Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 10, 1879, Page 4

THIZ CHICAGO TRIBUNL: FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 18i8—TWELVE PAGES. Tlhye Tatbwne, TERMS OF RUNSCRIPTION. BY MAI~TH ADVANCE—FOSTAGR PREPAID, A AT , PArmonih, . day Fillrion: Ll 2ions Houbia [} Clubrof twenty. . Epecimen caples sent fre fiire Post-Ollice aduress fo full, factading State and Oounty. Lemittanees may be made alther hy draft, express, Tosl-Utice order, or In registered letter, atour riok, 1 TERNS TO CITY SUBACRIBERRS, Taily, delivered, Sunday exeept Dasly, deltvered, Bunday Include A THI TIINGNE COMPANY, (2 q rner Stadiron and Dearborn-sta., Chicsgo, 1l Orders for th dellyery of Tz TRIMTER st Evanston, Enplewood, and Jiyde Farx lefe tn the counting-roont wilireceive prompt attention. TRIBUNE BRANCII OFFICES. Tn2 CN1CAGO TRINTXE has establishied hranch ofilces cribe recelpt of snbxcriptions and advertiseinents ss ollows: NEW YORK—Room 20 Tritune Dullding, F.T.Mo+ ADDEX, Mane FARIE, Frage 1.Mantze, Ageal LONDOY, Fog.-Amertesn Exchange, 449 Straod. BASREY FL o, Agent. BAN ERANCISCO, Ual.~Patace Hotel e 0, 16 Rue de In Grange-Batelfore. MeVickor's Theatre. Madison street, between Desrborn aad State, **Des- ny 1averly's Theatre, Desrborn street. comer of Monroe, Engagement of the Park Theatrs Company. *'Champokne aud Uy tors. J Hoales?!n Thentre. TRardoiph strect, berween Clark and Lagalle, Foe gacement of Heas Opera Compaoy, ** Faust." Academy of puslc. Talsted streot, between Madison sud Monros, Vs ety entertatnment, Jamlin's Theatre. Clark street, oppotite tha Court-lfouss. Engage: meot of Miss Fanny lerrinz. **lod Hand.” Metropolitan Thentre, Clatk rtrect, opposite Sherman House. <alament. White Ktocking Park, Lake shore, foot of Washington street. $Xkatlng Caraival, West End Opera Hoass. Not. 431 and 477 West Madiaon stroet. Ialalrego tho Bwedish Wonder, Legerderaln, Varlety en- Qrand uay) eventug at Whiun membute Mo FRIDAY, 1879, Pope Lro XIIf. has written nu encyclieal letter in which he arrays the power of tho TRoman Catholic Church ngainst Bocialisn:, Communism, aud Iaternationalism; and calla upon the Bishops to combat these dangerous doctrines, JANUARY 10, The Ilinois Bar Association met at Bpring- field yesterday. In the cvening nn addrees was delivered by Mr. Merviuie W, Fusuen, of Chieago, on the life and charactor of the lnte S1oNEY Brezsy, Associate Justice of the Tllinows Supremes Conrt. The rascally President of a bank in Will- jamsport, Pa., who had stolen $80,000 be- ‘lenging to depositors, has been set at liberty {hrongh o construction of the Siate law which prohibits the depositors from giving tostimony in the case. It is a curlons law which lets the thief go freo by shutting the moutks of his victims, Tho interruption to rallway traffio caused by the heavy snow-stormain the Middle and Eastorn States Las resnlted in the aconmu- latlon of onormous stocks of groin at the priucipal receiving points, At Milwaukeo the elcvators are full almost to bursting, and the delivary of wheat at that city will have to bo suspendod uuless an outlet Is socurcd sdon through rail sbipments ¢o the senboard. Now York has a State-Tlouse which was originally designed to cost §4,000,060. It hus alrendy cost %£,000,00, and as mnch morp will be needed to finisk it on the present plan. Qov. Ropikox in his messsgo to the Legalaturo recommeonds that no more money be appropriated for work on the bwlding until measnres are taken looking to its com- pletion upon a less expensive and ornpmental plan, deadly plague reging in that conntry is sproading rapidly aud increasing in virulenco us it spreads. The Russisn authoritics are ularmed st the rapid progress of tho di-case, und are coucorting measures to ward off the approuching scourge, [n the country whero the plagno has already upent its force it is estimated that more than one.tentk of tho population lizs beon carried off, The Doy of Tunis has yielded (o tha argu- wents and importunities of the French Gove ernment, sud all §s peace ugain ou cither vide of tho Meditorrunean, It is perhups as well to state that tho argnments used by the Freach wers of 4 very convinelng usture, befng mawly composed of oating| frou battories whose langnugo even in pesce, when backed by a few diplomutio phrasos, porteuds a storm under certain contingen. cea which the weaker party ju ulwa; anxious to avoid. Consideralilo consternation’ hins been cro- uted ju Penusylvunia by u deciion of the Suprewe Court to the effect that the dower iutureat of n wife In the reul estatu of a baukrupt is net destroyed by an Assiguee’s ealo of the property for tho beuetit of creditors, A different understanding of tko Jaw hus heretofore provuiled, and the effect of the decision will be to unsottle tho title to large amounts of real cstate con. veyed by A-a'guees in bankruptey witbhout referonce to the wife's dowe Stste Beuator pprr, fu un interview which wo priut this morning, gives bis recol. lection of the jueans by which tho TLegisla- turoof 1877 was preveuled from electing a Republicus o United States Senator. He wai o mewber of the Cowmlitteo which uyndertock toarrango a plan whereby Joaan wliould receive the eutive Rtepublican vote up o such time as it should become evident that e could not cowaand the Judependsut vules necessary o slect him, When tbis time arrived the Committce waited upon Gen. Looax with the informu- tiou that &t least four Dowocrats hnd »greed to pladye thewsclves for an entire duy 10 vote for aither Wasubuesz or Law. LINCE, @ ther of whom vould Lave been elect- 1 by the uid of theso Democratic votes. It wise s (his occasion thut Loaax spurned the proposition, aud put Limelf on record for ol tie with this declaration: “Jf [ can- nt be elected, wo other Republican will be elected by this Legirlature.” 1lo kept his word, and ‘‘no other Repnblican” was electedt, This is the elaim Toaax has npon the party,—that he could but wonld not per- mit the election of any Republican except himself, The testimony now helng taken by the Trrrrn Committeo in Naw Orlesns dovelops the fact that thers are mors than two parties in the Stato of Lonisiana, and also that the tbird party i formed, so to spenk, of shelv- ings from tho Democratic organization. ‘These facts of thomselves, in a political poiut of view, mre of more than ordinary importance, exhibiting as they do the certain fendency to disintegra. tion ULy the parly which Las existed only ULy violunco, avd has thrived only when all principles of {rue Demoeracy linvo been ignored in the conduct of politieal campnigns. This teatimony, coming ns it dnes from peraons who aro fresh from the Demoeratic camp, but who have tried the oxpodiency of an indepsndent course, is of o character which will commamd respect nod eredence among thinking people. Don BaLnoweno Fsrantcro, Duke of Vit toria, whose denth is snnouncad in the eablo dispntchen, has had animporiant placo in the history of Spain during he past forty yegga. Hq was of obreure origin, being the young. cet of of the nine children of a carlwright of T Mancha, in which provinco he was born in 1792, Narorron's invasion of Spain in 1808 fonnd him ptudying for tha prieatuood and made Lim a soldier. Through variows grades of promation he rose lo bLe a Marshal of S8palo, end in 1811 hocame the Regent of the Kingdom. I 1854 hio was in confunction with Marahal O'Donxgrs fn. trusted by Quoen Taangnna with the forna- tion of a Ministry, Tho two military cbief- tains could not ngree, and Esrarrrno was dismissed fn 1836, After a retirement of about ten years he was brought into promi- nence by the proposal of his namo as King of Bpain, and althongh lie wns not chosen he continned to excrcisa moro or less influ- ence upon Bpanish politics, and ot his daath wasreckoned one of the foremost wen of tho nation, THE REAB0NS FOR ELECTING LOGAN. Iun his efforts to torce Gov. OovLesny out of tho Senate, and to forco bimself by the aid of partisan machinery juto the 8snate, Gen. Toaax hiag sot at work au army of that class of wen who find iu bim a fitting ropresenta- tive, Every professional politiclan, every office-broker, office-secker, Lroken.down offiecholder, all that clars of men who hiavo Deen * persecuted” for offlcial corruption, ell those who want offiees multiplied and new ones crented, and tho largest possible ex- penditnre,—all theso are vociferous in their domand that Louax ba elected to the Senate, The newspapers oll over the West who nre in the psy of the steamship lines oud ‘Pexos Pacific Rnilway seeking sub- sidies from Congross are all domanding that Oavespy be put out sud LooaN bo sent to the Scuate. 1lis election will rid them of the opposition of Qarrsny to their echomes of plunder and secure them o frieud. A man in the Senato with n vote is worth ten tites as much a8 ho would bo iu the lobby without o vote, Of course, nono of thesa papers over give tho truo resson why thoy are 50 auxious to have him elected ; but they unite in urging his clection on the gronud stated by Looax himeeif, in ono of the arli- clos issued by his * Literary Boreau,” and published in n Bt. Louis paper, which pre. sents this view : Six years ago mnn{ men might huve been an ac- ceptable us Loo. W0 ) ears ago, with the lizhts then beforo ns, any wod Itepuolfean might Lavo done a8 well.” Toulay, however, the omend is formen of a epcclal kinl—men of poritive viewd, aigzressvo nature, ond untitnchiug conrage, bucl " wun, both friends and enemics will admit 1 Joux A, Louay, and the Ttepublicans of tliinols owe ity not lo Loaas, but to tbhomselves, to the party, and to the coutitry, 1o cleet i Lo the Seo- ate 6f the United Nates, Auother articlo propared by Loaax's Bu. rean nad published in a Bouthern Illiuols paper makes tho samo point, adborlug more clokely to Looan's own language. It says: Tut when wo calmly constdur tho clrcumstances of a Solld Suutl, with un_araiy of Confederats Wrigadiera in Cungrees, and conslier bow cownrdly our Northeen sycophantio Bourbons pander to thoso unregencrated licbels—l any when we thiux of all theso things, we ongtt to all ery out with ond vulce, **Bend LodaX back 1o the Bunate,* Kor sowe years Mr, Looan served fu the Tlouse,—from 1859 to 1861,—but though ho spoko loud, aud long, and repentedly fn his own peculiar way, wo uever know any mein- ber of the Republican parly who was over scared Ly him, or silenced, or dreaded him, nolwithstandiug his vulgarity oud abuse, His bravado and bulldozing were more amusing to the Republicans than canso of fear. - Binco then Gen, Logan has Liad uany yearu' servico in Cougress, During that time, especially duriug Lis six years' servico in the Henate, wo bave not leard that be Lilled or wounded any Confedurate Drigmdivrs, or annibiluted, or sllenced uny of them; nor have we heard of any of thewy Kouthern Brigediers resigning ther Zsenth liee eouse of any iusbility to withstund the overmastering - logio or learning of Senator Looay, Ilo eutered the Hen- ate with advantages rorely enjoyed, Ho was uo inexporionced stranger, nor was ho ubashed by uny native suodesty, What did he do o thesa six yeurs? What grent net did he originote ? What useful or lmportant nct an of Congress or of the party was taken ut his suggestion? Did o poiut ont any lnminous jolicy ou Lo sul fert of Muanees ¥ 150 hu grapple with tho rul- road mcnopolies wid digest any wmeasnre for the reliek of the plunderad farmors of tho “West? | Did ko liave the tarkf sendud ox improved in the iuterest of the conninierd or producers? Was he the nuthor of any beneficial tiseal legistation ¥ Iu Cuct, in there wmngle Inw of publis importutico evoncled during hiv entire tera of six yeam of whicl bo con claim paternity, or which owed ts ennctment to bis ctfurts? Did ho during those six years in the Senato obtuin from Congress ono dallar to ald the Btate in ex. teuding the navigation of the Ilinocis River by-lacks and dunw? During his terw ju the Beuuto the comperatively undistivguished delegation from Wisconsin obtoined from Qongress soverat millions of dollars for the preposterous Lox and Wiscousin River im- provement, but for the Btute of liinois, which had expended o illion dollar of Ler own wmoney, Benator Looan utterly failed to get ono doller for locks and damaf on the - nols River to connect tho lakes and the Mis. sissippl. ‘Thero were great men in tho Senate: Mon. Tox, Beuuvsz, Coxxuixg, Kosmusvs, Howe, Bussen, Buesyan, und others, All theso wen have made an enduring record; bave written tbeir nawes comspicuouwily ou tho legislation of their doy. Whero is Looans record? ‘Tuke any DI, large or small, bav- ing forits purpose the creation of uuw of- fices, the inercase of salaries, the oularged expenditure of publio woovy wastefully and extravagantly for private jobs, claims, sub. sidies, und plunder, aud there will be found bis uame stamped spprovingly., ‘That is his record, and it is & record on which will not ha found the names of EpMuxns, Conxeina aud Morton. Gen, Tooax enterad the Henato in Docom= hor, 1871, when there were fifly-five Ropub- lican Henutors out of o total of scventy- ibreo, At tho cloee of his first two years he and Marr Caprxxren and BeN BUTLER con. cocted and forced through both Houses of Congress the infamous Salary-Back-Greb law, wheraby ho tock personally %5,000 s his sharo of tho plunder. That s one of the acts of legislation with which duriug his Henalorial term he succeadod in identifying liis name, What was the effect of this bill2 At the first election for Congress and for State Legisiatures following the ILooax. CanreNTER-BUTLER-grab law, 100 Republican Tteproaentatives were thrownoutof the House of Representativos, making that hody over- whelmingly Deniocratie, and the Legisiatnres of cvery Stato wheroe the term of a Itepnb- liean Senator who hod voted for that bill ex- vired clected o Demooratic Senator, Thae great liepublican disastor at tha election of 1874 was largely tho result of the Hulary. Urab law of Tooax, Oanrextes, and Bernen, It made the Tlouse of diepresentatives by nearly two-thirds Democratic, whers there had been provionsly 100 Republican major. iy, It elected Demoeralic Stato (lovern. munts in Ohio, Oregon, Now York, Now Jerroy, New Hampshire, Nevadn, Mnssachn- rotts, and Counceticut, and it nlso awept ltinols,—~nll previonsly Repnitican, —and nt 1liat nnd the sucereding olections 8o emptied Republican aeats in the Renato that naw the Domocratio party - haa obtained a mg. Jority, That act gave to the Demo. crats Senators fn placo of Republicans in tho following States: One in Califoraia, two in Conneeticut, one in Hlinois, two in Indinna, one in Now Jersey, one in Now Yorlk, ona in Ohio, one in Oregon, and one in Peunsylvanin, Elovon Northern Repub- licans wera hoisted out of the Senate by the chief Tooax act of leginlntion ennoted in hiy Benatorial term, and oloven Northern Demo- cratio Sonntora were eleoted to that body. 1Tad the Oonfederate Brigadiers put on nll their war-paint, and with pistol and knife mado a raid on the Republican Bouth, they could not have emptied as many seats in that body as did the Senalors fropr Ilinois and Wisconsln with thelr Lill grabbing for ench Benator &/,000 out of the Treasury for “back pny.” No nct of legislation from the day the War bogan .to the present timo ever produced such disnstrons resulta to the Republic. on party. In two years it revolutionized the Ilouse of Ileprosentatives, gave tho Democerals n very large ropresentation from the North and from Hepublican States, and from this disaster the party has never recov- ered, Both Youses of Congress will be Democratio after March 3, next, Is this a timo to turn ontatirne and patriotio ruan of clean and approved record to make room for tho favorite of the lobby ? Does Tilinois renlly desire to ba represented by a man who made hor a laughing-stock in Congress nnd all overthoe Union by his ridiculous boast in ono of his astounding Honatorial oraticus that *lLehad mastered tho whole science of finance aud political economy in two weeks"? Blould Quresay be thrown out of the Henato to make room for such n man? LOCAN'S PERJURY CHARGE AGAINST BISSELL. ‘The personal organ of Joux A. Loaaw mokes & most impotent and contemptible defense of that porson’s two days’ tirado ngainst Gov. Bisszyn for nccepting a chal. lenge to fight Jcre Daviy, who had cast slanderous aspersions upon the Illinois vol- uutcers, LooAn's organ quotea spprovingly portions of the diatribo, charging Gov. Bs- B2LL with * belng guilty and willfully guilty of perjury and the grossest falsclood,” aud it winds up its quotation with this part of Loaax's speech ¢ Mr, Bpeaker the present s Al srouud us foaks dark Lian Is hushed nto are drow, hor ce, vruj by'the chumors of tho- Viciaus, 'Sty ‘ont 18 11 Le Justicn of u tlon and the greal moral t of my countrymen. 16 (his wickedness d gile avery department of Governme: e Execiiive, wo are 8 lust and rulned p nylou, sir, was ot tnore wicked than we sh ecklens disrexard of foral sccoun goos forward 1 vray the AnIKNLY to k pail of tiszrace and ruln which LW 0 seriously threatens vur speedy destruction. 1f Tug Titiuxs cannot Aind anything warse than thisagainet Loua¥. 1t e falr to sy he ought to be nleclled, for wa will bardly welect 8 man with loss fault, Docs tho 1.-0. want anything worse to bo found in that two-lays' haraugue than s contained fn the above libelous and Peck. snifllun utterances ngainst the gallant Bis. seLy ? - Bvery lawyer who has ovor studiod the question well knows that lio violated no law of Illinois, I{o was not holding a State ofice; ko wos not in Iilinols at the tiwe. ‘The challengo was given by Jerr Davis in the District of Columbis, aud wus accepted there by Col. Hissrry, who was holding n Federal offico ut thu thae, and was wholly beyoml tho jugjsdiction of ihe Illinols Con- stitntlon or Inwa. Col. BirksrsL might have fought every slave-driver in Congress while tie was a member of that body, sud he would not have infracted the laws of 1llinois or be awonable to them for so doing, Bufore Col. Brwwern was nominated by the Republicans the question of the acceptonce of tho chials lenge to fight Jery Davis iu vindication of tho houor of tho Hiinois volunteers was earefully considerod by the beat Rupublicau lawyern of the Btate, and the opivion was wnaujious that ho had committed no offensa which the laws of Illinois conld {ake cogni. zanes of 3 and that It he had perforuted Jryy it mado no sort of differonce so far ps tho Coustitniion of llilnois was concerned, IsseLy bimself was 0 good lowyer,—an in. finitaly better ono than Lis wlandverer,—and ho felt no doubt that the anti-dueling osth bud no application to hly purpox of fighting Jrvy Davis while ho wai & member of Coue greas and iu the District of Columbia. What prompted Loasy to muke tho dis graceful, bitter, sophomorieal attack ou the Kollunt Bisseer, wus pro-slavery mallguity ; that is tho simple truth abont it. There {s one pnssage n that Larangne which his organ omitted to quote, which its reuders would undoubtedly hke to have it explain, viz.s £ir, fu It not alarming when we seo and know thut the blghest ollice 1 the State, thy Exveative Vower uf the Goverument, s stguding bofure tue peaple with falkehoud upon his 1ips, and averring biv Wi uuilt 0f 8 reckless disreard Of all that can inspire “contidence in mau? .. . Tl s o nath 1hat Gov. Hieskit, ok on Monday last. It 13 truy that the oath wus tagen ut his vucd, iu thiis city, aud not du this hail, os has been the cus- ton, Notiuvetoor of Ml ever soaght roe nircment (o tuke the oath uf ofl We wight in- fer trom Whis thut a gty und biceding conseicucs Liad souglit sccluston selbior than sand erect upon Ihiv Hour and pi he flery ondeal. But the catu was taken—tho fearfal valh—iu the sace of his own previous doclarations (0 the contrury. Tuo scciuged and unusual blace st whicn ¢ wis taken may atfurd grounds for ao nicreace s o the wourkiogs of 8 wind goaded (o dederation with o wenghty conviction of mural turpitude. ‘To perceive the full meanness and brutali. ty of this part of Logax's assault it should be kuown that Gov, DisseLn was paralyzed from the hips dowu al the time, sud could ouly sit up in av essy chair, Ho was really a dying maun at the time, The fatal Jdiseuse bod been gradually growing worse for the previous twelva moutbs, in spite of all medi- cul trestment, Everybody in Springfield Jacrson's time, Jwat-morten ovolution. knew the Governor's condition ; every mem- ber of the Legislaturo had sither visited him or heard how ho was. It was written nbont in tho newspapers and talked of all over {he Htale, and he was an ob- joct of the deopest sympathy and. so. licitade. I was known to every inom- ber of tho General Assembly that he was utterly unable to go to tha Blato Houss to tako the oath of office, and way forced by the stalo of Lis Licalth to take it nt tho Excculive Mansion, In the Jight of those simpla facls how contemptibly mean it wes for Loaax to chargo that ** he roughit scclusion on ucconnt of a guilty and bleeding conscience rather than atand ereet in that hall end pass thoe fiory ordeal.,” Only a bad, malignant Leart would utter such statoments against Gov, Bissert, nud this in the very least that ean be snid. - Looay has never reiracted the charges of perjury he then made agninst thio first Nepublican Governor cf Illinois, nor apolo- uized for thoso slanders on that brave and true patriot, but lets them stand to this day, olthough ho is askivyg the Henatorship of Iilinois &t the hauds of Clov, Dissrrr's Re- publican friends, . P — JACKECNTAN DEMOCDACY IN ONIO. I'ie Democrata seem (& strive after oppor- tunities for making themselves ridienlons, An oceasion peculiarly fertile in this respect wna geized upon with avidity by Messra, Tavnysy, Ewiso, ¢ al, in colobrating the nuniversory of the battle of New Orleans at Columbns, 0. 'Thers was a chanco for illus- trating and emphasizing tho contrast be. tween the Democracy of to.day ond the De- moaracy of Jactrox's time, and, in the fenr that the ovideuces of this contrast might cxeapa the peoplo, the rponsors of the **Olin Ideo” were nnxious to impress it upon the public. They could have selected no betler way for demonstrating how far thoy hnve departed from Jacksouian Democrucy than by iusisting upon tho consistency of ‘Lo MAN-Ewixa Democracy with the Democracy that prevailed forty years ago, aud that dee parturo was the more apparent by reason of selecting for their exhibition an nnniversary of one of tho leading avents in Jaorsox's carecr, Mr. Trunstan wns wiso enough to remaln away from tho Jicrson love-fenat, but he wonld hinve been wiser still if ho had writton no letter, e defined this epistlo to the Ohloans a ** jotting down of mome very brief and pertinent observations,” but it proved to hio a very doliberate effort to sot up somo ir- relevant and impertinont protenses to re- somblance which have no existence outsido of thedirensed imngination of a fow demagoguos who faucy themselves followers of Jacrson simply bocause they carry about tho party badgo which the hero of New Orlenns wns nceustonied to wear, Iow unfortunate, for instance, was Mr. Tuunsan's reference to tho devotion of Jacrson and the Domoernts of liis timo to the Union! This reminisconce brings to mind the trenchory of tho raling faction of the Domocratio party of ta-day when it bolted Douaris aud destroyed ita party for the express purpose of organizing robsllion, It rocalls the present attitude of the Honthorn Democrats that abide by tho Bacesslon policy to * rula or ruln,” that per- siatently nullify the Constitution and laws of the United Btates, that deny the political equalily of all men, that bring to the front the chief men in the Rebellion, and that threaton new revolution unless they shall bo permitted to deny sud defy the rulo of the majority and onfarce Mr. TnunMan's new notion that * intelligence and property mnst dominnte without regard to numbers. Bearcely less unfortunate was dMr. Tuun. 3rax's referonce to tho Jove of the Constitu. tion which charnoterized tho Democracy of Whero can hio flud a coun. torpart of that affoction among tha Deino- crats of to.dny? Ts it folt by the Democraty of the Bouth, who override tho constitu. tional amendmonts growiug out of the War which thoy brought upon the country? Ju it chiorisbed Ly the Democrats of the North, who stretch the powers of the Governmont uuder the Constitution to admit the creation of monoy out of paper by mero flut? Jack- soN would turn over In his grave at such manifestations of Domocracy, if thero were onough loft of him to perfora that legondary #The JaceuoN Democracy,” Mr, Tavzyax further tells us, * wero tha determined foes of mounopoly,” But low about the Democrats of to-day? If we may judge from the Ohio disciplos, we should conclude that contemporaneous Damocracy hed o #pacinl mission to promote monopoly, for it is striving to place in the Lands of Con- gress, which it aspices aud hopes to control, the absolute monopoly of the money-manu. facture of this country, and it approves of determiniug by mere fiut how much or how littls, how good or how Lad, the curroncy of the nation sball be, with the enduring privi- lego of expanding and contracting the sup- ply according to some infallibla gauge which it supposes must be ot the command of & aigratory aggregation of demngogues known u8 Congress, *''I'he Jacksonlan Democracy,” nccording to Mr. "'musmax also, **wero a Demoerncy of economy.” Does ho traco o resemblunce m tho getion of recont Democ. ruoy which seeks to earn a reputation for economy by fusnfilcient appropriations and subsequont resort cto deficivnoy bill? Or 45 tho lkeness to be found mmong & lot of hnngry wolven who only await full Democratic posscssion of the Goverument in order to full npon the rev. cnues aud resources, and dovour them iu wnbsidy schemes and cx-Iehel clalme? Al together, wo think it wonld have baen s well for the Tuvnuay Democracy not to Lava fnvited any comparison with the Jack. xoX Democracy, for between the two tho aln. gla point of roscublaneo {u devotion to the priucipla that *‘Fo the viclors bLelong the spoils,” Mer. Tow Fwina was not more fortuvate in his oral prescntution of the esse than was Afr, Wnvsstaw in Lis writton screed. ‘The referenco to Gou. Jackson's war on Nick Bwner's monopoly was not a beppy one, for tho war which Mussrs, 'I'niunstay and Ewixe aro muking on the National banks is by no uients the samo kind of couflict, Uen, Jackson was fighting » monopoly ; the gen. men who seck to compare themselves with lhiwn aro fighting a free bank- ing law with the purpose of sub. atitutivg o policy which will placo a monopoly of the money power in the hands of u political oligarchy, whosa era flat will suflico thereaftor to work arbitrary sud rovo- lutionary chovges in prices and couvulse tho business of the eutirs country. Yor the rest, Mr. EwiNa was 'geuorous cuough to ad- vance the clalns of Mr. 'Tnunsan to the Dewocratio nowination for the Presidency, notwithstanding Tuvesax has stolen his thunder and is seeking to ride juto the White Houso on his hobby, But there was a tinge of sarcasm about Ewina's reference to the Presidoutial question, When he said that “madest Obio Los wons @it for the occusion,” and sdded that “he woods are full of them,” able. ont resolution iy, that it applies in terms only to tho present sesslon, is tha embodimont of tho same principlo in & atatuto which shall bo binding upon all Con- gresaes, and furnish a poriasnoent cheek upon ceived proper cousidoration. introduced by Mr. Epmuxps has been rofer- red to n committes, nnd should be reported back in the shape of a law which, when pass- ed, will not be of o mere temporary charac- it is just possiblo that hia references to Trun- MaN's Preaidential aspirations wore mado ina Yickwickian sense, Bo, too, when hLe maid that the Democrats, riding on the fiul hobby, might Joso Now York, Gonneetient, nnd New Jersoy, but would carry Pannsylvanin, Olifo, Illinois, Mizhigan, and Wisconsin, it became evidon) that ke bnd not recently given much study to the returne from the late eloctions. Altogether, the love-fonst of tho “Jacksoni. an" Democravsy of Ohio wan a very inconse- quential and farcical exhibition of pure dem- agogism. OPFORTUNITY ¥OR CONGRESFIONAL RE- FORRM, Among tho joint rnlcu'of Congress of long slanding was ono to tho effect that ** No bill that'shnll have paseed one House shal] Lo seut to the other for cononrrenie on either of the lnst three days of the wession,” aml another providing that * No bill or resoln- tion that shall have passed the Tlonse of Ropresentatives and ihe Benote shall be pre- sonted to the Prosident of the United States for hia approbation on tlie Inst day of tho soasion.” But it scems that tho presont Congrens Lins failed to ndopt any joint rules, Wa preaume (his neglect in the antgrowth of the dispute over the Presidential connt, sup- plemented by the fact that the two Houscs ore of opposite politics. The Torty-fourth Congress adjourned over the summer of 1876 without sdopting any joint rules, and the result was that, when it met after the Presidontial election of that yenr and was confronted with the controversy over the count of the Electoral votes, the two ITonses wonld not agreaupon the joint rules which included ¢ Rule 22, and provided for the concnrronce of bolh Hauses for the counting of any vota to which fhere should bo an ob. Jection, We ,presume this dissgreement is responsiblo for the snbsequent fallure to ndopt tho nyual joint rules, and the absence thercof has suggested to Mr. Epauxos to proposo & concurrent rosolution reviewing the principle juvelvad in the two rules cited ot tho beginning of this article, Thers is no doubt that a prohilition of new legislation within tho last three days of tho session, and of the signing of bills by the Presidout on the Inst day, wonld prevont much extravagonce and defeat many jobs that equeeze through in various shapes fnthe 1ush of the closing bours, Tho alinses grow- ing out of the contrary practices have heon frequontly comnmented upon by Tux Trip- uNE, nud tho scandal at the closo of the last weasion and the errors of enrallinont were eoleulnted to impress upon the conatry the dangers of hurrying throngh umnatured legislation at the last moment, troublo has been in former Congressca that But the tho two joint rules intended to proteot tho publio intercsta i this regard have nsually been suspended tawnrd tho olose of the ses- sion, 50 as to ronder them useless at tho very time when thoy wero designed to be sorvice- Tho objection to Mr. Epsuxns' pros- ‘What is neoded the passago of legislation which les not re- ‘Iha resolution ter, but of permanent benefit. THE NEW YORK OANALE—SHALL THEY EE FREE “Tlio report of the State Auditor of Now York with referonce to the receipta and pay- monts of tho canals and the canal dabt for the year onding Sept. 30, 1878, has just como to hand, acd, so far as tho Lrio Canal is concerned, will bo of special concorn to Western shippars, whose fvtorests are so closcly indentifled with this great conuect- ing lUink botween Duffalo and tile-water. Tefore considering the business of the great line, wo oxtract some of the wore important figuros bearing upon the busiuess of all tho canaly, in order to show the usoleasuoss of tho lateral brauches or foedera. The total rovonuo of all tho conals for the yenr was BU88,631, of which &u84,248 ropresent tolls, Tho totnl paymonts for the samo time wero 8754, 748, loaving a surplus rove. nue of $218,003, which has been appropri- ated to tho sinking fuud, The balunco In the Tressnry and invested, Oct, 1, 1877, was 22,700,341 ; receivad from oll sources in 1578, ¥2,016,A85; pald during tho ssmo poriod, 2,801,648 ; balanco, $2,401,- 877, Tho outstanding debt, Hopt. 80, 1878, not matured, was $9,013,700, upon which the interest at G per cont is §140,824 per annum, A comparison of operations during 1878 with 1877 shows nloss in rovenue of £64,700, & reduction in expenditures of $810,580 and goin in net rovouuo of $245,873,—tho loss in rovenuo boing duo not to s loss of tonnage Lut to a bigher rate of toll that provailed during o port of the yesr, The dotniled sbowing for each canal during tho year, which includes the Krie and its thirteon feeders, will whow the burdenskomo charactor of theso branches. The total income from tolls and other sourcen was £088,651, of which thero s credited to tho main lino 8900,446. ' The payments nggregated S743,748, of which ®512,092 i charged to tho Erfe. Thu surplus of rveveuue was E8R,164, of which 487,75t s credited to the Frie. The deficioncics wors $18%,201, only threo of the feeders be. jug able to show a surplus, and that only H1UY, The incomo in excoss of nll payments wos 81221,812, of which thie Erle relurnad 1,408, "Tho conutitutions! canals ore the Erio, Champlain, Oswoge, and Uaynga and Honeea, which show a not profit in operating of 04,138, though thero wos a deticiency in the last three, while the remalning nine show o net loas in operating of & 0, which furnishea the Auditor with & strong argument for disposing of thom, as author- ized under the provisious of tho Coustitution, Phe most iutoresting featurs of thoe Audit. or's roport is the radieat changa of policy in the msuagoment of the Lrlo Cannl (the others are of little consequenco) which he wivocatos, e boldly sisumes that the con stitutional provisions rolating to the cauals repel trade and jmperil their vory existence, and that the ouly romedy is a froe canal by which the competition of the rallroads can be overcome, aud that this is all tho more necessary because, uudor the changed condi. tious of enterprise, it Iv possible for the copeting routes o form a combive- tiou by which the «cost of the canals could be weduced below the coat of msintenauce, 'Fhe competing rail. vonds are not hawpered with constitutional provisions like tho capal, in tho casa of whick there 18 no method for maiutaiuing uavigation or repairivg bruaks if the tolls should bo insullicient for tuat purpose. These tolls, which now lovy a cent & bushel on the comncrca of the causls, are, it is claimegd, the very sgoncies which eusble the nval routes to undesbid, and which divert au amount of trade jmmensaly greater than tho amount of revenus from the tolls. ‘The water.roule can operats at n profit st rates balow aotual cost by any othar, For instance : ‘It may put the rato at absolute cost—for example, six conts per bushol, but to this must ba added the ons cont per bushel which the Btate imposos ns & toll, making a total oharge of sevon cenfs. The compeling roulce, having no tolls to poy, roslize a groater componsation at six and oue-half cents Dor busliel than does tho water-route at soven cents,” In defense of this assorlion the Auditor cites instances of largo shipments being divertod to Baltimore liecanse of tho grent saving in tranaporiation chnrges. A wtill stronger argumont s Dbrought for. ward by the presentation of statistics which show tiat tho State of New York is actunlly fu danger of losing her com- mercial supremncy. While tho total exports of grain from the United Htatea in 1870 rhowed an incrense of 123 per cent over 1871, it had no influenco upon tho trnde of New York, which in vogetable food showed a fall- ing off of 7 per vent, whilo Thiladelphia gained 80 aud Baltimoro 10t per cent. Tho foraign exports of wheat, corn, and rya for the yonr 1878 aggrogated n gain of 102 per cont, and yet the quantity of those graina moved by tho New Yorl eanals show n gain of only 3 per cent, ‘T'ha tonnnge moved by tho Baltinioro & Ohio Railroad in 1874 showan gain of 244,306 tons over 1877, while the fotal movement of all classes of freight by the eaunls showa n gain of ouly 170,307 tons over the provions year, Philadelphia in the roceipts of grain for the first eloven months of 1R7A shows n tonnnga gain of O3 por cont over the sume puriod fu 1877, Tho suggestive figures displayed Ly tho Auditor, sltowlug a materinl falling off in {rade, the compotition of the Welland Onnal, the eulargemont of which is rapidly ap- proaching complotion, the constantly-in. cronuiung facilities of the railronds, the prac. tienl prohibition of the 8lato of New York from enlarging or impraving its onnals, all lond emphasis to the important suggestion of the Auditor that tho tolls shall be re- mittod and tho canal bo mnde free. In this renull, while it mnore nearly affects the com. merco of Now York, the shippers of the Wast ara virlunlly faterosted. They want cheap transportation. ‘Ihey want tho canal placed npon a basis whero it not only noed not fear competition with tho railronds but whera it can net aa n chicek upon themn, and, if tha removal of the presont constitutlonal reatrictions will securo that result, the Tieg- islature ought to submit tho proper snend- ments to the peoplo at once for their ratifica- tion, The railronds bave no restriations which interfera with their improvement and onlargemont, and the Erie Canal shiould nlso have the benefit of tho samno liberal polioy, and not bo expected to compete with rail roilronds when hampered with constitutionnl obstructions which threaten it very exist- onco. —— A correspondent of the New York Tribune, who hus noticed the habit of some of the guid- standerd organs at the Last to nalivn and lbel the Weat by constantly representing the flat- money craze 88 peeuliarly n Weatern delusion, calla attontion to the atlorts of four conspleuous Western ilnunclers aud their labors in behalf of honest money and a sound currency. lie says that the “man who foresaw all our troubles thirteen years aro, whose provhicsles ars now history, and whote who policy would have saved us, It followed, fnnumerable disastors, was Mvan McCorroci, of Indisna; the man who stood like o walt between o erazy Congrees and the abysa of fuflation and repudiation was U. 8, GuaxT, of Illinolsy tue inan who frained the- Rosumetion Inwy who puarded it fram o~ censing attacks, a1l who earrled it after fve years of trials und daazer to a glorlous consum- matlon,—all houor te bl now und forever l—Is Joux Buxnuan, of Ohio swd the man who is to-dny most relied npon to defend the cause of common sente aud common honesty - in tho House of Representatives agatust the fury and rascality of Cdmmunists and Confuderatos is Jastzs A, Ganvirin, of Ohlo” Tho Nution 13 respeetfully requasted to put this paragraph in its pipe aud smoko It e —e— The Ilon. . naenron, of Indiana, who 18 wcnerally tolked of ns a pussible candidato of Republicans and hard-moncv Democruts for United Statvs Scoator ugalnst Voounxes, hing had o somewhat varied poliileal expertence. Mr. Enaenron wos formerly quite promlsent in politlcs, but of late ycore he has been resting uulte peacefully on the shelf, When & young man he served several terms In the Ohlo State Henate, and afterward was sent to Congross from the Dellance (Ohto) District, where ho served two terms. Althougth o Demovrat, he voted In Congress In 1858 agafnst the Kunaase Ncbraska bill. I 1563 o was the Democrutic nowlnee for Lientenant-Governor of Indiona o the ticket heuded by HiENORICKS. In 1873 he supported tho O'Cononr movement, and camme within an ace of the emply houorof & vomivation for the Viee-Vresidency at the hunds of the BLanron DUNcaN Couvention at Loutaville. —e—— Perhaps the Republican Qovernors of Wis- conafn will learn alier a time and after the nee- cessary amount ol experience nob to trust cuples of their annunl messuges in tho hauds ot nuewspaper mon whaare not bound by the rales that govers honorable men, Clov. Suren's measage wus published lu this clty yesterday woraing i advance of its delivery, although the wsme trick was played on Gav, Luvixaron by tho aame paper, and Mr. BstiTi vught to have beeu oa his guard, A proper degres of enterprise §s wlwuye commendably In o news- naper, but nover at the sucrilico of bouor and the Letrayal ot conflidenca, i i i S We havo employed several neswspaper experte with good eyes und alded by power(nl glasses to search LouaN’s personal organ to find his exnlanstion of s $5.000 salary grab,—why he took the money and why he kept it,—but they have searcticd In vain, 1le had Just drawn 816 per day fur thy session befurs hiu took it, but Lo voted himsclf $38 per day edditional pay d made’{t date back to the beginning of the lon, and he voted himselt $18a day extrs for the long sesslon of tho year belore, and made the grab date back two years. 1o refuscs tocxplain. Nothing can be got out of lim wxcept Well, siv, suppose I d'd grab §5,000, Isthis a tima to cloct o burlesquo on states, mauship, o ere tyadar, and broker, and ped- dler fn claling aud substdies, to the Benate of the natlon, and to represent the people of 1linols 1 Is tbis & timo to etect a man to such a place on the gruumd that he can sv bellow and roar and murder the lenguuge that the Southern Briga- diers, instead ot laughiug At the exntbition, witl hold thele peace, and never do anythlug with- out his leavel J+ the Bunate a clreay, or a show, that this man must be ecut thered e ——— “That's me.” In bis spcech at Columbus, tho other uizht, Tox Ewine took a loug look ahead, and went intoa lttle estimate of tho probabilities of the futul “Modest Obilo,” he exclaiwed, “grows Presldential tmber, ler woods are full of ft." Ab, ‘Tox, that is true enougl, but there 1s 8 pood deal of bad timber in her wuods, too, such os dou't take a nico polish, e et— Mr, TiLvRS viust go before the Porrsu Com- mittee, und teld what ha dou't Loow sbout those clpher dispatches. No postpoucment oo aceouut ol the weather, Banxy, iyt ol s The Berkshirs Courier, of Ureat Barrivgtoo, Masa., bas passed into the hands of CLakk W, Brax, Esq., forwerly of the Springeld Enion. Mr. Bras wus for a considerable thua o partuer with Mr. Bowtrs fn the publication of the Heepublican, and hes hada wide and life-long exuerience In Journalism. Iis paper ahown that he has mnda the heat of fieo of his opportanitics, Itis filled to ovorflowing with tho latest newe, able editorfnls, and the best of original artfeley and selections, - The papor aud typography ery excellent, and a8 a whole so Lright and sparkifng a Journal will be sure of an abundsnt success, o — 1 Prof. Davip 8wixa wiil read the newepa. pers printed n *the Yarls of Amerlca® hie wii learn that s **looks baggard uud overworked,” and that a now house of worship is Lo be buily for him that will cost $150,000. Tha Professor, wo are glad to state, is In such excelicnt healtyy s to permit the eatisfactory performance of all bis dutles, publie and private, aml, a8 for tny now house of worship, the project will not La stimulated by an examination of the fluancla conditton of some of the otber city churches, ——————— Of course, Gen, Ewixe had to "inflato " cone #iderable in his 8th of January sveech ot Colum. bus in hionor of the memory of ** Uld Hickory," 1o attempting to forecast the futare he aawit. ted that the Democracy might lose New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, but they wound guin Pennaylvania, Oblo, Ilinots, Michizan, and Wlsconsin, No Intclligont man in either party would make a propheey ko that unless hiy mind had been aisturbed and unhinged by the greenback lunary. ‘There Is trouble fu the ndiana Legislature in regard to the Senntorsbip, as there scems to b 1n several other States at the present moment, One of tho Hoosfer lasw-makers s sick aud nhaent, and anotlier {8 g0 much In love with lonest money that he refuses to vote for Dax Voomiges, There are other counter currents that render the waters of the Wabash muddy and unpleannt. e et 7 Beastr: TURNER told a Cinctunatt roportorthe otlier dny that o noted manager offered her 84,000 if sho wonld sccompany OLivE Looax twonty-six nights and morcly show hersalf upon the stage, It was n temoting offers but to be made the background for OLIVE'S stagotableaux for a month was tho other part of the cousider. atlon, and Bessiz declined. ——— ‘Tha people of Alton are mournlog the deathy of Mrs, IlAuniET Butkniy, wife of the Res, J. Butkier, one of the Professors of Bhurtleft College. 8he was born In Rutland, Vt., but cdacated at the Female Ecminary in Jackson. ville, Il 8hoe is escribed as 8 woman of ex. alted piety, superior mental cudowments, and enjoyed a high soclal posltion, - e — This Is good from the Cinclunats Commaere'als “In caso Joux A. Looay ond D, W. Voonures are elected to tne Senate, we must have a hiel and michty debate on moncy mattera condocted by those eminent inen. Each soverelga Senator from the whid West fs to have seven days to tell what ho does not know of the subject under discussion.” B The Cluclunatl Commereli! prints, under the approutiate head of * Mintsters' Pranks," a list of all the misdeeds of American clergymen re- ported by the presa In 1878, And yet there is, It scerus to ue, & conspleuous omlssion, Therels no account of Mr. TALxacs's midnight excur- slons through the bad places in New York, et If Joux LooAN and Dax Voornars should both he elceted to the United States Seuate, their Seuatorial contests would make the earth tremble. 8ays an exchangoe: “They would rush together In mighty wrath, 1lite the tighting buf- faloes in the eys of Sctiing Sun," eCE—. That Fitz Jonx Porteg Court ol Inquiry had botter be cousolldated with the Pozzks In- vesugating Committee, The country fs sick cnourh of both of them, but the people can stand a cousothlated nufsance better than to have them soparated any louger. e — . The Now York Graphic is gullty of this: Witen Chicago, 1he **Wostern metrop'lis,* Declares 'tis s nood deal miuce pou'lls o o eree Than any WiE botuer, oo <enee B L3NG The other, Compares it with vely Jino Au Ohlo paper says that tho *‘vehcmenct with which the friends of Jouw A. Looax have vushied bim for the Sencto has protisbly spolled Ufs chance. Thero 8 toomuch we, us, me, | aud therefore about Loaax.” | 'The report comces from Washington that tha President has determived to reappolne Mr. Suxrwix Postmaster of Clevelund, whereat thio LNaln-Dea'er growls, | A Soutbern editor flads it la his heart to ¢x- cuse Carxn CusuiNe for taking tho whio of the Union during the Wur, which fa an exhibltion pt charity unparalleled, | Wapk HAynrTON hos s daughter that will make 8 acusation fn Waskivgiou, says M, unuspy. —— - ¢ Minlest Ohlo,” says Gen, Ewina. Tox,” echoes Ohlo. Modest BUSINESS OF INDIANAPOLIS, Ixv1anarorts, Ind., Jan. 0.—The Dally New tolay publisties ita anuuul review of the busl- ness of Indianapolls fur the year just past. It shows a gratifying improvement lu all liuesof busiuess, aud o posltive growth in some that fs very ancoursglog, Business bios steadily gatned over 1577, and scems now to be restingons solid basts, The manulacturing interests 03 s rule have done well. More mien have beeu eme ployed, mors wurk doue, sud o fair awount of profit mude. The agurerate of sales fo the wholesals trade s somewhat larger, although prices have declined, showloyr a greator cou- eumption of goods. The Jivestock trade has developed largely. Aore than 1,000,000 hors ave boen handled here, sud nearly 125,000 cuttle. Littlo hus been dons in tenl matute, but the market during tho Just twononths hizs steadily timproved, aud there is u prospect of coustderuble wctivity duriug the presont yeor should presout cireuinstances cous tinue, But Hitle bullidlng hes been dove, sud the prospect ds bhat {6 will not be much - creused this yeor, Iteuts aro low, and su advance vaunot bu expocted 1or sume thus, There 15 & geueral apint of ocosomy, Trado is dove on small margins, but with inuch more safuty than at auy other thne fur yoars; but the duuand |4 growlng steadily, and thers can be_no doubt that tines aro sensibly kmproving, Doposits la banks are increustuez, "Tho prospact for Ja74 18 a favorableone, Business mon gencrally wre o #oud spirits, und contideut thut the years of dia- wster aud depression sre over. [—— GRAIN BLOCKADE, Speciat Divoaich to The Tridune Munwavkes, Wis.,, Jan, O.—An unuaually novel featurs of & grein blockade exists n Aile waukee at present, mululy in conpection with recelpts over the Chicago & Northweatern Rall- way, Four elevatoss thut take wheat brought to tho vity by tbis road sre full, and to-usy sb eust £00 cars were standing on side-tracks with no room in the elevators for their conteutss The Chlcago, Milwaukee & 8t. Vaul clevators bave barely sulllciout routa left for thy Jully re ceipts over their Hucs, and consequenily vanuod take uuy Northwesteru ltoad wheat, Theresre few shipments by ali-rail soute to the seabosrd Dbecattae of tho suow blockade at the Eust, sud 1hie Graud Huven route Is closed to suipuicuts by the o blockade on the cast skore, Ay i belis made 10 ket vessels cosrtered a week ago to the Northwestern elevators fur the pur- paso ol relicving the vreasure, with litlo pros- peet of suecess, Unless sulpuents Egstws van by made soon, all the runds will bgve L0 stup {lhu duetlvety of graln, varticutsrly of whiab cre. | ——————— DISAPPEARAKCE, &vectal Disvaich to Tha Tribune, Criyroy, 1L, Jau. 0.—Our city hes beer throwu inte conslderable excitement over the sudden aud mysterious disappearance of Heur? Stauller, ex-Overscer of tho De Witt County Poor-Fera, last Thursday, Ho is & wealty sad highly respected citizen, sud fears ary eute tatued that be hos been fuullv dealt with, 28 sé the time of bty Jewviog the oty ho was kuown to have over 83,000 uoun bis person. He Lad just reatgned his posltion as Uverscer, su Was 40OUL Lo wouve t Marus, K., bis Joruer bome, when 1t was discovercd L6 s wiisie souuts were uot Luowa,