Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1880, Page 4

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Torthe bonent efour patrons who deaira to send sinulo coptes of Tur TuiutN6 through the mall, we give horewith the transient of pustago: Domeatte, Hlant and Twolve Dag Wap ixtoon 1'ago Papersssee. erence nner ekelate te and Twelve Page Papor. teon Mago Maper,, oo et TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES, ‘HICAGO TRIBUNA has established branch omtces fenthe recolpt of subseripions and advertise- monta an follows: NEW YORK—Room 2 Tribune Hultding. FADDEN, Manager. GLASGOW, Seottand—Allan's American News Agencr, 3i Hontlold-st, LONDON, Eng—Amerienn Exchange, 49 Strand. Agont. KT. Mee 0 Patroat,. AMUSEMEN Mooles’a Theatre. Randolph atreet, between Clark and Lafatie. En- yaomontof Jarrett and ileo's company. “Fun un the Bristol.” Grand Opern-Ionse, + Clark atreet, opposit now Court-lfouse, Enango- montof Minnlo Palmer. “Minnie Palmer's boarding Behoul.” MoVicker's Thentre. Madison astrect, botwoen Stata and Dearborn, Engagemont of Morrmann, , Haverty's Thentre. . Teartorn street, cornor of Monrov. Engagement of Itico’s combination. “Calino,” Otsmpie "Theatre. Clark atrect, botween Lake and Randolph, Engages wontof Frank I. ¥rayno, “5! Slocum.” New Acudemy of Music. Iialsted street, near Madison, West Side. Engage mout of E, I. Stetson in “Neck and Nock.” : Mershey Hath. Madison street, Lotweon State and Dearborn, xbibition of the Mortmald, from 1 a, m. to 9:30 p,m. SOCIELY MEETINGS. VLEIADES LONGE, No. 478, Fonnd A. M.-Regular communication ‘Thursday ovening, Doo. 23, 7:30 o'cl'k. Fall attondanco desired. Mambers wi) assemblo ut Pleiades Hint), No, 20 and 22 Houtte Hulsied-st. Fri- aay, Doc. 21, al WW o'clock a. mi. anatp, for the purnosy ofuttenaing the funeral of our Jaty ett brotha dames Stereo Poorer. Ded: BULATON, We Me ELF, NEWELL, Secretary. + THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1890, o NEW-YEAB'S OALLS, Tt has been the custom of Tie Crrcaao Truny to mention, tn a pleasant and modcat way, the names of ladles in Chicago aud tts suburba whe wotld keep “open house’ on New-Year's Day. The {dea haa proved a pleasant and tiseful une, the responses were general, and the saving of card and note roriling was at ance perceived. it ts the deatre of The Tuinune to present tn tta ese of Friday, Dec. 31, 188), a complete and full Ust of the namer of all ladica teho will receive on the following day. We therefore suggest that all in Chicago and vicin- lly cho propose keeping “ open house," and wish mentton made of the same, will notify THE Tre UNE On ON before Thursday, Dec. 30. In sending in names tne following form should be observed: Mchigan Avenue, No, 1112—Mre, Sinith and the Misacs Smith. ee TuE glorious Yankeo Nation, not to be out- done by the unhappy Celts across the water, ins threo F’s ns well og they. The Irtsh three Is are Fair Rent, Fixity of ‘Tenure, and Free Sale. ‘Lhe American three F's are Full Vote, Free Ballot, and ‘Fatr Count. From present appearances tho Irish ure ke- ty to get thelr three }’s first. Dut the Aimeri- ms have this advantage: When thelr three @s do come they will ‘go booming through the rest of tho alfabet, from A to Izzard, with- out let or hindrance. Ir there is any Interest in the one hundred dreary chapters of Lord Benconstield's new novel, “ Endymion,” it ought to be found in the author's oplnions and reflections, for there Is certainty nono in the story nasa story. A man of his ability, experience, and station fn tife ought to have opinions of some value, but what ls (o bo thought of such an gpinlon as the fellow? Whatever Americans iniy be, thoy will aieays bocolonial, What fs coloulal necessarily lacks originality, A country that borrows its Inn uige, its nws, and Its religion, cannot hive its Inventive powers much doveloped. They got civilized very soon, but tholr clvilization was second-hand, . ‘Tils declaration comes from the sane man who but a short tlne ago declared that American farmers were 80 poorly pald for their products they were golng to Canada in Jarge numbers, Ills ignorance of this coun- try, us shown In the. Intter statemont, Is not more astounding than itis In the charge that & people nro not Inventive who have done more for selence than any other for some years past, and who In the Inst century have given the world the telegraph, the telephone, the steain fireengine, the sewlng-machine, tho street-ear, the reaperand mower and thelr plentiful kindred, improved printing presses, the steamboat, the cottun-gin and its Whit- ney attachment, burbed-wire fences, the clec- tric Hght, paper from wood, the steam plow, and a thousand and one minor Inventions for eaving inbor, Such abald, bind, stupid ns. sertlon as that imude by Lord Beaconsfield would soem to Indleate Unt the Oriental snob who nade It Is In his dotage. “Tim Hon, William Springer, of {1!nots’ Announces his Intention tooferas an amend: ment to the Apportionment bill, when it comes up, a provision for minority repre- - sentation Inthe Lower Ilouse of Congress. Is scheme is somewhat cumbersome. It Teautres cach State entiiled to three or more Congressinen to be divided {nto districts which shall elect three or Aye Congressmen, according to clremmstances; ench voter to have the rht lo cast a ballot for two candt dates Indlstricts which choose three repre sentatives, and for threa candidates in dis- trlets whieh choose flys Congressmen; Stutes which are entitled to one or two, Iepre- sentatlyes, and odd districta In States whose, apportionment Is uot exactly divist- ble by three or five, to choose Repre- kentatlves as at present. ‘Thero are several serluus objections to Mr, Springer’s plan. In ‘the first, placo, it contemplates on in- equality, of representation, Cithzens voting In districts where winorlly representation rrovalled would have privileges denied to citizens voting jn districts where it did not prevall, ‘The Constitution declares that "the cltizens of euch Btate shall be entitled to all priviteges and immunities of citizens in the * several States.” But if the conatitutional objection should not be fatal there would be another sufticlent reason for opposing Mr, Springer’s bill, ‘Tho only tolerable basis for wilnority representation Is ‘a full and free ballot and a falrcount. When these couli- tlons prevail tu one section of the country and not in the otber, minority representa- ton would only aggravate the evil produced THE ———= == by the disregard of them. [tis notortous that thereare thirty Congresstonal districts In tho South which, {¢ Gen, Hancock's prinelptes concerning the ballot were observed, would réturn Republicans, Twenty-five of them now return Democrats, They would do the same asensily under the minority representa: tion plan as under any other, On the othor hand, the Democrats would galn thirty-tive or forty Congressinen by minority representa- tlon in the North, where the plan would not ban hollow mockery and fraud. We invite ‘Mr, Springer to turn his attention at present to the securing of such na condition of altairs In the South ns would make minority repre: sentation equitable for the whole country, until which time his proposition would better He astde.” ‘Tis Tumune subscribes cordint- ly to what Mr. Spingger has to say of the benefits of tha system in Hiinolss but even he must admit that the conditions under whieh {t operates In this State are vastly dif. ferent from those which prevail’ In the Sulid South, ‘Tite Israelites have reason to distrust and hate tho spirit which proseribes any man or set of men on account of nativity, race, re- Nigion, or political opinions, They must bo mortifled beyond measure by the conduct of thelr only representative in the Senate of the United States, Mr. Jong, of Loutsiana, He has exhibited a narrow and inalignant tom- ver toward his political opponents, and especially toward all Southorn Republicans, which happily has no equal among his fel- low-Demoorats In the South, Yet they wore tothe manner born, and Intolerance might be expected of them. It fs only a few days sInee Mr. Jonas recited with glee the proserlp- tion of Gen. Longstreet by many Southern Democrats because he has become a Republie- an, And he opposed the confirmation of Judge Wools to the Supreme Bench on the ground that he wag "a carpet-bagger.” But the three Democratic newspapers of New Orleans, edited by native Americans, advised the confirmation of Judge Woods, It so happens that Mr. Jonas himself 1s 0 typical “carpet-baggor.” He was born In Kentucky, eduented In HHnols, and inoved to Louisiana in his manhood to proffer his military serv- Ices ton State to which he did not owe nlie- glance, inn revellfon against the Goyern- ment which bought it from the French and pad for it In very hard cash. “Yet this man talks of carpel-baggeris os If It were a deadly ain. ‘Tie Trmusy belleves that ho will have very Httle sympathy from the Is raelites of ihis country, who have learned by long suffering In less favored lands to be- Neve that dlifereneo of opinion ts no erhne, ‘Tue City Councll passed on Monday night, with little or no objection, the ordinance erantlig the right-of-way and other privi- leges to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, nade necessary by the transfer of the-pnssenger depot of that road from tha Inke shore to the station of the Fort Wayne Rondon Canal street. ‘This change will tako place within a few weeks, ‘Tho passenger-traing of. the Chicago, Burlington & Quingy Road now cross all the streets and avenues lylng between the South Braneh of the river and the Inke shore, and the removal of tho passenger station of tho Company to the west slide of the river will bes great re- Hef to travel on Michigan and Wabash ave- nites, State sireet, and Clark strect, All these tralus will be withdrawn from that route. Tho freight business of the Company 1s al- ready maluly done on the west side of the river, and the crossing over the streets on the South Stde will herentter bo confined to the transfer business in freight between the roads cutering on the different sides of the river, By this change of the pnssenger-station, wo understand that at least twenty minutes’ thine wilt be saved by all passenger-trains on the Chicago, Burlington & Quluey Road leaving and entering the city, They wilt all avold the possible deluys at the river, and will also avolt tho frequent delays in reach- ing the Inke shore from the west side of the river, ‘The change, 80 convenient to the Chica- go, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, will be welcome by the citizens: who use tho strvety and avenues on the South Slide. A largo portion of the business now done over the crossing will hénceforth bo discontinued. ‘Lhe bridge over the main river, cast of Rush street, can soon be used by all the roads entering and leaving the city by Kinzie and Canal streets, and the travel by the Sixteenth-street crossing may be so reduced as to lead to tho ultimate abandon- ment of that route, and thus wholly relieve the streets of the South Division from that great Injury and public tnconvemence. THE DIGNITY OF CONGRESS, The House of Representatives yesterday exhausted some three hours tn the yindlen- ton of its dignity against the assault upon it which was constructively made in the use of opprobrions epithets and the rather almless swinging of arms on the part of two mem- bers during the session of the previons day, ‘This effort was not attended by nny pecul- larly dignified procedure, suid the judement of tho country upon whicli the members of Congress place so much {Importance in thelr spéeches will probably be that the dignity sof Congress is not so sensitive nor so essential aquality as the question of high privilege would imply, Indeed, thera are n goad many people who will not hesltate to say that hls abstract question of “dignity,” ng construed by the House in tho end, was not worth taking up the entire time of tho Inst day before the recess, Novertholess, tho renewed squabble over a previous squabble was entirely in keeplng with tha policy of quibble and delay which has marked tho en- thre session, If Congress had the high Idea of dignity and the great respect for publica sentient to which tt pretends there would have been no such scene as that which passed between Weaver and Sparks on ‘Tucs- day, and no additional waste of tine and tls- play of parliamentary ignoranee In 8 con- fused and Jnadequate effort yesterday to wipe out the previous seandal, ‘The whole procedure of yesterday was Ir- regular, and virtually so recognized by tho Speaker, who nevertheless ullowed It to pro- ceed, Omitting the innumerable faux pas which were. made by all who undertook to stralghten out the matter, the complication may be unraveled about as follows; Me- Lane, of Maryland, offered a resolution that the offending members be required to make Bn apulogy, Bownmn, of Mussachusetts, proposed y substitute providing for thelr expulsion, aud then weakened — the amorlt. of hls proposition. by a thro some and sentimental speceh, Browne, of Indiana, offered an innendment providing that tho whole question be placed In the Hands of an Investiguting committee of three, with Instructions to report, Theamendment was adopted by the Mouse, and, pending the question of Hauily disposing of (he matter in this shape, Weaver and Sparks were glyon an opportunlty to apologize. Weaver’sstate- iment was frank and shucere, and comported with the good: temper which he displayed during Tuceday, when he submitted to near ly 200 fimpértinent and, many of them, offenalye Suterruptions, Sparks’ statement was merely formal, and made. no mure impression of sincerity than he usually conveys, ‘Thon Gen, Slugicton, of Mnois, moved to luy the wholv matter upon the table, This recelyed an overwhelming mafority on tho iufermul yote, though Jt Was reduced, CHICAGO TRIBUNE: somewhat by the call of yens and nays, which puts members on the record. ‘That settled tho matter for alltime, It was “a lame and impotent conclusion,” 0 cnse of a laboring mountain that produced & ridiculous mouse. The point was well made by some mem- bors, during the effusive defense of the dig. nity of the House, that it was unfale for that Lody to endeavor to locate the entire respon- sibility of the seandal upon the shoultera of two members, when all the members were more or less involved. ‘This was the proper View of the ense, but the House had not the “dignity? fo assume It. It woul! be still more correct ta say that the Democratic ma- jority of the House was directly responsible for the disgraceful altercatio#t, not merely beentuse it encournged the neglect of busi- ness that primarily led to the eunilict, but because it writhed under the punishment which Weaver dealt tpon the Democratic party, and endeavored, In a cowardly fash- fon, to put him down by sheer force of numbers and miscellancous Insulta, when the Democratic members confessed them selves unable to defend their party. ‘The fact Is that there is no acknowledged lender= ship on the Democratic she of the House, except the fintof the enucus, whenever that Is Invoked, and there ts Httle of the ability that constitutes judicious leadership. ‘The whole record of the present session of Con- gress, from tho time It convened until the adjournment for tho holiday recess, jas agaly demonstrated the Incapacity of tho Democratic party for Government nifalrs. ‘The real renson of this ts to be found. int selfishness and an tnstneert- ty of purpose. Lartisan ndvantage 1s tho only rateon d'ctre of Democratic organt- zation, and to thal ent the Democratic poll- lictans are rendy to sneritice the public wel- fare. and thelr own dignity. In fact, the vaunted dignity of the Jlouse has been mado neaubject of contempt and ridicule, und the events of the past three weeks lave shown that the Amerlean judgment was correct, not only iu declining to enlarge the power of the Democratle party In the National Govern- ment, but in taking from that party all that was within tho control of the people over the new Congress. THE LAKE-FRONT BILL IN CONGRESS. Mr. Aldrich’s bill, which was proposed at the Instance of the Common Council to faell- {tate and conclude the sale of the Lake-Front property to the rallrouts, is in the hands of the Committee on Public Lands. Mr.Ald- rich believes that the bIM Ttsel€ will encoun- ter no opposition from. any quarter. When Mr. Harrelson Introduced a bill of shuftar im port, the objection to it was that the City of Chieago had not agreed upon iny scheme for the sale of the Lake-Front which was undls- puted and satisfactory, and it will probably only be necessary to convinee the Committes that this state of things tues not now oxiet. There {3 no disposition on the part ef Con- gress, nor probably asingle member thereof, to ast any claim to tho title to this prop- erty under the elrcumstances, nor to control any disposition thereof whieh the elty, with tho assent of the people, shall see fit to make of it, The ‘only hesitation the Committee will be Ikely to have hi recommending tho passage of the bill will urlso from a conillet over the polnt of agreement In Chicago, and, if the proper steps be taken to renssure the Committee on that matter, there will be no further objection. Even then, however, itis by no means certain that even an unobjectionable bill of this kind can be pasged In the House under the arbitrary rules and tho pressure of partisan anid sec- tlonal tnfluenees, ‘Che Committees on Pubiia Lands ling no member from Chicage or Mit- nols, and this elreumstauce may deprive the mensure of that strong Committees Influence which It would otherwise receive. Tho Public Lands Comittce may have other axes to grind, and eahaust Hs ‘time In the regular call upon other matters, Such ty the contracted and prejudicial view taken of legisintion under the present system. If |. reguinely and favorably reported, there will probably be no objection’te the DI It amounts to a quit-claim from tho United States to thé property dedleated to public use, 80 far as the Lake Park Js concerned, and authorizes the City of Chlengo to con- vey the some for a rallway-passenger depot, provikllng that nothing contalned in tho bill shall deprive owners of contiguous lots of any of thelr. rights to compensation, on ne- count of the chango of use, that they preyi- ously had. Chicago fitluences should bo brought to bear upoti Mr. Sapp, of Iowa, or Mr. Washburn, of Minnesota, both of whom are members of the Cominittes, to take tho sie Interest In the billas if It cama from thelr own constituents, and, In tut event, Its passage will be assured, GEN, SHERMAN ON THE NEGRO, Gen. Sherman usually speaks te the point, but In his Inte “talk” about the Whittaker case he Is very.whle of the mark, Ind he tried how not to do It ho could not have succeeded better, Iu says: “Now, wodo not keep up West Polnt ta equal ize the negra with tho white man, but to muko soldiers. The uegro has the sumo right as 4 white man, Ho ean buy and sell and engage In any trade or ocoupition, and enjoy hi it Just nethe white man. Wut if you want ompel me or any other white nian te invite bim tomy: houge todinner, and introduce him to uy wife, slater, or dhiughter, thera will probably bo # row thas all, ‘The negro should have the sme rights and privileges of study and reereation tn vat Polnt as a white nin, but you ean't come pel tha cuidate to put their arms around hin, We have our Wost Point Ac soldiers, and not for—" Ger QO moment, and it wos suygcated, ewancipating tho negro, seetully epeaking.”’ The General assented, and snid, No, of course not. Tt ie not a political question, It is a Tushion, ‘ne negro will not be received tn Hos ciety, tnd Invited to diner to your house and nine, UNE it becomes tho fest The presninption ty that Gen. Sherman, Wished to be widerstood in this passage as deseribiug the Whittaker case. A person ignorant of the detnils of the Whittaker casa would naturally exclain, after Ustening to the General of the Army, “Oh, the negro cadet, Whittaker, wanted to sleep with o white cadet, did he? Le wanted to be Intro- duced ton white cudet’s sister, did he? He demanded to be Invited te spend vacation at tho hume of a whity cadet’s futher on the liudson, did ho? Mo wanted all the white eadots in the snstitution, to embrace him every morning betura broukfast, did he? Good enough for him to kaye had his cars cut omy" Wo suspect that Gen. Sherman's judgment ly warped by tho fact that hls friend Gen, Schotlell's conduct Ja tho Whittaker case was not entirely approved by the public, 1¢ we recollect urlght, the Whittaker difleulty did not arise from demands on the part of the colored cadet for social recognition, Cer- taln white cadets objected to Whittaker’s falllng In alongside" them, Thoy warned hin that he insta't do 1,” that at he did thore would be trouble,” ete. What the white cadets objected to was nssoclution with Whittaker in “study and recreation.” ‘They objected to his presence In the Aendemy, ‘The hearing showed this, if It showed any- thing, and St showed nothing else, Gen, Sherman's case Isa supposititivus one, There wus nota particle of uvidence going tu show nearly or remotely that Whittuker ever ex- pressed a desire to be jnyited to any white inan’s house, or Introduced to avy white man'a “wife?” “sister” or “daughter, ‘The case of u colored eadet at West Point is preelsely Ike the easo of a colored Repre- sentative In Congress. Whittaker had a legal right to bo there, and to enjoy, undlss. turbed and unquestloned,. all the offictal driyiloges of thy dustitutlon pryglsely by THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 1880—TWELVE PAGE Truee, of Misalsstppi, has an Jegal right to bo In tho United States Senate and to take part in all [ts oficial proceeil- Ings. Ho had the same right to “failin” alongside any white cadet In the Anstitution that Bruce has to occupy a sont In the Senale Hall in the neighborhood of Senators Burnside, Wil, and Platt. Thosa Senators are not bound by taw or etiqtct to “ put thelr arms round Bruce every morn- ing when thoy¥enter tho hall, nor fs Bruce bound to, “put his arms round? them, ‘Lhe white Senators are not bound even to spenk to the black Senator, but if they are gentle men they will treat Itin precisely ns they Would treat n white man under similar clr ctnstances, Senators aro not bound to be socially {intimate with each other Inside or outside the Senate Hall; nelther aro West Polutendets, But both white Senators and while cadets aro bound fn honor, when brought In contact with colored Senne tors ond colored endets by ofictal ussoclatton, ta give thom offielal recog- nitton and extend to them the courtesies common between gentiomen, Cortain of the white cadets at West Point in the ensa of Whittaker violnted (his ruie of propriety, not to say decency; and there fs good reason to belleve that no very strong effort was mnie by the officers and teachers of the lusti- tution to prevent the petty annoyances to which tho colored cadets wero constantly subjected. Gen, Sherman says: ' Now, wo donot keep up West Point to equalize the negro with the white man, butto make sol- ders.” Aye, But if wo refuse to tolerate the negro in the fastitutlon we are in effect not “keeping it up” to make soldiers, but tomnke a whitocaste, and this ts adeparture from Gen. Sherman's own delinition of the object of the Academy. It ts plain from Gen, Sherman's “talk? Uiat he is op- posed ta the black man in. West Polnt. But the law allows him to enter there, Why does not the General of the Army, with his accustomed frankness urge the passage of n statute prohibiting tho appolutment. of colored boys to eadetships? Ne will not do this. He hans a strong sense of Justice, and such an act would shock his senso of right. But he practically indorses tho opposition of the whole anny to making professional soldiers of nuy but white men. And thug the West Point officers and the Genernt of the Army unite tu place themselves above Congress. Senators and Representa- tives cun endure the presence, in thelr re- spective halls, of colored assoclates,—can even trent them politely. But army officers scorn the colored man even asa endet. ‘They propose to nullify the law which provides for his education as a soldier, not so much because they object tosuch education, but be- cause it would compel assoctation with him on terms of offictal equality as an officer In tho army upon his eiuergence from the Academy as a Lieutenant. Gen. Shorman may not fiaye beon correctly reported, or he may have talked hastily, and sald more than he really incant or intends to stand by, Let us hope so. THE POPULATION OF ILLINOIS, Tun Cutcago Tiamuxe compiled and printed on the 2d of September Jast a table showing the population of Dlinols by coun- ties, necording to the newconsus. ‘The of- flelal footings have now been obtained from Washington, through the courtesy of the Census Bureau; and ‘Tue Trwunn ts enabled to present them, as it Uelieves, In ad- vance of all other newspapers in the coun- tty. The total population as shown below differs from the.cotnt mado by Tim Trung three months anda half ago, under cireum- stances of peculiar dificulty, only 3,053 In an aggregate of 3,080,824, ‘Tue Tmpunn's total was 3,077,77l. ‘Lhe variation is barely ong in every 1,000 of population, Nearly 800 of tho difference, orone-ffth of the whole, Is dus to corrections in tha returns from Cook County made after Tue 'Lrmuny’s tablo wns published. When It is remenbered that the results given in this table were announced 115 days before they were arrived at by the Census Bureau itself, and within sixty days of the thne preserlbéd by Jaw for the closing of the enumeration, it will bo confessed that the accuracy and enterprise of Tin Trmuxs In this matter have been abundantly vindl- cated. Up to thla time no other table pur- porting te be complete has been presented to tho public, except by this Journnl, For tho conyenlence of the public the oflleial returns of population by counties fs herewith glyens Counttes, Counties, 8 | Livingston ..... Stebonoust: ney. Pop, SR IG0- OH Capa.. Champuign. Christan, ch Fulton... Gallatin OVER-POPULATION IN GERMANY, Mr. Kichard ', ly has contributed to tho New York 'ribune a very thoughtful and Interesting paper upon the over-population in Germany, u whieh, after setting forth the tn crease In popular avrotehedneas, in erlmes punishable by law, in the deficits of bud- gets, and In the largely-licreasing expendl- tures, he attributes them to the rapld Increase of population and the emlsration resulting therefrom, Ho quotes from somo of the prominent German writers some extremely iutereating Sigures upon the national cost of emigration, Dr. Fabrl estimates the Joss to Gennany upon each emigrant at an average of $500, and, ug Germany has sentout during tha last sixty years 0,500,000 emigrants, he sets dawn the loss In bringing up these emi- grants ut seven milliards of marks ($1,800, 000,000), ta which add the loss in capital and valuables taken away,and the amount reaches over nine willliarda, In traclng the reasons for emigration, the writer finds that they are largely actuated by the burdens of the war establishment and tho fear of war Itself, ug woll ns tho desire to better thelr economlo condition, These ho classes as Individual causes, but the general cause, that which leads to emigrutton by masses, Is tho rapid Increase of population which In so many ine atanees brings the eiigrant face to face with starvation. As to the oxtent of this popula- ton, the writer quotes from M. Bertillon, a Freneh authority, to show what Franco gains relatively te Germany by the slower sugrenge cof her population, Upon this polnt tno Intter BAYS! ‘Tho wunber of birtha in Germany cach year is ranal to nbout 4 percent of the population. or 1,00,000, Th Feaneo tho number of birthe ts equal only to 2.6 per cont of tho ‘ponulouia 5 Avcording to tho ratio oxisting in France, the miunnber of hirtha tn Germany ought to ho only 1,000,000, hut this ts exveeded, ns wo havo scent, Dy F600 According to statistlenl avernge, SELON OF these 160.000 attain the ngoot 2, It wwe follow French statisttaians, wo must put tho coat of Uringlig up each one of those 313,600 nt 4,000 franes: nid the total cost at 4,000 times f3,- A, of 18,000,000 francs, Germany's higher tate of incrense of poputntion costa her yearly one and one-third niiiiiurds of franes more than tho cost would be at the French rate. Ifthe opulation of France inersused as rapidly aa hint of Germany, aho would be objiged to bear yenrly tho oxpenso of bringing up to the ath veor an additional population of B10,000 or 1,240,- WOU francs, France anves at presont and cups itallzes this ‘ona and ono-fourth tnilliards of franea: this saying In four years is considerable enough to pay tho war indemifleation recelved by Gurmany, ‘Tho Germans aro n speculative people, and consequently it fs natural to find them suggesting all sorts of expedionts to get rid ofthe over-populution. Sonte of them aro | propésing preventive: measures against the {nerease of population, ng ifthe ola Seripi- ural injunction to multiply and reptentsh tho earth could be affected by any legis- lative mensures, Bismarck ts a man of power and authority, who axerclsca n mighty Influence, controls the polliical destiny of Germany, and affects that of all Europe; but, with all the resources of his Empire at. his back, wo question whether ho can retard the natural Increase fn the poorest German fam- fly. Dr. Fabri ndvoeates a legal restraint upon the liberty of marringe, so ns to pre- yent too early or Imprudent marriages; but we fancy Dr. Fabri would find {t as hard to prevent enrly or in- prudent marringes ns Ilerr Bismarck would to regulute the number of chil dren a German family shoul have. It ts equally falincious to elte tho French for an example, beenuse they hnye smaller famllics. ‘The French have sinalier families than the Gennans not from legislation, nor from Inte marrlages, nor from imprudent ones. They are naturally a weaker people than the robust Gormans, Nature cannot be legislated out of slght or “expelled with a pitchfork.” ‘The Increase of population spurns all regu- lation, If it were possible to determine by statute Just how many children every fumlly In Germany should have, we question wheth- er the condition of the people would bo alle- vinted even thon, unless certain other re- forms were Instituted. The New York Tribune, in commenting upon this sub- Ject, polnts out one error in the cal- ewlatlons very’ conclusively by showing that the Netherlands, which has as high a birth rata ns Cormany, Is one of the most prosper- ous countries In Enrope, while Sweden, whien has the lowest birth rate, Is not well to do at home and sends more emigrants over here, in proportion to population, than any other European State. ‘Inere are certainly many other ways In which the misery In Germany night be relieved and which ought to be tried In preference to the sentimental and Impractien! methdds advocated by the German philosophers, If tho. Germans would let Nature alone and lower their taxes, reduce thelr Immense standing army, aud re- Neve the people from the fearful burden of their war establishments, Incrense political Hberty, hnprove the processes of cultivating thelr soll, which has not the fertility of many other parts of Europe, and encourage Indus- try, their condition would be greatly alle; vinted, and whatever surplus there might bé would tind Its way to places whero It could better itself, THE COUSTA JEPSON CASES Some mouths ago tho Clilcago public wero startled by the announcement of a crime of more than ordinary atrocity. Briefly, the facts were stated to bo; ‘That late on the night tn question Cousta. Jepson, a young girl of fatr appearance, n Swede, who had been butn few weeks in the country, and knowing little of localities, entered 4 Mil- waukee avenue car to return to the home where sho was temporarily residing; that on reaching the city limits she left the ear, and, wandering over the Ine into the Town of Jefferson,. reached n country hotel, where sho wppiled fur sheltor, it belng then after midnight; that she was, to say the least, in- hospitably treated by the keepers of the cs- tablishment; finally two young men offered thelr services to show her the way and escort her.to her homo; that, deceiving her, they tovk her out on the pralric, and there, with more than ordinary brutality, violated her person and abandoned her. Tito statement of the treatment endured by her, and of the ervel and ruflaniike manner in which tho crime . was . committed, naturally excited public sympathy for the friendless victim and indignation aguinst the beastly orlminals, Tho examination of tha girl made at the time left no doubt as to the substantial truth of her story. Monoy was subscribed for her rellof and support, Two young men were arrested nnd Ident!- fied ns tho parties who left tho tavern with heron that utght. Subsequent discoveries, followed by the admission of the persons themselves, established that no mistale had beon made as to their belng partielpants in the crime perpetrated on the prairio during the early hours of that summer morning, They wero indicted, and thelr trin!, has been postponed, at their instance, from that tina until last Tuesday, when It was poremptorily set for hearing. Previous to’ tho triul Mr, Matson, forinerly a Justice of the Peace and now Coroner of the county, was taken Into the court-roum, and, when shown. the girl Jop- son, stated that she was the same person who had appiled to him, some timo before this occurrence, for legul process against a phy- sielan whom sho lind aecused of erimiual ace auiuntanee, and that he had, upon investign: Uon, dismigsod her complaint, satistiod that her purpose was to collect bineitinat!. Woon this statement by Mr. Mulson, Statu's-At- torney BIg postponed the ease Indefinitly, which means an nbandanment of tho prose- cutlon, and that is tho present status of the matter, - The publis will not bo satisfied with this disposition of the ease, Even if Mr. Matson's identification of the girl be correct, that 1s no defenso of the crime of whieh the defend- tuts are charged. —‘Thore fs no pretense that this girl Instiguted this chargo against these two nen for blackmail; ‘They had neither money nor professtonal or even personal charactor to warrant any hope of, getting monvy from thom. ‘They were, according to their own adinfssion, loafing about the out- skirts of thacity onadrunkon buinming tour; in other words, they were drunken lonfers, ‘Yo them the girl wasa stranger; go far as they know sho was 8 virttous girl; and their erlina ngalnst hor$s in nowlse mitlgated by anything Mr. Matson now states. ‘Tho brutal erlme alleged 16 ns complete with his testt- mmony as without lt. Is statement only af- fects the general credibillty ofthe girl, and in nowilse disproves, justifies, or oxtenuates the eowardly and atrocious crime whlch sho charges, i big Wo have no disposition ‘to prejudge this case, or do these accused persons Injustice. They have a defense tending to establish a consent on‘ the partof the girl If that do- fenso can ve honestly and truly made, then It {3 all-aufilelont, But why 1s itnot made? ‘Two mun who aduuilt that they were drunken loafers wandering about the pralries after uilduight with an alleged disreputable woman, stand charged with the commizsion ofwerlmo but Httle less than murder, and, Wadyr thy giryumatunces of thls cuge, equally atrocious, should fee) grateful to the taw that will enable thom by ninere proof of the facts to acqlt themselves of the crime of rape, and esenpo the pert! In whieh they are placed. It Js no case for dellency. If these men are {innocent of vivicnes, Innecent of force, and the prosecutor a consenting wanton, then all those faels are susceptible of proof, and noth- Ang leas than n full, public trial can vindleata the prisoners or satlafy. public justice, Why are the accused discharged, and the accuser practically branded with Infamy, without a word of testimony belug heard in thefr do fense, or without one wordof tho story of the wrongs aud oulroges committed on her being submitted to elther court or jury? If this girl boa fraud and an bnpostor, and these two men nothing more than two vulgar binckguards on 9 drunken spree, then these facts should beestablished by testhinony: Offered in public court by sworn credible wit- nesses. Any othor disposition of the cnse is unjust to all partivs and an Insult to the pub- Ne sense of justice, : —_ ‘TueRE ts probably no State In the Union whoro tho inwe aro in auch need ot reform ns Toxns, A recontexpertence of tho Galveston Jews is to tho point. Itappenrs that a young sprig of tho law of that elty named Wilson, while conducting a cuso in tho Mecorder's Court, In- sulted the offiters of tho Court, and wae fined $25 for contempt. The noxt day came an apolo- #3, and tho fine was remitted, Tho Neirs atated tho fuctsexnetly as they occurred, wheroupon the lawyor in a rage called upon the editor of tho News and domanded tho insertion of a tong vorhose dental. As the statements in the reply were In diroct conflict with what the reporter of tho News hnd stated, tho editor demurred to printing it, whorenpon the lnwyer demanded its insertion or thu option of a suit for dumages, “1 am a lawyer," anld he, “and will bring suit against you for defamation of charucter In Hrazorla County [one a long distance off}, £ fam tn with the County Clork of Braggrin County, and my expense in instituting tho suit will bo nothing, I demand tho publication of that artl- cle, or I will force you to send x lawyer to Brae zorin County to defend yourselves, You can tale your choice.” ‘Tho result waa that the Nees printed his com- muntention and then supplomented It with states dents from the Recorder, the Special Ollicer, tha Warrant Officer, and ‘tho Clerk of the Court, showing that thooriginnl report of tho News was correct, and that the lawyer did apologize for his abusive language. Commenting upon the situa. tion, tho News anys: It teaches that, under tho statutes of Toxns, or under a tortured construction thorcof, a pub- Ushor may be dragued into every counts, before overy local court In tho Stato, in aulls for ibel, Upon the tnost trivink or unwarrantable come pliunt, with little or no expense to partivs sulng, and with no possibility of reclamation for damuges to tho publisher, "It tenches that, un- dor auch a system, the press of ‘Texas muy be Intordioted from publishing current fuots of the day, and he more complotely muzated thin any press known to tho most despotic Governments of the Old World. If the threat mado by tho lawyor in question fs based upon a correct atutemont of the laws appucable to tibel in that State, thon it behooves tho Texas press to be np and dolng, andto apply tho remedics, Tho News is not the only pauper ate fected by such n grossly unjust law, and, IL the papers of that Stato wonld but Join hands, they would soon knock away tho rotten foundations of this style of newspaper, bulldozing. But, while they are about It, thera are many other Jawa lu Texas that pertain tu elections and tho rights of citizens that need reformution quite 18 anuoli ng the Ibel Inwe; 80, while they aro nbout it, they might na wollinake a cleun sweep of them and put justice on something Ike a sound footing in that State. , a “ GnivFitw’s valuntion”-has been so fre- quently mentioned in the cablo dispatehes, with refcronce to the Irish Jand trowbles, that u vrlet explanation of it will be of Interest to our renders.’ It Is substantinily a valuation of land in Irotand made for purposes of taxation by Sir Richard John Griflith, como forty years nwo, which is much tower than that now made by tho landlords. Ina letter, written In 1813, which bna recently been reprinted by tho, London Tinies, Sir Richard says: in regard to tha valuntion mado under my dl- rection, I nin of opluion tnat one-third being added to the prices contained inthe tlold-buoks would make a full or bleh rent, higher than most xeutlemen ront their tands, but not higher than smull proprlotors and middleman lot thotr funds, This rent would not Include tho titho- rent chirge or any tax to which hinds are Mable, ‘bis valuation hus been accepted by tho League, though it Is sald that tho best Jand waa valucd too low (in 1813) and tho poor Inid too high, Sir Richard Grifith was au englncer in bis eartler life, and from 1851 to 184 was Chairman of tho Board of Publlo Works in Ireland. Asa anmple of the Lhorough manner iu which tha valuation was mide 4 correspondent of tho ‘Torouto Globe writes: ‘Tho maps getton out wero as noarly perfoot as possible, were on n six-inch sealo, and con~ tained county, barony, parish, tawnlanda, nomes, Nereug, Owners, cities, towns, demesnce, farmy, rua, coltleries, forges, Imekilns, tannerles, Dlench-greenus, wells, ronds, canals, brides, locks, welrs, bogs, eburches, and overy cabin, ute. otc. There wore Hines oven to muirk the fall of tho water and tha curvature of the iand, Grittith divided his yaluntora into two classes— ordinary yalutors and check vuiuators; tho duty of tho latter was to follow the formur Into overy district aud patch, to dig and examine, no matter how smull, to test the accurney of the ordinary valuutors, and to alter the valuation it necessary, Valunters wero bound to examine upper and under soll, allwas tobe valued utits fyrietiheasral worth; elevations above the lovel of the goa, steopness, exposure to bud winds, barrenness, patchiness, bad roads, bad fences, all things which would depreciate and cause 9 reduction in valug, On tho other hand, Imes stone, turf, seiweed, and othor mnnures, good ronds, cliniute, sheltor, and convenionee to goad markot towns wore alao tikan Into nesount and tho valuation inerenged accordingly, er Mr. Watterson, In the Courtervournal, strongly urges tho confirmation o1 Judge Wouds na Justice of tho Supreme Court, and re- murked on the allly attempt to prosoribe bin Decnuso he Ilyed north of the Ollo River dttecn yours ego: Yo us it is supremely absurd, whon wel, are dcprecating sectionnlisa and are endeayoriig to avold the feurful tyranny of such unjust doc telnes ay were formerly ‘applied without merey He the Republican party, to udvooxte tho samo ideas wt this’ critical condition of the country, and to invito the very proscription under which we hive so long suffered, Surely the Republican: party bis ag much rowon to ostracive Southern won through political hate us southern Sonators have to preseriba Norther men because thoy arenot born witain tho iimits of the ald slave- holding States, Wo will not by our yolco or by our silenee encourage wy such nonsuneo, If we wore todo 60, Wo are sure the Hepublican Benatar would (ought at tho minority for at- 4 emipting, by such idle devices, to prdscribe mrity aid restrict the prerogutive power ed in the Prealdent of tha United States to exeroino pleniry diseretion under the Conuti+ tution, without regned to race, color, or soutlon, 10 appointments to alice, é a Nixe-renrns of the Germans of New York City bavo horetofore noted with the Dom- veratic purty. Thoy poll about 20,000 votes, They now feol profoundly disgusted with that party, its practices, and its shiity-shally professions, ‘Thoy don't Itke toace a Solid Confederate South, aud they disbeliove in tho dogma of State-soy- ‘ereignty. Referring to thom, the New York Tribune obacryoss we Tho chavtic condition of the New York City Democracy wfforda u good opportunity for tha nif element to draw out of the concern, Thh Germans are too yood citizens to remain ted tow purty whose chief abject 13 tu plunder tho*tuxpuyerd. ‘Tho Democracy hag te claim upon thoir gratitude, 2 busdorie nothing In re- turn for the support. thoy buye: soyan. dt anve to dole out grudyl nay u fow oflives to self-ap- polnted Germin leaders. If tho Gormans should transfer tholr lurge vote to an organiza. ton representing tho popular domand for ro- duced tuxos, economical government, and clean streets, the Demoorats could not curry another mualelpal election in this city. Tune Now York Post saya that Stantey Mutthows 1s unit for an appointment to tho Sue preme Honch because be ja unsound on the finanvlal question, and in the eume breath pro- nounces Senator Thurman “ideally At” for such, Bposition, Tho Must is" ideally” an ass, Stun Joy Mattbows’ alleged unsoundness on tho fans olul question extends only to bis advocacy of the Femonetization of silyor, while Thurman co- quetted openly with tho rag-baby, Stanloy Biatthews 19 untit because ho ja an ardent du. fonder of the Pacitla Rallway monopolics, and ‘Thurman Je untlt because he ta a Btato-sov- eroiguty Democrat and # fluancial trimmer bo eldce, —— Every candid and reflecting person must foel constrained to uduilt that Gon. Weavers proposition to Bparks, of Iitnola, in Congroes wasan eminently fair one, Sparks bad mado Hed. Wenver roplied that his danting-woigne wns 183 pounds, and that nomen within reach of hia acm would use auch a romark withnus wolting a blow, Sparks replied that his own ANghtlug-wolght was 34 avoledapols, and thar the flown gent's reach of arm had no terrors top hin, Thoreupon Weavor proposed to chatk out his sizo on Spurka’ vast hil, and that every lick ho struck outalds of that Ine wns not to count. Yo tho astonishment of all Conurnes, Bparks declined to necept this entirely Farr otter, Als conatituenta will want to know the reason, ee Ex-Sexaton Thusnurr, of Ulinols, wag in Torre Hauton few days ago nn attorney {iy . rullroad ensc, The Expreas gives this Interest. ing Inala, of the trinis « On Friday tost, during tho trinl of tho. Ni Gauigo ltatleone case, while Gen, J. C. Tilnck wer on the witnesa-stand, the rolluwing testimony wna givont Huuaron by Judge J.T. Gunu—Gen. iinet, did you not, during tha session of the Democrue fe Convention of the Stato af Hilnvis, telegraph anid Convention declining the nomination tur Governor on the grond that you hie ALtnure tye erative position on tho Narrow-Gauge Rullroad? (Laughtor.] ' Auswer—No. sir, Qthon you deny the soft impoachnent"? A.—Yes, sir 1 duny tho soft inponchinent,* and dloty tho soft inmponeuer. [More fnugtier,| Question by the Hon, Lyman Trambull—you would consider most any position more (era. ive, ther fing the ipa tion. i f. Pomneratio candidate for Governor of -ilinols? [Re Inughter.) Hteupred — Tre Colorado (‘Kex.) Citizen prints delle Puneh statistics showing that tho eltizens ut the county are morally, and the saloons financintly, responsible for only 6,008 drinks of alcuholle and 4,82 of malt Hquora during tho month of No vember, ‘Those Httlo bells, those little bella, How many a talo thelr muafo tells! Yot, like tho accounts of the glories of Sutomon, the half is not told, They would muke 'Texag tho most temperate Stato In. the Union, and show that the bell-punch isa greater reformer thun the Malue tuw or local option, Monesty forbids ‘Tan: Trumuse to print this paragraph from the Davenport (In) Gazette anywhere except Ita conspicuous pluco on the editorinl pago: THE THRIUGNE ts, of course, a Arent nowspae per. It morits honor as such. That itis, 05 4 vewspnper, strielly tha best morning Jourint pulbitiieatl Ja Chieugo, nay ua woll be frecly cune eded, Now, nt Inst, tho oditor of the Gazelic speaks with bis customary porspicuity and force. << Tue obscure morning newspaper In this elty, which claims to bon sort of poor-reintion of tho Republienn party, is entiraly right when It anys that the table of the popularvote printed, in its columns Dec, 2 was very nenrly correct, The tubdle In question wus stolen from Tr: Cie odo TrinuNE verbritin et Hteratim ot punctus atin, The poor-retstion may continue to fileh its politien! statistics from ‘Tne Truss in tao future us tn the past with perfeet confidence, ee ‘Tum death of ox-Attorney-Goneral Akers mup removes from the field one very proniinent candidate for tha vacuncy on tho United States Cireult Bench in tho Alabama-Texas Cireult mady vacant by the promotion of Judge Wools, ‘T'ne State Salt Inspector of Michigan ree ports tho product of tho pnat year nt 9,159.00 barrols or 15,760,000 bushels of salt, This shows an Increase af nbout 500,000 barrels, or 4,600,00) bushols, over luat year, PERSONALS, It’s n wise speculator that knows his own corner, 5 " Tho poot Whittier was 73 years old Inst Friday. Robert Toombs is gradually getting his es tatuinshape. Ho recently gave awny a thous sand acres of Texus inna. “ A correspondent wishes to know what has becomo of Beeretary Evarta. We betiove lie i writing a letter this winter. Chicago fs a live city. Tho Board of Tride mon here fall oftener and fur much Jarger ntnounts than do those of other cities. Mrs, Nelllo Grant Surtorly is now tho mother of threo children,—two giris and a boy . the youngest being about n month old. Mer dirat-born cbild died at the ago of Lycar, Lord: Benconsfetd: recelved 183. offers to translate “Endymion” into French, Of tho persons who desired to uidertirke the work ninety-four were women and thirty-nine men, Mr. J. W. Mackey, of bonanza fame, has wone to join bis family in ‘Paris. A Bonanza inn haga nico time, He works aixteen hoursa day, is abused by everybonly, and yots a chance to soe his fumlly once overy twoor threo yeurs, Lord Wentworth, who, it may bo remem: bored, wis once engayod to Miss Dudu Fletcher und dosorted ber in tho most cad-Ike fashion, Is tobe murcied shortly to Mary Stuart Wortley, oldest daughter of tho Right Hon. Juntes Stuart Wortley. M. Guerin and M. Pasteur hada discussion about tho cholera of fowls ata recent mecting of tho French Academy of Medicine at Yaris, M. Guerin got very much exelted, and finally snd to M. Pasteur, “You area liar, sir, and £ wilt send you my second," This challenge to 4 duel was given by a man who 1s an octogenaciua touno who fa hopolesly paralyzed in the leit aide, oo PUBLIC OPINION, Nordhofl's dispatch ta tho New York Here ald: Tho Civil-Service reform burincss 18 trot-- ted ont in both Houses us a great Democratlo dlscovery, butgnuinly, It Is suspected, with tho hope by’ Tes uns of keeping other and real questions, such a8 tho tarlif, freo ships, aud sound money in the background, Augusta (Ga,) Constituttonalist (Dem): Mr. Stephens told Mr. J. Nt. Christy that since tho War bo had nover been in the SenateCham- ‘bor, and had never scan Conkling.” He ought to wheel over there and avo Lord Roscoe. A “thing of bonuty” Uke the New York Senator is worth a ttle trouble In behulding, Columbus (0.) State Journal (Rep.)? Judge Woods Is na moro au Ohio man than are Samuel 8 Cox and Anson G. NeCuuk, two dis> tlngutahed membors of Congress from New York; no more an Obfo muy than are the two Senutors from Indiana, the two Senators from iowa, aud tho two Senutors fram Novada. Philadelphia Dimes (ind.): Mr, {ayes could look uround a long thne before finding & worso mun: tu take Into bis Cabinet than Sar gont. If tho Prosident has forgotton, the peor plo have not allowed to oags out of thoir mints ‘ho kind of service whieh Sargent rondered us Chairinad of tho Committee on Naval Attales during a purt of bls term in the Senate. Cineinnatl Commercial: (Rep.): It ts to tho credit of Senator Vest, of Missouri, that bo struuk out in the Congrossionul record the dec: luration that John Brown wns a * scoundrel: ‘That 1s tho vory last expression to bo applica to Drown, ts use signifies ignorance of history, and the bitterness of Border Ruitianian, which was tho mennest and mout mntignant form of Provinclalism in the world. @ Buffalo Expresa (Rop.)} ‘Tho folly of ol Jecting’to Br, Dopow's candidacy for tho Sena- torsnip on the grourd that ho 1s the Contral Rattrond’s attorney becomes painfully apparent, oven to tho patriathe apoltsmon who raise the | aint, when reminded that thore fs not n lawyer In tho Bennte, nor could one Leclected to thus hugust body, who would refuso Mr. Vanderbilt's rotulnor for any honorable professlonul work. St, Louis Globe-Democrat (Itep.): ‘Tho Georgla Ruilwoay Commiasion huve notifed tho rouds {n that Stato that utter Feb. 1 thoy will bo rostrioted toa riteof three cunts por milwon rach Passenger carried. Thore is no doubtthat three cents por mile is apie pay for gurrylog a y9s- sonyer over any rullway du thls country. ue ronda running between Bt. Louls and Chteart bave been carrying pusgongors for less than ones third of one cent per mile for the last two mouths, had tholr ailicors boust that thoy nover befure found the pusaenger traitia so profitable, ‘Tbe “ Potter law't In Wisconsin reduced the passel: wer tariff on all tiret-cluss ronda to three conts per mile, and, it bas never been rulsed since, Ga Geargin exampte might be followed to good ef feat ith tnuny other Stutes, Atlanta Constitution: It is undoubtedly & serlous matter that 9 State should under any clreumstunces be deprived of fur yote, but to count It unlawfully Is more serious stlil, Tho allegod statute undor which tho Eloctoral yolo of tha Stata was cust is a nullity, Ie hus bo fegal existence, Tho Decisis of tho volt States confors upon Congress tho power authority to. potty the duy, and any Stule law iu contilct with thy luw of Congruss op tho. ste juct Ie Inopenitive, It ts the duty of the States to conform tu the requirements of the jaws & the United Stutes 10 this ‘respcot. ‘Phse Jaws provido that thy Electoral vote of euct, Stale shalt bo cuat on the Gret Wednesday in Teves ber, and ff, through neglect or careleances Oe Electoral yote of any Stuto is vot cast vo somo obscrvation to tho effect that Weaver had | duy, it cunuot be legally cust at ul . ey t