Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 2, 1878, Page 4

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Me- 10 Ttue de In Grange-Tiatellere. merfcan Eschnoge, 440 Strand. MeVieker's Thentre, Madleon street, between Deathorn and State. **The Two Orphans.” Afternoon and evenloy, ITooley’s Thentre. Tandotrh sreet, between Clark and Lasalle, Fngagement of Mme, Janauschek. Afterncon, *‘Ches- pey Wold,” Evening, ** Deborahe™ New Chiengo Theatre. Clark street. opposite Sherman Tlomse, Engage- ment of the Hyers Biaters Combination. **Out of Bondage.” Afternoon and eveniog. g Tiaverly’s Theatres Morros srect, vorner of Dearhorn, Engagement of Colfite'n Folly Company, **Robinson Crasoe.” At- ternoon and evening. Coliseum Novelty Theatre, Clark strect, oppusite Court-llouse. Varlety pere formance. SATURDAY, MARCH 2, U = = Greenbneks at the New York Stock Ex- change yesterday closed at 98} Both Tionses of the Ohio Legislature yosterday adopted o joint resolution diract- ing that a national ealute be fired March 4 in honor of the final passnge of the Silver bill. | Thiz, from tho Presidont's own State,‘is the unkindest cut of ail. death of tho Hon. Bexy Wape will be an- nounced in {o-morrow’s papers. IHis con- dition Inst evening was such as to warrant tho cxpectation that the grim messenger would arrive in a fow hours An ingenious paper is the Golos, of Bt. Petersburg, It enys that owing to the prevalence of typhns in Ronmanin it is absolntely necossary for the Russinn army to return by sen, and not througlh Roumania. This is an extremaly pretty way of sug- geating the occupation of Constantinople, e In 1851, Gonrtsciarore, then comparn- tively young in the diplomatio service, was sent to Vienna with ordera to keop Austrin neutral at avy cost, To-day he is repenting history in that respect, and can use with singular advantage that particular leaf out of his own biography, Thero is no prospect that tho relations of Lro XIIL to the Italian Governmunt will be any more cordinl than were those of Prus IX. The failure of tho Vatican to recognize King Hwsmerr hes led to the refusal of any troops for participation in the core- monies a dant upon the coronation of tho uow Pontiff. Without tho preseuco of the militery n public coronation is 1mpossible, end the affair will therefore be conducted in private, —— Missouri monopolizi tho hanging Dusiness Intely, Twoof hor citizons strotehod hewmp yesterday,—Joux W, Danters, at War- rensburg, for the murder of n farimor named Joux Minren ; and Riciano Greey, at Kon. sns City, for tho killlng of Doputy-arshal Huanis, who hiad underiaken his arrest near Independenco, Chicago—which bas of Into been somewhat backward in tho matter of langing—hos strong hopes of soon being ablo to do komathing in that lina, ————— Dr. Linpnnay, the Director of tho Mint, aeems to hinve taken it for granted thnt the er hill was certain to become n law, as ho ha. nlready submitted to the Secrotary of the Treasury the design of the now dollar of 412§ groing, 1o hine nlso ordered the mints tn clear the decks for action, and be ready to take Lold of the coinaye at their full capacity £ woon us the dies ean ba prepared and for. ded to them. By the mididle of April it is expected that silver will bo turned out nt the rato of 00,000 por month. ———ne The Senate Fiuanco Couunitteo has poat- poued further considoration of tho bill to re. Peal tho Xesumption uct for the renson, it is said, that tho Comunttesmen desiro to ob- the workings of the new Silver bill, "Phere iu still another and 1more valid reason for tho postponement, aud that i3 the fact tht the passngo of tho Sitver bill hns not only clinched the Rssumption act, but has noto- duted the tine whon the latter mensure alull f;0 into uperntion, viz.: by making the spacle dotlar nlegal-tender for all debts public and private without limitatio ‘I'he collupse of the insurgent stenggle in Cubu is apparcntly au nssured faot, * Oua by ont the insurrcetionary bands have accepted the offer of awnesty held out by Gen, Canros, anld swrrendered to the Spanish military commanders. 'The surrender of the Central Committee, the jnsurgent Executive, and numerous chiel officers was yesterdny an- rounced iu the Cortes at Madrid, a vote of thanks was tendered the victorious troops in Cuba, and the Cortes in a body congratu- Inted Avroxso und bus bride upon the Lappy cnding of a most troublesome and tedious eoudlict. It is oxpected that the treaty of peace will be sigued to-doy, though the literal transeription of tho paper may uot be made public for several days. 'Fhe Dritish war partychafes and frots under the secrecy with which Russin has surrounded the negotiations, and it is Lelioved that the real crisis in Loa.- dou will oecur when the terms of peace are oflicially and explicitly iade known. If the terms ghould include the cesslon of the Turkish fleet and the seiz- ure of tho Egyptian tribute, a tre- oendous pressure would undoubtedly be brought to bear by Parliament to force an imuawdiate declaration of war, and a dissolu. tiou and new clection would follow furth. with 888 means of testing the sontiment of the country on the wur question. Thoreis Lardly s doubt that the war party would return an increased majority in such an event, All thia pre-supposes that the permanent peaco treaty will be snch ns to provoke England to avert hostility—which romains to bo seen. The onler issned by the Porto forbidding the entrance of the Btraits by any more war vossels indicates plainly the com- pletion of the treaty mogotintions upon & basis satisfactory to Turkey, and it would not ba surprising it the iron- clnds at Mondania Bay were in consequence withdrawn still farther from Constantinople. A very short time must end the prosent period of suspense nnd nuncertainty, and de. tormine tho question of peaco or war as be- tween Englaud and Russin. The Hon, WiLriax Latnnor, Representa. tive in Congress from the Fonrth Ilinois Diatrict, and n member of the House Com- mittes on Public Grounds, has interested himself 1n the quostion of Chicago's title to Dearborn Park and the Lake.Front property, and an interesting interviaw which wo print this morning will command attention not more on acconnt of Mr, Larunor's official identification with the subject than by ren- son of his eminence 03 alawyer especinlly versed in real-catato mnttcrs. Ho lins no donbt as to the ultimate outcome of the con- test, since ho shows conclnsively that all the ncts in connection with the original survey ond dedication were sanationed and con- firmed by the War Department, and later on were rocognized by Cougress ns accom- phished facts, e —— THE TONE OF THE VET0 MESSAGE. It must be admitted, even by those who beliove Prosident Haves' veto of tho Silver Dbill was an act of conscienco aad of courage, that his message setting forth the veto was in every respect unfortunnte, It was hardly to bo expected that Lo would be able to mnko any new points on a mensure which hiad beon so ably aud oxhnustively discussed, bt thoro was reason to believe that his ob- Joctions would be presented in a respoctable and rospectfnl manner. The Presideut fail- od to gain crodit for either of theso qualitics in hia mossnge. It was nnsatisfnctory to the gold cliquo, becnuso it did not presont their case even as foreibly ns it had been argued in Congress. It waa insulting the support- ers of the measuro, becauso it charged them gratuitously with unworthy motives. While tho prompt and overwhelming passago of the bill over the President's veto is rogarded 03 n rebuke to the Executive entirely uu- paralleled in the history of the country, this very circnmstance will spare Presidon Hares a largo share of the popular wrath which would have poured down in torrents upon his hiead if his veto had succeeded in occasioning an indeflnite, costly, nnd ag- gravating delay in tho flnal success of the mensure, The chief objection to the mensnro is to bo found in its tono, There is something of tho Chadband in the assumption of n special virtue in opposition to the overwhelming masses of his own poople. Tho message was certainly supercilious aud insulting in charg- ing upon over two-thirds of tho American Congress and probably nine.tonths of the American people o “ grave broach of public 1aith," * the violation of sncred obligations," and an oot which * will in the end defraud not only the creditors, but all who nre on- gnged in legitimate business, and nono moro surely than thoso who are dependent on their daily labor for their daily brend.” Wa bad become acenstomed to bnse imputntions and thrents, but thoy had come from irresponsi- Dble sources and tho pnid orgaus of the gold clique; such language was not to bo expected from the Chief Exeentive of tho nation, addrossing, ns ho understood, moro thou two-thirds of the ropresent- atives of tho people, indorsed and sustained by n still larger proportion of the people thomselves, 1t is doubtful whether any- thing conld justify the utteranco of such clharges under the circumstances, but that the Prosident mnade themn withont citing o single constitutional principlo oppoased to tho passngo of the Inw which he characterized o8 “annct of bad faith” is sufciont evi- denco that ho ovoratopped the boundaries of his official function in ordor to gratuitously insult the American people, and unjustly reflect npon their idens of national and com- morcinl integrity, Subjected to analyms on logieal principler, the message was weak and inconsistent. The President erred in quoting from his an. | nual messngo to show that ho wns not op- posed to tho maintenance of the bi-motallic system, and thon vetoing a bill which merely ro-establishes that system on the old, bis. torical basis. IHe wna unreasoning in the fntimation that the silvor dollar should be remonstized at tho ratio to the gold dollar of tho presont bullion value of silver, becauso ho thon ignored the obvious fact that the uso of silvor as money pgives it = new function which is bound to en. haneo its value as a commodity, nud be- causs ho concealed the fact that silver coin circulates at the ratio of 15} to 1 in countrios which have the bi-metallic systom, ond that the Amerlcan silver dollar of 412} grains uctnally contalns 3 per cont more of silver, Ifo was unfoir in saying that * tho silver dollar authorized by this bill is worth 8 to 10 conts less than it purports to bo worth,” for at tho very time ho sont this wnessnge to Congross tho nere prospeot of remonclization hud enhanced the valuo of silver 40 as to malko the bullion value of {12} gralns equal to O cents in the gold dollar, He showed a lamentable ignorance of the Iaws of finance when he spoke of n silver dollar being worth less than the paper dollar which is redeemablo in silver, Ho committed a palpable bull in professing a friendship for the Li-metallic system in the earlior part of his 1message, und in subsequently recom- mending that the *silver dollar shounld be made n legaltender only at its wmarket vatue”; for how conld a silver dollar be ro- doemnble at any other value thau a dollar, Leiug itself, under the bi-metallio systew, a part of the money standard ? ‘I'ho message i3 vuluerable from almost any point of view from which it way be coutem. plated. Tho charge of ** bad faith" rests analuly upon the assertion that 223,000,000 of bonds have been sold for gold during the present Administration, nnd after * the pub- lio auncuncewent was authorized that these bouds would be redcemed in gold exclusive- ly. We koow thero was such a publio an. nouncement, sud we kuow it was wade by Joux Buxwaay, Secretary of the ‘Urensury, but whouuthorized it ¥ ‘The President should bhave stated this plainly, insteod of beatlng about tho bush. Did he (the President) au- thorizait? Ifso, Ly what authority? Ho hivwelf, in his annua! message, ndmitted that it was a matter entirely with. in the discretion of GCongress, so he bad no suthority to make such a statement or cause it to be ‘wade. Congress did not suthorize it. 'The laws did not authorize it, because the Public Oredit act of 1869 pledged payment in coin, not gold, and the law under which the refunding bonds are and have fHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SATURDA'Y- MARCH 2, 1878—TWELVE PAGES. been issned expressly enacted that pnyment shonld b made in coin of the standard value of July 14, 1870, which included tho ailver dollar of 412} grains as well as the gold dollar of 25 B-10 grains. 'This * public an. nouncement,” s a matter of fact, was not “authorized” in any sense of the word, but wna irresponsible and of as littls force as if it hiad been made by Jax GouLp's newspaper and by nobody else. The consideration of this feeble document mny bs dropped after the citation of jnst one more glaring inconsistenoy. The Presi- dent, while vetoing na bill to restors the original standard, wna thoughtless enongh to say that “tho standard of value shonld not be changed withont the consent of both parties to tho contract.” But this is precisely what bad been done, nnd it wns fo undo the wroug pointed out by the President that the present Inw wns passed. Tho standard of value was nctually changed in the revision of the statules in 1874, not only without tho consent of the people (one of the partics to the contract betweon the nation and jta ereditors), but also without oven nsking such consent, The President ia not ignorant of this fact. 1lo is conscions that, when he wns mnking the hiard-money campaign in Ohio as n candidate for Gov. ernor, he supposed ho was battling for silver and gold, Ho is aware that at tho time the contract way changed, and daring nearly two years therenfter, the very members of Con- gress in 1874 wero ignorant of what had been done. If he honestly believes, then, as Le rays in his message, that * the standard of value should not be changed without the consont of both parties to the contract,” how could he consistontly or fairly refuso to sign the nonsure restoring the status quo which existed prior to the perpetration of just this wrongful uet? Wo have no disposition to criticise the motives of the President in the splrit in which ho has criticised those of the American people. We nccord him the credit of hav- ing ncted nccording to the dictation of his consclenco and the conclusions of his judg. mont. But an aoalysis of his veto message ravenls how warped his consclence and how nustaken his conclusions are. Accrediting him at once with sincerity and an onrnest study of the question, his own statement of tho case shows him to have been a weak rea- soner with an nssumption of superiority, the lack of which ho himself has made pninfully apparont. With his usual good luck, how- ever, hig error lins not been permitted to do the country any hinrm, COUNTY JOBBERY. Mr, Orro PertzEn, Iate Deputy County Re- corder,-hns been removed from offico by Re- corder Brocrway, ns isnlleged, on the charge of * intemperance, negleet of duty, andinsub. ordinntion.” But this is not all: He is also charged with haviug couspired with two other subordinates in the Rocorder's office (who have beon removed) to induce tho Board of County Comumissioners to lonse tho abstract books of the Recorder's office to privato partios. The truth of this Intter charge is supported by the statement of Mr, Prrrzen himsolf to a roporter of Tne I'nin. TNE, to the effect that he proposes to go into the abstract business aud ** Liave the connty books.” Tho presumption is, therefore, that tho movemont to Jease the abstract books of the conaty originated with Mr, Perrzes, and that Mr, Pertzen proposes to be the real lesseo. The nctual accomplishmont of this scheme would furnish a ourions and instenct- ive fllusteation of tho trading and jobbery of which the taxpayers of Cook County nre made tho victims. Boon after the fire of 1871, Mr. DPerrzern began to in. trigno for tho splo of n lot of odds and ends constituting his ““library” of nb- stract books to the conaty. Ilo demanded tho sum of $40,000 for thelot. To carry out the achomo of salo it required logisla- tion; Mr, PeLtzen wont to Springfield and sccured tho leglslation, It required exton. sivo lobbying with the County Bonrd ; Mr. Prrrzen is an oxpert at lobbying, and, after many months of industry, with, we presume, such neceasary accompnniments as would be demanded by corrupt Comminsloners, tho salo was consummated, Mr, PeLrzen's in- terost in his hooks, however, did uot conse with lus delivery of them to the county. Ilo knew more nbout them than anybody elso, nnd yearned for tho privilege of mannging them, oven after he had sold them. Bo, ns soon o4 opportunity offered, he be- came a candidate for Racorder. Failing in his ‘candidacy for tho Recordership, he fntrigued to sccure tho place of Deputy Reconder, and succeeded. Ho was appointed to tako charge of the abatraot department, and, through his skill as an oxpert and by reason of the good reputation enjoyed by Maj. Brocrwar in this community, the busi- ness of abstract-making at the Recorder’s oftico rapidly expanded and atill continues to oxpand. When Mr, Péurzen wanted to soll his books to the county, he represcuted himself as n public benefuctor secking to do the capnty a groat service, Ile was taken ot his word, and, at the expenss of the county, Mr, Prurzen’s * odde aud ends” of abstract books hiave been put in anch shape as to ren. der thom of somo valuo; certainly of far greater valuo than at the time of their purchase, ‘Chis is the net result of the firat nct of the Prurzen intrigue, namely: Forty thousand dollars in Prrrzen's pooket, besides the ealary lie has drawn as Deputy Reconder, and a set of books of por- haps double tho value of the original lot of odds and ends, Dut the books arein the posscssion of and owned by the county, Now Prrrzen is willing that the county should continue to own the books, bjt would liko to have it part with the possession there. of, This desire ju the basis of the sscond act of the intrigue. Mr. Prurzen says: “Iam goiug iuto bushiess for wmyself as soon aa I con." ‘“Abstract businesd?” cquerios a reporter. “Yes, yom . bet; and Il Lave those books" (meaning the ones which some of the Commissioners propose to loase), responds the late Doputy Rtecorder. Of courso, when Mr, Prurzes sucures possession of the county's abstract books, whichh cost $40,000, aud which are worth much more uonoy now than they were wheu the county purchased them, uothipg will be easier than for him to have theus neatly copied. Then, at the end of a yuar or two, ho may appear In tho market ss a full-fledged nbstract maker, with all the facilities for carryiug on the business in his own uame, or with a full set of abutract books for salu. ‘Whatever we may Lave thought of the ab- stract schome when Pxurzer wes intriguing with the County Board for the saly of his books, it is beyond question a fact that under the administration of Maj. Baooxwax the Recorder’s offico has becomo respectable, and as a consoquonoce tho abstracts of that offico aro regardod ua good puthority on titles to real ostate. It is uot st all probables that these abstracts will maintain their present bigh reputation if the county books are lensed to speoulators. But oa the other hand it ia quite probable that the purpose of tho proposed lessces in secnring possession of tho books is to so manage tho abstract businera that the books will deprecinte in valne and ultimately fall into their hands at n merely nominal price. In other words, the purposs of Mr, Pertzen is to buy back his ** odds and ends,” now greatly improved, for a mere song, THE QUESTIUN OF COURTESY. It ia nllegod by somo thnt tho Prosident wns troated disconrteonsly by Congross in disposing of the veto in A summary manner, the usual conrsa boing to refer such mesangos to a committee, print the dooument, and await tho report bofore taking tho yeas and nays on ita pnssago over tho veto. DBut the fact is, n fealing porvaded both Ilonses that the Exeoutive had treated the law.making power of the Governmont with disrespect in vetoing tho Silver bill whon ho could allego no constitulional objections ngainat it. 1t seemed to thom like a wanton exerciso of Executiva authority that did not deservea courteons reception nt their hands, The bill had passed both Houses, after fonr months' deliberation, by nmeh moro than a two. thirds majority, The Presidont had already conceded in his annual messngo that the Bilvor bill only involved **questions which aro exclusively within the jurisdiction of legislntive discrotion,” and which, therefore, the Executive had no moral right to defent by n veto, Many members folt offended and nggrioved at the imputation of bad faith and dishonesty nlleged in the voto messnga ngainat the bill, and, by implivation, ngninat them for supporting it. It was bad cnough for such rockless charges to be made by Gop- xiN's Nation and Jay Gouvrp's Tridune; but to come from the President of the na- tion in an offieinl communication to Congress was felt to bo an insnlt to the legislative branch of the Goverument, and a blow nat the public credit, the tendency of which wos to pruduce the very rosult which the messago professed to depreeate, The mem- bers were ncting under tho obligations of their onths as well as Limaelf, and hnd the honor and eredit of the Government fully a8 much in their keoping and on their con- science ns he had. The constitutionality and legality of silver coin payment of tho bonds of all classes were fully discussed and af- firmed by Congress in the Sranner Marraews rosolution by more than'n two- thirds majority, Another reason for acting promptly wasto endtho suspense which paralyzed business and inflamed the popular mind ; nnd still another, which had much weight with the more con- sorvative mombers, was to avold a discussion of the veto, in which the President would bave been very soverely handled for the im. ‘putations ho cast upon Congress in his mes- sago, It waa resolved, therefore, by tho sil- ver men to disposo of the veto in a sum. mary mauner, and by such majorities ns would give weight to their actions and om- phasis to their rentiments. . So the shameful act was repealed by which the silver dollar was counted out, THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. A supplementary elootion will take place in Franco to-morrow for membors of the Assombly in place of Conservatives whose eloctions have beon invalidated beoauso thoy woro obtained by official aid. Since the goneral clection it will be remombered that n now Cabinet hina come into power, conati- tuted in nccordance with the will of the people and in sympathy with the majority of the Chamber, thus still farther developing tho Iden of representative governmont, based upon tho will of the majority of the peaple, which hna hitherto been lacking in tho Frouch Administration. Tho contrast be. twaen the appenl of M. Mancene, the presont linistor of the Interior, with reforence to the supplemontal cloction and that of M, Fortov, who, holding the samo portfolio, mnnnged the goneral election for Marshal MacManoy, is # striking and significant ono, 31 Fortou was assigned to his place in tha Cabinet which gave him the engineering of tho election for tho Government becnuse of his known reputation as & shrewd, cunning, and unsorupulons wire-puller. He had had emple experience undor Naro. 1roN IIL, and planned the ox-Emperor’s coups d'etat, nnd successfully executod every purpose that he contomplated. In the gon. eral election ho arrayed the wholo power of tho State niainst tue people. By the use of polico, deteotives, spies, and sccret agonts, he ascertained beforehnnd what Profocts he could use, and those who were not likely to prove subserviont to his corrupt purposes were peremptorily discharged from office. Ile sent JacdMasoN npon a State journcy through the proviuces, and arranged ova- tions nud showy pageants in his honor, e arrosted and imprisoned Republican editors snd orators who darod to criticise the Alar. shal or any of the Government candidatoes, Ho contlscated and destroyed Republican newspapers and the campaign documonts fs. suod by the Republican committeos, o not only brought thowhole machinery of tho Gav- ernment into play, but ho utilized the Church for his service, nud pricsts, Bishops, and Arch- bishops actively interfered in the intorcats of the Governmont, while cven the Vatican itsclf took care to lot its sympathy for Mao)Mauox be publicly known. Church and State were notively alliod, aud thoy made thelr jufluenco felt not only in every Ropub- lican mecting but in every peasant’s homio, As it this were not onough, after sunouncing what candidates the Administration desired to have elucted and bringing to bear all the influences of religion and statecraft to elect thew, B Fonrou sought to work upon the fears of the people by intimidating them with thrents of the army. In the face of this tremendous combination, the peopls re- turned a large majonty of Republicans in the Chamber. ‘T'he power of the Adminis. tration was broken., MacMsiuox made n temporary show of opposition by seeking to retaln in power n Cabinet not in sympathy with tho will of the people, but was ot lnst bronght to the nlternative of ylelding or resigning. Mo ' wisely cliosa the former, and a Cabinet was nom. innted and confirmed that were In accord. auco with the sentiment of the Chamber, The first official pronuuciamento of the new Minister of the Interior, M. Maxcene, nd- dressed to the Prefects, was recently promul. gated, and, as it comes upon the eve of another election, it is of special interest. 1ts chief significance lies in the declaration : “The Governmeut distinotly rojects the doctrine of oflicial candidacies and the prac. ticos which that system renders necessary,” He urges upon them the strictest neutrality sud sbstentlon from every act that would jmply a preferenco for one candidate over another. After exprossly declaring that he Is opposed to that policy of the Governwent which makes kuown the candidate it would like to see preferred by universal suffrago, bo says : and legitimate for the Gov- erumont 10 wish 10 sew the elcciurs demonstrate, by ths choice thoy waks, thelz subesion to tha Ree publie, and 1t cannot be aurprising that the Gov. crnment likea to discover, In elections favornblo 10 1t, n proof that the canntsy anproves the direc- tion given to public atfaiee; but It does not behnove jt ta coerce to ita own _advantage the demanstea- tion of wniversal anflrage, and the proofs of con- fiitenca 1t receivos from the electara atrencthens it only on condition of those testimanles hoing freely Aven. In election matiera we have nnt one duty o perform, —strictly snd cquitably to carry out the Iawn, for thu alono can wo Insnrs the_cointry the liberty and sincerity of tho ballat claimed by it. The policy Iaid down by M. Manorre is exnctly tha reversc of that pursued by the Dr. Broavre Cabinet under the nnsernpulons leadership of M. Fontou, and not only shows a romarkable degreo of confidence In popn- lar support, bnt indicates another long step forward towards woll-grounded republican. ism, Thesa repeated victoriea in the inter. ests of poace, whilo all tha rest of the Conti- nent i agitated with tho possibilities of war, spenk well for the Irench people. Having established tha univeraality aud complote liberty of the ballot, it now remains for them to preserve its intogrity, and not fall into those grave errora charactoristio of our own institutions, by which tho will of the. majority of the people mny ba thwarted by & corrupt minority of bummors and dema- gogues. Thoy have mada their ballot-boxes froo; they must now seo to it that they nre kept free. It exposed to the frauds, trick- eries, and corruptions of such rings as oxist in our large citios, French republicanism, which is not as old or well grounded as ours, will soon go to piece: HARD TIMES. We have received from a farmer in Lako County, Ind., a serica of questionsto which wo nre asked to give answers. We submit the questions to our readers generally, and suggest that they follow the argument to its full, logical conclusion. Taken ns o whole and councctedly, tho questions present an argument amonnting to A domonstration (1) tan we nave %ny better times until all men and wonmion capanle 8¢ labor have employment so that they can got an honcst Hying? (2) It'they aro thus employed, will not this fn- creased employment, with the aiq of the vast im- provement In machinery, and {taaccumulatod pro- ductive power, proauce s surplus of agricultaral, uechanical, and mannfactured tercharidisor fi)} 130, what shall we do with the surplua? What can ocdone with it? 8hall we stop products and reduce the amount of anrplus ro producad, and thus throw thousands out of emuloyment again? or, (4) Shnll we seck the open markets of the world and competo with olhier nations for the salo of this surplua? () To scll we must reduce the cost of prodac. tlon, and placa our workers i flold, Ahop, or fac- tory on the same vantage ground that othernations give thelrs, “‘I'o do this, shall we bo compelled to roviso tlie tariil in the direction of Free ''rade. and adoit ol the raw material necessary for all our industries duty freo? {th It other nations admit our products free of a1l dutics and place no obstacles In the way, should we not reciprocato? (7) What natlons admit var agricultaral products frco of all dutyy (8) All our larze acricaltueal surpins mnst face the competition of the world, —It doea it evory day, Navw, 1f this agricnitural surplus does compets fn the wurld's markets, why may not tho mechanical ana munufacturing? s thero any othor chance, and all have work? Stated briefly, the argument is that indi- vidual and national prosperity is promuted by mdividnal and genoral industry; that the whole population, capable of lnbor, baing omployed, aud ench producing more than he conanmes, thero must of necessity be a large surplus of agrieultural, mechnnical, and manufactured ‘products. Haviug produced this surplus, what shall be dono with it? 8hall wo closs tha factories, disohiarge the workmen, put out the fires, shut np the workshops, sow the flolds with enlt, and so reduce production that there shall be no sur. plus? Or, shall wo soll this sarplus, and with its proceeds provide oursalves with what we do not produce? Shall we merely labor and produce what wo consume as do the Pawnoes and tho Sioux, or shall wo produce mnot ‘nly enough to moet all our wants but somothing in ad- dition to soll? Whero shall we sell? At home, in a market already overatocked, or seck another market whero thero is a do- mand for our surplas? Shall we burn our ships nnd establish non-intercourse with the rest of mankind, or shall we carry onr prod- ucts into overy port, penetrating overy climo, and bring back in exchange, ns snb- stantinl ndditions to our wealth, the prod. ucts and riches of other countries? To soll, wo must produco at rates which onablo us to compoto with othor producers. We sell nnaually, in addition to the value of what we consume, products of thoe soll, the forests, aud tho mines, In oxcess of $500,000,000. 'That ropresents our surplus. That is the profit over and above what wo consume, Tho farmer who only produces bread and meat enough to foed himself and fomily, ‘and has no surplus to be sold from which to buy clothes, in- crense his stock, oxtond his acreago under cultivation, provida for the education and improvement of his childron, and genor- ally bottor Lis condition, Is unfortunate, If all farmers did no better, tho condition of tho ogricultural population would be no botter thau that of tho mechanleal and the manu. faoturing laborers who can find no employ- ment aod no wages, bocauso any surplus they may produce must rot and perish be. cenndo it counot be sold. The shoomaker in a small village, who can find among his noigh. bors oustomers for only one-third the shoes he can produco, must limit himuclf and fam. ily to such living as his half-employed labor will furnish ; but it he can find a market for shoes In the next village, and, further on, in oneor two othier towns, then he will have labor for all his time, and perhaps for that of one or two other workmon, The law which shou'd prohibit him sclling the products of his labor beyond his own village, and there- fore prohibit him producing n surplus to soll, and roducing him to sn onforced ldlences, ond to be n tramp one-half the year, would bo pronouuced to bo barbarous aud in- fomous. Yet that is precisely the case in general way at this time. The mechanical snd manufacturing labor of the United States is capablo of producing, working at full time, enongh to meut all the wants of the country, and to produce a msurplus which if sold abroad would sell for §500,- 00,000 or more sonually, - But the law in- torferes aud prohibits exportation. It limits the employment of mechauical ang manufacturing labor to the vxact wauts of the country, and the labor which might be employed the year round, when not working ou half or third time aud half wages, is driven out to tramp through the country to beg, and perhaps from desperation to do worse, The difference between the matorial prosperity of the agrioultural papulation and that of the mechanical and manufacturing Iaborers is illustrated in the fact that, while the one industry produces all it needs and has a surplus of $500,000,000 a year, the other not only produces no surplus, but is without employment half the time, aud suf- fering the consequonces of poverty, distress, and want, v ‘The great manufacturing competitors with whom the labor of the United tates have to contend are those of Great Britain. The British manufacturer is permitted to obtain bis cotton, bis wool, his iron and steel, his silk and Lis flax, aud every inaterial, raw or cowplete, fres of tax. Obtalning this ma- terial at primo cost in the placo of produc- tion, he paye for it in manufactured goods, giving employment to another British indus- try onrrying the manufnctures to the place of exchangs and bringing back the other commoditios, We have in our own land vast flolds of fuel; we have the ores and metala in inexhanstible quantities; we have unlimited water-power; and, greater than all, we have an abundanee of cheap food. We have iron in unlimited quantities, and yet in 1877 the total export of American iron and steet did not equal in valno that of our export of cheess, and that, too,with hun- drods of farnnces oxtingnished and 40,000 Inborera out of work. We purchnss nearly $100,000,000 worth of sugar and molasses annually, and, instead of paying for it with our manufactares, wo ship gold to London, where the money is appliod to purohaso British cotton goods, to be sent to the sugar- producing conntries. We produce largo atocks of wool, which, with the mixture with certain fino wools impossible to be raised in this conntry, conld be mannfactnred into fine clotha now only mado in Europe; but our law prohibita the introdaction of thess fino wools by imposing a tax beyond endur- nnce, 8o wo sond the gold to Europe for the cloth which we might produce at home if the Inw would permit, and we shut up tho facto- riea and put the workmen on the tramp. ‘That is tho way we do business in this coun. try; starve labor, lest we might have some. thing to sell with which to Luy somothing else which we do not produce at home. Americnn grain, American cotton, Amer- fean provisivns, and tobacco, and petroloum compote in other countrics, and aro of ne- cossity sold thero for what they will bring, ‘We cannot fix their price, but must scll ns low o others. When we put tho mechan- ical and manufacturing industry at work on full time nnd at regular nnd continuons wages, and lot thom produce nil they can, oand scll the surplus in other lands, bringing back in exchange for it, a3 we do in oxclinngo for our ngricultural surplus, thoss things which other peoples have to sell and which we want, then, with every man capable of laber fully employed, and every vessol com. ing to our shores laden with the returns for our surplus products, the mensure of indi. vidual and national prosperity will be filled, and in the busy din of occupied and ro- munerated industry the voice of the Com- munist and of the tramp will no longer be heard in the Innd. TWi QUS FRAUDS, Tho Northwestern Christian Adcocats and tho Adrance havo been smolling through the advertisements of Tne Tripung, and claim to have found something that wasn't nico. They mny have dono so. They are capable of torturing innocont or obscure expres- siona into foul shapes, They have heon in tho busincss a long time, nnd have had just the experience of indecency which fita them tonoso it ont. Tho task in wellsuited to their capncities, and we aro willing they should stick toit. But we are not willing that their motives or their charactor should bo misundorstood, Wo dosire to have it kuown that thoy hunt nastiness becaucs they lovo it, that they wallow in it from instinet, and have learned to detect it by intimato ns- sociation. ‘This will clenrly appenr when thelr sanctimonious professions are com- pared with their charactor and practice, The Advance ia'n fraud, and maintained by tha produots of fraud. Owned and edited by o membor of the notorious Howasp family, itis ovory way worthy of the roputation which that family has acquired. 'They have properly gone into roligious journalism be- cause they were too woll known in politics, ‘We do not sy that the Advance is now par- tinlly supported by the products of the steal in the Freedmon's Hospital building, but wo do say that monoy no botter onrned is used in the support of papers no better or worse than the Advance. 8o it is with the Adro- cate, Having ot its hend n porson named Epwanps, who was succossively an unfaith- ful student and an unacceptable pastor, it has for a number of yoars oxhibited only his potty malico and large ignorance. Tho Mothodist Church makes its grentoat mistako in ponsioning such men upon ita offlcial organs, and permitting thom to volco its opinions and scutimonts. For it is a woll- known fact that Epwaros has committed tho Church to more rash and unchristinn statomonts, and involved it in more trouble, than all his prodocessors in the editorinl chnir of the Advacate together., How was it that tho esteemed Dr. Eppr gave the Advo- cate o position which it has never since hold, if it wos not through the exerciso of a judl- clous and dignified spirit? Ho nover do- scondod to vulgarity, as Evwanps bas done; nover conducted au argument by vitupera. tion, and never sought to oxemplify tho wickedncss and meauncss of this world in tho columua of o Church publication, If it in 0 good thing for o Church organ to le and throw dirt, Enwanns deserves tho praise of the Churoli; othorwise he deserves ils cen. sure, Bo much for the character of theso nelf. appointed consors, Now for the results of it. Wo mniutnin that both thess papers print ndvertisoments worse than any to be found in Tuz Tnipune, Ilere is a epecimen from the last number of the Advancs : Ladies’ Friend . Agents at < ) Who is the Indles' friend ? Why is it com. pleto and invaluable? If as complete and invaluable as it protends to be, why Is it auc- tioned off for ouly three conta? It is dirt cheap, ‘The following advertisement, printed both in the Advance and the Advocate, covers somethiug *“ queor”: $350 & BT AN T sumpls raxs. Addrsis— It is impossible that any legitimate bual. noss in which 330 per month can be carned should go begging for agents. What are theae ** thirty-six best selling articles in the world"? 'The Advance and the Advocats ought to know, and, it they do know, they must be accessories In (he distribution of “*articlea” the sale of which is prohibited by law, Another specimen TRiaT, e wanled 1o bl ot SRSV S S fo betdiing. Hepwnr weld: Jernnent T, P laust. o, L) ¢ Btaple goods” is precisely the phrase used in the Now York Clipper and other ‘“sporting " newspapors to describe forbid- den articles, Mauny other extracts might be made from the columny of these tighly-moral organs, but thoso given above are sufficient to con- demn them. 'They advertise sure * cures for consumption,” which are palpable frauds on their faco; §3 gold watches; shaky life-in- surance, aud flashy novels, While their practice is such, how can tbey honorably or siucercly sot thomscives up se moral cen. sors? Is itnota proof of insiucerity, and of canting, sneaking bypoorisy, that they should, after long search through the col- umny of Tus Tasuyx, pick out expressions and givo them a filthy menning, while thefe own flagrant immoratities romain nnreformed snd unexplained ? The motives of these two small papers in attacking Tme Tainunz aro not far to neek, They want a notice. Thoy are now in that desperate condition when, reputation having been donled them, they crave ot risty. Wo propose to gratify them, Thun the siiver dollar aathorized by this il 1a’ worth 8 10 10 per cont leas than it Durporta to he worth, —Prestdent's vefo message. The sllver dollar purports to be a silver dollar, and how can It bo worth anything mor or Jess than that! The silvor dollar at no time over purported to be worth s much or as Iittly a8 the gold dollar, The gold dollar never Pir- ported to he worth as much as tho silver doltar, and, [n fact, for forty years was worth less th, y the silver dotlar. e — Bex Butnen {8 willing to tako his chance ‘“‘when the lu np-postscomo round.” Wo don'g know how much locomotion a lamp-post scems capable of to a peraon of Bex's peenliar visya( glits, hut wo do know that when nman wajty for a *“lamp-post to coma round * it Is usually regarded as prima facle evidence that his namg {sn't Jonx B. Govon. e —— A jury In New York the other day ordered s lunch coating $40. Judga GILDERSLERVE there. upon {ssued an ediet that Jurors should bo sup- plied only with sandwiches. The result is that verdicts are now brought In with 8 promptnesy unknown In legal annals since tho davs of Lutiza, whose convlction was entircly due to s Diet of Worms. ——— Whilo they are Investigating tho cass of In. surance Commissloner Ssrrite, of Now York, it might bo well to investigate the method of his appolntment, and find out whether he,a Regublican. was really made Commiasloncr on condition that Mr. CoNkrLing would oppose Riving the vote of Loufstana to Hayzs. e Eurckal Tho Richmond Whig has ft,~has It again,—has it bad. A thousand millions of greenbacks will mako everyihing lovely. In fts enthustasm the Richmond WAty does not pause to confuss the minds of its renders by explaln. ing how these greenbacks will be put {nto pockets that aro now empty. ——— The Irrecouctlable Editor has hnd the Pres!- dent just whero ho wanted him on the Boston Collectorship. I ho had nominated 810N, Mr. HATES would have hiave boen abused as the tool of BUTLER; as he aldn't, he is pitched tnto as tho enemy of Uivil-Service Reform. The way of the President 1 hard. et—— Recruiting for the regular army fs Progress. ing briskly, and 1t is thought that In timo there may bo as many a8 onc vrivate for each officer, thus dolog away In o great measurs with the exiating handshlps of army life, many sub. ;1::"“ belng now obliged to black their own s, f Ta the Editor of The Tridune. Hatsvitie, I, Fob. 27.—We have had an nrgument hore to-day in rolation fo the taxation of greenbacks, both partics agreeing to leave the mat. tertoyou. Aregreenoacks exenipt from taxation? W. 0. Roaztia, Answer—Thero s o law exempting green- backs from taxation. | Tho ant{-Turks of London will make another attempt to hold a peaco-meoting. Their lust Bunday's experionce ought to be enough. It certaloly satisfled tho world that, as a rule, it you scratch an Englishman, ho will swear at. you in tho name of Allah and the Prophet. — G. Fraxcis TRAIN Informs a deeply-uninter- ested universo that ho has ‘*at last ovoluted into nobody." If G. Francis would evoluteinto a small keg, and draw the bunghole In after him, he would be enrolled among our natlonal benclactors. % It is cstimated that 1,200 new lawyers will graduate in New York this summer, but so fong 88 Mrs. PARAN BTEVENS hns any tonants to ¢o to law with, thero will bo no necessity of their runofog away with thelr clionts’ trust-funds, ——— 1t {s & gloomy {llustration of ‘the puny strug- gles of humanity ngainst fate that the ice har- vested by tho prohibitionists of Maino is ship- ped to Now York only to bo employed lu the ‘maoufacture of lager beer, } The London Athenceum dovotes a long articls to what it terms the ohstructive tondencies of cooks,—a subject, {t may be observed, that covers a wide range. ! Three Presidenta at once! Not If we know It, and we think wo do. Ono keeps the country In water of a sufficiently heated character al- ready. f The only tributo ever paid to British patriot. ism—Tne Egyptian tribute. 1f the Czar takes that away, he will *make himsel! disliked.” } Draw poker has found such general favor in London that nearly every privato resldence now has its drawing-room. | Of courso the man who asked the English Governmont its inteontlons about peace was Larl Deta Want. | Tho Deputy Recording ange! dropped a tear, and was promuptly blotted out of the Recorder's oftice. f It seems as if, after all, Egypt will bo tho rock on which England and Rusata will split. PERSONAL. Clara Morris' husband, Me. F. O. Harrlot, haa bean arreated In Now York for knocking down adlscharged coschman, who had insulted bim. Blade, the ‘‘eminent” spiritualist, is at Bt Petersburg trylng to find one European Capltal from which ke will not be exiled by tho polics as fraud, A paga of history ia Mr, Isana Bassett, who has been an employe of the United Btates Benato forty-alx years, having been given tue place by ‘Daaslel Webster in 1832, Leo XIIL is alluded to in that bogus but widely recelved ** prophecy of Malachy " ns ** Lue maen in Calo,” ana, oddly enough, his coat.of- arms cuntaine a rislng star, John Ruskin has, in a letter to a friend, formally declared his abandonment of the hopeless task of teaching the ‘massce of *‘machine-and- dovil-ridden® England snything of art. ‘The young King of Italy ia troubled with hemor:hages of the lungs, and the young King of Spaln {a equally unfortunate In being in love with blawi taceme as If theas countries arodoomed. 1o perpetual unbappluess, A North Carolina mother the other day in a 8t of angor flung one of the children at her hus- band, gashing hie clicek. It s 1o be hoped that this kind of mlssile will not come into general use, e it will have a tendency to make every child goaw 1ts own father, Vuulting ambition in the casa of Mizs Kate Claxton overleapod fta When & stack actrcss on a handsomo salary #a independent and on the road to wealth. B insisted on beinga star of the frat magnitude, and tho resuls fa thsb she has gone into bankraptey. Bpargeon's health has broken down, and & London paper intimates thet the break-down is 50 complete that the congregation will be scattared, — sheep without a shepherd. There are bill-bvards upon the rallings, **Clazke and Smith are Comlug ——Hoa Bmall Bills, " aod this {s taken to Indicate that tho Tabernaclo i to bo turned tnto & circus, In dismissing the case agmnst Oharles Bradisugh'sud Mre. Annee Besant, charged with clrculating sn jndecont book, **Frolis of Philosu- pby," Lord Juatice Bramweil hold thatthe ** cer- tain indecent, lewd, gliny, bawdy, and obscene™ passage complained of should bave been recited fu the fadictment. Ho exprossed no oplulon s to the merits of the case. not being bound o s3y whether bie thought the book was & most 8ithy and obscene une, or & must Innocent ome. Tho de- fondants were choered on leaving court. By the way, Mry. Besant's family s trylng 1o take ber daughter from ber, on the ground that sbe ls a3 improper person to have sustody of & chuld. f