Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 26, 1881, Page 4

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L] 1’0 Lntered at the Post-Oficeat Uhleagm 1l a3 Seconl~ Clusz Matter, Yorthn bonent ntonr pnirons wha desirs to send tinslo coptes of THE TUIRCNE through the. mall, we i eherewith the translunt rate of postagor Doneatc FiEhtand Twelve Pago Papor. Fixteon P'age P'aper.. Der Capn. £ cents, conts, o Tipht and Twotve Page Faper. Bixteen I'ako Mave 2 comta, cents, TRIBUNE BRANCIL OFFICES, mpp CIICAGO TIINENE hus ostablishod hrunch ‘oMces for tho recolpt o4 sutseriptiond und wdvertise- mentana followe: NEW YORK—Itoom 2 Tribune Bullding. FADDEN, Manner, GLASGOW, Eeotland--Allan's Arency, 31 RonBald.st. LONDON, Etig—Amorican Bxchange, 48 ttrand. LL K1 0e- American Nows Wnveriy's ‘Thentre Peartorn sreet, carner of Morrou. tertainment. Aftornaon nnd svenlng, Minstrel ene ooley's Theatre. Ttandolph etreat, botwnen Clark und La Salle. sagement of Mr. and Mre. MeKeo Mankin, initea™ Afternoon nnd oventng. Ene “The MeVieker's ‘Thenere, Madisan streat, between Ktate and Denrborn, ¥neagoment of Do lwanplan's French Opera Com- pany. Afiernoon, “la Traviat! Evening, * Hob- ort Le Dinble,” Grand Opern-1o Clark street, apporit new Court-House, ern Amblan Nlabt” Afte “ A Mod- oon und evoning. Migmpte Thentre. Clark strest. botworn Lako nnd Handolph, gacomont of the Steuhens Druinutle and Varlety Com- biontion. “Switt und Sure.” Afternvon nud ovenlng. . Acndemy of Muste. Lialated trcet nour Madizon, Weit Side, entertalnment. Afternoon nnd evening, Varlety SATURDAY, MARCIHL 26, 188t Now Tt it has beon definitly declded not ta call an extra session of Congress, Wash- Ington polities will speedity shumer down, The Senate enn hurdly rentain fn session he- youd a fortnight, The country will then stagnate peacefully and prosperously for eight whole months,—a happy relief from Congresslonal medding and bullymng. A Drstoctaric paper printed in Centralia, Marlon County, 1L, is in an agony of alarm for fear a new railroad may soon be opened up through that thriving eity, 1t recognizes all raliroads us foes to Demoerney, aml not ouly railroads, but all other clvilizing in- fluences. Inthisit is not far wrong, The Democratie majoritles Inmore thati one Dem- oeratie stronghold have been shattered of to years by the railronds, telegraphs, post- wfflees, and newspapers; bt wherever there Is & rural county without u vallvoad or o telegraph, ns there are still o few i Sonthern 1linols, there may be found a perfeetly velin- ble Democeratie majority of twe or threo to one, ——— Tatr: Musie-Itall meeting to-night to con- slder ways amd means of ralsing n Library and Art Memorial fund ought to be a grand suceess, Unquestionably the speeches will . bo good, andw strong organization wil be etfected. But the real work will egin ntter the meeting hns ndjourned and tho excite- nient aroused by it has died away. The maney must bo got by a personal eanvass; und the solleltors must be themselves liberul glvers. There I8 n wuy of nssessing lurge property-owngrs i a case of this kind, and not taking ne for an answer, Suppose h committeo of this kiml should be chosen, with a roving commission to levy on nll honest merchantmen. What a commotion it ‘would eause to bo surel ‘Tie nomination of Judige Robertson to be Collector of tha 'ort of New York wasane other natl In the colin of Stanley Matthews, All reports coneur In this opinton. It bs said that Senntor Platt, of New York, who was disposed to vote for Matthows, has now come out against blw, Other Senators are of the same way of thinking. ‘I'he Washington correspondent of the Cinelnnatt Commerelat remarks: It 1a feured, however, by Mr, Mutthowa' friends to-uight that their enuso hias been savl- oualy injured by the nominution of Robertsun 10 b Culieetor uf tho Port of New Yark, This has madu Conkliug angry, und ho is Chairman of tho Judiciary Cammittes o the nbseuco of Mr. Fdmunds, In which Conunltteo tho nowmination of Mr. Matthows Is tied up. The fillbustoring of the Damocrats on the organization of the Senute hus ulso developed much angry feeling, whick wny in the end be unfavorable to Mutthews. Tue: New York Senute has ndopted the follawing resolution: Resvlved, 'Thnt the thunks of this SBenaty are tondered Uresident Gartleld fur nominating Sens ator Rubertson us Cotlector of the Port of Now York, and wo cordintly Jolu Inu requesteto tho Henutv of tha United Stites to prowptly donfiens the nomination. ‘Tha signifleance of the resolution appenrs fram the following conceded facts: The Now York Senate is Republicans u grent majority of the Republicans In that body wre classitiod us followers of Mr, Conkllng: the Demuoeratie wminority In New York are known to bo more fuvorable to My, Conkling than to any of his opponents inside the Republican parfyy The clreumstance that all the fuetlons represented In the Stute Senate—Conkling Ropublicans, anti-Conkling Republicans, nid Democrats— have united in- so cmphatle an fndorsenent of Judge Robertsun's appointment, after an nthuate oficlal assoclution with that gentle utan for a number of years, is the best pussle ble evidencs of nls fitness for the place for whicls the President has designated him, 18, In the face of suen an fndorsement, Senator Conkling shall persist i his efforts to seenre the rejection of Judge Robertson by the United States Senate, he will fuenish ane other evidence of the selfishness aud une reasonableness of s cluim to dictiate Now York appointuients in his own personnl in- terest, and in duelianes not only of the Presl- «ont, but of the Republican varty in his own State, and of public opinton Iy an oditoriul upou the trials of tho Rus. sian Nihillsts printed In our last fssun vofer- ence was niade to the young Indy, Sophle Pe- Tovsky, who, according to the confesslon of Goldenberg, the murderes of Prines Kvupot- Kin, was connceted with the conspiracy to Dlow up the Emweror's traln near Moscow, She was an assoclate of Hartwann, who pure chased the hause near the track and dirscted the mining operations. It was her quick wits which folled the curlosity of neixhbors. When tho polics wore In the \'lclnllw P | UL CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCI1 26, 1881—8IXNTEEN PAGUS — e T with a revolver in her hand rendy to firo into the dynamito and blaw up the house in case they should entor it and when the final 10les were distributed 6 fell to her lot to stand upon the teaek i pive the sig- nal with her hundkerchief which shonld inform the conspirntors of the appronch of the Imperial tratn, The dispatehes now in- form us that she has heen arrested, and not only confesses to this, but that sho gave the sixnal also to Roussakott to throw the homb which shattered the Czar's carciage. She Is ayoung girl of 21, of high rank and position In St Petersburg, and must have had some strong Incentive nctunting hor thus to take hierown lfe In her hands i the service of this desperate faction of the Nihibists, What- ever mny have been her motive, she has evineed most remarkablo cournge, and, like Louise Michel, bids falr to become famous. Like that wonderful woman among the French Communists, Sophie Pervosky proms Ises to go down to posterity as the represent- ative of Russlan Nihilism. Like lLoulse Mletiel, sho evidently believes herself divine- 1y cotnulsstoned to help tlght the wrongs of sullertie humantty, "o such enthusiasts death Is a tritle not worth conskteration. e Springiiell Reprbllcan has fished up w very remurkalfio speeeh mado by Stanley Matthews at Clovelaud, O., Aung, 1, 1877,~ten duys after the rallroad strikes on the Luke Shore Line, In the course of that speceh, nfter nsserting that * four great trunk Hies” haut o monopoly of the transportation of the country to the Misslssivpl, and that the Union Pacliie delivered to these ronds all the trans- conthiental tratiie from the Paclfie, Mr, Mat- thews went on to make promises for imself and his party in regard to the future treat- ment of these ronds. 1le sald: of rallronds aro required to Lo gredt nnmber of workingmen, ki firemen, Lrakemen, men i the shopa,—cvery deseribtion of lnborlug men Is more or interested 1 the ubllity uf theso cumpanics to ety money enough to” pay him Wwitges enotgh to suoport” himself, with bls wife and six children, whitever thut may be, Now these ruilronds, by vivie of mismanngement, e of truss, [njustioe, diseriminntion, re Iess eompot ition with each other, lve been eu ting cneh ather's. throuts, until’ they hnvo m- poverlshed thomselves to such an extent that it tnkes ull thoy can earn to pay tho saluries of thelr Prosidents, [A']mhm- Congress cun rewulato theso corporutlonss It ean tike boll of theso wmnt corporations, and It §s the only legistative power kiown to the Coustitution which ean vontrol them, And by fensonndle roles and regttutions It enn vrovide ngalust that misimanungeiment, that reckleas competitlon, thut destruetive ubuso of trust by which penles bave disabled themsélves fro ng thelr duties to those that they emp thetr surviee, wd It s 1 proposition made by Hepubilean Convention that Congress shuki ¢. ftw benuticul Jurlsdietion in every wiso way for the mutual protuction of thoso who huve juvest= el thelr money in the construction of these grent hlehways'of trade ana teav #3810 protect tho true interests und the resl rlights of those who lnbor in their employment. After making this remarkable speeel Matthews had the opportunity, quite un pectedly to himselt It 13 belleved, to fulill the pledges which o then subsertbed.to, The Thurman bill came up in the Senate. Ile ot only falled to support it, but was the lender of tho opposition to It. 1le took tho ground that the charters were contracts, not to bu altered vven to proteet dobis due the taxpayer. As long ns the companies dis- charged thelr publie dutles—and he nsserted they were so dolng—Congress had no- right to Interfere with them.* What a coming down from the high position he had pre- viously veeupled! CONVICTION AND REAPPOINTMENT OF THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS, ‘The reports of the Comuiitteo of the State Senate ou the su\uuézgr the executlon of the law of the State to punish estortions, over- charges, diserbninationy, and oppressions by rallroad corporations, taken together, fur- nish evidenes of the most remarkable in- stanco of oftielnl negligonce that has been disclosed for many years, 'The evidenc®ills- closes the most continuous system of “*com- pounding of felony ”” by the Commisslonoers uppoluted to execnto the Inw,—n system that would bo disgraceful it the pawnbrokers of this clty were authorized by law to come pound erhme with those gullty of stealing property, ‘I'ho Inwmaking power of the Stute, know- Ing the fnability of individuals to proscente the rallrends for viotations of the law, ereated o Bonrdof Connmissioners, who, representing the State, were to gather evidenco and bring the offending companles to Justice, Among other things the lnw provides: The act of Aprll 13, 1871, Bee. 11, declares: * Said Commissioners shall oxamine into tho condition and munagement and nll othor mat- terd concerntug tho busiuess of rnllrowds in thls State. and whother such railrond compunles with tho laws of the State "5 and thon ju the clénvest lnngunie conmiands: * And whens ever it ahall como to the knowledge, elthor upon conplulint or ollerwise, or they shail have redaon L helieve, that uny such lnw or laws bave been or are belng Violuted, they shall prosecuto or eausa to be prosecuted all ‘vorporitions or porsous Bullty of such violution,"” Tho act of May ¥, 1873, against extortlon, Soe. % nlso communds with equal olearness: = Aud whenever the fucts i sny manner sscertuined by gald Commlssioners shall in thetr Judkmont warrant such prosecution, it shall be the duty ot sald Cummisslonera to immediately canse sults to be cominenced vad Pmsuculml auainst rny mllrond corporation which may vivlate the pro- visians of this act." '['he evidenco before the Commltteo Is con- ceded by buth shites of the Committeo to es- tablish the following facts: 1. 'That certain raflvond companlos durlng the last three yenrs habltually exacted and demanded certain arbitrary terminal charges (8 por ear) on car-londs of graln consigned to elovators fn Chicago, nud nlso from 81 to &4 por day for ** demurrage.” It Is conceded thut these charges were Ilogal and extortion- ato; that they were publicly advertised amd collected; that the Conunissloners had full kuowledso of them, and hnd never Interposod thetr anthorlty or taken any step to arrest or punish the robbery, Theso Hiegal and ox- tortionnte exactions equal §200,000 & yenr. 2, ‘I'hat the law required thy Connmlssion- cers to adopt and publlsh a sehedunlo.of maxi- mum rates; that thly Board of Commlsston. ers, though four years ln oflice, has mado no ehange In 1ts setiedule, nud that the rallronds themselves bave ruduced thelr vates, often below the old schedule, or 5o near ta it that, a8 tho Board schedulo was to be aceapted a8 primasfuele Just, no suit could be muintalied ngninst a rond which hud sub- stantlally the same rates, The minotlty rg vort says on this polnt: Wo turthor thul that the Board bave mado no new sehedutes nor revised tho onea mudo by ther predocessors, wlthaugh the wecessliy of suceh scheiile has Tome Heon most urgent, us is admitted by the Bourd thomsclvea in their re- POVL for BT, Tho necossity und inportance of such revision 8 of thu first conswpitence, Ad 18 well known, tho schedules nro mado only prtin- Suele” evidenco of the Tuted thoreln xed, Manifestly h fessedly defectivo would huve Nittle welght in any Court, and 1 much slightor degree of ovi- denco would be sutliclent 1o overcome the pre- sumption created by such o sehedale than wuu"-l ho jzeessnry if sich # schedulo as the Inw requires had been mado; and manifostly u schedily ln whioh tho vites are ton high 18 n complete survendve of tho rigtis of tho peaple, und 14 1o hund then over 10 the tender mercles of corporntions; for 1o wan with the schodules agninst b conhl ever wsintnin bhoself in court, bor woukl he uvon uttempt it. Man rullrounds, too, huve been bullt stice tho sched- ulew wors wnde, for which uo s ulos whnt- over hive been provided, aiml ws to such rouds the Inw probibiting extorton bocomes pracis cally lwoperative, When It Is rememberod that tho soheduly now fu forcs was udopted In 187 the ig- noranes or negligenes of the Board of Cowm- misslonurs whu huve perpetuuted the old rates, long stneo abandoned by the railronds thewselves, the unanimona conyletlon by the Commitieg can hardly bo suld to bo hursh or unjus . 3. [t s conceded by all sldes and by all tho rallrouds that pooling of receipta to maintain rates and robates, drawbucks, and special rates s part of the regular busliuess of all the roads, and that such things are not excep- tione! but contlnuons and unlversal; and that these facty were personally and ofitelally known to the Commissloners; and that the Commissioners during thely four years’ servieo nover broweht but ony sult against n rallrond company for any eatse, The law of the Stale was designed and in- troduced for the prevention of pooling, dis- crtminntivovebatos, speetal rates, andall man. ner of diseriminations whoreby raitrondy could erush out indivituals aud destroy the business of certain towns by giving moro favoruble rates to others, It prohibited the rallroad company from giving rates to A which It denferl to 13, thoveby enabling A to undersell and destroy the business of 1, Al thls business of diseriminations, which Is the most Infamous of all the forms of raflrond oppression, has been going on,asthe railrond ofticera frankly admitted, and as the Raifrond Commissloners wero foreed to admit with thelr full knowledge, and yet theso threo men, whose sworn speelal duty was to prosecute by authorlty of the State every offense of this kind, never mudo the stightest attempt to urrest or proseeute nny of the offenders, We confess that, taklmz even the report of tho majority of tho Committee, n clenrer case of ofticlal fmbecetlity, or worse, has rarely ever been shown, Like negligoneo or re- fusal to perform nduty by an employé of o private corporation or firm would be fol- lowed by an fustant dismissal, Dut the exl- gencles of politienl witrposes seem to hnve required o different rihe, ‘I'he majorlty of the Committes thus sum up thelr finding as to the neglect or non-pe- tlonof the Commisstoners: Qenerally, the Committee find that no mal- tensioee (n oflice, no earruption, no oiticlal mis- conduct bits been praven ngninst the Commis- slonere, The only Tanlt estublished 18 that of nonfraxanee, or that they have not seeomplished w1l that they might have done. The policy pur- B thent hug, In tho oplnlon ot the Come mitiee, been too canseryative, Yet, In tho pur- sinee of that poliey, If the Bourd bave come witted errors, thuse orrors have been on tho safe side. They have not recklesly expended tho monoy of tho Stato fn proscentions thut might have resulted disastrously (r]. Thoy tnve been economienl und pradent,—per- hups too mueh so; but we are not prepured to sny that thoy huve noldonc as well us othors would have done pursulig the oppoalt policy, Hlowever, we reeommend that i the futuro the Bonrd «hatl pursne « move vadieat and vigorous walfep $ und thint violatlons of the lnw, whenevor Broueint ' thote notice, whothor by written cotupluint or otherwise, stiail hie prosccuted us far the appropeintions made by the General As- sembly for that purpose will periit, Finally, we betuova that tho duties which the Inw puts upon the Boned of Railrond and Ware- house Comtmsstoners are auch a8 o require the ciitire. tme of the beal mon thut can he tuduced to wccept the ofice, This mny be sald to be averdictof * Gullty, but not responsivle beeruse of Idloey.” The other thuling reads: The Comnnlasioners explaln this faiture to en- furce by saying that the Legislature falled to furnish’ the necessury tunds, bt they never nuked for tunds tor this 1{urn but,’ on the contrary, urged that their ** copservative pol- Icel'" was rapldly bringing o the millcunlum, when sults should be uo more. ‘Clicso rensuis, incongruous and contridie us thoy ure, tho Committes deem sutllclen| or nun-performince of duty, 'The mi y bitvo nbored 1 vain to redch such g e clusion, We do not beliove tiut tho spirit and intent of tho law wero that ‘the people of thiy Btute shoulid bo protected and detended agninst tho extortions of those great cur'mruunns by n :ulllury of Quuker guns manued by nottecoms bt g, This nmay be written “Gullty, without a sludow of excuse,” With these two verdiets of direct convle- tion placed on record the Commissloners witl valnly flaunt the Executive und Senatorlal reappolntinent, 'That appolntment will only serve to oxtend the want of popular respeet and contidenco in the Board to a want of respect and contidence In other branches of the public service, THE MANAGEMENT OF INBANE ASYLUMS, OF all the public Institutions i this coun- try there ave none which appeal so forelbly 1o sympathy and common justice, mul none about which so little is known ns the insune asylums, The unfortunates who are confined in them nre buried us completely from human view as the prisoners In tho mines of Siberin. ‘Iheir disenso 1s tho most mysterions und drendful, and, in almost all cases, the most repugnant that can nftllet suffering human- ity. Consequently few peoplo ever eare to visit thelr retreats. However much they may bo nbused and maltreated they have ne veles forcompluint. llence, In u easo where they are oxpoaed to the brutality of keopers, It Is very rare that thelr sufferings come to the publie noticy, and even then it Is compara- tively ensy for their tormentors to cover up all evidence of thelr conduct. Tho subject gnins wdditional mportance beeauso the sta- tistics show that lnsanlty Is growing more frequent and mores fatal, It s for this latter reason, perhaps, that the management of our Insune asylums I3 forced upon the attentlon ot phifanthroplsts, nnd that they are com- moneing to thuroughly Investigate it Among this number s Mr. Dormnn B. Enton, who contributes u timely paper to the eur- rent number of the North <lmerican Ie- vlew upon this subject, mainly devoting ft, howaevoer, to the proper insthods of earv for tha Iusane, After uliuding to tha horrors which have been known to oxist In somo Eastern usy- lums, and which have heretofore besn mads publie, Mr. Eaton passes to n conslderation of the enuses which have ted to thum, ond In doing so lays down four genoral (acts-- namely: that Insanity I8 cosmopolitun in character aud In the conditlons of Its suceess- ful treatment; that the lunney ndministra- tion In Europo Is decldedly more cconomlenl, more humane, and wore effective for goud than our own; that no poopls huve exhibited more generosity and humanity In denling with tho insane than tho peoplo of this coun- try; and that in no country has the modleal profession more capaelty for deating with ln- sanlty than ln the United States, and yob wa have a sccond-rate lunucy administration, The causes for this he explaing very con- clsely as follows: * First, that the publle sontlment and Intelligonce hava not been stirred on tho subject, and that the skill of the medical profession hins not buen brought to benr upon the treatment of the Insane. Second, that wo haye a vielous and defective system for the cave of lunaties which ex- clindoa Hight and wisdonw from without and broeds il serevns nbuses within the cirels of ndmiulstration,” Mr, Eston thoroughly Tllustrates thoese genernl enuses by showlng the ubsolute authorlty of asylun trustees, wmd, st worsa than this, thedangerous anthorjty glven tonsylnm superintondents, Helsanub- solitte nutoerat in the dumming aliko of mudl- clno, business, and punishivent, amd ** this unparalleled despotlsim, extending to all liours, to all foud, to all medicine, to all con- dittons of hupplness, to ail conneetion with the outer world, to all possibilities of re- aaintug liberty, awnits those whoso commll- ments mny casily be unjust, ifnot frandulent; whose Jife s shrouded lnn secreoy and ses cluslon nnknown beyond the walls of an insune nsylum, and 15 over prisoners the wost pitiable of human belngs, whose pros tests and prayers for relief thelr keepers de- clare, an many good puople belleve, no man is bound to respeot” In Europe thesothings ary wwnged diferontly, Mr. Eaton snys: Aa’lumn are nolthey Lullt nor altered In Bue gland 10 wuit the tunvy of local trustecs or superintendunts, but upat phing 10 bo upproved by contral uuthority, wid with storn lmitations upon oxtravagances, The preseriptions of trout mont, 1o di foided, the punjsh- muenta, tho eo: 1y, tBo uccldents, the ratio of 4 und denths, thy conduct ol Fuporintond showi in tho calinness o oxe cltgment uf tholr putivats, In the diferent i stitutions, und the rusulta of lookiug futa the complalints mude by folter, sppenr iu thosy rus porey ‘ml uro acu up against o fnstitutlon wecording 1 ita uerite, Ttis plaln snouah thuk ascheoki upon arbltvary meor.l lugentives to justico aud eoolioty, Bhd 3 guyrces of pubs tle enlixhtenmont, mioh reports must ho sahi- tary {n tho highest degree, ‘Thero ks nu reason why insane nsylums cannot bo conduteted liero with the same sue- cess ag in England, for tho condltlons of cura are ay well known herens thera. "Phore isne reason why Insano nsylums shonkd by any more seerot heve than n England, If trust- ces and superintondents oppose Insnection wned publicity then et the law onforce them and open the asylums to inspeetlon ut any time, and then, as Mr, Eaton says, * Asylum extravaganee, asylum despotisig, and asyhum politiea will fall befors public opinion; but not before. All reforms short of this must deat malnly with eifects and not with tho reul enuses of au evll. ee—— THE BILL TO BWAMP THE COURT. Gregg's schemo to promote ltigation fees and defay md destroy tho usefulness of the Appetiate and swamp the Supreme Court, falling to pass the 1ouse, has been brought torward In another guise by u brother Hour- bon,—Alex., Vaughey, of the Village of Suneen, La Sallo County, The schome in its new shavo allows appeals from tho Appollnte Court in all caseg whire one of the Supreme Judges can bo conxed or induced to sign an order pormltting it, and that menns overy SUPREME cnse, ' If this bill passes, the question naturally arlses, OF what ase will bo the Appellate Court? Why should it be continued in ex- Istence If its deelstons ave final In nothing? Should it bo kept alive merely a3 toll-gate to enable lawyers to elinrge their elieuts an additional fee for prasing through it? ‘That Court costs the taxpayers considerable money to support its four branches, A good many thousand dollnrs o year are consumed for that purposo, ‘Fhe two Bourbons, Gregg and Vaughey, with thelr fellow-conspirators, are working to nullify all the declsions of that Conrt nmd to render It useless, and yot to continue It a3 nnere tax-eating Institution, 'he Appellato Court is to bestripped of all power of de- termining any legal lssue between ltigants, but fs to be rotained. When its usefulness 13 destroyed, why not cut it down like the barren fig-tree; for why cumbereth it the ground ? I'ils Vaughey bili is a sueaklng bill; it proposes to accomplish by Indirection what Giregg's bill sought to do dircetly, and that i to appeal by * pernission” of Supreme Judge every caso trled in the Avyellate Court, where ‘the attorney wants to pocket anothier fee, and the beaten debtor desires to get the revenge of long delay, ‘The greedy bnrrators pushing this tricky bill well know that 1f it pnsses every case triod in the Appellate Court will bo “pormitted” an appeal. The Supremo Judges ean lay down no rulo by which ene class of eases may be nppealed from the Appellate Court and nnother class dented that privilege. It nJudge “permits” Attorney A to appenl, how is he poing to refuse Lawyor B a hearing on his *“questions of lnw ' ¢ ‘The practical result witl be just this: In nddition to the eluss of moro lmportant cases that way now be nppealed to the Supreme Court, sveryense will go up for the snkoe of tho deiny, and the more cases that are ap- pealed the longer will be the delays, ‘I'he Supreme Court wlll be required to pass upon all the eases that will bo considered by the four Appellate Courts, In additlon to the Inrge number of suits that do not pnss through the Appellates, In a little while thae Supreme Court wiil be ologged wp and snowel under by appeals, and years will pass before a ease cun reach its turn to be heurd. All corporutions and wealthy dishonest mon witl have it In thelr power tocheat thelr creditors and defent those whom they have Injured as well as owe, by appenl after appeal and by costs, foes, and time-killing pro- erastination. Toor men will hnve no show whatever of getting what Is due them from mallclous persons or soulless corporatioys, ns the delnys nnd lnwyors' fees will eat them up and leave nothing when they win their cuses. And this Is exactly tho secret purposo aml ubject of “the consplrators who are pushing the Vaughey-Gregg scheme of Interminable nppenl and delay. The rallronds are prob- nbly at the bettomn of it; and the wordls whispered around among the shysters and barrators in the Ilouse that the Vaughey- Gregg DI will put money in thelr purses nt the expenso of jusiico and the people. Thero wore top mauny ol this shark fraternity elected to the present Legistature of ilinols, ‘Ihat mistnke must not bo repeated at tho next election, HOW TO RETIRE THE SIX PER CENT BONDS, Secrotary Windom scoms to bo especinlly solleitous to avold asalo of the $104,000,000 of tha 4 per cent bonds which still remwnin un- sold whon he considers uny plan sugzested for the retirement of the §200,000,000 of 6 por cent bonds which become redeemable July 1 next. s reason for this reluctanee to nvail Imeelf of the remalning 4 per cents Is by no means convinetng, 1lis anthority to dispose of thess $104,000,000 of bonds i3 conceded and undisputed. Honce it 13 only o question of expedloncy as to thelr sale, ‘Iho situatlon 1 In the nature of an cmer- geney. Congress adjourned without provid- Ing o funding blll. A new session of Con- gress might vqualily fail to provide the Gov- ernment with authority to negotinte a new loan on & falr and fensiblo basis, Conse- quontly the problem which coufronts Secre- tury Windom is, how he may save tho exces- sive interest on the $200,000,000 of 6 per conts after they shall becoms subject to ¢all noxt July without subjecting tha Government credit to any risk In the future, ‘Che project for the netunl pirchase of thiy entlre black of bonda with the surplus rov- enne and by the use of n mut of the yeservo fund seems to be altogethor Impracticable, ‘T'he highest estlmate which has been plnced upou surplus revenue proporly available for sueh purpose 1s about $110,000,000, and this is probably optimistic, To go beyoud thus s to rlgk efther fallure to got the 8 per contsout of the way or to reduce the redemption resorve. Elther of these conditions would be objec- tlonable, and the Iatter might vprove to bo purllons. In the nbsenca of proper provision for rofunding, therofore, the niost obvious way outof the difileulty Is to sell the remnin- bigg authorized 4 por cents. This will bring the other 8 per cents putstanding within the resources of the: Government's surpius rov- entge ‘I'he only objection that has been made to tha sule of tho $104,000,000 of 4 por cents rung ta the enlargemoent of the 4 per cent bondg huving yet somw wently yeors to run. SBuch o statement of the case Ignores the fact thut the prembum which these 4 per cents witl ‘command will make the fssup about equivalent to w83 per cent lonn, and 16 18 oxeeedlngly tloubtful whether u mors favor- able Joun than thiscould bo negotinted under tho specitic nuthority of Congress, Certaluly the conditlon of the money market fn En- gland il Franee doey nob Indleato that u g per cent loan ean be pluced at par, Tho English consels, which ure u permanent Ine vestieut, aro not now at par, and any at- tompt ou the part of the Britlsh Government to sell udditionnd 8§ per conts would gond thum far bLelow par, That hns always boen the experionce of Engluml. The rocent Frenieh 8 per cent loan umounts ta only £40,000,000, and yuna seventystwo years; yot the bonds brought but 63 cents on the doilar, An Amerioan loan at & per cent placed at por would ba as wlvaningeous as any lonn ever nogotiated by any Government, The gale of 4 per cents at 113 would he a little Letter than the sale of ¢ per cent bonds at par. A premiim of U3 pev eent Is eaqual to 34 pereent interest for twenty-fonr years, ind tho bonds havo ouly twenty years to run, ‘Chore wonld nlso e the advantage of redueing the prineipal of tho debt by $1:3,000,000 from tho outset, On this matter Seeretary Sherman, In his veport to Congress lust Decomber, dls- cussing tho refunding gquestion and in con- templation of the fatlure of Congresstoagree upon any bitl to that emd, said: Under extsting lnw thoro aro still syatinblo for s purposo 4 per ceut hotds authurized by the nets of iy W, R 14571, to tho amount of R104,6:2200. Thodo catil Buw be solit nt o dirgo prembum, s, (n the abasuee of legtnla- tion, it il e the dutyy of the Seerelary, whei any Doty beenna mm'"f ley L well the 4 p2r centsand appy the proveeds ta the yedemptis such honds, ‘The eontlngency which Shermnn feared might ocenr hus actually come, at this ex- tract shows what he would do If ho were now nt the hiead of the ‘l'reasury, The Issus of S104,000,000 of 4 per cents would be taken up promptly at the prevall- ing prembum by the savings-banks, the trust stliutlons, and guardlans of helrs, Itisan advaniage to tho Governmont that all sueh eapltal should have o long and safe invest- ment at a fair rato of Interest, Thera Is nlso & personal reason why Seere- tary Windom should favor the issue of +4 per centsus suggested, Ex-Seerctury Sherman’s greatest achievement during the late Admin- Istration was the salo of 4 per conts at par. It Secretary Windom can sell 4 per cents at a preminn of 12 or 14, it will be a'very blg feather i his eap,—especinlly ns such a conrse will enable him to get rid of $116,000,~ 00 of 6 per cents, nnd, Indeed, to retire nwl cuncel the whole line of 6 per cents now out- standing. « ] MAHONE. It anybody has been wisled: by the mis- representition and nbuse of the Bourbon press into the convictlon that Senator Mahone has Injured himself among his own people by making common eause with the Iepub- lieans In the United States Senate wo refer that person to a short article printed in an- atlier part of this paper under the eaption of “ Virginla Libera This articlo contains « Richmond dispateh to the Now York Ier- ald, an Independent paper with Demoeratic leanlngs, which shows that Mahone's popu- larity and political power have not abated, but that they have been fnereased, by reason of his recent assertion of that independence of tho Bourbon element: to which he was |)lu}l):n(l. ‘I'his 18 followed by nn extract from tho leading Liberal newspaper of Vir- ginia, which urges thenecessity of breaking the “Soild South” for the beneflt of tho South, - g ‘I'herels little doubt that Mahone will prove to bo the avant courrier of nnew dispensi- tion In the South, ns Mr. Hoar predieted in the Senate. The repronches that have bLeen vislted upon hins In his own State come from tho Bourbong whom he antagonized during the late campalgn, and who were powerless to defeat hiw. ‘There has been no defeetion, among his own following. Indecd, he has mained new aliles. Tha Republicans m the State, outside n cliquoe of selfish fellows who want the State to remnin Demoeratle (in order that they may retain an undisputed control of ono or two districts and the Fed- eral patronage), have moro faith than ever In Mahone's sincerlty and ability as a leader, Recruits are Jolning hiim from the Iourhon ranks ns rapidly s they satisfy themselves that the Bourbon leaders are merely using thom for Bourbon purposes, sl not with w view to o settiement of the debt question, Mahone's course Is undoubtedly ealeulnted to bulld up a Liberal party In the State ot Virginie, which will begin by breaking loose from the old “caste” gt Intolerance which hinve been the governing elements in politles, and then broaden out into an nssertlon of In- dividual right to .act with any party without tear of proseription or Injury. The protest agalust the imperious policy of the nristacras ey of Virginia under tho name of Liberallsm will gather around ita Inrge popular ma- Jority fn which blacks and whites will unito Iu_ vindteatlon of equal rights In citizen- ship. It will bo n matter for surprise if tho Liberal party shall not be so far advanced oven by nest fall as to vrevail at the vpolls against the anelen reghme, and the fruit of the new nlitance will be the defeat of Senator Johnston, Virglnin will vote for the Re- publican eandidate for Prosldent ln 1884, THE IAEMORIAL MEETING TC-NIGHT. The meeting nt Musle-11all to-nlght to nelp on the project of u Library and Art Memorial Bullding will be remarkable in muny res spects, The gentlemen who have consented to speak are apt to huve something to say on such an occasion, aml they have promised not to say it at teo great tength, ‘The audle enee, from present nppearnnces, will be a notable ene fn character and numbers. And 1€ any source of Inspiration should still be wanting the themo will furnish it, Certalnly there has not bean a warthier ob- Ject before the peoplo of 'Chicago for many years. The Library belongs to the whole community, Rich and poor, !gnorant and lonrned, can aliko find in it pleasuro and In- struction. Under Its present management 1t I3 a nonle Institutlon, filling a place and dotng nwork In this community whichis uncivaled by that of any other public ngeney except the sclieols, Tho Academy of Art, whoso fortunes it is proposed to unito to the Libra- y In this widortuking, I8 inlso o worthy en- turprise, ealeuinted to dovelop the cathetio tasto In which the city Is now lumentably dee ficient, and eventunlly to traln up a company of local artists who shall b a credit to thelr Instructors. ‘The ennso Is thus ono that appenls to the sympathles of every public-spirited eltizen, Those who eannot lielp 16 with thelr purse can perhaps influenes others who have tho menns, and there s none so poor that he can- | nat ald ot such a thue ns the presont to tho oxtent of his presence angd approval. Lot us, then, have o meeting which shatl be worth remembering, and the outcomo of which shall be a great public bullding erected by private entorprise fit to be the home of two sueh Institutions, 1t s timo that Chicago shoull censo to Diead aither the buby-nct or tho pauper-act, Onco the want of great private elinritles In this clty was explalned on the plea that weo were still “so0 young.” Since tho great fira of 1871, 1t" has been generally alloged, when the hint was pussed wround, that Chicago was atill “too poor But tho city Is no longer oither young or poor, It has fifty good years behind it; and It was nover so rich, never so prosperons, hopeful, and confident of the future as it 18 to-duy, The men who are fendors In trade and commerce, tho mer- chinnts, bankers, and capitalists, were never in better condition than they are now to take hoid of such an euterpriso. It I8 time they showed the world what Chicago can do when ealled upon to ncknowledgs nd comuenios rato the wost bountiful charity that has been known since history began, Tuenk arrdved in the Ports of Baltlmore, Boston, Dotroit, Fastport, Now Bulford, New Oricaus, Now York, Pbiladelphia, Port Huron, und Sun Francisco, during the montu of Febrys ary, 17,166 passeanyery, of whuin 15,073 were imuid grauts, 1483 ¢ltizons of tho Unlted Hiutas ru turned from abroad, and & allous uot intgnd- g to romuin lu the United Htates. Of thia total numbier of fwmlkrants thore arrived from Egland aud Wales, 19845 §cotland, €93 Ireland, B; (tormany, 5,203; Austrin, B3y Hwedon, 160 Norway, 89: Donmurk, 09; 0, 214t Bwitze Innd, 422; Nethorlnnds, U: Haly,#71; Hussin, 03} Poland, 03; Nungary, £33; Dominlon of Canada, 21701 Ching, 304; Australing 13; and from all othor eotnirlos, i, The numborof mmigrants arrived nt the nhove named ports during tho ¢ight montha ended Feb, 23, 1831, was a4 followa: From Ourmany, HLa00; Dominton of Canndn, 77318; Bgiand and Walos, i Iroland, 90,1613 Sootland, 8,074; Cainn, L6175 atl vthor countrica, 67, ——— ‘Tus: Cleveland Herald makes an intereat- tng compnrison of the English nnd United Sultes census, espeelnlly in regard to sox. Tho wumon of England and Wales outnumberod the men It 151 by nearly $00,000 In n total poputation of £3700,000, Iut tho excess of males in the United Statod In a totul of 50,000,000 is BHE,208, Weale wird tho courso of Bmplro takoes its way, but the ndvanco gurrd 18 formed of men,and the women are left behind to come on later with ‘the b= gago—if thoy can. ‘'Puking the English and Unlted Status censns tables in ona view, we seo in thom tho man *legging ' fordenrlife nwny from the woman e shoull! emnfort and cherish, with tho lono and unprolceted femnle rushing nfter bim, but utnble to mako 1s good timo be- cause of her hupeding skirta and armiut of bundies and bonnet-hoxes, ¢ ——— A Wasinxaroy dispatch to n Democratle poper sayst Cortnin gentlomen nterested in uppointments In the Southorn States bave sugrested tol’resls * dent (irriield the reenlihne of Gon, Longstreot from Turkey nnd makiug him Marshal ot Geor- gln. Thoy atate that such a change woull ho noro henefielal to the epublienn party bt the State thun unythiug that could be done i the wuy of appojatmonts. Mr. John Longstroet, son of the Goneral, was nt tho State Departient to- day. 1le wlilt salk from Now York In a day or two for Canstuntinople, 1le has bren nppolnted i‘(‘x“n"ul of tho United Btates Cousulur Court ere. ———— T Peorin Jowrnal itimates that Gen. Henderson is quite anslous to huve Roek Islond feftout of hia district in tho now apportion- ment, and Etark County, which was so lony his home, anddoes not contalu so many nsplring Btutesmen, brought In. ‘The Hock Island Union denles thut this Is so. But it Is at least romark- nble that preclsely this thiug hns been dono in tha proposed plan of npportionment reported in Tise; TixnuNe Wednesday, ————— ‘TE Times has commenced a fight on Mr. Clark heeause hie s not in favor of glving away everything to the Western Indluna Rallrond Company which that modest corporation de- mands, Let Jo fire away ot Clark In bolalf of tho greedy, grasping projects of thnt eorporu- tlon. There aro two sldes to that question, and evershody In the First, Sccond, and Third Wards I8 not witling to lle down and be run over by that Company. Tur Boston Jonrnwl gives the following portraits of four of its esteemed contemporarles *wwho did ot attend tho Schurzdinner” ! ——— Winre the streets remain ns they e Cartor Harrlson ueeds ho necuser. PERSONALS. “My bombs uever fail to explode.”’—J, 4. Garfleld, “Ilerenfter I ahall soleet n fonco with n broad bourd on the top of It.""—David Davls. The Madison Journal s publishing tho luws of Wisconsin in serinl form, Tho tule s very fuscinating, and, at times, sensntionai one. “Among the Intest arrivaisin Washington s Mrs, Agnea denke, of New Orleans. She does not look # whit older thun whoen badgered by Gen, Ren Butler as & witness beforo the fumous Pottor Committee, “* Ex-Seeretary Schurz wlll soon take o rosponsible vositlon on a 8, Louls paper,” soys 1 Washington dispateh, ‘Thig is the first fntima- tlon that thore wero any responsiblo positions on Bt. Louls papers. Mr. W. D, Iowelis Is writing a story to ho catled * A Fearful lesponsibility,” which will Uc published sgerlally fu Seribner's Magazine. The lden of having thoe title of the story fudicate tho enterprlse of tho publishers Is nent. A timld young man in Macomb Took n benutiful muld to her homey he bulldog wus loose, % Kind words woro no use, 80 up nu onk treo he did roum. —Mra, Hemans. Ton Virglnin gentleman. who wrote to QGon, Grant asking 17 it s truo that Gen, Lee offered Grant bis sword at Appomatox, and if It was declined, Gen. Grant replies as followas * There wus no demand wade for Gen, Lee's mword, and no tendor of It made.” The Kinderhook CGazette {ndorses .the New York World, Wo shull anxfousty sean the piges of the Oshkosh 'Nortmwestern, “and the Ourny, (Colorndo) Solid Muldoon for tho next fow days. Mr. Gould is evidontly determined to bave somo backing In tho ranks of journalism 1f ho'pays a8 high as twenty-flve cents a Muo for it. At p Royal wedding In Germany it Is cus- tonsry for tho mistress of corcmonies to ent upona of the bride's gartors Into smalt pleces, which aro distributed to thass who have tukon part {n the festlvitics ot the duy. As o largo number ave entltlod to those fragnonts of this Order of thu Gagter, It I8 not quite cloar bow ono garter, or ever u, puir of gnrters, could supply tho demand. At Prince Wlllam’s recent mar- ringo tho difieulty was mot by using many yards of ribbon instead of tho bride's garter. On the 0th of this month the Rev. Joseph Cook mado bis nppeatanco in Edinburg, Scot- lund, beforo an Immonscaudience, This loctu; wias to have beon given on the 4th, but a grent snow stor blocked the rallroads, and Mr. Conk was obliged to puss farty hours on a ratirond train between Leeds and Edinburg. On tho following Sunday afternoon the United Pres- byterlun Chureh, ono of tho lurgest in tho olty, ‘whero bo preached, was crummeod, and multis tudes were unable ovon to enter the doors, The following soclety.item Is from the Cincinnatl Enguirer : ** A sonsation was cronted among the fnshlonable promennders of Fourth street yesterday by tho disgraceful showing of a wejl-known ludy of Nowport, Though droased in tho hight of fashlon, with senlskin sacque, slik dress, and bedecked with dlamonds, sho was in a piteous atate of intoxication, Officer Part- ridge kindly camo to hor nssistance, ro- moyed bor from the vulgar guza. The dlsclosure af this woman'd shame was shocking to many who saw and recognizod her to be one of Nawe port's most fashlonnblo womon,—ono who Las hitheorto boen held In high esteem by the world in this vieinlty," ¥ ‘The editor is sitting, In his chamber 'neath the roof, Aud of urtielo on taritf He {s wonvlng out tho woof, On tho tuble da his brightly Burnlshed boot-heals gently roat, Whiloau B-cnrat watch-chnin Hangs across bis nmplo vest, An aged man, and pallid, Blawly clinbs tho fron stairs; Al at every Iabored footstep Boltly to himsolf ho swears, In his pucket 13 o * statoment,” Bvightly gloama his aaure oye— Hu will got u full retraotion Or ¥ find out tho renson why," Tho vditor's 8till working At il artlolo 8o lourned, No footfalls broak tho sllence, The lIghts dvo downward turnod. Tho oftice bulklog's playing With sono fragments of spring pants— Tho old man with the statement Wasu't given half a chanve, —Chlcago Nurscry Ithyincs, e — PUBLIC OPINION, New York Journal of Commerey 1ot too much to cxpect thut the extel of steel i steamship bullding will revolutionlze that industry. 1t will tuke the place of lron on tho watorasof Iron on tha (gnd, dolug for steam- ship lines what &t bus doao for railroads. Last yoar the Clyde bulidors lnunched 43,000 tons of stool shipping agulust 13,000 tons fa 187, One firm bulit no Jusd thun 23,000 tons of steel steains ers for river and seu. Anothor firms is now flls Ing contracts fur throu kreat steol Cunurders, of which the Boryla ls one, Of thirty-efglt hoiters ordered tor thosu steamers twonty.ulue wij) ba madu wholly of steul. ‘This new use of steu) will #ivo rise to mauy novel veatures In maritime enterprise. One of these wlrvady aunounced is the Intrgduction of ammgiher lue of frelghy slonmera (twin sorow) botwenn Liverpool as Now Yok, Thess will Do nf. Kreut st witn o epelty of B tuns deml wolght, Tho hilly and botlers will wll T st ‘The boiiers will by NI per st warkerl up to @ pressira of i atum of high speed, Reciirimie the duside This enn o sufely done, sineo tho steel bole alred the now line e heen o FovtIon o ol it Iy o s o oY Sierernlii Kol ot I tho oconnecirs New York Heratsd (Ind): M. Merritt has been an efliclent oficer,—quite a8 eflicient and poplur at the head of the Custams s Mr. James at the hond of tho Post-Otled. Yot Mr, Jumon §y clevated to the Cubinet, whito Mr, Merritt, who org important otliee, i raduced to o rnlaliln - Now, i wo beheved tho ntesmeny cared auything about reform, wo shonld laok upon. this Whider 08 Civil Servies as i seclons matter, Thit 1t wis i Immlmr Haves, nnd Isan finheried humbug under Gurs fekland not wortl grieving ove puintinents the Pevsiilent strangles’ tie whol SlNess tnd puts it awiy. Foy that honest nes nierita our 1t those ape pritfso, Wo should have it Wi Minte 5 brcatnit n et ot I it [eds well that it comes to an mul,m'.I elleve New Yok Tvibune (Itop.): There 13 sald 10 bu gome muttering i Washlngton over these lutest New York nomiuations; but tho fresldont s aeted In this whule matter with equal ANgO0= ity and fairnoss, and he will find the Republicnn voters behind hhn. Ho bis recognized every wing and facuon of the party. Il gave Mr. Conkling llL:t'n(ell peesonal wilherent In the Postumsiee-Genernl, und an- obedient, follower in the DistrleteAttorney, Ho gave Mr, Platt © warn friend in the nited States Marshal;_an— Ar, Arthurand Mr, Crowley mothar in the Buy, falo Collector. Those oflices in the Stale huw been in the hands of whnt {8 kaown 08 the Conke 'lluu wing, and tho Prestdent left them there. The Collcctorshlp bo did not iind (o thelr bad: tid ho hies not put it there. What fatr-mindos mnu could buve expected thut hy would? Galesburgs (11.) Reglster: Why the people of 8t. Louls dlid not enter into tho busincss of shipping grain by water yours and years ago i3 something not caslly accounted for, unless the renson 13 to be found In the reluetanes of trans- portation to chuugo its hubits, und a depurture from tho gunuybug ora, nnd was luoked upon ns fatal to tho steumbioat Intorest und as lessening tho lubor of o aluve population. Nocossity hus fureed that ety to vAperiment on harge sh men! 1l the result 18 & great success, Hel W Bt no steambout lenving the wharl of St Louls with n eargo of 241,004 bushels, about 7o) enr-lowds, nt woprice one-rolirth jess than tho raflwinys ehnrgg to Hustorn thleswater, Of course, tho graln tende will bo revolutiontzed, new eentres will ba forined, vilRos of transpy tatfon properties will be ehiged, and now maels time citles founded, or old Suitthorn ones re. \'l\'c.(l. The fears of Chlewao nro well founded, and Tue Titnuxe Is Justiticd In consiring Com= mlssloner Fink tor his mistakes, AMemphis Appeal (Dem.): Ben I hng Dt his foot In It ugatn, Restive under a very provoking dolay In the organizution of the Sen~ ute, he attacked Mahone, of Virglnin, before that zentiemun had an_opportunity of putting himsell on record, or of declaring his intentions #g tohis future in that body, Nothing could have been moro Hi-timed and, na the factastand, tnjust than tho accusntions of solling out und of trenchery which 111 burled ngninst o mnn who had not yet opened his Hps, snd who, ns he nfter- ward sald, desired to Hsten uud learn, and not entor tho lists ot debaje. Bt 11 s hothung 1¢ not wrong-hewded, s faculties of thouwht and gpeech e in that dircetion. Early In his ‘-uullu eareer ho enrned a character for unrellns iitity and unstubliity of pollcy that all his aftor o bus strengthiennil. Why,” with_this knowls edye of him, the ather Democratlc Senutors per- it hit to lewd pnsses our comprebiensfon. Ho was nltogother As wrong us td Muhono us wis lns opportune i his answer to Bluine lust sesslon, Boston Traveller (Statwart): The Travel- Ier, which bad the honor among Boston newse papers of first calling public attontion o tho crline ugninat tho Poncas, and bns nover hesl~ tated Lo fasten the responslbility for that orime where 1t belongs, reaflirms now, gad with o clearer convictlon of tho fpstien of jts position thin hof ts Impesohiment of Mr, Schurz's attieial conanet. loud-stniny ennnot bo washed out in wine, nor grave high public servint bo exploded by the popping af ehimpogne corks, The diners “of st even- fog need not indulge the hallucination that the cuso ugalnst the cx-Secretary hus onded, ke the batguet, i smoke, It s not. They huvo fetod und flnttored tholr guest as othor uests equally unworthy hiave been féted and fiattored 110 this city muny tiues beforo: as Damiet Web- ster was once given o splendld recepton by w coterie of personnl admirers, while tho con- selence of Muasuchusetls stood nphnst at tho miny of his surrender to the slavo power, , 18 Boon us the hendinehe conssquont wpon such u viclont stenin upon the gasteie Julces hus subsidod, thoy will discovor timt it leaves tha cuso much as thoy found it. Washington Post (Dem.): A prominent Southern Republican, one of the delogntes to Chleugo, whio «id not vote for (rant, met n Post. reporter Just nlght and proceeded to nequaing him with a startling bit of news, ** Have yon heard tho list miove of tho famous Grant phalnux of Sk querlud ho of the news- gatherer, ** Well, {218 the furmution of n leaguo, Wwith tho objeet of gathoring in all the Federal oflices it tho intluonce of tie Gonkling-Login- Cumeron-Grant ring, tho reciplonts to o pleaged to uso thaly Individunl ¢ifarts for the ensuing thiree yours to obtudn deless.tions to tho noxt Nutlonal Republican Couvention who will vgte for Logun far the Presidentinl nomination. 18 that good enough for you?* "' Ih;yv do you establish the truth of your suy- misosr” * Thoy are not surmises, but tho result of tha observiition of certain facts und un olfor mnde to-day to a well-known Southorn mun, Ex-Son- utor Bpencer, of Alubamn, i8 horo working hurd, but keeping quiet, e 18 putting up ata come pamutively” olscuro | pluce, on tho corner o Twelfth und F sireots, and sending for those he wunte to see."” ** 50 you think tho *Stalwarts® have centored on Logen us thelr choleo to succeed Garlield?™ *Think know it. Thelr pluns may ohango befure tho catnpalgn opons, but il Fed= eral uppointees who securo thelr plices by thelr Influence are pledged to work for Logup: of that you may be certain,' Harper's Weekly: ‘Thers was so very de- clded un oxpression of the goneral 1ocling that MMr. Stanley Mutthews fs not o suitable person foru Justioo of thoBupremoCourtof the United Statos thut his renomination §s n very disagreos ubly surprise, Ono of tbe vitally important qualitications of a Judgo [s publio confidence In | his judielal charncter, aud that 1s precisely what' I3 wnnting in this Instanco. ‘Thero s no ques- tion ot Mr, Matthows' porsonal ehiaractor, nor v his profusst Tut thove 18 very genoril doubt whethor n u of his known views uud professional conn tions {8 titted for tho Supremo Bouch, and thid fnl\'u doubt is o grave digquuliicutl When President Grunt nominited 3, George 1L W Inms and then Mr. Cileb Cuslilng tu be Chic(- Justice of the United Stutes, tho general and in- stant comilemuation of tho numlnations was sulticlent renson for rojeotion, Mr. Mutthows' attitude toward the power of grent corporations 13 not renssurtng, There 18 a deep-sointod sus- piclon that his Judicial nction might bo swayed, porhups unconseiously, 8o 18 to not be truly fme partinl. In the present disabled condinon of the Court overy llll'pnlnlllmnl should tend to atrongtbon It in populur confidenco und vewnnds Dt It wifl not bo urged that the appointment of Mr. Matthows would haye that olfect. ‘Thore are lawyers of oquully mt«n personal characier und professlonul nccomplishinont whoso sclece tion would bo badlud na sbsolutely unobjecglon= abie, [Lscetns 10 us tu bo a serlons mistnkb 0 pass thew atll by, and to ronominaton gentleman whom publle opinlon bas condomned, nid whose acoesslon 1o the Honch would diuinish, syl not incrense, populur respect for the bighest Courte New York Tlmes: ‘The Boers have earned n great deal of prajse for the porststent manner in which thoy bavecndepvored to maintaln tholr indepondenvo in Houth Afrlen, Iather than Ceusatons ngainst u -snbmit to any form of Britlsh domination, they bavo * trekked ™ und * trokked " fu order to dls- cover & homo in which thoy might bo able tocul thoinaslyes teir owl mustord, Theso wander- fugs lnve exelted the udmirution of sentimentuls Ists, who did not husitite to compure thom to tho woury sojouriiags of tho childron of Jaracl "Thoy du 1oy appoar to bo quito o romantio o woriby of nduiraton whon it 18 remembered thit one of tho lenmlml rousans why tho Boers have pursovered s persistently In maintaining whefr indopendence wus thule " dusire to keep aluves without question orinterruption. Likeotn= orwhite mun who buve enicounterod colored races thoy huve had 4 feeling of contvmpt for ull who posscasell anathor Kind of 8kin thun thelr owil. When the Hoors opencd up new tereltory thoy fought the aborlginal races snd toul thu cuptives us bundsmon; when thoy Bad uo new terrifory to - Anuex lh\'?' mado rufds wmong thosavuges uround theut and drove to their homestvads whateyer slaved they wuuted, Tho Kullrs who wero sulzod 13 sluvos by tho Boors ledn tmisernblo und degraded Hife. ‘Fliey woro novee treuted bottor thun ud bonsta of burden. Thelr natural nilestons werd trented us anutter worthy of no kind of necount, und thoy wera permitted to live und div In a3 brutal u state of lgnorance nuhuly wero wheit rst sefzod (0 their owi krunls oF sulil to sutiily thie repaetty of sume native cieltuln. It s sut> isfuctory t oo that this sluve queston hus not been foriotten 1 the negotinlluns between Eis wland und tho Bovrd, Bir Evolyn Woud hus in- uistodd upon receiving from tho whites of tho Pransvuul adequato gunsutecs that tho rights af tho durk rucus shuil bo respectod, ‘Tho do- Timitatlon of the Trunsvail I8 dldy an srraugos ment which will have a very benoficial and humano effeet, inasmbich ns it will provent tho Hoers from making Lhose sluve raids Jito the country north, vust, uud west of the Transvaul, which Wore not ouly i stuln upon tho chuructes of tho Boors, but perpetunl source of dapuers oud reprisals from tha Invaded peovles. 40 Eus dand bus gutned no military glory from this joer war, she hus at all gveots dong an honorue bie sorvive to ti tivesof Bouth Africs, vhichy rhups, they may perhaps atsowmy datoremams B whi gl