Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 17, 1878, Page 4

4- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1878, Thye Tribwne. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, BY MAIL=—IX ADVAXC! Jiy Fiion, one yea “artsof & 3CAR. DeF moRC.. Sundag Edition: Lite TounTe BHEet...ou.y i Falniytay Ralton, DREve pize. ri-Weekiy, one yoar... YLINOT A VAT, pet Mo WEEKLT EDITIO! copy, per yesr. Rl I Arecimen co) lve Post- Ut Cannty. Hemitiances may bo mads elther by draft, express, Pout-Oftice order, or in rexistered lettera, at ourrisk. TERMS TO CITY SURSCRIDERS. Tolly, delivered, Runcay eacented, 35 cents per week. 1 ofly, deliversd, Enniay included, 30 centa per week. Adcress THRE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sta., Chicago, Tl Qrdersfor the delivery of Tis TAtaUNS at Evanston, Ergiexood, and Hyde I'ark leftIn the counting-room ®iizeccive rromyt aticntion. for every Democratic candidate for o Stato Tegislature which elects n United States Benator, will be, in effect, a vota for revolu. tion,, Every Republican candidate for Con- gross and for a Stata Legislatare will appent to all men who are opposed io revolution. This single issue will awallow up all others, and the people will bave the opportunity to determine for themselves whether they will make Conetitutional Gevernent sure, or tisk the gerions menace of revolution aud ao- archy. g o —————— The Republicans pleaded for only two days of legielation pending the expeeted arrival of absentecs to complete nquoram on Batarday. Thursday and Friday could be devoted to tho business of the nation by the simple plan of an armistio proposed by the Re- publicans, but to all such appeals the samejsul- len refasal came from Crarzson N, Porrza nponthe pleathat his instruotions forbade the entertainment of any proposition’ of tho kind. When Arzxaxpen Srzeuxns Hfted his wonk voice for tho admission of the Repub- lican amendment to be voted on along with the Democratio resolution, to ba voted up or down as the Iouss might elect,—to this eminently falr proposition from’ tho venernble stateaman of the Bouth there was no roply but insulting howls to drown the old man'a voico. The belief gains ground that it is by no means certaln that the Domocrats can carry their point when a quorum has been raked fo- gether, and that the tinmio isnear at hand whon the rovolutionary mob will bo com- pelled to listen to Arexaxpra Srermexs and the conservative Southern sentiment he ropresents. THE MENACR OF REVOLUTION. In the courso of debate on tho ndmission of Mr. Porrea's resolution as a question of the highest priviloge, that gentleman dis- tinotly disavoswed any purpose of disturbing President Haves' possossion of his offlco. This seemed the more probable aa it wns thought many of the Southern® Democrats would have refused their support to the in- vostigation scheme unless they had recaived positive asaurance that an attempt wonld not be made to displace Mr. Iiaves, siuco his re- moval by impeachmont would soat Vice- Prosident Wazenes, who {8 o more radical Republican, and who would scarcely bo so generons to the South ns Haves has been. Tha public accepted Mr, Porren's assurance in good faith, and attributed the movement to n desiro to manufacture partissn capital for tho ensning Congressional campaign ; but it is now ovident that they wore misled, The procecdings of the Democratio caucas have given the lie' to Mr. Porren’s atatement, and that gentlemnn is oither a phrty to n conspiracy to unseat Hazes, or be is tho tool of a faction thai have this purposa in viow. It now transpires that the Domo- cratio caucus voted down a resolution offered by Youna, of Tonnossce, declaring that it wos ‘“‘not intonded by these proceedings to disturb tho prasent .Chief Magistrate in the occupancy of his office.” This resolution was rejected by an overwhelming majority, only thirty-two mombers of the caucus vot. ing for it; and the not waa tantamount to an nssertion that it & the purpose of the inves- tigation to drive Hayes out of “the White. Honse and soat TrLoEN. This is » more far-ronching and viclous conspiracy than would appear at first. Haves was inaugurated by and under the forms of constitutional law,, for OCongress counted tho votes and declarod the result. The only form of law provided for his re- moval is by impeachment. But this is not included in tho bulldozers' programme, bo- cause it wonld fail. It will not be possible to connect Presidont Haxzs porsonally with any frauds that may bo shown, and henca it will not be possible to secure o two-thirds voto in the Senate nocos- sary for his conviction and remuval. In- deed, the Demooratio managers refused to deolare impeachment to be their aim, even when the Republicans agreed to withdraw their opposition to the resolation in that case. Iut, if it be tho intention of the con- spirators (and they are not all Democrats)’ to remove Hares, and if they do not pro- pose to accomplish this in the only lawful way at their command, then the real aim of the investigation is to dlspose of Prosident Haxzs by a summary and unlawful proceed. ing. The conspiracy, then, must contem- plats tho Mexlcan method. Tho plan I8 this: It is bolieved by many that the next Congress will have a Demo- cratic mojority in both Houses, Mr. Tiz’ eN, who is sald to have taken the oath of offica beforo a Noew York mngistrate on March 4, 1877, will remove to Washington, He will appolnt a Cabinet sud send in his message. Congress, simply setiing forth by resolution that frouda have been discovered which show that Haves was not elactod, will recognize Tiunen. The Republicans may withdraw, but the Damo- crate will have a quorum in Congresa and pro- coed with buasiness. Thiawlill be revolution, because it will overrido tho constitutional wmethods for elacting and removing the Chiof Magistrate, The success of this acheme will mean cither civil war or anarchy, for thero will be no voluntary submission to the usur- pation, Beyond the immodiate dlsaster, it will set & precadent that must eventually de- stroy constitutional Republican Governmeut in this country, Mexico i a Republic, but 1t has no stable Government, for revolutions of the nature contemplated Ly the anti. Hares conspirnoy are common there. Bo they will be in this country, if they are ever permitted to be inaugurated. What one porty docs to-day, another party will do in the future, If this conspiracy shall prevail, it will require only anallegation of fraud, which 1snover wanting, and control of Cougress to revolutionize any Government that may bo in possesaion. Henoce, the present conupira- vy throntens greater and moro enduring dis. order to the American Govarnment than the War of the Rebellion achisved.: 1Ir the attompt to carry out this villainons sclieme shall uot result in war, then anarchy will prevail, and uncarly every community will bave ita local emeutos and riots. The oconspirators (composed of consclouceless Demoorats and treacherous Ropublicana, and both actuated by malice and disap. pointment at the loss of the offices) believe that the Republicans will not fight for Hayes. But, if we admit that dissension in the Republican party shall provent a solid and forcible resistanco to the Mexicanization of our Government, it is still certain thab the officeholders will not voluntary abandon their places. Ihers will be two Presidents, two Cabluets, two sste of Departments, two sets of officiuls and employes. The struggle will extend to every place and every community where there is a Government doubled up; the revenues will ceaso almost nltogether. There will result such confusion in accounts 8 to afford the opportunity aud guarantee immunity for embezelements. The most peacefal and speediest possible settloment of ruch A situstion would involve the Government in a cost of hundreds of milliong, and add that amount to the publie debt. Meanwhile, the derangenient and loes to the business interesta of the country wonld ba beyond any known means of esti- mate, Commerce wonld practically ceaso; confidence would racelve a shock from which it would take years to recover; cap- ital wonld bo terrified, and disappoar into hidden places and out of the country; the wholo peopls would stand aghast, not knowing what to do but Jament or cut each other's throats. Thae opportunity for the Communists wonld be at hand, and every community wonld be the object of terrorism and plander. Patriotism, prosperity, and hope would vanish in tho presenco of tho revolutionary greed and passion that such a situation would develop, — BESPONBIBILITY FOR THE DEAD-LOCK. There ia one point that should bo kept well in mind in conneetion with the investi- gation controversy in Congross. Tho Re- publicans are in no wise responsible for tho dead-lock in the House of Represontatives, Tho situation is such as to ostensibly put the blamae upon them, and the Democrats are secking to creato the impression that the fanlt {s on the Republican side. It is truo tho Republicans rofuse to voto on the Pot. TEn resolution, and that the Democrats have boen unablo to mustor a quorum without Republican votes. Butitis the Domocrats who refuse to Lransact any business pending the settlement, The refusal of tho Repub- hoan side of the Ifouse to give the Demo- crnts a quorum for the passngs of the Por- TED resolution is folly justiled by the re- fasal on the Democratia atde to admit Mr. Hare's resolution, which will extend the investigation so a8 to inclnde an in. quiry into the Democratio s well as the alloged Ropublican frauds. It will be remembered that Bpeaker Ran- patL admitted ho had given nssuranca that Mr. Harz's rosolution shonld be granted tho snmo high privilege that was given Mr. PorTen's rosolution, one being gormans to tho other, The SBpenker was as good as his word, and recognized Mr., Harz, but tho Democratia side refused to admit the Repub- licon resolution to a vote; for, in that case, the Democrats would be obliged to concedo the domand that the investigation shall be ‘broad enongh to comprehand all the frauds, or elsa they would hava to go on the record ns shutting cut all inquiry into Deamooratic frauds and entering upon a one-sided inves- tigation. To do oither ono or the other would probably ba fatal to therr purpose of manufacturing capital for the coming Con- gressional campaign. Tho fact s that tho Democratsare endoavoring in a partisan way to sacure a partizan advantage, and there ix no claim upon the Republicans to assist them in such an enterpriso. The responmbility for this dead~ lock is of a serfous mnaturs, and the people will very properly hold to striet account the party that has assumed it. Tho Benate has nlready passed a concaurront res. olution fixing June 10 as the day for adjourn. ment. Itisnot likely that tho session will extend much beyond that date. Theroisn moss of business, including the various ap- proprintion bills, thiat must ba disposed of ; there aro other important matters which would recoive attention from a compotent and conscientious Congross. Yet, in this critical time, tho Domocratio majority delile eratoly suspends all public business for an’ indefinite poriod, joopardizes logislation of vital finportance to the couutry, ond levies a contribution of thousandsof dollarsa day npon the taxpayors to kesp Qongross in idle- ness,—nand all this for mers partisan gain, Tho Republicans have annonnged that they wonld not offer the slightest opposition to the {nvestigation asked DLy the Domocrats, if the latter would grant # slmilar investigation nsked by the Republicans, In refusing this fair and roa- sonnble proposition, the Democrats placo themselves in the attitude of obstruotionists, and at the sune time virtus'ly confess that they dure not inquire into the Democratio frauds, Is not such n confession calculated to injure the Democratic party more thno the proposed investigation intq alleged Re. publican frauds will help it?' The Demo. cratio majority in Congress will have charge of the Investigation in any event, and, if they fear to reopon the frands on their own sido nnder such a condition, they must be conscious of guilt. Thoir attitudo is ren. dered the more roprohensible because thoy trifle with tho beat intorests of the country in order to conces! thelr party corruption, MORAL V8. POLITICAL TEMPERANCE RE- FORM Bome remarkable propositions were ad. vanaed by the epeakers before the National Temperance Association in sesslon at Far. well Hall Tuesday, Onoof them, who seemed to ropresent fairly tho averago sontiment of the Association, confessed that the taws wura poworlous to effoot reform, sud immediately aflerward exproassed the hope that the civil power might interfure to prevont intomper- anco, Wadnler frcm what the speakers had to sy that tho Association dopends for its infinence first upon individual oxertions and moral suasion, and, secondly, upon the en- nactmont of prohibitory laws, Bo far as the moral suasion branch of the Assoolation's work is likely to provall, wo sympathize Leartily with it aims; but we regard us con. tradictory aud useless ita purpose to pro. cure temparauce reform by political coer. vion, Prohibitory laws are objectionable, from the tewporance reforers' point of view, ‘Thoy tend to divert attention from the true wmethod of saving drunkards, which is the use of argument, exhortation, parsoual ex. ample, and all the other instrunments of moral suasion. What moral suasion can do when ftia proporly applied may be soen in the ve. sulta of the work of Mosars. Moopy, Mun. pay, and Reysorny, who, we venturo to say, have done mors to promote actual temper- nnce vefori thau all the laws enacted on the subject slnce Near Dow began his political sgitation twenty-five years ago. 'The red.rib. bon and blue-ribbon leagues have taken in so many liquor-driokery that they have actually produced a diminution of. $5,000,000 to $7,000,000 in the national revenue derived from this sourco. Thoy kave worked up such » sentimoent in this State that the last Domocratio Couvention was comparatively sober and respectabls, vontaining only two or three drucken men, and those from Ohl- cago. This was & degrso of sobriety un. A bite pufldings, ten milllona ment for losses austained whilo the Rebollion :fi;fi%{‘fl:’mnly{ull‘ln:n:l{ Jerssing the Misds: Insted, ‘This Is the accepted law of all civil- e el relia v ] izod nations, and those v‘v’ho have such dam. IM"M‘M; fow ";;:’vhng: e il ake (s amount ages memet’l and pnid ows thelr good Iuck :'r'u'.'l:n’uf 'c‘n"‘::m s ":‘ e fiM C&TT&':"E’J ':::'-lnel totho domination of sympathy and senti. | are furalahed wifh read. N mont over sound conatitutional faw, The | Allthisis based on the ntterly falss ns- farmers around Gottysburg, whose loyalty sumption that thers are tiwo millions of nn- no one questions, ere bemoaning thelr ina. | °Mployed, starving Inborers on the eve of bility to get reimbursed for property loat on making war on the community, unless et at those drendtul July dnys when tho forces of work constructing the Southorn Pnolfic Raile Lz and Mzapa met in mortal combat to de- ;:;‘:' Misaisaippl levecs, and publio build. :{:’;fl‘:-lk!?:':n;r‘grn great. Amerlean Republlo Suppose Congress, {nflnenced by clamor % y: . | to flad employment for the mythical .two ea;f::l °::'::::nh°' z’;‘&:: tlfi::?l::m ;I: miilions, shonld order an expendituro of 120 knows that the Unlon dodge Is too ti'nln to | 350 milliona of thx tepayond money for be played successfully any longer, and he f' :‘d"::mlfi" vlleern \:;uld mchl" P"“d“;; o oxt yoar, the aame slamor woul ;‘:)‘;:l‘n::d l:bahnlg:nt::n '}};:tdin"fl':l::;ltdhfi:"’“ be ndnubhd'(m- a still groator expenditare Thers were no loyal men who remained in the of the poople’s money ; and, the year aftor, mnm. ""&‘,’:51',"2 \‘\"'nr.ml:‘w':-n n%l. lv: (hh'e' :a‘:.l.{: ‘?.1 the noise would be yot groater, and the' 1o he outaet, hat Ib 1u mat Tn_fle and biood 1o | menaces more throntening, Contrsctors sympathize with men who are killing our hrothers, { rings and lobby-thieves would swarm aronnd :‘,{a‘,{f‘“‘.";d"fl‘fl,',g":"’ anexing oo Yhinges 20" | Congress, domanding vaster issues of bonds, Ehatcanss nj: dur:’c.’ "fn"«hn"a 2'3!‘5'.‘.?:.”: Jud o and Rolding up the raw hoad and bloody Droves himacif to' be devald of tha ordinary . | bonos of the Commune to frighten the timid ::Ir}f;"n::nrr;l:nnrxc:-:tlx:‘r:’sgg unworthy the consid- | domogagues into compliance. What would "'J.'llil is up;dnnbudly {;uo. and it is well hathe end'ol ihla profiigato lqnnnd'nrlng of that the bubble was pricked by s witnoss ho Nation'scroditand the taxpayers' money ? who waa on the ground and had his theory Bnnl:rrptoy ) dnnd '? vollntl;);i Tho Com.- of the oase supported by personal observa. waulsls wouldniobbe plavated/or eppenssd ¢ tion. Bo far so good for brave liltle Gon, thay would bs emboldoned to maka now do- Braao, membor of Congresa from tho Fifth :’;sg:-’ :;';d ‘rflo ‘:rvtm:nl:;‘{h:“c::;:x e‘(’:r-u;: District of Wisconsin, But he supplement. businsas. property his b 1 3 i il vileat ttack pon ho Ropubienn | . Lt atlar” saynthe Appea, for the party that he will hardly expoet Tuz Trin. g::fi'::?':;:n;:?s’“fid“;xnm‘.j",;t:";fmt; UxE to Indorse, however much wo may onjoy | y1o" atarving, than 1t is for tho starving to his attacks upon the absurd olaims of his attompt to ‘ns!zn and distribute it them- Bouthorn yokefellows, Bgraaa spoko like a solves.” Mon who talk In this way are Gom. soldier aud statesman in the firat half of his munists ot hoart, and desiro to be “in" at speech, which was germano to thoe subjoot bofore the Houso, but like a partisan and ::1 ’;::;:’rb‘;;:oi:: lIl“:d::;lz e(d}urv’:g::’n;, :: demngogue when Lia switched off on an Ir- replace the Local Govornments in ths work relevant question for the sake of abusing his of parish-rolisf? Should tho county poor- political opponents, Probably he imagined houses be closod, and their inmatea bo turned thot “": d:s;s h:;nhm fi;opnr;d ‘";l"e:‘“;"h' ovaor to the Washington Government to tale o prty fencd wonld go down 0 bet- | 000 of and support? Bhould the National tor I it woro sugar-conted with o lttlo cama- | oo one bo onvertod dnto a mammoth polgn misreprosentation of their old tradi- soup-hionse and poupors’ asylum? Ts it the fin‘;fl el‘;umi:!!. ’{“N:,, his a !"::l “h"“: constitutional duty of the National Govern. o 1 8 g:;: : oh r:;n ) o JaTgrcn ment to find work and provide wages fog any CONEPIEAcY LA eae! AMUED, J. LILDEN § g1oeg of persons? For a Btate.Sovorsignty out of the Presidency and the Democratic organ, the Appeala statement sounds a little porty oubof all tho offices, Henow, alao, the slgnnén whonp{’: says that * It is nonsenso to cry of ‘‘military usurpation” in the Bouth and “ tho chargo that Rebel claims will be :fiffi““‘ thlsnat helngia Paterual Gorara: poid by Northern Domoceratla Confedorates Thero is one view of the matter the Ap- become the burden of thesong of every IDY'I}' peal has manifestly not taken, which is: Ropublican campaignor in the North.” | that tazes extrncted from the paople reduce Henco, nleo, much more of the sams sort of | ¢4 woges fund and the working capital of gush that will sound batter at tho cross-ronds | thy community, and doprive labor of wagos in the back sections of tho Fond dn Lao Dis- | ynq employment, A hundred and fifty mill- trict than it did on tho floor of tho House. A lions of money wrung out of tho hands of logical mind is ot some loss toknow just | ¢ poople by the tax-gatherars, to bs ex- what relation the result of the Electoral Qomn- pended on such unproductive objocts aa tho mission suataine to L!u bill to appropriate Appeal proposos, will deprive twice as many $05,000 to rebulld Villlam and Mary's Ool- | 15horers of work as it will set at work., Col. lege, or how tho justleo of a clalm boforo | 1gating taxes in axpansive businoss, and Gov- Congress is to be gettled by Rupubllunn car- | ornment money expended on *publia im. pot-bogging in tho Biate of Louistana, Such provementa” fs, in large part, frittered association of ideas seems to be so natural to . Contractors, lobbyiats, and rin b the Demooratic intellect that all morta of :’:l"gms It:;rprofl:’uufl ."x:,b:m;l.‘ "y .B::ln :l:o mental gymnastics aro possiblo even in Con- | 13hor porformed Is *old-sogored,” and mot gross, and the transition from one subject to | gaisntully putin. Thero is cheating of Uncle nanothor of exnotly an opposite character isas | gam all round the board. The rule is to easy and natural as falling off a log. Braao’s | Jont, squander, and steal. Let those who speech is best doscribed by that homely | doubt this investigate the mannor public old comparison, familisr among farm- | works ara carried on, and ba convinced of ors, about the cow giving & nice pail | y1g truth, of milk, and then kicking it ovor. | Tho Appeals cureis much worse than the Boaca uttored somo wholosome truth, and | disopse, Ilobbing ths taxpayers to placate then neutralized - the good he had accidont- | tha Cowmmunists will not afford relief for ally dono the country by letting off & corre- | hard times, or improve the condition of the sponding smount of partlsan nonsonse and Inboring claaser folly mixed with malice. But the General == is full of inconsistenclos and idiosyncrasies, | People who have heard so much of the re- —and bere wa fmitato the bad example of markable purity of the Victorian Court, and Brace in dropping down from the considera- | 7HO: having read the **Four Georzes " or **Tho 1 Qravillo Memolrs,” thank Heaven that mod- tion of a really Important subjact to a very | o n"ooral aro not sa they used to be, must smoll ono,—as witness the nntica that he cut | yyys gomo difficulty fn making thoir 1dcals at the lnst Domocratio State Convontion, as | « conalat ™ with the Enalish newspaper reports. Chairmon of the Committee on Resolutions. | A noble Earl " of some sort or other is luvari- The financial vngaries that he incorporated | ably figurlng befofothe Division of Probate and into the platform of his party were as much | Divorce either na platntiil or co-respondent; at variance with ita woll-cstablished pollcy, tha papors teem with paragraphs aboutacandals history, and traditlons, ns his attack upon and elopemcots; the stage is thronged with tho the Ropublican party last week was foralgn mistresses of noblemnen, uud scandalous chroni- il fTectd: the Royal fambly itsclt to the matter which the IMouse had under :"t: nT‘; Mm.,:-, :’;:4,, l:nxyu‘ ;. nl::: consideration. But the Ropublicaus can up, is about as flthy as tho Baecuer well afford to indulge Gen, Bosco in his | scandal,—Bithicr, indecd, than the Flymouth little harmless tirndo againat thom as long as | nastincss ever was, oven when reinforced o preachies such sound dootrine into South. | by the *“‘men with tho muck-rakes of orn Democratio ears in regard to the impro- :J“'“:I"c':‘ hfi‘;";::é{:fl' u,s‘::z:;:l::nllllk::z "‘3 270! 3 Ll {’:‘"{‘"’ 3";‘"% cu‘"' spurious olalins upon | .o "yoe Ladvahip drank beavily, and when en- saulontion ol LoHgreRS: raged would throw her diamonds fnto tho fire and smash the {urnlture; her son, the present PLACATING TTIE COMMUNISTS BY ROB- | Baronct, und Lord McDowatp got lnto & fight at o dinner given ta celebrate the son’s coming The Momphis Appeal hos hit on a new | o age, and the host kuocked the guest under mathod of ouring Communism. It is very | (p, {ablo, and whon s ma asked ** What fn- simplo in the Appeal’s eyes, and altogothor | fernal orglenare these!” threatened to throw lovely, although it confesses that itaschemes | the authoress of his belnz out of the window, will only *afford temporary relief." It | Hissister, Miss Eitu V:uuln,n:w interfered, starts off with a manifoat falaehood, viz, : sent the rolaterers over to & hotel, put her More than two miilions of people {n thie country [ Mother tobed with 4 bottle of brandy snd aro without employument; tens of thousands of | good-nlght kiss, and joincd the company at the tbom are sullerlug, f not atarving. 3 liotel to make a night of it, informing them ‘Two millions are a vast number of men, | that all was rlcht now—*Ma had gono to bed and reprosent a population of elght to ten [ with tho Fronchman,”—adelicateand altogether millions, Where are those two millions | flital way of mentioniug the decanter of cognac, of workingmen ihat sre without employ. | Then Miss Epititand her married sister, Mrs, mont? Thoy are not to be found among | Bacor, were in the habit after dinner of scam- tho farmers ond plantors, as that vast ole. | DCrloR off 10 Myineta Arcutaai Silalag $he usiucss ot professlonal courtessns. Mrs, mont of Amerloan’ population fs fully em- Baoor had married so as "to have somo one to ployed,~never mors so than at present. 1t support - hier flicgitimate child, that with more muat thon bo in tho oltlss and towns, Tho | wip thau delicacy shy nanied * Cutkoo," as be- whole number of lahoring moen fa the clties | ing a progeny forelgn to the tnest it occupled. and towns of the United States does not ex- | Etc., ete. And all this in & fashlonable and coed two milllons, They must all bo idle | wealtny titled family, with a mansion in Lon- if the Appeal's Aguros are true; but is {t { donand a seat In tho country, aud in the relgn n fact that all of them arennsmployed? No, of Victonna the Prude, widow of ALBERT the Uoody! Ofaventy, if apyrotechnle show like A quatter? No, Not mors, at the outsids, than that which took plm.-'u at Sodom and Gomorssh one-cighth to one-tenth of the laboring | yor bilied for Loudon, tnere would not bo classes of cltics and towns who desire work | much fear of o postponement un account of the aro unable to findft. Let any man look | discovery of & largo percentugs of righteous about him and he will find that the vast ma- | folk. jority of the Iaboring men have employment Thw ““—‘__“—,“," at current wages. On account of the'vigors | New ¥urk Sun,,duy 30, [Nes Fork “Fimas, Me of Northern climate, there is necesss. | o V5% Vi Moy Nomroux, Ve rily a considerable number of unemployed I:' nel::d‘ mon in the cities in winter ; but this is o in | EreaY:Ernddauztior - the best and flushest of times. Brushing away the groas exaggerations of the Appeul | Pon, pat as to the number of iuvoluntarily-idle #tl-fllmv‘ mon fn the cities and towns, let us consider 3. its wpecific for the cureof the mental diseass | 132t tiuie, the ac of Communism, which is now spreading E::};fi:,‘::?.‘ ‘?,1:..“'3'; among the Iaboring classes of the larger | tbe floorof htroom ig g & dead. cities, something like foot.rot in ' a flock of :n::":onc'lu‘t:;c‘;?.wfiuh sheap 1 wad Imug‘v; w’hl-;‘;eou; 1t 10 nopseass 0 tark_sbout this nob belng s | Iyioenvr by, empty. A . **Paternal Goverument.™ It I8 better for the &mma ring, recantly Government to judiciousiy tax the sueplus wealth | presented to ber, was| ' of tho country snd distribute it Lo the starviug, | gone, and her gold watch| Abau it is for { %, Infamed by dospair and | and oth urged by safferd ewpt to selze and dlstrib- uta it themsslyes, The Government must choose | ing. Thres tramp women' ’ between EM" employment to starving men. or { were seen arvond thei driving them Into the Communists, not from | houss about dsylight. cholce, Lut from necessity. An sppropriation Lo | She was to have bogo) the Bouthern Paclic Hailroad would give employ- | marricd in Septewber, Bast 0 0000 me, 33 Ligtaby foo el A 2 mmunisg . f ppl boltons. Bulld ‘Thelegislative trial of Jony 0'Coxxon, mem- nro separnte an stinct, and we hold that the latter caunot be pushod excoph at the expense of the former, The human mind I8 not capablo of dwelling upon sud carrying out in practice (wo great issues on the same subject at’tho same time. As the reform by political agitation gains ground, the reform by moral suasion loses. It seems 8o easy to deolaro thit men shall be virtuous in mass that roformers cease to concern thomselves to ses that they shall bocome virtuous ss individuale. Re. sponsibility for veform is delegated to A Leg- islaturo. That responaibility ceases when it passea into a law, and the law, being confided to men who secrotly have no sympathy with it, i3 seldom enforced. \When it 18 enforced, 1t sggravates the diffionity, By rousingneed- less nnimosities 1t provokes strong opposition not merely to leglslative in- terforence with private appetites, but to il kinds of temperancs reform, howaver prosented and advocated. The oporation of a prohibitory law can bo studled and nndor- stood by following its action in any gronp of ton persons. Suppose that ona of the tan is adrunkard, five others moderate drinkors, nnd fonr advocates of reform by Inw, If tho enact- ment of alaw {3 procured, through tho oare= lessness of the moderate drinkors, to prevent the five from drinking in moderation in order tokeop liquor away from the tenth man, it will provoke their hostility in addition to that of the druukard. Bix out of the ten will thenbe opposed to the Iaw; aud their dislike of in- terferonce with their personal liborty will end in o prejudice against evory kind of reform. Weshonldexpoctsuch alaw todrivemany per- sons whohad previonsly beon moderate drink- ersinto drankenness by exciting a spirit of resistance to an unjust interferenco with pri- vnto rights, The effect of prohibitory laws in such n cose wonld be to make true temper- anco roform odious, and incroase drunken- ness; and we think it candid to say that this example illustrates on a small geale the general workings of such laws on a large oue. Prohibitory laws being thus objectionable, why does tho Nntional Temperance Associn- tion commit itself to the support of them? Chicfly, no doybt, because members of the Associntion are indisposed to do any more work than thoy can help. They look upon prohibitory laws as o short cut to the desired ond, or a sort of labor-saving machine, by which they may bring sinnors to ropontance under strong hydranlio prassure. They find it disngreoable and Irksome to bo always preaching the affective plan of salvation; to be coming in contact with drunkards, and to be upholding a consistont personnl examplo. Thoy would rather hand these duties over to the police and have the thing dona by ma- chinery, satisfying thoir conscionces and their love of power at the same lime by compelling sll mon fo regulato their appetites according to the Natlonnl Tem- perance Assoointion's standards of right and wrong. Tho spirit which notuates them fn such a movement is tho same which sus- tained the Inquisition and kindled the fires of roligions persccution in the Middls Ages, aud caused the Blno Laws of New England and Virginia to be enacted in later times. But it is a relic of n falso and injurious spirit, which political onlightenment hns gonorally banishoed from frec countries, and which Governmenta like our own, founded to proservo tho libertios of tho peopls, are bound to condemn and disuso. : Benatora filled the spaceaon the floor not re. quired by membera. The gatleries wero crowdeq with ladies, and tho lobbies were lined by men, 0'Coxxon hina at his clbow two lawyers and gn unknown Catholie prieat. Thechie! queation ralsed by the prosccutors was whether ('Coy. Nost should be expolled or his seat ha declareq vacant. Dr. Nonron argued for expulsion, be- cause he feared that, If the seat wero dectared vacant, all the bills which O'CoNxOR'S vote had passed might be declared Invalid. Mpx. sk and several other members com. bated this view, holding that the ncts of an offictal were valld until ho was declared n- cligthle by proper authority. This view flnally vrevalled, but the scat was vacated by a vota of 04to18. Bofors the vote was reached, 0'Coy- Nom, who viewed the arguments for thetwo methods of punishment with equal Indifference, obtained the floor sl made & patbetlc appea for morcy. Ile contended alen, on the prompt- ing of hia lawyer, that the touse had no right 1o zo back of the election. Tho plea wag listened to with curiosity and patlence, but iisd nao effect on the floal result. ‘The history of this O'Conxnor case is now familiar to the peg- ple. O'Connon was elected to the Legialatura from the Soldlers’ Homo at Dayton. After he had bLeon sltting somo months ft way discovered that he lad formerly bgen an inmats of the Michignn State Prison, his term of linprisonment beginning Sept. 80, 1869, and ending three years afterwards. Ho had no pardon or abridgement of his term ot {mpris. onment which operated to reifove him of niy political disabilities. Theso facts were proved before the Legislative Commlitee, though O'Connon strenuously denled them. Ilo was permitted to Lold his seat untll tho end of the scssion becauso lils vote was neccssary to pro- curo the success of sevoral Democratic mens. ures. Oue hardly knowa which to marvel gt moro in this case,—the audacity of tha convict. ed thief and Jail-bird {n fotrizuing himselt tnta tho Legistature through the Soldiers’ Home, or the unscrupulous conduct of the Demacrats {n using him to carry out their party programme, ————— POSTAGE PREPAID, POSTPALD. drers In full, Includiog Btate sad TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES, ‘TrR CntcaA60 TAIRUNE has established branch offices fcrthe receipt of subscriptions and advertisements as followa: NEW YONK—Room 28 7ridune Bullding. F. T. Mo- Faunxx, Mansger. . ARS8, France—No. 18 Rup de Is Grange-Dateilere. 1, Manexr, Agent. < s LONDON, Eng.—Americssi Exchange, 449 Strand. Beanr F, Giulia, Agent, * BAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Palace Yiotel AMUSEMENTS, MeVicker'a Theaten. Madieon sireet, botween Dearorn and Stste, 4¢ AMfter Dark," Hooley’s Thentre, Randolph street, betwcen Clark and LaSalle. $larrigsn snd Hart's Grand Combination. Tinverly’s Thentre. $tonros streat, corner of Dearborn, Mitchell's Bpee stalty sod Ballet Troupe. New Chicago Theatre. Clark strect, opposiie Sherman House, **Estanast or the Riog of thie Infernal Reglons.™ Beoator ANaus CAMnRoX has found an admfe rer of hls Nurth American Review article fn the Washington Fost; but we are not sure that pralse from thls source will be gratitying to him, The Post {s sn able Democratic news- vaper, It is foll of thoold Jacksonlan doctrine, and flouts Civil-Bervice retorm as an {nventton of the cnemy. It is perfectly consistent {n say- ing that Civil-Service rcform fs ‘s humbug which long ago nauseated everybody except the doctors who prescribo It 5 that It **is a Holy Willle vrayer’; that *the Radlcals can nover win another election fn this country cx- cept “by the sheer force of machino polltics™; and that *the machine will havo to bo lubricat- cd withall tho profits of the Syndicate and all the dividends of the National Baoka for tho loat three yoars.,! ‘This s, as we have sald, trus Democratio-daclrine. Threc-quartors of the able-bodied Democrats of tho country are hun- gering and thirsting for office. Civil-Servics roforn s a bugbear to them. Its adoptionas a party pollcy would exclude them from ofilce, and thia {s just tho ono contingency that the PrrroreuM Y. Nasnrs of the Democratlc party cannot contemplate with patlence, But wedo not sco that this Democratic indorscment helps Mr. ANaus Casmerox. Ils cannot agres with tho Washington Post, Ho waselected asa Civil-8ervics reformer, and his party nfterwards, in a Natfonal Conventlon, adopted Clvll-Servica reform as part of itaplatform. Ilo cannot sub- scribe to the sentiments of ths \Washington Lot without declarlng, as it does, that tho Re- ‘publican morale “*consists, and always lins con: sisted, of ignorance foflamed by fanatlelsm.! Wo do not bollevo that Mr. CAMERON I8 pre- pared togo to this leugth, or that he canre- folce in a certificate of character from & news- paper which openly advocates political corrup- tion, ond denounces tho Ropublican party becauso it Is & party of reform. SOCIETY MEETINGS. P ABONIC -TlisExcellenc Qo ShelbyaL Caltom tas avited us to Iny the corner-atone of the Firat Legiment Armory Buildlag on to-morfow (Katurday) afiernoon st to'clock. liay In{ accepted tho (nvitation, we heredy fraternally request the Lodges and brethren of the city to partlclpate In the ceremanion. Thie eraft will aseeme blw at the (ieand Pacine flotel mptly at 1:4! m. An Uceartonal Grand Lodgs will he convened 1n firsarit il American E3irers Dutiiog, Aloaroo SO0k . T, Fatamay, % P - JOANPI ROBDINS, Grand Master. OTIESTAL LODGR, No. 33, A, F. & A. M.—1fall 3: £tatcd Communicaiton (nis (Fridar) ing, at 7:30 o'clock, far businets, work, and Instrice fraternilly, Invised. Ry ‘otder of the 2. N. TUCKER, secretary, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1478, Greonbacks at the Now York Stock Ex- chango yesterday closed at 904, Tho Penitentiary Commissioners have wisely roconsidorad their original dotermina- tion to conduct in secret the investigation of the killing of the -convict Rezp at Jollet, and yestordsy admitted tho reporters of tho press. A fair and sufllciently copious ab- stract of the testimony taken yesterday is given alsawhere in our columns this morn. ing. ‘What Chicago lost Jowa has gained through the rumpus in the Board of Edu. cation, which resulted in the resignation by Mr. J. L. Picxanp of tha office of Superin- tondent of Schools, which he had fillod for g0 many years with credit and satisfaction. The Board of Regents of tho State Uni. worsity of Jowa yesterday unsnimously elected Mr, Prczanp Presidont of the Uni. versity. The true story of the BexNerr-Mar duel tomes at socond-hand from one who recoived It from Dr, Prevrs, the surgeon of the oo- cosfon. Tho behavior of Mr. Bexwerr on tho fleld {s ropresonted as having boen in tho lighest degres courteous and gen- erons, and the ends of justice would not suf. fer if the indictmoent for ducling wers with. drawn, and the charge changed to drunk and disorderly, 80 88 to cover tho offense ‘which lod to the Lostile meeting. — “ Qall Hamilton" has written an claborate article for the Now York Tridune denylug the Rev. JAmzs Frmemay CrAnke's nsscrtion that the present tarl® was really {ojurious to the Interest of Massachusatts, She saya: 1 have bofore me a copy or_compilation of the existing tari(f laws passed from tiino to time, with their various modilications and changes for more than half & century, It I8 not a thriliing nareative, Me, CLARKE could lay jt down at any place with. out counting the minutes bofors ho shoutd bo sble to take it up again. I will not aay that even I myself, left to my own unessist. reason, should not bave surroptitiouly akin- rcdu page or two here and there, — But with he ald ‘of two experts in the tarl®, citlzens. respoctively of tho two_larzost manufacturing Biatea of tho Union, I have gone through the whole, line by line, and 1fnd thatof thoen. tiro Iaw, four lines oul of every five cantain In samo form a nrotection in favar of “some industry followed in Massachusctts, ana that out of sll pro« vislons of Iaw conlaining especial discriminations intended fo protect American Industry, Jfire ilnes out of every six coutaln something of intorest and valne to Massachusutts. In short, Maasachuactts balit up her wealth and her poswer out uf man. ufacturing industrios that have waxod strong under the sheltar of & protoctive tarilt. ‘This confesslon of “Gall [Hamliiton” Is es- peclally interesting to Western people, whoso interests, belng agricultural, arc {njured Instead of benefited by & tarif devised cspecially to subsidize New England and’ Pennsylvania in- tereats at tho expense of the non-protected ‘West and South. 1t is just mashe declares, that four ous of overy fve lines dlscriminate In favor of the particular futerest of thoso soctl “Tho cunning Yaukecs and rapaclous Buck: what they wero sbout when they fraiaed thit tarifl. ——— New York Isthe headquarters of Communlsm, s of every other deviltry and corruption in this country. New York is & sort of catch-basin for thie rascality of Europe as well as of Amerlca, Bunday s the great day for the Communlst (a- cendiaries Jo that city to congregate together and spout froth and fury sgamst property riglhta aud the construction of Americun sociely. A New York paper thus epltowmlzes tho harangues st ono ef their meotings: There s o good deal of Communiem in the here, I nowbere else. Tho theoretical munlsts have held a May meeting in thiscity, simall, itis true, in nainbers but dold Indoctring, ut which tho speoclics guvo a fuir indication of the kind af notlons which are afloat among lsrge numbers of the necdy and discon! though most of thiem were worlby uf 1 asyiuia. Bome wunt ali property dwided ; others want it approvriated by lhe btate; some think Hfiasn nilnutes & day 38 much as anybody ought to work: others would toll for fuur bours. AN 1au and rallroad atrikers of I scems A0 be some calling ‘“A LITTLE MORE GRAPE, GEN. BRAGG. Gen, Epwanp B, Bnaga, of the Fifth Wisconsin District, made o speach the other dny in the Touse that contsined much mors good ' sense and practical wisdom than Northern Domocratsaro in thobabit of show- ing when they got upon their lega in Con- gress, 'The bill under discussion wos ono to appropriato aixty.five thousand dollars to the State of Virginia for the purposs of ro- bullding William and Mary's Colloge, which was damaged by tho Union srmy, as is al- leged, during the ** Iate unploasantnosa ” with our Southern follow.citizens, To the credit of Gen. Braoo be it written that he waa neither a ** Copperhead™ nor a * Rebol sympnathizer” of any sort, but a good Union soldier, though a Domocrat, and marched to tho front with tho famous old V% Iron Brigade,” that did such splendid fighting and left behind it such an oxcollent rocord, writtan in the indelible blood of the most unselfish patriotlsm, Having hiad bis ‘wita sharpened aud his moral vision cleared by the horrors and actualities of civil war, a8 Mr. Berourn wonld say, Bnsoo knows from practical experience what rebellion is, ¢ with all that the name implies,” and henco he has n perfect right to talk about it, and has undisputed qualifications for doing s0 ju. telligently, That he did speak Intolligontly and pointedly on the occasion raforred to, all those who have rend his speech well know, and however distasteful Lis remarks may have beon to his Bouthern associntes on his own side of the Houss, thoy aro precisely the sontiments that ought to bo uttered, plainly and frankly, whonever any question comes before Congress invoelving the pay. ment of damoges sustained during the prog. ress of the War, Gen. Braaa started out by brushing aside all the ailly clap-trap that demagogues in« dulge in concerning tho historical associa. tions that cluster about the old college, when Virginia was the *‘Mother of the Prosi- dents,” and all other * spoonsy " references to the old regime, now happily closed out, and went straight to the busincss of con- sidering the question from a practical, mat- ter-of-fuct standpoint, He qunoted from the discussions in the American Congress in 1796 to prove, what every thoroughly in. formed studout of history and international law woll knows, that thero is no liability for any sort of dostruction during the ravages of war, [le then told tho men of the Bouth that the subjoct of tho late War and its lssues would be kept open, and properly, too, ag loug as they forced it into notice by present. ing claims for dameges rosulting from It. Braaa assured them that {n war ho was their open enomy, but In poace he was their earnest friend, and in all kindoess he in. ormed them with becoming emphasis that *‘I'he people of the North will never sub. mit (o be taxed to reimburse your people or your States out of the National Treasury for uny losses that they sustained directly or indirectly from your rebellion. It was your rebellion; you have harvested its fruits, and must patiently bear its results, bitter (hough they be.” Words fitly spoken, O Buago, aud the whole country will vefoloe that a member of Congress on your aide of the Chamber had the oourage and good senss to spoak them. The spsech’not only contained A vast amount Botwoon Fenians to the landward and Rus- zian cruisers to tho seaward the Caunada Tolks are working themsolves up into some. thing of a stow. ‘There has been sighted off tho const of New Brunswick a suspicious craft supposed to be & Muscovite war vessol with possible sinistor designs upon Canadian commerce, and the Dominion Government s reminded of the imperative necessity of for- tifying Bt. John barbor forthwith, Then thero are bodies of strangera with n brogue collecting near the border in New York and Vermont, : The anniversary scssions of numerous re- ligious bodies are fu progress in various parta of the country—the Presbyterlan Gen. vral Assembly, at Pittsburg, Pa.; the General Assembly of the Prosbyterian Church South, at Knoxville, Tonn.; the General Bynod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Amerd- ca, in New York City; the Genoral Confer- enes of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Atlsuta, Ga.; aud the Goneral Synod of the Reformed Church of the United Btates, ot Lancaster, Pa. The cordial reception of tha traternal dolegates from the North by the Confuorence at Atlanta waa an epiaode of un- usual interest aud significance as forecasting the probability that at no very distant time the two Lodies will be rennited under one great Confurence, T In another column will bo found the re. port of the Committeo of leading citizons ap- pointed at tho meeting of May 10 to dovise & plan for relieving the financial embarrass- ment of the city and its employes by float- lug tho ecity serip at some uniform rats of liscount, The Committeo have concluded tbat 6 por cont would be a sufficient induce- ment {o socure inyestment by parties whose laxes aro not due until January next, and recommend the opening of subscriptions for the serip at 92 conts under yegulations which will insure a fair distributicn of the funds renlized among tho city employes, and which, above wll, will prevent a further de- preciation in the valuo of the scrip, Bkillful financiers and prudent business men have devised tho plan, snd after its safety and advantages are once thoroughly nuderstood by the peoplo in general there should be no ditticulty in toating all the scrip that will be neoded. 8 atrlet **neutrality” o police whenever tiere w. OF thom are in favorof **fres love," or, a8 they put it, **the r gbt of women 1o choose tho fatheré of thele children*—or, mure_sroperly, tho father of each gratia trike going vn. f their children. Many awore in their d spicod them with what **the Mune owe e iadeccucy. ‘Ihey sil want unlluite money {ssucd by the Governmnent, tu be luat ine discriinluately without interest or security; th want Baxter atreet uut on a lovel with ¥iith av nue, sud nne recommended the mufnm of 3 Astout. In fact, thera was uothing which societ uow constituted condemns which some spesker did unt advoeate, excopt the praciice of golug about naked, 1t 4, fortunsta that indaced 10 expresa their vi ubllcly. e T—— Gov. HauproN, of South Csrolina, bea man- aued (0 “rope™ a great many nogroes into the Demo.-Confed. party In nis Btate. Bays an exchange: The colored Domocratic voter must be recornlied aa & factor in South Carolina politics. The Demo- crata of Barnwell County held Lbotr Convention oo Nonday. sud no less than eight of the thirty-fout X ibe repressnled wers composed of colorud I the 154 deleuatos beiug grovs. 'Tozether the clabs of both colors bay tolled over balf the volers [n tho county, so: e e B trao the Convention ntoraed U0 . Ourse i o fh‘l‘:l‘;l. ?.':mybody' 1n Soath Carollna bs Solog nowadays. —— The New York Herald bas discovered that the —ah, let us say “lgoorance” of tho New York sporaiscrs enables the merchaots of New York toundersell the glove manufacturers of this country. That fo the Hera/d 's & mero choleric word which fa Tam TRisuss fs rank blss- 1, 57 years of n’n , aad died of apasmodic colie S ——— Tha persistence with which the Democratio mynsgery refused yesterday to listen to all suggestions looking to resumption of publio business indicates their utter vecklessness. The only preseut hopo is that thero will be snough conservative and patriotiv Demo- craty, under the lead of Brermeys, to refuse tovote with the Democratio majority, It not,—if the villaing carry the doy snd enter upon their one-sided juvestigation with the declared purpose of revolutionizing the Government,—then the ultimate veed of truth and practical advice, but it is emi. | Ie lo protect the b ol phemy. " result must be determined at the Cou- { officer or employe, and each of the two witl | paralleled in the history of the party in Lli- [ nently opportune at this pastioular functure | {ha™ &y s "% "Asvariss and- the Commauist! | D7 O the Ohlo House of Representatives from Y R yrossional elections of the coming fall. I'iera will be but one issus in every Gon- gressional District, viz. : whether or not the bLave his friends and partisans. That is an. archy, ‘There will be claims upon the Gov. The vernment ueeds nola; and all of it was duoe, as every body present confeased, to the blue and red ribbon pe: bulld them now, | Bootgomery County, Is descrived by tbe corra- s lic bulldings are belox erccted, lflu nat lct | apondent of the Ciuclonati Gazetts as “beyond of nffairs whou Oongress is lilerally flooded 1 the tenantless scatfoldings on walls remain with bills appropristing money to reimbunis 1u the lecterof a New York Uerald correapond- ent, on the subject of the American toanufac- : . question the most remurkable scene ever wite | gure of kid gloves, wotind the followlog psssazes: ernment for the psy of twice sa many em. | leagues, whose badges were liberally displsy. | some Bouthern claimant, personal or cor. | to mock the Idle lsboter; if ih & posalbilisy | L the s Tpall Isted in this success, Amrican Ropublio shall adopt the mathods | ployes ssmow. Tho pacple will refuse to | 62 by membersof the Convention. porate, for property destroyed durlng the | S ant bt Zaens sow. Be :flfifi?‘fl' + l:é'.‘,‘:.‘;:'fi%':ul;;‘f:fi:'&. e e | e ovesed by s IFoorance WhlCD wravaiis st of the Mexican Republic, Every vote cast contribute taxes to the supportof either, Temperance reform by moral suasion and The expoaditurcs of the Goyerament will be temperance seform by legialative eusctmont Goveroments bave found it necessary todo, Ghat common o0ss (shchea us 10 5, provide ra. | cluded, every inch of standing-room was occu- laf aotll existiog evils aze rewoved, Fifty mille | pled. Gov. Biauor sst beslds the Bpeaker, B for Te ooty shes b ars, It |4 chantably believed bere, 3 lezence bebmeva lambaking Now 3 aad kid Ko b - contisuance of the War, ' Gen. Braca is too for # Dewocratio caudidate for Congress, and &ood a lawyers not to know that nok s person