Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 28, 1880, Page 4

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T— Epecial Kendezrous on Wednesday, the Sist i Zovclock p. @, kbarp, tu Confer the Onter of the 'Tem- pie. Commandery will close at 1d u'clock. ‘The offi fers are ordered to report promptly, and 2 Kir Knights as possible are requested " Bernard extends a hearty welcome to visitors, By order of D. DM. CARR, M. D., Commander. 3.0. DICEEN Recorder. HESPERIA LODGE, NO, 41, A. F. & A. 3L—Tho members ure hereby notified ‘to attend a Kecular Communication of the Lode ta be held at nic Terople, corner Randolph and Hulsted-sts.. Wednex- gay evening, March <1, ais githick. Musiér ‘Musons gre cordially invited to witness the wor! eo JAMES SMITH, W. 3L CHAS. H. BRENAN, Secretary. 2 CORINTHIAN CHAPTER, NO. 69, R. A. M.—Hall No. ts: East Kinzie-st-—Specin} Convocation Monday Btrernoon March 2, at 5 orclock, for work on the Bosal Arch bevrea. pancuet i a yelock. ane ore hpanlvne are alwars welegme. iy Order oe ROUERT MALGOR, M. <P ASH 0. DICKBASO: FORT DEARBORN LODGE, K. OF HL—North- west corner Adums und La Suile-sta—All members Of this Orderare hereby tendered # cordial invita~ Yon to atiend a spirited und interesting lecture on Wexood and welfare of this Onder by one of our Vortby Past Dictators, Friday, April, § p.m. Cretsry. NATIONAL LODGE, NO. 30, A. F. & A, M.—Stated doinwunication Tuesday evening, March 30, at curner Gf Randolph und Halsted-sts. “Important business and work. Visiuing brethren cordinily invited. By order of J. W. OSTRANDER, W. M. A.C. WOOD, Secretary. NO. 17, R.A. M—Thalt 134 pecial “Convocation Mandar oon at 4 vek, and tesular Convoeation at 7:4) o'clock for work ob the Royal Arch. Visiting compaulons invited. By order ot the I. E. H. P. ELI SMITH, Secretary. Gl, RA. M.—Hall Cottazd Gruve-ny. 1S, atter: FAIRVIEW CHAPTER. if Thirty-seventh: evening, April ys’ wol- WASHINGTON CHAPTER, NO. 4%, R. A. MS) cist Coavncation Friday evening, April 3 at + o'clucs, Business and work on the’ Royal Areh De gree. Visiting companions curdially inv By order x. JAMES KEATS, H. P. CHAS. B. WRIGHT, Seerezary. ORIENTAL LODGE, NO. 33, A. F.& A: ular Communieution Friday evening, April2, for bu: ness and work, Visitors alrays Ww CHARLES CATLIN, Secretary. SELAER GRAND LODGE OF PERFEC- sda ON—There will be a recular assembly on ‘Thursday evening next, Business and . By order of, EO. Ht. MCCLELLAND, Te. Po. Go. AL ED GOODALE, Grand Secretary. TRA F&A M— GOLDEN RULE Lop! Special Communication Te evening, March 30, etso’clock. Important worl sitors always wel- come. By order of W. M. -D. GOODMAN, Secretary. SUNDAY, MARCIT 28, 1890. Epear M. Marnce, law officer of the In- terior Department, will be appointed Commis- sioner of Patents, vice Gen. Paine, resigned. ‘Tue Cape Government have decided ‘to disurm the natives of Basuloland. notwithstand- ing the petitionsand remonstrances of the latter. DirntHeria is making many victims amoug the inhabitants of the Russian Province of Kherkoff,and nineteen sanitary bodies are now endeavoring to stay its deadly progress. Tue New York Supreme Court granted an order yesterday for the arrest of Boucicault, actor, dramatist, etc., at the suitof his wife, who has commenced proceedings to procure a di- ‘Yorce. Norwirnstaxprxe the very disagreeable weather of yesterday, Count de Lesseps and his party were pleasantly entertained in Chicago, and icft for New York well pleased with our city and our people. THREE men fell overboard the steamer Guiding Star at Cairo yesterday morning. Two of them were drowned, and the third was struck by the wheel and so seriously injured that his recovery is doubtful. BriGANDAGE is as prevalent in Sicily as ever. The outlaws recently captured a German Prince,—by a Uttle vigilance they might capture a different one every day,—and releused him on the payment of a large ransom. ‘Tre Liberian emigration fever has taken hold of the Arkansas colored people. One bun- dred and seventeen of them arrived in New York a few days ago, and one hundred more are expected soon, all intending to leave for Liberia as soon as practicable. ABouT $50,000 has been subscribed in Chica- go for the Irish Relief Fund. Of this sum, over 22.000 hus been sent to the Parnell Land League, and $19,000 to the Catholic Bishops. It is ex- pected that the fund will be largely increased during the coming week by the receiptsof the SI Patrick’s-Day lectures. PARpOoN was refused to the parties who “were convicted some time ago of corruptly so- Heiting votes of members of the Pennsyivania Legislature in connection with the Riot-Claims bill. The action of the Board of Pardons in this matter was what it ought to be, just and proper. Let the corruptionists take the consequences of their acts. SisTEEX printers have been arrested in St. Petersburg. They were connected with an es- tablishment which issued documents not at all complimentary to the Czar or to his Administra- tion. There is 2 notion prevalent in some quar- ters that other monurchs than the Czar who Uved some years ago were not greatly enamored of the printing-press. ENGLisu army officers of literary tastes have been employed much of late as war corre- spondents of some of the London newspapers; Dut the Duke of Cambridge. the venerable fossil who plays at Commander-in-Chief of the British army, bas issued instructions that the practice must be stopped, and threatens any oficer who violates them with unpleasunt con- sequences. Tue Tory candidates seem to be getting the worst of it in England, if not in wordy argu- ments in those of “knock-down” blows. Sir Stafford Northcote was “shut up” a few days ago and his followers put to rout ata meeting in London, and at Durham, in the north of En- gland, another Tory candidate was attacked by # mov Friday, ‘and received soveral bruises | bgut the bend. Where, oh where are the licensed victuulers and their protégés? Ate they not ready to resist with their energetic fists the dictatofld! actlon of Mr. Gladstone's minions? ‘Mn. Gnrorsuecr, of Cincinnati, declines to say whether he will be a candidate or not... He regrets the publication of the letter addressed to him by a conference of New York Democrats, but will probably reply to it in. a few days. From information received at Washington yesterday it appears that the Texas delegation to the Chicago Convention is by no means solid for Grant. On the contrary, Blaine has a larger following than any candidate, seven delegates favoring his nomination, while Grant can count only on five and Sherman on four. Should the ‘unit rule be enforced it looks as if Blaine would get the full vote of thé delegation. Tie Sub-Committee of the Mouse Cormmit- tee on Militin yesterday agréed on a report urg- ing the Importance of a National Militia, and recommending an annua! appropriation for the organizition and equipment of such a body. Tho report favors a bili by which the coBpera- tion of the various States might be secured to- wards the object indicated. Under the proposed Jaw the men should be paid only during the time of annual encampment and drill. ‘Tene was quite a large crawd gathered onthe picrs yesterday morning as the relief ship Constellation drew out from the Brooklyn Nuvy-Yard bearing its cargo of provisions and clothing for the people of Ireland.. Thé band played Irish and American airs, and the crew, who seemed to be very enthusinstic over their mission. were loudiy cheered. The original destination of the ship has been somewhat modified, and it may land its. cargo at Dublin, Queenstown, or Galway, as Commander Potter deems best. Mrs. CrevELAND, the mother of Clara Lynch, the last wife of Davis, administered 2 sound thrashing ton Quincey Granger yesterday for rétlecting on her daughter. If Mrs. Cleve- land could onty apply tho whip to Clarence tne many-wived, there are, quite a number of per- sons, outside the circle of his wives too, who would heartily sympathize with the action. It | appears from the slight fine imposed upon Mrs. Cleveland by the Quincy Justice that the Granger was not at all pitied for the good “ whaling" he received. Mn. PArvet has been industrious during the pist week in Ireland. He bas selected his candidates, laid his ptans. and is now prepared to mect the enemy with the consciousness that if they do not fall into his hands the constituen- cies will. The extraordinary energy of the agi- tator is a source of great annoyance to his enc- mies, who would not be at all disptensed if be should be placed on the sick lst with Mr. Glad- stone. The latter gentlemanis reported all right again, and the Edinburgers will have him in their midst in a day or two. A SEVERE wind and rain storm raged yes- terday throughout Southern YWinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana, and most of the Western Grates. Feaces, vitbuildings, signs, etc., were blown about in every direction. The storm ap- pears to have been particularly severe in the neighborhood of St. Louis and Lafayette. The telegraph wires were badly damaged, and com- munication between places in the localities re- ferred to and Chicago was seriously interrupted. The Western Union Company have had only one wire working between here and San Francisco for three days. ——— ‘Tue Liberal party in England has received great encouragement from an unexpected quar. The New Free Press of Vienna says that Austria and Germany will from this time forward regard the Liberals as enemies who should be unstintingly and vigorously opposed. The publication of the Austrian journal's arti- ele in the English language will be x most ex- cellent campaign document for Mr. Giadstone, for if there is anything which Englishmen are determined to resent it is the interference of outsiders in their domestic affairs. Besides, they never did like the Austrians, and are not likely to follow their advice to any alarming extent. Leceer and Leeds, the dishonest city officials of Elizabeth, N. J., whose conviction on the charge of. defrauding that tity was referred to in THe TRIBUNE about a week ago, were sen- tenced yesterday, the former to seven years’ imprisonment and a fine of $2,250; the latter to four years, and a fine of $900. This is an example of.Jersey justice which might well be followed by other States; then we might have less per- sons without visible means of support seeking offices for which they receive no public compen- sation. An application of Jersey justice to cer- tain well-known public defaulters of Chicago would not be opposed very strenuously by re- spectable people. Tue promises of inereased liberty to the Jews in Russia made some time ago have not been fulfilled; on the contrary, they have been treated with greater severity since the Czar’s anniversary. In some’ of the provinces their business has been ruined, and they have barely escaped with their lives, while in St. Petersburg they are obliged to deny their religion, if they would live in anything akin to peace. And yet the Russian Government was virtuously indignant some years since at the maltreatment of the Bulgarian Christians by the Turks. But then the Czar was anxious for some additional territory. and it was convenient to assume virtuously humane motives. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. On Tuesday, April 6, there will be an elec- tion in this city for an Assessor, Collector, Supervisor, and Clerk in each of the three Towns of Chicago, and also for the election of one Alderman in each of the cighteen wards. The interests at stake are purely lo- eal. The duties of the officers to be elected are to value the property of the people for taxation, to collect the taxes when due, and to appropriate the money for public purposes when collected. It will be seen, therefore, that the duties of the officers are exclusively of a business character, calling for experi- ence, intelligence, and integrity. The duties of the township officers were, perhaps, never better performed than they were by the Officers elected last year. Wherever these officers, especially those on the North and West Sides, are candidates for reélection, voters have at least the experience of the past to guide them in the choice at-this elec- tion. The lists of candidates, so far as the same are complete, are as follows: ment can be served better by voting for the other man, it will be done. The voters should exercise their freedom of choice with- out hesitation, and support the best men. Asarule, in all eféctions for purely local Officers stich as Aldermen, the most judicious policy for each party to follow is to elect the best candidate named, and the oftener this policy is practiced the less liable the caucusés Will be to nominate sealawags‘and persons Who ought not to be elected. - We address this advice to Democratic as well as Republican voters; we addressit to the Democrats of the Second Ward, and to the Republicans of the First Ward, where the opposing candidates present strong instances of the abuse of caucus machinery. The prospect is that, if the people of the city, the taxpayers and those interested in good government, will do their duty on elec- tion-day, there wil! be considerable improve- ment in the general character of the City Council; this improvement will be in the de- feat and rejection of several of the most ob- jectionable of the present members, nd in the election of others better fitted and quali- fied for the-important duties of the office. The..voters have the whole case in their hands, and the giving of five or ten minutes on election-day at the polls may prove most beneficial ‘to the public interests. ‘ ———— EASTER-MOEN, F ‘The festival of the resurrection of Christ will be celebrated throughout Christendom to-day with appropriate and joyful ceremo- ny. Every year this queen of festivals gains new adherents and takes a deeper and stronger -hold. upon the whole Christian world without regard to sector creed. As will be observed in our religious announce- nents, Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, and other denominations, which only a few years ago, made no acount of church fes- tivals, will to-day enjoy full programs of Easter music, and mark their observatice of the joyful occasion with floral tributes; and there is probably hardly a liousehold so heathenish that the Easter egg, with its pleasant symbolism, will not find a place in it,—thé dimensions and: expense of the egg -yarying with the dimerisions of the family purse, soine of them being of a size and elaboratencss of contents that would aston- ish the most devotional hen, while others would be easily recognized by her notwith- standing their gaudily-colored dress. It is a pleasant superstition that the sun will dance in the sky to-day,—an apt counterpart to the singing of the morning-stars when Christ was borne though at the present , writ- ing the heavens portend that, if the stn does indulge in thag eccentric feat, it will be a pas seul not visible to the naked eye. In some parts of England a geme of ball between municipal corporations is 2 favorit Easter sport, and at Bury St. Edmunds twelve old women keep up the. practice with due en- thusiasm, if not with the strength and agility of the clubs in the League. _ In various parts of the world, more particularly within the jurisdiction of the Greek Church, the Christian brethren will salute each other with a kiss. It is not likely that the practice will prevail to any extent in the New World, owing to very natural prejudices, and to the opinion of men in genera! that a manis nota kissable object under any circumstances. In certain parts of England, however, a very beautiful practice obtained,—the men parading the streets on Easter-morning and claiming the privilege of lifting each woman they met three times, receiving in payment a kiss ora silver sixpence, and the women doing the same to the men the next day. The inauguration of such a custom in our own country would make Easter a notable festival, and, although the large men would have a decided ad- vantage over the small ones in the way of lifting, the latter would undoubtedly make s strenuous effort to earn their compensation, however weighty the female avoirdupols, while the average little woman would try with equal spirit and nerve at. the male be- ing, though he should be as big as Samson. Among a mercenary people like the English unquestionably much of the compensation was taken in sixpences, but among the more gallantand generous Americans thesixpences collected on Easter, with such an option before them, would not materially aid the mission- ary cause. ‘There are, perhaps, a few sordid, lazy hulks who would demand cash down from very light women, but the large ma- jority would take their pay in osculation without proffering change. The practice would also lend a picturesque appearance to our streets, especially in the vicinity of dry-goods stores and other places of female resort. In such places the rule of three would, of course, be insisted upon, owing to the amount of labor to be performed; but in secluded spots, remote from public view, this lifting would probably be prolonged until the compensation grew stale, The practice would also- give the fair sex achance to compare records of lifts, as it does New- Year’s calls, while its humorous phase comes out in strong light as one contem- plates the spectacle of a little man strug- gling and kicking in the air in the clutches of an Amazon who tosses him up with ease and salutes him with a smack that resounds like a six-pounder, or, vice versa, of a little woman held firmly up to the rack three times by some Colossus and shrieking her Temonstrances. It is one of the pretty features of this day that the female sex will blossom out, like the flowers, in all their gay colors and new spring styles. As the butterfly, resplendent with rainbow hues, emerges from the dull clod of the chrysalis, so Araminta will emerge from the soberness and proprieties of Lent bright with gay colors, The ashes are carefully combed out of her mane. The sackcloth is laid away for another year. She comes out of her cell, where she has morti- fied the flesh and done penance for her capti- sisal Oras yating little sins, like a new creature, fully emblican. Jemocrat ; 7 Ms: prepared for another season of revel, and 1....Frank Warre Swayne Wi ham. cabetpredis i CF. ge Paciatdwe ready to plunge into the dissipations ot the Robert Law, world with fresh zest and an appetite all the Ba Burke: keener for her long period of abstinence. Ed Cullerton, Ind. The churches will be beautiful with their Bilt Duty. floral tributes and gay with the richness of Frank Lawler. apparel of worshipers, but the service AM. Conway, ind. will suffer from the worldly duties lvin Hulbert, 3. W. Williams, Ind. Brad: 01M. Bridy. 3.3. McGrath 6. Gasseiman.” ¥. Suber, Com. W. S. Yqung, Jr. A. M. Imhotf, ae Resi r. Stahl, Com. Ii....John Murphey. Pat Tierney. 18....A. H. Burley. J. B. Geohegan. TOWN OFFICERS. hlican. _ Democrat. -Pleas'nt Amick. J. Birk. “Peter Schillo. J. M. Dunphy. ‘Nordhem. ‘W.S. Bogle. 'N.S.Graves. John Redden. -Frank R. Dake Fred Sommer. 1. A. Furwel 4M. C. Stearns, J.S.Hendr'ks' M. A. Driscoll. P Sam Chase. eter Johnson. Frank Niesen. .T. Almendinger. James Stanton. Wm. Greiner,Jr. P. H. Smith, Jr. It will be seen that in some of the wards the better class of citizens of both parties have united as against the candidates of the Communists, and this sinking of party to promote the public interests may well be followed in all the wards. The use of party machinery was necessary to put candidates before the people, but wherever that ma- chinery has been abused, and the credit, in- j terests, and chayacter of the City Govern- that must be performed in the way of comparing bonnets, studying styles, and esti- mating expense, and, if Araminta finds that Jessica outshines her, it is not likely that the music of the Easter anthems or the conven- tional appeals of the minister will fall upon very sympathizing ears. She can hardly feel that she is a success if she is eclipsed by her neighbor. But these are only temporary pangs, and in a few Sundays she will warble her responses as devoutly and sweetly as if there were no such vanities in the world as new spring hats. On this day, also, the frisky young fellow of the other sex will blossom out in his new spring overcoat and | stovepipe hat, gaudy scarf, and jaunty cane, and wend his way to church to make impres- sions and express his gratitude that he, too, has emerged from Lent, and that the great world of gayety has once more opened its doors, and that he can reénter Vanity Fair and buy at the booths where female loveli- ness snares his susceptible heart. So there is a stir everywhere—in the mold among the roots of the grasses, ih the stems and branches ready to burst into bud, in the air already beginning to breathe the fragrance of spring, among birds returning from their southern haunts,’in country places. where the orchards and hedgerows show signs of vernal bloom, int the busy city streets where the shop-wiidows are blooming with the new styles, and in men and women clad afresh, rejoicing in the advent of spring, and plan- ning for a new season of entertainment. Lent is over. Expiation has been made. Serge, and skull, and beads are Jaid away for another twelvemonth, The anchorite closes the door of his cell with no regret, and steps out into the free air full of every sugges- tion of resurrection, for ’tis Eoster-Day, and the spring is now fairly here. ——S COST OF ELECTIONS, IN ENGLAND. One reads much in the English newspapers about the corruption of American politics; buta statement recently made that the elec- tion contest now raging in England will cost over $10,000,000 indicates that England is not very free from bribery, and blackmail, and dis- honest means of influencing voters, and Amer- icans might retort on thelr overcensorious critics by advising them to follow their own moral counsels. ¢ The amount of money spent in securing election from 245 English and Welslr county-* seats at the last election was $2,200,000, and ony seventy-eight seats were contested, the candidates for the other seats having a walk- over. In North Durham, four candidates spent, or rather returned as spent,—for the real expenses are double the amount acknowl- edged,—the siiug sum of $141,000. The cost of contesting the English and Welsh boroughs was a trifle more than that of the counties. The amount expended in Scot- Jand, where there are only sixty seats, was $600,000, while ii Lreland, where there are 103 seats, the expenditure was but $400,000, of which the members of thetwo English par- ties spent $25,000, and the fifty-nine Home- Rulers obtained their seats at the modest price of $1,250 each. But, as was before stated, the published ex- penditures of candidates on which the above figures are based give buta faint idea of the cost of an election, for only the amount of the legitimate expenses is made public. No mention is made of the enormous amount spent in corrupting electors. A few cases might be mentioned in proof of this. The election at Bridgewater, a sinall town in En- gland, some years ago cost the successful candidate, who, by the way, was afterwards unseated for corrupt prac- tices, $150,000; and his election for Dublin City in iss cost Guinness, the brewer, $200,000. The unfortunate Mr. Munster, who shot himself at St Louisa few years ago, spent $75,000 in obtaining his election for the boroiigh of Mallow, which contains only 268" ‘voters. Tho modus-operandi by which votes are se- cured fs something like this: The candidate or his agent goes into the voters’ saloon,—the rumseller is no less open to conviction in England than in. America,—ealls for a drink, hands out a£10 note, and forgets to ask for the change. In the country districts mat- ters are managed differently. The candidate employs the fatmer’s son as agent, hires his team to convey voters to the polls, or buys his horses and cattle at unexpectedly high prices, If the elector fails tobe convinced under these circumstances his case is hope- less. ‘The operation of the Ballot act has, tosome degree, checked the expenditure of money in these ways, for the free and inde pendent elector. may take the generous candidate’s money and vote as he pleases, and no person will be the wiser, unless -he should become slightly inebriated through his suddenly-acquired wealth aud “blab” the transaction. The Campaign Committees of the great parties of America can: scarcely ever expect , to be able to expend half the amount spent in England in carrying on the canvass of their respective parties, and yet the number of voters here is out of all comparison greater than the numberin England. Are we more virtuous than our cousins after all? Has England to be our pupil, rather than our teacher, as to morality in politics? Shall it become the duty of the American press to leeture her about her evil ways and her po- litical and moral turpitude ? RELIEF FROM MUD AND DUST. The necessity for a general and uniform system of street-improvements, extending at the very least over the principal business portion of the city embraced within the dis- trict bounded by Twelfth street, the lake, and the river, has never been more strikingly illustrated than during the past week. For three or four days there was a high and dry wind, and the dust was simply intolerable. The subject was literally in everybody’s mouth,—not only in everybody’s mouth, but in everybody’s throat, nostrils, and pores, in everybody’s house, clothes, and furniture, in everybody’s shop, and goods, and finery. Conversation was divided between impreca- tions at the plague of dust and prayers for relief. Friday night the rain came. It poured in torrents, ‘The dust was trans- formed into mud,—thick, heavy, black masses of mud, of every degree of consistency and every possible variation of filth. It is evi- dent that Chicago, in the present condition of its streets, Is doomed to an unavoidable alternation of mud and dust, and it is diffi- cult to determine which of the two visita- tions is the greater affliction. There is but one remedy for this vile and injurious condition of things that will be satisfactory and enduring. It is that which Tur Trmuse has endeayored during the past few weeks to impress upon the Mayor, the Council, and the public—viz.: a uniform and agnearly as possible simultaneous im- provement of all the mud streets in the South Division north of Twelfth street. Inquiries which were made among the con- tractors last week show that this is not so formidable an -undertaking as is generally supposed. Ordinances have already been passed for the paving or macadamizing of certain portions of Congress street, Eldridge court, Fifth avenue, Michigan avenue (be- tween Jackson street and the river), Hub- bard and Peck courts, Franklin, Harrison, Jackson, Lake, La Salle, Market, Randolph, Sherman, Taylor, Twelfth, and Washington streets. These improyements are to be made any way. But, if made, leaving other streets in a condition of par- tial decay, and still others that have never been paved at all, the new improve- ments will only help the particular localities which are provided with them, and the process of dragging the mud from the un- paved and dilapidated streets, and distribut- ing it over the good streets, will go on as be- fore. ri There are but a few blocks on which there has never been any pavement, or for which paving has not already been ordered. Sume 760 feet on Adains, 640 feet on Congress, 320 feet on Charles place, 1,864 feet on Fourth avenue, 619 feet on Quincy, 700 feet on State, and 3,440 feet on Third gvenue comprise the localities for which no proyision has been made. An estimate of the cost of improving these streets, including walls and curbing where needed, places it at about $53,000. Perhaps $100,000 more would repave the streets that require it, and put the alleys into decent condition, outside of the improve- ments already ordered. The cost, whatever it may be, will be distributed upon the prop- erty benefited, and will not exceed an average of $2.50 per front foot on property worth all the way from $250 to $2,500 per front foot. An increase of acouple of dollarsa year in the rental of a building twenty-five feet front will pay the interést on the cost of anéw paveinent, Jt ig idle to demand that the streets be cleaned so long as a large proportion shall remain unpaved. The money used for this purpose is merely squandered. The mud is dragged in by every horse and vehicle from the dirt streets more rapidly than it can be carted off the paved ones. A reader of Te TRIBUNE writes that itis the droppings from the horses that travel or stand on the streets which make the frightful dustof dry weather. Admit that this is true to some extent, it is still evident that the manure cannot be re- moved without thorough and systematic sweeping, and that no system of cleaning which will keep the streets clean is possible until there shall be a system of paved streets. The proportion of horses that travel and stand in the streets is very. much the same in the large cities of Europe and the East as in Chicago, but the former are kept clean and in good repair, because the pavements are general and of nearly uniform quality. Whenever the chief business districts of Chicago shall be paved, including streets and alleys, then, but not till then, will it be pos- sible to maintain ‘them in good condition of repair and cleanliness at a comparatively small outlay. The gain to business, to health, to comfort, and to the attractiveness and reputation of the city will be vastly beyond the cost. of the proposed improvement, which will be insigniticant to the individual prop- erty-owners, Who will be the pioneer in this movement for the rehabilitation of Chicago streets? An Alderman who is favorable to the project, as every intelligent and public-spirited man must be, pretends that ft is not worth while to bring the subject before the Council now, because nothing can be done this summer. But it should be agitated now so that proper arrangements can be made for completing the work next summer. The process for making special assessments is slow and tedious, and the sooner the movement is set on foot the sooner the work can be done. The Council might, at the very least, author- jze the Commissioner of Public Works to outline the extent of the improvements that ought to be made, consult with contractors as to the probable cost thereof, and report to the Council at the earliest moment an esti- imate of the work in the aggregate and in detail. Mr. Waller, the present Commis- sioner, is a practical and energetic business- man, and, if intrusted with a task of this kind, he will promptly collect all the neces- sary information, and present the plan of improvement to the Council and the public in such a shape as will enable an intelligent decision as to what should be done. Will not Mayor Iarrison bring the matter before the Council in this or some other tangible and practical slrape? WHAT IF THE TORIES SUCCEED 1 Should the Tories retain power as a result of the English Parliamentary elections, the policy to be pursued by them, while asnearly in accordance with the present one as it well can be, will yet possess some features of in- terest and embrace many changes, though not of a very radical character. Beaconsfeld’s advanced age and failing health will force him to withdraw to a certain extent from public life, and- there is no member of his party possessed of anything near ils great ability,—cleverness the Liberals call it. The man who seems destined to succeed him is not SirStafford Northcote, nor yet Lord Salis- bury,—indeed, it is doubtful if the Tories could retain power for one year under the leadership of two men so essentially stupid. The coming man is Lord Cairns, at present Lord Chancellor of England, who presents a very striking contrast to his chief. The prospective Tory leader is the son of a Bel- fast mechanic, and has won his way to his present position, not by any great and shin- ing abilities, but by studied effort and indom- itable perseverance. Sprung from the work- ing classes, he has a certain degree of sympa- thy with them, and should he sicceed to power his efforts will be directed, as far as his party will permit, to the amelioration of their condition in an educational, political, and industrial sense. Raised in the Presby- -terian Church, which, by the way, he has ‘since abandoned,—Presbyterianisin is not the fashion in England,—he is strongly imbued with the love of peace and hatred of clap- trap characteristic of the members. of that Church. His aim will be rather to settle difficulties peaceably than resort to the arbitrament of war. Free from the Oriental- ism of the present Premier, he has not much fancy for the peace-with-honor, gunpowder- and-glory policy of the present Administra- tion. Surrounded, as Lord Cairns will be in case of his succeeding Beaconsfield, by the stupid, fat-witted members of the present Cabinet, the country ‘Squires, and the pompous cions of the “old novility,” his individuality will necessarily manifest itself in the future policy of the Tories, which will in all likelihood be one of conservative progress, not unlike that of Lord Palmerston, and may even be more like that of the late Lord John Russell. It is certain that whichever party succeeds to power there will be quite a change in the Parliamentary franchise, followed by a redis- tribution of seats. The Tories will be obliged to extend the franchise to house- holders in counties and equalize the Trish with the English franchise, but will en- deavor to counteract the advantages which would accrue thereby to the Liberals bya redistribution of seats to their own advantage, making three-cornered constituencies out of the-large Liberal boroughs, thatthey may get the third candidate through the iinority- representation plan. Another matter which will have to be regulated is the estab- lishment of County Boards. The Liberals would make these purely elective bodies, while the Tories will only provide for the election of some of the members, giving the landed aristocracy places on the Boards in virtue of their being large property-owners. The liquor interest will be fostered to as great an extent as the prejudices of the Tory members will allow, for, although that party isnow the champion of the rumsellers, the individual members thereof are really op- posed to them. The alliance is not likely to last long in any case, and itis not improbable that, although the Conservatives obtained power and hope to retain it through the liquor interest, they may find themselves driven therefrom in the near future through the quarrels that will arise between them and their incompatible allies. As to the Jand question of Great Britain and Ireland, the Tories will do as little as possible. ‘The jandlords are the Tory party, and they -will not yield anything, will give up none of what they call their vested rights, until they are forced to do so. They will not compromise now that they may save much in the future. They are veritable Bourbons; they will not read the signs of the times. It is a dispensation of Providence that the Brit- ish and Irish farmers are suffering from now, and Providence will come to their aid if they are only patient and pay their rents, say the Tory landlords. There is no hope for the farmer from this party, which must be beaten to its knees—nay, laid flat on its back— before it will yield to the demands of justice and humanity and relinquish its traditional stupidity and arrant selfishness. The Tory landlords of to-day have had their counter- parts in the Jacobites of the last century, the nigger-owners of the Southern States, and King Bomba of Naples. For these reasons, the Irish and Scotch and the educated En- glish farmers are working vigorously to over- throw the present Government, and the Lon- don Guilds, who own vast estates, obtained by ruthless confiscation, in the north of Ire- Jand, are contributing largely to procure its triumph at the polls next week. Whether they shall succeed or not it is difficult to say, all predictions té the contrary notwithstand- ing. ‘i A HOME FOR INCURABLES. A short communication which we print in another column revives the project of a Home for Incurables which has been agi- tated by Tue Trizuxe from time to time as one of the most commendable charities that ean be established in this city. The sugges- tion in this case is called out by an unfortu- nate woman who is afflicted with an incura- ple affection of the spine, and is absolutely helpless. She is entirely without resources, but is said to be a woman of intelligence and education. There is no place for her in the public or private hospitals, and a consignment to the Poor-Hvuuse would be not merely humiliating, but even eruel, since the Poor-fouse is. not provided with the proper comforts and attentions for such @ person. Several charitably-inclined ladies have undertaken to support this woman, but her life may be dragged out for years, and a thousand things my happen to deprive her of her present support.. In the meantime, these friends have found it extremely difficult to secure a room where the afflicted woman can be lodged and eared for, on account of the nat- ural aversion which every private household feels to the charge of an incurable invalid to whom there are n§ natural ties making such acarea matter of duty. There isno proper and adequate provision to be made for such an unfortunate except a Home for Incura- bles, organized and maintained as a charity, and there is no institution in Chicago of this character, Nearly every physician of large practice ean relate some personal experience which has revealed to him the necessity of such a Home as is recommended by this case. Every once in a while, indeed, the very same sugges- tion comes from some reputable physician. It is hard to say just how the project can be best put upon its legs. Perhaps some prac- ticing physician, or a number of physicians, orsome one of the medical societies, might start the movement with the best chances of success. Itihay be that valuable information, and, perhaps, active codperation, can be se- cured from the Relief and Aid Society, to whose officers and agents similar afflictions must be very familiar. The people of Chi- cago are familiar with the devotion and energy that Dr. Shipman has given to the Foundlings’ Tome. and the success that has attended his ef- forts. His example should prompt some other member of the profession, or some as- sociation of physicians, to start a Home for Incurables, The funds for supporting such an institution will be cheerfully subscribed if it be taken in hand by some person or per- sons whose names will guarantee honest, energetic, and judicious management. Once established, the Home for Incurables would always command the same active sympathy and generous support which the Foundlings’ Home and the Woman’s Hospital find in time of need. There is no person outside of the few who pretend to believe that the old and decrepid should be killed off like helpless beasts to whom such a charity will notappeal at all times, and it is of the peculiar character which should attract the active cobperation of the medical profession. Will some one or more of our leading physicians take it in hand ? ASTRONOMICAL. Chicago (TRIBUNE office), north latitude 41 deg. 52m. 578.3; west longitude, 42m, 1&. from Wash- ington, and 5h. 50m. 30s. from Greenwich. ‘The subjoined table shows the time of rising of the moon’s lower limb, and the official time for lighting the first street-lamp in each circuit in this city, during the coming week, unless or- dered sooner on account of bud weather. Also the following times for extinguishing the first lamp: Day. Light. Balan Moon rises. He 10:30 p.m. her least distance from the earth (perigee) to- morrow morning, and in her last quarter next Friday at 0:23 a.m. The sun’s upper limb rises Monday at 5h. 462m. a.m. Souths at 4m. 36.93. p.m. Sets at 6b. 23%4m. p.m. ‘The sun's upper limb rises Friday at 5:40 a. m., souths at Sm. 24.2s p.m. Sets at 6h. 27igm. p.m. Sidereal time Thursday noon, Oh. 41m. 50.593. Mereury is near the sun. He will be in infe- rior conjunction this evening; and then pass to the position of a morning star. Venus is a morning star. Thursday she will rise at 4:50 a. m., and south at 10:27 a. m. About nine-tenthsof her visible disc is illuminated. She is slowly nearing her superior conjunction, which will occur July 13. : Mars isan evening star; now passing from Taurus into Gemini. He is now nearly between the two horn stars of the Bull; and during next month willbe north of Orion. Thursday next he willsouth at 4:53 p. m., and will set at 0:3t Friday morning. Jupiter now rises nearly an hour before the sun, having been in conjunction March 15. Next Thursday he will south at 11:16 a. m, Saturn is an evening star, but is near the sun, southing Thursday at 0:23 p. m., and setting at 6:43 p.m. His conjunction will occur Apri! Uranus will south Thursday at 9:47 p. m he will be one degree east and one-third of a degree north from Rho Leonis. Neptune souths Thursday at 1:53 p. m. $< Gew. GRANT was greeted on his arrival in Galveston with a leading article in the News (Liberal Democratic) of that city forecasting his nomination by the following vote on the first ballot: New York. The estimate is absurdly and ridiculously out of the way, inasmuch as no State in the list can be depended on to give as large a vote as each is credited with, and some will not give Gen. Grant. one vote. North Carolina, for instance, is cred- ited with twenty votes for Grant, whereas it has already elected seventeen Sherman delegates, and hes only twenty in all. So it can surely besaid that neither Pennsylvania nor Illinois will give asolid vote for Grant, or anything like it, while Massachusetts and New Jersey will scarcely give him one vote between them. It. is significant that most of his strength is made to come from the Southern Democratic States which can do nothing to elect him.. Gen. Grant probably saw this article in the News and read it; and it must have made him feel very much like declining, if he was not soinclined before. SS Too many curious coincidences will arouse suspicion. It was a curious coincidence that Gen. Grant arrived in Texas the day before the meeting of the Republican State Convention; it isa still more curious coincidence that bis visit to Arkansas has been postponed until a few days before the meeting of the Republican Conven- tion of that State. Some persons think the hand of Simon Cameron appears in all this. a Durino the debate yesterday on the Con- sular and Diplomutie Appropriation bill, and in answer to the strictures of Mr. Blackburn on our diplomatic service, Mr.’ Robeson, of New Jersey, took occasion, while defending that service as being as respectable and successful as any the world had ever seen, to refer to Mr. Washburne's career in Paris in terms of glowing but deseryed eulogy. Amid sceues of greatest difticulty‘and danger, while the blazoned representatives of the Eine at wero almost powerless, Mr. Washburn ne simple character of American Minister Fr tracted the attention andcommandedthe map, of civilized humanity as the represen, ae of Republican ideas, and liberties, and ane Without resorting to the practices of the dine mitts of the old school.—the chicanery, the f; ea hoods, the espionage which areassociated Ince minds with that system and practice, Mr. Tan’ burne, by his intelligence, courtesy, energy. be courage, won'the admiration and respect a every Intelligent man. The élite of Euro ee diplomacy “was dwarfed und bdelittled Atte the stature (only life-sized) of American ‘al hood” as represented by him. These remann, were received with long-continued Applause, = well-merited compliment to an able, honest *y dignified representative American. and <a. Nerrrer the noon News nor the & Journal is.entirely pleused with Tue Brea presswork on the cuts of the “Four Stalwarne We admit that the impression took a little t dark, but, as two of them are cousidered dare horses, the color was probably about right ¢ thom, ns they desire to be kept sbudy. As Blaine is x blond, and the picture represents him a : dark bruuet, his friends naturally take excey : tion to the coloring of the cut. Gen, Graat, te ing a grim warrior and accustomed to all kinds of delineation, won't take offense at altel extra Ink on the shadow of himself. It may : well be confessed that revolving stereuiype) plates, whirling round at the rate of 12,00) hour, do not work cuts on news print-pa; = with the clearness and smoothness of the 884 and platen or Adams press, turning off 60 o $00 impressions an hour on heavy, sized ook. paper. — iy the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Wards there is a practical union of the Republicans and Democrats as aguinst the Communist Alder- manic candid:ites, Mr. Young and Mr. imho ought certainly to be elected. The Seventeenth Ward is Democratic, though there is.a large Re. publican and Independent vote, and Mr, Morphy muy be elected, as he ought to be. Mr. 4. 1. Burley is the Republican candidate in the Eighteenth Ward. It is unnecessary to speak of his fitness, his lone experience, his large {ater- ests, and his general character. All this is known to the whole people of Chicago, and especially to the people of that part of the city where he has resided for thirty years. It should be remembered that Mr. Burley cannot be elected without votes, and therefore voters must turn out on election-day, . ————— Mr. Jases J. McGratu is the Republican nominee in the Fourteenth Ward against the Communist candidate, Stauber. Some of the Democrats wanted to run Mr. Chris, Casselman but he says he will not accept, ashe doesn't want the office, and doesn't care to divide the anti- Communist vote to let in Stauber. 3feGrath, as the representative of the Star-Spangled Banner, will lay the red-fiag Communist on the shelf. There will be a lively scrimmage in the ward, but the defenders of American civilization will prevail ugainst its assailants. Mr. McGrath pledges himself to make an acceptable and use- ful Alderman, and he has the ability todo so, When he was formerly in the Council he com- mitted some errors, but he.bas turned over a new leaf, and will act steadily with the best ele- ment in the new Council. eae ‘TE atiempt of the Four Stalwarts in yes-. terday’s Ta1scNe to cntch the colored vote by taking on a hue of extra darkness was very {n- genious and skillful, but it will hardly work. Each one vied with the other, and neither was much ahend at the end. It’s a good sign, how- ever, that candidates now seem to know the yalue of printer’s ink. The pressman was liber- al with the Four Staiwarts in this regard. About two pounds of extra pigment were distributed around Gen. Grant’s nose, and Senator Ed- munds, whose head is as smooth asa billlard- ball, had a rich and glossy coat of black put over his attic-story. The pressman hurrahs for Grant and Edmunds, and that's why he favored them witb an extra dose of “the art preservative.” —————— Tre respectable and taxpaying voters of the Second Ward should not hesitate a moment between Mr. H. F. Billings and Pat Sgnders for Alderman. The latter has represented the Sec- ond Ward long enough for its good, and bas made a record that taxpayers cannot indorse. Whatever bis motives have been, or whaterer influence controlled his action, his votes will te found almost invariably with the vagrant clas of Aldermen who follow no occupation and hare no visible means of support, but subsist upon blackmail, and who vote invariably for high taxes and more tax-eaters. a Tre Republicans of West Chicago could nothave nominated a more competent candidate. for Assessor than Pleasant Amick. He knows every piece of ground in that town, and every house, shop, and manufactory, and the fair and proper taxable value of each lot or improve- ment. He has had immense experience in tar and assessment matters, and possesses cool judgment and a correct eye. He should be elected by all means, and will beif the property- owners care enough for the protection of their interests to go to the polls and vote for him. - ——— Ava banquet given to Gen. Grant and his friends in Buena Vista, Gen. Sheridan wascalled upon for a speech, and he replicd by saying that since he had visited Mexico he could well under stand why it was that Cortez had burned bis ships, since, of course, he could have no desire toleave sucha land of milk and honey. The able and ingenious editor of the Sun sees in Sheridan's words a determined purpose to con- quer Mexico. But he should know that Get Sheridan, when he is going to conquer anything, doesn’t begin with soft words and flattery. ——$—<—<———_$_- Iw the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Wards the Kepublicans are in such hopeless minority that they, perhaps, can best serve the public interests by making the best selections from among the mob of Democratic candidates, regulars, irregulars, and independents. Inthe Fourth, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thir teenth Wards the Republican candidates will probably have no opposition. In the Twelfth ‘Ward both candidates are Republicans, and the election of either will be satisfactory to the public, —— Dr. Wickersirast has been in the Council but a few months, and bus mude so good a recqrd that it is diflicult to tind much fault with it, He is a candidate for reélection, and has Frank Warren asa competitor. It will be a contest in which party considerations will cut but asmall figure. Let the best ninn be elected. Reputable voters will not have much trouble to determine how they should yote. ; "as ——a—— Norwrrasranprxe the fact that the Re publicans of the Eighteenth Ward bave put up an excellent candidate, the fight promises to be lively and interesting. The “ free-trade” pert? will canvass the saloons as usual, and try to drez in outside issues, Votes will be needed to ele Mr. Burley, and it {3 the business of working Republicans to see that he gets them. Ir is stated, on the authority of a Repul- lican journal, that the principal object of the conference of Conkling, Don Cameron, and the elder Cameron at Harrisburg on Monday was tO prepare instructions, which were telegraphed in cipher to Gen. Grant on his arrival at Gal- veston. —————— ‘THE difference between Republican and Democratic Aldermen turns out to be most im- portant when judges of election are to be 8?” pointed. Anybody who has bad to haunt the City-Hiall on this business knows how great the difference is. : $$ Tre Republicans have made an excellent selection for Alderman in the Eleventh Ward ia nominating Mr. T.N. Bond. He is the right maa for the place. His vote and intluence will be oo the right side of every question. << Tuk Bloomington Pantagraph was once & strong Grant organ, but now seems disposed to favor Blaine. The tide is surely turning in that direction. ——— Tne Dearborn-street bridge pool wasmuch discouraged yesterday. It {[s sald that evt $1,000 in $2 bills couldn't enrry the thing’ through. —— PERSONALS. «S.J. T."—"Keep out of my way and all will be forgiven."—John Kelly. i The Czar has overhauled his will, made < 1877, and several important changes, the aid of which is not known, have been made. Pro ably the old gentieman has get aside 8 see pen cient to pay fur sweeplug up ‘his rel