Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 18, 1880, Page 4

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESD! Y, MAY 18, 1880. * Oe Tribune: TERMS OF SUBSCLUILTION. by ri Taerday, Monday, Wednerday, and Raturday or Sunday, 16- Any other day, per yoar.. WREKLY EDITION—POSTPAID, Bpecimon Give Post-Ofice addross in fult, Including Btale and County. Remittances may ha mado etther by dmfl, expross, Post-Office onter, or in reulatored fetter, at our risk. TO CITY AUNSCIIBERS. Dally, delivered, Sunday nxconted, 2% cents por week, Dally, dettvorod, Sunday included, 20 conts per week. THIS TRINYNE COMPANY, Jn and Dearbo: Chienyo, TIL, Address Corner Madtso POSTAGE Entered at the Post-oMce at Chicago, 4 as Becond- Class Matter, Forthe bonoft of onr patrons who dosire to auad tingle coples of THR THIHUNE through the raall, wo Sivoherowith the transient rato of postaye: eat es Fightand Twetyo Page Paper, Bixteen Pago Papor., Eightand Twolvo Vago Paper. 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Constant has been appoluted French ‘Minister of Public Worship, rice Le Pore, ro- —=——— -Tim Home-Rtule members of Parliament yesterday selected Mr. Parnell na their leader ‘Snsteud of Mr, Shaw. | A dewisit phystelan of Louisville went to ‘the gravoof his wife, who Was turled six weeks ‘syo, and shot himself through the heart. f€Tue German Emperor has agreed to the introduction of u mensure in the Prussian Dict for tho modification of the celebrated Falk laws. ‘Tue forest fires continue to rage in South- ern tte~ Jorey, On Sunday about 18,000 reres of woodland Au cranbarry hah wore desteoreds _—_— A rine, originated py friction, broke out in tho mult house of 0 Philadelphia brewery yostorday, und damaged tho concern to tho exe ‘tent of $200,000, ‘Tus Albanian-Montencgrin dimenlty is not yct settled, and many think that.beforo ft 4s Austria and Italy may quarrel over some fases of tho-question. - Iv Is gald_ that in cnse Congress adjourns without ‘providing rules for counting the Electoral voto, President Hayes will immediately call {t together ayguln. Tu Spanish Constitutlonalists and made- Yate Liborals have arranged a coalition by which Gen. Martinez Campos shuill onco moro assume control of affairs in Spat Tuene isa prospect that the war in Af- Bbanistan willbe soon brought ton close, Tho native tribes evince n desire to make submission on anything like fair terms, _ Kase recently-fitted-out filibustering oxpe- + dition to Cuba has cffected n_ ruecessful landing ‘on tho island, A Provisional Gayernmont was, 1 immediately organized, with Seifor Gareln as j President, - TH Indian newspapers denounce the ox- planation given by tho Liberals ns to the cause Of tho deflvit In the Indian Ludget aa being as stupid and blundering us the orlginul report of } tho Tories. +» Bansoum and Randall declare, and with femphasis, that ‘Tide has not withdrawn and iwill not withdraw from tha Presidential race, }They assort with equal emphasis that ‘Tilden will ‘be nominated ut Cincinnati. is Apsnty of twenty-five from Deadwood camo upon a band of seventecn Indlans who had recently murdered w herder: near that clty and thon stole bis outtle, Fourof tho Indians were \idlied and soventy-soven horses wero taken from thon, . 4% French Mintsterlal party suffered ‘gnothor defent yestorday on tha vote on Art. Pot the Public Meeting vill, Anamendiment e: empting electoral mectings from police ca- Plonago was curried agulust the Government by Sa voto of 24 to Wl, ConsiDERALL.Kanxlety prevailé In Paris In consequence of the number of deyths during the Past week from contagious digéubes, No less than seventy-one persons died of smail-pox, thirty-one from meusies, thirty-elght from croup, and thirt; |. ‘fue Connon Counell at its meeting Inst evening, by a vote of 21 to 14, refused to confirm tho Committees as arranged by tho Speelal Committos appointed by the Muyor at the pro- vious miceting, and a Het arranged by a caucus of the Aldesmen was substituted thorcfor. ee Tux London Zones suggests that the United States Government should use tho Ali bums Clute surplus for some grand interuue tional purpose, and tries tu be very snrcuatio at ‘the expense of Amerion. Lut as we buye the moncy tho Zines 1s welcomo to Its sarcasius, Resistance to eviction seems to be the or der of tho day Inthe West of Ireland, Hailite and Constables und Sheriifa havo a ruthor rough time, and retire from the fleld with bunds need: ing surgical treatment. The peasants usually yotlro to thelr Intrenchments behind sullallaia, ——e Tux potton masters of three of the prin- vlpal English manufacturing centres baye agrood to close thelr mills on three days of every: Weok until such thine us tho operatives como ta terms, If this curse’ bis nut tho desired effect, ‘The advisability of » geuural lockout will bo cun- sidered. ‘Tue Queen's speech last March approved Lord Bouoonstleld’s foreign policy and bis firm: ‘sess in resisting the dewands of Jrish agitators, Itis believed that the Queen's speech ‘next, Thursday will approve Mr, Gladstone's forolgy! polley and recommend concitiatury moasiges jor Ireland, But tho Queen has not probably chungod ber opluions a particle sluce Marob,— fhatis, 'fehe had uny to change. ‘The speck which {s delivered In her nawe fy mado for her by *he Prine Minister and read by the Lord f / es Chanccllor.. On very rare ‘ocensions she oceu- pies tho throne while its being rend. In most. easer, however, the [Royal robes are placed on the throne whilo the speech fs read. Royalty in England is costly, but rathor uscless, Oxw of tho notorious Garrity scoundrels, who when at Inrge aro tho terror of decent citt- zona, wag fond guilty inthe Criminal Court yesterday on the charge of assaulting Me. J.J. Gore, It $s provablo that Judge Smith's sen- tence wilt rid Chiengo of the hateful presenco of the thug for some time to como. ‘THe Thternationalists aro said to be con- templating the organization of 1 general Buro- penn strike, and are accordingly taking nidvan- taze of the discontent existing uniong the French silk and the English cotton oporatives. ‘Tho Inboring classes of Germany, Belgium, and ee ecriaal fre.to be also nsked to join in tho strike, Tne Ttallan elections have resulted in the triumph of the Ministerial party, though 1 com: bination sf the Conservative or Constitutional party with the oxtremo ftadicals would placo them In aconsiderabic minority, Such a conil- tion, however, {snot at all likely, ‘Tho Irredenta, Party dovs not seem to have attained much suc- ceas In tho elections. Tre German Roman Catholics are agitat- ing for a modification of tho Ecclesinstical laws, and for a law which will mnke Ministers re- sponsible for their acts to'the elchstag. At nm meeting held {9 Westphalla 20,000 people were present, and resolutions spproving the action of ‘the Ultramontano party In the Reichstag were pnascd without dissent,- Goss ann Rrax, the pugltists, with their backers, have arrived at Eric, Pa. and not- withstanding thothrents of the Canadian author- itles they declare that tha “till” Will take place this morning. A number of Ryan's friends are on hand to aco that ho na fair play. If he should be worsted it Is not IIkely that his Opponent will be in plensant quartura. Tur Senate struck out the House pro- viston of the Postal Approprintion bilt yesterday providing for the reletting of the mail contracts over tho stur routes, mado some other amend- ments, and passed the billas amended. Kernan and Beck fought against the amendments, but without much suecess, The contractors secm to be stronger in the Sennte than in the House. Tue Pone is reported to be serlously un- well, nnd his medieal advisers say that, should bo remain in Rome durlug the summer, he: will do so at very serious risk. His ecclesiastical advisors, however, insist that in the Interests of the Chueh he ought to stay In Rome. As Leo XML. ia-g0 devoted an ceclestastic, it 18 quite probable that bo will not Icave the Eternal City. Tuenre is an open rupture between Bul- garin and Roumanta, aud the representatives of erch of those Governments have been ro- called from the courtof the other. It Is not Probable that there willbe war. Both princi- palities aro under the guardianship of tho Europenn Powers, and as they are not ready for © war yet it is not likely that thoy will allow tholr wards to do 8 Josertt CHESTERFIELD MACKIN was. an Important factor tn tho First Ward Republican Primary, tg the stutemcot made by him and printed In another column will show, Joseph C, is not a Republican, to be sure, but thon long Prnctice in Democratic ward polities mado him famillar with a thing or two In the way of rin- ning primaries, and his services were retained by the third-termers, with what result appears in the plain, unvarnished tale he delivers in une other columi, In view of the vast number of persons who travel from England to America, and frow America to England, the London Times sugges‘s that each ocean steamer be accompanied by two steam-launches, ono tocarry nows in cnse of disaster to the nearest port, while the other should take in the passengers of the disabled vessel. Mr. Plimsoll will daubtless act on the anggestion and proposo appropriate legistation. Tho Times’ pian is both feasible and commend- able. PRestpeNT HA’ sent to Congress ycs- terdny tho correspondence betweon the United States and Great Britain’on the Fortune Bay question. The President in hfs message merely called attention to the correspondence and asked forsultable legislation. Secretary Evarts, howoyor, recommonda a duty on foroign fléh until gotno arrangomeut ‘ts mado with Enyland, the revonuo arising therefrom to be pald us damages to the American faharmen who have suffered. through the action of tho British authorities. J. M, Gzonor, 2 contractor, makes the most sensational charges of corruption and bribery agulnst several Congressinen and Sona- tors In connection with tho Texus & Paciflo Jand-granta, He saya $900,000 in monoy and $200,000 worth of land-grant bonds awere used to fiuduce Senators toyota for tha land-grant, and about $1,000,000 was distributed among the mombors of tho Houso to Influence tholr voter. Nothing Is. known of George, and itis not improbable that ho mukes tho churges to create a sensation and galn notorloty. Two very remarkable cases were heard in the Chicngo law courts yesterday, Ono was that of 1 Miss Lebeau, who brought sult against ‘Dr. Matthol for solling her a oosmotio which he represented would remove tho freckles from her Cuco, and if it would not make bora * thing ot beauty," would nt least make her more, beautiful than Nature mado her. ‘Tue com- pound, howaver, sums to havo had s contrary effeut, hurning tho skin and disilguring bor for fe. The othor case wus that of S.J, Cabllh tho editor and proprietor of the Chicago Pfat,a Paper which Is claimed to havo grent ‘“in- flooence" ubout elevation times, Tho edltor and proprietor was botore Judge Barnum on an ate tachment to show cause why he did not pay all- mony to bla wife, from whoin ho has been sepn- mted, Cahill somchow ctuvineed tho Judo that ho had not tho wherewlthal to pay, and give evidence to show that his annual expenses were £1,200 more than his’ Income, aud that the lawyers gave him moncy Mstead of his giving money to tho lawyers. Poor editor and gener- ous lawyers! THE BOLTERS ‘AT SPRINGFIELD, ‘The Illinoly State Convention wil! meat to- morrow at Springfield, ' ‘Thore scoms to be & general conviction that the contest, for which the bolt of the third-term minority in Cook County wag ‘dellberntely arranged, must bo first determined as the turning-point ofall future action. ‘The regular delegates are prinus facta en- titled to thelr seats Ot the organization of the Convention, '*To Widertake Lo exclude them before the cdiitesting bolters have adduced thelr proofs, if thoy havo any, would be a high-handed outrage. It would be a die honest scheme to rule ont the Republicans of three Congresslouut districts In order to secure control of the preliminary orguniza- tlon by a minority of the State Convention, and this Is/a trick the majority of regular delegates gannot afford to tolerate, It is sald that Long Jones elatms that outside of Cook County the third-termers haye a majority, and that by ruling out the tegulny delegates of this county at the outset he ca yspeure possession of the preliminary orgafizatipn, and then admit a8 many of the bogus defégates from Cook ag will glyo his crowd complete control, 'Phis Ida very nice gume If it cau be suc- cessfully played. But what will the two hundrdil and fifty or more Blaine men of the other countles say to this program of Long Joneg? Will they stand quivt while thoy are belng ted band and foot by the exclusion of ninety-two delegates from Cook who hold as gbod and regular credentinis as any dcle- gates In the Convbation ? ‘twill bo tested whether the third term “rule-or-ruin” managers cau domlucer over the senso of right and consciences of thelr forces to the extent of giving bolters rights superior to regular delegates, and whethor “or not they are prepared to aval! themselves of & prearranged bolt to acquire a power Jn the Convention which thoy cannot otherwise obtato and to which they are not entitled, ‘The partisan merits of the Cook County side of Cook County) shall deckte that par- contest are alan the side of tho regutar delegation, wiilel Is dividgl between Wash- burne and Binine. The evitence, which Tat Trinune has gone over in }letall many times, will establish that fact: begond cavil, ‘Tho organization of the Farwell Hall Convention was perfectly regular; the,eredentints of all the delegntes elected at the primaries (ex- cept one ward and one cotnty town) were delivered to tho Sctretary of that Convention; the proeceedlags after the bolt of less than one-third thadelegntes were parliamentary; tho detonated, to the Stato Convention were appointed ant instructed in due fori; and the antl-Grank majority of two-thirds might have made thé yroceedings the samo {n every detail if the Grant bolters + of less than one-third had remained and taken part in the regular Convention, {enco there isno parliamentary ground. far the bolters to stand on. Unless the third.term- ers in the State Convention (outaite of-Cook County) are prepared to rip up the proceed- ings In the fifty-one counties which have sent “solid? Grant delegations to the State Con- vention, they cannot with any pretesse of justice exclude any portion of the regular ant!-Grant delegation from Cook County, To tnke any other view of tho case will be to puta promfum on bolting and to contend that the mnaforlty may rule only where the “Qrant” sontiment Is ln tho majority, but in no case where the rant sentiment 1s In the minority, % If a majority of the State Convention (out- Namentary Inw, the precedents, and tho equi- ties of the ensa (which can only ba deter- mined by considering the course taken by the Grant majority in other counties) all demand the admisston of the regular Cook County delegation (divided between Wash- burne and Blaine); then the proceedings of the State Convention will probably be fair and orderly, In such case, the Grant dete- gates, if they shall. prove to be n majority of the whole, will have the right to appoint four Grant delegatesat-large to the Chicago Convention, If they sec fit todo so, In caso the anti-Grant members of the Convention shall prove to be n majority of the whole, they wlll choose the four delegates to reflect, thelr preference. Inclther event, the district delegations should be pormitted-severally to name their delegates to the National Conven- tion, and such will certalnly be the course if the antl-Grant men have a majority; for they have at no time intimated 9 purpose to ex- clude the Grant sentiment from ‘its proper representation by districts, ‘ * Butlf a majority of the Stite Convention (outside of Cook County) shall use {ts po wer tondmitthe bolters or any nuinber of tho bogus delegates, while “olla” Grant dete- gations from more than fifty countics are al- lowed-to stand, this high-handed Injustice ant trregular party proceeding. wil! entirely ‘Justify the antl-third-term delegates ‘in: pro- ceeding with the business of tho Converition ag if bolters had not been recognized, and tn appealing to the Nattonat Convention for « vindication of thetr righta, Any | other course, in fact, will be 9 submission ‘to-the evident purpose of Long Jones fo. sefze tho entire Iiiinols delegation, which * com- ment upon elsewhere, and a betrayal of the’ antl-third-term sentiment which lias beenso emphatically expressed at the primaries, thronghout the State., The admisston.of the Cook County bolters, or any number thareof which shall be deemed necessary to give the third-termors control of tho State Con* vention, will be a flagrant usurpation of | power tcquired bya bolt, and the Nattona\* “Conyention should be given the right to de termine whether a single candidate shall be\ Permitted to carry off the Presidential nom, nation by such gross usurpation of rights. it the nntlthird-term delegates to thd | Stato ‘Convention, who will undoubtedly bo’ in a majority, Including the regular Cook County delegation, shall determine, in’ solt- protection, to appeal to the National Conven- tion ‘nguinst the proposed usurpation of a minority by means ofthe Cook County bolt, the contest in the Nationat Convention will revert to the original Chicago bolt, and It will be decided outside the vote of the Ill nols delegation in contest. It will not bo in the power of the third-term bulldozers to de- elde such a contest in the National Conven-- tlonas they choose. If tho Illlnols delcan- tion bo In contest at Chicago, the tliffd-term- ors in the Natfonal Conyention will be’ In the minority pending the contest, and the caso will be decided upon the merits of the un- provoked and unwarranted bolt in Cook. County. The National Convention may be safely trusted to apportion the Illinois, dele- gntion acvording to the sentiment of Repub- Ncan voters as expressed at the prima- ries, £€ that body shall bo given an oppotunity to do so, Jé is only subnission to usurpation and the dictation of baters at Springfeld that ean deprive the pati-third-torm sentiment of this State of its proper representation in the National Con- vention, for such submissfon will render the National Convention powerless to defend the rights of thé men who shall have supinely and abjectly bowed down before the aggres- sion of bolters and bulldozers, THE easter ry aoa AT SPRING- On the morning following the bolt of tha third-termers from the Cook County Conven- tlon, for no other cause than that the third- termers had been beaten dt the primaries and with the deliborate purpose of making a contest in the State Convontion, the organ of the bolters mado tho following announce- ments Wo have nop fears asto tho outcome of _yoster day's performance so far as the Stato Conyon- Unn Is concerned. | The delegates appointed at the Convention reguiarty called to order at We Palmer House wit be admitted at. Springfed, Murk this prediction! ‘This was snfiicient notice of the Intention on the part of the third-term managers to secures majority In the State Convention by foul incans, If the program hns been mgill- fied xo that the managers shall demand the admission of only a portion of the Dbolters, It Ja slmply because the third-term managers now bellove that their purpose cap be accom- plished ng well with a certain number of the bolters os with the entire set.1Jt will be As gross ant outrage to udmtt a single bolter In the State Convention as it would be ty ad- mit the whole delegation of the bolters, for the number asking admission will alniply be. wauged by the number required to give the third-tormers w decided control gf the State Convention, ‘There ls no doubt that the third-term mun- agers Intend to dictate the udinisalon of the bolters, in a greater or less number, if they can control the matter. It 14 equally certain .| that this dictation, if successful, will be proe Mulnary to gn attempt to seize the entire IMinols delegution to the Natlonal Conven- tlon. . ‘Tho reason for this course ta perfectly clear, A divided Ilnols delegation to tha National Convention will meun the defeat of the third-term scheine in that body, If Ilnols delegation to the Chicago Convention shall be upportloned avcording to the de clared sentiment of the State,—whethar it be 94 against and 16 for, or Magalnst and 20 fer, or20 agalnat and 23 for,or even 18 againet and 24 fora third term,—the third-term will lack a majority on the firet bal Jot iu the Chicago Convention, even thoug! the untt rule in Now York and Pennsylvania beenforced, and the movement will dioa natural death. This Js a risk which the thisd-term wanagers cannot alford to take, They have staked their all on tho result in Illinois. They are prepared to admit bolt- ers, IC they can, and by that means to arab, or attempt to grab, a solid Grant delegation, ‘They will, profer to resort to any oulrnge rather than abandon thelr Inat hope of suc- cess by ylelding to auch 9 division of tho Iinols delegation a8 will reflect the sentl- ments of tho Illinols Repubiteans, ‘Their mane fan desperate one, but tt Involves tho spoils, and thoy must play thelr Iast ecard at every hazard, : The admizaton of any number of the Cook County bolters to the State Convention allt bea noticeste the antl-Grant delegates that they and the constituents whom they vepresent in this State ard to be dlafran- chiacd in the National Convention. ‘To exclude regulars and to ndmtt bolters will bo to taint all the proceedings of the Convention with fraud, by placing the legiti- mate majority under control of bogus dele- gates, ‘The legitimate members are Justified fn using any menns necessary to protect themselves from the intruston and contam- Anation of such frauds and usurpers. ‘The antl-Grant delegates will be In the majority In the State Convention, Including tho regular Cook County delegates, ‘They should, with one necord, take the position that thoy will not.act with “bolters.” From the very moment n suMfelent number of bolters shall be admitted to overcome tho majority of roguiar delegates, the Intter should proceed with thelr duttes as a Con- vention, regardless of the bolters, and ap- polnt the regular delegates ‘to the Chleago Convention in proportion to the deciared sentiment of the Republicans of this State. If the third-termers insist that thelr right to bolt when they are inthe minority. shall be passed upon by the National Convention, let them have the opportunity, ‘There {sno danger but the National Convention will re- buke bolting and bolters, and decide that secession tn Cook County fy not entitled to any more rights than were the Southern States when thoy attempted to overcome tho rule of the, majority at the polnt of the bayonct. —— THE SMOKE-NUISANCE AND THE REMEDY ‘The articles in Tae Cutcaco Tamuxe refteeting the universal sentiment of disgust atthe horrible smoke-nulsance’ which ts so serious a drawback to elty Ife, and pointing out how it may be materially lessened and almost abated, havo attracted very wide ate | tention and approval. THe Trmune has a particular right to insist upon the abatement of this :muisance, because, parafrasing the Scriptural Injunction, it Ins plucked the mote from its own cys before directing at- tention to the beam In the eye of the other smoke-genorators. ‘Tink Tripunr establish- ment, which has three large boilers and a lnrge double engine, and runs several presses and folding-machines, besides pumping allits elevator water, supplying a stereotyping de- partment with hot steam, and heatlug its building with steam, !3 necessarily a large eonstmer of coal. But it has reduced smoke to the minimum. . This revolution has been accomplished by three simple improvements, each of’ which savés money as well as contributes to the abatement of the smoke-nuisance. In the first place, THe Trmune carried up Its chimney about elghteen fect higher than it was originally built, and, thug gave 1 sufil- cient draft. to supply the exigencies of tho fire. Inthe second place, Tun Trinune, by constant vigilance, has Induced Its engineers and firemen to ‘ stoke” the fire in a rational and economical fashion. And, thirdly, it has ‘applled the Orvis’ smoke-consumer, which Supylics the. necessary: oxygen for the com- bustion of the surplus carbon In the shape of eiudke at all tines when the fire Is not chilled and a great volume of black smoke produced by too heavy and careless firing. Tf tie owners ot stallonary engines through- out tho city would universally adopt tho same means of protection amainat the gen- eratlon of smoke vhich Tne Triune has adopted, the genemt result would be ns sat- Isfactéry as it has heen in this individual ense, Butit is notorlons that no general system can be secured tan large community by voluntary codperatin, Ignorance, and neglect, nnd indifference are too wile-spread to admit of tite.” ‘Tiere iy some thousands of ongincors and firemen inthis elty who are wholly indifferent to the’ hterests of thelr employers and to the public canfort, and who will not “fro” frequently andtightly untess compelled to do so, Some: Initvidual engi- neers have protested against tls reflection upon the craft, and there ara’ indoubtedly exceptions to the rule. It 1s also tuo that, In many cases, employers require cher work from tho engineers and firemen wlch.oceu- ples their time and compels them to heap great piles of coat upon tholr firent ote time, bo that the blame does not rest cntirels upon the firemen. But the fact remains tho;me viz.: that a large part of the smoke-nul§nee is due to irrational, extravagant, and tm. proper firing. F 5 3 Tho only complete and enduring remo for tho smoke-nulsance fs to be looked for | a thorough system of oMelal inspection. Why doesn’t the Council fyrnish the Mayor with the propor authority for establishing such a system? ‘The people of Chicago nro protected in great measure agajnst boiler-oxploslons: by an official inspector, A system of sidewalk inspection Is designed to guarantee safety of life and Mmb by compelling peonle to keep thelr sldewalks in-repalr, and accidents in this Ine are duo to official enrelesness, ‘The public aro. protected. agalust falso weights and measures, and ‘against rotten food, by elty Inspection, An inspector has recently been appointed to see that tho elevators throughout the city are kept in a safe condl- tlon, ‘Tho cost of alt these diferent kinds of inspections falls upon the various objects theroof and fs Insignificant in detafl, ‘The waste, damage, and discomfort, of tho greut voluines of binack, grimy’ sinoke that settlo down upon this city every day lkewlse demand a stmilar protection, Thorough of- ficlal Inspection alons can provide it. The Council atone can authorize it, If n good, notiye, efficient Inspuctor wero conatantly going the rounds to pounce upon every bullding from which black volumes of smoke are pouring forth, competent and em- powered to Inspect the flues nnd fires, tocom- pel the ownens of engines to adopt amoke- consumers and improve the. draft of thotr chimneys, to cause the arrest and fino of en- glneers who are discovered fn tho act of violating the Intelligent system of “firing,” and striving in every way to abate the nul- sunce, the nmount of smoke would bo per- ceptibly reduced every day in Chienago, and the tiine would not bo far: distant when the public of this city would be comparatively free from this most abnoying and injurious wulsance, ‘I'he cost of such Inspection will bo saved thousands of tlines over by the econ- omizing of coal that necessarily accompanies tho consumption of the smoke, Will the new Council pass a proper ordinance upon this invortant subject? Will Mayor Harri- son Insist upon thelr doing go? —_—_—_—— Ws print a card from Mr, Waller, the Clty Coinmisaloner of Publlo Works, In reply to somestrictures upon his refusing toaward cer- tain contracts for dredging In the river. The defense was hardly needed. The whole com- munity outside the managers of the dredg- ing monopoly heartily and cordially susta{n the action of the Commissioner, ‘Tho princl- pal duty of the Commissioner Is to protect the public: Interests, and = Mr. Waller, since he has been in office, has shown the courage and the ability to resist, alt Jobs and contrivances to plunder the city, It isan easy Ung to administer the office so aso please and gratify those seeking con: {racis. Itisadifferent thing to administer tho oftlee so thatench dollar of expenditure shall secure a dollar's worth of service In re~ turn. ‘Tho eles is a Iaborlous one, and Its duties were never moro falthfully, zealously, and honestly performed than they have been by Mr. Waller. Let him continu to do his duty ns he has done, and he will not lack the cordlat support of the whole people of Chi- eno. GREAT BRITAIN RULES TNE OOEAN. Great Britain has now reached the pre eminence of being the owner of a mnjor- ity uf the steam, and sall tonnage of the world. ‘This ineludes only the tonnage of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Including the tommnge of other States within the British Emplre, the excess 1s much great- er, ‘This was its condition at tho close of the year 1879, "The rule by which the comparative effect- fveness of steam and sal vessels is estimated is to rate one steam ton as equal In effecttve- tess to four sailing tons, In 1879 the steam merenntile marine uf Great Britain and Ire- Janel was 2,508,102 tons, and the sailing fect stood nt 4,013,187 tons; computing onc steam ton as equal to four sailing ‘tons, the steam and saillng founage of the Kingdom Is new equal to 14,000,000 sailing tons, Including the British tonnage of Canada ond other cotonies, the total would bo of steam and sail equal to abort 16,000,000 of saliing tons. The tonnage of all kinds by all other coun- tries ig about 8,200,000 tons, equnl to 11,600,000 saliing tons, But taking only the tonnage of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, it {3 In the proportion of 63 per cent to the 43 per cent of all othor countries united. Some of thy Items in the history of the growth of the British commiercial marine are of striking and instructive interest. From 180 to 187 the amount of foreign tonnage entering British ports Inerensed, but very slowly, and much slower than the Drit- ish tonnage. In 1800 the proportion of Brit- ish tonnage in the British trade was 56 per cent, in 1873 It was 60 per cent, while In 1870 itwas TL per cent, The growth has been gradual but large. So the British trade now porformed In Dritish vessels ts 7 per cent, to 20 of all other countries. ‘fhe growth of England's supremacy on the sea fs due largely to tho substitution of steam for snils. In 1840 the entire steam tonnage of Great Britain was 87,539 tons, In 1850 It was 167,108 tons, In 1800 It was 452,353 tons, and it was not until 1870 that it eaualed the sailing tonnage. In 1870 the steamer tonnage was 1,111,975 tons, or nearly equal to 4,500,000 salling tons, It took steam thirty years to overtake salling tonnage. During the last nine years, however, the growth of the British trade has been beyond all precedent, Ln 1879, 1s has been stated, the steam ‘marine of Great Britain reached the enormous figure of 2,608,- 102 tons, while the salling tonnage had dur- ing the same nino years decreased to 4,018,- 187 tons—n loss of half 9 million of tons. The English statement ia, that.the excess of British tonnage over that of all countries not included in the British Empire is 2,500,- 000 tona,—equal to the whole sengoing com- mercial navy of Franco andthe United States. ‘The growth of the British marine Is now wholly in steam vessels, and as part of this change there Is a large Increase In the sizeof theships, The average measurementof stenin vessels fins risen from 430 tons In 1860, to 651 tons in 1879, Ono strikmg change Is the reduction of thé number of mon and boys. employed since the inerenao -of the siza of vessels and tho substitution of steam for sal. ‘Thus In the twenty years, during which the whole tonnage has more than quadrupled, tho number of mon and boys has only {n- creased from 171,692 to 193,548, or only i por cont. The mercantile service Is no: longer n nursery for tho Royal navy. The London Saturday Review, from which wo gather the foots stated, thus comments upon them: ‘Wo will only say in gonoral that our resources nro intrinsically as uvuilable for war ns for peaco, for attack aa for dofenso, and that it is ourown fault if our wenlth ts not also our strength. In tho meanwhile, so long as peace continues, our maritime pretmitience secures to us tho greater purt of tho onrrying trade of the world, England lias commerofal relations with every part of tho carth; with many parts it almést monopolizes the commerco; and in all this vast trade three out of overy four tong ‘em- ployed aro British, besides a fargo number of ships omployed in other trades,, Tho frelghts thus oarned go towards enabling us to pay for tho, foods we Import from avery country, and pee y account for tho. fact thut we constantly import more than wo oxport without drawing Upon our capital. They also holp to oxplain our command over the money markets of the world, Nor fs tho effect to be overlooked of tho con- stant appearauce of Pritish ships in overy port. Tho porpotunl prosence of tho British ting, and the familiarity thus ucquired with British ways, Hirltish goods, and fritish monoy, predispose tho natives to deal with this count: a\s regards tho causes of our prediminence, ay Ho io bo found partly in the cominerelal pretminonee of England, and jn her possession of more capital, more skill, and more mechanival appliances than othor countrics, and partly in tho nat- ural aptitudes of her people, but chiefly in the revolution that hus boon eifcoted (uring, tho last. twonty years in naval construction. We bave seen ubove how steam us beon supersediny uitis, and how tho process has beon accelorated ‘uring the pastuiny yeurs, Bimultancously tron, iis beon supplanting wood ns tho mnterintot shpbuilding:; aud it {8 thi latter chango Mey purticularly which bas given us tho wd- bout, over all oompotitors, for tron ships can bo tle bottor and more chenply hore than any- whotvelee in the world, No doubt, algo, tho tn- Wiso INciaintion of othor countries hus material- y hella us: tho United Stutoy, for oxumpie, forbld wate shipowners to. buy ‘forelgn-bullt veasels, thus compelling thon to compote ugalist Uswith inferior snips. The result of all those Mrating cuusos ts that wo aro able tu do more Wrk at sen than nil our rivals put to- gether, thatour shipnwnors aro getting the Gurryhig tru of tho word into thotr Handy and that, whetior for commioree or for wir, Wo huve uoquired & position which: no other na- on has over stained to, and which nothing but senscless tegligt or rash and stupid pural- mony can seriously endanger, We submit thesefycts to the consideration of tho Ameriean pelo, In 1860 the vessola which claured from American parts for for- elgu countries; with thelrtonnage and crews, were ns follows: ‘ hes Whobte n Fi, Amerieni aN ‘onmni Tonnage of faruign vessola..., scctccs, R02 008 No. of men and boys in crows of American vousols.... 5... 180,745 No. of men and boys in foroian ‘The entrances were about the sane, In 1860 the total tonnage of tho United States way; ‘Total tonnage. 5,153,508 OL which there: 80707 Britiah steam tonnage in 1860, 453,368 Now look at the figures of 1870, and mark how our legislation has driven tho American the from our purts, We give the clearances tn 1870; 2 Wholo number cleared. Atnerican. ronnie ‘Toni Hr No. of mericans,, of forvigners,. nerican NCcuR! eenage. of Bune... te No. of foreign ocean steamers entered., ‘Tonnage of samo,.: Sritiah stoam tonnage, 1879. Amorican steam tonnage, I ‘These figures show the rovolution which has taken pluce In the twenty years, We then led Great Britalu {n trade by steam and sal. We now are dimtnishing, and Great Britain has 58 per cent of tho carrying trade of. the whole worfd.. For this result we are indebted to the Ignorance and prejudice of the statesmen who run the Government upon the principle of pauperlam,. About 400 years ago England adopted the exclusive policy with regard to trade. All forelgn-owned vessels wore probiblted from bringing cargocs into En- gland. Other nations retalinted, and finally the British navigation laws prohibited any vessel carrying tha British flag wiless the same were built and owned exclusively In England. ‘That was tn the dark ages of com- merelal civilization, Those Inwa have since been repealed by every commercial nation on earth except the United States and Spain,— the freeand progressive Republic and the old despotic Monarchy nlono clinging to this relte of barbarous days. 2 Every nation on earth except Spain and the United States gies to its people the fullest Mberty to build ships, to buy ships, ‘and to own ships, and to have them known and protected by the national flag, England has been buying ships for twenty-five years; every nation In Enropo has done so, The building of Amertean ships and selling them abroad was once a great American Indus- try. Anybody can own a ship and have it enrolled as. British ship; bat tho american pebplo are denicd a privilege enjoyed by tho people of every other country except thelr own and Spain. The result Is that we have lost our trade; wo are dependent on foreign vessels for our trans- portation; wo sell eight hundred millions of dollars’ worth of our products annually, and have no Amerienn yeasels in which to trans- pork them, We aro a commercial Nation without ships; we cannot get to or from market except in foreign vessels, under foreign flags; and our Congress, year nfter year, lets this monstrous anomaly continue, nnd resents 0 motion to repeal the navigation lawans an attack upon the freedom and liberties of the American people, ————= Tim annual scheme of spoltation, tho s0- called River and Harhor bill, is now before | Congress and has passed one House. These bills have long been nn abuse for which there is no apology... Tho bill this year may appro- nrlate ns high as ten millions of dollars, Formerly a Dill appropriating from two to three millions of dollars was passed once eyory three or four yeitrs; now there fs an anntial bi for eight or ten millions of dol- lurs. I[eretoforo the bills have been got up with referenco to carrying votes; this year the robbery is got up In the interest of tho Demoeratie party. Atl Democratic districts are treated with grent Iberality, while the Republican ‘districts are cut down to nn minimum, Thus, the Congress of the United States cannot afford tovote mora than $75,000 for the Ilinols River, which runs throughseven Republican districts, hut i votes $200,000 for the Fox River improvement and for the Fox and Wis- consin Rivers. That work, which has al- ready cost several millions of dollars in the yain effort to create water enough to keep tho sand out, fs in the district of Gabe Bouck, tho Democratic member of Congress, and, of course, he is to be provided for. So all through the Solid South, The Kanawha Liver in West Virginia, upon which a mililon has been expended, 18 to have $200,000 to plense a Democratic district, while the Illi- nols River Improvement, backed by uine- teen Representatives and two Sena- tors, is to bo dismissed with com- paratively nothing. Our three able-bodied Representatives from Chicago have been unnble to get a dollar for this great National work: their energies have beeh exhausted in efforts to prevent the repenl of the taxes on salt, and paper-pulp, and printing-paper. ‘Tho great bill of robbery passed the House by 8 three-fourths vote, and when it gets to tho Senate It will bo there Increased and passed In thesnme manner, Tho appropria- tion is none the less n grent waste and abuse, and the overwhelming majority for it cannot redeem It from Its scandalous iniquity. _—— Ir would ordinarily be likely that the peo- ple could rely upon protection of their rights nt the hands of a Republican State Conven- tion in Illinois. It is probable that the sev- eral enndidates for the State offices will, in their own intorcst, strive to restore harmony upon the basis of party precedent and the’ rule of the majority, But “Long” Jones, Dan Shepard, and John A. Logan, the third-terin managers, will stand in the way, because thoy personally have everything to gain and nothing to lose by the bulldozing policy. ‘They are after the spoils, arfd if they cannot control them they are utterly indif- “ferent to the fate of tho Republican party in the State of Illinois or In the Union, ‘They know that tho fair division of the INinols delegation to the National Convention will be fatal to the third-term candidate, to whom they have tied their fortunes, and they will not consent to any such division If they can avert the result by the ald of bolters, That Is the struggle at Springficid, and the regue Inrly-clected anti-Grant delegates through- out the State must be prepared to mect it, ——— ‘Turns Is only one position for the anti- third-term delegates in Springfleld to as- stno—viz,: to demand tho admission of the regular Cook County delegation as a matter of right, and, Incense of refusal, to be pre pared for that formidable appeal to the high- er authority of the National Convention whigh tha numbers of tho antl-third-term delegates and darmony of action will assure, eee Tux Tuscola Journal, the Republican organ of Douglus County (and which counts has elected four Grant delogates to Springfield), thus speaks of Logan's Cook County bolters: For unadulterated cheek and ns asamplo of downright cuasedness, the wetions of tha Cook County bolters cannot be equaled. The Granty ites in every county convention in tho State bave shown the spirit of oithor the bulldozor ar the whining suppilant, They could not submit gracofully to tho Inevilable.. When they werein tho majority they bulled fhrough instruction, and when {nthe minority thoy whined for pro rata, representation. Tho Binino men transtorred tho gallantry of thelr leader to his causo, and, whenever thoy had the nujority, with a respeot ablo minority, thoy would “grucofully yiold tho minority representation, Tho bolt’ is of a dangerous charsoter and mony ondunger our Stute tickat. —<—————— We regret to learn that the Hon, John Wood, one of tho fow surviving ox-Govorne a ‘of Iltnols, is sorfously i] at his residence it Quincy, Gov, Wood isnvery old mun, boing not far from 00, and but little hope Js entertalned of hisrecovory. Hc was oneof the original found- eraof the City of Quincy, E ‘ —— PERSONALS. ‘Tho Empress of Russla must possess a eust-iron constitution, if we are to boliove the report that sho reeciyes ten visita dally from the Court Physiclan, , Joseph W, Fuller, of Troy, has given 81,000 to Union College ut Schenootady, N, ¥., and wo took for tha bout olub of that institution to take front pluce right away. “The book to,rend,” says Dr, McCosh, “la Not the One which thinks for you, but the ono which makes you think.” Tho Doctor might as well havo suid u grocor’s book at the start, Apple blossoms bending low, ‘Trying, love, to kias you 60; With your blushes do you think To rival theirs of dainty plak? 8. J. Tilden, ‘The agricultural papers are devoting col- umns just now to essays on how to ralse straw- berriog, and pooplo in Chicago neod a similar smount of advice on how to raisa moncy to buy the strawberries after thoy got here, ‘The Ninilists had bettor quit wasting their money in the purchase of explosives and use it in gotting the builder of the Madison Bquare Garden uppolnted court architeot, There are moro ways than one of killing a Czar, ‘Tho traveling salesman of a Bt. Louis Brocory houso was violently kicked on the choek by a mulo ono day last week in Indjanapolis. People who subscribe to the bellef that mules never die should take the first train for Indlan~ spolisand free themselves from tho chatns of an exploded superstitian, WASHINGTON. Serious Charges of Corrup. + tion Against the Olg Texas & Pacific Road. Nearly Two Million Dollars Atlegoa to Have Been Paid for Oon. gressional Votes, The Northern Pacific Road Algo Brought into the Huge Scandal. The President Sonds to Congresy: tho Fortune Bay Corre- spondence, And Urges That Body to Give the Subject Harly At tention. The Post-Office Appropriation Bill Put on Its Passage in the Senate. Elimination of the -House Proyige ion Relative to Star»Route Contracts, Prospeot of an Extra Session Being Called under Certain Con- tingencies. -CORRUPTION. THE ROUTHURN PACIFIC ROAD. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicaga Tribun Wasninoton, D. C., May 17.—Whon the Com mittee on Pactfte Ratlronds met to-day, Chairman MeLanonnd Representative E. John Elitsfounds letter addressed to thom. On reading it, it was found to contin vory serious charges againt thomanngoment of tho old Toxns Pucific Rall road and an indelinit number of Senators and Representatives who wore mombors of Congres when the original charter was passed In 1s, Tho charges nro that the charter was obtalned by bribery, and that $900,000 in cash wero paid to a Senator to be divided among bimselt’ and threo other Senators; that £000 worth of land-yrant bonds woro given the same Senators, to be distributed whore they would do the most good umong Senators, and that £1,00+ 000 in similar bonds were given a member of the House, to bo distributed in that body, Ths- charges aro regarded by some as tnwortby of eredence, orof a blackmailing character, but tho writer has been notified to produce the erl- donce, which be says he has in tho shape of let tors and telegrams on deposit inn bank fn this» eity. Tho mattor will be brought to THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE atits meotingon Thursday next. An evening paper makestho lettor refer to the Northern Paoifio Ruilway. A dispatch to tho same eect, wasseut to Now York: this afternoon andde pressed Northorn Pueific. Chairman MeLaveis vory reticont. Ho says, however, that {0 bis opinion it is a blackmailing scheme, Intended to influenco stocks. McLane is of opinion, also, that inasmuch as tho’ lettor rofers to transac tions alleged tohave takon place inaformer. , Cougross, it {s uot compotont fora Commitee of tho Forty-sixth Congress to take noticeofit, . Agontloman fentified with the Northorn Per | cific anid to-night that ho know all tho facteal Joged in tho letter to Chairman McLane, and, that they cun ouslly be substuntinted. fie sagt that these documents urcin onoof tho vaults dfs clty bank, and that if the Committeo {ynores letter, the lottors, which are Beoulhurly’ damning, will bo made public, A prominent offic tof the ‘Texas & Pucilio Ratiway Company suid to-night that tho letter was a piece of blackmail. “Siuce we buve hud the read it has heen usclear ay posaibte. Not a dollar of corruption fund can 0 traced to our corporation. ‘The letter mult rofer to the old Toxas Pacitio & Ei! Paso matter, and Fremont’s connection with It," dames F, Wilson, of lowa, counsel for the jurtheru Pacitio, 18 much annoyed at the re Port that that road fs implicated, and wil) TO-MORROW ASK OF CHAIRMAN M'LANE for full partioulars as to the churges made. If F thoy alfect his road and are susceptible of proot } he Will, he says, instantly sover his connection with it. Although the utmost secrecy has bea observed by Chulrman MeLano and other mem: bers of tho Committee, soveral persons claim (0 bave seon'tho letter; but tholr statements as to tho namo of tho writor do not agree, ‘A party who bus seon tho letter gives tho fole lowing additional details; Tho act of Congres tnnklug the land-grant for the construction of 1 i i tigreomont Sirst-mortgie Innd-grsat bonds, which, with the monoy named, was to used in buying enough votes In the Benate t0 secure tho pussage of tho bill through that body. ‘i Of the $200,000 cush, $02,000 wore dispensed a the Sonate in January, 1871, a bon waaay ecutod by one of the incoporutors ia the gure $1,000,000 n8.a guarantee Tor the Jasuc of ay Amount of bonds, and these bonds Were To | bursed in tho House of Representatives. ato letter is signed by onu J. Sf. George, §8! boo parliamentary agent about Wasbingtoa. | . THE POST-OFFICE BILL | ITS PASSAGE IN THB BENATE. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. i Wasiunatox, D. C., May 1%—Tho Beasts Passed the Postal Appropriation bill, The Howe Provision aimed: at tho star routes, which Te, quires that they should bo rolot whenever the pay was Increased over 60 por centum of the contract price, waa atriokeo out. Beck Kernan mado a fight in its favor, but it was vt dent that alurgo majority of the Sonntors wants the proviso atrickon out, Bevornl appropria . were considerably increased. A provito on the Postinaster General: ho authorized to rem to the Goveramonta of Now Zoaland dat ae South Wates wo much of the cost of the tra rtation of this Austrutinn olosod mall sorott nig Continent, was atricken out, when the ti assert. Only threo votes over quer ened te raustered, soveral batchesof Bonators gone aut to th 0 TALES. . 1E AMENDMENTS, “Wastnnatoy, D.C., suy 17— tho Post-Oulles bin ‘wad road for action ont Committoo anaudments. ‘The Committee recanmond amendments My follows: Increasing appropriation £01, 11, sportation on riflroad routes from €?, 0,810,000; by stcumboat routes fron 900,000; for mail messongars froin ‘or mullelovxs and taye from nay x triking out tho provision aulbories tho PosimastorGonural to remit in favor colonies Of Now. Zentand and Now Bout Just, and striking out thu Toutes shull be relot ufter (isomont, ng naw, provided, Ir Ist of tobor, 1880, oO Ray, for expodition of the senedule orbite a uring the. sca yuar ending Juno Mor ibe June 80, 1880, shall” oxcved 60 per cuntl vided gontraat pride etary sunk. oxi pedicle iS prs it this proviso shall not previ ent ‘contructor deqires to continue the coat ag reduced. MR. WALLACE tho a sald that all amendments Inoreasini a prlations were recommonted by the Boat: Pp amendmont, the Committee was over’ the following considerations: Tavie grees tear Tho Committe eld aide from 0 Com fect of tha proviso was to strike down u service west of the Misaissippl iver a ry wad least saventy routes, and they believes both improvident and unwise, for rir survica was once given IC iso tO tao it WAY Le ye theso contracts wero jot for, Fr oaths Noarly allof thom havo run elgblete tapsse ortwo years. Dy the proviso Way vp te date but about eighteen monthe to run {60 Con: cf of reletting. Tho Committee think t ess annul these contracts the cuntractort ave which GOOD CLAIM YOR DAMAGES: 4 yee Even {f thoy assent to the annulment ayia cept the ons month's extra Pay Pr overnmeat the contract, it would coat, the GoU iss tor $277,00, But tho cuntracts donot PISS ay . uuntlinent {yr avy other rouson wad HPs