Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 17, 1879, Page 4

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ATTENTION SMIl KNIGHTS CHICAGO CO: msudery No, 10, K, T.—Vau are herey notified (o Itandols) Halsted s he funcral of uur late [rater Sir Jinag Pesor fiattold. - Carato livelull con orde XA VIAS. B, WRIGHT, Hocorder. CLEVELAND LODGE, No. 211, A.F. & A, M, —All ‘members are notlfied to be prasent AL Uie tail, corner Itandolph ‘ana J'aisted-ata., Tueniay morning, Maroh k, o the purposcof attends e o ang Al v rllnhcl an”'«”' Maj. waue P Al . Carsto eh Conetory. : ars to Jorehfll GAReD & wAMEs, W, 3 MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1879, 0! 9,700 honses in Szegedin, the Tungarinn city obliterated by the flood, only 261 rumain, and it is belloved that 0,000 persons were drowned. q Tho distinotion of no{ being invited to bg prosent was conforred upon GLADSTONE in " connection with the wedding of the Duke of + Connavanr, “ The Argument of Results " is tho title of an interosting sermon proached yostorday by Prof. Bwina nt the Contral Church, and printed in our columns this morning, The commencement yesterday of rovival services by Mossrs, PenTrcosT and StEBDING on the North 8ido was an ovent of importance in that part of tho city, groat crowds thronging to hnr:‘r‘thu ovangelists, Tho so-called Democratio party i thus tonstituted in the House: Bouthorn wing, 100 cx-Rebela; Northern wing, 45 dough- facos and Brado, of Wisconsin, For thoir own'part, the forty-five doughfaces nre por- featly willing to submit to tho rule and dicta-~ tion of tho 100 Confederata bulldozers, but they proteat that it is not safe, nnd therefore impolitie, What ia grieving their souls’ an- guieh is the cortainty that tho great North will not approve of open control of the Iouso of Ropresantatives by Btate-Boveraignty Con- federates, led by o malignant Union.hinter like tho bulldozer Brackuuny. e The apprelionsion of sorions trouble with Burmah, togothor with the fact that troops have beon sent in anticipation of evonts which shall render their presenco necossary, bas boen ofclally communicated to the British House of Commons by the Govern- mont. A tologram, date of March 8, from ‘Lord Lrrron, Vieoroy of ' Iudin, roprosents the situation as extremely threatoning, and altogothior thero seems to bo good renson for expecting that England will have on her houds on affair of much greator mngnitude than the disngreerents wvith the Ameer of tho Afghans and the King of thh Zulus, A call of the nousain the Illinois Senate Saturday showed that body to be without a quorum, thero Leing twonty-five Bouutors in attondenco aud twouty.six nbsedt, Thae names of thoso in their places and those who were not are given in our report of the Bonate proceedings, to the ond that the people may know through whoso neglect of their- intercata it was that the Seunto waa compelled to adjourn for Inck of o quorum, A similar call of tho houss in both brauohes of tha Nlinols Legislatu roon Saturdays and Mondays when a quorum is not prosent would be instructive nod interesting, and it 13 to be hoped that such liats can be had for publication on every occasion of the kind, —— ‘Tho tendouoy of political avents in Franco ia toward tho formation of & now Cabiuet, and ouo that shall bo in cluser harmony with the sggrossivo Ropublican mujority in the Chambor, It is said that the presont Minis. tera rocognize the fact that, aftor the hint conveyed in the sovero action of the Oham. ber in relation to the D Broarir and Rooue- Boger Cabinets, their leaso of power must bo brief, und it Ia oxpooted that they will soon retire and make room fora Cabinet of Gasowerra’s organizing, 'Cho Iatter refused & Pogtfolio under Presidont Gueve, profor- flng\hu Presidency of tho' Chamber to o * placo in tho Goveorumont, but Lo will hardly Lo able to continua that refusal whon the ro- organization of the ncar futurs takes placo, ‘We are constuntly recolving letters from farmers and othors 0s to (ke prospect of tha passsge of House Bill 811, which fixes the wazimum legal rato of intercat at 8 per ceut by speciol contracts, and makes ¢ per cont the rate iu the absonce of such special agrecment, Just such o bill Las passed the Iudiana Legislature, beon signed by the Governor, and become a law, 'Che Ilinois llouse Bill 811 hus been ordered to a third veading by a large majority, and will pass the House, What will Lappen to it in the Benato remalns to bo sewn, "They have n way of suffocating useful bills in that body that are not favored by porsonal interosts which rondors the fate of Bill 311 at least somewhat doubtful, There are unseen, but felt, 10 per cont influonces actively at work to defeat the bill. If 10 per cent was not too low nmaximum rate in years gone Ly, 8 is not too low now. 'Tha general rates of inferest have decreased more than 2 por cont in this Stato aince tho panic. 'Tho pnssago of the bill will do no Liarm, and may domuch good. Tho bill will asslat Lhou- sands of man to ronew their obligations at 8, who_ ara now slrugghug—many of them in vain—to pay 10 per cent. A Sunday roview of the Bponkership onm. paign in Washington leads to tho conclusion that Ranpars hns the insido track and o strong lend, and that Braorouny will not ba able to hoad him off in the caucus to-night. Ravpar's Northern support is so nearly solid 0s ta denote clenrly the conviation among tha party lenders in tho States whose Eleotoral votes must bo had to eloct 8 Democralic Prosident noxt yonr, that the time has not yot srrived whon the peoplo of the North will coneont Lo the oceu- pation of the Speakor's Ohalr, the third posi- tion {n the Governmont, by an ex-Confoder- ate. Thore nro o few Northern Domocrats who will not support Ranpaty, and who sc- copt BracknunN ns & choice botween evils, but thero nro evidontly a larger number of Southern Democrats who believe thoy can botter serva their covstituencics of claim- pushora Ly lelping to clect a man who will gladly agree to belp them In return, This scems to be nbout tho situation. Tn moking known a faot of interestin connoction with Chicago journalism,—viz.: that Tue Tinuxa yesterday issued the Inrgest edition but one ever known in (his city,—tha particulars can be briefly and modaatly stated. 'Tha edition of Bunday, March 16, 1879, reachied tho enormons total of 108,601 complote sheots of eight pages each, or 54,341 copios of the ** mnin sheet,” and 64,460 supplementary sheots. 'Lhis vast edition, never equaled in Chicago ox- cept by 'Tite Trnuxe on the Sunday of the fabor riots in Pittsburg in 1877, was hnndled without poy fuss or flurry; there was no fulsome blazoning of facts taken as matters of course in theso days of enterprise aud progress; uo new machinery, no ¢ im- provoments,” mnothing but Tux LrinoNe's reguler outfit of machinery and operatives was called into requisition ; tho entire work of printiug, folding, pnsting, counting, aud delivering upon the streat to purchasers and subserib.es, a8 well as 1o all the suburban traing, was accomplishod in threo bours und o half, botween 2 and 6:30 o'clack in the morning. 8o perfect in workings and of such unlimited capacity are Tz Tamone's facilitics and applinnces that this issue of 108,801 cight-page sheets was produced nnd bandled without strain upon men or mg- chinery, without break or stoppage, and the world is not expected to be paralyzed with ostonishment at ‘an every.day oecurronce. M'hiore is nothing lke being provided with the best equipanents aud belng accustomed to wrestling with big editions, THE BOURBON PROGRAMME IN CONGRESS, My, Bracknuny has promuigated the plat- form on which le stands in asking the Democrats to eclect him Speaker of the Nationnl House of Representatives, 'I'his platform hag been constructed after earcfully convassing the sentiments of the Dumocratic Congressmen and politicieus, and may thero- fore be regarded as reflecting the avarngo Demoeratio convietion, It may be that Alr. Brackpuny will not be olected, but, if ho ba not, his failure will not bo due to any heresy in bis declaration of opinions, but to tho fnot that ke was not able to nnite (ho various elemonts of opposition to RaNDALL, Ttax- DALL, or whoover clse mny Lo elected Speak- er, will owo his success to the adoption of tho samo views. The conspscuous points of tho Democratio creed, as ifuterproted b; Brackpury, are ns follows : 9 1. Btendfast dovotion to the doolrine of Biate Sovereignty, This to be sigualed by coercing o repenl of the Jurors-T'est oatl, the Supervisors and the Deputy-Marshals law, ns well nd nll other statutes whioh have been passed by Congresa for the purpose of enforcing and carryingout the constitutionnl amondmonts, These laws, as long as they romain on the statute-books, will furnish some restraint, if the courls will enforee them, upon the Biate authoritics who tolor- ate, ond tho Demoerstic bulldozers who practice, frand sud vielenco in Congressional and Prosidentinl elections, Itis the purpose to expungo ull statutes calenlated to futor- fere in duy manner with State nullification of the United States Constitution aud laws. 2, Fraudulent eloctions,—for tha repeal of the Natiounl Blection law is' demanded, not merely as an rekuowledgment of tho doe- trino of Btata Sovereignty, but to enable the youghs and ballot-box stuffors of New Yol Uity to carry Now York, Now Jersoy, and Councoticut for tho Demoeratic candidate for President next yoar, A revival and one Inrgement of tho"tacties pursued i bolalf of Bevaoun in 1868 will nccomplish this pure pose, With the restraint of the National Jaw ramoved, tho vx.Confederate bulldozers of tho South aud the Democratio repeaters ot the North will have lost their cuuning if thoy shall fail to carry the day. 3, -Constant veiteration of the cry of “ Fraud." This part of the programme is in keeping with the Bourbon character, which **nover learns and never forgets nuything,” Any muaungers except the Democratic man. agors wonld sea the folly of keeping up this eryof “Fraud” in the face of the Porren Committeo's investigation, which traced the cipher dispatches to Utnoen's private’ room undk the Damoeratic Nadonal Committoo, but fuiled, aftor resorting to aubornntion of false testimony aud chieanory of all kinds, to securo any evidenco of Republican corrup. tion, 4, Opposition to *forced resumption,”— whatever that means, Rosumption bas al. rendy been accomplished, Al kinda of legal-tender money are now at par, ‘The ap. precintion of the greenbacks Las stopped, becauso they aro now woith us much ns golil, and the fall of prices hos consequently been orrestod. Thero oun nio longer bo avy ques. tion about foreing resumption; any new sgitation of the matter must take the form of forcing suspension, ‘'This is renlly what Mr. Buackuuss's platform proposos, A re. poal of the Resumption pet now wonld be tautamount to a deliberate and unnecessary susponsion of specie-payments, aud a roturn to all the woes incident to n depreciated and irredecmanble paper currency, And this js actually proposed by the Bravxouny wing of the Democratic party, &, Abolition of the National banks, and substitution of legal-tender Goyernment uates for the bauk notes. 'This s to be the firsl stop in the proposed suspension of specie-paymonts, 'I'o double up the amount of Government notes nominally redeemablo on demand upon the Governmont, without a proportionate incronse iu the coin yeservo, will be to put resumption in jeopardy, The next step will be to incrense still further the amount of outsianding CGtovernment notes to supply the doficiency occpsioned by depro- clation 1 valus, aud thus go back to tho old policy which brought on the panie, and was rorponsibla for all tho financial aud commer- cinl depression of the pnat five yenrs. The fnot {hat n new jssnte of lyal-tender notos in exooss of (he ®100,000,000 war-jssue wonld be nnconstitutionnl, dfgl would not bo sus- tafnod by ‘the eurts, will, ot deter the Bracknyan Demsocrals from fprrocesding with thelr scheme, i, 0. Thero ia n protensa tht an effort wiil bo mnde to reduce Govornment expenés, but this is palpably fraudulent, inasmuch o the Braogsuny Demoorats aro unanimous in fovor of the Mississippli Improvemont schemo, tbo Texns & Pacific subsidy, and the allowance of Iebel clnims, These nnd collateral schemes would increnso the Gov- ernment oxponses Loyond all estimate, 'The fact that it is an increase, and vot a reduc. tion, which is contempluted, is cvidonced from the Brucxnurn proposition to rostore the income-tax,—tho most odious, inquisi. torinl, and discriminating tax that can be levied. The purpose s to tax the prosperity ot the North to reimbursa the South for the losses that grow out of its own folly and wickedunoss, Theso oro tho salient features of the Bracxnvan platform. - The fact that thoy nre prommlgated 1n the very heat of tho con- test for tho Speakership shows that they nro indarsed by a powerful faction of the Democratie party. They foresbadow the contest which the Consorvatives of this country must make to keep tho Governmont out of the hands of n desperate and dan- gerous got of men, THE CAN, The Dominion Parlisment on Fridny en. acted a pow lariff for tho British North Americnn Provincos. This notion waa the rosult of the popular clection of 1878, in which the country, in accomplishing n chango of Ministry, included in the new policy demanded an incronse of tho tariff on imports. Thoro wore several considerations lending to this rosult. Tho people of Can- ndn, ns n whole, 1in¥o been desirous to trade with the United States on terms of reciprocity. Tho territory of the Dominion is interlocked with that of the Union., An imaginary line divides the two countries, nnd the frontier invites smuggling or necessitatos o costly ond more or less ineflicient line of revenue stations, The peoplo of Can- nde are Dbomnd to us in many things closer than are any others, They apenls our language ; the ucwspapers of ench country ciraulato in the other; tho local evoots in ench aro publisbed s news in the other; thora nra thousunds of Canadinns daily visiting mn this country, and a4 mnny Ansericans in Canadn ; tho postal servico of both couutries 1s common to each, as is the telegraph and tha railway, Al their com- meroial and socinl interests are the same, A systain of reciprocity of trade wonld be the approprinte, if not indeed anecessary, comple- ment to the other mtimata relntions between tlie two conntries. Such, however, hns been jmpracticable, The War nocessitated Inrge vevonucs, and this necessity afforded those intorcsted the opportunity to put in operation in this country tho fatal principle of a pro- tective tariff. ‘Tho Cavadians had a tariff which did not excoeed an averags rats of 15 per cent; tho United States had o fariff averaging ot times as high as 48 per cenl. Of coursa this wide difforence rendered rec- iprocity impossible. Oun both sides of the ling thore were carnest and per- sistent cfforts made to bring nbout some agreement whoroby reciprooal trade might Lo catablished generally, or in a limited number of spocified articlos; but, after yoars of pationt Inbor, theso proved fruitiess. Among the results of the panio of 1873 was ths explosion of the eredit system and the reduction of business to nctunl values. The cousumption of the homo market shrank immensoly. The excoss of production in American manufaotures had to find an ont- let, and Connda beeame what 8 known as tho *“slaughter.-house” of American manu. fnotures for which there was no salo at home, nnd which had to Lo sold at whatever price could bo got for them. Of course these goods wero sold to Cannda at Jess than they could bo imported for from Eugland, and for less than they conld be produced for in Can- ada, 'Tho Amerloan tariff, thereforo, operatod to excludo rigidly all Oanadinn manufaotures, and yet American manufacturers used the Onnadn markot in which to unlegd all thelr unsalable goods. A portion of tho poople of Cannada, under theso cirenmstances, demauded * protec- tion " ; another and a larger portion fancied that an incronse of tho GCanadinn’ tariff might expedito, perhaps, some arrangemont with the United Btates, and these considora- tions have resulted in producing tho mow Canadinn tariff, which went into operation last Snturday, Wo have published the new schedulo of rates on jmports, Though the tariff apnlics equally to imports from all nations in the ecloction of artloles to Lo taxed and In fixing the rates, the purpose in apparent, oven if eit wore not avowed, to benr upon thoso articles most likely to bo jwported from the United States, 'Tho Cnundian market s ns prac. tically closed in theso particulnrs to Amerl- ean goods o has the Ameriesn market boen cloged by our tariff to forsign goods, The oction of the Canadian Govermmnent will havo the effect of ostablishing n sort of ro- ciprocal prohibition of trade, which Is not really what that Government noer our own desire. ‘There was hardly nny escapo from this measurs, While it meets the presont demand of the people of Canalda, evory principlo of sound policy demunds that it shall only bo o moany to quite a difforent end. Tho new tariff is an advance on the old ono. Plucing the Ameriean torilf at 40 per cent and the old Canndian at 15, this vew Canudian tariff may be put down n¢ ranging somewhero be- twoon 26 and 28 por cent, American munufacturers have long since abandoned tho poliey of makiug goods ex- clusively for the honie market; thuy have employed their capital, their muchinery, and thair labor to the production of goods at such cost as enables them to entorinto com. petition with like goods whersver mann- factured, Novortholess, though articlos of Ameriean make can be landed in Europo and #old thore at n profit for less than the Euro. pean goods, the American tariff ranging from 20 to 80 por cent ly still in foros, ** proteot., ing” an Industry at home which I8 cnmw;lj ing with all its rivals i all the mgfik&h’ 1 the world, The Oanadians havositbensfors offorad to the United Stutoy tHy.ballla of o rociprocal tarill, ‘They hyka-givanced their taritf to an avornge ruty to which thoy ask the United Btates tQapghiice our taniff, With upiform tanff, thy,drade can then be re. ciprocal, 4 T'he only permanent, and indoed eatisfac. tory, arrangeuent that can over be hoped for in the way of reciprocal trade with Canada {8 a commercinl union, with ano tariff for both cunntries, aud the division of tha dutles collected under it proportionately to the population, Then tho nrray of Oustom. Ifousos on loth sides of tho line from Fort Guorry to Mulne may bo sbolished, and the oxchinge of commoditics liotween Canada and tho United Btates he aa frae ha betwaon Now York and Ponnsylvanin, Buch a union 8 thiat will bo most boneflelal to both coun. trios; will unfto them as agninst all othor conntries; givo to each all the advantages enjoyed by both; will secure ns much rove- time for ench na onnn bo ralsed in any other 1pode, put an end to smuggling, reduco the cost of tha rovenuo servico to Loth Govern- monts, and lay the foundation for o strong and porwnuaqfufricnduh!p betwean both peo- plos aud Governrugnts, It would ho a mu- tunlly advantagooud'nnion and consohdntion of thero two North American Btates com. merelally ns ngainst oll rivals'And compatitors in all other lands, If the new “Canadian tanff lends up to such a uuion, both couritries will have reason to rejoics in its ennctment. In tho menntime the people of Caundn will have tosubmit to asacrifico, For tho time thero will bo a liberal incrensa in the cost to constimers of all manufactured goods,whother {mported or of homo make, without sy ad- vaneo in the fu}h:es of ngricultural produets, Tho Iattor will continue to be sold nt the world's pricas, while *‘protected” goods will cost wmore, It will take just asmany moro bushels of grain to purchnse a given quantity of proteated cloth as will be repre- sonted by the additional bounty given by the now tarlff to the manufacturor of tha cloth. It will, perhaps, tnke some time for tho Canadinn farmors to understand the opora- tion of this arbitrary chango of prices of one clnas of goods, but they will discover it in time to bo propared to mako n now nud snte isfactory commercial union with their neigh- bors on this aide of the line. AN HONEST CRITIO. Bir Gronae Oayrsery, o Liboral mombor of tho British Parlinment, rocently visited Amorion, and, in a lecturo bofore some of his English constituents, tells thom of somo things that Mr. Dicrrys foiled to describe in his American Notes. Sir Groror mnkes ns out in the main a very decent sort of people, whom it will do Englishwon good to know ; naud, ns for the country, it is as good, taken ns a whole, as ** Morrio England.” and that is good enongh for anybody, the Lord nbove knows, Not long ngo Mr, Granstone had the temority to write nu olnborate inngnzina article, in which ho soleninly nvowod that the United States wnd, in his opinion, * bootming " ahend so rapidly that the Fast- Anchored Isls would soon be left in the background, for which favorablo opinion he waa taken severcly to task by tho London Times, which found g, great mony iters of badness in the Amorican eatalogue to offset and neulralizo all Ilhg» good things that tha prophotic ken of tho eminent GrAbsToNE: had discovered in us. And vow comes for- ward Bir Georor CAMPofLL, and not only substantintes Ay, Grangrone's favorable statements and speculatibia in regard to the futuro of this great coufify, but ho supple- ments thom by the very favorable imprus- slona which lie receivedl here himself from parsonal observation g :daily contact with many grades of Amoricad socioty, Ouo of Bir Gronor'§ lhleasant surprises was to ind so little ren] difforonco botweon the people of the now andtthe mother coun- try iu the uso of the Engligh laugunge (which Cany Sonunz sssurod ug ig)* the language of clyilization"”), and he"Heclaros that the Americau people, as o Wjofe, uto bettor lan- guage ‘‘than (hat usednin auy county in Englond.” This is unddubtedly true, and, if 8ic Gronar wishes tqknow how it came to pasa that it is 6o, wo euu point with pride and gatisfaction to tho r\fll!u, benefits, and inflnenca of our magnifiegut common-school system in molding, correcting, and elevaling tho masses of otr diversd,and nomadic pop- ulation. Daubtless, before he came scross tha Atlantio, Sir Qrordk fancied that he would fiud it somowhat ‘difficult in making himsolf understood intany Woestern city without tho ivtorventionof an interproter, and wo cou readily imagine tho sntisfaction that overspread his bonign.conhtenanco whon tho colored waiter at the!Grand Pacific Ho- tel understood every word of his order at dinner without ropotition, aven when poured into his Senogaibian ear'in tho purest avd most perfoct ** King's Enjlish,” 3 Our Jordly eritie fell quito in love with the American women, n8 a clnss, and not ouly declares them to be very nico peoplo, but he hopes that “our girls will follow their ex- amplo " in bocoming clorks, tolegraph opern- tors, and tonchers, and honestly admits that tho femalo sex over thero has much to learn from tho American women. Iis opinion of our early marriagos is plainly expressad, but not favorably ; and lhe is not surprised that ‘where such great risks ave freely talkon there should be frequont aud damaging.losses sus. tained on bpth sides, In this e is nndoubt- edly right, ffor in no othor country in the world avo matches made in necordance with tho lottory method of trausacting business as in this, and where the number of blanks is out of all propartion to tho number of prizes. And it is trne, ns Sir Geonaznlleges, that our young people, ix many instances, trust too much to theirwits for supportafter tyarringo ; but it is one of the habits of our people that stronuously defy oll the efforts of tho moral reformer. ‘Tho honorable gantleman also earried baok with him o very favorable impression of thosa of his own sex with whom Lo camp In contact while sojourming in this country, Ho likes tho stylo of our men in monners and dress, a8 lo had liked the correctnesk of thicir langungo in conversation, and e luoked a long timoeand in vain to find n typical Yan. koo of the Solon Shingle pattorn, who wore the traditiona! typieal costume aud tatked slang with a mirth-provoking nusal accent. 1o belioved at ono time that bt had found a gonuluo specimen of this klud at ono of the hotula in thiy city, hut when he made a close inspection of the snbjeot ho turned out to be u Scotchiman ouly a mouth from his native hoath, Ho credits our boys with *eivility, futelligonco, aud cduvation,” and thipkgshey are models of moderation )i nésem® Dlios, (Wander it ho over: into the American House ofsItepirosontatives during o political dubybo cdhotho lnst night of the session. ¥ o/id" Amonionn does not smoko, spizpand swear worsa than other folkyt, LBis notably polits to tho lndics, ,Im_-g;u’g from his seat in tho railroad.car in. tanter whenever u lady eut.rs, and looking for ail tho world as if ho hud bgen commit- ting an olfouss agaiwmss tho moral code for sitting down ut all. Sir Groree rogands Ohicago ng ** overdono,” but this oplnion is based upon the fact that o did not ** do” it loug enough, month,—a longth of time quits suficioyt, porbinps, for au futelligent and enterorising foroigner like our aminble and well-disposed critic to becomo thorouglly conversang with snok a ploce as Cincinuati or 8t, Louls, o was horo ouly one short | bt it was wholly Inadequate to famillarize hismind with n great eity ke Chilongo, it K fheii Sy THE DEMOORATIO OITY TICKET The irropressible Cantzm had no mors troublo in capturing tho Demoeratio Cone vention than Lo had proviously experioncod m mecuriug tho Greenback nominntion. When ho roturned from Washington ‘Tne Tninuns predictod that Lo wonld ba the Domoerntia candidnto for Mayor, Tho * re- coptio n” tondered him was 8 maro fanfare snnouncing thin purpose. Iis specoh on that oceaston was n forecnst of the jntention Jo make this spring's city election a partisan contest, ns a part of the genoral plan to or- ganizo all citiea aud distriots for the Presls, dential strugglo noxt year. Mr, Hanmsox doclared bimgelf boldly as a supporter of the- Binte Bovereignty and Nullifieation polisy, ond hia nomination by the Democrats, fol- lowing clossly upon that speech, is an ovi- denco that the party i determined to make the fight on that issue. ' From the fact that Mr. Hanntson has also tacitly acquiceced in the Greonback nomination, it also follows that the Democrats who aro running him for Mayor are likewise in favor of & now suspon- sion of spocic-payments, with a repetition of all tho folly and sufforing which resulted from a long e of irredeomable and depreciated curromcy. If thors aro any Domoorats in Ohicago who do mot believe in the supromacy of anch Stato,ovor the Nation, nor in the persistont nullification of the Uniled Stntes lows, nor in dishoneat elootions, nor in o uow suspension of spocie-payiments at tho vory dawn of roviving prosperity, theso gen- tlomon have abundant notico that thoy ean- not voto for Canten H. Hannisoy without stultifying themsclves, nor without holping to throw tho Demooratio party into tho hands of tho Buildozers and Fintists, ™ ‘Thore is another view to take of Mr. Han- nisoN's nominntion, Heis a chronio office- sockor, and, ns such, s prepared to cater to the ward-bummers and tax-onting class. A serious coffort wns mado by some of the moro conservative and responsible citizens who vota the Democratio ticket to recure tha nomination of n represontative buslness man of tho game character as Mr. Waronr, the Ropublican nominee. ' Geonar L. Duxrir, Cuixrox Bnraos, and Mumpay F. Tunpy wera suggested, and cither ono of those gentlemen would have given somo assurance of carrying on the City Gov- ernment in the spirit of economy which hns charneterizod the Administration of Mayor IgaTm, But the * b'yes” would not listen to this programme, They wanted CinTen, 03 A man after their own heart. They had dranl his whisky, which flowed so freely on tho ovening of his * recoption,” and they wero confidont that, - with him as Mayor, thora would bo n raturn of the good old de. Lauch of Corvix's regime.; 'They wero prob. ably right. We do not say that Mr, Ian- ntsoN himself will be personally disreputablo or corrupt, but ho will owe bis clection, as ho already owes his nomination, toa pre- pondorauce of the bummer eloment in his fuvor, and ho will not bo able to cut loose from tho nssociations which, in Corvin's time, thoroughly ‘disgraced ond came near bankrapting the Oity of Ohicago, Tho remninder of tho ticket is a littlo sinky, since it is not known whether the candidates will stik or' not.. Mr. Wirtan Sexre was nominatod for Urensurer. Ho s a son of the well-known Coxnap Sgrrr, and neither Lis ngo uor bis posltion warrants the theory that howill bo a more competont or trustworthy custodinn of tho publio funds thon ‘Mr., ‘Marcos A. Panwres, whom the Republicans havo nomimated.” Moroover, Mr. Serer hns not yot mado up bis mind that be will accopt. The Democrats bind a hiard timo in securing o candidata for Attor- noy. Mr. Eopent JasuzsoN was first nomi- nated, but bo had the good sense to decline absolately, and then the choice fell upon Mr, GmixNeLn, who is widely unkuown to fame. Par Howanp was nomiuvated for Olerk sim. rly on account of his Irish nativity; whether or not he has any other qualification for the plnce wo are unable to say. Altogather, tho Domocratic ticket has beon mnde up 50 a8 to present the jssuo of a Stato- Sovereignty, dishonest-election, and soft- mouoy partissn strugglo against & business ticket which promises continued honesty and economy in tho city ndministeation, It is for tho citizons of Chicago to decide botweon the two, THE OREENBACK AS A LEGAL.TENDER. Gon, Bexaayin F, Bourzen, and Congross- man §, B. Quirrexoex, of New York, have conspired to get up n test cese, to bo do-- cided by the Buprome Court of tho United Statos, ns to tho powor of Congress to make paper monoy & legnl.tondor at this time., CntrTeNDEN inslats that, howeverlegal it may have been for Gongress to issue papor money and doclave it legal-tonder undor tho ex- igencies of war, it has no authority to do so at thig timo, and that the Govornment has no legal right to reissuo greonbacks ouce redoomed. On the other hand, BoTren Insists that it is in tho power of Congross to direct tho issuo of paper money duclared to bo Jegal-tender, and that this issue is legal withont referanco to tho time of issue or tho amount to bo emitted. While theso are tho extrome sud opposing viows, there Is a third" judgment on this question, whiok js that which has contralled the notion of the Government ever since 1860, viz.: thal tochnioally thoro has been no-new uq',la"ul greenbacks,—nothing more than a substitution of fresh aud closn notes for outstanding torn and soiled paper, and the rencwal of notos issned by lawful authority. The original issue was limited by coutrnet with the publio creditors to four hundrod millions of dollars, and it haa been counidored that once Iawfully issued it waa within the power of Cougress to maintain that issua within tho limit originally estab. lished. It is propdscd to raieo o case by the affer to pny n debt of $7,000 in greenbnoks of the issue of 1878, or of some other year since 1866, when the War was declared by law to havo legally terminnted. This offer will bo rejected on the ground that such notes are not legal.tender, Upou theve simnlated facts a casy will bo presentud to the Unbed States Circult Court iu New York, by which it will be certified to the Buproma, Court, aud thero iu duo timo definitely duecided, It is questionable whother the point sought to be dechded can bo reached in (bo way pro- posed. 'Tho Court may regurd the issuo as a fictitions one, aud refuse to adjudicato upon a ¥ put-up’ joh ™ by thoe two agitating dema. gogues. Unleas o reul casa ia made, theve iy not much probability that the Court will en- tortalu it, 'Ilho question songht to be de. cided ia far-reaching in its consequonces, and the mombers ot tho Court are not ignorant of that fact. DLut why disturb {t? The grgenback i3 no louger an object of coutroversy i the country. It is on o par with gold. T'ke accepted dootrine that it fu limited to four huudred millions, acd is still a mere renawal of the origiual issue, i eatirge 1y sntlstnctory to everybody. It disturbe no ] ona excopt tho two classes of demagogues,— those who want nn unlimited issue of depreaintod Fiat papor, saud tho other, who want no paper money excopt bank. notes. Now that popular will and popularin. tolligenco Liavo sottled the ourrenoy question, {heso two mon, Burnen Axp CRiTTEN- by, scek notorlety by a rchomo which may ngain plunge tha country jn an excite- ment nod a contraversy that may lead to de- plorable consequonces, It Is o serfous mnte ter to thus trifle with vast public interests. Tha country hns settled this question, nud now for theso ngitators to seok to disturb that sottlement aod reopen the whole con. troversy {s n wanton handiing of what may prove Lo bo most commbuatible materials, 1'he first case raiscd on this greenback subfect rosulted in n dectsion by the Suprame Court that groonbacka wera not n legal-ten. dor in paymont of dobts contracted prior to their issuo, This did not sottle anything. I'ha Court was enlarged, and, overruling the first declsion, deolded that groenbacks woro o legal-tendor for all debts with- out reforence to tho date of the contracts. Undor this deoisfou the groonbacks have continued to tho presont time, all material differencos as to whether they wero Inwful monby having been settled by their redeem- ability in coin, 'They are no longer an en- forcad currency exoept in name. - No good ean come from this agitation, 1t the Court shinll Hony tho authority to remow tho issuoc of greonbncks as legal-tendors, the banks will hardly be permitted to reop nvy ndditionsl hnrvest. Bank-notes are mnot legal-tender, 'and mnon-legal- tender Tronsury-notes, redeomable as now, may be demanded by tho country in place of bnuk-notes, But tho judicinl dee- Inration thnt greenbacks aro no longer a legal-tender, whilo resulting in no possible good, would evoke a popular excitoment the resultof which it is not easy to foreseo. The Dnuep Bcorr case was carried to the courts in order thata judicinl decision might take the question of the right of a slaveholder+to hold his property anywhere in the United States out of nntional politics. While the do- clslon was overything that the slaveliolders oxpected or desired, tho effoct wos not what bad boen nnticlpated, Neither the negro nor the siavery quostion departed from poli- tics. The entiro country was aroused, and thoso who attempted by a judicial declsion to overrule the socinl, moral, political, and industrial convictions of the country in the interost of o disloysl, maliguant, and selBsh aristocrncy of slnve wealth were soon after driven to tho attempt to nccomplish by oivil .war what tho deoision of the Suprome Cotirt had utterly foiled to estab- lish or to mako acceptablo to the American people. The money intereats of this country are playing o hazardous gamo in seeking to triflo with this question of the ourroncy,— especinlly when the paper is on n par with gold, and in many business yespeota proforn- ble. A declsion declaring tho presont issue of greenbacka to bo unconstitutional might bo welcomed in Wall stroet ; but who can foretell what will be the effect_on the coun- try generally? Tue Dnep §cut'1 deolsion precipitated the downfall of slavery nnd the extinetion of twanty-five hundred millions of Qollars'‘worth of the elave property which tho Court had investod with eoxtra-coustitutioual sanctity. Tho money-londors, and the bank- ing intorests, and tho capitalists genorally may perhaps, on reflootion, nnderstand that judidial decisions do not always succoed fn taking matters out of politics. Wo have no iden, howaver,,.thot the Suprema, Canrk, will, evor disturb the legal status of the greenbaal within the original limlt of four hundred millions. ! THE TOBACOO-RING'S STEAL, Tho reduction of the tobacco-tax by tho last Congress was ono of tho biggost steals on record in the listory of the Nogjonal Govornment. It was urged aud corried through in the Southern interest, and some of the memberd who ndvocated it resorted to all the familiar Southern dovices of threats, porsonal jmportunity, and log-rolling to bring it about. Thoy eaid it was n measnre for tho relief of Southern plantors; that Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Tenuessco, North Caroling, and Northern Alabama aud Georgia domanded §t; that they woulll not go homo withont it, and would defoat, overy logitimato rovenud interest known to be opposed to it. - They further declared that the reduction of the tax from 24 to 16 conts por pound would not cause any corresponding docreado in revenua, ‘Tho effect of it would be, they snid, to reduce tho price of tobacco, and so to increnso the uso of it, and this would bring in a larger revenue, though at a lowor rate per pound of lax, This seemed at the time altogother too beatifie nnd philantropic an enterpriso to oulist the enorgies of Southorn members for %0 many months; but guileloss persons wera decelvod by their protestations of virtue, and supposed they wore, ns they said, work- ing solely in tho intercsts of the downtrod. den planter and ravenuo reform. But, since the job s beon consummated, the necessity for concealment has boon less, and some boastful couspirator lias let out the wholo secrot of tho Y'obacco Ring's oporations, TTho firat thing to striko the dupes of the Sonthern lobbylsts with snrprise is the state- mont that the reductionis not iu the intarest of tho plauters at all. The ouly persons likely to boneflt by it aro tho manulncturers, They bave buon running light stocks in nn- ticipation of ‘a chauge in the law; and it is now publicly sunounced that they havo all entorud into combination to prevout o re. duction in prices. About one thousand man. ufacturers are in the combination, and they control all the jmportant factories and nearly all the tobacco-niachinery in the conn. try. They will not be able to kuep up prices indefinitely, but thoy can do so for a long time, Meanwbile, thoy eau disposs of thair old atocks at former prices, aud, buying somo of the new crop at low rates, sell it ay Lofore, The plauters will not gain anything from the reduction uuless tha domaud is in. creased, and the demand cannot incrense whila the high prices aro kopt up. ‘The combiuation of manufacturers will do- prive cousumers of the advantage of the ra- duction, It was not mugh of n reduction for them, anybow, Eight ceuts a pound in raw tobaccu doosn't represent auything like tho same sum in the prepared article. But tho reduction, such as it 5, was said to be cequally in the interest of plaunters and con. sumors, ond they ought to have the bonefit of it. ‘They cau ouly look on now while the manufacturers gather in the spoils. Tho full extent of the ateal is not seon in “the difforence betwean tho old rovenue from tobacco and tho new oma. Tho bill cop. tained a number of mysterious clauses, one of which provided for s drawback on tobacco sent out ‘of the country asud reimported. In anticipation of this clause, tha manufact~ urers sout away large quaatitles of tobacco, and will got drawbacks amounting to three willions of dollars on the samo tobagco, whan it comoes back; and it will bu odd i 41, ralmportations do not includa large quang;. tios of tobaoco that nover saw Amcrican sof} boforo, The results ‘of the Tobacoo Ring's opers tlons nro that the Government, loses direcy) in revenuo £ 8,000,000 por annum ; iy dmw}: backs, $3,000,0004 total, $11,000,000, What the Govornment losos fjoes for n yoar n least, nud probably longar, not 1o (e plant. ors or the consumers, but to the mannfng. urors, Tho manufacturors* ring stand 1o niako $11,000,000 in ono yoar by the teidue. tion of tho tax. Thia s thelr gross Profit, nud, oven ofter the shoro of wpoil ;n; nsido for the Washington lobby is poid, the remainder will Lo more l\mu; £10,000,000. Tho goin of the King Is for it mere surplusage, but the Government losg is absolute, and will never be made goodl, Already tho wants of tho Trensury aro gy, parent, and the Democrats aro ensting aboyt to supply them ; aud the very Bouthern iep who voted for tha reduction of the tobacey tax, with Bzog and Backsusn, of Kentucky, at their hend, are proposing to imposa ,.,‘, incomo-tax to make good the dl'fln(ene’ caused by the tobacco-steal. The experiency of Democratic financioring undor Bouthery Tourbon direction is not thus far, it mugt be confessed, of a nature to inapire confldencq ot the North.” It reminds us of thg old Bouthern rule-and-rnin policy of the Lofore the War, 3 ———— THE' FUTURE OF THE UNITED ATAtgs BENATE, Tho United" Statas Benate, when it cop. vones {o-morrow undor the Presidont's Proe. Inmation, will consist of forty-two Democrat, thirty-two Republicans, and ono Indepem): ent ‘(Davis, of Illinois), and thero will by ono vacancy (in tho New Ilampshiro dele tion). This vacancy will bo filled by the clection of a Republican, whon (until 1881) tho Demoorats will Liavo eight majority over all. On the 4th of March, 1881, twenty.fony Scnators will retire, Of thase, fourteen arg Domoorats, namoly : Earoy of Connnclicm, Jonks of Florida, CocrneLy of Missouri, Rus. povri of New Jersey, Bty of Tenunssea, irneronp of West Virginin, Bivanp of Dels. ware, MoDonatp of Indinnn, Warre of Maryland, KenNax of Now York, Tuomuy of Ohio, Wartace of Pannsylvanin, Maxry of Toxns, and Wrrinens of Virginia; and ton arg Ropublicans, nomely: Boora of Califoruis, IIastery of Maine, Dawes of Musunchusatts, MoMiraNy of Miunecsots, Bunnsing of Rhodo Island, Epnunps of Vermout, Cuasp. 1en of Michigan, Bruce of Mississipp, Paopoce of Nobrasitn, and Casenoy of Wigconsin, In the Senatorial eleotiong of 1881 tho Republicans can only muke a gein of five, in the following Htatos, namely : Connecticnt, Now Jomoy, Now York, Obio, and Peunsylvauin. They ought to, but probably will not, carry Indi- ans, and thoy aro sure uuder tho present sys. tem of Confedorate bulldozing to losa Mis. wissippi., The not gain may thereforo bs set down ag four, Should this bo tha result of tho Bountorial clections of 1881, tho Senate would, therefore, until 1883, stand as fol. lows: Democrats thirty.eight, Rupublicans thirty-seven, and one Independent,—Divis of Illinols, who ncts with tho Democratd, It is not improbable, thorefore, that Judge Davis may yet during his Seuntorial term reach a certain goal of his ambition, namely, n position of power to make or mor the fortunes of either party, For, if tho Re. publicnus should suacoed in tho Presidential eloction of 1880, his vote on the Ropublic. ,nu sido, wauld mako tho. Senaton tic, and through.tho.casting vote of tho Vice-Fresi dont tho control of the body would be assured to the Ropublican party. But by casting his voto with the Democratic party its control would bo assuréd. Noxt to o seat in the White-Housa, nothing would plense the wolghty Senator from Illinois more {han the lolding of this position of arbiter be twoon tho two great parties in the Senate, In 1883 twenty-soven Sonators will rotire, namely, fourteen Democrats, ns follows: Monoax of Alabamn, Breoz of Kentucky, McPugnsoN of New Jersey, Raxsox of North Carolina, Gnover of Oregon, Hin- ns of Tonnesseo, Davis of West Virginia, Ganranp of Arknusas, Baviasuny of Dela. ware, Hmwr of Geonors, Laman of Mis. sissippl, Burner of South Carolina, Coxs of 'Pexas, and Jouxstoy of Virginin; twelvo Republioans, as follows: Kinkwoop of lows, Brave of Maine, Hoanr of Massa. chusetts, Winpox of Minnesota, Buaroy of Nevadn, AxTmoNy of RRhode Island, Terurr of Coloradd, Prumn of Innsns, Kerrooa of Loutsidis, Feany of Mickl gon, Baospens of Nebraska, and Roiiivs of Now Hampshire; and one Independent,— Davis of Ilinois. The Presidential olection of 1880 may have somo effect upon tho status of par ties in; tho Bouthoin Biates,~—that is to say, tho olcction of & Republican by n substan- tinlly Solid North nagninst a Solid Sonth may convinco Democerats at the South that futimi; dntion and supprossion of the colored vote is n losiug gome. ' Botter counsels may pre* voil among Southern Democrnts, bulldozing iy cense, and, ns o result thercof, somo Southern States, which aro undoubtedly Re- publican on a fair vote, may wheel out of tho Democratio line, and, as s consequonce of such p movement South, some Republican Stntes North mny bo transferred to the Dem- acratio column, Thero is nothing, however, in tho presont aspeot of political affairs to warrant tho prediction thut any radical changa of this charuoter will take place. Tiunoe the Souatorini eloctions of 1853 ara likely to result in but fow politieal changes. 'Iho genoral situntion rewinining the sano &3 at prosent, the Republicons may mako goiné in threo Btatos,~New Jorsoy, Oregon, n'm‘ Illinois,—but they willloseongStato,—Louisl ans,—being & not gain of two Bouators and tho election of a third in tho place of Davis, the Independent; so thot the Senate would have forty Republicans +to thirty-six Demo- crats during the last half of the term of the noxt Prestdential Ineumbent. In 1683 twen* ty-fivo Sonators will retive,—fourtoen Deno. crats aud eleven Ropublicans, Undersimilar conditions to those named above, the ltepub- licans may gofu in four States,—Califoruis, Qregon, ludinns, aod Ohio,—whilo the Detn- acrats are not so likely to make any goln. 18 will be observed that tho process of xccO_V“" ing control of the Benate by the chflm“'“:‘i { party. ‘must nocessarily, at best, be s slow Bi ‘/]’ ?‘.—‘ ditienit one, It slould bq bornein mind, that tho Domocratio party secured ity l"“‘"‘ ent coutrol by frauds of tho grossast cmnl'-x acter, Florida, South Caroling, Misstssipph, sud Louisiona are’ maturally Republicsn: Stato, aud suould be ropresonted iu the Beuato by Ropublicaus; but they are v fn'c voprosented by six Bulldozers ond two Re- publicans, If the Ropublicana of those ‘States had been allowed 1o express and ‘"{a their political opinions freely, tho places 1 tho Beriate occupied by six Demoorats ‘w"h have beon filted by six Republicaus, and the control of tho Benate would heve remnifl'} i tho handa of the Itopublican pusty. 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