Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 3, 1878, Page 4

w [ THE CIICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY. JULY 3, 187, Tiye Tuibwe, TERMS OF SUNSCRIPTION. 1Y 3At.—IN ADVANCE—FOSTAGE rnx;;m. onecort, v Cinb c1 o Spectn e coples Give Lost-UB:ce address In full, fncluding State sod Connty Hemlitances mayhe mada elther by draft. expres Tert-0fice urder, or tn vegistered Ietters, At our risk, TERMS T0 CITY SURSCIUBERS. T rily, dellveted, Runday excerted, 25 cents per weak, 3 14y, delivered, suniay included, 20 canta per waek. Adiress THE TEIBUNE NY, Cotner Madison ard Dearborn-se., Chleago, [l Ordest for the drllysryof Tue Tuinusx st Kvanston, Frgicwood, and Hyde Park left in the conuting-reom wheccive entio LENTS, —_— ooley’s Theatre. Tendolrh styeet, between Clark and Lafalle, Tngszcment of tha Ualon Square Theatre Company. " A Celebtated Case.” Al Me¥ickor's Thentre. Madlron wirret, between Riate and Dearborn. **Unclo Tor's Cabin,' Afternoon and evening. Hinverly’s Thentro. Monrae street, corner of Dearborn. Rogagement of 3fr. Joha Dillon. **The Colleen Bawn." Afteraoon and evening. New (hicago Thontre. Clark strect, between Randolph and Lake. eutertaloment. Afternoon and evening. Varloty Ilershay Muslo Mall, Madison strect, opposite MeVicker's Thestre. The Midgets, TRIDUNYE DRANCH OFFICES. Tne Crtca0o TRINUNE has eatablished branch ofilces for the recetptof subscriptions and advertirements as W YORK.~Itoom 20 Zridine Dullding. F. T. de- Fapnes, Managet, TANIS, Franco—No, 16 Rue de 1a Grange-Batellere, . Manver, Agent. LOXDON, —American Exchange, 448 Strand. Bxxay K. Gu zent, BAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—Talace Tlotel. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1878, Groonbacks ot the Now York Stock Ex- changa yesterday closed at 993. Attornoy-General Devexs s rald to have completed an opinion to the effect that the Eight-Hour law must be construed as com- polling the Government to pay ten houra’ wages for cight hours’ work, A number of the lotters written by Mrs. Many Srevexs to her husband during their unhappy married hfo nre printed in our col- tmus this morning. Thoy will bo read with interest on nocount of the history they con. tain of tho troubles which finnlly led to the tragedy of Bunday night, Thoro s o custom-house dificully at Mom- phis, Tonn, Oongressman Ciser Youxo complaing to Secretary Smrnatan that the requirements of tho Iaw have boen violated in tho award of the contract, and asking that it bo aunulled. It is one of those cases in which Assistant-Secretary Farvcr wonld decide that the contractor who got the job waa ontitled to whatever sdvantage Lo could secure, and that tho Department must de. cline to interfere, —— Ex-Doorkeeper Porx conlinues to be in a framo of mind about his removal through tho lnbors of the Houso Committee on Civil-Service Reform. }Il\ bas com. menced to throw mome bricks, and two of them have alresdy Lit somobody. Io pays his respeots to Cramkson N. Porren and Oanten H. Hannisow, accensing both of these emizent reformers of the Oivil Sarvico of having persecuted him onaccount of his refusal to make appointmonts at their solicitation. Porx promised that he wouldn't *Iny atill,” and ho hasn't. A man went to a ball in Higbee, Randolph County, Mo, o fow nights ago, and was so Lrutally nssaulted that he died of Lis injuries, aud Lis body was bozed up and sent to S, Louls, where, it was supposed, mur- ders were go common that nothing would Lo thought of tho affalr, An inforality in the certificato accompanying tho corpso was discovored by the Coroner of BL. Louis, and subscquent investigation re- venled the erimo in all its doformity, proba. bly totho utter estonisbment of the perpe- trators, who, Ly paylug n larger sum for fieight, might havo enslly sont the Lody of thelr vietim to Chicago, Of the principalities interested in tho de. cisions of the Berllu Cougress, Bervia ia aald to bo tho only Btate that is porfectly satls. fied with the conditions metod out to her, ‘Tio Moutencgrins, althongh they have baen awarded o considerablo cession of territory, aro still very dissatistied from the fact that their newly-acquired domain is in a dircction which will givo thom the loast commorcial and political importancs. Although the vrincipality obtains Antivari, the port is declared noutral, and fs open to Austrian war vesscls, The territorial addition to Bervia is 192 square miles in oxtent, and the population thereln numbers 182,000, The whole question of instituting proceed- ings ugainst tho parties guilty of the frauds in the construction of the Chicogo Oustom. House has been relegated by Attorney.Gen- crul Dzvens to Sccretary Buzsaaw, snd by Lim relegated to District-Attoraoy Bavos, of this city, The Iatter wust determine whether the evidenca developed in the in. vestigution w0 efficlently conducted by Mesgrs, Burti and Tromson {8 such os to warrant a presontmont of the cass to the Girund Jury of the United Stats Qourt, by whom, if it should bo thought proper to take up the case, tho Investigation would huve to be comincnced anew, as none of the testiinony hitherto taken would be of use beforo the Grand Jury, If the matter were et to the decision of the peaple of Chicago, there is not much doubt that the Grand Jury would be instructed to sift the frauds thoroughly, and place the guilty parties on trial for their plundering operations, — Another curious product of the Porres fu- veatigation was developed JYesterday in the purson of E. 8. Weses, a brother of the iuan who is alleged to have signed the so- called Wrnes-Awpxason sgreement, and who wus subsoquently kiled by political assas. sink in Went Pelicians Parish, This witness wid reserved to the last, evideatly being counted on by the Democrats as thejr strong, vat card ufter Axprsson's dismal collapue. Hu carne before the Committee with a care. fully-propared statement which bore overy indication of uot baving been prepared Ly hiwself. Having roud this statement, the witness proved to be of no further servico to the Dewoerats, Lis bearning undor tross-examination plainly indicating that he bud uct como prepared for the ardesl. By teatiuony 0 pourile that it would scarcely Lo listenod to befure 8 Justice of the Puace it wus sought to b sbown thut Weoxa bad soen the original Hmwzrway lctter, had had it in his porscesion, andanbsoqnontly destroyed it with his own hand. Ife failed to furnish the smallest ground for his belief that the lelter wna in SuoxaMan's handwritiog, and gave no reasonable explanation of his motive in deatroying it, Aman who virtually admits having lied about the murderof a brother for the sake of political effect would hardly be oxpected to destroy so valuablo a document as tho Brxruaw letter tbrough any super. sensitiveanoss concerning hin dead brother's honor. The statement of this man regard. ing the lotter he had himsell written de- sariptive of his brother's asssssination is enongh to discredit his entire testimony, He is evidontly another Axpzmsox in point of voracity, with the nddition of some ravolt- ing featurea which were lacking in the lat- tor's testimony. In neoordauce with thoe terms of the Army Appropriation bill, approved June 18, which provides that the headquarters of all military divigions and deparlments shall be estab- lished in time of ponco at points whoro tho Government owns bmldings or barracks within the sevoral depariments and divisions, unless tho Sacretary of War shall by order otherwiso direct, the latter has issucd an order fustrucling the various Commanding Genorals to scloot from the posts within their respective commands s place for their headquarters, and the following selections have been made by thom: Maj.-Gen, Haxcocxk goes to Qovernor's Island, New York harbor; BMnj..Gon. Mo- Dowxut, to the Presidio of 8an Franoisco j Brig.-Gon. Howanp, to Fort Vanoouver, W. T.; Brig.-Gon. Terny, to Tort Snelling, Minn, ; Brig.-Gen, Onp, to 8an Auatonio De- ot (a Governinent buildiug in 8an Antonio, Tex.); Brig.-Gon, Croox, to Omaha Dar- rackn; Drig.-Gen. Avaus, {o Nowport Bar- racks, Kontucky ; Drig.-Gen. Pors is alroady locatod at the military post, Fort Leaven- worth; and Col. Wircox is at Fort Whipple, Prescott, Arizona. The enly excoption made is Lieut.-Gen. SuEsman's headquarters, which we are happy to say remain jn this olty. Mre. Jzyxs and ANpEnsoN have definitely retired from the investigation, tho former leaviog Lehind her a trail of light, and the lattor & very bad smell. Mrs, Jexks has had her little day of notoriety, and retires in good ordor. Anpensox has earned every one's contempt, lost Lis position of night-editor, and, nltogether, ix in sbad way. As wa shiall probably hear no more of either of them, it is fortunate that their last recorded express sions ore their opinions of each other. An. DERsON writes to her, ** You are not evon or- dinarily shirowd,” intimates that she Lias lied **most damuably,” find that she ought to bo sont to nn insano’ msylum; wheroupon ‘he lively Drs. Jenxs answers him that he has not good senso; that he talks too much; snd that there s *‘ n place in Iiaton Rouge " that ‘would make *a suitable residonce " for him, where * thoregulation costume " wonld well boflt his **bright blonds beauty.” It would be rasl for an outsider to challengo either's ostimate of the othor, na thare is n possibility both are tolling the truth. Moat people, however, will be willing to accopt the estie mates at their faco value, and be thankful to got rid of two snoh undosirable represouta- tives of the voraatility of Loulsiaus politics. The sudden discontinuance of the Eoening Lot yesterday, withoutnotico or explanation, took its patrons by surprise. The last issue gove no intimation that it Intended to ceaso immediately to live, but its creditors rofused to carry It aoy further, and it suddenly droppedont of newapaperexistence. Tha Post was establishied as long ago a4 1805 as acheap evoning nowspapor, From the time Dr. O, H. Rax becamo its editor, until his death in 1870, the Post gained ground. When he died it had reachied a paying basis, From that time until yesterday it haa besn on down grade, gradually but steadily and surely running out its sands of life,—that is, constantly sinking money. First and Inst it must have lost for its stockholders and oredltors n quarter of o million dol- lare—perhaps more, Tho deatly last spring of Mr. O. A. Wirranp, who Lad obtalned control of it, precipitated the catastrophe. 1lis widow nnd sistor made s brave and on- ergetio effort to carry it on, but thair lack of nowspaper oxperienco rendered the attompt impracticable, and the croditors wers con. strained to sell it to the higheat bldder at private sale. It onlybronght £16,200, The purchasers aro Lawsox & Uo., propristors of the Evening News, who purchase it for the enko of the press frauchise in the Western Association. It would scotn that thres aftor. noon daily papers canuot be supported in this city. L —— It Jooks very much as though another for- gory of Jates E. AxprusoN’s had been dis- covored. Day before yesterdsy an afdavit was produced before the Loulstana Sub. Committes purporting to have been made by Taosas H, Jexxs, in which that perion iy ropresonted as swearing that there was a conspiracy to prevent AnpensoN from re. turuing to East Follciana to hold au elec tion; that tha eleotion ju that parish * way the most peacesbleandfalr over witnessed by affiant”; and that Awpzason subaoquently signed his protest against it morely in order to wocuro the olection of Iaves and Wugxr- zn, Yosterdsy, the man Jesks, who fu aald to havo made this nfildavit, appeared before the Washington Committee aud deuled that ho had ever made such an aflavit, which, by the way, was in Awpxason's bandwriting. This now becomes o question of veraoity between Axpzmson aud Jewks, and in any such issue AnpEnsox is at a do- cided disadvantage, no matter who the party to tho controversy oy be, It will be re- membered that, whon the Awnzason-Wearn contract was examined, the bulk of evidence pointed to the theory that Awpymsox had forged Wxnea's pawe. The Notary before whom the vontract was signed and attested sworo that Le did not know the man repre- sented o be Wenes, and gave a description of him which did not suswer to Weoxa's appearance. This Jzvxs paper msy be of the ssmo kind,—especlally as L. B. Jusxs, whout it refers to in one place, bas given a flat denial to all it sets forth as relating to bins, T —— 8peaker Rawpazy, In bis Philadelphis speech of Monday evening, was very eutha. wastio in recounting the useful measures passed by Congress, and arrogated to the Domocratio porty all the credl} therefor, in ulter disregard of tho facts that the Seuate's coucurrence it thess measurcs was as essen~ tial a that of the House, and that the Sen- #te was as docidedly Hepublican as the Houso was Dewocratio. But Speakor Rax- RALL, in bis partitan enthusiasm, went too far when he added: ‘¢ Wo have said to Sec- refary Bazumax, * You shall not decrease the volumo of currency fn this country, and by the Ist of October pext greoubucks will Le received by the Uovermmoent in psywent of ‘all duties.’” Only V£ of this asseriion is trne. Congress di™ot pass the law provid- ing that groonbacks shall bo received for duties aftor Oat. 1 next, and therefore Con- gress snid nothing of that kind to Sceretary SmznmaN., The reason why such a law was not passed, as it ought to have been, was on seconnt of Democratic opposition in the Houss, Tho bill was passed in the Senato, and Desmocratio filibustoring in the House, led by Tox Ewma, pravonted the pasango of the Bemate bill, BSubieqnently the Democratio Honusa did pass n similar bill, but it was not till the very last day, when it waa known to be too late to got tho concur. rence of the Benate, The story of this legis- lation is as familiar to Speaker RaxDALL A8 to anybody in Congross, and ho knows that not only did Congress fail to pnss such a bill, but aldo that the failare waa duo to the Domocrats of tho Hlonse. It is very atrangs that he should have sa glaringly misropre. sented the matter in a publie specch. TRADES-UNION BENTIMENTS, Tho spocchies nnd resolutions nt the trades- nunfon picnio on Sunday lnst wore character- ized by the vaguoness, {ncoherence, and ine consistencios common to such occasions, but wora nono the less ovidenco of how little theso porsons havo considered the important subjects thoy undertake to discnss, and liow largoly they are victimized by the half-truths enunclateid by the demagogues who mislead them, All this is notably illustrated in the mottoes placarded on the banners borne in the procassion, aud we invite atlention to somo of these declarations, so conspicuously flaunted by mon who, through ignorance, honestly believe them. Thus: A rich man means mach Jabor nover patd.™ The exact drift of this is somowhat ob- soure, but what was intended possibly is, that overy dollar of his proporty represents 8o much money unlawfully withheld from some workman, Riches, taken in the ordinary sonse of nccumulated wealth, mean moncy saved. Thus the man who worke at §2 per day, and who limits his expenditure to $1 per day, becomes in two yoars' tima the owner of monoy cqual to one year's earnings, Itis money carued by his own hard labor, the lawfal and honest product of his own toil and industry. In two years he hos saved from Lhis woges a sum equal to one yenr's enrnings, 'To that extent heis* arlch man"; buthowhas he deprived nny other mau of pay for his labor? Who has been loft nupnid by him? Iow has he robbed labor of its pay? And what is all wonlth—that which men call riches—but tho nccumulation of the differences batwoen re- ceipts and expenditures? Thera. are such things aa the sudden nequisition of riches, There have bean prizes drawn in lotteries, and gifta from deceased rolatives, aud the discoverles of rich placers, but these things are so infrequent that they cannot be cou- sidered as an ordinary means of gotting rich, Alen who buy and sall goods, and bacome rich, generally do so by the small galus reprosouted botween the fncome and the expenditure. Honestly-mads rich- cs, nmong the mass ' of men, ore the steady accumulations of small sumy, represonting the profits of trado, the savings of wages, and the economical expendituro for personal wants, There are riches made suddenly by speculation, just as they are at tho gambling-table; but the rick men of the world owo their wealth {o tho accumulation of small profits on Iargo sales nnd a vigilant re- straint on personal expenditure, The accumu. lation of riches is due not so much to the magnitude of the daily receipts or incomo, na itis fo tho thrift which restrains and limits expenditure. How can a man who honestly esrns by labor, skill, and economy all he gots, and amusses wealth by a careful, wise, sud healthful saving in lis expenditures, deprive Inbor of its pay, or do fujustico to any othor humau bolug? Another of theso mottoes reads thus: ** Eight bours ss a logal, normal work.day {s our firet dewand.” ‘Lhera is no law, and can be none, in this country, to compel nny man to work even olght hours per day, or for any given sum per hour or per day, against his freo consont. Buch a law would bo despotic, and no QGovernment could possibly onforce it, Labor s of necesuity free. Man is ontitled to work at whatever lawful occupstion may Lost suit his taste aud his ability. Ife should bo froo to receivo nll that Lis skill, experi- onco, aud judustry can command, but this Is probibited by some of the trades-uniouw, which regulate wages per enpita, nnd not by the value of the labor perforimed, "I'he hours of work and the wages per hour are matters of contract, aach man making tho best contract ho can secure, 'To pro- hibit tue regulation of wages nnd hounrs of work Ly coutract would be an act of intolera. blo oppresslon, To compel & man by law to pay 88 much for eight hours' work au for ten hours' work would be oa unjust as to com- pel & man by law to work ten lours for the wages pald for olght hours' labor, Freedom of labor depends upon tho absolute non- iuterference of the law with the right of contract, both as to wagos and the Lours of labor s u“ The laboring man worka to support the capl- tie clase, ‘The workingmen do il the work, capitalists Wurls creates all wealth," got all tha pay, Tho medniug to bo extracted from thoso wottoos jv, that the laborer is entitled o wages for his work, and to the money ob- tained from the sale of the goods besides. The service performed by tho employer iu to count for nothing. It s dented that the employer does any work, though ns a wat. ter of fack he is the hardest worker of tho lot. If ‘‘capituliste get all the pay,” it must bo bocauso they pay no wages, and use ouly slave labor, The complaiut is, for example, that twonty-five workmen ara em. ployed to build a house; the employer fur. nishes the luabor, the stoue, the bricks, wortar, glass, paint, and other uaterinle; he pays the wuges of the workmen, and though their labor put these materials in the shapo of thobuilding, the oapitallst who paid for land, material, and wages wrongfully ownsthobuilding, and not the ** workmen who created it.” e is the possessor of wealth ¢ created by labor,” i3 tho argument, Ifan employer purchases & stook of leather, and tools, aud machinery, and employs 400 mon to make boots and shoes, ho paying the workmon the sgresd wages, the complaint is, that the boots and shoes they *have cre- ated by their labor” do not belong to the 400 wen in addition to the wages, but ta the man who bought the leather, tools, sud wmachinery and paid the wages, The kuavish fallacy of this reasoning ought to boevident, especially 1o men whose interests are so closely identified with labor. Tho men who make boots and shoes * create * uo valuo ox- copt that which their labor has added to the raw materials placed jn thelr bands. The shop, machinery, books, and tools are not theirs, Tho value giveu by their labor to the raw material iv that represented by the wages paid to them for their labor. ‘The capitalist who buys the raw watcrial, fur- nshies thoshop, tools, and wuckinery, aud puys the wngos of thosa who make the goods and kaep his mccounts, pays for ail that *‘is croated ™ by work, and if he can got back what ho haspaid ont, witha small advance, he is fortnnate, but if ha fail to do so, then he has to Lear the lors alone, *‘Nown with the competition of prison labor ‘with free Iabor, " There are 1,800 able-bodied men in the Btate's Prisons in lllinols, who had resort- ed to crime. Hafely of soclety demands their imprisonment. They have to be fed, and clothed, and guarded, Shall they Le main- tainod in idlonces? B8ball the publie who aro not criminal be taxed to support these men, or shall they be compelied to earn enongh to pay for the food they consumo? The farwmors of this Biale who pay tazes liavo declared that theso convicts shall be cotnpelled to enrn enongh to foed and clothe themuolves, aud the trades-unions will have soma diftlenity in persuading the farmors to take upon themsolves tho cost of foeding 1,800 idle, non-producing criminale, Here are soveral other mottoes, all of a kind: Labor muat and ahall rule what it creates, *¢ Prodnelton belonus to the producer, tho tools 1o the totier, " ** Down with wages slavery," ‘Wo liave nirendy comunented upon much that isimplied in thesd sentiments, Labor is entitled to what it creates, and tho value of this s represented by the wages paid. Labor, whon furnished with tools, shops, machinery, and raw matorials, can moke boots and cloth, iron and furniture, and is antitled to all it can get for what it producos, It canuot have the thing produced and the woges for producing it at the same time. If it produces an artiole and converts the same wto money, the valuo of the labor of pro. duction §s measured by the prooceds of tha salo of the thing produced. This is wages,— the amount of the wages being more or less a8 the sale be at a profit or loss. Or- dinary wages guaranteos labor sgainst loss. Exactly how **wages.slavery " isto bo sbolished we do not understand. Labor, to be romunorated, must have wages ; when wages stop, labor must stop. Tho relition of employer and employed must oxist ; ono man who haa property gnarantees to other men a certain price for thoir work in producing a certain article, e pays the wages and owns the article, If he can sell it 8t o proflt, tho profit is his gain, If ho has to soll ot 8 loss, he must suffer it, On any other terma the labor would not have been employed, nor the wagos paid. Just whers the ‘‘slavery” exists, thess Com- maunists never explain, Until trades-unions can findsome law,human or Divine, that canbe enforced, wheroby labor can establlgh the prico which men sball pay for products,—that {s, establish a legal price which men shall pay for all they buy or con. sume,—it ia idle for artisans to undertake to *“rule what 1t creates.” If lnbor demande $2 for produclog that for which uo man will pay more than $1.75, then that brauch of productive lIabor must suspend or rednco its demand to the current valuo. It cannot compel consumers to pay more than what they ploaso for goods, and therefore onunot suo. cossfully maintain & price for the labor of producing, " ‘Wo miglt extond theso comments indefi- nitely, but we have said enough to show how tho soplistry and hbalf-truths asserted fu the mottoos, and which form the ground. work of all the speaches, are perverted and abused by demagogues to misload mon upon subjects which they naturally hnve so much at hoart, and on which they should be intelli- gontly instructed. AIRING DEMOCRATIC DIRTY LINEN. The statement of Erut Honraxp, one of the local Democratio iansgers in Cincin- nati, as to the methods by which the elec- tion was carrfod in that city in October, 1876, for his party, makes very interesting reading when ono takes into account the Democratia protustations of reform and do- nunciations of fraud that have been so abundant of Iate. In making this statement, Horranp was influenced by motives of re- vougo., Inthe first place, he had been im- prisoned for the commission of frauds upou tbie ballot-box, and thought his Democratic friends ought to have swormn him clear; and, second, although faltly elected ns o del- egnte to the recont Democratio Stato Con- vontion, he was not allowed admission, which cerlainly was rank ingratitude to one who had done 8o much for his party, Put- ting together the testimony upon which Horzanp was convicted aod the statement which he now makes in ravenge for his grievances, wo get the following highly in- toresting story of Domocratic reform and honesty In the modes of conduoting elec- tions ¢ In order to give TirpeN o good sond-off in November, and lond eclat and impulse to tlie election, it was necessary to carry Obio with & rush in the Qctober election. No one appreciated that necessity more keenly than Tuoex bimself and bis mansgers, and,on the allotment of money from * the bar'l" for thio Waut, Oluciunati came in for $7,000. In onder * to put it where it would do the most good,” HoLLaxp was made purveyor, and he got io his work well. Three or four different nasortuents of precious rascals were imported from New York, Philadelphis, Bal. timore, aod Chicago, ready for any villainy that might be suggested to them, and asking no other reward than ample expenses and whisky, Mis villains were divided into two factions. Tho ugliest and dirtiest, who could not be made to appear yespectable by any amount of embellishment, soap, or clean linen, were voted, Epn HoLriNp says, in the Democratio wards and procinots, where ruffianism and fith were prima facie Dewo- cratio qualifications. The best looking and cleanest of the lot were selected for Repub- lican wards, and for once in their lives were arrayed in clean attire and polished up so as to imlitate yespectabllity, though they chafed undor the judiguity of a clean shirt, and sut- fcred smuch from the necessity of keeping sober, especlally when they realized that the remainder of their fellows were getting glori- ously druuk in the discharge of their patriotic dutles, The respuctive gangs were kept buvy all day, aud until the repeating grew tedious and monotonous. Even Horrawp bimsol! was sshamod of it. He says: ““Why, I voted my New York, Baltimore, and Chicago men that dsy so wany times I was ashamed to tuwrn up with them. We kept goiog from poll to poll, and back sgain, tll it seemed foolish and like boys' play.". About 1,000 to 1,600 bogus votes were thus palled. As “the vesult of tbiy' infamous raical- ity, Dawmina was elected to Cougress over Pramsy Mirruzws by s pur- portod wmajonity of 75, and Bavizs over Fozox by 500 majority, and the’ county ticket was vun in by a few huodred. Had it not been for this ballot-box, stuffing by imported ruffians paid for with money from Tirpxw's “bar',” both Bawxnig and Saxizs would bave Leon defeated, and the Kepyblicans would bavo locted the larger pert'of the couuty ticket. Hoipawp says: * Wby, I kuow toys certuinty that Baxxiva wos beaten a? by Matrnzws in the Second District by more than 500 votes, hut it was my business to ses (hoss Republican votes ovorcome, and I did it, and was eaught. Dut I never suf. fered any punishment I was not paid for. As Isnid, I was cnught, but tho man (Bax- wv0) I was engaged to mee elected enjoyed his office just the same that he never waa elected to." This man Baxxixe now holds hia seat in Congross by ona of tha boldest and most nnblushing frauds ever perpetra- ted, and ke knowsil, The frand was clearly proven in the courts nnd tho or- ganizer of it punished, and ho knows it. e was honestly boaten by 50D voles, and he knows it. Somo Democrats hold offices which have been obtained hy fraud, bt the frand has nover beon exposed, ‘This man Baxxixe holds on to his offico nfter the frand is exposed and officially proven in the courty, Il has no hesitation in retaining his sent after it ia shown by nnquestioned testimony and by the confessiony of the very rascals engaged in 1t that tho bnllot-Loxes in bis district ware stuffod by imported ruflians from Chieago, Baltimore, Philadelphin, and olher cities, and that s opponent was fairly clected. To hold a meat obtainod in this manner is disreputable, dishonorable, and dishonest. In contrast with such a politician, AxpeesoN deserves sympatly aod Mrs, Jzxgs appearsas an oxalted patriot. With ali the assurance of this pair, it is doubtful whether either of them would consout to occupy an office obtained by such means, and exposed so completely. To cap the cli- max of audaoity, this man Bannivo sitsin his fraudulent seat and votos ont membars honestly elected. When ho has not been ongaged in breaking down tho army, he has besn howling limsclt hoarse at the Presi. dent, and holding his seat by tho most un. blushing fraud ever committed in this coun- try ; has been hypocritically bewailingalloged frauds in Louisiana and Florida, and vociferously demanding their investigntion in tho interests of Democratio reform nnd purity! Nowonder that even Ern Hozzaxp, gambler and vagaboud, Indiguantly ex- claims: * Nico crowd, they are, to talk of morality and reform. I counld buy all their souls with a dollar, and I have pocketed many & time the mouey that bought the places they bold. Reform—bah! it inakes me sick. Why, theso men who kicked mo out of the Convention, in the cause of moral. ity and reform, are the men who bought mo to debauch tho ballot-box and falsify the re- turns, and who pald mo for it,—tho mon for whom 1 suffered obloquy and disgrace, and a yenr's deprivation of my liberty in jail,—nico rcformers, thoy are! I have had about enough of them COIR CONT! 1 To tha Editor of Ths Tribuns, Janzsvitrz, Wis., July 1.—Ia your vditorlal of Saturday just you say: 1f he cambinod Greenvackars, Natiouais, and Com. aunlste should succedt (1 securlng dirsctivn of Amers ican feglilucion, and should procesd to pay off the nlted states Londs in_ shinpiasiars and fnud (he coun- try with Lilifons of a *lognl-tender™ {n the sliapy of Irradeemab s I ahould acquire hizo e, Bupreiiie Coure. constitutional principlg ernmaut moueys If they shall thus e awluuie their creditors by paying their aebly cents on (e dollar, ther Wil b Just one re: wil break down thelr inain purpose. viz manufacturing, commercial, "und binness (rangac. fiona af the eauntry will thenceforicard be made vn apecial coin contracis, Now, [ bavo no doubt mysolf of the corroct- neas of your conclusion, but 1 have mot business. men who hold to the D?Inluu that such coutracta connot bo enforced. Wil you pleate atate for thelr Information, and of your reuders generally, under what provision of " lsw statate or other **apecial coin contracte™ can ba onforcod? liave o -:::'n been eufarced by Htata or United Sllc‘ln Cour Contracts payable in gold have been in goneral use in this country for many yearw, and ever slnce the time papet currency suffored a depreciation. Thero ia no law prohibiting the performance of coniracts in coln, or in any other commiodity. Contracts to pay speclfiod debts in fixed sums of gold dollars, silver dollars, or greeuback dollars, orin s0 many bushels of wheat or barrels of flour, or so many days' labor, are all legal, and there con be no valid resson why they should not be onforced. Thoro are certaln clnsses of imported goods, such as coffees, which are sold by finporters at their prices in gold, and when sold on crodit the notes ate payabls in gold, or in papor monsy at ita gold value, Theroare perhaps saveral millions of dollars which have been loaued in this city since tho fire, paymont of principal and interest in gold belng stipulated in the contract, and seonred by mortgages on roal estate, ‘The interest on all these mort- gsgos, aud the principal on many of them, bave beeu pald in gold. Insome cases the Mortgnge Company has brought euit to fore- olose, and docrees based upon the coin cone dition hava been rendered, and the property has been sold, tho purchaser to pay in gold, according to the original contract. Iu these cases, at least, the United Biates Courts have enforoed the performance of the contracts. ‘Wa Lave navor heard of sny case where the validity of such contractsa was questioned, and henoe, perhiaps, is dus the fact that our corvespoudent has not found any judicial daolsions mnintaining such contracts, Cou- traots for rents, and for loans, and for vari- ous commercial transactions, specifically pay- able in gold, have been quite common in all the large citios for years, ot — ‘The Qity Couucll has passad the ordinancoe repealing the Dearborn streot extonsion ordi. nanco over the Mayor's veto by a vota of 25 yoas to 9 nays, and enacted an ordinance for new opening proceedings by the same vote, This is very rlsky business. The President of the Counoil * asked tho Aldermen to poat- poue action uotil the Bupreme Court could givo a decluion on the question in tho Fore estville aveuuo case, as to whether certain acts estopped tho city from abandoning the improvements without payiug for the prop- erty condemned. He believed the matter conld be postponed safely, snd, if the veto ‘was sustained, he had & resolution providing for withdrawing the warrauts for the collec- tion of the assossment until pext fall, when a decixlon would probably be given In the Forestvillo avenue oase,” DBut the advica of * the Presidont of the Council was not heeded. Eoougls members Lad been seoured in ad. vauce to put the thing through regardless of cousequences, The character of the argu. meuts in favor of overridiog the veto may bo judged from these samples : suming i it waa still e Council to sitempt 10 do jutice to In th ghborbood affected by the the cliy would belter for the peo) urdioang {App Ald. ‘Tunoor ted the motion in a brlef speech, stating 1bat te would rather pay suinelolng oui of bis owa pocket than be sccessory Lo an fne famous swindie which certain lsud-sharks wisbed t0 perpeirate on the people. The total smount of damages assessed againat tho property was $1,122,011. Bome of thig had sctuslly been collested; vouchers have been issusd for §190,000, and warrants for the balance are in the bandsof the Coan- ty Treasurer for collection. When the re- pealing ordinance first passed the Oounonl, suits were immediataly commenced against the city for damages. The Mayor's veto stopped any further action; but, now that the ropeal has been forced through over the veto, we supposs the daw- ugo suits will be vigorvusly pressed against the city. Tho argument is *‘that tho city has {aken possossion of the street, nnd by 1ts delnys has passad the day when it conld retraca ity steps. It has racognized the judgment for damages as a valid judg- mont by recelving money on account of the asseasmont, in paying parties a portion of the damages, and by requiriog partios to build on a particular line by rofusing to al. low them to build on ths old line.” In the North Btate strect cass the Buprame Court dooided that thio oity could nbandon the ‘“extension” or “'opening” proceedings at any tims befors posgesslon had Leen taken, The first question now to dotermine is, whether tho city hns takon poysession, for it it has done so It cannmot abandon the mireat, wunder the proceed- mgs had, withont being stll liable for the judgment, nnless the Supremo Court shall render & new decislon onlarging the oxomption of tha cily from linbility, If the city is besten in thoso dainage muits, the tax- Payers of Chicago will bo **stuck” for at least a mililon of dollars, and it the litigation 60 results, it will damn overy man of the tweuty-five Aldormen who porsisted in sub. Jaeting the city to the danger of being mnlot in the damages, Nothing would lhiave Loen lost by waitlug until the Foreatvilla avenus case bad boen decidad, as it involvos the very points upon which ths city's llability io the Doarhorn street cuse turns, The lieroic don't-care-a-d——n-for-expenses stylo of declamation in which Alds, Cany, Davy, Taroor, and Gitnext so freely Indulged will not save them froin the wrath to come It the city shiall be loft in tho lurch for a million by their racklosa actio: ThercevidentlyisanaMinity between Gen, Box Burr.enaod Mes, Caut. JENKS, When tols versa- tile Jady had coucluded lier first day's testimony and Jett the rovm, ButLER turned to PorTem, and, with every iunlfestation of admiratioa, re- marked: “1 aay, PoTTag, fau't she s h—Ilof s woman!" Frum any other person sucha re- mark inight be construed to mean the reverse of adniratiun, but coming from BuTLERIL was the very highest poasible culogium, just as one Lully somotiuics will salute another with somne profane epithet that i3 meant as a term of en- Adearment. In her interview with the ropresent- ative of the Washington Fust, Mrs. JeNks fully reciprocated BorLzn’s admiration. *O," she exclalined, **he's just beautiful; and when he smiles he Is perfectly lovelv.” This fram Mrs. Janis means o great deal. It was not shnoly o couventlonal remark ns when one lady says thiat such a person s ** too swegt foranything,” and * just too lovely," aad *quite too awfully perfectly splendid.” If she futended anything of this sort she would have complimented Mo- Manox sud Bint, 8rrivoxn, who certalnly aro botter leoking men than Bex Burinn. It was not satirical, for fn the very next breath sho re- marked that * when he sat up and tried to look important ne was stiply horrid.” 8ho was cor- talnly o earncst, and so was Burier. It was evideutly a case of Jove at first slxht, sud one of such a desoerste sort that Mr, JEnks will be warranted in keeping a sharp lookout after the partner of his busow. ———————— Ouive Looax has loterviowed Gen. Grant, not fur the purpose of giving the publle auy uew information about UsaNt's oploion of publia affairs, but to show off Oriva, as she used to show off ber fine dresscs upon the stage, The most of the futerview {s takon up with what the Loaax satd to GrANT, tather thao with woat he sald tu ber, although she did get him to say that hie only lost 40,000 men before Richmond, Outva assurod GUANT that tho people of tue United Siates wera very woll satisfied with what be did durfug the Rebelllon, which must have been a consulatton Lo URANT, foasmuch as the citizuns of the Repuhlis bavo taken no paina whatever to otteat their appreciation of his sorvices sluce ho met Ropeer E, Les on that famous April day at Appomuttox Court-House. LouaN next ral- Med him about & third term, und the juke was so mimensely funuy that she says GRANT lsughed, 1f there {s any humor thut wili mako an Ameri- cau citizen luugh 1o o distant land, far from the scunes and nssoclutions of nis childbood, it Is to assurs him upon your word and honor that as suun as e returns to his pative laud nis es- teemed tellow-citizens Intend to oominate bl to the higheat offico fn their gift, e —— Mr. Buanp, the Qollector of Buston, does not mean that his subordivates shall be compelled to contribute money for campaign purpuses un- less thoy pleaseto do so. Il recently issued a circular, of which the following Is a copy: CoLLzcron's O June 10, 1878, ~Sin: My atiention use to w uircular latter sigoed vy Urouus C, Guniiad, Bucrelary, askiog for cone tributione (o the fund of the Hepublican Cun- gressional Comuwittus, aud, as | am luformed, geucrally secelved bf (ne’ employes under wy S0 Wil nndorstand that actlon of this kind must be entirely volustary om your part; that no compulaion 1 0 led, and that vour dec:alon with regard Lo thls request will Lave uo ofect upun your standing as ao oiticer, A, W. Branp, Collector, Mr. Guoras C. Gomitaxt wil) take due notice and govern himsel! accordingly, It fs sald that Bex Boruea will not ask any of this fuod toaid in his re-clection this fall, the smount which ho Las recelved froin TILLEN a8 0no of his counsel on the Porean Cominitteo beiug suticlont for campaigu purpuses. ——— A correspondent of the Cluclonati Enguirer, weiting from Indianapolls, unearths a disbolical cunapiracy there swong the leaders of the Denucracy to defeat *'The Tall Bycamore of the ‘Wabasli" fur tho Benate, He suys the plut In- cludes in 1t such uen as State Treasurer Buaw, Gun, Lovs, Cass, Brriewp, Auditor HENDRR- BON, sud others, Heo declares that **Mr, Voon- 3xRs {3 Lhe leader anu the 1dol of the * Ragged Rubens,’ whoare the bone and sluew, the very Jife, of tho Deniocracy of thc Btate, For that reason, sud for that yeason alono, be bas ‘got llmsell disliked? by the ‘swallow:tail® kiugs who plot rule or ruin fur the party withiu the luxurious ftete-a-tete roous of the Washington Club. Thess view with snxloty, ill-concealed, the fact that the popularity of ‘The 85camore of tho Wabash may overshadow that of the Vice- President ds jure completely,” The correspond- et says that theso wen will allow the Repub- licans to carry the Leglalature, but concentrate all tholr effurts on the Btate ticket. —————— ‘Thare are rumors fylug sbout the streets that more than & baker's duzen of tha twenty-five Alderzien who votéd to overrido the Mayor's veto of tho Dearborn atrest repealing ordinsnce were {1fluenced by cool cash in hand paid. It the listof syes are carufully lovked over, it will pot be difticult vo sort them out, 1¢ has beeu reported for some time that certaln prop- erty-owners who wanted the veto overridden had clubbed together aud made up a purse to delrav the necessary expenses of persusding enough Aldermen that the veto should be best~ en. There are thirty-siz votes o the Conncll; twenty-four constitute two-thirds, and the num- ber cast agalpst the veto was twenty-five; &0 that voo wnoro was *‘ persuaded ' than was acte ually needed; but fb wes considercd best to make & sure thing of it, by baving a *spare.”? After the dice wers . loaded, tho result of the throw was cartalo, ———————— The 8¢, Louls G.-D. says the Republicans of Tiinols bave made some excelient nowlustioos, well worthy of the support sud contidenés of the people. *The nowineo for State Treasurer, Gen, Buiru, of Galops, was & brave soldiee in the War, and s populsr fo ctious of the Btate. Mr. 8raps, of Bellevil for Buperintendeat of Fublic Instruction, fs & Keotleman of unexceptivnuble cusracter, snd adwirably fitted for the duties to which we are sure he wiil be called ju Novewmover,” e —— The German nowspapers give & vivid aceount of how the fumlly of Dr. Nouzring, the would- bu sxsassiu of Emperor WiLLIAN, recuived the newsof bis crime. The Colugue Uasette says that, oo the day of thu shootiug, Nouxrisu's wothier aud fatber-lu-law were sltuieg ot thele the nomioee { which & Sister of Charity alighted. G (od!" exclaimed Nonzring's mother; * what alls my daughtert” for it swas she, *“1lay Cnauces been hefe to-day!" ssid the Bister, **No," renlicd the Major, ** he was here vester day.” “ And youdo nut know what has ove curred Unter den Linden?” % No." said the mother, *don’t torture us, What Ia the mat- terl” “The Emperor has been shot, and the murderer calls himsell Cniries NonsLing, They are crying his nameIn the strects, 1 leard them and came tansk whern Crianiea 8. The Major was patrified and the motner fainted. Just thew avother earriage (drove up containing pollee agents, wlho took the Major and hfs wif to the Hurean of Police. Nopz- 118618 Iylng very low and s not lkeiy to re- cover. -~ ———— Mr, Lous J. Jesnixos, formerly editor of the New York Times, must bo a nive sort of 4 man, eertaln uufavorable rumors to the cone {rary nfiwithstandiog, Ho was charged with beating Lils wife, and at once instituted a sult for libel against bis dofamicrs. Mr. Jaxs Brooxs, of the New York Erpress, and his sssociates, were made defendants to the suity and at tha proper time the mother-in-law of Mr, Junninos appears befors the foot-lights. Sne writes n fetter to JAY GouLD's nowspaper, i which she iodigmantly denfos that Me. Jene N1NG8 has ever lll-treatod her daughter, but, on the contrary, she dociares bim to be onc of thd Lest and kindest of husbands. When a wiothe erdn-law does that for s tellow, he mustho a model, ——— Ex-Senator CArPaNTRR, Of Washington Olty, has arrived In Milwaukee, whers o owns o newspaper and a house and loy, aud whoro ho will spend 8 few days, looking vver the ground and surveylng the political situation. lile arrival is properly and conspicously beralded by his personal organ, although it is too shrewd to announce the real purposc of Mr. Canrgs- TEN'S visit, It is generally uoderstood nmong Mr. CanprxTen's personal and political frivnds, of which he haestill many left in Wiscunsin, that ho Is still yearaiog for another tern in the United States Senate, and that hic Is ot averse to entering tha race next winter against Senator Howe, ————— The Republicans of Ohlo ara expresalng much regret at tho peremptory refusal of tho iHon, J. D, Cox, ot the Toledo District, to ba o can- didats for re-election. He secns to havo wearlet of Coogresslonal life. ‘The Cleveland Laader says of him: That 50 ood & man as he cannot remain in Con- greas 16 deeply to be regrelted. Duriug the wholo of Lis public life, whicn It (s to Lo sincorely hoved {a ot to end hece, Uen, Cox hua acted tho partof a brave soldier. & 'ripe schoiar, & wieo slatcamar, and, aboveall, an honest, patelotic man, All of thede virtuee have Leon tod by utm In no uiean degros, but on the contrary in such a measure asto have renderad hitm an ornament to any legialativo body, snd & man whom Ol may chieriab with the nublest of her sons. ———m— The [le-Ribbon, of Daveuport, publiahcs what purports to be the number of the temper- ance-ribbon pledges In countics of Iluole: “Ia thirty-seven counties, exclusive ot Cook, 183,- 782; fn Cook, 70,000 1If the number ju tho thirty-seven countics is not more sccuratoly stated thau In this county, then the total given is wild guess-work aud gross exaggeration. Wo truly wish that halt of 70,000 had sizned In Couk County, but It Is not belleved that over 10,000 udults bave takon tho pleuge. Thlsis 1ol an easy cowmmunity to persuado tuto teoto- talism, —— BiLu BeriNoxn seld to Bex ButLEm, as Mrs, 1 houss sipping coffee when thoy sawa Conrt conch drive up to the door of Dr. LaNorNnrck. The remark was_mnde that some distingulshed JANks took her denarture: **The saddest word ~ of tongue or pen is some derned thing that might buve been, What I Mrs, Janks Aad pro- duced n letter written by Jonn Busryman! Oh, my! Thinkof QuiLperor'skite, or Bercugn's Life of Cuntst, or a cyclone on @ Weatern prairisl” And Biuy, fn an cestasy of delight over what ‘‘might have bz alked about tho Committec-room on bis hands, his feot dangflog In the air after the moouer of tho buys playlog clreus. e ———— Bo faras we can see, Mr. WATTERYON has come out of the controversy with Mr. Hawitr at the little end of the horu. He has got vut of It neither apology from Hewirr, urbitratlon, vor fignt. He has simply had tho privilege of sayiog what he tuourht of Hxwirr io uncom- plimentary terms, which Iawirr has returned wit luterest, It ho has got abiead in tho mat- ter of calling bard names, it must bo considered that Koutucky politica is provocative of epithets. Dr. Raive, the cditer of the Milwankee Laily Murphey, which is MaTr Canrexren's versonal organ, acknowledges thut ho writes fura penuy a line, but states bis intention to strike for higher wages, It his ewploycra place the same estimato upon his services that his readers do, his pay will remaln the sawno, e et ‘The Albany Argus waota to know if It la not “u terrible degradation that & female such as Mrs, JENKS confusses hersolf to be s in high favor with ths Admiuistration?” We abould 83y that, as an sxponeut of Republicantsm, Mrs. JENKS {8 N0 WOIse & specimen than ANDEKSON 18 as the product of Tildeulsm, g The8t. Louls G.-1. wants to get out a patent on the proposal to run GRANT for o third term, and (s coustantly parading the fact that it was the first paper to sugeost it. The G.-2. scemns to nave forgutten those terrific articles thruo years szo dn the New York Zeruld on ** Cmsar~ fam " that shook the country. A Lowell paper says tl the public mind in the Seventh Congressions! District 1s obout evenly -divided between these two questions: “ After BewBuTLER, what!” and ** Whatls Bey Burixw after?”” We cannot throw sy lght upou the Arst, but, asto the last, bels ovie duntly ot after Mra, JENKS. p e A man in New Orleans out of employment stuck bls arm out of & street-car window aud hud it brokeu by auotber passing car, aod tho verdict of e jury gave Wim $7,500 damugvs. Now all lazy tramps and loaters fn the city rido with their arms daogling outof tha car-windows ready to be broken. ———————— A Milwaukes newspaper s that that city *has bad more burlesque eutertatnments the past season than ever before," probably because the Daily Afurphey has nover ceased for a siu- gle day to cut such fatastic tricks before high heaven 88 to make all the augels blush. ——— The BuTLER-PoTTER Corouer's jury now hold- {0z a post-mortew examinativn upou the desd body of Tlidenlsm must hurry up or the dug- days will make the remalns smell worse than ever, An ouncs of clvit, good aputhecary. ————— The Cinclonatt Commercial {3 orgaulsiug & second-term movement for Mr, Haxzs, The Republicans of Michigan, lows, aud Iliiuols, in State Convention assembled, dil not second the motion. | Bluce ErizansTa’ hus been bounced out of Plymouth Church, shs will no louger be con- sidered a Christlan, “with all that the term im- plica.” B $When the swallows bomeward fy,'* they will find that a Jurge number of collegeand otlier kraduates bave preceded thel - When Mrs. : JuNks was' discharged, Birr BruiNouR siched au though & «reat bunjeubad beun remuved from his mind i | { Meat-azes ang colles for two. It (s stated that Rosssx oud Ackesa will tighe wita broad swords. » ¥ The uofse that the Burtxs-Porres Commit. tee don’t like to bear: Gov. Noryxs, * | When Jewny Livp spacks her baby, it s called tho Swedlsh movement cure.