gift, remarknble for the unostentations way in which it fs made, nnd for the wiedom of tho plan drawn up by the donor to securo tho benefits desired, 3r, Lrxwis was a quiot, hard-working man, little given to display during his lifetime, and not likely to seck to perpetnate his name in use- loss or exlravagont monuments. e chose rather o fix it in the memories of the people by moesns of a school whose inflience may extend to remote sges, alwnys carning tho grati- tude of those who attend it and the country in which theirwork shall be done. Mr, Lewis wns little of a public man, Few persona know of tho cxtont of his fortunes, or ex. pocted from him o magnificent a gift to the people. Withont promise or hope of raward, and sven with n shrinking from aute.mortem fame, ho Lns done what it was generally hoped and believed Mr, Wittrax B, OopEx would do; nnd tho ono man deserves as largo a placo in the kindly memories of the peovle 09 the other does. The Lewis Institute of the future will be n monumont of which any man might be proud. — Bomo volers may not Lisve read tho report of the Committee appointed to investigate tho condition of Lizn's office. Tha matter is of too much importance to be passed over carelessly, and we advise every voter to turn Lack and peruso it. Tho Committos of In. vestigation found the County Clork’s offico in o frightfal state, Tho books and records are botched, blundered, and blotted. Most of the work domo on them has been scratched out, written in, and poiled. The whole establishment haa be- coma n rotten rookery, filled up with dend- boats, old sonks, and incompetent persons, who are costing the taxpayera more than tieice what the office onght to cost. Tho ex- penditure this year is 60,000 boyond what it should be, The mismanagemont of the offico is nlarming as well ns shameful. The Committee hiut strongly that tho offlcial in charge may prove to be n defaulter ; nnd they cito some very suspiclous cases of the retention of money. In conclusion, they solemnly say : Tt will then surcly bo shown that now the office 18 oxtravagantly managed, and 1f in tho adminls- tration of fundsintrusted to his (Lies's] hands any {rregnlarity exiats—and it looks this way decidedly ~—lils succeanor ta the ouly man who can find [t out. There 1s but une way to prove that the cash is cor- rect, and that s, ** {0 count the money," AMr., Tioxas Ewina, of Ohio, ambitions i\ istinction, presented himself befors the Houso of Representatives on Wodnesday, in no endenvor to have Congress by law ap- prove the platform of the Greenback wing of the Democratic garty in Obfo. Il ro. ported a Lill professedly repenling so much of what is known as the Resumption nct as fixes a date for the redemption of the green- backs in gold. DBnt Mr. Ewrvo was not con- tent with that; ho thought to bulldoze the House into doing something more, o ho re- ported a bill to ropeal the wholo of Beo. 3 of tho Resumption act, which section reads ns follows ; REc. 3. That See. 5,173 of the Rovlaed Statates, limiting the azregste amonnt of circulating notes of Natlonal Bianking Assoclations, be, and the sanse I8 hereby, repealed; and each exlsting bank- ingt assoclation may Increaso its clroulating notes in accordance with exlating law whihout respect to #ad aggeegato iimit s and new banking assoclations may be organized in accordance with exiating law without respect to rald aggregato limit: snd the provitions of law for tho withdrawal and redis- tribntion of Natfonal Bank currency among the soveral States and Terrltories aro hereby repealed. And whenever, and eo often, as circalating notes ahall be 1esucd to any such banking association so Ivcreasing ts capital or crculating’ notes, or so newly organized as aforesnid, It shall bo the duty of the Sccretary of tho Tressury to redeem the legnl-tender notes, {n cxcess only of 8300, 000,000, to tho amonnt of 50 per centum of the sum of Na- tional Bauk notes wo lssued to any such banking Aaesoclation as aforesald, and to continue auch re- demption as such circulating notes are fasued until thcre shall be outatanding the sum of $300,00,- 000 of such legal-tender United States notes, and no more, Andonand after the 1st day of Jonnary, 1870, the Becrotary of tho Treasury shall redeem in coln the United States legal-tendor notes then outstand- ingon thelr prescntation for redemption at tho ofice of thie Assletant Treasurer of the United States In the City of Now York. In sume of not less thon 850, And to enable the Becretary of the Treasury to prepare anad provide for the redemp- tlon In thisact authorized or requlred, ho is autlior- ized to nse any surplus revenues, from time lo time, in tho Trensury not otlerwise aporopriated, and to {waug, sell, and dispose of, at not less than par in coln, efther of the deacriptions of honds of the United States doscribed fu tho act of Congress approved July 14, 1870, entitied **Anact to au- thorize tho rofunding of the natlonal debt,” with like qualities, privilezes, and exemptlons, to the cxtent necessary fo carry this act 1nta full effect, and to uso the pracecds thercof for the purpose aforesaid. ' And all provisions of law inconsistent with tho provislous of thisact are hereby repoaled, Mr, Fort, of Illinois, moved sn amend. mont to Ewing's bill, confining the reponl to the last parngraph of the third section of tho Resumption Iaw, being that part be- giuning with the words **and on and after tho first day of January, 1879," otc. Tt will bo geon that Ewixa's bill repealed the law which nuthorizes free banking, making National Banks tho monopoly they wore before January, 1875, and allowing no new banks, nor any incrense of bank circn- Intion, It also repealed the provision for tho redemption of $80 of groenbacks for avery $100 of now bonk-note circulation issued. Tho bill 88 reported by Ewixa did not meot tho question of resumption in January, 1879, fairly, It did not present that question alone. It included somothing more. It embraced tho abolition of free bankiug, and therofore did not present the question of repenling tho time fixed for resumption dircetly and fairly, It was an attompt to make those who favored the ropeal of the timo fized for resumption vote also for sometbing in no wiso connected with it. Mr. Foar'’s omondmont, howover, meets the question dircetly. It ropeals tho date, and repeals tho suthority to Lorrow gold, by selling ‘bonds, to redeem on the date named. Tho votes on the soveral motions, while they in- dicato o mnjority in favor of ropesling the date fixed for resumption, do not indicoto that Ewmna’s bill can pass without bolng amended. Docause Mr. Ewixa has talked the nbolition of tho Natlonal Banks and the inflation of tho currency successfally to the Domocrats of n portion of Ohio, it doos not follow that the House of Representatives, however {avorable it may bs to repealing tho dato preseribed for resumption, will there- foro adopt Ewina's pet schemes. 'The bill may be disposed of to-lay, or it may go over till next woek, or it may bo reforrod to thé Comunttoo of the Whole for debate, but Ewixa's bill, unless ameunded, will never be- como a law, and it should not. et ettt Thae Republican Executive Committee have gencrousty put the Democratic Campaign Com- mittee on the track of 87,000 which they aro rightfully entitled to for party purposes. They say in thelr report {n regard to the biackmall asscssments Lizn has levied on bis clerks: Daring the last year Lizn's clerks conteibnted at various times from 10 to 16 per cent of thoir montnly stipend for um;‘ml purposes, ageregate ing in all eome $4,000. This sum wae placed in Lizn's handa, but nerer delivered to the Democratic Contral Committee. Questions about the oxpendi- ture of the fund hava elicited so far only evasive answers, This year, It {s atated, asscsstents ng- groguting already $3.000 have boen lavied on the amployes of the County Clerk's oftice ments Imn made bornlm‘ l:]'xy Ex::lmfimn:lfi Cug: A gln Commlttes was uppointed, ten 18 tha nole oardian of 1hia fund 8t présont. Wil LoYall what fia did with fet It would materially lighten tho assessments ‘belog made on the Democratic candidates it the Perny 0, 8MiTi-DAvE THorNToN Compalgn Committee would require Lizp to relinquish the 16 per cent asscssments he has collected from his battalion of clerks, amounting at this timo to $7,000. Inregard to this fund he only gives evasivo anawers. money inberited and carned by her own pen,"'—Lieb. **Fora time Gen. Lten, in order to increass his Income, appointod a member of hiv family a depu- ty clerk, and had the person draw salary as such for soveral months, He found, however, that this might be nev:ulz criticined, 10 tho name was ly & e ol o appo: v yunte b folio-wellar. “Thta porson Is pati highest rate the law aliows the County Clerk to charge the public for copying tecords, eight cents per follo of 100 words. ‘I'he county furniehes the moterisls, farnishes tho work of countiug the words, comparing copy and original, otc., {n addi- Hon 13 tho eliht cente for the capying. 5 tiat, in fact, tho person yets bigher price fur the work than tho connty Is alloweu o collect for It as a foe, ‘The amonnts pald the member of the family vary from 8200 to 8450 monthly, and it Is stated on good nuthority that this party employs several people at mere nominal wagesat bls Louse to do thia folio-writing, netting over 100 per cent this way. It {saled claimed that the counting of the lfl\{“l is domo in & way highly benefcial to the wember of the family, so that & bandwomie iucomo is probably derived from this mource.—&rom the reportof Examintag Comenitiee, et eret— The Committes Invited by Lizp to Investizate hils booka and the manner in which he {s manag- ing the affairs of the County Clerk's office have performed that disagreeablo duty, and among olher things they say: Mr. Lien is also the custodian of tho moneys re celved for wx redemptlon, which he 1d pay over 10 the tax-buyers ou demand, As hels often absent from the ollice, tax-buyers are frequently given only o due-bill, underthe protense that Mr, Lixn 19 apsent and ‘cannot sign a check. These due-bllla are from timoe to time prevented and re- deemed, Now it happened that somo time ago & eptleman from New York, MatioNEY by name, cld wome $:3.000 worth of ' these due-bills, 1He called on My, Lizn for the monoy, and was by tols public officer kept, under some pretext or snother, Yor soveral weeky out of hla muney, Why this wes 20 remaing for Mr. LiEs to clear up, e —— # My appointments sro uccessary to carry on the business of the oftice, and I do not employ any superfluous clerks.''—Lkb. **There ¥ clerk nsmed Mr. Reunaus eme ployed vinc: Lizn came fato the ofice In vaii would any ono seck for hte Lsadwritingin sny of tho books in the ofiice, except ulurl those of a recent perlod, 1le vpent his entire time I cdite ing s wewspaper for Mr. Liku. Anotber clerk, namied Lanok, did slso but proclons little of tho ofticial work ke was hired lo do. Ho speat bis tima in waking tranelations for the same paper, Anuther more recent scquisition ‘In the County Clerk's oMo, Mr. 3axs JIAEITiNG, sald 1o be busy capylng wills, would find it diticuli to show twen- 1y daya of workdona for the cuunty since bl om- ployweut In the ofice. The county paye him for ittt B el oL, L aking epeechos in i :'I‘u Wgrmgmun. From ths revort of the Kz. amining Committ 5 e i——— Sporadically the managers of the * Phiadel- phia Permanent Exbibltion* come to the front and announce that, I spite of all belp from the WHY THE DEMOCRATS BHOULD “BOUNCE" LIEB FROM THEIR TICKET. The Democratio Campaign Committeo have assortod their authority to smend the tickot and review tho action of the Conven. tion by removing Rizcues, the Scandinavian candidate for Clerk of tho Probato Court, and substituting Kavanavon for no better roason thau the latter is an Irlslunon aud the nomiuce of the Domocratic branch of the In. dustrials, If this power be conceded to the County Committee, then it is clearly the duty of that body to remove the name of Lien from tho Democratio tickoet in view of the startling exposures made by the Repul- lican Exccutive Committeo a5 to Lien's man. agement of the office for which Le is again a candidate. In TRizoner's caso there was no | bridge aro two instances out of many, nillrosd cul:’gp:l:lll“'\:::azel:l’}:l? Tf.‘.':n'.f.fif.:?. charge of diskonesty or unfitness ; In Lirp's Mr, Lewis has shown wislom in making :.‘:f:g;"::mmmr"_ A liowl 13 uow sent forth cuse thero is o chargo and some | few stipulations as to the mauner in which for a pheuomenal attendance on Thanksgiving, strong coufirmation of practices that | his intentious shall bo carriod out. Having | 5 day sct opart by the Chief National Func- are not morely irregular ond dis. | chosen as 'I'rustees three men in whoeo dis- | tlonary for the solemn contemplation of the in- reputable, but evon worse. If the Demo- crats expect to carry this clection, they have no right to impose upon the comwunity a man who is fairly suspoected of using Lis ofiive for his own penioual benefit ab the sac- rifice of the public intercsts, and at a cost to tho taxpayers of 350,000 a yoar more than thoy would bo required to pay for a proper and economical administration of the same office. The Democratic party cannot afford to carry such a man, and, unless he be forced from the ticket, it will be more for the in- terosts of the party, a4 well as tho communi. ty, to bave Lixn defeated and compelled ta settle up his effains to turn over to a suc. cesvor than to have him elected and leave matters worse than over at thocnd of an. othor four years’ term. The Commitice which has investigated Lies’s mansgement of the~ County Clerk’s office, and exposed the manifold and costly sbuses thercof, is cowposed of gontlemen whoare entitled to respoct and credence. It includes men liks O. B. Farwmr. B. G° cretionhe has confidenco,—Mesars, Huar A. Wurre, Jaxes M, Apsrr, and Hexsy M. Lzwis,—ho leaves to them the arrangement of details. Unquestionably this is the wiser plan to adopt. The benevolont intentions of wealthy men have as often beeu thwarted after their death by impracticable conditlons attachud to tholr wills as by any waut of fidelity or wisdom on the partof the Trus- tecs. Alr, Luwis bas given a genornl state- mont of his dosires which the Trustoes will find it oasy (o respect and fulfill, e directs that his property, now estimated to be worth $650,000, shall Lo allowed to acoumulate ua- til it is worth $800,000. A building is then to be put up, at a coat of $250,000, and tho name of the Lewis Institute is to be attached toit. This builldiog will be used at first for a free library and reading-room; it will ocontain also a school of the practical arts such as tolograpby, and s school for tho instruction of women in the branches of in- dustry that may be adapted to assist thew iu gaining their livelibood. When tho condl- vigoratiug turkey, Astho Presidential procls. matlon comes first, and as noamount of patrou- age seems suflicicut to aselsy the * Permanent Exbibition,” the people will probably dlsregard the apoeal for shickels aud golu for the religious aspects of the occusion. —— #Every man fn tho County Clerk's office is compellcd to earn Lis pay.''—Lich, ++1t 14 o notorlous fact that since Mr. Lizn's oc- capation of the Cousty Clerk's oftice, ita employca bave becn vbliged to do political work fur the Dewocratic pm‘.. or lose tnelr places. Not a Quzen men can bo found among the hundred aud mors clarks employed most al wre mot active wal at couventlons, at mass-meetl eering trips through the city wnd cou pud for out of (he County Treasury, Last fail & emocralic Soldiers® Couvention was held in In- dianapolis, 1nd. ~Gep. Lizu aud sowg sixty of his employes attended the samo. Cook Couniy pald thosc ulxty ur more men for thels acrvices while sttendiog 8 Democratic mecting. Over $700 of the people’s woncy was wisted ou this one occasion, ™ —5romn the report of (he Eramining Couwnitiee. To the Eduor of Ths Tritune. Cutogao, Oct. 31.—You will obllgs o teador of your pdper by answiring the followlug quoations: 1) 1a it true that woen the Conatitution of thy United States was sdopted that yold and ailver was tho woney eatablished by that lustrument? (U #0, han the Constitntion been sn ame. change that deciaraLion? (1) 1Was thers A reviis mnde fwhen Texar was admitted a1 & State) 1oy csired by & mnjorlty of the ja° nabltanta of that Rtate, by an enahiing act of Cone .8, they may farm and organize font State E7EInE 14 Diow 1ha SEate OF e aay 2o foar i fom ANswEr—(1) At the time the L'nnmiun.m was adopted gold and siiver coin wes the money In general use throughout the world. The Constitution has nothing on the subject further than to provide: The Congress shall havo . @ money, rogalate the valae tnereot, and of jorct® LRI e of credit; make anythin o tender in payment f debie, S shlvescolny (2) The Constitutlon has not been amended ja this particular. (3) The act of Congress ad mitting Texas into the Unlun as s Blate pro. vided that when sufliclent population uthoriz. ed ity by consent of tho State and of L‘cngm-, Texas might be divlded and form four new Btates out of tho ferritory, It ahowld be remembered, however, that the Loundaries of Texas, os clalmed at that time, included g much greater aren of territory than is now . cluded in the Siate. e —— After the shocking rovelatlons contained 1y the Executive Committec’s report of tho man. ner In which the man Lizs has heen monaging the County Clerk’s office, it fa the Imperatiyg duty of the Democratle Central Committee to remove his name at once from thelr ticket, ‘They eannot afford to keep It there, as it wiy sink the wholc thing If submitted to the peoplg at the polls. The voters of Cook County wiiy not touch with a pair of tongs a ticket cop. taining tho name of a man guilty of such cop duct as that specified by the Commlttce of In. vestigation, and published In Tus Tnmuxg yesterday. —— “Compare my adminfstration with that of any one of my predecessord.”— L ieo. unty Clerk's 000—th ae. curate tigures conld not be obtalned. Mr, Ligg 1tken to explotu this in Frupnflhm 1o the following cxcecdingly smal smount by saylne thay, n tno County Clerk hiad to assume the caten. slon of tha city taxes, swhich labor was before tiat time perfarmed Ly the clty, The whole wo cxtending the ciiy taxes on the hooks amou; abont one-tenth of the labor required to make the tax-books, and would cost sny 81.600: It can therefore hardly accou rthe difference betwoen 845,000 and $74,000,"=From the report of (i Eramining Commitlee. B “Ipoint to ths cxeellence of my administra tion as nu argument In favor of its perpetus tion. '~ Lfeb, ** There {8 no compotent man omployed b; Lien, and there aro not many of thcpm.’ellm-'r.a;:“ will not admit thut the majorlty of ilie cmployes aro not Nt to do tho wark assigned them. A very superilclal examination of the book wriften up fn the Ce y Clerk's oftice fully bears out the truth ortion Thare Is lurdln 8 pago 111 any of the tax-books which roes not show erasures and cliumey corrections of figures, 10t to apcak of thulr generalslovenly appearance.”'—F'rom the report of the Lxamining Commillee, A dispatch to an cveolng paper from Mendota says: ‘The Mendota Clty Council last evening passed anordinauce probibitiog the playing of cards, with of witliout botting, in all saloons and public places In thin city. The crima or offense against tho Jaws consists In playing cards tor stakes. Where does the Town Council of Mendota cxpect to find any law punishlug persons for playing cards stmply tor amuscment! This sort of folly atways reacts agalust the causc of good morals and good gov- eranment, —— Jage Reus ls not wholly destituto of grati tude. After what Le mado out of the Lyxcx concern, ho fecls in honor and profit bound to render Lyscit all the help in his power. Jaxx 1s worklng for Tom all he knowa how, and that s not a little. Some of the distillers say open- 1y that Jaxa could well afford to fay all of LYNcn's campalgn expenses, as that would oply relmburse a small part of the clear profit he realized out of the Lyxcn establishment on thosales of malt (1) “The cxpeuditure of §112,000 for salarfes s absolutely nceessary to transact tho business” —Lieb, ‘* Desides tax-books, thero ‘fs lttlo work to be done in the oflice, except licenscs, cupying of kales’ records, etc., and tho busiucss of ihe County Court, To do all thie, ten clcrks, averaging 81,200 er year each, would be & snfllciont forcs, provided hey aro selected on account of tholr competency ond ftneas, There would, thorofore, be a (otal of wages neceaary to run the County Clork's ofiice of $10,000."'—From the report of the Examining Committee, —ee—— For several weeks the fraternity of parage rapbers have amused themsclves with tho Sdrall " statoment *‘that Mrs. Hares still wears thosame plain black dress,”” Wheroupon the St. Louls Jiepublican obsorves: 1t Mrs. Haves never does an; thing worss thea this, whe will not only go straight to Hleaven waen she dies, but while sho lives will commend herself (o the senslble portion aof her countrymen aad coantrywomen by seiting an example worthy of extenuive imitation. ——— It Now York will stick on s coupls mors pounds of steam to the square Inch, she will se- cure her monolith long before London can read any title to hers, Tho British necdle les In the port of Ferrol, Spain, and the questlon of sal- vage is before the Spanish courts. A nlea little point §a raised as to the valuc of the obellak, tho Captain of the rescuing craft claiming sn cxorbltant rate for his salvage. e # ] cannot contribute $2,000 to your campaign fund, geatlemen of the Democratic Ceutral Committee; I baven't any money,"'—Lieb. *This year, it in statod, asscesmonts aggregating rear, Rt already $3,000 have been lovied on the cmpluyes of \hn’\?&l\‘nly Clerk's office, Assessments were miltee ———————— #] defy any man to point out a dishonest act In my wholo career,"—=Licd, +¢During the last year Mz, Lixn's clerks contrid- uted at varlous times from 10 to 15 per cent of thulr monjbly stipend for campalgn vurposcs, ag- grogating in sll some $4,000, " Thls sum was Isced in Mr. Li ly; but nover dejivered to Yn- Democratic C 1 Committes, ucetlous sbout the expenditure of this jund eticifed so far o wuswers,"—Rroun the reporé of the Brhmining Comniice. ek —— #Temploy nove but competent men, and I defy any une to show that I have not acted bou estly in office.""—Z(cd. *+Mr, STeruExs' assistant {sa young man, poss wessing;, ue bis friends n‘. very great {alouts, bub iven to drink. reatencd with dlscbarge lachargs mof' he said, 0" that, for I will be Joliet for pealienle e ) dul o L talned bim to this day, \'l'm. £ b o " irom tha revort of Ihe Azamin ing Cominitiee, e ———— 1t {8 not the disposition of Tan TrisUNE todo Mr, Lign any injustice, and we hasten tocor rect an error that crept Into yesterday's issuc. It was statedin a paragraph that Mr. Lixp em- ploys 160 wurd-bummers, when tho fact is ko tas under him 229 of that ik, It was potan futentlonal misrepresentation of Mr, Lizw’s strength, and we cheerfully afford Lim the bens efit of the correction. e —————— Mr. EvanTts is {uclined to take a funny view ef the rig played on bim by the CauxBONS; 1 have been compelled 1o change my oplalon of the ¥consylvunia Republican delegation” in Cun- css. 1 was Very wuch mistaken ig them, asked thems to scloct & wan from their State fof the English miselon, § had no fdea that they would %0 Inw the graveyard and resurrect o man who was nut only dexd, but who bad been dead o0 luny thst his buir was sctually ju passeavion and enjoyincat of the estats. ——————— New York Is happy In o sallors’ strike. For sowe timo there has been o vigorous effort sgulust tho reductior of wages of seamen out of that port, and when & crow wero mysterious 1y slipped st Jower rates than the combination coucurred fu, the Jolly tars went on & terrivlo rampage, toro up & boarding-house, aud culml- uated In jall ——— Republicans should close thelr stores aud oftices ou election~lsy. The law provides that the Democratic places of business shall be shut up untll the polls arc closed. ——c——— Tho Dava Tuorxtos-Ligs Campaizn Commis: tee have Olled the vacaucy ou thelr Comumissioner ticket with the name ol 87077, & furniture mad* ufsctucer oo tho Nozth Side. 1t locks se i el