Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 7, 1879, Page 4

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F. and A, M,—Ilall, N enta 7 duoc, Somiuniedtion (s (Fridur) § dially Tovited to attond. * 1y order of the Master N, TUCKEIt, Sceretary. N e N ¥ ' FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1879 Two denths oceurred yosterdny among tho Roman Catholio clergy in Wikconsin—tho Very Rov. Mastiv Konpra, Viear-General of Miiwnukee, aged 74; and tho Rov. Father Louts Daxy, of 8t. Patrick’s Ohurch, Fond du Lae, nged 5 - Mr. Fnxw’s bill to regulate the business of JMfo-insuranco in Illinois was very shabbily ‘trented in the House yesterdny. Numerous 'i, smendmonts wore added of o character cal # culated to bring tho mensure into ridicula i‘ . nnd contempt, and the bill thus. besmeared was ordered toa third ronding, i — f The roport of tho Military Court of In- % . quiry sppointed to inveatigate tho conduct of Maj, Rexo af tho battle of the Little Big Horn has boen submitted, snd tho approval of Gon. Buemuan and the Presidont is ap- ponded. Xt exonerates Reno from tho “chargos preforred by Wrrrraxen, and bears testimony to the bravery and good conduct of officors and mon at that battle, The best evidenca that Snen Arx, the Af. ghan ruler, isdead is the fact that tho ad- Lieventn of soveral pretenders to tho throne hove fallen to and aro oxtorminating onch other to the extent of their sovoral abilitios, At Intest advicos Yaroon Kuaw was said to .be the best man, but oven the roport of his "+ successed {4 somowhat quatified by the state- ment that tho son of his fathor had retired to Herat in order to save his Kingly bncon, —— In the midst of froquontly recurring Ninilist plots with which tho Russian suthor. ities aro constantly confronted, it is now eoid thet political dissension has broken out near tho throno, nnd that the Czar ond Czarewiteh aro nt logger. heads on some important question of Stata polity. The story comes from Borlin that the holr-apparent is under survolllance, and not allowed to leavo tho Palace, lost some in. triguo ‘should be sct on foot i opposition to tho Ozar’s desires, Tho right of petitien was somowhat ox. tonsivoly exorcised in.tho Ilinois Legisln- turo yesterdny] in the prosoutation of the prayer of 110,000 lndios for the passnge of n law permitting women to vote upon all questions Involving the granting of liconses for tho salo of liquors, 'T'ho occasion was ono of grent intorest to that claga of ladios who fondly imngine that tho ~, liquor question, in order tobo foraver sottlod, * ouly necds that tho fomnlo sox should take & Candin grappling with this mommoth prob- Jow. ‘The potition wasrospoctfully reeoived, and will doubtless receivo respectful trent - ment af tho houds of tho Legialature, ‘Tho lodies wero pormitted to present at length their viows in support of the move- wont before tho Committeo on Licenses, by i/ whom {ho petition will bo considered, and every opportunity was afforded them to con- vinco the leglalators that prohibition is prac. ticablo and desirnble, — ‘Che admiration which the Democrats of the Becond District fesl for the courso of Oantzn HanrisoN as a Congrossman must be especially gratifying to that gontloman when ho remembers that these same Democrats ouly a fow months ngo noglected to give the wtrongest possible proof of their admiration aad approval, viz.: a renomination, Heo would be a good enough candidate for Mayor this spring,whennobody can be foundtolead the forlorn hope of the Democracy against A M. Weianr, whom the Ropublicans will nominate by acolamation and elect by a tro- wendous majority, but Our Canren wus not “good emough to recolve tho in- - dorsement of bhis party in the Con- Si + grossional Convontion lest fall. It would, i . however, be Interesting to have him run for slenioustrate how many paople there are in : Mayor on tho Democrotio ticket, just to’ i v THE CHiCAGO RIBUNN: FRIDAY MARCI1 7 Chicago who do not approve his course vn the rovolutionary mensures by which the Democracy foreed the ealling of an extra #ession, Tho stenographers’ soheme o fnston n ‘horde of now taxonters on tha people of Tili- nois is being ateadily pushod forward in the Legislaturo. 'Ten dollara n day and 12 cenls por 100 worda for copying conrt proccedings will furnish plensant and Jucrative omploy- mont for quito n numbor of intercsting poo- plo not sntisfied with their presont incomo. "Tho ayes and noes on the bill will be road with unusual intorest by those who must foot tho expense, But they will have the oxtromo satisfaction of knowing that more porsons who wish to live tipon the public are provided for. Yosterdny wo printed a statoment of the sums roccivod and oxponded by the State Board of Health, and, nccording to that ver. sion, thero hins been nn illegal and impropor uso of the public money by some porson to tho smount of several thousaud dollars. But tho statomont also disclosed that no vouchers bad been filed showing the oxpenditura of over 85,000, Now, two questions must bo nnsweored in cxplanation of this business: ‘Who expended the money? and Who re- coived the money thus illogally paid out? In finding out who cxpended tho monoy illegally, it should also be found out to whom the money was paid, and what 1t was paid for, Tho answer of tho Republican party in Michignan to the recent announcement of the nuptialsof the Democrats and Greenbackers wha made known yesterday by the Stato Convention at ansing. It cousists in o platform contnining two brief resolutions, the first reciting tho fact that the Ropublican party, having broughl tho currency of tho country to ite presont rottled and snfe ocondition, opposes nny radicnl change in our prosent fioancial system; and tho second iuviting the co-oporation of ““all men of whatover former party affllintion who are in favor of floaucinl honesty and a safo and sound basls for the busiuess of the country.” Ono branch of the Legislature recontly passed a bill consolidatiug the sossions of the Suprema Court at Springfleld and putting nu end to the migrations of that Court back- ward ond forwnrd tbrough the Stato. In- volved in tho pnssage of this bill is the prac- ticnl nbolition of two offices,—tho Clerkships of the Court at Ottawnand at Mount Vernon. To abolish n fat office is so unprecedented that it may be supposed to be an act of van- dalism. ‘The Legislaturos of tho present day aro hiardly equal to the sncrifico, Tho Olorks protest, and the snloon.keopors at Ottawa and Mount Vernon (that is, if thero bo any snloon-kespers at those places) protest agningt the consolidation of tho acasions of the Court at Springfield. Howaover desirablo tho chango may be for tho general publio in overy gense, it is possible the Legislature will shrink from the unheard-of cruelty of abolishing two offices at ona session, OBBTRUCTING PUNISHMENT OF CRIME. The State Souate has pnssed a bill giving to County Courts concurront jurisdiction with tho Circuit Courls in that clags of cases of which Justices of thie Poace have jarisdic- tion, and whon the amonnt in controversy or the valuo of tho proporty shall not exceed $1,000, and concurrent jurisdiction with tha | Circuit Courts in nppeals from Justicos nnd in qunsi criminnl crses. The same bill pro- vidos that appeals and writs of error may bo taken from the findingsof the County Courts in rovonua cases, common-law onsos, forcible ontry nud dotainer, and bastardy cases, nud in criminal prosccutions, The law does not provido- that the findings of the Appellite Courts in any of thoso appeals, excopt whon the smount in controversy does not cxcead 31,000, shall bo final, and therefore the right of appeal to the Supreme Court romnins uo- changed. 'T'he law simply confors on Coun. ty Courts the juriadiction of Qircuit Courts within certain limitations. ‘Whilo thoro is no objaction to this bill so far ns it goos, it Incks the thing most wanted, and thet {8, n provision making tho judg. ments of the Appellate Courts final in all cases, Thero are cortain closses of onsosin which appoals to the Buprome Court are’ sooured by tho Coustitution. Tho law of tho State, howover, instead of oxcluding such cnses from tho Appellats Courts, ro- quires them to be first appealed to theso Courts, and through them can they alono be carried to tho Buprome Oourt, 'Thisisan obstruction, o dolay, nud a costly addition to tho prosecution of suits, for which there is no justitication or npology, eave the purpose of jncreasing foos and employmont for mowbors of the Bar, We deny that courts naro ostablishod for tho purposo of creating business for lawyors. Wa dony that to mwke two appenls in o cnso necossary whon ono alone can be final, for the purposs of compoelling htigants to pey doublo fuos to counsel, doubls feos to Clerks, nnd donble convt costs, s on honest, logitimao, or defonsiblo exercise of legislative power. It is an abuse, n disgrace to tho profession wltoso reprosoutatives have fagtoned it upon the people, aud one which the Legislature should termiuato. without dolny. ‘I'ho greatest injury to the cause of publio Justive is in the mattor of criminal cascs, ‘I'ho Coustitution provides the right of appoal to tho Bupromo Court in ol criminhl coses, Beforo tho cstablishmont of tho Appellate Courts appenls aud writs of error from con- vietions 1 tho Uircuit Courts were taken di- oot to the Supreme Court, But now, by virtuo of a provision in the amendesd Prac. tico nct of 1877, tho Appellate Judges nro holding thnt erimina! apponls must be first taken to thir Court, and, if the Appollato Court roverso the rulings of tho Cirouit Court, tho vasois remanded, the State laving no right of nppeal. Tho difliculty of the present day, rd -io which the country owes much of tho ecrime which pro- valls in all parts of tho land, i that (ho Ilaw - ogalnst erime i3 mnot excouted with that vigor, promplucas, and certalnty which tho safoty of socloty de. mands, Until the conviotion and exeoution of two murderors in this county, less than a yoar ago, it had becoma almost au established fuct that murder was no longer punishablo in Illinols, and espoocially in Obicago. Not. withstanding the oxooution of thoso two wurderers, thero are uow fourteen persons under indictmeny for homiclde commltted in this county, and many others who have not been arrcsted. Even while a murdor trial wes golng on in the court, within a fow days, an honest, unoffonding man was aswns- sinatod by thres rufilans, who probably jn- cluded among the slmost jnsupcrable ob- structions to their ovor belug convicted for crime the new right of appeal to this Court of Delay, which stands au almost insurmounts ablo obstruation iu tho way of tho punish. ment of puy vrimo In this eounty whero tho criminalahavo noney to foo lawyers. On Wedneaday mght, after n pationt hear- ing, a jury was, in viow of the facts, com- polied to convict one of n gang of equally guilty burglars for the murder of a polico officor, and provido tge he bohanged for tho crimo, Tho first rospeuse mado to tho verdlet on tho part of the crht\‘{;:\ was that ho would nover bo punished,~fvould nover hang,—beeanse * thera's thd AppeHnto Court.,” ‘Cho Appellate Court Is recognized by the whole eriminal population ns an fn- vention provided by the Legislature of Ilii- nols todefent the punishment of any criminal, whathor lio bo thief or ‘murderer, providing ho has money to pny feos. We do not wish any ono, tounderstand that the gontlomen who composo the Appollate Courts aro relicdupon inany way asapologists or sympathizors with crime or criminnls. ‘What we moan is, that the Appollate Courts, 08 constiluted by the Inwyors of the Legis- lature, aro an obstruction in the path of justica. Thoy aro clothod with power to reverse flually conviotions by courts and juries, but bave no power to definitely affirm thom, They aro a Conrt of final re- sort to nid in acquittal, but their convic- tions bind no one. 'I'ie pnblic prosecutor hasto struggle often with corrupt and packed juries; hias to con- tond with chauges of venue granted as n nintler of right on the domand of open, no- torious, and avowad perjury ; hasto contond with tho corrupt purchase, and intimidation, nnd deportation of witnesses; and when he nt last brings o criminal to conviclion in spito of all those difficultios, and after long and expensive delays, thera is an appenl to an Appoilate Court, that eannot make the conviotion final, but can pick flawn in the in- dictmont, charge to tho jury, ndmission of testimony, or any ruling of the Court that tried tho caso, aud ** roversa and romand it" back to be tried all over again, The consequence of this is, perhaps, a year's l@h‘y, during which witnessvs mny be purchused, may die, may run off, may romove beyond the jurisdiction of the Court, mny bo murdered; and weak jurors may bs found to Lo intimidated with threats or corrupted Ly monoy or other improper influence. In such caso tho chances of a sccond conviction, no mattor how villainous the crime, are grontly reduced. Even if n sccond convie- tion bo had under such improbable ciroum- stances, anothor appeal to the ssme Appel- Inte Qourt may bo tnken, and thore ngain tho onse is fought over. It must ba Lorne in mind that in the Ap- pollate Court the guilt or innocence of tho criminal is not at isgne. Tha eriminal is com- plainant, and the Judgoe of tho Court balow is triod by tho Appollate Court for depriving a ‘ follow-citizon of his lborty,” *it may bo his lifo.” Suppose the Appellate Court, after two or throo reversals and new trinls, at lnst aflirms tho couviction of the Court below, then thore is an appeal to tho Su. premo Court, and that tribunal may, and tho chances ard will, find . that tho Oircalt Court on tho firat trisl wns right, but that tho Qircuit Court on the second trinl in following the opinion and direction of the Appollata Court on tho first appenl had erred, and therofora the second conviction mus® bo sot nsido and tho case re- maonged. Wo aro stating nothing improb- ablo; we aro giving the accapted ronsons why tho Appoliate Court is regarded as tho palladium of erimo for follows who onn pay feos, It stands botweon them and tho prison; it takes thom from tho gallows and givos thom back to sacioty, Socioty demands of the Logislaturo that this obstruction in tho path of justice bo romoved, and that the * Practico act” bo changod so that in all eriminal cases appeals shall go dircet to tho Supreme Court, whore the jundgmenta shall be fnnl and suthorita. tivo,—~to tho Stato nnd the nccused alike. Will the Iawyors in the Lagislature, for tho mera snko of socuring to thoir profession moro fees from thieves, burglars, aud mur- dorors, refuss to romovo this obstruction to justico and publio safoty ? Lot the nyes and n0os on the proposition bo rocordod. EFFECT OF THE GAG-BILL IN GERMANY, A roactionary spirit secmy to bo at worlk in Germnny, Princo Bissanck has met with two savera robukos sinco tho passago of the Anti-Socialist bill, and seoms to ba upon the ovo.of athird. Tho first rebuke was oll tho roore severo becauso it was almost unani. wons, Io bad requested ilio Roichatag to give him permission to prosccuto two So- clulist Daputios, Hasszusany and Furrsene, who had beon expolled from Berlin, for ro- turning nud taking their seats in that body, Lasxen, tho brillinut londer of the Radicals, in n powerful speech, maintained that they had roturned under the sanction of the Em- peror's iuvitation to all the Deputics, Under the influence of his srguments, the Deputies; ns o measuro of self.protection, not knowing liow soon thoy might all bo deported if they conceded tho request, rofused the per- mission almost unonimously, and passed o resolution affieming that the Anti- Bocinlist bill did not authorize the Govern. ment to prevent a member from taking his #ent, though ho might have beon expelled from the Capital by the police. The OChnn- collor has rocoived his second robuke in nn adverse voto upon tho motion to refer hia pot monsure, the Parlinmentary Discipline bill,—a touder to the Anti-Socialist bill,—to n committes, which indicates the flunt defeat of the moasuro, L'ho attack miads upon tho Governmoent by the opposition spenkars wau o vory bold one, and -the Chancollor was plainly informad, even by the Liborals, that ho batod froedom of spgoch, nud that the German people did not sympathize with that hatred and did not look upou his moasure us of puy practical aocount in assisting to cnrry out the provisions of the Anti-Socialist bill, For the first time in many. years Prince Dik. Manox fu his reply uttersd somothing that soundud very 1uuch liko o whine, and evinecd n disposition to back down, Ho had nothing mare to say than that tho Government had hoped to find onorgetic support in combat. ing Booialism, and was disappointed, aud that ** Wao are ontitled to have an opinion s woll ns tho Relchstag, and should be bed patriots if we acted in opposition to tho diotates of our own cousclonce,” Behind this apporent whine thero s, howavor, an ulterior purposo, Dsaanox has many strings to bis bow. It ia stated by woll-informed correspoudents that he has taken little interest In the Parliamentary Discipline bill, as- the Fedoral Council, to which it was firat submitted, materially modifled its provisions and almost emuscu. luted it, 8o that ho is rendy even to sauction its rojuction. His ulterior purposo is to dissolve, wo as to poss his Protec. tionist ,sohomos. It he canunot put down Bociallam -aad carry out other important measures which do not yet ap- pear on the surfosce with the ald of the Tolohstag, be can do it with the aid of o great army, To maintain a great army, however, requiros an immense revenue, That 1B79~"TWELVE ' PAGES, oniio oannat .como from' abrond. - Froneh indewnnily fs used up, Tho tobaceo monopoly wauld bo but a drop in tho huckat, Honeo bix only relinnca for rovonus i3 hia nohomo. to Intraduces protestion in every lns of natiomal fudustry, This involves an ouotmous taxation, not only upon luxuries, but upon articlos of domustis use. From presont indications, it is by no tneans cortain that L)y rohome oan Lo eare ried, The Pall Mall Guazelle's correspoud- vnb nssorts that tho Liborals who have 80 ofton followed him nro porsistontly hostilo to this mensura, Tue army is now largely supported by direct contributions from tho various States, mo that tho Relchstag has soma control over it, but by Bisuanck's now polioy it would prss entirely out of popular control. Thoy know that such an onormony tnx-lovy will still further dopross Industries, raise tho prices of living, throw mon out of omployment, incroase ‘tho pre- vailing discontent, nud add fuol to the Social- fstio flve, which lias not yot beon extinguish. |- el. As the Gasette snys, tho inatructed Germans kaow that the ohiof if not the solo oauso of the dopression of trade iy **tho onormonmgrain on the uational encr- gics made by their huge nrmy. Whilo this is malntaiued ot ils presont level n commaer- cinl ravival 14 impossible; at the same timo, tho impoverisbed country must submit to taxation of incrensing weight," For theso nnd other rensons the Libornls are firmly opposiuft tho ifaposition of this now burden upon the peopls, though Brastance himself {850 confident of carrying it that he will make a dissolution. If he suceeeds, ho will undonbledly not only carry this, but his anti-Socialist achomes also, It ho fails, wo may look for n new man at the helm, for it is doubtful whotlor, nfter such succossive losaes of prestige and iufluence, ho would caro to romnin longer nt the hond of affnira. THE POTTER" “THE OTHER BIDE" OF COMMITIEE, The Ropublican mombers of the Porrer Committeo wera Messrs. Hiscoox of Now York, Cox of Ohio, nud Reep of Maing, Ihoy wore hopelessly in the minority, for ono of tho Commitiee whom Sponker Rax- DALy bad ironienlly appointed as o Republic- an (Bex Burier) aoted thronghout with the Democrats, In spito of the discouraging fret thnt tho Republionns could hopo for no fairness from o Commiltee thus organized, Mosgrs, Hiscoer, Cox, and Rrep followed ovory step in the investigation with leen serutiny, and sucoeoded in exposing the Democratio thaories and witnesses to the ridicule which thoy morited. I'hese gentle- men havo presentod n minority roport which isin striking contrast with tho portisan state- ment mnde by Mr. Porren. The work of the Ropublican mombors was nocessarily counflued to'n restraint ag far ns it was poasi- Ulo of tho partisnn inclination of tho ma- Jority of the Committeo, nud tho roport which they have submitted has o similar pur- pose. That the Democrats detormined tho investigation should bo ez-parts wns ovidont at the beginning, when they refusod the reosonablo request of tho Rapublicans that the atloged frauds on tho Lallot-box shonld be oxamined {n the Floridn clection enso ns well a3 thoso chargod upoun tho canvassers aud the Returning Boards, ‘The Democrats wero nfraid to go ¢o deoply into tho Florida oleo- tion, but voted to gather togothor what evi- denco they could impenching tho honosty of thoso who counted the votes. Materially the ssmo courso was pursued in Louisinun, and the Ropublicans were not permitiod to exposo aud yan down tho Democratic frauds in Oregon, South Carblina, Mississippi, and other States, on tho ground that tho scope of the resolution under which the Porren Committeo wny organized was not broad enongh (o admit of this latitudo. . . Tho investigation, then, wns one-sided throughout ; Lut, in spite of this fact, the Republican members aro ablo to show thnt, out of 3,000 printed pages of honrsny and suborned tostimony, thoro is not the slightost proof of tho charge of corruption which tho Domocrats have brought against the mom- bors of the Roturning Boards, *“No man,” say theso gontlemon, *‘haa come forward to sny that any bribe was nccepted, or that any member of any Canvassing Board indicated any desiro to botray his trust,” and thoy add: ¢ Every intimation of that kind has beon traced to some Democrat, and there onds, and that Demoerat has never beon brought beforo them.” These gontle- men shiow the spirit of froud and intimida- tion that prevailod among tlio Florids and Louisiann Domocrats both beforo the eleotion and during tho canvass of the votes, nd mako it cortain that it was courngo and con- viction, audnotfraud nud corruption, that car. ried the llopublicans through all the snares and dangers with which they woro threat- uncd, o Tho trontment of Mosars, SnenuaN oud Noves by the majority report is the most out. rageous portion of Lhat partisan document, Tho wnjorily roport, in n snenking sort of fashion, does not say whuther the charge ngainst SuuwsraN was proved or not, whereas the fuct is that it was proved conclusively thut ha nover wroto the lutter he was chargod with wiiting, and that the mon who mnade the chiarge wora convisted liars, mere ad- vonturess, ond utterly untrustworthy, The covert attack ou Gon, Noxzs in the majority roport was cqually unwarranted, as thero was not u jot of wvidence to show that ho engnyged in othor than logitimate relotlons with tho Biato Canvassers, Iut thoso sucaking refloctions upon Munsrs, SuemaN, Noxves, ““und othors,” which §s the vagus Iuugnage of tho mujority roport, is ouly m keoping with tho goneral charaoter of the Committes's worl: thut long ago disgusted tho publiv with its manifest partisanism and its unscrupulous mothods, Mossrs, Hscoox, Cox, and Reen naturally draw nitention to the abanrdity of the mnjor. ity disposlng of the Florida olection withont saying onu word about the eiphes-dispatelies, —a proceeding which thoy liken to the play of “Ilamlot" with Humlet omitted. The ‘LnprN crowd fara badly in the summary of the evidencs furnished by these dispatches and the testimony to which they led, Wae should thivk 3Ir, Manute would look about for some swnll holo to creep out of—tho suallest kind of a holo would do—iu order to escupo tha seathing charnoterization of tho purtha acted in the conspivacy, Mr, Mannue must thank himsolf for boing ospocially flayed, for ho assumed a virtus ho had not, aud courted scopn by hia hypocrisy, As to I1LoeN himself, the Rupublican members of thwe Committoo woro forced to the conolusion, us was noarly ovarybody olso, that the old gontleman did not tell nearly all ho kuow, aud thatif bo hnd thore would have boen “richuess.” Tho final summary of tho whole investigation may be found in tho fol. lowing, which is the closing paragraph of tho wminority report, and spplies generally to Houthora politios ; ) **Tho change neoded Is n tho epiritand lemper of the community, the cultivation and respect of law and riglt, tho recognition- by the strong of the FlgUts of the.weak, aud when progacss is made fn thia diraction we mhall witnoss ‘canal progress tuwarda puelty at etections, and not titl thon, Wao regrat, thorefore, that the result of tho nvestiza. tlon n which tho takingol testimony continned I the last day but one of Congrese, ona ia #titl Incomploto, must bo n report Lhat, In abediende to thediroct.ona of the Houno, 6 great mars of ovi- dence has ncenmulated which ean neithor bo con- aulered nor acted npon by Congross, and the ad- vantages galned by the public in the dally cons! eratlon of it, upon which the minority fuslsted, s the only mattor of profit to anybody," ‘I'his is n folr, it not vory sntisfnctory, osti- mato of tho wholo procoeding ; and tho Por- TER Committeo will not be imong the things for tho Democrats to Lonst of in the fulure, THE MICHIGAN m\nmxous—v—mn FIAT FUBION, ‘Wo have alrendy drawn attention to the unnntural allinnce bolwoen the Michigan Democrats and Michigan Fintista in tho in. terest and on the basis of Groonquackery, Wa spenle of that allinnca as * unnatural ” partly beeauso the Michigan Domocrats lost year wera outspoken in their devotion to sound mouey nud obstinately averse to nny union with the Fiatists, and partly becauso tho fusion which has been brought nbout this year seoms 'to La equally distasteful to hoth parties in interost, Tho hnrd-monoy Damocrata of Michigan cau searcely bo dis- posed to abandon their principles nt the very time when those principles have beon justi- flod i practico and received the npproval of tho gront mojority of, the Ameorican peo- ple. On tho other hand, it is not natural that tho detoles of Groon- quackery in Michigan should mnow be auxious to furnish votes to enabla tho hiard- money Demoorats to ety the State, when theso samo Demoerats were scofling nt them only n fow months ago. This theory.a con- firmed by the actnal disgust of both Demo- erats and Nationals ot the coalition, Each is inclined to nocuso tho othor of sharp prac- tice, aud both may ba right for aught wo know to the contrary, Tho Dotroit Free Press must Lo nceepted as a fair exponont of Michigan Doemocracy, and tho Hon, Gronae ‘Winzarp, formerly n member of Congress, who now cdits tho Battle Croek Journal, is one of tho ablost of tho Nationnl leadors. By comparing tho oxpressions of these two authorities in thoir respective parties, oy thoy ore condonsed ju the following pacallel col- umns, soma iden may be formed of tho fraud in this **allinnes "’ What the Free Presn)What the Daltle Creek ({;rm.) says of the Journal (Greenback) atliance, says? If the nominees could! Everybody knows the in uny sonso bo said to'adrolt * plan concolved Le running on the plat-land execated by the form adopted atthe Con-|Grecka for the capture vention, we should fesliand destructlon of Troy. compelled to repudiate;The credulous Trojaus, them oy we ropudiatedeceived by the pretext that platform, . . .[of a victim offered 1o Selforesvect, vrinciple, |them for sacrliice, tn- palicy, everything of(troduced the cuboris of valuo ‘to n party organi-ftho treacheroun foe jnto zation, were cart at thelthelr midet, and, winlo foet of the Ureenback- rejolcini avue thofallcity erd, and the scornful c-(of their trlumph, found ceptance of tho aacrl-(thelr city taken and ita fico by tho Intter was re-|flunl doomi prononnced. spardud ns rather gracloun| 1t gatned awooden horae, thnn otherwise, ., .|outlostitsownexistenco, There 1 nothing lncking'Che fatal policy which to the completunces of|resulted #o #lenatrously the hmmiliotlon. The(in that instance e ouly graund upon whichjuiten been repented, but the Natlonal Ureenback scarcoly ovor in Amorican party las over clatmedivolitics with mure siotice. hcritolore thnt thera wan'ablo stralezy than tunt any necesity for Ita ex-lpracticed at Lansing Fri- Iatonce aw nattinct party duy, by which thy Deino- was its domnua for frre-leritie party of Michizan, deemable flat _money, by an apparent aurrondor That geound was cut to the Nationul party, In from under ity feet whon'reality captured the latfor resumption took effect,‘and vut an end 1o ity Ine 1ts ndvocacy of theaboil-|dependent careor, . ton of Natloual vankwitl, ‘Fhe country docs not held n common with'forgot that it wua through wdny Demacrats, Includ-jtho Demncratle party ore logall the followers of ganlzed on o, prelended Parunsean, Ewing, and:issuo, in some respects ilexowons, . . ', Nolmiar to the oue pro- gool can_posslbly ‘come posed, that tha South be- from so_uuholy an alll-lfore "the' Wur galned ance. The Lemocracyipolitieal supremacy, and uf the State may bo mis- subjccted the people and represunted inConven-jGovornment to 118 domt- tiun, bt they cannot be nation, ‘thisdomination led or driven totho sup-'practically continuod for Dot of any such piatformu quarior of o contury as I'1eLy ¥nd bl proxy-land ended in the attempt Dbearing accessorics have'to overthrow tho Govern- attemptod to force upon ment und to destroy the the party. Ta support it Kepublic, Tiia "puoplo would be to cat louso, shonld bo slow to permit not only from orinciple these samo States under and from tho beat and'any pretext whutevor to noblest traditions of the rovent (ha role which party In tho State, hut they havo so dlsastruusl; frum tho National De- plased, and least of ail mocracy. through n trick which they liave formerty used. It mny bo concluded from this mutnal cx- pression of distrust on the part of the Domo- crats and the Nationals that the allianco that ling beon brought about will simply serve to disgust both parties to tho contract, and thoy will not be able, combined, to contest tho political control of tho Stata with the Re- publicans as woll ns the Democrats could if they had not ontored into tho disreputa. blo compnot, Mr. Wirtanp hos the vight iden onbout the affalr; it is auother -cnso of “Trojan horsa strata- gem,” s lio says, In pretonding to go over to the *‘National” Groenquackery, {ho Michigan Democrats have simply sought to swallow tho ** National ” party, and thus possess themsclves of the ** National * vote, The movement Lns reforouco to the Prosi- dontial olection of 1880, when tho ** Bolid Bouth " will seck to recover its supromacy ovor the nation, with the aid of a fow North- orn States williug to submit to such dicta- tion. 'Thore are a good many pooplo at the North whé have voted with tho Groonback- ors on thoe curroncy issuo who will not voto with tho Domoocraty to enable tho ox-Confod- orato laaders to rule the land, Mr, WiLranp was quick to discover tho fraud, and the De- troit D'ree Lressls heartily ashomed of it Both of theso ropresont strong constituencios, and tho prospeoct for tho alliance under theso clreumstances ia not the most Hatterlug, The Bt. Lonis Republican thinks that the advocney by Tur Omroago 'I'misuse of the Anti-Coolie bill, which commendead itsalf to overy unsontimontal person upon social, moral, and industrial grounds of vital conge. [ quence, was duo to political considerations, aud that Tue 'Pnisone viowed the whole question from a parbisan standpoint, It says: **Wo are therefore justified in Laliay- ing that, it the arrival of 50,000,000 Ghineso would msuro tho olection of Grant, our Chioago contomporary would throw up its hat und sing tho doxelogy.,” 'Pho future results of unrostriotod hired Coolio hnmigra- tiou will show tho wotives that induced Tue Ouicaco Tnibuse to combat what it then aud uow bolisves to be an unmiti- goted ovil to "Amerioan labor, eociaty, and morals, Meanwhile, the Bt, Louis Lepublican und other Domoeratlo’. pa- pers are already singing the doxology with such unction ag to convinco ns that the only motive thoy had in advosating the bill was the expectation that the President, une dor the prossuro of Lastern olerlcul sonti montalism, would voto it aud thus give thow tho opportunity to make Domocratio partisan capital on tho Pacitlo Blope. 'This {5 abont tho sizp of Democratic rogard for Amerloan Inbor iuterests, Wa are, therefore, justifivd in Dboleving that, it the arrival of sevoral thousand wore Qoolies will insure the .cleo- tion of Democratio delegations from Oal- ifornia, Oregon, and Novada, our 8t, Louls contemporary will toss up its hat high in the oir and *sing the doxology” in a still more exultaul wanner; and we .aro also Justitied in believing that, it the President had signed the bill, they would forover Lave mourned tho opportunity of gotting up tho noeensary indiguation out of which to make capital. Mr. J, PAvNe Conttme wrltes-to the “Athe tieum _that " hes belleves—indeod, he Is vonll- dont—ho hns found another tragedy by Suak- speAne, ‘Iha ttlo ‘of ft Is *A Warning for Fair Women,” and it was printed n 1509 anonymously, The atory Is domestic, and ro- Intes to the murder of a husbiud by bis wife nenrly twenty years bofore BHAKSPRARE was a popular writer for the stage. Tl now the namo of BiARSPEARE has never been connect- ed with i, but the strongest internal ovi- dence, in the opinfon of Mr, Coutfer, shows It to bo his, Mr. CoLniER quotes from this play ns speclmens of what he considers SUARSURAREAN passapes the followlng: Q sable nlehtl sit on the eyo of hoaven, Thal it discorn not this bluck deed of darkness, = Now fs the hour como ‘To but your love nnto the touch, to try 10 It be ‘current, or but counterfait, I gave him fifteon wounds, Which now bo fifteen moutlis that do accuse moj In every wouna thore Is a bloody tongue, Which will all apeak, cte, * He quotes n much- loogor passaze reelting an interview between the glddy wifo ond her paramour, and-says of ft: I stake my reputa- tian on the fact thut the above was contributed by our gteat dramutist.’” 'Ihe passage referred to Is strikingly llke the courtshlp eceno In " Richard 11LY between Lady Anne und Gloster, ——— The Duke of Argyll's boox on the Eastern question—which thy Loundon Zémes duscribed pleasantly as *‘a pamphlet '—Is i two volumes and contains nbout 600 pages. It deals with ihe Conservatives severely, thouzh justly and cau- tlously, When the Eastern questlon arose in 1876, the Dulke anys, it had no nevessary connee- tlon with partyepirlt. Whon, howover, England was required to support Turkey, there could he no comaromise on the part of those who con- demned this doctrine, It was,'in the flrst olace, a question of right und wrong, and, In the sccond place, of the great follies which arp al- waya involved [n o course of uppression nnd n- Justice. Tho Duke condemns Lord Dznny's foreign policy before his retirement, speaking of {t as weak nud temporlzing; charzes the Gov- crninont of BeacoNsFIELD with full knowledge of the Berlin memorandutn, aud dezlares thut all the good done at the Cungress was In epite of England, nud afl the ovil its work, Tho last hatf of the sceond volume nccuses Lord Mavo of bad faith fn his dealings with the Amcer of Afghanlstan, and sums up the negotiations on behalf of Great Britaln, which ended in the war, with results most untavorablu to the present QGovernment. e a—— The Moline Water-Power Company, through the personal exertions of Scuntors WiNpost and Avrrisoy, succeeded in having an amendment tacked on to the Sundry Civil bill in Conference Commlttee, the effect of which will ba to zive bt the uss of the valuable water-power created by the Government ot Rock Islamd, Fhe New York Ztmes says this amendment was a job, aud that {v was adopted in conferenca by somo hocus-pocus nrrangemont. it /corlulnly was too importunt o measure to be put through in that manver. It was vow lerislation und should bavy been considered delluerately, Scnators Avuisoxn und WiNpos have done themselves no credit in this affair. They are simply muliioly- Ingz evidencea thut, baving just been re-clected for six years cach, they do not care srhat the people think, ‘The Wisconsin Blue-Bouk, complled under the direction of the Sceretary of State, Is just out. It contnins much interesting information re- lating to the State and Natlonal Governments, the composition of the Legislature and Con- gress, and the Exccistive Deportments. ‘The volume extends over 578 pages. A blographical sketeh of Senator CARPENTER IS given In an ap- pendix, Sineo he Lus been out of public lifo two years, readers may bo fnterested In knowlng that ho 1s now 65 years of uee, that e was two yoars at West, Point from 1843, aud that he studied lnw with Rorus Croasrs,focts which ' some of us, outside of Wiscousin at least, have bad oceasion to forget. . s The New York Board of Aldermen are éon- aldering a proposttion- for o surface-raflway n Brondway. Some of the members jnsist upon amendments to the charter requiring the Com- pauy to keop the street clean and in repalr, which, if adopted, will bo apt to discournge the intending incorpurators, Provisions of this nature ought to be contalneidt in every strect- raflway charter; and, if one sct of capitalists in New York witl not bulld the Broadway rond on theso terms, another will, The fuvor with which the schemo 18 regarded on all hands 18 romark- able testimony to the success of the elovated ronds. A year ago the suecestion would uot have been serlously entertained. —— Dr. Nwsta¥, whose clevatlon to the Cardl- nalate has Leen posted, is 73 years of age. Not belng s Bishop, in the ordinary coursc of affatrs he would be ouliged to takeup hls resideuce ot Rome, but it s presumed he will be relleved of this condition on mccouut of bls age and many infirmitics. Dr. NEwMAN was praduated at Oxford in 1820, Ho wus converted in 1835, nud did not visit the Acadernic shades agzain for thirty-three years. . Iu 1878 he wus wade a Fel- Tow of bis old college, Trinity, and wgulo sald on that oceaslon: ‘Tho schoolboy spat ‘We no'er forget, though thero we ara forgot. ——— The Bar Assoclation of St. Louls has deelded that the rates of legal advertising aro too high, The natural reply to this is, thut the rates of legal services arc out of all proportion higler thun chose of legal advertising, ‘The lutter are tiow 80 poorly pald that newapapers of etunding do not take them as o rute, and they go to con- cerna of small cireulution, ‘The 8t. Louls Globe adus to tols that it {3 the practice of mauy law- yers to charge thetr clicuts full rates for such advertlsements, and pocket the dilference bo- tween the schedule-prices of lurgy and small newspapers themselves, —— The secret of the mystérlous vote cast by Sen- ator DoN UAMERON In favor of seatlug BoTurn as against Conmn s out at last, It wad prompted by gratitude. In 1857 SisoN Cam- ERON a3 seated, uuder similar alreamatuuces, by the votes of three Domacrats, sgulnst the caueus nomines, Jonn W. Forney, Onoof the three Democrats who thus voted for CaMERLY was Benator ANpnew P, BurLes, an uacle of the presout Beuator from South Caroling, The chorize nguinst Simoy CAMERON {u 1857 was cor- ruption In procaring his clection, — B It was diNlcult to understand why the provis- fon dictators should select DuNLAP above all others us a pandidate for Mavor. 1f disposed to be unchatitable, one might sny that they wished to distract bis attention from the lard deal. It mauy be, howover, that they think the profita on lard will pay the expenses of an un- successful contest. s Priuco BIsMARCR'S success rests malnly on his marvelous skill In giviug up without ax- knowledging thnt ho is beaten, He says now that his Parllamentary-Qae bill was purely a philanthrople measure, und he has no’personal interest 1u secing it adopted, But, if Parllament dovan’t want such philanthropy, why, he is content, ——— A mournful rumor is eirculating on tho Weat B8ide to tho effect thut Canvai JIANmsoN has disposed of Lis eaglo to bis succossor, ‘Lhe no- ble blrd will not consequently amuse the neigh borhood by fighting gama-cocks io the ex-Con- Eressman's back yard, as was expected uud, browlsed, ————— ‘The Clnclunatt Commercial priuts a back list of Membersof Congresa who pludzed thewe sclyes a yoaragouot tovote for subsldics and Tost week votud for the Roacu $3,000,000 grab, It 1s pleassnt to be able Lo say that the pame u0 Ilinots Member apoars In the llst, = . ° e — ‘The fallure of Archbishop Puncsit and hls brother is havivie a dopressing eflect on {ndustry n Clucinuaty, and ouo of the local papers saya 1t fa affecting the vaiue of* real might seem an exaaeratlon, butcllll “nlle\'rs . remenbered that the Joss pf $4,000,000 Im e people nlotio®1s harder to o hurng lim-. |;.e Tos: - i of ,ten times that gy .classes, 1ouBt by the wealyyy ——— The country {s fll of men who bo broken up in just the way Hm‘:‘.’l“\]:!gh 2 Iay und suffer the humbliation of vopfye or 2> 150,000 shares of Unfon Pacifie Evidently the reporturs! dering, % on o, tock ns je dl\l{ Wils havo heep wag. The report ll-mt ogea’ wag E ahout in Chicago nnd run o Deaoeratic ]Imlc‘rni:em' regret to hear, untrue, 1f gy werg u(lmr‘wl‘:‘l wa should tuka great pleasure In poinyig o some mistakes of ¥ Moses, o ———— Josern , 8, BrLAcknuny, the ney for Bpeaker, 18 n Kontuekian born, clnim to the oflice rests on tho fuet tered the Confederate army fn 186 throughout the War." candidaty but bty chlep that fi 4 gq, 1, and seryeq ———— The courageous nud nble State's 4 Lutnzn LAvLIN Mivrs, deserves the :l‘.:xrl:: t all honest men In this community for mmo the canvictlon of JoIN Lasn, the murderes 13 ONleer Racn. 4 ———— 1t is 8 pity tho President did not have py of plety when the River and Harbor b cl:n?: before him, lustoad of at tho moment Whea hp was asked to send a new Consul-Ge; by neral to ——————— Uroven, at any rate, has been nustered out, Ho did as much s uny other member 1o maky the late Congreas n nuisance, l When we havo a Dresldent with nerve, and not before, the River and Harbor bi will be vetoed, | 4 Mr. GARrIRLD also voted for, the Roack spy. aldy. k. f PERSONALS, Lamb must bo led to the alauglitar, ‘?hm Cobb wanta o enrpot in hor prison cell. . In only two years moro Mr, Tildon will notbo President, Jeff Davis' now *lost causo”s The fail, ura to get a penslon, . Mr.. Pottor, it scoms, liko Mr. Tilden, never heard of the ciphor dlspatches, Maj, Andro, who {5 to have o monument, might have had a penalon hiad he lved, IIna Mr. ‘Lilden duly considered tho Hon, Jellerson Davis In the light of a dark horse? ‘Wado Hampton's ricout farewell letlor way affecting enough to fonch cven the heart of n mule, Leadvillo has started o graveynrd, This would indieate that the James brothiers aro reafly at that place, The Bnifalo Krpress is {rying to Lill of Mr, Thden as a Presidentinl candidate by caliing bim 8. Jones Tllden. Mr, Potter intimntes that Aggio Jonksisa Mar, and we shall soun hear thla distinguished gen. tloman calling for tho police, Tho nuthor of the phraso *“As innocent a8 8 lamb, " we take It, dldn't know the gentleman recently convicted of murdur, The nowspapers of tho South ara pretty unanimously advisiug California not to secede, and they know how it fa themclves, ‘I'he proposition to give Jeff Davis o pen. aton would appear to indleato that the hard winter has killed off the sour applo trees. Boston has a Frozon I'udding Clab, an ex. change tolls us. s i3 ono of tho resalts of Charles Francls Adama, wo suppgse, “Boouvoir" is the name of Jeff Davis' new place; and tuis reminds us that it will be s long time Beauvolr ho s in tho Senate. Lli Porkins cluims Mr. Beecher ag hig bo- som friend., Mr. Perking' progensity for elling untruthis is gradunlly belng acconnted for, Pocahontas is o Linve a monument over her grave in England, Pucahontns was the only good Indian which thls country over produced. The Democrats will have such u strong m- Jority in the noxt Congross that they will probably kill the Democratic party befora the scasion i ended, No Beeratary of the Treasnry has over been President, thongh noarly all have tried to be. No oxceptlon to the rule can bo made in the casc of John Sherman, A Peorin paper oxultantly notes tho ar. rival of the first robin. ‘The Peorla man has prob- abiy seen o bied with red fanno! sround it neck for a sore thront. Justin D, Fulton snid Inst Sunday that thero was tap much cowardico i the pulpit. Tiere Ia o great deal of everything in the pulpt, i seoms, but roligion, Mr. Kimball {s going about paying off church dobts with other poople'a money, and, now wa think of 1t, what un excellont thing 1f wo could pay tallors bills it tho same way! Mr, Beocher says thero isn't a singl men'I- her of Plymouth Church thay can spin u pider's wob, 'Thils, we feor, 18 due to the unfurtunate fast that not a single meaiber 4 a splder, ‘Wo hopu Californin will not secedo. It wonld be dificult to get o State toput In ber place, and, besldos, tho Chinesa would come butherliz us with thelr nasty ways dnd cheap labor. 8ir Garnot Wolsoley is going to South Africa to tako command of the Englieh arny i person. This would appear 10 Le unuLCedssy, fn aunniel 08 Princo Napoleon ls already ou by w3y there, b Anua Dickinson says that people go to tha theatrs (o laugh and bo futerested and llnulr'd.’ Iustead of 10 fesl vad and go Lomo with u:am heartw, 'This, we supposs, 13 the Fesson Au ducan't pluy any more, N It is rumorod that Mr. Evarts wonld i : to be Minister to Eneland. Tho rumor h‘ f\nnbfl";d tho veault of mn attempt Lo briug Mr. Evarts A0 the Marguls of Sulisbury togetlier to ight it tho fSaliery awurd question. & FIRES. | AT COLUMBUS, 0, Cotusnus, O., March 0.—The loss on ]m: burned warchouse of Dent & Downey D:‘)l § ufght will bo sbout $12,00. ‘The lusxjmlw,\:up 87,000 {8 divided ns fullows: Peopl :( :\ e ance Company, of Newark; Newark, o .m'- ark; aud Boston Underwrlters', s'wx: {’mk‘ Peopla's, of Tronton, nud Farmers’y ull uud‘ $1,800 each, und Morchants, of Richmond, 81,000 AT SOUTH 1 dvectal Diwpatch (0 Ihe Tobunes Sourn Besp, Ind, March U.—llla. nfl'“q g mill of J. H, Keedy was burned about Jm.::: this morulng, Luss, ubout $:20,00H (nsucuoces 39,000, AT FATRFIELD, ME. FAIPIELD, Me,, Murch 0,—Fire b ak? ;ut':: night in ‘Crafton's Block, aud has alreal )’. stroyed five buildings. ‘e Hawmes are raging, with a heayy wind, IN CHICAGO. The alarm from Box 833 at’10:45 :,‘::";"Z morulug was caused: by the buruhig © s culmney at Nu. 220 Union strect, owl occupled by A, Craue, Damage nomiual, L —— N, INDe | SUICIDE. i Urica, N. Y., March 0,—A letter lrr;m’ fr:x et Johariu saya thut lust Saturdsy night e nawéd Ira Dewey, restding near Lnuml:’ Lo Schohurle County, commlited suicile )vaunlp laudangus, Ho was despondent on x‘:" el business matters. * Ho left the ml:‘;‘“mfiu i Drean Wirk: My fricuds n:n'unl Oy 10 on tug, und § am tred of lving. L8, G Sy emmuh ‘t1us rash act umd leaye you i dreu, but for God's suke and ‘mlw 4 littlo oncs lll‘ym: cat, l.lumh?:_ c CELL ISHOP PURCELL anvonr‘.l}?:f Murch ll.—‘rlw(.nllxu.lllfi :m‘: of this city sro In Tavor ol taking colle ‘ald Arcbblstiop Purcll, of Giuciuuath o% bis tuancial troubled.