Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 26, 1880, Page 4

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Gran’s French Opera Compsny. “Le Pre Aux Clercs.” MeVicker’s Theatre. ‘Madison street, between Dearborn and State, En- gegement of Mr, and Mrs McKeo Rankin, “The Danites.” ? Mamlin’s Theatre. Clark street, between Washington and Randolph. ‘Tngagement of Miss Annie Ward Tifany. “The Child~ 6tesier.” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1880. ‘Tue gilinois Republican Convention to nominate candidates for State officers and Presidentiat Electors will be held at Spring- field the 19th of May. It is believed that by that time the merits of the rival candidates will have been thoroughly discussed and the Convention will consequently be able to make judicious selections, We print this morning a number of indi- yidual expressions of voters residing in and near Chicago ‘regarding their Presidential preferences. These expressions, which are printed just as they are received, indicate a decided opposition to the third-term move- ment, and show Blaine and Washburne to be the choice of the great majority of those who have made known their sentiments. ‘Tue members of the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee are represented as being decidedly opposed to Tilden and favor- able to either Hancock, Seymour, Thurman, _ or Bayard. Should one of Tilden’s barrels be opportunely opened at Montgomery just prior to the assembly of the State Conven- tion, the delegates may notbeso unanimously opposed to the “old man” as are the mem- bers of the Executive Committee. _— A LONG-STANDING fend between two farm- ers named Fields and Padgett culminated in the murder of the latter at Winchester, Green County, in this State,on Tuesday. Fields, the murderer, has long been regarded as a desperate character, and has made frequent uttempts on the life of his victim. The mur- Jerer has been arrested and placed in prison. The Mayor has called out an extra force of police to protect the jail, as the populace threaten to lynch Fields. Asovr sixty saloonkeepers met at the North Side Tamer Hall yesterday to protest against the proposed increase of the license tor the sale of liquors, ete. Several speeches were made in German in opposition to the in- trease, and resolutions were adopted de- nouncing the proposition to do so as “un- warranted and unjust discrimination,” and as putting several law-abiding citizens to needless expense. A committee of three was appointed to call on his Honor the Mayor and the Common Council and present the resolutions. THE Young Men’s Auxiliary Club, a Re- publican organization of the North Divis- ion, held a largely-attended meeting last evening. Judge Otis and State’s-Attorney Mills discussed the questions of the hour in eloquent language; referring to the record of the Republican party in guard- ing the rights of the citizen and in defend- ing the supremacy of the Nation. ssoth gen- tlemen alluded feelingly to the last meeting of the Club, when it was addressed by the late Zachariah Chandler in “strong, start- ling, and stalwart words.” Ore of the most stalwart and ringing speeches of yesterday’s conference of Tli- nois Republicans was that of Col. Clark E. Carr, of Galesburg. Without entering upon the guestion of the claims or strength of rival candidates for the Presidency, he can- vassed the situation from the standpoint of a man whose eyes are open to the great dan-- gers with which the Republic is threatened at the hands of the party of brutality and barbarism, and closed by an earnest appeal for such action as will unite all patriotic people in the campaign of 1880. eet Tue Russian Ambassador to England has bed himself interviewed in reference to the coudition of the Czar, and declares that his Majesty, far from being broken in spirit by the recent attempt on his life and the fre- quent threats of the Nihilists, is in almost perfect health; but, curiously enough, adds that he is subject to nervous prostration, and occasional inability to sleep. The German Emperor, in sending his congratulations on the happy escape of the Czar, takes occasion to censure the-Russian police for disregard- ing the warning given by the detectives of Prussia as to the schemes of the Nihilists. France declines to give up Hartmann until his complicity in the plot to assasinate the Czar is fully established. Tue Republicans of Vermont held their Cpnvention at Montpelier yesterday, and in- structed the delegates to the Chicago Con- vention for Senator Edmunds. Resolutions were adopted affirming the principle of National Supremacy for the -United States; denouncing the efforts of the Democracy to obtain the ‘Presidency by the bribery of Electors and-to secure control .of the State of Maine by usurpa- tion; pointing to the past record of the Republican party in preserving the Union and in maintaining the financial stand- ing of tho country; welcoming every well- directed effort in favor of Civil-Serv- co reform, and commending President Tiayes for resisting the attempt of the Demo- cratic Congress to subvert the independence of the constituted Departments of the Gov- ernment.. John Gregory Smith, Frederick Billings, J. W. Stewart, and George W. Hooker were elected delegates-at-large. The other delegates will be appointed by District Conventions. Tue “star route” system of violating the law against incurring any liability peyond the amount appropriated by Congress for specific purposes received a thorough over- hauling in the Honse yesterday. The Deficiency bill-was under consideration, and after Messrs, Blount, Blackburn, and Cox, on the Democratic side, had expressed their indignation at the im- pudent disregard of the law by which this deficiency was created, Gen. Hawley took the floor and added some vigorous denun- elation on behalf of the Republicans. There are threats of impeachment as a punishment for the offense of defying the law which for- bids Government officers from running into debt at their own pleasure. Tae situation in Russia is rapidly ap- proaching a crisis that forebodes the most disastrous results. The repressive and se- ere measures of the panic-stricken Govern- ment are met with retaliation in kind. Ex- plosions, fires, and outrages of all kinds occur almost daily in St. Petersburg and Moscow, and resident foreigners are becom- ing so alarmed at the danger of a popular uprising that they are preparing to leave. Undoubtedly many of the rumors are exag- gerated, but, making the customary allow- ances, there is still every reason to believe that the authority of the Government has collapsed; and that society is-rapidly drifting into a condition of ‘anarchy. Unless a for- eign war intervenes,—and Russia is wretched- ly prepared even for that remedy,—a revolu- tion may come any day, and the more repress- ive the measures of the Government the sooner it will come, especially as the people are finding out that the army itself cannot be relied upon by the wretched Czar. —— Tue Cincinnati Democratic delegation re- port it as their belief that Tilden will make every possible effort to secure the Demo- eratic nomination. He is said to have his agents at work already in securing the ac- commodations of the principal hotels for delegations in his favor. Col. Wooley, a gentleman who gained considerable no- toriety in connection with the “cipher” dispatches, says that he has information which goes to show that Tilden has already secured 200 rooms in one of the largest hotels. The Cincinnati landlords are warned nottorun up the prices, or to allow any party through agents or otherwise to obtain & monopoly on the accommodations, as it may be fatal to the chances of the musical city’s securing the Republican Convention four years hence. The landlords, however, may conclude that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, and avail themselves of the opportunity to take a portion of Til- den’s barrel. A warp meeting of the Workingmen of San Francisco, which was addressed by Dennis Kearney on Tuesday evening, in his usual blood-curdling style, offered 1,000 men to the Government of the city to aid in enforcing the law against the Chinese. If Kearney can be believed, there is a con- spiracy on foot to crush the anti-Chinese crusade, and to assasinate himself. To pro- vide against such a terrible calamity as his own death, and to get revenged on his per- secutors, he proposes to leave a long list of persons who are to be guillotined by his supporters’in the event of his own death. Pending his assasination, which he modestly states would be “a blow at the workingmen and workingwomen of the civilized world,” he is determined that the Chinese must go; and asserts that any decision by the United States Circuit Court other than one affirming the constitutionality of the law against the employment of the Celestials would not be acceptable. The Judges will doubtless take note of Kearney’s threat, and govern their action accordingly. Lorp BEACONSFIELD is reported as de- sirous of an, immediate dissolution of the British Parliament. The recent Tory sac- cesses at Liverpool and Southwark are re- garded as hopeful signs by the sanguine Pre- mier. He would endeavor to turn the ob- structive tactics of the extreme Home-Rulers and the advanced Radicals to good account. By posing as political martyrs, he no doubt expects that his following may gain the symn- pathy and support of many persons who do not by any means belong to the Tory party. ‘The less dramatically-inclined members of the Cabinet, however, think that a dissolution at the present time would be inopportune, and would seriously interfere with the agri- cultural and commercial interests of the country. Rumors of dissolution at the pres- ent time should be taken with considerable allowance. It is not probable that a new Parliament will be called for before next September or October. No legislation of any consequence will be enacted during the pres- ent session, and the Radicals will be held re- sponsible therefor. “No obstruction” will be a favorit Tory cry. ‘Tae New York Republican State Conven- tion which assembled at Utica yesterday passed resolutions instructing the delegation in the Chicago Convention to cast the united vote of the State for Grant. Senator Conk- ling was present in person as a delegate from Oneida County, and it was evident that his presence was needed to carry out the policy he had determined upon in the matter of in- structions. The vote on the motion to strike out the name of Grant and to pledge the State to nothing beyond the support of the Chicago Convention showed the third- termers had no strength to spare. Ina total yote of 397 the resolution providing for Grant instructions received 217 votes, and 180 delegates voted againstit, The narrow escape from defeat which Senator Cameron hadinthe Pennsylvania Convention when the same question was at issue; was not more significant of the strong prejudice against a third term than was this small majority of 37 ina total of $97 votes in the New York Conven- tion. As the case stands Néw York is gained for Grant provided he remains a candidate when the Chicago Convention meets, and the Congressional District delegations, though strongly opposed to his nomination, will obey the instructions of the State Conven- tion and vote as a unit. Tue conference yesterday between the friends of the Aldrich Immediate-Transporta- tion bill and. the Treasury Department as represented by Special-Agent Tingle resulted in the harmonizing of views upon all but one point, and that a very essential one in the es- timation of the Western importers. Mr. Tin- gle, after his visit to the New York Custom- House officials and importers, brought back with him to Washington one ‘objection to the Aldrich bill which all the arguments and expostulations of the friends of the measure failed to remove. This is in, reference to the repeal of the existing law requiring the filing of invoices at the first port of entry. The Western men insisted upon the removal of this requirement, first, on the ground of the delay involved in the filing of invoices at the ocean port, and, sec ond, because the filing there of such invoices ‘ade the means of informing New York uate as to the business secrets of their ‘Western. competitors, such as the quantity, quality, and price of the goods so invoiced. Instances were cited where through the collusion of Custom-Honse officials the New York importers were enabled to ascertain the contents of invoices filed by Western import- ers. Mr. Tingle, however, remained firm in insisting upon the retention of that system, and the friehds of the bill chose rather to waive this point for the present than to incur the hostility of the Treasury Department and endanger thesuccess of the bill in Committee. They will await their opportunity to secure their object after the bill has been reported to the House, and hope then to be able to secure the repeal of the invoice regulation. _—— Accorprve to the St. Paul Ptioncer Press, ‘Tre Triponxe was mistaken in saying that the Supreme Court of Minnesota had never adjudicated upon the constitutionality of the statute which requires the numbering of bal- lots. Itseems that the Supreme Court has decided the law to’ be unconstitutional inthat State, but that the decision was not made ‘until. several months after Mr. Washburn had been elected, and hence cannot equitably have an ex post facto application to Mr. Washburn’s case. At the time when the election was held the election officers in Min- neapolis were required by the law to number the ballots. The statute had been’ held un- constitutional only by the District Court of the county, which, on a constitutional ques- tion, as the St. Paul Press says, “hasno more authority than that of a private person” in the face of an appeal. Had the election officers refused or neglected to number the ballots, under these circumstances, such re- fusal or neglect would:have been set up as a :violution of the statuté, and the Democrats would have used it for the purpose of yitiating the election and ousting Mr. Wash- burn. Besides, Congressis in nowise bound by the decision of the Minnesota courts in such matter, as is sufficiently attested by the fact that Springer himself holds his seat, as do other Democratic members from this State, by virtue of ballots that were num- bered, notwithstanding the constitutionality of the Illinois statute has likewise been de- nied by some of the courts. No man in Con- gress doubts that Washburn was honestly elected, and the partisan effort to unseat him is prompted solely by the desire to steal the vote of: Minnesota in ease the Presidential election shall go to the House. The attempt is as unblushing and outrageous as that made by the Democrats of Maine.* ——_—_— THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE. ‘The conference of prominent Illinois Re- publicans with the State Central Committee at; the Pacific Hotel yesterday was harmo- nious and profitable. The attendance was large, and included many of the best Repub- licans of the State. Whatever may have been the means used in calling the meeting together, no attempt was made to choke off discussion. Everybody who was called for and chose to respond was heard. Applause was impartially. distributed, and the greatest good feeling and confidence in the success of the party prevailed. > ‘The persons who were intrusted with the duty of sending out invitations asserted with some warmth that they had taken pains to see that all shades of political opinion were represented. They may have endeavored honestly to do this, and yet have been misled in .many cases by their per- sonal affiliations and prejudices, It would be very surprismg, indeed, 1f a meeting ‘of “prominent Republicans” called by the Hon. A. M. Jones and the Hon. Dan Shepard should not havea full representa- tion of the wing of the party to which they belong; while it may be that they forgot or neglected some of the other wing. To this fact may be attributed tho efficient claque which the managers had on hand at an early hour, the zeal of which, though it percepti- bly diminished as time wore on, -was most conspicuously exhibited at the start. On this hypothesis also it is possible to explain some expressions of opinion which are con- tradicted by information from cooler and more trustworthy reporters. A number of the speakers doubted the propriety of attempting to ascertain from- individuals the preferences of Congressional Districts as between the several candidates for the Presidency. It was urged with considerable force that only the people themselves can say who they want to be nominated and elected ‘to any office; and they have appointed regular chan- nels through which to make their wishes known. The primary elections, not the voices of any local magnates, decide the choice of the people. In this view of the case, it is presumptuous for any man to pledge his district for any candidate, or to assume to speak for 10,000 to 20,000 Repub- lican voters in a dozen surrounding counties, only avery few of whom he can personally know. There were about forty speakers in the conference of yesterday. We doubt very much whether their opinions are, with a few exceptions, more valuable on the subject of the Presidential! contest than those of the first forty intelligent Republicans one might meet in the streets of Chicago, or Spring- field, or Carlinville, r Peoria. Certainly the choice of speakers from Chicago was pe- euliar. The meeting, but for the supple- mentary remarks of the German editors, would have failed almost entirely to hear the views of the great majority of Repub- licans in the First, Second, and Third Con- gressional Districts. 5 Spite of the pressure that was brought to bear on the conference through the delicate manipulations of the machine, opinion seemed to be about equally divided. between the supporters of Gen. Grant and the other candidates. The Blaine meu chose not to show their hand at: present. It was note- worthy, for instance, that Mr. Root, who spoke for the First District, said nothing about the Presidency, though he is known to bein favor of the nomination of Mr. Blaine. Gen. Hurlbut and Senator Hunt were about the only speakers who were positively and aggressively for Blaine, though many others hinted strongly at a similar preference. The strength of Washburne was much greater than had been looked for. He had such sup- porters as E. B. Warner, of Whiteside Coun- ty, who. said that the Fifth District would give 1,000 more votes for Washburne than for either Grantor Blaine; Samuel W. Jones, who declared that with Washburne as the candidate the people of the Sixteenth Dis- trict‘might elect Republican to Congress in place of Sparks (Democrat); Elliott An- thony, who represented the people of Mr. Washburne’s old district as being strongly for him; Messrs. Snyder and -Porter, of the Tenth District, who sremed to -think Wash- burne was necessary for victory in that very debatable ground. The whole tone of the meeting was friendly to Mr. Washburne. There was no opposition to -him personally, —no feeling against him. He was the sec- ond choice of everybody and the first choice of many. The significant speeches of the day were those of the German editors. They said plainly that the wish ‘of the Germans of this State was not fora third term. Speaking on behalf of a paper that has twice supported Gen. Grant, and promises to support him again if he is nominated, Messrs. Hermann Raster and Washington Hesing said they believed. his nomination would be a great mistake; that it would ‘ cost the ticket many votes, and render victory exceedingly doubtful. “It is use~ less,” said Bir. Washington Hesing, “to at- tempt to throw sand in the eyes of the people of this State. They’ will know the truth some time if they do not know itnow. The nomination of. Gen. Grant will most serious- ly imperil the chances of Republican vic- } tory.?? 7 ’ Ina general way the meeting was highly successful. It willdo good. If the persons present go home and truthfuly represent the sentiment they found about them, the people of the State may find it easy by the time the Convention meets to make a wise choice of delegates to the National Convention, and to nominate a State ticket that will help to make the victory as great as it ought to be. —_—_—_——_— . “WE TOLD YoU 60!” ‘The Immediate-Transportation bill, known as “the Aldrich -bill,” has drifted upon breakers, as we predicted it would when its friend (2) Mr. Garfield proposed, in the abun- dance of his generosity, to submit it to the Secretary of the Treasury for an opinion. Anadmirer of Gen. Garfield once thus char- acterized him: “He has the brain of a god, the heart of a lion, and the skin of a mouse.” Every man on the Ways and Means Commit- tee was ready to report the Aldrich bill ex- cept Fernando Wood. Mr. Wood said, “My dear Mr. Garfield, ‘please have the bill sent over to the camp of its enemies for an opin- fon,” and Mr. Garfield, with the utmost of compliance, said “Yes.” We have begged Secretary Sherman to give the bill his per- sonal attention. But it appears that he hasn’t time!. He has turned it over to Mr. A. K. Tingle, Chief of- Special Agents. We are privately advised from Washington that Mr, Tingle concedes everything in the. bill ex- eept the clause providing for the abolition of the pro forma entry at the coast port. This is a main, if not the main, feature of the bill, and can by no means be conceded by its friends, To carry out this feature of the existing statute requires an army of clerks at the port of New York, whose services in the event of its abolition may be dispensed with. The abolition of the gro forma entry atthe coast port is in the interest of econ- omy. Its retention is an outrage on interior importers; and we defy Mr. Tingle or any- body else to show that it tends even in- directly to protect the revenue against frauds. Itis purely a clerical affair, and no official who makes the record ever inspects a single article of the merchandise of which it "is the subject. The pro forma entry at the coast port of merchandise destined for the interior accomplishes two things, and two only: (1) Itsubjects to theimpertinent espion- age of rival importers at coast ports the in- voices, and so the business, of interior im- porters, and (2) imposes upon the Govern- ment the utterly needless expense of an army of clerks, who, upon the passage of the Aldrich bill, may be at once discharged. We are astonished to learn that Mr. Tingle proposes so absurd an amendment. The proposition is in the interest of a waste- ful expenditure of the public money, and ean redound only to the benefit of two classes of men: (1) the force.of clerks now employed to keep useless records, and (2) the importers of New York City. We can con- ceive of no reason why.Mr. Tingle should desire to serve the interest of the one or the other class. .He ought to be devoted to the utmost of economy consistent with the -safety of the revenue; hence it is absurd'to presume that he wishes to make business for a score at least of clerks whose services might better be dispenséd with than retained. He is a Western man, a native of and ap- pointed from Indiana; hence it is passing strange that he should join the party of New York importers in the effort to retain, by unjust laws, their hold upon business which, swhen relieved, fs sure to come to the sec tion which he calls his home. A We trust the nearing accorded to Repre- sentative Aldrich. and Mr. John G.. Wilson, of this city, by Mr. Tingle, will have changed his views. We should be sorry to believe Mr. Tingle capable of doing a gross injus- tice to the West, and we have. strong hope that he will report a full-indorsement of the’ Aldrich bill, MR, TILDEN’S CONVENTION. The National Convention which is to meet in Cincinnati June 23 next is Mr. Tilden’s Convention. This is becoming more and more evident every day. The choice of Cin- cinnati was determined by Mr. Tilden’s friends, and it proves to be entirely accept- able to all who are known to be favorable to his nomination, We warned the Chicago Democrats in advance that, if they desired to secure-the location of the Convention in this city, they must persuade the Tilden faction that the local influences of Chicago would be favorable to his nomination. They failed to do this. Mr. Tilden had become impressed with the idea that the managing Democrats in Chicago were opposed to him; and, being either right in this impression or clinging to itin spiteof Chicago assurances to the con- trary, he threw his influence in favor of Cin- einnati and that city was chosen. Washington advices that describe the con- test between rival cities for the Convention prize represent that the Cincinnati people made a hit by carrying banners upon which was emblazoned the following legend: ‘ Cin- cinnati—Our Convention gave you the last Democratic President, and will give you the next.” This referred to Buchanan, who was nominated at Cincinnati. But this reminis- cence could scarcely be pleasant or effective; for, if the people believed that the Democratic National Convention this year intends to nominate a counterpart of Buchanan for President, a prejudice would thus be founded which could notbe overcome and would make defeat doubly sure. Cincinnati might just as well have reminded the country that Horace Greeley was nominated in that city. The claim of having nominated one man who, more than any other man who lived at the North, was responsible for the subsequent party disasters, and gnother man who was overwhelmingly defeated, is not a claim like- ly to arouse much enthusiasm for Cincinnati as aconvention city among the Democrats. The fact is that the Cincinnati banners and their inscriptions had nothing whatever to do with the choice of that city, which was due entirely to Mr. Tilden’s. dictum. It is understood that the old gentleman has con- ciliated the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cin- cinnati crowd, and the fact that he was sus- tained in his preference by the representa- tives of the “Solid South” shows that he has astronger hold upon Southern support than has been generally supposed during the last two or three years. The satisfaction which the CourterJour- nat expresses in a double-leaded editorial at the selection of Cincinnati is also arfother evi- dence that Tilden decreed that the Conven- tion should go there. Probably nobody is better informed as to Mr. Tilden’s plans and preferences than Mr. Watterson, and the lat- ter says inthe article we refer to that “ with- out the assent of the friends of Mr. Tilden, who have ‘not shown themselves very partic- ular on this point, Cincinnati could not have been chosen, and was chosen for reasons which are perfectly satisfactory to Mr. Til- den and his friends.” That ought to settle all dbubt as to Tilden’s agency in the affair. Moreover, the Courier-Journal makes a for- inal announcement of Afr. Tilden’s candidacy in the following temns: It is our fixed o; that, with 9 single ex- ception. the Dorper party can elect no indi~ vidual President of the United States this year but Mr. Tilden. ‘That single exception is, the candidate named by Mr. Tilden. Jt is our fixed opinion that we cannot maintain a ticket in the field six weeks unless it be headed or heartily supported by Mr. Tilden. We may furtherstate, as within our positive knowledge, that Mr. Til- den does not scek the nomination, but that he is casting about for some one who mey lift the burdens of the canvass from bis shoulders with~ out sacrificing the party. If he suce in achieving the misfortune of finding one, the Rene. will lose rather than gain by the transfer. ‘hirty days before the assembling of the Demo- cratic Convention here in Kentucky, we shall place at the head of the Courier-Journal a pre- amble, reciting the situation, and a resolution instructing the Kentucky delegation to vote in the National Convention asa unit for Mr. Tilden. We- shall submit this preamble and resolution to our State Convention. Dem- Ocrats who have been amusing themselves Dy gratuitous, wanton, and causeless abuse of this ‘unselfish statesman and upright citizen may pre- pare to waltz up to these. If they beat them, they beat us, and we shall go to the rear, satis- fied with hav:ng done our duty, and leaving the yindication thereof to the ultimate result. In the meantime, however, we shall give, as occa- sion requires, the reasons which impel us to 4 position in which we have no compromise to make, and shull neither ask nor give any quarter. The tone of confidence assumed by the Courier-Journal in this general notice to the Democrats of the South implies that Mr. Til- den is equally confident in his ability to con- trol the Southern delegations. The intima- tion that Mr. Tilden himself does not seek the nomination, but iscasting about for some one who will lift the burden of the canvass from his shoulders without sacrificing the party, is, of course, pro forma. It is safe to say that Mr. Tilden will not find an avatlable proxy, and that he will consider it his duty to “save the party” by running himself. The action of the National Committee at Washington and the selection of Cincinnati are important as indicating the purpose and power of Mr. Tilden. His purpose is to be a candidate, if his health shall permit him to make the fight, or to dictate the nomination if he shall be compelled to withdraw for reasons of hisown. His power is manifest, and it will be supplemented by his peculiar faculty for organization, and the effective use of money among the Southern delega- tions when the proper time comes. Mr. Til- den is a candidate, and the Democratic politicians who assembled at Washington virtually admitted that there was no hope of success for the party without Tilden’s co- operation. For the present he is in command of the situation, and Tilden, with his griev- ance and his claims, isthe man whom the Republicans will probably have arrayed against them. A POSTAI-CARD correspondent wants to know “how it is that a Cook County 5 per cent taxable bond sells ata premium.” The reason is, they are not taxed in point of fact,— they are merely threatened with taxation ; but, as none of the holders return them to the As- sessor, they entirely escape. If the machinery of the law succeeded in forcing them upon the assessment-books in Hlinoisand subjected them to State, elty, county, school, park, and othor local taxation, nota single Cook County bond would be held in the city or State. They would all be sent out of the State for sale. Ifthe machinery of the law pursued them into other States, and forced the holders to pay State and municipal taxes, their market price would sink perhaps to 50 cents on the dollar, and any selling valine above that would depend upon the chances of evad- ing the Assessor and escaping the tax. If National-bonds were subject to State and local taxation their market value would de- pend upon the probability of their actual as- sessment in the hands of the holders, and the exaction of such taxes. If it were found that they were merely threatened with taxation, their selling price would only be injured: to the extent of the imminence of the threat’ being executed. If closely hunted’ by the State Assessors and Collectors, they would take flight and not stop short of the money markets of Europe. Any permission of the General Government to State and Municipal authorities to tax its credit must obviously injure that credit. The General Government has never permitted such assaults to be made upon its eredit by the States since the begin- ning of the Government to the present day. Iy his plea for Chicago as the place for the Democratic Convention, Mr. Melville W. Fuller undertook to demonstrate that Llinois was not a Republican State, but could be made to go Democratic by the use of proper appliances. He proceeded to prove his prop- osilion in this way, citing the State election of 1878: . Republican State Treasurer. Democratic State Treasurer. Greenback State Treasurer. Republicai tion vote.. Mr. Fuller iP) stopped short in his additions and subtrac- tions. By subtracting. the Democratic from the Republican vote there was left 45,318 Re- publican majority, and by adding the Repub- lican and Greenback vote together the excess over the Democrats amounted to the nice lit- tle. majority of 111,000. Mr. Fuller said far- ther along in his speech that in’ 1876 Illinois did not poll her full vote by nearly 100,000. Itis very true that a great many persons de- clined to vote at that election, but they were chiefly Republicans who had become offended at Grant’s Administration, and; not knowing much of Hayes, refused to go to the polls. More than two-thirds—perhaps fully three- fourths—~of the unpolled votes in Illinois in 1876 were Republican. The Democrats were all booming for “Tilden and Reform,” and tarned out en masse and polled their whole vot. us closely as they are likely ever to do again. Mr. Fuller failed utterly to convince the Committee that Illinois was a Democratic State, or had becn in a quarter of a century. THe Washington correspondent of the Boston Herald says: Senator Bluine is reported to have made over a quarter of n snillion recently in the Leadville mines. He is largely interested in two of the leading mines,—baving gone in on “ the ground floor” in both. He was associated with Senator Plumb and ex-Delegate S$. B. Elkins in stocking the Amy Mine, and is said to bave trebled au in- yestment of 370,00) in that ‘operation. He was engaged with the Hon. John B. Alley, the Hon. A. H. Rice, and others in stocking the Dunkin Mino, und that, too, has been a very profitublo operation.. Next to Mr. Blaine, the man who is said to have made the most. money is bis cousin, ‘Tom Ewing, of Obio, who devotes all his time to his stocks, and is seldom seen in the House. He wns # pauper [ast year, when he was declaiming in favor of the repeal. of the Resumption act, and now he is worth over $200,000. Mr. RS, Turn undertook to tell the Republican conference at the Pacific Hotel yesterday how the voters of the Second Con- gressional District were feeling about the Presi- dency. Mr. Tuthil! waxed very eloquent, and spoke a long time, and crowded out everybody else who felt disposed to say a word for that dis- trict. It would be interesting to know who deputed Mr. Tuthill to speak on behalf of the 12,000 Republican.voters in the Setond District. They have a way of speaking for themselves. It has heretofore been impossible for anybody to eay how they felt until they have expressed their will at the primaries or at the'poils. Is Mr. ‘Tuthill'a clairvoyant or fortune-teller ? phair , COLLECTOR Beanp, of Boston, who was in Washington recently, went away from thero very much impressed with the prospects of Mr. Blaine. By several members of the delegation in Congress he is regarded 23 an out-and-out Biaine man. He has heretofore been depended on as a supporter of Secretary Sherman; ‘THERE seems to be good , authority for the statement that the proprietors of the Philadel- phia Press have determined to accept: the resig- nation of Mr. Edward McPherson, chief editor of.that paper, Who has been the next friend to Blaine in Pennsylvania for many years,” ——_—— One of the editors of the Iowa State Jour- nalisfor Grant and the other for Blaine; yet both think it may be well to have the Convention instruct its delegation, and neither seems to doubt much that the choice will be for Blaine, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1880—TWELVE PAGES. | An * Important Coriference Over the Immediate- Transportation Bill. The Treasury Department Satis- ~ fied with Nearly All of Its Provisions. The Substitution of Invoices for Manifests to Be Insisted ~ Upon Friends of the Measure Will- ’ ing to Concede This for ~ the Present. The Democracy at Last Show Their Hands on the Dis= abilities Act, Favoring a Removal of All Re- . 8trictions Imposed upon Ex-Rebels, So that Those Who Fought the Union May Re-enter the Assistant~ Postmaster Brady Getting Himself in an Unpleasant Predicament, Owing to His Uso of Funds for the Star- Route Postal-Service. Bs tose THE I. T. BILL. YESTERDAY’S CONFERENCE. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasnineton, D. C., Feb. 25.—Representa- tive Aldrich and Mr. John Wilson as the representatives of the Chicago importers, and Mr. Wyman as the representative of the St. Louis importers, had a hearing this morn- ing before A. K. Tingle, Supervising Special Agent of the Customs Service, in the matter of the Aldrich amendment to the Immediate- Transportation act. Mr. Tingle is charged by the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of the opinion of the Department upon that subject, as requested by the Ways and Means Committee. The hearing occu- pied nearly two hours. The result of it was that- Mr. Tingle ex- pressed .a desire to codperate with the Western importers, except in one par- ticular. He could not agree that tig revenue could be properly protected, if proposi- tion of the Western importers that invoices be not filed at the port of entry be accepted. The Aldrich billin substance proposed four changes in the existing immediate-transpor- tation act: First—The abolition of the entry, which causes great delay in transportation of goods to the West, and also entails large expense. Second—The -repeal of the provision re- quiring the filing of. invoices at the first port of entry. : Third—The repeal of the prohibitory clause relative to the importation in bond, to interior cities, of wines, liquors, and other articles. x fe ‘Fourth—The repeal. ‘of penalties attaching. to these various provisions. 3M, TINGLE, who has been giving considerable time to the investigation of this subject, and who at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury visited New York to study the practical workings of the system, stated to-day that he would be willing to recommend three of these points—viz.: as to the entry, as to the prohibitory clauses, as to the penalty; but that, in his judgment, the Department could not properly’ recommend that the provision as to the filing of the invoices be repealed. ‘Wilson and Wyman were at first disposed to strenuously adhere to their point as to in- voices, and claimed that they had been in- structed so to do by the meetings ‘of importers which appointed them. After 4 consultation with Mr. Aldrich, it was decided, however, that it would be much better for the interests of the Western im- porters to secure now three out of the four points intended to be covered by the Aldrich Dill, rather than to imperil all by securing the opposition of the Treasury Department as tothe fourth point—namely: the matter of invoices. ACCORDINGLY THE COMMITTEE, later in the day, decided that it would be in- expedient to oppose the Treasury, for the present, at least, on the point of invoices, and indicated to Mr. Tigele that they would waive that point. It seems, therefore, very Probable that the letter which Secretary Sherman will transmit to the Ways and Means Committee, accompanied by the Al- drich bill, will heartily approve the general principles of the Dill’ and state that he can recommend its passage with the sin- gle exception of the question as.to invoices, which the Committee representing the im- porters themselves agree .to waive. There undoubtedly will be opposition among West- ern importers that ithas been considered necessary to waive this point, but the best friends of the bill, and those whp know most about the methods of legislation, advised this, being convinced that it is better to save the three points than to loseall,and that, having gained these polnts at this session, it will be much caster hereafter to secure the addition- al legislation desired: as to invoices than to imperil the whole proposed change now ata time when Congress seem to be well dis- posed towards the general measure. INDEED, IF THE FRIENDS of the entire scheme, which covers the four points, have strength enough to carry.the proposition as to invoices, they can do that quite as well by the way of amendment after the bill shall have left the Committee and be brought in the House as they can in the Com- mittee. Earnest as many members of the Ways and Means Committee appear to be for teat bill, vem ore great doubts whether the iil cour ‘favorabl, that Committee in the ther ore ae ter from the Treasury opposing _ it, even on the single point as to invoices. The indications now are, therefore, thatthe Treas- ury will recommend the Aldrich bill, with the exception of the invoice feature.’ Wy- man, for the St. Louis importers, made the suggestion—to which reference was made in these dispatches last night—that it was very important that an amendment should be made to the law that .would allow.the im- ortation of goods in bulk in bond up the Mississippi River; but it appears that Mr. Morrison had not sent that amendment to the oma ee (hat Str, Tingle really had no however, did suggest ae io thee Me Tingley TRANSPORTATION, OF BULKY ARTICLES, such as scrap-iron and the lik have to be transported on platformenns wd there should bean amendment authorizing the transportation of such goods on plat form-cars, as the bill applies only to articles that can be transpo: in cars. He thought it would add strength to the bill by hav! such an amendment, in that by that means it would secure the ‘support of Pittsburz and other cities which would. import large quan- tities of suth goods in bulk. Tingle’s idea of an amendment would be that it should pro- vide that such bulk goods to be transported on open cars should be weighed at. the first Port of entry, a matter whieh could easily be done by the transportation companies on platform scales thought the t msportation one wich he bonded common cerriers, would ther 3 insist upon as a condition selves own protection from loss in trang ‘6 their The following outlines of this conte which was entirely informal, may be oe terest to the Western merchants. Thee ta versation commenced immediately te One. statement of the objection of Tine the ts suggestion that the provision ‘as se ‘eo filing of the invoices be repealed, He thoughg ae ‘THIS WAS ESSENTIAL ‘or the protection of the revenue: there was a discrepancy the involee tt nished the basis for examination and dete” tion of fraud. Mr. Wilson suggested Wott fe proposed system was adopted merehany. I ie provision wi thet Tiehis under’ Hella: Would. fortes r. ‘Tingle—' wo be an enti: tion in the present system. ‘There ere e to beamanifestof such a characteras to ie the: forge and effect of an, entra. ia Mr. ilson sugges’ at should state the amount of the fe portale: and that the Custom-House should eh ad the maximum rate of_ duty,—say 3 ye cent,—and leave the burden of pro? subsequently, with the importer, eee such regulations as may be prescr nf show what the percentage should Properly be, and that the Gevernment would be ad quately protected if it charged the utmost possible percentage that the law allow that the importer should be required to pay” Be entire amount unless he could positively and affirmatively prove the. "HERMES nis woud cay tm Mr. zle— would cai ; tem to a very great length. ry the aye IT WOULD PRACTICALLY “| have the effect to cover the ent mnsular’ system ane all earclers steam eon you control that ? wo e a revolutic ee Wilson—" Yess th ss Mr. Wilson—“ Yes; the steamshi, nies are very earnest jn behalf of this. Tee are glad to get through bills of lading, ang solicit them. That is just what they want”. Mr. Tingle—* We should have to open 9 ledger account with each of these transporte. tion companies, and charge them with ty foods that they carry. That would be the usiness way of doing it. The Treasu would require some guarantee of that kind! Mr. Wilson—* There would not be any ob- jection to that. The theory is that the Goy.’ ernment knows exactly what it . carries, bat everybody knows that the immediate trans portation entry isa failure. I have seen g° whole invoice of toys come out as earthen- ware, and I have seen large quantities of silks come under the description of cotton.” Mr. Tingle—‘ That is the fault’ of the’ entry or of neglect at the New York Custom House.” te Mr. Wilson—‘ If there was not a proper enor iption the importer would be the loser? Mr. Timgle—“ Six cases might come under an entry naming only five, as has happened, Customs officers everywhere shake their. heads at the Immediate Transportation act, on account of the fact that they do not know: what the contents of the goods are. The present law, if carried out strictly, would require all packages to be opened at the outer rt, It was thought better, however, to ave the goods go ahead, usa if opened on the wharves there would be great danger of L0ss FROM THEFT, ETC.” Mr. Wilson—‘'I see no difficulty in deserite ing the goods with reasonable fullness in the ship’s manifest.”” somyens Mr. Tingle—“If the manifests were made so as to thoroughly describe the goods there would seem to be no difficulty.” . °°; Mr. Wilson—* There is not half the trouble and danger from loss to the Government in importing goods under the Immediate-Tran- portation act_that there is in sending goods around New York from one bonded wares house to another.” oe Mr. Tingle—‘ The. great trouble is in passing from the Custom-House to the cars.”, Mr. Wilson—“ I was told by.cur New, York correspondent that there was no easier way to organize fraud than by changing marks on packages transferred in this way to different bonded warehouses.”” Mr. Tingle—* Transportstions under the L. T. act are subject to the same amenity: It is not so at Philadelphia, Boston, and Balti- more, where-the goods are immediately jJanded at the railroad docks, but it is so-in New York.” ae Mr, Tingle suggested that it would be profitable to build an elevated railroad about the wharves. ees Mr. Wilson—‘t The presentsystem gives no better security to the. Government than the proposed system,”" * ~~ iS 5. Mr. Tingle—* There is no difference be- tieen us except as to the filing of invoices.” Mr. Wilson—“ We will undertake: to file a manifest that will_be equal to the invoice.” ~ Mr. Wyman—" The objection to the filing of invoices is on o _.. ACCOUNT OF THE DELAY-"'-- of sending the goods. If they have to send invoices fo the first ports, the Western im- porters do not want to file their invoices in the New York Custom-House.” Fo. it ‘Mr. Tingle—* That is sentimental, entirelys Ido not think there is anything in that sug gestion whatever.” Pe Mr. Wyman—*I have been told that thd Eastern importers haveaccess to our in in New York.” - e ba B Mr. Tingle—* I would like to hear some thing specific upon that subject, angi if’ any- thing of the kind is done we should like 'to. know it, and would have it correcte as itis a direct violation of the rules, and the first matt discovered in doing it ‘should be. dig arged. S f Me Wyman— That would not prevent it Invoices are private property, and ought to opr tingle—“ Nobody knows that as° will iS i obor knows al “wen as clistoms officers, ‘They are not allowed to disclose this information.” on Mr. Wyman—* The New York men have access to the St.Louis invoices. Of course it isan object for the New York importer to know what his own customers in the West, who also buy of him, pay in similar. cases. It enables them to make their prices.’ : ‘Mr. Tingle—“'There ought to be a provision in the bill with regard to explosive articles” ‘Mr. Wilson—“ We are not making a fight on explosive articles.” ‘Mr. Tingle—“ Liquors whicti_are imported at very high proof should also be gauged a6 the wharf.” 5 Mr. Aldrich—* You might as well stop the liquors in mid-ocean and gauge them there.’ ; THERE HAVING BEEN : an informal discussion as to the strictness of the appraisements at the different, ports Mr. Wilson said: “The Appraiser at Chicago is extremely strict, especially in the matter of damage allowance. He is a great deal more strict than in'New York; besides, you have all the papers sent back here.” ae ‘Mr. Tingle—“They are_2lso sent back in the same manner from New York, except that an abstract of the statement is sent, in” stead of a full detail. The only reason why’ the entries are not themselves sent from New York, as they are from Chicago, is because there a revisit} oflicer in New York, a Naval Officer, an of fice which does not exist at the Interior points. The same information, however, filed here for the accounting officers. bead was then some discussion as to the bes means of transporting bulky articles upon the Mississippi River in the manner outlin in these dispatches last night, which was ae ferred to by Mr. Wyman. Mr. Wilson $2 the same diflealty existed as to transporsig bulky articles in bond on the lake steamers: Mr. Tingle did not feel authorized to Frese an opinion on that point, as the sud? ject had not been réferred to him. bill ‘Mr. Tingle—" If you want to have this b! drafted so as to include bulky articles, you will have to provide for weighing them. on cannot send bulky articles on open cars a der it, I presume: the railroad compat would insist upon weighing them for thel own protection. There would. be no Coe culty in this, This bill provides that every thing init should be carried in sealed cars. Application has been often made here carry scrap iron and. railroad iron to West on platform cars, =e a been refused, as the law docs not, a thorize the transportation of goods in re except inside of cars. | It would be desirane to have the support of Pittsburg, and ot 13 cities which desire to import bulky. arte =n like scrap-iron in open cars. I want to i Hed it understood that the only question of in ence between usis as to the manifests and”, voices. i AS MANIFESTS ARE NOW MADE the bill could not operate. 1f you make manifests substantially an invoice, $0 tay make it a basis for a permit, there wou! ifest no. difficulty, but with such & mal 4 as is made’ now there would ane fet owt 6 Eon te ‘use permi: D ground that it was not sufficiently deserii ot the manifest does not give a bi sneer the carrier with the duties, on Or ero would not pass it. Iam very clear that! should be an invoice at the onter port. experience as‘a customs. officer s! He there should be a full description ot the goods to make the basis of claims upon a ‘ansportation companies for loss. The ta we have now is based upon such, a dese tion. We should, of course, have te increase . chargii