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Exposition Dullding. Lake Shore, foot of Washington street. Madsme Anderson, the Pedestrienne, WEDNESDAY, MAROH ‘12, 1870, Tho revival in tho iron trade, so confidont- ly predicted for some timo pnst, scems to havo begnn. Tho pricos of all descriptions of morchant iron were yesterday advanced b per cent by the Philadelphin Iron Merchants' Association. 6 ' v * Tho Now York Oardinl aod tho Philadel- " phis, Boston, and Baltimoro Archbishops " on extra sessior have transmitted to Archbishop Puncery the nssurance - of their official nid, ‘nnd their conclusion that the whole of ‘the Church of Tome. in Amorica should nt onca proceed to the rescus of a brotlier whoso situation is so perfootly “pitin- blo. It is hoped that the gigantic eleomo- synary impulses of the Catholio Ohurch may bo safely directed toward tho smelioration of an ‘ovil befors which any less potont agency would falter in despnir, The message of Gov. Winizams at the opening of tho extra session of the Indlann Tegislaturs ndmits the truth of ‘the charge that tho Democrats were responsiblo for the noglect and mismanngement through which iho appropriation Lilla falled. An nttompt is made, howaver, to locats ,tho blame upon individunls: and not upon the pnrty as o wholg; but. it will bo diflionlt to escapo tho rospljnflbilily in view of tho fact that the Tcpublicans, both singly and collectivoly, bavo labored enrnestly- to nccomplish the nocessary work and nvoid the necossity of “The'discovery {s ade that under an old nnd forgotton standing rulo of the Sonate il removals of the minor officors of that body must be approved by the Vico-Presi- dent. The rulo was framed in the good old Democratic opoch of 1865, and its purposs was to provent the displacement of experi. enced and efficlent officers by newappointees, Tt slill ‘remains in forco, nnd in moving to . reseind the rulo the Democrats will bo com- pelled to ncknowledge that they do it not to improve the efficency of the service, whioh can hardly bo done by the dismissal . of the experionced clerks and subordinates and the filling of their places by n hungry Lordo of office-huntors, Tollowing tho fine example sot by the Re- publican Qity Convention, the Town Con- vontions have taken pains to nominate some most cxcellont nen for the important town. offices of Assossor, Collector, and Buper- visor. The Somth Town ticket fa avery. whore commondod 89 especinlly strong, ond that nwominsted by the North Town Republicans will no doubt commend itself to tho taxpayers ns worthy of support, It behooves the Ropublicans of the Wost Town now to excroiso unusual care, to the +ond that. the Republican city nud town tick. ots to bo voted on tho first Tuosday in April gholl contain nono’ but firat-clnss names. Tho Fronoh eom bont upon com pazeiug thoir own destruction’ by voting to impench the lato Cabinot of ex-President MaoMauoy, Such anextrnordinary procoed- ing by o ropresentative Government as to |- imponch a Binistry whioh has resigued and no longor exiats has aroused widesprend in. digiation smong the French people of all clnssos, and is producing a renction agninat tho Radicals as strong ns that which led to the overthrow of the Ministry, Monnrohism is olready overthrown. Conservatism is throatonod on all sides. It only romains now * for tho Radicals by their insanily to hand the contral over to tho wulten Reds, nud thon wo :nny look for disorder, clvil strife, nnd revo- ution, Alr, Lasan, in hig gy of Jerw Davis, tompared him to Proyerurus bound, with a vulture pecking at him. To completo his similo ho should have sald that ProxeTuzus was bound and punighed for stooling. And yet tho two cases can -Lardly ba called paral. lel. Proxzrmeus stole fire from Heaven and gave it to men, the most useful of all gifts, Jere Davis tried to stoal the Bouthern States out of the Union, and the arms with which to nocomplish it, Prouerneus stola for the bonefit of the human' ruce. Jerr Davis stolo to keep n portion of the buman race in iho most crue! bondsge, Pnoxerarus was puniehed. Jzrr Davis has not beon, If jus. tico hnd beon administored in tho one case ns in the other, the valturcs would bave pocked ol Jere Davis pendant from a sour-apple - tree, From Atlants, Ga., thero comes an account of & most borrible ducl, ending in the mur. dor of ono of the combatauts, tho ono ‘who was against Lis will forced'into the foar- ful fight. A business disagreement butween ‘Col. B, Arsron and Eowaup Cox, two proml. / ; THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY MARCIf 12, I870—TWELVI: PAGES, - 5 nent citizons, was the origin of the trouble, | oratio caucus (the Bouthern members) would benofits, and nll concluded by one verdiot, | Damnsous blades by nny meaus, but only — and the pistol was called in a8 arbiter and avengor. It happonad that the man who onglit to hnve been killed was spared, whilo tho man whose lifo was'of somo bonefit to the community was cruelly butchered. The Intter fell 8, victim to n condition of socioty which in some dogreo tolerates the duello as n modo of adjusting disputes, sinca it appears that no effort was mndo to pre., vont Cox from exconting his thronts against Arsron's lifd, Atsrox was urged to arm in golf-defanse, but it soema not to have ocour- red to Gov. Cotqurrr and othors to whom Cox communieated his bloody purpose to en. donvor to frustrata it. by placing him under nrreat. It was n murdor that onght to have been provented. ——— L ThoRepublicansof tho EighteanthWard inve not yot sccured an Aldermanic candidate. Tho primary meoting tondered the nominn. tion to Mr. Wiruiax I, Busir, who eamo out the next morning in a eard poremptorily de- clining, for business rensons. Wao trust the Club will seanro tho nccoptanco of some first- ratomnn, Tho ward is well provided with oxcollont material, and it does scom that n good, popular eandidate might bo nrelected. The ward pays nearly half tho taxes of the North Bide, and hundreds of its oitizons pay taxon on property in tho other divisions of tho oity, and yot they have been vory care- loss of lato nbout baving a good Alderman. Last spring tho citizons who profess to bo in favor of economy and reform allowed the bummers and tax-caters to get away with them and eleot an Alderman who instinetive. Iy nots with tho sealawage. ‘Thoro is a Re- publican majority of 500 to 700 in the ward, and yet, throngh fnexcusable apathy and in- efficiont management, tho excellent Ropub- lican candidate last spring wns beaton by n Democrat who “runs” with tho rovenme- devourers, and whose highost ambition is to ‘b prodigal with othor people’s money, The rotiring Alderman, takohisrecord all together, Lins bohiwved well and worked for the intor. osts of the taxpayers, Bhall his snccessor bo o socond Jonas or a mau like ex-Ald, Kinr? Tha Council s becoming too heavily loaded with members of tho stripe of Jovas, Law- 1ER, STauner, McNunyzy, MoCareney, ef id genus omne, for tho publio good and tax- payors’ safoty, While the respectable citi- zons sleep, the bummers sow tares in their whont. . THE SPEAKERSHIP OF CONGRESS. The position of Speaker of tho National Tonso of Ropresontntives in ono of tho most responsiblo and important offices un- dor tho Governmont. Tho Spenker is al- most nlwnys n comspicuous party leader, though his dutices require primarily that ho shall be nupartisan and impartinl in his rl- ings. Thora is no man in Amorican pub- lio life who hins so much dictatorial power ns the Speaker within hiz own domain. He nominates all the House Committees, and, in his selection of mombers for committoo places and Chairmanships, ho is able to do more toward shaping the logislation of the sossion than tho party eaucus which has placed him in power. His Intitudo is wo broad and his rilings have so mnch foreo that he is frequently nble to accomplish or dofont any proposed logislation. Ifo may bo the terror or the pntron of the lobby. Ho is in direot snccossion to the Presidency, ns {ho law provides, in a certain emorgency; that the Speaker of the Housa shall bocomo Prosident of tho United States. TResidos, his opporlunl@lufl are such that, properly improved, they rny be mndo {o further nny ambition he may'have for higher place. tho Bpenkor's position are such ns to ronder Lim ono of the chief mon in tha nation. Tt is not surprising, under theso conditions, that the struggle for tho position of Spenker should always bo animated. It is the placo of all others that fills the eyo of the ambi- tious Houso momber., Tho contest this year promiscs to ho more lively, and perhaps moro ncrimonious, than usudl. The enlling of tho extra session shortly after the demise of tho old Congress has cut short the usunl opportunities for eanvassing and wire-pull- ing which aro afforded by the ordinary re. cess from BMarch to Decembor, nnd no one person can foel with anything liko certainty that he has secured o mnjority of his party caucns by a judicious distribution of favors and shrowd barmonizing of interests. It was almost ‘0 foregono conolusion, for ine stance, that Mr.. Brave would be elocted Spoaker of the Forty-third Congress, Mr. Kenz of the Forty-fourth Congross, and Mr, Ranparn of the Forty-fifth Congress, long before tho 'aession began; but no one can claim with equal assurance that ho will Lo olected Bponker of tho Forty-sixth Congress, ‘Tho Demacrats, to begin with, are not yot agreed nmong thomaolves s to tho clhojoo; socondly, thero are threats of bolting in cnxo either of tho two mogt prominent Domacratic candidates bo nominated; and, thirdly, it is not abgolately certain that o Demoerat onn cnrry the doy with any defection in the Domoeratic ranks, unless tho Groeubnek voto shall go to him, Ifenco the groat por- turbation in Washington. 1If tho Domocratic canons make any nomi. nation for Spenker (which is doubted in somo quartors on necount of tho danger of a bolt and congoquent defeat), the choleo will al- most certainly foll upon cither' RaNpALL or Jracknuny, for the friends and supportersof oach aro #o determinéd that they will searcoly compromise on n third man, DBracwuony has a dangerous clomant of strength in tho condition of the * Solid South.” ‘I'hero nre ninoty-soven Domooratio members from the Bouth, and four calling themsolves Nationals, who ara probably not any tho less Domoorats on that necount. Bracknuny himsol? is n typlical Bourbon, Io was 80 much of a bo- liover in tho right of secossion that he went into tho Confedorate army, though his own Btato (Kentucky) remained in the Union, o answors all the domands of the ‘ex-Cou. fodorates, and is foremost among those who ndvocats tho onforcod ropml of the Natlonal Elootion law by rofusing to vote supplies for tho Government until such vepoal shall bo conceded. Mo is in full sympathy with the sectional domnnd for subsidies, and will sustain the Southorn scheme of an incomo tax for the purposo of forclug money out of the proaporous North to supply such subsidies. Thoro is little wonder, thon, that My, Brackwuny counts upon a larga support from the ¢ Solid Bouth,” Ile would probably recelvo the wholo of it but for two circumstances, viz.: (1) Many of the Southern Democrats are under strong personal obligations to Ranpary for his past favors in giving them committecs and othorwise aiding them, and (2) there ara gome DNomocrats from the Southewho binve sonse enough to foel that it will endan. gor tho Presidontial prospects of thelr party it they insiat that tho Speakor shall boa Bouthern man, aud who doubt, too, whethor Mr, BracknuuN or anybody oleéo can be eleot- ed as the candidato of tho *Bolid South.” Hence, whilo a large majority of the Demo- Altogether,.tha attributes of ‘| profer to eleot Braoknury, prudential ronsons may induce them to abandon the attompt. As ngninst Braoxouny, Mr. Ranpann has some elements of strongth and somo olp. ments of wenknoss, It is in his favor that liohing mnde n good Spenker; though o strong pnrtisan, ho has beon governod in many trying onses by Avsogso of the serions \responsibility which rests upon the office, and which ought always to oxolude partisnn- ship. At tho same .ilmo, his conduct ns Bpenker, and especinlly in the making-up of tho Committecs, hins mnde him many bitter cnomies in his own party. A fow men like Cox, of -Now York, and Mornwsoy, of Illi- nois, rosentad his olection in the firat place a8 a porsonal injury to themselves, in the be- liof that thoy ~evorally sliould have been chosen, but their animonity was subsequontly intensifiod by Ianparr's slighting thoir clafms to prominent committea places. On tho othor hnand, Raxpatt’s tenurc of tho oftico hng onnbled him to mnke frionds among tho ex-Oonfederates, who, other things boing equal, wonldsupport Bracknuny asthocandi. dntdof the ‘*Solid South,"” Thesupport which Raxparn will rocoive from the TinLoerxN fuc- tion will both help him and hurt bim. It will help him becausg the Tirpey faction will look upon tho clection of Spenker re part of the Presidentinl enmpaign, and will support RANDALL with money and promises a3 ono of the steps toward securing the Dem- ocratfo nomination for TrmupeEN noxt year, DBuat this Trieoex alliance will hart him, too, boenuse if it sholl bo conspicuously devol oped it will furnish the Greenbackers with n ronson for throwing their support to Brack- nuay, The lobby will play n prominent part in the choloo of the candidate, and it is now enid that Raxpart, has not beon s prncions to tho lobby as ho was oxpected to be, Tho Republicans are in the minority in the Forty-sixth Congress, and do not count upon olocting one of their own number Spenker. It may be, novortholess, that they will bo ablo to exert n deciding influence in the finnl choice. Tho Greonbackers have boon exag- gerating their strength with n viaw to trad- ing thoir votes for future favors, and in case there shall bo no Democratio caucus nominee, or in tho event of a Democratio bolt, they may bo ablo to assert thomselves,. They claim to Liold the balance of powor, but thofactseoms to be that a solid Groonback voto would only affcet tha situntion in cnse of o defection nmong tha Demoorats. But in snch cnsa tho TRepublicans might also bo in o position to shapo tho resuit. It is rumored, indeed, that RANDALL has somo nssurances that ho will roceive cnough Republican votes to clect him, if ho shall bo a candidato againat, Bracenuny s the * Solid South " and Greon- bnck eandidate. It is too early in the fight to predict anything of that kind, nnd itis rensonably certain that no such pledges have been made ; but the rumor serves to show that the Republicans may yot detormine tho choico of Sponker, In a sirict partisan sense, it might Lo bettor for tho Republicans to givo tho ** Solid South ” and the Tiatists all the ropo they want ; but in a higher national senso the Republicans would be warranted in taking such ndvantago of n contontion among their opponents as would secare the most availnble man for Spenker, even though he Lo not n momber of their own party. THE (I’ The Republican Convention yesterday hind & very harmounions nnd enthusinstio session, which resulted appropriatoly in 1ho nominn- tion of a ticket (hat will command the pnited support of tho Republicans and tho rospact of all citizens of all parties. Mr, A, 3L Wnianr was nominated by ncelnmation for Moyor, He haa beon o merchant of this city for many years; a man of ability, clear judg- ment, quick perceptions, sound prineiples, and » citizen of irreproachable private charac- ter. o will take into tho offico of Mayor a ripo business experionce and a roputation for high personal integrity, and will devote his onergies to a faithful dischnrga of tho duties of tho office and to tho protection of the beat-interests of society. The Convention nominated another busi- nuss.man, Mr, Marcua A, Farwety, of tho long-established firm_ of Gnansis & Fan- WELL, for the offica of Treasurer. In this cnse, na in that of Mayor,. the Convention solected n man of businoss habits and of in- tegrity, avd one who will possesa the confl- donco of the wholo community. Col. Tt. W. Ricany, n member of the Bar, respectable for his talants and his acquire- ments, nnd well known as a warm-blooded Republican, was nominated for tha offica of City-Atlornoy. 'The fact of his nomination ovor so atrong a man, as Mr, Turamnr, who has g0 ably and efficiontly filled the offlco for soveral years, may bo considered ns decisiva ovidence of his grent personal popularity. For City Clork the Conventioh nominated Mr. Peren BusomwaAm, & young man, o nativa of this city, of German parentage, who is highly commended by all those who know him nsa gentleman of ability and scholar- elip, . The wholo tickot is exceptionnlly strong nand unobjectionnble, tho Couvention noting undor the nssuranco that the most cortain way to securo succoss was by moriting it. — THE LAW OF STREET OPENINGS, ‘Wa havo enlled attontion .repoatedly to a dofect in that part of the goneral law rolat. ing to specinl assessments Dby cltios, such a8 the oponing or widoning of stroots or alleys, The prosont law is clumsy, enmbor- somno, costly, and admits of delays that nro ofton fatal to the improvement and injurious to the property intorested. .The difficulty ia in the execution of the present law, Now s procooding i institued to condemn tha property to bo takon and asscss tho dam- ngos to bo pald. This procoeding genorally rosults In exaggorated valnatlons, overybody swearing in tho most liboral maunor, Aftor this proceoding has beon gono through with, thore follows n second' proceoding to apportion this oxpenditure among thoso who have to pay it according to the bonofits, The first thivg done is to tax the gonoral publio onormously, and thon comos the swooring down of bonofits, according to which no ono ja bogefited. Thero is, thoroforo, A wide margin botweon tho monoy to bo paid out ‘and the monoy to bo pald in, Thoso assessed to poy protest and refuse, and, ns the work cannot procoed uutil thoso ontitled to dam- ngos are pald, tho improvement stops ; noth- ing furtbor is over done,—all proceedings ore arrested. The property threatened to be improved drops out of market; no one enn taks the risk of building; stroets can- uot bo pavod, aud the neighborhood sung into decay, 'Ihero are nt least throe strik. Ing instances of this at present In this oty : (1) North Btate streot, (2) Bouth Dearborn stroet, () South State street, Tho prop- corty on thoso streots has boen ruined be- causo of the abortive efforls to improve tho stroets by widoning nud oxtensions, ‘The romedy is a plain one: Thera should bo but one judlolal procceding, including n valuation of damoges nnd nssossmont of \ tho same eviderico applying to the Lonofits nod the damages. Thon thero would be an end to the businoss, The assessmont for benefita would pay the damngen, and as roon na tho monoy waa colleotod the work would g0 on. The twonty-sight gentlemen who ropres sont this connty in the General Assembly aro awaro of all these difeultivs, and awaro of the paralysis the Iaw infltets on all sioh improvements. The Law Department of the City Governmont is' nlso well nware of it. Tho Commissioner of Public Works is mot by.this difoulty overy day. Yot no ono seams to have taken any stops to hidve tho wratched Inw romedied, or (he embargo re- moved. Ono momber of the Logislatura was moved to the extent of sketehing a hill, after consultivg with thoso experiencod in tho mntter. His proposed bill provided that & Commirsion Lo nppointed by the Court to nssoss both damnges and Lenefits aftor full notico, and report the findings to the Court, 'Then, after fall notico toall porsons con. cerned, the roport to bo conflrmed excopt \\‘hm:n objections are flled; one jnry to bo impanelad to try all the objeolions both a3 (o benefits and dumages, and ono verdict to determine nll {s3ues of fact; the Com- mission to determino tho proportion of tho cost to ba poid by tkecity. Who proparation of the Lill seoms to -hava heon tho end of - tho matter. No furthor notion ks been hontd of; no Cook County mom. ber seems to consider it any port of his businoss to attend to any interest of the public in this highly-important matter, and nb the ond of a four-months’ session the twonty-cight * Cooks” will como home, “worn out” with their lobor in doing nothing of any material concern to their con- stituents. A poposition to establish half a dozen now officos now would excite tho livelicst indnstry, aud the keen scent for pnblic plunder would lead the wholo delega- tion to prodigions notivit; THE STATE SCHOOL-TAX, Tho Btato of Illinois has for a number of yenrs appropriated tho sum of one mlilion of dollars annually for the support of public schools, This sum is distributed, nccording to some oxtraordivary computation, among the scvornl counties withont referonco to the nmount of tax paid by each. To pro- duco tho revenno for this purpose the Auditor nnnually fixes n rato of tax, nnd wo give the foolings of his roport on this sub. jeot for 1876 and 1877: 1870, T Teviedus oo viir tavsenss Abatements, comtlesions, and fees. Not amount ‘eollected, Tald to countles, Amount of surplus tax, 1877, Tolal tax Tovied.i....es $1 Auatements, commissions, and fees.. Net tax eollel Pald to counties. Amount of aurplus taxs....ee 1008 110,295 What s done with this andnal surplus is not oxplained, and wo do not know, but sup. poro it is enton up in the offico of the State Superintendont, or somewhero nt Spring- field. It will bo-seon that tho tax to ralse $1,000,000 i8 lovied on fho bnsis of $1,100,- 000. Of this, $100,000 is consumed in cont- missions, feos, costs, and nbatements, It will bo seon that the exponso of raising tho ono million gf dollars is cnormous and sbhameful, If tho privilege of raising this tax was given to the people of onch connty, it could ho collected ab far loss loss and cost thae that now “gustained. As it is, fifty countica in the Stafo recoive $129,000 more of tho Stnto rovenuo than they contribute to tha Trensury. This defieit on the part of those countios is made good by the County of Ccok, which paid, in 1876, over §129,000 mora than it received baek, while tho othor fifty countics supplied tha surplus of over §100,000 to feod tho pensionors and others, —tax-caters who livo upon tho Puablie Trens- ury in and around Springfield, This scandalous nbuse needs a remody. ‘That remedy ia for the Btato to levy annu. allya tax of one mill for school purposes, the tax to ba collected in onch county and rotqinod thero for tho snpport of their schools, According to tho last Stato-valupe tion, this tax would produca £8£0,000, but thiore would bo a siving to the people of the difforonce botween tho present tax-levy of $1,400,000 and the sum now paid fo the conntios, which sum isnow lost on the way to tho State Trensury and aftor it gots there, ‘Tho lonknge and shrinkage are shamoful, and ghould bo stopped. If thoe tax of vue mill bo not onough, let it bo incrensed, but hiave it so provided that nll the tax lovied nnd collocted shall pass diractly into the County Trensury for loeal sohool purposes. Tvery county would thon have moro monoy than it now gets in _proportion to the tax it pays, and ench wonld got all tho schiool tax for school purposes thoy rafse. ——— DEMOCRATS AT THE CONFESSIONAL. ' Tloridn was ona of tho Statos of which Mr. T1LpeN swore, with n well-simulated burst of indignntion: *I deolare before Gop and my country that it is my ontire belief that their votes and cortificates wera bought, and that the Prosidoncy was controlled by their pur. chrse.” Bofors Mr. Hisoock gob throngh with tho Sago of Grnmeroy Parke that venor- nble oldpolitician was forced to admit that tho ovidenco on which ho hnd onlled Gop and his country to witness his boliof in himself as “a martyr” aod “the great defraudod” was nothing but certait loose statomonts which hio had rond in powspapors, According to Inte roports from Washington, an outirely nmow light is ‘moon to bo thrown upon tho TFloridn olection of 1870, Bomo of tho scoundrels who woro mot- ivo in porpetrating tho frands in Disncr's distriot lnst antwinn, so tho report ruus, sce- ing the doors of the Panitontinry yawning to rocoivo them, * aro now rendy to confess not only the frauds of which they wure guity in 1878, but nlso similar ones by which tho grontor part of tho Republican majority in thot Btato wns destroyed in the Preaidentinl election.” It will ho remombered by those who gave closa attontion to the roturns in 1876 thot tho early roports from Tlorida wora of the most oncournging character to Ropublicans, indicating that avzs bad ear- ried tho Btato by a handsome majority,—a thousand at lonst, It was at this stago that roturns from Dewmocratio countics began to bo hold back, as was thon belioved by the Ropublicans, with a view to making suffi. clent clanges in them to savo the Btate for TinoeN, Very littlo light hns over boen thrown upon this patt of the Domooratio programmo 1 Florlda. The country knows Just how many g danger signals” Moses, Manton, Ark, and Shokinah Manoza throw out, but it yomainod for tha rogues i Bis. uee's distriob to tell not only how thoy choated in 1878, but how thoy cheated in 18706, “'Tho frauds in Drspee's distriol last fall wero g0 monstrous that the Ropublicaus dotermined to uncarth them,, and they have succoedad in oapturing tho tools with which the dirty work of tho Demeoratio party was performod. ‘And, o8 these tools are not common clay humnng, they sguenl nt the prospect of hard labor in the Ponitontiary. Nor aro thoy so much 1o Llame, cithor. Whon a rufiian is hired to lio, cheat, stonl, commit highway voblery or murder, thero {8 an impliod contract that the employerg will protect tho employe, and save Lifm from tha just ponnlty of his evime, Tn tho prosont lustance, tho Uniled States Conrts lifve solzod the rufMans, and tho Demoorntio party of Florida, the employer, is poworless to save ita employe from the grip of the law. This boing tho situation, tho rogues have confossod,—inndo a cloan brenst of it; and they have turnod old Time's dlal back two yoars, and told just how the Domocratio party tried to rob the Re- publicans of tho Eleotoral voto of Florldn, Those rogues who holped to do the job swear that “Tho ohanges which tho Domoerata mnado . in the roturns from n ringlo county wore sufficient, if cor- rected, to tako Florida out of tho list of doubtfnl States and maka it Ropublican on tho faco of the roturna by ro latge n mnjority that, if ovorything which tho Domoarats clnimed befora the Cnuvassing Board hed beon conceded to thom, tho Republicans wonld atill have beon hundreds ahend.” “Timo makes all things even.” Two yonra and ahnlt have pnssed, and thore comes n now rovelntion of tho monstrons wicked- ness of tho party that hns beon engagod.an equal longth of timo in investigating alloged frauds on tho part of the Republican party ! All these Democratio investigations have nbounded in Hos and slanders of the Repnb. lican party, but tho outcomo of every ono of them lins boen n fresh oxposuro of Demo- cratio villainy. The statement comes from Washington that Tronsuror GirriraN has beon urging Secrotary Smenwax to authorize tho dizsburso. ment of somo of tho $24,000,000 of silver dollars now miled up in tho Treasury vaults, and acoumulating at the rate of 60,000 a day, but that tho Becrotary is now averso to” paying out this,clnss’of legal-tondor monoy withoutsoma spocinl authority from Congrosa, This is a partinl conaossion on the part of the Secrolary, who formerly denounced the dis- bursoment of silver dollars as unjust, but it is still absurd to ask special nuthorization from Congress for paying Govornment obli- gntions in n kind of monoy which Congross has already declared to bo tho full equal of 1o other logal-tendor money of the conntry. It Sccrotary Snenyax has any foolish super- stition nbout paying silver dollats in propor proportions for interest on the public dobt and snlavies deawn by Govornment employes, he will fiud an oxcellont opportunity for ridding his vaults of the silver surplus, and ot tho same timo for getting the standard dollars into nctivo cirenlation, by disbursing thom in paymeont of tha claims for bnok pen- sions undoer the now Jaw. The approprin. tions for ponslon.arronrs amount to more than his entiro stock of atlver, and, as thess appropristions aro in the nnture of n froo gift which Mr. Sugnyay himself thought ought not to be made at this time, ho can L:nva no seruples nbout paying them in sil- ver dollars instend of gold or papor. The ‘benefleinrios of this new ponsion Inw aro seattered throughout the entire country, and will rapidly introduce the silver doliars into gonoral and notive circnlation ; indeed, largo numbers of them wonld probably profor the bright, shining, and substantial silver coin to any othdr form of paymont. Here is Secre- tary Snersan's opportunity to pny out silver without troubling his consclence, and le need not await any authority from Congross to do it. 2 . Tho people of Chicago sre nnxious to Lnow ,what has become of tho bill which passed tho Illincis Bennto by alnost a unan. imons voto and. gave Chicago the needed op- portunity for providing propor appronches to its parks, Tho poople of ' Chiengo expact the Cook Clomnty dologation to look up this bill and ascertain why it is not taken up and passod by the Honse, Itis n measure that finds favor among the gront mass of Chicago peoplo, docs not nffect any interests outside of Chicago, and ought to havo been passed by tho House promptly upon its reception from tho Sonate, But it seoins to have beon baried ont of might. We have hoard that Mose WeNTwonTn seeured its reference to his Committee. - It that is trus, what Ja Mosr WenTwonTtR doing with it ? Itisn bill in which the people of the West 8ido aa wall the pooplo of the South Side hava a lively interest. Thero is also n rumor that Mose ‘Wextwonrn is dotermined to pocket the bill, or olso tack on an amondment which will defeat tho ringle and commendablo pur- pose In viow, but wo aro ,avorse to crediting this view, If it should ba confirmed, it would do Mr, Mosz WentwonTnt considor- nblo damnge in this community. Peoplo would beginto inquire what influences had beon brought to bear npon him to take this position,—whether, in the slang of *TI M, 8. Pinaforo,” he has boen swayod by * his sistors, and his consing, and his sunts,”jor by some malo mombor of his family, At all events, thora should bo somo prompt anden. orgotic inquirles as to the wheranbouts of this bill, and, if it is in Mr. Wexrwortn's kecping, ho shonld bo compelled to produce it and give it the chance it desarvos. "The eoat p!’ct‘flle‘au;fi; tho Btato rovenne s wholly unjustifiable. Horo is tho statement of tho Ktato taxoes for 1877 ¢ Total State tax charzed Enjolned by the courts Tax enforeed.,., . Tax collected aud due.., ... Loat and exponded In collectlon....§ 583,386 Tt will bo soen that it cost tho Btato §583,- 086 to collact $4,848,016 rovenue, or consid. erably over 16 per cont. Buch n wastago under an offective Rovenue law would bo fm. possilble, Those who do pay their State taxos aro muloted 16 per cont more than thelr proper proportion to meat the deficit caused by the dofoota in the law for tho en- forcoment of the paymont of taxes and by the onorous tolls sucked out by the official leechies. ‘This {a more ospeoiaily scandalous in tho oaso of tho school-tax levy, and the sooner the Legislature chauges the mode of collecting that tox and provides a speciflo rato of school tax, the tox to be ratained by each county, tho mora certain will ba the abolition of the existing abuse. ——, The value of Kentucky neutrality to the Unlou cause during the War is one of those uu- known quantitics which no processof algebracan sscertalny but §t is still & question that the average Kentucky lutelloct delizhts to grapule with. The discussion has recently boen rovived in connection with the rovolatlon of PreNTIOR'S purposo to throw the influcnce of the Loulsville Journal In favor of sccession, the defeat of that purpose, nnd the subsequent stund of the paper on the Unton side. Therols just thls to say sbout Kentucky neutrality, without dlsparago- ment of the Journal: It was far more damag- ing to the Union cousa than an open declaration of war would haye heon. Though 1t kept some of the old nion at home, it dfd not provent them from sendlug their sons to joln the Rebel grmy, Kentucky contributed from 60,000 to §0,000 men to the Confederate slde, mul they Woro tho bust fighting-men In tlie Stato, with somo few oxcep- tions. Thua tho Confederacy had all the ad- vantozes 1t would lave possessad it an ordinance of accession Liad been adapled, The disabilities tmposed on the North by the neutrallty voliey, on the other hand, wera very ferlous, It compolled the Federal Government, in the first place, to occupy and dofend the 8tate, Thus the Unlon linea wete extended and weakened, and an army varying trom 40,000 080,000 was employed to no good purpose, It also prevented the Unlon army from living off the countey, It Kentucky had seceded her blue- grass products wonld have been eelzed nud de- voured; whisky would have hoen aa planty aa water, and the Union cavalry would have heen recrulted with some of thosa fing blooded Nioracs for which the Stata 18 famnous. As ft was, tho Unlon commandera had to pay exorhitant prices for all the supplies they abtalned, and oven then were grudgingly served. If Kentueky had gona out sho wonld havo been treated ns Missourl was, She wonld havo been overrun, and the TReballion on her soll tramoled out at her own cost. It {s nbsurd to speak of the Unlqnism of Rentucky during the War, Excopt- for the fow patriota n thie erstern part of the State, sho was n8 solldly Confederato then as sho i3 now; and overybody knowa (hat Kentucky Joined the Confederacy a8 soon s the Wat was over, nnd has been the most prominent member of it ever since, ——— The Molinc water-power *job,* to which at- tentlon was directed yesterday, nceds alring, and the newspaoers of Tilinols and lowa should not lot go of It until Congress takes uo and re- vokes the extraordinary discretlon granted fo the Bacrotary of War In the last hours of Con- gress, Some points wWorthy of atteutfon in this conuection are tho following: Senator DAvis, though ho approved the. amendmont, ndmitted that he had nevor been in Rock Tsland, and did not underatand the merita of the question ho acted on the ndvico of Mr. HizxDERSON, mem- ber of Coneress for the Rock Island District, Now what has Mr. Ilzyngnsox to say for hlm- selfl Bccondly, the Sccrctary of War is an Towa man, and thoroughly famiilar with the circumstances, Has he given any promlso to act in the manner indieated by the amend- ment? Thirdly, evory member of the Scnate who spoko on the subject admitted thntn great wrong would be dons i the water-power of the Arsonnl should bo leased to the AMoline Water-Power Company, and all referred vaguoly to a membor of the other House who had been perslatent in lobbying for this meosure. Whas Mr. 8rAnks that member? Fourthly, it is clear that the amendment was new logiatation, and could not have heen forced on the Scunto in conferenco without the ontire approval of the members of the Committos on the part of the Senate. Tho mombers of the Committee on the vart of the Housa may be conceived as saylng to their Bonato confreres, *You must recede from your amendment*’; but they could not have bod the audacity to add, *You must also take a now amendmert frons us in place of it Why, under theso cireumstances, did Scnator Winpost accept the amendment and advocato it in tho Eenate, and why did the Senato ap- provo the ’mendment when It could have been 80 caslly stricken out in a new conference? ¥ Ta % The New York Erpress (Dem.) gronps tomoth- er the Now York Ilerald's Interviews withy Bouthern Congressmen on thelr Presidontial proferences, as followa: The /lerald has pecformed an excellent sorvico by Interviowing the Temaceatic members of tho Forty-ifth Concross to srcertain (iclr views and Jroforencos an ta tho Presidential cundldates, 0t he 127 members who expressed opinions, fifty- #oven ware docidedly opposed to the renominajion of TiLuEx: he wan tho (rst cholco of only thirteen mombora, but would be accentablo tonlng othare, THURMAN was (ho Orst chofco of Aifty, and was ac- ceptable to eleven other members, flBNDROKS waa the firet cholco of twalve, but twenty<eight others would be porfectly eatisflod with hilm, Ten were {n favor of Barann, and nineteen wonld ac- quierco_in his nomination. Forty-two mombors were not preparcd to cxpress opinfons. Of tho Southorn membors, Tyurn Jons, of = Ala- hama, eava: **Qur paoplo . are decldedly Titpex, " Hianr A, oPpnml to Trennenr, of the ¢ State, Vo nreiot - thinkti of “ il HEs A, Ganti, another Alahama suys : 13 onposed it Fonxersafa atall*s and Wi Tepraséntitivo, aays: *1f my paople wora ealled on suddenly fo 'sponk right out, thoy wonld be at the first blush overwhelminglwngainat Twbes, [ dan't knotw a man icho advocates him.* "All tne Arkansas delegotion wero opposed to TinneN, Frraixo, of Géoraln, saye: **As for TiLLEN, 01 01" Iexnr R. ITanmis saya thero Is no desire in Georgla to have TILDEN renominated. ILAok- nuny, of Kentucky, aaya TILDEY haa no atrenzth in that State, Ex-(ov. Bwanynnd Mesera, Hexnr nnd HeNKLE decinred that the Domacratic sontle ment of Maryland is decldcdly against TiLo All the Misaisainnl dclezntion bt one oppose 7L DN, and think the sentimont of the State linstilo tohim, Bontol the Lonlsiana idolegation reard TiLugy as virtually out of tho contest. Indeed, the Sonth and the Westare slmost unanimous agalnst TiLuEN's renomination, The reol point fs not lere presented. What fs the Bouthwestern objection to Tinbexi Bimply that it is e'd he was in a favorable position tostart a civil war in this country, and did not do it. ————— Tho Vicksburg Jferald, one of the threc Liberal Democratic napers in the South, snys: Some of onr State exchantes aro still orging Mr, JxprEnsoN Davis for the Unlted States Scnato to succoed Our Huyce, ‘Uhis s aimply ridiculous, Mr. Davis would probably not accept the position if fondered ta_ him, will’ never havo tho' oppur- tunity to decline it, ‘and would nat bo ndmitted to aseat in the United States Senato if olected, Alr. Travis belongs to the past, not tho prosent, and 1t daes him no good to have his name canstantty thirust upon the pudtic as an nspirant for an ofiice ‘which {t Is not possible that he wili aver fill, Itls o pity more papers at the South have not the good sensa of the Hera’d ; but ita opin- fouis almost solitary. The Memphis Appea’ represents tha averaca® Southern sentimeify much mora accurately when 1t says that Davis Is *‘the cherished idol of the South,” and de- ctarcs that neftlier o nor any of the Brigadiers now {n’ Congress has reponted of his tresson. Obscrve the common Southern view of tho case, for Instance, Iu the Augusta (Ga.) Chronl-, c'e and Sentinel: * The cx-Iresident of the Confederacy hos the #acrud trust of not dishonorlng fn his own person, by A craven patitlon for forgivences, the holy canse of the South, which, though trampled upon, 4 not loat, and nevor wlinll b **whils thero's an echo lert'to alr,™ That eatise waa local self-government, and it {8 vital to-day, hero aud acroms the inlghty watars, I the hearts of frromen. Shall JEPVRIHON Davis nik pardon for that, mnd B o bondsman's key? Forbld it, Almlvnl{.(xnu! The worst thing that could befall thio Sauth would by so whamoful i i The State-Rights tomfoolery is found very in- convenlent {n the South when it Interferes with the preservation of public health, and a great many Southern papera do not biesitata to speak out their minds about {he criminal refusal of Congress to establish a natlonal quarantine for fear somebody’s pat political theorles might get lurt. The Galveston (Tex.) News very scnsibly remarks in thla conneetion: * The only trua and wholesome theory of ‘Stato rights and local sclf-government—the valy theory compatible with the Domocratic idos of s govern- ment of the people, by thu peovle, and m&'& lwuplo—luumury that ‘proposes 10 chorish the iberty and welfaro of tho various parts of the peos Ple ax conducive ta tholr liburty and welfaro s a united and wympathetle whale. It here {aan srrogation of Stute rights and lucal authority that wonld make 8 part an absolute dictator in matters of most vital consoquence tuthe whote, We deslro to advlso tho News that this fs, trom the Houthern point of view, rank, bloody treasons and thut the paper which utters it has no right to expect any conslderation from the Southern party leaders, : —— The Republicans of the Twelfth Ward should keap thelr cycs on -Mr. Evererr, wha is nom- inated for Alderman to succced 8EATON., Ev- EUETT I8 overy way o responsiile man, Ile las no el assoclations of any kind, and no desire to see anything done that ought not to be done, or left undone that ought to bo done. Another notoworthy candidate, who will be elocted by an overwhelming majority, {5 Jous M, Crank, of ARraY, CLang & Co,, fn the Fourth Ward, Mr, CLARK {4 a 1nan of meaua and no abundant leisure, aud he will take the oftice most re- luctantly,-und only becauso ie hos been falrly bulldozed futo accepting the nomination by the taxpayers of his ward. B'A new aud iotoresting theory of the canvass for the Speakership, which is given for what it 1s worth, {8 auggested'by the apoarent under- standing botween MoRRISON aud BLACKDOURY, ‘The fortner hias nn old grudye against Rawpary, who defeated hlm for tho Spea and then turned him out of I,l'n é::]r‘ :Im \'Vnyl aud Meana Committee, Bra 8, of course, for Uilmsolt firat, and ther body to beat RANDALL. The cunll(ll(:uu "]‘;:;"‘v- Mounison and Braoxnunry may he lmcdh" e understanding that, 1€ 1 s eon g oq 0" one of them can't gret the 8peakerahip, !‘Iu-onnr shall have & chance for it, Mumu;mv'nu it commnnd a number of Northern md Wcl(a.ll votes that wouldnt go to Tracknuny gy i tvent un account of his L‘nnlmlemo‘ rnr::y But it scems to bo settled that A1y opponent IE RARDALL must look to subslly votes 1o gl..” k;m: and lttwouldhbnn areat mistako for \iit onnigox to put hitnsel 15 fonaido b 1 under obllgations to 1D bofors, OKnGRy —— Ty Citeaan Tinuse publicaiin of Sseonr who gre Lo giving Gnaxe fits Blnero { i Tafhoa cam to asting G ot 8 fo tho Sen ngltnu LOOAX, —St, Lovin t:lgpy: AsTun Trisuns dMd not try 1o . elect ) Fanwery, the point of the @.-1)% wx:LIs nrx:g visible, excopt tn the confessian that It has py influcnce In Mlssourl, und that fts Trantle effyryy for Gnaxt will effect no moro for Bim in thay Btate than the non-nctlon of Tux Trinuse \lid for FAnwRLL. This is undonbtedly true, hyg it 1s diffieult to sce the (/.- boasta ot {t, ——— Mr. DANA'S llst of men appolnted to TMarus for conntig bim In scems to Iy spots. Thus J. R, HAwLEY, visiting stateaman to Loulsfana, is put down na Commissioner to the Farle Exposition nt & slary of g0y whereas e was not a Cammissloner und qig nai rocelvo any salary; and Mr, Ganeizrn In maiq 1o biave been “rewarded * for his services by bes ing made Repuvlican candidate for Sveaker of the Democratle Ifouse. Ganriznp would o ceapable of almost any Infamy for the Prospect of such & magnificent reward, offica by e thin (n e — The chief candidates for tho Secreta the Senate aro Mr, Warrensow, S:i'hg’czl Bmiztps, and A. C. BUztLL. The first claims the offlco because ho fa the father of his son} the second, bacauso he fought in two wars; nmi the third, becauso Mo was sucd for libe by ZAcw UnANDLER. It docs not appear that any of thetahas pre-eminent qualifications for the place. But it 18 Intoresting to observe e with. ering scorn with which BueLr, who fs n news. naper writer, emphasizes the seoile Incapacity of lifs competitors, — Thero fe a remarkablo paralfel hetween the carcer of CARTER MARMISON and thatof Ba. NING. Both were Membersof the Forty-n'th Congress, and became famous thereln for o pes cutfar quality of oratory; both were put nside by the nominating conventlons before the Jast clection; both are now candidates for the Magor. alty In thelr rospective eltiea; and both here far better chinances of belng struck by lightalng than of belng clected. - . e —— The * big petition ™ got up by Mies Witrann & Co,, nsiing the, Leglslaturo to confer {he clective franchise’on women to voto on prohibl- tion schemes, was not exclustvely slgned by women, as we had supposed, It 1 clafmed that 10,000 of the namea are males, who have petis tloned the Legislature to do an act fn violation of the State Constitutlon. We had not Bup- vosed there were 50,000 men fn Iilinols swho could be go absurd, ——— The Leglslaturc recommends £50,000 to sup- ply the deficfeney fn the accounts of the Stata Prison at Jotlet just about e time that the Comnissloners of the Sing-Sing Prison fn Now York report a balanco in favor of the State, Wa cannot but feel that, it Commissioner Loog Joxgs bad given his undivided attentlon to the affaira of the Jollet Prison, its statement might have been different—one way or the other, 3 k=24l i Gen, F. A, WaALKER los been conflrmed os Rallrond Commissloner in Connecticut, and CrtanLes FraNCIS ADAMS hos resigned a slmilar iposition 'fn Muossacnusctts, But Mr. Apaus, leaves hidworkrvehing him, nnd Gen. Warker 8till has o good deal to do. If men of this char- acter co uld be induced to ‘serve In the West, ve might have from the ‘Raflway Commlssions some valunble statlstical results at least. e — The rumor that Secretary Scnunz fs engaged 1o be married has taken form in o positive state- ment that he 18 engaged to o daughter of Seere- tary Evants, It1s ealil "that the youne lady, when she read the newspaper item to this ef- fect, tossed lier head ana laughed, and the Sec- retary of the Interlor was much annoyed. There fs no truth in it. ——— Miss Cany will slog at MeVicker's Theatro next weok: iy » None ver . Vot m'e ver / At @'l o ver, "This 18 the Italian version of the * Pinafore.”! Secratary RaNDoOLPH, of the Board of Trade, entiroly misumierstands his duty as o servant of the Board,' Ile fs bumptious, frascible, and meddlesome. 1t s carnestly to be boped that he I8 serviog his last term In that capacity, bt lin st ‘The Democratie party, kuowling that it canno match the Republiean ticket In decency or re- spectability, whil go to the other extremo and ask. the bummers to step up and take frout seata. ¥ The Conventlon yesterday was a sign that the TRopublican party, When it trics, can furnlsh ol thie materal for a goodl-citizeus’ movement. S e e —— PERSONALS. Tho spring stylo of wenther Is very fashe fonable, 2 Mr. Clara Morris appoars to bo an accom- llshed slugger, 5 A Mer. Tildon's physiclans have presoribod a 1ittle Prestdency. Mr. Ennis will Funis walk a day or t¥0 after the othord arc done, manship ng. o raw hoaf on Donn Platt's oyos fa hardly - distinculshable from his nose, Sonator Logan plays tho violing yob the violin s not a wind fnstrument. "Iho editors of tha oil region do most of thelr weitlng with -revolvure, Accordingly thel articles are leuded, wo BUppUSO, Donn Pintt noarly bolicves that Alr, Mo- Garrahan fs Cetywayo ln disgulve. - - Wa nra afvaid thet tho troublo with M. O'Leary's stomach 1a Mr, Rowell, Poor old Mes, Partington (B, P Shillaber) i8 111 wilh the gout at Chelyca, Mass. Dr. Oarver is in Enrope, aud wo beliavo ho would mako an excellent King-killor, i "Il dnily habit of looking into tho barr® ‘has made Mr, 'Tilden stoop-shouldered. Orvillo Grapt wants to koop a hotel. We hardly think, however, that he knows eonough. Tho woman's-suffrago agitation appeard :: ‘be dylng out, and hence Mr, Iecchior can nover Frosident, he Nubody wants the Berlin mission, for il s reason, we suspoct, that the Berlin nilssion f8 0o the Presidency, @6 Tho President should not have fmlledh 4 extra seasion 20 soon. The metnbors will 0ot hev had time 1o suber off, 1 in Whitelaw Roid fs so’ muah ongage e stock speculations that we Jook foran {mprovey wnont in the New York Zridune. Miss Kellogg suys sho will set Loudon after quitting the stage. Eungla tinod never to sea a return of peacy. oot Sitting Bull apposrs to bave lost hlslv du: too, and this distinguiskod red man ""dfn(,{mu uot intend that Mr, Tildenshall bave the P'ret ‘without s strugele, An oxohangy.says tha wvixen, Tho romack ls Justifeble, makiug 16 ourselves while Mra. O Weost, s " Susan B. Anthony is mc:::::‘::; N¢ 1d as the mew ' {‘v?:‘:;.n;':g'fi doutious tne. Heratd m way of saylng that Knean ia just old o tlo down in ud fs dess vs, Oatos 198 t Blrs. OoleE e ates was Ia 180 by tho ar of 1b9 ar