Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 17, 1880, Page 4

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Dearborn strect, corner of Monrov. “The Galley Blare,” Afternoon and evoning, $ Mootey’s Thentre: : Randotph streot, betweon Cnrk and Ta Salle. Kn- gagomontof Janes A. Herne and Katharine Corco- ron, “ears of Oak.” Afternoon and oventog. Clark streot, botwoen Washington and Rando tph “The Love of Two Sailors,” Aftornuon and evening. WEDNESDAY, MARCI 17, 1890, ‘Tur Loulsinna Ropublican Convention will ‘be held May 24. Time Wisconsin Loglsiature will adjourn to-day. Most of the members have already Joft Madison for their homes, “Tne ant-Tilden Democrats of New York are organizing, but it is quite possible that tho man of ciphers fs not idle efther, ‘Tims Missouri Democrats will select dete- gates to tho Clnelnnat! Convention May 20, and will nominate State oflcers at Jefferson City tho 2ist of July, ‘Tne Tories propose to mnke up for the deficit in tho revenue by Increasing te pro- bate duties, but are sharply opposed by Mr. Gladstone and tho Liberals, ———— ‘Tie South Park Commissioners, at thelr meeting yesterday, effected a reduction In tho number and salarics of theiromployés which will save $16,000 per annum. ' ‘Tze United States Sonate by a strict party vote refused yesterday to appoint a commit- teo fo investigate tho charges made by Sen- ator Ben II against Senator Kellogg. ‘Tue frst trial before tho St. Petersburg military tribunal has, as might haya been expected, resulted In the conviction of the eeanete who was immedintoly sentenced to cath, : | Loox ont forafnew and dangerous coun- terfolt of tho United States $20 legal-tenders, series of 1875, Such a note was discovered in tlifs city, and people will do wall to be on thelr guard. —— A very virulent distemper has broken out among tho equincs in several parts of Mc- Lean County, this State, The disease affects tho throat and neck, and threatens to prove fatal in somo Instances. ———— AN oxtraordinary robbery 1s announced In 8 cable dispatch from Cape Town. The Post-OfMlce was plundered of all the diamonds awalling shipment through tho malls, amounting In value to $375,000. : EAacH cast-bound train from California brings not only a large number of Celvstiala, but several members of the Caucasian race, Who propose locating in the Eastern and Mlddle States and in tho Mississippi Valley, In some portions of the Northwest the win- tor-wheat plant has been {ujured beyond re- demption by tho severe freezing weather of tho past day or two, AtGarden Grove, In., Sunday morning the mercury stood at 10 dogrecs below zero, ‘ —_————— ‘Tne salary of the Rey, Dr, Jolin Hall, pag- tor of the Fifth AvenuePresbyterlan Church in New York, hos been ralsed from $10,000 to $15,000, ‘The Increase Js an Indication of the esteem in which tho reverend gontieman is held by his wealthy congregation, ‘Tim Afghans aro reported as boing un- usually active in preparing to renew the war with the English, The spirit of “ the gallant Dost who Britain crout” seems to animate his countrymen, and England has by no mipens cowpleted the conquest of Afghants- Te . Disrarcuxs from Milwaukee confirm the Intelligenco received from New York and printed in yesterday’s Tuinung that Bishop Helss, of La Crossv, has been appolnted Coadjutor to Archbishop Renn. ‘The ap polntment gives gencral satisfaction to the Milwaukee Catholte eee ‘TuE Southern rivers are still rising in cone sequence of the hvavy raing, und many places In Georgla, the Carolinas, and Vir- elniaare likely to suffer very serious damage from the floods, ‘The James Iiver has al- ready rlsen about slx feet, and the Richmond merchants are movlug thelr goods, ae Kearney has come to grief, The Pollce Judge of San Franclsco yesterday sentenced hin to six months’ imprisonment and to pay & fino of $1,000, The sentence appears to haye taken Deuls completely by surprise, ag ho expected only a very slight puntshment. . An appeal was taken by his Jawyory, In bonds \ of $3,000, —_—_———— ‘Tue Cincinnati hotelkeopers ‘Intend to make hay while tho sun shines, and propose to increase the prico of accommodation dure ing the session of the National Demooratic Convention. The members of the local Com- iniltee, whe mady so mgny and such favor able promses In order to pbtaln the Conven- tlon for thvir city, are sald to bo diasatisfud at the grasping disposition cyinced by tho Jandlords, aud Jutimate that there aro’ other places than Cinclunatl in which to hold cons “wentlons. Chjcago gnade fair propositions to the Democrats, and would cortainly fulfill thom, but tho traditional stupfdity of tho Bourbon party prevailed, and the hoggish clty was selected, To-pAy, being St. Patrick'’s-Day, will be eclebrated by our Irish-Americhn citizens in an unusual though approprintemanner. Tho customary street-parnde will bo very wisely dispensed with, Services will be held tn the Catholic churches In the morning, and fn the evening thore will be banquets, balls, lectures and various other entertainments. Mn. GiAvsroxe has entered upon the ‘electoral campaign with characteristic vigor and enthusiasm. Speaking to the voters of Mid-Lothian, he predicted an overwhelming victory, and promised that many of the pres- ent Tory members would he relegated to the more congenial walks of private life. Great things are expected from Scotland by the Liberal lenders, and the expectations are not likely to be disappointe Tis Russian Ministry must have been considerably taken aback by the reply of the City Counell of Kharakoff In answer to a communication requesting that body to co- oporate In the work of matntalning order. The Kharakoff Conneltlors say that as long as there are restrictions upon freedom of dis- cussion, and a wretchedly inadequate system of education prevatls, §t will be imposalbic to suppress discontent and fits manifestations, Tne Pope is anid to bo displeased at somo English Catholic dignitaries for having ex- pressed sympathy with the Irish movement in favor of Land Reform, and to have writ- ton expressing his displeasure, ‘There is probably no ‘foundation for this statement, for the very good reason that English Catho- lics have very Nttle sympathy with the aspi- rations of the Irish people, and are, generally speaking, loyal nfembers of the “Jingo” party. Lanoucneng, the editor of Truth, seems to carry about with him the clements of dis- order. Ife fs searcely ever happy except when engaged inn free fight. Having been selected as the Radical candidate for the Metropolitan borough of Lambeth, he has exeited considerable opposition from. sec- tion of tho constituoncy, probably the rum- sellers, and a meeting In his Interest helt Monday evening broke. up in o serimmage, This cnomy, Lawson, is an advocate of tho Nquor Interest, and may haye had something to do with Inspiring the row. Tne Demoerntic majority of the Commlt- tecon Elections and Privileges has decided to report to the Senate resolutions favoring the expulsion of Senator Kellogg and tho seating of Spofford in his atead. If the ovi- dence taken by the Committes showed any- thing it showed that Spofford was guilty of Brossly illegal conduct iu his attemmt to pro- cure an election as Senator by tho Louisiana Legislature, but the Democrats want to re- tain control of the Senate os long as possible, and care nothing for law orevidence. The supremacy of the party must be maintained ‘at any cost. ; Tuenr is n growing foeling among the members of the Republican Congresslonal Committee that it will not besafo to nominate Gen, Grant on account of the unpopularity of tho third-term idea, and the defection of tho Germans which would take place In case of Grant's nomlnation. In looking around for aman who.would harmonize all the con- tending factions of the Republican party, no ono sceins more desirable than Washburne, and the general opinion among the mombers of the Committes, as indicated in a Wash- Ington dispatch, is that he is by all odds the strongest candidate that can’ possibly be nominated, ———— ‘Trtx Sixteenth Ward Republican Club has wisaly concluded to forego the choice of an Aldermanic candidate out of the Republican ranks, and to join with the Democrats in supporting an independent candidate. In this way alone can the election of a Socinl- istic Alderman be prevented, and in the accomplishment of this very desirable object tho polities of the man\to be voted for by the Republicans and Democrats fs a matter of minor consequence, Mr. Imhoff, the inde- pendent candidate agreed upon, is spoken of ns n-most excellent man, and one whose olection would be satisfactory to ail citizens of the Sixteenth Ward who desire to prevent its coutinued representation in the Common Council! by a Communist. A VorE on the Minnesota contested-clec- tion case is to bo taken by the House Com- mnitteo on Elections to-morrow, unless some exigency should arise rendering a further postponement desirable, Up to this thine good cause for dolay has oxisted In tho re- luctance manifested by two of the Demo- cratic members of tho Committee toward Joining the majority In a report recommond- ing the unseating’of Washburn and the sent- Ing of Donnelly, .Thego two members, Mr. Clark of New Jorsey nnd Mr. Speor of Georgia, have been suspected of euter- taining some strong moral convictions in the’ matter which if followed would lend them to join the minority iu protesting against the proposed In- famy, though it is now belloved thoy have been labored with successfully, and conyinced of the danger of allowing consclentlous scru- ples to stand in the way of party Intereats, Instances have been brought to their notice where Democratic Congressmen who hod the courage to vote according to thelr sense of rightand justice in cases of contested elec- tlons were punished soverely for their con- tumacy by falling to be reflected, and with this significant warning of the conse- quences of voting aguinst the seating of © Democrat without a shadow of right to justify his claim it is presumed that Afcasrs, Clark and Spour will be.coorced inte obedience to party dictation and com- pelled to slgn the majority report. Con- sclenceand latter-day Democracy are utter strangers to ench other, and wo may look to sue Minnesota robbed of her rightful repre- sentation In Congress by one of the most vil- Inlnous outrages over perpetrated In polities, ns —_ Tux attempt mode by Vanderbilt to pro- vent the Western Indiona Railroad from crossing the Mchigan Southorn tracks, noar Bixteenth atreot, which is necessary In order tu reach the depot grounds selected by tho now Company, Is an outrage upon the public as well as upon tho corporation he is secking to eutburrass, Vanderbilt's hostility to the ‘Western Indlana Koad arises from the fact that the Grand ‘Trunk comes Into Chicago over that line, ‘The Grand Trunk promises to be & competing Jine with the Vanderbilt pool railroads between the East and West, and Vanderbilt would exclude all competl- tion or annoy the Grand Trunk and Western Indiana into submission to the dictation of his pool, Mfr, Vanderbilt is véry much mls taken If he belleyes he can deprive these now railroud companies of the terminal facilities they haye bought, and to which they have 9 better claim so far a3 pub- lo sufferance {s+concerned than any of the Vanderbilt lines, The Vanderbilt Interest has been ablo to do about as it Pleased in Now York, but it has not yet acquired g mortgage on Chicago, ‘Tho Courts and the people of this community’ will protect every new and competing rall- toad that comes to Chicago agalust Vander- bilt and every other monopolist, no matter how rich or powerful he may be. Tho West- ern lndinns should bo alded In every way to secure a speedy condomnation of the right of way across the Vanderbilt roads, which is now the only gap in the completion of the Mne, It will be espoctally gratifying if the condemnation proceedings shall result in giving this right ata mitch less cost than the liberal offer (sald to bo 875,000) which the Western Indiana Company mada for tho necessary right and ground, and which was virtually accepted at ono thine. ‘Tho new Annoyance and delay incident to Vander- Dilt’s selfish interference should also serve as another reason why the Grand ‘Trunk should refuse to submit to the dictatfon of Senator Ioan addressed himsel€ some- whnt vigorously yesterday to the Democratic. membors of the Conunittes on Elections and Priviloges tn reference to the proposed steal of Senator Kellogg’s seat.’ The Mnssachu- setts Sonator reminded the Committee that it was befitting the party which attempt- ed to ateni a Stato this year, and who fired nt the National flag and trict to destroy tha Government nincteen years ago, should now purpese such an out: rage ns that contemplated fn regard to tho Louisiana Senatorship, Incidentally re- marking that four members of the Committes wore ex-Rebels and two were Rebol sympa- thizers. It Is certain that the unseating of Kellogg will be’ vigorously resisted by the Republican Senators, and that every effort will be made to provent tho perpetration of what must be resurdéd by all fair-minded MON 43 & gross outrage, Denis Kearney, the brawling Sand-Lot Communist, has been brought up by the hand of justice with a round turn atlast, Kearney had grown utterly reckless by immunity from punishment, except an oceastonal thrashing from some one he had outrageous- ly villfled, He concluded to try an expeti- ment and see how far. he could go without falling into the grip of the nw, and he has discovered it to n nicety. Last Saturday night he wasarrested for using obscene and also fucendiary Innguage in demanding the death of various citizens whom he rather vaguely described and called on his Com- munistie followers to murder, There was no dispute ag to the facts, Kearney waived a jury, and submitted the case without argu- ment to Judge Dix, of the Police Court, ‘The Judge, after considering the ense for two days, held tha defendant eullty, on the ground that It wns calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. The second charge, that of threatening to kill any person who should “plot against his life,” the Court held could not be considered a crime, as the clr cumstunees In which the killing would be justified were not recited as qualifying the threat. A later dispatch gives the sentence: BAN FRANGISCO, March 14,—Tho_ Police Jud this morning sentenced Denis Kearney to six months’ Imprisonment in tho House of Correc- tion and to pay a flog of $1,000. The inngnitude of the sontence was a surprise to Kearuvy, who hud oxpectad to gotoll with a nominal punish. ment. Denis has now ascertained how far hecan proceed Jn fomenting a breach of the peace and inciting the Communists to murder citl- zens without being punished himself. It seems that he can Incite the Sand-Lotters, In an indefinit way, to assasinate citizens, but must not publicly deslgnate the porsons who are to be murdered, He lins escaped, it ap pears, on the second charge, and is only punished for trying to provoke a breach of the peace and breed arlot. Denis will lave slx inonths’ Ieisure in which to think over the matter whether that last harangue to tho Sand-Lot rabble really pald or not. SHALL THERE BE A SEASON OF STRIKES1 As Tur CitcAuo Tripuse warned the op- orators in the fron and stee! boum, the maxi- mum prices at which the demand for theso articles could be sold hag been reached, tha requirement for consumption has already de- cllned, and thero is arceession of prices to- wards arational rate. The Jabor demand for greater wages ls now mot by peremptory re- fusuls, and those aro followed by strikes, and. those by lockouts, Since last July the workimen employed in all branches of the iron, and stecl, and coal Industries have been making continual de- mands for increaso of wages, and every de- mand has been conceded, Iron wagon the rise; every other industry, by sympathy and by necessity, folt the Influence of tha “boom,” and wages generally have been largely ad- vanced, The advance in the cust of raw ma- torial and lavor, or In the cost of produation, hagadvanced the prievs at which all manu- factured products could bo sold toconsumets, ‘There has been no corresponding Inerease in the prices of the products of the soll. The Persons engaged In agricylture number mora Uion half tho consumers of the Uulted States, and, the cost of everything they have to buy having largely advanced, they have not tho means to purchase as inany manufactured goods nowas they had a year ago. Other factors have presented theinselyes. ‘The ox- traordinary high prices to which American fron and steel goods have been advanced have givon renowed Hfo ond activity to European mills, factories, ‘and furnaces, and the rush of fron and steel wares, and of other goods, to this country has exceeded all precedent, ‘Lhe importation or purelinso of forelyn fabrics by this country since July, 1870, has been greater than in any corre- sponding perlod in our history, and this flow of forelgn merchandiso promises to continueln proportion as our home prices Inilate. The industrial interest lus there- fore now reached tho point when tha cost of préduction has become. so inflated os to diminish the power of consumption; when tho cost of living hag been so Increased as to make the present high wages less remunera- tive than those of six months ago; and when the country is deluged with foreign’ goods, to be sold at whatever thoy will bring, and when foroign Inborors are arriving by every steamer at the rate of tens of thousands per month, ‘Tho market in fron and steel, and incl- dentally of othor manufactures, has reached its,hight, and Indicates a fall, ‘The cost of living remalug unchanged; the demand for higher wages Is pressed by the workmen, but the employors ure no longer able to comply; hence the jnevituble season of. strikes and Jockouts hag already begun, and In thirty days will perhaps be Jn general operation throughout the land. ‘The Pennsylyanta and Ohlo coal and ore tulners are on t strike; tho puddlers of Penn- sylvanta ure now partly and in ten days will bo ona general strike; the pinnomakers of New York, numboring several thousand, first struck and wero promptly locked out; now the furntturemakers of this clty have resolved to quit work, and will be Jocked out. Af they do, # ‘At my be accoptod as an eatablished prin- clplo that employers will never resist a strike when they can, by submitting to y demand for higher wages, still muke w falr profit; and that employer, on a falling market, will always reslat a strike for higher wages to tho bitter end, often gludly welcoming the suy- pension of work by thelr foolish employés as &n avoldanco of actual loss, and as af- fording an opportunity of disposing of the stock on hand, Some days ago we gaye the result of tho Alstory of fifty years’ Jabor strikes in Mussa- ehusetts, in which strikes for advance of wages were always promptly submitted to when It was to the profit of the employers, and never subinitted to and never sitecessful upon a falling market, or when to aubmit would subject employers to 0 loss. Thore- fore, for the renson, that ns lt was tothe in- terest and profit of employers to gtant all tho advances in wages demanded since lnat July, 80, the market having turned to n decline, no further advances {n wages will be made ex- copt under temporary cémpulaion, and the country may look forward to 9 general sca- son of strikes and lockonts until prices, re- coyorlng from the unhealthy oxeltement of the last nino months, will settle down upon. neolld basis, ‘This, however, is just tho. time when tho Communistis demagogs become prominent, Jt has not been more than three months since the 8,000 swine-slayors atthe pavking- houses of this city, urged thereto by Com- munistls leaders, locked themselves out, and suspended work at tho yards forn wholo month of the buslest scason. These ignorant and misguided men threw away at least $20,- 000 oday of wages which thoy might have earned, A majority or thom were nover re- employed, and had to go elsewhere to search for work, while thelr families were reduced to suffering and want by their stupid folly. It is now proposed, under the head of tha “red flag,” to repeat this actof folly ona general: senle, ond the furnituremukers. in this city, and the planomakers In New York, and the minera and tho puddlers in Ponnsyl- yania, have alroady begun the operntion of abandoning remunerntive employment under. the delusion that they can compel thelr om- ployers to pay them greater wages than thoy earn, If these workmen will consider what has been the past experlence of strikes ona stationary or falling market; if thoy will look at the hundreds of thousands: of per- sons sevking work who will arrive In this country from Europe this year; if thoy will look at the forelgn goods with which every vessol coming to this country Is Indon; if thoy will understand that the recent boom in steel and iron, which has given such a spas- modle rise to prives, ling passed {ts ollmax, and changes must be on the decline, they will discovor that it Is cheaper to walt for rallroad iron and steol; chenper to wait un- tl navigation Is opened and foreign ralls and hardware cnn be landed, In spite of the most Gnormous tariit known to clyilization, in the heart of the West, and whon the speculators shallhavebeen brought to gricf ; better to walt until prices and the cost of living shall have conic down to that natural and healthy pro- portion which alone 1s consistent with per manent and goneral prosperity. PAPER PULP FROM POPLAR WOOD. It surprises people to seo the great logs of Poplar wood go. through tho poworful: machine at the Connectlout River pulp mill at Holyoke, ‘The woot, as itis brought to the mill, [s about the size of contwood used for fuol, and in this sbape the machine takes (t and gnawe It up very fine, So rupiily does this provess yo on that the Inuchine cate wbout seven nnd ahnll cords of wood adny, nnd this makes botweon three and Jour tonsef pulp. After coming from the inn- ‘chino the wood is put (nto vats und reduced by the riction of chemlenls, It is used for the mat ufuctura of mows and bouk prper, and pulp mado from spruce wood, which ling tore Mbro than poplar, [4 sometimes used in the eheaver grates of writing. Spruce fs harder to reduce to pulp than ur, and but little of st is used.— tWorcestor (Alc Spy. Another description of tho process of malk- ing wood pulp fs as follows; Any white, soft wood may boused., ‘The bark is tuken olf, and the kuots, durk and decayed Places cut out It je then put into a largo enldrop ond bolled, which takes out all the glutinous matter and resin, and makes It soft. tigthen put on a targa’ stano grinder, with water pouring on i¢ all the tlme. ‘This grind stone wenrs off the fibres mitil thoy are finer than sawdust, which floutawnyintoa receptacle, ‘Tho water is drainod of by means of t tino alove, leaving the Piston wt foh consists of fine fuzz, or splinterd of woo. It is white, and necils no bleaching, or chemicals, but is ready to be intxed with rag-pulp or anything else that has a strong fibre, nud recoive the proper constituents tomnke tt Into # past, attor which {tis run off Into paper sheets, whereas rags havo to be wished and bleached with chloride of lime, godu-nab, and alum, and such atrong chemfols, to take out the color, Then thoy ure picked to pleees and made into pulp, ‘Tho process.by which wood pulp fs mado is purely mechanical and ag any soft Wood, such ug cottonwood and puplur, way Le used, It can Uemuda very cheap, All that ig needed is plenty of soft wood, clean water to wash the pulp, and power to drive the machinery, The cost of manufact- uring this pulp is about a centa pound, A considerable part of Western paper is mado from straw, but Enstern paper consists of 75 to 00 por cent of wood pulp, the remainder betng cotton rags, tow, or ollrope, Russell, Miller & Co., protected by thelr fraudulent wood patent, sell this pulp to thy papermak- ers at three to four cents u pound, or 300 to 400 percent profit, and still theysaro not satisfied, but demand that tho duty of 20 por cent, imposed by misconstructton of the intentlon of Congress, shall be retained, If this duty were removed these protected Congressinen would bo obliged to sell tholr woodpulp a cent per pound cheuper, and thls would stop tho rise In the price of Daper and cause it to decline ton legitimate figure, But thore is little prospect that the packed Committee will purmit the removal of this oppresslvo and scandalous tax, ‘The wood pulp monopoly is making over” a iniliion doliars » year profit, and itussell and Miller, AL, C’.s, aro pockoting over $200,000 por annum os thelr share of the swag. Tow much Fryo is paid for the lobby work he ig doing lias not been ascertained; but, as he isa cheap fellow, ho will do considerablo for a sinall feu, JOHN M. PALMER AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. Ex-Goy, Paliner, of this State, would be placed ina curiously contradictory attitude 8a candidate of the Democratic party for President. It is strange that his friends who are now organizing a small * boom” in his behalf do not foresee this, and that he Imself docs not decling to be placed nso embarrassing and porploxing 9 situation as the very suggestion of his nomination forces upon him. Mr, Palmer isa firm bellover In tho Calhoun and Jett Davis doctrine of State- supremnoy which he fought againatvaliantly and successfully in the War for tho mainte- nance of National supromacy. Io is also an uncompromising advocate of hard money, ond trains with a party whose prepondorat- ing Influence ia In favor of flat money, It would be Imposs!ble to concelve ‘of mora glaring contradictions than these. A stanch Koman Catholic who should requcst to be bDurled in a Methodist church-yard, or on Apostle of total abstinence who should spend the most of his time In tap-rooms, woulit not be moro inconsistent than John M, Pahner as an aspiraut for the Icaderstip of tho Democratic party. In the abstract Goy, Palmer believes In the tight of secession; practivally he would coerce into aubmiasion by forceof arms every State that should try to oxercise that “right.” He is an incomprehensible mixture of John ©, Calhoun and Andrew Jackson, Ho holds substantially the samo views as Senator Bayard, but, Instead of advocating thom aot ‘the erlsis of the Rebellion in antl-Union speeches a3 Bayard did, ho raised 9 regiment and fought bravely to enforce National su- premaoy and overthrow his own princlplus, No helped to whip iu the States that sought to exercise what he bolJoyes to be an original and constitutional right, 3¢ Gov, Palmer should say to his son,’ Young man, you are of age, and have Independent personal rights under tha law, butif you attempt to leave my houso Vil take off my coat and thrash you within an inch of :you Ife," he would furnish a very fulr illustration of his polit- {cal attitude on the question of Natlonal and State sovereignty, Tho inconsistency be- tween Palmer's theory and prsetica is not tho less glaring because he ls apparently honest in both. If he should be faithful to boll ns Presidentof the United States, ho world encourage the State-sov- erelanty Democrats of the South in thetr in- eHnatton to defy the Natloual Government and nullify the Natlonal laws, and then ho would raiso armies atid tanke war upon them whenever they should fistst upon absolute political Independence as tho logical sequence of the State-soverelgnty doctrine, Asa Dem- ocratic candidate for Presittent, Gov. Patmer would have to assume the diMentt task of explaining and harmonizing thisobylous con- tradiction, and thag fact necessnrity weakens Aim as 0 candidats for the Democratic noml- uation, Gov. Palmer's attitude with regard to the currency Is not less embarrassing, ‘heorct- ically, he believes in the principles of the old-time hard-money Democracy that were advocated by Tom Benton; practically, ho has sought an alliance with the fiatists who, unter the leadership of such mon as ‘Lom Ewlng, Campbell, and Brick Pomeroy, have exerted a controlling influence over the Denioeratio purty, As & Democratic candidate for President hoe — would solicit the votes of that Inrge class of Demo- ernts who would repeal the Resumption law, if they could have thelr way, and who would flood the country with irredeemablo and worthless shinplasters. After having been elected by the votes of the fintists, and he could not be elected without their votes, he would denounce and Palmer, a8 an active candidate for the Demo- eratle nomination, holds out to the party a conspicuous Jack of sympathy with Its rul- iz financial heresies as one of the chief reasons why he should be selected as tho Democratic standard-bearer, tis at best a novel way to solicit party favora, HOW TO ROB A SAVINGS-BANK. ‘The telegraph has atrendy brought the tne telligenco of the conyictlon of Nathan LP. Tratt, Treasuror of tho Reading (Muss.) Savings-Bank, ttpon the charge of embezzling its funds, ‘The real culprit, however, appears to be Sidney P, Pratt, ason of the convicted man, and a fugitive fron justice, who made s confession a long thine ago, which has been in the hands of his fathor’s Inwyers, and was jot made public until after the finding of io verdict, It occupies several columns of the Boston papers, and gives the complete story, down to tho most niuute details, of the manner in which the bank was robbud of ite’assets regularly and systematically with- out the knowledge or even suspicion of any of its officers, It Is an astuunding record not only of carclesness and over-confidenco upon tho part of tho officials, but of unpar- alleled cunning and adroitness of manipula- tion on tho part of Pratt, who by various devices withdrew almost tho entire. capital and deposits of the bank without its being known until the tustitution was Ina state of collapse, In 1873 he beeame the solo clerk, book- keeper, and Casliler of the bank, so that his knowledge of Sts affairs was absolute. ‘The ‘Treasurer was incompetent, and tho T'resl- dent, ‘Trustees, and Auditors hud no time to give to it, while the Bank. Commissioner visited It only once a year and gave just one hour’s examination to the books, in which time ft was {mpossible for him to gain any idea of the roal condition of the bank. Ilo thus had a comparatively clear fluld of opern- tion, and he improved It so well that during his connection with tho bank he absorbed $62,000 of its funds and depreciated its nsseis toa Ike oxtont without exciting the slightest suspicion upon tho part of any one connected with it, a Ono of Ils favorit modes of operation was the simple change of a..decimal-potnt, cov- ered up by a system of forced batances, and illustrates the ease with which a cunning rascal can use the present system of book- keeping to hide his villaintes, Whon a large deposit was mado he would proporly entor It upon the depositor’s pass-book and to his ac- count in the ledger, but carry the amount to the Journal with the decimal-point changed. For Instance, if the deposit wero $953, ft would appear as stich In the pass-book and onthe ledger, but on the journal ft woul appear as Si.59, ‘Tho Treasurer, examining the moncy-lrawers, would find the $9.53, but the balanco was in the clerk’s pockets, To cover this up ho resorted toa system of forced balances, which was easily effected owing to the Inxity of tho bank ollictals and the in- coinpetency of the Treasurer, When his de- falcation had mounted up into the thousands, and It became dangerous to keep up the dis- agreement between the ledger and the Jour- nalany longer, aware that the Trustees and ereditors would not axamine individual items but gross auouits, ho withdraw the amount of the defalentions from the ledger balances without taking the trouble of enter- ing the paymont upon elther journal or re- eelpt-book, ‘The Journal had before been $70,000 short. ‘ho ledger was shortoned to correspond, and, of course, the two books balanced ton cont, Feurlng sometiines that such exactness might arotse suspicion he would bulanco within s few doltars, and then the Trustees would be astonished that tho variation was so very small, Another method was In tho manipulation of pasy-books by which he succeeded in ralsing sovoral thousand dollars, During the last few months, of his régime he suc- cocded in acquiring pass-books representing the aboyo amount, Je called upon the Treasurer for the deposits, who, of course, refused to pay without the sixty days’ notice allowed by Inw. As ho wanted the monoy very badly, he suggested to the ‘Treasurer thatho would borrow tho amount from the bank, glying his note for thirty or sixty days withan assigument of tho books as collat- eral security. Tho ‘Treasurer nt frst do- elined, upon the ground that the bauk contd notninke such aloan without disposing of some of its mortgages. Ho thon suggested thatthe Treasurof borrow tho amount and assign temporarily some of the bank’s mort- gages ns security upon which to borrow. ‘This was done, and the money handed to him, ho giving his note.on sixty days, and placing the deposit-books in his hands oa security. Whon he bad sufficient money to pay tho note ho was Iuformed by the® ‘Treasurer that ho had, for “9 temporary loan, pledged somo of -tho bank's mortgnges to certain parties, ‘and stood ready at any timo when It becamo necessary todraw the books for the purpose of re- deoming the mortgages which he had as- signed, and that I might take the money which I had and go to the parties holding the bank's mortgages, pay lls note to them, tuko ‘up the mortgages and notes and return them to the bank, Instead of paying my notes to him In cash,” ‘Then the adrolt rascal went to work and made exuct coples of the mort- gages and pahued them of upon the Trens- urer, in that way getting hls note back, at the same time retaining the money on the wenulue mortgages thatho had designed to pay it with, Several thnes afterwards he used tho sano books ora portion of them in the samo manner, each tina replacing the actual aud original mortgages with spurious ones manufactured by him, the total of these forged mortgages amounting to $64,800, Again, it was the custom of the Treasurer to keep certaln securities of depgsit jn the Blackstone National Bank of Beston. Upon one occasion, while stopping at the Treas- urer’s house, and knowlng that ho hiad soy- eral thousand dollars’ worth of bonds in his safo which were to bo taken to Boston the disappoint them, ; nextday, housed a duplicate key, secured the envelopes contaluing the bonds, ab- stractenl the bonds, and substituted worthless blank paper for them, which tho next day went on to Boston, and remained on deposit several months bofore the fraud was dis- covered. His. own bank was not the only yietim, ‘Tho Reading Bank at vartous times having nado loans upon the collateral of depnsit-books issued by other banks and assigned to the Rending Bank ns security, it occurred to hhu-that he might make some money In a almilar way, He accordingly manufactured spurtous pnsa-hooks, When the Cashiers. of banks to which he made ap- plication wrote to the Treasurer of the Read- Ing Bank as to the genuineness of the de posits, he (the Cashier), having the opening of the ‘Treasurer's mails, would reply that thoy were correct, whereupon he would make ifs notes and obtain the money, staving off payment by renewals, the banks in some tn- atanens carrytng this worthtess stuff two and. three years, In this manner he raised about $70,090, The confession of this double-dyed and cunning rascal is not without a grim sort of humor, At tho begtining of hls confession To effet an embezzlement fo tnrge in its pro- peviieae from the reserves of so sinnll 9 bank, Is a diMeult tusk at any time; especially dine cult when, 1s in the pres essary for one man te a tnuice, It ivas nec- mpliah ft alone, with no vonfaderites, no condjutors, no copariners du tho Poceeds, nud whet it wus Also necessary to cover the proceedings (rom the knowledge of President, Treasurer, Trustees, Auditors, and Tsank Commissioners, ho less than frum furailles nud the public. Nevertholess {did tt, and now propose to show, as nearly us possible, how It Was dono, for tho better protection uf savings. banks ju tho future, aa f inysel€ ehail probably never rin one agalt, 1 think my authority to speuk upon this nintter, bnsed ns it Is pen per- ronal knowledge aud expericnee, will not be questioned when this statement Is carefully read to its ond. . And again he administers the following dublous consolution s The statements made above in regard to my superior knowledge of tho bunk's affairs, ldo not make in any spirit of egotism or boustful- ness; nordo Tintend by any means to convey: the finpreasion thut | had any greater knowledo of its condition thin any one of ita officers inizht easily have obtained, [1 nny of its Trnse tees or ofleers ind spent three hours per week ft would havo been tnipossibie ‘o nvolded ascertaining exactly how everything stood, and thereby this entus-. might hove been averted, and its oceure ble, The exorciseof ore y cire—vuy, even leas than oneshalf of what would have beer sidered ordinary cara <p vould Lavo completely avolded thy possibility of tho ombezzloment by one man of twoethirds of the bunk’s entire en pital or resources. ‘The confession of this Ingenlous and un- serupulous manipulator of other people’s money shows {in what clever inanner 2 say: ings-bank ma} be robbed, but it will be ob- served that In thls ease, as in every other case, the methods might have been thwarted if the bank officials had been only renson- ably vigilant, As they wero not reasonably vigilant, but, on the other hand, were culpa- bly relax In thelr duties, strict Justice would muke thom responslbte to the depositors for thelr losses, Ingentous and subtle as his operations were, he could not haye prose- cuted them to sitcecss hind he not known that ‘Trustees and creditors were too much en- gaged Jn thelr private affairs to give any- thing but tho most snperfictnl attention to the responsibilities intrusted to them. Such neglect of duty Is criminal, and places them in the same entegory as tho successful rascal who dius fled from the country with the money which thelr carclesness enabled him to steal, ——ee Tisk proposed Increase of the German army is to he made in accordance with that article of tho Conatitution which doolarcs that 1 per cent of tho population shall bo undor arms, The deticienoy is %,000 on tho poaco- footing, or about the total army of tho United States, and somothing ike 00,000 of the war- footing, or, to quote tho words of tho London Times correspondent, “Just about 08 many fighting men as took part, ultogethor in tho but to of Suinmnnea and won for Napoleon the field of Austerlitz.” Tho sceno In tho tinperial Parliament Just bofore the opening of tho de- bate on the Incroaso bill was animated and at tao sane tlino linpowlng: All over tho floor cuger knota of Doputios, In acetions und nowly-formod © groups." wore dis- cussing the question beforehand, The remote mid dogolate-looking corner in which tho Soclalista are wont to cower wis totally dcserted, the Ultra-Rudlenls evidently thinking thoy could best recavd tholr disupproval of the Army DIL by entirely absentingg themselves from Partlament during Its dlecusston, Hesldo tho President's obulr, and in view of all: tho House, night bo deen the slundor, graceful form and nely-chigoled head of Marshal yon Moltke, one gaged In low, earnest conversation with Gen. yon Kumeke, Mintsterof War, a typical Prussian suldior, with florid, frosh comploxion and gray mustuche, A dolémn-looking group of Oon- servutlycs are observed bending over a large mup, which, with the aid of a goud glass, can ho made out to bo an authentic view (uat pub- lisued) of the prosent local distributions of tho Muscovite forees, Tho regiments, ete. aro ine dicated by blus, red, or yellow, according to tho mature of the arm, and tho Susan frontior to- wurds Gormuny [8 a porfect ings of variegntad color, while tho reat of tho Czar's dominious pro- sonts a comparatively bunk apace, While tho ostenalble curo of tho Imperial Governmont fs tho frontior toward Russia, it is well known that In any othor dircotion the roails will bo woll guarded, tho Intention being to take advantage of tho first geucral break-up to aygrundizo etl! further tho wholo Gorman Em- pire. Iv view of tho palpable contradictions of his record and principles, tt is. not Mkely that. Goy. Palmor’s Presidential “ boom" will make inuoh houdway, Indoed, {tis hinted that nelthor honor his fgicnds have any gouutne hopo that he will recelve tho nominution'for tho tirst placo on tho Cinclunst! ticket, but only that a prominent candidacy in his own Stato muy help him to tha scvond place {f ‘Tilden bo nominated. As to thia it muy be suid that Mr. Palner's contilcting politics will be just us em- barrussing If hy shall bo a candidate for the Vice-Presldency, though perhaps not so damage ing tothe purty, But there Is anothor ciroume- atunco that will militate, ugalust Br, Pulinor’a chunces for ubtalning-tho nomination for tho second pluce, Mr. ‘Tildou will seok to asso- ciuto with bhimsolf somobody who will not merely add rospeotability to tho ticket, but actually bring with him somo Electoral votes that might otherwiso bo lost. Mr, Palmer cannot in reason promise any. Etootoral yotea from his own State nor from any othor Btate which ‘ildon could not carry without him, Tho Democrats will rathor sook to make sure of Indiana by giving that Stute tho sccond pluce tf an Eastern man be nominated for the first place, and Titdon will be particularly selfish about this in caso ho shall win tho first: prize, If it wore not for these discouraging conditions, tho Domocrats could not And in thelr own party & candidate for Vice-Prosident who would porsonully relicot more eredlt upon thom than Jobn AM. Pulinor, 4 ‘Tue remarks by Sonator David Davis in tha Bonate 4 postenday hus attracted wide public itvontion.<-Daiy afarniig urea? Dowdail's acquaintance with English is Itm- ited.—Sans colin of sams tsue, Dowdall’s acquaintance with those whose ac- qualutance with Engtlsh ‘is limited must include at louat a bright exemplar of sho art of Bunaby- jam in Chicago. : The editorial which began with tho above promising sontence endod with this stunning prociamution: Of ui! tho known Demooratio Proaldontial aspirants at present, the Tincs woula not sup- urt uny one Of thomn ag againat a better. mun on Tro othduelde, butte would support dudgo Davis us ugulnat any man on the other side, Inother words, the orgun of Jackbucsbyism, in Chicugo * would support Judge Davis agalust u better man on the othar sido"; and 6o reduces its bousted “ Initepondence” to a mere drivel ot. porsonal projudice. Et SAL we Hye to see the day when the ropresentative of cach “ proteotod” intorest will be honestly recognized as such cn the tloor of tho liouse, and tho Speaker Will suy;." The gentleman from the Herkimer County pulp- miu hus the floor,” or, “Docs tho ropresantay tive of the Chicago Linseed Oll-Works ylold ta tho representative of tho Ironand Stecl Assocla- ‘ton, who desires to ask bin a question"? Con. Swansvyane, of Baron’s Court, Futham, Evg., bas boen convicted of boxing bis wife's oars; but, it must bo admitted, ho had strong provocation, Mrs, Col Shakspoaro had. for a conaldorable peslod coguetted with the Church of Rome. Her undoubted. xy this was never donted by her nt hue - did object to hor using hee arts and persnatany to carry over bis daughter and Wie miner anne tho aaine Churoh, A priest froin tho * Grutor: was Introduced into hig houschotd witha yy, knowledge or consent: and his wite ang ‘Tange ter woro recotved {nto tho Itoman Cathay Chirel, while ho was yot In Ignorance of the whole prococting. When the fnets wore mice known the Colonel hud a seono with his Wife, Thoy got {ito anargumentabout rellvious ques. tions, and the Colonel was apparently worster, At lonst, ho thought 1¢ prudent to atup the tur ther dissemfnalfon of orror by warming Mig Bhakepearo’s curs. Sho loft tho house tho nese morning, and took hor children with her, “4 the daughter wos of age, sho was allowed to BY main with hor mothort but tho son hina boon brought Ynok undor a welt of habeus corn ‘The case bns caused much gossip in Engtang, the rartios to It belug of tho hixtest respoct’ abitity. + eee ‘Tite extraordinary tise in fron and stect has demorallzed prices; ithas wollen the cost of living far beyond tho Incrunso In tha rates, of wagos. Inthodeclno of tho market yalue of these commodities and the surrountting clrvun. atancos, Inbor exporienees tho first severity, Hut It will ho an nueravation of tho sltuntion the workmen shall pormit the Communiatic agi. tators to lend them Into a hopeless, costly, ruine Gus system of strikes, out of which no resus can follow save wilste, improvidonce, strife, and sufforing, ‘That man or bely of men wha preach strikes, lockouts, and suspensions of tn. bor, and thus Instignto Wrenches between the omployorsand tho employed ag nticans of band. {hg one portion of the people nyuliet another in armed violence, isan enomy to his rnee, and more dangerous to sovlety thin any criminal of any othor class, a ‘Tne Now York Sun tured the tables on John Kelly by tho bluff game, John asked Dang this question: Suppose Mr, John Kelly should b wil Mee Dana and Sr Tilden suppor eet nomlnee, or go over and Join the Repub) rome Tone Riayat ubennht ‘Dana replted: For ourselves we cnn unhesttatingly ai If Mr. Kelly should bo nomilunted at Clie wo Rhonld yletd to hlin @ most ournest support, Hesitato between John Kelly for four yi Grant for ilfe? OPEN Yael an ever. That title Insignificant “if” ts a wonderful saving olutse, If Kelly should bo nominated"; ‘Dut, a8 that is beyond the porsibilittes, ft wag porfeetly snfe to ngree to support him. Coxxecticur has only twelve yotes In the National Conyontion, but overy little helps ‘Tho voto is small enough, fortunately, to make the unit rulo useless. Connecticut nover In- structs. Thore are four Congressional Districts In tho Stato, and exch of thoso elects, besides the two delegates to whivlt it ts entitled by te Htepresentative veto, ono of tho detegutes-ate large, JudgoH, Lynde Harcison, of Now Haveo, who bra been for years a prominont figure about State Conventions, says that Matne will havo a majority of the delegutos from Connectl- cut, and the othors will bo divided botween Shorman and Edmunda. a —— er TunzE now pulp-mills ara bullding nt Ne Agara Fulld; so that Congressmin Millor’s core ner in Now York cannot bo of long duration, But tho industry is stlinulated In an unhealthy way. There witl soon bo a reaction, and Con- gress will be petitioned for ublybor duty. That is tho history of protective tariffs tho world over. Thoy uover tapor down {nto reasonablo indulgonce, but, Hko old brandy-topers, inercaso tho size of tholr dose tho older thoy get, until at last thoy disgrace thomsolves and mortify thelr friends, a Prorrr are beginning to understand now why it was that Sam Kandull put an Indopendent Domoerat, and a bolter froin his party, on the importunt Committeo of Ways and Meaws. Dr, Folton, of Geurgin, happoned to ba about the only member south -of Mason and Dixon's lino, oxcopt Handall Gibson, of tho sugur district, who was a protectionist; and, by putting thom both on the Committes, the Spenker seemed to deal fairly by the South, while at tho same timo he puckod things completely in the tariff intere eat. AN occultation of Mars by tho moon will occur this evening, In uccordance with the pro- gram laid down in Tne Triune of Bunday last. Tho planot wii pass behind tho moon about five minutes past 5 o'clock, Tho most interesting partof the phonomonon will bo tho reappear anco of the planet, Our caloulated times ara Ch. 22m. 58.78, for tho frst peop of Mars from behind tho moon, ond oh. tim. 16.69. for tho ine stunt of soparntion, tho moon's Mmb occupying about clghteen soconds of timo in passing over tho plant, ‘a ‘tre third-termers aro a retiring, modest. crowd, Thoy do not year for “ straws," or pris vate canvasses, or voluntary expreasions of opinion. What thoy depend on fa tho loyalty | and devotion of Ropubileans to thotr party, and the willingness of yotors to support ano objec~ tlonable cundidate unfairly forced upon them rathor than lot the Democrats win. Butin Prose {dential years, with an unknown floating voto that docs not come out at othor times to bo pro- vided for, this is not u sure or snfe dependonce.; Tue Evening Journal ovidently has no sympathy with tho statement of a morning newspaver that Gen. Grant is a ‘tcandidate,” ‘The " Old Relinblo” saya: Wo do nut regura it at.all suro that Gon, Grant will consent to the uso of his name in the Chi Convention. He ts thus fur uncommitted, At this writing ho can know but very little of what has boon Fine, ‘on in politics in the United States during his absonce, Moxleo is more isolated from this Republic than any country in Europe, After his return he will doubtless Inok tho field over and frankly define his poultion, especially if ho bus any {dea of deollning to run, Tie wootls aro full of Domocrats who woro promisod tho position of Sccretary of the Troasury by Tiklen in 1870, and expect to have tho place, if, by any convulsion of naturo, ho should bo olocted In 1880, It may bo intorcstlig to theso gentlomon to kuow thst Androw I. Groen now rites out with tho Sage overy day. Mandy Andy can cast up four rows of figures ab atimo, and ho has tho improsaion that Socre tarles of tho Treasury aro chiolly ouguged in dutios of this kin EprriO'Goustan’s story has beon re hofrsed to Indlea only” at tho Maryland Ine stitute In Baltimore, Whut Edith knows, ot pretends to know, about the abuses of tho cons fossional sho doos not hositate to toll; and she wos fortunate in Baltimore, a Cathollo city, in having a highly respoctuble audience, Tho American, whloh prints a fullreport of the secrot lecture, suys that many wero unablo to obtain udmission to tho hall. ————— We would respectfully inform the News that the advertising columns of Tits Tiouse are set apart for the uso af tho business publio and pro snorod against oditorial intrusion, whale ever the practice may be in the News ollice. PERSONALS, ‘ “Reformed HWon"—Yes, frosh eged are Easter lays, Tonquin Miller's now drama fs called “Home, Sweet Home.” Tho rugo for tragloal drantas {a certainly on the increase. It is probably truo that the durkest hour ls dust bofore tho dawn, and that the biggest fool ‘on record was the man who got up atsuch aa unhealthy hour of tho night to find it out. A Jovial old party who went ‘To the pupor with Jokos about Lont ‘Has not ainos beon soon, But will be T ween If bis folks to tho doad-house are sent, ‘Tho Marguls of Lorne has been writing @ patriotic Canadian hymn, one couplet of whiol ronda? i ESTOS MSQSANOPRSEA, nadaw. Emma Abbott says that among the fomalo singers of tho past fifty years tho mar ried ones were the boat. Wo do not know how this may bo, but are prepared to bot Emma $3,000 that sho was married bofore making remark, ‘Tho vase may shattered bo, ‘Tho dear gazelle may dio, But all this talk of brokon bearts Is wholly in your eyo.” Tennyson. In case of Mr, 'Tildgn’s election, it 13 sald by thoso who should know, Kecny Jim and Mr Daua will be sent to tho Court of St. Jumol Keone Jim ts well known, baving a record of a:24, Mr, Dana is tho editor of the Now Yorx Sun A i