Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 12, 1880, Page 4

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Clark street, between Washlugton and Randolph, “The Love of ‘I'wo Sailors,” WASHINGTON CHAPTEI, NO. 41, It, A, M.—-Spe- ela) Convocation thie Feiiiay, eventing at eK, Ree are aneneitade Be mata yr the tle seas Cora EAS, Ile WHIGIET, Secretary. WAUBANSIA LODGH, No, 10, A, Fe and Rexilar Cammuntention this (eridny) evening at sharp. Work on ‘Third Degree. Vleltiny cordhany tavte i Wa. wOstin, We ble 1 J.B, CHURCH, Bec. COVENANT LODGE, NO, fh A ecial Communication this (Friday) tb Kingic-nt. ot iiors cordially tn nd A. M.— it Ce. ye ae elock, for iy onlar tit; Bec. 8 ginthing:Uatte Bs § Important work. Geo, Ar Walt We FRIDAY, MARCIL 12, 1880. Tur Zulu war cost England $2,690,000, and all ia not peace In South Africa even “now, Tue English Ministers ask for $407,425,000 'r° to carry on the Governuent for the year Fea | 1880-1581, : Tue Nihilists have expressed themselves asinost grateful to the peuple of Parls for using thelr Iniluenee In preventing the ex- tradition of Hartmann The Emperor of Russia and Gen. Melikof are not Mkely to + follow suit. Tur Supreme Court of this State yester- day declded that the General Revenne Inw of 1877 “has only reference to the mode of assessing and collecting taxes, and not to the rate of taxation, which Is fixed by the Con- stitution and the special charters of elties, Jupar: Roaexs tn the Cireutt Court yes- terday deelded that under no eircumstances cnn a Town Collector retain 3 per cent com- anissions on the amount of his collections, but he must turn inte the Town Treasury all sums in excess of tho compensation voted hn by the Town Board. Dos Casenos was informed by gentlemen yesterday that they considered the Instructions of the Harrisburg Convention binding ouly on the delegates-at-large, and that many of the district delegates would vote for Blane dn accordance with the Ine struction of the District Conventions, ‘Tre further etforts af tha English Liberal lenders to promote harmony and secure unity of action sgiong the warring factions of thelr party are reported ta have been eminently | successful, ‘The Radicals have mado many 3." concessions for the common good, and the Tie House Connnittee on Appropriations ® Mave decided to report in favor of Incor- « porating an item of $600,000 in the Special » Detieivncy bill, for the pay of United States Marshals and Deputies, ‘The grant will’ be " recommended without any restrictions, So much fur the extra session and the attitude gp siccessfully snalntained by President Bayes. Tue Missourl Republicans will sotect i delegates to the Chicago Convention at “Sedalia, April 8 ‘This date iy sald to by “favorable to the chances of Gen, Grant, whose backers oblained control of the State ++ Central Connnittee yesterday, and, having of. deposed the Chairman, Mr. George IL Shields, , & Blaine man, eleeted Chauncey A. Filey, the leader of the machine men, fn his stead, i, ‘THe Chancellor of the Exchequer reported ‘to the House of Commons yesterday a fall: ing off tn the revenue of $11,000,000, and a deficit In the budget of some $10,800,000, ; fhe Liberals will be able to make consider sable political capital out of thesa ilgures, John Bull ls very tender about his purse, and willaot be Hkely to rally to any very great extent around the purty which has misman- aged the tnanees of tha country, eae serenannemmeens ‘Tue Fitz John Porter caso has finally been : put out of sight by the adoption In the Sen- ate of a motion to lay the Dit on the table, subject to bu enlled up by a majority yote, This disposal of the matter was effected without a contest, tho Democrats being only too glad to got ri of un uncomfortable load, “white the Republicans, who have come off with fylng colors from the Held of debate, ure content ty Ivt well enough nlone, , As TIME progresses It becomes more and More evident that Secretary Sherman has no earthly chance to secure the Presidential :nomfnation ut the Chieago Conyention, until cit hag now come to be a mutter of considera- ble doubt’ whethor he will by able even to secure tho united presentation of his uawe by his own State, Yesterday's meet- vdug of the Oho itepublican State Central Comuuittes developed a surprising strength lon’ the part of the antl-Sherman cle snent, 10s supporters were In fact shown to be in a milnorily in the ‘ Comufttee, and the distinctively Sherman “proposition to hold the State Convention ‘during the present month was defeated, and } i 4 man would do well to take time by the fore- luck nud withdraw altogether from a raco In which he ls doomed to cut a very sorry tig- ure If ho remains In tho field. to be a virtue on the part of tho decent peo- ple of San Francisco, and tho Sand-Lot dem- amog was arrested yesterday on a charge of misdemeanor, based on his violent haranguo ata meeting of workinginen Inst Tuesday night. Ie was afterwards reteased on ball, It Is to be hoped that ona hearing of tho ense Dennis will bo retired to the privacy of an apartment in the San Pranelsco Jall. ——— at Mraukfort, Ind, yesterday morning ter wen wero killed. They had gathered In the boiler-room for warmth Just prier to tha liour for going to work, and not one of the Mimbereseaped. The fact that the boller was. an oll and defective one, together with the probability that colt water was pumped {1 upon the heated surface of the flues, is the theory upon which the terrible explosion 13 accounted for. evening In the stenmer Gallic, Before leav- ing ho assisted {1s organizing a branch Land League to codperate with the kindred orgun- {zation steamer, escorted by the Sixty-ninth Regi- ment, he was enthustastically cheered, Ie returns to Ireland with pleasant imp of America, and proposes to come back fu a month or so to renew hi: have ngreed to add to the Deticiency bill $000,000 for the payment of Marshals aud thelr General Deputies, but falls tomake any provision for the payment of Special or Election Depntics, notwithstanding the re- cent dectsion of the Supreme Court declar- Ing their employment legal and constitution: al The Republicans wilt make nn effort to add to the billthe sum necessary to pay tho Special Deputies. the Amerlean Whenever the Government deems the valua- tlon ploced on fmports by the importer too low, or for any other reason, it has the privi- lege of takin the goods at the Imposter’s city, Ex-Unlted States Senator John B, Patience with Dennis Kearney has ceased By the explosion of aboller In a ftax-mill Mi. Pause galled from’ Now York fast in Iretand, On his way to the labors. Tur Tlouse Committee on Appropriations Sn Tim Fort Wayne Grand Jury, which has for some time been ‘engaged tn investigating charges of inhuman treatment of tho in- mates of the County Asylum in that town, been ers will probably remove Spice, the Snperin- tendent of the Institution, but it would nap- pear from the charges made that something more than & removal was necessary, nnd that Mr. Spica would adorn o.cell toa degree only second to the Rev. Cowley. reports that tho charges fully sustained, have ‘The Commissylon- ——_—— Junar Kenny created quite 0 sensation {n the House yesterday by stating that he had been offeruit a bribe by ona Nat McKay, of Philadelphia, 1€ he should vote fn favor of admitting high-grade sugars on low-grade tariff rates. Afr, Kelley also stated that an. effort was made by the Philadelphia poll- ticians to intimidate hiin into voting In the same way contrary to his own Judgment. Tig has always maintained a reputation for sterling tntegrity and public honesty which may well exelte the envy of most public men, and It is not at all surprising that he resented the offer of n bribe as n gross insult, McKay In a letter to Speaker Randall {udignantly de nies the truth of Judge Kelloy’s charges, and demands an investigation. Arrnovar the Liberal leaders have re- pudlated all sympathy with tho Jlome-Ruters, the governing body of that organization have issued an appeal to the Irish people In Great Britain to support tho Liberal candidates; and ta work carneatly and actively ta pre- vent the elcetion of Beaconsflelt's followers, who are denounced as demngogs secking to retain offlee by promoting dissensions ant hatred between the Irish and the Engiish people, leaders have shown great good sense. When they have helped to oust the ‘Jingoes,? and secured some measure of Jaud reform, and atextension of the franelilse, it will be time enough to agitate for Home-Rule, In advising this course the Irish Mr. Granstons, In his address to the elvctors of Mid-Lothian, charges the ‘Lory party with having endangered tho union with Ireland by maintaining there an allen Church, unjust land Jaws, and a restricted franchise; and remluds Lord Beaconsfield of the unfortunate meaning of the word “as- cendency” as applied to that country, Mr. Gladstone defends the colonial policy of the Liberals, and maintains that the results have Juatified thelr course, present Mintstry for ts neglect of home legislation, for the Increase of public bur- dens during a period of distress, and for Its mischfovous, necdless, and dishonorable for- elgn polley, which has aggrandized Russta, Ie denounces the rtlned ‘Purkey, aud loaded India with an unjustifiable debt. ‘Tm Argentine Confederation In South Amerien bas recently framed a new tarlif, levying 9 duty of 6 per cont on exports and ® reasonable tariff on iinports, ‘Uhis taritt contalns a new feature in tariff legislation which seems (o have escapei the attention of inanufacturers of — tarlifa, own yaluntion, vaylug therefor within forty: eight hours after tho inspection of the goods. Under this arrangement, Importers are not Hkety to practice anyserlous undorvaluations to esxenpe duty, because the Government may take the goods and put them on the market at thelr real value. Perjury In undervalua- tlons Is, therefore, & dangerous busluess In Buenos Ayres, ; ——_ agulust a third term in St. Louls found oxpression last evening in the form of an immense mass-niveting, which 1s deserlbed a3 one of the largest and finest po- litical assemblages ever held fn that Tne feelin Henderson was the leading spoaker of the eyaning, and his earnest, vigorous protest against the ery for a “strong man’! and a “strong Government” called forth manifestations of approval which’ showed that hla apprehensions of danger and dia- aster to the Republican party as tho result of tho trlumph of the third-term movement wore fully shared by his Inrgo and Intelligent auditory, It Is very evident that the men who control the machine fn St, Louis do not control public sentiment, and that while they may be able to bring to the Chicago Convention a delegation packed to sorve thelr personal onds, they will pot suecced In atif_lng strong expressions of dissent like thatof the big meeting of last night at St. Louis. . —_—_——_——— ‘Tn sult interest had its day beforo the Monsy Committes on Ways and Means yes- terday, aid through Congressmen Hiscock and Horr, representing respectively the salt producing districts of Syracusoand Saginaw putliua strony protest agalust the pending DIL to abot lsh the duty onsalt, Afr. Iscuck showed that the manufacture ef salt ts attended with profit of 50 per cent, but contended nevertheless that these manufuct- urers would be rulned by the removal of the existing duty of 8 cunts per 100 pounds, Mr. Horr made the sumo representation in behalf of Saginaw, -alleging that the patriotic manufacturers of that region have steadily lost mony for twonty years ln order to prevent tho savoring of tho food of Amor- {enn citizens with salt produced tuider the despotic Government of Canta, albolt: the product of the Iatter was equally good and farcheaper. Mr. Horr’s soul revolted ata very practical suggestion from Mr, Morrison, that these Michigan saltmakors retire from a business that has proved so disastrous and allow the country to bo supplied with salt from over tha border. would never, no naver, consent to forego the felicity of producing salt ata loss so long as tho fount of liberty was in any danger of being polsoned by tholmportation of 4 foreign article, Ills constituents ew Tue latest oMeint reports from Washing- ton show that the tide of foreign imanigra- {low tuto the United States fs inereasing aban enormous rate ag compared with Inst yenr,— the total number arrived at the Port of New York during the month of February, 1850, bolng 3,525, against 2,818 in the same month, of 1879, and the total number nrrived at the game port in the twelve months to the end of February was 147,003, against 83454 in the same time last year. ‘Chose figures show that In the Inst month the Lumigration {s Increns- ing at more thin double tho rate it was a few months doubtless due to the affairs In. Europe. ‘The number of fmmi- grants from Germany in February, 1880, was nearly equal to the total number from all parts of the world in the same month of 1879. ‘The people of that part of Europe begin to apprehend the probability of belug drafted into the army, and they prefer to live in a eotntry where there is no such thing to fear. Besldos this ts the attraction of the prospect of accnimulating wenlth in the new States of the West. But, whatever tho cause, ft begins to be apparent that the year 1880 will witness tho largest immigration States ever known, ogo, This grent Incrense 1s disturbed state of into the United Comurssionnn WanLEn merits the ap proval of the general public for hisletter to the City Connell on the subject of dredging the river. ous dredging In the river {s now obvious. The Conmissioner estimates that a good dredge and six scow-boats can be obtalued for $40,000, With this plant the City Engl- neer estlinntes the work of dredging ean be executed, Jucluding the cost of townge, atn cost of 10vents per cuble yard. ‘Tho necessity of almost continu- This esti- matte covers all the distances in the river from the dumping-ground, The Connnis- sioner states that lust year the dredging in the river cost an avorage of 88cents per cuble yard, and, this difference between J and 16 cents per cuble yard on the amount exeavat- ed equaled $34,083 in one year's work. Un- der thesc circumstances the Controllor wisely advises that the City Council make the appropriation for the purchasu of the dredge, and that it will then, at . compara- tively. reduced cost, much greater and better service than is now possible under the contract system. The Counctl has before it an item in the appropriations of $25,000 for the purchase of a fire-engine boat, to be employed on the river. boat, which must bo practically uscless ouc- half the year, and In danger of being burned up, and apply that moncy to the purchase of a dredge-boat. ‘Tho river will henceforth stand tn need alwayg of dredging before and be able to render Suppose the Conncil omit tho fire- during the season of navigation, A dredge Is wanted pressingly nt this thme,’as, owing tothe low water Jn the river and the bars that have been deposited during the winter, it will bo very dificult for many of the ves sels now loaded In the river to get.out, ‘Tho nature of the work fs such that there can be no competition, and the city ls always com- pelled to pay such rates ag may bedemanded. Under these cireumstances the Commissioner adyisesas an economlenl measure that the eity purchase [ts own machinery, and accom- plish twice the work at less than the present cost, economlzing the cost of the ninehinery Jn two years’ service. Council will appro Itis to be hoped the va the recommendation, HOW TO MAINTAIN THE MONROE D0C TRINE, A prominent member of Congress {8 re- ported ns suying that there will be consid- erable opposition to the resolution reported by the Intereceanle Canal Conunittee, which sustulng the Monroe doctrine.” ‘This oppo- sition, aecordlng to the same authority, will bo based, not upon any hostility to the Mon- roe doctring itself, but on the ground that Congressional renssertion thereof in connec- tion with the Isthinus-Canal scheme will be tantamount toa declaration of war, which the. United States Government 1s In no posi- ton to wage ngalnst a forelgn Power. “Such a war would be on the water,” says tls gen- Ueman, “and we have no navy; wo haven't aship that is safe to send to sen with an Armament andcrew; wo haven’t nn gun inour navy (except on the monitors, which are not seaworthy) that avill pierce an Inch fron wate.” It must by confessed that this state- ment is a succinct summary of the reporton the coniition of the American navy which was recently mudy by tho Naval Comuittes of tholfouse. * It ta clenr from this statement of the ease that the effective way to indintaln the Mon- roe doctrine is nat by Executive messages and = pronunclamentos nor Congressional resolutions, but by placing the American navy ina condition that will command the respect of foreign Powera who desire to vio- Jnte the Monroe ‘doctring, and assure the de- fense of Amerlean rights whenoyer thoy shall bo attacked or threatened, ‘The presunt Congress may find ln this work an oppor- tunity to atone for the general inactivity and Blugelsiness of the present session. 1f there shall boa formidable opposition to the reso- lution giving oxpression to tho Monroe doc- trine simply becauso it will be abvlously absurd to nssert that doctrine In mere phrases whilo the Government fs In nowlse prepared to maintain tt, then Jt will be the duty of Congress to devise the ways and means of rehabilitating the American navy; and Congress, having nothing else before It which the Democratle majority will venture to Approve, wlll have no excuse for avoiding that duty. The way to restore the American navy to an effective condition ty plain enough, ‘This year’s estimates for the support of the naval eatublishment call for 814,500,000, It a man- ifest folly to spend this enormous sum of money every year to sustain a nuvy that would be utterly {mbeelle in case of a for elgn war, ‘The first step In tho way of im- proving tho American nayy would be to fure lough the great insjority of tho officers and mildules at half-pay, lay up the obsolete, rot- ten, and useless hulks, reduce the current expenditures to about $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 annttally for the next two or three years, and spend the money thus saved, amounting to $10,000,000 or $13,000,000 a year, In the con- struction of ilrat-class war-vesauls ant the purchase or construction of niodern and ef- fective armament, ‘The noxt step would be to sell off to the highest bidder tho wooden ships and tho vast accumulation of fron in old-fushfoned gung aud useless Lron- clada, and set aside the proceeds for the new construction fund, The present ships of the Anmvrican navy are too slow to escape pure sult and not fast enough to overtake an ene iy, like the mangy cur thas could not catch the fox nor get away.from the wolf, They ure, with rare exceptions, of the old style of ship that would go down at the first shot from one of the new-fashioned rifled guns, MARCI 12 1880—' VELVE PAGES. and nt the same timo carry A kind of atma- ment that would not make a dent In tha Nahtest of the improved tronclads of other nationa, Let all the useless rubbish of the navy-yards be sokt off, and only the few ships retained In nective services which could be made useful In thue of need. ‘Tho third step would bo to begin at once the wark of build. Ing new ships of war and converting the old smooth-bore puns fnto rifled cannon, The best talent of Europe, as well ns this coun- try, should be brought Into service, and tho policy should be that tho Amerienn navy, no matter how small, should compare In quality fn be abla to cope In eflicteney wilh a sim- Nar establishinent belonging to. any other Power. It ts not untikely that any one of the Great Powers of Europe would now treat with contempt any menace of an aggressive war on the part of the United States in defense of Atmertean cftizens or American principles, ‘The skoleton of the Amerlenn army might be rapidly and effectively filled wp to 50,000 or 60,000 men for defense Incase of attack, but We should bo foreeil to submit over and over nmin to indignities and insults before an attack upon a foreign Power on the sea would be ventured, If tho Improvement of tho navy be postponed till the actual menned of n foreign war shall confront the Natlon, then untold millions will be wasted and squandered in hurrled preparation, and the contractors will reach deeply {nto the public ‘Trensury, and furnish material which, in the end, will be no more servivenble than’ the poor stuf iow on hand. In the, mean- thane, © foreign naval 'Power could striko the Americans heavy blows upon tho high seas and nt our urcat seaport cities that would cost the country tenfold more than tho amount of money which, expanded tia deliberate and judicious manner, would fur- nish the Government with a respectable and adequate naval establishment. ‘The best res- olution Congress could pass in support of the, Monroe doctrine would be In the shape of a bill providing for the gratual {improvement of tho naval catablishinent upon tho plan that lag been suggested, THE 80HOOL APPROPRIATIONS. The stump speech of Mr. Duane Doty, Superintendent of Public Schools, in favor of magnificent appropriations for now school- bulldings and sites was an evidence of the average intelligence which governs * Board” estimates. Tho first duty which a Superin- tendentora Board thinks fs due to the pub He is to advise and urge the largest possible expenditure of other peopte'a money in the lenst possible time and for the least possible rerviec. Under tho Insplration of Doty the Board of Education had asked for some $1,056,000 to be raised this year by taxation for schools, The Finance Committee had ad- vised o reduction of this sim to $820,000, which, considering it a special tax levy, was Hberal; but Mr. Doty thinks the reduction Is negreatecalamity, He gravely estimates that the number of children in the city has doubled since 1870, which estimate is not sus- tained by the Intermediate enumerations, and which, If true; would put the total population of this city far beyond any reasonable expectation, Mr. Doty is also nnich out of the way when he assumes that the thousands of chifdren now attending private schools and nendemies, and the varlous parochial schools, do so because of 0 want of room In the publle schools, This ts not warranted by the facts, ‘Ihe public schools are inalnly oceupled by children of tho Infant classes; the grammar divisions are thinly attended, the faet belng the schools are graded to thelr impoverishment. While the infant classes aro oferrun, the clusses avove the point of bare reading, writhng, and enumeration are thinly ‘attended, As the grades of classes rise, the uttendance dwin- dles rapily. Mamnoth school-bulldings are not wanted, nor are they adapted for the small children who mainly attond Mr. Doty’s schools. ‘ Tho City Council, while aware that Its power to tax for schools ts unlimited, should remember that to tax excessively ls tyrannous. Because the power to tax:for general pure poses Is Hinited, it dovs not follow that there- fore the tax for schools must be extravagant, 'The school-buildings now In course of eree- tlon, and those tobe bullt out of the tax of 1870, ns well as those provided for in the present ordinance, are enough to exhaust the means of a peoplo who have during the Jast threo years pakd so heavily to rescue the city from bankruptcy, ‘Ihe schools belong to the public; the taxes to pay for new ones and to support thom have to bs paid by the people; Itts thelr money and not Mr, Doty’s money that he ls asking te be expended, and when he snys that a fallure to levy a school tax for less than a million of dollars is disgraceful, Mr. Doty forgets that he is a subordinate, and not the employer, and ‘that If he Js so disgusted with the parsimony of Chicago he ean speedily and castly shake the dust of the elty from his shoes and seek u more con- Kenial resting-pluce, NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND STATE 8UBJECTION THERETO, To the Bultor of The Uhteugo Tribune. Cucado, March 11.—1n one uf your edltorlats of this morning you snys It han bean supporcd that tho War for the presorvas Hints, which cunt the North au isany thousands of true and jo nany willows of dollars, Had muttied thie matter the fesurved rights uf the States) fur all tine uw cum, In July, 1861, for the purpose of bringing to the Gvnoral’ Government, in its efforts to put down the Hebeltion, the mifted suppurt of Detnocrats and Hila Cougress pussed the folowing rosolutions Resolved, Thut tho War ta not prosecuted on our part in any spirit of upprat tor any peposy u| Conquest or subjumtion, + but to durant ty juNtuutn che wupromag; Canatitition, wnd to prowurvy to Union with wll the dlicnity, ‘equullty, and Fights of the sevural Btatea unimpalred, und ae boon ba those objects uro aeeviuplistiud the War ousbs to o p ‘hia resolution pasacd tho House on the 22d of July, by a yoto of 117 for it and only ¥ ngalust it. It paged tho Sonate on the sith of July by a voto of W far te and only 6 agiiust It. Wil you be kit Gnough ty tell your reaters: when and how tho tate Civil War became o. “ War for tho subjection of tho States"? HG, BM It Js.a thankless task to undertake the eon- version of the extreme Statesovercignty ad- younte who has carried bis heresy beyond the War of the Rebellion; but the difiiculties of such an undertaking are immeasurably tne erensed when such a person elther willfully or ignorantly resorts to a confusion of torms inorder to gain an advantage In argument, ‘Tie 'Trmuye, ln commenting upon tho do termined elfort In Virginia to nullify the con- stitutions! amendments, and the United States laws that have grown out of those aunendments, spoke of the. War as having been waged for“ the preservation of the Union and the subjection of tho States,”"—that Is, the subjection of the alxtoen rebelling States to the Union and the Constitution, as amended and reconstructed, ‘Thereupon “3, G, 31" quotes a Congressional resolution of July, 1861, before the fighting begun, which de- clared that the War would not be prosecuted “for any purpose ofconquest or subjugation,” What possible connection have these two state. ments ? ‘There was no intention of conquering and holding the rebelling States na aubjugated |, proyinees, nor has this been done, There was a purpose, howeyer, to subject those States toa recognition of the Natlonal authority as set forth In the Constitution, and ta compel obedience thereto, not only as It was, but as it has been amended and as it fs. If that was not the logle of the War for tho over- throw of rebelllon and presérvation of the Union, then the War was 0 usvless and wicked waste of energy, money, and human {lfe, “HL, G. AL” is evidently ono of those who belleye that the State of Nebraska or tho State of Colorado. or any one of tho twenty-seven Btates that have been ushered Into existence since the formation of the original thirteen, haaa mysterious and tn herent “sovoreignty” that is paramount to the sovereignty of the National Govern. ment which nity and rights of Stato existence, This Is m paradox which cannot bo seriously discussed, The State of Virginia, it Is true, was one of tha original thir- tcon ‘States, It was alsoone of those which cluimed and attempted to assert an ine dependent sovereignty that warranted It Jn seceding from tha Constitution and Union, The people of the Anwrlenn Nation dented his treasanable pretenston, and forced the State to return to ts allegiances and obvy the supremo law of the innd. For tho better pro- tection of National soveretgnty and Individ- til rights, the Constitution of the United States was amended in essential paris, and the States which had endeavored to setup an Independent Government were recon: btritcted to fit into the new condition of things, This ts the “subjection” which Tite Tninune insists upon, and whieh “1... ML" and the Virginia nalliflers would deny. ——— THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT AND THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. Lord Beacousticld has given notice of a dssolution of the British Parliament anda fresh appeal to the popular wilh This Par- ament has now been in session over six years, and though by the statutes itwould have expired Ina year longer by Mmiltation, atfalrs taye reached that erlsls, especially with regard to Ireland, where he wishes to ascertain the popular sentiment, and he takes this method to dogo, ‘This admirable proc- ess of intercommunteation between Gov- ernment and the people suggests the neccs- sity of aradical change In our manner of electing Congressmen, sv aa to obtain a Congress which represents the sentiment of the people. ‘The English Premier announces the dissolution for the Sth of tho present month. Within a month from that tine there will be # new election, and new mem- bers, fresh from the people, wilt be sent to Parliament. ‘This election will ascertain the sentiment of the English people upon all the important pending questions, will decide whether the old Parilament was in sympathy with that sentiment, and will result In the assemblage of a body of Jegisiutors who will represent the wishes of tho people, Within sixty days from tho time of announcing the dissolution n new Parliament will be In session, freshly Instivyetadl by the people, and representing thelr views upon every issue of home and forelgn policy, and, if the people's views are not in accordance with those of the Government, Lord Beaconsfield will “step down and out.” Mow is it with our Congress? Next fall wo shall elect a Housc of Representatives, be- sides. a President, State officers, and legista- tors, amid all the heat and exeltement of a stirring National campalgn, foughtover fresh issues, which the Congressmen-slect will represent. “Within a month afterwards Con- gress will assemble. What Congress? By every rule of equity and justice it should be the new one, fresh from the people, and rep- resenting the sentiment of the people and the policies they wish to havo enrried out. Instead of this, although tho election may. result In a Republican success, the present Democratic Congress will hold over another year. Elected upon dead and gone Issues, misrepresenting the people, in reality representing nothing at all, It will go on making appropriations, enacting new laws and revising old ones, without any warrant from the people and contrary to the views of the electors nx expressed In tho election. The Presidentin! votes wilt bo counted by this Congress, elected upon entirety different issues, and it will be within thelr power to. count ont and throw out votes and subvert the will of the people, when by every prin- clple of justice they have ag little right to perform this oflice as the Legislature of Ilt- noi, ‘The new Congress will not take its place until thirteen months after the election, and meanwhile this miserable lap-over must occur with a Congress in session that does not represent 9 single issue passed upon by the people in the election, In the face of this most absurd of all ine consistencles no movement has ever been made to correct the monstrous absurdity, though the remedy isa very simple one, and the peopla would bo delighted to sco It applied at once, Of course, any ‘proposition to change the modo of electlon would at once by met with a protest from Congress that It did not want to lose a year’s emolu- ments and buncombe; but this could be easily met by a statute to tako effect In tho future. A constitutional amendment pro- viding that the next House should hold for three years, and after that for two years or for ono year, and after that for two years, would even it up and match the Presidency, and thus a Congress, fresh trom the people nnd representing the people, like the English Parliament, would meet in Washington a month after tho elec- tion, ‘The people would willingly ratify the nnendinent, for there is nothing under which they chafe go much as wlsrepresentation, By tis method a cause of mischtef and trouble in tho operation of tho Government would ba removed, logistation reflecting, the wishes of tho people would be cnacted, the people themselves would bo brought into closer communication with the Government, and the miserable conflicts which distract this country every few years would be avolded, as well as tho necessity for revising legisla- tlon made by those who do not represent the senthnent of the country, —_—_——— For the first time since 1874 there Is to be what fa called a general election throughout England, Seotlund, Wales, sud Ireland for Membors of Partlament. Both parties have onllsted in the campaign with vigor and ener- wy; both parties have issued their platforms, aud the canvass will be entered upon at once, ‘The canvass will bea short one; the pres- ent Parliament will be dissolved March 24, and the writs to the Shoriffs ordering a new election will be Issued noxt day, and the elec tions will take place aome time in April, and the new Parliament will ngssemble In May, ‘The British House of Commons consists of 853 membors, elected by arbitrarlly clussed districts, ‘Chus, representatives are elected ln. “cotntles,” “boroughs,” and “universi- ex." Citles ara classed ay boroughs, ‘The strength of tho Tory ur Conservative party {s to be found malnty in the Kuglish counties where the largo landed catates ure altuated, In the present House the Consurvatives have 50 majority, The classificatlon and potitles of the preacnt members muy bo thus stated; English counties. ST Knglish boroughs, Ws Universities, u pty 4 uM Ei a} m1 aT Bl oo Seotch ncinbei a ‘Totuls..... tol Tory majority in: England, 113; Liberal majority Ju Wales, 13; In Ireland, 37; In Scot- land, 24. The expectations of the Liberals aru that they will make largo gains In Scotch counties, in Lreland, and in the English conferred upon it the dig. oltlea, aud these ging aro expected to be so many that the Liberal majority will be from forty to sixty, On the other hand, the Con- servatives, who are now In power, expect on aecount of the anti-Irish feeling to gain many inembera In English and Scoteh elties andl in English counties, enabling them to hatd not only thelr present majority but to inerenso ft. ‘The Conservatives aro now fn power aud have at thelr disposal the whole patronage and power of the Government; that party is also strengthened by the persontl suvport aud favor of the Queen and the Royal Fam- Hy, the Queen especially holding Disraeli in high estimation, while her disike of Gtnd- stone Is by no means concealed, The tion Is Co he severely contested, aid the ex- penditure it is estinmted will aggregate many tillions of dollars. ‘Mough the En- glish law is very stringent on the subject of bribery, the expenditures of nan election con- test are so enormous that they dwarf every- thing of that kind In this country. —_— Tus Southern States tinve been very rest- Ive under whut thoy have been pleased to call “tha yoko” of the Nattonal Unton; yet ft Is an undoubted fact that but forthe National Union thoy would long ago haye lapsed into the cone dition of the South American Ropubtics, Sup. pose, us was contemplated at ono tino, two Contederagies hud beon formed after the War ofthe Revolution, instoad of one, the Slave States and tho Free States uniting soparntoly for mutt! protection and support.’ Would tho Slave States alone haye buen able to resist fore elgn aggression, to subjugate tho Creeks and the Seminotes, to buy up Florida and Loulslana, to subdue Mexteo, and ta carry on the functlons of a gront aud Independent Gov- ernment? Jt is more probalite, on tho other hand, that they would have fallen a victim to tho wiles of Spanish diplomacy, which would at Joast have cout them the mouth of tho Missis- slppl and couped them up between the doyil and the decp ava, The truth fs, the South has always contributed lesa to the National Government than it has drawn thorefrom; and atill, with characteristic ingratitude, that section contin- ‘wally clvmore against * tho onororachmonta of Federal power,” and attempts to create the im- pression that It hus boon cheated by the com- pact between the States, But for tho National Union the whole South would now be tho proy- Jnee of w foreign Power, or an aggregate of petty Repudlies, cach winble to develop tts: own ree sottrees and to protect itself from domestic in- surreetion or forelyn Invasion, en Tir peroration of Carpenter's speech in tho Sennte on the Fitz John. Porter case was an tnti-climax, and ralsed a lnugh, oven from the spenker's best frionds, ‘Tho worda wero: ‘This Inst act muy be nected to convince tho Amerlean beaply tht to fueure a proper. diae erimdiation beticcen virtue and vice, 1x tho pry per unishment upon disloyalty, and hold rebelllon: In cheek, we need in the White House onee more the steady hand, tho cuol head, and the patriotic heart of U. 3. Grant, ‘The correspondent of tho Philadeiphin Times tells of what followed tho delivery of thisamaz- ing sentence in the Senute Chamber: Tho closing sentence wits 80 unexpoat edly. fut, and wenk that oyery one presont, aven Conkling and the other Grant leaders, broke out into a hugh, and a good deal of the cifect of the ry ment was atloust limmediately deatroyed, Ca penter himself seomed to reniize the woakness: of bis peroration, for ho turned nround a3 soon ag ho had uttered tho lat word and wilked back, Jaughing, to tho clonk-room, Tt was funny to note the efeat on Gon, Sherman, who was in= tensely interested in the apecoh; Aw soon ns Grant's nume wis mentioned his faco lost Sts eager look, and he left the chamber, When Mr, Carpenter himaelf laughs ot his own fustinn he can't expect the American people to believe ho fs in carnest. AN uncommonly sensible resolution Is that adopted by the Ropubiicans of Lyons County (Ky) at thetr late Convention, It runs to this effect: Asthoruling majority of our own State fs Joined to Its Idols of ollnd prejudice, the udher- ‘ene to dend politient tases, and hindmnves to progress to such An extent that we havo uo hope of carrying this Stite for a Ropubllean noniee for President, and hence our State Convention should not, in our opinion, express a preference or lustruct its dolegates to support any partie ur indlvidunad for President, but lave them to et disercatly and wisely In) the support or such uw candidate as will unite and barinonize the Re- Publlean States, which will cleet the President; ThA oltr EensoGT propeloty and duty to the party reqtires that this State norany of the unckanye- abte Democratic Staton should forey pun tho Republican States a ticket thoy cannot hare montously and unitedly support. If Republicans in othor hopelesty Democratioa States were equally considornte and forbearing the party Convention at Chicagn might find its duty caslor and platner., ‘ James LP, Root consistently favored the nomination of Inmes G. Talne for the Prost- denoy in 1876 and 1880, FE, C. Larned as consist- ently opposed tho nomination of that statesnun then, and opposea it now. Tho J, abused Larned in 1870 for being opposed to Biaino, and. eulogizes him now for being of the samo niinds; and ft praised Root tn 1870, but xssulls him in +] 1880, though his viewa now aro precisaty what they were thon, Tho mon think na thoy did; only tho L-0. has turned a complete somoraot. In 1876 it was positive Blaine waa tho one man that could save the country; now it thinks that the third term {Is tho only hope, though in tho meantine thoro has beon uo change ln tho two candidutes, or in tho state of the country, Tho opinions of this Journalistic weathorcock are uot worthy, and fortunutely do not often ree eelye, tho attention or reapoct of sensible men, — Srvatons Conkiina and Cameron cor- dinlly hate Senator Blalne; but, if the lnst- muned {8 tho next President of tho United States, he will owo his clovation largely to his envious rivals, By narrowing tho Issuo, so that the peoplo bad to chooso between Bhuine and a third turin, Conkiug and Cumoron have given tho tormer tho two Important States of Mivhi- gin and Indinna, which ho dtd not have in 1876, A few months' longer porsbstonce ln this polloy willinako Mr. Blatuo’s nomination ulnoat ine contostuble. ‘Tus Supreme Court of Uitnels has de- eldod that a charivarl puety Is im unlawful aarcmblnge, a case Of murder fin that conned Yon coming up fram De Kalb County, somo twonty years ago a slinilardecision wis rendered In tho case of ox-Goy, Hebb, of Oblo, thon i eltizen of Minols, und who was defended by ‘Tom Corwin, A party of country Jouts ehnrl- varied hts promises upon tho ocension of his daughter's marriie; ho warned tho party olf; thoy refused to go; he shot Into tha crowd and killed a nu, dJosnrit Gi, Ca present Congressinan tram’ tho Fourteenth Told Distriet, seoms Ukoly, Judging from tho dispatches, to bo re nominated for Congress without opposition, ‘Tho (strict might go further and fare vn guod deul worse, Mr. Cumion fy one of tho most uble, use ful, and futluentint members of the Miinois delegation, Ho represonts tho State on tho Commmittes on Appropriations, in goino respects the most importunt of all, and his record bas always boon yery clean and steufght against subsidies and stenls of every deseripuon. Tue eagerness with which the Grant and Dlaine organs respeotivoly catch up the declinu- .Uon of the Hon, BH. 8, Washburno to bo a “cane didute" ig amusivg. Who cures whethor ho fan “oundidute” or not? E body kiaws per fuctly well that if the Convention at Chicago nominates bim ho will glidiy accept. Hv has not yet suld that he declines 4 nomination, which hus not beet otfored Wiree Congressman Fort was at home, looking uftor hy chances for Governor, Con- wressinan Dick ‘Townshend, of Bhuwuvctown, introduced a bill to repeal all duties on typo metal, new type, and all unsized printing. paper, which fs now on its second reading, Townshend ls vu Democrat, and Congress will most likely futhar his bill if for no other reason than that of defvatlng Fort. ‘Tite Clork of the Supreme Court at Spring- field has a nowspaper, ‘Tho Clerk says, cditori- ally: © Tho thousands of mon in thls Stato, who haye acted withthe National Groynback party have now no motive for acting with that orgune ization." The Clerk, being a Demugrut, Js quiet- ly paying the way for tho nomfinution of auothor Low Stowurd, —— Tune ts good reason to bellove that all New England outsilo of Maine will combine on Edmunds, Muny of tho bulf-way Grant papory, Mike thy Boston Advertiser, have only advocated: aw third term pan reilof frou what thoy thought Judlultly worve,—the election of str. Balog, a foo to Marsnehusetts. Tho $fartford Cor Just come out for Edmunds, and all thy tae papers have hinted atronyly in the sane Wires ton. WIth the solld vote of: New England oe, start, Edmunds woukt hives better cohanes 3 the Convention than Mr, Hayes sevined ty fave four yours ago, ie ‘Tim Itarmony Cotton Mills at Cohoos, one of tho largest in the country, have nitrenderen to tho strikers, coneeding th4 10 per cont tt. vee nate nlf bint five minsites oF the “one heme nner” "Tho effect of this, ad a matter ot course, will tg to strengthen the determinatio; of tho other strikdrs to hold out, : omnennennae Toe “Tt Morrison Literary Bireay» lays gent stress pon his war record tig py, colved an ntinost mortal wound ne For Donelson.” ‘This tallles well with bis pros ferred request in 1K to Hen: Perley poor todeop Colonel” from a” tame wherever it appeared hi the Conyressionil Directory, Ges, Simran has been interesting lim. self netively agalnst tho blll for tho rellot of Fitz John Porter, ‘The General isa pretty good quilitary erltie and a burd student when ho ts Ine tarcated (nn cnnsos and It wouldn't bo stran; if he furnished somo of the ammunition ‘that, Senator Logan used with such offect Inst week, ——— . “Senator Tromss 8. Casey, of Mount on, gon of tho Into distinguished Liout. doy, Znloc Casoy, hn consented to scramble tor the Demveratic nomination of Governor, Tom wus elvated Circult Judge Jost June, but cannot let woll-cnough alton Grex, Dernun declines to commit himselt to thy Domocracy of Massachusetts, or to adinit that he Js 2 Democrat. Io has been something of n mariner fn his duy, and owns 1 yacht bln self, but he docsn't care at bis thue of Ute tog, inty a tub-race. Tuk fiat hinatics say tholr party suffers be enuse of the good crops of last year. He who makoth tho rain to fall upon the Just andthe: unjust ta fluts linpeachod by fellows who, like Solomon's Illes, toll not, weithor do they apin, Straws sometimes show the way the wind ds blowing, and a good many tnitleations point now to positive withdrawal of Gen, Grant's, name from the canvass vory soon after he puts hls foot again on Amorican soll, fi ‘Tite Calro Bulictin felicitates tha Demo- cratic purty of Missouri on tts payment ofa dght of $550,000, It does not explain, however, that that was tho exact amount a Democratic State Treasurar purlained, Sinence and gloom have settled down upon tho third-term organs. Thelrold bragand bluster ure gone, and in pluce of them are acon only whining paragruphs about “dictation” and “bulldozing.” ‘Tr idiotic “boom? and the still more {diotfc “boomstera” have done mueb to repel ullgonslble men from the third-torm cause, — PERSONALS, ‘The Intest name for John Chinoman ts “ Mustyotinn. “Tf Parole wins next Wednesday our for- elgn polluy is a fallure.”—Queen Victoria, U.P. Chapman Is the name of the man who Invented the scandulous 16-11-13 man-trap, “T think almost nuybody would ‘be a potter man iu Ben Hill's ptace."—Mise Ruy mond, The Rev. Dr. Wawels lectured in London recontly on the subject of old viollus. He ap- pears to ho a fiddle D. D. Another Mississippi outrage: Senator Truce has announced his Intention of lecturing us goon as his term in Congress oxpires, 4 A two-faced female child has been born in Tudinna, and whou It grows up to bea young Indy she can kee what the woman who Just went by had on without any trouble, It may interest dancers to learn that the “Liverpoo! lure " and the * Boston dip” ary no longer the fusbton, having been replaced by the “Brighton grip” and tho “Southsen cuddle.” ACanadlan paper nimonunees, with great. pride, the fact that the Princess Loulse cun mmtke bread, Tho interesting feature In thecase, however, would be a took at tho man that can cut it, It is now believed that the person who has beon shot at so frequently of lute ts not the Czar atgll, but a mop-puddler disguised to resemble the Russian autocrat, which Cully uccounta for the non-succeas of the Nihilists, “Gracie Gumdrop?’ —" Under the Tri- color" ig the title of anew bouk by Lucy Hoop- cr, and bas nothing to do with striped stockings, as you seem to jungine, No, puwder will not Injuro your face, but it will make George swear whou be flnds It on hig cout-collar after getting home, You are wrong about sitting on a chulr when buttoning shoo, Piunt yourself right ou tho oor, : ro POLITICAL POINTS, Many atrong Grant men, even, express the ‘dellof that Washturne would bu mare generaly nD LY than any one who could posalbly be wan Hoi unclean as Lao (Wis) Commonvedth eps A. mnss of inmortant public business fs Dlocked by tha endloss flow of rhetorlo about tho rights and wrongsof Titz John Porter, This intich-fnveatigated man wns not mare of ant fi cubus on the New York City Government than ho 48 at present on the Congroas of tho United States,—New York Tines (Rep.). How Js this? One of the best informed patitictang (a Albany writes to the Utlea Teruld that Churlos &, Smith, late editor of the Albany Journal la now a pronounced advocate of tho nomlnution of Jnnes G. Blaine for President. Ho declured to tho writor of this totter that “tho Grant buom is dying out and that Grant cannot be nonitnated at Chicago,” A. dozen different colleges (including Har- yard, Yate, Cornell, Wiliams, Amherst, and Dartmouth) In soven diforayt Northorn states havo polted an aggregate of over 8,000 vates for Preatdentinl profuronees. ‘The following fy the result; Blniie, #713 Grant, 618; Bayard, 6413 sherman, Tilden, Fi; Gneilold. 6a; Wash burne, 61; Edmunds, i; Hayes, 60; Evarts, 2. ‘The telegraph was in error, Naw Hamp: shire knowa not Stephon It, Dillaye, the Green- back nominee for President. Now Jersoy elatat hin, and the Tronton Gazette thuadeseribes him: Ho ty, as a huwyer, a plokor up of unconsidered trittes; "ns a poltticlan, a sort uf yoras-you- picasa; und usw atatosman, a mixturo of Dennls Koneney, George Prangls Trin, and Bon Bavlers with only u very alight dash of the lust." Tuy Cincaco Trawuxy has this suggest: ivo reflection to offar; “Tho nomination of any candidate who shall poll § por cont tesa than the full Hegudiliont strength will coat the pins threo Congressmen in Minols along. ‘This 13 gralnently a tie in whioh to go slow." Just 60. Uf Ponngylvanis and Now York had been pete mitted too Blow,”.alao, the nsaurance of ite- HbHewn suceess 1 1840 would have been much riehtor thin now,—Davenport fu.) Gazette (Hep) If the Inter-Occan would just come town to Bpringtleld, spend forty-ulght hours, and listen to tho tromutous whispers of tho lute Grant boomers, {t would thon see how badly “the Domourata have frightenod tho Gran mon”. ‘Tho Grant mon don’t talk whove & whiapor now, in this region, Thoy wish they had never hourd of tho “boom,” Thoy fuel that John Goyan bes misled thom, | The * Gate tleulars” nro too numerous to mention. —Hinols Keglater Dem.) ‘The Housg Ways anit Means Comuittes, In ulving notice that nothing {eto be done at this scasion {nu tho way of reducing tho tariff, hove stirred up a hornot's nost throughout the Wests and from the vigorous criticism to which murmbers uro subjocted, severally and collect- ively, (ta safe to conclude that no man who stands conmittod to thelr do-nothing polley ex hope to be sent back to Congress, be bit party proctivitles what thoy may es The rleking nothing to aay that, outside of certats class I> terests, which ire opposed to any modification of tho tri! whutsoover, now or atany other tint. tho feeling of tho rest of the country In regal! te the Committee, {f lesg outspoken than at tho West, 1¢ nuvertholoss tn full aegord with it New York Journal of Comuerte. ‘fhe Indleattons grow stronger every day that Wasbburne will {finally be nominated ot Chicago. Wo aro forced ta this conctusion bY tho fact that Sonutors Conkling and Cameron ure still unveconciled to Haine, and when Grant authoritatively announces, us he surely will, that t fs ho fa not o candidate, they will carry thelr adele ations to Washbitrne, Gen. Grant, it Is well nown, will only consent to have hig name mon tloned "If the “nominution Is tendered ununt- mousy, Ag this will not bo the case, the New York ‘und Peuvsylyanta delegutions will go to Wastburne, aud, if he te nominated, Gov. Cor nell, uf New York, or Gen. Chamberlain, of Muine, for Vico-Prealdent, will make a ticket that aan suttlog thy polltieat abatug tho next Adiluletration, countsy.—| (bud) Blain Dealer