Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1881, Page 4

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M.—Hall, 4 Twenty-second-st—Reézulur Convocation Wedues- day evening at7:@ o'clock. Work an the Ruyel Arch, \laiting companions cordially lnvited, By orderof she M E M I ELI SMITH, Secretary. ORIENTAL LODGE, NO. 5% A. Tar Commynication Frids Mrethren invited. 5 CHARLES CATLIN, Seereta & A. M.—Regu- ., March 15, Work. SEECHER, W. M. LINCOLY PARK CHAPTER, No. Jo8.—Special Con- yocation Mondsy evening, March M, at nall corner North, \"F){E;ng Centre-sis. \Work un the 3L 3L de- ree. Visiting companions cordiaiiy invited. By order FE 8. G. PITKLN, Sceretary. FORT DEARBOHN DIVISION, NO. 1, U. R—Rezu- lar meeting at Armory.No, 122and 19 Washington- L. Monday evering, 14, cunferring the rank wnd drill. E. L. BRAND, Sir Knight Communder. CORINTHIAN CHAPTER, XO.63 R. A. Convocation Monday evening, Murch 14, at WWork on the Hoyal Arch degree. Visiung compan- lona are cordially insited. Lyorler G ARTHCR WAKKRINGTON, H. P. J. 0. DICKERSON, S¢ relary. ASHLAR LODGE. NO. 38 A.F. & A. M.—Regular meeting Tuesdy evening. March is, for businss und work. Halli6 onroe-st. The fraternity invited. C. IL CRANE, Secretary. COMMANDERY, APOLLO %0. 1, KNIGHTS 1EMPLAR—Stated Conclave “Tuesday. cvening, March 15, ISL 8t § o'clock. Visiting Sir Knights are tiways welcome. By order of the Ewinent Com- 1. S, TIF] mander. IFFANY, Recorder. CHICAGO COMMANDERY, NO. 19, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR—Special Conclave ~ Monday evening, March 1%, 3t 730 o'clock. The order of the Tempie wiil be conferred. Visiting Sir Knights courteously inyited. By order of I H POND,E. C. 5. GOODYAS, Kecorder. T. BERNARD COMMANDERY, NO. %, ENIGHTS EMPLA R —Stated Conelave Wednesday evening, Mareh 1. at7:0 o'clock. Work on the Templar Or~ der. Visiungbir Knights are_courteously "‘j order. JOHN D. 3. CARR. . 0. DICKINSON, Recorder. Communder. BLAIR LODGE, NO. 25, A. F. & A. M.—Regular Communication Monday evening, March 14, for busi- Bets and important work, Visiting brethren cordially welcomed. By order of the W, AL AL M. BUZZELL, Secretary. APOLLO COMMANDERY DRILL CORPS—Atten- tion! "There wiil be a tpecial meeting of the Lrill Corps of the Apolio Commandary Tuesdny cvening, Dlarch 15, a1 which every member will be expected 10 attend. Business of importance. III order of D. R CREGO, Captain. SUNDAY, MARCH 13, I88L EpyuND YATES is nothing if not sensa- tional. In hisnew evening paper, the Cuckoo, ‘which has just made its appearance in Lon- don, he intimates that Ashmead Bartlett, the husband of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, is to e sued for a breach of promise of marriage. Thestory is probably intended to advertise Yates’ new paper. TrE Tories have determined to oppose Gladstone’s application for urgency on the appropriation bills, and as it requires a vote in the proportion of three to one, the applica- tion of the Premier will be refused without doubt, and the Ministry will be at the mercy of Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr: Parnell and their respective contingents. Te Christiancy divoree case will come up some time this week again. -The general be- lief seemsto be that Mr. Christiancy has falled to establish his case. Giro being a particeps criminis, some good lawyers say, his evidence should be expunged altogether, But, even if it is not, his character is so utter- 1y bad ‘that the testimony will have little weight. - AXND now that the Democratic Senators have about cowe to the conclusion that Mahone will not act with them, it is said- they have offered terms of compromise to the Republicans, by which they hope to re- tain the Committee Chairmanships while permitting the Republicans to organize the Senate. Itis quite evident that this offer of compromise would not be made did not the Democrats see that they are beaten. The Re- publicans are mot likely to agree to the bargain. CONTRARY to the statement of 2 Washing- ton dispatch, Messrs, Medill, Raster, and Xixon, of Tue TRIBUNE, Staats-Zeitung, and Inter-Occan, did not telegraph the Prest ident recommending the name of any person for Supreme Judge. They did, however, send a telegram saying that it would not be 2n equitable apportionment to give the Ohio Sixth District threc Judges of the Supreme Court, and the Ilinois Seventh District none, And they still think EaTox, the Tory candidate, was elected at Cm_'entr,\', Eng., yesterday, receiving a ma- ]ungy of #3 over Kay Shuttleworth, the Whiz candidate. At the general clection, Jackson, the Liberal candidate, received a majority of 176 over Eaton. The change is o\ntng.lo the action of the Irish voters, who, acting on Mr. Parnell’s advice, voted for the Tory. .As there are, according to the Pall Mall Gazetic, about fifty English constitu- €éncies where the Irish hold the balance of vower, it 'Will be seen that Mr. Parnell can punish the Liberals for their coercive policy towards Ireland. Axcnpisnor McCABg, of Dublin, in his Lenten pastoral, condemns as * unsound and tuntheological? theidea that Irish tenants are notbound to observe their contracts with their Ianglords in ‘the matter of rent, even though itbe extortionate, and that to’ rescind en- fagements, even though one of the parties - sees few obstacles in the way, and these are | defend wl to the engagement was not really a' freé agent, “assalls the very foundations of 'soci- ety” As several members of the Irish hierarchy and of the Irish priesthood have held the contrary, the Irish tenants may be a little puzzled about the theo- logical phass of the questiom, but there can be no question as to the doctrine they would adopt if they could do so with safety. Archbishep McCabe also condemns the Ladies’ Land Leagues, while several priests have encouraged them, Thereis a sad lack ;J:ml‘xmmony in ecclesiastical circles in Ire- EpwARD PowERs, the young man who re- cently pleaded guilty to the charge of having killed Ye Mon, the Chinaman, in his laun- dry last November, was yesterday sentenced to twenty yearsimprisonment by Judge Aoran. Powers and some of his friends were somewhat surprised at the severity of the sentence, but, as Judge Moran said, the Chi- naman was a peaceful, honest, industrious man, entitled to the protection of the law, and Powers had no provoceation whatsoever to kill him, the public will not think the sen- tence too harsh. It isto -be hoped that its avparent severity will have & good cffect among the young scoundrel cutthroats of this city, who go about with deadly weap- ons in their pockets, and who, on the slight- est provocation, use them. Such persons are the most dangerous in the community. Vicious, villainous, and ruftianly, nothing restrains them from crime but the dread of punishment. Judge Moran has done well, and we hope he will keepon dealing out even- handed justice to the cowardly thugs of the Towers class. A XEW RELIGIOUB QUESTION. JAnew and very interesting question has been suddenly sprung upon the religious world by Dr. Sonneschein, the rabbi of a HReforned synagog in St. Louis, which is nothing more nor less than the possibility of a union between the Unitarians and the Jews. - From a religious point of view, ho priucipaily confined to the recogniuon of Christ or Moses as leader and the Sunday question. As to the first, he says: “ Whether diffused from the halo of legend and tra- dition or sequent to the real life of the man Jesus there is about Ilis character a softened light, a tender radiance,a soul sweetness that Moses does not possess.” And again: “If it be required that a man shall beat out his own fortune on the anvil of life; then you cannot help but admire the stern lawgiver, whose kingdom is of this world, and who ap- peals so strongly to the senses of all active energies in men and women.” Asto the Sunday question, Dr. Sonuneschein very con- cisely says: “Does not the Unitarian well know that the Christian Church observes the first day asa day of rest, as the Lord’s Day, because it is taken for granted that on this first day the Founder of the Church rose from the dead,—a dogma which no Unitarian be- lieves 27 ' 5 That Dr. Sonneschein sees other difficnities in the way, which are for the presentin- superable, is evident from his definition of consolidation. 1ie says: Consolidation would simply mean that the bar- riers should be leveled and that the merging of the ruces be made easy by concession on either side. Thus it tnkes no special ceremony or rite to admit 8 Jew into the Unitarian Church, He is not baptized, uor is he required to accent any particular confession of faith. It s easy for a Jew or Jewess to become a Unitarian, and it is just as ensy for a Unitarian 19 become n Re- Tormed Jew,—a Jew who hus disearded all the rites and ceremonics which make bim a Jew in the ritual sense. And still, with all these possi- Dilitles and aseurances, there is one fact tub- Doraly hindering & consolidution,—the question ol( race. Here theJew is simplyon the defen- sive. Aund again he says even more pointedly: It we sbould be cousolidnted with the Unl- tarian Cburch, would the second (or the first seneration even) after us be rendy as woare to, ay to ’“’f’ with one accord into the breach and th the sbicfd of God's light and truth our persecuted brethren? Does there notyet, even in tho heart.of hearts of many a Unitarian Christian, linger a remoant of prejudice against the Jew? Ikoow it is fading rapidly away; but the last shreds of that doubt and Of that mis- trust are not yet entirely removed In the heart of many a Unitarian friend. Such things as the utter extinction of prejudice and racial separa- tion are not uchieved 4t once. It takes muny a hard blow before the tree of prejudice and mis- trust can be felled and the roots destroyed so that the poison plant will never grow or bear its deadly fruit again. We are not yet ripe for con- solidution,—it is a dream which will not vanisix after awnkening, a dream which will one future day be a realized fact. But to-day.and for many o year to come, it will be nothing but a dream. Weare not aware what bronght out the sermon of Dr. Sonneschein, or that any sus- gestion has been made from either side of a consolidation, consequently it is not easy to take part in the discussion. In the absence of any information on the subject from the Unitarian side, such a discussion might also be premature in the puolic press. Unitarian clergymen and Jewish rabbis are better able to settle the relations and affinities of their creeds than secular newspapers. From the worldly point of view, however, the: news- paperis qualified to exoress an opinion, and that opinion will certainly correspond with Dr. Sonneschein’s—namely: thatthe question of race is the most serious one that stands in the way of such a consolidation without in any way considering the rights of that ques-- tion. The suggestion, or more properly the consideration, of consolidation by the Doctor, is none the less an interesting one, and will be likely to bring out arguments and state- ments on both sides, after which a canvass of the question can be conducted more in- telligently than now. 'The oceasion is a timely one for an expression of views by our Unitarian friends. ¢ GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN CHICAGO. Among the thousands of applications for office which have been fastened upon the new President, or upon the Senators and Representatives, who are expected to act as . office-brokers, Chicago is naturally well rep- resented. The Government officés of prime importance in this city are the following: the Postmaster, the United States Marshal, the United States District-Attorney, the Col- lector of Customs, the Appraiser, the Col- lector of Internal-Revenue, the Sub-Treas- urer, and the Pension Agent. Only oneof these appointments has been disposed of definitly, —that of the Postmaster. Mr. Palmer’scom- mission ran out before the expiration of Mr. Tayes’ term, and he was reappointed by the last Administration. It is hardly likely that he will be disturbed, and his is the only place which has not attracted competition. The turning-point in the distribution of the Chicago Governwent offices will prob- ably be the appointment of United States Marshal. s is the first cowmission that expires, and it calls for .the earliest consider- ation. There are a number of candidates, but the situation is rather peculiar. It seems to be conceded on all sides that Mr. Hildrup will not be retained. The lack of live political Influence is Mr. Hildrup’s weak- ness. 1t was Senator Oglesby who secured the position for Mr. Hildrup four years ago, and Gen. Oglesby is no longer in a situation to protect him. - Mr. Sherwin, the Repre- sentative from the Aurora district, seems to be the only reliable Congressional support which Mr. Hildrup ean count on. But the struggle is for and against Mr, A. AL Jones, colloquially known as *“Long” Jones, Senator Logan is actively supporting Jones, and rests his case mainly npon two points— viz.: (1) that the scope of the office, which extends over the northern part of the State," places it within the proper domain of Sen- atorial influence, and excludes it from mere district preference; and (2) that itis the only one of the Government offices located at Chi- cago whicli is likely to go to any one outside’ of the city,-and hence should be. left to the rural portions of the judicial district. Sena- tor Logan is disposed to Insist upon the up- pointment of. his special friend Jones. Rep- resentative C. B." Farwell not merely hasa candidate of his own in the person of Deputy- Marshal Stilwell, but is uncomprowmisinzly opposed in any event to the appointment of “Long” Joues, and claims to be backed by the nine anti-third term districts of the State which made a successful contest for repre- sentation in the Chicago National Convention. Formal protests against Jones have been filed in the President’s office from nearly all the delegntes from these nine districts to the Chicago Convention, and Mr. Farwell is pres- entin Washington to take care of his side of the fight. But it Is claimed by ‘the “Long” Jones crowd that President Garfield will not recognize this avowed antagonism from the anti-Grant distriets in 1llinois, because it has been his policy to discourage all such dissen- sions, and to harmonize all factions in the’ party. The struggle over the-Marshalship is Dound to be bitter before it will be settled, and the result msy have an important bear- ing upon the other Chicago places. . There will probably be a change In the of- fice of District-Attorney. The present in cumbent, Gen. Leake, was appointed by ex- President Hayes without consultation with any patronage-dispenser in particular, be- cduse Mr. Hayes had known him personally in Obio, Personal acquaintance in Ohio was the strongest possible recommendation for appointient under the last Administration, but when such appointment was made with- out Coungressional backing it is not the strongest possible recommendation for con- tinuance in office where changes are clam- orously urged under a new Administration. There do not seem to be any important candidates pressing for the place of Dis- trict-Attorney, and the final allotment of the position may depond on the expression of the Bar of Chicago, if the lawyers see fit to exert their.inflnence. The commission of the Collector of Customs, Mr. Wifliam Hehry Smith, does not expire for several months. Mr. Smith has some strong friends and some determined opponents among the politicians, = Powerful Ohio influences in ' favor of his retention will Dbe brought to bear upon the President, and he will have thé active stpport of Mr. Farwell and many of the influential people in 1llinois politics. If Senator Logan succeed in secur- ing the Marshalship for his friend **Long” Jones he may be disposed to look with more favor than he does now upon the retention of Mr. Swith, but if: Jones fail to get Hildrup's place Mr. Smith may anticipate some stub- born opposition from Logan, backed by other Senatorial antagonisin that has grown out of the differences between the New York and Chicago Custom-Houses pending the anti- Conkling war of the Hayes Administration. There are a couple of obscure applicants for the office of Appraiser, now held by Mr. Charles IL Ham, but unless more formidable competition shall come up than any that has yet been manifested Mr. Ifam will not be disturbed. It is conceded on all sides that he is an excellent officer. There are several applications also for the office of Collector of Internal Revenue, mow occupied by J. D. Harvey. Mr. Harvey has Senator Logan’s good will, but the success or failure of Mr. Jomes in his candidacy for ' the Marshalship may uffect Harvey’s place as well as that of the Collector of the Customs. The most prominent candidates for the office are Mr. Brainard, of Evanston, who is Pres- ident of the *Call Board ” in this city, ‘and has the support of Mr. Farwell; and Mr. J. 1L Gilbert, who is supported by Mr. Aldrich, and who has strong claims for eflicient serv- ice in the Jate campaign. Itis to” Bir, Har- vey's advantage, however, thatthe commis- sions in the revenue service are continuous, and, as his tenure does not expire by limita- tion at any particular date, it will-be the easier to ward off any effort to makea change. Mr. Frank Gilbert, the Sub-Treas- urer, will:probably remain for a number of' reasons. His retention is asked by Col. Bob Ingersoll, and, under such circumstances, none of the local politicians will.be melined to oppose himn; moreover, the bond required trom the Sub-Treasurer is so immense and so disproportionate to the compensation that there is no great demand for the place. The consideration of the Pension Agency, Miss Sweet's place, will probably not come np for some time yet, but there will ‘'be n severe struggle to take the office away fronr her. There is one condition which the present Government officeholders may regard as favorable to them to the extent that they are satisfied their seversl administra- tions have been successful—viz.: it is an- nounced that the new President is indis- posed to make changes where faithful and efficient service lias been rendered. It is worthy of note, however, that in all the con- tests over appointments in Washington, whether over offices in this city or- those of other localities, the influences pro and con are almost entirely political, and the question of past service (except party service) or per- sonal fitness seems to cut but little figure among the various raids on the White Ilouse. —_— THE MURICIPAL ELECITON. In'three weeks the people of this city will be called upon to elect a Mayor, a full corps of city ofticers, and one-half the members of the City Council, and also town officers. 1t is needless to say that this is an important election, and onein whichall the people of this clty are Interested, whether they kuow it or |_not. ‘The City Government of Chicago repre- sents more people than are represented in any one of several States in the Union. 1t represents property of greater value than is represented in several of the States. Upon this City Government over half a million of persons residing in this city ‘depend for the preservation of peace and order, and the pro- tection of life and property. To this City Government Is committed the power of levy- ine taxes, and of appropriating and expend-~ ing the money, and the people of no city in the country have had a riper experience of the difference between a loose, profiigate, ‘wasteful, and corrupt government and «'firm, conscientious, economical, and honest goy- ernment than have the people of Chicago. Five years ago the Clty Treasury was bankrupt and its credit shattered; its paper was under protest; it could not borrow money to pay the overdue interest on its debt, and had in circilation nearly four millions of scrip or overdue paper known as “floating debt,” the issue of which had been pronounced-illégal by the Courts. That was the climax of several years' government by acorrupt and extravagant City Council and a profligate corps: of city oflicers. Nothing but the exigencies of the situation—the strong presentation of the. alternative of active efforts by the hitherto indifferent or negligent mass of taxpaying voters, or the surrender of the city charter—was able to arouse public attention. When that atten- tion and interest were aroused, the result was the election of an honest and earsest body of men to the City Council and the in- stallation of a like honest Mayor and other clty ofticers. e It has taken five years of econ omical gov- ernment and 2nergetic municipal Jabor to restore the credit of the city,—~to repair the financial and other’ ruin resulting from pre- vious maladministration of the city, The city finances are now in a healthy and prosperous condition. The city'is free from floating " debt, and its further creation has been arrested,—~permanently, itis to be hoped. Taxation has been kept within reasonable bounds, and the, revenue is successfully col- Jected. It has cost -the people of this city several millions of dollars ‘of taxation, and the effort to attend the polls for ten minutes each once in a' year for five consecutive years to bring about this recovery and refor- mation in the finances and credit of Chicngo. There has not been & charter election since 1870 at which any extent of negligence or indifference on the part of the taxpaying voters might not have wrecked all the good that had been acqomplished, and handed the government of - the city over to the wreckers, who have been indefatigable in their labors 7 to recover control. Necessity demands that a like vigilance be maintained now. Any one who reads the proceedings of the City Council will discover how slight Is the majority which prevents the Government passing back into bummer control. Careles- ness or inuttention at the pvlls in one or two wards at the coming election may revive the old corrupt style of legislation out ot which giew all the past troubles. The faction which insists that government was invented for the ‘benetit of corrupt ofticials needs but few re- cruits to give it control of the Council, and these recruits they expeet through bad nom- inations and the indifference of voters in the best wards of the city. -Mr. Harrison was elected Mayor two years ago by the votes of Republicans who were dissatistied with their own candidate, and who had confidence in his personal integ- rity, and in his professions of a non-partisan administration of city affairs. Ilis Adminis- tration is before the pubiic, and he is a candi- date for redlection. We will not now ais- cuss his weaknesses and his shortcomings. We wish to impress upon the Republicans the necessity of nominating a candidate for Mayor who will be a better Mayor than Ilar~ rison. 1f they cannot do that, then they may as well abandon the contest. “ This is a mu- nicipal contest in-which the relative eharac- ter and ability of tue candidates will control thousands of votes independent of politics. While Harrison will be burdened by last fall’s violent and disgraceful partisan be- |- “havior, and by the errors, and follies, and worse, of his Administration, he wiH also have the advantage of whatever has been commendable and efticient in his Adminis- tration. A proper caudidate, and one whose own person and character will be a guar- antee to all persons of all parties of an hon- est, efficient, and respectablo Governnent, is essentinl o secure an election. The nomina- tion of such a candidate can only be secured by the earhest efforts and labors of the entire body of Republican voters in the choice of delegates. ! - No less important than the election of a Mayor who will have no aflinities with .the gamblers and eriminal classes is the election of ' City Council which will not consider the general public as' fair subjects for plunder and robbery. A Mayor may disgrace his office and himself by his antics, but a City Council may plunder and rob the commynity. With a corrupt, blackmailing, bummer Coun- cila Mayor is comparatively helpless; with an honest Council, and a competent and re- spectable Mayor, there is a reasonable hope that the interests of the city, its character and credit, will be protected and maintained, and the people may rest in the confidence of rood, decent, economical, and honest govern- ment. = To secure the election of proper Aldermen good men must be nominated, and to nomi- nate good men there must be a general effort of the friends of such men made at the ward meetings. ‘Proper persons as candi- dates must have votes enough to nomivate them, and those .who-want that class of per- sons for Aldermen must go to the meetings and vote for them. We repeat the serious warning that & good government in Chicago depends vn the nomi- nation of persons who ought to be elected; the nomination of any other class of persons will not insure a; victory, but is a direct in- vitation of defeat. THE PUBLIC -LIBRARY MEMORIAL The gentlemen who gathered at the Palmer House Friday night o consider ways and means of commemorating the tenth anniver- sary of the great fire recognized the impor- tant fact that it was the benevolence of the world, not the calamity itself, which deserved commemoration, In this view of the case, the original plan for a pageant and street- masquerade was indefensible. It would be a sorry return for the charity of outsiders to the poor of Chicago to waste in sham mag- nificence a large sum of money that might be applied to better purposes. The proposed erection of a Library builds ing by public subseription is in all respects a worthler, fitting, and more dignified project. The Public Library is one of the first enter- prises that grew out of the fire. Chicago never had such a library before. By some sort of inspired blunder several of the litera- 1y people of England, notably Mr. Thomas Hughes, who had been informed that the city had formerly possessed such a Iibrary and had lost It in the fire, undertook to replace it in part. By dint of much soliciting they col- lected several thousand yolumes from the authors, publishers, and public institutions of England. These furnished a nucleus for the library which we now possess. The act authorizing the establishment of a public library in Chicago. and providing for its maintenance was passed, it should be ob- _served, after the fire, and partly in conse- quence of it. Hence this institution hasa peculiar relation to the event the tenth anni- versary of which it/is now proposed to cele- brate in a suitable’manner. ‘The needs of the Library are very great. The State law under which it is incorporatea provided that the taxation to sustain it should not exceed one-fifth of 1 mill on the dollar. In 1873 when this law was passed, the valuation -of ,property in the city was $284,000,000, and in the next year it was in- creased to $312,000,000. But in 1574 the city full valuation was changed to the State third valuation, and under the Township As- $essors it was reduced year by year untif it is now only $117,000,000,—or little more than one-third of what it wasin 1873. Hence thetax of one-fifth of a mill, which yielded $62,000 in 1878, or would have doueso if all the' taxes had been collected, now yields but $23,000, which would be the limit of the annual in- come of the Library but for back taxes and fines. This sum is totally inadequate to pay the running expenses. provide a reinsurance fund, and keep opcn the reading-room, to say nothing of extending the operation of the Library. Meanwhile, the Library is stowed away on the third and fourth floors of a high- Iy-inflammable business block, whereitiscon- stantly exposed to destrtruction by fire. The approach and elimb to it are difficult and toil- some. The rooms are: not large enough. The ventilation is bad. The light is insufli- clent. If it were designed to put the Library where it would be least frequented or used, it could not be better located than it is with- 1In the business district. Yet, inconvenient as it is, poorly lighted, badly ventilated, and {il- smelling, it is doing a great work. Its rooms are thronged, and the three flizhts of stairs leading to its sky-parlors are worn thin by the constant climbing of those who vlsit it _ The Library Fund is manifestly insufficient to keep up and increase the stock: of books and papers, to say nothing of providing a proper building for its occuvancy. None of ! the other clity funds can be drawn on for the purpose. The Common Council has not the power, if it had the- disposition, to-increase the tax-levy for any such object. The old Post-Office building, which belonged to the Library by right, has been diverted to an- other use. There is no possible way in which a Library building can be, for many years at least, erectpd at the public expense. In this emergency, & scheme for a general subscription to defray the costof a building is the only practicable solution of the problem. ‘The building ought to be provided without reference to the fire; but, if it ‘can be made to serve the purpose of a memorial, while at the same time it- gives the Library a conven- ient ana decent abiding-place; so much the better. It is possible that Dearborn Park can be obtained asa site. If not, then' another location that will do as well. The build- ing should be spacious, to allow for future growth. It should have a ground floor re- served for library purposes, and high ceil- ines. At least three, and if possible four, sides should have light. There is no need of much outer decoration or costly walls. Strength, durability, and form ‘are the main things, The efforts: should e expended on the interior, to make it commodious, acces- sible from all parts, and coitvenient. Wedonot see why thereshouldbe any great difliculty in raising $250,000, or even §300,000 for such a purpose. The ecause appeals to the sympathies of the whole peovle, rich and poor, of all shades of belief and political opinion. Nobody can’ cherish ‘any enmity toward the Pub- lic Library, nor can anybody truthfully deny that it is doing a noble and beneficent work, and that It is in the fullest sense of the word a blessing to the community. There ought to be twenty men in this city who will give §10,000 each to such an enterprise, and 100 who will, give $1,000, and 250 who will give $500, and 1,000 who will give $100. And the smaller subscriptions, which would be invited and welcomed, ought to make another $100,000, If these subserip- tions were all made. the total would be $625,- 0%0. There Is no reason why they should nov be obtained by pro per effort und solicitation. We are glad to see that Mr. Fairbank and other public-spirited citizens have taken hold of this matter. “Che meeting which it is oro- posed to hold at Music-Hall to consider the subject ought to be a rousing one, and if it is the success of the Public Library Fire Me- morial will be from that moment as§iired. GREECE AND TURKEY-PEACE OB WARY' ‘The time is rapidly approaching when the Kingdom of Greece must decide whether it shall have peace or war with Turkey. Be- fore the present month closes diplomacy will have finished its work and laid its ultimatum before Turkey and Greece, and as the Powers have practically agreed to modify the pro- visions of the Berlin Treaty in favor of Tur- key, the question of peace or war hangs upon the action of Greece. Of late a new ‘element hay entered into the caleulations, —~the organization of the Albanian League,— and this may affect in some way the decision of the Powers, since the League throws em- barrassments in the way both of Turkey and Greece. While the League is in favor of .in- dependence, and at last accounts was pre- paring to resist Turkish authority in North- ern Albania, it is equally determined that Greece shall have no territory in Southern Albania. In theevent, therefore, that war should break out and Greece should endeavor to make a forcible sefzure of the territory she wants in that quarter, she will meet with a determined resistance from the Albanians. 1f she should keep handsoff, Turkey will find the Albanians concentrating in rebellion against the Porte. The situation might be briefly summed up as follows: What Turkey is willing to give, Greece don’t much care for, and what Greece namely: Janina and Metsovo, and ing territory—Turkey isdetermined notto give up. Asbetween the two there must. be a compromise, or there must be a fight. Turkey bas defiued the maximum she will give and Greece the minimum she will aceept, and the six Powers already in their *‘pourparlers” have intimated that they are averse to war, and that if they compromise ‘the settleinent will be in favor of the Turk- ish proposals, though there is nothing as yet that indicates even then that their decision will be entirely satisfactory to Turkey. It certainly will not be satisfactory at all to Greece. The scheme to compensate Greece for the loss of territory in Epirus and Thes- saly by giving her the Island of Crete is cred- ited in England as entirely irresponsible. ‘The Saturday Revicw of Feb. 26 very point- edly says: . # The most zealous f{riends of the Greek race can scarcely contend - that Crete is ln urgent need of liberation. Since the establishment of the present administrative system, the island bas been tranquil; and any discontent which mny exist provails rather among tho Mussul- man minority than among the Greeks, who are believed to iffustrate tneir oumerical pre- ponderance by nn arrognat demeanor. It would seem that they enjoy the coutrol of the locul finnuces, for some of them lately proposed to punish the Governor of Crete on account of sup- posed disregard of their wishes by depriving him of half ot his salary. Although Crete may per- haps be destined at some future time to form part of the Greek State, it is doubtful whether the Christian population at present desires an- nexation. Another reason agninst introducing the question of Crete into the controversy IS that the substitution of one territory foranother i3 ut yariance with the only principie which can Jjustify the transfer from Turkey to Greece. It ‘can be no satisfaction to the population of any purt of Epirus or Thessaly, If it remains against its will under Turkish dominion, to know that somewhere clse Greek Christians have become Hellenic subjects. If, as now appears, the Powers favor Tur- key, though not to the extent she desires, it is probable she will be induced to accept their decision, as she has been very solemnly warned by the representatives of every one of them. But with Greece the case is dif- ferent. She stands in the relation to them of aparty to whom they had made a definit promise in the Treaty of Berlin. Since that time, however, the Powers which were her friends. and France, which was her cham- pion, have all cooled in their sentimental ardor, and are not ready to make good their promises. . They will offer her less, and much less, than the territory defined in the treaty. When they reach their compromise, there- fore, they have still the task before them of inducing Greece to accept it. Upon her decision- hangs, the issue. of peace or war. ‘The London Spectator ofieb. 27 is among those who look for war. It says: We think that among well-intormed men the Impression that war between Greece and Turkey is unuvoidable deepens rapidiy. The Ambassu- dors are now all present in Constantinople, but the Sultan shows no sign of giving way. There is much. talk of a propasul to cedo Thessaly and exchange Epirus for Crete; but the Greeks, who want breatbing-room oo the mainlund, will not accept that offer. - It is stuted that the Ambas- sndors are beginning to uct collectively, but so assured is the Old Turkish party that war is at hund, that Osman Pogha has ventured to insist that certain revenue sball be paid divectly into the military chest, instend .of passing through the Fiuance Minlstry. As that change would bar both the Paluce and the Porte from stopping any of the moncy, we may bo certain that, if it is made, war 13 immediately at hand, The Greeks, -it is certain, believe this, and 'have called out thelr last reserves, Both Turkey and Greece ave prepared. for war, and rest upon their arms pending the decision of the Powers. It is impossible to_say, when any day new considerations may be effected, which it will be, but two things are certain:- If Turkey refuses to abide by the decision it will be the signal for .} her dissolution. 1f Greece refuses. it will be the signal for" her overwhelming defeaf; as she is vastly-inferior in power to Turkey, and must not only antagonize a superior Power, but must also allenate herself from the moral support of Europe. A few more days will decide the. question. Tre House was not in session in Spring- field yesterday, but the Senate held a short session. The most important thing before It was the report of the Revenue Committee of a substitute for dlerritt’s bill to tax railroad companies on their gross earnings, which substitute provides that, in addition to the taxes now required by law, and in lieu of the °| tax on capital stock, a tax of 2} per cent shall be levied on all gross earnings of lines within the State, payable every six months, and providing for necessary reports to show such gross earnings, properly verified by oath of the President and Secretary, the fax to become a lien on all the property of such railrond, with power to levy on rolling-stock, and if the company refuse to make such re- port thé Auditor may add 1 per cent to sueh tax, and collect accordingly. This is a very impertant bill. The railroads have been greatly harassed by the action of the law taxing their capital stock, and they have been in constant hot water with the State Board ot Equalization about the amount of capital stock on which theyshould be taxed. The question has never been settled elther to the ‘satisfaction of the railroads or the Legislature. ~ The Senate Revenue Com- 1mittee has now proposed a simple method of taxation,—substituting a# small tax on gross receipts in licu of the tax on capital stock. We think this plan will be satisfactory to the people at large. It is much simpler, and more equitable than the present method, which is difficult of execu tion. According to Poor’s Railroad Manual, the gross receipts of all the Illinois railroads for 1879 amounted tonearly sixty-four millions of dollars (363, 663,500), which at 2!¢ per cent as proposed by the bill would yield to the State Government the respectable sum of a million and a half dollars per year. It is not yet learned whether any of the railroads will raise ob- jections to the Revenue Comm ittee’s amend- ment. 2 VILAS, OF WISCONSIN. On the occasion of the formaul election of a successor to the late Senator Carpenter by the Wisconsin Legislature Thursday, the vote stood as follows: : Angus Cameron (Rep.).... Willizm F. Vilas (alleged Dem.). . ‘The vote for Vilas was less than one-third, and hardly more than one-quarter, of that for his Republican opponent. Why was thisso? Vilas is an able man. Ileis one of the best lawyers in the State. As an orator he is con-~ fessedly without a rival in Wisconsin. He was a good soldier, is personally unobjee- tionable, and has hosts of friends. Other things being equal, he would makea stronger Senator than Cameron, because an abler and ‘more eloquent man, and would fill Mr. Car- penter’s shoes in poiat of ability more nearly than perhaps any other man in the State. But other things were not equal. Mr. Vilas is not sound on the main question. His po- litical associations are not of the right kind; and, if elected, he would represent and en- force views of public policy which the people of Wisconsin do not believe in and have most emphatically condemned. That is the reason why, when it came to a vote between him and Angus Cameron in the Legislature, the latter had a majority of nearly four to one. Now, it is true that Mr. Vilas, who in the past has been regularly obscured on account of his political associations, and now is en- tirely out of the line of promotion, has no mental or moral tie whichshould bind him to the State-sovereignty Bourbon party for one moment. All the Democracy he has he got by inheritance. His father was a Democrat- before him. So he sentimentally imagines he isa Democrat. He has inherited the name and ‘party prejudices. That is the whole logic of his position. But he had so little real knowledge of or affection for the fundamentals of the Democratic party that when the War broke out lesprang to the defense of the Union, and as a brave and patriotic soldier did his best to stamp out the pestilent heresy of State supremacy, which constituted all that was ever genuine or vital ‘in.the Democratic party. If he bad been a Democrat by principle, and not by inherit- ance, he wonld have remained at home, joined the Golden Circle, disseminated Cop- perhead tracts, and decorated the corner- groceries with his cussing of the War. In- stead of that, he acted on his convietions, worked withsword and voice for the triumph of Republicanisin,—anti-slavery principles. ‘When Col. Vilas came back from the work ofshooting and crushing Southern Democracy, covered with honor and reputation, he ought to have gravitated into the Republican party, where he properly belonged and had earned aright to be. 1o owed that much to con- sistency. Asa Nationalist he fought: how could he bécome a State-supremuicy Demo- crat when he honorably ceased to fight, there being no longer any occasion for his serv- ices ? If he had deserted, or been drummed out, we can understand why he should have gone over to the Democracy, butas he came back with flying colors there was no excuse for such conduct. Family memories over- came him. He gave to a lower consistency what belonged to his honor as a soldier. Heredity overcame the scruples which he could not help but feel, aud he almost con- vinced himself that he believed in those nox- ious Democratic principles of State suprem- acy which his father had instilled into him in his youth, but which he had fought nobly to put down. So he became a Democrat by prejudice, while he remained a Republican in principle. Still he believed in' Republic- an doetrines or he would not have fought to preserve and establish them. Mr. Vilas was quite a young man when he made this fatal mistake. 1f he had been older, he would have been wiser. He siw too late that he had blundered. When Gen. Grant came back from his foreign tour, and was entertained in Chicago, who but the eloguent Col. Vilas was selected to make the welcoming speech. Being a eallant soldier and also ‘an alleged Democrat, it was felt that he was indeed a rara avis, and could not be spared from so unique an occasion. So he was brought down from Wisconsin, like & whiteswan, to give distinction to tlie feast. And hedid it. Iis speech was one of the most eloquent and appropriate that even Gen. Grant had ever listened to. Col. Vilas himself was so overcome by it that, report says, he would have voted for Gen. Grant for President if he had been nominated. But he refused to vote for another brave soldier, who was an abler statesman and a less ultra Republican than Grant. When Garfield was nominated, the brave, the witty, the accomplished, the patri- otic Vilas slipped back into the Bourbon party-by-prejudice, where he no more be- longs than in the Ku-Klux Klan orthe White League of Louisiana. g ‘There is a lesson and a moral for young Democrats of National feeling and sentiment in this pathetic tale.: To all such THE TRIB- UNE disinterestedly says, Don’t be a Bourbon ‘because your father was; or, if you must follow in the footsteps of your mistaken an- cestors, move to Texas or to Missouri, where there is some chance for a young Bourbon to grow up with the country. 97 Ix the Fourteenth Ward, Lorenz’s term ex- pires this spring. He s a no-nccount Alderman of Bourbon politics, Mr. J. J. McGrath has made 8o useful and active an Alderman during the past year that there i8 a general demand for bimtobe & candidate for election in piace of ‘the no-nccount Lorens. The warg services of un active, able, energetic McGrath 8lis the bill better than gy man in the ward who Is williag to sercy record fn the Council during the pugm been guod, and bis course tn chat bogs et B8 general satisfaction. IL13 stilln very ge i question whether Stauber or MoGrary il tho largest number of votes, By oot count of an laformality on the pary gp Judges of election in one precinct tp g and the Corparution Counsel counted v out. Rutthe people of the Pourlenntfi? appear to demand his continued seryi, their behn!f in the Coucil. It is beligyary he can be easily elected, and by such g m, as will settlo the question widiout the jayges tion of the Courts or & contest in thoe Cougey ™ R i i Astrouomical, Chicago (TRIBUNE office), noj it 41deg. 520 575.; west Xouzilu)l'!e 4‘.’2‘] 1:,““1“ Washington, and Sh. 50m. 30S. from Greenwy The subjolned table shows the time ogm' ing or the moon's lower lmb, and the =, ficial time for lighting the first street jy . in each clrcuit in this city, during g 2P ing week, unless ordered sooner, on SN of bad weather. Also the following extinguishing tho first lamp: Moon seta. 1 2. m. Beedsy 1y 20, ag - t times o Monday Tuesday. P, The moon will be full at 4:: The sun's upper Hmb will rise on Monday st 6:13 a.m.,south at 9m. 1L3S. p.m., aud getgy 6:06 p. m. The sun’s upper Umb rises Friday 6:08 u. m., souths at 8m. OL53, p. mlianyn;:::u:: 6:10% p. m. B ‘The sidereal time Thursday mcan 230 $1m. 4.0, i The sun will beon the line next Sundaygt about 5:234 . m. This will be rather an frpq. venlent time for those Who Want to watch e direction of the wind, s an indication of thy weather for the next three months, i Mercury will south Thursday at U:2) g, . Ho was i Jnferior conjunction last Friday mom. 1ng, und now rises before the sun.but oo pesr him tobe visible. Mars will rise Thursday at 4:3 0. m,anq south at 9:3a. m. He fs visible 28 a morning star,in tho early twilight, being a little to te norchwest from the two principal stars (Gamms, and Delta) in the tail of Capricorn. Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter are situated near ly the same way, relatively, a3 a week o, forming a rather large trinngle, with Setar, thy Ieast brilhiant of the three, at the obtuse acgle, Next Thursdey they will move as fotlows with. very brightly, and fa- creasing in brilllancy, though her angular- dis- tance from the sun is decreasiug. She willbe 1z hor greatest brightness two weeks from to-day, and will then shine so intensely, if the skybs clear, as to leave noroom for wonder that a rail- roud engineer could mistake her for the hesd- Hght of an approaching train, as was the cases few years ago. Uranus will soutn Thursday at 11:08 p. m. be- ing then in right ascenston 10 hours 5 mine utes, and north declination 8 degrees 104 mine utes. He was fu opposition to the sun last Tuse day. & Neptune will south Thursday at 3:00 p. m. Right ascension 2 hours 42 minutes, and nontg declination 13 degrees 54 minutes. ————— : Tis table may have some interest. The oldest President of tne United States, on taking (he Presidential office, was Rarrison; the young- est was Grant. John Adams lived the loogess/ butsee the following summary: AGE L'SGTH|| AGE WHEN |/OFSER-|] A7 PRESDT| | VICE. izl g i 2 5 B ¢ o ol ) L) 0 2| 8|\ 7| 0| wijorfoim 4| 411 4 0] 90/ B & 11( 2t 8] 0] 0 [8f33 1116} 8! of ol &} 33 . & ol 4!l sf of olIml 6 7(21([ 1| of of[e0] Tim 11/15;1 8| 0 07 924 Wi 3) of| 4} o] of)] T olzs| of 11 oifes) I 9| 61: 3j11| off71) o}y 4 21 3 of il 7 5(-0(1 1} 4| & (&5] %k 6| 3)| 2| 3fsi|u] =L 3 ol 3 of olfsilulis 10ju)| 4) of 0|ml 1 e of20f | 4f Tjriisaf s a 17| of ol il 718 1] 51 & of oil..f.ol sl 1f{ 4] of of sl o] 6] 0} [S—————— Tur Gladstone Guvernment is still b tating about withdrawing the British troops from Southern Afghanistan,—baving alreads evacuated Cabul and the northern half of a8 country. Sir Garnet Wolseley advocates s evacuation of Candahar and retirement witbia the old boundaries. His opinfon is thus stated: To accupy a pofnt so far removed beyond eur frontier would be a serious tinancial nu:dcvai even in times of profound peace; sud in e any great trial its possession would fndeed b & white clephant, capable of ruining our Iadita Eumplre, by tho cost which the necessity of #up- porting it would entall upon us. In my pumbie opinion the quostion of theretention of Cusds bar is ot a military oae, for I can see Do pst~ ble strategical advantage in its present occupes tion. [ta retenton will certainly crippie 0ot military resources, and it would serlously hamper our strategical operations in the evest ‘of any great internal commonon. . .. . THEM isno Afghan army that could prevent anEo- - slish division from murching from Queuta 1 Cundabar whenever It misht become advissble todoso. It therefore, we can at all times 0 cupy Candnhar when we wish why go there B til the necessity for dolng o has arisen? The necessity would arise, Sir Garnet believesy when tho Kussians occupy Herats but suppsa that, on thatevent occuring, the Eoglish 8585 in Europe. i T SPEAKING of opening the picture-galleries on Sundays to the working classes In Eoplsids few of whom attend any church, the Looddd Spectator thus reports the action of tbe Houd of Lords: - ‘Tne Houge of Lovrds on Feb. 2 had 8 dm& slon.‘miscd oy Lord ?u“m‘;fifeur? gt:n P“”"d y‘:fl opening museums, picture- of quict amusement to the working-clasies Suuduys, Lord Shaftesbury opposing | amendment in favor of opening the! public for the hours botween 7 and 10 three times & week. The discussion, turned on the usual points,—finst, the ity™ of such amuscments on Sunday. the fear of the working-class that on the strict observance of the Su lead to working on that day. This renl and only ratfonal argument ai brightenmg of the dismalness of OUF 5 Sunday, but it is very doubtful it itbe 00137 ticient trgument. At all events, o e elthor Sabbuturians or thought this RO yg adequate, for they refected Lond DUty motlon by 41 to3f votes. “Tho talk WG e belng *profane” to look at beautift i ou & Sunday i8 shoply upivtelligiblc 0 these wintry duys, the chief Sunday Trobieh of thoso who du not read (s sleep. ARd 70l the more profane, dozing away adul i+ i & beer-shop, or even at home, or COITI genius of Turner or Titian o an ure-gallery? s ——e——— . * Tue late E. A. Sothern is mentioned correspondent of the Cardiff Times 88 & d‘m‘h‘w" bellever in Spiritualism. *An emineot S0 sorof the faith,” says the cuflflmfl:":’m_ " me that a short time befure Sothern's ‘mosh | | iy "EEEE%;“ a8 SRestisbinntt w i -2 = B met the gctor at a& séance 8% ° astounding things happened. Sothe! medium, and there was forthcoming 7r " g all kinds on varlous patterns of note el 8 in many colored inks. My friend ™ communication which be is sure was it blood. In addition there was an exXc M‘, o m'll.n‘ bition of gpirit hands, the un¢ By tion of acticles of personal property: S84 E0, other wonderful things.” - SOtRErIS 70 p, bowever, clalm that these medium! tions were a part of the practical-jok® in which the actor delighted- Tms little pgragraph from tha Cin Enquirer, which may not be guite peculiar Western flavor: *Tha Journalis of the opinion that GarfelCh *does not rise above mediocrits., would bave beon the yeast o have? - 1tke boarding-House biscult.” £ ris® ArLD. Drxox is strongly urged uth} el didate for reélection In the First Ward - been an honest, faithfal, attentive mf ° o8 t, ‘ which. paPEE. received writien el expected 'S fsticexd! ard. 88 B mbes, 859