Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 7, 1881, Page 4

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Varloty MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1881 Froy one point of view the nppointment of Robert Lincoln to a Cabluet offles was as much a recognition of the colored 1ace as the . selection of one of thelr own number would s have been, That the son of the great Eman- cipator should have been chosen is publie ac- knowledgment of the fact that posterity has Justitied and npplouded his work, I~ the new Cabinet New England gets the Secretury of State. ¢ y New York the Postmaster-General. Pennsylvanin the Attorney-General. The South the Sceretary of the Navy. The *Great West” the Secretary of the Trensury, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Interlor. Gen. Garfleld did not underrate thestrength and Importance of the West. ” *Tre new Cabiuet contains five fnwyers,— Windom, Lincoln, Hunt, Kirkwood, and Mac- Veagh; but only two who were engaged In practice when nppointed,—Lincoln and Mac- Veagh, The two other hends of Depart- - ments—Blaino and James—were journallsts %y profession before they entered public life. Blaine, Lincoln, MaceVeagh, and Ilunt are rollege groduntes: Kirkwood, James, and Windom are not. The school-tenchers are Blalne, Windom, and Kirkwood, Ir has been sald by “a distinguished gentleman of the press *—whether Gerinan or Irish we have been unablo In the confusion of the moment to ascertain—that President Barfleld’s Cablnet contalns but one man of real ability—nmmnely: Mr. Blaine, This seems Jo bo rather asweeping nssertion. ‘Thero s 20t o member of the Cabluet who has not rendy exhibited abllities of u high order, f nmong such may be classed the ability to Sike caro of oneself, to make one's own Kay i the world, and to win the respect of aelghbors and townsmen, Lut If tna modi- Zed sense tho statement should be true, it does not follow that the Administration will sufler from any want of abllity. The Presl- dent fortunately possesses n surplus stock of that article In his own individual right, and he will be able to distribute it around it need bo nmong the Departments uccords ingly as it is needed. ‘THE Afghan correspondent of the London Times nflirns that one of tha papers found by Gen, Roberts at Cabul,and asked for by Lord Lytton in Parlinment, 1s a treaty which was slgned by the Czar of Russin and the Inte Ameer Shere All, The treaty bound Russin to permanent friendship with Af- ghanlstan, and to render nssistance in war with any forelgn foe, while the Ameer undertook not to make war without consult- ing Russin, and to keop her Informed of all that transpived in Afghanistan, In nddition 1o thesoseetlons of the treaty, there wus an- other which promised to Afghanlstan at some future time the restoratlon of *“the anclent country,” which menns the Upper Punjab and the district of Kelat, The jeal- ousy of Euglund towards Russla In the mate ter of her Asiatic progress wonld thus seem to rest upon some good foundation, ‘TuE country hud a narrow eseape from u easualty Saturday which, if 1t had ocenrred, would have been regarded as o publie ealani- ity. ‘Fho traln which was enrrying the ux- Presldent homeward, when speedinz along at the rato of forty miles an hour, enme buto colliston with two engines running in the opposit direction at an equally hixh rate of speed, The shock was terrltic, ‘I'wo of thu Pultman ears, strongly bullt and proof ngainst ordinary necldents us they were, pur- tlully telescoped. One person was killed, and severat wounded, The ear In which the ex-Presldont and his family and friends wers sitting happlly eseaped, though the company was considerably disturbed and shaken up, if tho Presidentinl ear had been diferently situnted the country might now be called apon to mourn the loss of ono who has served it faithtullyin the highest ofes in the tand. Fortunately bio hus been spared to en- Joy the honor und repuso he has so well waried, His death would have been o sad «rmluation of the Inauguration festivities, aud would have introduced the Administra. tion of his successor under the most mourn- 4ul and depressing clreumstan l)! ‘il results of the war bitween Pery and Chill reeall in sume degreo those which shuracterized the wur between Germany and France, In both cuses 1t was a struggle bo- Lween astrong, compact Government aud u disorderly one,—the revolutlons and coups & état of France indingthelcparallels i the futrigues, tuuylts, aud assusinations which have passed for Gevernment fn Peru. And as Frauce was'completely overwhelwed, and TIHE CHICAGO for n tlme had not even n Government with which a peace conld be made, so Peru hins been eompletely overwhelmed, and is to-day I such a stato of anarchy that thore Is no Government that 13 able to conduct peace negotlations, The fate of Peru is n pitiable one. What the Chillans may leave sho is now likely to lose nt the hands of the Come munlsts, like France; but, unitke Franee, It Is questionablo whothor she has the power to resene herself from Communistie violence and recupernte, There Is alesson in this that the Peruviang would leed it they were wise, and thint I8 the power of consti{utional authorily, wisely adininlstered and obeyed. Both countrles have constitutions modeled upon our own. In Chillit (s enforced; In Perultis not. That Is the difference. Tur Shanghal correspondent of the Lon- don Thnes writes to that paper a running sketeh of the progress of events in Clina during the year 1880, from which it would appenr that very littlo growth has been made inany direction. The system of drlil in the army remaing as of old, and, “except in the enmps of defense, the old drlll of nntles, con- tortlons, andl somersets, to frighten the enemy, isdatly gone through In every barrack i Chinw,” 'The dispatehes between the Capital and the provinces are still earrled on donkeys, ‘The canals are all ehoked up, and the vublic works are erwmbling into ruin. ‘There has been mo progress at all In the development of the country by Western sclentific appliances, 'The surveys made of conl and lron flelds, which are known to existIn the Yangtsze Valley, have come to nothing. ‘Uhie cotton-mill which was to have been built has been abandoned, and the woolen-mills which were buiit somes timo ago ot Lanchowfoo nare mnot yet In operation, There Is promise of telegraphs, butnoperformance, Explorers for petroleum in Formosn eame back with Lroken heads. ‘The only ndvance made s in the manage- ment of thelr Steam Navigation Compnny, and of this the correspondent says: * For the first time Iu {ts history & proper amount lhas been written off tho value of the Company's fleet for depreciation and an honest and prafseworthy nttempt made to cut down all useless exvendlture and to put the Company on a sound commerelal basis. Its operatlons are to be extended to all forelgn countries where Chinese merchants are establlshed, and with this vlew two of Its thirty steamers hinve begun to ply between Chinn, the Sand- wieh Islands, and Californla.” Tue TRIBUNE published vesterday morn- ing n report of the remarks made by Repre- sentative R. H, White at the meeting of tho Republican Club of the Third Ward Satur- day evening, In which he strove to defend his inexcusable opposition to the bill to al- low the citizens of North, South, and West Chlcngo to consolidate those towns if they sco fit. Ile stendily suppressed in his re. marks the nature of the bill now before the House, We look In vain through hisdisin- genuousspeech for nstatement of the fact that the bl)l merely provides o means whereby the threetownsshall have the privilege of uniting ot some future period, after complying with the preliminaries required by the blll, in- cluding the presentation to the County Board of petitions signed by 1,000 legal voters of each town. Representative White also faited to explnin that the position he has taken 13 that the people of these threa towns shall not have permission to vote on this question of consolldation, If he had been honest enough to state to the ijeeting the real grounds which nctuated his obposition he would have been hissed off the stand, and the questions would hnve been put to him what right he had to use s Influence In the Logls- Inture to provent the people from voting on this question, and who authorized his Insolent assumption that he knew the wishes of the people of Chicago better than they do thomselves. This attempt on his part to declure that the people of South Chi- cago nnd the other towns shall not have a. right to vote ona question which so Intl- mately concerns them s o very cheeky plece of business. We are rather surprised that some of his auditors did not ask him on what ground he Justified such & position as that, and did not also explain his misrepre- sentations of tho nature of the bill. THE NEW CABINET. Presldent Garfleld sent to tho Seuate on Saturday the numes of the persons e has chosen to form his Cabinet, as follows: Hecretary of Stato—James G, Blaino, of Maine. Becretury of tho Trensury—William' Windom, of Miunesota, . Secr'v:llx:':y of War—Itobert T Lincolu, of 1ili- nols. ; a'url:rnmry of tho Navy—Wiltlam H. Huutj'of Loulsiana, Seeretary of tho Iuterior—Samuel J. Kirke wood, of Town, Postiunster-Uonerat~Thomas L. James, of New York Attorn enoral—Wayno MreVeagh, Pennsylvinla, ‘The Senato promptly confirined the np- nolntments without reforence to a commit- tee, As three Senators are Included In the list, their resignation wiil be required before they can tnke thae onth of oftice, but there 1s no reason why the mnew Administration should not bo fully organized and ready for business Monday, M The Cnblnot thus composed will afford general satisfaction, It meets all the require- ments of loeality, glving three representa- tives to the Eust, threo to the Yest, aml one to the South, 1t has a high nveragu of abill- ty, unquestioned Integrity, and In its collect- ive capacity n very unusual experience of publle uffairs and knowledgo of the duties pertaining to the several oflices, The new Secretary of State is, in a pecullar sonse, o truly National character. o s an Enstern man with o Western temporament, In the discharge of his oticlal dutles he will conslder first the Interests of his own country, and afterwardy the small soclal amenities which have heretofors played so important a part in our diplomacy. Jolning to an unu- sually qulek and vigilant mind an oxtensive knowledgo of hunan nature, a courteous and deferentinl manner, nl o strong will, he unites nost hupplly the characterlstics that the head of the Forcign Oftlee should pus- scss, Ho wll, moreover, givo Presidont Garfield the beneilt of his judgment and enlm counsel whenover ho may be called upon to adylise what the general conduct of the Administration should be. Wiltism Windom, the new Seeretary of, the ‘Preasury, a Minsiesotian sluce 1844, s an Odlo man Ly birth, and Is now In his 5ith year, Ile practiced law In s early man- hoad, but has served Minnesota twenty youry in Congress, ten years In the Lower lous, und ten years in tho Senute. In point of ability My, Windom ranks high ns asourns or aud ctear-headed thinker, Tho veteran Beas | Perloy Poore, who hag studied public men * Washiugton half a century, onco sndd that the Senator from Minnesota, In his judg. ment, ranked ‘next after Edmunds, Blaine, und Conkling as an orator aud o statesman 1n tho brondest sense of that term, His serv- lco has been principally on the Approprin- tions Committee, and, though his duties did not bring him Iutosuch Inthnate relations with the Treasury asthose of the Finance Commitiee would have done, they had still a very direct bearlng on fisen! and econotnle subjects, Mr. Windom's greatest publle work has been his trunsportation report, which stiil stands as a monnment to hiy diligence und clear npprehension of o most intricate subject. Wo do not question TRIBUNE: MONDAY, MAKRUN 7, I881—TEN PAGLES, that he will specdlly mnster all the de- talls of ls now oflice, nud administer It with stelet fmpartiality and sound- ness of Judgnent, tle belongs wholly neither to the Western nor the Eastern school of tinanee, thongh o voted for the remonetl- zatlon of sflver, in the face of u severe press- ure browght to bear to Influence hisn on the other side. Doth Mr. Windom and Mr. Binine will promote by every moans intheir power tho success of the fortheoming i metallle conference; and their appolutment mny be accepted as committing tho new Ad- mlnistration thoroughly to the support of the douvtestandard, and nctively employlug the influenco of the Republic to extend it over Enrope amd Amerien, Mr, Robert Lincoln has been obsenred by the shadow of agreat name, and stitl more by his own modesty, Those who know him as the people of Chicago do will not need to be assured that he 18 & good lawyer, and that hls whole life has been marked by an unu- sunl degree of fidelity nnd adherence to principle. Mo I8 serupulously oxact, methodieal, and business-llke I his own practice, and possesses all the qual- Itieatlous for n good cxecutive offider. ilo has hiad some wilitary experlence ns an As- slstant Adjutant-General on Gen. Grant's staff, and In this respeet Is better fitted for the War-Oftico than most of those who have held it. His age is nearly 40 years, so that he cannot be consldered too young: aud his knowledge of Washington life will protect Itim from the mistakes that toe often result from Inexperience. We do not wholly re- Ject the sentimental gronnd In considering this nppointment, It was u graceful thing for Gen. (arfield to honor the sonof the grent Iinolsan, The peonle of Iilnols witl thank him forit. It is well that he has done 50, too, ns scemns to be the case, of his own maotion, without suggestion or urging from any quarter. William H. Hunt, who has been appoluted Secretary of the Navy, has been n member of the Court of Clalmsat Washington since May, 1875, 1o is n native of Louistann; was n Unlon man during the War, and has been a Republican since. 1lo hing been engaged in tho practico of law for many years, and was prominent in tho Bar of New Orleans when callea to Washington, Ilis character has never been questioned, and, ashe had an in- thnate nequnintance with Gen. Garfield, the latter had the best opportunities of judging of his fitness for the oflice, Samuel J. Kirkwood, tho Seeretary of the Interlor, has been described as “a home- spun man.” Ile Is regarded In Jown with some of the same peculiar affectlon that was bestowed in Illinois upon Abraham Lincoln, whouw he resembles both in his figure and his manners, 11l lnexhaustible flow of good- Jiumor and his countless ancedotes have de- lighted many Western audiences. Mr, Kirk- wood’s publie experience began in the Ohlo Counstitutional Convention of 1850-’51 (though heis anative of Maryland). 1lle has been three times Governor and twice Senator from Towa. lisremoval will makea viacancy for’ the nmbitlous young wmen In that State to seramble for. As he Is now in his 63th year, he had less reason than Senntor Alllson to look forward to or desire nuother long term of service in the Senate. Thomas L. James will bring to the Post- Office Department the hizhest order of fitness nnd practical knowledge of 1ts requirements, ‘Fhere never was a Postmaster In New York who discharged the duties of that oflice to such general satisfactior. Mr. James willbo the Postmaster-General, nnd will not delegnte his dutles to assistants, e will rip open the rotten, foul, extravagant * star” service, and repair the mischief that Key through gross negligence permitted to be done. It Is under- stood, moreover, that he has several reforms which he desires to Introduce; and the recent example of Postmaster-General Fweett in England shows how much one able man ean accomplish In this direction. Wayne MacVeagh has been noted in a so- clal way as the “young gentleman who mar- rled Simon Cameron’s daughter in spite of him,*” ‘fo this illustrious achievement he has now ndded the otlier of defeating his brothor-in-lnw, the Scnator from Pennsyl- vania, in the matter of the Cabinet apvoint. ment from that State. As Attorney-General he will bo u worthy successor to Mr, Devens, nnd higher praise than that e ean scarcely hope to enjoy. Mr. MacVeagh hus been nt- torney for the Pennsylvania Rallroad; hie lay o Inrge and very lucrative practice, and an enviable soctal position in Philadelphin. fv will bo a snerifico In more respects than one for hiim to take the place, On the whole, the Cnbinet should be re- garded s o fafr compromise between nll the varlous elements of the party, Whils neltlier Conkling nor Cameron got all he desived, they wera both awarded ali they were fairly entitled to, Windom Is & compromise, not only on the money question, but as between Blninoe and Grant, The Blalne peoplo are represented by thelr chief and Mr, Kirkwood, Robert Lincoln and probubly Mr. James, who has the largest patronage to dispose of, wore supporters of Gen. Grant; Judge Hunt is shinply an original Garfleld man, and \Wayne MacVeagh was iu the first Instance for Sher- man, but was better pleased with tho result thau ho could have been i his first choleo hud been approved. With such a Cabinet and such o harmoni- ous opening of his Adminlstration, it will by surprising if Gen, Gurfleld does net fully - satlsfy the reasonable expectations of the Americun people as thelr Chief Maglstrate. IMPRESSIONS OF THE KEW ADMINIS- TRATION. 1f the sentlments expressed in Washington on ull sldes bo o faiv indleution of tho pre- vailing judgment of the country, as mny bo fulrly ngsumed in this case, the éelection of Prestdent Garfleld’s Cablnet has been ns hap- py ng ull tho other conditlons under which his Administyation has been Insugurated. Inspite of the numoerous disappointments that nro unnvoldable in mnking up o now Cablinet, there sceans to bo o universal adls- slon that Garfleld hns estublished at tho out- sot more hurmony In the Republlean party than has existed at any timo sluco Gen, Grant wus elected for u second term, Ilohny certalnly done this without in any respect compromising his own digulty or independ- ence, Mr, Blaine s reported to have sald within a doy or two that he Lelloved * Good statesmnnshipto conslst in wise concessions,” und these concesslons have been so ovenly divided that all factlons and sections have either been conclllated genuinely, or are maced fu such o position that they eanpot lope to antugonize the new Administration in any manner, oponly or covertly, with any respoctable following, nor without Inviting thelr condemnation, 4t 18 notable that Presldent Garfleld, while thus glving satisfaction wll around, has cat- rled out his original yurposes, and the fm- pression from tlme to time durlng the prst faw weeks that he was waveriniz was merely due to the effort to have his own way with- out offending, Ile hus succeeded in this, T'ha remork that overybody 18 represented in the Cabinet but Gurfleld Is a suportlelul view of tha case, It Is not u Blalno Cabluet, nor Graut Cabinet, nor a Conkling Cubluet, nor n Camoron Cabinet, but essentlally o Gartield Cublnet, Gen, Garfleld's positlon in the Repub- licun party and betore the country wus not of n kind that made his caudidacy factionul or sectional. 1le was able to provide for the representation of cll the varlous luclluations und prefercuces In the purty, and at the sumo time manke cvery one called to the Cablnet teel that his first duty Is to contribate to the sueeess of the Garfield Adminlsteation, and Lhat relfoved from all sense of obliga- tion to outslde tatluenees. There is also, a8 tule, the convietion that the selections ave calenlated 1o bring special and practleal ca- | pavity to most of the places nssigned, and even the Demovratie Congressmen and lend- ers are constrained to bt that the arrange- ment of the Cabluet assures u conservative nud efticlent administration of the Govern- ment as well as popular support, ‘The discussion of the Individual fitness of the new Cabinet ofticers I3 as favorablo to Gen, Garfleld’s fudgment as the opinion re- garding its harmonious arrangement, The country nt lnrge has approved from the first tho selection of Mr Blaine as the Premier, and there Is an Infultive conviction that the State Department will during the next four years manifest some of thesplritof progress, pluck, and enterprise whieh are character- istic of the Ameriean people, nnd that through its Influence the Amerienn Nation will assert itself more vigorously in s for- olgn relatlons than ever bofore, The np- polntiment of Mr, James Postimnster-General has commanded lfustant recoguition of fit- ness, and perfeet eonfldence - that the abuses which have been tolerated fu that Depart- ment will bo weeded ont. ‘Che nellnation to object to Mr. Kirkwood on wecount of his age hins been overwhelmed by the unlversal admlssion that he brings to the Departmient of the luterier the first essentinls of a sue- cessful admlnistration—-viz : undoubted in- tegrlty ad good connon sense, The long oxperlence of Mr. Windum and his conserva- tive habit of taking counsel ure construed to assure rendy cobperation with the Ireskdent, whose knowledge of Government finanes fa second to no other maw’s, and whose theo- ries are ot once conservative and practlenl, I'ho selection of Mr. Wayne NiseVengh has ocensioned somo adverse connent among the * Stalwarts,” but has been wracefully ac- qulesced in by the Crneron faetion. While that gentieman fsn good Inwyer, and Is the best type of n Liberal Republican, he Is felt to have n backlhig which wlll overcome all spiteful eritlelsm, There 1s a remarkable unanimity in aceepting the nomination of Mr, Robert ', Lincoln ns n proper mark of Nntlongl recognition of a great memory; and Judge Hunt, a representative Unlon and native Southerner, has abundant testl- mony umong all who have ever known him of sabllity and character. It wns snid soon after Gen, Garfield’s elec- tion that it was his purpose to mnke his Ad- ministration n Western Adminlstration, Ile has not in the selectlon of his advisers in- dicated an Intention to do this in a scctional or objectionable way, but the West has been given tho position and Influenco to which It is entitled nt the hands of n Republiean Pres- fdent, and the great proaductive Interests of the country ara fully profected naguinst a mlsuse of Natlonal power {n behaif of money nterests and corporatlon Interests, Every step that has been taken thus far in the selectlon of assistants to the chlef officers of tho Government Indicates the snme sound Judgment that Is admitted to have been shown in the cholee of advisers and heads of Departments, [ ——— ‘WORK FOE THE NfiW&EOBFAAEY OF THE AVY. I'he current number of Puck contalns o powerful nnd satirleal eartoon upon the con- dition of our navy. Auold hulk les rotting In the sand with a single saflor and marine on deck, while tho three yardarms of the fragwent’or o miast left standing are crowded with birds of plumage—Admirals, Commodores, Cuptains, and Lleutenants— ns thiekly ns they can ‘roust together, and above them on thi truck Is the Seeretary of tho Navy with. & battered spy-glnss, The pleture Is bitterly satirienl, but it 13 also bit- terly true. - We have now a new Seeretary of the Nuvy who ilves In the great seaport of New Orleans, andought naturatly to be more famlliar with naval mutters than men from the raging Wabash or stormy Kanawha, who may be famiiur'with punt, eanoe, and dug- out navigatlon. It is to be presumed that he Knows our rotting, and contempt- ible, and antlguated navy §s ermmmed with Admirals, Commodores, Captains, Lieutenauts, Paymnsters, Surgeons, and mid- slipmen, atmost suiliciont to man o navy as big as England'’s, and, certalnly cnough to fitout tho navles of Frante or Germuny. While we hiave somo vessels that may be of service in colleeting rovenues aud preventing smuggling, our fighting vessels -of war are shnply contemptidle, Wo have not a-ship inour whole nuvy which could stand ten minutes' fighting with any wodern-built ronelad of nny other navy In the world, Itaty has two ironelads which coulit get away with our entire navy, while Lngland, Franee, and Germuny, or even Spain and *Lurkoy, woukd find no difticulty 1 sending the whole of them to the bottom In rapid successton, Husty old tugs, thinly-covered shells, moldy choese-boxes, n few of them perhaps seaworthy, some kopt in-shore becnuse thoy wre not safe, nud othors rotting in docks, and not one of them having any of the modern improve- ments, composy our navy. ‘Fho suceess of our monltor ironclnds twenty years ugo opened the oyes of othor uatlons to their naval deficlencles, and they have since res prired them, and constructed thelr war-ships unew with referenceo to power, speed, endur- unee, amd the strength and efticiency of thelr ordnance, while we to-dny nre just where wo woere’ fifteon years ago. We have had the experlonces of ull those years and the results of some naval fighting to galdo us, We are spending between fourtesu and fifteen mill« fons of dollars vyery year, nul yot what Is the result? A worthless, rolting navy, as depleted by Puck, with Its yardarng erowded with ofticers, as thiekly a8 they can roost, with nothing to do but to draw thelr pay and holp spend all these milllons of tho people’s money, Wo have o nwvy which, In enso, of any insult offered us by n forelgn Power, 18 good for nothing, cither offen- slve or defensive, and by the thne that we conld got s nnvy strong enough to do nuything the war would be over and our principul ports would bo Iald under con- tribution, unless thoy could be defended by shore battorles and torpedoos, We are not ablo to copu oven with Spaln in the West In- dllan waters, should any trouble ariss abont Cuba, while it 13 absurd even to think of do- fylug France in tho mattdr of the Pauama Canal, should we becoms bulllguront over the alleged Monroo dactrine. In this stute of facts It Is ovidently the duty of the Adminfstration to disband the useless part of tho navy; to send the lavger partof its useless oficers on sliore, and let them 1lve on halt-pay unul they aro needed Insomo position where thoy can earn thelr full wages; to keop o fow on duty for the neeessary coast servicey to sell off ut unetion ol the rubbish; to reduce the running ex- penses to four or five milllon ollars, und use the romaining ton willions in the construe- tlon of swift and powerful steeleluds, armed with the latest fmproved ordnance, und in the Iwmprovement of the tor. podo servies, In thls manuer we should huve a navy worthy of the nume In u few years, nnd these gorgeous birds, now roost- g s0 complucently and fatly, could be ealled ack to duty, W ghould then be In & posi- tlon whero the lack of a navy would not in- vite Insult, It is not expedient to yush in Bustlly und spend mililons of mouney upon tho construetion of a great naty, nor isit necessary to ndd n single cent to the naval npproprintions. For the pregent we ean get along very well with an expenditure of one- third of the approprintion upon running ex- penses, but wennwhile, between now and tho meoting of the next Congress, the now Seeretary of the Navy cannotb do better than tomnture, with the lelp of naval exvorls, some system which will glve us a navy tn- stead of our present motley collection of okd, deeaying hulks and unseaworthy wooden vessely, and ehable the lazy birds to go to worlk and do something bestdes alring thelir fing fenther: ORGANIZATION OF THE BENATE, The purpose of the caucus held by tho Democeratle Senntors on Saturday whilo walting for the Cablnet nominations was not merely to determing the question of ime medinte confirmation of the new President’s ofieinl fanly, but also to conskder the prob- lem of reorganizing the Seaate, It cung out in Washington yesterduy that while the eancus reached no finnl deelsion, the plan wassuggested, and may be adopted, to have the Sennte tnke n recess till about the middle of the month, in order to glve time for the filling of vaeanefes on tho Republican side enused severnlly by the death of the lute Senator Carpenter amd the retirement of Messrs, Blaine, Windom, and Kirkwood to the Cabluet.. A speclal messeuger left Washington yesterduy to earry M, Binine's resignation to the Maine Legislat ure, so that his successor may bo elected n week from to-morrow, ‘fhie resignations of Messrs, Kirkwood and Windom will proba~ bly b sent In to-dny, and, the Legisiatures n their States having adjourned, successors may be appolnted at once. ‘The Wisconsin Leglslature may proceed to-morrow to the electlon of a Senator to tako Mr, Carpenter's sent. Such n decislon on the part of the Demo- erntle Senators would unguestionably be wise. If they should seek to take ndvantnze of the existing vneancies on the Republlican side, they wonld thus invite n reorganization at any time when the Republicans should feel themselves strong enongh to undertake it The Senate, belng a permunent body, nd- mits of reorganization at any time when a mnjority are In favor of such procceding, and o mero tesolution is the only necessary preliminary to sueh n step. It is the practice when an organization hins once been made to retuln it during the current Congress, but this practice Is based upon the assuinption that the original or- ganizalion has been made by n clear ma- Jority, without resort to sharp practice. There Is nothing nrbitrary or binding.about it. 1t tho Democrats shall resnlve to poste pone tho organization for the present, It will probably be because certain Senators whose votes are Indispensablo to them are not will- ing to take suap judgment upon the Re- publicins owing to accidental vacancies. Among these Senators may probably bo in- cluded Judge Davis, of Illinols, and Messrs, DBayard, Beck, und Pendloton, If the or- ganization be postponed till the Republican vacaneles shall be filled, then there may be In tho meantime n free and fair fight for Senator Mahone's vote, upon which the balanco of power turns, and, whatever tho result may be, both sides will be bound thercby, . Whils the Senate will be very close and uncertain upon all questions during the next two yenrs, tho Demoerats must teel that thoir slda hag been notably weakened by the re- tirement of some of thelr ablest men. Messts, Thurman, Kernan, dMcDonald, Eaton, and Whyte are serfous losses to Demoeratle In- fluence, for thoy wure all strong men, ench in his own way, and all had earned publie con- fidenee in thelr versonal Integrity and thelr knowledgo of atlairs, .The chnanges on the Republicnn side have not ivolved uny such serlous loss, Tho death of Seuator Car- venter and the rvesignatlons “of Blaine and Windom would be an injury it there were uot compensation to be found In the abillty whieh las been sup- plied in other places, There will be n pow- erful Republican phalanx in Senators Ed- wmnnds, Coukling, Sherman, loar, nle, Frye, Conger, und IHarrison, and the nd- vantages in point of nbility will bo largely on the Itepublican slde, Verhaps it is tho knowledge of this fact that welghs in the progpective determination of the Democrats to net fuirly In tho matter of organization, which In the Senate includes the formnation of the Committees ns well as tho election of ofticers, A wisn consideration of future In- terest will certainly sustain the course that has been suggested to the Demacrats, THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELEU- TION IN INDIANA, A week from to-day the people of Indiann will voto agaln on the question of adopting tho constlitutionnl amendments submitted to them fast April, ‘Cheso nmendments wero proposed to and adopted by the Legisiatures of 1877 and 1870, and voted on ntnspecinl election April 5, 1880, Town and village electtons were held the same day, but sep- arato boxes were used for munlelpal tickets and ballots on the amendments, The latter received majorities ranging from 20,000 to 50,000 In » totnl voto of $21,843,—n lnrge voto for mere townghip eloctlons, ‘T'he partisan decislon of the Supremoe Court, delivered Juno 18, decluring tho vote on the amendments abortive, was a gross prostitution of tho judlcinl power to party ends. Itis not tdoubted now that the opin- lonof the three Democratie Judges was in- tended, first, to nssist Hendrioks’ canvags for the Presidentin! nominntion at Clnclnnatl; and socondly, to help the Demoeracy by re- storing Indlann, which was supposed to be a reasonably sure Bourhon Stale, to the st of October States, iree of the Damocratle Judges, constls tuting n majority of the Court, held the pre- tenso that the result of tho eleetion could not Lo Judiclally ascertained becnuse the town- ship votes had not been, and could not be, canvassed and footed upasa whole. Upon thls flimsy pretoxt the proceedings wore deetured null nnd vold ab initlo, At the sume thne the Court held that the questlon could beagain submitted atn separate and specinl olectlon, and that If declded afirmas tively the election would stund, Thoe Democratio «decision wag, from a par- tlsan or nuy other poinut of view, an cnor- mous blunder, 1t did not cauge the nominn- tion of Hondricks. It did not help the Demoeracy In October, On the contrary, it proguced a feeling of disgust, resentmont, and indignatlon nmong the fair-minded clnsses throughout the State, and o reaction followed which, inthe judgment of many competent observers, contributed more than nny other slugle cause to the Republicun suiceess In the State and the Nutlou. ‘The presont Loglslature hos ordored the amendnents to be submitted again next JMonday, and the Goveritor has fssued his proclamation accordingly. On thelr merits the amendments should be unhesitatingly adopted, The reforms thoy propose are so val- uable, so desirable, so elumentary und plaln that they cannot be disputed, One nmend- went provoses a law protecting olectiony, and requires a fixed perlod of resldence in the State, county, and township of ench voter, Another strlkes out the seuseless prohibition agalnst colored suffrage, which Is nlready a depd lettor, being in contiiet with the Natlonat Coustitution, and Is be- sldes o repronch upon the putriotism and fu- §till othor amond- telligence of the State, ments introduce desirable chonges In the revenue law iInthe way of cconomy, nnd cqualiza the fees and salarles of county oftieers, But tha Important amendimont, and that which, fn connection with the one pre- seribing the qualificatlons of suilrnge, iy worth all tho others together, is tho one which changes the thne for general olections from October lo November. ‘The effeet of thoso amendments, if adopted, would be wmost sulutary to tho people of Indinng, They wonld reform and purify the method of conducting and holding elections, disconrnge, and to o great oxtent prevent, corruption, repeating, and ballot-box stufling, and destroy the motivo for coloniza- tlon nnd outside fnterference in the affatrs of the State. Indinua would conse to be n battleground for oth tho great partles, to Lo won by bribery, fraud, and colontzntlon, The passtons of the people wonld not be ex- cited in that State more than In all the others, and the corruptionists, bummers, and profligates of both partles waounld not mnke it n rendezvous and compete with each other thore tn tho practiee of their nefarions aceomplishments, Indinun would cense to be, ns It i3 now once wvery four years, o politienl plaguc-spot, and her electlons would no longer shame her own best citi- zens amd lonorable men frrespective of party In other States, In the mers saving of mouey, time, and nuxiety, to say nothing of wear and lear of conselence, the people of Indinnn wonld find abundant satisfaction in # November cleetion held at the snme thine with surrounding States, An overwhelming majority of.the people is belleved to be In favor of these Important and purifylng amendments, But It is under- stood that n conspiracy has been formed among the Bourbon leaders of tho State, who are desperate aml unscrupitlous to the Inst degree, to defent them, It wounld ben great woral vietory for the deeent nnd lonest classes of people, nnd-a proper censuro of the partisan Judges who once defented the pop- ular will, to have n lnrge vote cast for the amendments next Monday, LRepublieans and right-minded Democerats of Indiann shonid see to It that this s done; and the mnjority Intheir favor should be so large that there will no longer, be the least pretext for quib- bling, evaslon, or judiclal subterfuge. A THE CONGRESSIONAL BPOILS BYSTEM. President Garfleld In his inaugural ad- dress touched on tho subject of offlee tenure, and Incldentally polnted out to Congress aud to the country the hopeof and the means whereby there may be by Iegislation a perma- nent reform in the Civi-Service system of the United States, The Presldent, speaking on thls subjec Tho Civil Sorvice can nover he pleoed an o satlsfactory bneis until it {8 regulated by nw, For the good of tho servico Itself, far tho pro- tection of those who nre intrusted with tho np- pointiog power, ngainst tho waato of time and tha obstriction to public husiness caused by in- ordinute pressure tor place, and_ for tho protece tlou ot Incumbents against inteleue and wrongs, 1 shull at the proper time usk Congress to tix tho tenure of minor ollices of tho severnl Exceutive Departments, nnd preseribe the grounds upon which romovuls shatll Lo mad during tho terms for which tho lncumbents have boou ap- volnted. President Garfleld was in Congress from Mareh, 1863, untll Decembor, 1850, and in direct amd Inthnate relations with all the Departments of the Government, No man Iins been o more observant witness of tho degradation of polities, and tho iujury to the public’ serviee, resulting from_ the insatiable elamor for oftiee, nnd the kmperlons demands made upon members of Congress by party friends for n share in the spoils of party victory, Gen. Garfield has not during his publle service undertaken to ““boss” the polities of Ohlo, or of any other State; he has not un- dertaken to control the Federal patronage in that State; he hns not organized & factlon fn Ohlo devoted to hls personal fnterests, and theroforo has never demanded the whole or even his “share” of the offices for any “wing” of the party devoted to hlmself. Ile hns witnessed the deplorable effects of this policy upon the politics of othar States, and asn matter of taste and of justice has not Imi- tated the folly of others. ‘I'he distributlon of vatronage, ns part of the enolunients of Sene ators and Representatives, has worked more Injury to the party by the dlssenslons and strife it has produced than has any warfure by the Democrats, 1le enters tho Exceutive ofllee, therefore, without having over been, or having destred or attempted to be, a Boss or dietator in tho distribution of oflices among personal retalners, and with o painfut knowledge of the baletul effcets of such n system upon the unity and strenwth of his own party and upon the general politics of the country, Ilurper's Weekly enlls attentlon to what would have been the condition of things at Washington at this thno had Garfleld not been elected, and tho entire patronage of tho country had been turned over to the Dem- acratie party, 9'here would bo now at the Capital a famished horde, proclalming tho grent Democratie war-ery that *To the vie- tors belony the spolls,” and ench Democrat within thu aren of the Union would be juslst- ingg upon his own nppolutment and the ro- moval of some present fncumbent. The demoralization of tho Clvll Service resulting from u general dismissal of ull the persons In the Nationul employment and the introduc- tlon of an entirely new force can well bo Imngined, and need not bo deseribed. ‘I'he samo paper yeproduces the remnrks of JMr, Webster upon this subject fifty yoars ugo, when Presldent Jackson had put in actual operation thls system of a general change of ull the oflcinls In ali the Depnrt~ ments of the Govermment at each change of Administration, ore 15 what Danlol Web- ster suld: And wnat did wo witnoss, slr, when tho Ade ministration setuully commienced, in tho full exorciny of 1ts authovity? Ouo universal swaop, ono undistingulshing blow, loveled aguinst nil who wera not of tho sucoessful party, No worth, publlo or private, no service, civil or wilitary, was of power to resist tho relentiess #roediness of proscription, Eotdicers of the Inte war, soldlord 0of tho Rovolutionary wiar,—~the very couteinpararies of the llberties of the country,—all lost their sltuntions. ~ No oflice wis. too bigh, nud nons too low, fue ottice wie tho spofl,—und all tho ll)ulll. 1t 18 ynld, buloni to the vivtors, 100t holding un otfive necuasary for bis dally support hud presonted hlmseif, cove wred with “the seurs of wounds recvived i overy battle from Bunker Il to York- town, thess would not have protected him ngafust this ruckless rapacity. Nay, sir, i Wurren himsclf hod been among the live Ing, und bid possessod any otlive under Govers ment, high or low, ho would not have been suf- fored'to hold 1t n Wiogle hour unless be conld show thut bo bad strictly complicd with the purty stututes, and hud put'n well-marked part; collnr ground his own neek, o . . l'ullmcu prosceiption leads nucessurlly to ‘tha (il of Glices with Incompotent persons, amd to & collsee quont muioxcention of oflicinl duties, In my uptulon, s, It will clrectuully chango the charac- ter of our ' (jovernment, s uetie upon the avated prinelple of claiuiiing ofee by right nf cone qucat, univss tho pubtie shull rebuke und restrain L, .. o L0 this courso of things eannot bo chiocked, good inen witl grow tired of tho oxer olso of politiend privileges, ‘Thoy will huve nathing to do with popniug olections. They will sou thut such cleetions nre but a mero deliish contest for oflico: and thoy will ahaudon thn Governmoent to the scrumblo of the bold, the daring, nnd tho dusperate. ‘This was fifty years age, ‘Then the whole population of the country was luss than 13,- 000,000, of whom 10,637,000 only wera whilte, and the wholo populur voto cast In 1843 was only 1,200,000, Last fall it exceeded 9,000,000, At that thuo the whole patronage of the Gov- erimment hardly equaled that of the present customs service, Now thera Is npopulation of 50,000,000 tho number of votes §s nearly” 10,000,000, and tha number of persons holding civil oflee under the Government s about 90,000, Dunlel Webster spolio ot this spolly system whon 1t was'In its taf, had been - oporatlon only ¢ years, 1 it was appalting then, oflice by right of conquest,”—| Almmmsloi strife and Natlong then, what 1sit now in the full g, fifty years' growth of population ntllx:lll(l]l;m ke tronage? g Gen, Gurfleld 18 perhaps better politient history of the Governm informed of the mertls and def litieal systeur, and of tho eauses of thesg ¢ fects, than any of his predocessors par, been. 1o is o man of enlightene mm ad will not shirlnk from proposing remed‘i"' for grent nbuses, That he will ask Coy, s to putan end to this oiice-by-congnost P tem, under which at every change .ln o party complexton of the Nutfona] Admin tration there may be the sudden and nu: cral dismissal of nenrly 100,000 cjyi) servan, of tho Government, and the anpolniment u; as many new and inexpericnced versons, to geatlfy a demand backed by Congressien 1y pay off tholr partisan debis to blowers, ang strikers, and ward bumners who nu‘cked caueuses for them, there con he yo doubt, The country will lovk to him \\'ll]lc(mflllenc, that he will, so faras tha Exeentive cay o, 80, provide a proper corrective to this, u«; reatest evil of our polltienl system, NCYy When fy WO O tlyroq =" claning 101t wag Por. i) llu\(rucllun read In thy ont, belter S of our po, Fiaeal Triumphs, The Administration of ex-Iresidont layes wilibechletly remembered for Its Nscnl triumphy In tho three purticulurs of resumption of 9pecly payments, reductlon of interest by the refypg. fug operations, and reduction of the eapitg o the debt Its succers has been perfeet, Thy dett statement Just fssucd completes the reeorg of the recent Administeation, and it may 1o Ine tereatiug to muny renders Lo bave the rejy stated In brief form, The Boston Addvertisey Klves & résumé, which we copy: “In the oy place, let us notlce tho aggregate reduction of tho debt In the four yenrs. On March 1,153, the et debt and aceriod Interest less cush ta Treasury was §2,08876LMH0L At tho end of four years It stands nt $187045041255, The e crease Is therotore $208,824,550.47, an uverage of mare than 10,000 1 wonth for tho whole neriod, Tho gross debt at tho beginning of cay of the four adminlstrative yeirs and the de. crense durfog tho preceding yeur may be thy exhtbited: Date, Marel, I57.,, Gross deht, Murels, 148 i Reduction, i Aurch, 1891 TR0 [ "It witl be noticed that tho reduction of ney tlebt bins been almoat oxactly 10 por cont In thy four years; but when wo tuke notlce of thegroy bonded debt only the reduction wilt bo found tg be constdernbly tess, Tho following tablo shows, In hundrods of thongand dollurs, tho debt Lears Ing uterest on the Ist March of each year, Thuy 034 stands for F934,000,000; Tente, Bt v, I, tipor eant, § LS TIEE BT s dwl g ang 4 vor cor 7128l mwdl gl ® Ay 4 pur et 10 Zan Fpdrcon yor con Total.. s LS Mol d ity *The total reduction of tho bunder dobt has, thorefore, been only 3% millions. ‘Tho npparent amaount of bonded debt [n 1870 and 1850 Is Inrger than the actual nmount, Innsmnch us refunde 1uy operntions weregolng on at tho time, and two clnsses of bonds were outstanding. Contrasting, however, the annual futurest charge upon the debt nd It atoud at tho beginnimg of the term of tho President and now, we find atenormous ree ductlon, The following table will show the fn. terest at tho beginniog and end of the term, sad tho saving: Marel, I 3, Interedtat NV, tpor cont. 6 yer cont. 43 per con Ayer cent., B por cent. oML e ) SUAUSI| FIRRILT] £ “The not reduction (4 1555703 In e nunl { nterest, or more than 1814 per cent, The suviug to tho Government s n perpetus al ono of alirost a million and a half dollan a4 montb, and it has all been accomplished, not merely without any help from leglslation by a Domoeratle Congress, but in spite of constant attempts nt meddling, which sorved to unsettle tho public mind withont really etfecting any change in the lnws and golely by tho authority urantod ten yenrs ngo by far-seeing Repubs Heans," Decreare nerean, ————— Yodlno as a Curo for Diphtheria, Dr. 11, P, Gauthier, of $t. Paul, Minn,, con tributes the Tollowing cure for diphtheriu to the Chlengo Medfcal Iteview: “Whilent NatchesSiss, in tho carly partof 1863, Iwas led, through my ex perience withun opldemic thon and there prevas lunt, to adopt tho treatment 1 naw propose tode gcribe. During this epldemic nbout 10 cases of diphthorin were ruccessfully treated intho mane nerabout to bedesoribed, FFar some years aubses quent to my return to 1linols I tronted all the cases L encountered (Rety in munber) with come plete siccess by the rame means, and 1 have glnce trented ubout 160 enses, nll with- tho same sutisfuctory resnlt, except In two Instanced where death aceurrad, the patient being almost moribund when coming under troutment. Pres vious to tho adontion of tho present wolde of treatmout my results wero by nomeans us et factory, the discasy proving fatal In at loust ones third the wholo pumber of cases, The treate meut which has proved so suceessful in mr hands {8 ns follows: Tho patient s ondered tincture of fodfuc In ton to twelye drop dosed every hour, woll diluted with water, so long 89 tha fever Insts, subsequently reduvivg it to ten drops every two, and fually every threo hourss locul appliontions of tho drug are mudo use of At the sumo thme. Thess tntter should Le wade by tho physiolun hitmsell ut lonst twico o daye For internul use, I give, lntierly, tho decolorized tineturo; bread and starchy articles of diet me ut the same timo used In abundance, Such B my trontment.” e et A vERY brlef mention was made by the Assoclated Press vomo days ago of the lyneh ing of five prisoners at Springlienl, Tent, while thoy wero belng tried for murder, The 'Penucsseo pnpors glvo tho particulurs: Lot Septomber nino negroes murdered with hor rible lorburity o farmer named Lagrads, plunder belnge thelr object. Al were cnugbh and confined In Springllold Jall, One weer nfter wards u p10b took two of them from the prixd and lynched them, at the sawmo timo yuching unother munderer contined there, Auother prisonor, after confessiog tho crime, died 12 prison, Two weeks ugo tho trial began s Springflold, olosing with the Judyge's charge 1© tho Jury, On Friduy tho Court way closed, au tho ‘Shori started with the prisoners In bi8 chargo to tho prisun., A mnub mot him at 88 door and captured the prisoners, They llfl: took possession of tho Court-1iouso and hung: tiva of thom to tho vorandu ut the Cuurvllunig door. U'wo other mnegroes, who bhud mmt‘ 8tate's ovidence, wero pursued during the ulnb' und kitled, Thus ton murders avened th t;]_ Lograde. The wob of lynchors numbered The live corpses dangled on tho Cuu]’l'llfl““ verundu t1l thoy wero cut dowin on Saturdars Tho Tonnesseo Benuto afterwards pussed 8 rrw; lution condemuig lyuching, declaring lb: theso mobs must be suppressed 1€ 1t takes ll. 0 whole powor of tho Stute to do ff,=but tef won't bo; calling on the Governor 10 !Arn-sf Nn‘nl punish the lynchors,—which he won't dv-“w promising tho active codperation of the Lex! lature,~which 14 mero pretenso uud Lush. ———— Tt Buffalo Cowrler suggests & umllmi?fi umusement for people who cannot reud U L tho carg. It la fura man to glance ut 1o 'kf;l gestlvo beud lines In a newspaper, wnla‘uu:m' tho seat, close bls eyus, funcy bunselt Wus! e ton, ur Jeffémion, or sonio other |lcrwnluf‘ v Revolutionnry time, and look nt the uews ff thut fur-buck standpolut, For sublects £00 Courter sugge: “ Nebraska,'" “Ullllfi‘\fl“-‘n Hed stoumstlp,” *a rallway time tably tlh" fia Efephunt Mino at Leadvillo,” * the 'I‘ulnldul: £y Nallun organ grinder at Oshkoeh," s8¢ misery of 1,200 oxodusters at Oswego, Kus: e - A NEw temperance experlment triod at Hrockton, Mass. It seoms thut 1:;1{53 tho Belcctmen fssued twenty-threo fleeuse 12 the sulo of liquurd, but tho privilege m:hui! abused that in 1850 thoy fuduced one ul"“‘ own number 10 tako out a tlcense, nuxd(rf' Bit the only one granted, Their report umnd o7 wo stock of pure lquurs was procure 'm‘f‘ establlshmeuit opened undor tho direct j: el viwion of the Board, and tho principle 800 shat while no sulea should ba made 1o be hag beed *