Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1881, Page 4

FEBRUARY 28, 1881, @he Trilmme, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY MAIL—IN ADVANC Inily edition, ono vear. Pactnof apT, R Twenty-on « Epecimen coples rent feee. Givo Post-Uflics address in full, incinding County end Stato, Itemittances may be mada eithar by denft, exprosy, Tost-Oflice orar, or I ruulatered lettor, atoue risk, TO CITY BUDBSCHIN Dally, dotivored, Sunday excopted. 23 cents por waok. Tatly,delivored, Bundny included, Address FHE TIRIBLNE Comer Madison nnd 1 Intered at the Post-Office at Chieago, Il an Seconde Class Matter. Tortho boncft of our patrons who desiro 10 send #inle coplos of 'TIE TRIBUNE through the mall, we aivolierawith the transient rato ol postago: Fightand Twelve Page Elxteon I'age I'nper. Yigbtand Twolvo Pago Eixtaon I'axo Fancr. TRIBUNI BRA 1 OFFICES, ) ~vE CICAGO TRINUNE has established hranoh ofices for tho recelpt of subacriptions und udvurtises “ micutans follnwa: I " notable suee NEW YOIRK—1toom 2 Tridune Buliding, .\ Mc- FADDEN, Manngor. GLASGOW, Scolland—-Allan's Amertean News Agencr, i Hontielil-st., LONDON, Eug—Awerican Exchango, 413 Strand. AMUSEMED Sontay*s 'l Unndoiph mreet. hetween gagement of Nell Buress. atre. K nnd La Satle, Widow Bedott En- McVicker's ‘Thentre, Madizon streot, Letmor: Fmroment of Sig. Sniv! Othello," Grand Opera-Ilo ©lark street, opposit. new Court-Tlouse. Engages ment of the Boston Theatre Company, *Voyagera 1 Mouthern Sens."" Tnverly's ‘Uhentre, Fearborn street coruor af Monraw, Engagement of Lonls Aldrich und Chiaries T. Parsiue, * My Partuon” Otymple Thenat; ro. Clark street, hetween Luko aiid Nandolph, Va- oty entertainment, Acndemy of Musle, Tnlsted siveet, near Mudison, West Sida, Varioty entertalnment. Contranl Muste-Iall, Corner of Randolph nnd State siroets. by tha 'theuduze Thuttaa conbinn tion, Concert. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 18SL Licur suow, follodd by clearing weather and lower temperature, may be expected to- day. e Saturday night. From present indlea- tions, it whl bea long thne before this gratl- fying announeenentis madeo with referelice to the Illnoly Legislature. AxyouNermENTis.made in a New York paper of the prospective unlon of Whitetuw Reid, editor of the New York Tribune, with MMiss Teunls Mllls, daughter of G. C, Mills, of the Bank of California. The blisstal event Is sald to be underlined for some tlne in March. SEVENTEEN Inmates of St Patrick’s O phan, Asylun at Seranton, Pa., were sufl eated by a fire which broke out at that insti- tution last evenlng. Fourteen were boys and three girls, and thelr nges were belween 6 and 12, Detalls of the.awful ealamity are glven In our cotumns clsowhere, "Tite remalns of the late Matt 1L Carpenter were yesterday fnterred temporarily nt Oak- wood Cemetery, near Washington, Funeral serviees wers conducted ut the lute Senator’s residence, tho attendance of Senntors, Repe Tesenttives, Cabinet oflicers, and Justices of the Supreme Conrt helig very lnrge, GrAvE apprehensions ag Toledo, 0., of a repetition of the lute disastrous floods there. ‘The Mawnee River rose fifteen Inches 0 a few hours yesterday, ‘Therallroads mul merchants pressed alt avallablo teams Into servics in removing goods to pluces of safety, The vessehnen also prepared for the expeet- cd flood by securing thelr eraft with addi~ tional cables. Oxe of the closing acts of President Iayes has been to grant a pardon to Gen, John MoArthur, ex-Postmnster of Chleago, who some months ugo was tried in tho United States Conrt € this city nnd found gullty of uniawfully uding thoe funds of the Govern- ment I his private husiness, and whose sen- tence wus deferred pending the result of his apulieation to the President for pardon,’ AX Interesting cotlectlon of religious mat- ter will be found fn our eolumns this morn- ing. The Rev. Dr. Ryder, of St Paul’s Unl- versulist Chiureh, cantributed his views upon thie kind of reform whicl I3 needed In Chien- RO a8 regards the Sunday observance and tentperance questiong; Prof. Swing has nser- men on “An Enthusiastie Life”; and the Rev. Dr. Thowas a discourse on *The Use of the World.”, Tue rain-stoym of nearly twenty-four hours' fueessunt duration, followed ns It was by the neavy snow of yesterdiy afternoon and evening, made up the heaviest dose of weather Chleugo has sulfered this winter, Submerged cchars and fow-lymge lands, and ® serlous obstruction of ¢l wpon the street and stewm rallway lines on ue- count of the snow, were the foat- ures hereabonts, Elsewhere there have been heavy ruins, nnd swollen Streams and flooded reglons have been the ruly rather thun the exceptlon over a wide extont of country. If It wns the express lne teution of the winter.of 15%-'81 to mnke It~ self conspleuvusly memorable by reson of Intense disagreeableness, it has uchleved a QuirTLy, nd as becondg the Chrlstian gentlemun that he Js, (fen. Gartleld spent thelnst Subbath at Mentor prior to his de- * purture to fill the most exalted position on the faco of the tarth. The 1% md family attended the little Diselylos’ Churen In the forenvon, Gen, © Garfleld partleipating with fervor In the services, Ho leaves tor Washington at 1 o'clack this aftornoon, und will veich bls Journey’s end to-norrow mosning. s aleslre Iy to pro- ceed s quletly us possible, but so long us daylight lusts the Presidentind train witl doubtless bo greeted by crowds of sincere well-wishers. Of the Cablnut there 15 abso- lutely no news, amd of the pulnts to be touched on In by fnaugural address Gen., Gareld has glven no bint. He uuderstands sident-slect ' in an emiuent degres the art of keoping his own counsel, 4nd the people respect him for it 1r uppears from u cable dispateh printed . thisworning that the Britlsh forees lu the Transvaal huve sutfered another terrible de feat at the Lands of those formidable fighters the Bours, ‘Ijw st inforuwtion received in : Londen yestetday wus to the efect thag i / 1 possesslon of Spitzkon, n high elevation near Laingsuck, and that firlng ladl been heavd all the moening, Then came news from Neweastle, fn Natal, that 1his heavy firing meant a severe engage- ment, awl that Gew, Colley’s command had been distodgad from its position at Spitzkop, wlth great loss of 11fe on both slies, many of the Dritish ofteers belng kidled and wounded, Sl Inter telegrams told o fearful story of defeat aud shaughter. It scems that the Buers made a terrifle onslaught on the Rrit- ish position, charging up the hitl four times, and were, ft was evident, about to abandon the attempt to earry the ptace by storm, when they were favored by the failure of the Drit- ish supply of ammunition, which had.not been'taken to the very tup of the hill, and was therefore not avaliable. Ju the carnage not over 10 of the 100 Britlsh ttoops engaged sticeeeded I oseaping, md among the suz- vivers all are ngreed that Gen, Colley s among the khled, DOUBTS ABOUI REFUNDING. The Refunding bill s ungquestionably fnn eritienl conditlon. ‘I'ha consideration of this wmeasure In Congress hins alrendy created enough disturbance to warrant something like certainty, mul there Is no donbt that it willbo much better to make an carnest of- fort toplace the # per cent loan upon the terins proposed than to allow the bill to fail, contlnue to pay high futerest on bonds@sub- Jeet to eall, aml necessitale an ostra session, thus inflicting n double cost wpon the Gov- ernment, Nevertheless, 1t Is useless to cons ceal the fact that the funding scheme is now in o complicated situation in Congress, and may-result In a failure. If the bill could come up in its present shape as a new nnd original measure in the House of Represent- atlves, it 1s safe to say that it would not com- mand aajorlty vote in that body, 1t Is also true that there are forty or fifty men fu tho 1louse who are now ready to obstruet the passnge of the present measure If there shall beaproper opportuntty and sufliclent pretext for so doing, Under these conditions it is ob- vious that there Is reason for suspicion that tho bill may not beeomen Inw, though its maln features have been practienlly agreed upon by both Houses. ‘The LIt will be brought before the Ilouse to-duy by taklng jt from the Spenker’s tnble, where it Hes. It the Democrats had the guod sense to pass the bill repealing the tax on deposits, already passed by the Senate, as preliminary to the consideration of the amended Funding bill, they might smooth the way for conenrrence, but the Demuerats are too obtuse amd too perverss to make such n courso prohable. Certain amendinents have. been agreed upon in Committee, nnd permission grauted to other members to move individunlly other amendments, Mr, Frye, as a member of the Committer, Insisted upon this course when its nbandonment was coutemplated, under threat of obstruction. Iut Spenker Raudnll is known to e opposed to this procedure, amd to believe that the only salvation for the bIIL consists In prompt coneurrence fu the Sennte amendments, withont au, further amenduents in tne Ilouse. To tlia end he may possibly venture to recognize some member of the louss before recognizing the Chulrman of the Ways and Means Comnnt- tee, aml entertain n motlon to concur, Buch actlon will hie held to be bad falth by the Republicans, and there will be trouble, Iu such ease there will almost surely ben resort to flibusterlng, and that will mean tho denth of the Funding bl and possibly the obstruction of the Deflefeney bill, in case the Democrats persl This action Is certainly to be deprecated from every pointof view, but it 1s probable under the conditions named. If the Ways ant Means Committee are In rood fulth In submitting the proposed amend- ments to be voted on, and if Speaker Randall shall not endeavor to take the bull by the horus, thgre wHl probabiy be no fHibuster- ing, but one or more of the proposed amend- ments witl probably bs ndopted, and the bilt passed in that shape by the House; but new amendments wilk send It baek to the Senate for concurrence In that hody, Thera 1s sall to have been such a chunge In sentiment ag 1o the etfect of the measure that It may be pos- sible to vefer the Dbk to the Finance Committee. If It shall go back there, that would aiso be equivalent to killjng it. Consequently the present outlook 1s that the bill will not become a lnw In its present’ shape, though fts chances have shifted so frequently that no one can tell its futo with agsurance, There 1S one hopeful nspect about the mat- ter, If the present bill goes back te tho Sen- ate It will not be in the power of that body to amend any feature which has been agreed upon by both Houses; but it will be in the provines: of tha Senate to propose & new aml wdependent measure,—tho subject having orlginated In the * House,~nnd it may be that such a course will be ndopted. Any new mensuro that may cowmo from the Sennte under thess cireum- stances would need to provide, In order to assure its passngo by both Houses, for nbond bearlug 3 per cent Interest with the five-year option, thus preserving the essentinl terms of the present bill, But such new mensuro woull undoubtedty omit the coercive fenture ot the pending bill. A new proposition of this kind will probably prevail I botn THouses at this Hine, I it be possible to get it before Congress, 1t will Le seen from the existing condition of thines in Washington to-day thnt the effect of the proposed bIIt In antiefpation ot Its flnal passnge hns created a good deat of apprehienston in Congress. At the same time it is manifest on all sldes that the pre- clpltate and foolish actin of some of the National banks In retiving thelr clreulation has exelted serlous resontment, Many who have been stendfast friends of the banks and the system under which they are operated sindt all this, and confess that the banks have prepared the way for hostila loglslae tlon in the future, There 1y certainly o grow- ingg feeling that the power of the banks under the 1w ns it stands 18 too broad and arbl- trary, it they can ut any thne, by cancerted actlon or comtion ¢onsont, produco a viotent cantraction of the curreney, and o serious disturbance In values. The question of an extrn session turns ens tirely upon the fate of the funding schemo. Finnl agreement upon nny schemo will prubably meet with Kxecutive approval— though there i u stroug pressire to sceure o veto--and will luclude the passage of all the neeessury appropnation biils, In such case there Will be no ' extra session, for the failure of the Apportion- ment LI now mssured, - wil not by regarded as suflicient pretoxs for con- vening the new Congress, 1'thero bo a fails ure to pass puy fonding measure, It whil then become a question as to when tho extra sesslon of the new Congress shall bo ealled, There whlve a sentiment in fuvors of an im- medlate sesslon, but thery nre clrenmstunces which will warrunt the postponement of tho eall till next September or October, so that the wxtrw sessfon will run Into the regu- lar gesston, ‘Pho $200,000,000 of © por cents. ontstanding could be called in and provided for fn the eantime, The Beeretary of the ‘Treasury lhus authorlty wider the Funding act of 1570 and 1571 to ssue 4 per cent bouds to the mwount OE 810,000,000, Thes can be-sold st a lurke premium, and, together with the aurplus revenne as It shall acerne, the wholn nmount of 0 percents may be vetleed within o few months, This fact may postpone the extra sesslon, 11 one shall be necessary, tl full,— nsolution that would undoubtedly be most aceeptuble to tho new Administration, A NEW CABINEI CRISIS. According to the present program, ten, Garfiell 1s to leave Mentor this morning, and will arrive at Wishington early to-morrow morning. [lo will reneh the Capltal with his Cabinet In & good deal the same condition that (ilostor came into the world,='*searce halt made, and that so lamely” as to, be subject to remodellng, e nay have sir- prises in store for those who have been en- gaged Innaking and breaking slates for him during tho past few weeks, Atall events, it seoms to be certuin that he {s not committed, suve ln one instanee, v such o way that he 1s estopped from reshaping his Cabinet, even at the latest moment, ‘hore I3 ono pleze of nows about the Cab- Inet which miay startle those who have made up their mind that thele euriosity must be satlstied on the 4th of Mureh, or ut most nday Inter. It may possibly be ten dnys or two weeks later than tho thnetixed before the new President shall be ready to announce Ris Cabinet. There ara polltical conslilera- tiong which may prompt him to retaln the present Cabtnet for several days, ‘Fhe reor- gantzation of the United States Senate by the Republicans wmay suggest n delay tn callmg the executlve session of that body., 1t has been usual tor the reliring President to call the extra sesston of the Senatet 1t 18 understood, how- ever, that President Hayes has, after consul- tatton with leading Republlean Senators, re- solved to postpone the call until ho shall have consulted with Gen, Gartleld, and posst- bly to leave it to his successor. 'Fhe Repub- lleand are now confident that they may connt upon Gen, Malone's votlng with them for tho reorganization of the Seuate, but his vote will not avail them if Senator Carpenter’s seat be vacant. As there are no ndl eattons that the Wisconsin Leglslature proposes to adjourn in order to cnabls the Governor to il the vacaney by ap- pointment, Senator Carpenter's successor cannot be lawfully elected titl a week from nest Tuesday, In this situation there will be o party danger in callng the Senate to- gether untll after Wisconsin can be repro- sented by two Senators, Meanivhile, if "the extra sussion of the Senate be postvoned till the 10th, 15th, or 23th of Marel, the Cubinet may net be announced; for, if Senator Blaine, or Senator Allisot, or both, are to be members of the new Cabinet, thoy cannot be ofllcially nstalled in their places without n- volving the resignatlon of their seats In tho Senate, ud that wonlil place the reorganiza- tlon nasmneh jeopardy as 1f the lnte Senutor Carpenter's seat were to remnin vaeant, Henee it is casy to understand that the eurl- oslty of the publio may be held In abeyanco to conslderations of greater huportance, I matters should take some such turn ngwe have indicated, the new Preslaent wlll have amplo thme to dechle npon his Cabinet after heshall getually becoma Presldent. I the meanwhite thero scoms to have been no change in tho situatlon, A few days ngo, when nearly all the newspapers in the coun- try, following the drift of sentluent among the volatile and panicky polltictans, jumped at the conclusion that Judze Folger, of Now York, was to he Secretary of the I'reasury, Tur ‘I'mipuse took the liberty of questlon- mg the neeurney of such a prediction, and gavesome excellent reasons for its doubts upon that point, Now, the newspupers and politicinns aforesnid are disposed to admt with ecqual unsnhnity that they were mistaken In the conelusion they . ar- rived nt so precipltately, and confess that itis not likely that Judge Folger whl go Iuto the Treasuty Departmont, It Is equally unlikely that the "Treasury will go to any Now York man, but 1t is ats probable now as it s been all along thatn Western man will besuleeted. Thera 13 nlso reason to bulleve that Senator Allison ‘has the preference in Garfleld’s mind, but 1f Alllson bo not the “man, it wilt probably be some one who has heenleast thoughtof by the slate-imakers, Nor 13 It Itkely that Gov. Foster, of Ohlo, wlll be made Postmaster-General, 1ts more probable that tho Post-Offles. Depariment will go to New York, In which easo Mr, Morton will be exelnded from any Cabinet position, If the ulthmate shaping of tho Cabinet shall give n place to [inols, Mr. Robert Lincoln i3 nlmost sure, to be the lucky man, and be- yond this, prediction Is not safe. Nov Is the situation at nll hazardous, ‘Tho most doubt~ ful feature of the whole case is tho prospect that tho aunouncement of the Cabinet may possibly bo deferred beyond the usual date, and that new slates wiil contlne to be made and broken for many days to cowme, CONDITIONAL TOWN CONSOLIDATIORN. Among those opposed to Colling' bill to give the people of any county a right to unite three towns Inte one there is a studied determination to wisrepresent the terms of the blll and to coucenl from the voters what ftactually proposes. It Is represented aso bilt to unite the threo Chleago towns, and the iden conveyed Is that, If 1t passes, the North, South, and West Divlsions will bo instantly consollitatetl into one town, whether the poo~ ple ot Chieago destre It ornot, All this I3 fulse, ‘The bil coutemplates nothing of the sort. 1t Is simply permissive: amero ennbling nct giving the voters of the three towns control of the question, and allowing thewm in the future to doas they thinkbest about it ‘I'he law now provides a way whereby tio towns may bo united by the people thereof, it they desire it, and the Collins bill merely enlarges that right by authorlzing three towns in uny county in [llinols to do just what the exlstine Inw authorizes two towns todo. b 1t the Collins blI! passes, no union of the threo Chicago towns ean tike place until the following steps huve first been takon: (1) At Jeast 1,000 legal voters of cach of the thres towns must petitlon the County Board to submit the question of union to u voto of the people, (3 After which the County Board shall cause to be submitted the question of such union to the voters of sufd towns ot & general unnual electlon after duo notics i the nowspapers nnd other- wist (#3) The ballots cast at such eloction shull read * For EPnlting ” or * Against Unit- I () Ttshall require a majority of the votes of cach taten voting ot sueh eleetion to render the proposed unfon valid, If & n- Jority of nlithe votes In citber of the towns 15 not for the unlon {he proposition -falls to the ground. Either of the threo towns can defeat the unlon. 1tis noteven necessary thut a majority of the veters ot elther town shall vote “ Against Unlting,” as non-votlng on the questlon counts uguinst it "Thus the LIl guards the populur wishes'at every polnt. Aslong n3 one of the thres divisions s ope posed-to n union it cannot b earried Intoof- fect, ulthough the other two wight by unap. Imous for it. ‘The unwarrantuble position taken in the Legistature by sowme of the Chicago members 18 that, no mutter how much tha whole muss of the taxpaycers of this city muy deslro a unlon of the thieo towus lito one, they shall not be ullowed tovete on the guestlon of such unfon. Why shall they not be peys mitted to unite if they want to? Whena clear majorlty of tho people of each of the three towns des Chleago into one town for snke¢ of uniformity aud cconomy in assessment and collection of taxes, what right has any member of the Cook County delegation to say they shall not be allowed to earry thaé parpose Into effeet? What right hias be to sny that they shall not he per- mitted to vote on the question of union? Who owns this city, the taxpayers or cer- tain obstruction members of the Legislat- ure? The insolence of the position of these members Is Insufferable. I the people of Chieago don’t desire n union of the three towns they wHI vote it down when the prop- osition 1s legally submiited to them. If they do want it, why shouli they be denfed the right to order the consolldation? We nzain publish the Collins bill, and hope it will ho earefully rend. LThose opposed to a unfon ot tho three towns can find no logieal standing- ground for opposition to this comditional, permigsive bill, ‘The bill self is as follows: A Iy for an act to amond nn aetentitled, * An not to revise the Inw In rolation to mwnuml! (|urwunlmuon." approved und in foree March |, CTION 1, Tle {t enacted, ctew, 'That Sce. 12 of Art. S of the law in relation 10 township organt= zation Lo amended 8o n8 to read us follows: Hrc. 12, The County Board of each county shull have full pawer and jurisdicton to unito tho or more contiguous towns into one; but no sueh town shall be united exeept in_ th lowing munner—that 19 to Whenever one-fourth of the voters in enchiof tho tuwns, or in cars the whole numbcr of toters tn cuch uf said towna amounts to more than 4000, then awheuerer nut less than 1000 of the vaters i each of the toens sought to be unjted shall potition tho County Board to unite such towns, said Connity Honrd shall enise to ho submitted to tho voters of sald towns nt n generul annual elee- tlon to be holden In ench of such towns the | queation of unithyr. Notiee of anch cleetion shnll bo klven by caushie written or printed nutlees thereof to be postedl §41 five publie pliuces in each of said towns at least Lwventy days before such election, ntd by publishing tho sime nat <t one neswspaper (1F any there be published) teh of suld lowns, or u ewspaper published in sl county, ‘The bultats cast nt such elee- tions to b written or printed, or purtly writton and partly printed, » For Uniting ™ or * Agninst Uniting,” to Lo canvassed (n llke manner as votes for county olficers, and_returned to tho Cowaty Noard, who shall couse the votes to bd cunviesed; und, if ¢ majority of volers of each toien voting at suen election sholl vote for uniting sieh toiwns, such Connty Noard, nt the meeting at which siuch voto fs canvassed, or at tho nest succcelding meeting, shall proceed to declure eiicl towns united, and wivo tho wnited towns a name, und detins the boundurles thoreof; pro= vided, that tho oflicers of euch of such towna stmll eontinue to hold thelr respeotive offices ntd disehurege the duties thoreof during the ro- muinder of the term for which thoy were re- spectively eleeted: and, provided, that tho Com- utlssioners of Highways for each of snlil towns inotlico ut the thing of snid unlon shall continne in and discharge tho dutics of their respeotivo ottices during tho remulider of tho terms for which thoy were slected, and In the discharge of thele daties shall nct In conjunctlons and pro- vided further, that tho anlon of such towns shall 0l be complete untll the expiralion of the terae of atll aflicers I xafd towna who are elected to serve for the perlod of one yeur, THE WORLD'S FAIR AND CHICAGO. Uen, Grant has paid Chieago o very hand- some compliment In telling the New-Yorkers that If they are not golng to ralse the neees- sary funds for tha World’s Falr they should glve it to Chicago, where the funds enn be found In forty-eight hours. This shows that Qen, Grant knows Chicago. There is no question that she can roise money enoughfor such o purpvse In a very brief thue, and there Is equally no question that there is no better site In North Ameriea tban Chicago for n World’s Fuir, and no better site In Chicago than the South Park, which scems to have been fitted by naturoe for such n Tair, and ne better city than the one which ia the greal and nitractive place of suumer resort for the whole country, beeause of its great heath-giving lnke, its coollng breezes, Its vast hotels, Its splendld markets, its varied entertalnments, its charming drlves, its snap, go, and vim, ete,, ete. Dut, at the same time, Chlcago would doubtless ask just thesame questions ns New York, She would want to feel sure that sho would get her money back on the invest- ment, She would have the samo apurehen- sions as New York that it Istoosoon after tho Phlladelphin Centenninl, and that it wounld bo wise to wait n fow years. She would seo that 1 World’s Fair in 188 would not have tho éelat and the Natlonal surroundings of the Centerinial, and sho would not want to tako any risk of playlug secound fiddie to Philadeiphia. Sho would seo that this coun- try Is not very much in earnest in desiring o fuir in 1883, that Congress is lothargic, thac the States are Indifferent, and that the peo- ple are opatbetic and are too much en- gaged in other matters fo glve it auy serious attentlon, ‘T'hese naro the conditions which Chleago would Interpose, Wo reallze out hero us well ng they do in Now York that It Is too soon after tho Phila- delphia one for & World’s Fair. A ‘nation does not make vast progress In n litte hand- ful of years, but in cycles, and Chicago does not want a falr which is only to ba an fwitation of that In Phitadetphin, Whensha has o fulr, sho wants to excel everything that hins yet been done. That 1s tho Chleago style. The proper thing to do Is to fix the dnte of the fair in the year 1000, and let Chi- eago Inaugurato tho twentleth century whth the biggest show over seen on this enrth. At that date Chicago will hnve pussed Philndel- phia, and will be crowding hard on New York, She will then number ut least & mill- lon and a half of people. The South Park will thei bo the midst of a vast elty, and Chleago will be rendy to weleome the world I palatinl style. Gen, Grant gives Chiengo n superb compliment, but Chicago's ndvice to the General Is to drop the business sltogether, ana not try to get up u show which will only bo of loeal lmportance, Let 1iim walt t1ll the proper time, nud then come to Chlengo, Twenty yewss from now the workt will want to come here and enjoy our hospltality, and will be proud to make our clty the great bnzaar for the exhibltion of its produets, In this connection the New York Mail says: Tho whole country 8 &0 much interested In tho project that the sluagishiess of Now York 18 invxplicable on any theory not derogutory to tho intelligence of Now-Yorkers. Nothing ‘but phenomenat stupldity cun provent Now-Yorkers Trom seelog tromotylous profit in w skillfully conducted Workd's Falr at lawood In jasi, Lot Now York tuke hold of the enterprise with ene thustastic zenl, or hand It over to Chicago, The wistake.whioh the New York Mall makes Is the assumptlon that the peopls of this country are anxious for the talr ut this time, which Is not true. Thure ks but Jan- guld interest manifested In tho matter any- where, and as the premature falr fn 183 will probably amount to a futlure Chiengo Is will- ing Now York should havo it. ———— AN EQUITABLE APPORTIONMENT, T'wo of the lendiyg New York journals— the Times and Herald—huve lately coms to the support of Mr, Cox’s Apportionment bl which proposes n membership of 507 in tho new Hotise, They have shown that the np- portionment bused on this number will bo s close approximation to *sbsolute arithmd®- fead falpness,” ‘The Thnes hns mado o pre- else ealeulation by which It 18 demonstrated that the nuniber of lupresentatives propased ahuost perfectly fulitls the requirement of u constitutional apportionment™; aud the IHerald has discovered that *on the busls of tho pending LIl the npportionuient butween the two seetluns (North and Soutl) would bo almost fdeally perfeet,” Tha fizures quoted by both Journals In support of thelr state- nents are as follows: 3 Tuo compurative populationof the Northern and fiul!lhfll’u Stulea gives tho followlug pore Koot - G252 por cont ose 48 per cout Tho upportionwent undor Mr. Cox’s bili, ixin WT we thy number of leoresontatives, would Hive I«:Aun seution tho followlug percentuge of ewbers: Nurthern wewmbers. 84 por cont Southara membehs. 408 por ouut ‘fhess compytations are correct. J'Jluwulx does not disoutp them, DBut 1§ do- attentlon to the fall alned in thie argunent dedueed from thom— viz: that Mr. Cox's Dl i3 tho only one which proposes “n constitutional apportton- ment,” and the only one whieh would secure *mathematieal fuklrness? ag between tho two seetlons, ‘I'hie use of the word "“constitutional * in this couneetion s unfortunate. Allthe appor- tlonments proposed are constitutional, I they were not, thore would e no nse In dis- puting thenn. It would be only necessery to prove that all save Cox's were unconstitu- tionol, and so end tho watter. Nor does it follow, beenuse o membershiy of 507 would tnstire * mathematical fafrness,” that no ollier number wonld do the same. In point of tact, nonc of the numbers consldered wolld be nbnoxtous on that ground, except possibly thu number proposed by the Demo- cratie majority of the Committee. The tables on which all the plans of apportionment nre based, from 203 to 825, were prepared, it should be remembered, by the Superin- tondent of the Census, aud noneof them were constriteted fn despite of **muthemat- feal fnirness.” All insure perfeet repro- suntation, ns far as thoy go, wud when they do mot leave large untepresented fractions they are nll *mathematically fulr.” ‘he misfortunc of the Times and Herald is that they lave been dealing In half-truths, Phey have shown that Mr. Cox’s bill provid- Ing for 507 members is fair, but they have not proved that Mr. Sherwin's bill fixing the membership at 819 is unfair, Thele own calenlntions carcied n litle farther on would Imve destroyed the powerful arguments which tlley have drawn from a partlal exam- fnntion of the faets. Lot us group nll the figures together and sce what will come of them. Tho representative population of the whole country Is 40,360,595, divided as fol- lows: Percenty o JT48 On tho basis of 207 as proposed in Mr. Cox's bill, the representative ratio would be 1:160,- 813, Dividing the Northern and Southern populntien respectively by this number we have tho following results: Proposed number. Northern members, ... 1 Southern members., 115 Totals. w7 Giving the North one member for a frac- tion of nine-tenths, Now, npplylug the snme process in the ease of Mr, Sherwln’s number, supported by the 1tepublicans of the House, In which wo were prepared by the arguments of ‘our esteemed contemporaries to find amonstrous injustiee, we get tho followlng results: Ropresentutive ratlo 1:164,504 Proposcd @ nwnber, Northern members. 10044 200 Southern members,. 11056 b1t Totuls........ oterrenn il 310 By this apportionnient it will bo scen the North Is given an apparent advantage amounting to precisely alx-hundredths of o member, the advantage bolng whoily cnused, so far as we are nble to discover, by the con- stitutional requirement that the little State of Nevnda shall have at least one member, The Republicans could not ignore this re- quircment if they would, and the Democrats onght not to complain of it, as thoy have Iately eaptured and now hold the State in guestion. Even this advantage, slight as it 18, could be overcome by going down to the number of 318, tho member dropped coming from Massachusetts, when we would have tha following result: ltepresentative divisor, 1:155,250, Proposed ! nuinber. Northorn mombers...u.e.. 108,83 1 Soutliorn members 818 Rut ‘I'no North getting one member on a frac- tion of cight-tenths, ‘I'ske, now, the number of 311, which the Demoeratic majority had the impudenco to vropose, and we have the following result: Represeatutive divisor, 1:158,745. Propoard aumber, Northern members, , Southern mewmbers, , 3l a Dy which brilliant fizuring, it wilt be seen, the North Is robbed of one wholo member and linlf of anather momber. ; Tutting the percentages in anothpr form, we find the allotment of members to tho North and South bearing the following reln- tions to the percentages of population in ench seetinn: Per | 30 | all | 3i0 | A8 | a7 cent' I mems | mem={mamn-meni- [mem- vop. |bcra. thers, | berd, | bers, | bers. North....| o6l 626¢) onool wnoe| 62.08| 6240 Bouth ....| u748] o7l aTme| aTo| smael STl At 818, it wilt Lo scen, there s nn ndvan- tage of only six-hundroths in favor of the North; and at 817, the advantage Is sx-hun- dreths in fuvor of the Seuth; yet the Repub- Iean mewbers would uuquestionably prefer to wccopt tho latter apportionment rather than Mr, Cox’s, for by 1t the North would lose but two members, Instend of four, ay proposed by him. Tho Republicaus In Congress could not afford to filibuster for any apportionment thut should not be mathomatleally fair, But it does not appear that 807 I3 tho only numn- ber that would be equitablo, What would Mr. Cox sny to 817, for lustance, or to 8189 ‘I'he number of 318 insisted on by thie Repub- lican Connnitteo is perfectly fair in this: It divides the new members ecqually between tho sections, and the three largest fractlons left unrepresented by It belong to Republlean States—lowa, Kansus, and Wisconsin, It Is manifestly absurd, on other grounds, to dls- pute nbout slight differences of representas tion, nmounting to a smnll fraction of 1 per cent, which aru produced by State Iines, and” wre so far from belng unconstitutlonal that they ara abselutely required by the Constitu- tlon. Mr. Cox's appugent correspondence ls werely accidontal, and of no carthly valuo fn detormining the apportonment which shall be ut the same time equitable and ex- pedient for both sections, NEW YORK PAVINGS BANKS. ‘I'he reportot the Nuw York Superintendent of Savings Banks gives an Indieation of genulne prosperity in that State which ex- ceeds probably ¢ven the mest sangulue an- ticipations. ‘The deposits In the savings Lanks of that Stato reach the large sum of SH4,625,057, to whieh must be ndded & sur- pins ol §$7,000,004, making an aggrexato of the resources of the Institutions of 400,04~ #50, . "T'hia is an hnnenss suw of money to be gathered from tho savings of those classes whose earnings aro of the modernte grade, 'Iheso deposits of the saviugs banks of the State of New York are uearly equal to tho capltal ofull the Nutlonal banksof the United States, and considerably i vxcess of the noto clrenlution of theso lnstisutions. "The grawth of theso savings banks in Now York State Is somewhut marvelous, andmust be surprising to tho peoplo in this seetlon, whose experience has been anything but grntifiying, 2 Thus, on Jan. 1, 1861, the aggregnte of do- posits was only 807,440,000, and the numnber of duposltors 800,6%3; the average of each do~ posit was S334.25, Ten yours luter, in Junu- ary, 1871, the aggregate deposits had in- creased to 230,749,408, tho number of depos- Itors to 712,100, and the average of each de- poait to 832403, During tha panic, and the tiwme following the collupse of sowe of the in- stltuto 262,657 leposits In 1249 bunks, belonging to D533,707 persons, the average of ench deposiy belng 270,70, ‘I'nfs money represents the savings of that many persons, numbering alinost /s many s tho voters of tho State, and shows the pres- ence mmong that population of the splvit of ‘saviug, economy, nnd perseverance. This money 1s not tntended to he kept in thebanks permanently; it isdeposited by men, women, and growing hoys nd girkss it Is put thers to acenmulate untit it amounts to enough In each ense to buy a lot, or a home, or cnablo the owner to buy a farm, or to ongage in some Industry or business, As it thus accu- mulates it is used forsnch purposes, andother deposttors take the plncs of those who draw out, ‘I'hesnvings banks of New York pay de- positorsd per centinterest. That the banks can pay this rate ot interest aud hnve surplus earnings Is oxplalned Ly tho fact that the Institutions nre restrleted by Jaw to loans on Dond and mortgage, to United States bonds, bomls of New York and other States, aml to boudg of the counties, eities,and towns of Now York, As muoh ns SLI7375,10 are Invested in United Statesbonds (5 and 6s), 870,648,850 In the bonds of the citles of Ne York, and $8%,6238% in bonds and mort- gages on real estate, These munlelpal bonds nnd reat ostale mortgages bhour from 0to8 per cent interest, and this comparatively high rate of interest Isat oncen securlty to the-depositor and w sotiree of profit to the banks, y The readpr will not fafl tobs Impressed with the general prosperity of ihls aystem, the grent cncouragement it glves to saving and economical habits, and at the snme time the gonernl want of any similar system of savings banks in this or nuy of tho Western Stales, 1n the State of New York "tho de- positors luelude thousands of azrienlturists, Jaborers, tenant farmers, and farmeys of small means. in the West there is no such systemn of institutions in which the depositor can fid seenrity and at the same time secure carnings for his money. The banks which flourished in this elty went down, leaving but closely-pleked skeletons to their eredit- ory, The great difference between thelr mode of dolug busiuess and that of the Now York banks was Lhat they loaned monoy on versonal security, while In New York the money is Invested in substantial public securlties. 3 "There are many hundred wmilllons of dol- Iars In the Western Stutes now hoarded in private hiding-places, beeause of tho wans of any savings banks thoroughly regulated by Inw and lmited tosavings business. 1€ we had {n this city and State o systen of savings Danks, guarided and protected, governed and controlled by the State, [t is lkely thata vast amount of money now itle and hell in small sums would scek deposlt in such banks; und such Ingtitutlons, once properly established and worthyof public confldence, would be of great encouragement to the saving of earn- Ings and economy In oxpenditure by those wiio have uow no place of deposit of that charneter, TRIBULATIONS 01’&&3 OABINET MAR- Whatever Gen, Garficld may do or what- ever he may not do, one thing is certaln: ho can keep his own counsel. During tho pust three months there has searcely been s doy that o Cablnet has not been mada for hin Cablnets enough have been organized to run thly country for a century to como. The East, tho Wegs, and the Sounth have built them., Ropublicans, Dumocrnfs, and Groen- backors have built them. Newspapor gorre- spondents have built them in the most ex- traordinary. style. Congressmen have built them. Waltl street has bullt them; but the only man who can bulld them has been ns silent g the sphinx, The cfforts of the Cabinct builders, however, have not been saulsfactory. Luch new Cabinet has been found to be the wrong one. 1t was the old game, *“Now you sce it, and now you don’t,” and tho Hitle jeker nover disap- peared more lively, and the Irishwan's flea never skipped more quickly out from under his thuwb, than these Cabinets have disap- peared whon it was sought to hold thom down and make {4 sure that thoy were the reak shnmon-pure, genuine article. Every pollticlan’s name In the country that has wuy prominence attnched to it has figured in thoso kaleldoscople Cabinets, but they have disappeared almost a3 suddenly ns thoy have appoared, Al- though thelr trionds have made confidentinl vislts to NMentor, and had mysterlous intor- views with the General, they have come awny no wiser than they went, and with no wore information than the Arab who ilstened so fntently on the night watehies at the mouth of the Sphinx, expeoting that the ercature might possibly whisper its seeret fir the sllonco and darkness, * Now we go up, up, up, and now we go down, down, downy,” as the nursery rhyme has it. Iven theone namoe that all have clung to as cer- tuin, that of Mr. Bluine, now disappents from sight, and another namoe that has not been counted upon at all, that of Sherman, rises into view, probably to disappear to- morrow. It has been a sad tlme for the Cubluot-makers. Teople who listen at keyholes and who go round with with that oracular stylo of the “we could 1f wo would” sort have beeu all torn up with this horrible condition of expectation, ‘T'hrough nll this sad time the ornclo at Men- tor hns been dumb, He has glven out no utterances of any sort, tle hns veritied no sugmises, has been callous to every hint and deaf and dumb to every question. o has glven out 1o pointers, and what scomed to bo pointers to overanxious applicants for in- forination hnve pointed the wrong way. All sorts of Influence and varlous degrees of pressure huve been brought to bear, Kven Congress has split Itselt up Into coterles, and tha bar, the pulpit, the commercinl contres, the ariny, have all applled the vise, but to no purpose. The osiginal chnos remaing undls- turbed by any gleam of light, and no one knows anything, Gon. Garteld carrles his tremendous secret with him to-day on lis way to Washlwgton, and will evidently Kkeep it forsomothno yot, and notannounce his Cablnet until the Senatorinl appointinents are filled and the froth and fuss of the inang- uration have all blown over. Meanwhlle there I3 little lagt for the slute-makers to do but to possess thelrsouls in patlgnce, and walt such thua as the canjuror shall be will- Ing to explaln the great Cabinet trick by opaning the doors and showlig his nssistunts to the world, Until that thue there I3 no use in longer application at the keyhole, THE LAKE-FRONT BILL. It is reported that sowe member of the County Board will to-duy proposy the follow- iug for adoption by that Board: * WirenEAs, A bill I8 now pendiug before Cons rread, Kuown us thy Luke-Frout bl deouto bIL 0, 1557), Which burports, on ite fuce, o grant tho lands theroln mentioned 1o the Uity of Chls cago, but whick, in fuot, (8w evhetue W transfor to ' powerful corporation the entlvo riparisn rlihits of Cliicugo. south of tho south pier: amd Wueneas, Such n grant would plice the on- tire outer hurbor, wouth of swid pier, In the hands of u powerfiil wonopoly, and thoe city and county would by deprived of the right 10 tux such vroperty; therefore, be it Rewoived, Tiy tho Cownty Commissioncrs of Couk Courity) that wo protest uguiust tho pita. aga of suld b, urof other bitls whieh deprive thy eily or county of 1 rlpgrian vighta or of taxutlon: end, further, that wo concus i the Troteet ot (b0 liluols Legluature, of Fobruaty, lf. the LIl now pending before Congress l were of the character sjuted in this preumble “resolution to he offered i the Coy o 4 Ol o gy Eliirey having uny such el uwrnwnnlng ln;‘ might he some pretest for syely ge Hour, "The L hfar Conpene b3 he nothing wora thas toeede to tha bldf"’;"’f('s enro whateyer reverstouary rghy nnfl i Unlted States oy have t o g ¢ o elmled In the two most northeryy |,|““II In. Lwhat §s known as e L:\kml-'lmn'u’,ckf north of e Exposition Bullding, g% pendlog grants nothbine foany m\l\ny»kL il ratlom, 1L sinply transtors to (e (Ylfy ,,}" \ eago whatever tile thora way he ny lhhlfim. In the United States to (hot pary, of the |, e Front accupled by the Iag all Clu, ‘“kP' question of riparlan rlights ean be Iuw;q .M tpnrlan rights only attach to lang mlj.,[wL the water, “The T in this ense las "un‘\{,‘ ter front, no riparian rights, ang no Iml‘;:. privileges, ‘The two blocks covoreq by i k DiLare as well defined by mutes g hé. Y ag any other blocks - the city, ang the (“‘m ernment I3 nsked by the BUL pewding n (:1“ miess to surrender whatever title fy In(s’lrP these blocks to the elty. No question c‘)( ,: parian rights can atiach or luw.\\‘ernmcn d tothis land, so the recituls in the preamplg n:d nty Detray on tho part of tho author a hln‘m’:’l’flrld Lznorance of the fuets, or, it not l;ummlncu lhul} 4 purpose to misrepresent the lml(\‘ mislead Congress, and defeat thy eres| dineiin. ¢ Interests of The fact is that there aro two fr: seandalons elnims—those mnde tine and that made by Porterfield—y, ol the Iand from Michigan avenue eagt ward out into tho Inke. They elaim thag they have acquired this land by the location of land scrip, and propose to seize i hold itns thelr properly. One of these claimg was pronounced dishonest and franduleny by thoe Supreme Court, amd the other Isstint pending, Congress is asked to surrender its technles altitle to these two bloeks to the City of Chleago, that the city way sell or lease the sume to ity own profit and the publie oud whenever so disposed, Al that the city can do Is to give n quit-claim deed of suel 1itla as the Unlied States may give to i, and con pel the Valentine and Portertivld climanty to flizht the future owners of the ld the courts upon the question of title, Organlzations have been made, In whicl cltizens of Chicago have been glven un e terest, to proseeute these claims and take all thls land from the city and the publie, and of course these speculators and organizations, whose clalms cover all the park and the waler out us fur as the outermost pler, arg opposed to the land becoming the property of the City of Chicago by uet of Congress, Ilence thelr dishonest efforts to decelva thy County Bonrd into u support of thelr frand. ulent elaims by defeating the bill before Cone Kress, Lo show how utterly destitute of truth are tho recitals In this provosed preamble and resolution it 15 only necessary to point out that, when the b} is taken up In Congress, it will be amended by its friends so as to pros Vide In the first section as follow Awd provided furthor, that no leaso, sale, or conveyuneo that may Lo mude by tho City of Chiewgro of nny part of tha streets or publie grounds hierein rellinquished and gr o guld city shull opurato to transfer to or vest in the lessno or vondee any ripuviun rights appurienant 10 the laud so lonsed or sold, I aoy such rights exlst, nor nny titlo to tho ind or water Iving vast of thé west lne of tho Hlinols Central Ralle rond Company’'s right of wity. In the light of that plain, distinet pro- vislon how ridlenlous, as wetl as fatse, will this preamble and resolution of the County Lty Aldnlent, by Vlene Tur New York Sun professes ta give a list of tho vllgrims who went to Meator to “ pay thieir vespects to the Presldont-clect,” end to ndvlso bl in regard to his Cabluet—vi uton wont to Mentos Woudford went to Mentor, 1 woent to Mentor, Goy, Fenton went to Mentor. Thou Qov, Cornell uud Senantor Tows Platt wonb to Mcntor, hon ex-Gov, Fonton went to Mentor. Ells 1L Roberts, editor of tha Heruld, went to n Wikl 11, Robertson went to Mentor, Lhen tha Bkl Envle of Westehester went (o Mentor, leaviig his whippioz-post bebind. lien i reporter for one of Jay Gould's clty newspapors, both dally, went to Meutor. Thun EIl Perkins went to Mentor. ‘Lhien tho Ton. and Ltev, J. ITynit Smith wont to Mentor, Then Pdwards Plecrepoat went to Mentor. ‘Then Warner Millor, Ropresontativa In Cone rusd from the Herkimer disteict, weot lo Mentor, “Thuu Stato Senntor Willlam 13. Woodin went ta Mentor, Then ex-Gov. Fonton went ta Mentor. Then Gen. Arthur wont to Mentor. ‘Thou Seantor Conkling went to Mentor, Then Chiel Judgo Folgor went to Mentor. Then ex-Gov. Feuton wont to Mentor. And gich onuo wway feling sure that bo had earried hix polnt, 3 After this, If Now York docan't get n Cablosk oflicer of sume gort thare Is no use (o trylog. e——— - Btz Now York Post published the follow- ing: 1t Is related of Judge Alfred Conkling, Senatoe Conkllng's futher, thit whilo he wus & Judge o tho United States Distifer. Court for tho North ern District of Now York be wna ablo togivo 8 valuablo wmount of advertlsing, worth ubout 220000, to the Albany Journal. Ho calle at tho newspuper dlfleo onoe day, whent ono of the persons eonnected With the Journat subd to hiog: Judge, the .luurm:l has reuson to bo yery gratoful to A 1 bive ta iy to yoge, sir, thut the proprictorsof tho paper huve’ requostod mo to nak Yo 10ac cept from the Company, e n sHght token Dl' thelr esteom and thunks, tho present of o sult o **Clothes, Utle ol elothys, 10 1hoso diyN, leoty for presenta between (rie Conklmyg deew blingelf up and Ball vory om phaticully, * No, sir: no, sir; nothing of thy kind enn bu vermittéd or thought of, No obllgation B been fnourrods nono nt sl sles 0o u}fl"‘.éd #lon of uny scuse of it wiit Lo aliowed. Judgo then snhl, ** Ldropped Iu bhero lmeuflwl was reminded ut my home of the fact uunx Tvo 5ot pRIG for YOuF puper for two seirs pis und Ienno to seitle for it durime ihat tho STut,” was tho roply, »Judig, you dn 1o owo us nuythlig for that puper., We eeut 1 10 3 fieo, and have 6o entered 6’ ©No sin l'_“ " tho Judge; * [ thunk you for f‘nur v”ll‘fx“‘!o- you out daubtivss, i your poslt nx-i“rl.;‘.-il.“"ow Bend o yOur paper, nd you suys ) position, cunnot slford to necept of thator any uthor favor, ———————— WE would oxplain to two or three corre pondents who nre disposed to defend the o> steiction courso of It §1, White, Tom Cloonaity MoKong, ot ul,, that the Collins bill does ‘nul. i passed, consolidato the threo Towns of Chicagd nuy more than it consolldates thrco towns in uny other.county in tho State. N8 |\mvmuyll apply to wll countles, 1t 18 morely wrmls:l\lfl; It permits the peaplo of threo towns t the m:h gonoral gleotion to vote on the question of \m" g them Into ono; but’ it requires u malor l![ volo of ench town In fuvor of tho teasurs - clthor tawn 18 opposed 1o o unlon with the 00168 W0, none cun thke phco under this bill. :v::t could be falrer or less objectionudle? o Ttk Trinuse condomng fa the Impudcnofim thoso Chleako mumbers who tuku the pod This tht tho pooplo of tho threo divistons of e «lty, neting Jolntly uud severally, ure mmuln;m 5 tont to determine tho question of u uul o they are not Atto prss un sueh a questol ) e their will should bo disgegarded und thelr W treatod with coptompt. e —— - : A msraten from Clovelnd to the New York Henuld suys: Judgs Albuny buy been prolifio in slumm;.a kot Fuiger éinmo and wont, - 1le wus afuerl unts ury, Jim Lusted o una lott. e N rome 0 1o Nuw Moxivo, and snys ho is the ouly GG inent Republican who “can speak SPAb Speakor Suurpo enme ulml lbt(|l o ,',.”..'l'.mnl yete of the opinion thut Judke xfm‘fumuml lfl,ém; Ho la nistuken, boweyer i ing ls excellent, und for &2 nnsios ,1“'1 ot cuh huye o pldb over u Leautiful nwu Aluen Lawnlleld, seo tho Generak, U\(m‘}l iy for the ad bo buek fn Hime to walt two b Letuted trulu, et ——— \ Tue; Philadelphin Ledger refuses voit binuk to bu bukdozed by the Arkunsss D‘l‘h:‘l“ Inture tuto pronovncion it Arkuu!nw._u B caunol wuy Kunsuw,” It declurcs, "50 W8 Lo say Arr-kan-xus,t Tho Arkansad l“i".nlan a will pleaso puss un expunxing resolt ofort ance, wnd restore equunimity o the L npveg-disturboed Philadelpble Leduer e — ucer cey Amanin Beloit, Wls., made 8 @ b oralres bouse, "Ho bullt s clroutas toies BU! 1