Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 20, 1880, Page 9

'TTE CHICAGO RIBUNE: TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1880—TWELVE PAGES. NATIONAL POLITICS. es Tildon’s Great and Successful Role of Political Pickwick Out West. fis Politico-Motrimonial Entanglo- ments with Buckeye and Hoosier Widows. Chonging Sentiment Among Tilden’s Former Support- ers in New York, -Who Are Unable to Overlook His In- come-Tax Rascalities and Ciphers Dispatch Infamies, And Are Now Laboring to Retiro the Snge from Public Lite. Interview with a New York Dem« ocratic Manager on the Syracuse Prospects, Bhowing Up Past Intrigues and Present Tricks. of Ciphor Sam. : To-Day’s Fight of tho New York De- mocracy to Bo a Severe One, With tho Prospect of Landing tha Oon- testants Nobody Knows Whore, “PICKWICK” TILDEN. HIS POLATICO-MATRIMONTIAL — ENTANGLE- MENTS WITIL VARIOUS MUCKEYE AND 100- cs yIDOWS, Speelal Dispateh to The Chtcago Tribune. , 'Torrvo, O., April 19,—Samuel Jones Tie den has been pretty successfully enacting the role of politienl Plekiwfek tu this State, and whether a Sam Weller, with the requisit wit and good-humor’shall come to the rescue Jn due time, is bezinning to be an Important auestion to the confiding and disappointed widows who assert that thelr nifections have been outraged. The question is belng asked, with due display of handkerchief and fal- sutto voice, “Have we no rights whlelt this ttle old bachelor of Gramercy Park fs hound to respeet ?” Whether the old wizard lins pro- posed in rentity to any of these, or whether thelr own desire for such proposal has led them Into the fatal mistake mnde by the im- pressible Mrs. Burdell $s the all-nbsorbing question; but certain it Is that the various Dodson '& Foggs of tho State, acting in the capacity of advocates for thelr,cHients, thinle they have sufficient proof for 1 successful prosecution, A brief history of these little love-affairs may possess n molcly of the in- terest which orlginally attached to the pros- ecution of the founder of the Pickwick Club for exemplary dumuges for breach of prom- ise of marringe. ‘Pho iirst Mre. Bardell of Ohlo, and tho ‘one who had the most subline confidence In her charms and power to plense, was our bland and childlike ex-Goyernor, Uncle Dick Bishop. We was the first toapply, and, there- fore, felt his claims should, all other things being equal, take preceden Ie wended his way to New York, and tfMere held long and sweet converao with the charming old seducer whose nvoirdupols struggles up among the nineties. He came back thor- oughly cocked and primed to inaugurate his own boom in his own State, Ie was free confidentially to converse at that time about as follows: : “T think the people of this State have found out by this time that T nm, about the: only Democrat who cun carry the State. They thought there were play ‘of others; bu when thoy tried Jast fall, they found ont thal thoy were left. I can always earry Jamil- ton County, I have done it rgainst large Republican majorities, and £ean do it again, ‘The thie nny shape itself so that it will be important to carry Olilo in the election next foll, and tho people may think itis u good thing to nominate me.” When asked if he wasa candidate for Vicc- President, Mr. Blshop replied that “things might very easily shape themselves so thathe would be a candidate.” When asked what those things were, ho refused to state, but left the distinct finpression that they would depend much wpon the movements in Cipher alley, beenuse, he added, Hendricks was out of the question for the second pluce ‘on the ticket, and it might be Important to fin i a strong Western man to accept that po- sition. s From the moment of his return, Unclo Dick set in motion his own pecullar kind of machinery, and started Is “boon.” He visited the Capital of the State, held constl- tations with his friends, and returned to his Frocery in Cinclunnath = Uncle Dick's boys have always run a certain strong side of the machine, ‘They opened the wet grocery, atl vigorously operated it before and after the convention which noufnated the ald gentle- man for Governor, hey ade large prom- Jses of the ensh that would be fortheomlng in caso * Pa” was put at the head of tho ticket, qheretaro it was that, very soon after "Pa? had expressed himself on thea Vico-Presiden- tlal question, “the.boys” began the work of organizing the friends of the family, and get- ting ready to make a vigorous stand. In pure sunnce of this plan, cireular letters were sont out in envelopes having the card of the great grocery-lirin printed on thelr left-hand upper corner, and overything seamed to be moving of swinmingly. But, just at this juncture, it became evident that the famous old tax-jumper had, —_o! his own — free wil! and premoditnted purpose, Proposed in terms to the Hon, Wenry B. aye, of Clevéland, and gous so far as fully to con- Biunmate the contract of ‘marriuge., Ar. ‘ayne was thought to have many more charms us a candidate than our Unele Dick, ond so the latter wus gently scorned, Now, if thore !4 any ono thing niore terrible than another It 1s fo witness an Ohie manscorned; and our Unele Dick fs not only an Olifo man, ut one of the very worst of his class to suub, He clatms that he has the solemn ledge of Tilden, and that he will hold hin re qaunges in case the contract is not made But scarcely {9 Mr. Payno’s name fairl: Announced and hig “hoon” Inaugurated, Untit still another Indieation of Unele Sam- my’s game of fnst-and-looxe is brought to Heh Mr. English, an obscure though charm- ing Hoosier widow, ls confidently announced {itoughout the length and breadth of the and 18 the Jast of the confiding ones who have fallen a victim to his wiles, Mr. En- gilab, who is by no means a person to go wild and recklesly expend his hoarded cash, hus pity due deliberation gone to the extreme rngth of publishing an wutoblogruphy whitch hawes that hols one of the most charming of , Chere aré many opinions expressed In. this State og to the meaning of ai this, and the candid Democrat who sits ag w juryman in I 8 cuse can form butone opluton, so far asf have been able to hear, and that is this: ‘Tll- den lias id own reasons for all his wooing, 8 hus not been too gushing, or too forward, t toonmbiguous, ag was the good-natured winortal Mr. Pickwick; and all that he has one ean be explained, as the sclontlsts Bay, on ratlonal grounds, ‘In the first place, he ayer pro oxed atall to Uncle Dick, ‘he latter fs the typleal Mra. Bardell, who wi- Seustoual: At. Pieinotck Miden to mean hin, When he spoke plainly enough for any less Snxlous person ta understari of iis coming Hit Sam Weller Payne, Mr. Tiden “une doubtedly sald to Uncle Dick that an Ohlo Han should be selected; thatthat man should iH sable to curry the Stato; that he should ba i rus Jucksonlan Democrat, without spot or eunsts that he should boa man who has always belleved implicitly in ‘Tilden, and pitt only. 30 Propositions Unele Nek aaetteds wed thought, $n his simple Tig Ouading thature, that he beheld ii all hiinself; and, when Mev frufan “auded dint “gala edndidate aliould be rich, he humbly thanked the old wizard for the compliment, and came home with the Cull assurances that he had been pro posed to, and repealing ta himself, “Kor whom should the King delight to honor more than myself?” Mr, English Is the second Mra, Bardell. Unele Samuel undoubtedly proposed much more directly in terms to this confiding widow than to Unele Dick, Io desired, Mr. English and Mr. English's friends to belleve thatan engagement of marriige had really Heonsuimmnted heres and his purpose ti view was stimmarity to chastise Ar. Ien- dricks, who had assimed to put Iinsell fore wird ns the choice of Indiana for the first piace onthe ticket. In nll theso partlenlurs Tilden has aeecomplished his purpose, It would seem, quite fully, bat just how. lh to exenpo tho prosectitlons that are tren! ened, 1s what interests the outsider most, and seriously troubles his friends, Mr. Payne’s friends are perfectly calin anit cool in regard to the matter, and ‘feel confident, that the: have decidedly tho inside track in thelr elalms upon the old man's hand; but Uncle Dfel ean do very much Injury to the partyin this State when le is Hi-frented, as was shown to the utter discomfort of his enemies last year. He may throw Mr. Payne as com- pletely off the track ng he did Senator Thur- man and his man Ree, The only thing ty to walt for developinents, and they will come in the Lord’s own good thie. TILDEN’S TRICKS, AS TRELATED DY ONE WO, KNOWS TITS, Speetat Dtepateh to The Chicago Tribune. Synacusp, N. Y., April 1%.—As this ts the night before the Sage of Cipher, Alley will expertence his Alpha or his Omeaga of fur- ther polltical fame, it. !s tho proper time to Jook Into the pastof the Pash of Gramercy Park, "Tho correspondent of Tin ‘Tniuxe, found the Hon. Charles IL Swan, of New York City, In his apartments nt the Vander- Dit House, and obtained: from hima brief but Interesting sketch of the pollileat bar- nacle, Mr. Swan ts one of tha most accom- plished polittelans in the State, and a gentle man witha, It was he who brought ‘Tilden out for the Prestdency {nthe Inst eampalan; and, but for Mr. Swan's influence and tact, ft Is probable that CIpher Sim would nover hinve secured the nomination. With his bend- quarters at the Metropolitan Hotel, In. New York City, Mr. Avan managed Titden’s can- yas, If would not be too much to say that no other man could have aceomplished what Mr. Swan did. He came within an ace of sipping the now great barrel-performer Ito the Presidential Chalr. Mr. -Swan has renounced tha senile wire-puller, and {8 working | for harmony in the ranks, Mr. Swan fs a short, well-built’ inan, with a round faee and a pleasing countenance. Tle possesses a great deal of personal magnetisin, which has had much to do with his success In the political world, His manners are refined, and. lie is courteons to nll, It ts not at all surprising that ‘Tilden chose him as hig manager and director. Referring to the Joss of the State Inst fall, Mr. Swan sald: “Wo hardly expected to elect Gov. Robinson; but we could hava elected all the other enndidates on our ticket {f it had not been for the unwise, not to say yrous, netion of the ‘Tilden State Goni- ‘That connnittes sent out all over the State, froin the Democratic hendquarte: flekets having the mune of Goy. Robinson tho head, andthe Republican candidates for all the other Stute offleers below. Many of thosa tiekets were voted by Democrats who would otherwise hnve voted ourentire ticket. But for the «action of the Committee, we should have elected every State officer under the Governor, ‘The Democrats of the State have now no confidence in the commit- tee; and I believe that the convention which relects delegates to the National Convention will send, an uninstructed delegation ‘The committee will have no power, and the con- vention will assert Itself in spite of tho com- mittee. AH the comuittee could do was to call the. convention, which, L am satisted, will do what is best for the party, regardless of Tilden or anybody else, TILDEN'S LOSS OF BTRENGTIT “Tilden has stendity lost ground oversinca 1870, when ho strove to reach the White House through tho pretense of Reform, all of which was asham and humbug from be- ginning to ‘end, Ie has protected more tasenls than he ever exposcd—it dhoy, would only get him delegates. Hig railroad-wreek- ing, his income-tax scandal, his elpher-idls- pateh Infamy, nre as an open book before tho people, Amertenns are not so bind or cor- Tuptas to nominate a second time so unwor- thy a Presidential aspirant, If they are, God pity them! If Tilden had a spark of patriotism, or even loyalty: to party, In his coinposition, he would Instantly withdraw from the field, and abandon all attempts to eet the nomination. He unquesttonnbly con. trols the present State Committee, and they would do his bidding, even to peddling Re- publican votes, us they did Inst fall In order not to pormit the other Democrats on the State tleket to run ghead of Robinson. .On that very account the conimittee is in bad odor; and, a3 ex-Congressiman, Mayhem, of Schoharie,—a former strong Tliden man— hins oxpressed It, they will not be of much assistance to him, ‘The Democrats of tha State nerally condemned the . ‘Tam- year, and supported many bolt Inst the regular ticket; = but this year, with Tilden as the eandidate, 60,000 of them, additional to those who refused to support Robinson, would march to the polls and yote for the Republican candidates before they would stultify thomselves and eat crow us thoy did in 1876, ANTAGONIZING LEADING DEMOCRATS, “From the dawn of Mr, Tilden’s Prest- dential aspirations he seems to havo been thoroughly imbued with the idea that he nover could achieve success through the well-known and trusted chiefs of the partys and that it was necessary to Install new leaders. These he often selected from the Republican yanks, like Bigelow and Wikin- son (of Syrieuse), and then again from litical soldiors of furtune like D. D. S. Brown and the Raines brothors (of Raches- ter); and he promoted a still Jarger number who had hitherto lind no prominence In any ay This policy soon arrayed the old and rusted leaders of the Democratic party against him; and, when thoy committed any overt act. of opposition to him or his, schomes, he ‘lot silp the dogs of war,’ denouncing these leaders as opposed to Ie. form, corruptionists, members of tha Canal Ring, or sympathizers with canal-thieves, ete, etc, For a sories of years, and befors the decisions of the courts and the results of ine vestigations proved beyond dispute that his {nsInuations and accusations wero totally froundicss, auch men as ieee Chureh, tho ate Judes Allen, Van 2. Richmond, and othors, were subjected to the denunciations of his friends and retainers, and tho constant asauults of his hireling presses. These de- nunelations seriously Injured in seme cases, and greatly frightened In othors, the objects of Sh Tildon's hostility, All of 'THden’s ad- herents were made converts to the doctrine that ‘the end justifies the means’; and none of his Ilvittenants hesitated to carry nh primary meeting by Importing | mneni+ bors of other parties, by bribery, cheating, or any other means which could bo tnade to win, Tn conyentions, alt party Invw, nll foirneass and pretense of decency, were disregarded; and, {f they failed of success, thon his adhorents were directed to ket upa delegation of contestants, aud, trust to the ‘Tilden elemont in the State Convention for admission. In tho fall of 1 in ag certain Assembly Distelet consisting of nine towns, 0 bhare contest was wared in avery town, The result was’ a complete victory for tho anti- ‘Tikdenites in elht of the towns. At tho District Convention the regular delegates recelved 24 votes, But the three Tildenttes withdrew, ‘declared. thomsolyes the rightful delegates, appealed to the State Convention, and were admitted, PURIAIG BENTIMENT ADATNAT TILDEN, “For the Inst six weeks or two months, ublic sentient, a8 reflected by the press, has bean sottlng steadily and solidly aaalnst ‘Tilden tn this State. “Such influential Demo- cratic dailies ag the Rochester Union, Syra- couse Courter, Schunectaily Star, Ella Ga- zette, Elmira Free Press, Wudson Tegtster (tho latter paper ts published in Afr, Tilden’s native county), the New York World, Al- Dany haces and Press, Binghamton Vemo- era, and the rural Democratle papers almost without exception, aro pronounced tn thelr hostility to Mr. Tilden. ‘These papers op pose him shuply because they know that his candidature means defeat tn this State, and Shoreby the loss to the party of the Presl- jency, NOW THE TILDEN “MACHINE” WAS BNOK- EN UP IN 1877, -“ Allen C. Beach, of Watertown, ex-Lieu- Tonant-Governor and ex-Secretary of State, waa nominated In 1877 In spite ot ‘Tilden and Ms Sanachine.! he use of the weapons then used Tilden can be beaten in the State Convention, It was then held tat the suc- vess of tha party was the quickest und surest, If uot the only, roedial forve for displacing Beaclowlsu, ‘Titdenism, and wl that those ferms Imply, ‘Che eld is ready for the hare yeatitguin, ‘The arrogance snd dethuice of Mr. ‘Tiltten thon drove self-rexpeeting Deimo- crats to oppose Din and his ainesmpoop managers, He rendered {t impossible for them to have any piace or any future wnder Ms control. It ‘Is now as if was then; to support him will bo for Democrats to commit Dalittent harkkarl [t will be shown this spring that all the courage and strength of wit! in the Democratie party does not belong to him. The coming “State Convention, ashas been well sald, will ‘serve to show whethor hiy despotic rule cnn ernush out whatever manhood has rematnedin the party fn this Stute, He oyidently seta himself up as absoltile dletutor, and will stand or fall as such. If those opposed to him in his own party are not all cowards, he cannot have his own way without a desperate conflict, And, whenever those who do not belleve Jn lis methods and his ends choose to assert tholr convictions at the polls, he will be finally de- feated, a 1 both his purty and the country will be freed from lis tyranny.’ Outside of Now York, ‘Tilden gets his delegates from Biales that never give a Democratic Electoral vote. " THE METIONS OF TILDENISM. “For more than forty years Mr, Tilden has procured hinsel€ to be made conspicuots in political intrigues, possessing 13 he does Brent skill and cunning in managing eonven- Hons. ‘This talent had been devoted to and exercised mostly within. the State of: New York, until within, i few years past. ‘This naturally gave him much prominence with politicians and maunates in other States, par- teularly with railrond_und other corpora: Hons whoso urinelpal offices were located In the City of New York. He is a lawyer, of course} and, while others put thoir sickles into Stale, ennui, and municipal fields, to reap thelr-harvests from, he put his mower and reaper into the rich harvest-fields of cor- porations. In this he lias ved long nnd pros- pered, and is snid in his thrift to have neci- millated barrels” of ntoney enough to satisfy: his ambition for riches, In the meantime he pt ifs onr Into minor political mntters, and, tis pollliead machinery bets In. good work ing order, In 1874 he went for the Guberna- forlul chair of the Empire State, and, got It. Nobody ealied hin, nobody wanted him, ex- cept his personal followers, ‘The Stnte Con- vention met, and, as the Demverntic party had been obliged to fight against odds in the State, no other candidate made any elTort to seeure the nomination, It was soon found, however, when the delegutes enine to eon- pare notes, that, while several other enslnent persons were named, Judge Sandford 5, Chureh was the decided preference of a large mnjority. He, however, peremptorily de- elined, and, in the confusion enused thereby, Mr, ‘Tiden; by his extraordinary talent for wire-pulling, was pinced at the head of the tleket by a serateh, ‘Tho panic of 1873 and the hard times that followed had developed a determined feeling simong the people that a change should take place In the political supremacy of partes so far as it could be done that year. "Tis inanife st fecl- Ing’ was not confined to the Stnte of Now York, but pervaded almoste State, even Massachusetts electing 2 Democratic Gov- ernor. It waseventunlly sown to be q tidal In favor of tes everywhere, It was a gi den to run, Tt was a gay tne forany Demo ovat to run fora State: ofiiee in New York, It was adead-sure thing before the race be- can. iy this remarkable tidal wave all the State officers were elected by more than half- a-hundred-thousand majority, nd 9 hant- some mnjority of the Assembly was likewlse chosen. All was thon lovely for: the Demo- cratic party, THE TWEED EPISONE. “Shortly before this time, one William M. Tweed had been exeretsing the preroxatives of a Great Mogul on tho Island of Manhat- fan, Through information furnished by a leaky clerk of Dick Connolly, and other sources, it was nade publi that the: afore- sald ‘Tweed, more generally called + Boss,’ was collecting lurge revenues from tho ham- let, and, while he disbursed niuch of {ft like a prinec, yet that he and his confidential ns- soelutes were sulting away large siuys for their individual benefit when the proverbial rainy day should come, After the death of the powerful Dean Richmond, Mr, ‘Tilden managed to secure his place ns Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, many political conilicts the * Boss? was sent to the front, both i conventions and elections, by the wily Chairman. When, however, after Tweed had - confronted his enemles, and held -thom at bay his ane duelty until ‘overwhelmed by ascertained factw antl figures, and was compelled to turn tnil and ilee, then -Atr. Tilden saw his-oppor- tunity, and promptly, seized a favorit Demo- erntic steed entleg ‘Reform,’ mounted hin, -and put after the fying fugitive with his per- sonal retainers, jolned by ‘Thomas Nast, of Harper's Weekhj. and all the press, “ Pretty soon Mr. Tilden called all his pollt- {eal exploits and performances Into proml- henev and caused then to be Inbeled. ‘TILDEN AND REFORM? In his: early dnys he had talked long, Jf not Jond, in State Conventions and other pluces, about the slinplicity of the Fathers in Oticial Hfe, and would refer with seeming tears to the tima when Joiferson rode on his horse to the Cupitol, and hitched him to the picket-fence, and thon went in and was’ Inaugurated President of the United -States. But, lo and betiolt! when ‘Tilden went to the Capitol of the State to be inaugurated Governor, he went ina special paulace-car, and through his body-guard had coaxed and hired a gorgeous display of the elvic and military bodies of the city to reeciva himwith al) the honors due to his station notwithstanding the thormometer scored 16 degrees below zero. ‘This was an evidence of his practical simplicity. Another favorit theme of his, on all his orntorical occasions, was to bowail the tendency of the Republican pay and especlally of Gen, Grant, to cen- ralization, Now, what was his practice In this question? Yt was, under the ery of ‘Tilden and Reform,’ to get, by legislation and otherwise, all the power of, the State into his hands, that he might thereby own the party; and he even eclalmed the right to name all the candidates that were fg bo placed on the Democratic ticket In 875, and aven since. Having played hig lit- tle game with suecess so far, ho determined to make a dead push for tho Presidency, ‘The old tune of *Titden and Reform” was arranged to be sot to musiy throughout the entire country. Every one who could pla on an organ Was sngiged at so much g wee! to grind Itout, It is due to him to say that his suecess In procuring the nomination at St. Louis ling never been caualed, for it was done by the most cunningly-<devised adver- tisements, prepared In his own offive under Ia direction, and through a general adver- tising firm In New York, and gent all through the country, and partienlarly the South, a tustated prico por Ine or square, How does all this square with the modesty and sim- piiclty of the foundors of the Republic?” UTICA, BEYMOUN'S CONTEST WITIE TILDEN, THE DEMOCRATIC KALEIDOSCOI Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Unica, N. ¥., April 10.—The kaleldoscopo of the Democracy of the State of New York presents such a remarkable quantity of changes at every turn, that the attitude of to-day overturns all the prophecies of yestor- day, and to-morrow those of tovlay. A year ago Titden was all-powerful; six month ago that power was broken by tho active defec- tlon of ‘Tammany, ted by John Kelly, and It {fg not necessary here to -repeat what the readers of ‘Tux Tumuny already know as to tlie cause of the trouble, ‘Iho breach, however, has widened and deepened until a mortal fear has selzed the body of the so- called reguiar Denoeracy, and every device and effort have beon put forth and are now urged to secure harmony before tho election of 1880, A fow days ago it’ was stated ands new organization, styled tho Democratic Union,” had. practically swallowed up Irving Wall, Mozart Hall, Tammany, and all othor wings, arms, and oppendages of tho hydra- headed monster; yot tho Associnted Press tiow reports that Tammany malntalns Its organization, and olects delegates to Its Syra- cuso Convention Independent of that called by the “regular” Stute Comimiltee, At first it was thought that Tilden's followers had taken by bribes and (threats pi the halls and hotela In the Salt City, but it ow appears that Kelly has secured, * ro- fraraltens of expense,” three of the largest lotels and the Grand Opora-louse, the finest and largest placeof public resort in Syracuse, So detormined ts Kelly that his opposition to ‘Tikten shalt be recognized, and his con- sequence us a fictor In the Democratic party fell, hat his attitude alerms the most Blub- born of his opponents, and causes the tid toquake With four, Eyon Mr. Tilden, with all his begins to seo audacity and cunning, that ils prospects are as basuless ay a dream, and, with his usual shortaighteduess, causes ® report to be sent out that ha has prepared a letter withdrawing his name ag a candidate for the Presidency, and thon hermetically sealg himself with{u tho walls of his Grauier- ey Park resilence. | ‘The news is (lashed over the wires, and read with grins of dombt by the shrewd, while the houester portion of the Democracy begin to hurrali for Horatio, OL. course, 4 THE HERMIT OF DEERFIELD, who, while Tien was in the race, had no nunbition for office save that of Pathutaster in his adopted town, and whtd thie after time has protested against being dragged before the public na ncandidate for any public re- apansible offlee, on recount of exccaltngly fechle health, suddenly awakens to the fact that ha might be induced, “if tha position comes to me unsought” ones more to aspire ton seat In tha Executive Chatr at Washing- ton. ‘The words quoted areauttinrized by Mr, Seymontr, and printed fa the New York Wort of the s8th, Much more issald, but this extract Is sufllctent to show how much of shicerity there hay been in all hs previons protesti- tlons. Mr. Seymour, since the War, has had an Intolerable itehing, Various medicines have been proposed,—overnor, United States Senator, and Grand Medhitor,—but nothing but the sulve of the Presidency can soothe his insatiable desire, ‘To be sure, tt hs once apulteel to hhn, and did not sticks but what of that? ‘Thnes are changed, and he longs so very mitch to extend his arms and enclrele his (dear frients” of the South in an embrace full of fraternal love and forgive: nessf In Nis easy-going, Non-progresslyve ways he deeides that now harinony iy restored; antl, his physicians having felt of his pulse and pronounced It strong enough to “go it you please,” ho causes it.to be announced that, {f the nomination 1s spontaneous, unin mous,“ ungought,” he will gladly follow the will of the people, ‘This announcement, een will note, Is made on the (th,.and straightway a few young men calla meeting to form a Central Sey- mour Club. ‘The call is not published fn aiy paver or posted in public plac t ls handed about from mouth to mouth; but the Tilten men, Who are active and vigilant, Iearn of the proposed meeting, and appear in. sufllctent force to nullify the orgunization for the tine being, as. has heretofore be stated, On the evening of the lth, howeve onother effort was successful, though a ‘Tue den man who was present pronounces the proceedings the most shameful he ever wit- nessed in Utica, THE ALLEGED TIt has thrown the Tilden v of tho most naltatlng uncertainty. An inter- view with an old-thuc Demoernt, who Is noted for giving his thoughts in words more expressive than elegunt, may denole the feeling which obtains generally; What do you think of the Tilden letter, rs Into a state »—d if Tknow whintto think! Some- tines [think Sunny iva d——d old fool, and then again I think he's the shrewdest old cuss that ever managed n campaign.” “What will be the result on the District Conventions?” * TW! ‘The result will be to mix, things! Just look at Oneida County !—over half the delegates thus far chosen are for Seymour, New York City will come up strong. ‘Those fellows down there, who know ‘Titden bet- ter’n we tlo, don’t seem to take any stock in the letter. ‘The coun! ry generally, L think, will be pretty evenly divided,” “Do you think the proceedings of the Con- yentlon' will bo inarked with any degree of harmony and unanimity 2” “ Harmony! Unnrftinity! Damnation! Did you ever——but wait till next Tuesday, and you will seo the tallest kind of a—” And the LD, moved! away, netively utter- ing a medley so common to disgusted De- moerney, : in fact, it is predicted that the most severe three-cornered fight ever held in politfeal elreles will begin at Syracuse to-morrow, and where It will end, nobody knows, ILGINOIS. DRCATUR AND MACON COUNTY. Byeciat Dispatch to Tha Chleaga Tribune, Decatur, I, April’ 19—Gen, Grant has coins and gone, nnd now the politicians are making arrangements for the coming cam- palen, Blnine,-Tilden, and Grant are all the talk among men of both parties for Prest- dential honors. Imboden Bros. have a card up dn thelr meat-market, which Is proving an annoyance to tho Grantites, Every voter Is permitted to make iy seratch on the card, opposit the name of his favorit, for Presi- dent; anc tho names of all persons spoken of in that connection are on the card. Votes have been recelyed for ten {lays and Satur- day evening tho Iiststood: Blaine, 170; Grant, 193; ‘Tilden, 102,—far nhead of tho other Democratic claimants. It isa fair expression of the sentinents of Mie-velers, nnd no one Is permitted to vote second time. The MRe- ubiican sounty deleeabion will_probubly go 0 the State Convention divided between Blaine and Grant, and instructed for Rinaker for Governor. THE VOTER’S VOICK, STRONG MEN AND TID TERMS. Tn the Editor of The CAtcago Trsbune, Mr. Monnis, 111, April 17,—As the call for athird term anda “strong” man is so unl- versal throughout the country, we desire to give the opposition n little advice in advance of the clection, ‘Che people of Pennsylvania wanted Grant so badly that for fear they could not secure him they called the Conven- tlonsome four months ahead of time, In fact, the deslre for Grant was so general that it was deemed neoessary, for the County Committees In many localities to appoint tho delegates and thereby save the peoplethe trouble of going through the empty form of holding conventions and talking over the matter. In the great and _cer- tain Republlean State of New York tho necessity for haste was equally apparent, ‘Tho idea that any considerable body of such impudent creatures as “seratchers” ox there ls the most absurd one that ever entered tho brain of n sang person. This was demon- strated by the eluction of Mr, Cornell, wlio Tan more than fifteen thousand votes ahead of his ticket. Tho Kelly bolt had not the Jeast to do with his election. Grant ts abso- utely certain, too, of carrying three or four Southern States. Have not Alabama, Arkan- sas, ‘Texas, Missourt, and Kentucky Instruct. ed forhim? Nobody buta leatherhend will bellove that thore is any bulldozing or false counting down there, they should count him out, is not Grant a “strong” man, and cannot such a trifling affair bo easily reme- died? There ts nothing tnconsigtent either in maintaining that Grant is a “strong? man, und concluding that the South ls eager to ombrace him. | It 1s true that Connecticut, ew Jersey, and Indiana are close States; but, if Grant is suro to sweop the South, thoro ls no use to consider such sinall mate tors, Indeed, so absolutely sure is Grant of cluction, that it Is tho hight of folly to listen to tha advice of such as Thurlow Weed and President Woolsey. ‘Then, too, when Grant is nominated, such silly delusions as scandals will ceann fo be heard of, and the party will {immediately inaugurate an aggressive cam: milan. We ary assured most Gositively that by two years of forelgn travel Gen. Grant ling Iearned a great deat about the selenco of goy- ernmont, and that If we xlve hin another tern he will demonstrate this to tho satlaface tlon of the most andentreformer. fle has iven the most. patient study to allof those ntrienta questions, and, a6 Mr. Russell Young tells us, lie has come to the deliberate conclusion that our Civil Service “is the best nthe world.” ‘There are, no doubt, a few nilly, thourh tess people who will not concur in this; but eminontstatesmen ike Mr, Conk Ing, Gens Logan and Atkins, and Long Jones hayo set up many weary nights for yeurs pondering over those knotty problems, and they do most heartily agree with the ex- Prestdenton this polnt. In conclusion, Mr, Antl-Third-Tormer, when election-<dny comes around, Kindly call the attention of the Grantites to arguments they are now using 80 giibly, refrain from voting for tholr hero, cage your consciences, and make the proper porsons responsibly for a humiliating defeat, or, In case of olvction, for the shortcomings of the Adininistration. ik INDIANA GERMANS, ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribuns, Mrowiaan Crry, {nd., April 19.—I fool it my duty, both ns a German and a Republican, to say a few plaln words through ‘Tie Trine UNE In regurd to, the proposed noiniiia- ton of Gen. Grant. The general fin pression throughout the" country Is, that, should Qrant get the nomination at Chicago, the Germans would not support and vate for him, So furas thatly concerned, the true German? Republicans will abide, support, and voto for tha Republican nominee, ax all thorough Hepublicans do.) But the ques- tion nurses, Is it expediont for the welfare of our country to numinate him? We muat remember this: o person gifted in ane thin {s perhaps not In another, Urang the «real est of military leuders of modern ties, ns we ‘oll admit hls genius vi in that Ine, ts not to-day the fit leader of our Government, a8 has already been proven during his two terms. We elected him twice sluply because we all honored hin for hls ffeat aillitary achievements and respect duo ilin, = Jt cost Republican party & great deal of patience and endurance throughout. his Administration, for we all now he was not able to be ths own dictator, but fet others dletate for him to aur sorrow, — and it’@ not necessary to recall them now, alniply saying we have had enough of it. What the Republican party needs fs an original dictator and debater, one who wn derstands the details and to run this Govern ment {nan honest wey, on his own good, sound dictation, Such a inan the party finds jn James G, Blaine, It is wise, it’s expedl- ent, that we should all strive to secure hlin or his equal for our next President, both for our country and party’s sake, A GERMAN REPUBLICAN, EVERVRODY WAS AT THE GIANT MEETING. ‘Ty the Hditor of The Chicago Tribune, i Cireago, April 14,—The Grant meeting of last evening was, as regards audience, a atic cess for all named Presidential candidates, ns well as dark horses, Everybody was there, and Washburne well represented. ‘The speeches were good, A few more such meetings, afew for Dlatna also, will settle the question, A llttle war between the fol- lowers of thesa two aspirants will haves very benellcial result. It 1s hoped thot Messrs, Logan, Storrs & Co., and some gentlemen on the side of Binine, will go ahoad with this good work, ‘The people will then get their favorit candidate, 1. 3. Washburne; he $s the man to unite oll fuetlons, the fides peutent seratcher Included. ‘Lo have heard er-read the upwuclit does every TiHnolsan an deal oo goo. We have oan big name — for. fen. Grant’s — sake. But wo have. an able, great, and) good min, algo an Iilinolsan, of whom we ean be proud, and, as the whole country Is interested In the election of President, some one. ins to be notninated who ean stand fire, ls record inst be clear as daylight ‘That mau is E, Washburne, I hopa the Convention with @ the good of the partyeand country at heartand give us that wise statesman, the admired favorit of the whole people, BE. B. Washburne, With him we will carry the alay, and neither the Demacratic Congress nor Senate dareto hinder his Inauguration, For A arwusis Fist, Last, AND ALD Tis Liste, A VOTE ON A TRAIN, To the Editor of The Chicaso Tribune. Say Francisco, Cal, AprilZ—In coming Across the continent this week I was sitting 11 the smoling-roont of the Pullman car“ Bulse City,” on Thursday Inst, when the subject of the next Presidency came up. Thera were six men in this smoktng-room, all, Republic- ans, and every one wis phased to Grants belng again nominated. There was not what Ty ealled a polit! in the lot—all men of business, eof the six declared that under no el tances would they vote for him if nominated. Tthink you wifl find this prevails generally. REPUBLICAN, A CONTRAST, ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Wasinnotos, D,C., April 1.—Is it not a rich ¢ontrast—that roar of the Hepubiiean men of Iowa and Kansas for Blaine, ane awered by that shrill falsetto of the Repule Hean eunnels of Missourl and Kentucky! Whata buom for Grant! Mexny Woon, FORT SUMTER. Crawford, Ono of the Three Sure vivors, Tolls tho Story of Anderson's Loyalty. New York World, Aprit 15, Nineteen years ago yesterday, during the noonday hour of Sunday, Fort Sumter was. evacuated by Maj. Anderson, and the fort was surrendered to the Confederate authori tles, On the night of Dee, 26, 1860, Maj, An- derson had quietly evacunted Fort Moultrie, and his troops furtively embarked for Fort Sumter, taking with them stores and neees- sarles and spiking thelr guns and destroying the gun-carringes, Maj. Anderson's course in changing his base was sustained by tho House of Representatives on Jan. 7%, 1861. Bofore that thne, however, Intelligence had been received in Washington that Fort Sum- ter was practically besieged, that Fort Moultrie had been completely restored by Confederate industry, and that Maj, Anderson's —communientions had been cutoff. On Jan, 31 the State of South Caro- lina offered: to buy Fort, Sumter of the Fed- eral Government, and deelnred that, in tha event of refusal, she would take it by force of arms; but the United States Government determined to assert. its own rights ns pri- mary. No further warlike action was taken unt March, when © President” Davis, who had been dnanwuratett on Feb, 18, ordered Gen, Beauregarit—who had been a Major in the United States Engineer Corps—ta take command of the forces at Charleston and proceed to the Investment of Fort Sumter, On April 7 Gen. Beauregard notified Maj. Anderson that no further Intercourse be- tween the fort and the elty would be per- initted, and on the following day the United States authorities were notitled that if they attempted to send supplies to the fort by an wnarmed yessel, the vessel would be upon, ‘twas announced ns a entfous, colncidence by the Charleston Mercury of Muy 0, 1861, tlint the first gun In the eontlict was fired: at Yort Sumter on Henry Clay’s birthday, and. that the fort surrendered on Thomus Jetfer- sou’s birthiny, Gen, S. W. Crawford Is ono of threa sur- viving otlicers who wero in Fort Suter with Anderson, and 8 reporter of the World was sent yesterday to ask his opinion in connec. tion with the anniversary about the state. inents made some time ago in the *Dinry of a Public Man” tn the North american Re- view, out of which a sharp discussion, it will bo remembered, arose over Gen, Ander. son and his motives. Gen, Crawford received the reporter courteously and, on belng asked “Did you read the allusions to Maj. Ander- gon in the *Dinry of a Public Man? he repiled, “Yes, I was very much struck by thom, and some tine ago Thad ocension to contradict soma of tho statements, which wero also commented upon by the World. ‘That period was pro- ductive of speculation more than any other, and you know that diplomatic and warlike talk Is always exaggerated, nnd It seems pos- sible to me that the diary may have been kept ny some clever mun . familiar with the gossip of the day m high pofitiea! circles, but not himself a member of the Government, You G will observe that for almost ull of his im- portant statements his authority is that Blank said to him that A, B, or C had said so and go, Atthetime of the event, no doubt, people impugned the motives of Anderson, for avery- body's motives were then impugned by some- body, It would, however, surprise me to find any one now disposed seriously to impugn them, Serjouscontradictionseems almost in- appro rlate hisuch acase, Yotanaw gener: ation has grown up since the War, and many of tho events are clouded by time; espeelally ig the Snmtor affalr xo, slice In the stirring times whieh followed but few remembered or thought of its Linportance as the first mili- tary event which concentrated the populur passions Into war. [nim glad to tell you sone. thing about it, and I may say that Instead of referring you to the authority oM hearsay, [ have my own dally notes made at the thie and letters from the principal actors of the seenes which you may) see, and I give you my name to ‘The survivors of Sumter are passing away,—of tho oficers who were Inthe fort with Sta}. Anderson only Gens, Doubleday, Seymour, and myself ure now lett, It 1s a curious fact that of that tine tho record hig never been written, and oral trae dition chiefly preserves it. Inthe State De- partmont, Where everything should be, there 10! » 1 had Secretary Fish's_permis- sion to look, and I could find nothing. Now as to Gen. Anderson, no charge wus made ngalnst him in the Nort American article, The writer actually only says what he tells usa third party: told him Anderson said and thought. Of course this is no evidence on which to Impugn a man's character, The fuct {3, we know what Gon, Auderson did, and It {3 auction that we do and should judge men by. Idan’t care what any man says Anderson safd; L know what he did und what he told me, and there was never a dis- Joyal word or deed umong all that 1 know ol 4 “What about Muaj.Anderson’s having no expectation of the redstublishient: of the Government over the secuded States, and his intention, military considerations and the question of subsistunce apart, of bolng zov- Phy, the course of his own State of Kon- K; a to that, the writer begs the whole question, Maj. Andorson was governed by military considerations and by them alone; he had a very small force, lie watched the hostile movements with anxiety, and did what he considered his milltary duty, 1 never knew aman more conscientious, He undertook seareely any deed without seek-, ing Divine guldance, Tthink he wauld have madea good Bishop, and that his greatest desire was to prevent bloodshed, and that hls deaira and bellef that he ‘could act as a paclicator between the Goyerument anit South Carolina Jed him to do what ever omy have seemed doubtful to any, Surely he hud every upportunity of neting ns a traitor, When word was sent to him giving him an oppertunity to’evaen- ate ho replied that he would dogo, antl would notopen fire from his batteries tinless tho flag was fired on, or he received controlling instructions: he would not permit anything tobe done against the ilag or the Govern ment. As for his not sympnthizing with the seceded States, he did sympathize with them when he thought Injusties had been done thein, and he did say he thought the rights of the South in the Union hind been serious! threatened; but he would permit nothing to be sald or done against the Government. ie was constant it telling us offleers what our duly was, but T never heard hin say any- thing pro-Secession or antl-Abolittonist {n sentiment, and partly because [ was the med- jen! officer and was as nearly assveluted to hinasy any man in garrison, and he used to talk to me a great deal. L have asked nearly eve! one who knew him, and = find ney nil say the same thing, {Ils position was very much Hke that of many, particularly one General who hag heen speaking lately, ‘This General was a violent State-rights inan, and wns arguing with Gen, Thomas before Nash- ville when the news cane that the Rebels had broken through the outposts. *Go, General,’ sult Thomas, ‘and drive your friends away, ant then come back and we will resume the conversation?” The General wentand did his duty, and he always has done sv, Again, whatever Gen, Anderson's siews Were on Se- 4 i gn right or remedy, T never heard aurys and, if he lind those attri he certainly altered then after man, as events have shown Still, iny point is that his views were always the pt not say anything he does tietlons: ny recent assertion, 1 do not Lassertion Is orcan be belleved."! assured the writer that Maj, ‘Anderson would obey the coi: mands of x Confedernte Secretary of War were Kentucky to secede. What do you say to that 7 “T say frdém my knowledge of the man throughout the War that never from first to Inst did he think of such a things itis ridicu- Jous throughout. ‘To prove that it Ig rid! lous Lhave hundreds of letters and di ments; here {sy one alone, from one of the South Carolinians who approached him, He writes that Gen, Anderson's syinpathies were with the South, but his sense of honor and duty was xo great that he could not do other- wise than he did. Leaving aside this, what- ever he thowght, all we need ts to look at what he did, and. certainly nothing could be more loyal. Probably no man was ever sth weted to sueh trying conditions during the Var than he was, and he did the best he could and what he thought was his duty.” “ You sea that the dlarist says that *— Is convinced that Maj. Anderson would never contradicts see low ste! You see that Mr. have abandoned: Fort Moultrie had he not thought it wise to remove bhn- self from oo whieh he position in was dinble to 8 commanded by the authorities of South Carolina, his determination being to retain the control of the position primarily In the Interest of his own Stat centueky, so that Kentucky night bn way be committed by hig nvtion elther for or ngalnst the retention of the forts in Charleston harbor.” What Js your com- ment on that?? “This sentence appears to mean that Gen, Anderson was so iniltenced by his interest In Kentueky that, fearing Fort Moultrie would fall into South Cnrolina’s hands,—-for they could easily have taken {t,he moved to Suinter, so that if Kentucky seceded he could turn over the fort to her, and 1f she remained he could give it to the Government, I know the supposition regitrding Kentucky is not true. Gen, Anderson did’ tt from military: considerations wholly, He had his onporti- nity for supporting Kentueky when Jt was told him that fire would not bs opened upon hin if he would permit it to be opened upon any vessel salting up with the United Stites flag, and he replied at once that the ininute the tag was fired upon he would begin with, his batteries, Here was one opportunity ont of many that he had of maintaining an Inde- pendent position, and he promptly took the opposit course, I hnve spent a long tine collecting inaterials of the history of the Sunnter affair, and you could see many proofs of what L say in it. “To conclude with a remark ahout Gen, Anderson’s character: In all my life I never met aman so thoroughly Influenced by-con- selence and duty as he was, During the four trying months that we were in the forts he ‘was the support of usnll, The officers were of all shndes of political betief, but we all trusted and leaned on hin, and depended on lim. Even when he talked of his love for Kentucky, he continually reminded us of our duties fo tho Government; he would Isten to. nothing else, and 1 believe and know that Robert Anderson was a patriot.” BLAINE FOR SILVER. Why Colorado and Nevada Support the Piumod Knight for Presidont, Towa State Kegtater, Gen. Grant ts universally understood to be fn favor of tho single gold standard, and Sec- retary Sherman, by his treatment of the sil- iver coinage, has consolidated all the double standard men agalast him most stubbornly, Senator Blaine, on the other hand, has been the consistent and persistent defender of the double standard. Coming from the section of the country generally dovoted to the single standard, Mfr. Blaine’s position on the remonetization of stl- ver was espectally Important, and the speech which he delivered In the Senate on tho 7th of February, 1878, had a widespread and remarkable influence. It did a vast deal for the silver, men, and now ft is, ap parent that the silver men in Colo- rado and Nevada are rallying to Mr. Blaing's support,—moved thereto by a wise sense of self-interest and by enthuslastic friendship for the man who stood for the Interests uf Colorado and Nevada, even agalust the opus fons and prejudices of New England. We wish we had the space to reproduce the whole of Mr. Blaine’s speech on the silver question. We inust, however, content our- selves with-n few extracts. Tho following Is Mr. Blaine’s opening paragraph: Tbollove gold and silver culn to bo the money’ of the Constitution,—indeed, tho money uf the American people anterior to tho Constitution, which tho gront organic tnw recognized as quite independent of it# own existonce, Na power wns conferred on Congress to declare that elthor metal should not be money. Congress hus, thuro- fore, in my judgment, no power to do- monetize silver any more. than to demons otlae gold; no powor to demonotize either any more than to demonetize both, In this states ment 1am but repeating tho weighty dictum of tho first of constitutional liwyers. "Tam core tainly of oploion,' sald Mr. Webster, * that geld and ilver, nt rates fixed by Congress, vonstl- tuto the legal standard of valuo (in this country, and that nolthor Congress nor any State bis authority to establish any othor standard or to displace this standard.” Few persons can be found, Lapprohond, who will matntain thit Cons gress possesses the power to demonctizo both Id and silver, or that Congress could be fiutied in prohibiting the colmuge of baths un get in togio und legal eonatraction it would be ieuit to show whore and htt tho powor of Congress over silver [4 grouter than over gold— greater over vithor than over tha two. If, thoretore, sllver bus bec domonutized, Tam in fuvor of Hennoelsinie it. Uf ita coluaye bas been pronibited, Lumin favor of orderiug it to be resumed. If it hus born restricted, 1 um in favor of having tt onlarged, Farthor on in his speech, after discussing the moites of remonetization of silver, Mr. Blaine spoke as follows in regurd to a bl- imetallle standard: On the much-vexod and long-mooted question of a bimetaillc or monometaliic standard my own views are sutticlently indicated In the re- marks I have made. 1 belleve tho struggle now going on lu this country and iu other countrica tora single gold standard would, if successful, produce widesproad disaster in the end through: out tho cummercial world, ‘Tho mostruction of allver as money nnd establishing gold as the sole unitof value must huve u ruinous etfect on all forms of proporty except those Inyestinents which yluld uw tixed return in money. These would bo enormously onhunced tn valu, and would gain a disproportionate and unfair ids vantage over covery uthor spevies of proporty. Tf, as tho most relluble atutiutics air, there are nearly seven thousand millions of coin or bullion in tho world, not very unequally dividai botween gold and silver, it 13 hpossibld to strike aver out of existence as money without roe sulta which prove distrossinw to millions and utterly disastrous to tens of | thousands. Aloxunder Hamilton, in hia ablo und In Yaluubio report Hi 170 on tho eatablishment of a aunt, declared that “to nnuul the use of altbor gold or silver as money fs to abridge the auantl+ ty of clroulating medium, and te able ta all the objections which arise from 8 comparison of tha benutlts of a full ctreulation with tho ovils of u weanty clrouhition.” 2 take no risk in suying it the penellts of a full clreulgdion and the ovilsof @ souuty clruulution are both linmous- urvably grester to-day than thoy wore when Mr. Hanlon uttered those wolxhty words, always provided that tho olrculation is one of notiual money, and not of doprectated proniscs to pay, Continuing the arguincnt and answering the objections of some of the slugle-stundard men, who devlured sliver to be“ morely an arilela of merchandise,” Mr, Blalne spoke nus . : In the roport from which I havo already quoted, Mr, Humiltou aryuos wt length in favor of adonbie standard, and all the subsequent ¢x- perlence of well-nigh ninety yeurs bas brougrit out no clearer statement of the whole case nor developed amore completo comprehenssan. ob this subtle and dificult subjoct, On tho whole,” anya Mr. Hamilton, “it seems most ndvisnble not to attach tho unit oxclusively to: althor of the metals, becanse this cannot be dane eifectu- ully without destroying tho office and character ~ of one of thent na money, and reducing ft to the situation of mero merchandise,” And thon Mr. Hnilton wisely conclades that this reduction af elther of tho mutnis to mero merehandlso (1 ayrain quore hls oxuct words) ** We protably | Ue n grenter evil than occasional variations io the unit from the Muctinitions in tho reintive value of the metals, esp: enre bo taken to regulate the proportion between thom with an eye to their average commercial yatue.” | donot think that this country, holding so ¥ roportion of the world's eiupply of sity it ts mountains and in lta mines, cun -alford ta reduce tho metal to tke “situution of mere merchandise.” If silver censes tobe used ng money In Europe and in Americn, tho gront mines of the Puciie Stopo will he closed and dent, Mining enterprises of tho wigtntia senle existing In this country ennnot be carried on ta provide backs for Lomeli Rianne ind to manu ‘acture cream-pltchers and suyar4owls, A vast source of weulth to this ontire country fs des stroyed tho moment ailver is permanently dia used as money, Ita for us to check that tend- ener ahd bring the Continent of Europe back to the full recognition of tha value of the metul aga medium of excbuuge. We quote alson part of Mr. Binino’s con- eluding words 19 follows: Wo need both gold and allver,and wo can have , both only by making each the equal of tho other. It would not be dificnit to show that, fn the mas tions where both hive been fully recogntzed, the most widely diffused, tho steadlest and most con: Unuous prosperity has been enjoyed; that true form of prosperity whieh renches nll clastes, but whieh hegins with the day Inborer whose toll hie, tho foundation of the whole superstructure of wealth, ‘The exclusively gold nation like En= gland may snow the most inassive fortunes in the rullng classes, but It shows also the most helpless and hopeless poverty in tho humbler walks of life, ‘Che gold and silver nation like Fmnee can exhibit no such individual fortunes asnbound in Bagimnd, but it has a peasantry that with thelr sliver savings can pay a wir {n= demmnity that would have begeared tho polit bunkers of London, and to which the peasantry of England cotld not have contributed a pond, sterling in gold nor a single eiliting tn allver. Pa «iy The two motuls have existed side he In harmonious, honorable companion= ship as money, ever since Intelligent trude wag knuwn ning men. Tt is well-nigh farty een- turles since “ Abrahain welghed. to Ephron tho silver which ha had named in the audicnee of the sons ef Heth,—100 shokels of sllver.—cur- rent money with the merchant.” Since that time nations have risen und fall sh Meappenred, ditlects and languny forgotten, arts have been lost. res have perished, continents bave been dixcavercd. alunds have been sink intthe sex, and through all these ages and throwrh all these changes, ailver and gold fave reigned supreme as the representatives of yaliuc,—ns the medin of ex- change. ‘The dethronement of each has been attempted in. turn, and sometimes the dathrone- Inent OF both; but always in vaint And we rve here to-day, deliberatiig anew over tho prab- Jem which comes down to us from Abratinm’s thne, the weight of silver that shull be “current money with the merehunt.” Tt would be simply Inconcelvable on any logical basis of reasoning that a State deeply Interested in the eulnage and clreulation of silver should prefer either Grant or Sherman to Blaine. The whole West are with Blaine on that suostlon agagninst either Grant or Sherman, wyond allothers the sllver-pro- duelng S are interested In the suceess of the erat p nelple which: Blaine represents and uphotids. ‘To let the ether principle tri- jy phand have the single gold standard. es- ablished would cost Colorada and Nevada nt Jeast one hundred millions of dollars. We don't hetieve the silver-producing States are willlng to pay that amount to have Grant or Sherinan made President. KANSAS CITY. How It Is Being Injured by Jay Gonld's Hullrondn—lMeul Eetato—Heavy Travot Westward. Speelat Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Kangas City, Mo., April 18,—Kansas City, {ts badly stirred up over the action of the Jay Gould rallronds in discriminating against this elty in the way of freights,—stock ang grain along the line of the Kansas Pacific belug shipped at a much lower rate to the East via St. Louts from poluts west of here, than from this plice vin Chicago. On Satur- any the Board of Trade held a meeting, at which the matter was talked over, and the propesition of a barge line on the Mississippi River favorably consid cred, Thy busjness-men are bound: to do something in the matter. ‘Tho removal of the Kansas Pacific Raltroad oflices from this place to Omaln hus been a great tnjur more than the citizens care to acknowiled —and Gould, not being satisfied with: that, has now virtually made the elty a way-sta- tion on Is rouds, ‘This may only be tempo- rary, but, to say the least, is very annoying. Business fs “not ay lively ns: it was two wzo, but imerchants are auticipating trade noxt month. ‘The realestate business is dull for this place. One of the reasons given for this is, that owners of property: ire holding at too high a. Tate; they have got their ideas huflated to such a pitet, that strangers who come here with the tntem tion of Investing are afraid todo so. Prop erty-holders, by so doing, aro injuring the city, and walt regret it when it is too late te remedy the matter, .'The prices are much more suited to a city lke Chicago or New York than a place of 70,000 Inliabitants. ‘The travel through here from the Enst fs inereasing daily. All the trains arriv. Ing from that quarter are crowded, and the roads leading west have been compelled to put on extra tralns. One day Inst weeks, the Atehison, ‘Topela & Santa 6 Road had to send out two extra passenger-tralug; and itis ‘not an unusual thing for that road to send out one extra train a day, A lInrge number of these people are going through to Colorado and New Mexico, to the uiines, to spend thelr money, get discour- aged, and return home, having got ox- perience, while the Colorado people have cot thelr money; but the greater portion of the people ure seeking homes on the fertile prairies of Kiunsas, where, with hard worl and patienea, they will soon be comfortably situated, and help to swell the granarles ot the world with the products of their farms. The Chicago & Alton Rallroad gets the lon's shure of the travel and freizht-business of this city#ietween here and Chieago and St, Louis, © ‘The road 1s outside of the Gould combination, works for the tnterests of your elty and this, and runs in conneetion with the Atehison, Topeka & Santa F6 Rallroad from this pont, which Is also outside of the combination, We have lind big rain storina west of here tho last week, and the reports are, that the wheat Is looking splendid and promises o big yleld, “Gen'h Bix,” —<———— Tho Barklug Puppies, Nature. Some timo age T kept In town bitch and three of its puppies. ‘Tho former bad a strong palr ot Junge and a weakness for lotting the passer-by: Know tt; when tho latter became of age they exhibited all tho hereditury pecutiarities of thu “mother, and when tho four animals jolued ta chorus, which was tholr favorit: amusement ut, might, the result was anything but agecoable, Some of my trionds hinted to me thatic that stato of things continued Faboutd provably be indicted for cuusing x nulsanco, und T therelare determined to expliin to my four. animals that thoy really mustn't bark, Ono night Eremalnerdt Jato fn town, and, baving provided myself with rk atlok, uantll heard one of them bark, and f finmedintely ufter- wants wont out und chustised” him, or futher tho one I thought had mde the hols. Dns, however, soon mut by vu dificulty s although (could recognize the burk of tho uld + ony | could not discrliuinate well between those of the pupptes; and, while tho oll ono was #l+ Jenced after n few chustisonients, tho puppies wore ott protably In mistake J had thrashod tho wrong: parry. 1 therefore hit upon the plan of muking the whole four responslvle for each othor, and as goon as TE heard an ot thon bark Lapplied my stick freely to the whoto four, the one after tho other, Wher this hud beer done two or threo times L heard ong of the pup+ nied burk, and tho next moment it gave a pill Firaquonly tho mothor had tt by the eet. £ wentout and patted her, thus oan that she bad dono well. She wagwed hor tll, ity much as to say she undorstoul me perfectly, and the doge pover barked again, oxcept upon thy moat provoklug occasions. —————— A Man with Two Hearts, - In Spaleu man of wide syupathtes ts gonere ally caliod “a man with two bearta* Butit by no means follows that a min with two beurts 15 1 man of-wide syinpathies, A Bpanish peasant living In the violnity of Madeid tu i patty’ quit rol killed an aged worn, and would huve mur dored bor duuhter also hid sot the Intter suc. cveded in making ber escape; Thinking blinseit robbed of a great pleasure by tho girl's eseape, hye revenged Aimselt by ropontedly stabbing the vorpeo of the mother, Singulurly enough, re~ more prexed so aulokly upon bis minut that he Itninedl tay banged “binself, But the repo broke, and he would, in ‘ull provabillty, huve survived ad hy not bls attompt.wt guivide fh broken bla skull in tho fall:.Op a postamortent exnunation the wan was-found ‘to- have two. boartalnstead of ong, Loth--belng of regular size and prosontiig no pecullgrity gf any kiud, —— Y For ‘Thirty Yea) I bave beon alllictod with kidgoy complaint, ‘Two packuges of Kidney-Wort ‘gave done ing more good than all tho medicluo'gud doctors have bad boforv. I belleve tt isa gure cure, 8o writes an old Jady from Oregon. 1 i, i {: