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

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1880, Wes Barntn outlined his piin of count- ing the State of New York for Huncock ho seemed tv rely principally on State-Engineer : Seymour, the only Demoeratic member of the Stute Board of Canvassers, to do all the heavy work In connection with-it Mr, Sey- mour, however, had a reputation which he was unwilling to sacrifice, and he utterly falled to fallin with Mr, Barnum’s brilliant iden, Not only dic he canvass tho vote with his Republican colleagues, but he entered no protest, and voted on every question will them, Evinences of the suppression of the col- ored yote in many Southern States. are con- tained in the official clection returns which are noty coming In. The falling off in the vote this year as compared with that of 1876 is 18,000 in Alabama, 44,000 in Louisiana, 40,000 In Misstssippl, and 24,000 In Virginin. In South Carolina the Democratic vote was swollen to huge proportions by the use of Ussuc-ballots, and yet the total shows a de- excasa of 8,000 since 1870, ‘This Is tha State, it will bo remembered, in which the census bas shown apparent onornous gains in pop Watlon In the Inat decade, F —— ‘Two Vinaita: Electors were ones chosen in the fice of tho returns by an necitent ‘ similar to that which occurred in Indiana. But their idea of honor wowld not permit them to serve, ‘They absented themselves from the Electoral College, atud the vacancies were filled by tho other. Electors, We sug- Rest to D. W. Chambors, the Hancock Etect- ortn indinin who seemsto have scratehed dn by a clerical errar, that‘lie would do hime self and hls State credit: by hnitatlng the ex- : ample of these honorable Virginia gentie- men. Jlis vote cannot affect thy result, yet it would misrepresent the people of his dis- trict and the whole State, a plurality of whom did not, and do not, desire him to bo a Presidential Elector. . Ti Baltlnore Gazette, as will be seen froma paragraph In-another column, urges Southern merchants to buy their goods in that clty, on the score that New York busl- nestmen, In the recent olectlon “shawed ; thelr Intent hostility to the South? ‘Thore : 4s ono condition, and only one, on which Southern morchants will buy thelr goods In Balthnora in preference to New York: and that Ig that the goods of Baltlmore shall bo botter and cheayer than those of New York, | Any other inducement will not turn trade to ; the right hand or the left. An Intelligent ; newspaper, such as tho Bulthnore Gazette : pretends to be, ought to know better than to : appeal to political prejudices to Influence busluess, ‘Trade that could be obtained in such n Way would not be worth having, —_———— Tue folly of keeping up the complicated and cumbersome Electoral system after it has * outgrown Its purpose ty shown not only by ; tho blunder in Indinua, but by a similar one . in North Carolina, In tho Fitth Congres slonal Distriet of that State John W, Hardin, . a Repudlican Elector, dvelined to serve, and : Charles A. Reynolds was nominated in his ‘ place, Yet tho poll-books and tally-sheots were sent ont with [Hardin's nine on, and he is credited with 1095 votes, ‘The conse aticuce Is that Reynolds gets but 101,105 votes in the State, while the highest regular Elect- orrecelyes 113,878 votes, A similar aceldent exused another Elector {nthe Fourth Dis trlet to run 1,233 votes belind his ticket, If the mnlstake fu the Fifth District had been on the Democratic side, the Republicans would have lad one Elector in North Caroling, though the average Democratic majority was 7,400, ee Iris satd that the Untun Paciiie Rallway Company recognizes the tendency towards lower passenger fares, and the rate from Qmaha to Ogden (uear Salt Lake City), a distanea of 1,035 miles, has been reduced from 877 to $03, or from 73¢ cents per nile to Gcents permite, “The carnings of the same toad during tho past sixteen days of Novem- ber Increased $225,000 over the sumo perlod last year.” What wonderful magnaniulty ils ts to reduce fares to 6 cents per mile on aroad built by Government mongy, and pre sented to thoSyndicate King controlling It to- gether with a purse of 26 millions of un. expended bends, in consideration © of their trouble anit responsibility In accepting the property! ‘The distance from Chicago Lf THE CHICAGO, TRIBUNE: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 26, [880—TEN PAGES. SS — ann naTTTERIIETITTInNTTTONTTTTTITETTUUEETEDNEI LEDEEENEENENENEEITNGINUIIT Hemmer from Omaha to Ogiten. The regular pas- senger fare is about $22, or one-third that charged by Jay Gould & Co.on the road Dbullt by theGovernment, ‘The falthful mem- bers of Congress from the West haye looked on with complete ind{ference all these years, while thelr constituents who traveled on that rond were fleece to the tune of 74 cents per mite on an rond which cbst tho Ring nothing, and which fs nd cheaply operated as aro, the ronds enst of Omaha. It. ts still eheaner for a laboring man to walk than to ride on Jay Gould's rend, built by the people of the United States, Sovuritens polities can’t get slong without new words and softened forms of expression, It would never do for a Southern reporter to eny that anybody was “bulldozed” or “cheated” out of an election; so tho ctty- tomary word ts “exeluded.” The Chartes- ton News and Cotricr, of the 21st inst, In reporting the proceedings of the State Board of Canvassors at Columbin, says: Mr. 1. C, Northrop appeared for Lowls Jacobs, tha defented Itadical candidate for Sherlf in Willlumsburg, and read a fow alldavits which Proved some exciusivences in tho count, but no fraud In tho vote, “ Exclusiveness” Is a legalized mode of de- feating Republleans in the South, It was “exclusiveness ? that showed Mackey to bein Anilnorlty ina Republican district good for 14,000 inajority, and Lyneh, of Mississippi, to bo in the samo predicament fu the Shoe- string district, which would give 17,000 Ho- publican majority on a free voto and 9 falr count, ee reed J.B. CHapiine was the Ropublican candi- date for County and: Probate Judge in Mone rov County, Arkansns, In the September election, and believed he was defrauded of au election, He secured an attorney and be- gana contest. ‘The matter was brought up inthe Ctreult Court, but before a deebsion was given Chapline withdrew his complaint. IIs reason for so dotng'was that he was In fear of hts life, Threats against htm were made, andone nighta collin was brought Into his yard labeled: J. M. CHAPLINE, ‘Tako timely warning. Thus to alt damned raactle, On the night of Sept. 19, 1880, twelve masked men surrounded the house of the Republican judge of election who hada du- plicate tally-sheet and poll-book, and com- pelled him to surrender them. ‘Thus the most Important evidence in the case was de- stroyed, Yet the inhabitants of Monroo County, Arkansas, wonder why linmigrants do not seck that favored locality. Chapline, by the way, 1g nota carpet-bagecr, but ana- tive of South Carolina, who fought bravely in tho Confederate army. His only crime ts that he ts. 9 Republican. ON OUR ELECTORAL TEM, Jn commenting upon the result of tho Inte Presidential election in the United States the Jonton Timex of Noy, 11 contrasts the large Eleetoral majority which Gen, Garfield his with the small plurallty’of the popular vote, nolnts to tha result four years ago, when Hayes had 9 majority of tho Electoral vote and ‘fTiden o popular majority, and con. eludes that such n system 1s nelther logical nor sclentiiic. It cites this condition as a n warning to France not to abandon the seruthe darrondlascment, ‘or vote by dis- triets, for tho serttin de liste, or voting by States or large communities, and thinks that the choles of Prestdestint Electors tn thls country by vote of Congresstonal districts, Instead of by vote of States, ls the proper remedy for what It regards as sn anomaly. It is not easy for a forclener to under- stand the peeullar theory of Stato equality which givés to tho small community of Delaware two representatives In tho Eleet- oral College ns well as to the great com- munity of New York, thongh the Intter has thirty-three popular Itepresentatives and the former only one, ‘This Is the American counterpart of the English “rotten- borough” system, and a relic of the absurd fictlon of State-soverelgnty whtch tha ad- vancenient of tho Natlonal tea may some any eliminate, though the way to do It is not yet clear. © Snys the Thnes: Tn 1876 Mr, Hayes had 185 Electornt votes, and Mr. Tilden 18; but the Domocrutle votes re- eorded were 4,290,000, and the Republican yotes only 4,042,000, Tn tha saute way it now happens that, though Gon, Garileld hug 213 votes, while Gen. Hancock has only 158, the aggregate Re- publican majority is estimated at no more than 82,000. The Nepublicnns carried goverat of tho Northern Status by Inrgo majorities, but tha Democrats curried nowrly all the Southern States by majorities much iarger in proportion, {n Now York Stato, for instance, tho Republican ningority Is estimated at 21,000, which seourcs for Gen, Garilold thirty-flve Llectoral yotes, Isus in tho for Southorn States, Kentucky, Gcorgin, Alabuina, and Texas, which, taken to- sethor, are about equal to New York State In population, the Demoeratic majority is cstl- “munted ut 205,000, . Tho Times does nat seem to bo aware of the fact’ that In tha Cotton States the elective franchise has been reduced to a farce and fraud by the Depioeratls bulldozers, and that the Republican vote is suppressed, rejected, ENGLISH COMMENT 8Y8' and otherwise not caunted, In the election of 1870, In the Republican State of Missls- sippl, the Democrats returned 50,000 major- Ity for Tilden, whereas am honest election would haye given the State to Hayes by over 20,000, thus making o dliference of 70,000 In the Republican vote, So the Republicans were bulldozed out of 12,000 to 15,000 In Lotisiana, an equal number in South Caro- Nana, and not less than 80,000 In Alabanin, of the most important dutics that asvalt tho Nationat Legislature, ‘Thera is no doubt that the system is defective and illogical, Butevery suggestion of change should bo basetknpon a condition precedent that tho General Government shall establish uniform laws to regulate chotea of President In all tho States, nnd = that . If shall have the supervision necessary to-protect the purity of elections and tho rights of the -nilnority in all portions of the country, Any plans fora popular vote or nvoto by dis- tricts which stall obliterata State lines, will only add new complications and new dan- gers if State authority shail stil! remain su preme in the control of tho elections. ‘Yo elinnge this condition it will ba necessary to amend the Constitution of the United States, which provides that each State shall appoint, dnguch manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a mumber of Electors equal to tho whole number of Senators and Repre- sentatives to which the State may be entitled In Congress. ‘This provision ts the clicf stumbling-biock in the. way of a uniform wan of election by districts under the dlrec- tlon and suporviston of the General Govern- ment. POSTAL BEFORMS, Tho Postmnster-General’s report, an abe stractoft which we have published, makes several recommendations whitch aro of a practical character, most of which have here- tofore been repeatedly urged upon Congress by ‘Tire Taimune, and whieh certainly ought to be adopted by Congress, rn One of those recommendations is tho en- Intrgement of the present money-order sys- tem, and a reduction of the fecs, ‘The pres- ent fees are excessive and altogethor out of proportion to tho services performed. The Postmaster-General recommends that an or der for $5 be hereafter issued at 2 cost of five cents, and that the fees be deereased in pro- portion to the amonatf the order, which ho limits at $100, ‘This reform is most commend- able, but it will be Incomplete if It do not in- elude the issue of orders for ono or two dollars at n cost of two or three. gents, At present ono and two dollar bills are essential, prinelpally, for re- iilttances by mail, 1f postal orders were Isstied ata rate that would be at all reason- able they would he adopted in preferance ta tho bills. No money-order system will bo perfect, nor meet the public wants, which shall, by an exeessive charge, prevent tho transmission of sums undor five doliars. A feo of two or three cents In addition to the postage fs ample compensation for the serylee rendered, te Another recommendation mado by the Postmaster-General is that merehaudise, in Huited quantities, be received from foreign countries through the malls, the artteles to be appratsed nt the custom-houses, and the letter stamped with the amount of duty, which is to be collected: by the. enr- riers, under proper regulations: to pre- yent frauds on the revenue, This provision being in tho interest of public convenience and fnellity fn tho recelpt and delivery of guods, might well be ndopted. It ts only ex- tending to foreign malls a regulation already in force In the domestic service, and which has proved to be of such general convenience and benefit. The third recommendation ts one which has been repeatedly, discussed and advocated In'Tae Trinuse, tis the establishment of nsystem of postal savings-banks. The Ene glish system lias been so matured that at present it pormits tho deposit of even one penny, When twelvepenca hnve been re- celvel the depositor is credited with | shilling, by’ which his necount begins. The success has been wonderful. Thomoney thus ‘accumulated bears interest until {t renches $50, when the depositor is at lberly to recelyo for it s Government bond for that amount. Daring the term the money fs ne- cumulating the deposits are invested in the funds. ‘Tho Postmaster-Cenerat thinks this system will be given greater utiiity in this country, where the population is seattcred over a greater extent of territory and where the places of deposit are comparatively so few. ‘Tho post-olfice 1s within reach of all, and the facility of depostting fs thus ex- tended to every nelghborhood. He recom- mends also that, as our people are so Inrgoly migrating, there should bo allowed to «e- positors the right to kave thelr deposits transferred to their now residence In case of A removal, Another recommendation is thus stated: During my visit to tho British Post-OMmece I ox- arpined with much interest the system of teleg- raphy for several years past connected with tho postal service, ‘This method of correspond- ‘ence fs thought to huve mado groat advance ‘since It was changed from tho munagoment of private corporations, rosponsitle to nabody,— hardly to pubtte opluton.—and pliced under tho control of tho Government, Tho bustnesa has Increased many fold, the coat of sonding mes ages hns heen Inrgoly reduced, und tho sorvlee is perfortned fn localitles it would nover have reached undor tho pecuniary stimulus of pric yato entorprise, At the same timo it yields n margin of profit to the Noyal Hreasury. Is It not thno for us to renow the inquiry whether It fs wise to leave this important Instrument of corresponidonco in churge of corporations whose primary object is gain tothe mannagore and stockholdors and the conyonlence of the publlo gecondiry only? ‘This isn largo question and mifst In time dead to a National discussion and decison, -We rograt that the Postmnster-Gencral has weakened the general force of hts admirable report by a plea for a system of Government subsidics to ocean steamships. Ho says: Itispot doubted thut regular and frequont ‘Tilden's whole apparent poptilar majority would have disappeared lind the election been, honestly conducted In the South, ‘The Southern majorities for Hancock by tio sine fraudulent processes foot up at least 200,000 more than is hunest, ‘The cheating In South Carolina and “Mississippi alone Amounts to 100,000 votes, ‘Tho election of the President by the vote of Congressional districts 13 0 plan that has mueh to commend IL It Is. certainty in every way proferablo to an election by direct popular vote, whieh could hardly fail to ba elinatic, and would certalnly epen ip many opvertunitics for fraud and injustice, But the adoption of the district plan would need to be aceompanted by the moro Jumedinte intervention and control of the National Goy- ernment oyor the Presidential clections, The very caso which tho London Times con eeives to be anomnlous,—-tho discrepancy be- tween tho Electoral voto and the popular vote,—would bo more offensive If the prac- tee of yotlng by distrlets were left to the control of the States entirely, as is now the casa tn the Mrestdentint elections, ‘The pop War majority could then be defeated by fraud In districting, and by the diifuston and suppression of the popular voto In certain sections which could not be offset as now In other States, For instance, under the prac tley of fuly and free elections that preyall in Uils State, the district votes would be dl- vided between Democrats and Republicans, while In Goorgla, South Carolina, Texas, and other Southern States the Republican party would have no representation whatever, Yet, with the samo freedom and talrness of vlectlon, the Republicans would control many districts in the Southern States that are now. solidly Democrutic, There could not possi- bly ba any falrness In voting by districts un- less there were perfect assurancd of a uni formity of laws and practices In all the dis tricts of all the States In the country, The deliberate and unpartisan considera- to New York Is ouly a fowulles greater tuan.{ (lon of the.American.clevtoral system fy ono ) nicans of minil steamstilp communication with Mexican, Cuntral American, South Amoricun and trang-Pacifo ports would prove lmportant auxill- arlost6 Ainericancommorco, and [think it would bea wise measure of public policy to encourage by npproprinty legistation tho estublishment by our cltizens of American lines of steamers to such of sald porta us will in the Judgment of Congress promote cur commorolul interests. I think it would be a wiso measure to so amend the gon- eral law on tho subjuct na to authorize tho pay mont by tho Postmastor-Goneral of Just atid rengonsble compousation, within the preserlbed maxhoum Hint, and commensurate with the (nipartance of tha services performed, to auch Mnes of Amerioun stonmnors us may be employed uuder coytract by thia Dopartmeng in trans~ porting mulls of the United States to Moxican, Central Amerioan, South Amoricun, and trans+ Pucitio parts, ‘This is an old and vory unsavory schoma to plunder the Treasury for the bonelit of private persons, It fs notastranger to the Amorican public, and its past history has one continuousand disgraceful scandal, ‘Tho present proposition Is to pay a steamship around sum per trip per: mile for carrying the mails from an Atmerlenn to a foreign port. It {4 proposud to pay the steamers so much perimile forearryingamall-bag, When the line between San Franclseo and China iJ and Japan was In operation, it cost the Unlt- ed States something tka $18 per letter sent by thatiine under the subsidy. ‘The distance from New York by ocean to Rio Janelro is about 7,000 tiles, Supposing 100 letters bo sent by each steamer, and thelr transportation be paid for per mile, the rate per letter, to be of any benefit to the stenmer, will have to be somewhat startling. If tho steanier, be patd $10,000 for carrying 9 bag containing 100 letters 7,000 miles, the cost for carrying euch letter would be $100; even adinitthiy that after some years the number of letters would reach 200 by each steamer, the cost por letter will still be 820, \ ‘Tho scheme torender subsites less odious, less dishonest, and Jess disgraceful by throw- ing overt ihe la dame oLnaelus $010») rollodingethe-caakeorviat $100 for carrying ench letter under tho pre- tense of “postage” cannot decelye any per som, In fact, tha plain and direct proposition té give a bounty ont of tho, Treasury fer running steamships is altogether more creditable than the tlimsy proposition to tnx tho 49,000,500 people of tha United States to pny $50 for each letter writ- ten ‘bn the private business of the other 500 inhabitants and sent to forelgn ports, Tho country has been spared these Jobs for sev- eral years, no political party daring to brava the tndanation of the country by supporting any such schemes; and it 1s not Nkely that, at the ond of one Administration and on tho eve of 8 new one, Congress will undertake to do that which It would not tolerate a year ago. MORTON FOR TR SECRETARY OF THE a EASURY, It has been suggested that Mr. Levi P. Morton, of Now York, should be appointed to the ‘Treasury, in ease Gen. Garileld should conclude to organize his Cabinet entirely without reference to the present incumbents, Mr, Morton is now na member of Congress, And hns been redlected to the next Congress. He is a banker and broker, who has made an fminense fortune by jobbing In Nattonal sveuritics, His experience in Government finances hns been oxctuslyely as inci bor of tho Syndicate, which, when tho Natfonal credit was low, volun- ‘teered to put the ‘Treasury loans on the market tor a good consideration, That he Is a man of ability fs porhaps evidenced by his success a8 A broker and financial operator. He fs s gentleman who occupies a high social position in New York and at Washing- ton, where his entertalnments are regarded as magnificent, as wll for thelr costliness 1s for thelr profusion and grandeur, Soctal su- premacy 1s, of course, a valuable auxiliary to nCabinet officer. in promoting public inter- ests; and that Mr. Morton would be success- ful in this way, where less wealthy and less accomplished statesinen might fall, is alto- gether probable, é But Mr, Morton, as 8 member of Congress, has two leading idens whieh he has mado the most of In his brief servive. ‘These are (1) that the greenbacks bo demonetized,—stripped of tholr legal-tender charnetor and thor re- tired; and (2) that tho silver dotlar bo do- monetized and. Jts further colnage bo prohib- {ted. Sfr. Morton, asa banker and money- lender, Js in perfect harmony with his class. Ho, ke all other men who amass wealth by lending currency, thinks tho blissful condl- tion of mankind depends upon the greatest possible scarcity of legal-tender money, Mr. Morton, in tho few contributions he has mado to public litefuture, has evinced his alarm at the abundance of legal-tender money, all at par, and all by Jaw a tender in payment of loans and debts. With greenbacks nt par with gold, silver at par with gold, ho sves disaster and National ruin looming up In the futuro of his beloved country. Itis true the world’s supply of gokd{s so small, aud the annual production falling off so sensibly, thnt there !s no nation now which makes it tho exclusive legal- tender; but Mr. Morton isn banker, he Is a money-lender, and he is nota debtor; he is not n borrower, but a Iander. Ie has no ob- Jectton toany amountof non-legal-tender bank paver, so long ashe ennilend it; his concern for his country is tliat the debtors ara not compelled to . buy dear and senreo gold with which to pay debts and Interest on notes, bonds, and mortgages. As & bankor, Mr. Morton sees things across his owncounter; hewants everybody who hns to, pay a debt to find the gold for that purpose. In albthis Mr, Morton is doubtless sincere. But tho Seerotary of the ‘Treasury is not the President of a bank: Ie is an oficer’of tho people, debtors ns well as creditors, and all, outside the monoy-lending class, personally and deeply Interested in maintaining a legal- tender National currency that eannot be con- tracted to tho point of searelty and denrness, and which by all the moral foree of the Gov- ernment sliiall bo kept at par and bo legal- tender in payment of debts, not only at tho tax-collector’s office, but over the counter of avery bank and broker's shop in the coun- try. . If Mt. Morton go Into the Treasury office, he will take with hin hls own convictions on the legat-tender question. “Ie will go there carrying with him the convictions of Belmont nud his class of money-shavers of New York, and of Senator Bayard of Delaware, It will not slo to say that Mr, Morton will be subordinate to tho President. Mr. Mor- ton will, on these points, have, no two opin: fons, Against Ils opinions’ tho tndustrial masses of the country will emphatically pro- test. Tho country demanded that thore bo nochangeof flnaneial policy. «Thatexcludes ‘Mr. Morton's rovolutionary schemes. Incase of collision, tha Presktent would have to chooga. between Morton and the ‘masses, Upon the whole, the country knows Sher- man, and would Influitly prefer hin to stay where ho isthanhavetho Treasury conyorted into a broker's shop. ni THE SCARCITY OF CARS IN THE WEST. ‘There is nt this time great complalut of the senrcity of cars in the West and the Inability of the Western raflroad companies to tur- nish transportation, not only of graln but of coal, ‘Theroare many partsof the country where there 1s. supposed dangor of suffer- ing for the want of cont, ‘Tho ordinary sup- ply of many elties and towns has been so cut off, or reduced, because of the Inability of the railroads to furnish ears, that serious appre- henstons aro felt. 4 Thore aro yarlous reasons for this sudden Interruption in trante. In the first place, the weather 1s largely responsibly, ‘This ox- trnordinary and sudden severity at tis sens son his oxtentded al! over the country. ‘Tho West has been forwarding to the East im- mense quantitics of grain, and the sudden closing of the canat hag not only cut off that Ton to market but has produced o pillng-up of grain at Buifalo and other poelnts to move which fur exceeds the en- pacity of tha railways, ‘Tho result fa full occupation forevery car thatthe rallroads cai command, and thelr withdrawal from othor polnts, The sudden sevyero and enrly freezo has also caught the railways and tho minors in the matter of coal, ‘Tho Immediate con- sumption of cont has been double that which Isnsual in November, Priyate consumers lave largely Increased thelr demand, and, owing to the unusual prosperity of tho country, the tnlversallty of employment, and the payment of Hboral wages, the number of consumers has largely Increase over that of former years, “Tho manufacturers of the ‘country wera nover so busy as at this time, and thelr de- mand for coal ig beyond all precedent, Tho rallroads themsolyes have more relllng-stock In motion, more trains with more ears in exch, and each ear, more heavily londed, than ever before, ‘Tholr demand for coal is pro- portionately Increased, and they, tov, aresuf- ferers nud to a great extent serlously embar- rassed by the inability to, obtain the vast auantity of coal necdad by! thom, 3 ‘This scarcity of coat and the scarcity o! cary for general transportation is. but tem- porary, Ina few weeks tho ronds will be re- Noved of the accumulation of grain which blocks up the yarfous reads to the Kast, and this will release ‘tho cars now helt In that trade. ‘These cars will ud thelr way back to the Weat, and they must come back loaded with coal, thus relloving that trade, and also Se ee nstramene cement subjected to a demand far in excess of his abllity to supply. In the menntime, it is reasanable to expect some relief from the severe weather which Ting so unexpectedly and at stich an. early date Jal its embargo on traitic. Ina very brlef thine the embargo so sudenty Intd on transportation will bo removed, and the rall- ways, having disposed of the accumulations which block thelr way, will be able to inect every demant that may be mado upon them, The probabilittes of a conl famtne aro wlto- gether too remote to disturb any one's peaco of mind, El ‘Tie Sloux City Journal thinks ‘Tite Crt- CAgO Triwunt snggeated the none of Senator Allison, uf own, for Secretary of the Treasury from sinister motives, which It proceods to un fold ns follows? It ts welt to remember that Tin Ciicago WTRINUNE 8 the tineoucenled enemy of the Sees retary, which fact naturally aimesta tho ine quiry ns to whethor the proposition ts most prompted by loveot Atiison or hatred of tho dlatingulshed citizen of Ohio, Which moves ‘Tne Timuse to remark: First, that tho Sloux City puper assumes and tukes for granted that Gen. Garficld ung mace up iis mind to retalt John Sherman iu bis Cabinet, whorens Tan Turmuns’s suggestion of Sen- ator Allison's name for tint position was mato on tho hypothosis that there would be a yreanoy to fill; second, Tin Tinuxy ts un “unconvealed enemy” of mono motallsm; It ls an“ unconeenled enemy” of domoietization of silver as legul-tender monoy. Its “ enmity" to tho “Secretary” extends simply to his enmity to ono of the Icgal-tonders of the Constitution, and tolls enmity to the greentnicks na legal- tondor money. He belloves in gotd only as legal-tender, debt-paylig money. THe Trmusg. belleves also in allyer und redeemablo green. backé, 1a do ulne- tenths of the people of Iown; andif the Sfoux City concern doubts it, jet it, haye tho question submitted ton popular vote, and St will nover again bo nflicted by such doubta. @ a Ex-Goy, Wasuuuns, of Wisconsin, has written the following note to William It. Moore, Itepubllean Congressman-elect frown tha Mum- phis Districts MINNEAPOLIA, Minn, Noy. 5, 1880.—The Hon, Wiliam Re Moore, Memphix, Tonn—My Dest Sit: Permit me to congratulate you on your election to Con « Ldoro with all my benrt, Dut T eongratilate the neoplo of Tenuessce, tho Fouth gonerally, and tho whole country more, Tis tho best augury for tho uture of the South that f hayo seon since the clasoef tho War, My recollection of you {4 of the most pleasant char- neter, ‘To meetin those days n Southorn mar of education, wealth, sud high person) character, stating by tho Union tutte der all clremmstances, wis 8 pleasant thing. | Your, pronounces opinions = durs ing the a firmly. but Kinully oxprossen, inake your election eapectil- y gratifying tome. A Solld South Ja not good for the South, [tis not good for anybody, Your election, and that of Gen. Hawkins Governor, 1s a tong stride in the right direction. Tho North must not longer bo misjudged, Wenre not ene mica, We want to sen peace, prosperity, and happiness prevall throujiour all our borders: tho hws venring equally upon all. and fateh fully obrervedand matntalned. Only gunrantco personil liberty. equal rights, freedom of apeceh, and a faithful observance of the constituional amendments, and we shall all be your friends, rejoicing in your prosperity, ani vind to xorvo you when we can. Itia strange that tho South should adhere to the Southern Demoegcy. | enn bring them neither honor nor pron . Very truly yours, CO, WaAsiInURN. i A SIfAtLow-PATED monomnetalist In Wls- consin gives utterance to the following stupld- ity: Fortunntely we haven Mresident who nbhors nll tho fnnnelal cruditics of fun Titnuxn, ie it recorded to his immortal honor tit he was the only Republican Representative west of the Allegheny Mowntalns who possessed the mori courage to vote ogainst the dobised dollar, atidy who evinced the atlll lifyber moral courage of voting to sustain the voto of President Iiyes on that bud measure, Anu old, observing politician once remarked tht ft was snfo forn momber af Congress to voto agalnst a bill that was gure to pass, for his neye- tive vote In such cases did no harm and was not likely to offund tho pubile who wanted the measure enneted, Nothing {s moro cortatn than that, if Gen. Garflekl's support of tho veto had defeated tho retnonotization of silver, his name would never have been beard of in the Chieago Conventlon for Presylont. His sup- porters would haye been as few nid far between tg the Republican ‘Representatives west of the Alloghonies who uphold Mayes’ veto, Tho chtet responsibility for Hayes’ course wis yenerally nacribed to Suertman, nud how ho fared in tha Chicago Conyontion Is not yot entirely forgot- ton. He never. received even a complimentary ‘Yyote of tho delegution from his own State, — Tu New York Post and Now York Trib- une havo como to blows over tho very Important question whether, if tho Senate should bo In- ellnad and tho THotse should nyroo, it woutd bo" “constitutional” toadapt the proposition sub- mitted to tho peoplo by Mr. Whitelaw Refd and make ex-DPresidents Senators-at-large, Tho Post scoms to hold that,at ny rate, Mr. Reld ts nottbe functionary charged with the duty of framing amendinonts to the Constitution, while Mr, Reld justly regards tuo suspicion as au nt- tuck on his well-known prerogative, Tho oddest fenture of tho cnconnter Is that ft requires tho Zribune. to attack Mr. Bune and scout his authority on tho subject, and tho Poxt to dofent his position, They were not wont to look at Sr. Balno precisely from thelr preaent points of view. oy —<———__ Charleston (S, C.) News of Thursday says; “This ist good time to remembor what Gon, It. i, Leo said to a lady who, on taking her sons to Waghington-Loo University, spoke very bitterly of the Northern people: ‘Madame, do not traln up your children in hostility to the Govorament of tho United States, Romembor wo aro one country now, Pray disniiss from your mind all scotional feeling, and bring thom up to be,above all, Americans” It is to be hoped that this will not bo considered an Indleas tion that Gon, Lee was not a true Domocrat, or that ho enred nothing for State-rights and Vire ginin’” ——————__ ‘Tim Republicans of West Virginin ware confident of having elected a momber of Con- gress from tho, Wheeling district, but the ottl- olut count us manipulated by Bourbon Returns ing Honrds dofeats tho Ropublicaua by 117 yotus, as follows Wilson, Bourton,..... Mutehlason, Republican Hassell, Greonbacker,.., sree tes a Tho Greonbuckers professed to think, up to tho closing of the polls,. that the flat candidate woul bo alected. They also thought Weaver would bo elected President, i oo Tist Oornirnen, of Texas, hins beon talk- ing to ‘Townsend ubout Gen, Grant, and this Is what ho sald: While Grant ia. an amfable man, ond tolerant to those be tikes, his will shows out stronger as he grows older, and bo can say “no”™ better than he used to, ‘There fs one thing 1 have noticed, Unt hutover hig sochal rank or intimacy ‘both cases, as goon us tho scope of the story bus gun to be Uhnued, tho General arose ut once with ® grave countenance and salda “1 baye an epgageont, und min suing now." ————— Tne Bureau of Statlatics reports the fol- lowing oxporta of petroloum and petroloum products for tho month of September Inst, the Aine months ending Supt, U0, and the gama poriod w year agas Hgptomber, 1850 Beptombor, 1879. 4307000 hai Nine month, 1886, LAB 2A Nine months, 1870. UL ATI, $20,060,000 Anovt 100 dally papers urrive In the morn ing mall at Montor from all parts of the country, of ull polltical complexions, go that the Goncral has a ool opportunity to know all that Js ald of him. A sceretury reuds ull those papers, cuts out all personal references to tho President- oloct, and writes on tho margin of the article tho nae of tho papor and the date of publica- tion, : Tre vote. in California was exceedingly close,, Edgerton, tho successful lepublican Eleotor, was but U6 yotes uboud of the next mun on the thekot, Uiler, who recelyod U1 votes, The lowest Democratle Bloctur (after Vorry) wus Brown, who had but 60,083 votes, wud so Was oloctcd over Miller by only 78 majority, a Tue Philadelphia Thncs is -ureing the Ton, Lovi P, Morton, M. C., tha Wall street bro- ker, upon Gon. Gurtiold for Sceretury of the ‘Treasury, and among other cogent reasona for the appolutinont olfors these: age i + Huis talland bgndsome and of very aristo- ratlouppennined...iv ithe bostednessed ui Iv Congress and fs very diculfied tn bia boaring, mithough easily appréached, Ho ts Indeed the old-time gentloman, ike Hamitton Fish, no Js about i. Boclally hy isn grent lender, whether In his brown-atone house {i Now York, hls palaco at Newport, or his handsome houso in this city, 2 “Suorr and swect were the prayorsI sald? Aan He. Barna, Tho Republteaus havo tho thanksgiving In thls State by 21,000 majority.”—Abram 3, Herottt, “Thanksgiving Is a local {sao which, once came up in my Nation—but, no, I must dissem- ble — 1 tnflelit Scott Hanenek, —————$$——— Moony and Sankey are having overflowing houses and warm codperation in San Francisco, Ata call for volunteer helpors at a meoting last week 200 persons sprang to thelr fect and offorod thelr services, Moody's rough and ready clos quetico appears to suit the peuple of tho Pacito Const, 7 a ‘Tue fact that the Democratic organs de- claro that thore Ian ‘Treaty of Mentor and desire that there should be ono Is a good reason why there [a not and cannot bo any such recognition of former divisions In tho Republican purty, With tho Democrats tho wish is father to tho thought, PERSONALS, Mr. Swift's comot scems to have beon o enmpnign le. = “Mr. Garfield seoins to have my turkey.’ —Gen. Hancock, “Tantan seems to bo a bigger man in Can- ada than my aon-in-law."—Queen Victoria. “Tam thankful for being beaten so badly that nobedy know I was in the raco."—Ar, Weaver, It looks an though ft was n member of tha Ranlan famty that rowed Lord Ullin’s daughter noross the ferry." —Richard Grant White, “Why Does Papa Sleep So Cold?” asks a sontinental song. Probably beenuse mammn ties hersel€ up ip tho bodelothes and thon rolls over to the wall With thon a "The Pope has recetved a palr of embrotd- ered atippers fron the Catholle Indies of San Frnnelaco, and has promised to wear thoin next Enster, We are sorry for the Popo. When asked by the housekeeper at Grey- stono, yesterday, whut part of the turkey ho preferred, Mr. Tilden absently replied that a ttle of the usufruct would be plenty. Miss Lella Morse, the young lady to whom Mr. 'Tildon was at one time reported to be en gaod, fg coon to marry a profession! pianiat. If Samuel was Jjitted his revenge 1s complete. The New ¥ork lady who lost her pockat- book containing $0,000 the other day has mnan- aged to eo suecesafully concent her tdentity that even the wives of other plumbers do not know who shv is, . Frederick Marriott, 2 San Francisco editor, hos invented a flying machine, It ts only by some such schome as this that an editor can ever get away from tho town whore ho lives as long na the bloated monopolics that control rail- ronds ire perinitted to charge fare. Miss Mary Addington, daugliter of the Right Hon, John Hiloy Addington, and nieco of Viscount Sidmouth, bas just died In England at thonge of tH, Misa Addington was 17 yenra old when Mr, Pitt dled, and, having regart to the intimucy which subsisted botween the states- min and her family, mtist havo: remembered him well, Her grandfathor, Dr. Anthony Ad- dington, was born in 1713 (in the refgn of Queen Aune), and was the medical attendant of the grent Burl of Chatham. an ‘The San Antonlo papers are telling about Hite Freddio Hulder, of that olty, who stolo some enke from the pantry, and was sitting on a fenoo enting ft, whon a stroke of Ifghtning knocked him off, Ho had been toll by his mothor that God would punish him {f ho mis- bebhived, and he {snow a firm beltover in her doctrine, A aimilur incident happened in Chi- cilgo not long ago, A Httle boy who kad stolen sotte cuke and was sitting ona fenco cating It was knocked off by 4 broom, his mothor being at tho other ond of it. Ho now believes that little boys who steal cako and nre kdfots enough to cat it uround the premises will be punished, woman named Murphy kept an apple and poa- nut stand jn front of the War Department building, While on his trip around tho world the General not a womnn fn the strects of Milan who sinilingly addressed him, and, extonding her hand, asked him if ho rememborod her.’ He reptied that ho did, and told her where ho had kXnownher, Ho thon asked hee what sho waa doling there. Sho repticd that sho bad o son with n ood volco and decided musical talent, ani sho had saved ber money and was with him there giving him a musical education, That gon Js now the basso of the Strakosch-lioss op- ericompanys, and warblea under tho name of Signor Montogritfo, ‘The Princess Louise, it is again dcelared, will notroturn to Canada, and it is added that tho Princess, who 1s frankness Itself, makes no secrot of the disnppoinimnent to which sho haa boon subjected in her ondenvor to throw a tittle rafluement into the tone and manners of the Canadian yivorogal court, The Princess, who has ntways beon regarded as tho artist of tho Royal fumily, fuds herself comptotoly {solated from all artistic lifo nt Ottawa, On her return to England from Germuny, the Prinecas did not go to Balinoral, but to bor fathor-In-taw's at In- verary, nnd while she Was thar saw no ono but her brother, Prince Leopold, who is dovoted to her, Ho fs said to havo beon much troubled by tho difference fn the family brought on by tho Princess’ resolution not to return to this conti- nent, and is supposed to have visited her to in- duce her to xo to her mother at Balmoral. a PUBLIC OPINION, Columbus Journal (Rep): Jt ts an- nounced, scint-uuthoritatively, that Presidont Hayes dectuees that tho uso of hia name incon nection with tho Senatorial contest ig without hia knowledgo orconsent, A friond at our ol- how Bugyests that experience proves that when Mayes beging to deetiny vigorousiy, it fs about time for the othor fellows to “look two ways for Sunday,” St. Loula Globe-Dentoerat (Rop.): Mr. Eyarts shoultl, on his retirement from the Cabl- net, imitate tho oxample of his filustrious brothor Prime 3lntstor, of England, and write a $50,000 noyel, touching up Conkling and tho Stal- warts, ag Disracll {3 eald to hnyo touched up tho leading Liberals iu * Endyimlon,"” Hid tascl- nating style of hatt-column sentences would ud ‘unusual charm to a lover's diutox, , Loulsvillo CourtersJournat (Dem,): Al- though tho election and Thanksgiving aro both sct down In tho calendar of tho melancholy daya of Noyomber, tho South will to-morrow sit down to her turkey, stuffed solld with the unotuoud oyster, and ont with an appetite unimpaired bs pollventdyspepsln. Dum vivimus vivamus will wy ber motto, Sho will givo thanks for what sho hus, and with ronowed strongth go tn for the old Quy and avy aperoprintion, St, Louls Globc-Demoerat (Rep.): ThoSon- atoriul echome would bo impracticable evon it it wore right, and would be wronguven If It wero practicable, ‘The thing to do ts to proviite by law that all ox-Presidonts shall bo entitled toa wulury of any $10,000 during life. Provided, how+ yor, thut Samuel J, Tilden shall not be regard. ett us nn ox-Presitont for tho purpoees of this net. We four that if this proviso were omitted sunny would walk up to tho captain's oftlea every pay-duy and claim bis alary, Hu regards hinwolf ag tho mostugyravated ouse oF ox Prot dont—in the truc meuning of the prelx—oyer woen In any country, . Butfalo Courter (Dem.): We can say very euphaticatly for ourselves that the Courter would not havo giyon the Morey eplstle the praminenog (t did had it nat been for Mr, Tare .num’s positive gttestations of Ita genuineness, ‘This being tho case, we have a right to fall back on Mr, Barnum and bis Committes, and it ta thelr duty ta act for those whom they, however funocent; misled, in wecking such satisfaction or redreas ug the ease muy pormit of, We ropodt, if tho National Comittee aro convinced that thoy have been victimized, they should at once tuko a lively part In the hunt for tho sooundrols who entrapped thom, The Dismarck Pribunb, in discussing the proposition to divide the Torritory of Dakota, gays; * While 4 majority of tho people undoubt- edly prefer division, thero isastrong undere vurrent in favor of admission asa whole. Many tu Northern Dukotu diuliko to lose tho prestigo gulned for Dakota by thoir grout whoat-flelds, Many would prefer to reside in a magnifoont State like New York or Obfo, or such an one ia Dakota will be, rather than fn o little snide atfatr Uke Novada, which li carried [is the vost pocket ofa fow men. ‘Tho rupld march of the raltroade will suon unite the whole Serritory,6o that thera witluot be tho divided intercata which buve formed 4 substantial basis for division argue ments. Within throe yoars at moat Yauk wyme gthos polut.on: WUE, = When Gen. Grant was President an Irish © come na necosalblo t portt Bt, Paul into alt portions ost moro necessible than the eayttat td ton large portion of the peaple st thay geen is Dotrolt Free Presa: More work for Sao Tho Cinctonatt Cuzette learns that the peeeellt OF Chineso nt Harvard Collexe teat daughter to tho foot-bunding pect bls rercnma of the poor chili hive yee on The tho neighbors. To poor yi} sleoye ree her bed, and thuro sha swinss: hor sites 9 moans, Even In tho coldest weathor act O84 hot wrap herself in a coverint bere e? cate rettirn of warmth 10 hor tlinhd (rellte very Us wee ul AAUEH Fook Ror KOSINT, pat ue.tG htca hee DoIAL proapued her ruined, Tho Gazette cnil eS rout proventin tare 4 te Hb the soe ernulty to ehitdre mr foe Guna. Whieh hoing done lot to taint tothe {tes seo that no Atmerivan ‘ar ieee Rhone Home Kong arn ince ao tight ee ate nt Away, or tholr feet eraimmed tnt ees fala izes, tog ‘smnif for. then. or thote ears jae 4 ss be ureey iu those mutters, Rotting ke reeipreiiy Baltimore Gazette (Dem.): 3 lending Dusiness-men continty. (any of me articlo In yestorday's Garelte urging the Soe as a incasure of Belf-tlefonae, to dent vith Bat more, tho motropolls of the Kunthern sie rathor than with New. York, muny of et tending merchants In the reeent election sh tholr Iatont hostility to Southern Interests, ‘a fro gratified to tone It this connection the tho new Merchants’ and Manufacturery As clation Intend to pursue tha poltey outlingy es the Gazelle “to the letter,” and that a yt “4 and concerted offort wilt speedily to mates develop our business retatlons with tho South, Thoro is no gool reason why Baltino; should ‘not, ho recognized through ee Southorn Stutes ng their natural ts trepOt, or why woo should ork hs {nn stort timate attmet the urent hula’ Southarn trade to our doors, ‘Tho interest ue Hultimore and the South ire Mentieal, and thors Is botweon our olty and all Sotttharn comment tles a bond of sympathy whicli otter lee Sng equal, makes commercial | if inte easier ani plensanter for hott partes ue could not be a better opportunity present for tho fhaniuratign of ngenencrs,t ment on tho part of our meretiants in this ie reetlon, and under the nusplees ot the see chante” ani Manufueturers: Assoetation feed hardly fail to be crowned with conspieuong Sti cos," We earnestly trust, however, thit no thine Will bo Lost tn” beginntig “the work, ng theme is Just now keesly alive to tho tndlunity upon hor by ber New York * Criowis.” aud ieee fore peeullurly sensitive to appeals of thi eburacter from Baltimore, sd Port Huron (Aich.) Tes (Rep.): Mt, Conger was the central figure and master epteit of tho Chicago Convention in tho settlement of all disputes and coinplications, and to bim more than any othor one man has been unlyersaly accorded tho credit of securing tho tinal hare montoug avtlon of the Convention, resulting in, tho success of the party. Noman It thls coune try to-day recoguizcs this more fully, or admits it more frankly, than tho Presktent-elect, who waga delegate In the Convention; and thera { noman in tho Nation whose friendship, judge ment, and advico he appreciates moro bighly thin Mr.Conger's. ./. . Mr. Conger bas not Bueceeded in amassing o fortune. He come monced Ife ns n poor boy, tho son of nclergye manin tho Western wilds. Ny his ownexcre tions he secured for himself n eolleglate educae tion and a profession in whick he lee enue alstinguished. In the practice of his profession, io client, however poor, whow enuse was just, appowled to him for afd In yam, and very many inen in all this region of country eantestify that he would suffer himeelf rathce than oppress acliont, ‘The better portion uf aa active tifetime he has glyon to the xervice of his party and country, while others of less ubllity wera ncoumulating fortunes. [t will bea sat day for this country whon wenlth, compared to true morit, tg reyurded na an essential requisit to scenro distinction or promotion. The ques tion ofthe selection of 1 United States Senator ought not to be detormined by personal fayorite su. Neither should it be reeured by the dope tlon of means ar tittuctces thut Are nt allqurse tlonnblo. Thodays of the Republican party ia thts State wHl be numborod whert this auall bo dono, ‘Truo merit nlona. should bo tho test ty which tho solection ofa man for so hlyh and ex alted n position is determined, “Fle that wos the spurs should wear them," {s our motte, NECROLOGICAL. PROF. WATSON. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Asn Annon, Mich., Nov. 25.—The remains; oft Prof. Watson arrived this morning about Vo'’clock the train having been delayed for two. honrs by an aceldent, ‘Tho remains wers accompanied by the Professor's wile: and aged mother, besides the Committes from the Madison University, composed of" Regent Carter, Prof. King, wut George C.) Comstock, ‘Tho remaing were Immediately conveyed to University Hall, where they have laid in state until 9 o'clock this evening, Streams of people have been passing through the hallall day, and the rematns linve been viewed to-day by many hundreds. Tho funeral services to-morrow will be very ime pressive. ‘The Faculty and students will fol- low tho remains to the cemetery on foot, Many prominent. men will be present. ‘Tho following pall-benrers have been sclecteds Col. H. 8, Dean, the Non, Ed Kinng, Zlua P, King, and L. Gruner, from smong our cltl- zons, and Profs, Tyler, Olney, Dodge, Green, Frothingham, Pettee, Harrington, and Kent from tho Faculty, GOV. WILLIAMS. Bytctat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Vincennes, Ind. Noy. 25,—'Tho last st rito was performed In the burlat of Gore Williams to-lay from his ofd homestead, site rounded by his sorrowing relatives, nelghe bors, and friends, . ‘Lhe fincral-sermon was delivered by the Rev. J. M. Harbin, pastor of the Methodlst Cliurch of Wheatland, who te cently conducted the funeral services at the, burial of Gov, Wiltiains’ esteemed wife, Ils was interred In the family burial-ground, known as Walnut Grove Cemetery, sltuatel about a mille from tho Governor's howe. ‘Phoro was an entire absence of ull pamp oF pageantry, the services belng stinple and Int pressive, He was laid to rest surrontided by the snow-covered hilly and vales, he li loved for many years. + Of Dakota OBITUARY. Bpectat Diavatch ta The Chicage Tribunte Enns, tn, Nov, 25—Cetl. I. Brown, Cole lector of Customs for tis port, died todloye Ho commanded’ the Elghty-third Pounsyl ula Volunteers durlug tho War, and serve ag Brigadior-Gengral with Hancock. —<—<—<—————— MISSING OPINIONS Causing Anxiety to Lawyers and, . . Sudyer Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune sia SrymiNoviELy, UL, Nov. 3.—Two np ago to-day the Judges of the Supreme Corrs who had just coneluded their session at as Vernon, favo tho Clerk of that Rane optntons, to bo forwarded to thls ¢ ia filed in the office of the Clerk of this te lon, The deelsions were placed a : ago in the ustial manner, and given int Wot custody of the oxprosa agent at Mt Vernet the Clerk here boing notitied by telearit he Justice Walker leftMt. Vernon on the ae train which shonld have brought a j ¥ a age, reaching here Friday ulght. W ug ems optntons falled to arrive on Saturday mana pected, nothing was thought of Coen but on Monday they still fatled neat tte and Inquirles wore mad by telezrip’ hal out success, Sinto that tino & Loa f been made for tho missing packages ad cannot be found, and no aue seems ‘the able to account for ity disappearance’ responsibility {3 clearly upon the Company, Atong the decisions met which the people of Springield rn Her Interested, that In regard to the any nel cuted for the additional ground for Btate-llonse, ———————— GENERAL MILES. Bpectal Dispatch (a The Chwcuge | Miled CLEVELAND, 0., Nov. aCe og arrived hore to-day, on his way 0 Ot jay, ton, nnd isthe guest of hls dnt i Henry Sherman, ‘‘Thouxh the gen pointed prossion 1s that Gen, Mites will bean hg Chief Signal Officer, it is suld by WON Gy, clalin to know that io will fl an ent eyelid ferent position, Gen, Ord Is naw syle yeure old, and it tg reported that sen, ME placed upon the retired st, and eegeaedl, bo appoluted to tho vacant Brigaule! ’ ‘Ahly,