Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 13, 1878, Page 5

s PHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. ‘JANUARY 13, 187%6—SIXTEEN PAGES. 5 has dicd before Italy has so much as ot mgf engazing in a war with Turkey, it is of X %fi‘zhfl SwORMSTEDT has made a serious istake fn his vaticinations. — ———— ¢ footings of the failures in Chicago during fi:‘?floflm of December, as reported by TAPPAN, ncKm.orA: Co., were as follows: encaltural implements, ron, etc. . .sll,fgg,m lers.. 225, S‘;’m tiquors, and saloons . Crock e, e ers. doves. et }ffi?’mm an¢ contractors 0id matters.. Totzl.... aes ...$4,082.003 This is the effect of doing business on a con- stantly shrinking market, where the dollar feadily grew larger and the -merchandise gwslier in volume. And yet we huve 2 class of mencrying out that the dollar i3 not large ‘enongh, and insisting that the screws sball be yarnea still more. They want what they ironi- cally eall *a 100-cent dollar,” meaning, as com- yared with proverty sod original consideration, 150cent aollar. e — The Sun's Ulympian screnity has not been distnrbed by the fact that BiLL CHANDLER Went . o New Hampshire after wool and came back shorn. - It says that the tail wagged tbe dog; 1hat the many thousands of anti-HAYES Repub- licans were 5o afraid that some of the few hun- dreds of Hayes Republicans would stay away from the polls that they incontinently surren- dered. 1f the Horse-Marine corps should not pe dishanded by 2 Confederate Congress ona {slee plea of cconumy, the Sun should mail to esch member of the foree a copy of its article on 1he subject. = The Western country, by which is meant in these days the Jand beyond the Mississinpi River, bas just gone into mourning for one of thost eccentrie characters which only frontier life can produce. Liver-eating JonxsoN was a scont daring the greater.part of his care: It {s said that he aztually performed on one ocea- slon the zastronomic feat indicated by his nick- pame, and it is certain that no man in the Northwest was 50 feared and hated by the In- dlans. " Anclderly gentleman, whose dress and de- meanor show him to be a person of wealth, and one accustomed to move in the best society, has {or some time past been living in a very quiet villsge in New Jersey, taking little exercise, ssd that only alter dark, and opinions are divided tn the villace as to whether he has gone throngh 3 savinzs-bank, committed perjury in gwearing to & life-insurance company’s report, or married without the consent of his cnildres. ————— One of the oldest actresses in the country, Mrs. SypNey WiLkINg, who was formerly a mansger in Philadelphia, and plaved leading parts for many years, died last Monday in a tenement-house on u squalid street of New York. Shemade her debut in 1833, and was ex- ceedingly beautiful and talented. With old age came misfortune, and her de.th closed a long experience of misery and grief. ———— 1t will look funby. to say the least, to see in 1530 an Irreconcilable ticket in the ficld, some- thing like this: For President, MONTGOMERY Buae, of Marvland. For Vice-President, WrLiay E. CHEANDLER, of New Hampshire. Platform—*The Union as it wasn't and the Constitution as we want it tobe.”” Campaign ory—" With malice towards all, with charity for ‘zone.” —— ‘There scems to be a ‘“doubting Tmomas ™ among us on the eternal-perdition question. Can the advocates of everlasting fire furnish him with the requisite evidence to remove his unbeliefs? for, like his Apostolic prototype, he stauds ready to be convinced upon the produc- tion of suitable proofs. e Holland complains that America exports a great variety of products to the land of dykes, but refuses to take in return its principal article of mapufacture,—gin. It should be explalned that this refusal is on ccount of the high tariff, 20d not because of a national prejudice. The Turks, notwithstanding their blunders nd bad generalship, made a tremendous resist- auce for a time, which extorted the admiration of the whole world; but their break-down is so sadden and complete thatit exciies surprise equal to the former admiration. Alreagy the Irreconcilable press is after Mr. Haves for baving Roman punch on the side- board on New-Year's Day, in the form of or- anges. Toe next thing will be a howl of fraud- ulent oranges. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicaco, Jan. LL —Oblige & little girl 93 vears old by telling her how many inhabitants a Terri- ry has to have before it can become a State. There is no law upon the subject. i s o The two preat questions now excitine the public mind and ‘dividing men’s opinions are the remonetization of silver and the disestab- lishment of sell. e The prostration of Turkey is like the break- Iogof glass: it goes to picces all at once. It standsastrain up to a certain point, and then collapses, Perhaps Mr. ConRLING, since the New Hamp- ghire Bepublicans have spoken, is willing to sbake bands across the bloody Federal appoint- Dents. ——— From the way the Russian bear is gofug ahead bemsy well be called a turkey-gobbler, for he seems bonnd to zobble the whole fowl. ———— A San Francisco paver prints a review of the {w's marriages and divorces under the title Marmars of the Tied.” ———— The Italians have ot the largest man-of-war Inthe world, next to Gen. DAX CAMERON and the lnte KzNAX Pasha. Therecame & burst. of thunder-sound: Brn LER—where was he? ——— b:rhmls Do use in a turkey trying to fight a ————— PERSONAL. urek, of Cincinnati, has published a ‘Yolome of poeme. Azew short poem by Dr. Holland will ap- P in Scridner's for February, entitied *‘The Palmer's Vision, Martin Milmore, of Boston, has recently %apleted in marble & bust of Ralph Waldo Em- 00 10the order of Thomas G. Appleton. Gregory, the funny man of the Rochester at, has joined the editorial staff of the Buf- o Zepress, under the new proprietor, Matthews. &Pmr. Murin Mitchell has been giving to Toune women students of Boston University e clled a gorsip lecture. 1t waa a lively &%fiz‘on visit in the family of Herschel, the e The man who graduated first in Chavles wuer's class at Harvard is now & minister in an 8o village in New Jersey. The next best et le 2 Section Superintendent on the Penn- azia Rajiroad, ho':? of Thomas Lord's grandsons hes been 0edo fuvestigating the condition of Mrs. i, terdu Pproperty in that city. He was dis- &Mmm 410 fnd it unincumbered and well fovest- hegroriabout auarter of million dollars. N o that the handsome widow married old e rd for mopey is weakgned, if not proved 3. Moods, in bis discourse at Hortford, R 128t Taesday night eaid that no man conld gy pored by good worke, adding: *Sappose woul “:“ 10 Heaven by his good deeds; there Arage Do living there with him; he wonld be B g g 5 abont himeelf; he would bave a Lseg gpach, COTREE sl by himeelf, where he would all the time abont his good decds.™ THE LAWYERS. Annual Meeting of the Bar As- sociation of This City. Reports of the Directors, Treas- urer, and Grievance Committee. A Weeding-Out of Shysters and Other Disreputable Practitioners. Election of Officers for the En- suing Year. The Chicago Bar Association held its first regular meeting this year yesterday afternoon in its rooms in Farwell Hall Building, and there was a full attendgnce. President J. N. Jewett aceupicd the chair. THE BOARD OF MANAGERS, by Mr. E. B. McCagg, renorted that the Asso- tion during the past year had quictly, but as they thought efliciently, done its proper work, more especially in the conservative influence it had exercised. The fact that there was in ex- istence an eflicient body of men, not swwayed by impulse, yet determined as faras possible to sec to it that the dignity of the profession should be preserved, was in itself a potent power for good, and-not only justified but demanded the centinuance of the organization. The Associa- tion was out of debt, and nad a surplus on hand. The lease of its rooms ran until April 1, 1830. . ‘The report was apnrg\-m]. THE TREASURER, Mr. J. H. 8. Quick, then read his report, which was as follows: "The following is a report of the monevs collected and funds disborsed under tne direction of the Bourd of Managers by me as Treasurer of this As- sociation for the year 1877, and since my last an- nual report: Lalance as stated at last annual meeting....$1,686 e 15 Admiszion fees from five members. Annnal dues 1575 from one membe: Annua] ducs 1876 from eight members Annual dues 1877 from 101 members... Totalreceipts. SIURSENENTS. By bills credited by Board of Mana- ers and paid since last annual Teport, as follows: Rent account Inquiry-mectings ... . Stationery, vustage, etc Dalance onband. .oeceeveees vee weeeneee§ 516 The Treasurer also reported, as a kind of ad- dendum. that 227 gentiemen bad paid their ad- mission fges and become members since the or- ganization of the Association, of whom five are deceased, two had been elected to the Benceh, forty-five had ceased to be members on account of non-payment of ducs, by action of the Board of Managers at a meeting Jan. 13, 1577, and four were not served with notice, beinz absent from the city. Of those twa had eince paid their dues for 1576, leaving 166 members of the Associntion for 1877. _Of that 166 only 101 paid their dues for 1877. The Association closct the vear owing ouly $200 for rent and $10 for Jjanitor’s services. The report was referred to Messrs. Sturais, Norton, aud W. H. King, a comtnittee appoint- ed for the purpose by the President, and tney soon after reported that the account was cor- rect. It was then approved. THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE. A report was next read from the Committec on Grievances, as follows: The Committee on Gricvances have the honor to eabmit the following brief outline of the duties performed by them during the past year: Immedi- ately after our appointment the members of the Committee organized. and have been in session as often as once in each week during the entire year investizating matters which nave been brought to our aitention. . At the outset it was deemed advisable - to report mo doubtful _case, but, whenever the evidence furly showed that the party complained of had been guilty of unprofessional conduct, the matter was sabmitted to the Association for its farther action. We are gratified in being able to say that 1n a large ma- Jority of the cases prescnted to us the charzes have been either satisfactorily explained or the proofs failed to satisfy us that the partics had been guilty of such conduct as would probabiy re- suitin 3 judgment striking their names from the roll it présented to the Supreme Court. henever, in the Association or out of it, charzes have been made aficcting any members of the Bar of this city, the party making them has been invited to produce his evidence, with an as- surance on our part that they would be thoroughly and fearlessly investigated, without regard to past or present standing, position, or influcnce. In one case the evidence was taken and reported to the Ausociation, and pracecdings are now pending in the Sapreme Court 1o have tne party disharred. In two others, after long and careful investiga- tion, it was found the parties implicated though ruilly of gross unprofessional conduct, had never en admiticd to practice in this State, and in one of them &teps were taken to prevent the issuance of any license, and in the other, the party szved your Committee and the Association further labor by Jeaving the State a fugitive Several from juatice, other partics charged with professional misconduct have left Chicago to escape investigation, and transferred their operations to more favorable fields of labor. In scveral instances complaints have been made by persons not members of the Bar of unprofessional conduct, and wo are grati- fied to say that it has become a recognized fact in this community that there ig in this city o Dar As- sociation, one of whose objects is to investizate and punish nnprofessionsl conduct on the part of its members. and to elevate the standard of pro- fessional honor Tt is hoped the influence of the Aesociation in this regard has been widely felt, and its prompt sction In well-known instanccs has tended to pre- venta repetition of like offenses by other un- worthy members. Disrcputable and dishonest lawyers are beginning to find that Chicago does not present a promising field for their operations. There are now in the hands of the Committee charges ugainst several members of the Bar of this Gity of o very serions nature, in which the evi- dence has in part been taken, but which we have not been able to finally determine. In all these cases the evidence, papers, eic., have been pre- scrved and will be hunded over to our successors. We have realized thut the duty imposed upon us was delicate and responsible, and by no mesns an agreeable office, but have endeavored to discharge it without fear or favor. to acknowledge tne very In conclusion, we be; valuable aseistance and co-operation of the Com- mittee of Inquiry, which has participated in all our mectingsand shared our Iabors. THE INQUIRT COMMITTEE. The report of the Committce on Inquiry, of which J. S. Cooper was Chairman, was next called for, and is as lollows: Your Committee of ln?‘ulry beg leave to snbmit the following report of thcir labors during the past year, in order thal the Association may be fully Informed as to_its work, and to transfer to their ‘successors _such unfnished work, which. for want of time and proper preparation, fell short of ac- complishment. z Immeaiately upon -the ormanization of your Committee it was deemed politic 10 co-operate With the Commitec on Grievances, and we are lad to report the fact t the two Committees Elv: always worked harmbniously, and sought by friendly counsel and hearty co-operation to expe- dite esch other's labors. ~ The duties of the re- spective Committees are severe and of a delicate character, and will always remain #o as long as wrong is to be prosecuied and the delinquencies of ‘members of the Bar are to be investigated. The earlier part of the Jabors of this Committee was in reference to the complaint agatnst Mr. E. B. McClanahan, whose casc reccived a long and thorongh investization. culminating in the action of the Association adverse 1o him, which action ras indorsed by the Supreme Court’ by its refusal 1o confer upon him ihe proper license to practice law in the courts of this State. If, notwitbstand- ing this action of the Supreme Court, Mr. McClanu- han still practices 1 Eome of the courtaof this city, it is by the favor of some of the Judges for reasons best known to them. Our duties are ended in this matter. se of Payne Fittz engaged the attention of tn?ahégzmmce Jointly with the Grievance Com- mittee, and restited in its presentation to the Su- preme Court at its Ottawa term, where it is now Pending. Daring lust summer, after the Associa- f1on bhad been furnished wita certified copies of the rolls of attorneys of Iliinois, your Committee procured them to be pmgefly indexed, and upon Pomparison with the published lst of aitorneys practicing in the courts of the city, it was discov- ©red that many persons practicing here as attor- neys had never been enrolled. ~ Your Committee made many efforts to correct this irregularity, some cases, a ::hgfll:l-rlanwu an attempt to practice the profession of the Jaw without any admission toany court whatsoever, Private and public commanications were made of this atate of facts 1o the interestcd parties. and it is gratifying to know that most Ppractitioners sympathized with the efforts of your Committes and relieved us by their encourage- ment of the burden of a very unpleasant work. The result has been that at the Jast Otrawa ferm many Jawyers were propused and admitted who before had been practicing withaat a licenze, and whose title to practice law is now unques- ed. d?lflmc solicitatioll of some practitioners, no action was had by your Committee in their cases, upon the copdition thst they, aa being un- atthorized, ehould apply for proper admiseion ac the present term of tne Supreme Court a Springfleld, This hos not been done, with but ohe exception. Some of the persons who formerls practiced without proper. authority have addressed Your Committee snd advised ns of their discon- tinuance. Itremsins now to fimish this work by gving tne Judges of the seversl courts the namea was a mere oversight, and. of Ench ancuthorized persons. 1t is proper to record the fact that the Supreme Court_sitting at Ottawa gave to the Commiitee their personal en- couragement in the attempt to purge the Bar of unauthorized and unworthy persons. In the month of September last, information was imperted to your Committee that an application had been maae to the Supreme Court at ttawa to admit a person to practice uy,on a foreign license, parporting to have been iwsued by the Distaict Court of Ilamilton County, Onio. The character of the application and snrronnding circumstances led vour Committee to investizate, and the appli- cation was ut once withdrawn wWith an attempt to withdraw the paperz; byt by timely advice the document purporiing to be a license was withheld by orderof the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Itproved to bea forzery. committed by one Samuel Adler, who presenicd the license to the Court, and whio was just prior thercto ad- mitted to practice law upon foreizn license. Your Committee at_ouce hronznt his mutter to the attention of the Supreme Court. A rale was entered requiring Aaler 1o show cause by a cor- tain dey why the order admitting him should not be vacated. - Owing to the late day in the term at which the inntter was discovered, it _could not be promptls disposed of, but the Supreme Court granted Adler thirts days after its adjousnment to file an answer, which i has fatled {0 do, and he s00u after absconded from the State of Nllinoiy, and is now supposed to b in the State of Tex possibly intendiag to «cek ad; thatState. We give him th our Texan brothers the formal order revoking nee we hope our successors will have entered at the Otiawa term, 1878. ‘ihie stteation of the police justices was also called by your Commitice to the practice of ac- cepting **straw bail,” which so lareely prevailed ntois eity. The Committee met the spproving action of the respective oilicers, and we_have {0 revort that much zoud has been accomplished in this direction by the decied action of oue Police azistrate in bren; ap this bad husiness on the partof one of the worst pereons enguged in it. Notwithstandinz the passagze of the law of the General Assembly to punish divores udvertise- ments, which went into effect July L, 1877, the practice still preveil: in o limile. way, and tho respective parties have not yet beew indicted. Tt was decmed best by your Committee to cut off the supplics of these divorsc shysters by prevailing on the publishers of the newspapers to forbid their advertisements in their respective newspapers. An interview with the gentlemen controliing the Times and THBUNE was had, and these gentlemen assured the Comunttee taat the practice would be discontinued. One of these shysters utilized the “bill of one of our popular theatres to adver- tisc in. An application to Mr. MeVicker at once elicited the emphatic declaration that, if nis at- tention had been called thereto earlier, he would have stopved it ere 1 Tt firmly Vehieved by your Committee that, without the wuans of an- nouncing these advertisements througi the uress the trattic in Utah divorces will cease altozether in this locality. ‘Some months ago your Committee was addressed by severul of the leading busineas firms of Chicago, 10 1nquire into the reasons why the administration of the Bankrupt law in this city reaiized meagre 1cenlts to ereditors, and what measures mivht be recommended to correcs this evil. Your Commit- tee feel that this investigution would require much time, labor, ahd espense, and that the work had betier devolve upon our successors, us the time allowed us was 100 short. We caused to be copicd at Washington, D. €., the reports of the Kewirter in this city, and ali the Aseignces of this district, for the yeurs 1875, 1876, and 1577, which we_can_place m the Langs of the future Committes. 1t is believed that an investigation will be a profitable one, und that our successars shonld have tne encouragement of the Association. The report was aporoved. ANNUAL DUES. Mr. Goudy moved that the annual dues for the coming year be fixed at $10oermember. He then went on to show conclusivelr that toe As- sociation was not in_any very flourisnine cond; tion as to members and” finaniees, but there ha ‘een a large falling-ofl. He said 310 would not be enough to pav the expenses, the rent was §1,200 od the janitor car, but if there shoutd be a del ney, it sbould be provided for hercafter. The rate ought to be fixed at}310, and the Board of Man- agers anthorized to lnerease it not to exceed 5 per member more. He had been examuming the lists of members, and he noticed that the names of many ot the most learned and shining mem- bers of the Bar were not on the rolls. It would be folly to say that the remainder who were members comprised the cream of the Bar. The rates ought to be fixed as low as possible, and more induced to joiu. After considerable discussion, in which some of the members attempted to combat the views of Mr. Goudy, his motion was carricd. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Mr. Pence then moved that the Association proceed to the regular election of officers. Car- ried. Messrs. Wirt Dexter and Gen. 1. N. Stiles were nominated for President. Messrs. Hoyne and Mason were appointed tellers, and, after balloting, Mr. Dexter was declared elected, he receiving 32 out of the 51 votes east. ‘A motion was adopted that a committec be appointed to wait on Mr. Dexteranc inform him of his election. 'The President appointed Messrs. Stiles and Magruder as sach commistce, and they immediately went in search of Mr. Dexter. le they were gone Messrs. . L. High, W. H. King, Gen. J. L. Thompson, aud E. B. Sher- mau were placed in nomiuation for the oflice of First Vice-President. Mr. High asked Jeave to withdraw. The votes were cast, and Mr. W. H. King was elected. Just here the President-clect entered and was escorted to the President’s chair by Messrs, Slilcs:,:md Magruder, where he was warmly re- eeived. Mr. Jewett then thanked the Association for their kindness to bim during his term of oflice, and introduced the new President- elect. Mr. Dexter said he was by no means_insensible to the honor couferred on him. Heouly had a narrow range of possibil ties for getting an office, for if elected to any- thing it would only be through the votes of lawyers. He felt glad for once that he had beaten Gen. Stiles, with whom he bad had so many unsuccessful strusgles in court. 1t was always pleasant to contemplate the probability that one was fit for an ofliee, and the Association had restored this confidence in himself. The duties of President were arduous if properly dis¢narged, but he would do his duty. He be- lieved the Association ouzht to live, and to be 3 power for good, and to make such a nawmethat the true * lawver ” should be a synonym for an honest man. He then begeedto be excused from taking his seat on account of urgent busi- ness. His request was granted and the incom- ing First Vice-President, the Hon. W. H. King, was introduced and took the Presidential chaii Balloting was then begun for Second Vice President, Messrs. J. L. Thompson and M. F. ‘Tuley being the nominees, and the former was declared elected, JMr. Ullmay, the late efficient Secretary, then rose and said be did not wish to be renomiuat- d, and puc in nomination Mr. Henry 1. Sheldon. On motion, Mr. Uliman was directed to cast the unanimous vote of the Association for Mr. Sheldon as Secretary, which he did with evident satisfaction. Mr. Quick declined renomination as Treas- urer, and suzgested Mr. Farlin Q. Ball, and the ¢l ¥ cast the vote of the members for Mr. Messrs. Stiles, High, and Moses were then elected aBoard of Managers, and_Messrs. Ira 0. Wilkinson, Joseph E. Smith, and W. J. Cul- ver the Committee on Admissions. Mr. Moses moved that the Board of Managers be authorized to- discontinue the subscriptions to the numerous law periodicals taken by the Association. It appeared that all these perioa- icals were in the law library, and tuis step toward retrenchment met with approval. Mr. Magruder moved that the entire list of officers be printed for the use of the members. Carried. Mr. Sherman moved that the magazines now on hand be disposed of as the Board should see fit. After some discussion the matter was laid on the table. On motion of Mr. McCoy the meeting ad- journed. ———— THE NATIONAL LIFE, In anotber column of this issue of Tor TRIB- ONE will be found the annual statement of the National Life Insurance Company to its policy- holders. When there is taken into account the general denression which has prevailed through- out the country during the past year, and al- lowance is made for the terrible ordeal through which life-insurance has been obliged to go, cousequent upon the failures of companies here and in the East, the exhibit of the National isa very gratifying one. To meet the times and demonstrate to the public that it is willing to openly assume ite share of the prevail- ing deprecintion, the National has charged off $155,000 from the ‘‘admitted value,” last vear, of its real estate investments. The total assets of the Company, as scaled to what the Managers consider ““hard pan,” amouot to $4,022,362. The liabilities, estimating the pres- ent value of the outstanding policies on the basis of 6 per cent, which it is allowed to do by its charter, and which is, in the judgment of the principal experts of the country, a fair commer- cial test of solvency, foot up $2,722,548, leaving a surplus a3 reg: policy-holders of $1,300,514. In other words, the Company has $1.48 for every dollar of indebtedness. This balance- shce:. is a positive triumph for the manage- meq POSTPONED. _PIrTsBURG, Pa., Jan, 12.—The meetinz of the National Convention of the United States Ex- ort Trade, which was to have been held at Washington, D. C., Jan. 22, has been postponed. until Feb. 19, Many of the Commercial Boards of the country do not hold their rezular meet~ ings until too late in the month to appoint del- egates. In order to give all interests ample time, the Committee of Arrangements has de- cided it best to extend the time of meeting, (" specie payments. OUR DADS DOLLARS. The Third Ward Republican Club Discusses the Bland Sil- ver Bill. Withdrawal of the Resolution De- noucing the Bible as Hostile to National Interests. Appointment of a Committee to Attend the Springfleid Convention, The Third Ward Republican Club met last evening on the corner of Wabash avenue and Twenty-sccond strect to discuss the Biand Silver bilt® Mr. A. N. Eddy presided. Mr. W. D. Bishop took the ground that the bill was opposed to the best interests of the country. Ile believed that a bi-metalliccur- rency could not be maintained. From 1792 to 1834 the relation of silver to gold was 15 to 1. The measure of value was the gold dollar. The bill as before Cougress would affect other and greater interests than those of the bond- holder. If the people couid pay their debts with 1 cents on the dollar, they might as well debase the currency 50 per cent at once. If they could mot pay, let them go into bank- ruptey, and do the best they could, bat the nation geuneratly could not afford to repudiate 9 cents on every dollar. Germany had demone- tized stlver, and the only countries maintaining a bi-metallie standarl were England and the nations composing the Latin Union. All Asiatic countries, Turi and Austria used asilver standard. To pass the Biand bill would be to drive out the trade dollar, for nobody would give n dollar of 420 grains for one of 4121, He wanted a dollar that was worth a dollar. MR. R. M. WINTE said that a person whohad been taking medicine for four or five years and received no benefit therefrom would be very apt to call on his doc- tor for some other drug. The country had tried the gold medicine for four years and the business stagnation had become chronic. He thought it was time for achange in the physic There was no panic, but there was a stoppage of in- dustry and something must be done about it. Real “estate had shrunk in value, and men who borrowed money a few years ago had -been brought to poverty by the bard times. There were many men worth thousands and hundreds of thousands; who, if called upon at once to set- tle, could not do so. They were not bankrupt, but_tiey were insolvent, and the process of settlement was being torced upon them by the past legisiation on the finances. He did not believe in the baby ery of repudiation, and held that Ameriga was strictly within the letter of the law in pa ing the bonds in silver, for the contract_calléd for payment in coin. Silver was the standard coin when the debt was contracted. Official salaries had been fixed at hich fizures when the greenback was worth less tnan at the present timey, and the people were paying more for work thau they did in past years. MR. J. II. REESE safd that they had been told that in no event could silver: topar. It wassaid that it would never get beyond Y6 cents on the dollar, but the gentleman who made the assertion did not go go far as to pay it. It was the duty of the Government, as the suardian of the pcople, to pay the public debt in the cheapest currency at its command. He noticed that the Governor of Wisconsin said that every legitimate use to wiieh silver could be puf eubanced its value, and that its usc as money was perfectly legiti- mate. As to the public credit, Prof. Sumner had said that the ancient soverciens of Europe borrowed big dollars and paid back little ones. Well, the United States borrowed 50 cents and proposed to pay back 91 or 96 cents, and_probably a doilar. At any rate they proposed to payin the coi ch they amreed to pay in. Mr. Reese concluded his re- e by some quotations from the report of the Silver Comuiission in support of his views. DR. ED BERT wanted to know how adebtor wanting to bor- row money would be benefited by the passage of the Rmonctization act. Mr. White said that the debtors had suffered by the increase in the size of the dollar. There was not enough gold in the country to do the business with. England, that great gold bully, could not pay its debts in gold, and had " been compelled withia a little over twenty years to suspend mold payments uwo or three times and to pay in promises. He understood that the real-estate business of Chicago last year amounted to $30,000,000, but they were mostly trustees’ sales, and very few were vol- untary. The same was true all over the coun- try, and the depreciation in values was caused by the fncrease in the value of the dollar. Dr. Bert saw that thcre was nothing in the Bland bill to prevent the importation of silver, and Germany had $300,000,¢ worth of silver which she might fleod this country with, there being no duty upon it. Mr. 8. S. Gardner denfed that it was dishon- orable to pay the debt either of the nation or of the city in silver. When Chicazo borrowed money to rebuild with, greenbacks were the standard of value. They were goinz on to make gold the standard, and it would drag them all down together. If eversbody used flour and nothing_else, that commodity would rise in value and everything else would de- crease. He would like to know if they could have to0_much of any kind of currency. Sup- posing £300,000,000 of silver. did come into the country and silver became cheaper, business would improve. There was morethan ten times asmuch gold in Eneland and Germany as in America. - Yet England would vot pay the Ala- bama claims fn gold for fear of disturbing her currency. Soc sent over American bonds, and would not part with her gold. America, with only $150,000,000 of gold, could not resume England paid 36 cents on the dollar for the bonds, and in the first issue of $600,000,000 there was o stipulation for repay- ment in anything else but the legal-tender of the country, while the remainder of the bonds bore on their face the contract that they should be pawd incoin. Silver was coin, and it was an outrage for a man to demand payment in gold “i‘lhcn the United States contracted to pay in silver. MR. E. T. SOMWALT did not favor the idea of crossing a bridge be- fore they came to it. Many of the bonds were not due for thirty years or so, and he wanted to know whether, if gold should depreciate and silver advance in the meantime, the gentlemen who now wanted to demonctize silver would be 2s auxious to demonetize gold. He thourht that those who wunted a gold standard and who clamored about the frauds upon the na- tion’s creditors were making a good deal more fuss than the creditors themselves. There was no disposition, 50 far as he knew, to flood _the couniry with bonds, © and the London Limes was in favor of the remonctization of silver. The question was not what would or mirht happen thirty years hence, but as to what would happen Jan. 1,1879. MR. T. B. PERRY believed that the demonetization of silver and turningitinto a mere matterof merchandise had caused the decline in its value, and that if Con- gress had demonetized gold instead of silver gold would have declined. He did not believe that Congress had a right to demonetize silver ab all, for the Coustitution of the United States specitied that gold and silver should be the money of the country. He favored the dollar of 412 crams as it cxisted prior to 1578. Toe remonetization would not make sil- ver any cheaper, but thé coin would go into circulatfon as the business of the country de- manded it. Congress should have let things slone, aud the best thing that body could do would be to restore the old-time dollar. The speaker was in favor of specie-payments,—not gold alone, but gold and sitver. It was said that the United States must keep on the richt sideof foreign capitalists for they mizht want to borrow again in the future. France had met the demands of Germany by Xh-dng her debt amongst her own peaple, and America mightdo the same. A popular loan, even if it bore Do higher interest than 3 per , cent, and placed within the reach of the in- dustrial classes, by {ts issue in small amounts, would greatly conduce tothe good of the community, and would nssist in the forma- tion of habits of industry and frugality. MR. KIRK HAWES did not think that there was any such provision 1n the Constitution as that referred to by the previous speaker. In his judzment the act of 1573 demonetizing silver bad nothing whatev- er to do with the existing financial depressfon. The average snnual coinage of the so-called “dollar :%thc fathers ’ was Dot more than $£100,000, and he could not betleve that all the depreciation in values had resulted from dis- continuing that coinage. Otner countries, nota- bly England and Germaoy, had suffered as much from the “hard times ™ as the United States had. The trounle was that America, as a nation, had run riov under the influences engendered by the Civil War. Overproduction and the want of a market_ were chargeable with much of the stagnation, and the improvements in machiner had thrown a great many thousands of men out of employ. Mr. pJuhn Tate moved the adontion of the resolution introdnced at the preyvious meeting,: which was to the effect that the Bland Silyer bill, as passed by the House, was hostile to the best interests of the country. The motion was withdrawn by request, and the meeting ad- journed until next Saturday evening. THE SPRINGF!ELD CONVENTION. A meetiog of citizens was held in the reading- rooms of the Palmer House last evenine to ap- point delegates to the remonetization meeting to be held at Sprinzfield next Tuesday: Mr. William Bross was called upon to preside, and Mr. John Forsythe appointed to act as Sceretary. On motion of Mr. Forsythe, the following- named gentlemen were appointed delezates to the Sprinzficld meeting: Mayor Heatn, W. Bross, William C. = Goudy, John H. Kedzie, John _ Hise, E. 8. Pike, F. H. Winston, Judge C. B. Lawrence, John Forsythe, Judze H. W. Booth, Joseph B. Chand- ler, R, P, Derickson, the Hon. Henry F. Sheri- dun, A. M. Wright, Robert Law, Murry Nelson, T. A. Moran, Jesse Spalding, J. R. Doolittle, Jr., the fHon. Hepry G. Miller, Christian Cas: man. Miles Kehoe, Arno Voss, Potter Palmer, Joseph Med:ll, Robert C. Wright, Judge Van I Higgins, John B, Calhoun, Daniel C. Skel- Iy, J. 0. Glover, William M. Derby, ex-Ald. Pickering, Thomas Hoyne, Col. Edmund Jues- sen, Michacl Evans. f On motion of Mr. John Hise, the delezation was authorized to add to its unmber as many as in its judement should be deemed_best. On “motion of Mr. Forsythe, Judze C. B. Lawrence, the Chairman of the Tabernacle mecting, was instructed to forward to the Scana- tors and Representatives from Ilinois in Con- gress o copy of thecall for that mecting, to- gether with o copy of the resolutions there adopted. Tue meeting then adjourned. i i(ln{\‘c 0[! the delegates Willhlenve for Spring- eld Monday morning, but the majority wi down Monday nigm.'" Rt SILVER MONEY MORALLY AND PRACTICALLY CONSIDERED. [The following letter is from one of the fore- most merchants of Chicagro:] To the Editor of The Tribune. CniCcAGo, Jan. 12.—There arc only two aspects. of the silver question, which now seems to en- gross the financial thoueht of our country, that should claim the attention of our legislators. These are moral and practical bearings. It is claimed to be immoral to pay our debts at a dis- count by making silver legal-teader. This point is completely answered Ly the facts in the con- tract. Our” debts—national and corporate— were principally made when silver was lezal- tender, aud the actunl value received therefor was made less than the present value of silver as compared with gold. Where is the depravity in paying-in the cxact terms of the contract when those terms more than reimburse the creditor? The clalin of immorality is nothing more nor Jess than the “stop thief” cry of a creditor who Is secking to take more than the pound of fleeh, and don’t like to be detected in the op- eration. Our lexislators were cither caucht napping wien the Colnage bill passea which demonetized silver, or they must have been influenced by other than statesmanlike and patriotic motives. The country bled under tne influence of a non-orotective tariff, untii our unhappy War compelled our legislators to protect home pro- ductions agaivst forcizn - manufactures. The Tesult has been that the nation to-day is com- paratively independent of foreign manufacto- ries, and has thus far saved hundreds of miltions annually that would otherwise have zone to pay foreign debts. Lincoln, in the darkest days of our financial history. looked to the silver mincs of our country as the sure guarantce that we couid pav our National debt in coin. He is hardly cold before his successors make such a hor pe of the future of our country impossible by dewmonetizing silver,—one of the largest of our home productions,—thus giving the creditor the power to_callect 25 to 50 per cent more value than was advanced to us. In Granger lanzuage, Uncle Sam has a larze field to cuitivate with two teams, and to sour the oats that the best one would eat in the orocess, knocks it on the head as a financial uecessity, 1 this is not moral deprasity, it is certainly state depravity, and brings the actors under a vresumable charge of motives incombatible with business sazacity, if not of moral honesty, So much for the moral aspect of the question, viewed from Cr. and Dr. sides, as far as legisla-~ tion is concerned in it. Now what is the practical view tor us who are silver-oroducers and debtors! Is it not to pav in what we have, j eed when we made tiie debt, credit ors, who are then getting largely more than they gave us? But the payment of present debts fs but a small fraction of the practical aspects of this question, thourh the moral aspects of a change in our coin standard of value would be eatirely changed if present liabilities were all discharged before the change was made. ‘What have the best national bankers of this country done since resumption in gold was legalized for a near future day? They have withdrawn their circulation almost entirely, leaving greenbacks as the currency, and what bank-iiotes there are out can be redeemed with greenbacks. Why this alarm on the part of bankers mani- fested in their business acts? Isit not in the fact that there is not gold enough in the world as a noney basis for its transactions? The financial policy of nations and corpora- tions under the gold standard has shown this fact in more substantial ways than any dog- matic lecture from Yale or any other quarter. What are they doing! “Going for old,” as the boys would say unanimously, well-knowing that the d—1 will get the hinder- most in that chase of seeking liquidation of all contracts in a coin that they know is not ade- uate to do the work. This is the financial d—1 that has thrown distrust on alleredits and on all values except gold. till we have Pandora’s box in business starnation in all nations engaged in this raid on sitver. We have not yet seen the beginning of the end, if our Government shall adhere to the iniquiteus Iaw which practically reduced its available means by destroying the money value of one of its largest productions, o gratify the greed of ilscreditors. grive this as the only practical reason for the step; call it by whatever name you please. It would scem to unsophisticated financiers that the practice of the world 1rom the days of Job—the oldest known writer—dowa to the presentetime of using both gold and silver as money would be a suflicient guarantee of its wisdom, based on the necessities of commerce. It will not be disputed probably that the busi- ness of the world has increased vastly more than the population, and that the population has increased much faster than the production of the precious metals. Hence, if the necessities of 'commerce in the past, for all time, have brought gold and silver into use as measures of value, can it be other- wise in this marvelously-developed age of proz- ress than that the taking of silver out of such use should produce the present distrust aod stagnation in all business interests, governed as they are by the quantity of real money that is available for makmgexchanges? Shrewd finan- ciers admit that there™is not enouzh gold in the world for the purposes of money, and therefore suggest that zreenbacks or Govero- ment credits supplement the use of gold. This is simply begging the question. Is it not then that every promise to pav gold above and beyond the normal amount that all past experience says s safe increases the danger of a promise, and a rush for the coveted gold. Hence, the onls safety is in having enough real money in the country to guarantee that, in the ordinary transaction of its business, all promises based on it will be promptly met. This cannot be the case, if we are to take the experieAce of the past as a guide to our jude~ ment, uoless silver {3 remonetized, not only here but abroad. - As long as England can make merchandise of silver in the countries she hasto buy of, to supply the demend for it as money in her colonies, and the nations she principally trades with, and by that means make 5to15 per cent on the exchange she makes with those jcountries, she can afford to subsidize numberless agencies in_our country, where sha must get most of the silver, to carry out her selfish ends. Does she do it on this and the tariff question; and has that been her olicy in the past? We have been forewarned, ut we have not beeb forearmed for the con- flict. It is time for our statesmen to wake up or their constituency will put an_earthquake under their seats vhen this question is rele- gated to them for a decision. Busixess. ——— GEO. VAN HOLLEN. To the Editor of The Tridunc. HaxIvTos, Opt., Jan. 10.—In the columns of Tae TRIBONE of Jan. 9, aso-called iatersiew is published between your correspondent and my- self, in which the name of “*Jim MacGrath” (evilently meaning James J. McGrach) is mixed up with my affairs in a manner calcuiated to convey the idea that I had expressed myself to the effect that Mr. McGrath had been an accomn- plice of Haukins and others in robbing me, cte. Now, allow me to state that I never mentioned the pame of Mr. McGrath in connection with my affairs, except as to the fact that he had been one of the few who had the maanhood to, stand by & fallen friend when hundreds of others shouted * Crucify him.” Your corre- spondent has evidently misconstrued my words, and 1 deem it but my duty in justice to Mr, McGrath, whom I respect as an_honorable man and faithful friend, to correct the statement of your correspondent. In giving the foregoing a plnceu in ;fie columns of y::;xl:-u paper you will greatly oblige yours respectfully, OREES ERonex Vix HoLuxx, MICHIGAN AVENUE." Another Tilt at Investigating the i Graveling Contract. Examination of Several Witnesses, and a Bit of 2 Row. Robert Stewart Seriously As- saulted by Otto Bluhm. The investization of the Michizan avenue graveling contract and the manner in which business is conducted by the Department of Yublic Works was resumed again last evening by the Committee on Streets and Alleys of the South Division in the Council Chamber. Ald. Gilbert conducted the {vestization principally, and the witnesses wer also questioned by Alds. McAuley, Ballard, Carey,and Tully. M. F. Tuley, Fsq., was prescot in behalf of George W. Wilson,. Superintendent of Streets, Public Buildings, and Bridges. About a dozen other Per<ons were present. ‘The first witness was M. Cheney, Assistant Engincer forthe city. He gave the following evidence: I measured all the gravel, except, possibly, twenty-five or thirtycars. It averaged about ten cubie yards per car. I measured no car that theeravel wus not coming off both sides of it, and both ends. Wilson gave me orders not to accept any more fine gravel, as he sald complaint had been made. About four or five days after I commenced the megsurement he questioned my measure- ments, aod safd they were too heavy. He went with me at mny request and measured the gravel, and he and I compared potes. I came out about the same. I kept the number of each car. I was mipointcd to my present position by the Board ot Public Works. Some cars measured twelve or_thirteen tons when they arrived. Eight hundred and eleven cars were reccived by thecity. Do not know anything about the de- livery to the city, beyond the fact that Longh- ton’s teams were there. Do not understand that it was the rizht of any engineer or city employe to receive any money, either for overtime or anything else. The duties of an engineer are to measure the work, superintend it, and give the estimates. Most of the time Mr. Camp was on the ground, and there wus a continual fizht. all the time, as he couid not measurc enough for them. That isthe way oll the time with contractors. Mr. Houzhton was overseelng the work, and I snpposcd that it was his duty to in~ spect the quality of the gravel. To AMr. Tuley—I1t was not out of the line of my duty to measure the cars. To Ald. Carey—Do not know who inspected the gravel up to the time Mr. Wilson gave me directions. FRANK RIEDLE was called: Am in the real-estate and con- tracting business. Mr. Everetts got me to go down to Joliet and see about Zettinz some gravel for bim. Hare kuown bim seven years. ¥ broached the subject first to him, in my office, and I went down to Joliet ana selected the gravel. After looking at several pits, select- ed the gravel, a sawpleof which I sent by ex- press. Have known Mr. Houghton seven or eight years. Sold him two places; have not had nnfltrouble with him about the transac- tions. lave had alittle rumpus with Hough- tou, and have not been on extra terms with bim. Saw the advertiscment about the gravel contract, and went down to Joliet to see apout. it. Have never been engaired n the gravel busi- ness betore. Heard it reported that Joliet gravel was the best. Wnen I came back Trom Joliet, Camp, Everetts, and myself had a conference. Do mot think it ‘would take much of a scholar to load gravel and fizure out. 1had a basis to tigure on. Do not know that Camp figured on it, but Everetts and myself did. I told them I wanted a half-interest in the business, and Camnp and myself each got a quarter iuterest. I thouzht Iunderstood some- thing about rravel: kuew good eravel from bad. I had superintended the loading of the gravel, attended to the shippiug of it, and paid off the men. 1t was all fine gravel that I shipped to Chicago. 1f you give Michizan avenue achance to settle well it will be a fice road. We had the large stones V’iu}md out of the zravel before we shipped it. When I first shipped the grevel Lwas told it was too fine, and sent coarser afterward. I made no particnlar measurement of the car-loads, except by the shovel. Mr. Wilson was present when the bids were opened by the Muyor. Had not been acquainted Wilson before. Mr. Hourhton did not mect me and say anything to me ubout the contract, that I remember of. Mr. Houghton did not tell me anything about the Joliet gravel- pit. It was in the month of July when we got the contract. It isnota fact that Mr. Hough- ton told mene was the only wan that knew anvibmg about gravel, and advised me to go into the contract. Mr. Hougzhton dia not get aquarter_interest in the contract. - There was no firm of Everetts, Riedle & Camp. Everetts paid me. The freightcost me$Sacar. The rravel cost between S10and 311 a car to de- liver it here Have talked to Mr. Hougiton nearly every day since the investization. I got §750 as my share in the coutruct. Do mnot think we made much movey out of the job, con- sidering the labor we performed. 1 did not think ic straeee that nearly 1,000 cars of gravel should be shipped. Ithink the contract read from Randolph street to ‘Twenty-sixth. The advertisement called for 1,500 yards of gravel, more or less, an inch in diameter, to be used on Michizan avenue, between Randolph and Twenty h strects. Do ot remember any- thing particular about who got the gravel. I may have talked to Mr. Houshton about the in- vestigation. Have not had auy money trans- getions with Mr. Houghton during this year. To Ald. Carey—Did not seck to sscertain where I could et the gravel cheapest. Idid not go to any other place for gravel except Joliet. Some one around the City-Hall, 1 tnink Adam Warner, told me that the city paid $iS per car. My calculations were made on 150 car- foads of gravel. We fizured upon a basis of 310 acar, I knew I would make about $200 on the job. I do mot kuow cxactly how many cars were shipped, but ic was betswesn §00 and 900, To Ald, Tully—[ do not” know whether the ears were billed to Everetts, or to the city. Now L think of it, they were billed to Everetts. Iargued with Woodruff ten days or a week be- fore he came down on tbe price,—from 75 to 65 cents, To Ald. McAuley—I think.Mr. Camp de- stroyed all the papurs reiating to thie business. I do not kuow to whom all the gravel was de- livered. G. M. HOUGHTON was called to the stand, and testified as follows: Am foreman for the city of the streets in the South Divisiop. Was_discharzed once by the old Board of Public Works, when Strect In- spector, and was reappointed by Mayor Heath. Ald. Gilbert questioned the Witness in regard to the ownership of_a saloon, aud also in regard to the ownership of his residence, and he re- fused to answer, on the ground that it was not relevant to the matter under investigation. Witness gave fnformation about the cleaniog of the alleys and the_repair and paving of the streets ou the South Side, and showed his book containing memoranda of the aumber of teams and men employed, etc. He contluded as foly Iows: 1 superintended the work on Michizan avenue. I took the cravel from the cars, and employed the men. Had foremen under me. Am not an expert in gravel. Messrs. Powers and Berg were foremen for me; they were posted in such work. Mr. Wilson ¢ave orders once or twice to have the gravel changed. It twas coming 100 fine, and he zave orders to have it coarser. In the first place we tried to pick up the strect, but found it too expensive. Did not plow it up. Do not remember the Mayor and Mr. Bonfield cxamining the gravel and making remarks about it. Tn answer to Ald. Carey, the witness said Mr. Wilson had allowed Eim to employ his owu teams in preference_to others. The Alderman said the book showed that he had employed his own teams when he employed any at all, and asked the witness why he was particular about baving the book returned to him. He said there had been so much talk about the matter and he bad been abused so badly that he pre- ferred to keep it bimself. Waus not consulted by Everetts, Riedle, and Camp about their con- tract. Never received any money from them. I let Everetts have 3160 at one time, $40 at an- other, and 320 at another, which he paid back shortly afterward. To Ald. Gilbert—I did not receive any money from Riedle and Camp. Never stated I bad made money out of the teams. Witness finally azreed to leave his books with the Committee, and said he did not know that he had any special reason for refusing so to do in'the first place. To Ald. Carey—I never received any money from outside parties on account of city work. To Mr. Tules—Was appointed by the Mayor. No o;are was responsible to Mr. Wilson excent myself. )i‘hc investization was adjourned untfl Thurs- day next at 7:30 p. m. A DIT OP A ROW. The foquiry made by the Committee has engendered a great deal of bad blood among the contractors and otaers interested, and some of it cropped out_last nizht just after the in- vestization closed. Those who were present, had scarcely reached the lower hall of the building when Otto Biubm, a former em- gl’&,ve the = city, attacked Robert tewart, a contractor, Wwho has bcen prominent {n fnvestigating. the inquiry, and gave-him a severe thrashing. Bluhmisd powerful man, and Stewart was not able to, stand up under the sledge-hammer blows ad- ministered upon his face, which bore several contusions, not, however, of a serious natare. The injured man ran back up the stairs to the Council Chamber, and informed the reporters of the occurrence, and tremblingly stated that Bluhm had thrasned him terribly. The latter weot away, and it is probable that Stewart will cause his arrest for the assault. 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