Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 16, 1878, Page 4

e THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: \VEDNESDAY‘~OC' "OBER 16, I878. The Tnibme, ’_TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION. 1108 Y MATL—IN ADVA] ity Edition, one year. “urt of & yEAF, per mon Handay Kdition: Litetary| Bheet ator 2.50 AN 'rl-Werkly, one year. O-8n Yartaof & yrear, pee moi o WEERLY RD!I 8 1.30 One copy, per year, e ot Tanre. . 500 Bprchmen copled ent free. g Glre Post-Oftice address I full, focluding State and Connty. Remittances may be mado ether by draft, express, Fost-Utfice order, or {n registereil letter, at our risk. TERMS TO CITY SUBSCRIBERS. Panly. deltvered, Sunday cxcepted, 23 cents per week. Daily, deitvered, Sundny fneluded. 20 cents per week, Audrers THE THIBUNE COMPANTY, Corper Madison and Dearhorn-ats.. Chieago, 111, Onders for the deflvery of Tz TRIBUAE at Kvanston, Englewood, and Hyide Park teft fa the countiug-reow will recclye prompt aticution e H OFFICES. Tnx CricA0o TRINTXR has catabitshed hranch offices for (he receipt of subscriptions snd sdvertfwmenteas foliows: NEW YORK—Room 29 7vidune Bullding. F.T.Mo- FanDEK, Manager. PALIY, France—No. 16 Rue de 1a Grange-Batellere. 3. Mantxn, Agent. LONDON, Eng.—Amerlcan Exchange, 449 Stisnd. Ursny ¥. Guiio, Agent. BAN FIGAKCISCO, Cal.—P'slace Totel, TRIBUNE BRAY Theatre, Madison street, between Deatborn and State, ** The Two Orphaus.” Aftcrnoon and evening. MeVicker Tiontey's Thentres Tancolnh #treet, between Clark and Lasalle. Ene grgrmentof Hobson and Lrane. **Qur Bacheiors." Al- teruook sud evening. Haverly’s Thentre, Desrborn sireet, cornce of Monroe, Engagement e'! Tiea's **Surpriss I'arty.” Afternoon, **Horror/ ‘Evening, ** itlawatha, Hamlin's Theatre. Clark street,opposite the Court-llouse. Engapement + of the lyers Ststers, ** Urlina." Afiernoon sad evening Academy of Musle. Talsted street, hetween Madison snd Manzoe, tlety entcrtsinment. Afternoon sad evening. Vae Exposltion, Lake shore, foot of Adams atreet, Whito Stocking Park, Lake shore, foot of Washington sireet, Game be- twaen the Chilesxo and Indlanapoils Clubs at 3 p. m. SOCIE! ETINGS, NARD COMA Tave (s (W ‘The Ion, Jusriy 8, Monrninn was yester- day clected by the Vermont Legislaturo as his own successor iu tho Unitod States Sen- sto for o term of six yenrs, commencing with March 4, 1879, this being the third time ho has been choren as ono of the Republican Benators of that Republican State, Lavnenr Tres has declined the Demacratio nomination for Congress in the Third, Dis- trict. Tho action of Judge Tnex is wise in cvery particular, Demg o gontleman of culture, it will save him from contnct with nssocintions of very bad odor, Being a gon. tleman of wenlth and leisure, it will enublo Lim to savo tho +oune and continug the othor. Being n modest gentleman, it will save him from the mortitieation of defeat. It is Judge ‘I'mia'd intention to spoud tho winter in Washingtou, Under the circumstances, it will be moro pleasant for him to visit tho Crpital as n privato gontloman than as o de. teatad Democratie candidato "The Commiissloner of I'ensions hos recent. Iy nddresded s lettor to o correspondont in Mossacbusclts whicli {8 of iuterest to ex- soldicrs and upplicants for pensions. Many of the latter class, belioving thnt the sorvices of o pension-claim agout are necessary, poy Inryo fees out of all proportion for the work dona, 'Tho subatanco of the Commissioner’s letter is to tho effcct that the applicant him. solf s the most competent person to push his own elnim, and con obtain the necessary blauks frow the Pension Office, or, if ho necds nssistance, any Inwyer or magistrate of his neighborhood is competent to draw up oll the requisite papers. 11 {s not necossary to suffcer tho exactions of professional elaim- ageuts. It will evidently aave timo and mouoy for clalmants to present their claim to the Pension Oftice direct.y ————— 3r. MaxtoN Maunrk bas, alter many days of silence, promulgated Lis defenso to the indictruent contained in the publication of tho cipher tolegrams which related to the proposed bribery of one or more wembers of the Florida Canvassing Board in tho interest of Tiepex. It would scem that the simple denial which conatitutes Lis defenso need not have boen so long in courss of prepara- tion, and that the claim that the dispatches attributed to na are forgeries might have beou ndvanced somowhat sooner. DBut what. cver mny have beeu Mr, Mannre's reasons for delny, his plea of “not guilty " is at last sntered, and tho line of defense indicated, 10y hus mado his denidd sufficlontly broad and compreliensive to constitate procisely the issuo that the Now York Z'ridune has invited, and it may be confidently premised that the promise of that journal to mect such an issue will bo fultilled, s ——— Several important evonts having a bearing upou ‘the Eastern question are announced by cabls thiv morning. After mmuch corre spoudence Letwoen the Austrian and Turkish Cabinets, without reaching o sotisfactory conclusion, the Torle Las notified Austria that the advancs of the latter’s forces upon tovi-Buzar would be rosisted Ly force of arms. The Auslrian Ministeriul crisis ro- snlting from Aspissy's Bosninn policy has tundly culiminated in the disruption of the Cis-Leithau or Austrian Cabinet, Baron Vox PueTis Cacxovo being intrusted with the task of forming s new Ministry. That portion of tho treaty of Berlin which bor hardest upon tie Mussulmans' seusibility wos the clause or clauses which provided for the cession of cuertain tervitary to the principalities of Ser. vis aud Montcunegro, After baving delayed the exceation of these provisions until the pativuco of tho proviuces was well nigh ex- huuated, the Porto has finally loosened its Lold, and conscuted to the formal cession of the eforesaid territory. The Democracy of the Third Congres- sional District hiave wado a most extraordi- uary tuens of it u theirsearch for candidates. Actunted, it way be, by e desire to take tho curse off thy'siugularly unfit nowminations in the First aud Sccoud Districts, the Conven- tion chese for its candidate an ewinently respectablo pentlemnn who was almost o total stranger to the people of the district, wud who Lws siuce declined the doubtfal houor of certuin defeat. Now the Executivo Comwitteo bes undertuken the selcetion of o candidato to fill tho vacuney, sud bas com- pletely eclipsed the nction of the Con- vention itself in the matter of in. expedicncy. The Committeo’'s nominee, Dr. N. 8. Davis, while a gentloeman of nudoubted ability and character, is known to famo as a most bitter and uncompromising temporance man, an advocate of prohibitory logislation in its strictest and most compro- hensive sense, an especial hater of leer, which he has publicly and in tho moat sweeping manner denounced a3 a poison and scurse. Asa candidate for Congresa in a distriot lnrgely populated by votors of a dif- ferent way of thinking, Dr. Davis id per- haps Lhe most ‘unpromising solection that could bave beon made. Democrats of Suath Carolina will permit o frea and fair election in that State unloss the Government at Washington' acts promptly in the matter. 'The Ropublicons, encouraged by the prospect of protection held ont in the recent lotter of the Altornoy-Gemeral, at- tempted to hold n meoting at SBumlerville Iast Saturdny night, but {t was broken up by the Rifle Clubs and Red Shiris, who had trained a cannon loaded with ten-penny vails upon the nogroes, aud wero with difficulty dissuaded * by more prudent Domocrats from fring into the crowd with terrible slanghter. The pretext ~—for there is always somo oxcuso for the ap- pearande of armed Democrats at Ropublican meetings—was that it was *feared ” that the negroes were organizing for a general attack on tho whites! The Prosilont {s determined to put n stop to this continued violation of tho Federal lawn and to give effect to the ‘guarantees of protection in the exerciso of political rights and privileges afforded by the Coustitution and tho laws of Congress, o' lins wot chaned his Southern policy, but will enforce the Iaw in South Carolinaejust as Lo would in Massachusotls if the fact wara brought to his notico that in the latter Stato bands of armed men wero rofusing freedom of political action to their oppo- nonts. As to the facts in South Carolina no doubt remeins, aud tho time has arrived whon the Government shonld demonstrate its power to protect Its people from violence aud outrage. TILDEN'S AVARICE, Tho striking features of the T'iLoey cipher correspondenco are two, Iishows (1) that T1LoEN never gives his ontire confidenco to anybody, but relies solely upon his own re- sources, holding the decision” of every ques- tion In Lis own -hands, oven if the negotin. lion is at a distance of thousauds of miles; (2) that the long habit of a lifetime, of driving o sharp bargain, of screwing the lnst cout out of a trade, of forcing an opponent 1o the wall, of svailing himself of **the law's delays,” thereby consigning an antagonist to despoir,—that this hobit bas so impressed itself npon his character as to render him penurions, misorly, and grasping to tho point of ovarreaching himsolf, Theso qualities of Mr. TiLory’s mind wero slhiown in tho negotintions for the purchaso of an Electoral vota in Oregon. ‘I'ie anm of moncy required was small,—only n fow thousand dollars,—but Tiroen took tho ne. gotiation into his own hands. Tho dispatalhies wero sent by YeiroN from Trocs's houso, An agont was dispatehed from Calie fornin, but TiLpex vefused to trust him, 1o higgled abont the price, and withheld tho purchaso wonoy Ull the lnst pos. sible wmoment. Iu the Florida affair these ingrained poculisrities of the groat conspirator's mind wera still moroe con- rpicuously displayed. One agent demnnded $200,000, ond that sgont was JlivtoN Maunre, Manoe's dispatch one had been recoived from avother agout offering to consmnmato tho job for $50,000, Immodiately the life. time hnbit of saviug camo into play, ‘e pLN possessed millions, was gonded forward by a bouudless smbition, was restrained by uo consciontious scruples, still tho tempta. tion to drive the sharpest possiblo bargain shouldered oveory other counsiderntion asida nnd Imperiously assorted its ascondency In the old man's mind, The covated voto was cffored for 200,000, and behind the voto tho door of the Whito 1louso stood invitingly opon. What would not Mr. TiLbeN give to nssuro his right of eutrance? For the priv. ilege of crosging its threshold he had al- rendy bartered ovorything that honorablo men hold doar. The privilego was offerod for $200,000; but, fatal mistake of the sgonts, it was also offerod for £50,0001 Doubtless Mr. TiLvey seized n pen with the view of making nssurance doubly sure by writing * yes " to Manusr’s dispatch; but his miserly beart revolted at the thought of paying $200,000 for n thing that was offercd for one-fourth of that sum, sud the pon dropped from his norveless grasp! Poor old man! How he wust have poced the floor nud fought with tho darling weakness of his sordid soul.nvarico, 'Ihere was mothing of tho feeling which restrained - Mc. bethy—that fecling which “let I dare mot wait upon I would” Ile had not only resolved to do the desperate deed,—defraud a whole people of their joint suffrage,~—but e went about tho business chearfully, studying the cipher for the other. wise lunocent wordy, that, through the jug. glery of the key, were twlsted to mean theft, robbery, perjury, and bribery. But when the two dispatches lay before Liw, the one offer. iug dominion sud power for §200,000 and the otuier for $50,000, tho supreme moutal strug. gle of ‘CiLpex's life comenced. Ambition pluaded cloquently for thu higher sum. ‘The Oabinet, to Lo formed, beckoned bim from the minor reccsses of the Exccutive Mau. slon grave aud roverend Buuators stood in tho waiting-room eraving nudience; foreign ‘Ambassadors crowded around him cager to offor the congratulations of sll the Govern. ments of the world, Dut the master passion of hisexistonce,—that passion which had beon tightouing its iron grip upou Lis soul from youth till old ago, —that passion which ho had nurtured and fosterad until it stood sentinel over all Lis dosirus,—the grand passion of avarice propounded this iusisuating inquiry s * Why wasto $150,000%" 'Phis bare sugges- tion of prudenco emanating from the prime winister of his brain banished for the wmoment all other thoughts, all Lis intellcctual forces fell into line under their old captain, avarice, and "TiLpzy, the voilway-wrecking 1money.maker, sent to Mauure the fatal dispatch, ¢ Proposjtion too high "I 'Then followed & weries of lying disputehes professing contidenco fu overy- body, whereas, in fact, Tizves bad 1o confi. denco in auybody ; then another scries coun. suling unity of sctivn and hoste, But the precious opportunity Lad passed away for- ever. ‘The agents were disgusted at Tiv. pe's parsimony. They had offered hiw the Presidoucy for £200,000. Thiuk of it; four years in tho Whitc-Houso for 200,000 to the wan who possessed millions wherewith to buy, and who had exproased o desire to pur- chase! Mazsre had fonned a fulse concep- tiun of Tiwes's chericter. Ho regurded But provious to the recelpt of | him as a ‘“commercinl™ statesman, bnt fourd him to bo A mere huckster driving miserly bargnins. It wns n caseof ¢ the ruling passion strong in death.” No com- punctions of conscience rostrained TiLpEN from opening negotiations for the purchase of the Presidency ; but tho penurious habits of n lifolime savod the country from tha disgrnce of thoir consnmmation. THE REPUBLICAN, NOMINATIONS, The Republican Convention yesterday strikingly illustrated the wide difference in the character of the men who composed it and of those who composed the wild and [n- sensato mob that catled itself the Demooratic Convention, Tta proceedings were orderly, harmonious, and {ndicative of a foeling of re. spounsibility to the public. The caundidates nominated tero : Kor Sherlf—Joux Hars For Coroner—Gen, O, L. N, For Counly Cammission; x-Ald, 8tRwaAnT, C. K, Convuy, CnArLEs U, ATARS, Apaxn MiLLER, and . 11, Woon, ‘These candidates are all reputable citizens, all men of character and ability, and for all of them overy citizen may vole wilh entire solf-respect, Maj, Torruax ia an olfl, well.known oiti- zon of the West Division, n German by birth, but nono the less au American in nll things, o Las served the public already honorably ond creditably, and will make a good 8horifl, Gen, Maxy was a candidote for the nomi. nation of Sherif. lis large support in the Convention was purely voluntary, It was not gought. Tho delegates voted for him becanso of thoir personal knowledgo of his fitness and character, IHis large vots was highly honorable. The nomination for Cor- onor was tho unanimous action of the Con- vention. It wasacordial tributo to Gen. Maxs's character, It was spontancous. Though not a candidate for the nomination and unwilling to accept it, Gen. Maxn can- not well doclino a nomination so nnanimons- Iy nud &0 spoutancously tendered him, Iis friends and all the delegates were nwaro that two yoars henco the Sheriff’s office will bo sgaiu vacant, and that pending that ovent tho public could tinve his services in another office of honor and trust; ond Gen, Many cannot afford to disregard this goneral ox- prossion of public confidonce and rospoct. Mcssrs, Srewant aud Copuny, tha city nontinees for County Commissioners, are well known business men, nud in no branch of publio service are such men so sadly neoded as in tho County Doard. Their opponents are Creany aud MurrLoy, whoso threo yoars' record shonld leave no donbt as to the urgent necessity for clecting men‘of a totally diffor- out charactor. 'The nominces from the country districts, Mosars. Avams, Misicn, and Woop, are in every way worthy of a place on so oxcellont o tickot, BIr. Avans deserves ro-election in recognilion of his uniform record in favor of honesty and economy ; Mr, Mruren ian solid German farmer of the Town of Rich, and will bo an infiuite improvement upon Coxrx; while Mr. Woop, of Hyde Park, n business man of high stauding and the represontative of a Inrgo quantity of taxable property, ro- places Tanow, who hns boen ot all times weak, nnd many timoes worso than wealk, The wholo ticket is made up not only of unexceptionoblo porsons, but of men espe- cially creditablo and qualified in all reapocta for tho performianco of public duties, Thia tickot ought to be cloctod by tho votes of all respectable mon of all partica. THE NEW YORK KID-GLOVE DECISION. ‘I'ho lute decision of the Qulloctor of Now York iu kid-glove reappralsoments is both significant and important. In order to com- prehend its real import it becomes necessary briefly to roview tho Listory of tho kid-glove appraisoment controversy, About six months ago, uuder the whole- sonjo stimulus of the influenco of Spocinl Treasury Agenty, Mr. Horr, Assistant Ap- praiser in charge of tho kid-glove apprase- mont, sdvanced first quality kid gloves from 42 francs per dozen (the fuvoice price), to 5t fraucy, and Appralser DuTcnen, sn oxcellont officer, approved tho ndvanco, "hen there was o contest boforo Geueral Appralser Krrepus aud o werckant appraiser on ap. peal. Dy the testimony, wmainly, of Mr. Re, o kid-glove importer of Philadelphia, 62 fraucs was dotermined to be the foroign mrket value, and Col. Kerenu so roported to the Collector, differing with the merchant oppraiser, who disrogarded the ovidence, ro- porting in favor of an advancs of ¥ per cont. The then Collector, AnTnun, sustained the Gaueral Appraiser, stating in bis decision that, *‘upon n careful roviow of the volumi. nous ovideuco taken beforo tho Appraiscrs, o could not sco how the General Appraiser could bavo arrived at any other conclusion.” Tho evidence was indeed conclusivo, Mr, Rem bad ransacked tho foreign glove mar. kots, and, whon called to (Le stand, pro- duced o 1nnss of facts which left no doubt in the minds of falr-minded mon who con. sidored the subject tuat the New York ring of glove importers had been wwindling the Governmont out of Sue-fourth of ita revenue ou kid gloves for years. But the ring did not eubmit. Thoy refasod to entor kid gloves, cowmplained that tho senson's trado had been ruined, and appealed to the press to denounco the ‘I'reasury Department, This, of courae, tho pressdid very cheerfully, Hub. sequently the ring adopted another course, ‘I'hey ontered thoir gloves at the old price— 42 francs—and uppealed from tho advance which was meintained both by Appraiser Durcuen and Geveral Appralser Ketcnua, ‘I'na riny determined to broak down the Ape pralsorand Gengral Mppraisoer, and thoy have succeeded through the aid of Colleotor Mya- uirr. Wo are sorry to say it, but it is a fact that the kid-glove ring of Now York havo accomplished through the new reform Col. lectorwhat thoy failed to accomplish through Collector Autnrnl York L'riliune: ‘Wa quote from the Now ppraisers aareed to 4?2 france as P vilue of the eluves us tnvoiced, ‘The General ADJ rascr Arat reported in javor of MAzing the valualion ab 53 frauce, but in G suppléc mentary report he reducid the valuation (v 41 ‘rance,—an advance of about 14 per ceat over thu nvolce value, Fuo tirmucss exhibited by Genoral Ap. pralier Krromuy in holding to his original advance for more than aix wonths ngainst the great pressuro that must, in the nsture of tho case, have been Lrought to bear tipon him, negatives the theory that ho volun. tarily abandonod his position. But the fact, as statod in tho Tridune, if it Lo a fact, that he first roported in favor of 52 francs, but subsequently made a supplementary ro. port of 49 francs, shows conclusively that he was in some way compelled to yield his con. victions. How? The law provides that in oaso of o diffurenco botween tho General Ap. praiscr and the merchaut appraisers the Collector shall decide iu favor of the one or the other, The Collector has no right to compromise tho difference. In the case uoder discussion, on Guneral Appraiver Kercuuu's original report in favor of 562 francs and th¢ merchunt approiser’s report in favor of 42 franes Collictur Mrxuier hiad but ono alternative,—either to decide in favor of 42 francs or 52 franca. What, then, doeathe snpplementary report of Appraiser Kercrmust mean? It meana that Collector Mernrrr sald in substance to Gonoral Ap. praisor Ketcrum ;¢ ** I eannot sustain your report of 52 francs. If yon adliero t& that, T shall sustain tho merchinnt appraiser's re- port of 42 francs. Bnt if yon will ix npon 49 franca I will sustain your roport,” Now, what inflacuea was brought to bear nupon Oollsctor Mennrrr to inducs this action? Doubtless the infinence of the kid- glove importors’ ring. Thore wers rumors |. abroad months ago that tho mombars of the ring wero willing to compromiss oun 47 francs, Doubtless this compromise was pro- posed to Collector Meanrrt, apd very likoly the new Collector was prond of himsell when he had succoeded in screwing the ring up three francs. But Collecter Meagitr onght to know (1) that ho has no legal nor moral right to mako compromises with mer. chants ns to the foreign market valuo of mor- chandise; (2) that in the present instance ho has compromised away the rights of all the importors at overy other port in the countiry for Yho benefitsof o ring of kid-glove im- porters in New York who have been swind- lng the Governmont for years; (3) that his friendly appraisoment operates to prohibit the importation of first quality kid gloves at every port in the country except New York; ‘(4) that he has compromised awny n shara of the just legal revenua of the Govorument of tho United Btates; (5) that Lis course in the kid-glove controvarsy tonds to provoke unfavorable comment upon liia action ns compared with that of the late. ly susponded Oollactor, Antmum, on the samo question ; (G) that his compromise, nocessarily disastrous in it effeots upon the imporling intcrests of all parta of the conn- try excopt New York, places in the hands of the friends of Antuun a cudgel with which to bent s (Menrirr's) official brains ont be. fora tho United Stales Sonato. Gen, Mernitr Las fallon & victim to the groed and avarice of the press and people of Now York City, ns ropresentod by a corrnpt clique of agonts of foroign maunfacturers who are permitted to swindlo the Govern- ment out of ita revenuss upon condition of the commission of tho robbery nt that port alono, theroby rotaining for itssolo benefit an odious and unjust monopoly of tho im- porting business, THE COUNTY RING'S MOVEMENT. . The County Ring is a3 aggrossive us ever. The action taken nt tho last meating of the Board amounts lo a deflance of tho taxpay- craon the very eve of a now eloction. Ap- proprintionsworemado amounting to $1,427,- 565, opd o tax-fovy ordored to that oxtent. This exhausts the authority of the Board, which is limited by tho Constitulion to 756 cents on 3100 of valuation of the property of the county, and a special tax to pay inter- cat on the indebtedness incurred previons to tho ndoption of the present Constitution. The suthorizod tax-levy on this year's valun- tion amounts to 21,285,080, and tho interest on tho old indebtedness to $191,905, Tho Board has reached out for the Inst dollar it can lawfully extort, and at the same timo it has failed to muke any approprintion for work on the Court-lonse, excopt an in. dofinito sum that may como in from back taxcs that havo not yot beon oxpended. The next stop was to order the coutractors to atop work on the Conrt-House iu a serios of resolutions notifying them that tho Board (. e, tho Ring) will ** nogotiato " with them 08 to the ** dnmnges ™ that should bo allowed on necount of th8 atoppage. This means that tho stealings will go on ns usual even if tho work boslopped, with the difference that they sliall be known honooforth as ““dam. sges” inktead of *“extras.” Iaving rofusod to approprinto money for the Court-Ilouse, aud ordored a suspension of the work, the final stop was to adopt & resolution submit. ting a vote of now bonds to the people. Howo doys ogo it was announced that the omount of bonds asked for would bo $500,- 000, but ** Reformor " FrrzokraLy wanted a full million voted, and thers was finally n compromise on tha sum of §750,000, which tho poople of Cook County will be asked to commit to the hands of the Ring in nddition to the enormous tax-lovy of 1,427,655, This would give the County Ring considora. bly more than tio milliona of dollurs to squandor and stoal during the next year and divido as extrag, - It is not surprising, perhaps, that, con. temporancous with the publication of these bulldozing proceedings in the County Board, tho Chicago T'imes should come out with a loading article urging the people of Cook County to sddtotho county debt by voting the Issne of $750,000 now bonds nsked for by tho Board, Tho reason this circumstanco is not surprising is because the Chicago Z%¥mes, during the last two or thres yesrs, has, at one time and anothoer, approved all tho Ring moasures that have been passed or projected. It was particularly - energotio in the rucent Riog movement to got control of the Com- mou Council, break the contracts alrendy made by the city, tenr down what Lad al. ready been built on the city side of the square, involve tho municipal corporation in enormous damages, fnour oxira expenses that would, {u the ond, amount to a million of dollars,—and all for tho purposs of allow- ing the Councty Ring coutractors to construct the city building. It is very natural that a newspaper williug to lend itself to such o senome ay this, would (for the samo reasons, whatever they aro) advocate a schemne of the County Ring for posscesing itsoll of §750,. 000 of the people’s money. Tha Ziumes, uven while urging tho people to vote this mort. goge on their propurty, is constrained to ad. it that there isn Ring, but says the people cuu eloct uow members, 8o they do eloot new members this fall, but only five of them, audit is doubtful whether tho power of thq Ring can be brokon evon if the Riug ticket Ly defeated, ‘Tho fact is that the people nced not be at all plarmod at the threat of suspending work ou the Court-Ilouso, The samo threat was wade o year ago when the Loard asked the taxpayers to voto B3500,000; tho peopls re- fused, end tho work went on. Fiuding that thoy could uot obtaiu a specinl fuud for the Court-Housy coustruction, the Ring wanaged to savo §135,000 out of the general tax-luvy in order to go on with the work and feed thoir contractors. Thoy will do tho same thing agoin this noxt year if the poople refuse to vote the bonds. But if the people vote three~juarters of a miliion in bouds, there will be & special fund for ** dawages ” and ** extras ™ that will enable the Ring to steal at least a quarter of a willion more than they will otherwise se- cure. In fuct, the asking for $750,000, though $500,000 was the stun origwally agreed upon, indicatos that $250,000 is to Le sot axido uwa fund to bLelp carry the stoal through, Tuz Tuiwung Lus bLad no higher compliment than the douunciation Lurled agaiust it in the Ring resolutions, sud it will tudeavor to cama » reuvwal of such cowpli- ments by continning to oxposs the Ring's purposes, by aiding in the defoat of tho pro- posed bond issme, and by helping to enve the taxpayers’ money from orgamzed plunder. AMENDING THE STATE CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Mlinois, adopted in 1870, containa the following, Bee. 31, Art. 4, The General Asrembly may ws permitting the owners or occupantaof lands to conatruct draing and ditehes, for agricnitnral and sanitary purposes, across the lands of others, ‘I'his wns intended to remedy a great evil, which limited the right to ditch to cach man's Iand, and allowed no ontlet, oxcopt by the consent of tho owners of adjoining Innda, Tho Bupreme Court, however, de- cided that this gave no authority to con- struct such drains withont componsation, nnd no suthority was givon to compel per. sons to pay for euch improvemont. In the menntimo, those soctions of the State suffor- ing from undrained lands havabesn waiting forineans of deliverance, There aro 1,800,000 of nores of tho finost and best lands in Illi- nois kopt unfit for cultivation because of tho want of drainage, Theso are not overflowed lands, but aro !ands which have no ontlet for tho surplus water. What {s sought by these persons i tho privilogo of coustructing gen- eral draina leading to the nearest outlat, Each man con provide tile or other drainage for his own land, but unless his neighbor join him bhis deninago is rendored uscless for tho want of on outlet,” What s asked s that, by somo general proceading in Lhe County or Cirouit Conrt, a gencral " ditch or drain loading to the noarest water course may bo selected, into which ench man can drain his own Inud, and which wiil carry off all the surplus water of tho district. The Court and juries are to determine the roule, and apportion the cost among those who sharo in the bonofits, 1t is simply a propo- sition to onablo tho ownors of theso lands.to reclaim them at thelr nwn expoense,—to give thom tho right of way to carry off the sur-' plus water. At the last session of the Legis- lature an smondment was made to the State Constitution, to ba submitted to o vote of the people at the coming olection. Tho amendment reads: , Resolved, By the Tonse of Representatives of the State of Ifinols, the Benato concurrlng haroin, ‘That thero ahail be submitted to the yolors of the State. at tho noxt election for members of the Gen- aral Auscmliy, &' propusition to so smenl o thirty-flist sectidn of the fourth article of the Cou- stitullon of this Slate that the same may read 88 followa: **The Uenecral Assembly may pasa lawe perinitting tho ownors of lands to construct drains, ditches, and loyces, for agricpltoral, sani- tary, or mining purposes, acruse the lands of ottiers, and provido for tho organization of drain- nge districts, and vest the corporate authoritiva thereof with power to consiruct and malutain levees, dralns, aud ditches, and to kesp in repair all dratow, ditches, and fevos Nerotoforo con- strucled. under the laws of this Htate by apecial asscssmuents upon tho property beneted thereby, ™ As this amendmont croates no debt and provides for no tar,—State, county, or municipal,—and as the owners of the land have no other meana by which they can now reclaim theif lands, it is to ba hoped that the ballota of all parties at the next election, when printed, will contain the words : For Eropn-ed amendment to Seo. 31-of Art. 4 of the Conatitution. It must bo remembored that all votes silent on tho subject must Le counted against the amendmont, and, s thero is not theslightest reasonable objection to the amendment, an omission to print theso words on the ballots may defent the moawure, Those charged with printing election-ballots will therofore accomplish n desirablo end by printing tho words on tha ballots, Any person opposed to tho amendmant can, by scratching out th words, havo Lis vote counted in the nogative. FATE OF THE “OHIO IDER. Thoe Ohio Domocrats are disposed to take an optimistio viow of the rosult of tho re- cont election in that State; nt lonst that is tho improasion thoy aro soeking to convey. A reportor tor thoe Cincinnoti Engquirer visited the Democratio headquarters at Co- lumbus, a couplo of days sgo, and inter- viewed TuoxesoN, the campaign manager, Trupaa, the ox-candidato for tho Prosiden- tial nomination, Coxversz, the Congrossman- clect, and somo othiers. From the utterances accredited to these gentlemen ono would in- for that n Democratio victory had been guinod, though Mr, Touaman wos frank onough to admit that ho had **hoped fora Lettor result.” The faot in, that tho Demo- crats olectod thelr Governor, in 1877, by 22,000 majority over the Republican candi. date, and carried by large odds a Legislatura which had previously been Ropublican, whilo this yoar tho Ropublicans have carried tho Htate by more than 4,000 majority, Doesthat look like a Domocratio viotory ? Another fact is that tho Domocratio Leglslature re-district- ed the State in such a manuer as to allow tho Ropublicans only slx Congreasmen ; but in npite of this dishonost schome the Itepub- licans havo olected nine Congressmen, and camo very near to electing two more. It tokes very ndroit figuring to make a Demo- cratio victory out of this atate of things, Indoed, Mr. TnunyaN could only achicve such a result by saying that if the vote of tho Nationals be added to tho Democratic voto tho Ropublican party would be in the minority by sevoral thousands; to whioh it may be repliod that if the vote of the Na. tionals bo added to the Republican votg the Domocrats would bo in a minority of several thousands more. We fenr Mr. Tuumuxn found but little consolation for his fatal error in this puorile fashion of estimating tho result, Of course it was not to be expected that Tronaan would back down from tho * Ohio idee” s suddeuly as he wont over to it, aud honce bo took occasion in this interviow to urgo that tho Domocratio advooscy of (he ‘fosr Ewina dootrine had saved the party from a still worso dofeat. As the currency issue was the sole Issue of the campaign, and as tho Democrata lost their large major- ity of the year before and again relapsed into aminority, tho foros of such roasoning is by Do mesns apparent. But it is evident that Mr. Tavzman dosires to push the Natfonal Bank question to the front as the very easence of the currency issue, for he dwelt on this phase of the matter, and did not so much as meution the proposed repesl of the Resumption sct, My, Tuusmax is deceiving the people, aud porhaps himself, in this watter. The essence of the currency issuo is the resumption of specle-poy- ments, and tho' proposed retirement of Natlonal-Bank notos is only an incident which msy be determined subsequently on its own merits, The * Ohlo ides™ incubated by Tox Ewixa and premature. ly adopted by Tausmaw secks primarily to dismiss all thought of resumption, and re. vort to an irrodosmable and depreciated paper currenoy. ' The proposition to retire the Nationsl Bank notesis tacked on as a moasure which will open the way for an in- definite increase of the irredecmable Gov. ernmont currency; probably it ‘would mot be urged by such wmen as Ewina sud Voosaxxs it tho Goverument gurrency were inter- changeable with coin, for then National Bank notes would be equally interchangeable with coiu through the wedium of greenbacks. An irredoemable Government currency s, the, the tirt essential of the ¢ Oblo 1dse.” Rut the Congress elected this fall will bo confronted by thia queation in a vgry different shapo from that whioh it now has. Now it is n qnestion whether the Government shall nbandon an frredeomnble currency and make ita notes intorconvertible with coln. The law which will work this chango will go into effct Jan. 1 noxt, and it is o settled fact that it cannot bs repenlod by the prosent Congress. To adopt the ' Ohlo ideo ¥ aftor that, it will be necossary for the noxt Congress, in time of peaco and raviving prospority, to passalaw suspending speoio payments and forcing an irredcamable cur- Teney on tho people. Buch legislation under such circumstances is utterly inconceivablo among an onlightened and commereint poo- ple, and Mr, Tnonsan may find that even men clected to Congress as Nationals will re- fuse to commit themsolves to so preposter- ous a proposition, Indaed, we lavo no iden that Mr. Tnumiax himsolf will voto to sus- pond specio pnyments and debase the Gov ornmont currency when tho question shiall present itsclf in that light, e ey ‘We think that Connty Commissionor Bon. LiNa has hit apon an excollont idea in sug- gosting that one story Lo omitted from the new Court-House ss originally designed. The building is already sufliciently massive and jmposing, ns seen from thae county side, nnd it is not unlikely that its architcctural beanty will bo marred by carryingitupa atory higher. It is cortain that an ndditional atory will be of very little use to either the city or the connty, while n large amount of money cou bo saved on botli sides by dis- pensing with the fifth story. We have no donbt that the city authorities will readily agroe to the proposed change, for they have avinced an economical and intelligent spirit in this wholo matter. "It is possible, too, that oven the Ring members on tho county side may be induced to'consent to the change on account of the shorlness of funds, which thoy can mnka more availablo for their pur. poses with one story less than they can by adhering to tho original plan. e * The Loulavillo Courier-Journal betrays ita alarm at the effoct of the Florida cipher dis. patchos when it says: “For yoars the Re. publicans Lave uover dug a pit the Dento- crats did not stumblo into. They are now digging a pit, and, by n sort of fatuity, tho Democrats ovince n desiro to march up in column and jump into it.” While we have no objection to make to tho general chinrge of stupidity which tho Couricr~Tournal brings ngainst it own party, the Repnbliean party will atoutly disavow the construction of tho partionlar pit to which it rofora. That very Inrgo and very dirty holo in tho ground was dug by Tivew, Tiupen's nophow, ex- Mayor Haveseyzr, ¢ Moses"” MantoN Mazr. sLE, WooLLEY, and Joyce, all good Democrats. All that the Republican party has dona is to discover tho wholo precious Domocratic crowd in the pit, nud it doos not propoas to “let them out, That horny-handed son of toll and repre- sentatlve of the poor workingman, BENsMIN ¥, Buruen, i about as thrifty an old wood- sawyer as ever carned an honest dollar by au honest day's work. That Mr. Dexnis Kpau- NBY and other Soclalists should admirs him is not strange, because BuTiLex feels the pinch of poverty in his own person, and deeply sympa- thizea with those that get thelr bread by tho sweat of thelr brow, that it is no mistake to make him the exponent of the poor nian's party. A Lowell letter-writer for tha Buston Herald hos been investizating Into Burren's aftuirs, and finds that his posscasions acgregato a handsonie sum. Butren's property in Low- cll, according to his own showiug, fuots up as follows: g Real and Wamenlt ersonal estata . wer Company . 1, 882 120,800 78, mpany. 15 sharea Fauoull Hall lusurance Lo, erty In Lowell 1s worth at lcast $730,000, ioe has $250,000 fa productivo roal estatu in Wash- jogton, and a very large intcrest In the Cape Ann granito quarry, made directly after the War, when ho was *rotten with money.” e has Just boon awarded damages of §5%,000 by the City of Boston, on account of tho diversion of the Budbury River for the new Water-Worka, that omount belng his compensation for the prospective lnjury to the Wamesit Yower Com- pany, whoss watcr-rights origiually cost him only $80,000. He {s snpposcd to have large fnvestents lu New York aud elsewhere, and his profeasional income is said to be worth £100,000 per annum, Ile ts undoubtediy ons of the richest men {n the country. —————— ‘The Illogical methods of the -, aro hard to understand, Wton Wape {AsrToN was In- sngurated Governor of Boutn Carollng,—to which office he was no doubt falrly clected,— and declared his determination to enforco tho lawa and to sce that justico was done to white and black allke, Tus Tuiouns applauded that righteous promise, Whenever Wabe 1laxrron's ofticlal acts were fu accord with his oft-repeated pledges n favor of fair play aud reconciliation, Tuk TRisUNE was glad to en- coursgo him in the lne -of his duty. On the other band, when WapmIlaxrroy, or any other man, 18 guilty of grave offcnscs agalost good order and the rights of any class of citizens, however huinble, such {llegal and unjust acts shall not fall to receive our em- vhatlc condemnation, Tho J-O.-U. proceeds upon tho theory that, beeauss we approved of what was good in Waps HAuPTON'S publle career, Wo must now approve of whai is bad, ‘The Prestdent's palicy towards the South was au experiment coucerning which many sound Republicans bonestly differed. Its succcss muet necessarily depend to o great extent upon the Bouthurn people themselves, Ifieis a fallure, every patriotle dtizen will regret it, except the Jittle handful of blind partisans who recelve thefr {ustruction in public afluirs from the var- row toachings of the Z-0.-U, e t— . About theso days thers s a little, dried up, sed, disappolnted old geutleman,—a hacuclor,— waaderiug about Gramerey Purk with bis hauds folied Ledind biw, muttering to bimsell of those things that **might have been. Ho ls too melaucholy to slug, evou 1! Lis volca werg not 50 badly cracked that its dyspepilc sound would frghten all the birds. Bo instead of song be substitutes littlo snatches of poetry, the followlug being & great favorite aluce the cipher dispatches camo to light: Better 1t were to ablde by the ses, Loviug somebody, and satisficd ; Better it were 1o grow babes on the knce, Thn to Woniet knd wandet Toan oo Land forgotten snd love depled, o 1" Yes, better to live sa the mountaineers live, Than entreat of tho gods wiat they will uot give, By *‘gods,” in the last line, it fs supposed the writer rolers to 8 celebrated Commission that decided 8 uoted case on one oceasion by the closo vote of 8 to 7. Urowing * Labes on tha kunee,” in the tbird line, is & poetic licenso— TiLDEYN docsn't know snything about it. ——— The Moutreal correspoudeut of the New York Stur hay found s mare’s uest with tho biggest kind of an egg luit. The rumor is to the efMoct that tho Irlsh Feulaus are plavuing to kidoap tue Marquis of LokNg aud bis wifc, tbe Frincess Loutss, Queen Vicrouia's daughter. The Morquis and the Priucess are expected to sall on the 14th of Novownber, and it is peo- rosed to gobble thom o thefr way bither. In this act of reprisal the skirwmishing fund, which Bow awounts to $75,000 or thereabouts, rulsed at the suggestion uf O’DONOVAN Kossa some three years ngo, Is to ve utilized, 1t 1y gy, ntated that the bwo cruisers are being flited in a pog betneen New York awd Margy Al Vineyard fn & eimilac sigle to (e privatcer Frin's Hope, cbmmanded Col. Kavanaai, whoserved under Admirat Pon. TeR during the Civil War. The movements of the Marquis of Lonss are communleated g, the Natlonalists on tuls side by two sccret Azent, Epwanp (2Doxovan aud another, suppusc .(; le Dr. Le@r. Theso men, It fs also ®ahl, da. parted for the other stde aboat tva manthis apy with 85,000 ot this skirmishing fund, wiyy - structions to uso It In the enterprise, Ag Auug as tho vessel which contains the Royal pir e~ parts the news Is to bo telegraphed, then the cruiscrs will sall, probably for New York, They will he mounted by trusted Fenlana, armneq aml officered by men who have figured in privateey. ing before, Once thorouzhly equlpy.cd, thg vessels will ernise In the path of the steamer which has ahoard the Royal palr, and it i ex. pected the capture can bo effected withoyy ereat diffculty, Tho Marquis and his Indy nr; to be held as hostages and taken to some safq biding-place. The plan is, that tho cantives are to he kept as hostagaes untfl pledges are pivey by England that the licel of despotism sy be forever removed from Ireland. ——— ‘Tho New York Fzpress (Dem.)says: ¢y gy the late MANTON MannrE—vers late, il The Richmond (Va.) State (Dem.) bliterly re- marks: *The nephew ol the uncle has followeq his uncle, and between them they have dope more harm to the Democracy of the Uniteg Btates than nll {ts avowed enetnies togethern ‘That {a about tho size of it. The Graphic (Tny,) is disposcd to be facctious, snying: t 18 re) d t TiLorN has e o e meatta T s poorior ot L AL At & clbher RTALCl 16 S anbimen it Before RoIng beck, follows: R Jag R, 8. Jandail: ftobed weaturning rere. I, N, ¢, This in somewhat Inteicato on acconnt of nns. geams, but a little ingenuity, and the application of the Tridne’s tulu G, results in the following: 8.J. Randall: We aro Returntng bored, ¢, 8, p, TDispateh to tho effect that ithe Marqnette haoxe been succesafully hooked nent 10 Gramercy ay you? What ho, without! there in treavy Tnanpect K, 13, Haves of some more fraud, J, Liden, e at—— i The first propositiun of the County Commis- sloners* Riga was to demand a vote on an jssue of boll o miltion of bonds to expend on the Court-llouse. Professlonal-Reformer Firz- axuALD and Professional-Heformer Wrizatzy, having concluded that half a milifon would got furnish eoough *‘extres,” have changed thelr eatimate and made It o milllon, Commlssioner 8exne, as & grim joke, sugmested that they could get along or away with three quarters of amlilion. The professional reformers accepted the amendment. This will give half & million to the contractors to apnly on the job,and leave aquarter of a million to aivide as ““extras,” in. cluding & doliar aline to thelr organ for Ity advocacy of the plunder. [t fsa nlee arrange. ment as fu stands, but requires the indorsement of & popular vote hefore the gentlemen with the Itching palms can finger the money, e e e— The natural repugnance to taxation withont representation has just tiad a fresh [Htustration at Newport, R. I Last summer tho city officiatn gave a grand ball to the officers of three of licr Majesty's shivs then In port, and pro- posed to pay tho bills out of the City Treasury, The taxpayers, very few of whom were present atthe grand ball,objeted tothls planof payinent, sl at onca Instituted legal proceedings to evolt it. The Bupreme Court of the Btate has just granted an fojunction restralnivz the ity authorities from meeting the expenzes of the ball out of the corpuration funds. Thuse who dancu must pay for the musle. i The 8t. Paul Ploneer-Iress 18 moved to ob- serve: 1louefni fally sustainod his Minneanolls renoty. tion n Chicagu, thonvh bo didn't have ax many veuplo o 4eo ln trot. Chicazo s bl city, sed Ita peuple nre Intorestad in lorso-fcalt, butuuiy £0,000 could ue Kot un the race course, You must ald 10,000 more to thoe crowd, Mr. Fioneer, Lut as long as your own figures cxceed the population of Muncapolls, you ought to be satlsiled. e ——— e Prany I1 Syi7i bs said to be tho man whon the Democrats Intend to run for Comriess fu tho \Third District, now that Judge Tres has declined, Sstimit §s now In Europe, but It s 350 | supposed that ho can Lo reached by a ciplicr dispateh and his answer obtalned, Iiat were not for bleedlng him thoroughly b ald be put over tho vourse just us wetl without bis consent. SaiTm Ia rich, and can furnish plenty of suap. e at— Reformer Wupenes, of the County Doarl, has adopted the Denwnis Kzansey sivle of argument. [le secina to aapire to he the rand- lot orator of the Board of County Commlssion- crs; but 1t will roquire s good deal of Lis foul- mouthicd blackguardlsm of tho bress to Induce the people of Cook Coussy to vote 8730,000 of bonds for disbursament by Cominisslonersof the proclivittes of hitnsclf and FirzoznaLp. e The Courier-Jourual, which s continually mak- ing sensible suggestions, nominates tie ilon E. B. Wasunuuxn os candidate for Senator from 1linols; whereupon tho Salt Lake Hervid (uot the Milwaukea Duily Murphey) savs that *{f the Republicans are not going to need Me. Wasupunyx for u Presideutial candidate, it nois canvot find a better man In tho party for tho Senate." © 1t must grind the Z-0.-U. to print the report of 50 goud a hard-monoy specch as that recestly delivered by Senator Hows at Jancsville, Wis. The Wiscousin Senator kuoe ked the crazy flaan- clal theorles of the Z-0.-U. fnto piy and, i 1ke speech ta atlowed to go Into Ita weak'y editivs, will have o benetickal cffect In ucutralfzing soe of {ts perniclous teachings upon the currency question, e ee—— e Of courso it was all dono 0 tho interest of reform, tu which sgered causo tho Bourbon- Demogratic party atands frrevocably commuitted {on paper) fu every State in the Unlow \'W migan that Florida speculation of 8au TILDEN'S Instead of payiug promptly the 8200000 thit waa flrst asked, Lo beat thew down Lo $5.00 Thore {8 practical Democratic rotrenchiucot for you, ———— Judgo Tuxs declines In scason, Ic i3 betes to do ft now than after the election. Now he may dechine; then o must, What the desponds out Demoeracy will do remalos to be sees doesn't matter much, In tho meantime, Hanass 1 gatulug strength'every day, B It tha treo-quarters of a million of Court flouse bouda are voted, the Commlssloner Risg bropose to put the procecus where they will do the most good, At 4 dollar a liue, the orzsd will get away with sevoral of them for 8 scrvices, ————— ‘When an evening paper asserts thata “Iw:: of thicyes, thugs, und repeaters attended l‘ Republicans priuaries’ on Monday, it sl‘uu;j{: tneant that certaln inembers of the Demerd vusty were at thelr old tricks. e Over 5,000 ludies attended the great race la}‘ Thursday, While they did not bet wuch man' 1t 1s currently seported that o large nuwber ¥ kid gloves changed hauds. ————— WuszLss und Fitzoxnaip bave * rm:;‘: their tasucs™ for a rald on the taxpayers 0 shupo vf threc-quartors of & miltlon of bonds i - § or dog iu tho ButLxy is evidently tho under doziu fght. WaxDBLL Euiiiies & fur Lis, wdbe is always lu fuvor of that dog. et Ba3 TILDRN, Lia friends say, will tr_rua: l&: clpher dlspatcnes with coutewpt, No will pe vle generally. 120 e — Py doti y obably Those tipher dispatches will pr foonie up tte rest of the tuue of tho PotTek witwe. * ————— Theso Octover duye ary not the saddest :’:‘.«h: yeur, but delightfully pleasaut aud tovigd 3