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

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Dearborn street, corner of Monrov, Blave,” “The Galicy Mootey's Thentre, - Tinndolph strect, between Clark and Tn Salle, Fn- Fagomontof James A. Slorne und Katharine Coreo- ran, “ilearts of Oak,” 3 Tinmatin'« ‘Thentre, Clark -atrect, botween Washington and Rando tph, Encagoment of Miss Katlo Putnam, “Lona, the Madcap.” INGS. WASILINGTON CHAPTE, NO, 43, R.A. 3L—8po- ela! Convoeation this Friday ‘ovening at 7:30 o'clock, Work on tho Mark, Pust, and Sb i tstly invited. sity onte uf tho Mee tly invited. Thy order of the Mt. gee one eee CHAS, BL WIGHT, Secretary, WAUBANSIA LODGM, No. 10, A, Feand A. 3 Regular Communication this (Friday) evening sharp Important work, Visiting cordintly Invite Yd, TUSTIN, We ate J, EB, CHURCH, Sac, if. FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1890, Tne highly Important news that the Queen of tho Netherlands js to present. her spouse ‘vory soon witha pledsoof tetider love Is cubled all the way from London. —— “A. HEAVY snow-storm prevailed alt over the Now England States and tho Upper Inake region yesterday which considerably fmpeded travel and greatly hindered tratic, — : TuHE' Republican County Conventions which. have been held 60 far in Kentucky bave resutted infavorof Grant. The bluc-yrass State Is not vo Ukoly to contribute very Inrgely to lis clee- Won if nominated. —_—_— By a declsion of the Commissioner of the Gonoral Land-Ofics at Washington, Lake Calu- mot, near this city, is declared to be a navigable body of water, and not subject to entry as a part: of the publte domatu ——: Russtaw lawyers will not be too desirousof. dofending political prisoners in tho future. A- lawyer who recently defended a disloyal oficial at’ 8t. Petersburg nezompanied his client to the benal establishments of Siberia. a Srx persons have been murdered by a band of Indians near Santa Barbara, N. M. ‘The names of threoof tho purty are known, ‘Tho Bavages ulso attnoked ‘tho Villazo of San José, but wero driven olf without doing any consider- able damuge, ——serees Trisnowabhnost certain that the Mayor wIH not: voto tho ordinanco: giving tho North Bide: Hallway Compeny permission td ny a street-cnr track on Stato street, nnd the Com- * pany promise to bavo cars running over tho route in the course of a month or six weeks, f ree Gen. Paring, Commissloner of Patents, tendered his resignution on tho 18th tnst., and expects to bo relteved: from tho duties of: hia oftice nbont the 10th of April, He litonds to re- sumo tho practice of law. ‘There aro ono or. two applicants for the position ubout to be ren- dered vacant. . Grex, Suen maintains that the Indians OF Bitting Bull's band are: Hritish subjects, and the United States has nothing to do with thom, auvo whon thoy commit dupredations In United States torritury. 1f the savages sro hungry thoy should be fed by the British, and not by th United States Governmont. - Mn, Tassy, 9 member of the Dominion Houso of Commons, Is under tho fmpression that Canudians who come’ to this country nro the viotims of American railway agents and specn- Intors, and 1s sorely puzziod to discover effectunl micans to putanend tothy practice, Thoro is not much Ilkeliood of his succeeding, a Tur call for « National Antl-Thivd-Term Convention has veen issuvd, the Convention: ta be held in St. Louls on the 6th of May next, The call contomplntes an expressipn of Nutlonalsen= timont ygalnst n third President{al term and the inauguration of u movement townrd limiting the Prostdentiat tenure by a constitutional amend- wont, ‘Tim question to-day 18 whothor a foolish winination for Alderman by tho Republloans of 3o First Ward shalt insure the election of tho wemocrativ candidate, It ts a question whleh tho Republican votors of tho ward can settle In tholr own favor at the primarius by turning out ih yood forcu and defeating both of the wi- weet, aspirants who aru scrambifby for the Os. ‘Try Independent Democrats of the Highth Ward ore determined, if possible, to. rid thems selves of the InsutTorablo nulsunce of belng rep. rozentod by tha insufferable and postilontdume- gag Lawlor. Mik Trimunkdoes notknowanything: about tho noiniuee of the Independents, but be bas a focal habitation and a nue, and must be vory: bad, Indeed, if bo fs not greatly preferable to Lawler, . ———, ‘Tue Czar dovs not feel.in the beat humor over the refusal of tho reach Governmont to gurrendcr tho Nihilist lMurtny and recently took occasion to show his displeusury in a marked manner. Ata militury purnde hold quite recently In St. Petersburg the Cane was quite cordial with Lont Dutforin, tho English Ambas+ sador, but saluted en, Chunzy, tho French Ame bassador, ia cold and studiously formal mun. wor. a Prixce Bissauck has been In the habit of tuking frequent schooners of the exhilarating and Jovigorating lugor, and ay 9 consequence bas growy as fat and us rotund ua North Sido saloonkveper, Tho doutors think he hus bovomng dangerously corpulont, aud, ucting on thelr ads vico, bo will indulge no more iu the founiug boverngu. ‘This determination speaks well for dls self-dental, but many will think that ho lacks patrlotisi ta thug casting suspicion on the nis toua) drink, + Sees ‘Tare way to throw uway a chance of yiew tory at tho polls in tho First Ward Aldermanic election 14 for tho ftepublicuns to nomiuate olther of the two undesirable nsplrunts, Byrne or Warren, The way to keep the Republican Orguulzstivn Intact gud secure success ts tu nooiluute some inan whoin tho heavy taxpuyery of the ward aro willing to support. There ury geod tnen who will make the run if nominated at the Mopublicay primarics to-day, byt who wl) not stonp to the methods resorted to by *tho ‘bummer candidates to obtain the nomination. It wil bo cnsy enough to elect a Republican Alderman If 1 good candidate is scteuted, and to ‘bring this about gomo effort must be put forth nt tho primaries to-day, ———— ‘Timm Truye representative Interviowed President Mayes yesterday nbout bis Presiden tial preferences, bit failed to elicit: anything definit from him, save that he would not bo a candidate under nny cireumstances, Speaking of machine-politicians, he eald tho Renubttean party ought to nominate n man who fs ao trong with the people tha thoy (the machinists) wilt notdare oppose him. Tho President oxpresse: himself ns confident that tho Republiean party coals etect nny of the candidates now before the People. —— ‘Tne Donrd of Editeation at its meeting Indt evening agreed to Ieare tho property nt the corner of Hinisted and 3tadison streets ton business firm who propose to creet thereon within two years 1 buitding which will cost $100,- 000,. Tho rentat to be paid by tho firm, reconting toMr. Keith, to whose oxortions tho arrangement is due, wilt be $700 per annum In excess of tho rents now.paid, Tho action of tho Board is very’ commendable, and Mr. Keith deserves the best thanks of tho peoplo ot Chtoago for providing for tho replacement of tho present wnsightly shantics by so imposing n bulldiug asthe pros Posed one. —- ‘Tn Republicans of tho Eighteenth Ward, -) and in fact all of tho good citizens of that ward and tho whole city, are to be congratulated upon the nomination by the Republican Club of Mr. A. H. Burley for Alderman, As City Controtter, f fow years ago, Mr. Burley rendered valuable service to tho munteipality, with whose affatrs he is fumiline toa degreo that would muke him a most excellent Alderman. fis nomination should be ratifled at the primaries to-day, and donbtiess will be, and tho voters of tho ward will eagerly avait thomselves of the opportunity of being so well repreeented tn the Conimon Council, ‘Tum Secretary of the Navy has issued ine structions: to Commander Potter, of the Con- Btellation, to proceed to Dublin. with the cargo of provisions contributed for tho relief of tho suffering people of Ireland. In his letter of In+ striction Seeretary Thompson requests the Commander tu state to the Roellef Committee in Dublin that the condition of the Irish peopla “his aroused extraordinary sympathy in the American mind"; and the carga of the Constel dation, and the Inrge amount of money publicly: subscribed In Amerien, nmonnting alrendy to nbout $1,200,000, Is sutfictent proof of the truth of tho Scerctary’s statemen ‘Tum Illinois Central Itailroad Company will reduee Its loen) passenger rates in this State =5 per cent after the Ist of April, The action of tho Company will probably have the effect of forcing tho other ronds of this State to reduce thelr fares also, According to tho State law, which, by the way, hns never been enforced, tha Passenger rites should be only three cents per mille, or about tho price which tho Illinois Contrit witt ehargo under the new schedule, It 1s thought that the Company will not Jose. by thelr Aetlon, us tho increased business will more than compensnta It for ike reduction in fares, Tho Chicago & Alton has voted n similar reduction, Tim Irish-Americans of Porter County, Indiana, aro beginning to ask themselves, In the language of Emery Storrs, “ Why o rth do wo belong to the Democratic party?” ‘To tho number of 250 thoy have determined to practice a lttlo thinking: for thomselyes, and in the future will refuse to be guided in tholr action hy the Bourbon organ or tho ‘Hourbon bosses of that county. Now, {f the Irish Democrats in New Yoric would only havo tho maniiness to sit down onthe New York World und Sun, repudiate Jobn Kelly and Richard O'Gorman, they would he more entitled to respeet, and their brethren in troland would reecive more sympathy. CANADIANS have to pay rathor dearly for tho honor conferred on them by tho presonce of Princess of tho Slood in thelr midst. ‘Thu ox- Penses of tho Governor-General’s office have incrensed from $72,211 In 1871-72 to $154,053 in 1878-70. Teesldes, the repairs and renovations of Hidenu Hall, tho Governor-Genernt's residence, havo cost « considerable amount. Tho Cana- dans aro gtd enough to bask in the Royal sun- shine; but it ls quite another thing to pay so dearly for it, and report has it that their loyalty 4s Just now undergoing a rather severe strain, There are many inciplent Ditkea in the Domine Jon who wilt soon proteat aguinst tho extrava- Kanco of Koyalty. Tononto had a sensation yesterday. - A Ulscharged engineer of tho Glubs.nowapaper building in that city entered tho private olllce of the Hon. George Lrown, proprictorof tho paper, und, on being refused a recommendation, grew insolent and wns orgered ont. Ingtend of com- plying, tho intruder drow.a rovolyer and at- - tempted to shoot Mr. Brown in the breast. ‘Tho latter saw tho ‘assasin's purpoac, and struck down his arm so that tho bullet entered tho Meshy part of the ley. The would-bo murderer Was thon selzod and taken to jail, and Mr. Trown’s wound was uttended toby the surgeons, whe pronounced it not nt all sorlous, Mr. Brown is & prominent politician of tho Dominion, and Als happy escape is regurded with satisfaction. by tho citlzons of all partics, - Mn. Dr Cosmos, a member of the Dominion Paritament from Dritish Columbia, intends in- traduelag a Dilt relative to Chinese immigration to bis section, which, if passed, would serve as un effectual check on tha coming of the Coles- tlats, Under tho provisions of De Cosmos’ bill, which fa modeted on tho antl-Chineso: nw of Queensland, no vessel would be allowed to bring into port more thun one Chinaman to every ten “tons of ‘the ship's cargo, and the tunster of tho veasel would be obliged to pay 850 for every one Janded, Any attempt to evade the Inw would subject tho master toa fine of $100, besides the contisention of his vessel to the Government, Woite (his Lit fs sald to meet with considerable favor, It is not probublo that it will become a Jaw this sesston, ae Ses Tur Aldermaule fight among the Ropub- Means of tho First Ward can best bo settled by defeating both Warren and Byrne nt the pritnue ries to-day, -Neithor of those aspirants oan possibly bo elected Alderman in tho wealthlest wanl ln the city. Tho Fiest Wand fs, a8 {ts name denotes, the firat wand (1 tho elty, and ft should bo represented In the Common Counell by a mun of. charactor and ability. Nolther Byrne nor Warren meots this requirement, and jf elther should recelye tho nomionation at the prinu- ros the Ropublicun buslnessemon.and heavy tuxpayers of the ward would undoubtedly unite on Dr. Wickersham, fe, Democratio vaniidnte, who fg honest, respectable, and safe. Mut there ia uo need of turning the ward over to the De- mocrioy, Tho Lepublieaus ara in a majority; and If thoy iuke a yood nomination ean carry the wand easily. Among the names mentioned of gontlomen whom the Itopublicans would do woll to nominate that of Mr, Boverly Rt. Cham- bors should bo recelved with marked favor, Ho Je not a candidate for the place, and dovs not wint It, but if nominated would uke a vigors ous aNd siticosstul cunvuss. Str. Chumbons 13 0 natlye of Chlcugo, 9 large property-owner and fuxpuyer, and a young man af strong business capacity aud fing ability, We would worthily represent the fiuportant Interests of tho First ‘Wurd in the Common Counell, and if nomlugted to-day will be clected == TAXATION OVER THE RATE OF 50 PER OENT. ‘Tho controyoray In the Houso of Repra- sentatives over the reference of n bi amend- ing tho taritf to the Comnulttee on the Reyis- Jon of tha Statutes, instead of to the Com- willteo on Ways and Méans, was brought toa close yesterday by dischurging the Commit. tev on Revision from the further considera. tlon of the bill and referring it to Spenker Tuudali’s Democratle Comuitteo on Strungu- Jation. Among the many bijis pending in tho House, and proyiding forgeneral and spectile ainondiments to the turlif, yong originating With Mr, Morrison, of this State, which pro- vides for tho reduction of ull dutles on cere taln classes of goods to 60 per cent. ‘Tho classes of goods embraced in tho provisions of this bul are cotton goods; curths and ecarthonware, glassware, and plate-gliss, poreclulus, vte.; hemp, jute, and flax goods, —Nnens, floor-cloths, cordage, and suildduck; metals and metal goods of all kinds, Includ- ing manufactures of steel; sugary, molusses, and alrups; Inmbor and manufactures there- + Wooland woolen goods; chemicals, drugs, dyes, and 9 vast varicty of ariletes falling under the general deseription of “sindrics.” Of courso the duties on these classes of goats do not axcced 60 per cent, except in tho eases of namall number of articles, but the DH applies to many items where the tax ranges from 60 to 150 percent. ‘The object and purpose of the bul is, without Interfer- ing generally with the tariff, to make 50 per cent the maximum rate of duty on nll these classes of articles, The tariff contains many provisions imposing specific duty per yard, or per pound, or per dozen, and, In addition, an ad valerem duty, ‘Thus, certain kinds of cotton cloth pay a duty of G4 cenfs per square yard and 10 per cent ad valorem,—both duties amount- Ing to 63 per cent; thread on spools fs taxed Ocents per dozen and 90 per cent, equaling 71 per cent; certain wools are taxed 33 cents per pound and 30 por cent, equating 98 per cont; blankets at 40 cents per pound and 35 per cent, equaling 06 per cent; and thus, throughout the tariff, theso double taxes ara imposed for tho special benefit of a few per- sons making these kinds of goods, The effect of this bill will simply be to make.60 per cent the maximum duty on all these classes of gonls, ‘Phat bill has been twiee rejected by the Committee on Ways and Means, aud the Committee refused to report. the bill back, even adversely, thus depriving the louse of any opportunity to vote for or against It. The general duty of 60 per cent docs not convey the whole extent of the tax, An Im- ported article paying aduty of 60 per cent jas also to pay the cost of the foretgn trans- portation, tho ocean frelghts, the cost: of ex- change, the commission, the Custom-Ifouse, warchotse, and brokers’ feces, and the im- porter’s profits, Thus, where an Simporta- tion of goods costs in the foreign mar- ket $1,000, tho duty, at 50 per cont, fs $500; the freight and other charges 10 per cent, or $100; and the importer’s commis- sion 20 per cent, or $900,—inaking the cost of the goods on the market $1,S00,—an advance of $0 per cent on the price paid to the foreign manufacturer. Is not 60 per cent a sufllcient margin of protection to the American manu- fneturer against the competition of the for- elgner? When {t fs remembered that many of these dutles are ns high ns 120 per cent, and others range between that rate and 60 per epnt, the render can understand how enornfdus Is tho tax against the repeat or re- duction of which the Democratic House and the Democratle Committee of Ways and Means have usurped tho power of National Tegisiation, eee CORRUPT RAILROAD CONTRACTS. Tt ts sald that Mr. French, Government Aue ditor of Paeifie Rellroad Accounts, Is en- gagedin looking up authority of Jaw for condemning the contract between the Pacific Rallroads and the Paelfie Mail Steamship Company, whereby tho former agree to pay tie latter a subsily of $110,000 a month for the privilege of dictating the steamship rates, It fs also sated that, while thorailronds and the Steamship Company have been actlug under this agreement sluco March 1, tha contract has not been actually ratified, snd will not be executed until Its validity shail be passea upon by the United States authorities, In cuse the legal officers of the Government shall hold the contractto be unlawful, the railroads will, it isntleged, gobefore Congress and ask a formal approval of the corrupt ar- raugement. ‘I'lis would bo n startling pleco of impertinence, but ono that tho rall- road monopolists would be entirely capable ofcomuitting, When Jay Gould consolidated tho Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Com- panies with his Union Pacific corporation, he endeavored to oxelude the Government Di- rectors from the counsels of the new organ- Szation on the ground that the Government had no claim to representhtion in the: aftalrs of one of tho Companies that had been taken into the consolidation, So preposterous an attempt to nullify Government rights Indt- eates that Messrs, Gould and Huntington will not hesitate to ask Congressional indorse- mnt of a deliberate arrangement to depriva the people of naturat competition on tho high sens and to swindle them by extortionate charges, ‘The Attorney-Gencral of the United States Js sald to base hits objection to the yalldity of tho Pacific Mall contract upon the following provision of Inw passed In 1874: No now stock shall be isstied, or mortgages or pledges made, on tho property or future earnings of the Company [Union Preitic] with- out leave of Congress, excopt for the purpose af funding ond securing debt now extating or the renowuls thereof, Any Director or oificer who shall poy or declare, or ald in paying or declur- ng, any dividend of creating uny mortgage or pietxe prohiblted by this act stall be punished iy imprisonment not caper tive years; and by nt tine not exceeding 85,000, At is pretended by the Unton Paelfie man- agers that this Inw does not apply to the ar- rangement with the Paclfie Mall Company, because tho carnings of the raflroads will be {nereased by the proposed monopoly, instend of being pledged or involved in any way, Perhups the reply is a good one, But it seems to be entirely unnecessary for the At- torney-General to appeal to this or any other statute for tha purpose of, Invalldating the contract, ‘The Attorney-General should take the brond = ground = thatthe compact Is in violation of public morals aud In tho natura of 4 consplracy against the public welfare. ‘This Js sufiletent reason—In fact, a better reason than tho technical violation of some statute— for disapproving tho contrnet, and there Is Httlo question but the courts will take the sano view of the matter if they shall over have the opportunity to pass upon tt A public corporation certainly has no moral or legat right to enter Into any arrangement with the avowed purpose of exueting unfalr and unreasonable charges from the peuple by whoso sufteranee It exists, ‘This Js still traer du the casa of corparation whose property was constructed from public inoneys and Innds donated for the benefit of tho people, Tho short and direct way to seeurs the abrogation of the corrupt agreament between the rallrouds and the Steamstilp Company is for Congress to exerelae the right reserved {1 the Union Vaelfic charter and In consideration of the grants to tho ather Pactic Railroads to regulate tho rates charged by these corpo- rations, 1 tho public Interest were protected In this matter there would be no temptation for the rallronds to give a gratulty of $1,220,- 000 n yenr to the Steamship Company, A Maxim rate should ba flxed upon the basis of the value of the railroad property and tha cost of operating it; then the companies world have no margin to give away to coms poting steamstip companies; the steamshin vompazles would then seek to carn dividends, upon thelr own investment, and the publie woul enjoy the benefit of the natural com- petition thera would be for the business, It Messrs, Gould and ILuntington actually thinks ot applying to Congress for ratliicatlon of their corrupt contract, they should be met at the threshold with a Congressional regula: ton of the Pacific Railroad charges; In such ease the country would be spared the dis- xraco of having tho Nutlonal Congress po titioned to become a purty to 9 conspiracy agulust the rights of the pcople. ‘Tue Supreme Court of Illinois has made 5 summary disposition of tho nse of tho City of Chicagy against David A. Gage, and the sureties on hig ofctal bond, as ‘freasurer of the City of Chicagu. Gage was ‘Treasurer during two terms of two years each, When hiysecond term expired ho was unable to pay over tha public funds f f amounting ta abcut $587,000. Subsequent! this deficiency was somewhat reduced, and stilt was brought by the elty to recover the Indebtedness,‘ The defense was mainly mado by the persons who had signed his of- celal bond; tho ense was tried inthe Cireult Court, and a yerdlet was given for tha city; on an appeal, the Appollate Court reversed His tinding, and now the Supreme Court, re- versing tho decision of the Appellate Court, remands the cnseto the Clrenit Court, with dl- rections to enter Jndament for the elty on the original verdict, This terminates legal pro- ceedings inthe matter, ‘Tho deficlency or defaleation was anade public in December, 1873, and the business hag, In ona form or an- other, been inthe courts from that time to the present. ‘Tho next proceeding on the part of the elty will be to collect the money, How far this is practleablo or. probable time will develop, ENGLISH SENTIMENT ON THE MONROE OCTRINE. Doc ‘The comments of the English press gen- erally upon the President’s inessage and tho Congressional resolutions applying tho Mon- roo doctrine to the construction of the Inter oceante Canal indiento a disposition to acqul- esco in the attitude which tho American Covernment has nssumed for the tle being, Perhnps this mild and complacent. reception of the rather premature and brusque asser- tlon of the American clatm ton predomina- ting Intiuence in any canal project fy due ton certain English satisfaction at seeing the French entreprencurs snubbed. ‘Tho En- alish expericnce in the Suez Canal, which M. de Lesseps constructed, will sufilelently necount for this feeling, The London 7ele- qraph says that, while the English Govern- inené usually permits foreign tnvestments of English enpital to take care of themsclycs, “French Ministers follow French moncy lent abroad with constant vigilance and an almost nervous solicitude.” The samo Journal forecasts an actual interference and possibly military occupation of the Isthmns in ease of any danger or apprehension of injury to French capital invested In the canal, and says it Is obvious that np European investors “would trust their money to the tender merctes of Nicaragua or Hon«uras, but would rely on the strong arnt of their own Government in ense of need. ‘This theory is a virtual Indorsement of Pres- ident Inyes’ position so far ns the construc: ton of the Isthmus canal by French capital 8 concerned. ‘Tho most which the Pail jifalt Gazette says is that tho conilict of opinion in regard to the matter “may Jead to Important political consequences for which the British Government ought to be pre- pared? The London Globe and other journals merely chronicle the atate of American feellng, as indicated by the President’s message and tho resolu- tions introduced into Congress, and present tho Amerlean arguments in their strongest Nght. ‘These expressions from the English press generally would in- dicate that there Js no disposition in Great Dritaln to dispute the broadest interpretation of the Monroe doctrine, Novertheless, if tho American Government should undertake by subsidy or otherwise to establish American predominance in the construction of an inter- oceanic canal, instead of mercly protesting against the French project, tho English would not be slow to invoko the Clayton- Bulwer treaty as an obstacle, and there might le some such spirit of resistance as the Standard, the Tory organ, recently expressed. Tho comments of tho English press in- dicate, however, that any cifort'on the part of the United States Government to tor- minato this treaty will bo received: in a frlendly way, and that, in the event of its ter- mlnation, there will be no formidable opposi- tion on the part. of:tho English Government or the English‘pedple to the brond Interpre+ tation which President Llayes has put upon the Monroe doctrine, — THE IRISH LAND AGITATION. . Many must haye noticed the resemblance between tho progress of tho Irish land nglta- tion and the agitation which In this country ended In tho downfall of slavery. The Abolitionists were nt first not really what thelr Inter acquired name infght indieate, ‘They wanted only to restrict slavery, to con- fine it within tho districts and States where it existed; and it was not watil the second year of the Wur,—1802,—when- the slaves captured in battle by the National troops were retitrned to thoir owners as chattels, that the manhood and the public sentiment of tho North revolted against human slavery. ‘Lon the great anti-slavery agita- ‘tors found tho time had come to declare In favor of tho Mberty and enfranchisement of tho negroes, Tho history of the Irish land ngitation com- mences with tha formation of the Independ- ent Opposition party in 1853 under Charles Gavan Duffy and Frederick Lueag, the broth- er-hi-luw of John Bright, who, though mem- ber for an Irish county, was an Englishman by birth, Duily and Lucas only demanded compensation for unexhausted Improvements In cascof oviction, and it wasnot unt! the clec- tlon of 1808thatthe programs of the Irish tenant farmers became “fixity of tenure ut rents to be determined by arbitration? ‘nis plat. form was thocreation of Archbishoy Belale, and it was not untilthe advent of Mr, Par- uell Into the Irish politien! arena that the question of rooting tha tenants In tho soil us proprietors beeame the farmers’ doc- trine. For the first ime since the eontisca- tion the Irish leaders have tnicena stand on wlogical ant comprehenstve platform, and declared that tho soll of Ireland belongs rightfully to the people, ‘They admit that possession has in some degrea given the landlords a sort of yested Interest, and thoy offer to pay tham a fair compensjtion now, They demand that the Government, whieh hag been instrumental in robbing thom of thelr Jauds, shall aid in enabling them to be come Its owners, ‘The {ten is attempted to be scouted by tho present landlord Govern- ment of England, and a great howl is raised by them ubout the invasion of tho rights of property, conflseation, unconstitutional and iNegul action, Just os the Southern stayehold- ers and thelr Goyornment howled against tho Abolitionists; But it 1s evident that, notwithstanding the prolonged and goncral abuse to which Mr, Parnell and his party linve been subjected, thore must be very swevping changes {1 the system of Irish land tontire. ‘Tho Irish people, with the exception of the landlords ord thelr hangers-on, Dub- Mn Castle and Its toadies, are united In favor ofa change. For tho first tino in the his- tory of Trish clectlons every Ulster constitu: eney fs belng contested by a Land Reformer, aut with oxcellent chances of success in most places, ‘The dally press, the weekly pe- rodicals, and the monthly and quarterly magazines are fied with discussions on the subject; the leading thinkers of Ene gland have given tho mattorserious attention; politicul economists like Johu Bright, Leon- atd Courtonay, Prof. Kinnear, and Prof, Thorold Rogera have pronounced in favor of radical changes; even conservatlyo men Uo Matthew Arnold and Dr, Malcolm Me- Coll have spoken bojdly on tho matter, ‘Tho Aurican newspapers’ of the East which, following the exaniple of the New York Herald, Wud pronounced in favor of the Jondlords aud against Mr. Parnell, aro swing- {ng around tho circle and commencing to ad- yovate the causo of the tenant, Mr. James Redpath's letters in tho Now York tribune, MARCIL 20, ISSU. and that paper's editorial —indorsement of them, aro very slgnifieant, = In- deed, we will not be at all sur. mised $f tho Werald flops ono of these days, antl swears that it ins been all along on the side of the tenantry. ‘The determinn- tlon, tho spirit, the Independenee of the Irish Jand ngitators, which have advanced the movement thus far, aro not likely to be barren of results, no matter which party snececds to power during tho coming elections, Should the ‘Tories sueeced, thoy will be obliged to make changes to satisfy thelr Eplscopalian supporters in Ulster, ‘Tho Inudlords, foo, are not so blind to the signs of tho times as not to yleld much, fearing lest thoy might logo all, for there ts little doubt that, should thoy fail to mect the Present demands i some slinpe now, the time will come when the tenantry will offer them less, Tho English ant Seoteh farmers, generally slow of movement and tather befuddled In their polltteal notions, are showing signs of avtion and some degree ofcomprehension, Ifthe Ltberals succeed they will advance very far to mect Mr Parnell, for many reasons, Without tho aid of Mr. Parnell they cannot posatbly re- taln power fora very Jong time, and aven it tnt were not tho case the love of justice so clinracteristic of Mr. Bright and Mr. Glad- stone and the English Radicals would im- pel them to deal with the question in no dalnty spirit, ‘The men who had the temer- ity to disestablish tho Irish Church will not quail nt the {dea of dlsestablishing ite twin ovll,—Irish Jandtordism GARFIELD'S BUDDEN CONVERSION, Gen, Garfield is now an ultra Protectionist, but he was not always sa. Up to the time of the late Senatorial election In Ohto he was known os @ revenita reformer. Iis own spevches in Congress define his position on this subject very clearly. On tho 1st of April, 1870, he delivered a set speceh on the tariff question in which these sentiments were ox-. pressed: * Alarge majority of tho great thinkers of tho perecnt day are leading In tho direction of what Is culled frev trade, The fomdienes: of modern thought is toward whut ts culled free trade, In so fur us the doctrine of freo trade Js n pro- fest agninst tho old system of oppression and prohibition it §9 1 heatthy and werthy sentiment. reject the narrow view which considers © iu- dustry " any ong partioniar form of lubor, Tob. Jeet to any theory that treats thy Industries of tho country’ tis thoy were treated In the lasteen- When We hud ‘ono schedule for “ ugricuite ure” and another for industry." We ought to do for tho turift Inws what wo did in 144, 1867, nnd 188 for the Internal revenuo Jaws, whon we removed taxes from the sepurite processes nnd fmposed them mualuly on com- pleted producta, Dutles should be so high that our manufact- ures can fairly compete with the foreign prod- tet. Dut not so hish us to enable them to drive out the forelgn article, enjoy 1 monopoly of the ivade, and regulate the price og they’ plense. ‘This is my doctrine of protection. March 10, 1871, Mr, Garileld urged tho re- peal of the absurd duty on coal, May 8, 1872, he demanded the abolition of the injurtous tox on salt, . May 16, 1872, lie remarked on a proposition to materinily reduce the duty on books and printed paper: 1 do tnploro this Committee [of the Wholo] to Strain to como as nent to free Hooks is fs com. patible with the rights of all concerned. And when I eny all, Linean tho writer of books, tho printer of books, and tho readers of books. Lre- Bret that uny necessity oxists for putting shuckles on what ought to be in tho larger view of the subject us free us-tha alr wo brentho, I would huvo popular books, tho sible nnd the general cducational siterature of the country, ug nearly free ag possible, In 1878 Mr. Garfleld mada two moro fall speeches on tho tariff question, repeating his former opinions. Lis desired then, os le fore, to bo known as a moderate Protection- ist, or revenue reformer, opposed to every form of tariff prohibition; and was so recognized up to the time of the Senatorial election in Ohio lnst winter, ‘The exact date of Gartleld’s conversion to prohibltory taxes was Dee, 15, 1879, On that tlay he wrote a lettor+to Senator Beer, of Ashland, ono.of his supporters In the Ohio Legisiature, representing himself as deeply pained at the reports that had gong abrond about his soundness on the prohibitory tarlfissne. Hoe admitted that ho wasa mem- berof the Cabden Club, and that this Club Uollaved in freo trade; but averred that ho had joined It innocently and ignorantly, and was sorry for it! ‘Th{s matter, he added, had been repeatedly explained “to tho fron- mongers in the southern end of his district, and they had agreed to overlook It and sup- port him, He begged Senator Beer to cor- rect “the erroneots impression.” Senator Becr apparently did so, and Garfield was chosen Senator practically without opposi- tion by the Republican caucus, Stneo this election Mr, Garfield has been numbered ‘among the extreme Prohibition- Ists in Congress, and has yoted to stitle dls cussion and postpone action on every propo- sition to amelforate tho oppressive features of the tarhif that has como before the Com- mittee on Ways and Means, Garfleld, who oneo made an ablo speech in favor of free salt, and against tariff-prohibi- tions, now combines with tho salt and pulp monopolists, and othor -tariil-prohibitionists, tosmothor all measures fora reform of the revenua system. IIo who once pleaded so clonuently for free books Is now the chief enemy of ‘free paper,—the raw material of book-making. lic docs this, moreover, at a thne when our bonds, bearing only 4 per cent Anterest, command 1 premium and wo have a largo surplus revenue; whereas he was most positive a3 9 refermor in 1808, when the country was staggering under the burden of an cnormous debt, and (-per-cent bonds could not be soldat par, IfMr. Garfield can make his record uppear consistent and reasonable to himself and to the country, de will bo a fortunate man, At any rate, ho has. his Senatorship. Wo only hopa he will be satis- fied always that he has not pald for it too high a price, ' Mn. H, Jt. -Entaot, Washington corre: spontent of the New York Eventay Post, allows hlmself to be imposa&l tpon by one of Sherman's lackeys,—Tom Nichol, of Wiscon- sln,—who fled him with ridiculous tes about tho editor of ‘nm Citcago Trmuxz, of which tho following fs n sample: Mr, Nichol informa mo that in the wintor of 1877-78 Mr. Medill, tha editor of Tin CHICA. Go TrtnuNg, callod upon Beerctary Sherman at hig oltice in the Department to ntge the aban- donment of the resumption policy (Ij, holding: that It would ruin tho country [1], ete. bus wis told by Mr. Shernun that ho was determined to execute tho law untess Congress repoated it. Mr. Medill denounced the Secretary's course vehe- mently, and threatened’ to conibine certaln ine iluonces tu * break him down" {f he porsiatod in adhering to tho reaumption polley, ‘The inters viow, on Mr. Medifl’s purt, was a stormy one, ‘The only “storm! In tho imaginary “In- terview ” was In theoxclted brain of the Har who invented It, We hind supposed that Nichol was a man of some little senso and information, but, if he Is correctly reported, he shows himacif to bon dense Ignoramus, In the first place, Jolin Sherman {s not the Inwemaking power nor the Exeoutive of the Natlon, but merely the President’s head clerk of the ‘Treasury Bureau, placed thera to exccute the law and enforty the President’s wishes and policles, - 2 Ifthe editorof Tie Tumuxe had de- sired the “abandonment of the resumption policy” he would haye appealed to Congress to repeal the Resumption act, and not to Mr. Hayes’ ‘Treasury clerk, who bad no power orauthority in tha premises, except to exc- cute the law as he found it under tha orders of the President, es 3, ‘Tune Tren at that the was battling vigorously against both the Democrats und Greenbackers, who wanted the Resumption Inw repealed, Jt insisted on lettlug the law stand, aud on remonctizing allyer La order to mako resumption of speclo-payments easy and successful, 4, At the time referred to by Nichol, green- backs had reached 08 to 989f, and only Ineked necnt or twoof belng at par with coin, and the long agony of returnmg to spvele-pay- ments was aliost over, and tho “ promised Innd” of reviving prosperity was in plain sight, Howabsurd to bo urging an abandon- ment of tho resumption policy when ft was onthe ove of complete triumph and more than two-thirds of Congress were resolved to renionetize silver in deftanes of tho oppost- tion both of Sherman and Hayes, Lf the nan Nichol had said the cditor of ‘Lins ‘Trmune had: urged Sherman to abandon his oppost- tlon to remonetizing silver, as the resumption policy would not baa perfect suecess with- out the ald of silver. coin, white the assertion would still be untrio as on conversation had with Sherman, it-would be strictly true ng editorial advice, for It was given him repeatedly in thatshape. John Sherman wasn goldite nll through the Temonetization strugela between Congress and the President, and has continued to bb one ever since, He is not only hostile to stlveras money to pay debts, but he wants tho debt-paying quality of 300 millions of greenbacks abolished, and the legal-tender money of the United States contracted to tha comparative handful of gold in the country. ‘This deadly constriction proposition receives the approval of the Shylock classy, but it evokes no cuthusiasm tn the West, and hence there is no “boom” forthe Treasury Iclele, nor will one bo created by tho silly, shallow menilaelty of his hired henehimen. If John Shermau’s crazy contraction scheme had been indorsed by Congress the country to- day would bein the hands of tho Sheriff or the Commune. jean purty. Thore is no party in any that In providing tor a State Convention, inakea the husls of tho repregontation of coun- ties, parishes, or districts aecording to the num- ber of mombors of the Legislature fram the county, parish, or district, but the representa. ton fa fn propartion to and based upon the party voto in cach district.—Jowe State Register. Our esteemed contemporary is mistaken. Thoro {s Just ono State in which tho practica of ang equal representation In Republican con- ventions to Democratic and Republican coun- tics prevails. That Stato fs Penneylvania, which, under the dictation of Don Cameron, ted off for tho ex-President, It {s an bistorlenl fact, which can bo proved by the records, that all tho Democratte counties in Yennsylvanta were solid for Grant, and thg heaviest Republican countles: for Maino; and tho formor nullified the latter ton grent extont, botlrhaving equal represonta- tion. Ind a different system prevailed, Cam- cron would never have had bis beggurly major- ity of twenty in tho Harrisburg Convention, Of courso tho tegister undorstands that tho third- term fssuc is to be forced upon the Repubtiean party, 1€ ut all, by Democratic countics and States. But itiswellto have this point about Pennsylyanin cleared up, ————a— Tate Hon. Jacob Mueller, ex-Lieutenant- Governor of Ohlo, and now tho controlling spirit around tho Wacchteram Erie ollice, of Clove land, the loading German aniiy paper of North orn Ohio, has been making a carcful study of tho German feeling in Ohio, espeelatly in tho northern: part, on tho Presidential question. Mr. Mueller says that from his observations and: knowledge of tho Gerthan charncter, ho ts sat- {slled that nothing can tale place which would teconello tho feclings of tho Gormans to Gen. Grant, Thoy are dend sot against him, and under no efycumstunces would yote for hin, If ho bo the Chicago nominee Ohto will surely give the Dentocrutic candidate from 25,000 to 60,00 maJority, and tho chances would be good for the majority to reach even 75,000, “Why, sir," said the ox-Liouteuant-Governor, “Teanildly’ believe that Grant would not cet Afty votes among ail tho Germans of Cleveland, In fact I havo not seen ono who hns sald that he would vote for him. Personally [am as mueh opposed to Gon, Grant's nomination as nny ona canbe, becuse I think his revlection would bo Q very bad precedent. I should ike to soc Washburno nominated. J belleve ho would mnako ngood President, and would be accept- able tothe German votersof this country, but nothing gun bappen which will male Grant ao- ceptable.” < ” ‘Tue negroes are moving out of tha Bloody Brook districts in the South quite as largely now as thoy weron year ago. Tho only differ- ence fs that the leading newspapors down thoro suppreas the fuota, But items Ilke these from the country press tell their own story: We do not think that many negroes haye gona from hero dircetly to Kansas, but tholr tondcney is townrdd tho Mississippi bottoms, doubticss with a view on the part of 1 large proportion of thom to work thelravay to this Afrienn Canaan by tho cheaper water route,—ducon (Gu.) Bedt- colt. a short timo ago a car-lond of nogro omigrants embarked from this piace, bound for the prom- sed Innd of Kangns, und on Inat Lucslay over onv hundred more took tho train, bound for tho Bane destinution,—Kosciuska Star, We rarely hour of tho exodus in Adams Coun- ty. Washington and Insnquena Counties bnve on much labor ns thoy desire, and land is bold at a higher rate per year in those counties than in somo others, Yuz0o County and ‘Tonsna Parteh complain of luck of Inborers.—Nalelies (Mtss,) New kra, Adams, Washington, and Tesaquena nro coun- tlesin which the negroes are well treated and have a sharo of thd local offices. Ynz0o County was the sceno of the Burksdalo-Dixon murder, ang Tensns Parish witnossod tho lust negro mns- sacto in Louisiana, ‘The blight is on it and Yazoo, —_____. ‘Tunrow Wren, the “dean” or sentor editor of American jovrnalism, went up to Albany tho othor day and wroto an cditorin! for tho Journal on Its Ofticth anulversary, in which ho thus counsels tho Ropublican party ut tho present juncture: vA Delegates to tho National Conyention should be loft free to respond to tho public sentiment os they find It when they assemble, [The imi. chine haa “instructed” tho Now York delegn- Non.) Itisnotthoman so much ns the eansc that should be eonaldered in tho selection of 1 candidate for Presidaut, Tho party ought not to be demonized by oxelting and acrimonious coniiicts about candidates, Tho welfare of our country requires tho election of n Repuptican President, The duty of Republictns and thoir dolegates to the Nutlonal Conyention is to reneh, a nomination by mothods and In a spirit that will Becure th United, zonlous, and hearty support of thelr nominee, whether it bo Grant, Hinine, Sherman, Washburue, Edmunds, Ish, Evarts, Windom, or Booth, It is undorstood that Weed's preferences lle betweon Washburno and Ulaine. a Whira: it is the duty of the Republicans throughout the entire city to devote proper at- tention ta the primary meetings that nro to bo held to-day, It 13 capecially the Interest af tho taxpayers of the Sccund Ward to put in anap- pearance at thelr primary mocting, In view of, the churgo that un effort will bo mado to run It indireetly in tho Intorest of Tat Sanders, tho Democratic candidate for Alderman, Tho Sce- oud Ward Republican Club has placed Mr, Henry. F, Billings in nowluation. He ts un old citizen of tho ward, a property-ownor, and a business- qaun of good standing, If ho shall receivo tho nomination ut tho primary micollng bya large Yoto, that fuct will discourage any bolt, and ho enn be elected. Every Republican resident of the ward should on thig necount make an efort to cnat his yoto at the primary, a Tnene will bo asharp contest for Alder- man at tho primarics to-day in tho Fourth Ward between tho friends of Ald. H.#. Mallory and ex-Ald. Clark, As the ward gives something over two to ono yotcs for tho Republican ticket, thore fs not tho same nervous apprehension of disastrous conscquonces from a Mttlo faction fighting, Tho Fourth fs one of the wards whera tho Republicans can indulge In tho luxury of kicktog, soratching, biting, and bolting, and stil) have the ticket cleated bya “large majority," Dut wo don't know of any good reason why Ald, Mullory should not be reviected, He has mado avery fair record, served his ward fulthfully, and two terms fs the gencral rulowhero mon bey bave woll in office, ce . a THE Cinolnnat! Commercial saya, and Is Poaltive about it, that if Grant-is nominated agein Hamilton County will givo 5,000 majority ayainst him; Montgomery, 3,000; and Butlor, 2,600,—enough to give the third term in Onlog black oyo of the most serious maguitude, ———= Ar the meeting of the Directors of the Barataria Ship-Caual Company in Memphis Mouduy, Capt. Cowdon mude one of his forcible and cnorgetio spceches, Ho hud maps on band toahow that the constant Gulf Hl) and bar ads vanco since 120, at Houthwest Pass, to, 1874 hy Deen soventcon miter, and that Cron 1533 to fa tho filet tho Gulf atthat pass had heen ap te i, ten miles out In tha Gulf. Ife also showed that at South Pass out two miles In the Guir framing oni of tho Jotties, tho fill was goingon anda ney . bar forming, which would-be within (on, foot i tho surfaco in tess than ten years. Ho spoke ot tho advantages, not only to Now Orleans and Memphis, but tho ontiro valley, that would 800) result from neep and permanent outtet, meh as only could be scoured by tho Barataria Shi Canal. Te sald ft coutd be constructed tor th twentioth part of what tho Sucz Canal vost, ang pay its owners moro actunl monoy in one Year than tho Suez Canal pays bt four years, The Memphis Ardanche anys: “Allin all, it Was g glorlous meeting.’ inne Arn. Drxox, In opposing the increngo tog Der 1,009 feet for West-Side gas, intimated protly pointedly that Mr. Billings was not making tuutch monoy, by rejecting tho $1.05 por og whieh tho Counell had proviousty voted tobe palt. Tho expense of porsunding a cortain clasg of Aldermen that €2 should bo patd, Dixon thonght, would not be much less than 35 contig per 1,000 fect, which tho city would Toso. Dixon throw out anothor insinnation that somo of the Aldermen who had voted for tho $1.5 rate lit £0 for the purposo of being “ persuaded" hy the West-Slde Gns Company to reconsider that voto and rafso it to $2. Who Aldermen who wero ry. ferred to merely coughed ond asked him eottg toce what he proposed to do about it, es Tene seems to boan impending danger that. Phocton Howard will bo a candidate for Congressin tho Fourteenth Districtof this Btnte, In tuawer to n newspaper paragraph on the sub. doct, Phocton writes tu tho Hoopeston Chronicle as follows: Tn oxplanation Twill sa: tlonto make « contest before the people fora sent In Congress in the event that tho Cincine natt Convention renominates Samuol J. Tilden, If, on the contrary, the Conyention should noms inate aome emusculnted old politician Hike Das wid Davis, or some soft-money tdlot Uke Allen G, Thurman, why then I'm out ona tinder, ‘Truly, ‘ Puocton Howann, that It fs my intone — Tne Chairman of ‘tho Massachusetts Bue reau of Tabor Statistics, whom tho Providonco Journal youches for as “a cautions and trusts worthy’ man,” ollicintly declares that English manufacturers have patdagonts 11 New England, Tor tho purpose of promoting atrikes among tho mill operatives, Tho Hurtford Courant sconts “Rritish gold” afar off, and thinks “ tho enthne sinsm of cortain Amortenn politicians and nowse pnpers for” royenuo-reform can bo traced to this source, Ah! hal British Gold! British Gold! Track tho perjured villains to tholr latrat rr Mn, Gantox, who had been tendered q Domoeratio nomination for Alderman of tho Sixteenth Ward, very sensibly declined tho prof. fered honor and urged his brother Democrats to unite on Mr. Imhoff, tho Independent candidate, ag tho only way to defent the allon red-ting Come munist candidate, Stahl, Last spring tho Re« publicans and Democrats toyother polled 121 votes and the Communists 1,313. United they stand, divided thoy fall. They can clenn out tho Communists if they puil togethor, but not othore wise. Sam McDowant, who for twenty years and moro was a well-known cltizon of Chicngo, and who during tho most of that timo was the Westorn agent of tho Silsby: Manufacturing Company, moved to Lendvillo some elghtcen months ago, and has beon nominated by the Ne- publicans og thoir candidate for Mayor of that young and enterprising city. The valuo ofa business experience in Chicago scoms to be appreciated by tho wide-awako pcoplo of Leads villo, SEVERAL of tho bummer membors of the Council who pay no taxes, perform no Inbor, fol- low no business, and have no visible means of support, are imploring tho votors of thotr wards toreUitct thom to tho Counoll,ns thoy cannot mako a living at anything clse, and will bo left ‘without Incomo for tha sustenance of their fam+ ilies and tho payment of tholr grog if thoy ara dropped from tho Council. i TueERe’s one hope, and only one, for Sam ‘Tilden in tho South, If he will getupa mock duel with Mfoses " Marble, or spit in ex-Liout. Goy. Dorshe!mor's face, or dance an Irish jix on John Kolly'a abdomen, the boys will know ho's a trio son of chivalry and vote for him; other wise not. The indolldlo stain of the crayon subs inisulon of thrvo years ago must bo wiped out. ————— Tire Rhode Island Democratic delegates fre asa body unpledged. Individually a majors ity favor Tilden for first cholco, with Bayard, Jowott, or Hondricks for second choice. Somo, however, aro violently opposed to Tilden, and hig inanagers noed uot look for solid support from Rhodo Island, Pr, Suentpan once sald that if he owned Texas and another place, ho would rent out Texas and live In the other place. Hots now making fast time for Chicago, which is not a compromise residence, but a placo for good men. who don’t havo to choose botween oyils, Ix saying that Mr. John B. Jeffery, fob su: Perintendent of the Jourial, hud effected a lease of tho entire establishment, Tur Trion had no intention of conveying the Idea that ho had leased the sensational dopartmont of tho concern, only “tho ald reliable" end of it, ——— Answer to Anxious Democrat: No; Jo Blackburn's momorabla obscrvation was not “Ho who rallics is a bustard and ho who shouts {ajammed,” but "Ifo who daltics isa dastard and ho who doubts ts damned.” Everything depouds on‘tho alliteration. Bynunion of tho Republicans and Demo- eratsin tho Fifth Ward Inat gpring tho Com munist candidate, the blutant blatherakito Mare gun, got Inid on tho shelf, A similar union this thne will fix nnothor Communist In tho samo way. Wuen Coffroth sald Blackburn wns 8 traltor to his country, and Blackburn rejoined that Coffroth wna nt trator to his party, both told tho truth. But thoy wero in hout and not strictly accountablo for tho inadyortence. Ouro was raked with a fine-tooth comb for an original Grant inan, and at Inst Btanloy Matthows was discovered,’ but 2 almilar scarch in Connceticut bas boen barren of result, TWENTY-NINE fournals are now published in this country exclusively by.colored mon, most creditable showing fora raco only seven teen years out of slavery. Sprakina of pulp, what condition will ! Congresainen Millor aud Russall bo in aftor thote! noses hayo been put to the grindstone? é “TIn who daliics {3 adastard,” observed! Mr, Blaokburn, and immediately Sam Titdea falls into a train of sombre musings, - ——— Taxarany has secured 250’ rooms at Clim! elnnuti, and Bam Tilden can't crowd his cnemics, into back garrets, as he hoped to do, ‘ Gnrapvuarry It diuwns on the Senatoriat’ mind that somo BStutes in tho Union are uot owned in Washington. Att, tho Aldennien who pay no taxes, and’ make tholr Hylng by blackmail, nre candidates for reiiteotion, ‘ A New Natlonal Bankrupt low would be & ‘boon ta stock-ganiblora, Bixepixa Kansas won't opon any yeln$ for Grant. | PERSONALS, A very sad incldentoccurred Ina Michigan townouo day last week, the local paper belng issued without an cditoriat on: Tho Question of tho Hour.” . “Mr, Tennyson "—We cannot print your poem," Where Is My Boy?’ Tho chances arc, howover, that bo ia in the back alloy assisting to open tho base-bull season, a Mr. Tilden's pretty nleca is to be Queen Of the May atu celebration ucar Youkers. The old gontioman would mako a great jack, in cad thore is ono masing from the deck, Wives of great mon all remind ua We maku our wtyce sublime, ‘Dy tho purchaso of spring bouusts, Jf wo purchase them fn timo. Forney’s Proyress copley the following epitaph from o tomb near Versailles: * Bxooptia 1669, during which for saverul daye eho took leas. sous onthe plage, hex lise wos withautaigig™ ~*