Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1878, Page 4

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. TY MAIL STAGE "“r"\'?.‘m ally Editiof B E-m’ Yo f:00 shn bt} : ] 3.38 ples gent 4 ve Voat-Otllce dddrest in full, includiog Btate and Connty. Uewiitances may bomada either by draft, oxpress Tost-Otite criler, of In reglrternd tettor, nt our risk. TERMA TO CITY SUNSCRIDERS. Tatly, dellvered, Sunday excepted, 25centh ner weoks Dntiy, deltveted, Bunday Inclndel, 50 cents per weoke Addrers THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madteon and Dearbora-sta., Chicaxo, Til, Ordera for th delivery of Tux TRIGUNK at Evanston, Englewood, and Hyde I'ar« (el In the countlog-room willzecelve promytatientls TRIBUSE BRANCIL OFFICES. Tire Cureano TrINv X has entablished branch offices fcr ihe recelpt of subscriptions and advertisementans ollows: YW TORK~Jioom 20 Trioune Dullaing. .. Mc+ FAtbEs, Maneger, n1¥, Frenee~Xo, 10 Ruo de ls Grange-Batellere. 1alLER. AffERt. LUNDON, Eng.—Amertcan Exchsoge, 4 Strand. Unxny F. Gittao, Agent. BAN FRANCISCO. Cal.~Patace ilotel. Theatre, Madieon street, between Dearborn and Btata, En- gndement of the Strakoseh [tallan Upera Troupe. "Il:l;mvnmrc:' ‘e Iavrrly’s Theatre, Ubarvorn sireet, corner of Monrne, Engagement of %ok . lfobert' Pantomime Trenpe, ‘“llumpty. Duinpty.” Afternoon snd evening. 1goley’s Thontre. Randoloh strect, between Clark and LsSalle. En- gageinent of Ellza Weathersby's Frollques, **Hob- bles.” Afterncon ynd evening. Academy of Music, Haleted otreet, botween Madlson snd Stonsoe, Va. rloty, novelty, and spectalty performsuces. Afterooon and ovening. * Hamlin's, Theatre. Clark sircet, opposite the Court-House. Engagoment of Waimer & Cotton's Minatrels, West ¥nd Opera-Tlouse, Madison street, botween Elfzaheth snd Throop. Entertaioment for the Benefit of B, M. Dickson. SOCIETY MEETINGS, RIN RNICHTHOF 8T, BERNARD COMMANDERY, X0, 38, ~Yau 8o’ Lereny ordered to meet at our Asyium this (Wednesday) evealia &t 3:33 o'clock to uke nction In regany fo fitending the funcral of 8 Rutght odgett, of Lanorie, Tud, Sir iinighta of shater Comimanderlos caurtéounly favited to meet wit T.~speciat ATOLLO COMMAND . 1, R o o thia (Werneriag)" afternoin st & ticlook N ey Welcorme. 15 Grdet of th Commanier. BRI * 3 1. DUNLUT, Necorder, WLANEY LODGE, NO. 271, A, F. e st Fitiuing Dretheen o ‘eloek, Hall 5 enroe . . iatly Liveired: GEONOE UARDNELy W. e WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1878, Greonbacks' at the New York Stock Ex. chaugo yesterday closod at 973, & A. M.—Bpeclal ‘Gen, Jonn B. Gorpox was yestordny elect- ed withont scrious opposition as his own snceecsor in the United Htatos Seunto from Qeorgin. 'fho Western manufpcturers who have been working np the Mexico trada extension will Jears with pain that the prospects for suc- cass in that quarter are decidedly dismal, Mr. Fosten, United States Minister to Mex- ico, hus boen canvassing tho situation with cextra care, and ho fiuds littlo encourngement to nuticipate thut tho offorls to open np tradd rolations with Mexico will moot with B It is understood in Washington that the work of redeeming legal-tonders In coin on and nfter Jan, 1, 1879, will bo conflned to tho New York Sub.Treasury alone, and will not be undertaken at the varions Wostern nnd Soutbern Sub-Treasuries. At the Iatter coin drafts ou Now York will bo given in exchango for legal-tonders, but the coln jtsol? will only be paid out in New York, which alone is named 1n the Roesuwnption net s tl:o placo of redemption, Lord Beacoxsrrip wvidently considers himsolf very **solid™ with the English peo- ple, ns ho §u disposed to treat sll question of lis Afghanistan pollcy very cava- lieriy. A doputation of wlich Lord Lawneyer was tho leading spirit sought to iunterviow the Premlier yesterdny, but tle nttempt resulted ln utter failure, thel application being productive only of a briaf note from Beicoysrizep, which intimated that tho Governmont had cvery coxnfldenco in its ability to maooge the Afghanistan busipees without outside help, It pays to cloct honest county officers, which, by the way, nro as a rule officers clectod by Republican bollots, By the firm- ‘ess of the County Olerk and County Troas- urer iu refusing to sign the order upon which slone coutd tho money be drawn, the Hanys *extra " ateal of 29,000 ix frustrated at the very outset. Neither con Iamus get the uoney nor the Ring their dividends in cou- siquenco, ‘The matter now goes over to the new Board, in which Hanue, SzxToN, WaLk. 1, and all the rest of the Ring contractors will find the “extra” Lusincas less pleasant and profitable than heretofore, ‘There is good reason to discredit the re- port, which gained currrency yesterday in tho columna of an cvening puper, to tho ef- fect that Reformor Firzoznarp hed succeed- od in forming n new Lting of eight to seven in;the County Hoard, haviog socured for the cpmhiugtion four Republican Cowmlssloners - lERER, Wurerrg, Srovvonn, and Cosuny, Musru. . Brorronn aud Convnx have boen el A on the subject, both deuyiug in- diguantly any ifuteution to nct other than with the Republicans and against any Ring or combiuntion opposcd to the interests of tho taxpayers, T'he fact that thoir denial has been so promptly and unequivocally made is on evidonco that there s no truth in the rumor. Fhie Grand Jury of tho United States Conrt st lodianapolis mado o remarkable presont. ment in Court yesterday morning, Acting upou information and belicf, which it is dificult to rogard s well-founded, the Jury reported through its fore. wmau that the Presidont of the United Btates bid instructed the District-Attorney uot to prosccute Canzy Mirven for embozzle- ment us Teller of the First National Bauk of ludiguapolis, and asked the Court for io- structions os to their duty in the premises. In reply, Judge Gressas reminded the Jury that by their osths thoy were bound to make presentinont of this case in spite of the instructions of the ‘Prdsident, whoss power in criminal cases is restricted solely to tho exercisw of the par- douing ,prerogative after conviction bLas been hed; thet aside from this he Las no wore power thad Las the Czar of Hussia to control the ketion of ‘a Grand Jury; wnd tlat, iu view of such au attempt,—which, fwwever, the Court did uot bulicve wus Iu- Tiye Tribuwwe, | teuded ng such by the President,—tha Jnry ehonld be inspired by ndditional delerinina- tion to do their duty, It seems unlikely that President Harra hoas undertakon to fn- terfera with the dno conrse of judicial action, sarepresanted ; but however this may be, tho language of Judge Grreamaxt isa fittingre- buke which, if appenrances ave to bo trnsted, might with propricty bo adminis- tored from tho Faderal Nench in Chieago, in connection with tho alleged attempls to in- flnanca the actiod of the Grand Jury of tho United States Court, Bacretary Sonunz bax given Gen, SaERmax and some other officers of fhe army who have of Iate made sweeping charges against the officiency and integrity of the Indian Service a pressing Invitation to re- port snoh specific cases of wrong- doing ns have come within their knowledge, and v the event of their failure to substi- tute distinet specification for genaral allego- tion it is politely suggested that they will do well to hold tholr peace. Nobody will deny tho trath of the statement. of Mr. Scaunz that since assuming chargs of the Intorior Departnient it has been his coustant and earncst endeavor to corroct all abuses in tho Indian Bervice that have come to his knowl- cdge, and his demand for a Lill of particu- lars from the military fanlt-finders will bo revognized as entirely just and proper. Ho has certainly earned the right to be regarded as & genuine reformer in the managemont of affairs connected with the Interfor Dopart. ment, and pacticularly in reforence to the Indinn Barean, SECRETARY smufgfl POOR EXPLANA- When tho Bilver-Remonetization act passed Congress last winter nobady was in doubt na to the mentiment of the comntry. with relation to it; it was overwhelmingly favorable, That tho President's convictions in opposition to the act wero very strong was evidenced by the fact of his veto. He had the moral courngo to place himself squarely on record against tho will of the people, Congress overrode the veto, and the Bilver bill, shorn of two of ita most im. portant features, became o law, The Secre. tary of the Treasury did not (finally) stand with the President on the subjoct of tho re- monetization of silvor, He not only ac. quiesced in it, but professed to have changed his mind from opposition to support of the measure. Buddon con- versions are regarded with some dis. trust, and thero was doubt folt and exprossed of the genuinenoss of that of Mr. Bneeatax; bnt it was not doubted that the Sccrotary of tho Tressury would faith. fully oxecuts the provisions of the Silver- Remonetization act. Whother or not ho hns done so, it is not our present purpose to in. quire. The question of what Mr, Sueryay lins done, or failed to do, in the past, is com. paratively unimportant. What he proposes to do ns Secrotary of the Tromsury in the future s vital. A late Interview shows beyond n peradventure what Mr, Sucrxan's futuro course will be. If he was converted to the side of the peoplo last winter in favor of o double monotary standard, he has been reconverted to the side of the goldites in favor of tlho single gold standard. Of this thera is no ehindow of doubt. e eaya: l‘(IY fden fa 1t wonld Lie hetter to liml the amount of doliars (o be lasued, or Lo Increass (ne allver in them to ot or near the value of gold, They would then he Loneal Gollars, nid would clrculate beiter, Pug Trususs admits that the price of silver has fallen In the wmarkets of the world, but noither that paper, nor tho President. nor tho Departments, nor tho United Btates can change thie, and other natfons bave rofuesd to hielp ug, We can only do what all people hive done holore, —~recogalza tha chanzed valuo of toe two mctaly, and couform our Coinsge lawa to that change, Mr., Suznataxn declaros that the millious of silvor dollars coined by the mandate of Con. gross and hoarded in the vaults of the Trens. ury are not bonest dollara! Who boliaves, after this bold asscrtion, that Mr, Bncnsay will treat thom na houestdollars? His prop. osition amounts iu practice to a ropeal of the Silver-Remonetization act of lnst wintor. Who doubts, after this declaration of the Finance Minister, that he will diseriminate ngainat the dollars ho stigmatizes ns dis- honest? However faitbfully Mr, Saenstan may have executed the provisions of the Bil- veract in tho past, when he belicved it to be teise, it 1s hardly to bo prosumed that Le will strain o point i its favor notw that As beligres it to be fuolish, But js & colnago of the minimum smonnt U’| of silver demanded by the luw a faithful oxocution of the act? Inatead of 18 mill. iona colued, lio was authorized to coin up to the lat of November 32 millions of silver Jollars, If he was a friend of tho law, would he not have coined more than 18 millions ? As silver is placed by law and tho Constitution on au oqual footing with gold o money, why did not Bocrotary Snxn. MaX pay half tho interest on tho debt in silver? 'Tho Governuwont has the debtor's option to pay in either or both. A faithful execution of the law certainly did not require oxclusive gold paymonts. Why were not silver dollars ‘Qicbursed to the office- holders for their salariea? If thoy do not want the naked cotn, they havo the right to tako silvor certificates in donomiuations of $10 and upwards, Where thero is a will thero 13 a way, and, if tho Becretary wero a friend of bi-matallio money, he would to-day lave not Jess thau 80 millions of silver in ciroulation in the form of coiu or ocertill- cates. ‘The latter are certainly not worth loss than greonbacks anywhere in the na. tion. Why, then, does Lie say thoy will uot circalate? Ar. Bugnman's ** idea " s that ** it would bo bettor to Hmit the umouut of dollars to bo issued, or to increasa the silver in them to at or-uear the present value of gold.” * They would thou be Lonest dollars,” ssys the Becretary. What is an honest dollar? s the silvor dollar of 412§ graine a ** dis- honest dollar” simply because it will uob exchange for as many graius of gold as 1t would in 18787 There is scarcsly another commaodity (except gold) to be found in the warkets of the world of whiok the ailver dol- lar of 41} greins will not purchase more than in 1873, Laet us supposo that a debt was incurred under thess circumstances: In 1873, fuunediately subssquent to the passage of the Dewonvtization act, Jonzs sold aud conveyed his rcaidence to Sxrru for 10,000, receiving in poymeut §7,000 cash—gold coins—aud a note for $3,000, payable July 1, 1878, without interest and unvecured. In January, 1877, real propesty having suffored 8 large declive - in value, Baitu sold tho bouse Lo had purchased of Joszs 1o Rovsox for $7,000 cash iu gold coins. Iu June, 1878, real property having still fur. ther declined iu value, Jowxs repurchased the hotwe he Liad sold to Bmiry, from Ropiy- wox, for $5,000 cash in silver coins. When Sairi's pote for §3,000 fell due, July 1, 1878, he offered to pay it iu silver dollars of 412} gralus. Jonxs protested,—not on the ground of tho illegaulity pf the tonder, but of ite inequitability, Ho sald: **When you gave me this note gold coius wery tho ouly legul-tender; thy cobtract way weds un that THE CHICAGO TRIBUNR: WLDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20; 1878; the act of the Government in remon. otizing rilver operated legally to my injury, but yon onght not to take sdvantage of it; to do ro would be ineguitable,” To which At replied: * My right to pay this note in silver dollars is no less equitable than legal. Throngh the decline in property I have lost $3,000 and Robonvsoy lhns lost 22,000, You have repossosmed yourself of the property sold in 1878, and have gained the £5,000 loat by Rommxsox and myrelf. With relation to gold, silvor has declined 15 per cont; but, with relation to real property, gold has advanced 50 per cent. Is it more just that I shonld submit to a sacri- fice of one-hall’ my estate in tho satis. faction of your eclaim, than that you shonld be restrained from enforcing tho paymont of 15 per cont of the 50 por cent you have gained through the apprecintion of the value of money, and the consequent dopreciation of all other forms of prop- orty ?” This illustration shows whither tho theory that the gold dollar is the only honest dollar leads. Xt leads inevitably to the con- fiscation of deblors’ estates for the benofit of thoir creditors. It is hardly to be pro- snmed that Secrotary KaxaMax fails lo com- prohend thia fact, 1fe js a man of powerful and acate intellectual faculties, and he ought, therofore, to know eomething about the functions and laws of money. Ho ought to know, for instance, that the valuo of monoy increases in tho ratio of jts decrease iu vol- ume, and hence that to divest silver, con. stitnting one-half the precious-metals stock, of its monoy quality, is equivalent to depriv- ing tha dabtor of one-half his menns of pay- mont, and so of donbling tho weight of his obligations. **It may bo safoly sssorted,” soys LaverLeve, * that the domonetization of silver is o great injnstice, sinco it modifles all contracts to the detrimont of those whoso interests are most worthy to be considered.” THE HARMS FRAUD, ‘When tho contracts for buildiug tho Coun- ty Court-House wero lot, one Hrxpy Hanas, 8 veteran connty pohitician, obtained that for building the foundation for the sum of $84,000. This contract, as all the other con- tracts, provided that no changes should be mnde save those directed by the Architect, and that the compensation for such changos, alterations, and additional work should b fixed and certified to by the Architect, who was mada solo and final arbiter in all matters of that kind. His decisions were final against the county, and equally so against the con. travtor, Hamus, however, demanded com. pausation for all the work performed, as if thera hind been no contract. Tho Arohitect resolutoly opposed this demand, which tlhe majority in the County Board was disposed to nceede to. Architeet Eaax allowed Hanus $48,000 for the extra work, jnoreasing his compensation for tho foundation from $84,000 to $112,000, and issued him a certiflcate for that sum, which sum-Hanus has received. Ho, howevor, parsisted in his demand, and hig frionds finally authorized IIanas to em. ploy an architect to remeasnre the work. This architectural arbitrator roported that Hanuswas er.titled to 141,000, belng 29,000 more than Eoay hod allowed him, Tho Bonrd finally voted to pay this claim, Eaax vigorously protesting ngainst it, The pay- ment of tho money was enjolned, aud, aftor nlong series of hearings in tho courts, tho injonction ‘was dissolved. The orliginal actlon voting tho motion was roconsidored, and the matter has been boforo tho Bonrd over sinco. 5 On Mondny, the majority of the Board, flnding their powor and their rule broken, determined to uso tho fow days left of their romaining ofticial lifo to completo their record of infamy. Bo they tuok up this Hanus bill, and rushed it through by a voto of8te7. Thero las hardly been in tho corrupt history of the Board a more scandalous and Lrazon nct thon this. It has not a rodeem. ing circamatance, The volo of the money was an ontiro gratuity, It was forbidden by law and forbldden by equity; forbldden by Lonesty, justico, nnd deconcy. If committod by any body of public officors other than the County Commissioners, those participating in the nct would foel ‘ashamed forever to bo known as rospousibla for tha crime. But theso mon woro lost fo shame; they voted tho public money awny with as littlo com- puunction as the thlof fools when ho plunders asafe, The contracts under which Hanus per. formed bis work stipulated that for all work done outslde of the spacifications ho was to bo pald such swmn 08 should bo awarded to him by the architect of the building, whoso decizion was to ba binding and final on both partica, Tho Architeat allowed this man #28,000 for extra work, and HamMs has taken the money, The County Board has no power to order tho payment of one dollar to any contract. or except on the cortificata of the Avohitoct. The County Board has no anthority to order tho payment of auy Lill uuless there be mouey in the Treasury for that purpose, or an appropriation, and in thiz caso no appro- priation Lias boen made, aund therg is no money iu the Treasury, Architect Eaan has fn several communica. tions to the Board given his reasons why this clajm- should not be paid, aud why ho had rofused to cerlify to its justice, Hiu last lotter waa written only a few wocks ago, and was as follows; 0ct. 17, 1878.—~C. G, Ayars, Eeq.—Dean Sin: n reply to your Inquirics with reapect to the Haras matter, 1 beg leave to staty Lriefly that 1 dla nut wmve Mr, Haitus un estimate for tho iarves amount (3143,000) voted to bluy by the Busrd of Comuils- #loners; that auch estiniate wus made by Mr, Dixe srenitect, ACH’( for Mr, Ha and mysalf, by d! rection of the Jolnt Commit Torical work only, which wonld be, X tlnt of tho price thut wolght Lo claimod. on & measuroment und vatue of the whole work, upon -n{ roasonable standard of values adopted by vullderw at that tiwe, setting asiaa A, Hanva' suntract. 1 coustder Mr. Hanwg cutitled to $112,001 and no more, and I krow that the allowauce (o im of that sums'wouid awply compensaty uim fur all the cxtra work dune by bim outstde of his coutruct work, 1 regurd tho payoient of any enu b him outsidy of my certiticate (3112,001) as sw'ly a free gife, snd [ wiel 10 ba dintiuctly understc § ag fn uo way sanciionlug such 8 conrae, T exprewn mysclf thus platnly, os tiore socme to bo sumo misapprebicnslon of my poeltion euco 1o this and other **extra " claims, #ro at liberty Lo make such uso of this lett ruulw intereate sa you way dewin proper. ruly, J. d. Bua: Iu spita of this letter by the only officer suthorized to award Tlanus one cent for extras, the Board voted to pay an additional $29,000 for extrus, The act was illegal and frandulout; it was au act of plunder of the county ; it was not only uusuthorized, but was expresuly forbudden by contract and by law, and, bad the money beun voted to tho elght Commiselonera for * extras,” it would ot have been a moro scandalous aud shame- luss act of official profiignoy. It appeals to the fudiguation of every honest man fn Chi- 030, uot only because of the robbery itsolf, Lat also because of the circumstances,~the act of a repudiated and disgraced majority in the last moments of its existeuce. ‘Fhis proceeding iv, however, %o far incom- plete, It requires tho coucurreuce of the Coanty Clerk and the Couuty Troasurer. Thore has beon uo uppropristion to pay this Lill, aud there ia no money in the Treasury belonging {o any fund from which it can bo paid. Tho Iaw and tho contract forbid the payment of the money for the Court-House excopt on the estimato of tho Arohitect. Tho County Clork *and the County Treasurer, therofore, will not make themeclves respon- sible for a violatfon of law and daty by sign- ing any vonchor for the payraent of this bill. The resolation directing the payment fs too gross an nsurpation, too glaring a frand, too brazen an attempt to plunder the public, to warrant eithar ofilcer to violate his duty and tho law by giviug his official sanetion to any such proceeding, If Mr. Hanus has any legnl claim agalnst the county, if ho has any. Lill which bas a pretense of fustice or law, he has hnd the remoady of an appesl to the courts of law for the last {wo yenrs. He has that remedy now. Lot bim appeal to tha courts, and not nt- tempt by this most disreputablo proceeding to evade tho law and rob the publie, ‘Wo assumo that thore can ba no doubt as to tho notion which the County Olerk and the Connty Treasnrer will adopt 1n this male ter. A resolution of the Doard is no anthor- ity for them. 'The nct of the Board must be warranted by law, They will promptly in- form Mr. Hanxs that they will not pay the monoy, unless by the judgment of n conrt of law. Tho naw Board, which will onter office a fortnight bhence, will rescind this order, so far na the order lins the slightest anthority. Thos the latest and most unblashing and scandalous fraud of the condomned nand ro- pudiated Connty Board will be baflled and defented; to the disnppointment of every one interostod in the theft, and to the rejoicing of tho entire commutnity. THE OLEARING-HOUSE PROJECT. The Now York Zimes, thongh it encour- agad the bankers of {hat city to adopt toe policy discriminnting ngainst the sllver doilar, now botrays alack of confidence in the successful operation of that policy. In a recent articlo on tho subject, it says that the banks ** will fall into a serious mistako it they assume that the course laid down can bo followed casily or with n certainty of suc- coss,” and again that ‘“The Clearing-Houso plan cannot bo put and kept in operation withont n well-sustalned effort to influence public opinion,” Thero will probably ba no lack of offort, but, if tho Zimesis right in rogarding publio opinion as an essential prop to the acheme, then it is a forogone cou- clusion that the schemo will fafl to tho ground. Public opinion is alwayw opposed to any combiuation for the subversion of law, and especially so in the present case when tho Iaw in question wans enacted in responso to tho most emphatic expression of public opinion ever wmade in this country. When the New York associated banks ro- ‘solved to rofusa tho silver dollars tho usual recognition and facilitics of the banking Luniuess, thoy defied public opinfon; that ia scarcely the most npproved way of conoili- ating or molding public opinion, The ZVmes {8 corroct in apprehending serlous nnd persistent opposition to the project undertaken by the New York Olear- ing-House, The cuo which it hns token from what it calls ““tho rage of Tne Cmcaco ‘I'ninuxz " ko not mislod it in thelonst. This “rage" is only a faint shadow cnst nhoad of the greator popular rage which will attack any doterminod effort on the part of the Now York banks, or any othior combipation, to demonetize silver, and fores au exclusive gold standard npon tho country, in spite of the popular will. 'The timo i past when auything is to be galned by denouncing tho advocates of the wilver dollar 28 *rascals ” who want to “moko 85 centa sorve as tho equivalent of 100 fn the sottle- ment of debts.” Wo went through this vituperativo period of tho discussion once before, and epithets did not prevent tho res- toration of the silver dollar; the same old opithets will scarcoly serve now to procurs an sbandomient of the viotory, and they will not help tho Now York banks to “Influ. ence public opinion,” As a molter of fact, the bullfon value of a silver dollar Is now cqual to the purchasiog power of a gold dol- lar before tho panio or before the Robellion 5 it is tho gold dollar which haaapprociated as compared with the value of other proparty and of lnbor. Auounce of silver will now purchase about the same amount of real os- tate, farm products, manufactures, coal, Inmber, ota., that it would purchaas in 1861, Instosd of the silver dollar boing worth 83 conts, it is the gold dollar that {s worth about 123 cents, and if the money-lenders could have thelr way they would make this gold dollar worth two dollars in fact by ndopting it as the exclusive atandard of val. ues oll over the world, aud enforcing settle- ments on that basis, It fs to this end, and this alone, that the Now York banks propose to exclude tho silver dollars from their rogu. lar deposits; they hopo thoreby to exclude them {row commerce, but, a8 the New York Times socms to understand, thoy have taken o contract on their hands which it may be beyond their power to fulflll, Tt {a begging tho question to say, as tho Tmea docs, that ** No oundid observer now denies the operation of the Bilver law asa distarbing force, and one whoso continuance ia incompatible withs permanent resumption,” 1r that were trne, the Times would hinve no reason to apprehend such violent opposition to the Now York Clearing.House plan, for'it i tho condid obsorvers who give dirdetion to tha force of publio opiufon fu the end, Bo far from ibis belng true, however, wo have almost n daily nssurance that Hecrotary Buzuaax himself, who is iu tha bost position to judge of tho effect of the law, is con. vinced that it will be a material ald to re. sumption. Indeed, it would be more correot to sey that,’if it had not been for the passago of thus law, resumption would not even havo Loen attempted at the dato agresd upon by iho Jaw of 1875, It la ridiculous to assume that an oulargement of tho coin rosources of tho Nation is an embarrassment to resump- tion. It is oqually vidiculous to maintain that $16,000,000 or §18,000,000 of standard silver, which is the amount colued, cau drivo out #old, when Frauce kecps at least $300,000,000 of silver in aotive circulation with gold ata lower rato than the American standard. The proposed discrimination against silver by the Now York baaka has, as & matter of faot, nothiug to do with the question of resump- tion on [ts own morits; it iv meroly the pre- limiuary step iu a new effort to prooure the oxclusion of silver from the Americad mon. otary system, ‘The 7imes needed no clairvoyant power to foresee that the New York plan will bo used “as a groundwork of attack upon the baoks,” but it doos ot follow that such an attack will be ** unreasonable,” as that jour- ual affocts to believe, Would it be unrva. sonable, for instance, to require the National DBanks to redoewn thoir notes of issuo iu coin justosd of grevnbacks? Buch a plan would reliove the Government of one-hslf the bur- den of resumption,: and the bauks would ba required to do nothing but what tho Goverument docs with its owu uotes. ‘aud \ -mivimuw? [f the cavacity of the wmints nothing but what banks of issne ought to Lo prepared to do on a specio basts, Hnoh o Inw might tesch the bauka incidentally to tnko A differont viow of the silver queation in its boarings on resumption, bat it wonld Lo neither unjust mor ** unreasonable ” on that account. The rimple fact ia that the associated banks of New York propose to use their powor to cxclude the silver dollar from commerce in defiatice of the law snd the will of the peopls. They must natu- rally expoct stubborn and persistent opposi- tion, and much opposition will not be carried Leyond the bounds of resson if it shall compel the banks to share in the work of rosamption, THE DEMOCRATIC RECORD. The New York Nation, which for four years post hns devoted itaelf to wery scri- monjous criticism of the Republican party, Al of which has beon in the indiroct interest of the Demooratio party, has at last had its eyes opened, not so much to the political jmmoralities as to the political stopidity of the lattor's policy, It is a little late in the day, but better Inte than naver. Its mrraignment of the Democratie polloy reconnta the charges which have vory fully oecupled the attontion of the presa and the publio mind, tho differonce boing that it aggregates thom In ona sweoping indiotment. It commences with the polloy of 1872, whon tho iowl of reform was raised under the banners of Mr, Gnzenxy, becouso, with Mr. Gnrevey in the White House, they saw their why to tho accomplisiment of thelr frregular purposes undoer shelter of his mame, In- stead, howover, of institnting the reforus for ‘whiols that portion of the Republicans who bad actod with them wero onger, they im- mediately advooated measures which wore surs to provoke the whole Republican party, and reunite tho Liborals and Radicsls upon B n stronger baaig, ‘Tueir first attack was made upon the army when thero was mo popnlar fooling ngainst the army, cithor ns an ex- ponso or as a meunco to liberty, The votors of tho country had exprossed no fecling of aversion to tho army, and no wish to bave it reduced or erippled. In tho legislation which thoy sought to accomplish, the soerot motive swhich {uspirad them could not be concealed, and it was not long bofora it was spparout to tho whole conntry that tholr hostility to tho army grow out of its service in Lringing the Warof tho Robollion to n succossfal conclusion, The Nation might have added that thoeir sincority waz brought to n searali- fog teat by the Uommunistio riots of 1877, whon tho Democratic Statos wore tho loudest to call for help from tho natlonal police to put down thieves and fncendiarics, their much-boasted militin having proved inefll. ciont in some enses, and in sympothy with tho rioters in othors, Tho investigation of tho Presidential count, et on foot by the Porrxa Star Chamber and egged on by Buregs, once more showed tho want of wisdom on tho part of its loaders. ‘While the moin Committoe wus at its tedlons work gnmmoning - dead.beats, adventuresses, and professionnl liars to establish an ideal fraud, subsidiary committeca wore at work fishing for Republican whinles and constantly turning up’ Domoeratio gudgoons, and at Iast the Porrzn Committee itsclf, after months of cxponsiva aud uncertain testl. mouy, sucoeeded only in ostablishing the fact that, for overy Sonthern Republicun of- flclal who was in tho Tud, there was a corre- sponding Democrat equally deop in themiro; while it opeued np a vista of possibilitics of Democratio corruption 5o alarming that Mr. Porres, who had been - personally responsi- blo for the institution of the investigation, wisely mought wheltor from the impending atorm by retiring to private lifa aud not trusting himself ngain before the paople of bin district for a renominstion, The fatality of mistake followed it into the recont canvass, Whon tho Greenback movoment made ita appearance, thoy com. mitted tha hugo blunder of supposing that the majority of the people of this country wero in favor of destroying the credit of tho Govornment at a timo when all property wau depreciated in valuo and every one was in dobt. The Communists, of course, wtro in sympathy with the movemont, as thoy were in favor of destroying all values and credit, and therefore, to o larga cxtent, noted with tho Greoobackers. The Domocratly party foatered the movement, aud, whea tho time was ripe, selzed upon and controlled it. Its allinuce ns & party with the dis. lonest sud sgrarlan elomonts of the community is typified by the aliianco of Bex Burrer and the,Hoodlum of tho Sand- Lot. 'They wera alike in chargcter and pur. poso. It pot itsel? squarely on the record for dishonest moncy aud the destruction of credit, ana it went down befora the indig. nation of the people like grain in the path of the barvestor. Meanwhilo some inde- pendout investigation had developed irref. utable testimony to tho effect that the Democratio leaders woro'steeped in corrup- tion to thelr very oyes, and that their Prosidential caudidate had been in the wmarket offering to buy the Presidonoy for o stated sum, snd might have bought it but for his own fatal facility in beativg down customers, lere was crime added to blun. ders, and now an equally grave erime has been ndded to this, by which the Bouth hng roturned anearly-solid Democratio delegation to Congress through false roturns andballot. box stutllng. With this record of political crimes and blunders the Dowmocratic party approaches avother Prosidential eloction. No party fs strong enough to carry such alosd. On tho othor hand, the party, like an individual, once having got into trouble through ite blunders and crimes, will go on from bad to worse in its desperate cffort to accomplish it purpased, A8 tho Nation esys: *Thoy aro, therofore, constantly taking up dootrines which none but the most illiterate and reck- loss of the community could possibly enter- tain, and on which no civilized Government could be carried on, aud then pushing them asif by much speeking the majority was sure to bo won over to them; as if, In othor words, the sobrioty and intelligencs and cou. servatiam of the bulkof the population had Lad nothing to do with the success of the Governmont.” With the porslstent deter- miaation to hold then respoualble, and with an unbroken front in their own party, the Republicans are now in position to recover from thelr own mistakes, and, uniting upon the polioy of lonesty, may look forward to victory in 1880. of the Bilver bill which Bacretary Smzhuax has caused to be seut out West, ho has ex- posed scveral weak places: (1) He clalma that he has carried out the spirit of the law by colning a litle over 18,000,000 of tho standard silver dollars, But sha law huthor- ized the coinage of $4,000,000 a month, and required \he colunge of at loast $2,000,000 a moath. Was it complying witl: the spirit of the law to strictly confinethe colusge to the had been absolutely limited to $2,000,000 a month, Mr. Ricrwax might hava fonnd an excnso in that eircumatance ; bat he did not dnro to nssert this, because ho knows that the New Orlenns 3Mint might have been put in oporation months ngo, nnd that this addition fo tho mint cnpacity would have onabled him to coin the mazimum instead of tho minimum pre. soribed by the law. (2) Bat tho spirit of tho law reguired that the eilver dollars should DLae bronght into eirculation and not morely coinod. Yet Mr. Seenyan admits that 1ha haa not paid out one dollar of silveron the interest on the public debt, which wounld have been an excellent way to get the silver dollars into circulation, and, indeed, con. fessea that he has only paid out silver when it hns been actually roquested. Now the ensential foature'of the donble standard, re. atorad by the remonetization of ths silver dollar, is to give the debtor the option to pay in either metal, Mr, SBuznatax, by lis own admisalon, hoa given this option to the creditor and deprived tho Govornment of the advantage. This was's failure to oxe. cute the law properly. (3) Mr. Bmzruax alloges that tho disbursing officers of the Qovernment sssured him - that sl ver dollara conld only bo paid ont in small quantities, But Mr. Bmensan ought to hinve known botter than this. Does ‘o presumo that men who bava wiilingly ac. copted irredeemnble greenbacks for their salaries would refuse ailver dollars, which have been and still ore worth moro than greenbacks beoanso they pay duties, and which thoso recelving thom could exchange for greonbacks at o Amall premium? And, it there was any objection among Govorn. ment employes to recoiving silver on sccount of ita bulk, conldn’t he have paid them in aitver cortifieates, whiclh may bo Issued in denominations s low as $10, and which thoy could exclinnge for gracnbacks in any bonk fn the United Blates? Mr. Burnaax will havo to try again Leforo he can convinco tho pooplo that he hins acted in perfoct good £alth In tha exccution of tho Silver law ; or perhaps it will bo botter for him not to at- tompt any mors explanations, ‘ becanso avory timo ho trios ho scoms to make the matter worse, Mr. County.Commissioner Frrzarnarp ia o falr specimen of your Democratio reformer. 1o now wanta tho nllowanoe to the Bheriff for dieting tho prisoncrs reduced to 156 cents o day, becouso 1t was insisted by tho news- popers during the recont campaign that 856 cents waa too much, This samo Firzoxnarp cssayed tho role of reformer once bolore, when the Ring had votes. enough without him and wouldn't lot him partake of tho plundor. Then ho was in favor of reducing the nilowance for prironors’ diot to 25 vonts a day. After he had so declared himsell vory positivoly, somo light. was brought to bear upon his undorstanding which induced him to beliove that 35 conts wae the very lonst sum at which tho prisoners could be fed, and ho adbered to this opinfon os long g Kznx wns Bherifl, 1le also did his level best to re-olect .Keax and his Democratio nssoclates in the Board, and it was not till tholr defant was snnomncod that ho again changed bis mind about the proper allow- ancs for fooding prisoners. Now, howaever, by some mystcrious aud incomprehonsibla process, Firzoznawp, who was persuaded to boliove thnt Bheriff Krny ought to have 35 cents & day for fooding the prisonera, Las reached tho conclusfon that Bhorifl Horruax onght not to Lave more then 16 conta o day. If Firzaerarp monns this as a notioo to Mr, Tovraax that tho latter must uso the same arguments to induce the former to changoe his opinion hat are sup- posod todiove baon used once before, Mr. Horexan noed not be frightoned; Firz. agraLy wiil not hold the power in the now Doard that he had in tho old, andno chango of opision on his part will affect the result, which vught to bo, and probably will be, an economical but fair sllownnce. ‘The Internatioual Humano Soclety, of which our fellowcitizen, Ebwin Lz DBrows, is President, at its recent session In Baltlnore, brought out somo curlous facts In regard to tho eruelty practiced In shipplog livestock, In o paper read before the Assoctation, it was stated that the cost of transportstion over all trunk lincs, oxcept the Boltimore & Ohlo Rallroad, from St Louts apd Chleago, is $113 per car, of which the Eveners, or those who regulate ship- ments, receive $15- por car, aud which yleld to tho lstier a revonuo of a millfon of dollarsn year. The wholo freizhts for live-stock are poaled, of which the New York Cuntral gets 40 per cent, tho Ponusylyania Raliway 80 per cent, and tho Eric 30, ‘The cattle brought trom Min- ucsotaare elzht dags on the road to New York, and aro fed and watered but twico,—at Pittsbure it Buffalo,.—though producers, or those having stock tu churgy, are requirod to pay & million dollars for hay and gralu, which the stock never gets, and $300,000 udditional for yardago, et —— Honraca Rosrns, whose editorial connection with the Miiwaukeo Daily Wisconsin some time .azo was announced, bas broken with that paper becauss {4 bos vilified his frlend, Seoutor Hows, The Wiconsin, it must be coaf has gone off ou a wrong scent. 1t atta ator Hows chlefly, if not solely, bocuus voted for tho Bllver bill. Mr, RunLrs shows with great pertivenco that the Bilyer bill was supported In Congrees by Senator CAMERON, Ropresentatives WinLians, Caswrenl, lazze- 7oN, Husraney, snd Pousd, and, iu fact, by nearly all tho Rupublicans as well as Dewocrats fu Congross from the Northwest. Ho might have added that tho bill was supporied by nine- tontbs of the people of “the \West and North- west, If Bunntor Hows has uo greater uffenss than this to snswer jor, e outht 10 bo te- clected by an unavimous majority 1 caucus. Lot the Wisconsdn take care, or It will elect Senator Hows In splte of biwself, e e—— . The Hon. Jonx BiazLow, for mnaoy years Mr. Buyaxt's assoclate fn the Evewing Post, deliy- ered an address on his character before tho Cene tury Ciub recently, iu tho coursv of which he sald: 18 posalble that hie power os a Journallst might e Braa orala might ho world. Dutug tho more active stagos v2 hie profcasionsl carees ha 83w COmPAratively few pear Dle, ¥ave Lhose who soogut hini ot his odice, aud thcke conslsted torgely, of courve, of tuoss' who had hursonal ends o ¥6rvo by the visit. This tso- lation niade it eo taoch essler fur designing wen 10 disgulav the anivathies. prejudices, and selfiah- noea which often prompted thele suggestiony, A lurgur Guintierce Wit the world would have recti- Bud wrroncous anpressions sowetiwes Iefl upon his tind by this claes of parssites, who usually sp- vroached hin on tho moral #ide'of Lt nsturs bos cause 16 was the most Jupresslonable, It 13 doubtlosa true nlso that it Mr, Buvawt bad mized more with the world Le would Lave uuderstood botter the worldly code of ethics, aud would nut Lave sold bis vame to the pub- Mshers for use in works which bo really bad lt- tle to do with, e e — Thoe New York Ewaing Fost 14 uot bhappy, and does nog *disgulse the truth that sa luci dental result of tha late elections misy b to strengthen two bighly objectionable Republican factions,—the Cammuon factlon in Peausylva- uig, sud the CoxkLisg factlon in New York." Tho seutivel on the watchtower of the Fost wighit have cast his cye over scveral other States beside Peunsylvania and New York and vbsceved o slllar state of sctivity sud coonl- dence among the old wachine meu o politics. For exawple, lo 1linols, Micbizun, aud Wis- coustu there (pu Hutter of expectancy in the Lreasts of mguy @ worteout politiciay, and the tritmph of the Republican ticket fm eqch o those Btates, In their jndement, ia the decrey of the dear people in favor o tho surviry o the flttest in politles, of whom they are g, doubtedly which, The Post speaks uur yupy, ments when it says that the people meang to demand a return to sound principles of finagee, and not to nxpreas a desite L0 8ec ANy pariioulyy man elocted to the United States Senate, It truthfully adds: e P ettt e el o v tarn tho late elections to acconnt in ealnine fujuy elections. [y foforming PArLY mAnIzement apg identifyingitsgif with publla interonts catlice yhon {ho Intereats of persens of factions, itmay anproyes * the next Presidentlal eloction fn favorabic circyn: stances, If it maintains ‘the old syatem, 1f fy ooty the machine again in the feont, I Jt_réstores iy Senatorial cabal, it may easily lose next year whay 1t has gained this year, ———— An exchange paper atates, on what scems 1o ho the most relfable autbority, that there are 1y Connecticut farty-thres candidates for thy United States Senate already In the field, iy soveral back countles ye: to bear from, w4y the Congressmen-clect, and some of the Staty offfecrs, are more or less ¢ mentfoued,’ and thy Leglslature will contaln & score of possible cap. didates.”” The Wooden-Nutmeg Btate is agwe) off in this respect as Wisconsin, where the woods Is full of aspirants tor HowR's seat, Ty, Republicans o both those States, but espclally in Conneeticut,—as she Is always classe o “doubtfal” in Presidentlal conteste,—wili g well to pay some attention to the campaign of 1850 In electing o Scnator. Bome vue who wy| do credit to the Stato in Washington, and at thy same time strepgihen the party at Bome, ls the man to elect, e —t— M. TAINE has ot last secured an election ta the French Academy, but only through the serious dlsqualification of his vrincipal op. ponent, who was not cven eminent for hiy vlces. 'wles befors M. TAINR was o candldate, Tho first time he was defeated by tha Cleroaly and Reactlonaries, Before the next electiun hiy hook yn the Revolution, whichis of tha mos reactionnry deseription, had appeared, It eost bim the support of his Liberal friends, bng Lrought the Reactlonaries over to hls side. At the next clectlon be was defeated agafn,~thly time by Liberal votes, the Reactlonatles sup- vorting him. This wos Jast summer. Now by has been clected on mon-politienl grounds, 1 politi:al opponents {n the Academy thinking that it would bo botter to admit him Lhen to #0at among the Immortals a person of insguft. cant attaloments, —————— Jack-in-the-box Brrinokg has popped bl head above tha surface In Washington lonz cnough to remark that it will only be neccraary for ibe Democrats to nominate a man who can carry Ohlo, Indlang, sud Iillools atthe nex Presidential clection fn order to be successful, with theaid ot the Bolld South and Oregon. Precisely, or if the Democrats could carry Masgachusctts, Vermont, Iowa, Wisconsln, Rausas, and Miunesota, they could do without Onlo and Iliuols; one job seems about as easy 88 the other, WiLLIAM should 2o and do sums for tha New York #orld ; it aceds au arithme- tle man ko him, e —— Boma of the Wisconsln newspapers ar2 call- ing the attontlon of Becretary EvARTS to the fact that one Apax HABER, 8 citizen of that Btate, on a visit to Germany, has been sentenced to flye years' imprisonmont fors speaking disres apect(ully of the Emperor. » s/Most! Iiksly e, Hanzn has found out by "thts time that Qer- many Is not Amerlca, and'Liidb 0 ttklnlre chin-munle to the unlimited’ éxtbnt orsr” there thatis in vogue bero ls-net diwyy'sdle or wholesome. - Gxoxas Fraéis " Thitentelt bo sent over to Germany to imo¥vidle Pémbi:Bis- MARCK Upon tho subjecti Fatrging tho, Btar- Spangled Banuer 1o one.dgd dhd Yo Niflrican faglo in tho other. W W) it 13 ) dd e Concerning tho Republican’catii}dite for the Presidency in 1650, the Washington corresjond- ent of the Phitadetphla 1" BGSIR8 19, pave settled fu in his own mind mj;mfib_é Ither Graxt or BLaipe, with thechyiies i fatir of the latter. He Has nllod“'cdvfl’d““ml‘ % Thow who wero most irreconcilghle {n thelr opoositla to the Senator from Majug.gtythnGingunat Conventlon, aud . effected, bjp, dqfyghy axe; o foremost In support ul hig, nominotion at tue nost Convention,” He adds that maiy of BrLaiNg's opponcents at Cinelanall arc free to admit their mistako, and: arv aviliios (dow o make amends, All of whickiwlits boar tir countiog. vy il e ————mte———— A correspondent writes a lettan Leopy thp Val fey ot the Red River of the North toigow, that the great wheat-felds of the. futygapilbe. lo- cated {n that soctivn of dhe—country, Ile eays tho wheat ralsed fu ¢hat vallgy thisgcer com- maods the highest price of any ralsed on Awmer- can soll; that all along the Mue of the Northern Pacific Rollroad 1s ope contlnyuus wheat-ield, and that beyond s still a better soil and o wore congenial climate, This year nors than 8,00 farms were opencd up, und next sear it Is ez~ peeted that twice #s mwany will he scttled upon. ‘The Northern Pacific Rallroad will extend its live at Jeast Uity wilce the coming year. e —— The Washington Fust deserves credit for s seusiblo remark,~no common thing with it,—to tho effuct that the Fishery uegotiations have shown the usclessncey of Forclan Minlaters, i they have shown nothing clse, It Mr. Wetst and 8ir EDWARD TuORNTOR bavo been of aoy service to Lord Banisouny and Mr. Evaun durlng tho correspondence, the public has not been permitted to gucss what that service was 1t Jooks tu thy unprejudiced obscrver as it the dutics of the Forcign Minlsters might bave been pertornied by two able messsngers from the tel- egraph oflice, ona at oach end of the llue. e et Amovg the reforms Ingugurated by the lat Confederate Houso was ono to eripple thio poitat service, Mr. KEy hos done the very bestle couldl with what bo had to do with, and now be glves notice that unlcss more moaey s uppro- printed ho must loy up tho postat-cary sud cae tali tho Fast-Majl Service, This would pe 8 serlous blow at the businoss futercets of the people, but Democratic ideas of ecopvmy bave very Hitlo relatlon to busluess. e It18 0 be hoped (hat the uext seaslon of Congeess will ubate the Sranking-priviiege oul- sance once for ull, Tho Vustmoster Uenersl makes a0 appeul on this subject that ftought w0 heed, *Tons upon tons of books, ducuiients, sceds, shrubs, snd the like,” suys tue 1cpord “ary placed fn the malls freo of charge, wnd eyary ton costs a4 muuch to traneport as o 108 of letters, on every halt-ounce of which tho (lovernment gets threo conts,! ———— Thero are some offenses against the famlly which the heau of it aceordiuig 1o the bew wdo of gthics, 1s Justitiod In aveuglug on sight, it~ volyer in baud, v sccms probable that grase- robblug will bave to bo included fo thls cates gory, The Jédye aud jury sre yes to bu fouud that will punish any wan for stioutiog aud Kill ing auotber, if that other hus violated the Zrave of the former's wile or childreu. - Col. ZAcHaRIE, an ageat of Qov. NicuoLLS, of Loulstaus, who Was seut out to lugulre tule tho clection isturbances, roports that be “eould only find twelve wurdered negrocs I Teusus Varish,” Undoubtedly the decialon o Gor. Niguorrs will be, * No cawso of u.-uun.‘. Sueh mild compaiguiug tu @ State wbere pob ties Is a selance luduces tho bellet thas the wil- leaniumn {8 certaluly coming. . e ——— Tis is the last day (Nov. 30) given to the Aweer to auswer the British uitinstum. aud, :n the troupa arv belny pushied rapidly to the lfu" 4 bustilities tlay bo expected to cumucuct & ouce. The Amicershows o slgus of weskeisés and &t this distauc (roa the feld of opurstisns 1t 1ooks as 1f be lutunded to tight 1 out 08 ¥ lioe bo bas warked ous, if it takes il wlater: The Ciuetooat! Guzelte seus vut its er":: 1o take tho cenrus vl he Protcatant thun' i last Bunday wurnluge, aud found tbe nwfl‘;‘m amtendunce to be 15,437, Fou Gasstietd of 100 opiufuntbat * A fulf represeutation of l’;j“'l bership would Luve doubled these B2