Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1879, Page 4

THE CHICAGO 'I'RIBUNL: BATURDAY., JANUARY WBHU—TWELVE PAGES. port from enlaries paid ont of the publie trensury, and loast of all to be saddled with the cost of keoping n lot of Justices of the Poaco and clorks in comfort and idlencss. What have tho cotton-growors of Ronthern Virginia, tho Carolinns, Georgin, TFleridn, Alabams, and the interior of Ar- kanans and Tennessco to eny to this? Are they prepared to submit to a forced contribm- tion, to the extent of the Government taxcs which they pay, in order to build up ot Gov- ornment expeuse a privileged, protected, and subsidized class of cotton-growera with whom they can never competo? Conced- ing, for the sske of argument, that the ombaukinent schemo will accomplish alt that {a claimed for it, then nll the cotton-growors in regions outside of tho swamp-lands of the Misalasippi River will bo forced to contribnte thoir share of the huge cost ns A means to A cortain destruction of their own interosts. If tho Bonth can be * solid" on this monsuro nnder sach conditions, then indeed has it at- tained au {reedeemable stato of seclionalismn. 8. It the protection of tho Mlississippi River from ovorflow and tho better navigo. tion of that stream bo the renl objecta in viow, thon thero is n moro natural, a spoedi- or, and infinitely less costly schemo for ace complishing the purposo, Wo refer to Capt. Cowbex's project, tha officacy of which ia recotamended by past experzonco and can be satistaatorily tested for a quarter of n million dollars. The Bonnot Carro crovasse ilins. trates tho working of tho two theories. ‘Thers hiad been an ombankment nt this point, which was construct: - e Sribmwe, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Gon. Bazrsan of tho severa mensures resorted fo in the cnso of the emeute of the Jmprisoned Choy- Ho claima that they ro- sorted to treachery and violenco in their attempt to esonpe, nnd in being pursuad and fired on were treated just as any collection of whito prisonors wonld and should be troatod under similar circnmstances. One thing Gen. SgxmuaN expresses no opinion abant, and that is as to the negligonce which permitted the captive Cheyonnes to retain and concenl arms in their imprisonment. Somebody Is eriminally at fault in allowing the Indians the wenpons nnd smmunition with which to overpower and kil the guard, The blamais not so much with regard to the mnssnore itself, but the causes which lod up 1n his approval T MAIL—1X ADVANCE—FOSTAQS PREPAID, PP irily Editton, one yenr.. onnes at Fort Bill, Give Pust-Onice sddress fn fall, fncluding Btate and Temitiances may be made either by draft, express, Fost-Ofifee order, or fn regiatered letter, at out risk. TERMS TO CITY SURSCRIBERS Tafiy, delivered. bunday excepted, 23cents per week. Dsily, dellvered, Bunday Incinded, 50 cents per week. THE TRIBUNR COMPANTY, Corner Madison snd Dearborn-sis., Chicago, 1. Orders for the deliyery of THa TRIBuse at Eyanston, Englewood, and Hyde Park 1oft ln the countlng-room #ilireccive prompt attentl Pl TN TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES. TwE CNICANO TRINUXNE has established branch offices for the receipt of subscriptions and sdvertiscments s m———— Tha fact that Mr, Jony A. Looax hada majority of the votes in the caucus of tho Republican momboera of tha General Assem- Lly is nomo tho less humiliating becauso it was brought about largely by disroputable ond degrading means, passod ; Looan hias been nominatod ; snd, on tho sssumption that he will be elected, we protest in bebalt of intelligonce, prin. ciple, and publio interost, egainst this ontrago upon the people of Illinois, nnd upon tho Ropnblican party of this Btate and In tho past discussions of this Senatorial clection Tar Trnuxe bas Inbored to arrost what all rotional men have forcseon may prove n calamity to the Itepub- lican party of this State, asany bold deflanca of tho intelligoncs and moral sentiment of tho public must always produce. We have Leon nctuated by no personal oumity to Gen. Looas, but deeming hiscleotion to the United States Scnato at this timo to be perilous to the party ana offexisive to public convictions of propristy and general iutercst, wo have felt it to Do our duty to mako public his racord, so that no man in tho Gounoral As- sembly should be able to plend ignoranco of tho conseqnonacs of Lis vote in electing such Ho has already beon tried six years in tho Sennte, and during all that timo ho loft no record that i honorable to himaelf or valunble to hils party or country. On all great questions requiring knowledge, ability, sound judgment, or statesmauship, o was nn acknowledgod failure. noted acts were tampering with the Oredit- Mobilier, voling himself $7,i00 a year services, supporling subsidies claims, and being with the Washington lobby. liarangues in the Sonate mado Illinoisans Thinng their honds in shame, sud wero so mov- ing as to empty the Chamber and fill the smoking-rooms with Bonntors who'doclined to liston to twaddle and roar. 10 ol reforms in Government; lio was the embodiment of tha warst phosa of machina politics, and helped to bring ecandal and re- proach on Gnaxt's Adminiatration ; o mnjor- sty of his appointments turncd out to bo Seorrupt and faithless; & number wero in- dicted; somo fled tho country; othors es- caped through flawa of the law; many passed undor a clond; aud some, who are out on bail, have yot to bo tried, It is such men, nnd tho class of politicians to which they belong, in and ont of the Leglslature, who have socured him the caucus nominstion, T'ho bost apd most thoughiful Itopublicans objuct to this man's clovation agnfu to the Bonate a3 o rewnrd for his potfidy two yoars ngo in dofesting the regular eaucus nomineo, or in vindiention of his Salary.Grab ncts, or his Ring record; and they nlso object on tho gronnd that it involves the commission of an outrnge on Gen, Ooresny, o {ruo aud puro man, who is to bo ofected from his scat without tho slightest justification, to make room for a vociferouy Tronsnry-raldor, TORR~-Room 20 Tribune Dullding. F.T.Mee ADDEN, Mansger, PARIS, France—No. 10 Rue de s Grange-Datelfere, :ng.—American Eschsoge, 440 Strand. Hxxgy ¥. GiLLio, Apeal BAN FRAKCIECO, Cal The osuons hng and maintain. MeVicker's Theatre. Madison strect, between Dearborn and Etato. **lioses dale." Aftersoon and evenink, continued to recur aund overflow. yenrs ngo, this embankmont gave way and Tonewed n nntural ontlol fur tho river into Lake Pontcharirain, a short distanco above Luke ontchartrain i on n level with tho ronnd, nud tho fall from the Led of the river inte this lake, n vory fow miles, is ns large as from the snme point to the mouth of tho river. This steep fall cauncs liigh water to rush through thia outlel with an impetaosity that koepa tho chinnnel clear, and reduces the water-wark sevoral feot an bigh up as Vicksburg, and fo a cortnin ox- tout even oa high up ns Memphis, and ex- tanding, of conrse, to the very mouth of the river. Capt. Cowpex's plan proposes fo 1o would furnish nnother outlet bolow Now Orleaus into Lako Dorgue a8 a test of his theory. vided, with an embankment on each sido of the outlet to confino the rush of watersina chiannel, say, one milo wide, at n cost of por- haps not moro than 22350,009. If such rem- ady slould provo ns effectnal ns Copt. Cow. DEN believes it will be, then other natural outlets could be provided nt availnble points higher up tho river at correspondingly small Tinverly’s Theatre, Dearborn street, carner of Manroe, FEngagement of Ter Majesty's Opera. Evening, * Carmen." of the country. Now Orleans, laoley?s Thentrrs ‘Tandoloh street, between Ciark and LaSalls, En- garement of John Ditlon, Afternoon, Dillon Matinee. Eveniog, ** All that Giltters Academy of Musle. Tialsted strect. between Madison and Monroo, Va- tlety entertainment. Afternoon sod eveulog. Hamiin'a Thentre, Clark atrect, opposite the Court-House, Varlety en- Metropolitan Thenatre, Clark street, opposite Sherman Youse, Variety en- Atternoon and eventny. White Ktocking Park. Lake shore, foot of Washington street, Skatiog | & man Sonator, This could bo pro- —— SOCIETY ME CHAPTER, No. 127, 1L, A. M., 114 Tw cial Convoention Wednirday ovy for the purposs of confer % upanfons” cardinily 1= 1 BT, Recrotary, 3 o Connell Degreen Vil Nited. 13y vrder of the BATURDAY, JANUARY 18, I'lia renson why the cold shoulder has been turned upon Capt. Cownex's plan, and wity tho ombankment scheme is receiving such warm support, may bo fennd in tho diffor- Under tho Cowpex plan there will Lo but small opportunity for fat contracts and conatruction rings, while un- der the other may bo innugnrated a systom of awindling in comparison with which the old Qredit-Mobilicr steals will appear dwarf- olike. But the peoplo of thia country are not nnxious to promote any now schomes for eoriching private speoulators at tho public exponge, and no Congressman representing o Northern diatrict, or oven o Southern dis. trict outside of tho torritory which expects to be enrivhed by the embankment project, can giva this scheme his support witliout bringing himsolf undorserions suspieion, nud risking tho forfoituro of his position and the confldence of his constituonts, ol THE SIGNS OF BESTER TIMES, With the ndvent of resumption, the flrst 804 ks indicating bettor tines begin to ap- poar upon tho commerelal lorizon, It has fmparted stability to prices and given busi- noss-men & solid basis upon which to ealen- Into thoir oporations for the fulure, and tho rosult is nlready npparent in a manifostation of buoyancy aud good foeling such as has not before been witnessed for sovaral years, Tho commercial papers of the East reflect thia improvement in the checerful toue of their columns, The Commercial Bulletin, of New York, in its oullook of the situation, fluda thot thore is disposition on tho part of business-mon to onter into larger opors- tions, and that tho capitalists, instead of lockivg up their monoy, aro sccking avo- nues for its investment. looking up and begiuning to assumo an appreciative valuo, As a straw showing which way tho wind s Dulletin nunouncos that Now York City betweon Eighty.clghth Over in Indiana members of tho Legisla- turo sponge their transportation aud then cbarge the Btata for milenge. resolutinn shatting off the miloago allowanco of thoso who travel on roceived but fourteon votes out of forty- enco of cost. railroad passos 1la wna opposed — Now York has just had anothor disastrous Tho firo occurred in Worth streat, among the dry-goods and jmporting houses, and tho loss to valuablo stocks and on buildings is placed ot $4,000,000, Chicn- go ond othor insuranco companies will do well to scrutinizo with extra caro npplica tions for policies from New York. It is gotting tobe much too unanimous in the mattor of big fires and o Fire Dopartment unablo to copo with thom, Bo long na the Bonato wns informed of no ndequate reason for tho romoval of Antnon and ConNELL thero remained good cause for nrefusal to conflrm their successors; but now that tho President hos communicated the roansons, and thoy aro found to be conclusive and sufficlont, it 1s difficult to sce how the Democrats can consistently oppose the con. clalin.ngent and ‘T'ia peoplo of Iilinois, and ospocially those who sro Republicars from priaclplo, will nover approve this clection nor pardon those who may juflict this out. rage on the party, or bring this disgraca on tho Stato, and this humiliation in the eycs of publican Benntors who are fricudly to thera would ba no trouble in disposing of the case of soro head under which Mr, Conxrina isguficring. Tho best way to put him out of Lis misery is to confirm the nominations he opposes. 1o wonld then Do relioved of any further anxiety aud enabled to devote hiinsolf to the duties of a Bunator of a United States. ——————— ‘Tho refusal of tho yestenduy to submit to a vote the resolution condamning the galary.grab dishonesty wus an exhibition of cownrdieo on the part of tho majority, Thoy did not dare to vole squaruly on the question of approving the grab, but nominnted for United Htates Senator ono of His election would be su aunouncement that the people of Illinois approve and indorse tho salary-grab, but this unnouncemest wonld Los lie ; uot one fn tweuty of tho Iopublicans of thiy Btate upe hiolds tho haud that reachad into the Trens. 00U of back pay, There 44 no seutiment in this Stato favorablo to this shamoful pleco of money-getting, and tho men who refused to recelve and pnss the resolution offered in caucus yesterday no more represont public opiuion on the subject of tho salary-grab than thuy do in their cholce of a party nomined for United Btates the Administration, THE MISSISSIPRL LEVEE ECHEME, Tho projuctors and promaters of the Mis. sissippi Leveo or Fmbankment schiomo have begun their Congressional operations in It is tho opening of tho inost giguatio rald upon the Nutioual Treasury Between &4,000,000 nnd £5,000,000 aro asked to start with, but such 0 sum would barely sufilco to bank up the nntursl outlets of the xlver which are now pro- tecting it from overtlow ; tho whole solewo, catimated ab 216,000,000, would cost iu the end not less than 100,000,000, aud there. ofter consumo the revenues of tho Govern. mont for nll time in repairing and renewiug the embaukments which every now flood wonld undermine and wash out, Jeged purpose of the undertaking is uncon- stitutional, sinco it contumplates the expend- iture of tho publie monays for the benefit of o certain st of lond-owuers; posed exponditure, monstrous in auy case, will bo the most recklesa wastefulness, be- osuso thero is 1o scientifio sssuranco that the embankimont scheme will provide the protection dusived; aud, flually, the real motivo of the raid on the Treasury {s to fur- nish an opening for contractors and com- struction companies to fatton on the public The objections Lo the projuct are numerous and conclusive, 1. The profussed objuct of embannking tho Mississippi Itiver on both sldes from Cuiro to the mouth—for the scheme comprobonds ultimately all of this—i{s to redeem the swuwp lands along the line of the river, Ihese londs are tho property of private in- dividuals, aud they were ucquired with o full knowledgo of their cheracter aud at a cost correspouding to their poor condition. will bo an outrageous and unlaw(ul diversion of publiv moneys o spend wmilllons aud tons of willious contributed by the wholo conn. try for tho Lenefit of these particular prop- I'hero i3 scarccly o Btate in tho Union which hus not certuin bad lands that bave an equal claim upon redemption at Government cost, and it the publia reve. nues are to ba squandered for tho benefit of Loulsisna land-owners, then the owners of low land in Illinois will come forward with an equal cluim for bounty, bounty in ovne case implies (ioverument bounty in all other similar coscs, and there will be no oud te the work of laud-redemp- Tteal estato is 8 At Bpringfield ever dovised, tho cliel grobbers, bo improved by tho crection of 400 honses. It also finds that now forcign markots are sending for our domostio goods ; that our ex- ports largely exceed our fmports, with tho proapect of still greater lmprovement iu the that our railroad business is con- stantly beivg enlarged; that {mmigration is increasing ; und that the extont of land under cuitivatiun this year will be larger thon ever ury and took out ‘The Boaton Journal, in & very oxhaustive articlo illustrating tho inorenso of produec- tion growing out of tho increase of cousumpe tion ay the result of Jow prices, lso presouts sowe very futeresting statistics, prices of products aud of labor have now rauchod a very low notch, of production bas communced 1a slmost 1877 tho .amount of money spent in now buildings in New York was esthmatod ab $13,000,000. low pricos of labor aud materinl increased this sum lo B18,000,000, aud his yoaritis estimated that it will reach 325,000,000, and corresponding Incronso Lolds good tu other largo ofties, 'The Journal citos a3 aninstanco of the tendency of capituliststhe purchaso of £$1,100,000 worth of real estato lust month by Mr, Vanpgspirr aud hiv sous, which they lutend to improve,—tho former with a mon- sion to cost about B1,500,000, The cou- sumption of iron has shown the same ten- In 1872 pig-ron sold for $53 per Hinco that timo the price has boon stendily going down, untilin Deccinbur, 1573, it was only $17 per ten. the cousumption stondily declined, but in 1878 o chunge took place, indieating an in- crease to the amount of 195,000 Throughout the whole year the detasnd for iron aud steel coustantly increased, The low prices have also increased the demand for woolon goods. Iu this increase all along the lins lics the hope of the workingman ay well oy the ewployor, o8 the veaction wmust inevitably strepgthen the market aud ralse At this distance from the scons of action 3t is hardly possiblo to uuderstand the wmo. tives which govern the actious of tho various factions represented in tho Fronch Loginla. It fa o still barder task to predict what turn radicalism will take, what demands will ultrn Republicans, every direction, tive Chambora, Tho declaration of the Government at tho opening of the Chuwbers, ompared with any and all for. muer declarations from o similar sonrce, was gonerally laoked upon a3 a remarkabla ovi- denco of the great stride which hod taken place in the establishmeut of liberal privel- ples in the fuce of monarchicsl sohumes sud jotrigues. Yot oven the platform Inid down by the Ministry as warranted by the popular voico at the lato elections i3, it appears, looked upon ad o holt.way measure of Gov- ernmental policy which lacks the clements of true KRepublicanisin as viewed from 8 Yrench standpoint, From 1874 to 1877 The braco of bills introduced yesterday in the lllinois House by Mr. Wrsrwoatu, of Cook, proposing 1o remodel tho inferlor Judiciary system, prove that tho tax-cateris wtill abrosd intho land with plenty of in. peuuity In tho devising of now schemes for ucvouring the people’s substauce, snugzhit in these bills to provide cach Justico of the Yeace in Chicago with 8 clerk ot a »uary of $750, und rooms in which to Lold court, ull ut the ¢xpenso of the taxpoyers; snd to muke the office of J. P. o sularied uilice st 2,000 a year, to Lo pald by the people in general,—those who never figure s parties to Jawauits cqually with those with whom petty litigution is o habitual weakness, 3¢ there is ouy thing the taxpayors of Cook Couuty do pot waut, it is au Iucreaso in tho number of persous derivivg their sup. 2, It is amazing that this schemo demands and receives o support from the * Solid South.” There are large portious of the South that should be as much opposcd to it iu principle aud practico as any portion of the North. The proposition is that the ro- dewption of the Mississippi low lands will ennble the owners thercof to raiso cotton for the wholo world and get it to warket, by reason of superior truusportation facilities, ut prices with which uo other section can com- All the signs are hopeful. The immonse tide of jwwigration wmust opeu up uow sources of industry snd develop produce tlon, while the large departure from the East has relioved tho surplus of labor in the New England avd Middie States. nad, commonting upon thiy, soys: **Jt Is uow scen that the diwluution of the num- bLer of the uncwployed has BOL beecn sppareut werelv. 1t bas beeu real. Therd bas beew more setivity bu tbs fuctoriea, There have sctually buvn fewer In the East to do the work. At ion of peaple have gone Weatward from these States in the last fesy years and taken farma in the new Etaten and Terrltories, A million Ia a vreat many people, 1f thin 18 not A gennino symotom of Indnatrial reconstenction, it would be'hard to tell what Is. It certainly In very full of hopo for the immediato fatare. The great sarplus of Iabor has been in a mensnre relleved. Tho community which Luys manafactared goods has beon enlarged. The consumption of manufactured goods has in- creased. "’ To all theso hopoful signs is to bo added the balance of trads in our favor, which hins tended to increnso our ocapitnl, to call home our bonds, largely decronso our forsign debt, and atop tho payment of about £00,000,000 of interest to the foroign bondholders, With tho balanco of trado, resumption, tho . repenl of the Bankrupt bill, and the incrense ot consnmption all on our side, thore is every renzon to be hopeful. It only needs conrage and prudence, an avoidance of past errors, n full stop to wild and rockless specnlation, a long pnil and a pull all togethor, to raisa tho Lnisiness of tho conntry from its long do- presaion, and to Lring nbout a new era of prosperity upon a eolid basis, e WALKER ON TRE DISASTEKS CAUSED BY DEMONETIZING BILVER, Tho Inst number of the I'Mnceton Reticte contains nu imporiant paper on tho silver question by Gen, Frawcrs A, Warken. It will not, wo prosume, bo disputed that Clen. Warkrn is capablo of writing woll on this or any other cconomienl subject. He has Loen o Drofessor in Y¥ale College, author of the best book on Money produeed in Amaorica, and Bupenntendent of the United Btates Censng, in which position ho gnve satisfac. tion to tho most exncting statisticinns in the conntry. Ifo hns been peenliarly o favorito of tho Now York Nalion, the Now York T'imes, tho Doston Adeerliser, and other lending Enstern newspapera that opposed the romonetization of silver. Wa hopo ho will not be any the less n favorita with them now, beeango he has beon compolled to differ with them widoly in tho discussion of this quos- tion. A proper regard for their own ropnta- tion for eandor and veracity should induce these newspapers to give further publicity to Gen. WarLrer's viows, and testify again, as they havo testifiod mauy times already, to his ability and undoubted houesty. Gon. Watnen writes the history of tho Mouotary Conferences of 1867 and 1878 very plninly. Ho shows that the primary object of tho first Conferenco was not to introduce the single standard in any coun- try, but to provide for a uuifieation of coln- ngos, or ** partial coincldoncas of monatary typea on a wido senlo.” It wns thought that thin object could bo promoted by tho adop- tion of tho singlo gold standnrd ju ol} the countries concorned. Tho wholo plau, na it was slated, was chimerical. It was designed to ndvance tho brotherhood of nations by wnking their coins multiples and even parts of cach otlor, 80 that thoy would pnsa ensily ihe boundaries of Biates snd circulnte throughout the commereinl world, This would bo n convonience, no doubt, but not stich n convonlenco as to bo worth n great sacrifico. The members of the Conference of 1867 nado their mistuke just hore, 'The uniflcation of tho coivage was their solo nim,~—their hobby,~to attain which they wore willing to sacrifice somothing far more importont than commercinl convenience, namely, the peaco aud safoty of commerce Iteelf. Tho Conforenca of 1867 voted unpni- mously that there was a poasibility of attain- ing *“the colncidonces of monotary types on n wido scale,” “on tho basls aud with the condition of the guld standard exclusively ;" therofors, they recommondod the adoption of this standard, Though thoy met only in an odvigory enpacity, and had only an ad- visory influence, tho results of their action were moro momontous than they could at tho time havo conceived to bo possible, In 1871 Germany was suddenly and—so far na the Confuronco of 1867 was concerned —unexpectedly travsformed into an Empire. The Imperial (fovernment nt once took tho preliminnry stops for discarding silver, and passing over to the single gold standard, and in 1878 that course was ndopted. The Scandiunvian States followed as tho natural auxiliarivs of Germany. Gon, Wargen soys that the eauses of thir action on the part of Germany were * probably somewhat complex.” Dut in part at lenst tho motivo wag economical uud had * n conscious ref. orcuce to the recommendations” of tho Conference of 1807. Nor was (his the worst result of tho Lasty and ill-advised nction of the Conference. Ifs advico offocted Franco even moro seriously than it did Germany, It broke down the courage of French states- men and financiens, and made them stop the coinnge of silver at tho yery moment when there was noed of somio outlet for the dise cnrded silver colns of Qermany. Daringtho gold panic {n 1857, when gold fell more in proportion than silver had fallen up to 1874, Yranco stood nobly in the gap, 8he took gold and sold silver to an enormous nmount, *¢ and thus bronght the commercial world through what threatened to be one of the gravest erlsey of history,” Had France noted by silver ns sho did Ly gold thero is no doubt that sbo would have pulled it through tho period of 1ts troubles as she did gold. I'hat whe did not so stand by silver was partly due, no doubt, to her ecttlod animos- ity to Germany, and to her uuwillivgeess to save Germany the cost of demonetizing sil- ver; but it was principaily duo to tho actlon of tho whicacren in the Confurenco of 1867, who Lad ‘sonteuced silver to death bya court-monetary of nineteen nallons.” It is casy to say that the increaso in the produc. tion ot silver was the principal causo of the Frouch demornlization on the silver quei~ tion; but the decline in silver duo to this causo was far lexs thon the decline of gold in 1857, owing to the Californlan and Austra- lisn supplics. France withstood and stopped tho decline of gold, and she would also have withstood and stopped the decline of silver, bad not ber confidenca in tho ltter metal been partly undermined by the one-ideacd Conference of 1867, With the demonatization of silver by Ger. many, sud tho closing of tho miuts of the Latin Unlon to tho freo coinage of the same motal, tho catastropho como, Industry snd trado wero paralyzed, The par-of-exchango between tho silvor-usivg countries and tho gold-using couniries wns abolished. “ Every cominercisl transaction between tho silver countries aud tho gold coun- tries becamo juvolved in linbilitics to disaster wholly in addition to the natural naks of business.” England was the first nation to suffor. In consequenco of hor vest business dealings with India and China, the sbolition of tho par-of-exchange told on her soverely, Her Indian revenues havo experlenced an annual reduction of $10,000,000 to $15,000,- 000. Honce it was that Eugland, formerly .the strongest sdvocate of the monometallic syatem, sout ropresentatives to ihe Confor- ence of 1878 who wero instracted to depro- cate strongly any further steps in tho direc- tion of demounetizing silver by nations who still usod it. Noxt to Englsnd, Germany hns muffered, Her rash netion in own hend. Bineo 1873 sho hns enter. ed wnpon n torrible crisis, and thora cnn bo no question that the chango in her monelary systom has been ono of the clief cnuses of hor diatress, It {s a remnrkable fact, which wo eannot snfficiently omphasize in this conncotion, that the silver-nsing conntries have suffered least in the world- wide pania that has takon place since 1873, Avnather important and disastrous conse- quenco of the degradation of silver sinco 1873 haa boon tho rise 31 the price of gold. Tho supply of the latter metal being limited, nnd tho uses for it widely increased by its ndoption as the single standard in Germany aund the Scandinavinn natious, the prico of it hns risen. Tho Bankers Maguzine of Lon. don estimates that gold hna rison in pur- chasing power 10 por cont since 1873, while silvor has fallon 7 per cont. The in- crease in the purchasing power of gold to this extont means tho addition of 17 po: ocont to sll tho obiigation— personal, corporate, State, and National— incurred bofora the rise took place, and atill unsatisfied. Buppose the publio debts of tho world nmount to $253,000,000,000 (twenty-five Dbillion dollars), the riso in tho prico of gold ndds nearly a fifth to this burden if it isall to bo discharged in gold. Persounl obliga- tions, which in the nggregato aro quito as enormous, aro incrensed in tho same propor: tion, 'This incrense temporarily makos tho cost of living, menaurad in tho necessaries of life, denrer, nud presumably adds to tho tax- ation of the people, already oppressivo and almost unondurable, Gow. Warxen woll says: “This is o cousidoration serlous onaugh for any nntion which has a largo debt, lowever exubernat in its onorgy and abounding ju mnotural resources; but for the Htates of Europs, bowed down beneath exlsting fiscal burdens, it Is o matter of vital consequence,” Nor is this nll. From the point of view of the moralist and the economist, it is reprohensi- blo aud foohsh to adopt measures which must aggravate tho pressuro of all obliga. tions, public, corporate, and private, through- out Clristendom. Tharo is no choice be- tweon tho injustico on this side of robbing tho people to ourich capitalists, and the injustico of the othor sido of robbing copitalists, through paper-money inflation and otlier schemos for ‘‘scaling down” debtn, of what justly belongs to thom. 'Tho demonetization of silver has opened the eyes of wiso mon, in Europe at lenst, to the danger of tampgring with tho monatary affairs of the world, settled by 2,600 years of custom oand exparienco, in tho hope of obtaining a supposed ** commercial conven. fenco.” 'Tho nclion of tho Oonferenco of 1878 was in striking contrast with that of tho Conferenco of 1867. Silver was no long- er genorally bounded down, nor tho stopping of silver coinnga approved, except through thio vota of Bolgium, owing to the mero ac. cident of a change in Govornnent. England was apparently ready to go furthor thanany other Stato in hor cfforts to induce tho Latin Union to Lolster tho silver market, nnd it isa question whether she will not eventually remonetizo silver horsolf rathor than have 1t (iscardod by tho whole comtorcial world, Gormany remained out of tho Confer- cnce partly becauso of tho proverbial obatinacy of bor ruling spirits, but partly nlso becausa thoy wero aware that most of the trouble had nrlsen from tho rash and illdigested action of tho Gorman Govern- mont, aed wero not willing to confess as much, DBat the Conforence, if it accom. plished nothing else, showod that the de- monotization of silver, which the Conforance’ of 1867 advised should be carried through with n hurrab, is now recogoized as the chiof sourco of the misery which hos be- fallou the cormmercinl world since 1873, It is time cortain writers on economical sub. joots in the Usnited States should have oqually cloar views of the silvor question with nearly all sclontific men and statesmen in Europo. They formerly polnted to Europe ng their sourcoe of Inspirntion and knowl. edgo; now lat them go the way thoy Lavae pointad out. Wo aru glad to see that Gen. Warkzn hing the candor to acknowlodgo the truth, and enforce it to tha bost of his ability. It cannot bo long hofore other writers will bo compolled to follow in hia footstops. Monnwhile, It is n question whetber the nction of thae Unitod States Gov- crnmont in remonotizing silver Lins not al- rendy beon vindicated by tho best sclentitlo opinion in the world ; and whother, in view of thia vindication, the time has not come for a further ndvouco in the samo diroction, inatond of o backward step, such ns socms to be contemplated by the Becretary of the Treasury, We firmly bellove that tho Ad. ministration now hay an opportunity such na fuw Administrations have possossed to make its name momornblo in the economical his. tory of the world; and it ean do this slmply by persevering fu the policy marked out for it when the Bilver bill of 1878 waa passed. THE STATE OF DAKOTA, It is now protly certain that the thirty- ninth Btate in the Union will bo named Dukota, nud ombracoe tho Territory lyiug just north of Nobraska sud west of Miuuesola, ‘T'ho bill futroduced iuto the Sunate by Mr. BanaenT toouable the peoplo of that 'Verrl. tory to organize a State Government {anot ot all prematuro. 'Thore are already 100,000 peoplo within tho Hmita defined, and thero will bo 150,000 beforo tho nocessary prelimi- narles for odmlssion into tha Union cau bo comploted. ‘Cho area of tho Btate is twico ns lurgo as that of Iinols, aud It forws the last mthe latost ter of Torritories admitted into the Union, It ls notso remote as most peo- plearo in tho habit of thiuking; it is not furthier west thon Nebraska, aud hinpivges on Minncsotn sud Towa, 'There aro nlrendy sov- eral large, enterprising, and growing colonies in the Territory. Onu s lu thesoutheast cor. uer of tho Territory, with Yankton as the Losis, Auothoer large sctilement is at the Black Hills, whory the gold-mining has settled down iuto o steady aud lucrative Dusiness, 'Tho lted River Valley hins fur. nished specinl atteactions for settlers, and the railrond between Fargo and Biumarck is dotted with villages, This road will now rupidly bo extended across the Territory into Moutoua, and other railrosds are in process of copstruction from soveral direotions con. vergiug at tho Black Ifills, Tho agricultursl resources of this Torritory bavo been largely underostimated. It iv true thero are some bod lands, but so thero are in Northern Min. uesota, while there nro vast arcay of excel- leut wheat-growivg and pasturage lands, cor- respouding in character to those of Iowa. The location aud clinate ore of a char- scter to bttract the same bardy, industrious, and thrifty clsases that bave sottled Minpesota, and the advance of the locomotive is ropidly briuging the Ter- ritory within the belt of transportation. The proposed euabling-act should bo pasicd as sn encoursgemout for the rapid develop- wment of tho Territory, which will bo of im- de- monetiring silver has reoolled wpon her portanco to the wholo country and of special valuo to the Northwost, [ Discoveries and invontions ara rocognized Ly political economy a8 among the chiof necessories of wealth, and the Patent Inws of the United States have undonbtedly con- tributed largely to the superiority of the Amerioans in all kinds of mechanical in- dustry, At tho same time it ennnot be de- nled that they have worked much injnatico to the public and to originnl inventors by ennbling combinations to monopolize nseful davices, swindlo men out of ihe profits of their brains and appliontion, and subject the public to oxtortion. IIgncs tho demand for a thorough overhauling of the Patent laws, while it ie desirablo to maintain the patent system, Tho snbject §8 now befors Con- gress, and whother it shiall or ahall not roceive deflnito consideration ot tho presout scssion, tho discussion will undoubtedly lead up to important changes, Wo are convinced thot one governing principlo skonll underlio all now patent logislation, nud that is to pro- vide for tho the frec manufacture and sale of nll now inventions under tho payment of & fair royalty to the inventor, the royalty to bo rogulated by tho-character of the inven- tion. Buch nsystem would furnish protec- tion at once for tho inventor and tho public. It wonld not then be nocossary for the in. vontor to sell ont for A mere goug ns & means for soouring the capital io manufacture his machine, nor to follow up infringements or unauthorized ‘manufacture in the consts all over tho country, At tho same timo the con- sumors nnd users of tho patontod article would be protected from extortion, becanso monufacturers overywhere would enjoy the privilego of moking it and putting it on tho market by the paymont of the legal royalty. "This would introduce the clemont of competi- tion 1n the manufacturo and snle of all patonted nrticles, and dispense with an end- less nmount of costly htigation, with the frequent practico of blackmail, and with varlous abuses nocessarily incidont to tho presont laws, Mr, Warrensoy, editor of the Loulsvillo Courier-Journal, iu replying to the comments of Tre Ouroaco 'TursuNe upon his recont very roadablo papor in the North dmerican Review upon * The Solid Bouth," flies tho track and displays a very wicked and mall- clous spirit by throwing out Lints about the safe distance of Tax Tuisvnr from tho Cou- rier~Journal, snd hurling such opithots ns “ Jfar,” ¢ luroling,” bully,” oto., ote, We aro disappointed in Mr. Warrenson, We had expocted he wonld bear defeat in a con- troversy with a bettor grace. In view of tho situation, howaver, wo are moro thau ever convincod that o uuiveraity for the teaching of tho oxnot aclonoes should bo ostablislied in the South, and, though wo are inclined to think ho would make o botter professor of fustlan than of mathoematics, we atill are willing to recommend him as tho Prosident. Mrs, Conn, the Norwich murdereress, has been convioted of polsoning hLer husband in the second degree. 8o far as tha late Mr. Conp was concorned, howevor, her poison- ing wos just aa fatal to him as i the procass had resulted in o verdict of murder in the first degroo, But it savos tho neck of Bisa- or'a ‘' pet” from tho noose of tho hangman. Wao did not know that 1t was possible to libel an attorney, but it secms it 1s, and here comes Maxven Evnug, of tho Fourth District Court of Californie, and sues Jous Panor for dam- oges. Exius allegos fn his complafot that o {s a practielng attorney in good standing, and that Paupr has publlcly proclaimed that he (Exiix) is not a competent lawyer, and that ho allowed a certaln case to bo withdrawn that it might re- dound to hls pecuniary benefit fu tho future, aud that ha acted {u collualon to delay the final settlement of thecasdy Plaint!fTcinims that his soctal and professional pbaition hinges upon his roputatlon for hionesty and fldelity to tho inter- csts of hia clicnts, ona that his good name has been slandered, and demands damages I the sum of $15,000. e t—— e Mr. Epwanp AtriNsoN dellvered a lecturo in Buston last week ou * Labor and Caplta),” fn which he showed that the sccumulated wealth of tho State since its gottlement only aggregated Lo years' production, Mr. ATKIN- 80N ¢lalmed that, out of all income from man- ufacturing, the working class and tradeanien rocelve from 00 to 03 per cent, Teaving ouly the romaiuder to those whosa money bus mado the busincss, As a romedy for the presont do- presslon of business, Mr. ATKINSON recoins mended the settlement of unoccupled lands, and trado with natlons dopending on hand la- bor, who would bo glad to ubtaln the products of our machluery, o o ‘The Indianapolls veurnal is In favor of Judge Duusstonn for the vacancy tht (s about oceur- ring un the Bupreine Benen, 1t says: Tho ur of tho Serentn Circult, comprislug the Htates of Indlana, lillnolx, and Wisconstn, shonld tuka lll‘rl to bring the naine of Judiw DiuAskoNn beforo the Prosident for the position ol Assuciate Justice of the Supremu Conrt, in_piace of Justice HunT, whowo caresr on the Mench fa ended and who is expected soun to dle, Thero 18 no wetter Judye in the United States than duige D ¥uosm. o 14 s honor tu the Benct, and would be in any country, Iu vaint of professonal uttalnments and Judicafl qushifications he 18 cgual to uny Judge new un the Supreme Beuch, Unitod action on the part of the Bar in Indtanapolls, Chicato, Bunngiold, Milwaukes would bring the mutter before the Proatdent In a way ghat would be aps to commoud tuvoruble nitention, e ———— ‘The New York Zlera'd lins at last got it * from & prominest Republican politiclan, who bas the teans to be very thoroughly infornsed,” that Geu, Guant will be nominated fu 1850 becauso lia con must easlly corry the Couvention, and % becauso he bs o necessity to tho party,” The lera'd hus most wonderful opportuuitics for meetlng just the kind of a prowinent iepublicun who ktowa overythiog overy few days, and they all tell the samo story ubout URANT. ‘Tho Jler- ald’s pendulum has swung from * Civsarivin ™ tlear over to the ** Man on 1forseback.” st mamd——rt s There fs one provislon iu the new Postal bill that ought to pass,—thut betters upon which full poatagu has not been paid shatl bo forwarded all the sume and the balsneo dus collected at the polot of delivery, It will eotall uo loss upon the Govermcnt, and 1t will bo & great cous venienes to the publle. Now a letter 18 detained fur postage, gous to the dead-letter oflice, and nutlee I sent tu the oue addressed that there s & lutter for bl which bo can bave by writing u letter and luclostuy the stamp. e —— A correspondont who paye su aunual tax on versonsl property of from 8300 tu §300 says b will trade bls fortuse for that of W, H. VaN- puusLT *even up.” flo makes tbls oxtraor dluary offer 1 the faco of tho fact that W, U, V. wakes oath that he hasu’t uby personal uraperty subject to taxation. Herca ls & chunce for Mr, VAKDEKUILY to repalr shat splesuid fortunc of $05,000,000 which Lis father Jeft him, and which bus beca mure or less shattored by his suits with bis slster. —t—— ‘The Httle troubls thot Fitz Joun Fourer i trylui to bave cleared up s all about suorderseut blw by Ges Pors oo the 23th ot Auguat, 1883, —suycntecn yeare ago. There s o tradition la military circles tbat PorTsr was ordered by Pors to attack the cocmy ut s certaiu bour of that day, but, instead of that, ho retreated. Tho Court of Inquiry has been in scsslon for some tlwe, and the case will probably b coucluded duriug tho prescut gencration. The 8pringficld Revublican says Misxin Havk has been trylug to please Boston people by ss- suwfug o ltersry cbaracter. Iv adds: “Sue haa visited and gone Into ecatacles over the Pan. Yie Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, anid now #he flavors ber' *Lafy? with ‘the itimation thyg the “Hub? rercimbles the old hngerdal citles of Furore. Defors she zoes awny sho will proy,. Llg clalm nataralization as n Hoston girl by ap. pearing In ono of her operas With a palr of *sneea’ on tho bridge of hier nose and n ponder. ous tume under her arm.' e e —— e The great law of compensation will halil zuag in the ense of the Salnta, I the reeent Qeclsiy of the United Stotos Supreme Court makes 50,000 grass widows In Sult Lake, and takeg 50,000 polygamous wives out of that disgracoety category. - The compensation would came t, the Mormon hustand in the way of ellmfnatipy, n cortain number of mothers-n-law from tiy st of hls relations, and thus he would be 4 great gainer. ——— Detrolt Evening News: "LoosN will Lol ways remembered aa the man with tho fog-hor volee, who devoted two weeks of his eventy) earcer to tho study of finance, and gave rise 1o univeraat wonder that it took hin ro longy time to learn so little, Another accompliay. ment of Loaax's fs that he can do more willig wmurder upon the Eunghish lauzaowe i giyey time than any other man of our age," —— The trouble with Copt. TioMA8 DA, of the Fifteenth United States Infantry, I3, that e didi’t marry bis second wife In tho rlizht Terrn tory. ‘The chargo Is that he innrried the widen of the late Gen, GornoN URANGER in New Mexico, whilo ot the samo thnc he had suotner wife in the. Old Country. Why dilu't Toy marry her in Utah, and Lhen hie would have o viated all this trouble? ———— A detegation of women went up to the White Hlouse tho other dav to lecture President avey on politics. The President turned them over to Mrs. Tlaves, who sonaded them on their kool cdge of housckeeplng, domestie economy, ete,, ote. In this way her woman's tact lelped Rurnenroro over a hard apot, and the fnyuisl. tors went away wiser, but no better, women, e t— s The Vicksburz Mera'd (Dem.) administers this sharp rebuke to the Louislana bulldozers 3 We would have Leen rejoleed if (Jov, Nien. one had taken tuls spirit of balldozing that he ways exista in wome parts of Loulsiann by the theaat and choked the l1Te out of It, even if it ne the freo use of hemp to do it, 1le, his Courtd ang his Loyisinture, must do thie, of confess that tug Itepnblicanw aro fully excusod for juterfering to protect voters lu thelr righla, e ——mp— In Indfana o man can go to church on Sunday, subseribe liberally to lift tho church debt, and never pay a cent of it The Bupreme Court of that State bos deelded that a subseription inade on Sunday Is not binding In law. Those inter- csted in removing church debis will do wellto taky due notlee, and goveru themelvos uccords ngly. San Franclsco Chron’ thaking Scitunz for his strictures on the waste of the War Departmont, wo should ot forzetto thank 8nzripAN for having the Lolduess 1o provoke them by polnting out mismanazement 1n tho fudlan Burcsu wherever hie saw It."” e et — - - CoxgLiNG's bold nssault on JoinN Bazusy the other day, In exceutive seasion, 15 abuut the first formal recounition of tho fact that the Scce retary Is a candidate for the Presidency. Coxz- 115G evidently thinks ho {s In tho way, heuce bo says “8hoo, fly; dou't bodder me,"? ——— A delegation of Mormon Indies has been to 8eo Mra. ITAYEs. They say that 50,000 of thelr slsters In Utah will be made outcasts by the en- forcement ol the antl-palygumous luws, Mrs, 1iAves I8 powerless to help them, They should appual to Congress, cusitale] e ———— The Democeratle members of the Indiana Lez- Islaturo have begun to struggle with o new Ag- portlonment bill, by the passage of which they hope to cheat the Republicans out of two or three members of Congreas, g o The masses aro not at all indiferent to the clectton ot United Biates Benatora. Wisconsin. ‘T'hey have all zoneover to Madison ta see about 1ty and to fustruct thelr representatives bow to doft. e p— e Qovernors ol Btates will do well to tremember that Queen VicTonia's messages to Parilament never exeeed o column and often aro much jesk ‘Tho British Emplro coutalns 200,000,000 people. [ ———— Bomo little filea of tho damngo n snow storin 1s capuble of dojug may b obtalned when It s kuown that 15,000 cars of frelght were detaiutd between Chicago and New York. e CAMERON reports cverything safe In Penusyl- vanfu. ‘The memory of man runncth not to tuy contrary when everything was not safe fn that Stato for the CAMERON Clan. - ———— Credit Voonneea withone Judlclons nct, Ie stays in Washington and attends to hls Sena- turlal duties, uumindful of the dolngs of the Iudiana Legislature, - e —— e In Detrolt it cost twlce as much In 1873 to cducato a chil iu tLe public schools of the clty ny [t cost I 1838, aud the work is no better pere formed, e e—— e The Cuildren’s Ald Boclety In New York €ty hos sont West mixt provided with homes 10,00 destituto cildren sinco Its organlzation, siheiatalohtivcns Iereafter, befors a Bherlft hanes o man I Peunsylvaula, hewlll teleeriph Gove BARTUANTT to aak If be ls going to send u reprleve. e B e Dotrolt’s clalm to be ealied o first-class city scemns to be well supported. On Thursday the Curoner bicld tive Inquests, e e at— Ou hor rotur from San Francisco, Misa CLARS Mosnnis wilk play in Chicagy befure visiting Bas ton uud New York, ———— The New Orleans Times §3 making a defers mived fight skaiusl Lolding a Cunatitutivaal Conventlon, ——et— e Tuuusisx oud PEuDLETON are both for Busior for Governor of Oblo. Bisuor favord Brsuor teo. —— . The greenback s victorious, WaspeLLPuits L1bs Las written u lotter and proved It it gttt abordel 8t. Louls is willini to ouduro the cold weathel as long a9 Ler citizens esenno sunstroke. i Coxkraxa considets hinaell o bigger man thao Mr, Haves, — Mrs, Hazus ls not 8 GuaNTman, Sho fs fo! Haxes, B ——— They are pulliug duwn thele Vasts In Mis- sourl, —— SUICIDE, duvelal Disweich to Tha Tribune, Br, Joskru, Mo., Jun. 17.~Col. M. I, Tlernan, of Cameron, lorty wiles east of here, committed sulcide by shooting bltmself ou Wednesday Just: Col. Tieruuu was Joug o resident of 5t, Joseplls was alawser by prolession, and 8 zeutleman ul rase culture and literary sttsinwents, Ile was sbout Hluau of age, & mative of Haltiure, ond loved und respected wherever kuows, Mo sulllcieut cuuse 18 ussigued for Lis sulvide. it g7 AN OVERDOSE. Mveciat Dispatch o The Tridune. Dxrioir, Mich,, Jan. 17.~Kate Lipderma. alias Whiteon, a very beaytiful but disavlti:v woman of the town, died this worplug frou v effects of su ovordose vl opium. She was i (U9 babit of takivg it to relicvo paiu. i I3 nob kuowt whethes she wos sclusted by u suicilsl lutuot or not. NORTHWESTERN ROWING ASSOCIATION. Torgno, 0., Jap. 17.—Tbe Northwestuid Awateur Ruwiog Association wict here to-dsys sud decided to BoIQ tho uext regatta of the As soclation at this city, und proposltions were re cerved from Madison, Wis., und Detrolt, ‘1he date of the regutta wis vot dectded upuu,