Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 9, 1880, Page 4

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Clark street, between Washington and Randolph. ‘Tho Love of ‘wo Saltors,” TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1880, ‘Tire ontire expense of the County Agen}'s oflice for the quarter Just ended was $25,730, Gry. Grant and party are expected In New Orleans from Vera Cruz about the 15th. of March, Tne Louisiana Democrats will hold their Convention for tho selection of delegates to cincinnati on April 12, ‘Tire refusal of the French Government to give up Hartmann to the Russians: hns caused no Ittle surprise in oficial elreles tu St. Petersburg, > Sexatorn Fenny, of Michigan, is an- nounced as a candidate for Vice-President in the event of Bintne’s nomination for Presl- dent, A MmMner of the Clty Council wants a new office created,—an Inspectorstip of Plumbing, What friend of the Alderman’s wants the Job? ‘Tn Cohoes, N, Y,, strifrers have gained a victory over their employers, Ten per cent will baadded to thelr wages, and a longer dinuer-hour will bo given. " Tue Virginia Sinte Senate yesterday re- fused to pass the Riddleberg Repudiation bill over the Governor's voto, ‘Thero.were 19 in favor of repulintion and 16 ngainst, rene VALvARLE mineral discoveries have been made at a place called Rawhide Buttes, about Wo miles north of Cheyenne. The usuat stampede towards now discoveries ifs al- ready sptin. * Oun Indiann dispatches foreshadow thd nomination by the Democrats of Gen, Man- son for Governor of that State, owing te the bitter rivalry of Franklin Landers and Lient.- Goy. Gray, who are also candidates for the Democratle nomination, : ——— A panty named S.C. ‘Tully, who owned ahardwaro store at Bergen, N. ¥., and had considerable reputation for wealth and rez, spectadillty, has been arrested on the charge of having caused the tire which did so much dainage In that town reeently, Tit Afghan war Is not yet ended, Gen. Roberts 1s preparing to renew operations with tho opening of the spring. Io estimates tho force of the enemy at 60,000. men. Such a force, in a country lke Afghanistan, ean hold their own for a considerable period. ——— Tie Amerienn Catholic Bishops have slx- nified tholr acgufescenee In’ the Pope's Inter- pretation of the philosophy of St, ‘Thomas Aquinas, Most of them having participated in declaring the Pope {nfallible, {t is dlfienIt to seo how they could consistently have done otherwise than indorse his action, rn : Av the municipal elections in Maino all the large towns elected the Republican candidates by very good majorities over the combined Democrats and Greenbackers,— which goes to show how tho peuple of that State regard the recent attempt to stent its Government, Cheating never prospers, Counr De Lessers explained bis eannl project to the House Committee on the Inter oceanic Oanal yesterday morning, Lo clatmed that his plans were quite feasible and practical, and argued that, in tho Interest .of American commerce, he should be alled and encouraged rather than checked and thwarted in carrying forward his scheme, Tue Mouse Committea on Colnnge, Weights, and Measures has agreed to report favorably Mr, Forl’s bil! providing for the exchange of trade-dollars for the United States silver dollara at par. Ly tho provls- fons of the bill, these trade-dollars will be converted Into standard dollars, and the fur tee eolule of the trude-dollar will be pro- wiblted, ————————— Tris repbrted from Albany that tho ral!- roud companies have determined tu organize 2 powerful Jobby against the pussage of the Hepburn Antl-Frelght-Diseriinination bill, It Is guid that 5,000 passes have been Issued by the compantes already, and fresh levies will come tu euch day tq rellove the over, wined and overworked lobbyists of the previous day. The New York legislators, If this story be true, will be the envy of many Btate and munielpal lawmakers, A SATE of anarehy prevalis in St. Peters- burg. Conspiracies aro being dally discov ered; the military government is ina condl- ton of feverish activity, and the people in continual excitement, Suspected persdns ate belng driven fron the elty by the thou- sund, only to find refuge in the provinces, where they set about propagating thelr Ni- Nillstic doctrines with added will, Ituseta is how Ju that voleanic condition which existed in France previous to the Revolution, Whether a Russian Reign of Terror wilt suc- ceed the présent state of nffalrs will depend Jargely on the ability of the Government to deal with the situation in the proper spirit, —— Turne fs no disputing the fact that tho Union veterans of the country aro ten to one opposed to the Weaver scheme for watering the currency under the transparent pretext of equalizing tho pay received by soldiers dur- {ng the War by appropriating money enough to give them tho difference in value between &reenbacks and guld. ‘The Chicago Union Veteran Club, ata meeting Inst night where- att 600 were present, tabled almost unant- mously a resolution dealgned to gain a point for tho Weayer bill. ——_——_—- SENATON BayAnp tried yesterday to an- swer (he argument made by Senator Carpen- ter Saturday on the Filz Jolin Porter ense. He sald that by the 115th Article of War, and by the act of Presitent. Mayes in convening. that tribunal, the Court of Inquiry was Justified tn taking up the caso aud was necting within the lws and the Constitution. Senator Nayard needlesly added that were he President he would pardon Porter, This might haye been expected from one of his secession proclivities, but It {s not very probablo that he will soon have the oppor- tunity to dispense pardons, en Tue London Standard, the organ of the ultra “ Jingoes,” has it that the British Goy- ernment will jealously watch the course of the United States Government In reference to the Panama Canal, and goes even so far a3 tosay that England will resist the preponder- ating Influence of any Power over the proposed canal as infmical to her commeretat Interests, Such bluster as this may frighten tho Zulus or the Afghans, but Americans are not in the habit of siaping their course to sult England, or rather the English Torles; and, notwithstanding the menace of the Standard, the English Government wil! pause before joining issue with the United States, A MOVEMENT Is on foot to take advantage of the row between Theodore Thomas and the Cineinnat! College of Music by securing the great orchestra-eonductor for an all summer season of concerts in Clicage on the cheap and popular plan which worked 80 successfully in the summer of 1877, Pub- lle-spirited and energetic eltizens have taken hold of the matter, and it 1s to be hoped they will be able to show Mr, ‘Thomas that he can m1 no way more effect nally resent tho petty domineering of the Cincinnati mismanagers than by trans- ferrlng Nis orchestra ta a city which hing always shown the most Hberal ‘and flattering appreciation of the kind of music he furnishes, Such an arrangement, in con+ junction with tho other great attractions to be presented, would entirely fll up the mens- ure of Chieago's suecess ng a summer resort for the season of 1850, ——.. MATrEns seem to be coming to a crists in San Franelsco, ‘The authorities have had the arms of the State militia removed to places of safety, where they are guarded by the military companies. Gen. MeDowell, in command of the Division of thy Paelile, has ordered 600 troops to the city, and it is said that 1,500 more are tu follow. ‘These precautionary measures have been taken on account of the threaten- Ing attitude of the workingmen towards the Chinese, and are based on information salut to bo derived from the, American Vice-Con- sulin China, The Kearneyites are exceed- ingly wroth at these movements, and freely denounce the course taken ns. ftitended to provoke hostilities. ‘Cha Government pre- cautions will probably bo ainaintained until such thine asthe United States Court has de cided on the constitutionallty of the Inw for- bidding the employment of Chinese by the corporations, Sin Srarroup Nontucorr, tho English Chancellor, announced yesterday In the House of Commons that her Majesty lind de- .elded to dissolve Parliament on the 23d of | Mareh, and the new Parllament will mcet about the first week In May. From this wn- ttlatter the elections will be a busy tine with the English pollticians, The cam- palgn will be conducted with an energy, zeal, and a degree of personal ani- mosity unprecedented In the history of English elections, On the Tory sido will be Tanged the feudal aristocracy and thelr hang- ers-on, the rumsellers and their victims, the Established Church and its parasites, and the illiterate und landlord-goyerned English pens- antry, ‘The Liberals will have the unantinous support of Scotland, the alinost unautmous support of Ireland, and the active ald and coBp- eration of the Engllsh morchants, mechanics, and Iiterary men, ‘There can be no doubt as to which party Ameriean sympathy will In- ellne, 2. Mayor ILaxntsoy did a wise thing at the suggestion of ‘Tie Trimuxs in clearing South Water street,” Yesterday jnorning some 100 londs of rubbish were carted away from ‘that thoroughfare, Like Sumuel J. Tiklen, Mls Wonor hag a “monumental grievance” now. Carter's is against the South Water street commission- men, and he proposes to Bet even with them for raising monumental busts of various dend animals and decaying vegetables to do him mock honor, Ie iy re- ported to have determined on enforcing the ordinance requiring the siduwalks to be kept clear, and to have urged on tho [enlth-In- spectors inereased vigilance In ferreting out any violation of the health ordinance, by tha conmutssion-men, ‘Nhe Mayor in not strictly enforcing tho health Inws heretofore has been remiss In lis duty, and should not do so now through motives of revenge, but on the Mgher ground of that which he owes to the publis as their servant, : An hts message to the Senatu yesterday on tho subject of & ship. canal neross tho Istinnus the President of the United States snys to the nations of the Old World, “ Hands off! Tle glves notiee ta all marie kind that In Us opinion the United States WIL not consent that any European Power or comblnation of Powers should un- dertake the = prutection and control of this highway of commeres untting the two oceuns, and In effect creating for the United States a continuous const line, Ho announces that, lnusimuch ay the protection of some Great Power must be retied on by the capital Invested by corporations or private citizens In the canal project, clearly this pro- tection cati come only from the United States, and any attempt to enforce & contrary polivy would involve the adoption of * measureson this Continent which the United States would deem wholly inadmissible”? ‘This: fy sut- Aclently plain to enable all whom it may con- cern ..to understand distinctly the ‘nt- titude of the Government, of | tho United States on’ the: canal question, dt umounts to u notice to De Lesseps and the corporation he ‘fepresants,’ that it will be necessary ‘for hin’to make arrangements with the Power that domluates the affulrs of ie North Aueriean Continent bofore he can go ahead with hie stock subseription and or- ganization, ‘This assumption of the sole pro- tectorate aver the Interoceante canal fs ve- companied by a pledge that the polley deemed necessary to conserve our National Interests THE CHICAGO TRIBUN MARCI § 1880—TWELVE PAGES. willin no way onorate tu tho disadvantage of othor nations; but will, on the con- trary, be to the permanent advantage of commerce and civilization generaily, Wheth- cr this assurance will reconelle England, France, and other European countries com: mercially interested Zto the exclusively Awerlean protectorate and control fore- shadowed in the Presitent's message, 9 a auestion the answer to which will be awalted with keon interest. ———— ee. eeping and comprehensive de- cision in support of tho constitutlonality of tha Federal Election laws was yesterday ren- dered by the United States Supreme Court, and tho Bourbon apostles of State-rights have now freat cause to gnash thelr teeth at. the predominance of tho iden of Natlonal Supremacy in the highest tribunal of the land, The-deelsion upholds the power of Congress to make nnd enforce inws governing and supervising the elections of Representatives In Congress; aflirms the powcr of Congress to prescribe penalties for breach of duty or acts of fraud by election officers; asserts the principle that Nattonal authority Is paramount In such enses; de- clares that Congress may lawfully vest In the Federal Courts theauthority to appolatSuper- visorsof Electlon,-and in general sustains the constitutionality and validity, of the Inws passed fortho purpose of Insuring the pro- tection of the citizen in. the exercise of the right of suffrage and of guarding seninst frauds on the ballot-box, Justice Field, the champion of State-rights on the Supreme Bench, dissents from the dectsion, as inight be expected, and Justica Clifford, another hopeless Bourbon, concurs in that dissent, ———— nn AVERY 81 Lonrp Braconsrinny follows up the an- Nouncement of the intended dissolution of the British Parilament with n political mant- festo In the shapo ‘of alotter-to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, In this ‘letter he foreshadows one of the issues on which he hopes to {nduce the English people tosupport Als party. After telling how much the ‘Tory Ministry has done for the advancement of Iretand, he snys: “ A portion of its popnta- tion is attempting to sever the constitutfonal tle which unites tt with Great Britain? It is quite evident that Beaconsfield will try by all those demngog arts nt which he is such an adept to frighten the English people from supporting the Liberals because the latter have coqueted with tho Heme-Rulers, The ‘Tories have made Disraell Premier because of his peculiar electioneering tactics, because of his ability to “dish the Whigs,”’—anit he is oneo more at his old tricks, If the Liberal party will only work | harmoniously ‘and, vig orously from now until ‘the tile of election there fs good reason for predicting that Englund will be rescued from the rule of arenctlonary plutocracy led by a clever politiclan who enn scarcely bu called a statesman, —_—_—_—_—_—_— Tur first day’s experlonco of th’ Iouso under the revised rules was a stormy one, and [t was clearly evident that few of tho members, including the Speaker, knew much about the effect of the rules they have adopt- ed, though more than two morfths were spent in their discussion. It seemed to be the understanding at first that under the new code a member could introduce a bill and name the Conimittes which should have Jurisdiction over it, but the Speaker ruled otherwise, dechling temporarily that the louse can by a majortty votu of Uhose pres- ent detertiine the Committee to which any DILL shall be referred, ‘This-operated unfa- vorably to the friends of tariif-reform, who had hoped to be able to send thelr bills to somo committee not already known ‘to be hostile to any targ@ legistujion, as the Com- mittee on Ways and Means avowedly Is, A large number of bills JeokIng to a reduction or removal of the. tariff on-cortain articles, notably those entering Into the manufacture of priut-paper, were brought forward under the call of'tho States, but in every case the Committee on Ways‘ and Means was uble to secure control of these measures by: targe majorities, the . House evidently being unwilling to enter upon any departure from the old-established custom of intrust- Ing all such subjects to that Committee. ‘The outlook for these tarlif-reduction measures is not deemed entirely discouraging, from the fuct that several of them were Introduced and will be pressed. by members of the Com- inittea on Ways and Means, LEGAL-TENDER PAPER, One of the favorit arguments employed in behalf of the scheme to demonetize the greenbacks of this"country and to demone- tize silver, and have gold tho exclusive legal- tender money of the United States, is that we inust do as the other commercial natious of the world do, or wo nist stiffer accordingly. Tue CicaAao Trunk has repentedly polnted out to these goliltes that England has a legal-tender paper. currency, whieh en- ables her to demonctize silver, and that with- out this legal-tender paper she could not maintain specie-payments, ‘Chis paper has also polnted out that France, having her gold eurrency supplemented by legal-tender silver, suffers vo financial panics. We now propose to enlarge this exhibit by a state ment of the legat-tender money in elrculation In several States of . Europe and America,—premiging, however, that our table, corryet so far as it gocs, has yet to be enlarged by the addition of other States con- corning which our information is not yet complete in its details, In the annual re- port of the Hon. HI, C, Burchard, Director of tly Mint of the United States, page 127, 9 xiven a statement of the money circulation of twenty-four nations; !t contains a specific statement of the amounts of the papernioney In clrenlation, of the gold coln, and also of the silver coin, and the distinction between full legal-tender and Mnilted legal-tender sliver belng pointed out, ‘This table, how- over, In giving the amount of the paper money in circulation, does not distinguish that whieh by Jaw is Jegal-tender and that which 18 not, In the following table we follow tho flgures of the Director of the Ant, adding Uereto the statement of the amounts of paper money whieh iy legal-tender In. the countries named: Silver, Paper, countries. | Gott | “full | autor | ete? teiuder, | _ paper, esreried cere reece rere ray Cietiteiestn| beat iets | aac Bweden 13,000,000 Towa} 1,000} Ran uy] SI DU Ernie ty une isda hu Turk; aye i Jonouhiwe oxuuy ‘Tho authorities for these statements of the amount of legul-tender paper money.tn these countries are ag follows: United, States, debt statement; .Gregt. Britali, weekly re port Bank of England; Sweden, American Alinanne, 1879, page 313; Norway, Report of Silver Connnission, page 518; Denmark, Tte- port of BSilyer Commission, page 100; Auts- tria, Silver Commlsstou, page 114; Italy, SI! ver Comission, page 243; Ruasia, United States Mint Report, pagg 101; Peru, Silver Commission, page 114; Brazil, samo, 183; Canada, Report of United States Mint, 1879, page 30; Japan, Repurt on Foreign Itelations, 1874, puge 850; ‘Turkey, estimated, During the war between France and Qer- uigny the notes of the Bank of Franco wero made legal-tender, and He Inerensed to nearly 400,000,000, Slice specte-payments Were resunied Jn 1873 the notes have ceased ta bo fn legat-tender, France has $30,000,000, Belginm $55,000,000, and Switzerland $30,- 000,000 fn full legal-tender silver, which sup- plies the want of legal-tender paper. Of the legal-tendter paper‘in eclreulation in the States mentioned {n our Ilst, that fs- sued by the United States, by Austria, Bra- ail, Canada, and Japan ts Government papers of that put down to Italy, $188,000,000 fs Gav- ernment paper; all the other Iegal-tender paper {9 issued by banks and made legal- tonder by Inw. We submit these facts and figures to tho advocates of the demonetization of green- backs in this country. It will be seen that no one of these Governments deponds for legal- tendor—tebt-paying moncy—on gold alone. Whorever thore is nota suflclency of legal- tender silver in addition to the gold, tho deficlency ts supplied by bank or Government paper, mado legal-tender by law. The Scandinavian States haye demonctized silver, and have supplied the deficlency by the Issue of legal-tonder bank-paper. ‘There may, bo. somo small diserepancles between the amounts of paper issned and that which is put down,os legal-tender, but this is dua to tho different dates used by the authorities given. The fact remains, however, that there is no Government of any consequence which confines or limits its legal-tender money to gold, Wherever tho gold is not supple mented by a supply of full legal-tender sil- ver, then there iy an issue of legnl-tender paper. Mr. Secretary Sherman and his backers and supporters of the New York and Boston press protest against the continunnes of our greenbacks ns legal-tender, because, they sny, the United States are perststing In a policy which fs repudiated by all othér nations. ‘Tha list of nations having legal-tender money other than gold is so large and so compre: hensive that itshowsthatif the United States should withdraw its Jegal-tender paper, and should also refuse to coin legal-tonder silver to take Its place, It must stand alone among the nations of tho earth In that polfey. We hope in a few days to have the detailed Information which will enable us to complete our Ist of nations using legal-tender paper ns adebt-paying currency; but the list is sufll- elently long and comprehensive to establish the fact that the universal experience of all Governments Is that gold as the exclusive legal-tender money Is not suMclent to enabla any people to. carry on thelr domestic and foreign trade, and that where the quantity of full legal-tender silver colin is not, In addition to tho gold, In largo quantitics, or is oxeluded altogether, then there must be an issue of legal-tender paper, either by the Government ‘direct, or by the banks under the authority of the Government, as is the ense in England and the Scandinavinn States, So thoroughly Is this supported by the experience of ‘other nations that{t by judicial or othor proceed- ings the pregent legal-tender greenbacks of. this country shall be forced into retirement an amendment to the Constitution authoriz- ing the Issue of paper money having n legal- tender quajity will become a National neces- sity. 44R, TILDEN AS A CANDIDATE. It id becoming moro and more apparent every day that Mr, Tilden has not abandoned his designs upon the Democratic nomina- tion. It is IKkewise becoming more and more apparent every day that Mr. Tilden will be able to secure tho prize if he Is determined to have it. The action of the Cincinnati Con- vention will turn inainly upon the condition of Mr. Tilden’s health, If the old politician shall retain till Jund 19 the same overpower- {ng ambition he has cherished ever since the Electoral Commissfon decided against hin and in favor of Hayes, and if he shall then have the sine confidence in his personal atrength and health which he now ins, it is snfo to predict that no combination can pro- yall to defoat him. ‘Tilden’s claims upon the Democratic phrty are certainly stronger than those of any rival for tho nomination, The Democrats count upon an tmportant foljowing on the ground that thoy were cheated out of the election of 1876, If there bo any fustice or force in such an appeal, it certainly rests upon the renonit- nation of the man who was the chief sufferer from the alleged fraud, so long as he fs will- ing and anxious to demand vindleation and restitution from tho people. ‘To discard ‘Til- den Willbo to voluntarily surrender the advan- tage thoy hope to gqju from thd fraud {sque. Tt will be impertinent and useless for the Democrats to clan an election from the peo- ple on the ground that they were defrauded of a previous victory, after deliberately refus- ing to stand by the man who had ted them in this victory. They ‘will constantly be con- fronted. by this question: “It Tilden was elected In 1876 and chented out of the offlee, why haye you Tefused to recognize the Hen which you claim he has upon the offles?” It will not do for the party.to answor this question py setting Up that Tilden Is not a fit man for the office, for that would amount to self-stultification, ‘Tilden has done nothing sluce the campaign of 1878 to warrant his repudiation by his party, and all he had done: previous to that tine and all ho did during the Inst eampalgn was condoned and approved by the Demo- crats, Any admission of the cipher frauds, with which the Democratlo managers were Mentified as much as THden himself, will be as diumaging to the party If It refuse to nome inate Tilden as If it nccopt him, and hence this scandal cannot sorvo as an excuse for re- Jecting him, in one word, ‘Tilden ts essential to the supposed efltency of the fraud fasue, and his rejection will be tantamount to an abandoninent qf that jasuc, ‘Tilden has otherwise the same claims upon the party that secured him the nomination in 1870@ The Democrats have gained no victory In New York, which they now regard as tha pivotal State In tho next election, that was not won under the active porsonal manage ment of Samuel J, Tilden, ‘Lhey cannot hope to carry that State now without his codperatien and the assistance of his gents for organization. Me has more monvy to-day than he had tn 1876, and his wealth and willing. ness to bestow {t upon political success were always ‘powerful factors in hls Jeadorslitp, ‘The Influence of his “barrel” Is not contined to Its possible influences fn the caimpalgu, but will also assert Itself direotly In the Cln- ehinatl Convention as it did la the At Louls Convention, The Southorn delegates, usa rule, and probably a large proportion of the delegates from the Northern States, are open to “persuasion ” that Tilden 1s the strongest than the party can nominate, Lf ‘Tiden shall deteruine to secure the nomination he wilt spare no money to carry out his purpose, and, thore are no signs of such reform Onyng the Democratle polltfelyns as would denote tho indignant rejection of Mr 'Tliden's ensh Propositions, a But Tiden’s peoiltar claims and pecullar methods are not the only reasons for be- Heving ho can aecure tho Clacinnatl nomina- tion if he wants it, ‘There are intluences outside of Mr, ‘Hilden’s personal efforts that ure favorable to him. The Democratic party, though'in control of both Houses of Con- gress aud a, large proportion of the State Governments, hag developed no statesman of such exalted ability or successful deeds ns to establish a claim upon the people, or even to rival Tilden us a politieal leader, Every man who has sought to place himself at the head of tho party during the Jast four years has demonstrated ly his ineapactty, Tho management of the Democratic party has heen characterized by a series of blunders over since vartous factions have in- sisted upon cutting Ivose from Tildon's lend- crap, These factions have not been ablo to unito upon any ono candidate, and they wlil gointoconyontion Irresolute and divided, An old politica! fusstl like Seymour, an antl: Unton Demoernt like Bayard, « bankrupt Fintist Nke Ewing, a defeated enndidate for the Senate ike Thurman, achroute office: seeker and notorious trimmer Hke Hendricks, an exclusively military man Wke Lancock, and n few obscure politicians of negnifve qualities from different paris of tho country, aro the only rivals Tilden Ins to encounter, and no opposition to him, however formida- bio in the aggregate, can be successfully con- solldated in favor of any one of these ff Tilden shall choose to exert IMs superior prowess, ‘Tho prospect fs, that the Republican party will bo confronted with the task of beating Tildon this yenr, and tho election of 1876 should warn the party that this achievement will require its best men ani its strongest efforts, s THE PAPER TARIFF. _ The decision by Appralser Iam, of this port, that Imported printing-paper must pay n duty of 35 per cont ad valorem, Instead of per centas written in tho law, ts one of the fashionable officint devices to punish trade asa crime so common among revenue officers, We print Mr. Inim’s oxplanntion of is rulings, and wo ennnot but say that the grounds of his decision are frivolous in the extreme, The Inw provides tho following seale of duties under the general head of paper: Paper and manufactures of— Per cent, Hangings and paper for gsereens or fire donrds..., seseececerecscseccesseosseses BO aiché, manufactures, avticies s Paper, papler And wares of, not otherwise provided for,. Printing, unst used for books and nows- Papers exclusively, Printing, sized or glued, Writing, of ull deseription: ‘Thatistho law, Tito Appraiserat this port rules that all the pauper styled “ printing,” whether sized, glued, or unsized, must be charged 35 per cent, because all such paper, after belng fmported, may be used for other purposes than buoks and nefspanera. ‘Thus, white print-paper may bo used for wrapping up bundles; may be'used for making kites; and the Appralser may use it in whieh to carry home-a pint of peanuts, or for any of various domestic uses, Upon this ground ho claims that the two descriptions of print- paper, on which the law Inposes a duty of 20 and 25 per cent respectively, must be charged with a dyty of 85 per cent, and at this rate he has imposed duties, ‘The papor was en- tered at Port Iuron and thence forwarded to this city. So it does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Collector — of the Port of Chieago, During ° the Inst month considerable paper lins been fine ported from Canada, All of it that has gone elsewhere than to Chicago has been charged with the duty of 20 per cent; but all that has come here hag been subjected to n duty of 35 per cent, ‘The construction pinced on the Inw by the Appraiser at Chicago 1s more technical than intelligent, It is'n’ perversion of law, 0 strained effort to give to the letter of the law. & meaning wholly forelgn to it. Printing- paper is an article of trade, as well defined and as clearly understood as calfskin or sole- leather, No man can mistake what fs meant by “printing-paper.” If means paper used for printing books and papers, ‘That mean- ing Is not susceptible of enlirgement. It fs the only use to which [tenn be applied; it is never bought or sold for any other purpose." We know of no use to which It can be profitably employed except for print- ing. . All the Importers have been compelled to pay the 85 per cent while the Appraiser Is writing in all directions for oplntons to sus- tain his decision, = Wo suggest to the members of Congress who have this subject before them whether, in tho Ight of this dceision, the tino has not come for the total abolition of all tho duties on priut-paper, and of all the duties on the materinl, the pip of all’ kinds, and on all the varieties of stock entering {nto the manu- facture of paper. Tho fact that two members of Congress have a monopoly of the mant- facture of pulp certainly will not restrain Congress from abolishing the whole svandal- ons inpost on printing-paper and paper ma” terlals, ‘ a FOOD-ADULTERATION IN CONGRESS, A bill has been introduced into Congress by the Committe on Manufactures ‘which should recelye the Immediate, cordial, and unanimous-support of all membors who are opposed to fraud and who have any regard for the sanitary condition of the American people. Its purpose fs to prevent the sale of adulterated foud in the District of Columbia and the Territories, the importation: thereof from foreign countries, and its transporta- tion from one State to another. These terms seem to cover the jurisdiction of the'Generat Government, and, if strictly enforced, thoy would go far toward suppressing general trailic in Impure and polsonous articles. At all events, the successful operation of a gen- eral law of this kind would reducethe manu- facture and sale of adulterated food in every ease to a contracted terrifory, and thus en- able tho Stato and local Governments to sup- press it, . ‘The report made by the Committea winch Proposed tho bill contained startling evidence of the utter indifference to life and health which {s shown by the manufacturers and dealers, Out of six packnges of colfee bought up haphazard In Baltimore, tt was discovered that more thun half of the beans wero artifielally colored with polsonous dye, A largo proportion of Prussfay blue was found Ina iieroseoplo examination of ten, and fn some of it but a faint suspicion of tea-dust to give it the requisit dor, Chloride of tin {sa common poison used In tho adul- teration of ‘sugars and sirups, It Is esti- nated thnt 90,000,000 pounds of oleomargarine were made In this country in 1878, which almost invariably contained living organising and the germs of disease. Nearly all |quors are “doctored” with strong and polsonous nels, In alnost all articles of commerce the practice of adulteration has become gen- eral and public, Manufacturers and dealers who would prefer to be honest are ether decelyed or claim. that they are forced to make and soll adulterated articles for the sae reason that the distillers ¢laimed they Wore conipelled to defraud the Government of its tax during the existence of the Whisky Ring—viz,: In order to compete with the trade, Itis lamentable that peoplo should have become so habituated and hardened to the practice of adulteration, It ls now consld- ered no more yielous or reprehensible than it is to cheat the Government. Yet {tts an in- dividual menage to life and health overy the the sale-of a poisonous article Is made, a8 well ad a gross fraud upon .the purchaser, Kvery man gullty of. deliberately swindling in weight, measure, or quality—selllng as genuine an article which he knows to be spurious—ought to be made to suffer in pocket ‘aud in persun for the offense, A heavy’ fine and imprisonment, gauged by the possible dumage of the polson dis- tributed, should be attached to the manu- fucture and sale of adulterated food for mun orbeast. ‘The General Government can un- doubtedly control the trafic to a considerable extent by some such measure as is now pro- ES posed, and It Is responsible to the people to’ tho extent of ita powers, Tho very essenca of Rovernmnent Is to protect the masses fram finpositions, trands, and outrages against person and property, Nevertheless It may be safely predicted, that tho ‘present Congreas will not pass this bill nor any other designed to correct the: crying evil of adulteration, This is a do-nothing Congress, - Ita only mission fs to avold legislation and shapo pub- Ne affairs for the election of a Democratic President; publle health and public eifoty have no claim upon its partisan attention, Fourtien investigation of the eruelties to animals that have been practiecd nt the Stock-Yards and slaughter-houses Indicates that Gov. Cullum must share the responsibil- ity for their tolerance. When tho Legislat- ure. appropriated a anlary for the support of a State Agent at the Stock-Yards, tho inten- tlon was to relieve the Ulinots umane So- clety of the expense, and at the same tlna carry forward the prevention of cruelty to animals which that Society had inaugurated, The obylous way to realize the legistatlye purposu was -to consult tho Itumnane Soclety as to the selection and appointinent of a proper person to this position. When States Agent McDonald retired, the Humane So clety asked! that no one be appointed without Its approval, und subsequently fled a formal application for the appointment of the Socte- ty’s city agent, who lind demonstrated his fitness ant capneity for the work required. It scems that Gov, Cullom Ignored this appli- ention altogether, and appointed the man Marquart, who has permitted all the outrages that have beon oxposed in Tas Trmexe without entering 2 single protest or reporting asingls case for prosecution. Gov. Cullom assumed a serlous responsibility in neting Ine dependently of the Humane Society. "Thy position of State Agent at the Stock-Yards Is in no senso a polltieal or personal perquistt; its primary object is to secure humane trent ment of the dumb brutes brought therg for slaughter, and mo one man nor any set of men {sso able to judgo of the fitness of an Incumbent of that office ng the gentlemen who compose the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and who are actuated solely by unselfish, unpartisan, and humane motives, The only atonement which Gov, Cultom can make for his error Is to remove tho present State Agent nt once, and fill the place with a man who shall feel that’ he js responsible to the Humane Soclaty ns well ns the Governor, and that Is conduct will bo Strictly watched. Untess this shall be done atonce, the Humane Society will appoint an agent of its own, and raise a subscription for the payment of ils salary, In whieh ease the Governor will be in the position of squander- ing. $1,200 n year of the public money for the support of some personal retainer in n sine- cure. A Some newspapers assert that Gen, Grant vetoed’ Logan's bill for the equatization of soldiers’ bountics, ‘Tho bill inyolved a loss of about 125 millions to tho taxpayers of this coun- try. Other newspapers denounce aug a forgery what purports to bo thp veto-measnge which Grout bad prepared to Jaunch aguinst Logan's bill and crush it. ‘The facts are these: It js true that hoe prepared a voto piste which wns not sent -to Congress, becuse the bill was killed by other ineans, Tho House refused to. mone a Senate amendment, and # conference committee was ordered. In conference tho House Committee agreed to recede from Ite disagreement, and that roport was adopted by the House. But when str. Logan, on tho part of the Kenute conferrecs, reported thit tho Houso hud agreed to ‘recede, bis report was tld on tho table, somo of the friends of the measure being out of thoir seats. 14 was during tho last hour of tho last session of the Forty: third Congress, Thero was tho usual rush and hurry. As both Houses had pussed tho bill Just a it stood at this point, Mr. Logun belloved Unat the luying of his report on the tablo did not de- feat tho bill. But Presidont Grunt, who had como to the Capitol with the voto messngo pre- pured, held that legislation had not been com pleted, und thit, therefore, the bill was not leguily before him, For this ronson ho did not Jaunch the veto that he had on the ways roudy tolotalip. Those aro the facts, ‘This is the voto-messaxe a8 ho wroto It: House bil! No, 9,341 is hcrowith returned with- out my approval, for tha rousons— dtouse Util No. — is herewith returned with- out my approval, for the reasons: 1, That it approprintes from the Treasury a largo sum of monuy at x time whon the revenue is InsuMetent for ettrrent wants, 2, Ldo not believe that lad considerable land Hon of ox-soldiors whom it issupposed witl ba Uenellefarics of this uppropriation ara apple ennte for ft, but rathor it would result more inn mensure for the relief of clatm-ngents and mid- demen who fntervene, or would intervene, to collect or discount bounties granted by ft, ‘The pnssuge of this bill at this time {s incon sietont with tho means of economy now de- munded by the country, U.S, Grant. WASILLNGTON, Murch 3, 1876, rs Jamps Reppat, now traveling in_ Ire Innd ng the correspondent of tho Now York Zribune, apponrs to have his cycs about him, and has not allowed himacif to be deceived by Tory ies and blandishinents, 1p hia lust letter he writes: Tho Dean of Cashel has addressed me a letter thut tells sume sud stories of life among the Jowly in Ireland, that hug so often moved tho hearts of tho clvitized world. Like nino out of avery ten of tho cultivated pricsta whom L have: pee Dean does not hesitate to attribute the impdvorlahed condition of the poople to the disgraceful system of land-tenure that provails in Ireland, a systom that would _mnko n desert in ten yours of Jowa or [Hinols, There is an lm pression in Americu that tho agitation against tho lund: propriotors en Treland [8 un agrarian movement, It is nothing of tho sort; it ls an farnest cifort to remove tho cunses of famine, ‘Tho evideneo fs overwheliniug, and comes from wvery county, to show that the landlords of Iro- Jond are not contributing a shilling to tho reliot fund, but, asa eli boy sure nierciloaly en- foreing thoir legal clalms to their pound of flesh from thelr starving tenants, Iy tho'ylew of the Washington Star, which has pretty nccurate knowledge of Congresstonul inutters, “it is not unlikely that the Committec on Ways and Means will ngree to a measure for the reduction or repeal of tho duties imposed on articles usod In the manufacture of paper, Ono or two of tha membera who yoted against other proposed turltf changes Mave expressed thom. selves in favor of a bit for this purpose. Tho tari reformers cannot accomplish anything except through the Committco, Tho House is so evonly divided upon tho question that it would bu 0 waste of time to bring any tariff measure boforo It, oxcept upon a favorable re- port from a committoe, su.that a mujority vote could piss It." ‘Tre House of Representatives Is a singular {epislutive menugeris, When its professionat is or clowns wish ta mute an exhibition, ut! 10 members uro in tholr seuts to onjoy and ap» plaud tho fin. Sunset Cox and his rival button, Me. Hour, of Sttotiqan, nover fall to command attention, but whon the Chutriman of thy Com mittca on Ways and Meuns desires to address the House on the most important measure of the session he guts only n suant and mutilated bouring.—New York Here ". ‘This fa not eptively tho fault of the Hougo, It ia purtly tho fault of the Chairman of tho Com- iittes on Ways and Means, who unjoys neither the respect nor tho coutidence of hia fellow members, ExpIana Republicans have the right to be heard, Thoy suy they can elect 4 Republican to the United States Senute to suovecd McDonald, 1f Washburno, or Edmunds, or Windom, or Dlaing is nyinated for tho Presidency, Thoy suy thoy cannot do this on tho third-term fyauo, If Indiuna can clect uw Republican, with the other States that uro axpocted reasonably to re~ placo Democrats with Republicans, such as Con- neetlcut ‘aryl Now Jerioy, tho Sonate will ba» ti; and a Republican Vicu-Prealdent would de- eldo on the right aide. Can the Republican purty ulfond to throw uway this chanco? een Goy, Hontinay’s veto of the Virginia Debt bill will put a stop to any further fnanclal logiglation in that Stato for tho present, Tho roadjusters cannot mustora two-thirds yote, and us the the fixed by.tho Constitution for the ady Journmont of tho Legislature is at hand thoy will bo forced to make anotber fight bofore tho poople. Tho prominonce of Nutlonal politica in tho next election will. partly overshadow the dobt question and preclude uny calculation as to the result, i Biatn sald toa frignd of hfe in this city wheil ho was hove lust full that in cago bo should, be uomlnuted for President in 1880 be would tuko the stump atonco, vislt, every Nortbora, . “ and perhaps sovoral Southorn States, forecsand make an aggressiyo campaign: Would doliver his Arat speech Immodiateleng his nomination, and his lust one tn tinh eet Cinctunatt, or Now: York on tho Satin eas Preceding the oleation.. On Sunday he woul te chureh: on Monitlay travel home to Aug ” on Tueaday atten the election and. sun straight Itepubllean tickets thon retire ty tt° welling and tho bosom oF his tamlly anaes tho result with culmness and contitence, Aue Which fs Blatne's atyto of doing things, Is no falnt-honttedness or trreaniution (ree mothod of hghting a polltieul butte. is oe vend hig ‘Tire “boomsters'” organs hayo h deal to say about tho alleged Perea eH foveral counties In Kentucky for Grange” they have not noticed dispatehes tke the follows ing In the Loulsville Courter-Journat + me Maysvite, MarehO—In the Republic; Convention td-dny tonclect deleguen tere eety Wresolution Indorsiog Grant, after a nine tet hetween the factions, wis vated down (cr, URN dolewntes sent uninatructed, q who were vory contitent, at tho falluro of thelr County fudorse the third. 1 and ‘The Grint me? sea teats ehiierined js was M urin sehemes” Sasa —_—_—_ Tr’s sad to seo n number of proy young politicians tn Cook County eine ling tho reefs by that falso bencon-liht, the hot When did tho 1-0, ever ahow any euiise nine Cook County politics? Wasn't Its tleket baat scooped in the Nominating Convention ht fey ani two years before that, and na tne bnek 44 anybody cunremembor? ‘Tho 1-0, tsn'ta Coo County paper, anyhow. Itotreulates excluslyely in the backwoods, ———- Tue Cleveland Herald hurls x frlghttut namo at Tin Titnunn and other newspapers which opposo tho reimposition of the quinine blood tax for the benefit of Powers & Welght. man, of Phitadelphin. It calls than “Soctaligte, Thoy can stand anything moro oasity than that, even to belug referred to na De Golyer'sCone gresstonnl lobbyists for patent rotten wood, Pavements, —_—_—_ Sranney Martiews didn't eare to como out squarety for Grant in hls Cincinnat! apecch, Tho verbatim report of bis specch reads ns ful jows? By some possibility, by son jn sone impuilsot do net khowsrtho tran vention ipuy tuko It Into tholr beads to nomtuinto Ulysses 8. Grant, Lwantyou to understand tig‘ + Ihave not recommended it; 1 suld that ny be they might do it. — Rearvy, if the Democratic leaders inst upon nominating an alleged Democrnt who - didn't bellovo in Secession in 1860, they will have to taku David Davis, tho friend of Abmbom Lincoln, ‘The South may not lke this any better ‘thin It did the nomination ef Hornee Greeley; and tho North doesn’t propose to vato the Dem: ogratie ticket, whetheror no. It’s a quecr aituas uon. Lirrie Tuthill means well, but he's too fresh Jn politics. At tho Pacifle Hotel meeting ‘ho spoko for 10,347 votors on tho West Bide, int ono of whom had mado him n proxy; and ho spoke 80 vallantly and so long that bo used up allthe timo allowed tho district. Now tittle Tuthill must take a back sont, and glyo tho 10,048 other voters in that district a chance, ——- Senator RAxporu's interest in the ense of Fitz Johu Porter, his neighbor and intimate friend for yenrs, 1s credited by Washington) gosalp to the $10,000 or more tho Senator hus lent! his neighbor. Benator Vest's devotion to Jay Gould's raid on tho Indian Territory (s nscribed, by tho samo authority to bis investments in Missourl, Kansas & Toxns stocks ——- Jon B, InNpenson Is to address an antl Grant meotingin St, Louis Thursday night. ‘The St. Louls Globe calmly advises a concerted effort ‘on behalf of tho “ boomstors ” to pack the méct= ing and got controt of it, Whon this {s done, tha manngers will porhaps pass resolutions denoune elng *dlctation” and" bulldozing” by opponents of tho third term, THREE ox-Governors—Boutwell, Claflin, and Rice—will bo dolegates-ut-luryo froin Base sachusetts to Chi and they uro Grant men, ~Buffalo Commerctal Advertiser, ‘This is a caso of counting the chickens befora they aro hatched, Soventy-eight out of eighty. four delegates thus fur olected are instructed ugninst tho third term, Most of the political virtue in this country has tukon rotuge in tho Northwest; and overy State in tho Northwest that has beon heurd from thus far {s opposed to a third torm, Htinols will bo tho lust to speak, and It scoms probable now that sho will omphnsize tho verdict of her alster States—Indlana, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, —_—_ Wnuo are tho bolters and bulldozers, any- how? Gon. Grant says be would have bolted’ Bristow, if nominated; and Ros Conkling tries to have it understood that he witl lot New York ko by default if Blaine is nominated, This fen't “Joyalty to tho party. Tue “boomsters” who packed political Convontions in midwinter to forestall the action of a National Convention calted to mect in mide ‘summer, now whine about “dictation” ond “ bulldozing." —-— Tie racket against the third term will grow Ivelior and livelicr between now and the I0tlwof May. Oillco-seckors who don't want to get burt would bettor got out of tho way. Wnex the 1-0. gets white about tho gills and swears three tines n day that overything Is lovoly, wise mon know ita Jig ia up, Its sad work—being John's organ. Tum machine syndicate, having act up tho ping, declares that anybody whu knocks them down {a 2 bolter and n bulldozer, But that sot of brag can't frighten anybody, Ir it wero not for the overpowering obll- ations incurred by that whisky panion, tho Bly Louis @.-D. would not hinve gono buck on Its first love, James G, Blaine, —— Wuex Senator Logan tinds two of is favorit sons on tho Wost Sido on tho Executive Committee of the Blaino Club ho must feel & ttle queer, Buarne has gained two States that were not counted for bin {n 1876—Indluna and Michie gan—and ho has us yot not lost ono Stato that be had thon. es! I's yory Importunt to the Senntorlul Syn dicato and thotr hangors-on that thoro should bo athird term, but it Isn't important to anybody olse, . ‘Tue third-term ildod was by the mark 10 At the Utica Convention; it's now by tho mur) 0, and shouling vory fuat. ph - Tie Boom" fg getting cold 1n the ox tromitica, and {ta broath contos thick and short. *Poraticat, taxes havo holes, Now ts tho thine 40 consult thom, + PERSONALS, By the way, who ty Bon Butler's fret choice? Wantof timo was the only thing that pro- vented Gon, Logan from giving tho Porter caso tho oyorbauling It really desurved, Tho DIN to prohibit plywon-shooting In Thoda Island has become a law, aud Eotunflct the Ives of people In Connecticut will not oudangerod by reckless sportsmen, Most people were on Senator Logan's side in the Portor mattor, but oven tho moat hardened of his admirers should drop a ailont tour for nr Engllsh language which ho lft ehatterod in bl wake. ee at .'Pho Rov. Henry Ward Beoohér, In hls sormon Inst Sunday, sald, “ Whon'a cbure! 7 frog of debt it begins to dio," If this ty a hove no fonr for tho gunerul health of tho churches, An experienced Chicago matron, wltose akill is attosted by the fuct that sho bas See fully married. of throo daughters, euys Ut 9 young man in the parlor ia worth two at front gate, - 7 Ever since Gon. Grant dls: binself in aprivate box ut the theatre at Mudrid after dinner party ho has adopted tho plan of total abstinence. He was told, whon propatiog for his trip to India, that his life depondod upot abstincaco, as indylgence in that bot olinte would bo fatal, Ho adopted tho advice, nn Hinds {t 60 sulutary that ho still adbures