Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1880, Page 1

a VOLUME XL. a ae WHLLOUGHBY, HILL & CO. ~-<rantenco we are receiving from this ad- Estey a aeoashed In book form, would amuse world’s people more than any book ever pub- ids Targe manafactaring hous hare al- bed. One Sa us to draw on them for twenty dol- rai Toe nt of the2d hundred boys. This great me cisleepless clothiers” is attracting the niet or Myention, and tmenty-fire years from e every reason to expett the nomination ver talon to the highest offlce in the the gift of a gratef ¢ Ie. : ae YEAR 1904, For President and Vice President, ' WILLOUGHBY & WILDL. “PRIZE” “ONE DOLLAR” OFFERED INTHE INTEREST OF THE ~ CLOTHING TRADE, io Every Male Child. Born Dur- ing November and December of itis Year, in Cook County. LLOUCHBY, HILL & £0, ‘Of course—what other house would have thought of doing such a thing ?--WILL GIVE THE SUM OF ONE DOLLAR, subject to certain conditions which we will in to the “old man.” We will in- crease the amount of the prize if allowed to name the boy. . if Willoughby, Hill & Co were in the Dry ‘Gooda trade they could afford to make this prize “five dollars” for girls, and if some heavy dry goods concern would make the - offer, they would 20 doubt “ feel lighter” be- fore the year was out. ‘We take a right smart interest in the in- serease of the “male sex,” and this offer will {cost us thousands of dollars, but we expect \gll the manufacturers of this and other coun- tries will take hold and help us out in the INTEREST of the CLOTHING TRADE. WILLOUGHBY, HILL & CO., rather lively workers, quite restless, almost sleep- Jess in the endeavor to cover men--kind for asmall consideration, at the “Cor, of Madison & Clark-sts., ‘Now the Largest Retailers of Clothing in the United States. OPEN TILL NINE AT NIGHT. WILLOUGHBY, HILL & CO. PRIZE LETTERS RECEIVED YESTERDAY « WILLOUGHBY, HILL & C0. NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 1880. Messrs. WILLOUGHBY, HILL & CO.: GENTLEMEN: Recognizing the im- portance to us of your ** Prize” offering, wedesire to contribute. Please tell us what we can do. Very truly yours, WEDDLE, FRANK & CAUFMAN, Manufacturers of Cribs and Cradles. CHICAGO, Feb. 25, 1880. Messrs. WILLOUGHBY, HILL & CO.: ° , GENTLEMEN: You will please call | upon us in.November and December, and we will help you out. We'fally appreci- ate the importance to the trade. Yours very truly, C. P. KELLOGG & CO., Manfrs. of Men’s and Boys’ Clothing. NEW YORE, Feb, 24, 1880. WILLOUGHBY, HILL & €O.: GENTS: Your evident desire to benefit the world in general meets with our cor- dial co-operation, and as you call upon the manufacturers to contribute, we say draw upon us in November and December for twenty-five dollars, and we will henor draft with pleasure. We admire your SCnovelty.” Yours truly, CAMPBELL, KNOX & CO., Manfrs. Rubber Goods. CHICAGO, Feb. 26, 1880. Messrs. WILLOUGHBY, HILL & CO.: GENTLEMEN: Having noticed your lib- eral offer in the interest of the increase of the male sex, we desire to say to you that as Boys’ Clothing Manufacturers we are equally interested with you in this subject, and that we shall be happy to contribute our apportion. Yours very truly, MEYER, STRAUSS & GOODMAN. : CHICAGO, Feb. 26, 1880. Messrs: WILLOUGHBY, HILL & C0. GENTLEMEN: We believe that we are to some extent interested with you in the increase of the male sex, and we desire to contribute a fair proportion of the ‘¢dol- lars” you probably will be obliged to pay out next November and December. Very respectfully yours, CAHN, WAMPOLD & CO., BUSINESS CHANCES. BUSINESS FOR SALE. Ohio Butt Co. MANUFACTURERS Builders’ and Cabinet Hardware. - We will sell our entire business, or we will sell the Machinery, &c., with or without the stock on hand. : The Machinery can _be seen run- ning in our shops at Joliet. : ons for wishing to sell en- tirely of a personal nature, as the ‘business has ALWAYS been prof- itable, and future prospects never better. ‘ Such opportunity for investment rarely offered, as we can convince any one wishing to investigate. OHIO BUTT CO., Joliet, Il. PLANOS. STEINWAYS Are the only manufacturers who make every part of their Pianos, exterior and interior (eluding the Actions and casting of the Iron Frames), in their own factories. LYON & HEALY, State and Monroe-sts. ARTISTIC TAILORING. SPRING, 1880, Weare pleased to announce that our se- Iections of CHOICE FABRICS for MEN’S WEAR for the season are now ready for ispection. : Full Dress and Marriage Toilet. Ladies’ Suriouts & Riding Habits. vants’ Stylish Livery. EDWARD ELY & 60., 168 & 165 Wabash-ay., cor. Monroe-st. FINANCIAL. MONEY 0 LOAN, In Bored pape oR, aah UF Oh agree Tank ~ STOCKHOLDERS’ MBETINGS. Gfike of ‘the Ghicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Company, CHICAGO, Feb. 24, 1580. that; pursuant to the By- To the Stockholders: Aatlea is hereby given ws of the Company, the Annus! Mee! of the Flockholders of the Chicago. Buriln 5 Rion & Quincy Raliroad Company will be held ai the office of the in Chieazo, IL, on Wednesday, the 2ith day . 185i, nt _ 11 o'clock in the forenoon, for the of electing Directors for the ensuing year whe transaction of any other business that may Jegaliy come before the meeting. iy order of the Board of Directors, ‘ SOUN N. A. GRISWOLD, Chairman. Omics of the cur cago, Hurlington & Quincy Batlroad Company. ae CHICAGO, Jan. 2, _g@Bthe Stockholders: Notice is hereby siven that a. meeting of stockholders of the Chicago, Bur- Braga Sie Salons (eta ihe gets : “on in 4 ‘8th ‘das of Februnsy, say at Ii orclock in the fore Com of May ard of Directors. tM ‘FORBES, ‘President. WILSON BROS Manfrs. of Boys’ and Men’s Clothing. ———————oeeeEeEeEomrms SHIRTS. ———————— eee SHIRTS ORDER. 13 & 1145 STATE-ST., Solicit orders from all in want of good-fitting Shirts, made from best materials, and at reasonable prices. Their Spring importations of Fancy Shirtings are now ready to show. ‘The assortment is large and patterns quite desirable. They carry in stock a large number of lines of White and Fancy Shirts of their own make, in all sizes. ‘Their Unlaundried Shirts are the best in the market. Retail--First Floor. Wholesale--Upper Floors. PROPOSALS. ehinmeengget eee cooK COUNTY. Proposals for Vault Doors and i Vault Fittings. , The Board of Commissioners of Cook County will roposals Uy jock p.m. on Monday, Heer iFikb at thevoftice of the Clerk of the Board, fot) aul the ‘yault-doors throughont the building: 2) The vault fittings,as per schedule and specifica- ons. Bidders may submit proposals upon one or both items, All proposals to be accompanied by a penal ond in the sum of tive thousand dollars, guarantee- ing proper execution ofa contract in case the pro- Eal should be nccepted. Printed copies of the spect- jeations and forms of bond und proposal to be had ication at the architect's offic. cory 'E. F. C. KLOKKE, County Clerk. ANPHITHEATRE, Bids are wanted for constructing the Amphithoatre tobe used ‘June 3, 189, by the Hepubiican National convention. Pl ‘Specifications can be seen at the, office of Win Bosinetony ‘Architect. All materials will be furnished. Sealed Propels ‘will be received up to on am. March ome JNO. B. S EEFERY, Secretary, 159 Dearborn-st. Per order JESSE SPALDING, Chairman Commitves of Arrangements PROPOSALS. Seated Proposals will be. received until the lst ot roe Sich Hoe as Md in accordance with oh ot Stichignn City, Indiana, in inns and s] feations in the hands of the Building ‘committee. s ittee reserve the right to reject any or ‘Said Comm! vo the right to reject 2By 1 Ne P. ROG! ae Chairman Building Committee. J.C. HADDOCK, Secretary, STATIONERY, &c. ‘BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY AND PRINTING, Allof Superior Saailey, and at Low Prices. i. '. JON: Statione! ind Printing Co., ie SEW SOR So ieee WANTED. 7 (nformation Wante JS MORGENSTERN, forsee SUS Gent ‘of Greenvill then eene rarn & Cor of that then in the emplo: of La: inj a can Thing to his interest by apply~ fog v ont EP COHEN, 11 and 13 Wabash-av. reabouts of said Morgen- Fartesiliconfer s favor by giving information as abure. CELLULOID GOODS, ee ee CELLULOID (Water-proof Lin- en) Cuffs, Collars,and Bosoms. Price Lists and Goods sent by mail. Call or address BARNES’ Hat Store, 86 Madison-st., Tribune Building. ¢ Chicago z era ily Trin FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1880. WASHINGTON. Chicago Importers Indignant at Sherman’s Rulings on the I. T. Bill, And Urge Washington Friends to Fight the Invoice Question. The Treasury Folks Develop a New Objection to the | Measure, Declining to Accede to the Point as to Entry of Bonded Goods. The “Star” Routes Matter Settled at Least for This Season, By an Appropriation to Meet Current Expenses of That Service. © Opposition to a Reduction of the Sugar Duty Developed in Comnuittee. Democrats Really Showing Some Alarm at the’ Delays of the Session. More of the Caustic Correspondence Between Gen. Sherman and H. V. Boynton. © Relative to the Latter’s Oharge of Libel Against the General of the 3 THE I.-T. BILL. THE TREASURY INTERPOSES FURTHER OBJEC- ; ‘TIONS. ‘ Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasnincrox, D. C., Feb. 26.—The Committee of Chicago importers are not pleased with the suggestion made by the officers of the Treasury Department that they must abandon their at- tempts to secure the amendment of the Imme- diate-Transportation act. with respect to in- voices, and to-day sent the following telegram to their representatives here: “To John G. Wilson: At a mecting of the Chi- cago importers to-day the oxpression is that you fight invoice question in Ways and Means Com- mittee. If invoices must follow goods, the same delays, annoyances, and expenses will occur as now. ‘ “ A.C. McCiuna, “ PB. VAN SCHAACK, “ GEORGE Kouman. It appears, however, that the Treasury Depart- ment officials, after further consideration, aro not disposed to concede as many points as it was indicated in the interview with Mr. Tingle yes-. ,torday that they would. Of the four points named by the Aldrich bill, yesterday,Tingle was disposed to concede all excopt tho one relating to invoiced. To-day the official letter has been drafted and Tingle states that the Treasury con- siders it essential also to decline to concede the point as to the entry. Tingle has prepared an elaborate letter on this question, recommending the Aldrich bill with the exception of ‘THE ‘TWO PROVISIONS as to entry and invoices, and making two addi- tional recommendations not covered by the Aldrich bill, namely: (1.) That there be an amendment providing that express packages may be sent through to interior cities in sealed trunks without appraisement at the first port of entry. (@) An amendment providing that bulky articles, like splegel iron, bar iron, and scrap jron may be imported to interior cities on plat- form-cars without appraisement, provided that the goods are weighed upon the platform-cars at the first port of entry. Mr. Tingle’s letter con- tains no information which was not fully set forth in the report of the hearing telegraphed tast night, with the single exception of the additional reservation as to the entry, The points which the Treasury Department are willing to con- cede, THEREFORE, ARE THESB: First—As to the bond, including the repeal of the provision relative to the personal bond. ‘Sccond—The repeal of the provision which re- quires appraisement of liquors at the first port of entry, the effect of which provision now is to prevent direct importation of liquora to inland ports. Third—The amendment as to platform carsin- dicated. ' Fourth—The amendment as to express pack- The letter of Tingle has been sent to Assistant- Secretary French, who is the appeal officer. in - customs matters. ‘This recommendation to the Scoretary of the Treasury will undoubtedly’ be recommended by the latter officer, so that the Tingle letter is probably the Inst word of the Treusury upon the subject. Mr. Wilson, acting under the instructions of the importers whom he represents, will probably endeavor to obtain from the Way's and Means Committee the points ‘as to entry and invoice which the Department refuses to recommend. Mr. Morrison thinks that Wilson will be accorded a hearing before the full Committee. It will be very dilficult to gain the two points as to entry and invoice over the opposition of the ‘Treasury Department as indicated in the Tingle letter. STAR ROUTES. THE MATTER TEMPORARILY SETILED. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. ‘Wasminaron, D. C., Feb. 26.—The House tem- porarily settled the “star” route question by passing a bill which, in substance, leaves the service as it now is, excep@ that the expediting service on some of the long routes in the Terri- tories is cut off, the number of trips remaining as at present. ‘The bill finally passed was a sub- atitute proposcd by Gen. Baker, of Indiana, ap- propriating $970,000 to meet the expenses of the fnland mail transportation for the remainder of the fiscal year at the different contract prices as they existed Feb. 1, 1880, with tho provision that upon any route where there has been an in- crease of the original contract price for oxpe- diting the mail at a rate of more than $2,500 per annum, the compensation for the expedition shall be reduced to the terms of’ the original contract after March 1 next; but the number of trips shall remain the same during the remain- der of the present fiscal year. The debate which PRECEDED THIS DECISION was very bitter, and in parts quite dramatic. Heister Clymer, for instance, of the Appropria- tion Committee, known as ‘“ Lachrymose Cly- mer” since his sensational management of the Belknap impeachment scandal, characterized ‘Second- Assistant Postmaster-General Brady as “gq willful violator of the law, who should be made to suffer as any other malefactor,” and he intimated that there was some terrible punish- ment in store for Mr. Brady at the hands of the Democracy. Mr. Conger, in the five minutes in which he hada chance to speak, reminded the House that Clymer had sought to repeat his old Belknap scene. “The tears, the tremulous tone, and all the scenery are here,” sald Conger, “ but they are not new.” Itis very possible that before the ‘season closes, 25 asort ofa climax to this “star” route in- ‘vestigation, the Democrats of the Appropriation Committee may seek the impeachment of Brady on the grounds of maladministration. Privately leading Democrats ackngwledge that such 8 } mnfl-deliveries result is very possible,” The bill as passed will reduce the “star” service mainly in Colorado and in the Territories. {The regions that will bo me wok ‘THE MOST INJURIQUSLY AFFECTED in view of the rapid development of business in- terests will be the Leadville and the Black Hills aistcicts. The Colorado members, and a - good ay members. who haye interests in Colorado, arraigned the majority:for voting thousands of dollars for having their. mail brought to their own desks in Congress, * yet depriving the Ter- ritories and the State which had but one vote (Colorado) of the mail ‘facilities which they deserve. It appears that the members of the Appropriations Committee who have been so active in the prosecution of -the “star” route investigation have not been neglected in their own districts by: this incrense of service. Page, of Culifornia, showed that in the Georgia District, represented by Blount, of the Appropriations Committee, .the service had been increased Within the last year on nineteen routes, six of which run into the resi- dence town of. Mr. Blount. The service is not crippled by the bill which passed, but the profits of the contractors arising from what is called expediting the service are reduced, GEN. BRADY, in the interview which excited the. ire of Democratic members of the Committee, ead: E do not understand, from its provisions, what the Committee propose or expect to accom- lish by the bill, unless they intend by, it to assume the executive function as to details of departmental management. So far as Ican sce nny meaning {jn it ut all, it is that the Committee propose to\take charge of my bu- reau. --I should call it something like the ap- ointment of a committee by the Committee as Receiver of the Contract Bureau of the Depart- ment. . The Department.will obey whatever laws Congress mny pass, so far as tho laws are intelli- gible. When they are unintelligible the Depart- ment will, of course, remain quiescent until some other authority jsolves the enigma. would like to see the service maintained. 1 would like to see the policy of the Department seconded by Congress., But 1 have no other anxieties; none in any personal sense.” * DEBATE ON THE BILL. To the Western Associated Press. Wasutnaroy, D. C., Feb. .—The House, har- ing dispensed with the morning hour, went into Committee of the Whold (Scales in the chair) on the “Star” Service Doticiency bill. ‘Mr. Page opposed the Dill us striking at 107 of the great lines of star service in the West, andas. a representative of the people of that section he protested agzinst it. No member of the Appro- priation Committee who hud spoken yesterday had led any member of the House to believe that there had been fraud committed in putting on extra service on the star routes. Mr. Page criticised the speech delivered by Mr. Hawley yesterduy, in which he hud stated that the Postmaster-General ought to be impeached because ho had violated the law. Mr. Hawley—I did notsay that, ~ Mr. Page—You sald almost the same thing. In conclusion, Mr. Page appealed to his Re- publican collengues, who had. staid here for three months fighting ugainst: riders upon ap- propriation bills, not to stultify themselves be- fore the country by voting for this bill, which usurped the powers of the Executive branch of the Government. 5 ‘Mr. Belford characterized the bill as AN INFAMOUS MEASURE, Lloncag would strike down the star service of ‘the es ! j te, Mr. Baker, on the part of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted a substitute for the whole bill, appropriating $970,000 to meet the expenses of the inland mail-transportation on. star routes for the remainder of the current fis- eal yer, at or within the contract prices as they existed on Feb. 3, 1840, provided that on any route where there has been au increase of the original contract prices during the last or cur- rent fiscal year for expediting the delivery of mails on any such route zt the rite of more than $2,500, the compensation for the expedited sery- jee on such. routes} shall be reduced to the terms of the original contract on or after March 1, 1880, and nothing herein con- tained shall be construed to require the reduc~ tion of the number of!trips per week on any such route, and during the present fiscal year no further expediting of the service on any postal star route sha!l be made} ‘Sec. 2 appropriates $100,000 to enable the Post- master-Generul to placa new service as author- ized by law. “t ‘He said that whenevera question touching the impeachment of the Post-Ollice officials was presented it would be time enough to iudulge in Ditter criminations against: that Department, ‘ut no such question was before the House now. ‘The. substitute ete ‘by: him would give to every State and Territ¢ y,the same number of “that “aey had now.. It would only affect the rate of speed. : ‘MR. CALKINS inquired of his colleague why it was right to “stand by the schednle of increased expedition where it does not cost over $2,500, and wrong to stand by it where it exceeds that umount, Bir. Baker replied that in the first cuse there was little or no room for combinations, frauds, or rings, but in the other cases there was. ‘Mr. Clymer snid the House had voted $5,900,000 for stur service,—every cent that had been asked for. The startling fact was proves by the report of the Postmaster-General that on the yery day that the appropriation had been made he had been running the department at a cost of $6,100,000. He called attention to the fact that for the first time since. its publication the Blue Book for this year omitted any state- ment as to the cost of running the Post-Ollice Department. ‘That statement had been de- liberately omitted. Heleft the Committee to judge foritself what had been the object of omitting it. ‘The Second Assistant Postmaster- General claimed there was no limit to his dis- eretion.. He (Clymer) claimed that_he who laid his hands on uny fund so a8 to defeat the in- tention of the statutes wasa violator of the law, and .were it in his power that violator should suffer as other malefactors. What! ‘That a mere clerk in the Post-Office Department should override the will of the legislative power of this Government! Hud it come to that, that Congress was the servant of a clerk; and that he proposed to strike it down by coming to this House, by promise, by log-rolling, and by threats of cutting down the service? Was Congress to be driven to do whut the Sccond Assistant Post- master-General thought right, no matter what might be the judgment of Congress? Had it come to that? Was the American Congress the slave of 1 post-otlice clerk? Cons did not propose to strike down the service, but if it could possibly by direction or indirection curb the assumed power, the apparent extravagance (to use no more offensive term) of the Depart- ment, it should do so. ‘Mr. Rothwell supported the bill, not a3 8 mat- ter of choice, but asa matter of necessity. The time for argument bad passed, and the time for action had come. MR. CONGER criticised Mr. Clymer for having injected into his speech as strong a political anc theatrical ef- fort us he had made on another memorable oc- casion (referring tu the impeuchment of Secre- tary Belknap), except now he had not mounted his rostrum nor gone to the Clerk’s desk. The teurs, the tremulous tones, the attack, ull cor- responded. [Laughter.] The scenery was all here, but was not ull new. The gentleman hid informed the House that yesterday or the duy before his Committee had brought in a bill with a unanimous recommendation. wank Clymer—The gentleman is certainly mis- vk en. ‘Mr. Conger—Well, somebody else said so. To- day the gentleman comes in and says that the pill of yesterday was substantially wrong. What shall we do with a committee that told us yester- day that this bill was substan Bally right, and tells us to-day that it is substantially wrong? Did that Committee get any intimation from any members of the House that this bill was unwise and unsafe? Of course they did. ‘The general debate having closed, Mr. Blount moved as a substitute for the first section the first section of the bill reported to-day by Mr. Baker. ‘Mr. Hays said he would be willing to vote $5,000,000 if it were needed to keep up an efficient star service. ‘Mr. Upson said an attempt was being made to force the present bill through under the whip and spur, without its being understood by the House or by. the Committee on Appropriations itself. That Committee was certainly at soa. It had yesterday brought in. a bill which would gave to the Government only $100,000. ‘To-day, by a substitute, it was pro) sed to cut down that service over $900,000, an ? The mem- bers of the Committee bad GIVEN NO REASON FOR It. ‘Their mouths bad been frothy and bloody, and afire with open and general denunciations of the Postmaster-General and his subordinates, but they had not placed their fingers upon a sin- gle fraud, and he ‘challenged them to point to a single substantial reason why the bill should be adopted in its present shape. ‘Me. Blount’s substitute was agreed to—yeas, 153; nays not counted. Br. Blount then moved to amend the second scetion of the bill by striking out the apporpria- tion of $100,000 to increase the service on ex~- isting routes. ‘Mr. Cannon, in advacating the amendment, said that in his opinion the expenditure which was now.betng made on the star routes was not wise. As a Hepresentative he expressed that opinion boldly and fearlesly. In Pe ities he was. 2 Republican, yet he stood on all questions of the expenditure of money on his character and freedom as a Representative, and no cracking of the party whip in the bands of the gentleman from California (Page) by talking about riders or reinforcements from the “Solid South” (al- luding to the remark ot Page’ 's that it was hard to beat the Solid South” when reinforced by his side of the House). Politics had nothing to do with the matter. If it was to be made a political test whether these $2,000,000 were to be poured into the lap of half a dozen coutractors those enormous routes, then he was not a on itician. Pate, Celking said the Committee nad an made attack upon the star service in only two States and the tories, and had carried off their court, thit when, 8 month ago, scalps. Had it broadened the provisions of the bill so as to extend to other States, it would not have obtained twenty-five votes. Mr, Dunnell offered an amendment permitting the $100,000 Bppropriatca for the purpose of enabling the Postmaster-Gencral to place the new service authorized by Inw to be used also for an increase of servige on the existing routes gtber than those reducéd by the first section. pted. Mr. Blount’s amendment was then adopted. ‘The Committee then rose and reported the bill to the House, when it was passed. SUGAR. DISCUSSING THE DUTY. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasurnaron, D. C., Feb. 26.—The Ways and Means Committee hada further discussion to- day of the Sugar bill. Mr. Gibson made a strong speech against any reduction of the duty on sugar, or, as he put it, “the singling out of this one interest of his State to take off duties which now protect the culture of sugar.” Mr. Mor- rison insisted that the present duty, which av- eraves 6235 per cent, is altogether too high, and that it should at least be restored to the 30 per cent which was the duty before is was increased to meet Secretary Bristow's demand for more revenue and increased taxation. He called at- tention to the fact that this duty is paid by vel Talore sf fac ott tas Sa 1 e effect no bill shou! con- sidered by the Committee ve REDUCING THE DUTY ON SUGAR unless the bill should also contain a general re- vision or reduction of all tariff duties. This is to bring the Poramiiiee squately face to face with the question whether the Committee will countenance any effort to revise the tariff in de- tail. Mr. Wood offered a substitute to Mr. Gib- son's resolution providing for a reduction of the duty on sugnr to the averuge rate, 30 per cent, and Mr. Mills offered an amendment reducing the duty to 45 per cent. These motions were all pending when the Committee adjourned, and will probably be voted on atthe meeting next Tuesday. a SLOW WORK. LITILE DONE IN THE HOUSE. * Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune Wasmxnaron, D.C., Feb. 26.—The Democrats are becoming ularmed at the slow progress of the work of this session. A member of the Ways‘and Means Committee said to-day that Congress could not adjourn before July 15. The House has accomplished nothing since the holi- day recess. But few appropriation Dills,—bills which usually involve the?most time and largest discu8sions,—have been reported. Some of the appropriation bills are not even prepared. The River and Harbor bill is to be reported from the Committee on Commerce, and the Army, Legis- lative, Executive and Judicial, Post-Offices and Post-Roads, General Deficiency and Sundry Civil, Consular and Diplomatic, and indian bills have been recommitted and will not be reported until the House adopt new rules, which hayejbeen the subject of discussion since’ Jan. 6. According to an order of the House, the subject of A REVISION of the rules may be discussed day after da: during the morning hour until itis disposed ot. Monday is bill day,and Friday is devoted to private business only, so no business of a public character, according to the order of things, can be completed except on Monday, and then only un- der 1 suspension of the rules, Thistime is devoted wholly to receiving reports from committees, which the House may send to the calendar. Ever since Feb. 4n single bill has consumed what is really leftof the morning hour catircly. The calendars of both the House and Senate are blocked, and as business now stands it would seem impossible for Congress to get through this summer. THE TREASURY. CHANGES IN THE INTERNAL-REVENUE LAW. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26.—The. following is the text of the bill prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury and sent to the House of Repre- sentatives to-day: Be it enacted, ete., That Sec. of the act ap- proved March 3, 1879, entitled An act to amend .the laws relating to internal revenue, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: . is ‘That under such regulations and requirements gs to'stamps, bonds, and other security 2s shall be prescribed by the Commissioncr 01 Internal. Revenue, any mannfacturer of medicines, prep- arations, compositions, perfumery, cosmetics, cordinis, and other liquors for export, manu- facturing the same in a duly-constituted mauu- facturing-wurchouse, shall be authorized to withdraw in the original packages from any distillery warehouse so much distilled spirits us he may require for said purpose without pay- ment of the internal-revenue tux thereon. SEC. 2. That the provisions of the act entitled ‘An act authorizing an allowance for loss by Jenkage or casualty of spirits withdrawn from distillery warehouses for exportation, approved Dec. 20, 1879, are hereby extended to distilled spirits withdrawn from distillery warehouses for transfer to bonded manufacturi warehouses established under See. 3.433 Revised Statutes. SILVER PURCHASE. The Treasury Department ey pee 509,000 ounces of fine silver for the United States Mints at Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Francisco. RERENUE RECEIPTS. Ivis thought at the Treasury Department that the total receipts from customs this month will be nearly $15,000,000, and from internal revenue about $9,000,000. ‘Taking this as a basis, it is es- timated that the total customs receipts of the Government ‘for the fiscal year ending June 30 next will be avout $153,000.00, and from internal revenue $17,000,000, thus making the total in- come to the Government, including receipts from misccllaneous sources, about 3300,000,000. It is calculated at the Department that the total expenditures, including the sinking fund and interest on the public debt, will foot up between $275,000,000 and 278,000,000. This would leave @ profit to the Government of about $25,000,000. SHERMAN—BOYNTON. THE CLOSING CORRESPONDENCE. Wasninatox, D.C., Feb. 28,—Tho following are the officint indorsements upon the charges preferred against Gen. Sherman for “conduct ‘unbecoming an officer and 8 gentleman,” and the closing correspondence with the War De- partment on the subject: : “Received at the office of the Sccretary of ‘War Jan. 28, 1880, brought to the notice of the President Feb. 3, 1860, and on Feb. 17, 1880, directed by the President: to be referred to Gen. Sherman.” War DEPARTMENT, Feb. 18, 1880.—Respectfully referred to the General of the Army for such re- marks as he may deem proper to make. “ALEX. RAMSAY, Secretary of War. WHAT SHERMAN SAYS. * Upon reaching Gen. Sherman he indorsed them as follows: HEADQUARTERS ARMY UNITED Srares, Wast- xnaron, Feb. 18, 1880.—The Hon. A. Ramsay, Sec- retary of War—Sit: I have this moment received for the first time the communication of H- ve ‘addressed to you under date of Jan. inclosing charges and specifications ngainst Gen. W. ‘f. Sherman, with his volume marked “Exhibit B."” I recognize the manu- script document ss substantially the same as has becn published in all the newspapers for the ast two weeks, and herewith return it with the Fow remarks {deem proper to make. The if is an insult tomy ollicey my past record: of public services, and a name swhich has stood sixty years without a single im- utation on my honor orintegrity. The two frst ‘specifications involve purely the civil offense of libel or slander, compressed into the short letter I wrote him under date of Jan. 16, 3880, cvery word of which isjtrue, and which 54 ‘am prepared to justify. As to the third cation, I have never heard that Gen. Grant, or Thomas, or Logan, or Blair, or.any of the great men whom he assumes to defend, have ever appointed Gen. Boynton as their attorney. ‘To the living and to friends of the dead Iam ever responsible for every word spoken or writ- ield tono man in my love and venera- tion of my comrades, and have been for fifteen years on all suitable occasions their eulogist. Mit men bave their good qualitics and their hu- man defects, and, in accounting for the actual events of a terrible civil war, I was forced like every other commander of an army to account for actual results. if ever in my life at any time I have done injustice to any person whom- soever (which I deny) I will cheerfully submit the matter to an umpire and : ABIDE BY HIS JUDGMENT. I have made this proposition again and again, and will renew it publicly at our next army meeting. These mectings are com! of the Yery men who knew and felt the causes referred to, and compose the rightful tribunal for the matter set forth in the third and last Specilica- tions. T admit the right of H. V. Boynton, or any citizen, to prefer these or any charges, and that Tam always amenable toa court-martial, and I am glad be bas reduced his com iaints to a tangible form. He has no right, however, to jmpose upon the United States the heavy cost of a military trial, of witnesses from a distance, and nec y attorney's fees. I rej his premature publication of these matters of Kandal as in the line of his profession, and meant purposely to avoid the only trial which - is right and prover. ‘viz.: in one of the many eh friar i hich, exist in the District of lumbia for ‘very purpose. vibes art ae ok aaa Tam jantly rea 01 this Boynton “charge” itsel publicly threatened me with a suit, I employed ag my attorney the Hun. Mutt H. Carpenter, who is ready to answer inmyname at any and all times. - Ihave the honor to be your obedient servant, . W, 2. SHersan, General. : BOYNTON’S LAST. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 1880.—The Hon, Alexan- der Ramsay, Secretary of War—Sir: I have the honor of acknowl 1d the courtesy of your note of yesterday, inclosing copies of the yarious official indorsements upon the charge and speci- fications ‘preferred against Gen. W. T. Sherman tor * conduct unbecoming an officer and a gen- tleman,” and ulso of your note of the 24th inst., informing me of the final action of the President in the matter. notice that Gen. Sherman admits the right’ of a citizen to prefer these charges, in which his opinion agrees with the rulings of the Judge Advocate General's office, I notice, further, that Gen. Sherman, instead of availing himself of the opportunity extended to him of exercis- his right to ask for a military court in which the charges which he publicly made aguinst my character could be tested, and where the advantages would bo altogether on his side, sets forth various reasons why the pro- ceedings should be had instead before a civil tribunal as “the only trial which is right and proper.” E Gen. Sherman also declines, when this oppor- tunity is offered to him, to ask that the character of his “Memoirs,” over which he forced the pending controversy, may be submitted to a military court, in which alone they can be effectuully tested, and takes the somewhat novel ground the rightful tribunal to try specifications relating to this oranch of the subject is an army reunion. On _ the other hand, the President, who has authority to order court under such circumstances as at- tend this case, whether ‘an accused officer does or does not desire it, has decided that THE CIVIL REMEDIES ARE AMPLE. ‘That the civil courts are open for the trial of the crime of slander and libel is not a matter of doubt as to nced high official decision. But my attempted proceeding, recognized by both the Judge- Advocate General and be Gen. Shermun himself as legul, was for the military offense of “conduct unbecoming an officer and 2 gentle- man,” an offense not known to the civil courts. By the President's decision no military officer will hereafter injure his army standing, at least during. the term of this Administration, by de- nouncing any citizen through the public press in lunguuge of the fonlest abuse, even though he ae this language to the President in official form. Against a decision which justifies this con- struction T. ns a citizen, most’ respectfully pro- test. While this decision, in ita terms, isas broad as the army, ‘the high sense of honor which always actuates the great body of its ollicers renders it certain that the President's indulgence will be rarely, if ever, needed by any officer below its Genera! ‘Thanking the Seeretary of War for his courte- sy from first to lust of this business, I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. V. Boryxron. NOTES AND NEWS. THE SYSTEM OF PAIRING. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasnrxaron, D.C., Feb. 26.—There was a cau- cus of Democratic Senators this afternoon to consider the advisability of taking measures for the maintenance of a quorum at all times. <Al- though the Democrats are now in the majority, it often happens, under the system of pairs, that members present cannot vote. There was an attempt made this afternoon to have the usage as to pairs so modified as to, permit members present and puired to vote under certain cir- cumstances. Another question, broached was the desirability of restoring the joint rules which became aull and void in 1876-by the failure of the House to adopt them,as had been the usage at each session. The twenty-first joint rule is the one which regulates the action of the two Houses in counting the Electoral votes, and the advisability of having some guide in this ease hus become manifest even tothe Demo- erats inthe Senate. The subject of the joint rules it was decided should be submitted to the Committee on Rules. : GOV. NOYT’S CASE. Private letters received here to-day from Cheyenne, from gentlemen of the _ highest personal character well-known in this city, give ‘n full account of the recent infamous attack by Glafeke, the lately exposed Postmaster, upon the private character of Gov. Hoyt. These gentlemen declare that they speak the senti- ments of all the decent people of the place when they say, that the charges given such wide circulation are utterly groundless, and that no man. enjoys @ better tation among his neighbors for purity of private life than Gov. Hoyt. The attack was a weuk and wicked de- vice to weaken his influence when the exposures of Glafeke’s course_should~be. made known to the authorities in Washington. . GOUDY WANTS GREGG PARDONED. ‘W. C. Goudy, before leaving here for Chicago, wrote a letter very warmly, recommending. the pardon of Gregg. APPROVED. ‘The President to-duy_approved the joint res- olution authorizing the Seeretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the suf- fering poor of Ireland. APPROPRIATION. ‘The Committee on Elections ordered a resolu- tion reported to the House favoring the appro- priation of $500 for the relief of M. F. Conway, of Kunsas, for expenses incurred in contesting his scat in’ 1859. THE RECORD. SENATE. ‘WasnINGTON, D. C., Feb. 26.—Mr. Maxey, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, reported with an amendment the Senate bill to authorize a refunding to Postmasters of funds or valuable letters lost or stolen. ‘Mr. Blair submitted a resolution directing the Secretary of the Navy to transmit to the Senate any information in the possession of the Depart- ment in relation to the present condition of af- fairsin Alaska. Adopted. 7 ‘The Senate considered the calendar. The calendar wus considered until the expira- tion of the morning hour, when the remainder of the tae Seder given to eulogies upon the late Senator Houston of Alabama. e culogies were delivered by Messrs. . Morgan, Hamlin, ‘thurman, Davis (il.), Saulsbury, Pendleton, and yor. At the close of the eulogies the customary resolutions were adopted, and the Senate ad- journed till to-morrow. ‘HOUSE. Mr. Warner called attention tothe fact that no response had been received from the Sec- retary of the Treasury to the resolution calling upon him for information as to the connection of the Treasury Department with the New Yorlc Clenring-House, and stated that he would in & short time offer # similar resolution. ‘Mr. Warner introduced i joint resolution re~ affirming the Monroe doctrine, us follows: WHEREAS, In bis seventh annual message to Congress, President Monroe asserted that “we owe it tocandor and to amicable relations ex- isting between the United States and these (Eu- ropeun) Powers to declare that we shall consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety”; and ‘WHEREAS, The doctrine thus announced has been accepted by the American people and has become cardinal principle. in our National polity; and WHEREAS, It is now proposed to construct, under guarantees to be diven by foreign’ Gov- ernments, 8 canal across the Isthmus of Darien; therefore be it . ‘Resolved, ete., That the doctrine announced to the world more than half a century ago by Pres- ident Monroe, and known as the 3onroe doc- trine, be and the sume is hereby reasse! and therewith, in behalf of the people of the United States, we affirm that the control of any interoceanic canal across the Isthmus of Darien, while open to the United States and all nations equelly, must, in the interest of our- Davesand theworld, be kept under the special protection of the United States. ‘Resolved, That the United States, sensible of the importance to the trade of the world of opening 2 water passageway between the two oceans, will cordially promote by such means 23 snes be deemed proper and judicious such un- jertaking. ‘The joint resolution was referred to the Inter- oceanic Canal Committee. ‘Mr. Reagan, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill to establish a Board of Commissioners of Inter-State Commerce: also the following bills, which he stated would offered as substitutes for that bill: To regulate jnter-State commerce and to amend the act of 1866 to facilitate communication between States. ‘The three bills were ordered printed and made the order for the fourth Wednesday in ‘The Speaker laid before the Housé 8 commu- nication from the Postmaster-General transmit- and of.all allowances made to the contractors during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1679, Refer : nile ‘dir. Morrison introduced a bill reducing the duties in’excess of 50 per cent ad yalorem on articles spacing in schedules A, B, C, K, L, MM. of Sec. 2,504, Revised Statutes, and not subject to internal-revenue tax. Referred. 3 ‘Adjourned. B EX-MAYOR MOORE’S FUNERAL. Crvormatt, Feb. 26.—The funeral of ex-Mayor Moore took piace this morning, and was attended by the city officials, a number of societies, and a large number of private citizens. The boot- blacks and ni of whom deceased was a warm friend, attended in a body. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENTIAL. Grant’s Friends Find Some Comfort in the Utica Resolutions. Blaine Says He Expected It, and Counsels Firmness and Moderation. Interviews with Public Men in Washington on Conk- ling’s Victory. Sentiment Apparently About Evealy Divided as to the Re- sult. Iinois Politicians Surprised at the Day Fixed for the State Convention. 4A Specimen of Mr. Sherman’s Disciplining of Recalcitrant Officeholders. An Anti-Grant Movement Set on > Foot in the State of Missouri. The Friends of the Ex-President Mean time Working Hard to Offset It. Views of the Llinois “ Staats-Zeitung” on - the Recent Ohicago Conference. =~ THE UTICA CONVENTION. OPINIONS OF PROMINENT MEN ON THE RESULE IN NEW YORK. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ‘Wasnrnatos, D. C., Feb. %6.—The leading Grant men, who were a little discouraged at the’ unexpected strength displayed by the oppo- sition to theircandidate at Harrisburg, are quite jubilant over the news from Utica. Don Cam- eron and those who agree with him have to-day expressed their gratification in unmensured terms. They assert that the seventy Vores of New York at Chicago are now pledged solidly for Grant, with the fifty-cight votes of Pennsyi- vania, and that nothing can now prevent Grant's nomination. Referring to the manifesta<, tion of opposition in New York and” Pennsylvania to Grant, the Grant leaders say that the desired votes have been secure, and they laugh at any idea of ‘a successful re~ volt in the Republican ranks. As fora bolt in New York, a New York Grant man sald to-day that George William Curtis has never had many admirers in political circles in Washington, where he was chiefly known as a persistent olfice- beggar for his friends, and as a surencaded grumbler when those friends were unsuccess~ ful. The Grant managers are somewhat disip- pointed at the fact that the Ilinols Stute Repub= Jican Convention has postponed its meting un- til May 19. HE NEXT STEP : in their grand combination was to sccure the forty-two votes of the Ilinois delegutes, and they had expected to hold an early convention ‘The Blxine men, when they left here, hoped to have the Convention postponed to as late a tine as possible, and consequently pluce sreatgr hopes on Iiltnois than they had before the mect-- ing of the State Central Committee. : A TRIBUSE correspondent, who conversed ! with a number of Republican membersof the House on the subject to-day, found considera~i ble diversity of opinion as to what effect the re-" suit at Utica would produce upon the prospects of the lending candidates. Everybody scemed. to feel relieved to know that the procecdings: had been harmonious, although one ardent: Blaine man did express some disuppointment/ because the Peonsylvunia precedent had not{ Ueen followed. He thought that it would. have improved Mr. Blaine’s prospects. Said one Western Lepresentative, who id an earnest. Blaine man, “I do not ! look upon the result as being much of aGrant boom. .A few more victories such aa his friends have won in New York and Peunsy} : vania will use up thelr candidate.” Another prominent Western Representative, who is a strong Grant man, as well as AN EXPERIENCED POLITICIAN, SAID: - “T think the New York delegation will vote solid for Grant if his name fs brought beforo the Chicago Convention at all. The renl strength of the Grant movement lies in its spontaneitys I think that a great mistake was malo by Gén. Grant's friends in Albany, and that their indiscretion affected his interesta unfavorably in the Utica Convention. The yote on the resolution of instructions 1 donot regard asa testof Gen. Grant's strength. A good many of his friends were committed to yote against instructions in favor of anybody.” Another Representative, who is also a stronge Grant mun, said: “I think a fair inference to bo drawn from the result of the Utica Convention ig that it has not on the whole strengthened the Grant movement. To my mind the result shows that a majority of the Republicans in New York are not in favor of Grant's nomination and would prefer Mr. Blaine. On the other hand, it might be safd that the action of New York wilt havea strong influence on the other States. The moderate course taken by the Grant men in the convention will have a tendency to add to their influence. 2 THE GRANT MOVEMENT is strong only #5 it is impelled by the peopic. ° ‘The course of the Democrats at the extra ses- sion, the Maine conspiracy, the present attempt ; to steal the vote of Minnesota by unseating Mr. * ‘Washburn, have all kept Grant in the minds of the people. Every new danger threatened by the revolutionary designs of the Democrats has given the Grant “boom” a new impetus.” ‘Mr. Frye appears well pleased with the Utica roceedings, and 1s almost inclined to think that Mee. Blaine has no longer anything to fear from the Grant movement. Indeed, Mr. Frye is almost: ready to belfeve.that there is no longer'a Grant oom in existence. He points to the fact that ‘Mr. Blaine has now 8 positive strength on the Pennsylvania, New York, and Indiana delega- tions, where he was entirely without support four years ago. Mr. Frye thinks, therefore, that Mr. Blaine is gaining ground, and is already stronger than he was in 1876. ‘THE FOLLOWING ARE INTERVIEWS on the Utica Convention with fricnds of the -different candidates. William EB. Chandler, an unqualified Biaine man, said: ‘It looks a good deal like a Blaine victory.” Another Kepresent~ ative Blaine man said: “The Grant men in both Houses are greatly disturbed at the result. They were told by Conkling that the tactics of Pennsylvania would not be repeated, and that Gen. Grant would have such an overwhelming majority of the delegates that the Conventicn would of itself put an end to the Blaina movement.” The information _reecived here shows, however, that was simply a It was evident that Blaine had the majority, really, of the Convention, although his delega~ tions from Utica, Albany, Buffalo, Kings County, and from some districts in New York City, were not admitted. The Blaine men are con- fident that the Grant movement has reached its crisis, and that the results to follow in Ditnois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, and even Ohio, will be very different. ‘ASberman man said: “The New York Con- yention does not settle except this: that the Grant movement is not a taneous of the je. It is, rather, a very skillful manipulation of themachine. A jor ity of thirty-seven is not much of a boom. campaign before Chicago may resuit in DEFEATING BOTH BLAINE AND GRANTS then it might be Washburne. There is 10 pose