Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1880, Page 4

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Dearborn street, cornor of Monrue, Engagemont of Hor Majesty's Opers Company. “Iaicla di Lame wormoor.” ' Womlin's Thentres Clark stréot, botwoon Warhington{and Randolph, Engngoment of Frank BH. Alkon. “Under the Archy or, Tho Lovo That Lives? MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1880, —_———<—_—_——_—— Timex Leadville mines, nmong tho richest yet developed in that region, have been pur- chased by Western capitalists, represented by Col. D. P. Dyer, of St. Louts, for $5,000,000, — Naviaatton on the Illinois River and also ‘upon the mud ronda in that vielnity has been resumed at Menry, IN.‘ Thoroads have dried up so ns to admit of marketing farm produce, whilo tho river Is free of ice nud steamboats have begun to nin agaln, —_—_—_— ‘Tn so-cnlied Speaker of tho Rump House InMain6 announces the Intention of that body to meet In the State-Houso this afternoon at 4 o'clock. It 1s probable that nobody will : Mnder the meeting, and that to-day will wit- ; hess the Inst of the Fusionist fizzle, i . —XK_—_ ° Tue principal trouble with Scerctary ‘ Bvarts’ administration of the aifalrs of the ‘+ Department of State seems to bo that of non- action in matters which should obtain prompt consideration. Instances of this kind aro reetiving frequent montion of Inte, t = =e : ‘ Tue Supervising Surgeon: ernl of, the ‘s. United Statps Marine Hospital Service wrees in his annual report the importance of 0 low providing for tha compulsory examination of , seamen, with a view to determining their Dhiysical fitness for the life of .n sailor, —_—_———— Tins twelfth annunl convention of Dis- , Yet Grand Lodge, No. 6, Independent Order . Bat Brith, began in Chicago yesterday, ' with a large number of delegates In attend. ance, From the annual reports presented : the Order appears to be Ina flourishing con- dition, ‘and: doing a noble work of charity ' qtmong the needy and distressed people of "tho Jewish faith. y The amount and yaluo of provisions and breadstuffs now instore in Chiecagoand owned hore fs somewhat Inrger than usual We givo tho yalues of tho several article’, inking the dates gi¢en In the table as the most recent necnrate computations Provisions, Jan, 16... + 10,700,000 Flour, Jn. 1. > $2,000 + Wheat, Jan, 10, 800,000 Corn, Jan, 10 + 1,710,000 Onts, rye, barloy, Total.. Frost Ayer, Mags., coms au account of 0 ferribio atrocity by an unknown trainp, Under pretense of Iooking at the’ farm with nview to purchase, the tramp enlled at the house of Joseph Crow, whose wife, a womat BS yenrsof age, wns there alone, and who, upon his return in the evening, found her dedd, shot four times through the head with tt revolver held so close as to burn the skin. at Tt was subsequently discovered that Mrs. RU . Crow had first been outraged and thon killed Fs) by the murderous flend, whosa identity ts ft; thus fara mystery, though there are some slender clews by whieh It is hoped to trace him out. Ix aptte of 2 erent hurry and a desire to be reported ns “deelluing to bo Interviewed,” ex-Gov, Anthony, of Kansans, who passed ~through Chicago yesterday, found time to shoot 2 polsoned arrow or two In the direc: tion. of Senator Ingalls, to express the opine fon that the affair In Maine ts the greatest . fiztlo of the age, and to utter the prediction that the fondness of the Democracy for revo- Jution, tumult, and anarohy will require mil Itary protection: for the Inauguration of the Republican President who will bo olected noxt Novamber. ‘ eel " 'TueRB nppears to bo very Iittle prospect of a favorable report from the Mouse Com + Inittee on Ways and Means upon Fernando Wools bill providing for the issue of fifty: ayeat bonds bearing 3$¢ per cent interest, the opposition to the mensuré in the Committer boltig Unsed upon various objections, amaug them those of the Imptobobilify of placing a loan at so town rato of Jnterest, and of Isau- Jng a bond payable In fifty years without the Government option of redemption at an earllor date, Judge Kelley has been figuring on thothing, and finds that the bonds propostd By Wood's bill would be more costly In the ynatter of Interest than any ever before 1s- ty Except in tho matter of the useless ex- pense, tho exodus. Inyostigation set on fout ’ by Bouator Voorhees of Indlann ts Ukely to i prove @ most satisfactory project to the Ne- it: publicans. ‘Thero never was tho slightest Br ft occasion for an inquiry Into the cause of the }. ‘amall fnflux of colurud people into Indiana; {they have gone there because they wanted * “to, and that's all thors is of {t. Dut stnco tho ce investigation ts to be had, It 16 gral br fylng .to know that It will be proved Nai that. the negroea have had no en- couragement whatever from tie Republican warty leaders in Indiana, and havo not oven TICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDA been cared for by them on their arrival, but have been fed nnd sheltered by the colored neople already located fn tho State pending their distribution among farmers wishing to hire mate and female Inborers. A correspond: ent estitnates that out of the 1,800 or 2,000 col- ored Lmmigrants who mny reach tho State by next spring, not oters00 will be voters; while the cost of the Voorhees investigation will amount to about S10 per capita for negtocs whose location In Indiana 1s made the sub- fect of Congressional Inquiry, In tho interesting collection of religious inattor which wo print this morning will be found sermons by well-known preachers— by Prof. Swing of the Centrat Chureh on “Church Muse”; by the Rov. Dr We 1b Ryder, of St, Paul's Universalist Church, om the “Denials of Rationatisin,” tho first of 0 series of four being devoted to the ques tlon, Is ‘There nQod?; by the Rev, Mr Sweeney, of the First Christian Church, upon the text, “What Shall 1 Do to Be Saved 2”; by the Rov, Dr, Buckham, President of Vermont University, at the Second Presby- terfan Cliureh, on the desire of mankind for religions knowledge; besides an aecount of the dedication of the Wicker Park Evan- golical Luthoran Church. —_—_—_—S_ = COLLAPSE OF THE MAINE INFAMY. ‘The conspiracy of tho Fustontsts in Maine to solzo the Government, in violation of law and of the popular will os oxpressed at the Inst election, tins been crushed, und the only regret now fs thatits authora cannot be se yorely pumshed for their audacity and mon- atrous dishonesty, 'Thelr failure, however, is disastrous and complete, and they have branded themsolves with dishonor nnd the Democratic party with shame, The Legislae ture elected by the people ts In rightful pos- session of the Government, a lawful Gov- ernor has been lawfully elected, and the functions of State will now be exercised by those whom the people have clothed with then. The desperate position in which the Garee- Jon-Sinith-Pillsbury elique and their follow- era found themselves Is shown by thelr per- sistent effort, even to the verge of bloodshed and anarchy, to subvert the will of the ma- jority of tho people, They fought against Inw, Justice, and the will of tho people to the very Inst, but the Republican ‘position was ag impregnable ns the rock of Gibraltar, agdinst which these dishonest and disrep- utable demngogsdashed themselves In vain. "They might even have pleaded some extent ation for their infamy had they withdrawn when thelr Governor voluntarily submitted the cnso to the Supreme Court for its opla- jon, but they hung on to their infamous con- spiracy to the lust, evidently hoping to fnthm- Idate and senre away the Republicans from thelr position. ‘Then was the tino to’ have gencefully surrendored and covered thelr re- trent, Failingin this, they aro now coim- pelted to stink and crawl away, branded with, the seorn and contempt and pursued with the indignation of all honest mon. The Maine conspiracy was the first step in n plot to steal the Presidency noxt year. Ind it been snecessful they would have stolen other States, no matter how they had voted, wherever they could have had suffi- clent legislative control to have given them the political forms and: processes. Having the majority in both Touses of Congress, they would have counted out the suflcicnt number of States necessary to seat a ustirper inthe Presidential ehatr, and would linye poltited to the success of the Inreony In Maine us an indorsement of their villainy, os well ag to show how safe a thing It ts to steal a Covernment away from the ninjority of the people. The Republicans would have been kicked. out, the elections would have been nullified, and republican institutions would lave been a farce. Ib was the Inst deapnir- ing effort of the desperate Democracy to sub- vert the will of the people and to destroy the deelsions of the majority ns ex- pressed. at the fnllot-box, All good ten will rejofee at its failure. All lovers of jonest government will refoice that the peo- ple of Maine linve not been swindled out of their lawful rights, and that the men elected by them not only have taken thelr rightful pinces, but also have the law, the courts, the Sheriffs, and the mllitary power on tholr side to matntain and defend their rights; but the lesson is none the Tess a salutary one, and shoutd teach the people to be on ‘the alert againat any other conspiracy which tho des- perate leatlers of the Democracy may hateh to thwart thelr will, We do not look for any further trouble in Matne, but, should the bafled demagogs attempt to assert thom- selves, 1t1s to be hoped that they will be ap- prehended and thrown Into Jail without de lay, and that they wilt suffer tho extreme pen- alty of the Jaw. The Republicans of that State have already been tuo Tenlent and fore bearing, and the Republicans of other States will look to them now to hold thelr fort and crush ont any further trouble before it reaches nny headway. ee TUBKISH BRIBERY, A correspondent of the Loiuton ‘Pintes, writing to that paper from Armenta, treats tho subject of bribery in a pecullarly toter- esting manner, and contributes some Informa- tion ns to the system, for bribery In ‘Turkey riaes to the dignity of n syatem which might be applied in our own country. Tho Turkish officlal regurds backsheesh ns his right, and, vo compunctions of conselence visit hhn after accepting gratulties, notwithstanding thore are severo laws against bribery, which, by tha way, are neverenforeed. He does not go bout the matter, however, In tho elunisy’ fashion which characterizes uur oficial. Ie never deals with the party of the second part. Hoevoryrurelysceshim, norisitnecessaryeven that he should know him. ‘Phe person who dlrectly offers him a bribe ls spurned with great show of indignation, and fads hintself placed In avery cinbarrassing apd mortifying position, If gentle financial reminder is to be given ton Pasha, It hastobedone through a ied party, and with the regard to conventional forms that Is duo to hia rank. ‘This correspondent says: “In tho crowd of rolatners that walt on every oMfleer of rank thore are certain minocoficinis whosespecial duty tts te conduct these dellente negotin- tlous, aud there act the’ part of purveyor tn supplying thetr auperlors with the indirect {neome, Every Governor-General ling his Seal-earer, and Chancellors, Judges, Presl- dents, and Low-Court Tnspectors have thelr fumlitars who tre In the confidence of thetr Jorda and masters and who arrange those tin- portant but troublesome details with which an aristocrat disdaina to be troubled.” Tow @egantly the Pasha conducts tho affalr as contrasted wilt our coarse and vulgar methods Is shown In the ease of f ratlrond contractor who called far this purpose, and who had n clalm of $10,000 upon the Govern: mont whloh had Jong rematned unpaid. He walted upon the Pasha and deseribed his far- lorn condition. Thereupon, says tho cotre- spondent: “The Pasha wakes the regulation reply that ho Js heartily sorry for him, but everybody knows that the Treasury sa quito ompty, that thore are many such claims equally urgent, that hoblinsclf has had no salary for months past, and that therois no alternative but patienco for both of thom. ‘Drawing himsolf up, and with low, distinot utteranoo, the potitionor says: ‘1 wish to do my lord a service,'—the recognised {dlom when 9 bribe 1s to bo offered. Tho two men oye one unother ‘keerly tor a tow sooonilas then tho Pasha repilus, with tho alr of a mun to who 9 sccond thought hus oceurred: ‘Yor ens sect one of extra hard: ship, Twill think it over. Mennwhite you had bettor sco my Berl-Henrery he is avery clover man, and can, perhnpa, suggest something.” To thon touches a amall si! hell to Indiento that tho intorvlow is aver. ‘Tho petitlancr na ho re- tres rinks on his kneos, seizes the akirt uf tho Pasha’s cont, and kisses it effusivelys tls Exe cellenvy bids him ' he comforted, to seo that his elifldren aay thelr prayers, and all wilt be well.’ As heclosea tho door beh{ud him the feal- Nearer, agifby accident, ring nygatnst him, * At, you hore aguin? Do you want to speat to mo? Thon step Into my private room’; ant ho fs ushered inte closet with double doors and wine dows, mink{ing eavesdropping Impossible, There the details are arranged.” Though bribery isa common practice all over Turkey, and lica at the very foundation of the mlsgovernmont of that wretched country, It is only Justice to the Turkish officials to say that they can plead sono very strong reasons for accepting backsheesh. Thelr appointmenta are very Insecure, be- cause they are always the result of Intrigue, and after they have left thelr families beliind them and made along and expensive jour- ney to thelr posts they can hardly toll from day to day how soon some fresh Intrigue may unseat them, ‘They have to nain- taln very elegant state and meanwhile provide for their families at home, ‘Thoy find that crowds of retainers have clnims upon the local treasury, and that all tho salaries are In arrears, and, worse than al}, thoy speedily find that thelr own salaries are Insecure, and that they ara run- ning behindhand ato rate that threatens bankraptey, “May Heaven grant,” said n Turkish Judge in the presence of this corre- spondent, “May Heaven grant that your finnnelal and civil service may never cometo the same poor pass ns ours, otherwise your inueh-vaunted English honesty and upright- ness would soon become ag much 9 byword asthe Turkish.” The depressed condition of the Turkish of- fieials, the uncertaluty of thele salaries, and tho absolute necessities of life make tho con- trast between them and our own officinta still stronger, The former have certainly some extennation to urge; the Intter lave none. ‘Tho former aro hardly ever pat ab all; the latter are well paid, In tho former case publie opinion does not regard. tha practice ng oifous; in tho Intter, it ineats with severe condemnation, How much better it would be in every respect, since bribery Ins come to be regarded ts 1 com- mon agency, although o reprehensible one, if our officlals would Institute some such sya- tem as that of the Turks, and hide Ita vulgar and coarse details from the public view. If sin offictal fs so lost to all sonse of ‘honesty as to accept bribes, he should have some con- atderation for the feelings of the briber, and not expose him to the mortification of per sonal contact, It would also smooth his own way, and savo him tho trouble of going round wiih his hands behind. his coat-tatls. Tho practice might even bedignified by opening 0 pureau of bribery, where the negotiations could be conducted with thé most extreme delicacy, and sonsifive natures could be spared the mortification which now attends tho process. ———— INVIOLABILITY OF TELEGRAFHIO DI8- PATCHES. Thore is pending before the Committee on Privileges and Elections of the United States Senate an Important question In which ol- inost every citizen has no direct interest, ‘That Committee deputed certain of its men hers to examine witnesses In Kausns con- cerning the allegations of bribery in tha Ingalls clectfon caso. This Sub-Committee isated o subpoena to the mnnager of tho Westorn Union Telograph’ Company at ‘To- pekn, directing him to produew before the Commuittes the coples or orlgiils of all dispatches passing through lls office to and from Senator Ingalls, and also of all dis- patches passing to and from various porsons named, between certain dates, Tho local imannger declined td produce the messages (excopt those of Senator Ingalls, who gave lls consent thereto), and asked the Commit- tee to relieve him of the rvquiroment to produce the papers. ‘Fho matter was there- upon adjourned to Washington, where the question is now belng investigated by the whole Committer, Co}. John L. ‘Thompson, of this elty, 1s the counsel for the telegraph agent, and also for the Telegraph Company, and, from reading 9 copy of his argument {n the case, we assume that ho has made a elear and forcible presen- tation of tho law and tho justice of the clnin for tho inviolability of telegraph communtl- entlons. To better undorstand the facts, it should be oxplatned that the Telegraph Com- pany keops In Its possession the originols of all messages delivered to it for transmission, and algo o copy of all such messages as de- livered at tho place of destination, These papers‘are retained for six montha for. the protection of the Company and for the con- yentence and advantage of the patrons,—tho reevlver or sender being able to obtain acopy of any dispatch within the period named, While these papers aro in the hands of the Company they are held og private papers be- longing to those who recelyed or sont them, The formal objections to the production of these papors In answer to this subpenn aro alx in number. ‘The first two aro of a technical eharactor, and tho others are ns followa: “Third—'tunt the soarch for and onforced pro- duction by the witness of tho papers called for would bo an tunrorsonable and unlawful search and selzure,’ within tho monning of the fourth article of uinendmont of tho Federal Constitu- tlon. “ Fourth—Tetegraphic commuication, as tt ts now used by tho public, fs entitled to the same privacy and secrevy us 1s conferred by law upon commmuntention through tho United States matis, “ FYth—Thore is a stronger reason for the re- fusal ta compel the production of telegraphic inessnges na evidence than that which applies to lotters sent through the mail, in the fut that when Tossnges aro sent by telegraph thoy are usually go shert aa to render thon bitnd and misleading to ni} except those who aro partics ta tho vorrespondenco, and therefore Iublo to mis- eonestrmetion and injyirious Interpretations, “ Sirth—Aan mattor of puullo paligy which ine vites free comniunlention, a devlarntion 6f the right to compel the production of this spcctea of correspondence ‘would opordite o8 a restraint upon industry and enterprise, and nleo prevent that froo soolsl and family correspondence which should be encouraged.” In support of these objections, Gen, ‘Thompson assorted,.that thore is not nt this thnu avy nroversed fudiclal decision by any eourt tir this canniry or in England holding that a genoral subjxona culllng for tulegraphic alapntches should be obeyed. ‘The Grand Jury in a St. Louls Court on one occasion suuumonod Mr, Brown, the manager of the telegraph office In that efty, to appenr and produce all telegraphic dispatches tn his oMlce which lind passed between a number of persons, named In the subpana, duriig the preceding slxmonths. ‘The manager, ree fustng to oboy, was committed for contempts on the hearingof 5 writ of habeus corpus the St, Louis Court of Appeals ruled that tho dla patches must be produced; the caso was tuken to the Supreme Court -of Missouri, whore this decision Ins been reversed, and this power to compel tho production of pri- yato dispatches in the hands of the Company Is now donled In Missouri, In the courts of several States there have been decisions compelling the production of asinglo dispatch, accurately described, and whose inateriallty to tho caso ponding was ndinitted, In England, prior to the consoll- dation of tho telegraph with tho postal service by the Government, the production of dispatches was required by the courts nnder_certali conditions, bi, slice the tele graph service tins passec into the hands of the Government, this rule has been reversed, Telograph dispatelica nro now held to be as {nviolable as letters in tho malls. The Si preme Court of tho Unite States has tn er parte Jackson thus atemed the annetity of th malts: Pnttora and sealed pnokages In the mail nro ‘ag fully guartod fram examination and fnapee- tion, oxcopt as to tholr outward form and weight, ns if thoy were rotatnod by the parties forward- {ng thom fn thelr own domtefles, Tho constitu. tional guarantee of tho right of the peuple to be seeure in thofr papers, agalnst unreasonable seurchos and golzures oxtends to their papors thus closed against inspection, and whorever thoy,may bo, Whilst Inthe mall thoy ean only bo opened and oxtinined ander liko warrant issued upon gitnilar ovth or altirmation, particu- larly doserlbing the thing to he selzed, as fs re+ quired when papers ary subjected to seareh in ono's own household, No law ef Congress can place {1 the hands of officials conneotod with tho postal service any authority to invade tho secreoy of lotters and auch soiled pnckages tt tho inaily and all rogulations adopted as to mall matter must be in subordination to the grent principle embodied tn tho fourth amendment to the Constitution." From fi review of the, authorities Gen. Thompson reached the conclusion “that a subpana calling for dispatches !n general terms, passing between: hulividuals between two given périods of tine, without any, showing, by way of afidavit or otherwise, that tha evidence, if produced, would bo competent or materinl, is in violation of the fourth amendment to the Constitution of tho United States, and cannot be enforced? The argument 13 enforced by several quota- tions from recent. wrltlngs by Judge Cooley and others. A few of these are as follows: Fromm Judge Cooley: “We must maintain the opinion, notwith- Rtanding the decision of zo emincnt a tribunal, that the publlo ara not entitled to a man's private correspondence, whether obtatunble by selzing {tin the mails or by compelling the op- erator of the telograph to testify to tt, or by re- quiring his servants to take from hia desks his! private lottors and Joutnuls aid bring thom Into court on subpaona duced tecum, And such com pulsory process to obtain 1t would be nothing short of a most arbitrary and unjustifiable solz- ‘ure of private papors,—such an. ‘unrensonable seizure’ ns is directly condemned by the Constl- tution, In England tho Secretary of State sone- thes {esues hls warrant for opening 2 particn- Int letter, where ho {a possessed of such frets ag ho Ip entisfied would Juatity him with tho pub- No, butno American offteae or body possesses sttuh authority, and Its usurpation should-not be tolerated." , Froma very able paper by Mr. Hitchcock, of St. Louts, on this seizure of telegraphic digpatehes for examination as to what they contain, he cites tho following strong but just atatemonts: . “Fishing for ovidonce on suspicion, without proof, is the very countorpart of a search-war- rant obtained to hunt for goods not evn nileged to havo beon stolon, and without any of tho pro- requisites which the Constitution oxncts ever from orlininal justice,” " And, in reference to the danger of oxerels- Ing such power, he says: “the function of a Court to determine whether ovidence proposed to bo offercd in ad- migstblo is aomotbing completely different from this alleged right to order tho private papers of athied person to be searched or produced in or- der that tho Court, by {nepecting thom, muy do- tormino whothor they contatn admisethic ovi- dence, The one faa judicial duty; the other is At inquisitorial and Irrespousiblo power, always Mable to infilet grave and unjustifablo injury on third parties. No such right can belong ton Court without at least prima facto proof that the papers eniled for, being always particularly do- scribed, ara compotent and rolovant; for It ia precleoly on that assumption that tho right to compol thofr production in aid of tho adminis- triton of Justice depends." ‘The tolegraph has becomo unlversal in its use in this country for all purposes that the mall can be need for, Its messnges are entitled to all the sandtty that 1s enjoyed by the malls, and If there, So nny dofect In tho Jnw, or if any additional legislation is needed to give to telegraphic ‘dispatches the protec- tlon now gunranteed to all letters by mail, then Congress should at orice place the two services on precisely tho same footing in this particular, Tho arguinent that thoy are so essentinily similar in all respects—in En- gland tho telegraphic and postal service arc untted—ns to be equally protected by Inw, fs Irresistible, and tho Senate of the United States can do no better act than to dismtss the subpoona in this case ag an unauthorized interference with the constitutional rights of alleltizens; and this action should be fol- lowed by such legislation ag shall effectually mut an end to a scandalous abuseoft the pow- ers of legislative bodies, already, too Jong practiced, ——— VANDERBILT'S FOLLY. It 1s gonorally understood that the mannge- mont of the astern railronds fs tu the hands of Mr. Vanderbilt, Comuissionor Fink, the head of tho pool, is regarded ns a elork sub- jeot to Vandorbill’s orders, If this theory bo correct, we should think that the raflrond managers and the owners of ratlroad stocks generally would begin to question either tho eapaalty or the honesty of the ruling splrit of the Enatern railrond system, It was de- ereed upon the closing of navigation that tho charges for carrying grain, between New York: and Chiengo should be 2 cents a bushel, ‘That it wasn prohibitory tari be- came apparent {ininedintely. It amounted to half the value of corm, and wiped out the farmer's profit in whent. It produced blockade, Cuplital recognizct n good invest- ment In wheat, to hold till the opening of lako navigation should provide reasonable transportation, There hasbeen and stlilisan abundance of monoy to hold thls grain, and facilities will be extemporized for storing {t until rellef shall come, In tho meantime, the railronds havo beon running thelr cars empty or laying them upon slde-tracks, and thoy are to-day probably losing money ona basin. of extortion, when they might bo tnaking money al reasonable charges, The naual excuse for an increase of ratt- ron charges In the winter season Ia, that tho cost of operpting Is’ larger by reason of tho enbarrassments and delays Inetdent to the senson, Of course this furnishes a inere protest for'Increased rates far in excess of tha increased cost, But thore has practiently been no winter weathor this year, The sen .son has been so mild that the rallronds could haya Leen oporated ta thelr full capaeity as cheaplyaa in summer, ‘There has been a good demand for Weatern products, and an abundant supply. ‘Che mdvement of grain Iins been atopped by charges that amount to confiscation, and it will not bo renowed until | thesu charges shall be abated or water navigation shatt afford relief, If enpl- tal was prepared to. buy and store grain at the beginning of winter, it finds more attraction in such on investment now that the winter fs halt over, In six weeks more, according to the alihanae, fivats of aliips will be able to carry off the asoumula- tion at rates which will yleld a profit to the owners of the graln, and the rallroads will then be forced to come down to tho com- peting prices, or still rut empty. Wasn't it clearly 4 plece of folly for Mr, Vanderbilt to order the blockado? Ien’t it folly to malu- taln the blockade? Tho att!tudo of the ruil. routs, under tho leadershlp and dlotation of Vanderbilt, ja not unlike that which was so \nsanely assttmed by the Stock-Yards butch- ora under the dictation of O'Connell and Power, The railroads ‘havo inflicted dam- age upon the producers and the consumers; but thoy themselves have auifered and will finue to suffer still more from the legit!- mate effects of their own rapacity. If thia sort of dictation shall continue, the owners should Jead In the popular demand for National regulation, ‘The letter whieh Is printed In: Tae Tan use from Cotorade upon arty ceonomy ts full of practical suguestlons, aud throws n algnificant Might ypon the miserable methods in which the. army is handled. It shows, beyoud questton that upon the score of econ- omy atone ft 1p ehenper to tnerease the mum- ber of men than {¢ fs to pay tho bills for {ransportatton. Singing out the Twenty- second Infantry as a falr illustration, our correspondent says: , “Leaving the posts of Detrolt, Mackinac, and Baul. Bte, Marie, one cotipany from each post, they travoted by Inke and rail to Iamarck, D. 't., averaging 1.200 miles; thonco by boat up tho Miasouriand Yellowstone, 500 miles; thoy then marched through the Sioux campalgns, summer and winter, averaging for cach company A din- taneo of over 2,000 miles, and took the cara agin in duly, (2877, at Tiamarck, and proceeded to Chicago, 800 miles; thones to Wilkesbarre, Pit., 800 miles; and front thoro to Bault Bto. Marfe and Mucki- nne, Mich, avoraging 000 infles, Leaving tholr posta again in Muy, 1870, thoy traveled by Ike and rall to Fort Gfbamt, Indian ‘Territary, 1,100 inftes, going from out of the northorn ice ton torrid region, tho sfynal-atution at Fort Gibson showing tho highest recorded temperature Inthe United Btates during the summer of 1879, After eamping in the Indian Territory during the hot summer, thoy loft [tone duy Ih Octobor with tho merenry stunding at 1 degrees, and in fourdays were at the end of tho Donvor & Rio Grande Iultrond, in Colorado, traveling by rail 800 miles, and, upon going Into cnmp, found noxt morning jee In thelr water-buckets an elghth of an inch thick. Slnce thon these three companies haye marched 200 mites Into the mountalos,‘and are now experiencing a severe winter bn tho ficld, cut off from the grent world by impassable snow- drifts.” There canbe no question that-tt would have been chenper Iast year to have tn- ereased the rank and file of the army from 5,000 to 7,000 men, Ao that garrisons could have been strong enough to have handled the business In thelr immediate nelghbor- hoods, than to have marched these ttle squads of non over such immense distances at the enormous cost paid for transportation, thus inaking one mando the duty of two, It 1s fnlso economy and poor legista- tion, laying aside all other consid- erations, ‘The additional expense of Increns- ing the army would have been as nothing compared with these immense: sums pald for transportation, 110,000 men had been added to the army, as should have been done, it would not have called for a single additional officer, not even a Paymaster, ‘The Govern- ment has the clothing and the arms, and the only ‘niditionn! expense would have been wages and food, which would amount to nothing as compared with the present trans- portation outlay, In addition to this the services of tho army in protecting public property and dealing with the Indians could have been had without delay, at the proper time and in the proper place, instead of wast- ing days nnd weeks in sending little handfuls of men thousands of miles, | Gov, Ssirri, of Wisconsin, Inys out, glee Job for tho Congressmen from that Btato in” tho followhig paragraph taken from his annual message delivered to tho Legistaturo on Thurs- day lasts Tt hus become quite tho habit recently to refor to the improvement, of tho Fox aid Wisconsin Rivers In anything but complimentary and age suring terms, Novertholoss, the work pro- grosses, and will be conpleted, Desplto all elnime und assertions to the contriry, the oxporiments by Government ures in ebarge have domonatrated that it fa practicable so to guido and control tho waters of the Wisconaln that thoy shall dearlge a nivigablo channel froin Portage to tho Missisalppl. Tho United States - hing undertnkan this work; tho Chief of lngt- neers haa heon instructed by Congress to prepare: and subunit final plans and estitnates, and under his direction » Board of Engineors hig mado careful surycy and Med their report, which will soon he published, Congress should be urged by his Legisinture and by, tha people to go on with tho work more vigorously than cover before, hy ptneing money enough at the disposi) of tha engineer In chnrgo to complete it without delny, Gov, Smith !s a candid man, and would scorn to advocate n humbug if ho know it, and we ent only attribute hls expressed faith In tho Fox and Wisconsin River Improvement toa popular de- luslon honestly entertained by a numbor of smart Wisconsin peopte. In order to dispol that illuston, lot Gov. Smith send a apectal message to the Legislature recommending that-the pen- plo'a reprosontatives prove thelr faith by thelr works In regard to this av-called “ fmprove- ment” that is to connect the Great Takes and the Misstssippi River by approprinting say $100,- 000 annunily for the noxt ton years out of the pockets of the Wisconsin taxpayers to carry for- ward tho work. Tho Logisinture would not dare make an approprintion of ono-fitth of $100,- 000, nor would Goy, Smith ike to joopnrdizo his present popularity by recommonding It. It would bo cheaper to build a ship-canal from Portage City to Pralrlo du Chien than to attempt to “ guido and control the waters of the Wis- conain Ivor so that thoy shall dredgo a channel to tho Misslssippl,” in order to subserve the pur posea of practical and successful navigation, and overy proetical, honest man along its banks Knows it, The scheme is wholly impracticable, and Congross might na well undorstand ft flrat as lust. Tne Incksonville (11.) Journal trota out the Hon. Isane I. Morrivon, of that city, for Governor, and proceeds in acolumn of oulogium toxct him up after this atylos We hardly need-eay that Mr. “ Morrison, of Morgan,” t# a luwyer of recognized bility, and well known ng such by the profession through- out tho State, Polltidiully, be ie a stalwart tto- pubienn, and hus buen over since to purty ox- sted, Ho wns a deloynto to the Stato Conven- tion which met in Hloomington In Mny, 1856, to orgunize the ftepublican party, although bo was then a vory young man, recbttly from Ken- tucky. Ved that day to tlils hu hea been an active, varnest supporter af the principles and polloy of thnt party. In 1870, without solietta- Yon ‘and without his knowlelo, he was nomi: nated by bis party friends ua one of tho vandidites to represent tho | ‘Thirtyeninth Renutorial District in the Lewistnture of thin State, and elected by u very Inrge majority. In the House of Kovrescbtves bo was mato Chalrmnn of tho tinportant Commities on Jue lolary.and diecharged tho laborious dutiesot tho position with nineh credit to hiinselé and to the rutiafaction of tho Hours, He was also a meme ber of the Exeuntive Committee, appointed to tuke genoral control of the celebrated Benne torlal’ contost of that session. Ho was nun tected to represent, his distriot In tho ‘Thirty. fret Goncral Assombly. Jt Is well known thnt he was aeandidute for Bpeaker af tho Houxo, ond Bil ne much greater strength than any other candidate, till waa defeated by a oom bination brought about, [between Togan and James iu a hargnin and silo to tnake the one Spenkor and the other Senutor], 08 we suppose, fo promote tho Interoste of otters —Logat and jamos, "Vie Canton (0.) Repoaltary, one of the old- eat and ablest of the Interior newspapers of tho Stato, and whose Nepublicaniem 1s of tho most unquestionable khid, Joins tho anti-third term movement, which seems to bo alreniy pretty formidable In Oblo. It ie published in a large, populous county, whose Inhubitaut® are chletly comporcd of Germans and people of German deevent. Tt enys: There lan deep-rooted prejudice everywhere against a third term, and, although ft imiy bea very foolish onv, It daunot be cusily orercomo, ‘That unwritten law whieh haa fixed ‘the Hint of tho Prealitoncy to olght years has as mitch force ata though notitally written In the Couatitition. ‘Thos who ndvocite tha eligh' eycne limit reason in this way: Tf man hut greatly served tho countey aa Proaldont tho third term, aul thereby. the truiition of two terme has buch overthrown it Tight bo ania with aa niueh renxont ne tho eutl of the (hind tortn that, alice he hind apr thoemin iry so well, ho ought to by elected nee tn, Wald noe this Saniliarivag the ye le with a perpetual Prealdeney? Woukt not tho Impittienco and dis- wit folt by many with the turmoll and oxclte- ment of overs paltties! cantly marie a Alspdsition under the elroumalunced fa dleponse with an election eitowethor? In_ view of the education of the pooplo this reasoning scons propogterms, yot the nutubor with whom it has Wwolshe jg so yront that, thoy cannot over. luoked. Looking g¢ tho “Gtunt movement” from ovory polit of ‘viow, and considering tho Inpertance of Hopublicay muccess, wo bolloye that tho renomination of Gon, Grant would bo Ubwise and Impullth ManyLAnp hog an army of 972 men, which {6 not yory Jargo in tlie of wur, but tha tnok of soldiors {8 xnado up by a tino Nat of officers, 'Phese conslat of 8 Major-Coneral, Brigadier General, Judgo-Advovate General, Paymastor- Genoral, Ohio of Ordnance, Oummissary-Gou- oral, Quartotmastor-Gotioral, InspectorGor+ eral, Surgoon-Geueral, Chief-Engincer, Chiot of Cavalry, Chiof of Artillery, besides oight Ald tle-Camp with tho rank of Colonol. Theso are merely officors of the general ataft. In addition thore are brigndeand regimental ataffs, and, 18 0 rosult of the wire forathought and enroful ar- rangementsof tho military authorities, there are nltogother 08 ofticora,ta an aring of O72 men, Te “Maryland, my Maryland" should ever bo em- broiled Ina civil commotion such 1s recontly shook the Commonwenlth of Miine from centro to clronmforones, order would bag at once re- stored and peace assured if nil these tmnilitary oMeers would put on their fine uniforms and road the IMotaat from tho Btate-Iouso stops. ——— TWENTY-FIVE United States Senators pass in their cheeks In 1841, of whom fourteen aro Hopublieans and clever Domoecruts, The Derm- oerntia list sits follows: Exton, of Conneattonts Hayari, of Delaware; Jones, of Florida; MeDon- ald, of Indiana; Whyte, of Maryland; Cockrell, of Missourl; Itandotph, of Now Jersey; Kernan, of Now York: Thurman, of Ohto; Wallace, of Vontsylvantny Bulloy, Maxey, Withors, and Hereford. Tho Hepublicans whose terms oxpiro aro: Reneo, of Miastesippl Hamlin, of Matt Dawes, of Masanchunotts; Haldwin, of Miohigal MeMIllun,of Minnesota; Hooth, of Callfornins Paddock, of Nebraska; Sharon, of Nevadat Burnside, of Hhodo Island; Edmunds, of Ver- mont; and AngtsCamoron,of Wisconsin, The Demoerata’ will gain one in Mississippt, and the Itepublicnus gutn one in Ohio, ono in New York, one in Pennsylvania, one in Conneottcut, and fit all the pluces that aro now held by rotlr- ing Republicans, and nlso oxpect to galu ono in Florida, Davin Davis thinks that the Voorhees colored oxodus Investigation Is a groat humbug and a needtess expense, In which sensible opin« lon avery reasonable person will gonuraily agree with him, Whenoversn American citizen, no matter what tho color of his skin, gots disantis- fied with Hfeon the Albormarie, or any othor place, ho will pull up stakes, remove his gootls nnd chattelsto the banks of tho Wabash, por- Naps, and that is nll there {sto tt, Dan Voorhees himself boxan life in Olio, omigented to Minne- aota, nnd Anally brought upin Indiana, Why not Investigate Dan’s engse and sco why he has beon routing about ao much ? Bratwn and Grant aro the choles of the londing Republicans in Pennsylvania, with John. Shermans very poor third. On tho Domocratia - Kido, the Tilden tnterest !s champloned by Spouk- er Sam Randall, atid the Bayard boom 1s looked after by Senator Wallace. Both Itandall and Wallaco think that "Pennsylvania fs ontitlod to the second plnco on the ticket, but modesty for- Dida them ta name w sultable candidite. Ponn- sylvanin hus not had a Vice-President since 18t4, when George M, Dallas was elected on tho tlekot, with James K. Polk. 4 eee Ir Inoks ns If that Committes appointed to go to Washington by tho Honest-Monoy Loaguoe: of Milwaukee to instruct Congress ns to Ita duty on tho Buyard resolution might botter repair thithor na fst ns atenm enn carry them, If thoy dofay much longer thore will not syon-bo a chance to muke n speoch bofore the Finance Committes of the Senate, which would bo n very great disappointment to certain membors of the Milwaukeo Comunittocs and Congress, unin- strueted by such ftnnncint wisdom, might con- tinue to gropo its way through tho libyrinthian mazes preseuted by the currency quostion. | Why not take Horntlo Seymour nt his word whon he says he doesn’t regan himself 1s nenndidate for the Presidency, nnd does not want tho nomination? Why use “futile dal- Hanes” with Horatio when Samuel is nching fur itin overy fibre of his ditypidutod carcnss? As no Democratic candidate van cyer,ronch tho White House, In the opinion of the venorablo Charles O'Conor, why should any resonable man, hankor after tho disgrace of dcfoat? —————— Tn Peoria Nationa Democrat sces it in this Nght: ‘The nomination of William I. English, of In- dinnn, would at onco strilce conviction of success tothe mind aft every Democrat and business- inan who loves his business more than politlont party in this broad fand, and that conviction al- waya cnrrics tho floating vote, and tho tloating voto carries tho big majoritic, = _—— GANCELON says that if he 1s ever Governor again Grhich the people of Maine will pray for tho gods tonvertjho wilt not appotnt nnothor Republican to nny sort of a-milltary oMfco,—not It ho knows himself. ———, ‘Tim attention of the Okolona (AMiss.) Statca is respectfully directed to tho cngo of the Poorin National Democrat, that persists in spelling Na- tional with a capital N. It is on insult to tho State-Hights party. Tm Demoerats hnve found {tas difficult to impllcnto Mr, Binine fn tho alleged attempt to bribo n Fustorist legislator as thoy did to find a copy of tho famous Shermun Jettér in the Loulsiana caso. —— Prorir will have the news, Tho compilor of tho Legislative Hiue-Rook at Madison hits ascortatned that thors nro 28) nowspupors print- ed in Wisconsiny—or about ono to ovory 4,000 in- habitants. Seniaitenseanithenensiacl Cov, Ssri, of Wisconsin, did not allow the nowspnpers to etoal a march on him this yenr, nnd publish his annual message in advance of Ite dollyery, "Te New York Suv thinks that Mr. Sey- mout offers too many excuses that nro not good ones for not accepting tha nomination for tha Prostdenoy. ‘Tne folled Democrats in Maine divide thotr hatred Into threo equal parts botweon Gon, Chamberlain, the Supreme Court, and Eugene Hato, c a | Gov. Gancrton, Gov, Lamson, and Gov, Hmith,—all threo in chorus: Whoa shall wo throu meet again?" ——— Gov, Davis is a bigger mun than elthor “Goy." Lamson or Gov." Bmith, ———— PERSONALS. An exchango thinks that currylinssity takes farmors to tho stable boforo breakfast, ‘There are sill seven mon in Rhode Island to whom tho English Mission bas not been of- fored. A prominent citizen enme to this office Saturday and left the followings Why doos a recond-class tavern romind one of a fiddlo? Be- enuna it isn vilo inn. Tho countty papers still continite to chron- {elo the passing away of old citizens, Bome day wo hope to hear of ain old oltizen who ordered It up or played It alone, Minister Lowell did not altend elther of the bull-fights: with. which Madrid cclobratod tho marriage of King Alfonso, and Americau dl- plomacy is at 9 discount in Spain, “Young Astronomor”—Tho ent at the hend of Prof, Proctor’s adyertigomont is not a aross seotion of a base-ball, as.most pooplo aupposo. Perhaps Mr. Proctor cin tell you what it Is. English papers are making considerable fuss over tho fact that tho Prince of Walos spcehks three langunges; but what do thoy think of Sceretary-of-War Ramsoy, who is a fluent convorsatonilist in Ponnaylyanit Daten? M. Boriillon, the French savant, days that tho number of suletdes in France fant the rite of @8 por infiiion for widowers, 27d for bacholors, aud 210 for married men. ‘This renda very pret- ty ns long as you don’t count mutriago ag sulelde, - Maj, Poore anys that n Western Indy owns aletter from ber grandmother, in which the latter explains that the ronson why she hind tine for lotter-writing in the evening waa that “Cousin Graco Fotohor Is trying to ontertain young man hy the namo of Dantel Webster by pluyIng checkers, Fathor and Uncle Chambor- lain think hima young tnan of great promise, but wo girls think bitin awkward and ruthor vors dant." Mnie. Wykerslooth de Weordestein, born Princesa Charlotte do 1a Tromoauillo, has just died. Sbo was the daughter of the Duo de In 'Tromouille, the only French noble who bas tho right to remats coverdd tt the prosenvd of the soverciyn. dine. dq Wykerslooth, who hus beon a widow for some years, ovuld not boone used to tho pronunciation of her husband's quoor Dutch namo. It waed to De roluted of her that, whot on ene oooxsion sho arrived at a hote} in Turin, sho wrote down her name as*de la ‘fremoulllo,”: aud, turning to the landlord, quietly romnarked: “ Au for the nanio of my huss Dand, you tnust ask his valot. I bavy novor boon ablo to romomber or proiouncelt”’.* Secrotary of the Treasury that Uo to negolliste n loan nt n lower rate of futeret which that olliver roftused to isstie, standing tho npplication waa supported by 4 eurefilly-written, p who would dare to such o inestion: ae of Juativo might be outraged If bo did no WASILINGTON, A Glance at the Refunding Measures Now Bofore Congress. Mr. Wood's Plan as Compareg with That of Secretary Sherman. 1 The Voorhees Negro Exodus Iq vestigation to Bo Com. menced Lo-Day. Gov, Emery, of Utah, to Be Ree moved and-a Kentuckian Appointed. The List of Superintendents of th, Census Nearly Com- pleted. Tho Contested-Eleetion Caso of Bisbee and Hull Attracting At. tention. A Countod-Out Congressman with No Show of Boing Oounted In, REFUNDING. THY VANOUS MEASULES PROPOSED, Speetat LHapateh to The Chicago Tribune, Wasiunaton, D. C., Jun, 18—A apeetal mech ing of the Commnittco of Ways and Yenns, forthe consideration of Mr. Wood's Funding bill, has been called for Monday morning. Tho fateot tho bill in Committee fs no longer uncertain, as amajority of tho Commmittes nro understood tg bellove that tho fact that a fifty-yonr d,-pos cent loan would bo more costly than any the Govornmont has over negotiated canbe demon strated nrithincttenily, Judge Kelloy inate upon the point that ito loan should bo mag which docs not givo tho Guvernmont the right to redeein after a period of not mor than flve yenrs, and however tho Committee may determine upon bls proposed amendment to this effect, thero 13 no doubt that the Western and Southorn membors will Insist upon It tn the Tlouso, Ifo will urguo to-morrow thut It 18 atop to the right to redeem the h-20s after five yean and tho 10-408 after ten yours that we have been nbto to retduco our rates to 4 and 4% per cent, Hind Mr, Chase iasied tyrenty and forty sear bonds without reserving theso options wo must havo continued TO PAY THE OLD RATES of intorest iintil tho maturity of the bonds, of havo entered the market and competed with the syndicates that held them for thelr purchase at such promlums as thoy would huve consonted to nceopt. A fifty-year bond, if our country’ con. tInues prosperous enough to make annual page muenta on account of its debt, might, and probe bly would, go to a promium of moro than i per gent. But, apart trom the value of the aptlonst rightto rodcom, #3} per cont loan with iifty years to run would cost In interest alone nearly twice tho amount of the prinefpul. Tho total amount of dobt maturing In this year ane next is slightly less thin 800,000,000, nil ciuletit:tiont whieh duidgo Kelloy hus enuaud to bo madu show that on 8 itty yene ais Pes, vont loan of gD. 000,000 tho Intercet would be $1,400,000,000, while on fn thirty-year loan ab 4 per cont it would Amount to but $000,000,000, so that in intercet alone Mr, Wood's project would mike a greater drain on the resources of tho coutitry than that of Secretary Sherman, ec aft AGALN, IT 18 FOUND, nt na twenty-year 4 per cont loan would ree quira but € a8 G0 Pintarests and. i fiftecns Yours nor cent Int $tA0,00tH. Judge Kelley insists Upon, a tat a bond redepmiblo after tive yours aud without fxed dito of payiment, would cominand 4 percent, and that the steady annual culling of Buch bonds for the sinking fund after tho expiration of five years would bring Its vost down to that of # twentyayent* bord, and, possibly, to that of a fifteen. year, or, to $480,000,000 of interest, ug iygalnat $1,400,000,000, Ho will not atttempt to ongnitt tho pogtal davings bank feuttire upon Mr, Word's bilf, but Introduces it as a separate mensure, Ho thinks thitd per cont should be allowed on postal sunuslts, aud belloves that if tho system be cstabilshed in this country, o8 tf hoa been ih England and clyewhoro, it will en: ablo us to put whitover brhince may remaln of tho loan issued for the redemption of the bonds Wis in the hands of our own people at 3 pr INSISTING UPON Tite MAINTENANCE of an option, he stunds trpon the doctrine Sccres (ary Chase bo often proclalined, that he regaried unoarly option to pay or couvert nas more im portant than the rate of intercat. Bume pains hive boon taken to ascortalt tbe views of tho Cotnmittes on Ways and Meanson tho subject of Word's DHL It, of course, is nob possible, accurately, to xtato the position of enc Inomber, but itis. beltaved now thut the only mombors of tho Committee cartaln to approve the proposition pure nnd simple of & iifty-year U4 per cont bond aro Fertinndo Wood: bimetlt and Gibson, of Leitlsians. ‘Tho following montbers of the Comunittee, (tis beloved, may be put dan na opposuil to so long a bond without any option of reilomption hy the Government, hauicly: — Morrisun, of — Illinois; Randolph Tucker, of Virgining Cartlale, of Ken tucky; Kelley, of Fonnaylvaniat Milla, of Tene und Felton, of Georgins whllo Garfield, ees and Conger aro understood to {aree, with fhe ib 1M fanpiriteticas than 4 por cont. Tho attituda of Dunnell, of Minhesota, is not known. Thore are thirtecn members on the Comuittes, tind nine na ind cated aro understood te bo ciples uf tho Wood bill, via. soven to tho bill a Opposed to the priite oxethior, and tlree ta tho low rato of intercel CONTESTED ELECTIONS. TWO PROMINENT CASK, Spectat Dispatch to ‘The Chiedgo Tribtine, Wastnaron, D, 0. Jan, 18.—1t has beer pruetically decided by the House Committecon Blections to timscat Yooum, the ‘Greenbackeh from Vonnsylvanta, whoso sont is being con tested by ex-Gov. Curtin, to dectara tho seat vacunt, and to remand tho ense for a new cleo tion in February, Tho Sub-Comnmitteo of tho House Committee on Elections, which has ‘charge of the crseof Tsbou against Hull, Second Ftorida Districts hold a‘mevting Inst aight and Hetened tos strong argument in behalf of tho contestant Bomeof tho main fenturca of the cuso were Drought out at tho beginning Of tho oxtr ser sion when both Mr. appenred and demanded to bo received M Hull and Mr, Bisbee mombers of tho House. Tho Demoorats were ut that time vory tincertatn of & mnjority in the House, and they, therefore, promptly deelited to ndmtt Mr, Hull, who hold a certificato fram thé Governor of Florida, 1t muy be remombel that, nftor Gov, Drow had issued a cortifieuto to Mr, Hull, the Supreme Court of Florida ordert tho State Canvassing ount to revanyass the voto cust In the Scvond District; and that there sult of tho recount was a declaration by thé Bourd that Mr, Blsvoo hud’ boon olvoted by 4 majority of {i votes, Mr. Hisboo thon spplled election, tathe Governor for cortilivate of notywith: OVINIDN OF THE ATTONNEY-GENERAT. syio, as welt_ad a majority of tho Supreme Court, wus n Demourat. Two years bofere or Drew had aT Governor by virtue of u recount of vates or dored by Comuitteo of inntns to be seen, He Dlabeo lust aprin, Litngelf suoveoded: ta th the Suprome Cou t. What notion tho xdtions will tke in thia case rr tu the resolution ta ude the votg was [it for Bad against, Al uf tho sane numb not vote. In view of 10 Demooratio. party, there N miaben with i in| os, bee wi i » tho’ seat to which he is qt jod. ‘Thorold Tpuwon to byllove that the Dew wu * reconst! 9 , Grooh hackers except Mr, Ladd, of Maina, yotod with the oputilicany Four Hopulilcans and ore id deterutinurl to #0 reoanatrut Bo quso to oy Will have w majo! of yates by. [elovout of a Pmt ney Ww iL, requll wi fe Honse of Reprosontutives to choose tho bey vedlgent, ‘To adinit Str, Blebeo would Floridut out of tho list, of Demacratio Biates thu} State hus only arly munagers wi yen thle from bolts two Ltopresentatlves. etraln utd nore to a dong, aud fs vory doubly Cul le there is a singlo bs 4 in ate ants voto ft ts ho mnattor haw much hig sek SPANISH CLAIMS. OABANAVA'S COMPLAINT. Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune WAstitnaton, D.0,, Jun. 1&—Mr, Josoph Ne Casanava, of Ponnsylvanis, ono of tho lurset claimunts against the Spanish Gavernment, whose caso has boon ponding before tho yen! Clatms Commission for soven or elyht yeurh §h dived hore thi moraldg for tho purpose of 1 ing Congress ascobtuin the reasud wy ust fee