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4 TINS. CHICAGO TRIBU. MARCH 10, 1881—-TWELVE PAGES. — Ghe Crile. ‘SERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. POSTAQE PREPAID, NY MAI-IN ADVANCE Dally edition, one yeu Paria ofa year, por minnth nily and Munday, one year. Tuesday, Thuraday, and Sat Alonday, Wednesday, und Erling, por Bnndag, 1-pnuo edition, per: WEEKLY EDITIU Ono copy, per Font, Chinol fv iwenty-one copies Epecimen copies sent (re. Give Moat-Uitica addross in full, Including County and Stata. Remittances mar bo made elthor by dratt, expres Vost-Onice order, or In tauiatored Lotter, at our risk, TO CITY BUPSCHIBERS. F Dahiy.oltrered, Sunday oxcepted, 33 cents per woek. Unlly,detiverod, Sunday inclided, 20 cents per woek, Address THE THIBUNE COMPANY, Cotnor Madison and Hearkorn-sta. Chicago {il. es POSTAGE. Entered at the PosteOficeat Chicago, ty as Second= Clata Matter, honent of our patrons who dosire to song nusigeuples of THE TRIUNE through the mall, we siveberewith tho translent rte of pustager Domertle, Elghtand Twotvo Page Hapor.. 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Cinrk street, betweon Lake and Itandolph. gagowont of Harry Webber, “Nip and Tuck.” En- Academy of Muate, Halsted street, near Madison, West Side, entertainment. Variety : Central Muste-Hinit Corner of Itandolph and.state streets, Lecture by Schuyler Colfax, Subject: * Across the Contl- nent,” Farwell Hail. Madson street, uetween Clark and La alle. Read- ings by the Potter Sisters; music by the Lyon Ur- chestra, TRURSDAY, MARCI 10, 1881. ‘Tue nomination of the Mon. Levi 2. Mor- ton, of New York, ns Minister to France will create a vavancy in Congress; but tho Republicans should haveno difficulty tu till ing it, Last fall the vote stood In his dis- trict: Morton (Rep.)...0.. Gerard (Det)... Majority... seccorcssrereetereseres * ‘With this margin to go and come on there should be no doubt of the election of a Re- publican successor to Morton Mr, Wittiam Nonti’s editorial on the prohibition question Is respectfully com- mended to the agitators who have made this issue prominent before the State Leglsia- tures, Tha story goes that Mr. North, a quarter of n century ngon New York jour- nalist of repute, was asked to write an “editorial” calculated to inflict damage on the cause of coercive tectotulism. Ho was apromised $20 for a suitable article. “How Tong shall it bo?” Imaquired North, “As Jong or short as you please,” was the reply; qualfty, not quantity, is the object.” There- upon North Indited this powerful article: We had rathor seo the whole world got drunk of ita own freo will than onc inan kept sober by vompulsion. This sentence was printed as a leader tn the journal which had retained Mr. North, and he was rewarded for his work at tho _ Tate of a dollar 9 word,—undoubtedly the highest price ever pald for a newspaper ed- “{torlal, Whatever may bo thought of the soundness of his argument, it had a very wn usual merit In the prohibition controversy,— brevity. : A GENTLEMAN from Kansas, reading in ‘Tie IMnwuNE the report of tho debates in the Spanish Cortes, In which the Cuban Senators ond Representatives urged tho adoption of liberal commercial relations with the United States, communteates some facts tending to explain this change of policy. It seems that persons engaged in tho cultiva- tion of the amber cane tn this country have employed during the Inst few yeurs several experienced sugar-bollers, brought hither from the sugai-flulds of Cuba, ‘These men Ore experlenced in nll that pertains to tho cultivation gis well as the manufacture of sugar, Our correspondent furnishes us with the subjoined statement. The important fact stated In this recital is that tho protract- ed droughts which render Kansas and Texans unprofitable for grain-growing is the precise quality which fs needed for the successful cultivation of sugar. A strong soll, with dry and warm tomperature, like that of Kansas, Texas, and the Indian ‘Territory, are tho du- Birablo if not essential requisits for tho pro- _ ductive growth of cane, and for the full yield of saccharine properties, In which consists the value of the sugar crop, Arter Gregg’s bill to Increaso litigation, costs, fees, and delays was defeated In the House, Allen changed his vote In order to ovo a reconsideration for tho purpose of drumming up enough reeruits among the wb- sontees to finally pass it. ‘Iho barrators pushing Gregg’s bill haye the cheek to allego that It isin tho intorest of the poor man,—the very clasa thoy nro plotting to,akin, Tho ‘poor inan at present in Cook County can ordi- narily get a judgment in ninety day's atsmall cost. Undor Gregg’s barrator pill the de- fondant can for thumore purpose of revenge or “pure cnssedness” delay a judgment four or six yeura, the plalutitt’s costs fur attorney In tho meantime atone enting up nearly all the verdict, ‘Tho direct purpose and effect of Grega’s barrator bill Is to swell the cost of every sult; to enable hungry hawks to get ncase into court and keep It there until they have con- tumed [ts substance, and this they ean only do by openlng the doors to appeals, so that every rich man, or corporation, or dishonest man With money can, by appeal after appeal, guln years of thne In paying what he owes, Ono etfect of the present Inw Ista cut off uppeals taken for mere delay. But delay Is) the polley of allcorporattons which are sued; shey rarely pay a debt whan sued so long as they can keep.a case Incourt on appeal, Mad Urexg a hope of becoming an attorney for at rallroadin his county he could not better “promote the ends of that company than by passlog this bil, which will enably that com- pany to appeul avery sult for waxes or dam- Agus to Iive-stock, and keep the unfortunate pilaf outof his money for the rest of his fe, Af this ba shall become a law, of what fur- a therise will the Appellate Courts be? They shouldin thatcnse beabolished asa uselessant costly appendage to the legal system. What will be the condition of business in the Su- preme Court? Its dockets will be crowded with thousants of appeals of petty eases,— appented for mere purposcs of delay. Tnatead of this BH being In the Interest of the “poor nen” tt Is in the direct buterest of the rich men and corporations, who can afford toappen), and who muy reasonably expect that “ poor men’? will abandon thelr honest elaims from sheer Inability to pay attorneys? fees, Junarn Heyt, tho new Secretary of the ‘Trensury, was the arent unknown, so far as the newspapors were concerned, when the Cabinet was announced, No blographical sketch of him was extant. Trt Trmunxe printed by telegraph a suficlent notice of him, which, however, lacked some important details, An authentic statement has now been obtained from his own Hps by one of the Washington papers. He was born at Charleston, S, C., In 184, and Is now in Aly Sith year, Ilis father wes an Englishman by birth, and emigrated enrly to this country, settilng first In the Palmatto State, but re- jnoving to Loutsiana when the preseut Secre- tory was quite a boy, Hts ancestors on the father’s side held high office ns Governor and Chief Justice of the Bermuda Islands, when thoy were important possessions of the British Crown, Judge MWunt entered the elass of 183 In Yale, but was obliged to leave college in his Junior year owing to the exhaustion of his funds. He took n short course in the Law School, and then returned to Now Orleans, where he completed his studies under his brothor, Prof, Mandal! Hunt, and was adinitted to the Bar before he had attained hls majority. He was an un- compromising loyalist during the War, and entertalned Adiniral Farragut at hls house when tho Intter entered New Orleans, Io was elected Attorney-General on the Packard ticket In 1876, Since 1873 hie has been on the Bench of the Court of Claims. Notaino will gratify Mr. Blaine in con- nection with fils appolntment to the Cabinet more than the friendly notices of his oltd- time enemies of the Boston press. ‘The Jour nalsnys? Mr. Blaine is a man of brilliant parts, of largo experience, and wide information, Few men ure so well Infurined In polltteut history. Ho 13 amanof pructical views, and bas a why of bringing about whatever he undertakes. He possesses in arare degree those personal and social qualities ro requisit in the head of tho Department which represents the Government in the futnily of natlons. There van be no doubt that Str. Blaine will exercise 8 potent influence in tho Administration; and those who know tho man best predict that his ambition and patriots isin will Inspire blm to do bis utmost, not only to mnke the Adtinistration strong und popular, but to stump it with that statesmansbip wholeb wiligive ita place of honor in the tistory of the country. The Advertiser says: ‘Mr. Blaine ig ensily tho firat {of tho Cabinct) in National reputation und influence, Aftertho President, he {8 certain to be the controlling spirit of the Administration. He possesses many qualltications for the poat to which ho has been called. A knowledge of tho poiltical nis- tory of the country nag intimate and detailed ag that of any other man tn publle lite, alt at the command of an exthiordigary: retentive mente ory; wrendy pen and a remuricable aptness In the art of putting of thinge, and fn stron: Engilsh; quickness and originality of deus, and afasclnating and alfable presence; these are quulities which should enable hitn to transuct tho business of bis Department to the general geceptance of the country and of the foreign representatives with whut he will treat, and to discharge tha dutics of hospitality and social life that will bo tald on bim. It will be a sur- prise, too, If ho does not scizo the opportunity: which an entire absence of disputed questions atfordsto invent and apply measures for ox- tending American commerce, That he will ben political leader in the new Administration, and will find ample scope for bis talonts asa party manager, Is doubted by nobody. Only the Springfleld Republican of all the newspapers In the country continues in {ts old line of abuse, ‘he Nation has not had thne yet to go over In acorier and “flock” with the Republican, but It will unquestion- ably do so in its issuo of this week. ‘Tue President has sent to the Senate, and the latter body has confirmed as Commis- stoners of the United States to the bhnetallic Conference at Paris, the names of Willlam M. Evarts, Allen G. Thurman, and Thmothy 0. Howe. The choice Is perfectly unexcep- Honable, and will give satisfaction in atl quarters, Tho Commission will compare favorably with any ever dispatched from: this country for a diplomatic errand. A former Secretary of Stute and two ex-Sena- tors ought to be able to mafutain tho dignity of the country and to see that the subject receives the consideration’ to which ft Is en- titled, The announcement of these names will bo notice to forelgn Powers that the United States regards the Conference ns of the utmost Importance, ‘The views of Mr, Evarts In regard to bimetalism are not known, It is presumed, however, that he favors tho double standard; otherwise his appolutment would not be in line with the poltcy announced by the Presldont in hls In- augural, Messrs, Thurman and Howe are pronounced ndyocates of silver money. Both of them while In the Senate ad- vocatel and voted ‘for the remonetization of silver, ‘They have given attention to the subject In all Its aspects, and will be able to state and enforce tho views which will pre- yall on this subject In tho United States. ‘Tho Conference, which is called by France at tho suggestion of Germany, will meet prob- ably in May or June, It fs I!kely to have tm- portant results, as the European Govern- ments have better Ideas of the value of silver moncy tian they had when the Funton-Ciroes- beck Commission conferred with the repre: sentatives of the Latin Unions ‘The acces- slon of Germany to the schemo fy Itself a great addition to Its chauces of success, If the Continental Governments, exclusive of Englatid, should be able te fix upon a basis of agreement with the United States, the in- troduction of tho donble-standard in‘Interna- Uonal commerce woul be practleally assured. —_—_—_—_—_—_—_ * THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY COM- MISSION, The appointment of Messrs, Evarts, Thur- man, and Iowe as mombers of the Interna- tional Monetary Conference which 1s to ba hetd in Parls on tho 19th of April Is re- garded ag n guarantea that the American sentiment on the silver question will bo fulrly: and ably represented. Tim Trimune pre- sents In another column Interviews with Messrs, Evarts and Thurnian, who are now in Washington, which sufticlently reveal. thelr purposes, and there are assurances that ox-Senator Howe, of Wiseonsin, is fully in accord with thoir views, She avowed pur- pose of the American Commisston ts to urge an agreement upon an international adopt: tlon of the double standard, and upon a come mon ratlo of valuo between the two metals when colied, An appolntment In such casy Js equivalent to an Instruction, and there ts every reason to believe that tho gentlemen selected will enter heartily'and Intelligently {ntu the sentlinont aud purpose of the Amer- fean Nation, ‘The selections which have been mado by President Gartold tn this instance carry with them the same sense of fitness wilen has characterized nearly all uppolntments dat have been made thus far, Ex-Secretary Evarts tukes 0 spectal pride tu the prospect- Ive adjustment of the double standard, be- cause the sudjegt has been under his special protection during tha Hayea Administration, and it was through hls efforts that this sec ont Conference has been brought about by Joiut invitution of France and the United States, and under auspices that are yustly nore favorable than those which surrounded tho frat Conference. Io has thus beeomy thoroughly famitiar with the situation, aud Is prepared to present tho strongest possible ense at the Conference, Moreover, he ly 0 man who will command recognition | in the diplomatic clreles of Evropo by rengon oof his prominence in the Geneva award case, and as late Seeretary of State. It is wise and proper that the Demo- cratle party should be represanted on such Commission in order to preelaide any suspl- elon of party division on the question fn hand, and no belter representative of that party could have been chosen than Judge ‘Thurman, “Ils well-known abillty, hls set- Uled conviettons, and hls long aud successful public career ave valuable elements In his present service, and hls selection will be “us- peclally gratifying to the Democrats of the country, Ex-Senator Howe will represent tho West, which hnsziven constant impulse tothe movement forthe monetary reecoxni- tion of silver. <Altogother the personnel of the Conumission promises well for tho mis- slon upon which It proceeds, ‘The views of ex-Seeratary Evarts avon tho probable result of the International Confer- enes are peculiarly valuable, because he has been Ina position to inform hinsel€ of the drift of public sentiment in Europe, He iins been engaged during the Inst two yours, with the alt of a special fund appropriated by Congross, {1 collecting information ns to prevailing public and offietal opinion In Eu- Topean countries about tho double standard, and he lias satisfied himself that there has beon the most radical change upon this sub- feet in hoth Germany and England. Ie has no doubt but ull the European Powers wilt be represented at the Conference with a pre- «disposition to concur, and expresses himselt as sanguine that an agreement will be reached, Ho seems also to be confident that the ratlo which wilt be adopted will beelther fifteen and # half or sixteen ounces of silver to one of gold. ‘There is reason to incline to the bellef that the former will be settled upon, because it has been and still is the ratio in all European countries, and because the other Powers will probably be averse to consenting to the depreciation of their coined silver which would result from an increase in tha weight of tho standard silver coin, ‘The United States cannot reasonably object to the adoption of the old ratio of fifteen and nhalf, beenuse an international agreement upon'that ratio would appreclate the Ameri- cnn silver coins, Mr, Evarts seems tu recogniza fully the absurdity of tixing'a ratlo higher thun sixteen toone, which would sooner or Jater Iead to a disturbanes In tho re- lattons of the two coins. The very purpose of the International agreement sought for Is to restore the old equilibrium between the two colns by universal recogn!- tion, and such Is the expected result.of the agreement. Hence it would be folly to de- termine the relative value by conditions which have been brought about through tho demonetization df one of the metals.’ It 1s-assumed that all the gentlemen who were appuinted and promptly confirmed yes- terday will accept tho positions to whicn they have been called, ‘Tho flattering pros- pect of success ean hnrdly fall to induce them to Identify their names with so brillant. and beneficent an achlevement as the estab- Mshinent of the double-standard by Interna- tional agreement will be. THE APPARENT ERA OF GOOD FEELING. ‘The judgment of the country on President Gartleld’s inaugural and his Cabinet has been extremely favorable. ‘The pralses of the in- augural have been almost universal. Tho Southern newspapers, which had most reason to ery out against the stalwart utterances of the new President, finve apparently found in them little to censure. Such eriticisin ascan be called hostile or bitter has come froma few disappointed and mallgnant Bourbons at the North, who cannot forget that their noses were once within a few Inches of the public erlb, and who hold Gen, Garfield personally responsible for thelr removal afarotf from it, ‘The Cabinet hus been as a whole com- mended inan equally generous splrit. It hos been called a strong Cabinet, and one that promises both efliclency and purity In the public service, ‘fnure have been some eritielsms of individuals, and some shricks of locality, the latter from Indianapolis, but tho getieral verdict has been favorable, and the approval of the choles has Increased with time, Itfs a remarkable fact that no newspaper In the country (excepting the Springfleld Republican) has spoken of the appolntment of Mr, Blaine except In terms of high praise, Even the Boston papers, from which opposition might naturally be expected, aro unanimous In thelr commenda- tlon of his appolntment. Mr. MacVeagh, for Attorney-General, haskind words from every newspaper In his State, Republican and Democratic, machine and anti-machine, Ineluding the Pilladelphin Bulletin and the Pittsburg Commercial, whieh are ever faith- ful to the common Interest, ‘Thera ts but one opinion of Mr. James, and that ts flattering, Mr. Windoin was at first objected to by cer talu mononiain-motallsts In the Enst, but their views have rapidly changed since they have read his conservative speech on tho silver question, aud have heard that he was recommended for oftice by Sceretary Sher- man, Senator Morrill, and oX-President Hayes, Secretary Kirkwood has everywhere been spoken of usa man of pretminent in- tegrlty and common.sense, Secretary Lin- coln and Seeretary Hunt have only been objected to as unknown, a fault which will speedily be removed, aud which has prob. bly existed in the ease of some members of every Cabinet from tho foundation of the Government. President Garfield, St will bo seen, enters upon tho discharge of hisduties amida shower of congratulations and friendly wishes. At no time since the slavery question came Into promlnence has party feeling been more sub- dued, or the hearty aequiescenco of all fac- tions and sections In the rule of the powers thatboe been moro pronounced, We might almost fancy, If experionce did not warn us agalnst that pleasing delusion, that there was to be a second editlon of the Era of Good Feeling which made President Monroe's Administration memorable and secured his reBlection without opposition, It woukk not be site to Indulge these hopes, Public fayor Is proverblally fickle. ‘There isa strong Inclination to censorlous criticisin in tho press and pooploof this coun- try, Ina few weeks, or months at Intest, the reaction trom the strain of effusive compll- ment with which Gen, Garfleld’s Adminis: tration is greeted will bexin, ‘There will be disappointed ofticescekers who will lool at things through different lenses from thoso which they now employ. Gratitude, wo aro told, fs a lively expectation of favors to come, Mow much moro truly may this be sald of compliment, The Democratic rejoicing can- not, of course, be expected to have more than a transitory duration, It will be glory enough for the Administration If It ean keep the Republican party united, harmontous, and eaxer In its support, President Garfleld 1s too old a politician and too wise a man not to know the danger of depending upon popular caprice or the Hatterles of falr-weather friends, He ‘will not by misled by thei, and needs no warn yg agulnst thelr Insidious Influences, The stable public opiuion upon which he aust lean will be galned by his future octs, A firm, consistent, wise Adininistration; a con- stant regard fur what Is right in ond of been shed. begining of fhe new Adimtulstration in sul- Jen sliscontent, H not in hatred, and the other half took the most. languld interest tn the subject, when once the cholee of the Repub- Nean candidate was nssured. from the intenge fecllng of the montis be- fore left no delight to be expended on tho Andividnal who represented the successful enuse, Mapplly all this’ is not true of Pres- {dent Garfield, people at his back to start with; and it will not be lifs fault If he does not have consider- ably more than half of them still there when hs first Administration draws to a close four years hence, . SHABBY TREATMENT OF THE JAPANESE. acts which were tn itself, and a studious aveldance of the low arts of expediency and avaliabllity are the means which he will cimploy to litt his Ad tninistratlon Above the mignon standard, Noanan has uniformly taken broader views Ueneo we havo perfect confidence that hy wilt anchor of public questions than he has. iis polley in the affections of the people fir down below the surface manifestations of content or discontent. He will remember, ashe sald In the Chicago Convention, that it is “the calm level of the sen Crom which all hights and tlepths aro mensured.” But though the public pratses of the Pres- {tent's first oMtetat acta may have no perma- nent value, they are none the less gratifying and encouraging, They are tn agreeable contrast with the welcome that waa accorded Mr. Hayes when he was inducted into the Preshlentini oflice, Never was an American President put inte the White House in such Anuncerenontous way as the Intelnenmbent, Never were the people so indifferent to the mum and so tutent upon the ofice, ‘The only feeling was one of relief that blood hid not Ilalf the voters looked upon the ‘The renetion Ife has the whole American Another Congress has adjourned without making restitution to Japan for the outrage whieh this country has fntileted upon her. It will not lessen the shame which every ho nest man must feet that Jnpan tsa weak nation and cannot compet our Government to givo up the money upon which it has no more elnim than the Boers In the Transvaal. 1f Javan were a powerful nation and able to enforce her demands, we should probably Rave handed It over long ngo or taken that punishment which natlons as well as Indl viduals deserve when they insist upon keep ing praperty that belongs to others, ‘The story of the Japanese Indemnity Fund has been told over and over again, but it cannot be told too often, It ought to be re- hearsed every.week by every newspaper In the Jand until Justice is done to the Japanese, Tt ought to be thrust under the eyes and nose of every Congressinun by every one of hisconstitueuts until something Is done to wipe away this Infamons stain upon the Na tlonal honor and sone compensation Is made for such mean ‘and contemptible conduct. ‘Therefore we tell the story again: During one of the many revolutions in Jopan the rebellious Prince Choshtu forth fled the entrance to the Stralts of Snimonns- ekland flred upon the American vessel, the Pembroke, when she attempted to pass, ‘Lhe Government steamer Wyoming was sent to punish the rebellious Japanese Prince, which itdld by slikIng:a Japanese brig, blowing ‘up a steamer, and killing forty persons. This might have been thought a sufliclent re- venge, but In Addition to this the Japanese Government, apologized to our own for tho acts of a rebel for which it was not resvonsi- ble, and paid the Government $12,000, which was 39,000 moro tlinn the estimate of our own Navy Departinent, for the losses Infllet- ed upon the Penibroke, Certainly here was a direet punishment ond direct Indemnity visited: upon thb Japaneso Govermmeut for committed by rebels revolution: against it, which ought to haya been considered an ample relm- bursement. But this was not all. A year Inter some French and Dutch vessels wero flred upon by the same Prince, Therenpon England organized an allied floet of ono American, three French, four Duteh, and ning English vessels, whic salled to the Japanese const, sunk the Prince’s flect, de- molished his defenses, and compelled him to surrender. sult the English Government induced the other nations Interested to foln in a demand for an indemnity of $3,000,000 to cover tho expenses of the expedition. Of eourse tha Having accomplished this re- money was pald, the amount recetyed by the United States being $750,000, This amount hus been invested In Government bonds, and now amounts to the snug sum, prinefpal and Interest, of $1,463,234, which, us we have sald, no more belongs to the United States than it does to.the Boers, What belongs to this Government [sy the expense of the Wyoming and of the vessel which rep- resented us hn the allied expedition. ‘This ts not matter of’ Insult to the Amertean flag, nor a mitterof sentiment at all, but a matter of common honor. No person has ever yet claimed that the money belongs to us, and yolithas been‘ retained for nenrly twenty yenrs under elrcwmstances that hardly dls- tingulsh the act from common theft, Itis a humiliating reflection that there has not yet, been a Congress with sufllelent maniiness and decency to step forward, acknowledge that the money docs not belong to us, and send ft back with an apology for keeping It so long, Evidently very little fmportanes is attached to the lidnor of when a weaker Power {3 concerned, which has not strength enough to de- mand or enforce Its rights. ‘Ihe action of tho allled Powers tn throttling tho Japa: nese Goy ermnant and taking $3,000,000 away from it for acts whith were not perpetrated by the Tycoon, but by one of his rebellious subjects, dovg not ditfer materially from tho assault made upon a traveler by footpnds. the country PRESIDENT GARIIELD'S TEMPERANCE SPEECH. ‘The brief address made by President Gar- fleld in reply to Miss frances E, Willard, Pronibitionist, upon tho ocenston of the pres- phtacion of the portrait of Mrs. Hayes, which was In honor of her position on tha “ tamper- ance” question !3 one of the most character- {stle among the many little speeches which he has made since he left Mentor, ‘The Pres- ident said: Thave observed the slgnificance which you huve yiven to this portrait frou tho standpoint you ovcitpy, aidin conuection with the work in Which youre engaged, What you have: sald conceriing tho evils of intemperance meets my most hourty conourrence. 1 pave been in my was, und fn nccocdance with my own convic- tong, unt curnest advocate of temperance, not i ao narrow a xciiee da ome, OUt In a very dolinit and prictical sonse, ‘Those convictoys are deep, and will be muintained. Whether Lebaltbo able to niget the views of ull people in regard to all phases Of that question remains to be geen, but Vent do whut Jean to abute the yruat evils of intemperance, 18! 1 bo hed to huve this pi ure upon theso wally, and snull be glad tor inuaiber your kind expressions to me und my furnily, and, i your elforts to better mankind by your work, Phope that you will be wulded by wiadom, and that you will uchleve a worthy suc- cea. ‘Thanking you for ¢his meoting und greate ing, I bid you yuod-morniog, President Garfleld 1s ovidently something of aphilologist and understands the mean- Ing of words und the ideas they are meant to convey, and all through hls brief reply It will by observed that he makes no uso of the word “temporanve” to convey the idea of prohibition, us do tho teetotalers, Webster detines the word as follows: ‘Temperance, havitual: moderation In. regard to the Jndul- gence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate Indulgence; modera- tlon, as tumperance in eating and drinking,” ‘This ts the sense In which the President uses the word “temperance,” and this Is not the sense In which tho Prohibtionists employ State, no matter whether the thing 1s possl- blo or not, Courts for special classes of business, and of appeals under which the Supreme Court four classes of cases, appeals in which siould be taken direct to the Supreme Court, ‘The Legislature did not exerelse this authority be taken from the Clreult Courts. it. It«does not mean eoorelve tectotallsm by any streteh of the Imaginatlon; nor does it inean the potitival prohibition of a temperate use of wine, beer, or cider, nor does It mean the mating of such temperate use of wine, beer, and elder a penal offense; nor docs It mean a prohibit- ory Interference with+tho moderate use ot any sthuntants: And yet theso are Just tho meanings In which the co- erelve Prohibitlonists tse tho word, ‘Theso people therefore came to the Prestdent with the wrong expression and with the one iden In their minds to commit him to a certaln ex: treme course, but with a definitlon of that course that involves an entirely dliferent idea, ‘They used tho word “ tenrperance,”? which conveys tho idea as set forth in Web ster’s definition, but employed it to embody the {den of compulsory teetotallsm. And this distinetion the President very clearly mado,when hie sald: “'L have been inimy way, and In necordance with my own convle- tions. an earnest advocate of temperance, not Diao nurrowa sengeus rome, butin avery det init and practical sense.” What they should have sald was that they came ns prohibitory, teetotal compulsory temperance people, and that they wanted to get his sanction to that doctrine; that they wanted him to Invoke tho Jaw with all itg inachinery to stop the tem- perate as well as the intemperate use of wine, beer, elder, and all othor stimulants; in fine, that thoy wanted him to assist ina evercive crusade ngalst the moderrte use of sthnulants, a3 well as agatnst thelr ine morlerate use, ‘They draw no distinction be tween the Immoderate uso of whisky and the moderate use of beer, They simply used tho wrong word from first to last, and they used ItIn a sense the very contrary of what it bears. President Garfleld is and always has been atemperate man In the proper signification of the term, and in the correct menning of the word “temperance.” ‘While he Uetests excesses in drinking, which constitute In- temperance, he is not in favor of Immoderate menstires and intemperate acts of Interfer- ence with the moderate and temperate uso of stlnulants. In other words, he is a tem- perance man, but not 2 coercive teetotaler,— two classes which ore quite distinct in their Idens of tho temperance question and the best way of dealing with It. . GREGG'S UNIVERSAL APPEAL BILL. ‘The House of Representatives at Spring- fleld hns had another struggle over the Gregg Dill, which proposes to permit appeals to be taken from ail the Justices of the Peace of Hlinois, through all the Courts, In all enses, to the Supreme Court, and to requira the Appelinte Courts, as well as the Supreme Court, to fle full written opinions In every case they uflirm, the objectot the promotersof tho bill being to require tho Supreme Court to hear and determine all the Itigation of the ‘The judieinl ‘machinery of the State con- slats of Justices of the Peace, Cireult Courts, Appellate Courts, and the Supreme Courts, with the addition of County and Probate from which appeals may bu taken to the Ap- pellate and Supreme Courts, In consequence of the overwhelming mass was buried, the Constitution of 1870 nuthor- ized the Legisiature to establish Appellate Courts, excluding from their jJuriediction for some years, but finally ‘created District Appellate Courts to which appeals might ‘The law provided that fn all-eases where the sum in controversy did not exceed $500, the judz- ment of the Appellate Court should be final, and that, excupt In eases where thejudginent was a roversal, the Court should not tile written opinions, At a IJater session the Mult of the sun in controversy when an appealto the Supreme Court was allowed was wisely enlarged to $1,090, ‘The effect of tho establishment of these Appellate Courts wns to, relieve the Su- preime Court of appeals ina vast number of enses that generally had, in the way of merit, but one side, ‘Che Supreme Court, thus re- Heved from a multitude of small and in- consequential cases, has been able to reduce its docket, and to give far greater attention and care to tho busliress coming before tt ‘The Appellnte-Court act having been per fected two ‘yents ago, and found to work with great suecess and usefuiness to tho people, appeats whether to the Appellate or Supreme Court, belng now heard and deter- ‘mined with reasonable promptness, now come the pettifogging tinkers In and out of the Legislature to destroy all the good that has been accomplished, and giving false and deeeptivo pretexts for thelr vicious Jnter- meddling, At the head of this class is Grege, Who represents Saline County in the Legislature, and other small-fry legistaters, who are pettifogging to increase the costs, fees, and Htigation, and deluy and procras- tinate the final determinatfon of sults. ‘Yheso pettifuggers haven bil before tho Legislature providing for appenls to the Supreme Court in every case, no matter how trifling or contemptible, This bill proposes to eiilarge the privilege of appeal from tho dustice-ofthe-Peaco shops to the Suprome Court In every kind and class of cases, with Wroquirement that both Appellate and Su- preme Courts shall file written opinions in every case deelded pro or con py them, ‘The burden of the harangue in behalf of this mlsehlef-making monstrosity fs, that it Is An the interest of tho “poor man,” who hus tho sumo right to the judamont of the Su- prome Court in his cuse as has the rich man, and that appeal ought to be wholly un- limtted In every class or kindof case, Other- wise, it is argued, tho rich man has a special advantage given to him! : 'Tho fallacy and the deception in this argu, ment is obvious to every lawyer not Influ- enced by hopu of Increased fees. There are four classes of cases which may bo appealed to the Supreme Court under all elrcum- stances. ‘Iheso are crimfnnl cases, cnses Ine volving a franchise or frechold, cases involy- ing tho vaildity of a statute, and all revenue eases, ly theso cases appeals are n matter of right. In all other enses there Is aright of appeal to the Appellate Court, and beyond the Appellate Court whon the sum exceeds $1,000, ‘Tho “poor man’s cases” are classed, ag sults for wages, where the sum Is for less than $1,000, In such cases the poor man” ig nearly always a plaintli® and the rich man defendant, It is extremely uniikely that the pinintitf In such a case, when hls clain ts even remotely just, will fall to recover Ina trlal before the Justice of the Peace or the Cireult Court when he has also the advan- tage of a fury, Wo suppose n failure to re~ cover In such a caso is almost unprecedonted. At present both sides apven! from the Clreult to the Appellate Court, whose judgment, which ean now be, promptly rendered, is final, Now, what will be the result of Grogg's bill should it pass? Wo will suppose Mr, Gregg to be the counsel for a “poor man” who has a claim for wages against a corpo- ration for $150 or for damages ugalnst a rail- roud for the sameamount, ‘Phe “poorman” employs this special frlend Gregg to bring sult before some Squire, and pays him $10 for his sorvice In getting the Judgment. ‘Tho Court, when Gregg declares, and demur: and goes through all the motions of legal fenelng, and tinally obtains a verdtet and At present tho delay in the Appellate Court is so short that the corporation would in most ensea pay the Judgment; but under Grege's bill the corporation will take an appeal tothe Appellate Court to gain the and harass Mr. {iregg's ellent, who will have to pay that nore for attending’ to the easy in that Court. After a year’s walting the Appellate Court afirms tho Judgment opinion giving {ts reasons therofor, although ten thotsand othor eases just iike it have been tried in Ulinob, and tho Inw is perfectly clear and tho facts simple and Indubitable, half the time of the Court under Grege’s Dill being consumed In this utterly useless work of writing the reasons for afllrming tho Judgment of tho Cirenlt Court. The cor poration, now sure of a delay Of three years or more, takes another appeal to tho Su- promo Court; aud Mr. Gregg’s “client will pay that gentleman a feo of $50, Including lquer, Judgment, and eharges therefor $25. geutleman $2 aul writes ott an olaborate traveling expenses, eluars, cle, tavern bills, At tho end of three or more years that Court will reach this “ poor man’s” case, and afirm the judgment of tho various Courts ‘below, Thus, at the end of four years and a half, Mr, Grege’s ellent will have obtained a Judgment for his $150, having expended $110 hard cash, and having been deprived of his money all that time. In tho absence of Grogg’s bill he would have got his $150 In ninety days, at on ex- nense of only S35 at most, but more Ilkely at $10, ns Me corporation, seeing that no great delay would follow appeals, would pay the judgment rendered by the Justice of tho Tho Gregg bill is tho rapacious shyster’s conception of protecting the ‘poor Where the poor ian fs 9 defendant under this shyster bil ha will be lured Into tuking appeals until he fs finally eaten up by lawyers’ fees and court costs and sold out of his houge and farm to pay thom, That ls exactly the blessing the Gregg tribe of pettl- fogaers Intend to cunfer on the “poor man.” Pence, man”? Spatn is alarmed at the prospects of sugar- making In tho United Statos, and proposes to bend us off by offering sullicient concessions to obtain reciprocally lowor duties for sugar and Tho alarn is ylven at Madrid by Cuban and Porto Kican Senutors aud Deputies, molasses, ond bns created n sudden sensation In that stajd Capital. year or two, and especially by tho reports of practical sugar-bollers from Cuba who have heen employed during tho pnst nutumn In tho {nelplont efforta nt eugarmuking in Indiana, Inola, Kunsas, and othor Waatern States, We are Just now advised of an {natanco of tho kind referred to, occurring at Larned, In Kansas, Inst. autumn. A gontlemun resident there ereoted 1 mill aud employed a practionl sugur-boller from Cuba to run hls works, Owing to unex- pected delays In getting hls works In operation, and the early cold wenther, together with Ingut- ficient buildings In which to conduct the process: of grunulatiun to advantage, tha amount of product was froin only n small portion of the six hundred neres of sorghum he had grown, but the success of tho enterpriso was assured from tho first boliiag, tha granulation resulting as directly aud simply as by tho same processes in Cuba. The quuntity that could be manufact- ured before tha cold weathor Interrupted tho work was some fourteen thougand pounds of sugar, which sold at from elght to ten centen pound in tho ylelnity where produced, and soma two hundred barrels of slrup, which was sald to be quite free from the sorghum taste, which, by tho crude processes In vogue ten or fifteen years Tole Cuban omployé had to return to Cuba ‘on tho Ist of ago, rondered it unpalatable, November to attend to works at home. Ho sald that he saw no reason why tho business of sugarmaking might not be successfully prosecuted in tho dry ellmato and ‘on tho productive soll of Kansas, The man who erected the works at Larned will renow bis efforts the coming season, and {9 entirely con- Wo know of no other fident of rich rewards, works in tho country which gavo so gratifying assurances us those nt Larned lust year. Com- missioner Le Duc visited the locality while tha works were in process of erection, und especial efforta wero made to Beoure the nttondance of the Larned experlinentor at the Sigar-Growers’ Convention at St. Louis last fall, but he ld not attend, io is contident acme gumples of his sugars must have fousid tholr way ag far enst as Chicago, however, Our Informant says be saw a lotter addressed to tho Sveretary of tho Btate Azurleultural Boolety of Kansas a few days since desiring informution us to the most direct way of purchasing 3,000 nerea of land in Western Kansae sultable to the growth of sorghum. ——— Tite following incident in tho early Ifo of tho Inte Senator Carpenter {3 nnrrated by the Milwaukeo Republican: “Ie removed ta Ueloit, Wis, and begun the practice of his protession with $5.50 in his poeket, Ho hud been th Heloit avout four weeks when ho was attucked by In- flamiation of the eyes, nnd wag under incdical treatment for three years, and for abont ono year was nlmost totally blind. During all this timy Bir, Chonto lent him the moncy to pay bls bills; and on recovery of bis cyesight ho re- turned aud resumed practico at Beloit. On ono occasion, white in the asylum, hoe bad no money tw pay bis buard, and wrute to Mr. Choate to that. effeet, ns he hud been Invited todo, Dut, to his diainay, bo received nonnswer, The doctor told him that if he bad uo falso prido in tho matter, the host thing was to yo over to tho fellovue Hospltat; that he, the ductor, would go with him and commend him to the Superintendent, and would continte to treat him, Bir. Carpenter said ha woukl go, but before he did so he re- colvedya lottor from Br. Chonte sending him monoy, saying he bad nearly worked himself to death, and his physician had packed bin notens voleny ou # steamer and sent bim to England, and that fu the hurry of bls departuro ho had en- tirely forgotten to muke provision for Mr, Car- penter."* ‘Tie Legislature of Missourl has been atruggling with a bill for the eatablishinent of tho whipptng-post fur varloua petty misdomean- ors, and tho imensuro Is now, uccording to ‘tho headlines of the Globe-Demoorat, * Dond asJullus Cwsar.” Ono of the adversuries of tho bill summed up bis opposition to it by saying that whenever {t beenme apparent thatthe Dano. cratic party could no longer conduct tue affairs of the State without establishing the whipping- post, ho would vote to turnover Iteontiro ad- tainistration to tho Republican or GroanBack party, and lot them experiment with orlmo for awhile, In support of the bill thoro was reud 9 letter from Mr. Honry Borgh, of New York, tak- ing the ground that “crelty to women cannot ‘be puntshod by any monns Bu eflloacious ns by blows upon the only sonsiblo portion of tholr system, tho skin,” which is yathor ambiguous in regard to the ownership of the ‘senslbio skin,” At any rate, ft fallod to vonvince the Missourl Jawmakeys, who dismissed tho bill by an adyerso veto of 11 to 2. oc ——$_— Swiss ENGINEERS have employed the prin- olple found so usefyl in coal-minca of drawing up ompty cars by the suporlor welght of loaded chra descending tho Incline, on a passenger rall- way at Brienz, From the landing at that place totho pluteau nt the top of the Falls of tho Giessbuch the roud fs furnished with twocoaches, attaubed to an endicss stool rope. In place of an coyine to drive this cublu, a tank is attached to each cogob, to ba tilled with water at the top and omptiod at the bottom, thus uscending ompty and deacending loaded. ‘Thus the force of inertia that carries ouv coach down causes tho other to woup. Inatead of a double track, a singly track with an automatic turnout in tho middlo is cm- ployed. eed Saya the New York Uribune: A little whilo ago we wero told thats gonoral strike of tho opcrutives of Fall iver, Mass, wos Juevitable. yy comes a different version of th “‘Tifere 6 to be no strike at ally and VYho stuck of munu- fuctured gouds In tho couutey 1 evortnous, atnounting, It iy stated, to 1,000,000 pieces, Sean- While the imarket ie falllnge Under these cre ces a strike would bo w bicssing to tho ‘acturery, und to all convernod in sellinw For this reason the operatives bold back, They do net propose tu starve tbomselves that the ‘iwill-ownere muy make money. For this vvideuoe of advancing comumon sense we cunnot be too! grateful, it has buppened before this corporation takes An appeal to the Circult | that workmeu have rudhed luto a atrike, an Tho Cubans bave doubtless been alarmed by tho general discussion of the sugar question In the United States during the past compelled others to joi it, appare: other purposo than’ thnt of Making aa 29 players richer and themselves poorer feat. Object had been to render tho torment, tt An tho latter rehor, would IE have tee wlsery or turned unt moro profitnhie ie wy workinan Jn the long run? ‘Hometime (a2 honu, this mutdly of tho wages of latwe wait Itself adjusted, Until thon we muster ect manner of follies and inconsistencies, xeCet all —————— Asosa those who yoted for to promote Iltieation, multiply tuwsuit Justice, render the Appellate Court useless tooverwheltn tho Buprome Court with append for sletny were thp following Cook County enn! meh: Handall H, White, of tho Thiet Wey {tho game porgon who fs apposed to tettn, aie people vote on tho question of uniting tho th + Chicngo towns), Nathan Plotke, pave Sullivan. John Mt. Cook and 1,1, Wober. Among at dodgora was Madison R, Harris. Tho tying pre : toxton which thoy supported that Lill wns that it would bo useful and bonefelnl to poor'men t iro lawyers nud fight appeuls from Juste. the-Peace Courts clear up to the Supreme Cour and down gain to whore tho sult started, cont stuniug threo to six years’ time and Lord know what expense, Litigation business must, the rathor elack with these eni{nent barristers ‘wha they resort to auch a bill to promote lawsuits, ic —————_—— Ra's bill 18, retard Tue Department of Public Works has nds dressed a note to the Pittsburg & Fort Wayne Tait. road Company asking for the terms on which It. wilt permit tho city to straighten the river trom West Adama to West Van Buren street, The clty proporea to do the dredging and redockiuy, and allow tho railrond the use of Adams street from Canal to tho rlver In compensation for the colgn of land to be cut olf. At this point there projects Into tho river the worst elbow on tho stream, Itisn yroat injury to navigation, of Tends tho eye of everybody, und Is a nuisance without a redeeming qualiticntion. 1¢ the Pits. burg & Fort Wayne Company decline the city's offor ft will stand In ita own light. Tho ground will _nover be of any conalderatie yalue for dock, and none for buliding purposes, —_————____- CHARLES Foster was not disappointed, ths Cloveland Heri says oditoriall: ‘tho writer of this met Gov. Fo White House gate on Friday evening wants must bave known that his name was noton the sinto to be handed tho Sonnte next day. So far from appearing cast down or chagried, he was, on the cunteary, in tho best of spirits and bys no shadow on his face. Gov, Foster tias always said that whilo he might accopt a place were se called upon for the wood of tho country, be was In no senso a candidate and was making no ef fort looking toward tho securing of an appoints ment, ‘There Jan sent in| Washington that ho would tike to fill, and that bo will til ag goon ag Senator Pendloton’s torm expires but tho way thereto hardly Hes through the Cabiiet, Tue New York Herald thinks a poette im agination lind somothing to do with the nomaina- uon of “ our Bob" as tho God of War—the Murs of the Administration. It anys: The War Department goes to Mr, Lincain, tho only surviving son of the vonorated Liberator, An appointment of this kind might bo expected fom the pootic mina of tho President, and it will please tho imaginatton of tho country. Mr. Lincoln is wtnan of ability and character, His nomination will gratify Senator Logan, with whom Mr. Lincoln acted in the futnous combina. tlon of tho. Mr, Linooln Is the one distinc- uve Grantinan tn the Cabinet, and will, we have no doubt, uke a useful War Secretary. ————— ANEw Yonk dispatch says, but it probably basno actual foundation, “that 4 German syndl- ente is being formed to take $100,000,000 of 4 per cent bowls ut n promium, which will make tho ratoof interest 3 per cont. Thore ts also a ree port that a temporary loun of $160,000,000 at 3 per cont will be offered tha Government to make up the sum needed to eunble tho Treas urer to pay off the 5 and 6 per cent honds due in. Moy and June. Anothor rumor [5 that tho Trensurer will olfer to discount the 6 percents dug in June at tho rato of 3 per cent per ane num.” . An Eastern exchange remarks: ‘What fs tho Democratic Issue now? The fraud ery can be sounded no longer; State sovere clznty is a3 dend as Lee and Jackson; and ¢ stuffed ballot-box 13 too unpopulitr to be of uny sorvice, Tho only tesuu available Is freo trade, and the party {a atrafd of that. ‘Tho Hon. David A. Wells big been endeavoring to stnulats Democratic interost in this issue by a series of exhausting artictes on freo Bhips, but they have mado no porcoptible jinpression, ‘The Dero voratic pross, ng it were, toola at thom, shrugs its shoulders, and walks rapidly away, mutter: iug: «Ones ts cnough for us.” ———— Goy. JAcKsON, of West Virginia, takes strong ground In hia inaugural ngainst tho Nav tlonal Government having anything to do with tifs education of tho young. In tho variety of aystemn of education,” bo saya, ‘which cach Stato will Institute for itsolf, ana eagh striving tohave the best, in the divorsities of thelr In- tereats and pursuits, thore will be an educutiog of the people, a self-power to seek the best and do the best.” —————_— Says the Cincinnati Enquirer: ; Itisadmitted In some quarters that tho new Secrotury of War cannot tell a double-barreled shotgun from a mountain howltzer, But he will learn, ‘Thore was Unele Diet Thompson, Whea he went Into the navy be did so with the Impres sion that a hatchway wae a piece to set hens. Bod could bardly be on Grant's staf a year or two without learning something about loaded une aod tholr uses, os ‘Tur worst critlelsm the New York Herald can make on Mr. Windom as Beeretary of the Treasury Is that “ho comus from a Btate where there has been, to uso 2 saultary phrasy, a great denl of repudintion malaria, But an all these polntg, {a any queation involving the finunelal integrity of the Government, our rellance 18 upon tho Pres}dent, whase reeord on Mnuuce 13 ag auund and clear as n diamond.” ——————_- Tie Indianapolis Journal, laying Inter vlewod sovorat Democrats in Indiana, bas come to the reluctant conclusion that the opposition to tho proposed amondimonts to tha Constitution gfthoStute isimuch more formidable than haa Deen anticipated, and probably strouzer than it was last April, whon thoy were ratihed by the people by comparatively smull majoritics. <A A WasitrnaTon dispatch to the New York Herald reads: J Ex-Congrossman Hurlbut, of Iltuols, who fé sald to be an applicant for tho Mexican ttsslony suys himself that bo has no auch ambitions ‘4 would Ike to go to California, which, In #4 opinlon. ig ns forulgn a country usho would care 0 live In, ———— Ty Baltimore they have expelled a member of tho City Council for blackinailing: persong terested In legislation bofore tho Buart. ia ‘differs from tho usnul mode of punlabunent those parte—a roicetion.—New York Trihiie, Hore, too, thoy reBlect such Aldermen Jo the Democratic wards, —————————_——- PERSONALS. Senator Gorham, of Moryland, is the youngest-looking momber of tho now Senate, “Soventy-elght patents vero issued pes women last your, but not one of thom was ae an indicator showing whethor thero was a mat under tho bed. | 9 An "Old Men's Homo” his beon opened in Clnatnnat!, Untess thoro is a ballet troupe connected with the institution it haa been wrongly named. Emma Abbott says she was stark cra when sho first foll injove, If Emma bagel quit tollirfy such yarns pooplo will thiuk abo fallen in love again. 6 A Uttle school girl In Frank)in, Ind yeara old, fell on Friday, and a alnto-Pon Which she currlod in ber band, penetrate right oyo and destroyed ita sight. teat ‘A Washington paper says that Presi ne Garheld’a private sdorotary 16 a very ples ve young mun, ‘This is gratifying, because 8 F Yate secrotary {3 xenorally a self-made se ie -Dr. Crosby says that the editors of twos Igions papors that donounco his position ri Ff temperance question drink wine every a ‘ thoir lives, Portaps they are anxious to Lao torribic oxainples always in tho faually tO them norved up to thelr work, ho Mr. J. HL. Wado, of Cloveland, 0. ae within two soars bas pall $8,000 for hays ae tlon of a building for tho Protestant 412.00) Asylum of that clty, bas just pald some 3 bas additional for improvements mado tu It, eae “I authorized the Trustees to build arent be auch as {6 needud, and to draw upon bia for cost. . . Members of the Sophomora Class ut Lome sought to break up the Frestman Cliss wl lad by kidnaplng the toastinaster, bistorlay a prophet. Ono thoy jovelglod from bie oe Wome pretext; the others they took fro! , beds and carried away by alu Soren. 7 took thom to a hotel in anotbor lowe orirets guard over thom, Lut the Ithaca police ca Tberated theuy-and capiured thelr kiduaverh