Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1881, Page 10

10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 2. at 1881—SIXTEEN PAGES. MUSIC. Organization of Another Ama-’ teur Orchestra. Mr. Liebling’s Concert and Some New Music. Forthcoming Performance of the “Damnation of Faust.” A movement ison foot among the amateur nusicians of this city to organize themselves into an orchestra, and itis a movement which ought to commend itself to, musical people. ‘There is unquestionably a great deal of tal- ent here among amateurs which will find de- volopment in an orchestra, which is. one of the best educational mediums in music, and; thovgh it may not hope to occupy a promi- nent place at once, there is no reason why under good training it should not accomplish. an fimportant.work and give pleasvre to a great many people. There is material enough here to make an orchestra of at least forty in number, with a little professional assistance in the. leading pieces, and the ma- terial is such that with competent drill and careful study it ought to make a better showing in a very short time than some of our so-called professional orchestras have wade. The leadership will be in the hands of Mr. Henry Schoenfeld, a mus cian who is well qualified for this work and a composer of more than ordinary ability. The goo amateur players of the city cannot do better than lend their encouragement to this scheme. THE LIEBLING CONCERT. ‘The concert to be given by Mr: Liebling on the 11th inst. is to be one of the most notable music events of the season, from the fact ot the performance for the first time in this city of the celebrated Rubinstein Octet, which is known as the most dificult piano work of this author; also the Hummel Septet, whieh is considered one of the most interesting works in the répertoire of piano music. In these numbers Mr. Liebling will have the assistance of Mr. Lewis, Mr. Liesegzang, and others of his orchestra; also Mr. Knorr. The other numbers of the program are es- pecially fine, making a prograin sufficiently |. tempting to commend it to the attention of nll musical pebple. It is seldom such great works are found on the programs of local pianists, and such efforts should meet the generous support of the musical public, The complete program will be as follows: 1. Septet, op. 74... ZAG Hummel Lm Liehting, and ‘alien, ng, Krae- ‘mer, Drach, Bareither, and Forkert. 2 Vocal, aria, “If with all your ‘Mendelssohn .. Wieniawski ari hearts,” from * Elijah’ Bir. Charice A. Knorr. 3 Violin solo, ** Vaise Capric Mr. Witiam Lewis. 4. Piano solo, “Scherzo.” op. 30......-- ...Chopin . Emil Lielting. 5. Vocal, “Adieu”... -.. .. E. Liebling SMr.. Charles A. Knorr. 6. Octet, op. 9 (lirst time in Chicago)..Rubinstein Emil Liebling, and Messrs. Lewis, Allen, Liescgang, Evaemer, Drach, Schoeppe, and Forkert. THE “DAMNATION OF FAUST.” ‘The old saying, “Go away from home to learn the news,” is once more exemplified. ‘The Cincinnati Commercial of the 3ist ult. says: . It is to beregretted that nearly all of our or- chestra musicians, those who assisted so ma- terilly to. make our last musical festival a success, willbe absent in Chicago during -the great opera festival in February. They have been engaged by Mr. George Curpenter to assist nt the performance of Beriloz's * Damnation de Faust,” under the direction of Mr. Theodore Thomas. This music drama, which is creating & sensation Exst, will be given in Central Hall, corner of State and Randolph streets, be- ginning on Monday, Feb, 21, the same evening Ehosen for the opening of the opera festival, ‘and continuing for the entire week. Besides the * Damnation de Faust,” aselection of classic instrumental music will be given. There will be over 100 performers in the orchestra, and about 600 voices ‘in the chorus. The directors of the Opera Festival, it has been stated, have ‘addressed communications to the jocal talent here asking them to assist Mr. Mapleson's or- chestra, but they have been obliged to refuse, being under the obligation of playing in Chicago. Jt seems the understanding between Mr. Maple- son's campany and the Cosicge Directors was that the latter should furnish forty-five musl- clans. ‘The question now is obvious: Where will these come from? LOCAL MISCELLANY. * The Corinne troupe will appear this week at the Grand Opera-House in the operatic burlesque entitled The Magic Slipper,”— ‘a sort of musical potpourri and spectacle, in which “Little Corinne,” a child of S years, tales the leading part of Cinderella. Appropriate musical services will be given at Christ Church this morning at 10235 by the chorus and soloists of the church, with organ and cornet, under the direction of S. H. Dyer, organist of the church. The pro- grain will be repeated at the Sunday services tollowine. The Liesegang-Heimendahl String Quar- tet have announced the second series of their chamber concerts. The dates original- ly selected have been altered. The concerts will take place on ‘Thursday evenings, Jan. 7.13, Feb. 17, Mareh 24. ‘The program of the next concert will inelude a string quartet by Cherubini and one by Svendsen. e The program for the Turner-Hall concert this afternoon. will: include the following numbers: “Coronation March,” from * The Prophet,” by Meyerbeer: overture, * Franz Schubert,” by Suppe; “* Turkish Patrol.” by Michaelis; Second Finale from “Stradella,” by Flotow; overture, “Rienzi,” by R. Wag- ner; Andante (solo for flute), by Mozart; Fantasie on “Weber's Last Thought,” by Conradi; “Traumbilder,” by Lumbye; Ga- yotte, by. Arditi; and’ galop, “Victoria Regia,” by Bach, THE MESSLAT IN. BOSTON.. The Boston Journal says; In entering upon its sixty-sixth season, Inst evening, the Handel and Haydn Society ave ut Music Hull its @sth concert. and its seventy- second performance of Handet's oratorio, “The Messiah.” ‘The. ‘annual presentation of this: work rarely fails to draw a large audience, and last night's performance was certainly no ex- ception to the general rule. The house was filled, and the performance, which began at the early hour of 7 o'clock and cnded before 10 o'clock, was worthy of the high reputation of the society. The soloists were Mrs.'H. }. Knowies. soprano; Miss Anna Drasdil, contral- to; Mr. W. ‘Tower, tenor, and Mr. George Benscbel, baritove. Mrs. Knowles, who has been’ chiefly known as 2 concert singer, acquitted herself with much credit iu this more exacting ficld. Much interest centered in the appeurance of Mr. Hen- echel. This udmirable artist bas several times deen heard in Boston in selections of Handel's iousic, but this was the tirst opportunity offered tw henbim in a full oratorio. | Although some of the music In “'The Messiah " ifes very low for his voice, his performance was in the main a faulttess and thoroughly satisfactory one. _ It readily disclosed why Mr. Henschel should have become such a great favorit in Eugiana us an oratorio singer. He bas every requisit of Yyoice and styie demanded for an adequate ren- dering of Handel's music. Both the recitatives and aris were interpreted in a broad and dram- atic manner. and in “The people that waiked in darkness,” “The trumpet spall sound,” and es- pecially in * Why. do the nations,” be was heard to great advantage. - Sunday evening, Jan. 30, the Hanae! and Haydo Society Will give’ a performance of Mozart's “ Reouiem Mass” and Beethoven's * Christ on the Mount of Olives,” with the assistance of iss Hattie L. Simms, Miss Ita Welsh, Mr. Chris- a Fritsch, and Mr. Clarence E. Hay 8 solo- On Good Friday, April 15, Bach's Passion sic according to St. Matthew will be given, ster Sunday, April 1%, Mendelssohn's MUSICAL MORALS IN FRANCE, ‘Mrs. Hooper writes from Paris: The beautiful Marte Heilbron, late prima donna at the Grand Opera, and formerly of the now extinct Theatre Lyrique, is one of the loveliest netresses of Paris. She cannot exactly ve called 4 candidnte for the white rose wreath allotted by custom to the most virtuous maiden of France. Tn fact, she fs the happy mamma of a nice little boy, now some 9 years old. ‘She has also, at pres- pnt. a very dear friend in the person of Viscount de la P., who, moved by bis attachment for the Inir Marie, ‘consented, at her solicitation, to adopt the child and recognize itashisown. But the family of this devoted ‘friend have inter- fered, and have brought the case before the unsympathizing relatives have fakes that, 23 E ‘M.de la P. did not make Mille. eflbron’s acquaintance till the year 1876, he can- uot very well even pretend to be the parent of the roung gentleman. in question. The beaute- puy woman bas waived allright to bring anyproof of the justice of her cause, preferring;asshe yagnanimousiy said, to .cunfide herself to the generosity of the law. pretty woman, is Marie tbe theatre the other oigdt in company with another beautifot but rather passe ueiress, Whose name connected with that of one of the Princes of the Royal family of France. Both tadles were blaz- ing with diamonds. but the latter wore upon her shoulder a ficurde lis in dinmonds. 9 public parading forth of the reumatances of the affair which was Jn most exeerable taste. And right opposit to their box was ono ‘wherein sat one of tho members of the Bonaparte family, with 1 beautiful woman, who assuredly was not his: wife. ‘ UNION CATHOLIC LIBRARY. ‘The inaugural pertirmance of the ie club connecte brary took place last“T'uesday evening, ‘and, notwithstanding the cold weather, the attend- ance was large and appreciative, ‘Phe favorit comedy of ‘aval Engagements’? was pre- sented, under the enre of. Charles E. Frezel- lie.-Airs. W. J. Hines as Mary Mortimer much admired and. loudly encored, 25 Mrs, Downs as Mis. Pontifer._.Preced- ing the performance dire, ‘W. P. Rend favored the audience with choice vocal. selections. Mrs. Rend is well and favorably known as a Yoealist, especially to the friends and mem- bers of the Library. So when she appeared on. Tuesday evening the applause that greeted her, and the frequent encores called for, were nothing new to the lady. MUSICAL NOTES. The Emma Abbott troupe 1s singing in De- troit this week. ‘Mr. Georg. Henschel has, recently been: elected one of the forty members of the old London Philharmonic Society. 2 Tagliapietra has joined the De Beauplan French opara company, the organization bearing his name having been disbanded. The Boston Idea! Opera Company will be- gin an engagement.at the Boston Theatre Feb, 28, with “The Pirates of Penzance.” Part 12 af. Grove’s “Dictionary of Afusic and Musicians,” covering subjects trom fe Palesteing*: to “PlainSong,” lias just been issued. A Boston journal states that there is on exhibition in'that city a Mexican lady with- out arms who plays the plane with her feet. ‘hus are the beneficent plans of Nature thwarted. ° Messrs. Philippe Gille and Planquette have undertaken to deliver an opera comique in. three acts in August next, to be played at the Folies Dramatiques in 18s1. The subject is taken from an American tale, ~ Rubinstein’s new opera “ Nero’ ks since in Berlin, but its ribed as “rather cold. ssrs. Niemann and Betz and Almes, Mall- i and Brandt did their best” to secure for it a success. The managers of the Cincinnati College of Music have inade an official announcement of their opera festival, which lasts from Feb. 21 to the 26th.. The attractions are the Mapleson opera troupe, an orchestra of 100 Inusicians, and a mass chorus of 350 voices. ‘The Royal Tiieatre at Wiesbaden has in reparation 2 new opera by Theodore jeschetizky, the husband of Mme. Essipot fhe title of the work is “Die Erste Falte” (“The First Wrinkle”), and the libretto has been.written by Mosenthal. ‘The-chief role will be in the hands of Hedwig Roland. ‘The concert programs offered by the Theo- dore Thomas orchestra at ‘the Metropolitan. Concert Hall. New’ York, failed to prove at- tractive to the patrons of that resort, and the hall has been closed. Its location probably had much to do with the lack of patronage, bestowed uponit, and the theatres attract the audiences of. the winter season away from such resorts, Koster & Bial’s Gardens in the same city having suffered from this competition. The New York Evening Post says: The Jengths of the varions operas in performance are: ‘Willfam Tell’ (the longest. in exist- ence), 4 hours minutes: "‘ Robert le Diable, 4:45; ‘L*Africaine,’ 4:403 ‘Faust,’ 4:80; *inguenots,’ "La Juive,’ 4:25 *Le Prophete,’ 4:15; ida,’ 4; ‘Paul and Virginia,’ 3:35; ‘La Favorita,’ 8:25; *Mas- anigilo,? 3; ‘Trovatore,’ 3; ‘Martha,’ 22455 ‘Freischuiz,’ 2:45; ‘Lucia, 2:40; *Rig- oletto,’ 2: x Sonnambula 2:30; ‘Don Pasquale,’ and of lighter operas, “Carmen,’ 3°* Mignon,’ 3:30; ‘Barbi of Seville,’ 3 “Crown Diamonds,’ 3:15; ‘Daughter of the Regiment,’ 2:15, etc., ete. Of course this refers to the entire works.” Tt evidently forgets Wagner’s Trilogy, which takes half a week. The Mayor of Villencure, France, has solved the problem of how to abate musical nuisances. ~ He has issued a proclamation to the townspeople that in future “It is for- bidden for any one, alone or in the company of other persons, to paly on,any instrument of music between the hours of 6p. m. and 7 a.m.” Music is graciously allowed in the daytime, but only on condition that there ate 150 metres at least between the player or players and inhabited houses, and after the sanction of the Mayor has been obtained. To the dismay of cliurch-goers, the organist of the chureh has also been interdicted from performing on the organ during evening ves- peroesie high mass is being celebrated and has likewise been forbidden to play his own piano in his own house. It seems just a pos- sibility that the Moyor maybe abated as a nuisance. ‘dramat- 7 was given reception although 2 THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. 5 Down on Gath. ‘To the Editor of The Chtcago Tribune. Denven, Colo., Dec. 27.—* Gath’s" dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquircr simply shows him to be anignorant and willful prevaricator, and the young engincer a fool, and neither of them to know unything of Colorado mines. B. E. Saean. ‘The Fleming Conspiracy Case. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cricaco, Jan. L—As my -name has appeared in Tue TRIBUNE as being cognizant of,com- munications made by outside parties to Juror Jackson, I desire to say, that, notwithstanding the episode in court, I do not consider him a corrupt man. He probably did not understand the signiticance of Judge Hawes’ instructions on that point, and aside from the matter in question [was favorably impressed by his de- meanor. This much in justice to him, as the public might et a wrong impression, and con- true an inadvertence to be a crime. ae ‘C. B. CARTER. Beware of Tomatoes. ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Crrcaco, Dec. 31.—Glucose instead of sugar; chicory instead of coffee; leaf-lard and other compounds instead of butter; sundry articles picked’ up at random combined to form sausages; trichinsein pork,—all these are bad enough, and are simplifying the question as to what we shall eat with alarming rapidity. And now comes an addition to the list of things to be avoided in the shape of canned tomatoes. A can purebased from the leading frocery-house on the North Side aday or two ago contained myriads of small white worms! And yet they claimed that these tomatoes were especially prepared tor their trade. If so, their “trade” must have peculiar preferences, We prefer ours wi worms. ‘VICTiA. A Suggestion. To the altar of The Chicago Tribune. CxIcaco, Dee. 30.—If we are really to seein Chicago anew Chamber of Commerce worthy of Chicago and of its presént and prospective mercantile greatness, I have a suggestion to make to its projectors. Chicago is desperately In need of an audience- room like the Cooper Institute Hall of New York.. And the erection of anew Chamber of Commerce affords an excellent opportunity to supply that want. We want a ball that will seat ten or fifteen thousand people, and that will be absolutely sccure from falling.in, and from iaking fire. The right place for it is in the base- meutof the new Chamber of Commerce. The ditional expense that may be incurred will be the most profitable part of the grand invest- ment which is contemplated. TARA. A Plea for Landlords. “To the Editor of The Chicapo Tribune. Cxicaco, Dec. 30.—In last Sunday's issue of Tue Trinune I noticed a letter signed “George H. Shuffeldt,” complaining of tho law now ex- isting in reference to tho ejection of 8 tenant for non-payment of rent. I presume Mr. S. is nota real-estate owner or he certainly would not be so lenient in his remarks. 1 think bad he lived in some parts of Europe he would find the law in:regard to such matters far more arbi- trary than itis in thiscountry. A person there bas to ‘pay his rent promptly or else sutfer the consequences; whereas in our growing city there is no luw to protect a landlord. 1 bave tad ten- ants in some of my houses who have lived for months without, paying any rent, and on being offered the forgiveness of the back rentif they would go out quietly, have said they would not move until they got ready. Now, taxes bave-to ‘be paid and houses kept in repair, and it seems hard there is no protection for the landlord. : J. H. WILSON. A Hint to Carpenter. "o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Curcaco, Dec. 29.—When the Central Music- ali was opened our citizens were led to believe that we were to have one place at least free from the itinerant montebank’sinvasion. Weare doomed to disappointment. Mr. Carpenter has permitted the performance of partially-trained horses on the stage of Central Music-Hall. The exhibition of these animals under a canvas on + tion of with the above-named li- 4. the Lake-Front with a bursted base-drum and a squeaking clarionct would have been proper enovgh, but goadness: ‘gracious, how dp songs nd sawdust mix? Just think of Prot. Bwing’s flowery sermon next. Sunday morning snd tbe auditorium filled with tke ators of-horses! If the capitalists who have furnished our city with the mugnificont Music-Hall deatre to sce the reputae thelr edifice maintained, don’t lot it cut foracireus. Mr. Carpenter, you bave stepped over the mark. MENCHANT. Is it So? To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Crrcaco, Dee. 31.—Is it so that the last report of the Chicago Aid and Relief Society to tho Common Couneil shows that for the expenditure of £24,000 in sweet charity’s cause the cost was over $8,000, to say nothing of house-rent free and tho incomes for rent of sume, Who gets the -$8.000, and what do they get it for out of the money contributed for the relict of the suf- ferers by tbe Chicago fire? Let. some one answer, : CHALITY. The facts ate that out of 9,000 applications to ae ‘Society for reltef-about 6,000) were rejected, the applicunts being ‘unworthy... It was in ascer~ ining the facts in ench cnse that tho $8,000 of which “Charity” speaks was expended. certainly. better that, $8,000 should be used in this manner, even if $24,000 is the amount given for relief, than that a lot of frauds should sub- sist on charity to which they have’ not the slightest claim.] e A Meteor. : To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, OAK-GL¥N, IIl., Dec. 28.-I am reminded to-. night of an almost forgotten promise to report for the benefit of your readers the appearance of a very beautifui meteor in broad daylight. ‘On the J8th or last month I chanced to be standing near a south window nbout 4:50 p. m. (ten or fifteen minutes before sunset), at Oak Glen, seventeen miles north of Chicago, on the Milwaukee & St. Paul Kailroad. ‘The weather was very cold, the mercu! hav- the sky per- ing fullen 5 or 6 degeees below zero, fectly clear and cloudless, ‘and the sun shining brightly, when an intensely brilliant meteor ap- pertred in tho sky, and, slowly,groving throw ee heavens in an easterly diréotfen, seemed ‘to falt only a few rods distant. 1 The beautiful stranger differed from any oth- er nicteor, which I have soon in several respects. Tt was larger, being eighteen or twenty inches in length, as large at one end as a large ball, and taporing toa point. In color it was as. brilliant ag ull the colors of the rainbow. intensified could jnake it, and, lastly, it moved very slowly. ‘The phenomenon was alsoscen from the depot, about a quarter of a mile distant, by Mr. G. D. Bryant, the telegraph operator, and, so far as I have been able to learn, by no other persons. Ty J. Kim be. Virtue Rewarded. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Ca6Aco, Dec. 30.—A8 1 was returning home in acrowded street-car laden with tired mortals lust evening I witnessed a Ittle incident which was quite sulficiont to restore one’s drooping faith in the gencrosity of human nature. & handsome, richly-dressed Indy entered the car cand took her place in the standing crowd, and,” in searching for her fare, dropped a $5 DIL. In that dense crowd to look for itwas attended with as much ‘difficulty as to look for the tradi- tional needle, and the lady was in great distress. ‘Alittle girl, pluinly but neatly attired, and with apair of very bright eyes, stonped down and searched long and patiently in the tangled hay, and. when it seemed » forlorn bope, triumph- antly handed the bill to the lady. She thanked ker very kindly, then, considering a moment, handed the chitd a large box which she held in her hands, anid which she said contained fine candy, but which may have contained some- thing ‘more valuable, The mother of the girl remonstrated mildly, but the child receive it with a beaming yet ‘modest reluctance. Both were ,happy,—the child because she had been theerfully helpful to another, not expecting any reward; the ludy because she bad appreciated and recomipens¢d that willingness. i If she hud passed it uy unheeded, the girl at the next recurrence of a like circumstance might baye remained unmoved, thinking that people might hetp themselves. ‘It is by recog” nizing these little deeds of kindness that their recurrence may be multiplied. M. ES Colored Children in Schools. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. by KEWANEE, lll., Dec. 30.—I have misiaid THE 'pRrnUNE containing a copy of the Burnside Ed- ucational bill, so that I cannot say now whether it embraced some much-needed safeguards. T would propose two provisos of the following substance if they are not already tn the bill: Provided, That no State shall be entitled to any part of said moneys in which séctarian, schools or colleges are aided or supported with moneys derived from taxation or from any other public fund; nor shall any State receiving any Of sald moneys expend auiy part thereof in aid orsupport of secteriin schools or colleges; nor. shuil any State in which colored children aro de- nied equal privileges. with white children in schools or colleges aided or supported in whole or in part by taxes or other public funds be.cn- titled to receive any of suid moneys.’ + Since the Constitution of Illinois has wisely adopted the anti-sectarian principle in schools supported by public moneys, and since the Re- publican party has approved of Gen. Grant's expression of the same idea at Des Moines. there ought to be n0 objection to embodying it in the Burnside bill. Aud ns to the, exclusion of col- ored children from the benefit of public schools, he must be a very “Stalwart” Ropublican who could give public moncys of the Nation to States which do them s0 great a wrong. It may be possible that it would be better for the present jn some sections that they be educuted apart from tho white children, but their privilerus should be equal to those of the white pupils. In general, bowever, I think there should be no separate schools. Will Tne TRmUNE give its views on these questions? Levi Nogru. Some Mistakes Corrected. T the Editor of ‘The Chicago Tribune, Cicaao, Dee. 31.—Your Boston correspondent in an article on “ Life-Insurance,” published in your issue of this morning; makes some very startling suggestions as to the dire effects likely to follow the enforcement of the Massachusetts law of 1890, imposing a tax of one-half of 1 per cent upon the reserves on policies held in that State. Let us 8ee what foundation If any there isfor his gloomy forebodings. The Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts in bis report for 1880 estimates the. umount ofthis tax at $100,000, to be paid by all the companies having business in that State. These companies own assets amounting to over $40,000,000, and have a net surplus of over $43.000,000.. This tax then will Dear on the compunies in the ratio of $1 to euch $4,000 of assets, or $1to exch $430 of net surplus. There is certainly nothing in these tigures yo indicate to a healthy imagination .the em- barrassment of ‘the companies, much less the closing of their doors. But, the public are in- forined further that the dividends ot the policy- holders are to be reduced 15 per cent. The totul dividends paid by companies doing business in Massachusetts in 1879, amounted to nearly $14,000,000. ‘The tax of $100,000 instead of reduc- ing dividends 15 per cent will affect them about seven-teuths of 1 per.ecnt. It seems quite -elear that the effect of the uct, farfrom bemg } ‘nn occasion for alarm, will hardly be percept- ible on the dividends to policy-holders, and can have no possible infiuence upon the solvency or the companies. 5 ‘The tux when compared with that imposed by tho laws of a number of other States Is quite a. trivial atfuir, and while the tendency of iegisia-~ tion is undeniably in the disection of ill-advised and unjust taxation of life insurance interests, still the case is hardly as desperate as sour correspondent would have us believe. C; B.C. -A Sensible Editorial. To the Editor of ‘The Chicago Tribune. Carcaco, Dec. 29.—A short’ time since THE Tarpuxe had a very sensible editorial recarding probibitory liquor laws, whieh I think retlected the. sentiment of most people. It is a well-es- tablished fact that the unattainable is the most desirable. When the law assumes to prescribe under what condition it is proper to drink liquor, immediately an unusual desire is created to imbibe in strong beverages. This-I have seen. vividly illustrated in districts where the liquor law prevailed. There are other methods that can be applied which would be found to be more salutary in combating the great vice of intemperance—the most potent agent of His Satanic Majesty—than the most stringent pro- hibitory law.. Were there no spirituous liquors distilled none would be aispensed over bars. But if such establishments must exist ‘the law should impose upon them so heavy # tax that an advance of at lesst 300 per cent on all sales would be. demanded. ‘This would be one material blow at the small dealers, as it would of course lessen in the. same ratio their profits, Itisa well-known fact that an enor- jmous prott is mado in the retail liquor business, At the present time in our city about $50 will sutisty the demands fora saloon license, and any person 60 inclined, possessed of a couple’of bundred doliars;can readily open a grog-shop. ‘This deplorable fact is dé thoroughly estublished in our city that it requires no comment. « Now, I am one-who believes that a saloon can be con- ducted on a really respectable basis, provided the proprietor be of a respectable and consider- ate disposition. But, unfortunetely, the great majority of those en; in this calling-are persons of dissolute habits, completely devoid ‘of every principle of manhood, and are most at home when in company with thugs, corner loaf- ers, and broken-down , politicians. Satoonkee; -ers of this aeseription not only bring discredit upon the more respectable deulers, who cater to the better cinss of patronage. but are truly chargeable for most of the crime and misery so prevalent -in this’ community. Nine- tenths of the deadly assaults with pistol and knife that disgrace our city, either take place in these low groggeries or they are the Im~ mediate result of quarrels originating in them ‘and culminating elsewhere. A man, alread, drunk, entering a saloon or “place” of.this character is received with as much complacency ag though he. was strictly sober; and as tong a3 his money lasts the obliging saloonkeeper deals out bis poisonous concoction called whisky un- til the man, no longer able to maintain an“ up- |.“*honest miners” 3] right position, is dragged to the door and thrown out upon the sidewalk, and trom theace, most likely, is conveyed to the police station. Now. the only effectial means that can be adopted to rid the city of many -hundreds of abominable ruin-shops ig to inereuse saloon Heense wo £560. The City Futhors have the power to do this. They should not hesitntc. Every good citizen will thank them, and the silent and heartfelt prayers of countless familics, rendered desolate ‘ram the curse’ of intemperance, will descend upon them and biess'them for all Hine.. EM ‘The Smoke Nulsance. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cnicaqo, Dec: 2%.—Certainly none of the City Council who voted against the ordinance to , suppress the’smoke nuisance can ve anywhere near the County Hospital. If so they must havo. ilttle or no conscience. Of ail the abominations one bas to put up with In Chicago, this durk and blackening one that proceeds daily from the chimaey of the County Hospital is the greatest. Poor sewerage is nothing to it, because one can move dway to where tho sewerage fs better, but bere in moving it. may be (exense the term) from tho frying-pun into the tlre— going fur- ther and faring worse.” ‘The sinoke, ns it pours out in dense blick yolumes, completely en- yeloping the surrounding buildings, as it were, ina pall, seems to get denser and denser every day. Surely the men baving the Interest of those who fre obliged to xo to the Hospital at heart, and knowing how many in this ‘iustiture are sutfering trom diseases of the Jungs, should be the first to. nbute. this nuisance. Many there have to-. thank impure air (in diferent forms) for -the. pain they fourly endure. They.- have lived in badly- ventilated rooms, where pureness of atmosphere is the leust-thougbt-of thing as conducive +o heulth, and on leuying these rooms somo ot thom five for twelve hours of the duyin sir which is little less thun pofson, polluted as it is by smoke. How much more difficult it is to breathe in the city than in the country, and this ina great measure is owing to the heaviness of theair. I belleve there is uot in Chicago a chimney that emits stich foul clouds of smoke as does the one in question. From some sticks it comes ont white in comparison with this one, Porhaps this is on account of the poorness of the cout: ‘Tho county fs not noted for turnish- ing 2 very ood article to those who have to do pend on its churities for warmth, nlthough it often prys for the best and obtains the poorest. St. Louis suys that js how they manage things in Chicngo. Does not St. Louis speak bay i if Barrett, Hildreth, Imhoff, or a few other Alder- men who voted’ against doing away with this nnigance, would come and live in tho vielnity of Harrison'and Honoré streets for a few duys only ifecl sure they would in that short thnc have have hid suck udose of smoke that they will forever ufter hold their peace aguinst not abat- ing it, and loudly raise their voice in a ery for at least ‘ziving us who live in this neighborhood a little pure alr unfilled with black articles vulyar- ly called smuts. . Mrs. B. Suita. + The Good, Honest Miner. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cnicaco. Dee. 31.—In your to-day’s issue I notice a letter from an “ honest miner,” signing his namo E. P. Steyens, Postmaster, Irwin, Gun- nizon County, Colorado, who says he bas no “qx to grind,” yet grinds oneat your and the expense of the public in a way too “ thinto wash.” “IN health” may have taken Mr.S. to the mountains of- Colorado; yet ono can ensily see that he has‘hiseyc'on tho niain chance all the same, and to further his own interest ho aceks to damage that df others. In referring to “a firm” in this elty Wvho be says has stocked a amine for $1,000,000 that only bas a “ twenty-tive foot shaft,” while he, geod, “ honest miner,” who ig in Colorado “ only for his health” and to hold 2 Government office, is willing to sell of his “ thirteen clainis,”, either one, for $10,000. ‘Mr. S. guys that be nastived “ thirteen yearsia Chicago,” und that;he * knows how those mining: and real estate .swindles are manipulated,” which is a self-evident;fact to nay one who has rend his letter. Iam ‘astonished that Mr. S. did not say that his “thirteen mines” were the only mines in all Gunnison County, Colorado, worth jowalny: Perbups he did and it was stricken out y you. eu ‘ 3 ‘The firm” offering the $1,000,000 stock is no doubt selling the $10 “shares at five cents each, and if they sell one-half of the shares at this price they will be ‘getting much Jess than $5.000 for the hulf of theininc, which $5,000. no doubt Will be expended:in developing the mine, and which may make it. worth 36,000,000 to. the owners of the half, sold. While this is the case with the “tirm,” the , “honest ininer” who went to Coloradg and who is up to all the swindling devices, practiced by Chicago sharps, wants to Sell his mine out and out for $10,000, and the phool that buys muy sins, priv, or sweat and swear, #5 ‘no few of our peopl are at this time, from busing $10,000 pinparsics from ood, “honest minera,” who originally went.west © for their health, =: ° pi My business brings me more in contact with Western miners and mine operators than per- haps any one oth¥riiman in this city, and my experience with item teaches me that the people of the: Eashihave been swindled out of S10 trom bnying;inos out and out, from y ho. ‘only went West for their théy have -lost ten cents ‘from the issue of companics ‘health, ‘where buying mining stocks, composed of honest and competent men. v= ‘The public should:not be decetved im this mat- ter. Just at this tie there is an effort-boing made on the part of; apowerful combination.of men, in the West, ag well 28 in this city and the East, to bear and otherwise run down alt nin- jug stocks, There in class of brokers«wacare employed by this ritig—to manipulate the press, and thus form public opinion ngainst all mining Stock and stock corporations, in their own in- terest. ane : + fae TRIBUNE, by publishing a letter from me last April, and another frommits own special cor- respondent in’ Lemtville a few weoks ‘nfter- wards, confirming fill tbat [hud previously said relative to the Little Pittsburgh “ swindling job,” savedthousanis of dollars to its readers; ‘and if your paren wil now uguin protect its readers by allowing some one who is posted to expose the gune 6! villainy. the bear brokers are now up to, it.will be be doing the right thing. a Some days ago You published Gath’s letter about the mining interest, and it is safe tosay that every intelligent render of your paper sets Guth down as being poth’an-all-fool lar and knave. Gy ‘A syndicate has been formed in an Eastern city for the sole purpose of depressing mining stocks, just as one was formed in 1874 to depress railroad stocks, and asthe “honest jGranger wag then hoodwinked, fooled, and ‘bumboozied and-bribed in that syndicate’s interest, 89 ig the good “honest miner” und the. press eajoled into shouts and cries.against mining stocks to- day. More Anon. ., : ‘THEO, NOEL. AN OLD STORY. For The, Chicago Tribune. Quoth Adam untoEveoneday, * . “My love, { now must Ko away Some seeds to sow, Because the proper time of year ‘For making gaurden-heds Is here, And I must go. He kissed his wife, I have no doubt, Though commentators leave that cut— Phen turned awny; While Eve her simple toilet made— ‘Then, resting in.the pleasant shade, ‘She spent the day. : “Tis snid that Satan always finds For idle hands and icle minds Some work to do:~ it may be so; at any rate, " Before the afternoon grew late Sho weary grew. Sho wished that adam would come home, Or that some other friend could come ‘To pass an, hour; 6 4 She wished the garden-beds were made; - She wished less heavy was the shade Within her bower. 1 ‘Just then thore fell upon her ear ‘The sound of footsteps drawing near. She rained ber eyes, And saw the haudsomest of men, Who stood and gazed upon her then ‘With pleused surprise. - . He sat beside her on the grass, ‘And helped an hour to swiftly pass ‘With pleasing word. He told her she was very fair, ‘And tempted more thau she could bear— Or so.l’ve heard. i Ido not know just what she did, Because, like other things, "tis bid; - ButthisIsay: = : ‘That, whon the dry-goods bills come in, I wish that she some other sin Hud done that day. + JACQUITA. —_— ‘A Christmas Plum-Pndding Episode. Ditrott Free Preas. On Christmas-Day a well-known Fifth Ward resident bad “a genuine old English plam-pud- ding” for dinner. He said, in relating his expe-. riences with that’ substantial luxury, tbat he had for years beard the most extravayant praises of the article; had read mouth-watermg de- scriptions of icin the books of that muster of dinners on paper, Charles Dickens; and bad bad the thing dinned into his ears so frequently. and persistently that he resolved to test the virtues of tho pudding on -bis own Christmas dinner- ‘He bas an English cook, who, when asked if ghe-could prepare’ plum-pudding. looked at - him reproachfully, and in a gush of tears that a ere question of her accomplishments could e raised, declired that she. could double-dis- count Queen Victoria in that particular. “All right, go ahead,” was the response, “and mind, now, give us the best brandy sauce with it : teoate right yourself; bikin do it to the Queen's ste." ‘The pudding camio on the table in duo time, presenting a most. luscious: and tempting up- pearance. e host, witha sly smack of ps, served his guests and then himself, each with a most generous sifce and a Mberal supply of brandy-sauce.’ He took a preliminary taste, shuddered a littie at something he did not quite understand, but, having had no previous ex- perience. with plum-pudding and brandy-sauce, thought it was the wiser plan to say nothing of the ghastly suspicion which was nly taking form in his mind. He looked furtively at each of bis guests in turn, but thoy were all appar- ently in a condition ‘of heroic self-control and guve no outward sign that:there was mything wrong with the pudding. ares were doubtless governed by the sime spirit of high-vreeding that induced 2 ludy of the Engiish nobility ont _certnin ocgasinn to drink out of her tinger-bowl, Decauso onc of her guests, who happened to be uneducated in tuble-etiquet, mistook hers for a new-fangled water-oblet.) However, _ the agitated and wondering bost said nothing of bis suspicions; but, when they had all quitted the table, he suuntered into the kitchen: with well- assumed unconcern, Ho looked at a particulur shelf. His brandy-bottle had not been touched, but a fiask-or Aromatic Schiedam Schoupps. which he had taken home the. day before, had |. disappeared. ‘he mystery was solved. Turning, be en~ countered the cook. ‘There was distraction in her aspect. She knew from her entployer’s face that something had gone amiss with cherished ‘plum-pudding. " Like the yhost of Denmark's King. who died of juice of cursed bebenon ina phial, the master*jooked more in sorrow than in anger us he asked: ** Madam. do you think gin-cocktail o proper sauce for En- glish plum-pudding?” 2 THE NATIONAL BOUQUET, FACTORY, Squandering Congressmen—The Nose gay Department. ¥ Washington Republican, Dec. 30. The Le Fevre Committee pursued its -in- quiry into the workings of the Botanical Garden to-day, and sneceeded in extracting quite a lot of very valuable information, much of which will be in the nature of news to the majority of Congressmen and the country at large. The salient point brought out yesterday was the sImostabsolute power placed in the hands of the sagacious Superin- tendeut by his sapient supervisors, the mem- bers of the Joint Library Committee of Con- gress, ‘fhe anomaly of vesting the control of a flower-garden in the hands ofa com- mittee of Congress was discussed by the chief witness, Mr. Ainsworth W. Spofford, Librarian of Congress, who, in this asin other matters pertaining to the bouquet fnc- tory, was decidedlyclear and pointed in his observations. Mr. Spofford stated that he was the recorder of the accounts of the gar- den, which came to him for record atfer they had been submitted by Sinith and approved by the Chairman of tne Library Committee. Except in the case-of fuel, to which there was usually attached a certificate of weight, there. was nothing in the nature of a certificate or voucher secompany- ing the bills for labor, stock, repairs, etc., but the simple statement of the Super- intendent. ‘The Botanical Garden was not created by any specific act of Congress, but had from a very small beginning grown by accretion to its present dimensions, Like all Government institutions of like character, it had developed x desire for expansion, an the result was a constant demand for’ in- creased appropriations. Since his connec- tion with the garden the annual appropria- tions for labor had, for instance, increased from $3,000 to $5,000. ‘The extensions and improvements, purchases and exchanges, are made at the direction of Mr. Smith, who had, in the -exercise of this power, made one or two trips to Europe for the purpose of mnk- ing exchanges, etc. It came out in the ex- aulination that the big’ fountain -in> the grounds had been purchased at: Smith’s so- licitation, and placed where it stands at’ his suggestion, without any. particular author- ity from anybody,—the only law on the sub-” feet being tite item in the Appropriation bill nserted at the instance ot Senator Morrill, then Chairman .of the Library Committee, providing money for its purchase. .W hen ed the probable’ value of the plants fur- nished for the public grounds by the Botan- jeal Garden, Mr. Spotford replied that hehad yet to learn that ft was the object ot the in- Stitution to furnish plants for the public grounds. ‘The chief object of the parden, a5 now adiministered,was to furnish bouquets to members of Congress to their families, By request, Mr. Spofford went over ‘the jtems in the various bills presented by the Superintendent for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880; and some very interesting com- parisons and deduetions were made by the meinbers. ; Mr. Smith, it will'be remembered, when on the stand, testified that he contract. ed with himself for the use of one.cart and horse—exelusive of the driver, who was down . on the regular pay-rolls_at 75 cenis per day— at the rate of $1.25 per day; and that, some- times he was compelled by press of work to contract with Smith for the use, of another ‘eart and horse at the same rate, ‘Fhe bills pre- sented by Mr. Spofford showed that the press of work for the past, year had driven fr, ‘Sniith inte contract with the Superintendent for the- continuous use of two horses and carts for the entire year. And Mr. Spofford added that these bills for two horses and two carts had been coming in regularly ever since he had charge of the accounts; adding the rather startling statement that Mr. Smith had during the past twelve years drawn upward of $12,000 for horse‘and cart hire. When the fact that 1 good horse and cart can be pur- chased for $125 is-taken into consideration, the profits realized by the Superintendent in his transportation transaction with himself can be readily estimated. ‘Mr. Spoftord was. then asked by the Chair- man to make any suggestion. eoncerning the ‘inanagement of ,the. public gardens of the eity that, might occur to him. In response, Br. Spofford said: “TI have been always of the opition that all botanical speclinens, flowers, stirubs, collections, and establish- ments for the increase of botanical knowl edge, for the development of rare plants, or for. the distribution of seeds and cuttings, and botanical specimens for theadvancement of science, should be under one responsible head, just as ‘all libraries belonging to the Government should be.” Mr. Le Fevre—* State the reasons for your opinion.” ‘Mr. Spofford—‘On the ground of , public econonty,, in order to avoid duplication of the same objects in the same city, and also in order to make the best possible display for “esthetic purposes, and for the presentacion of scientific results. In illustration of my idea Twill say this: In London they have at Kew Garden 8 government establishment which does fulfili on a large and comprehensive scale all the requiremenis for botanical edu- cation, and for the diffusion of the knowl- edge of that science, not only to Members of Parliament and residents of London, but. to scholars aud other visitors from all parts of the globe: Kew Gardens under one com- prehensive | management—that of 8 most. eminent botanist that Great Britain has, Sir -W. _J.._ Hooker —have beconie .world-famous. They oc- cupy twenty-five acres, five miles from the heart of London, and. a c literally crammed with magnificent trees, beautiful flowering shrubs, and’ flowers, gathered from every clime. ‘They contain half-a-dozen hot-houses und green-houses, full of the rarest exotic plants, I should think it would be about as wise for members of Congress to have the potanical garden in this city managed in the manner that it hasbeen managed for the last sixteen years,—since I have been in Wash- ington. It is always dificult to effect any- thing like reform, but it seems to me clear (and I have expressed that opinion to the successive Chairmen of the-Library Commit- tees) not only that'there is no-connection be- tween this nosegay establishment down there and the Library of Congress, and that its ac- counts should be kept elsewhere, but also that the Chairmen of the Library Committees shoufd.be relicved from the extreme annoy- ‘ance and consumption of their time in dis- tributing the bouquets and other privileges of the Botanica! Garden. I think that states- men are sent to Washington for some other purpose than peddling bouquets. With the interest of. 2 great Nation, the richestand the most populous on. the facé of the Earth, in the exclusive hands of Congress (for there is, no other authority responsible for the laws), itis high time that members should be re- lieved from such a useless and annoying -oc- eupation.” ——— London Fogs. Chambers’ Journal. Fifty years ago, when-we first became ac- quainted. with them. London fozs were -bad enough; but they were ona comparatively iim- ited scale. They have since attained marvel- ously rand dimensions and intensity, according to the increase of houses and population. what swe ordinarily call London, butts more ee styled the Motropolis, bas spread-and spread till itcovers a space of about Lv square miles. In the winter mopths every house has a coal fire, some of them two, three, or four, and there are numerous-manufactories and pubile works with furnaces and.tall chimneys, all of which less or. more emit quantities of smoke., This smoke permantent plans. i mingles with what fog there happens to be, and produces. a curious mixture, that, is now only beginning to ve rightly understood. Like every other mist, the fog which rises and {5 wafted along the valley of the Thames is composed of small particles of water, that ought property, to be dissipated by the Sun'’s-heut. Only with difficulty is-the sun able to unde: e the duty. The smoke poured out from bundreds of thousands of chimneys does not merely mix with the log. It coats gach watery particle: with # tarry, oily flim, civing it an unnatural’ character, and preserving it, 80. to. speak, from immediate dispersion. ' A genuine Lendon fox, therefore, is something more than a fog. It is 2 prodigiously large volume of mist, heid in a kind of: thralldom . by. oleasinous - in: redients floated from the tops of chimneys, ben we say vleaginous, we, for convenience, take the read{est word fo express a cundition that would involve some chemical explanations, which need not be gone into. Everyone will understand that the smoke from the. coal fires somehow unites inextricably with the particles of mist, and keeps the whole thing bovering ina dense cloud over the metropolis. Not only so... The dingy cloud. darkens. and pollutes the air, tills the streets, and to 1 certain extent the houses and Jungs of the Inhabitants. On such occasions the darkness even at noon is so great that dwellings and places of business have to be lit with gas as at night. . Asthe London gas ismore remarkable for its volume than its purity, it aids jf deteriorating the atmosphere during fogs, already sufficiently tainted with the ex- halations of domestic sewage. Attimes It is as difficult to get a breath of fresh air a3 it isto procure a good drink of palatable water, —_——<—$—————— THE LIVING OBELISK. Strange News Comes from Hartford in Regard to “ Mark Twain's ? Sanity. Correspondence New York Sun. Hantrorn, Dec. %6,—Under ordinary eir- cumstances it would no doubt be judiciousto withhold from. the public the information which Iam about to communicate. But as exaggerated accounts of Mr. Mark Twain’s present condition are already in circulation here in town, and these false reports are. likely, sooner or later, to reach the ears of the humorist’s frends in other parts of the country, causing them greater solicitude than the true facts warrant, it seems best to pub- lish an accurate and authentic statement of the case. ot Tt is well known that Mr. Clemens is sub- ject to protracted spells of profound melan- choly, usually culminating in hallucinations of the most bizazre character. After one-of these-attacks he was seized with a sudden and unaccountable but intense hatred for a bust of Cajvin, presented to Mrs. Clemens on her wedding day by her uncle, a -clergyman. Mark Twain fancied that this harmless image ineant to do him evil, and, after heaping con- tuinely on his foe by disfiguring the plaster face with inked mustachios and a goatee, he at last put an end to the imaginary feud and to the bust by demolishing it with 1 poker. At another time Twain belleved himself to be the real editor.of Gen. Joe Hawley’s newspa- per, the Courant, and-his illusion led to sume complications thet would have been amusing if they had not been serious. Again, itis said, he tried to take up a collection along the middle aisle of the Kev. Joe ‘Twitchell’s church, at the nioment fancying himselfa_ deacon. By similar illusions he has been led at times to attempt an active part in politics. Althougltaware that‘ever since his speech: at the Grant reception Mr, Clemens has been suffering from melancholia, I did: not know until this morning what form the attack had taken. Iinet Mr. J—, acommon friend of E ‘and Clemens, in front of the’ Post- Office. “Have you been up to Twain's Tately?” he asked, “No,” said L “Is any- thing the matter?” “Well, you: had better go up and sce,” he replied, with a significant motion of his right forefinger. So I proceedec through the damp,. chilly air and slushy mud of Christmas morning to Twain’s bright red mansion and rang the ‘b ‘as Mr.-Clemens at home? No, not exactly. That was to say, he wasn’t in the hous¢; I might find hin yonder in the north yard, behind the barn. “I turned up the bottoms of: my trousers, and trudged through the mud and snow to the place indi- | cated by the domestic. There I- discovered the humorist, standing onanempty dry-goods box. His posture was very erect. His arms were tizhtly pressed against his sides. He wore along ulster, reaching to his ankles and on his head a high peaked hat, procure durmg his travels in the Tyrol. His face was solemn. “Hello, Mark,” falc. I; ‘* what are you do- ing on that box? Merry Christmas!” fe stifly inclined his head. “Didn’t you know,” he demanded, in slow, grave tones, “that 1 antedate the Christian era by many centuries? “What in thunder do you mean by talking Christmas in my presence 2” “Come, come,” said J, “no joking. Get down off the box, and goin where it’s warm.” | “If you refer to the pedestal,” he replied, “Teau’t get down unless 1’m lowered. d as to the temperature, it has little effect on a monolith, seasoned as I am seasoned.” “You look like a monolith,” I admitted, “‘in that ulster and that hat.” : “You really think so?” he eagerly asked. His. features ‘relaxed. into an expression something like complacency, .and -he sat down upon: the edge of the bax, and-began to drum-against the side with hisheels. “You really believe'I am the genuine,:only,-“ori, nabobelisk 2”... . “Obelisk?” said I. “1 saw the obelisk day before yesterday in New York. They*ve got it as far‘as the trestlework. You're a. humorist, notan obelisk.” ‘Mark Twain immediately. ascended the boxagain, while his features once more'as- suined their stony Iook. ‘You jiave been imposed upon,” he remarked, with great,dig- nity, “That thing in New York. is bogus. Itisu practical joke of.Gorringe’s. Itis a Cardiff giant ‘of “an obelisk, 2 composit plas- ter fraud concocted on the voyage over, and palmed off or. an unsuspectme community. 'Yhe real obelisk-was shipped to Hartford by freight No. 27, New_York, . New Haven & Hartford Railrad. -You behold it-at this identical moment.” 7 I took off my.hat. This seemed to please him a goed deal. PAS : “Excuse me,” he went on, “if lam a trifle tonchy on the subject. Every monolith is naturally sensitive when his authenticity is called in question, Dow’t, Tappear stiff and hard enough to satisfy the most skeptieal!? “You look stitf and hard enough,” said J, ‘but where are your_hieroglyphics! ‘That's the test of a true obeli: the hieroglyphies.”” ‘“ Just what I expected,” he returned, with some show'of feeling. ‘There don’t appear to be any hieroglyphies, perhaps you think. Singular, but Pd noticed the fact myself. D—n those. hieroglyphics!’ he continued, getting excited. “I don’t know what to jnake of it. Sometimes I think Gorringe took em and plastered ’ems onto his sham shaft, Then I think Marshall Jewel’s stolen ’em for a telegraphic cipher, Then again I.surmise that they’ve merély struck in, and will blos- som out again as soon as L’ve got acclimated, But you'll allow. that it’s putting a respecta- ble antiquity at a disadvantage to steal his hierogiypiiles. Any ean came along and re Where the d—Iare say, * your-hieroglyphics ””” T turned sadly away from this example of self deception. I knew it was no use to rea- son with him. Happily, these attacks no not inet asa rule, more than tey days ora fort- night, and the friends of* theclever humorist have no cause for serious anxiety on his part. Sart” CHICAGO FOUR PER CENT LOAN. ‘A Deiense of Gurney’s Funding Opera- tions. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Curcaco, Dec. 31.—No_ one will deny the truthfulness of the old adage: It is a dirty bird that fouls its own nest.” This is true religiously, socially, civilly, and politically.; . : ‘When -we find aman casting aspersions upon those of his own- household, ‘pe it of his cnurch, of his family, of his city, or of hig party, it behooves us tolisten suspiciously to his words of derogation, and to find’ out -where the shoe pinches him, and whether ie’ has not some personal grudge to feed fat. Generally speaking, you gentlemen of the press are loyal to your party, end if an indi- vidual within tke pale of either: political or- ganization accomphshes anything worthy of ‘praise you give it and laud the party for hav- ing so good a member, and you argue. that it is characteristic of that particular branch of | the Luman -family. to do just such good, things. 5 : It is true, that if that'partieular individual should happen toleave that particular party, and do «that particular. thing after he had joined another particular party, that particn- lar thing would become a particularly dark deed in the eyes of the particular party from, which he had taken his departure.: But itisusual for a man not to be de- nounced by his own political school for good deeds, which, all commending, may fairly be claimed by nfs own organization as redound- td its special credit. Ve are now under a City Government elected in the main by tho Democratic party. ‘Mr. Mayor Harrison, no matter what some of us may think of.certain phases of his temper- amentor organization, is beyond attestion a ntleman, and a scholar, and. has done well fs Mayor ofthe city. We imuSt conceile that he has. called about. him excellent aids and advisers. No one who. has, anything to. do with either,the Department of Public Works, or of ‘the Controllership can deny that there is a system and 2 personal supervision which as not characterized. these bureaus here- tofore.. g : If this isa Democratic. City Government I have failed..to find anything like .. mere politics in my intercourse with the otlicials. ‘There certainly has been a, rising ur tu the dignity of the occasion,- and to ami the demands of the growth of Our ae oe the proportion py Asminisioaliny te third in. size in the United States—whit ve ; fore this not wittessed F SETS AVE Dee I give no credit to the Democratic party for’ this. 1 give the meed of praise wholis to et individuals occupying the chairs. Ido not deny that possibly as good ‘men could be found in the Kepublican ranks. No political party has all the good, as itis true that no political party has all the bad men in it, Perhaps it isa pity that this is true. Per- hays it would be well if all the bad men were in one flock and ‘all the good in the other (provided the latter were in the majority); for then we would have a political millen: nium, and you—politieal editors—would have something else to do than to abuse the cand lates of Sour gppactne party. tuceess to the City of Cl hicago is far ab. all gratification of party zeal ‘or pride. an administration of the affairs of such a grow- ing commercial and financial metropolis a3 Chieago, which is adequate to, and commen- surate with, the foundation which should be laid. for- its future, is so desirable that, no matter what may be the party or political views of the persons conducting that admin- after ‘He -had~shown them how istration, those persons should be com - ed, and at least the heads of the parent ka retained in place. ‘This is desirable civil Or co in position tak ¢ course, men in position taking grou against, extravagance and pilferieew al e ways, at first, find those whose raids upon the treasury have been stopped ready to ex- cite ill-feelings towards the preventors of their wrong-doings. Private contractors, jobbers in the patronage of the municipality, lobbyists, and sehemers wi Hvent their spleen against heads of departments when thos ners Waller b act at first his full sha a r. Waller had at first his full share of thi abuse, His persistent and consistent one in right has shown the futility of these out- cries, and they seem to have ceased. Our triend, Controller Gurney, who has shown his utter unfitness for anything like ‘mere political jobbery or planning, has now, for some inscrutable reason, incurred the ill- will of some. pen on the Chicago Tines, | which, dipped in vinegar, is trying to distort the wonderful success of the late + per cent toan into the appearance of a failure. ‘Why, bless your heart, Gurney knows noth- ing but bookkeeping, business-system finan- ceering, and attending tothe duties ‘of his osition. But he knows these from Alpha to inerca. ms Now, in the: first place. all will, concede that, untried, it was 2 bold experiment tc yenture the placing of a popular loan herein Chicago. Just think, a popular loan of nearly $1,000, 000 at 4 per cent—without a-syndicate to take ity sell what they could and return. what they.did not sell; retaining the percentage on what they sold, guaranteeing nothing— has proved! a success. Z = Suppose it had failed. who would have been blamed? Who would Imve proven him self a failure ? Tf, then, it has succeeded, who has proven himself a succes ? Notone of the banks stepped forward to take the loan, or any part of it. The money brokers convened, anu the result of their de liberations was not to touch it, Full notice was given and no indication of a rush was evinced. Failure would have secured what tite capitalists wanted—namely: an advertise. ment. for bids or proposals, and concert of ‘action would have made 9 per cent a max, imum bid or offer; and then Chicago would have’been below: par, * ‘Whera is she now in financial credit? Her own people have taken the bonds at par, and are erying.for more. The American Ex. changé Bank of New York by her President says, in writing to a citizen-of Chicago:_ Aceept my cordial congratulations upon the high appreciation in which your city, bonds are -held. It {g_gratifying to perceive the vaine of past experience in giving renewed confidence in _your credit at home and abroad. Nothing could be better in public estimanon. Yours truly, Gro. 8. Cor, President. And yet, forsooth, after the risk has been run, the experiment has succeeded, the wise- aere of the Times is trying to detract-from the credit. due the Controller because that the holders ‘and ‘not the city ay rofit by the contidence which he has establishéd in fhe role bonds. p . Lhe United States Government pays a per centage to have er-4 per cents sold, She ‘does not, she cannot, participate in the ad- vantage of the rise after they resol. =) . Perhaps the man of Times has not heard of. the lamentations of the Dutchman over the fact that his foresight was not as good as his hindsight; moreelegantly stated, that his prospective vision was not as clear a8 his retrospective. The story of Columbus, ‘the egg, and the wonderfully wise spectators to-make it the gentic— “stand on end, is° commended: to man-of the Times. . 2 - And this brings me to the opening: sentence try to. foul its own of this communication. 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