Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1878, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1878, [ Epuunps plan o direct confliot with the Pres- ident was avolded, and a way opened for a botter understanding as to the furce and of- fect of the order relativa to the officcholder in politics. It is worthy of remark that nono of tho Prosidout’s friends spoke in hin de- fonso—for the very good roason that there was no attack, and hence no defense was needed. Tlhye Teibane, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Y MAIL—~IX ADVANCE—POSTAOE l'nl;A.mi .80 reay kit £:00 F1-Weekly, one year. b0 AT1ROT & YEAT, per moRih. M 1] WEAKLY RDITION, POSTPAID. one cory. rer 8 1. Clib oF Font... 488 Bpectmen col 1t hag been hinted that Toxt Boorr and his following interested themselves in aiding the passage of the Railrosd Funding e Voat-Utice aarem tn ol acludiog State ol [ bill “to geatify their sploen ogainst ounty, Hemittances maybe made either by dratt, express, | HHUNTINGTON, who s at tho head of Tcat-Ottico order, or {n registered letters, at ourrisk, TERMS TO CITY BUBSCRIBENS. Tafly, delivered, Sunday excepter, 23 centa per wesk. Daliy, delfvered, Sunday {ncluded, 0 cents per weok. Adress THE, TIUDUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts.. Chicsgo, f1l. Orders fot the dellvery of Tna TRinvUNE st Evanston, fnglewood, and Hyds I'ark leftIn the counting-room Willpecelve promot sttention. P ] TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES. ‘Tn?.Co1cAa0 TRIDUNE hios catablished branch ofices for the recelptof sulucrintionsand advertisements s follows: NKW YORK-~1toom 29 Tritune Dullding. F. T. M- ¥anvxx, Manoger, I'ATI8, Fravce—No. 10 Rue do Is Grange-Batellere. . MAnLxr, Agent. . LONDON, Eng.—-American Eschange, 40 Strand, Ulkxny ¥, GILLig, Agent. bAN FIANCISCU, Csl.—Talace Hotel the Bouthern Pacific, the rival of Tox Bcorr's Texas & Pacific, The names of a fow Bouators who voted for tho Tmumux bill might bo cited in confirmation of this theory, becansa they represent Senators who aro in favor of the Tox Scorr scheme, We are inclined to hope that there is somo truth in the rumor, on account of the rotaliatory proceedings that will be sure to follow, If Tou Scorr and his henchmon bave busied themselvos in beholf of tho bill that has just passed, thoro will bo no bounds to the ragoe of Jax Gourp, and HuxtinaToN, and Drrs roN, and all these gentlemon, along with their rotainers, will nover weary in their of- forts to kill off the proposed Tox Scorr sub- sidy. Huxtixarox and his Company will be moro willing than over to build a Southern Pacific Ratlrond without subsidy, and thusn double ndvantago may be sccured to the pub- lio through the passage of this singlo mens- ure. AMUSEMENTS. - MeVicker's Theatres Madfson strect, between Dearborn and State, **The Exiles.” Ilooley’s Thentre. Rondolph street, between Clark and LaSalle, **The Exfles.” ® New Chicago Theatre. Clark street, opposite Sherman House. the Bouth ™ and vatlety performance. GonTecuaxors's roply to Lord Sivisnury's circular soems to havo taken the Enjlish by surprise, Whetbor its woderation in dis. cussing the polnts at issuo is tho cause which Lins produced this effect, or whether the Russlan Promier in his troatmont of the im. portaut quostions under consideration bhas odduced stronger argumonts than wore locked for, is not at present apparent. Most of the London journals seem to be sat- {stled with the present outlook, the Times volunteering tho proposition that the two notes be submitied to a Conference of the Powers. Russia in the meantime i3 -taking every possible precantion in a military sensa. Her troops are being so disposed on tho Roumanian side of tho Danube as to be in rendiness for a sudden call on account of any threatoning movement on the part of Austria or Roumania. These military move- ments appear to have referonco fo o possibla . popular uprising on the part of King CuanLzs' subjects, and sre intended to sorve as a backing to Gonrscuaxoyr's rocont threate, From Qonstantinopla the news comes that tho Grand Duke Nicrionas Lias again demauded possession of the forts on the Upper Bosphorus, and an {nterview with tho Sultan on this subjeot was to have been held yestorday., Onthe whole, although the general aspoct of affairs on the Conti- nont is somowhat of a more peacoful nature, 1t is qvidont that tho slightest misstep of military commander or diplomat would pro- voke an Anglo-Russian war, and probably ondanger tho peaco of nil Europe. “ Lite i Haverly’s Theatre. Monroe street, corner of Dearborn. Engagement of Eiralty's Opera oufte Troupe. ** Trip to the Moon.” THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1878, Greenbacks ot tho Now York Stock Ex- thange yesterday closed at 993 in coin, In the Dominion House of Commons yes- terday a resolution looking to the imposition of a tanff upon corn nud cats imported into Conada was voted down,~—G{ yess to 114 noya. Jax Goverp left Washington in s rago im- modiately upon tho passaga of the Tnunaan bill in the Senate, swearing vengeaneo upon the Texas-Pacific lobby. **When rogues fall out," ote, The furious gale from the west shich banged tho blinds and clattered things genor- ally in Chicrgo yestorday appears to have been the fag-end of o big storm of rain, and snow, and wind which prevailed in Iowa and Dakota tho night bofore, Tho strugglo for nominations at the Iili. nois Democratic State Convention to.day promises to be unusually severs, while in tho malter of platform-making the carpenters scom to be bént upon doing a job which will commond itself to the most inflated of in- flctionista. THE TARIFF BILL AND IT8 PURPOSE. At last tho Houso of lepresentatives has consented to give consideration to the bill rovising and nmending the tarff. It ia not & popular subject with the average Congress- man. It is a subject not genorally under- stood by them, and is not one inviting study of tho avorago careloss, ignorant Congross. man. Each member of Congross has a per- sonal or political friend in his district who (s interosted in some itam of tho tariff, and the vote of the memboer on the whole tariff is moro or Jess determined by the aotion of the Houso on those {tems. In other districts thero aro largo corporationa which in like manner control tha votes of their reprosentatives, and theso votos aro given for or against tho whole bill, just asthe particnlar itema in the bill nt. fectingtheso corporationsare dotermined. The tarifl, ns it has existed during the lnst sixteen years, is n meronggrogation of special bounty logislation, Tho hundred cotton mills have thelrsharo of tho bill 3 thoso who print cottons have their apecial interests; tho men who import quivine in the bark and sell it in powdor hava thelr lugislation ; the mon who import mustard, pepper, and castor-benns, oud have mills to grind them, have speoinl provision for their protection; the man who las a marblo quarry, and the man who mskos slato pencils, have their share in the tarif, The bill is a8 directly made up of, special logialation as if it in oxpress terms anacted that a tax of 40 por cent bo lovied on all cotton goods consumed in the United States, tho proceods to be paid over to A, B, O, otc.; and that other taxos of 80, 40, 6O, 80, and oven 120 per cont bo laid on other articles produced in tho United Btatos, such taxos to be paid ovor to the persons engaged in maunufacturing tho samo, whether the thing produced bo a locomative boller, or & balrpin, aslik shaw), or a shoestring, The only constitutional, rational, or just purposa of a tarifl, or of any other taxatlon, iy to obtain revenue ; and this tariff tax, like all other taxes, should bo adapted to produce the grontest swin of rovenue ot the loast pos- #lblo cost to the people and at the lowest rate of taxation, This fundamental princi- plo has Leen wholly ignored in'tho existing American tarlff, which is meroly an omnibus of specinl privileges and peusions to upeotal persons and classes. The bill now pending in Congress has been prepured wilh a full kuowledge of all the dificulties which must attend any legislation which atteinpts to remove or abolish long. standing abuses and established subsidies; and thia bill, therofore, has beon propared so that, while avoldiug all radical changes, there may be a correction of defects, the curing of tho grosscr evils, the reduction of the cost of collecting the revenus, & slight in. creaso of tho rovenue, and the straightening out of entanglements and complications in tho execution of the law, ‘Lo this end the bill generally propuses: To avoid fraudulcat involcos and valus. tions, oll duties are ta bo imposed at a glven rote, to ba computed—in all cases whon to do s0 is practicable— by the pound, the yard, gallon, foot, or dozen, instead of by a valuation sworn to in tho foreign country. Tustead of the vexa. tious and complicated system of estimating tho foreign froight, packing, commissions, ond other charges s part of the cost of the goods, there is to be an uniform rate of 5 per cent added to the duty to cover all these miscellaneous matters. In cases of all fu. ports where the duty is 50 cents a yard, or 10 cents a pound, or 15 cents & square foot, or $1 per gallon, or 75 cents & dozen, the Ap- pralser, instead of examining and deciding a4 to quality and probable value, will only Lave to count the dozens, the pounds,: the square foet, and the gellons, and let the duty bo charged up accordingly, ‘The costly and incessant litigation as to the valuatian of goody, the fraudulent invoices, aud the blackmailing, will all bo avolded. The ad valorem principle will of neccusity have tobe In the estimation of the Lower House of the Ohio Legislaturo thero s s wide-differ- ence botweon fraud in o butter-tuband frand in n ballot.box, the latter being an offonse of 10 particular consoquenco in tho oycs of the Dewocratio monjority, The Honse yesterday passed o LIl to compel manufacturers of olcomargerine to label it as such whon offor- ing it for stle, but defeated a bill to punish by imprisoument in the Penitentiary nny poison found guilty of destroying, falsifying, or mutilating election returns. A caso of conflict of jurisdiction bas oe- cwrred at Crook Croek Agency, D. T., be- tweon the civil and military officers, the latter having sot nt naught a court procoss and imprisoned tke Doputy-SBheriff who at. tempted to serve the papers. Genm, Hax- moxp and Licut. Dovanenty claim that . courts have no authority which tho officers of tho army aro bound to respect in the Indian country, while the Territorial Conrt ot Yaukton will undertako to mettle that question by arraigning the officers for con- tompt, An enormous defalcation, embezzloment, misappropriation, or whatover forin of breach of trust the affair way ultimatoly assumo, Las shocked the prosperons manufacturing city of F'all River, Mass, The magnificent thiet of the occasion was the Treasuror sud ong of tho Directors of tho Union Mills, an cutablishment famous for jts soundnoss aud financlal strength, and besides was Prosident of the Becond Natlonal Bank nud of the Fivo-Cent Savings Bank, Of courso he stood high in the businoss and socinl world, elso bis oxtendod career of fraud and forgery would huvo boen sooner torminated by de- tection aud exposure. 8o far ns now known, the defaulter's oporations cover u period of throo years and sn amount close to §500,000, — Benator Gorvow, of Georgia, haa taken upon himsel! tho roscue of the Democratio party from tho swkward predicament grow- ing out of the Doorkeeper contest, and now appeurs as the especlal champlon of Gen, Bmeros, the veteray who was a good enough Domoerat but not o good snough Confed. crato to receiva a comfortable offico at the haouds of the House majority. Benator Gok- DoN, perceiviug the necessity of doing somo- thing to counteract the disgust and indig. nation which the trentmont of Gen, Bureros created throughiout the North, bas undertakon to demonstruto an intense degree of affoc- tion for tho Union veteran. His grent anxiety yesterday to hasten motion on the Lill placiog him on tho rotired list o3 o Brigadier-General was 50 clume sily affected us to bo a perfectly trans. parent piceo of claptrap, Gen. SureLps has walted over thirteen years for soma evidenca of consideration from the Democratic party, und he can wait o week or two longer for tho Lill to take its regular courso. S ——— ‘The Republican Congressioual eaucus of last evoning failed to dovelop the concerted attack upon the Administration which had Leen expected os the sequence of Howx's rocent tirade. On the controry, there was shown o most commendable disposition t2 maintain fricndly relations toward tho Presi. dent, ond to work together for the com. mon causoe of saving the uation from falling wholly into tho hands of the Confed- eruto claim-sgents. ‘The resolution offered Ly Benator SBanoexT, requesting the Presi. dent to rescindbhis Civil-Bervice order, wonld probably haove passed but for tho adroit in. terposition of Benstor Eomunps with a motion for its refercuce to the newly-ap. pointed Congressional Comuittee, coupled with the suggestion that the order waes more of o bugbear than a zeal stumbling-] , in view of the construction placed upon it by the Attornsy-General in the case of Collcctor Bixuons, of Boston, By the adoption of the ing fand o extinguish the debt they owe to the Government fa therefore manifestly abeurd, Last 5’” the roads paid ont of their net earninga 80, - 12,815 Interest on thele bonde, aud $7, 200, 000 in an #igit per cent disidend to Mockholders, leaving 2 wirping of 83,121,702 uncxpended. [t in clearly unjuet for the rnaas to dietribute thele vrofita in diridends until thoy shall have made provision tor paying the debt they owae the tiovernment. 'fne entire Judicisry Committea of the Bonate, but particnlarly Mesars. TausMaN, Epwunps, and Davrs(of Tllinois), ave entitled to tho chiof credit of fighting throngh this moasurs, It was Mr, 'l’nmm.m‘n close atudy of the sitnation and determined ndherence to the principlo that gave the bill its Impetus. ‘I'he firat attack made upon it was becauso of nlloged uncoustitutionality, on the ground thnt tho railronds bad vested rights which enabled them to swindle the Govornment. Judge Davip Davia quickly and finnlly dis- posed of thiat phaso of tho question. In a single brief, pointed, and forcible argumont, which carried conviction with it, ho estab. lished the constitntionnlity of the mecaaure nbout ns conclusively na o unanimous ‘de. cision of the Bupreme Court could have done. Mr. Epuxps rendered au inestima. Lla servico by his bold denunciation of the lobby aud its corrupt offorts to dofent the bill, and by the cntting satire, during the last day, with which he silenced Mr. Braixe, whoso position in this matter pointedly re- called his formor conmection with railrond lobbies. Braing's condnet during the effort to pass this bill was ss inconsistent and puerilo as it was in regard to the Silver bill. It will bo remembered that, during tho silver debato, Bravg mado a spoech In which lio donounced the original demnvnctization of the silver dollar as unconstitutional, and thereby com- mitted himself to the justica of restoring it. Bubsequently ho offered on amendment to the remonetization biit which changed the character of tho silver dollar that Lad boen unconstitationally eliminated from the mon- otary systom. DBut aftor the 8enate rejected Mr. Bramx's amendment, ho rofused to vota for the bill providing the only remedy possi. ble for the unconstitutional wrong which ko Liad previously denounced. IIc pursued pre- cisely tho same course with referenca to tho Rallroad Funding bill. Hoadmittedits consti- tutionality, justice,and advignbility not only in private, but by offeriug an amondment which did not alter the constitutional status of tho bill. His amendment was rejooted, becauso it proposed for the futnre to aurronder all rights of the Govornment to tho railroads, ond becanse such a surrendor was tho very thing the railrond ring chiofly desired. Then Mr, Bravg turned round and voted sgainst the bill which ho had proviously confessed to be constitutional, right, aud desirable. This gontloman is ovidently indifforont to his rop- utation for consistency. Tharo are other Sonn- tors, like Oamznon of Wisconsin, Arrisox of Towa, Congring of Now York, and MaTTusws of Ohio, whoso opposition to this measuro is altogether unaccountable, Tho Trunsax Lill now gooes to the House, and thero s no renson to doubt that it will be promptly reported, and that it can be passed by o largo majority. The only ques. tion is whothor, sinco the strongth of the proposition has beon 8o successfully tostod in the Senate, it will not bo safe to exact from tho companios on annual payment moro commenaurate with tho interests of the Gov- ernmont. A strict complinncoe with the terms of tho Tnuraax bill will atill leave the sum of $55,000,000 duo the Government from the rnilroads ot the maturity of the bonds, and the groat bulk~about four-fifths —of the psymonts required of them will be roprosonted by services rendered the Govern- mont. It wiil bo well for the House, there- foro, to consider an amendment requiring tho companiea to pay over to the Govorn. mont one-half, or at least ono-third, of their not earnings, which will atill loave tho com- panics geveral millions & yoar to divido up among tho ownors of the fictitious stook. Bonator Tuunstan sald in dobate that tho only reason why he had not made the bill provide for tha entiro indebtedness was be- cause ho foared that such a bill could not bo passed ; but the Bonato vote on tho final passngo of the bill aa it s indicates pretty cortainly that a majority of that body would also favor a proposition to mako the rail. ronds pay up in full within tho original term of their sgrecment, and the Houso msy gain some crodit for itaclf in amending tho bill 50 0 to attain this purpose. followed in soma cases; but the law repenls all double daties, such ns where an article is taxod at a given rate per square yard or pound and 80 por cent ad valorem in addition. This bill abolishes thesa compound dutles, and fizes n singlo and specifio rate. The law as it now stands, owing to the great changes in the value of monsy and the cost of produetion, is In many cases pro- hibitory, leading to a susponsion of importa- tion and a larga and serjous loss of reveuue. In theso cases the duties are readjusted to meat the changod circumstances, and enabling & rosumption of importation and a renewal of rovenne. The bill doés not makeany sorious general reduction of dnties. Tho extrema duties, ranging from 80 to 130 per ccaot, are reduced to reasonable rates, but the general /reduction {8 small. Thus, 50 per cent is reduced to 45, and 40 to 35, and 35 to 80, and 80 to 25, according to tho circum- stances of the cost of production and the lutroduction of now productions. As the bill progresses from day today, theso changes can be ascertained by comparison. The great and commendablo featnro of the bill, in nddition to tho reforms wo hnvemen- tioned, is the removal of taxation npon arti- cles entering ns raw material into American manafactures. This removal of duties on raw mnterinl, including nnder that term all commoditios which maunufacturers have to purchase in the making or preparation of their goods for market, will be eqnivalent to 8 protection of 10, and in mauny cases n much greater por cont. Thus, if in maun- facturo of cotton, woolen, straw, silk, or other goods in this country, tho cost of tho materials be reduced 10 or 20 per cent, by the repeal of that much tax the cost of pro- duction of the manufactured articlo will ba proportionately reduced, and thoe American manufacturer will have that additional mar- gin within which to compote with his foreign rival. The great cause of stagontion in American manufactures 18 the faot of s want of nmarket; they can- not be exported bocauso the cost of produc- tion is 50 great that the goods cannot be sold in competition with the gooda of other coun- trios, oxcopt at a ruinous loss. The most cortain and direct mode of ovorcoming this difficulty is to lot tho manufacturers have their matorials at the same cost nt which foreign manufacturers con obtain them, and thus placed on an equality in this respect, thoy can enter tho markets of the world, and upon tho quality and workmanship of their goods command a sale for them. A Boston manufacturer, a year agu, in roviewing the condition of the present and possible tradoe in cotton goods, and showing how enor- mously the consumption of that class of manufactures must evontually be increased, stated that tho supremacy in supplying thoe world depended upon the price at which the goods could be sold, and that even at this time all the advantagoes and dieadvautages were g0 equalized, nud small economics had become of snch vital importanco, that a differ. once of oue half cent por square yard in the cost of producing cotton cloth would deter- mine who should commnnd tho world'’s mar. kot in cotton cloths, Thocost of the cotton, of ;tho machinery, and of all the long list of things needed in the business, detormined the cost of production, and hence to reduce tho coat of prodiction to a sum equal to this half cont per square yard of cotton cloth was to determine who should control this trade. ‘What is true of cotton manufacturcs is equal. 1y truo of all other manufactures ; that coun- try which can produco ot tho loast cost can sell at tho greatest profit, and thus command tho world's trade, 'This foature of this bill, oven if §¢ had no other benefits, ought to commond it to the support of Congress, lenv- to futura Congresses to farther revise and roform the tariff generally, poses to begin her next war whera this ono leaves off. The meaningof thislangnage can only bo that Iinssia has ulterior designs upon the parts of Asin etill unclaimed by any European Towers, * The nssertions that Rosaia’s annexations in Armenia,” con- tinues Princa (lonrscnaxore, **will inter- fere with the Earopenn trade with Poraia, push mistrust to the extreme. ‘Theso nysertions conflict with statomenta pro- viously mads by British Ministers.,” Here, indeed, there is no wavering or shadow of tarning, Other interests may be modified or abandoned, but this intorest must bo preserved in ita integrity, Annexa- tion of térritoryis tho partionlar consaquenco of the war which conforms with Russian tenditions, and no annexation heretofors resolved npon will be given up to satisfy English seruples. The other pointa of dif- feronce betwaen the two Governments are comparatively unimportant, and are lightly ndverted to. 'The rotrocession of Beasarabia is only incidentally touched by Great Britain, without even an apparent expectation that the policy of Russia in this respect wiil be changed. Princo QorTscrAKOYY 5iys that there is no longor any pretest for debarring Russia from posstssion of Bessarabls, ps the freedom of tho Danube issecured by an {utornational Commission, Tho reforms of the Greek provinces aro oxpressly permitted to bo thrown open by the Porte for the con- sidorntion of Europe. Tho indemnity de- tnanded is sald by Gonrsczaxorr to be out of all proportion to Russin's sacrifices; and, in goueral, tha treaty of San Stefano is justified except in the matter of the Bulgarian bound- aries. ‘The results of the correspondence between the two Governmonts are likely to bo highly fnportant, It will not be surprising it En. gland shall consent, in view of the conces- sions made, to go into the Conference. Priuco GorTscmAEory seems o Lavo admit- tod the necossity of offering somo conces- sions to accomplish this end, and to have felt that tho Bulgarian interest could bo sac- rificed ensler than any other, The fact that concessions have been offered opens a con- venient avenue of retraat for Englaud, if she chonsos to avail herself of it. Theingenuity of Gontscaxorr in opening such an avonuo, and his tact in directing his adversaries to- wards it, cannot be sufficiently admired. Gontsomakory has, in conclusion, n word to say on the romarkable fact to which wo adverted yesterday, namely, the failuro of England to state distinotly what sho wants, 8ho has horetofore confined horself to ob- jections, ** It remains for Lord Savrisouny to say,” obsorves Gortscmaxor®, *‘ hoft Lo wonld reconcile oxisting treaties with the benevolent ends to whioh the united action of Europo has always been directed ; kow he could obtain tho desired ond outside the preliminarics of the treaty of Son Slofano, and yot at tho samo timo take duo account of the rights Russia has ncquired. Liberty of action wounld have been more naturally found by formulating, side by side with the objections contained in that dispatch, somo practical propositions of a nature to assuro an understanding.” THE BAILROAD FUNDING BILL. After n long and desperate rosistance on tho part of the lobby, Mr. Tuuruax’s bill to compel the subsidized Pacifio railronds to provido for tho payment of the debt they owe the Governmont has passed the Benate by the handsome majority of 40 to 19, Thia notion, in its oyn way, rodounds as much to tho crodit of the Bonate aa the equally over- whelming passage of tho Bilver bill. The strugglo has boen one of the Government agninst the lobby, and tho interests of the people against the intercats of a rallrond ring; the rosult is a trinmph of patriotism over the corrupt influonces that opposed it. Mr. Trusvaxn had framed this messuro and submitted it to the last Congross, but he conld not securo a final hearing for it. Tho railrond ring has had notice of its imminence ever sincoe tha beginning of the present Con- gress, and the lobby has been fortile in sug. geations to dofeat it. The Railrond Com. mitteo of tho Sonata reported a bill 68 & sub. stitate for that purpose, which was withdrawn whon it had boen shown to be the rosult of the railrond ring's dictation, Then Mr. Cuarrze proposed n bill similar to Tnonaan's, withtho pro.rating schemo tacked on, which might have defeat. ed the original bill ; this wasalso withdrawn, ‘Then came Mr, Braise with an amendment providing that the Government should sar- render its righta to tho, railronds in con- sideration of tho bill, and this smendment was ignominlously rejected. Finally, the original bill sustained by the Judiclary Com- mittes, ond commonding {tself in principle to all right-minded mon, was adopted. The provisionsof thia bill are, 1 brief, that the rallroads shall pay to the Govern. ment ono.fourth of their not earnings annu. ally, to be applied in part to tho payment of tho interest on tho bonds and in part to a sinking fund for the ultimate liquidation of the principal at the maturity of the bonds, Tho not earnings are o be ascertalned not merely by deducting the operating expenses and repairs, but nlso the interest on the first-mortgage bounds, so that the cxaction from the companics s virtually but one. fourth of tho sum that would aununlly be di- vided among the owners of fictitlous stock. ‘The chief fault in the bill is thatit requires far too little of tho companies, though this was probably a concession to the well-known and important influence suro to bo brought to bear ngainst its passago; this adversa fnflu. ence, it wos thouglit, might be successful if it could bo based on 8 charge that the de- mands upon the compnnles were unreason- able. Thoe result hna proved, however, that one-half, or at least one-third, of tho net earnings, thus escertained, might have been demanded with success, which would then lcave the other ha!f or two-thirds to bo used for dividends on fictitious stock, Under this Lill, the Union Pacifio will bo required gen- erally to pay only 8150,000 annually, and theCentral Pacifio only §300,000 annualy, in addition to the amount charged for Gov- ernmnent services. Fortunately the not is so thorough aud guarded that the payinentscan. not well Lo avoided ;s it permits no dividends till these payments ave made, and makes it @ penal offenso for any oficer or stockbolder to declaro or partake of such frandulont divi- dends. In regard to the ability of the road to com. ply with the requiroments of the bill, the following figures will set the question atrest : The gross carninzs of the Union Pacific Ralirosd ot year were $13,710, 343, an fncrease of §1,008, - 353 over the previous the uperatin peuses are §3, 402, 233 § & decrease of $43. 607 from the preceding ycar. sho net earaings to Lave been $4,317,000. The Ceutral Pacitc makes sa cqually guod showing. Ite net carniuye for the Bve years ending with 1576 were as follow; 472 102,341, RUSSIA'S REPLY T0 ENGLAND, Prince Gonracuarorr’s roply to Lord Bavrisnuny's circular is sufiolently oxplicit to clear awny n large part of tho misunder- standing which hns arisen in Groat Britamn with reference to the treaty of San Btefano. ‘Tho provision for tho ercction of Dulgaria into an independent Principality scems to bavo bean the principal wource of anxiety to the English Governmeut, so far.as it has ex. pressed its opinions publicly. Lovd Bavis. suny sald on this hend in his circular lotter: ** By the articles relative to new Bulgarin, a strong Bcolav 8tate will be created under the nuspicos and control of Russis, who will thus recelvo o prepondorating political and commercial influence in the Black and Agean Soas. A considerablo Greck population, olthough it views the prospect with alarn, will be merged into a Belav community alien toit. Tho provisions by which Russia will practically chooso a ruler for Bulgaris, whilo & Russian adminlatrator frames aud a Rus. sion army controls the fimt work. ings of its institutions sufliciently fudlcate of what political system it will in futureform apart. . . . 'The territorial severanco of Constantinople frotn the Europoan provinces #till left under its Government will deprive tho Porte of any politival strength which might Lave bean derived from thelr posses. ulon, and cxposo their iulinbitants to serious risk of puarchy,” Princo Gourscusxory's roply to theso allogations is speciflo and pointed. He doclares (1) that Russia is ready to abridge the term of occupation of Bulgaria; (2) that the detalls of the bound. arles of Bulgaria will be left to a mized Commisslon, The {imporiaut concessious Lere mado are likcly to removo the Bulgarian dilieulty, so for as it is genulne, from the conelderation of the British Government. For if Russia will agree to abridge the term of occupation, and refer the boundaries question to mixed Commission, the work of the Congross to which it is proposed tho whole treatyshall be referred will bo greatly simplifiod. Under these arrangements, Ea. gland could justly claim that her influence Liad not been unfelt in the peace nogotiations, and English national pridemight bo appeased as enuily oy it was excited, The widest differsuce between the two Governwents seems to have arlsen from thoe Asiatio acquisitions of Russia. Lord Santi- puny sald in this connection that the posses- sfon of the Arwenisu strongholds secured Ruasian influencé over the proviuces, and coabled her to mrrest the trade between Europe and Persia. * The indemnity,” he continued, **ia evidently beyond Turkey's mesus, Fts mode of payment being vaguely stated, it may be demanded immediately, or, 1 left to weigh down the Porte's independ. enco for many years, comumuted for more territory,” ‘L'he territory hero referred to is plainly Asiatic territory. In dealing with this part of Lord BaLwssusy's arguwent, Prince GorTscuaxorr i 1uch firmer than in his considerstion of the Bulgarian disputo, showing that the chief prize of the war, in Ruasian eyes, ig the extension of the Asiatio defouscs of the Empire. Russla wishes to hold the Armenian ctroagholds, Prince Gosrtscuaxory frankly says, because they have a defousive value, aud she does not care to ‘ besloge them at the beginuing of cach war.* In other words, Russls pro- The soventh cditlon of the * Diction- naire do I'Academie Francalse! {s out, fta predecessors having appearcd in 1004, 1718, 1740, 1702, 1708, and 1835. Twenty-two hundred uew words have been admitted, the greater part of them haviug sprung up with the sdvance and duvelopment of politics, manutactures, and ag- riculture. “Tramway,” “telegramme,” “tun- nel,” and “steamer® aro among the words newly suthorized, Vicron Huco bad already introduced the last of these and rbymed ft with *‘mer," and ho had even more audaciously ene riched the language with * un douz wuterclosct ' —ong. word and sounded * vattalroklossay.! Thesa words, the Acadomy admits, would have mado somo of tha Academiciaus of old time shudder. Among the words uot sanctioned is *actualite,” though this pet word of M, Buroz is widely used. Aboul 400 words arc sup- pressed; besides which a large number of old phrases ond proverbs have been blotted out, tho lapse of timo having robbed them of their point, . Amoug thy chauges In spolling is the suppression of the second “n {n such words us “consonnance,’ snd of the sccond *h" fn uhthiste,” and similar words of Greek dertva- fion. It {s worthy of meution, by the way, that the Academy’s Dlctionary forms, in effect, o part of the law of the land, its spelling aud definitious being jusiated upon and foliowed {n ull legal proceedings. ——— A rather curlous incident connected with the late war fo the Orlent la the petition tothe Austrian Government to toke stops to obtain o satlsfactory disinfection ‘of the battle-telds of Bulesria ond Roumella. The petition comes Irom—the actusries of thelife-lnsurance compa- ules of Vicuna! Odd as this looks, the chaiu of reasoning is perfectly natural and unimpeacha- ble, Tha soll of thoae provinces fa soaked with putrefsction, which, when the hot weather cowes on, will Infallibly aguravats the scourge of typhus which Is already ravaging Southeust- crn Europe; the lofectlon will be carrled to Vicoua aud other parts of Austris, and lucreaso tho death-ratos; this will threaton the profits of the companies,—hence, naturally, their ac- tlon. Bo cowmplicated a thing Is Soclety! Little Gen. Bracd, of tha Fitth District of Wisconsin, thesuccessrol CaanLuy ELbrEpaR, must look inuch smaller than ysual elucs Gen, ButLeRsat down 0 heavlly on him the other day. BRaao was a Union sotdier bjmself, and to that fact be ls indebted for his electlou, sud when BurtLek forced the issue upon the Dewocracy to choose betwcen & loyal Federal soldier and a Coofederate, it uaturally made soge squirmiog. Braca's district bas a very large frish element that will need some coaxing before supporting » man for re-election to Congress who gave his vote for a Rebel lustesa of tho gallant Gen. SmELDS. £s ———— Over seven bundred prominent Republicans of Milwsukes sigued the open letter to Preal- dont HavEs, 1o which the receat speech of en- ator Hows Is condomned and the course of the President spoproved. Tba st of names Is head- ed by the Hon. Jouy H. Twxzpy, formerly s mewmber of Cougress from Wisconsln, and one of the wealthy wod highly respectable citizens of ude ware $31, - their et carnluge §16,000, - 000’ and their clalu that they cannet pay the sume zequired of them by the TuUmMaA¥ DY fur v sinke that Btate. A largo proportion of the signers e personally known tu 8cnator Hows, if not to Mr. Harns, to be men of high character and standing in the Badger State, and thelr e phatiedisapproval of his course cannot beasvurre of much satisfaction to Mr, Hows, Thecordlal approval of the sppointment of Becretary 8cnunz, who was formerly a resident of Mil- waukee and personally known to all the sign- era, s one of the marked characteristics of this letter, which must be as gratifying to the 8ecre- tary as It {s mortifylng to his Scnatorial resall- ant. Tho bushol of letters that Hows says he wets each day from citizens of Wisconsln ap- prosing of his late speech were not written—it 13 fatr to assume—by these 700 well-kuown Mil- waukeeans who have just addressedn note tothe President. ! Ta the Edstar af The Tridune, Crireaao, April '10.~=What has hecomo of the bill to reltevs bankeupt savings banks from Goy. ernment tax? The Ruceiver of the Fidelity says he ts atll) holding a lot of money subjoct to the call of tho lnternal Revouue Department. A Derosttor. Thebill for the ramission of Government tax- 8 on Insolvent savings banks pussed the Senute, and 1ow awalts action {n the House Committes of Ways and Means, Mr, Canten Hannisox has it tn charge; perhaps Le can tell why It fs not reported and passed. | One of the drolicst things in all divlomatic literature fs this cxtract from the telegraphlc summary of GORTACHAROPF'S reply to Batis- ounr: **The Russian acquisitions in Armenla have only a defenslve value, Hussla wishes to liold them 80 a8 not to have to beslege them at tho beginning of each war." Freely translated this aliould read: **Throw up your hands, so that I may always get in on your face—~to do- fend myself.” 4 | Among the most noticeable effects of Senator Howe's recent speech Is in clianging' the order of naming the threa Benatorial Iinplacables. . Formerly it was BLAINE, CONKLING, and Howe; now it is Hlowx, CONRLING, and Braing, It Is only & small compensation for so great an out- lay as the Wisconsin Senator made, but L 1s pere Lips on the princinle of tho trader's motto: Quick sales nnd small profits. | As well as republics, monarchies are not so grateful as they might be. There, feinstance, Is England. . Mr, ErAssios Witson made the n tion a present of Cleopatra’s Needle, bringing it over from Egyot at his own cost and charges, and now ke hins to pay 210,000 salvage and costs for the privilege of befng able to give It away. | ‘The Burlington Jawkeye says that * Jowa does not propose to be muzzled another year,! The Burlington Flawkeys Is first, lost, and all the time o comfe puper—with a muzzlu on fts nose. } ‘' Constant Reader': The Senato of the United States consiats of seventy-flve members, thirty-scven of thoStates belng represcnted cach by twao Senators and Nevada by one. f War has already been declared ogalnst the 8pitz doe at Loog Branch, but the hackmen of that summer-resort are as yet unmolested. f The Rhode Island Democrats ran on o Fraud platform this year, and came out sbout 8,000 behing thelr inst year's showing, Bclah! 4 Howz cvidently belonas to that crowd which Is spoken of by MiLToN, who would rather Relgn in Ilell than serve In Hoaven. PERSONALS. Minister Stoughton proposes to visit Parls during the Exposition. Miss Neilson, tho actress, who had been scrionaly 111, was 80 far recovered on the 28th ult, asto be able to appesr at London in the ** Lady of Lyons," . A London belle—Miss Graham—roceives from tho Dritish Governmont a pension, having been wounded when & baby fo the arms of her nurse at Lucknow, Itis o Mr. M. L. Mayor, of London, who has bought the right of represcnting Dumas' new play, **Josepn Balssmo," in Enzland, the United States, and Canads, Thommas Carlylo has been re.clected to the Presidency of the Edinburg Philosophical Institu. tlon, an ofice which he had hold ever alnce the death of Lard Brougham. Dr, Newmon has brought out a new edi. tion of his **Essay on Dovelopment," wnich, he says, ho must consider at his age the last print or reprint on which ha will over be engaged. . Tho death is sonounced at Florence of Napolcone Morlanl, aged 70, a famous old-time tenor, the closs friond of Donizett], and tha orige inal Edgardo in **Lucia di Lammermoor, * Tho King of the Zooloos has found—or thinks hio hs found—s specific for war-fover. Heo paraded all his regiments, aud gave each soldler a powsrfal emetic, **#0 as to bring out the evil In thelr Liearts, which caused them to fight and kill each other.” : Following right’ én tho hecls of the an- nouncement of the death in & stoeplo-ahass of Mr, 8t Jamoy, & young Irlsh nobleman, comes that of the doath of Willlam Arclier, Lrother of the fa- mous light-woight jockey who last yoar earned more monsy than tha Lord Chancellor of Eagland. Archur's horso fell and rolled upon bim. Thomsas Chitty, the author of * Chitty's Practice," who died recently In England, began his lugu) career sixty yoars sgo, and ® s0n eml- nent in the legal professlon, randson juat admitted to the Di e woa s bright, cheerful, kindly man, and s best persons! memorial in ct of his numerous puplls snd f Charles Richard Roborts, 34, n coachman, has boon endenvoringto force an entrsnce Into Duckingham Palace, on the ground that the Queon was his mother, and thathe had been born snd taken away in Lis infancy, *He sald to , who gently but firmly removed him to tum, that for yeara past he had been presslon that hie ougnt to come thers **unthl ho was raised. * « ‘Wado Hampton wrestled mightily with his inangural, aud his fiends snd family could not ‘but percelve and sympathize with his paln, When tise family caine home one Sunday morning, it was received by the Governor with a countenance beaming with & satisfaction okin to bappiness, #4\Whst s the matter?” asked one. **Have you completed your messsge?' **Nol' was the Gov- ornor's joyful roply; **but | bave found the old turkey-hen's neat over yonder In the woods " Batants (or Bantanta, as the reader pre- fars), the famous Kiowa Chlef, {a making chalrs inthe Texas Penitentiary, but is very lenlently treated, belny allowed to deslst and fall aslcep whenever be choores, Though Lels atalwartand hae not & gray hulr {n bl head, haclaliss that lio Is 86 years old, and whon a reparter asked him the somewhat.superiuous question whether he lked prisou fite ne well as bunting buffalo and surpzis- ing emnigeant tratng ho noaved 8a arceslan aigh, Prince Alfred, ofherwise tho Duke of Edinbury, la far from beloi populsr, the present charge sgainst his Juyal Higbness ot belog that he bilks washerwomen (as ho did at tho anti- podes), mor yot that he lacke pluck iwnich hus been assertod), but that bo is stronkly pro-Rupsian in his proclivitics. He difficulty In getting officers toactve In bis wife's houschold, his brojher oRficers treat him with morked coldness, and, purely tosplte blm and bis wile, thoy receutly hissed down, at a Mslta coucert, & Husslan basso, ber especial piotege, Charles lteads has obliterated with a coat of whitowash tho uame **Naboth's Vineyard,* which, fursomo mysterious and uncxplalned rea- son, ho had conferred upon bis house fu Alberg Terrace, Knigbtabridge. Mis last letioron **The Coming Man" is dated slmply Albers Gate. In tuat comniunication be pitches into the anstomiste who declary that the slight prep: nce of the viscera on the zight side maki man ngbt-banded. Wby should this be, he asks, fu spesas well 38 1o mon, and the apes bo elt hauded? If so swall 3 preponderance bad a fect whatover it would be to wake the man left- handed, He also wants to know why lu Chius 800,000,000 peovle shuuld esteem the left haud the sido of superior bonor, while Europeaus hold the upposite vpinion; whay llindoos should all put thelr botton-holes on ouo side of the coat sad | Mobsmmodaus ou the other, sud why in Epgland the same differenca should oxlast la the caso of tallozs snd sysinalressce. POLITICAL. . The Demoocratic Pol!tidnne ot Illinois Nearly All ot Springfleld. Indications that the Conven. tion Will Appear Very Respectable, | Tha Platform "of the Nationals Likely to Be Accepted in Substance. An Outline of the Situation ang tho Prospects of the Candidates. Some Notice of the Different Men Who Have ‘‘Carried the Bag.” Tho Greenbackers of Towa Meot and Bwal'low a Dozen Very Raw. ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY, . A RETROSPECT. Bpectal Diwpatch (o The Tridune, Braixgrisup, I, April 10.~The deep inter. est which is felt in tho approaching Democratfe 8tate Convention is alrcady manifest o the character ond number of the earlier orrivals, To the Detnocratle party of IMlinois this cam. paign means onc of 1ife or death. Ever sinco 1808 it has only been able to stand with factious nssistants,—men who had met disappalntmenty in, and had grievances against, the Republican party, sloughed off from that powerful organ. {zation and attached themselves totthio Demoo. racy. TAE STAKE TO BE PLAYED FOR this year {saleo aslinulas tothe Democracy, In 1848 the Democracy hay' charge of the Btate Treasury, and again in 1808, since which timg this olenginous tit has stipped awav fromit. A prominent Democrat said to me last night that it takes two things to makea successful came paign,—money and brains, Lacking the latter, and mever possceslug much of the foriner, is why fc has so long been kept in a minority, It now it can get hold of the State Treasury the vrospect for 1380 whi be bright, WHO TIAS IANDLED THE MONEY. ‘When Illinols was admitted into the Union, fn 1618, John Thomas, an old 8t. Clalr County Whig, was oppointed Treasurer, He scrved parz of a term, and was succecded by Robert K. McLaughlin, of Fayctto County, 8 Democrat, In 1823, Abner T. Fleld, Whig, of Unfon County, was elceted. In 1827 Judee James Hall, Dem. ocrat, of Fayette County, was elected. Joha Dement, of Dixon, au orizinal Bourbon, suc- ceeded Hall fa 18315 Charles Gregory, of Fay- ctte, also a Demotrat, followed Dement In 1330, ‘Then, in 1837, John D. Whitestde, Demoerat, of Monroe County, till 1844, when the Democracy clected an old Ironside Baptist preacher of Hamilton County, named Milton Carpenter. In 1848 Jolin Moore, Colonel of the 8ixth Illinols Infantry in the Mexlcan War, an Englishinan by birth and a wheclwrizht by trade, who dled jo 1860, was elected. After serving nino yearahe gavo way to James Miller, an old Whigand Republican, of McLean County. After serviog six months it was found that Miller was Joaning tue State's money to {rrespopsible partles. Willlam B, Plato. of Geneva, Kanc County, Abrabam Lincoln, the late Jesse K. Dubols, 0. M. Hateb, Col. D. L. Puillps, aod others demanded Miller’'s resignation. At first he refused, but Lincola threatencd to o hofore the Grand Jury and have him fndleted, which brought about the desired end. In jus ticato Miller's mouory, it is pretty geuerally known that his son 'was the gullty party. Gor. Biesell, in 1859, appolnted Willlam Butters, Re- publican, of Bpringfidld, to the Treasury, aud {n 1800 he was etected to a full term, In 1863 the Democracy mado a rally, and elected Alex ander Starne, of Plke County, but fu 1885 the Republicans aguln took the Treaaury by elect ing James H. Beveridge, of Sandwich, From that timo to tho present tho Republicans bave held tho vaults: Gen. G. W, Bmitb, of Cook, in '67; E. N. Bates, Bangamon, in '60 and '70; Eaward Rutz, 8t. Clalr, '783 'T. 8. Ridgway, Gallatin, '75; and Rutz again o /77, From thlé it will boseen that both parties have lad a fslr divlision of the honors and emoluments of Btate ‘Treasurer. WIO WANT TO DANDLE THE MONEY, The office belnxr a deairable one, therears mauy candidates aspiring to tho nomination to- morrow. E. L. Cronkrite, of Freeport, who served as o Democrut in the Twenty-ulnth and Thirtioth General Assemblies, is conafuored 83 being the moust formidablo candidate, bus {f Cook County should go for him the ceutral snd south part of the Btats will undoubtedly coalesce on one man and defeat him, There 1§ no dlsgulsing the fact that a very bitter preju- dlce exists azalaat either Jettiug "Couk County have the ofiice or nawing the man. Coyntr delegates aud leading tmen say that a city whic! cannot manage fts own fluances ought never bo atlowed to tamper with the Btate funds. Wille fam R, Prickett, of Edwardsville, a1 educated Democrat and a successful bauker, seems to the comfux man 84 wgainst_Cronkrite, or Gen. Wallace, should Cook County offer his name. Prickett camo here_on Monday evouing, has headquarters sb the Leland, and proposes to make u vigopous fight, Marshall M. Fool, of Suawucctowtl brother-in-law of Congressman Townshend, wil baye » number of delegates from Boutheastern Ilinois; Bangamon County has Instructed for Alex Starne, and he, also, will bave strengib. Othier men nresugyested, but thesonre the sctive leading aspirants. THR DOSS PEDAGOQUD was brought futo extstence In 1854, when Nioiso C. Edwards was elected from Springtield. 1o 1857 Willlam_ 1L Powell, of Kaue Copnty, was elected, Ju 1850, Newton Bateman, and aguin in 1881, 1o 1843, the Democrats elocted a Methe odist preacher named Joun I Brouoks, who, i 1585, gave way to Newton Datemun ugain fur two terms. - 1n 1875 the Independents sud Deue ocrats together elected 8, M, Etter, the present incusnbent. Gallatin County {nstructs for a _country sehool-teaclier “mamed D““l and 8. 8 Jack, of Decatur, has three out o six delegates from Macon County pledged 10 hin, Eiter will undoubtedly Le renominated, &3 bls rofusal to fudorse tho “National plutforin uf twa weeks ugo has ondeared hlm 1o the De mocracy, BMALL PAY. 10 nadition to the State Convention to nom+ nata cundidates for Stata Tresurer and Supcr intendent of Public Iustruction, und to_tase vlatiorm, u candidute fur Clerk of the Supreiie Coust and Clerk of the Appellate Court 1lr als0 (o be named, These bring a Lot of m-“x‘ et fry hore to lobby aud buttonhole, ¥For Clué;' the Buprene Court, E, A, Suwvely, of the . Nayille Enquirer; W, W. Easley, of Cust For 8. 31, Martln, of ‘Morgan, are prowlueut, ok Appeliate Court, Willlain M, ll.‘mtl)'v»”(’l . villog B, Lo Morritt, of Springtcld; dloorks Jones, of Pike; Juck \\’rlfim. ot hl:ltsr; Hicad, of Adaws; Jamos fl. Hall, o I i No speculatious would be cither selisble o teresting, vitt: 1N TRA But the naming of candidates s nut :llzl: botliers the Democracy, Iuis tho mnklui uLe latform whict puzzivs tho old aud wiser ’r‘m b 'he dofection of o large working and "'::A % tural elemept to the Nationals, as evidenc A the sprivg clettions, warns tho mefimn Teaders that the platform of 1873 must bo e and Mberal. Ugy. Paluer, Ucn. m(,hn]! W ana Ma, Orenddri, of Sorlngtleld: Thouss I é!l:‘mugmry.d of Duugl&l; P:;z.uflfif:m O abd many other mom‘:'nen sre bitterly ulmo-ed to "‘mhfifnuwn: ot or tittlo of the old Jucksoniau-Benleh wint-drop - policy, But the mnjurnyw“n the party 1s lurgely lmpregusted bodecty Dan Voorbices' gresubacklam. 1 have 1t I zood autuority to-day that fur threo me[n i . Goudy Lus been fu travall with tho el ur‘m purupbrase the luatsos platfori. i (h;‘: iy Were takun by countics, the (ireenba 7 would triumph, but tbey fear the larger VO of Cook, Peortd, sud the Nortbera countles. ONM NOTICEAULM VUATOBE . ¢ ol the numbllufi delegates is tho profusl e 4 Blue Jibbous.” 1t waa the Ribbovwet, |/ licve, who assussinated the Earl of Lv.-n(!mfl of will be tue Ribboniuen who wiil be the dtilfl Fd the Democracy, for Bourbou princlple Bourbon spirt sre oue aud iudivisible. TULS UAS DERN A FIELD-DAY i for thu Dewuesaey. Euch urriviug trulu brovg!