Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1878, Page 7

T1IE CilICAGO TRIBUNE: TULESDAY, DLCEMBER 24, 1878 e —————————— 1In reference to the other moda of asaemaing taze Mr, Walker agreed that there was, periape, & of property in the Stawe that shonld le nsasesod a4 8 whola by the Aercyeor himsclf, or the Buard that might be constitnted, and that was ratiroad prog erty, and some other property of that charac- 2nd some of them were cunuldlckor{. e dia not koow how the members of tne Legislatars con!d harmonize the theortss pat forth, ‘ihe thief complaint seemed {3 be high taxation, That originaied not through fmpeefeciions n the Itevenue taw, hut in tha exoenditures of lacal ad- AYArl\iON. occasioned a great deal of the tenable and the nnsery, and wera parily teaponsible for filling the Fenitentiaries, 1fo bellevad that, ander the Con- stitntion, this interest conld be rmacne nnider the form of & license or a tax. This plan was pirsacd in Pennsylvania, where It worked meet Thursday, Dee. 20, at 2. m., 8od_that a commitlee. consistinz of Mestrs. llenty W, King, 3. L. Thompson, Gieuras E. Adamn, Kirk Hlawer, and Joseph P. Banfleld, bo appointed to formnlata tae husiness which the citizens might wish to bring before the Conk ('annty delezation. The Illinois Revenue Law, well, and, from his practice as lawyer, he wan | ter. I thin was tn 'ho essed in the | mintsteation. Tae want of uniformity wais ocea- re war soma Nitle A of and How to Re- er:'nlrmi 0 o (AL e Jewgera, fanin vory 1itiin | ordinary form, axperience in this ol R AR U UL o A bl I L LR 8 T e N o taon s form It elp from ‘l’ennuvlnnll on tax maiters, hocanas | ersshowed that 1L shonid be aese unwillingncas of the citizens, a3 had been openly | motion of Mr. Wentworth's, to divide thegnes- . they didn't have much traunle abont collecting | Mr. Moot had igeesied whether expressed, 10 makn true teturna of thelr prop- | tior on Mr, Hawee resoltion, hut Mr. Peck their tagen there, 1t wis no expenee to the Stats 10 get $500,000 a year from the |linota Centeal Railroad. The monoy wia rnt into n dreaft, and Conferenco Betwoen the Citizens' As- | eni'tyKprineichl hv mail ala cost of Just threa Conta, "l collect the same nmount, a8 fayes wors saciation and Oook County Tow colierted, would cost about $40, 000, A As nearly s Mr. I could |, estimole Lamlhto" it Clml‘ll, 18 per, cent of taxéa was loat from the time fhe s rmpmflnu waa made untll the money was covered into the State Teean- nry, the lory being made up in advertimng, print iInég, commissiona for collections, defalcations, de- linquencies, and varlona other items. 1n fact, the Ktate didn't get much over K2 or 8 per cent of the moncy actually lovied. The reealt wus, the Stale authorities always took this lstility to lose a cer- taln per cent into consideration, and levied eum‘llrl more to mako it up. 1f the State, county, and city could et this revenuo lv without so moeh expense, it would, of courve, reduce the tax, he- causo thene expenses now had to bo pald by those whao anght not to paythem, whereas they shonld be terest would be willing to have tae State tax raieed onihat nroperty by an excise. Speaking for the road he renresented, —and ha did not think theotn- eeawould iold_ any widely-dlfering opintons, —-he taaught there wonld be no abjection fo tnfs. Tits own rond did not care how It was arsessed, or hiow ita tax was pald, vrovided 1t win asses:ed In com- mon with the cltizony, and no more; and it woald Junt an soun bo asscered ubon 8 percentoge of grov earnlngs 04 by & valoation; and he tagk it that It wa competent, under the Conatitution, to aesens rertain property in that way,—by en excine in- stead of @ valuation of the property. K. RONNEY said the greatest defect In bl revanne lawa was the rxcess af legialation. The pruxent law woull be Tean defeetiva If thers hind heen one line written whera twenty now filied the statute-baok, there wera 8 few peneral rules nreacrived by Taw, and the officers intrasted with their excention trere allowed to make nuch reguintions as the nature of erty, waen the taxen were 6o bigh. 1f this wero the busie of objection, a ltevenue Jaw would not afford a reinedy. A levende {aw could ot pre- vent hivh taxat'on, nor compel & cltlzen 1 make # proper return? Oply & search warrant and n Investigation of one’s privata aaira could do the tatter, “Threrefore, he hnd rometimes thoaght that ngdorl dircetion for reform was economy in ex- Penditare, not tn autempts to amend and unset, 1e the law. The experlence of Couk Counly, and eapeclally of Chicazo, in amending the Kevenne law liad been dioartrons, and instead of achleving refarm the city had been nearly driven Into bank- ruptey, Ifence the question arore whetlier It waa hetter to entirely rewrita and remodel the Revenne 1w, or tu_simplify itemachinery—-make It leas cambereon.c and expensive: do away with adver- tinng the delinquent et and make the hist which the County Clerk returna to the Couuty Collector the judzment and sole record. ‘This would be economy, and it could be done withuut changing the sabstantinl features of tho called attention tothe fact that Mr. Weniworth had made no motinn, but eimnly & snggestion. Mr. [Tawes remarked that, as 1t was propoved to earry the matter over untll another meeting, he wonld withdraw his resolution, if there wss no objrction. ‘hiere waa none, and the resolntion was accord- ingly withdrawn, Gen, Thnml;uun #aid he was in fa¥or of the snh. 1le destred {t to be understood that this eeting of the Cltizens' Aszociation, but oneof the Cook Connty delegation and citizene enerally: and he hoped” these conferences would e continued as lonz as any profit micht reanlt from them. It tie notions of the Citizens® Apsa- ciation were desired, they conld be presented at The Cnse Ahly Stated by Messrs. J. I Root and -3, M. Walker. Abolition of the Btate Board and Elestion of a Hoad Assassor, soy time, teprescntative Thomnson expressed the opinion that the citizens shonld do the tatking now. snd ne delegates the Hetening, eince the Iatter wonld hava a most glorloun nppartunity of exprewsing Useless. Expense of Printing the Tax- tho case mizht reqnirc, thers wonkd not be a tithe ila thonght | themncives At Bpringdeld. ~ |Laughter, ald by those who now avoided paying thems en- | of tne difliculty thero wan under the preeent fixed | tiie experience of nreslous Leialstares had put AMr. Peck's subalit List<~-Too Much Machinery. fd o Provistoun. . The conrts were compassert abont by | Injo the . ecaent. - Iaw. fie | docistons Lis infige, wag adontcl, and_vne meetine. on motion of Mr. King, adjourned notll Thureday afternoon st 2 n'elack. ‘The membera of the (ommittee nf Five wil] meetat the Association rooms this afternoon at 4 o'clack, CHARTER OAK. Yesterday's I'raccedings In the Charter Oak Conapiracy Trinl, Buectal Dispateh ts The Tritune. HManreoup, Conn., Dec. 23.—As aingular as uncxpeeted was the concession made by the defense In the Charser Oak trial to-day for the benefit of the prosecution. Last Fridsy the State summarlly ended the testimony in chief, haviog called all except two witnesses, These not appearing, and thera bemnyg no sssurance rely, lln’llh rc wore other anggestions o ba made to the present revenue aysteni. It was & very cum- bersomo machine, and he was afraid no tieneral Assembly would ever maka it any better, Howoerer well A faw mghit be prepared, it would go into the Committeo of th Whole, snd every member of the Leginlaturn thonght ha muet do something with It, Every man had some notlon or other which ha smannged ta gel Incorporated into the bil), and the machine got out of gear In a very whort time, 20 that when the Iaw paxecd (hrough the Assumbly, n\vlmfilu the opportumitiss for samendmenta after amendmenta, orio wonld searcely recognize the orlze tnal, Attempta had been made ateverysession since 1872, he thonght, 1o get A more perfectrovenne ayatem. ~A fow amendments bad Teen ndopled which nd improved and simntified itin a meaaure. Mr, Wentworth had Introduced ‘an amendment ot " the Junt seasion to do awny with nuvertising the delinguent Tist in this county and throughout the Btate, bnt It was beaten simply beeansa the conntry newspaners wanted tho jon theno nnylelding statatory provisions. Thereshnnid e 8 broad powerof amendment. Ha titged the membora of the Legisiature to provide tis ower. ile concurred with Mr. Walker that ho system ftacll was hopclessly and incnrabiy wrong. Tne Iw-maxer should be responsible to Lils constitnency, and the man who oxecuied the Iuw shonld not owe allectanco to the public, but be answerable Lo the law and Its tribunale, The elec- tton uf an Asacasor or Collector was altogetuer and radically wrong. There is no responsihiiity to any one.” ‘Fne present syxtem ahonld ba torn ap by the rnots, and ono adopted in which the courts shoulf have anmmary jurisdiction aver tno Avacvsor and Collector, and the asvsssment bo uniforn, With it the rate of tnxation wonld not bie so oppreasively high, the taxes would Lo falrly aasossed snd gnick« }y .“:]‘ cheaply collected, and the people be re- ieved. Sunreme Court had given In reference to It (really prunibiting tnx fiehting), and thoexpericnco County Clerkn hnd acquired in' it~ adininistration, frere goqd 4o retain; that 1t wan better to hoid to tueso than take the chancea involred In rewriting the law and unecttling the declslonn, and thus open the duor for tax-uuhting and moltiplying Mtigation and expense, it reemed Lo bim that the law could be amended 1n unn‘n particulare, bul he donbted very much if any of the sugreations made wonid Jearrant any groat change In its anbatantial theory, ‘Theuries bad heen mouted which wera perfeet in languaze, but be quentloned thioir aractical opera- tion. It was better fo keep (he good we had than to adopt that which we knew not of, Ile belloved in ‘the permanency of inatitutions, 200 Just 84 he wanted atability in the doljar of hix country, stability in weights and mcasures, xtabi- ity in Individual character, lie wantes ility In the Jaw of the land. When anamendment was denandod by publie optnion, Individusis would be able to acrec among themaelves what it should be, The Ralireads Willing to Pay & Perceniags on Their Gross Receipls, 4 Grent Divorsity of Opinion..-Ad- Journment Till Thursday. A conference, bronght aboat by the Exerutite Commilice of the Cltizena' Aasocintion, wea held st their rooms yesterday aflernoon between the iembers of the Association and members of the! Legislature and cltizens representing different ln- tereats, MR, SILYERMAN read A report of 8 committee of tho Third Ward Adoug FROTE PIRIENY Tepubilean Cinb, which contained the followinz wers L. 7. Lelter, 11, W. King, Oen, J. L. | of advertising tho Met and wrote to thalr reapect- s hat 8l the muntelpal corporations | and tnere swould not be such a variety of suszes. | t08Lthey would, the Court refuscd a postpone- Thompaon, 4. H. Danham, damea P, Rool, Kirk | ivo ‘membcrs o defest 1t: and, inasmuch aa tno | hefUestionty Ehat e the munlelod corporitiont | uons. lio tuought the gencral upliton of the | mont, sl directed the teatimony for the de- lawes, R. P, Derickean, Park-Coummissioner Mor- | rountry nowsoanera ran thele resoociive me eislativo body, consiating of an Upporand Lower | Inemverx of the Cook County deteyation waa thot | fense be procecded with, These witnesses had nppraised the New York property constitutine the famous #3,000,0% purchased by Furber, and the anticipated teatimony that they valued 1t at less than £2.000,000 was vers important to thic State, for this purchase was the lareest nnd bers, 1t wus beaten, receiving not over !0 or votes out of 150, COL. THONPAON, from the West Side. suggested that ane reason why the majurity were in favor of publishtn the Iiats was that the publication would show who pakl their Laxén and who didn't, Mr. Toot said the publication dldn‘t accomplish the wmischinery shonli be simplified #o s to pra. miota econuing, but that to rennite the Jaw and en- tirely chanie 'Ite thoury was fu enter upon somme. thing which had proven ‘injurious 1o tue city snd county, which bopular sentiment was appoved tn, and which cunld not bring the people Into any vete ter mituation than 1nat in which they now were, KI'RESENTATIVE BULHMAN and nn oxccutive with the velo pawer. Al sppropriations 1o pase throuuh thid budy, That there be a State Azecaror, appointed by e Govern- or, 1o hold olfice for four years, That the tax be 1limited to 1 bor cent on nis valoatlons. Thst no carportion less than a county ba allowed to creata any funded Indebtednces,” Tnat all elections bo held on ane day, That every ohcer wan, J. I, Kedzie, H. G. ClLare, County-Clerk Kiokke, Gen. Dueat, City-Trensurer Larrabee, I, M. Walker, Juige Wallace, Georee E. Adams, John Woodbridee, Ferd W. Peek, Qeorge C. lark, George F. Haedlng, C. C. Donney, Lazarus silverman, A, A, Carpenter, Senators Bash, Dela- ney, and Johneon, and Representatives Murray, | aven that muc, for tho reason that it was nevar | hold hin ofica for mat less than two | *ald the appointment of & commission had been | MOSL QUCstionable trausaction by the Furber fexton, Stenckman, Mason, Thompson, Went- m,m 1t wn-'fl'g:u'lle‘““\rrlcflmtnm{ltl"il‘l;g‘?ll‘{ lur" ’sw.; yenu.b Tnn. hefore n':' oll'Ife‘r‘ nl:’ gx-umum. :flfifi:figummh"?:‘lllfi'.::lz;':.’:f.'.:".' -i“he'“ afier m.wflmmifll- The i'll;'lulwn of the evidence 0 every yonl " ' ore); he go before 4 Court, deliver ali his books, ne 0 e 1 aten on | was sharply commen ly ly J “'}f,"c';,’}::,”;',".,’."",;"',’,‘i,‘,‘“‘;f":‘mn, tie expenire of priofing wiich was 10 b conatioe. | and money, to Court to sxamine and ace 1t ho hua | 118 ground that, prabably. niembers wanted ply ted upon, and, this site noon, counsel for the defense sala his clicuts were unwilling to stand before tne country in the light of enjoying what was rezarded ae an unfalr advantoo and the Lealslature should not give men ply"l’neh‘- tween Legislatures, It was very evident that no new aystem could be adopted by any Leglslatare during its se 1f thare waa 10 be 6 new one it must be wronzht out with moge lemsuro and care than any man, o set of men, eould give It when other work was Bns pressing. Supreme Court makinz did commencs after the option of the Cunstitution of 1650, ot ceased on the ground the Lculelatore paid o sttention o them, and it was foliy to _contige thom, Judge Moare, of Cook, made some rugestions to the last General Assein- cd. Mistakes frequently occarred in making up such a fong Jist, anil the resnlt was that tax-fizht- cre took ndvantage of techniealities 10 beat thair taxes, In onc case whch he knew of & citizen Beat his tax bocaueo a type had fajled to drop down and mako an Impressiod, #o that it was diflicalt to tell whether it was the north half or sunth half of a pertormed hia duty, and fssue & cerlificato to that offect, e and his bondsmen to e released unly when this §s done, That, In openinyg sircets, whare the property 8 condemnod, the whole tot by condemned, and that portion eold which ia not uneil for street pueposcs, That double taxation bo bollahed; that §s, both the realty and the mort. gage not'tn be taxed. That eitier the capital stock of 8 corporation shonld be taxed at ita mar. ket valne, or the property of the corporation, not both. That the owner of property mortnged have the right to cliarge the morikazee with sich rato of taxes as the mortgage pears to the value of tne QES, TIOMPSON 121d the confcrence was not a new thing, one hay- fnig been held two yeara ago, and it was thought ihat 1t would bo prodnctive of benofit. The An- roclation, as all knew, was an orgnnization for the usthor {Csrue the sorih bilf of austi walt ot rpose of promdting the general good, and good n the L o ne el Rovernmont. thronghont fh ety ana._county. It | gnusglh, Lut the Coirt’hold dhnt tho error was wan not a polliienl organization, had nothing to do | y¢'eatid e put into next year's levy, bot eveey with palitics, had no schemes to carry ont in legis- body knew how hiard it wos after ona had gotton a 1ation, and Liad no accrets, but wherevor thers was | 10ad of grain off on a side-lrack to put it on agatn. v torney by allowing bim 1o reopen the case next Thuraday for the presentation of this evidence, but nothing else. “The State accevted the offer, admitting, however, the probability tuat even renewed efforts to get_the witnesses to Iari- ford might prove ineflectual. The testimony to-day was malnly as to tho values of the prop- r. e bly—the only Judge in this county who did erty owned by the Charter Oak in Ht. Lonts, fraud to be exposed or wuppressed they | (AMEMORL o\ ueh conylng done. ane | TP e aen und_some of" his unsuciates Intimated that ‘ho oyl | Chicago, and West Virrlnis, Rezarding the boped to bo alwaye ready. There Werd | pook wonid do woll enougb. fnetead of the namer- | ogwe nonons Tets S0 oas running throngh | fienced such verdaicy tont it was bizhly improper | St. Louls proversy, Gen. o, 8. Fullerton, very many subjects ~to coma before | ons volumes now writien vn, and the *tunpaid | Gt UG members of the Legialature m%n for him to _remnin on the Bencn, (Laugnter,] It | the Company’s representative _ there, tho Leglslature which the Committeo had thought | colnmn ! could gotothe conrt and ba presented o seemed to him that the Urat (hinztobedone wan | pave an appralsement. of 259,000 e tably be diecassed Befdre the Caul | ue the delinquent list. “The objection miiht ba | (0t8 Was u discunsion of theorios, whicli, Wheth | (o nya e faxation 80 that the people could bear 1t | huninst ab appratesl of §155,000 by Mr. Woil could profitably ba diecusecd befdro the Couk | iqg it tne Laok waild be rined by tho fre. | oY dot down o bpringfeid, would be fouud 1014 | and iive underit. All were agrecd that tne loard i P . LYol ar County delegation went fo Springfield; snd with that view, and to enable the members to become acquainted with one another, and with the citizens wlom they represcnted, the fnvitations had beon rout out. ‘Tho rooma would continne open until the dolegation departed. ke nominated Jobn II Dunham for Chalrman. Alr, Duntiam simply took the chalr, mpracticsble, and that it was usoless to spend tunie In thie way, Several memberssald, **That ls i exactly.™ Gen, Yhomuson went on to say that It was por- fectly well known that there liad been s convon- tior. "of the Mayors of tho Stute, and that there would bo anotlier in Bpringleld Jan, 15, All of them were anbsiantially in nccord with the view that had heen expressed, and he nndertook to that the delegation from Cook. with tho assistance quent bandling it would recefye, but ke dian't think it would be puilled sround any more than all the buoks wers now. As Lo the matter of ralary, this change to ono book instead of many would muko no dilference as far Mr. Kloxke,” for in- stanco, was concerned. That gentleman had twenty or forty clerks, whoso salarica were Independent of tho salarv which ha received. lint in the country wkere the County Treasurers and County (‘lotks were paid for the of Equalization should put ba composed of men under local obligations, e wanof oplnlon that credits should not be tazed, since the rate of Interest was increosed thereby, Uy their taxation #inall property-ovners with mortgages paid donble; Nrston their land, second as Inloredt: and the man who held the credit generally cheated the Govern. ment vut of hie tax, - Capital stock ought not to be taxed, The Legislatare anght tu estaolish o ma: mum of oxpensiture. There w: the prosecution. The Uhicugo Bruperty valnn. tions were plven by Judee Vl‘l‘l il Ilg;nlr{s. Loan Agent for the Charter Oak during the Furber management and since. ‘The witness gave ex- tended detalls of tho lucation and condition of the butldings, and estimated the!r aggregate worth December, 1810, at about 8255,000, or 800.000 better Lhan mppraised by Mcesrs. Heuse and Morely a few months after Higgina' no- . Thompeoa, on behalf of the Assoctaf of ~tho municipal corporations of the {nrch sarniuy ‘The witncss was unable to fdentity o ihat the { of the AtoSlaon, | amounsof work they i, t a1d ko difernce, | Riate Tepresemted (o “Nprinei dgn. 18 | 4910 tye present Notomus (o minch only maat: | (el sooramel o crovkeramination, and e SUNIECTA 1N WHICH 1T WAS PARTICULAMLY IN- | from (hat quartor. | They wouldt, Gf contes, B Gt 0t e Cook Cauvy woull peamag | tand it and earey 1t into effect. Av a the publica- lrsl, e it tometow, o h’rnuzs‘r:l: ' zn‘r‘n thisasa reason, but they would find some | (%04 ‘alano, bat, witt tho afd of tho Mayors, ho :,’,‘fié’{o‘.".}’,.‘fi’.'fl‘,"fi’.f’ 1'.‘::' L::gv|lu2|:m‘rl: eb““;rlgl::. :“?l:z'nr;l:) Inlcrimb:de "lzn.flrl:ll;:l;cflm ]')enm;ll. el luxflllnu{—l 0 colioction of taxes, and | other. Jid not dnubt that it could Le one. A8 it wore not ‘ A ; 'y » 8 invest|- amendments of the Militia and Hegletry law, Tno BENATOR NASIT postlile tu bave passed such a luw at that time and | Upsuccessful fur the reuson that the majority | ratfon of the premium note account, which was latter wan needed fn order that thore miunt bo a registzation of votera at the municipul elections an wwua now provided for gencral elcctions, iut the Association had particnlarly at heart an amend- ment of the Revenue Inw, and hed dovoted con- | the Cook County delegntion to succeed In #idurable attontion to it. It had no particular | getting the. thing repeaied In tho Leglalature, views to advance, ainco the subject waa one | Tio members from theotner partaof the btate ware unon which every cittzen had his own peculiar nu- | not tn favor of Ite repeal. It was their atock in tions, snd abaut which very few agrecd, Int the | trade. To the country paners this advertising way associntion, ntter long defiboration, had come to | all that many of thom had Lo fall back on, and the one or two' conclusions, which were thesc: The | memburs from (e country were ubilzad to vote law should bo simplified. —<made Jews expensivo, | againat the repeal, promists to timt effeet being of the members were election o thulr papers, which tnust et pium. Tne mewmbers would not vote for it: abolition as Jong ax 1nat was the case. Ko far s uuaugn wn|-|cnnc=med. l'llw ll’olllxfle | snd injudiclous expenaiture, It seemeo (o him B g avieion T the Iaw. 10 be do ¢ thoroughly, | 8sset in tho snnual statement of 183 were the must be taken out of the Loglslature sad com= | onlv estimate by Furber goproved hy the wit- mitted to men, mumhers or not, who comd study | n the examioation being uofinished. On the suject, give time to it, examine the aystems of xainlnation of . Mr. Cert, President of the th Othior Biates; and Dresent tha fenalt of their igours | 3 . 12 compaet fori, e din't think 1t could bedone | ap puTshCar Company. reganding the valus apprehiended that there wns o differenco of opin- Indented for thefr fon in the confercnce as 1o the necossity for abole ing this nrficllu of advertining dlelinquent Hete, But was _ulterly jmpossible for made st the instance of Furber, who believed this nsset overvalued by the Company, It so praved to be to the extent of 8600,000, and new Looks were opened by Furber, which are yet Kkept bv the Company. Tho Agures of this unider those circumstunces, then Illiuols would Le forever without a decent Ruvenue law, It roemed to him that the time was propitious, and that the dlscuselon would pot be in vain, MR, HAWES concurred in the spiris of the remarks of Mr. Thompson, but not fully, That the citlzens of Cook County were very much dissatiefied with the prescnt revenuo aytem thero was no doubt, but that dissatisfaction grew, in part, out of tue fact that they paid enwrmous taxes, —not wholly vut of ¢ 4 : tho revenue system, Ilo did not understand 3 of the West Virrinla “proverty on which the S tho besoseimumt sHOML ba st Taors Wniform | Saici (aera waro. fwenty-eaht mement fram | hat tho Leetaluturo’ wi o be called apon lo R Charcer Quiclosved facae, stnin o Bis Company and equal. The Executlve Committco was con- | Conk Connty and 204 In the General Arsetnbly, and | FECHEY or cutrect the arruncous tax evil, Batrather | 4ig not belfove In exembting credite, Millfons | M8der the Walkley and te management, thy 10 tmprove the system, ‘o framer of 1no pres- ent law evidently intended lo tax. everylluny .on the waters orun tie land, ~credits, mortzages, notes, aunuities, —everything thnt conld be cos cqlived of ; nnd thore was one of the evile, It w all very well to say they must tax property a vinced that the ofico of Amsessor rhould he made tnore permanet, —that thera shoglil ho & Chicf An- sormnr otz ‘oo for wo\tdah bl e dot, with headqunrters ot Springflold, 4ud that the X n rlons County Arscusors shothl ba under him., thoy were convinced tnatthe lioard of Equallza- witness stated that he received no more money unifer the Furber management, but, instead, Furber recelved a new deed conveying properts uot in the orizina) deed, and thus beiter securs tog Charier Ual the twenty-elght didn't cat much of a figure.” Un- {u there conla be soine way devised to et around AU RIMoniey it was, flllnlfi!"flwlfll 40 lujtoduce any bill to do away with this advertising, rneclalty conld be made of Cook Cuunty, or If ad- vertiwiniz could legally bo dono away with ‘wera loaned In Jlinol# which ‘did not pay u cent. Iteal estato owners were livingon one ineal a day, trying o pn‘y thelr taxes, ey” as to leave sone- thing for tholr chitaren, while the money.lendurs livad in Juzury, miad the nian who beld the mortgazes had tac best lie might be stupid, bat to hls [ tion abonld be abolished beganse **Itwas turning | In counties of, Ray, 200,000 populaiton or | fording toits vaiue, but they must find i, and the | i "yiq Lnitaved that_every one shoutd bear hiv 3 tnlugs about," Fho cyualization showld o 1ho | tnwardn, fie tRought ther mght do. sumething, | Foublo wus that tho pure cussodncss of human | Gia'portion of the bublic. burden, Many. how: CANADA. gommeucement. not tla (ermination. of the assess- | Ha would Jike to noar an expreasion of opinian na LI R A A IR B il prer. dld bot Jo so. The Ausesroe mizht be at —_— mont proceedings, as at present. Nothing furths liether thia cou! nne, And snggested th a > ault or no niforinily shoul bo brought about N Nieed be uaid nbont the Reaistey Tnw, . Tho ne ooty o commitiee to inqair | Man in the foom had mude & fair’ aud honest re- | FUC00 WS o Tavored the head Ameror ided, | Absorntion of Newfoundiand by the Do. propricty_ ol appointing lmu the matter. He had had anopinton some time ngo trom Mr. Woodbrldizo ta the cfiect thet mich a 1aw would Le leeal, If this wera found to be really the care, an amendment (o this effect could ba put throngh withaut any trouble, he thoaent, e wos considerably Interested in what Mr, Itaot had sald abont tha moge of collecting taxed in Pennaylvania, and the last General Assembly had tiken ap the maticr to sume oxtent. althonzh nothinz was ac- 1y for the proposed amendmiont wonld be conce there were men present wino had sirzgestions to make ®x 10 the Shilitte Iaw. It waos porfuctly well under- stoud and aereed In the comtaunity that that law shonld be minendod, —that the miltia should be under the control of the State autborittes, —that plnces and arus should be ‘mwldfll. and_tho ore ranization mude ef®lont, which fv could be with ry Wtile expenue or dlilicnlty, Although miom- tarn of his nm‘wnn Not one, he ventured to way. Norwonld they, He hadn't done it, and he would not. Thoy were called npon to ilst all thelr property, credits, bonds, morigages, ete,, but didn't “do ft. The Assessor went into a store, and said, **What {s your properiy worlh!™ Ko much,—~one-third of its valie, —and the amoont was put down, Coming tatne Uosrd of Eaualization, 1t was found that there were say minlon=Kpeaker Anglin's Appaintments— Montreat's Exports of Coreals—Lisut,-Gov, Leteliler~Heteradox Hooks, Roectal Dispalch (0 The Tribune. OTTAWA, Dec. 23.~The absorption of New- fouudland by the Dominfon of Canada Is aaid to be determiucd on by the Government. In the but did not know how it was 1o be catried out. Tta Citizons' Ateociation snould ralse a fund and sond men through tne Htate to yet valuations of property. Many of the wagyestions made hu con. sidored impracticable. I TARRIS sald it was evident frum tac :onIurietior views that no particular line of action could be arrced 000 R g g . The Doardsaw ut | upon, and e would therefore offer the fullowing: 9 Dera of the Lelalature had been fnvited, thomeet | complishe. The meinbers wero gencrally in favor | 81000 watcaes In Cook County. Whe Hoar s ) month of Jupuary Mr. Shea, Premier of New- 40 wd ot & caucus and thoy wanid not be Pound | of . tut tio Commitee's robort, wax 1ala over. P o i nflf&.'wd"""-;';":".‘.l“:gl'u"é?-;flfl'fi'n'g' e LN | foundland, will befn Ottaws, and the necoti- 3 , A " 5 # » which was an ovil npon the nran who had “roturned | Iné thatsanll work any radical ciunge in tho tresent | ations, which bitherto have beenof an Informal ‘o Clalrinan clied for an oxpresston of views, | yeaz.” The-ainienity 't the' way of acolluning | YhISE MR RIS ARSI RA MA L, Fiared Iaa Eyatom DU we EATAGHIY FecommEnd. Lo L ho ftate - fourd of " Kquallzation lay in the fact that tho country members were opposed 10 its ahalition, Thov wantod equnilzation. and there didn't seem any better way of equallzini than the ons In voyya ut present. character, will then become more decided. The terms on which Mr, Shea will use the popularity uf Lis Government in favor of confederation that s bill bo pazsed sbpolutin a Cowniis- sion, rof gentlemen throush- out iho blute &8 may ba agieed Bpon, (0 tuke 1io wiols Guestion uf & revenue system o, daration, and o [jfore s the next nucceauing Lelsistars with s proper his watch It was not an evil. We might an well faco thinye as shey were, The diiliculty lay in great meavure with tha eltiz but back of that the system. Ie apprehencded that nelther tne Ll from Mr. James P, Hout, wne know sbout the Revenua lnw, and who understova Its defccts as well a8 anyoody, N ROOT . ol i1l be the constructfon of a raflway across the Leginluluro that wae to meot this winter, he w 4 ook the floor. Tle agreed with Gen, Thompson in 4 MIL J, M. WALKRR, il M 1d bo ubl . Representative Wentworlh remarked that the | island, so as to make Newfoundland the high- o thinz.—~tat he Stute Board sliould"bw avole | cleneral Solleitor of the Chicauoy Turllogton & | e eian that st Fove. stifaction heougont | memaces of 1ho Lexlsiaturo present. cauld Mut. 0F | wor of oeran passenger-trailies At 1ne suproacts isbed, although his friend Chnso did like office { (uincy Ratlrnd, was tne next »ivmlemul- 10 offer | 1yq Brate, It cauld 1ot bo dune, —was not o course, bo expected tu vote, but, in order to cet Y P, 1 ko pretty well, _{Langhter.] 8011, ho would bo will- | somo_ suggestions on tho timely tople of eavennio | Hie withaut the greatest stity aiid Tany comparison, | the opinion of the Citizena® Association, he assed | VIR sesston of Parllament the Dominton Govern- 1og to quit when 3r. Chase's teem cavlred, Theto | reform, 1le thought tho erent qiestion wae a8 10 | {y frame Eihnt woid G0 naico wd trewt | for & divielom, and a vote, Arat. on the propomition | ment, it fs belleved, will take the tnltlatory ateps was anly one way to do nway with the State Doard. and thai was o provide somo other way to rise Btate taxes. The Board wus not neccwsary except for purpuses of oqualizing State faxes. Thero were same very alwurd things about ft, In the frst place, it wes expocted that the Kiate Doard shouid come toyetlior and undorisko to Adcertain tho valuo of cavital stock of corporations scaltored fow wo should arriva i tho provorty In the State, and, having axcortained thid, to vet at some valuation of 1t which shonld be equal and Just all over the State, As to tho modo i which the taxes of the Slate ehould be ssusssed, that might be materlal and it might not. e bolieved 11 o just and fair valuatiun eonld be once obtained of all'ine roperty In the State,-the necessary rovenue could that nu raaical changoe be made in the lasw, I M. W, KING hoped that tho resvlution wonld nat pa Tt was evident to all who hnd listencd to what had been stated (hat the diflicuitics complained of could be removed, and removed by the next Legislature, The first dlilicully was the one Judge Wallacs had all allke, trange this subject had recelved little or no_attention until within soven or eight years, Taxes wero levied, and every Legislatn Yllchnd up the law, snd we sailod al atterly States had ‘sppolnted Camin take 1nto conslderution the revenoe systom, auit to make reports oa totho best method of raising by submitting = resolution decluring the ad- visabillty of conferring with the authorictles of Newfoundiand on the matter. The question as to the functlons of Speaker Anglin, and the power of the incoming Govern- R 5 S cnned, tnuquali’y In making tho as- | meut to cancel the recent uppointient: a il over tno State, —a motter thoy didn's ki % : money, lic wuggedted that no attempt be mane to | 8o well expresacd the i m e euts an! ik about. NG S1ate HOUFA Wed over ude mntve | nnerc Bne ® theor® thauto oy " yip | JA48 law this winter. but to get thy Legialatira | sstsment. ‘e uross Jargely from the priet tenure | bromotfons made by Blin, has como to a direct of oftico af the Asscasor, wio had only sixty or aevealy aaye §n which to make an equitabio asaess- ment 10, say, South Chicago. Was it possible for any man to do it? He could employ none but 1dlo wen, and with thls raw foree went shout snd at- tempied to niake 8 properaésvavuient, Was It pose uivle? There.could nut be two apinione about it, 10 Suuth Chicavo the whole personal property as- wessment was $14, 000, 000, oW abetrd! 1t was prepodterons, Taxation was of little consequence providea it was luid wquilably, Uniformity was what thoy wero aflur. Bubpurc an Avscseor were avpinted for tour years, aud he mado avsessing bis only business, and received adequato comoe tlon. Bhould we not have niore jnivliigent Aw ors than now? The fault was not In the collection, DUt 1D Lo wroncful assessie e want of uni+ furwily, the uotsyreading the asscssment equifably over tos whole oity; unlfermi 1% on LOWnalipa and betwoen counties, for every county wis ruggling agutnat tho other, 1le referrea to 100 Rovenve 1 o Mussachusetts. Ohio, ond Penu- ayivania, the first wentioncd Btate legs thn L per cent of the whole tax-levy was | e didn't know why [llinols shoutd uot 1ake sume hiuts from the olaer Etates, New York bad Lad a Commis- siun, and wo had the resuits of {ta labor, ay well as tliose of the Cummieaions of otu~r stutes, Wny ehourd & change in the law be deferred two yearst vesemuent which was satiafactory to suybody in that puct, If thlw barticul tul slock—wan to Lie o put ihruugie bill providing for & Commissiun, the system, and sny 1itlo amonduients which were R alieatl by the G Ovortos OF (hetaseIveN. Who. undertaken would only have this effect, —that they would muko it worsw and worse, 80 that by-and-by the polut would be reached where the citizensy would no Jonger endure it, but wiero they would repudiate thu whols éystem and organlze unothel ‘Cako, for fnstance, tho mode of ssgossing proper: h sht to cxpect to pot & fair valuation, ninery was all wrong, ‘Thare was & law by which an Avscasor was clected (u o town or city who kuew nothing sbout the nxaessmant or velne of proverty, nothine about the duti otfice, and this man was at once called upor conpae of thirty or wixty daye, to make an ment of ull the uroperly of the town or city fur which ko was electcd Assvnsor, In the first place, ho was incompotent. ‘Tha very best men that conld bo elucted would be flucompetent, but gener- ully the men who were vlected were not tho best ten 10 be fonnd, They wero men who ware ldlc, and with nuthéng elee ‘(0 do but hunt mn onice, ‘Phen, the man who wav elected expected 10 be elccted noxt year, —wanicd to be, at leant, ~and, in ordor to do that, he wanted 10 make & msuy friends smong bis constitueute s be could, and to do that ho had to maky the mutit of thelr property as low as he conld. The result was the sanio {11 tho uther Citles ur fowns to s greates or Icus degrev. 'Tho effort, In short, was nut to gol & to whould take up tha whole question; s clanse 1o ba tacked on providing for the approval of tho Su- prome Coun.hum Court belng required to report fssue, Bir John A. Macdonald, Premler, in- structed Mr. Patrick, Clerk of the House, not to recogmize the appointments which date from the 1st of December. Mr, Ancling hearing of this procedure, wroto to Mr. Patrick, directing him to see that the sppofutments wers corried fato efect, und not to perinlt the Exccutlve to {ntertere with tho prerogatives of thie Bpeaker's Chalr, as doflued by the act regulating tha in- terual economy of the Houss of Commons. What will bo the upslivt of the difilculty re- mains to bo seen, it is understood that Judze Loranger, who fs now here, will shortly be suoerannuated: and that 3. McDougall, ex-M, % for Threa Rivers, will be sopulnted to the positton, Swectal Dispateh 10 Tha Tridune, MoxTaEsL, Dec 2h—The Journal of Com- tneree, lu & revicw of the exports of cerculs from Montreal in 15758, says: * From close on onee litth of the shipments from tho Hive Atiantic ports leaving this city in 1873, scarcely one- twelfth tu 1578 has been loaded st our whatvesy kind of properiy—caj ‘acd at all, it could be s o, the wamie a8 ho asscwsed 4 or franchises, or anythiug else, The vbjeet u Board was stiuply (6 equalizo the assessment betweun toe severul counties, 1 should bear its falr proportion of went. Under the law prior to 1852 the § X onty was cxtended npon the valualion as determins ed vy the State Board, ot #0 much difference then whether vie hud 8 State Board or not, beosuse the Hiate tax wan not larse sd comnar- ©d with the [ocal taxos, Bnt the tronblo was that under thils preseut law all taxos had to be extended upon that equaliaation, 4o that if there should be an anjust proportion betwaen the several lowne in tbis couuty, aud If° the County Lourd should ful 1o equalize Iy properly, the burdea woula fall all tho “more heavily on thosy towns and o those petsons who were assesded 100 hign by reasou of auch , equalization, becauso #'l tho ratee lad to be equallzed on them. — 1f the Btate was asseuecd scveral mallions too high, the Siote Board could not give eliet. They could only take the aggreguto of Cook County and compare 1t with that of other count! d notmaxo 0 much difvionce tu ux about the blatu tax, boe cause it wae not very farge, But it belped o dli Cvery year what amendmenta abould bu made to the [awe; and thnt the resalt of their Inbors, i1n the shape of & law, be submitled to the Lregia- luture of I¥dl, for by going on under 1uo present law for two years they would beconie more famillar with tho evile, and be better able to correct them atthe of submitting thelr report, Nu Leglalature could In sn hour, a week, or ' mouth change the Peosent eystem foF one Lhut would give satissaction and bu what was waated, JUDGE WALLACE sald there wero twa thines taat troubled the people, excessive taxation or excessive expend turs, sud the uther, want of umformity in tha v ustion of [lmpcrl(. With the former the lex lature had very little todo, excopt as they mught lllum?l to control the induction into oflice of hunest and capabls men, thy expanditurca depeng- Ing 1o 8 large extent upou the Tao diiculty _nnder dcy unifornuty, " Toe Suprem a8 to say that a lower val 4 an assessment, providad unifunalty was obsarve: 1hut betng the cardinal rinciple 1 the Constitu- otlicers, ant of A - tion, It scemed to him that any Jegisla- | Tobis mind [t wus not necessary, It seemed to | and this decline Lisa taken ptace ts 4 year of un. T eTa obaciiot £y i Samter Dot marangy, | fale:uatantion, but 50 wes '“'fl.,‘" pomar e | tow' hed shonld bd olrected 7 10" “¥'that | Ui that the cuniiig Leguiatire, in view of ihe | pusallcled actiity fn xportation.” they Qir't know anything, nover 4l know | tne peoplo he renrcaonted, 'lakos were | Snd—the securinz uniformity theoughout the | fuct that the Mavoryof wll thu citicabad conveued | A Jargo portion of the press are acitating ouything, and never wuulu kuow avything. | high ~beciuse Ihe -entire proporty of State, And uniformity should nat ouly bu pru! Andlgu:n:\“nle-u h:’unc‘tnn!:“ o :m“w: ;x.n: 7;} againat the Downinion Federal Constitution, ang Laugltes It was impoasible for anvbady togive | Ntate was nov pro ually asscaved, Tho | Yided Inrm-maenmun,llelsml betwaen towns, by c:u .;m“m el (i & tnata [ paing stroniiy for Legislativo untc "Fhay do. JinTecauy ne: Ay aliane, 10 W0 | propstrut s low s askesnd, i syl Sn Heeviabla hances of ‘The’ WEk af Lhe fttere | Lo Mit. k0O . claim auaitst the oxvenss whick 80 inany ‘foval s e by e o (i | parhave; it thus gredt pujuition esciped larie nuinber oF cumplatnts ciaio bafora the Town | gaid that Mamachusetis hadu't . Constitation like | Parliaments involves, and ure of opinion that wxact Justice, 8 man ought to bo familiar with the | padicui reform was made, sng County Boanis of Equalization, but it was i~ | 1llinots. Both tust of 1818 and of 1670 required lf| g i Sittonal hw unnuxe mare mmount of properly in every connty in tho Buatd What he had to sugeest was ot amendments to rumhln 10 sajust thew for wanut of tim ‘I'ne { that nusmuuu.uumnfl cetate, should be soid | cheaply and expe usly by the sisembled because the proporiion was a: purely relative o the preseut aystens, but o radical chanve, ile | 14¢8 of o central puwer—one Asiasor L0 suparviss | ubou Judgwant of court. The delay all came fruw | wisdows at Ottaw . sny way, Without posscesing this fumiilarty— | would do uway with the Boara of Equall the others—was an excellcnt one; but, #s tad beon | that. * There was no trouble in colicciing tho wx Tou Hon, Mr, Chapleau and Yis friends deny Bk mony of thoa could oF did—the unombirs o | Whick, wa 1ed Leen phId: waa eatively belcso, i | Auggestoa by Ne, Ilawes, the Hme wae insudlcieut | on perausl property 1f the property cuuld be | thay bis vuit to Ottaws tiad suything whatever the State’ Buard bad to take tie piatenicuts of [ thew elect an ufficor whoss businas it stiould bo ta | 10 broperly, maturs an eullrvly uew syuieny, Me | found. 11 injuatica were dono th courts wers | 1o do with tho dismiseal of Licut.-(joy. Letellier, others, una the reault goncrally was that the 10ad | uyanss the proporty of the eutiro Staic, Let him | (Houkht Ulicago nilxbt be panutited to a consldera. | opon for eu injuuciion. No apulication could be He states that, while §8 Ottaws, he heard some- thing about the question; and {§ was, In_ effect, thut thy Council uever coustdercd thy mal nfl o and uo order of salo obialn where tho lrouble was, and it coul diud excevi by changiag the Censtitution of tna 1 d. ‘There wau ot be reme- bie extent by smending the present st taere was 10 be & r: was damped un Cook County. ~ Acain, tha Board i sbe tutlun, the suggestion of Was 8 very oxpensive machiuo, 1t tuok onu-third of the eatira furca of the Auditor's utice every yar, | e, an onlire gubsti commission Lo bu elucted for the lungest period posslble, or, if 1t should be thought beat, let Wim be appointed and halid durlug goud behavior, Let bim bave entira ¢ b re twe years hence was 1 State. ‘Fisers were two wuya In whict the system | ter. Corrcapondence hud passed botween the L e ey | Chaqaut thu, asepamiuit of he, yrupeity oL Lills e M WIe ™ utiorly " smnracticavte S fu | inlght be- perfacted: ons was Uy a wom | Duiniolon tovernment sud the Licutenuni-tiov. nding, etc., and 3t yonorally succeeucd 1 | thls could be dono, Lol blm appoint gne Assessor | Becure uu|§?mgur) E:gll'?la.!l?:lvn A:!l:‘ 13;1' hl‘n lon, and ine oiber by tnkering. Thers | croor, but the wutter bad not rewhed such wn's Judymor ored, ula- a county. ¥ Won would not harmunize thew. With one Ase wor, Liowever, there was sure 10 be niformity, ‘objections tu boh, Ne svstom was the work uf wiyht a4 well graft ou the presout syvtens as cow- Iylug vvervbody afterthe work waw dune. | for each county fn tne Kiate who aBould do sl Ar. Hoot said ho biad ud ddea toat we could get vid | tho o foF thub CouRty, AN Jet. bimn, 1o, shiapo ma to come before a8 Cabinet-Councll for t! of ihis expensive and uvoless machine, but it mut ( bold ofice during goud beluviur, or or s lonk & discussion. A very few days -muldl however, i e the polut, and the matter would then be ¥ s g ¢ oniE, o’ Cunlrau remarked that tue Cousttution | mnence growing a uew one. le thought & g sesiio th d b Reata Uoxee, i GELCFaE AVURAI, once | bek s oyatems Wi WOLLL b mtorbn. e ew | Provided (nat (ho Suices, hos ouiy of two bavrewe | dul ol be doae, - Tootaich was undoriaket 0t | sk 0 ertt notes—1's, 4, ana S 1WO yeuis, (nad0 a6 uppropriation of wmune tiave & bead and wli (e peceanary | UUFh but throughout the siste, shuaid wake | the last svstun. and the la nweicarca of tne | 4's of the Domluon Bank, 6'a of the Hank ef recouimendations for tho purboss of currocting the evile lu taws. 11 tho Legieluture would not uboliah tho publicayon of the deliugueut tiat, tiey could susbeud tho ssluries of the Judics unthl they nadu sepurts as required oy thelr osthi sud then Lhers would be sgulu Bopu of galiinga good revouuu law, [Laugnter,) #a tu oecouly Loo etrong for the conscicaccs of the wembers, 10 abould ne fmuroved wacro i could be. Another Legtalstuze wuuld mnake wmory im- rovenents, and ultimately we would bave » good aw. The oid law, under the Constitution of 1848, wi one, 1% Lok twanty-dve vears fu get i, Lut ihe tronole with It was that It was qaired for the next iwo years. departmontv, and thue the pevdle would get wqual- were a Loard coustiluted for Le } Y o 0 DY ity and unllnm»:{. whbich ware required by she Coustitution, sad ‘they never would wet thew ju q pon 1 d | any other wav, The! aluy of tne State as equuilzed by the State Busrd. | und, ‘Fho Constitation provided twy wiys of epllecting Lbe revenus fur Ktate puijnaas—grat, by vatuatlon, Cousinerve, 10's of the Uitawa Bauk, and others =-aru lu circulation. Npeciul uapatch to TAs Tribune, ‘ToroNT0, Dec. 2. —Mr, (lolldwin Smith's let- terin refercuce to bhe stoppaze of bouks ol asup- wsed hejerodox tendeucy at the Custow- y ‘alio_wanicd permanency, Uy this new wystew, would secury i This ye asscusinent should be the foundation for next year's. sud that for the next, and so ou; and 50 that cvi roon and ati X boi o Mh. KEDZIN seativred (hrough 100 blany syeston laws. LI thy s Th broporiion bo tuu. vando or i webperin e | fcamt Sear, 10, gpns, the fascasthent, WO | Vudorsed the common:sense tdcas adsanced by Wr. | ayeivin had beei loft what (¢ Whs, tierw would uou | Hfouss fa, belis ufi'fl;:f:&:d‘&i yy e press. yacertaluid fn some imsnger brovided bY law. | scewor bad o oo o fact, afier. the ds | Moot bellovius that the belayhvimasvelem of | biva, begy sur Jweeir, ke, BiE WX lmwnfim- aro ta be praveutud from coming ere was suother wode, whic ” | exel it ¢ % v OF Iactnst—nd b Iy AL 1t Dalee ba. eriier by | Je s vy thie St wosld atomre poriennanr: | Would Lu reccived with favor by (he Lewiiataro, | wust Vmprovements they couw. Quud | futo the cuuntry, thov sbould be prevenred by Moetes OF percentszy ou yrows business or et | aud, (u thocnd, aluuet & perfoct eyelom. nd, when | Althoush (uo largu Interests Would pay L taxes | ¢ uld sccomplisped withont apy radicul | some constituted suthority, and not by the ca- suraings, e did not kuow baw the railroad poo- | (hat was uccomblished, Bobudy wuuld complain of | dlrect, yot thoy would cullect thein feoin the co Ju the systein. 1f we started in whibis new | price of Custom-touss offictalss und ft is paint- ple would fuel amout tnle. Mr. Walker was | tuxes, nud there would bu no taz-tigliting, for no | Plo. lle favored the suolitlon uf the dlats Buard :ynuhx‘nifln:.Ial\;fiu;h:o:uln‘-‘ Mw publio offeers | ¢d wut tuat thero is o senss in sbytting out thiuke would e worse uutil the conrta adjuuted them. A system was Dot i 858 atulutes, bul jo Lbe slaluive sud cisl06} buG COUTLS Liust POss OR Ehu sletul wut uudestake toda two much, copclusidu; ** get what vou can this wink present aud couldupeak tor hleroad, But it seem ©d 10 the speaker thats very small percentaze of iross wararigs of Loo suveral raticuads in 1his Sia wouid pay 10 entire @xvunsva of the Statu Govern- ment. The llinols Ceniral Harlroud pawd several bundred thuusand dollars aauually, but of course of Equalizatlan, aud also tl by away with doublu taxation., He could sprak 3mpartially of vecauss he wes jnlerested maloly Ju real e vxemption of Luuds, morteuges would thryw the burden ou laud, but or of It fur the reason that. as thu law man would huve cause ur rouson to fight s laxes, bucausa ke would know Lu bad becu ussessed ud miero than bl neixhibor Mr. Walker wald bu bad thoaght, also, whather fmiali nol be wise o put the culleciion of Las revenue fulo thy bauds of tals Colef Awscssor, books suppasea to be heterodox, wheu all man- uer of publications, heterodox and hamoral, _‘u);h;eut futu the covuiry through tue Post- "¥be Terouto Preabvtery have dagided that = it couldn't Lo expects 0t Ba lur 2 ¢ 2 ciluva to en | wes administcred, bouds, el BENATOR JOHNSON the Rev. J. (L Rubb, D. ., should sceapt the B e oeciei that e lutyie's parcantacy | unthe whaley Lo was. dacluioo to talak tuate whin L s miine: 10 g "wae & Toree, 2314 there would always 9o irouble sbout tazer, | callto Gglway, irelands and tbut Coolde’s Church Ceutral bad & land-graut gud the vihprs, hadn't. would bo tu waky the Conuty Fregsurers of | Credits wero excuwoted Ho bad bad biiter expsnience in payiag tuew, bat | should be dectared opew ofter the trst Suuday "Fbe expepsco of colluctivg Luls revgnus of Lhe rale | eac! county cullectors uf By govenues, | Of wectulug dishuzesty would b dons a! pu esperience b legislatlon, 1vwas imposnble for | in Febrawry, roade would be puthing. They wade and publiabe | The grest ~oud Lo a'rived af was | WOuld bw tho nccuasity of Lidlug this kind uf prov- | @ wau Lo sawcss Chicaso Ju eixty Gays. e boped e —— «d their punual returas. ond there could bu goop- | simplicity. There should bu the fowest nuwbder uf | €71y, Bosidue, it would eucourice the lullux of | thev would ¢ slow op reforing. 17 thete werd any portunlty for fraud. 'Thy public were udvised pre- | ghicere, aud shey snould remaiz fn oflce as lonz ug | cavital, and real eaiato would advance, fwiprovuments to Lo brouvht sbout, be would be LIBEL SUIT. tlsely aw to whait Lhelr grose carninze wece. Alr, Unifomnty. stuplicity, 6ad perwaneury REFLXSENTATIVE WENVWORTIS £lud 10 co-operato with tho Assoctation. 84 Francisco, Dec. €h—In the libel suit of Root furthier belleved that 1! £y WETC COrLAIR Lotes taly hero which was then culivd ou. aud, 1 Fespovee; wid be did sbould by taxed caveclally. e Wl by Hot feel hiko aaying auyibine. il biud not thougut airable, aud there was no dificubyy MK, FEKDINAND W. FECK i sccomplirhing thls. 1o eezazded the discussion us 400 Twporteut Lo drop it s O] praciical Dr. U C. O’Dounell sgaiust the propriotors of Ho befieved that, if the iquop-dealers sud | Would aiso propuss s State Loard, copsusting uf | that the Revevue iuw would be tho chict tople of | wilh this tay's session. Othier wiaticrs wore tu | the Chruale's, the Court this afterooon dismissed tuy saloon auterest wore faxed Bere and 4 lee would elect with 1he Auditor aud the | iacuseion. ‘Tue meinbers of tho Cittzens’ Associ- | have beca brouult up, 1o, of cunsidersbio {w- | the case on the ground that the truth of the cowpelled to take care of the puupers Treaturer— o revonue board Ly whicn anl de- | 8tion who bad fuvited 1bem there did uot seew to | portance. hod tbere becn time, Ho thervlore rtlele o harine O'Donuell wlth belog an abor- Led | puceons dn the Peuttenstary, $t woula nd il wativrs ul cqueileation snould Le ad- wery well among theuscli 1ere bad | inoved, oo 8 subatitute fur e, Hawee' resolutton, | ® N TR s Lo ulout the fatr thiua 10 do, 4a Le Lhougt they | . $.0y Decs a groat variely of sa.dvelivag idaws | Lol Waed bud no. b2 aba FERRYIT R IPRLI RRTR LR PP AESTRO S AR N G ¢ NPT ¢ wle duced. Counscl for the defense at_once moved that O'Donnell ba beld for murder, but the Court declined to cntertain the motlon, and recommended that the matter be referred to the Grand Jury. s PRESENTATION OF A CHURCH BELL. Epocial Dipash to The Tridune. PRixceTON, 111, Dec. 23.—Messrs. Richardson Bros., bardware dealers, hava to-day recelved & & church boll, ordered through them by N. Matson, Kaa.. to bs presented by him to the Methodlst Episcopal Church of thia place, cor- ner of Pernand Church streets. It Is alarge, fine, pure beil-metal bell, manufactured by the neystons Bell Foundry of Vandusen & Tift, Cincinnati, O., and was cast expressly to 6l this Q-'d"‘ It bears the Inscrintion, ** resented by N. Matson to_the M, E. Church, Princeton, Christmas, 1878." The beil welghs 1,030 pounds, havine o clear, musical tone, and will be appreciated by not oniy We fortunate Church and congregation, but by the entire communiy. — VIRSINIA GAPING, : Apectal Dispatch tn The Tyibune. NEw Yorn, Dec. 21.—The ferald's Richmond, Va., special sags (8 1s varionaly reported here and published In the loral press, that an im- menee fissure has bieen discovered |n the Biue Ridee Mountains, extending from the middle fork of the Rapidan River to the Shenandoah, s distance of Lwelve or fourteen mifes. It fa snid the cleft in the mouotaln s quite wide, and so deep that cattle have fallen into the opening and gone down 1o ao unfatbomable de;th i the botels of the earth. T " 1 1L 10 veud m excellent cu- dehllity. It fs aian 01 10 take on feals ating elects chars a L have trie, HESRY JOINSTON, Montreal. Rend Dr. Earle’s Testimonial, mes I. Fellaws, Manufacturing Chemlat: Past [ have used your Com: it Phthisie, punnil Ryrup in t chronfe hronchitle, ot and | have no hestiation (n stating that it 10ust BMNT the Fem Mies used In thone iog an cacellent nery ¥ el in eases for which It tafn- (m-';u‘nln-l 6re worse 1han use- 'Z. 8, EARLE, Jr., M. 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DEAUTIFY ‘TOUR TATR.—Tt i the sur- passing crown of glory, and for the loss of §¢ thers 18 no compensation, CULTIVATE YOUR NAIR.~For by ne LYON'S KATHAIRON, Discoversd thirty-Ave years ago by Trof. Lyon, of Yale, § (48 most perfxt Freparation fn the world fov preverving and boautifying tha hair, Desldes belng the best hale dressing aver produced, Lyon's Jathalron will positively prevent grayness, and will re= alore new hair to hald heads, i tha Tools and fallieles aro not destroyed, It actually performs these sseming mitacles, of ‘which the fullowing {s A FAIR SPECIMER. 1 had been entirely ball for several years, con- titutional, I suppo. I used a few bottles of Kathairon, and, 1313y great surprise, I have s thick growth of youn; Lals, COL, JOIIN L. DORRANCE, U. 5. 4. Ta overy fmpottant respect tho FKathairoa is atsos Tutely jacomparable. 1tis unequaled 1. To Cuzo Dallness. 2, To Nestore Cray Mair. 3. To Nemova Dandrull 4. To Dress and Deantify the alr, DEAR IN MIND.—Tho Katlairon fs ns nticky pasto of sulphur and sugar-oficad, to palnt and daub tho hale sad paralyzo tho brain. It fa 5 paro and 1impid vegetallo Jotion, intended to re- £toro the hatr by natursl prowih and relnvigoration. Ttis splendidly perfumed, and L most delightfal tollet dresting koown, o Jady's or pentleman's toflet outfit is completa withous Lyon's Kathairon, SOLD LYERYWIILRE, HOOLEY'S THEATRE, - GRAND HOLIDAY BILL! Engagement of the Queen of the Amerlcan Stage, o Beati o) a0 AcompIBed AHIE: MISS FANNY DAVENYOLT, Who will appesr on MONDAY, TUESDAY. and WD i, i THAND CONSTIAS MATINEE, in A in Dal wonderfully suge ug: ceseful Pisy of to-uay, and ajpropriste scenery, Thursday aud Friday Nighta and Saturday Matines, DIVORCE. Saturday Kight (by request), A8 YOU LIRRIT. Monda) "X!l‘:fllfl)’. OLIVIA, ART TREASURES, THE FINEST COLLECTION EVEHR SEEN IN THE WHST. THE LOAN EXHIDITION OF TUF CHICAGO 80 DECORATIVE ART, At 66 Washington-st. Wil close Chirfstmas Fve. Tl thon open day and sves nioe_ Adwmliiagee, 3¥eca, 0 T T T HAVERLY'S THEATRE. J.on. IIA.VEHLY‘... vor Prurictor and Mansger A GLORIOUS CIIRISTMAR WEEK. ‘This Theatre beautifuily decoratad for the Mollday }"t"llll\‘lll.‘m!wY"vg nt n;‘!:"d Matloes this week the sty eniinent Cyni VL and n!'m!. 320, wiLLIAsoN e dinumie Muorey i continnoug suuresses QUE," with entirel 10 thelr eatabliehe STR T XL, And the ORINESH QUESTION. ‘With s Bplendid Company, and all New Scenary by Due :‘l=u3. wtrong, Christnias Slatinoo st 37 Saturdsy TANLINS THEATRE, Clarx: opposlte Cours-lonse, GREAT BILL FOR CHIRINTMAR W Noiduy, ee, ¥ the arlevive Operd b T11 GILAN N Anna Mnm?n. Tiouytas, o\l w 7. Jusenly Mr. Edward Jarvett beautiful melodrsy e loryuse, s iaacho ki ulich in'the GHEAT L1 o 1uil bramatle Com UNDEK SUSPICH . Regalar Siatin Grind Uln Matinco Ll (h attendance {tmas GIt from the Thu most cujoysile A, Chiliren S Children, 2, whe cejve a ‘handagme Tov a4 & managament, ' iiring the ol eolertatnment in Chleago this NVICKER'S THEATR OHRISTMAS WHEIX. Immenso Hsof the trand Doubly BIIL AWOMAN OF THE PEOPLE AND THE PAMOUS FARCE, THAT BLESSED BARBY, y and Baturday. ltescrved T Om ok WEST-EXD OPERA-UOUSE, MARVELOUS FUN. To-nlght and all the week Prof, Carpenter’s BOENES IN MESMERISM, Pon{ nights n Chi Last scasn, Admittance, Zyconti; Uemerral £ . SOMETUING ! ND NOVEL, DEST ROLLER BKATE XNOWN. GRAND OPENING UF THE West Side Roller Skatiog Parlors, AUMARTINE'S HALL, Ada-st., near Madlson, TUESDAY EV'G, DEC. 34, Ghampion Larty aud tlent Ity of a ~ Ndutesluii, 2365 chlldren, 150, i LLOGQ, of €, & A, Tt 1L Co. ~GUUD, fupmorly Buut, Eaji. Cu. skutes and Cutlery, 84 Mudlion WRITE STOCKING SKATING-PARK, OWNED AND RUN BY THE CHICAGO BALL-OLUB, OPEN HEREAFTER 8:80 A. M. TO11:80 P. M. 19 NOON TO &5 P. M. 7 .34, TO 10:680 F. D4 No lmproper characteps adumitied. Pollen fn cuustant attendunce. Parney & Herey's nkutes ror aule ur ¥ WILEN TE JI.:\" DIsPLAYED fuut of Wash- {ogiua-st, Lo Lo 18 gond. Aduilssiun~Adults, 25 cenl 13 ceuia, cllldren under 13 years, M. D, DeLONG, o i bt el piurances o tuasu weitaing SEER Tiadne ‘o Weluud i et e, bu b dnaof Frof 1. P wabing o o fur 8 fu .‘i b Burdlek Hous ;!l(lllll!lml"‘llul““‘rnhlu ll‘tl'fvlhirl 1 8l “‘A i wilex au Acuduy far GETYRLS Waarne, by Cd K et Por ret Wil eull 03 Frok, Dot vace: PLYMOETH CAURC, AT ey (T suaptutioas, ata. 1 Houao, dally, troin 4 & ui 1o b, b culwr. Frrubanilo* ATANDAKD SCALES B OF ALL KINDS, FAIRBANKS. MORSE & 00, ot 114 & 118 Lake St., Chicago. Hacarsiuliobuy voly the Geaulae,