Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1880, Page 4

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TRIBUNE Mt, ‘THR CHICAGO WrINUNH hs estadlished brane 4 foes for the receipt of subsoriptions and advertine~ 1 entans follows: EW YORK—Hoom 2 Tribune Building. F.T. Sc FADDEN, Manager. . GLASGOW, Bovtland—Allan's American News Agonoy. 31 Renfeld-st. LONDON, Eng.—Amorican Exchange, MEXRY ¥, GtuLig, Agent. WASHINGTON, D, C1519 F street, AMUSEMENTS, C1L OFFICES, @ “Btrand. Hooley'a 'Phentre. Randolph streat, between Clark and La Salto, Ene wagement of tho Now York Criterion Comedy Com- pany. “A Tripplo Courtabip.” Haverty's Theatre. Doarborn atrect, cornor of Monroe. Engagoment of MM, Gran's Brench Opera Company. Afternoon, "Lo Pele Duc.” Evening, “Lon irigands” MeVicker'n Theatre: Madison street, betwoon Donrborn nnd Btate, En- gagement of Mr. nnd Mrs..MoKeo Hankin, “The Danites." Afternoon and evening. Mamiin's Theatre. Clark streot, between Washington and Randolph, ¥pgagomont of Miss Annis Ward Tidany, “The Childe Btealer.” Afternoon and ovaning. : Mershey Musto-Ifalls Madison streat, between Btate an Dearborn. Fn= te tainment by Prof. John Reynolds, Afternoon and ‘evening. + WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2%, 2880, ( Ir ts bellevod that the proceeds of tho sale { of tickets for the big meeting of Monday night at the Exposition Bullding will amount ‘to at least’ $10,000, wihilch {3 quite a good night’s work for Ireland. Ata mecting of German Republicans from ¢ Yarlous parts of Now York State, held Inst evening InSyracuse, resolutions were adopted Protesting against any Innovation upon the time-honared custom of restricting the In- eumbency of the Presidont of the United States to two terms, Ix the call issucd yesterday by the Natton- al Democratic Committes for the Cinelunatl Convention of June 22, attention Is directed to the resolution of the St. Louis Convention of 187, submitting to tho vote of the State Conventions the question whathor it is deslr- able to continue in force the rule requiring a two-thirds vote to effect a nomination in the Natlonal Convention, AX unsnecessfitl attempt was nade yester- day by the ministerial brute who has had charge of tho Institution In Now York Clty for practicing ‘cruelty upon children to stave off the execution of the sentence of one year's Imprisonment. The Rey. Cowley appeared in court on a writ of habens cor- pus, but the writ was dismissed and the pris- orner given over to the custody of the Sher- Aff, to be by that offlver taken to jail, Tux strength of the antl-third-term sonti- tiont In Chicago is attested by the large num- ber of representative citizens whose names aro attached to the address declaring that in thelr opinion the nomination of Gen. Grant would not offer to the Republican party the strongest or most acceptable candidate, and calling upon tho Republican votera of the county and State to take steps toward secur- ing in each Congresstonnl District a fair rep resentation of this sentiment in the National Convention. Tho list which we print this morning embraces but a minor portion of those whose names haye already been ot- tached to tho address, ——— Two amendmonts to the Aldrich Immedl- ate Transportation bill are now under con- sideration which are Hable to 80 complicate the menguro as to endanger Its defeat. ‘The first is in tho interest of St. Louls, and pro- vides for the direct importation of bulky artl- eles upon the decks of river steamboats by way of New Orlvaus; and the second, offered in the Interest of the express companics, contemplates the importation of dutlable articles In sealed trunks without break- ing bulk, As If to further compileate the question, it appears that Secretary Sher- man has thought ft necessary to ‘send a Spe clal Agent to obtain the views of tha New York tinporters and Custom-Housv officers concerning tha Aldrich bill, though it is per- fectly well known that theso people are hos tile to tho measure and will do all In thelr power to defeat Its enactment by Congresi, Afew moro amendinents. will probably be the outcomy of this Jast move, ‘Tir situation in San Francisco, wlille not absolutely threatening, las yet enough of danger in It to set the sobor-ininded people of that clty to thinking very seriously, Re: cent movements of the Kearneyites havo tended to awaken & fear that there Is more at the bottom of their lntedemonstration than is @enerally known to outsiders, Lvading elti- zens and members of the City Goyernment have recently held a confurence, but the subjects discussed or the conclusions urtlved at have been .Kept a pro- found secret, It fy vaguely hinted, however, that the mnain ubject of the meting was to vonsider the propriety of taking extra precautions against a possible outbreak and rald upon the Uhinese, and to this ond ® proposition to increase the pollea force ia sald to have been discussed, Tho friends of Jaw and order are confident of thelr ability to putdown any demonstration on the part of the misguided workingwen, —_—_ Tux New York Republican State Conyen- tlon meets to-day at Utica for the purpose of choosing delegates to tha Chieago Conven- tion, Contrary to the onnouncement made from Washington several duys ago, Senator Conklng will be on the ground and in porson take the lead of {ils supporters Iu the Con- vention. Hoe will have o seat, aud a volce, aud a vote as a delegate from Onelda County, there being no prospect that the contesting delegation from that county will succeed in gaining Its point With the presence and leadership of Mr. Conkling bls compact piachine organization will untoubtedly be successful Jn controlling the action of the Convention In tho matter of lustructions for Grant, although the minority of antl-third- termers will struggle hard for the right of instruction by Congressional Districts, snd if successful will be able to send to Chicago ® goodly number of ant!-Grant delegates, Present Indications, however, as noted In our ndviees of Inst evening from Utlea, fore shadow a repetition of the Cameron tactics in Pennsylvania and the capture of Now York for Grant under the unit rule, ——— ANkEw element of trouble In tho Wash- burn-Dounelly contested-clection case con- fronts the Democratic majority of the Houses Committee on Elections, It was supposed that the figures had been so judictously manipulated as to show a majority of 105 for Donnelly after throwing out Washburn votes enough to arrive at this result, ant everything scemed arranged for such a pre- sentment ns should satisfy the consciences of the House majority, In reaching this con- cluston 433 votes wero thrown out on account alloged informalities in making the returns, but it now turns out that these votes wero enat and the returns mado tn a lawful uianner, and must be restored to tho Wash- burn aldeof the caso, thereby converting Don- nally’scooked-up majority of 105 inte A minor- ity of 267. So it will bo necessary to resort to mathematics once more, and there Is no tell- ing what new complications may come of the redmployment of that scienco in the Min- nesota case, Verily the way of the sneak- thiet fy hard when it comes to getting away with an undoubted majority of over 3,000 votes, —_—— Tur experiences yesterday of Mr. Parnell and his coadfutors were such a3 to give them Q very agreeable impression of the city which has extended so hearty a welcome to them and so generous an Interest tn the cause they represent. Although the timo available for sight-seeing was Mmited, they were afforded an opportunity to form some tdea of the kind of nelty Chicago fs. The visitors recelved 4n the forenoon a very cordial welcome from the Mayor and Common Connell on behalf of tho municipality, and after a drive In car- ringes about some of the principal busi- ness and residence strects made oa call at tho DBonrd of Trade, where they were recelved with a degree of courteous attention evidencing the warn feelings entertained toward them by the business-men of Chicago. Mr. Parnell im- proved the opportunity to say a few words of a practical character touching Ireland's sore need of the charity of America, and Messrs, Dilton and Murdoch followed in a slmilar veln. Altogether, the Irish rellef- inissionarles appear to lave recelyed and created In Chicago mutually agreeable Im- pressions which will be of service to tho sutfering people fur whom they speak. THE REPUBLIOAN MEETING TO-DAY. ‘The real purpose of the Republican meet- Ing whieh ts to be held at the Grand Paclfic Ilotel to-tiny Is to talk over tho propriety and the expedisney of supporting or opposing the third-term movement. Any attempt to con- ceal this fact would be uscless now. Those who favor the third-term idea, those who oppose It, and those who ara doubtful about it are ngrecd that the time has come to begin to discuss it honestly and earnestly, Prominent Republicans have been called here from all parts of the State at the Invita- tion of the Central Committee, Tho usual questions In regard to the State Convention, the interests of the various candidates for tho State ofices, and the organization of tho fall enmpaign, are to be canvassed, of course; ‘but they are all subordinate to the third-torm issue, ‘I'his last question 1s of National Im- portance, and the shape it shail finally take may determine the fate of the Republican party, It is no wonder, then, that the con- stderation of the third-term movement should overshadow all the collateral and incldental toples of discussion in a gathering of the Re- publican politicians of the State at the present time, Itis tho duty of avery man who shall take partin this meeting to truthfully con- tribute, not merely his own personal views, but the views of the Republican voters whom he professes to represent, In regard to athird term, in order that the managing men of the party moy arrive at an Intelligent conclusion a3 to whethor it is snfo or proper to risk such ‘an Isstte In tho Presidential campaign. * Isitproper? Thatis, willthencopleapprove of a delivernte departure from the historle example set by Washington, whose annlyer- sary was celebrated throughout the country only day before yesterday, and from a prece- deut which has always been observed in Na- tlonal elections? Is it safe? That is, can the third-term ides carry Inols and the other States essential to n Republican victory, or can these States be carried by the Repub- Jicang in spite of the opposition to third- termism? These are the real questions to be considered, and to be determined as nearly as possible, at to-day’s meeting, so far as Ullnols {a concerned. ‘ There 1g no other community whore Gen, Grant personally commands more general respect aud admiration than he does in Lll- nols. We fi held In high and proud esteen by his countrymen everywhere, Even the people of the South rate hin far above every. ollier man who fought against them, and aro grateful to hin for the kindness he showed them when the War was over and they lay -ernshed at his feet, It was under Grant's second Administration that tho ex-Confeder- ates nehleved the power of *Home Rule,” for: which thoy had contended so fiercely from the close of the War. When he went out of office the control of every Southern State excopt two had been wrested from the Republicans, and in those two States the Re- publican tenure was only held by a hals, and ‘was xo frail that It loosed Its hold iminodl- ately after Grants retirement, These cir- cumstances, jolned with the natural South- ern tendency to hero-worship, have made Grant more popular in Dixie than is any other man who has been {dentifled with the Hepubticun party, though few porsons will contend that Southern admiration will go to the longth of giving him a single Electoral yots In the sixteen ox-Hebel States, ‘The attentions which Gon. Grant reccived abroad have Increased the pride which tls own poo- plo take {n his past career, and the welcome extended to him when he returned home was more universal and demonstrative and tmag- nificent than any Amerlean had ever before enjoyed, Tus Trung joined as heartily aud sincorely as its nelghbora in this wel- come, and the people of JNinols and the en- tire Northwest have # special and local pride in hls greatness. But the time fs past when the glumour of Gén. Grant’s receptions can Teagonably be permitted to confuse or ob- seure the argumenta ugulust the third-term proposition, which should be discussed on Sts merits by the Republicans now as lt willbe before the country in any campaign iu which it shail bo an Issue, Aside from the third-term Issue per se, there undoubtedly exists in the minds of the maasey, ag well as of thosa who aro ace customed to reflect seriously, a perplexing doubt whethor a third term for Gon, Grant would bring about a restoration of the ma- chine and spolls system which disgraced the Jnst Adusiniatration, squandored {ts revenues, brought scandal upon the institutions of the country, caused the tremendous political re- vulstons of 1874and 1875, aud nearly defeated the Republican party Iu 1876, This doubt must be met, ‘The apprehension of a return to the abuses which were followed by such, disastrous results wil agssert itself In a third-torm campaign, and politleal prudenco demands that it should be given proper con- sideration in adyance by those whe shall be confronted with It, If the Republican party adopt-the third-term issuo ag its own, it should be propared to allay the popular prejudice against It and the , popular fear that it will entall consequences fatal to party success, No man who [s familiar with the political events of the past fow years can deny that the present Democratic control of both Houses of Congress must be traced to the abuses and seandals of the second torm of the Inst Administration. The people turned to the Democratle party ns tho lesser of two Impending evita, Nor can {t be suc- cessfully dented that the same enuses almost. cost the Xepublican party the. Presidential election of 1876, notwithstanding It was cone ducted upon the distinct pledge and issue of administrative reform and purifiention, Those ix charge of the Republican party's future cannot close thelr eyes to this fact, ‘Tens of thonsands. of Republicans every: where are constantly asking themselves and each other what assurance they linve thata third term shall not return to power the anmo corrupt element and spolls-limters who were responsible for the disgraceful events of the second term. Men are asking the question, Has Conkling, or Cameron, or Lo- gan, or Carpenter, or any other of the eon- aplcuousadvocatesof athird term, given such fi assurance? Ilas Grant lilmself made any such pledge? If sv, when, where, and to whom? It Is not a question of Grant's popularity, nor of his brillant past, nor even of his personal responsi- bility for the men and events that disgraced and shipwrecked his second term: the ques- tion Is, how to satisty the Ameriean people that the election of Gen, Grant fora third term shall not bring “tho old crowd” into power again, and shall not inspire the same popular distrust that led.to the sweeping, crushing Republican defents of 1874 and 1875, Tho Republican polltteluis who meet at the Grand Pacific te-diny owe it to themselves, to thelr constituents, and to the future of the Republican party In IHinols to give these in- eidents of third-termlsm frank and serlous consideration. It will be too Inte to discuss them after the party shell have been com- mitted toathird term. ‘Their Iniluence upon party triumph or party defeat must bo deter- mined Inadvance. The avowed hostility of 500,000 German Republican voters ton third term, 30,000 or 40,000 of whom live in [Ilinots; the force which the precedent established by Washington and acquiesced in by Madson, Jefferson, and Jackson, exerts over the American people as a whole; and, finally, the open protest made by the largo clogs of independent “balance of power” Republican voters against incurring the danger of political abuses which once drove them out of the party,—all these clements Indisposed to a third term must receive the consideration to which they aro entitled, and there Is no oceasiun more proper for canvassing thelr merits than ata preliminary mecting of Republicans lke that whieh is to be held to-day. It is possible that tho invitations and the railroad passes hnye been manipulated with the intention of suppressing a discussion of this most vital jssue; but, if the meeting has been fairly summoned and the chief party men of the State shall put in an appearance, the result should be a clear exposition of tho popular sentiment in regard to the third- term movement. In stich ease, there are but two courses open to tho Ilinols advisers and Tenders of tho Republican party—viz.: either to furnish the party with the neccs- sary assurance that ‘shall allay public ap preliension of return to oflice of tho old crowd of cronles ond machine spollsmen, and offico-brokers, and whisky-thieves in and out of office, in case of a third term, or to counsel au abandonment of the movement on account of the popular opposition theretoand the menace of defeat Involved therein, PARNELL’S MISSION, Tho great Irish Jand-reform meeting on Monday night at Chicago Exposition Mall was presided over by tha Governor of Illi- nols, the third State in the American Union, and his speech, dellvered with a dignity and n force worthy tho occasion and worthy of his high position, was directed stralght to the root of the evil, exposing Its cause,—tho curse of Landocracy, All the speakers at this Immenso inectlng addressed themselves directly to the source of Ireland's pltinble condition without mincing words or conceal- ing the plain truth. ‘Tue Cutcaad ‘Trmuny, In broad contrast to the press of New York, was tho first among the American daily nowapapcrs to ex- pose to the people of the West aud of the country the real cnuso of Irish starvation, poverty, nilsery, rags, hovels, wretchedness, expatrintion, discontent, iusurrectlons, re- belliona, and the illiteracy with which tue masses of the Irlsh people are reproached. ‘This condition 1s not accldental,—Iit Is cre- ated by law; It is not temporary, it Is con- tinuous; it Is not recent, ft has prevailed for centuries, It {snot an evil to be remedied by alms; it is not a distress to be removed by donations of food; it Is adegradntion spring- ing from a well-defined cause, and ean never bo cured save by tharcmoval of that cause, Tux Triaune pointed out how the necessity for those perpetuul appents to American charity to prevent starvation of muliitndes in a fertile country can be forever stopped. At turned the full blaze of light upon the hor- rid system of feudal land robbery that is now desolating and has desolated Irelaud for two centuries, .How cun the mass of any people be othorwise than {{liternte or uned- ucated that are condemned by rigid law toa perpetual condition of poverty? Illiteracy ja always and everywhere a concomitant of poverty, when that poverty Is enforced, The poorest locullties and classes in this country gro the most ignorant, weak, and helpless, because of the very poverty which enforces their Ignorance, Look at the South for proof of this assertion, ‘Tho American people ns a clogs know of tho Irish from their character- isties, ns shown in tho Inrge cltles of this country and from tho police reports, ‘The statistics show that, of the whole number of arrests for drunkenness, disorderly conduct, fighting, assaults, riots, and kindred offenses, & largo proportion of tho offenders aro of Irish birth, Considering the poverty-stricken and enforced condition of these people from Bencration to generation aa virtual slaves, tolling for thankless taskmasters, and whose ambitlon and hopes are Hmited to obtalning Bsnfliclency of miserable food, the just man will properly attribute these propensities to the condition of abject, hopeless poverty to which theso people from generation to gen- eration have been reduced and kept down, Under tho British feudal system In Its early days the chlef who would starve his depend- ents would be exeernted by hly class; but the feudalism of Ireland knows no obl!- gation on the part of the “lord” towards his serfs, de demands tho last pig, the last peck of meal, the last cow, ‘the last stalk of Brain; the tonant may go naked, may Inhabit a mud hovel, muy perish with fly funtly for food; that {3 no concorn of the feudal lord of the land, This is the system under which these Irish wililions have existed from gen- eration to eneration, and whenever private charity In gcusons of unusual destitution furnish thom with emigrant tickots, the unfortunutes transfer to this country the ovils ond the curse naturally re- sultlng frown the degradation of Britlah feudal rule, Upon the british Government fs the re- sponsibility of tho evil of tho enforced migta- {lon of these unfortunate people to this coun- try, and the conseqtences of thelr conduct whenduinped helpless and penniless upon our shores, Under such n land aystem the material prosperity of tha people ts a physteah moral, and economlcal tmpossibility. If the Irish farmers were suddenly and slmultancously put in possession of.a secret whereby they could qunadrupte the yroductions of their farme, It would be the Jnstant signal for tho Inndlords to quadruple the rents; that Is the vise ln which the tennntsat-will are held, aqtterzed, and crushed, ‘This land-monopoly systein must bo destroyed before the misorles of freland can be alleviated, or the American people bo relieved of the draln on their earn- {axe to pay rack-rents to Anglo-Irish Iand- lords, What ts {t that Mr. Parnell asks? What changes of Irish law does ho domand? Nothing moro than the right of the Irish people to buy out the feudal landlords? clatma on their farms. Is thore anything bad, Com- inunistie, or wrong in this request or in this polley? No one can question that ft isto tho interest of the British people that the English Parlla- ment should grant this request. At present England ts compdlled to keep 80,000 of her regular troops in Ireland as a garrison to hold the Irish farmers in perpetual bondago anc to foree the 600,000 farmer families to pay over all their productions to 10,000 absentea feudal lords, In addition she has at anchor in the Irish harbors and ports as many os 100 ships of war to overawe the people of the cities, She has also to keep a force of £0,000 armed constabulary, —able-bodicd pleked men, to police the island, to help the 80,000 reguinrs and the 100 shipsof war to hold down tho Irish farmers and collect from them the entire products of their farms, snvo ‘a few potatoes, In payment of the rack-rents. If the 600,000 Irish tenant farmers wero allowed to buy out the Inndlords ate fair priee, to be fixed by Governmental valuation, ond become the owners of the Innd and the products of their own labor, then England could call homie her 30,000 regular troops and employ them in the general defense, or, dis- banding them, save the $15,000,000 2 year which they cost for maintenance, She could withdraw or sel! or burn nine-tenths of her wooden navy at anchor in Irish ports, and now kept for the subjugation of Ireland; she could discharge two-thirds of the Irish con- stabulary, and saye the Irish people the cost of their support. With the Irlsh soll owned and cultivated by the Irish people, the Island coukt be governad ns easily as Scotland. Tho sixty millions of dollara ‘of yearly rents the Irish tenants now pay to the 10,000 absentee feudal Iandlords would then be e: pended for the comforts of life, In the pur- chase of manufactures, In the improvement of the land, in the erection of habitations fit for human beings to live in, snd tu tho edu- catlon of the children, In the improvement of the material condition of the people, In the prevention of famine, In the removal of pov- erty, In the elevation of the spirits, hopes, and anibltions of the people, in binding them closer to their homes, in arresting migration, and In establishing the peace, contentment, and happiness of a race to which these things have been unknown for centurles. What has been done in’ other Innds can bo done in Ireland. The poverty, degradation, ignorance, and slavery of Irance werens gen- cral.and as nilsorablo as are those now In Ire- Jand, until tho feudal land system was over- turned ninety years ago and the land sold tothe people who cultivated it. The samo beneticont policy was extanded by Napoleon wherever the French gained full control. This was dono by the bayonot. In Ireland its proposed to work this samo result by peaceful purchase. Even the Prussian Gov- ernment, witnessing the wiso and beneficial results of gelling the land to the occupants In France, Belgium, and Bavaria, also inter- posed and overthrew the ernshing feudal land system, It provided that the foudal lords should sell the land to tho Government and take their pay in 4 per cent bonds; the Government sold tho Jand to the farmers, who paid the interest and something over as asinking fund, 'Ehey wero allowed forty- one years in which to complete the pay- ments, but ® majority of them had their farms paid for In a third or half that time, So It would be with Ireland, Every acro of Irish land has an historte interest. No People are more warmly attached to tho soil than they are, not even Irenchmen, Onco enabled to become Sta owners, their Inbor and industry would know no fatigue until they had pald the last penny. Once tho owners, and ownlng thelr farms In feo simple, there would bo no need of soldiers, or constabulary, or guubonts, to preserva peace and property among the Irish people owning the soil capable of cultivation, and it would astonish tho world how fast they would pay for thelr farme Jf thoy had a chance, They would quickly double the pro- chictions of the island. They would plow deep, manure well, underdratn, diteh, weed. and hoe, ant raise such crops as Ireland hag never seen and noyer will sce unt! the cultl- yators censo to be rack-rent sorfs ant bo- come owners of tho Jand of their birth, Speed the day! THE GRAIN “EMBARGO” IN CONGRESS, Mr, Hill, of Olio, haa’ introduced In tho Natlonul Iouse of Representalives a resolu- tlon in regard to the prevalllng “embargo” on graln and provisions. It sets forth that, “whereas vast quantitles of grain and pork are locked up Inthe great commurclal depots of tho country through unlawful combina- tons, and that Inrge numbera of vessels aro now lying {dle Iu our ports by reason of the araln-blockade, thus keoping thousands of persons ont of employment and producing business stagnation, 9 committes of five members of the House and a proper number of Senators should be appointed to Inquire into tho cause of sald grain-blockade, and to report to Congress nt an early day what rem- edy should be employed.” ‘Tho root of the ovil complained of {os very near the surface, and a Congressional Com- mittes will not have to dig very deep to find it if there Ia a sinerrs purpose to arrive ut the enuge, Provlous to theclosingoft navigution Inst fall the raflroad rate on grain and provislona was 1S cents per 100 pounds between Chicago and Now York (and other Western points were relatively the samo), ‘When water competition was shut off, at the beginning of winter, thls rate was advanced by rallrond “federation” In rapid and recur- rent Jumps to 40 cents per 100 pounds on grain and 43 conts on provisions! In other words, the railroads haye been charging all winter three timea aa much as thoy previous- ly charged fora service which jas been no more onerous and no more costly to them this winter than It was last summer, Doesn't this single fact reveal why grain hos uccumulated In yast quantities at Chicago and other Western points and remained there?) The producers of the West had to choose between ratlrond confiscation of thelr property and holding It until they could send It to market ot a cost which would leave them ® profit, They choso to hold the grain, and capital was forth- coming {n abundance to enable them to earry thelr products over the period during which the rallroads, tn the absence of water competition andeGovernment regulation, aro masters of thealtuation, During this period the ‘Western owners of grain have eagerly sought every avallable outlet to the Eastern and European markets, Severn! miilons of bush- els have gone down tha Mississinpl to New Orleans, and havo been slipped from there to Furope. Some of it has been taken through Canada to Portland, when the Grand ‘Trunk Railroad could be reached in any roundabout way, But the Eastern trunk linea, whieh com- bined to rob the producor and the consumer by charging at least double what thoy could carry the gratn for at a profit, inve compelled the ownors thereof to pilesit up instore- housea and awatt some relief from the policy of extortion, If Mr, Hill's resolution {s designed to further exposo the rapacity of tho railroad corporations and to impress upon Congress the necessity for adequate Govern ment regniation of the rallrond business, It Isntimely suggestion, and Congress should act upon it promptly. Perhaps {t $s too lato for Congress to afford any rellef for the pres- ent season, butit may take mensures whieh shallaverts recurrence of a similar “em- bargo" In future seasons by compolling tho railroads, under tho alrection of n National Comission, to maintain falr and reasonable rates In winter, as well as in summer when they nre controlled to acertnin degrees by water conipetition, ——_——— NOT YET RECONSTRUCTED. Tho Montgomery (Ala,) sidvertiser and Matl,a Demoeratle newspaper printed in a elty and county that would be overwhelm- Ingly Republican were a fair election al- lowed, replies to a recent article In Tue Cmcaco Trisuxn showing how an Ala vam Republican, Jere Waralson, was swindled out of his seat in Congress by Shelley, 2 Democratic Confederaty Brign- dier, who, not being olected to the seat, of course stulo {. The reply {s not so much devoted to tha charges made in Tun ‘Trmune as to tho way the seat was stolen, asitis toa gencral onslaught upon tho Re- publican party thot {llustrates tho Ditter hatred of tho North existing inthat partot Alabama, Wearecharitable enough tonssume that this virulent animosity does not oxist ail over that State, but is cunflued to tho section where the advertiser and Mail ts printed,— n sort of plague-spot In the State as Okolonn ig In Mississippl. It charges the party with having been ‘tame, timid, and treacherous in war,"—a singular admisston, to say tha least, when it is remembered that the North- ernarmics wero recruited from the Repnb- Mean ‘ranks, and that the Republicans of the North sent a millfon of thelr sons Into the field. Ifn million of tatho and tind Re- publicans vanquished the South, what aro we to think of Southern valor, about whieh there has been so much boasting? The «td- vertiser’s charge of treachery is evidently based upon the suppression of human slavery during the later porlod of the War, The North went Into the War at first with no in- tention of Interfering with slavery, which it ad been taught to regard as a local Stato Instltution outside the furladletion of the Constitution, It was not until as the War progressed it became eyldent that either slavery must perlsh or the Union smust perish that Republicans accepted the Issue both from principle and from duty. They had always been opposed to slayery from principle, It was the first time duty had called npon them to remove it, and they re- moyed it, and sayed the Union. ‘Theso “tame and tinld” Republicans did the worl, They destroyed slavery and then destroyed the Confederacy which was based upon slavery a8 Its corner-stono, and as soon ns they had destroyed the ono the other crumbled to pieces, notwithstanding the ‘*d1ameness and timidity” of those who did it, and the yalor and superiority of those who opposed them. So far os the reply of the Advertiser and Mail to Tne Trmuxe’s charges In tho Iinralson matter is concemerd, i answers nothing, It does not deny that the Repub- Iican candidato was cheated ont of his sent, Itdoes notdeny that the record was falso on Ita face. It docs not deny that the district fs Ke- publican by more than 15,000 majority, or that Shelley bad n majority 1,015 larger than. the entire registered white vote of the district. It docs not deny that aftor Haralson had filed a notice. of contest no Justice of the Peaca would take tho aMfdavita of his wit- nesses. Jt does not deny that these witnesses were thrown ‘into jail on trumped-up charges. It does not deny that tho Con- federate Brigadier Shelley, by means of falso eountsand ballot-box stuffing and bulldozing, stole the seat of the Republican, Haralson. It does not even deny that Alabama tsa Re- publican Staje by several thousand majority. Its only reply is to vent its wrath and hatred of the North upon the Hepublican party. This goes for little, except as showing tho bitter animosity that still exists in somo sec: tions of the Sdnth. Tho charges of Ti ‘TuwuNe meanwhilo remain unanswered. ——— ee Tu Hon. Puiletus Sawyer, of Wisconsin, ‘whose friends aro now pushing him to the front asacandidata for tho United States Sonato, 1a ong of tho best known and most bighly respect- ed citizens of tho Stdte. He sottled in Wiscone sin when a young man, about tho tino it was admitted Into tho Union as # State, bringing with him to the Grent West nothing but good henlth, good habita, storn inteyrity, fino businoss enpacity, and afirm resolution to do his best, Ia early educational advantages were limited, fo that to-day he standsas fine aspectmon ol 9 truly self-made man as can be found anywhere in the country. He went into the lumboring business, first as somebody's hired man, then as amill and vine-lund proprictor, and kept stcad- ily at it until ho becamo a millionaire. Emerson says that, “out of a pino log,a Western man will whittle a Judgeship, a sont in Congress, and 8 foreign mission.” Mr, Bawyor hus served ten years in Congress during the most oxciting po- riod of our National hbistory,-from 1860 to 1870,—and was known in Wasbiugton a8 a oloar= headed, ominently practical, conservative man. fo was tho Intimato frieudof Mr, Lt cotn, Who bad great reapeot for Mr, Sawyo! “horse sense,” asho callod {t, and often cone sulted him In the travail bour of tho Republic, when ita destiny hung trembiingly In the bale ance, Asa public nan heis doticlont fn ora- torical gbifity;. but 18 @ man of affairs, and as a Prudent, sagacious conservator of the country’s welfare, ho had few superiors in Congress, Bir, Suwyer {a at present oxtensivoly ongaged in lumboring {n Northorn Wisconsin; is the Prosl- dont of a Nationul bank at Osbkosh, and ie also President of the North Wisconeln Railroad. His frionda havo oftm urged him to become a cun- didate for Governor and for Unitod States Sen- ator; but hls businoss intoresta were go extensive that he has porsiatently deollned until now, ‘With Sawyer, Koyes, nud Cameron In the fold as tho threo leading candidates for United Btates Sonstor, it looks at this distunce ua if tho con Mot next winter wight closely resemble the Cur penterm Keyen-Howe contest of last session, with the outcome a matter of so much uncertainty as to murround Jt with conatderuble Intorcat, ‘Two articles {2 the last number of the North American Review aro likoly to attract con- atderable attention at this time—not so much on account of the subject treated, although that Is portinent and timoly, but because of tho din- metrically oppoalt viows of two eminent lawyers discussing the same subject without any knowl: odge that common topic was to be treated. Judge lack basa tilt with Senator Howe. Ho Picks ta pleces each of the chargos made by tho latter nguinst tho antl-third-term rosotution passod in the House of Representatives In 1875. His anolyels is effective, and ho pretty thoroughly domolishos that pnt of Mr. Howe's argument, But be thon goos to the opposit extrome himscif, and discloses an oxocedingly vulncrablo point whon ho holds that to elect Gon. Grant toa third term would In effect bo the end of our republican {n- stitutions and tho catablishment of a mongryhy, ‘That isa non ecquitur, Tho Hou, KE. W. Stough> ton follows Judge Black, and what soemed dark and dangerous to tho formor is really the only hopeful solution tho iattor can sooof the Presi+ dontial question, In fact, Mr, Stoughton oon- aldors the “third-tern suporatition "—as ho fs plonsed to call it—na “about ns solld and rational as that which influences some men to expect bad luck from seeing the now moon over tho lett sboutder, or to rofuse starting upon a now onterprisa or long Journoy on a Friday.” Tf dir. Stotghton cuuld demonstrate that no avil had over resulted from tho 'n “Friday superstitions, bls compurison might bo more offeative. Itis tho ovils wo" know not. of” we tlec from, ene ‘Tur citizens of Rhode Island do not Intend that thor hospitals shall bo made Iaboratories{n which ombryonte physicians may experiment ad bitum, On the contrary, they bryyo an iden that tho chority-hoapital pationts arp entitled to tho sorvtces of skilicd men, and aro not to bo mnimod for life or hurried into tho disacoting roots in accordance with the mandates of Juve- nile medical aturtents. Not long ogoa suit for malpractice was inatituted against 8 Mhode Island charity hospital by a pattent whoso arms bad to bo ntmputated on account of tho rosulis of long-continued application of the tourniquet, ‘Tho plainti? claimed thnt thia result was duo to tho carelesness of tho interne, The Court ruled that damages were not allowable, on the ground thnt a charitable iustitution abould not bo “held Mablo for nogiigenco or unskilitul treatmont. On appeal tho Supreme Court reversed tho do- eision, and decided that hospital corporntionsare Atable for fallure to exert reasonable enre in the selection of competent men ns tuternes. The corporntors or ‘Truateca of Belloyuc Hospital, New York, would do well to rend ovor tho opin- fon of the Court. Unlusa much maligned, the Intter hospital has become a sort of oxperiment- al workshop for undergraduates of the medical colleges, If n patient recovers, that ts bis good fortune, no thanks to bis treatment, Ifho dies, , ho fa hurried Into the disseuting-room, and when Inquiring rolatives cun no longer bo denied, they fre furnished with an assorted collection of bones—bolonging to both sexes and all nges—for burial. S ieeetatennnasaneeeiast A whrrer In the United Service gives what Js undoubtedly the trio solution of that oft-re- curring question as to how tho officioncy of our navy cun bo increased without adding dispro- Pportionately to the appropriations for that De- Dartmont, Wo neither wish nor need n largo crujaing fleet, Tho buge froncinida of foreign navies nro unsonworthy and fail todo what was expected of thom. Ordnance has outstripped armor, The modern knight trusts more to his Wwenpons of offense than of defonso, What tho navy wants 1s unsinkable ships, “Tho cry Is lesa Grinor, more bunyanco, and grent speed, with the maxiinim of bow and stern fire.” Ves- sels with water-tight compnrtments, the vital parts protected, heavy armor and a ram, tho Bteoring-gear well clow the wator-lino, and great specd—you have all tho clomonta of a powerful man-of-war, “Antiélpate the war ship of the future by building a compartment vessel of aixteen-knut speed, with gajl power to rive ber from olght totwelve knots; bollor and engines well protected, and armored with a ram and the Intest breech-londing cannon, and build her of wood or stool." This is the “unalnkable ship. which the writer thinka would tako tho lend na a class of yeasels able to mect the grout domauds of our servic, ———— ‘Tue Committee on Rallronds in the Wis- conaln Sonate naked tho Nallrond Commissionor, the Hon. A. J. Turner, whether the raflroads doing business in Wisconsin are paying thelr just proportion of State and other texcs. Tho Commissioner sends back an olaborate reply in which he compares the amount of taxcs paid by other property valued by Assessors in ton of the mort populous cuuntics in the State, with the amount of taxes paid by tho railroad corpora- tons, which is4 por cont on tholr gross carn- nga, Rnd concludes that, on the basia submitted for giving a valuation to railroad property and the general property of tho State, railronds nro paying a somewbat higher tax than is pald by othor property in thé gouthorn counties of tho State, where cconomy and good management obaracterize tho administration of affairs, Thoy are paying somowhat less tux than is pald in the northern countica, where n reagonablo degrees of economy ia peacti¢ed; and much less than Is paid iu some of thom whore economy and good managemont aro not distinguishing features of tholrlocal government. Taking tho whaleState togethor, the taxation of ratlronds is a trillo leas than [s imposed upon othor proporty. —— Pror. Sion Newcosm, of the Wnited Btates Naval Observatory, has temporarily aban- doned tho study of the atars and takon a glance nt the dangers which threnton us in tho politiont world. And tho great, Impanding danger which is Ukely to seriously teat tho stabiiity of our instl- tuttons Is tha queation asto who {4 the rightful President of the United States, if the oleotion shall turn upon tho votes of ono or two closely+ contested Btutes. Regarding the solution of the recent dificulty in Binino ng the truo way out of such diioulttes, ha declares that “tho only gure tor this state of things ls taintroduce tho system of submitting all cascs of contosted eloctions, and all cases involving the duties of tho various officers engaged In conduating and declaring thom, toregulurlygonstituted courts.” ‘Thero nro some constitutional diMouttics in the way of carrying this schemo into practico, but wo undentubly need soma remedy for politica! complications difforent from those hitharto em= Ployed. Wo might be somewhat suaplefoua of tho exporionce of a man—and hence of his quuifcations ag a doctor for tho body polltic~ who begins his statements by tho question: * Are our political practices pure or corru pt ?* Tre Quincy Whig has an Interesting at- ticlo in regurd to the manufacturing interests of that wide-awake and thrifty town, It says that “fow people not conversant with the fneta havo auy idea of tho activity which now pro- vaila in manufacturing enterpriscs In this city. Thore js not n single branch of manufacturing and sourcely & single manufactory which fs not crowded with work, As a rule, business fs dull and quiet through tho months of January and Fobruary, but this scuson tho tide of prosperity which got In last fall has steadily inorensed, and nearly oyery catublishment in tho elty bus all tho orders that can be filled.” Thoy havo four largo stove factories, three large tobacco factories, four niachine-sbops, throe car~ ringo and wagon firms, and several large furniture establishments, They also manufact- ure paper, corn-planters, hay-presses, plows, soap and candios, crackers and confeotioncry, packing-boxes, baking-powder, beer, and trunks, The W'h(g says, jn conclusion, that It “cortainly ja pleusunt to hoar the propriotars complain of tho rush and orqwd of busincss.” Tue New York Dally Witness, a religious daily nowspaper, makos this announcement in its fasue of the 10th inst. in regard to tho effaot of therlsa In the cost of peper caused by the tar -on that cummodity, which onnbles tho pulp and paper mills to advanve thelr chargos: N EXPLANATION. —When—whuat hud long been dcaired—u Dallg Wines for Christ in tho nows- Duper press began here tn 1871, we hoped for tho patronngo of Chelatian tamitles gonorally, but hg hape was sinly vory purtially realizon. Nov- ertheless, though sinking much copia, it struge plod on, witnessing for vvangelical rollgion, jumporance, and avery poud cause, and against all forma of evil, Now, after clght yours of Various experience, thix'dradn, thou nut, sa great, ty tilt cousiderablo, and it te increased by ie recent great rise in printing-paper, Wo are, thoreforo, most reluctantly compelled to give up the struggle to supply @ choup, pure, dally Christian nowapapor to fumilies;' and hereby sive notien that the ulication 9 tha Daily Wite feew will ermine ab the eb of thie month, an that unexpired subscriptions will be retundod or equitably transferred to tho Weekly Witness, which, Wo may here say, continues to have a Jargo clroulation, ee WE hayo been often satirized for our fonil- noas for military titles. Our English brothor in particular has been fore Indulge in many a display of wit at tho éxpense of tho “Majors,” “Colonels,” or “Generals” whom ho moots on hiatravols, Butuss matter of fact European pations must share this weakness with us, and tho British army bas as mauy brevet Liouton- ant-Generals as we haye brevet Brigadicr-Gon- erals in the regular geryico, With thoir yeo- munry, reserves, volunteers, otc, they have as many militia offlcors aa ourselves; and only re~ cently the volunteer oflvcrs have bed av anl- mated controversy ovor tholr claim for social and oflclal recognition sccording to thelr rank, AN Inprovement on bulldozing and ballot- Dox stufing will be resorted to in South Carolina, ‘Tho Demoorats propose to go to the rout of the muttor and amoud the Constitution of the State eothat all malo persons will bo disfranchisod who cannot read and write. The Legislature ja tobe called together inextra sossion soon for tho puspose of passing tho amondmont. The webome will shut out 15,000 whitcs and 00,000 blacks, which will be a large gain for the Demo- oratio party. If the Legialature wil! noxt orip- plo the common-school system so as to mako It ‘almoat Impossthlo for tho colored tho to read and writo, South Carolina rent white man’s Gotornment, —_——— Tur Chlengo Third-Termer wos uni suiorting islaino brann fone yonte qos man in tho who world was equal ty O° “plumed Kntght" aeourding to tie viow. e2 whero fait now? Tt. ts working might and) Hut ta defeat the samo Dlaino in bette of ane term, and at the ame time baa tie hurtin! prato about the “consistency” of ite nigh ie Decnuse they have not seen proper to Jol ti i Aghting Diane and."booming™ tor ain term. Anarmy mule would bush to tho 27! of Its cara If detected in playing such Apart, bE: —_—— 8 to loan Will basen Tue Trrmune did not “boom for torm in 1678, and beequso It ts nathonming et for n third torm in 850 tt lw charged alin we vonsisteney" by tho Conkilng-Camorane Personal conduits, Tt will have to 4 along aswell as posable under their cp) and atruggle for Ife even in their cold shy : |, —aesesmemay Logan Naeger haut de,” Ina tlobate over the expulsion‘of Paper roporter tho othor day in tho Hougo of Roprosontatives, A new vt an exelted mene declared that “In tho solonin presotiea af Met mighty God, and in tho awful prosong, Aasemnbly, tha gontloman from Ruckty; dumacd Har." Cf thy ridge la g eee Tne Richmond (Va.) Commo Wem.) hae tho informetion that there is one Democrat in Tlinolain favor of Samuel J ‘Tildon for Preatdont.” Why will tho Common, wealth Keep un onthe ragged ego ns to the {dentity of this solitary Tilton man? Te len Springer? —— Som fifty young ladies of Lineotn, 1, havo banded thomsclves togethor and agreed not to associate with any young man who does not wera blue ribbon. They will hive solee husbands or none, —== ‘ Tir Peoria Transcript expresses the opine fon that tho Fort boom {8 bigger thn any other boom for the Governorship, Evitoutly tho Transcript will not try to“ hold the Fort." SENATOR Monn 1s anndunced, appar. ontly on authority, as not botog for Gon. Grout nga fret choice, nd PERSONALS, It is better to be born in Ohto than rich, Mrs, Julla Pendleton dled at Elkater, I; recently, ayod 110 years, leaving two orphan girls aged 76 aud 40 years. Nearly two months of tho year are gone, Miss Authony, and thore is no news of your having proposed. Remomber that this Is your Inst ohance for four years, It ls sald that a vessel left Boston tho other day carrying 800,000 gallons of rin and ono mis. slonary, And yet poople complain that tho lite of a missionary is a hard one. How doth the busy high-school girt } Improve each muddy day: - By putting on her high-lnced shoes And hose of colors gay. It’s getting so now in tho country that when a worun’s hat is found flonting in # mill. pond thoy don't got out drags to recoyer tho ‘body until it is certain that the hired mun is not missing. Tho doa of fishing for your wife while she fs clopiug with a youngor man Is not pleas ing to tho nvernge agriculturist. A.crimson ros b i 4 him sean nts aut rego An hour of triumph, and n rad furnaking: And thon, a withered rose-lenf—thut is all, Chambers’ Journal, An anolont tam-cat on the summor kitchen; A boot-juck rateed, a solemn enterwanl; A momont’s siloncd, and a quick departire; And thon, a wasted boot-Jack—that fa all, + Lhear a voico you cannot hear, ¥ ‘hich soya I must not stay; Iaue'n hand you cannot sce, Which beckons mo away, —Lovesick Bard, bs Ibear a voioo you cannot hear, It is my darling's dad; We wears a rufled night-shirt And 9 patont lver-pad, He softly opos the parlor door, ° Stickedn his grizziod bend, And guys: “ Moria, toll that chap It’s time to go to bod," — POLITICAL NOTES, ’ Now {8 tho timo for Presidential candls dates to decting; inn iittio while Jt may he too Inte, Scuutér Logan has beon cute cnougt to tuke timo by tho forelock and pulica bimsolt off the track before ho got run ayor—Philadd- phia Timea, . How doourSenatorsand Represontativesin Congross onjoy tho nows of tho ostublishment of new steamship nes betwoon ‘this country aud Europe by foreign cupltal? If {t wero not for our tariff and navigation Inws these new lacs might havo given employment and proft to aimorican capital and Amoriean sallora, As it is wb alt placidly on tho tinct sencoust in tho world and watch our Sorolea nelghbors picking up tho dollars which aro op id for curry log onthe commorco of tho sea.—Ne® Yorke Pol, ‘The Carrotl County (Il. Mirrorsays: "Tho Gorman Ropublicans of thid county express thomsolves ns greatly disappointed on account of Mr. Washburno's positive annouricomont that he willnotbe o candidnto for tho Presidential nomination, and atill more so that he {a support- ing Gen. Grant, Some of thom, oven go v0 fir as to soy that they will not votd for any one It Washburne ta not the nomince, Wo hope thoy will think botter of this. howover, and when elece tion arrives wilt come out in full forco und sup- port the nom{noe, whoever he may be,” It appears that Mr. Washburng was nok correctly ropresonted in tho statement which appeared In tho Chicago Inter-Occan announcing that he would not, under any circumstances, bo A candidate for President. What ho did authore ize the 1.-O, man to say was that he wad a Grant mun first, last, and all-tho time, and that bo would not bes candtdita so long’ as thore wis nny chance of nomingting Gon. Urant. Sut, 1 i should bo Imppssiblo to ‘nominata tho hero 9! oinnttox, thon ho would consider bimscl€ inlet they nny other American eftizen, te tha wil! o! Iho Convention, ‘This is manly ard sects sible, No American citizen jn sound halth and clothed {1 his right mind bas any business to suy that bo will nut be a nominee for Président ifthe people call him to thut position, Wo may add that very fow mon have ovor_positlycly res fusod to accept a unanintous nominution fur President of the United States, and, a8 human uatury ig AE prusent constituted, yoty,fow ever wi! ir urne ig not golug to Bet rie fashion in that respect, Why should ha?—Clerce and Leaders If the movemont in favor of n nomination of Gon. Grant shows algns of subsiding, it Is due to the fact thut politicians have taken It in hand. As the product of 4 popular preference, It was atrong, and if allowed to work {txolf out spon taneously, it might continue #6. But whon pale wane Set homens > Be Te he ee ¢ manifest wed. ind fallacies und soph= fatrivs in regard to a third term 7 worn throadburo and inuko no itnpressiom, the bugaboo of Crosarism is tho: Ihnpest, kind ot khost, and nothing new has appeared (0 regi to the personality of Gen. Grunt to produce a change of feeling, and yet thore’ aro symptom: afguchachange. ‘The fact fs that mony tt thoso who destrod Grunt, savored from bis ot associations, presummnt rondened by bis ma perience and obsurvation, and known to Strang, salf-reliant, steudtast, in LT ae ant Prompt in uction, do not want Aim aa Hie cand date of the Cameron, Condliiys, and Logit sceured by manipuluted cauouses and plodaed delegutions. ‘They wanted him oa tho peone choice, nut thy pollticlans’ ohvlcey ot Tuan cannot serve two masters, ho 18 fuovitully constrained to gorva the ono on whom bo 1s pendout.—New York ines. ‘The Sioux-City Journal, in the follawing Parugraph,.tempurately and cogently discusses a matter whieh is now a subjec} of very muieral disoussion in political circles in fowa: " ies Tepublicans of this State ure not ht all ploase with tha couduat of the Grant boom thus had and they are apprehenslyo of a disposition the part of its msnugers to do two thitus. 1. ny. got Grant justructions wherever tat by ina Inguue gan ba dono. | 2 Ingtrerioud for any other candidate, whore Grapt Juste aH tlons aro impossiblo, ‘Thora ia « feeling In Lora that the manogorsof the Grant boow noe ke 18 thisforin of tactics, toainuggle in Grautdel eat < in States that ara vpry positively opposed a 8 first chulce, to Gen. Grant's numinution, Way tnuttors aro boing taanaed In dobuit of rd term, by men wo wholly Saul ae wiih all tho operatlotis of tho machi " ‘ Mr, Cumoron fs, bas muwte tho Hepublicans ( Towa, favoraula to tha nomination of ater Blalue, ang who are ina decided injgsey, ore conaldcrable extunt suspicious, Itty there oT mary than probablo, as tho Journal views Ne situation, that they will be quite as emphatlo 0 tavor of lnstruotiug the Chicago delegation fs they wore four yours ayo In favor of Instrucy id the Cincinnati delegation. Thoy will think ™ best, If the Journut Lvtiot mnlatakor, that the de" tlre of the Republicans of Towa be anuito ane tor of record and .of publicity, that tho Fe tle mont of the State may ba te tWat oxtcnt for! ou fed at the igo Convention.” A a