Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1881, Page 2

* The President Is firm and determined. s St dny after tho ndjournmont of tho Bens nte In tho inte: of harmony, Weo forbear iy comtionts untfl the result” {s nscertalned. Thu aituntion Is n grave one, and can anly b relieved by tho President himself, Al lopub- lienns desire to gee n safe delivernnco of the nrty from the present perll, — Tie Prestdent na heort iirged to withdrw the vaminntion of Hobertson by many of the wiseat . and most. modernta o Bennturs. £ 1his fallx, it remnina for tho enucus to agrea . elthor on tho rejection or postponement of the noml- nntlot, fonfirmation cannot bo ngreod on. The Adminlatration ean pravail only by a conlition tetween the Demaerntio Bonators and a bortion of the Itepublican, The conntry will 1ot belleve that any grent publlo oxigency oxists requiring #0 unuatural an alliance.” THI MESSAGH WIICIT DID THE BUSINESS. Wasnxarox, D, G, My S—An Impor- tant communication was sent to tha Senato this afternoons It contalned the withdrawal of the nomthations for the New York Dis. trict-Attorneyship and Marshalship, and Robertson’s name was not in It Woodford audPayne, for Attorney and Marshal of tho Southern New York Distriet, and MeDougall and ‘Tenney for the Northern District, were withdraswn, In his mesdage tha President stnted that Robertson was not withdrawn, There was terriblo excltement nbout the Capitol this afternoon over the report that the Prosident’s message withdrew Robert- son. 'The Senate wns in cxceutivo session, and not*n word conld be learned for sonme time. The first Information obtained wns that all the Néw York nominations excopt Robe ortson wore withdrawn, It was noxt learned that tho messagef]l withdrew the Conkling nominatlons, thoso for District-Attornoys and Marshuls. 74 THE MESBAGR was sin¥ply A format one of withdrnwal, con- tatning ‘no oxplanation or comments, Tho nominations withdrawn were ns follows: Stewart L, Woodford, United States Attorney for the Southern Distriot, Ausn W. ‘Tennuy, United' States Attorney for tho Eastern Distriot, . Lewis ¥, Paync, Unitod States Marshal for the Bouthorn Distriot. - Clinton D. MeDougall, United Statea Marshal for tho Northern Distriot, John Tylor, Collcotor of Customs for tho Dia- triot of Buffalo, ASSOCIATED PRESS. WIIAT THE REPORTER IIEAUD, ‘Wasmsaroy, D, C, May 5,—The Senate to-dny ratified all five of tho trentles that were pending, Two werg with China, one to restrict Chineso Immigration, the other the commercinl (reaty with thoUnited Stntes of Colombia; one with Morocco, ninl n treaty with Italy relatiiz to extrndition. This cleans up everything but nominations, and indications are thnt these wlill be acled upon Immedintely. All committoes having noml- nations before them will hold meetings to- morrow morning, and it is expected that the Judiciary will ngree upon reports on Mat- thews, Pardee, and other judicial nominn- tious, as Sonator Ednunda returned here to- night., The messago of. the Presldent with- drawing the Now York nominations, which are regarded as belonging to thoe * Stalwart”? wing of the party, Is the only subject of pub- Ile Interest here to-night. EVERYBODY I8 TALKING AND 8PECULATING agout it. ;‘The Western Associated Press re- porter, in secking relinble information, saw tha representativo men of both 'sl(llcls. e, has been urged by close friends forsome time to teko nggressive moasures, but he hesitated, honlng that some way of malatain- ing harmony In the party consistent with his honor and dignity might be found. ecould not surrender any particle of his executive prerogative (so ho has held) by withdrawing Lobertson or consonting to any compromise, e expressed himself on all occosions as anxfous to do full justica to both wings of the New York Republicans, When Conkling earried through the Republicau cauens his polley, which was directly antagonistis to that. of the Adminlstration with regard to Robert- son, the President felt impelled to take some action, Viee-President Arthur and Senator Platt wero at tha White ouse this morning, 1Y THE PRESIDENT'S REQUEST, and he talked frankly to them. When the President lenrned positively, that nothing short of permitting IRobertson’s nomlnation to lie unacted upon would sotlsfy Conkiing ho Informod Arthur of what ho Intended to do, When. the messnge was opened in the Senate Arthur wus lu tho Viee-President’s oo, In the rear of the Sonate Chambor. A Benator wont In and told him of the message, Arthur replied that ho had beon oxpecting that juessage. Senator Ilnle sald tonight that the President ought to have taken thls step sovernl weeks ngo, Thu President’s purposg is declores to to il ol the Nuw York Federal offices with men who - will not fight the Administration for Conklwg, e docs not Intend to muko war on Conkling in Now Yorlk, butatthesnme time he will not put power in Conkling’s hunds for him to use against the Administration; It wis roported that the nominntions wero withdrawn in order to permit Conkling tofill the pinces with men of his own choleo, as ho hil snid to the Dawes Committeo that tho District Attorneys and Marshals were not nppolnted at his request. The roporter of the Western Assoelatod Tross went to high authority in the Administration and made speclal fiquiry on thls point, ‘The reply wus that such report WAB NOT TRUE; that the Adnimatration hind beon reluctantly forced Iuto this fight, ag Conkling had de- clared war to the knlfe. Ong of tho most distingushicd Republicans of tho country, nnd o trusted friend of Conkling, said, also, that the President's messaze wits no penog- offering, and, if it had bebn, Conkling would nut neeept ity that thy Republican party of New York, ns represented by Conkling, would condemn him if he d1d not resist Robertson’s appolutment to the bitter end; that Conkling would not compromizs for every other Fed- eral oftieo I New York, and let Robortson Lecome Collector, When the nessngo wils ;und in the Senate lConl:IIllng w“t’ r{uul‘; ng n paper, and dld " not < ool \ulf. llup know boforehand what 1t was, His trionds who have talked with nim to- fught say ho 18 not |l|lum‘yud' thit ho 18 ool dent tho Btalwarta will ruly closer nround; that he consldurs the incesugre fis an finplied warning 1o tho Hopublican Bunntors that if they don’t votu for, Hobertson thole patroniga will “bo out off, and’ that *houorable Republiean Benators enn't be bulldozed in that way,” ‘Tho Senntors gonerally agvee that this forcos n fight on Rob- ertson's nomination, and those who uro for Hob- ortson olain that e will be contirmed noxt week, and that bowlll got not loss thun fortys five votes. The President’s nggressive staud has bad tho offect of bringing WAVEIING DEMOCHATIO SENATOIS to his side. ‘Tho Demoorats all appiaud the Proslient's course, and onv of tho tnost expo- rlonced Heuntors on that side suid to-ulght nlfi‘ But over three' Democratio votes will ho cnst vyalnst Robertson, Anather elfeot hus beon to ko Republicun Souators speak out thore frog- Iy, us cuch feels that hie must support his sido of the fssue, Thue Lupublicuns who wurmly cae pousa vne 8ido or the opher Wik of tho Injury tho fight will do tho Enrt?' In New York, but ccoler hieads polnt to tho fornior. contest with the Now York Customeliouse, und prodiet thiat this ono witl tovminate slmilurlys that tho do- featod atde will subtnit, aud uo geont brouk (n tho purty will bo ensed, Predictions ar fecol mnde by Beuators that the Benute will udjourn “witbin wn day Etmer, nominat- vd for Bocond walstant Postmustore General, at the request of Platt, of Now Yurk, was ot witndrawu, but it 1y belleved ho will bo it Platt sustalng Conkling, 1t cag Lo stated on tho best authority that the President gave most serions considorutiun to the muiter Lutore withe drawing the pominutions, and tnally docidud thut nuthlng Lut awgressive uctlon wis luft for him. Many porsuns ure charging Revrotary Ulminu with tnopirivg the Prosident'a courao, but this wud denlud to-nfght by nis closest frionds nwong tho Sunators, who sald ULAINE N had as litlo to do with to-lay's mossago as ho hud i detating Itobertson's ‘nominution, It s reported, and lunfivly oredited, that Conkling will delivur o speoch on Roberiyon's nomination du the open Benuto to-morew, Another puint way be stuted ug mny hutieally representing tho Presldent’s views, His uppolutments In New York wil ull be mude with the purposo of barmontziug the party thore. 1 witl not up- polut uny ollicer o uhtugonize Coukiing, nor will be purimic any sppotatment of histo do thig, 1lu recognizes Counkling's great tntiucnco and wbility e w purty louder, and would help hiw touistion the Republican supromuoy o thy Empiro Btute, but he onuld 1ot 8o be holds) ut ui o oltice who would serve Mr, Conkilog u bis wartare agniust tho Adwinlstrution. BENATOL DAWES has telegraphed tho following to the New En. Klund nowspibers: * Plodsy say, - 10 Jrrow, thut all statccnts that 1, or auy Cotimittes of - which 1 an one, buve wivised the Presldent ta withdruw the nowination of lobertson, or have recomwended 1o bim or the caucud that action on the nominntion Yo tponed to another ees: slon, are talse, Fabrieators of facts at this end Ul the wiro, and those at_the other ond who lse :II;n fabrications na true, beat thomsolves, not 0.’ - NEW YORK. THE TRIGNE" 4 Bpeclat Dispated to The Chicago Tridunes Nrw Youk, May 5.~Commenting editor- fally npon the netlon of President Garileld in withdrawlng the New York nominations, ex- cept Lint of Robertson, the T'ribuna will say to-morrow: -*Wo do not ‘understand that the withdrawal of the names of Messra, Wood ford, Tennoy, Payn, MeDongall, and Tyler means any Intention on the part of the Ad- ministration to proseribe any Republienn elo- nent or to enconrage nuy form of factlonnl strife. 1t would seem to signify only this: that while . Mr. Conkling hns - declared open lostilitics ngainst the . Administra- tion, .and ULounsts that “hae - will efect tho rejection of Judge Robertson’s nowminn- tlon, tho Presilent thinks it desirable that' tho resnlt af this attuck should be mnde known befora the other New York places nre fitled, It may be necassary, in easea sufll- elent number of Senntors should follow Mr. Conkling In his reckless course to roject TIIS ABSOLUTELY UNOIWECTIONABLE CAN- DIDATE : to make some further arrangement as to oth- er uflices to satisty the just expectations of that purtion ot the varty In the Stute who have ttot surrendered tholr free will wholly to Mr, Conkling. 'The next move must come from “the Senator and his friends, nnd 1t must bomado In_tho Sonate. Tho pll- arimages of yesterday from tho cast to the west cnd of Pennaglvanin nvenno te induce the Uresi- dont to atnileiato n portlon of his functions in favar of onwe ungry Senutor were unuvalling. 1t will bo niscleas to to repent theut, Tho rmxmr objective point {s Mr, Conkling, Lot his fricnds In the Benite turn to him with tho ndvico heres tofars sumgestet, 1f ho wants to put himself in n groceful and ndvantugoous position, and at the samo timo harmonize - all _sces tions of tho party in thils Stuto, tethim riso fn tho Benuio and move the con- firmation of Judge ioborteon, That will settle tho whole diflicalty,—u diflleulty, lot it nlways bo :fmumbemd. which is wholly Of his own orons on." THE *TIMES Y will say: “Tho withdrawnl by tho Presidont of the Now York nominations, excopt that of Judge Robertson, wauld be an excotlunt ot € he had found, sihes making them, thut tho gentlemen nmned wero unfit for their Eluccfl. 0 - Aire, it wounld not o enleulnted to tncronsy the public contidance In tho President's eortainty of judyment or his caution in renching n docision, but it would un- questionnbly udd to bis reputation ot candor and honesty. A mistako frankly admitted, and while thore is yot timo to retrdct, disarms critloism, Iiut we dra not perimitted to nceept this explanas ton of Mr, Garfleld's act, and it 8 diltleult tosco where wo shall find nuy other consistent with bis dignity, his indepoinence, or bis udullt(y to the ~dutles of 8 high 081~ tlon, Whon wo romombor: that It has beon nunouncod, npparently with tho best author- ity, that these notninations were originally mado to socuro ‘party hnrmony' by pleasing tho senlar Senator from New York, we ure foreed to conclude that they bave been withdrawh prin- clpally beeauso thioy hnve falled of that purpose. In'such oase, tho withdrawal is in effcat an not nllnnlltlcnl and personal warfaro, which I8 not ounly ENTIRELY UNWORTIIY OF TIE PUESIDENTIAL . OFFICE, but is for its own ends singularly ill-timed and fil-planned. Had Mr. Garficld maintained in TeRa 08 nominations tho ntti- tudo annonnced fse o that of Judge Robertson, namely. that they were made from n strict regard for tho public lnterest, and that it was for tho Sennto to denl with them on thelr merits, with auch responsibility s Iat lmposed by the Con- stitutlon, the great budy of o oitls zons would have undorstand and approved his courae. Dut the withdrawal of thoso nomi- uations for the mcre purpose of reserving them until Judge Hobertson's nnmo is ncted on, cons= demns the Prestdent for muklng thom, It is_an avowal, offect, - thut thoy worg not made for guod rousons. If they had been, thuse rensons would nut have beoit dostroyed by Mr. Conkline's opposition to Juigo {toberison, " Tho nominces arous it now to do the work for which lhn{ wero selooted as thoy wared few weeks ago, If thoyare not fit now thay wero not then. Noroun Mr. Garflold hope tognln any advantage over Benator Conkling by such tactics, He only doscends to that gml- nent politicinn‘a lovel, und rondoers himsolf far mora vulnerablo to thuso mades of attnck in which tho Senator I8 an expert. Mr, Conkling's appenls to the uthor Republioan Sonutors huve beon bused on the assertion that the Robertson nomination was Intonded TO NUMILIATE NI As tho leader of the pllrl{ in his Stato he clalmod tho right to be consulted, and appolnts ments mado without consnlting him were of- fenslvo to bim. Mr. Garflold’s netion yestordiy will strongtben his l;rulunnlnn. whioh shoutd havo boen completely fgnored., 1t - grently magnifica. Mr. Coukling’s importanco, and it ives bim roason, whore he had litlo or none efore, to olaim that tho difforonce bo- twoun him and tho President i3 o Jorsoual ‘él is rlmz finuy mlfi»o .:ggt the T rmln:m‘n min by “glv nn nspeot ‘to situntion, At the timu of Judgo Robertson’s nomination we took ocension to t that, a8 between a Conkling machino Ourlrlelddunlno munonine, tho henest people of o country wauld flnd very =~ littlo to chooso, - In n contest in which tho President should rl:‘pruuenl tho principles of sound o ministration, mnkiig hls nominations with a elear regard for the chirncter and efliclency of tho sorvico, and tirmly ndhoring to thom, bis oppononts would, In the' long run, bo sure to luso the Zommon sonso of the poopls, Tholr knowledge of tholr own Intereats ‘and thoir ro- spoct for tho Prosident as THEIR LOYAT DEFENDER, would bring them to his side, Ho could count on thelrsupport in every conslstont and wull- Mrected offort to malntain the purity and vigor of the scervice and, tho dignity "and inde- runduncu of his ollleg, T3ut, in i contest betwoon Ir. Gurlield und Mr.Coukling, in which buth st use tho snme or ko weapons, and scck similar onds,~in which bioth shall, In short, act the part of politiclans of the budor scrt, the country witl take vory littlo nterest, indepd. It will only foul that tho higheat functions of the (lovern- ment in the Whita Houso and . In the Sonnte nrg 2“"’” perverted to a yory baso and disoreditable 80, THE “wontn ? willsny: “Though thornls littloto ba satd for tho withdrawal, as an effort In behalr of Oivil- Boryleg reform, thera I8 much 1o be said for it s a pleco of carnul ‘pol- N | stroke Itics.’, s ns britlant a ns that by whioh Hobertson was nominuted, {;Il! alter tho unappensablo * loss® of Now ‘ork had beon staycd with 'ust-Olllces and cows forted with Attorneyshipa. My, Bluine recelved tho credit for that niove, and tho nuthor of that s tho uuthor of this, Thls movo f *chovk to the queen' in tho langunge chesa, I . military language, 1t 8 * u demonstration agalist the ouvmy's lines of supply,’ 1t {8 certain_that tho Sunate will not huvu chanco to confirm oven * uncontested candidates wlioss names are not submitted to It 18 cqually certain that the Conkllng mnchluv {1 this Stato neods much lubrloation In order to bo kept in an eflivient 'condition, and thattho vl onunnt bo loug supplied from Albany ulune, Nay, thore s agrave und growing 4 DOUNT AMONG THE PAITIRUL whother oven ndrop of it will much longor bo suppliod from Albany, 6ro 1 n susplolon thut Gov, Cornall 18 exporimantt) wotor, all his own, and that, it can‘bo mado to wark, he will 'divort all tho Hiato patronnge us a lubvicant to ft, snd leave the Coukling muchine 1o o unlubrioated. Honen IL may Buve boen observed tho :f\uml;l(li; whic! of u;l lll:ll kll‘v;' l}lu lllfll:h;fl‘l uu i ganerslly + Kuo vom wha nvtor tho wind h'rum. il _uot lWIlllDqu thalr own Inngunge in Pmlw uf Hobertsan with thu promptitude and voraclty which wero not unniturally expeuted of them, Uov, Cornell ronlly has u Httle maokine of hisown, Mr. Conkling must roly an Ges. Garflold to supe port the Conkling machine. It will be ndmlited, :fifi"«'f:‘nfl llgr,tl:“l‘!sgu Clvlllr-Salt-'vluu "mllu:mufl ool for buman unture's dull; (uod.va\n. huwmanely spenking, Gon, Gur- il ‘WOULD BE AN A8§ » it ho consented to supply Mr, Conkling with aminuaition to tght him withal, He uuw‘l‘xfimlnl tho vxorbitunt * Huss® of New York that, honce- forth, ho wust *Hind himsolf’ so fur i tho Ad- minfstration 14 converned, und that the Prosidont will nat reappoint any * henchmun,' oven though to recatl gond Mr. Hiyes' forumuln, the *[lenohs nun's porsonnl charaster romuolug untarnised,’ und the ¢ henchinn's’ porformnnco of his dutivs {3 sntistactory. 'Thoro 18 no oconston for nny humbug, Evorybody knows that Conkhug's *hunchimen' wore nat appolnted Locause thblr performance of tholr dutles was satlslactory, or lllflil’mlo thelr perdonnl’ charactors woro wie tavaished, but mnnly i order 10 plueato Mr, Conkling, Since thu appolntmonts have cors l[.ucuuuulr falled to sueuro that objact, and slnoe Mr, Conkling b not been astute euuu*h to get thom confirued buforo ox- ressing tls disgust with tho Adminlstraton, un, durfield, In ihtroduciog thom, s simpty purs formimg & luwfuluct of war. Ho hos succeoded in putting Mr. Conkil: m}umuh WOTEO PoAl= tion than e was {n bofore, It It should turn out it tho I'vesident has wmore intiuonice In the Henato of the United Statos thun tho sonivr Seus utor frow Now York," 5 THE "hl‘:zu.um" witl dectare it to Lo tho bighest constitutional duty of the Benato lum'jucc tho nominouon of Hotiertson for Collogtor of this port and Will- hun E. Cbhendlur for Bollvitor-Gonoral, ana thus “ulawp with its solomn disupproval thode ~ acts® of the Fresident whivh, in tnelr very nature, aro founded.upon the mis- vhi vfiu Assumption that bo jsat liberty to do with tho oficos what be pleuses, to use thein to’ soward his adborents or 10 punlsh thoss he ulalikes, und that bo is aot bouud « pir W to consuit the publle Interest in_nany way In - wmaking his appointments. There coild bo no more mischicf-brecding example, 1o more drngepons precedont by a Prostdont than Qon, Unrtleld is nttempting to sot haro, In tho beginutiue of his Administeation, 1f tho Scantestould confivm these nuininations,it would ke itself a party to what s nothing loss thun 1 arimeagalnst tho country, anuffonae for which, in the earlier duys of tho Republic, President would bitve boen disgraced in the eyes of the veaple, nnd throatenod with impenchment, We Auy, deliberntoly, that the Bonntor who votes to contirin elther Chandier or Roberteon is fulse to hiaduty and his oatls, UME PRESSUHE AND TN TS of the Exceutive may coorco somo Sonntors; personnl iniluences and oven worse may Indico Some othera: hut wo veuturo 1o say tluit iF those nominations could be - discussed in - open seasion, 80 that publie oplnion could "ho brougnt to benr tpon tho yuestions involved, they woulld bo rejected by a lurgo. majority, an thie Seriators wha voted to confirm thom would be suspected and odious men ns long ns thoir not wan rememberod. Administention organs, atenngoly aubserviunt to tholr master, strive to belittlo vho wholn disputo by protond(ng that it 18 vnly n quarrel botween tho President and certal Senntors, but It this woro truo it would Attt remaln thnt ‘ TUE PRESIDENT 18 WRONG, fnoxcusably wrong, and tho Bonators who ope juso hin ire the deforndors of “that sound and ust polley whichi the President attompta to vios ate, Polilicians tny fall out. th that the poople need not much vonourn thomselves, Iiit ‘whon Sonutars reslst what amounts to o boid and Inoxcusnblo act ot usurrnulon on the Imn. of the Presldent, publio opinfon rtfihuy ine ormed will sido with thoso who stand up for honest and efliclent government, and ngainst o President who shows, by such ncts, that ho bes luves tho publio offioes to bo only bis porsonal perquisita’ THE Y UN will commeont na fallowa: * This ono act reduces the runk und position uf Preaident of the United Btates, na ropreseatod hy Jnmes A, Garfield, to that of n Chathum streot dewler I oid_clothos aud n buckstor, Whutln Prosident of tho United atatea an apon avowal, shumoles, and shurp donlor in_ tho spolls of officel The nominntions Prestdont Gnrtield bad mide weroe cithor it or unfit. 1" they were fit, It was moun, bage, contemptible In to withe ey 1hy bet em ore. hoy weoro noted upon, If they were (i, nothiug within tho power of anothor inan todo could have mnie them unft, If thoy wers. unily, they should fever have been mado, I thoy wore fit, thoy should not have been withdrawn, Prosident Garfleld hns lowered — himself Immonscly nnd immensurably. - 1o has lowered s tleh olllce~grand for its powor and glorious becnuso a trust froma free people. Hals tho owl that eannot Jook upon tho sun,~not tho daunticss and nover-blinking eagle,” PIILADELPIUIA. THE * PIESS.” Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaoo Tribune. PmrAbELtg, Pa, May 6.~The Press will say: *Mr, Conkling cannot find fault with this bold and energetie blow, It is slply turning his own weapons ngainst him, v 1s an uncompromising fightor, and, in his flerco and tempestuous battles, he unelther gives mornsks for quarters, When he decided to take fssue with the President and carry the war Into the Senate, ho uce cepted nll of tho consequences, Ilind ho known that it would Involye the withdrawal of all his friends, he would not have varled lhis inflexiblo courso o hair's breadtt, Ho cannot and will not vomplaln ut a warfare whose guns nro drawn froim his own arsonal, and if tho battio was in- ovitable tho countiy ulso will justify tho Proal- dent 1n his resolute and doterminod action. It will bo aceepted a8 an oxhibition of manly solt- nesertion and firmncss which bhus been forced upon bim, and anything short of such a defonse of his own position and prerogatives would have been regarded ns timid nnd cowardly, Tho Prosidont should have raoelved Sust considoration, Instoad of that, open war his boen procinimed, It has beon an- nounced that every othor nomination shonld be confirmed, but that this should be huny up, and it is only In this oworguncy that the Preslient strikes back, Hlow could he with eelf-respect have douo uny less?™ THE “TIMES" will sny this morning: “It is to bo regrotte that m{: worst fears ghnut the Presidont m nu‘-‘ Eureully about to Lo roalized. Ho looks upon lugo\mrur appolatment s Aomething to be used ~for hls own purposca. His idea 18 tho & that r tho wost arty. Whon nrmonize, he ame 08 ol worthicss ward politician In hig he talks of filvmu awsy places to teans that ho secks to bulld up o Gartield facs tion, When ho withdrawd =~ the uumu of Mr, Conkling's henctunen, ho meuns sim- ply to strike a low nt tbat gen- tleman, Why did Mr, Garfleld n‘nlaka tho uppolntments ho has sne-nldonly withdrawn? ‘The withdrawal Itself ntsw... s tho question, ant 14 tho confesslon of n bad motive, u" tho xmmil inations woro mnde becnyse thoy woro it to be made, it {8 a publlo outrago that they ~should = Lo withdrawn, 'ir thoy were not fit .t but made, were busod on tho thooty of dividing up tho 8puils nmonk tho faoctions, that, too, is n pubjlo outrage. No matter whero tho President turns ho {8 wat by tho fuot that he huscoudioted bime self In this muttor, not as n statvsman orp patriot, but AS A MACHINE POTITICIAN, Thero 18 no way of cscape for him from this humilating conclusion, ‘ It ls untruo thut he s vindicating tho appolnting power from tho usurpntions of tho Sonnte. Ho haes slmply withdrawn these nominations to aplto Mr. Conkliug, nnd It1s, therofore, ovident that ha uevor nado thom in tho Interest of the ublio sorvico. He has donoc Mr, Conkling no njustivo, That wentleman 1s as deop in tho it as tho 'residont, but hols nover assumed tobo anything but an uflioo-broker, Iic can nuke no complaint, for tho move akalnat him §s a porfeatly fulr one In tho gamo of which ho Is A consummata mastor, Tho country had u right, howovor, to expeot of the Prosidont bigher mo- tives and noblor alms than Mr. Conkling 18 possessed of, It bnd a right to do- mand ot Lim unsollish regard for tho publio Intorest. It 18 painful to thus rudoly awakened to tho faor that wa havo unly an nngrs nulmamn.unorl‘ unable to com- prebond tho dewnands of his high offive, TIE “NORTIL AMERICAN * will sy thls morning: “That this movoment tllllmcll' tipon tho onomy’s works will alnrm o U and timesorving may Do as- sumed, ~but tho Presidont a8 dono his - utmosc within -solf-respeot to avolda contiict, His olforts have npparontly Boen of no avall, While giving the Senator and ia friends full rocognition, his proffer and s advances have beon scornfully rojeotad. We have no perturbations whatover us rospoots this ulm{ulo within the party, It scoms to bavo boen ucyltable, It wns fnavitable, ' and In his withdrawal of all but the contested nomination tho President has simplifled tho situntion. Thero s uo longer an, ibt of tha intentions of cither purty, and there oun be no wasto of \ powder in FIMING AT DUMMIES, This strugglo botween tha Executive dominating Benntor wiil an0'a TIY THE METAL OF THE NEW BHNATélE. J They will buve to bear In mind that this Js, pure and simplo, Mr. Conkilow'a bt 1t I8 not’ the fight ot the Republican party, - But our o :nbllunu Honntors, bel in 8 majority, uvo tho laboring ear, and they have nuw to lot the enuitiry know what thoy' think about tho Issue of tho ofection lnst Novomber, They have now to antdounce whether l'relldun{ Wil cleuted or not, and if vleotad, who, w:;:,lunmu i A. Unrileld, or was It Rtosvos Conkling! CINCINNATI, TIHE “COMMENCIALY Bpeelal Davateh to The Chicugo Tribune, CINOINNATY, O,y May 8.~Tha Commerctal will say, i doublo-londs, undor the heading “Coukling in & Corper": " This anuouncee ent witl bo rocelved with aatisfaotion by tho country, Tho factis, the public Lusluess for which tho Bonato was convencd on tha ith of March hos boen blocked by tha dotormination of Air, Conkling to forco tho'Presidont to withe Uraw the namo of u oandldato whoso titnoss for thooflice wis so apparent that tho Assembly of tho groat State of New York {ue dorsed It by u unanimous vote, and puroly for porsonal reasons, The assortion that tho Bennte could not go on with the expedition of exavutlye busluoss .t the queston of yo- organization was wettled ‘wus a protext werely, for -n§ s00n 48, AN arrANgement wis hit . upon by which action on all nominations unobjovted to would by contiried, all obstaoles to exocutive wessions moltad Rway, and, by unaylinous consont, thoy woro resuined. Tho offuat of -this shauwcless arrangomont, 10 which tho' President was ‘Iinpudently askod to assout, was to subjoot tho Bxeoutyvo In his aps polutinonts to the will of tha Benators. L A VINELY-CONTUIVED SCHEME, nud, had ¢ bopn succosalillly, played, Sonator Conkling would, without unnccassary delay, buve had all bis frionds who bud buen named for Fedoral ofices In Now York aufu In offics, while obortson, who ropresonty the wh ol llu&)uh lloan party that docs .. nol full down sud adore the npolont Adonis of Utipa, would huvo been left uut indoliuitly in’ the cold, for, If the arrangemont hold #t the rugue 004 ur kusaion, objsction by thu Kuw York Sonator {u lé Gonticmation would have boen as fatal i itisnow. THE EXECUTIVE STROKE s glven at the preciso mameut when it §¢ most offectve, It froes hlm from tho packtbready which tho pitifal Comwittee of Bufety and Mr. Cunnunf had ounnlugly wound ubout him, ex» ulting in the bellot that ho was sccurely bouud, The apurebouston thut Gen. Gartiold 18 not wiludfolof the prorogutives and diguity R a THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: ot his high ofMce, and was about to Sonatorinl usurpation, may bo aafely Whethor the Sepata confirm or refect” tha noml- e Rubertson, tho act by which tho procosa of Benatorinl thuglsm is broken will bo gonerally approved and applauded,” TR " OAZETTE" will say odltorially to-morrow: *Tho actlon of tha Presidont in v{(!mlmwmw all the Now York nonlnutiona excapt that of Hobertson will be {vnnmlly commendod. It is good sten un{. ‘nnhllmfis ‘_mllay was togonfirm nll the nomi- nations he fuvored and suspomd the prineipat une,—~thit of Robortson. That ho would clatm na nvietory, If thare Is to bo n_fizht, there ought to boa fir told, and tho Presldent, in vantending for the dutics and privileges of his uitice, is ontitiod to all the legitimnte wosnana Within his ronch, nud it 1 to bo huped ha will iso thowm vigorously, Scantorinl blackmaillug Is o vice that ought to bo abolishud. BOSTON. "'DAILY ADVERTISEIL! Bpectal Dispateh to Ths Chicago Tribune. TostoN, May 5,—The Daily Advertiser thinks It botter thnt the President has ‘brought tho Issue with Conkling to u erisis, for it affords an opportunity to deckle, onee for all,on aplain issue, whether the Sennte, by oxtra-constitutional combinations, hng the right to embarrass the Executive {n the disehargo of his strietly constitutional powers. Many of the I'resldent’s friends ntust regard hig*netlon as unfortunnte, It his bold strike succeeds, o will be applaud- ed. If it falls, he will bocensured. Itis the fortune of politics ns well as of war. THE ** JOURNAL belleves sensible Republicans are well-nigh disgusted beeauso many Republican Sen- ators are manifesting a destre to sacriflce so much of thelr indopendonce jn orderthat Senator Coukling may have his way. They mav also bo nssured that sensiblo He- publicans are thoroughly disgusted with “TNosslam " as fllustrated by the Now York Senator. If the Rupublican Senators could see this mattor {n ts truo light, thoy would soc that tho only dungor which lfimntuns the Republicn) party {8 tho success of that spirit ot * lossism * which Bonator Conkling's coursa illustrates. THE “NKRALD " thinks the Prostdent orred In setcoting tho noml- neo for partisan and porsonal roasons, The Bun- ator ks wrang In fighting him_for factional and personal rensons, but, a8 the Proaldent’s right to c¢xerolsn bis constitutionsl prorogatives freo from Senatorinl dictntion {8 Involyed, and it has bocome apparent that * harmony " cun bo muin- taned only by giving the Imperlous Boss his own way In cverything, tho cuunlr{ will be glad to suo the Prosident assert himself, CLEVELAND., THE *HERALD. Hpeelat Dispate to The Chicago Tribune, CrLEVELAND, 0, May 6, —Commonting upon the contest botween President Garield and Benator Couklitig, the Clovalaud Herald will to-morrow pubtigh an editorinl {n which it roviows the coursa of the Now York statosman, cfting Conk- ling's doparture from Now York on Gew, Garflold's visit to that olty lnst summar to attend tho Ropublican Con- fordnce, his ignormng tho Presidont-elect In tho speech at Warron, O., botgre 50,000 nen who fairly idolized thelr truo trled bero, and, again, his exhibition of bad tomper on vis- iting Montor In company with Grant and Logan, The artlolo concludos ns follows: “Mr, Conklink hns all the spirit without the power of a usurpor. The Ropublicin Senators who debased thomselves by nsking Gen, Garfleld to surronder to him, in the intorestot the party, mndon great mistake, which tho manbood of tho TProsidont saw and at once cast out, * Thoy told the Presldunt that Hon- ntor Conkling "cared nuthing for the doadisek on hig own' nocount, but bnd promoted it be- causo he belloved it would rosult in tho with druwal of Judge Robortson’s nominntion. So thoy nsked him to withdraw that nomination in thoe Intorests of tho party, and hnvo all the rest of his nominations: confirmed. They would havo aurrendered to 3 TIIE DEMANDS OF TILIS TYRANT. Prosidont Garllold—thnoks bLe to Godl—folt that forboaranco had boon oxhausted, and that tho chiot curde of Rovublleanism in the Unlted Btutes was tho alm of a self-constituted londor of tho party to clutch the powerof the Kxocutive ror his own sulfish.ends, ' The surroudor, of his rights ns ‘Presidont was demanded. The sum- mons hns been answered by n bold doflunce, wade In u sense of rlght and powor which enn- not but telumoh. in tho ~omil. The Issuo i8 beforo tho nato the coun- try, .and’ fta result wiil not bo doubt- ful, \It will put this usurplng Sonntor baok whoro ho bolonys, und If he makos thy war o throatens ho will but make it to his own destruction and to tho honor of the Adininistra~ tion which, in duty to the whole country, hos refused to do bis sollish bidding,” e COLUMBUS, aoV. FOSTER _m\;x:’ SONGIUSSAN CON- Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Corusnus, 0., May 5~The nows from Washington to-day has been the theme of disoussion on the streets and places of re- gort to-night mnong not only lending poli- ticlans, out citizens genorally, Gov. Foster was found at his residenco, busy at work endenvoring to solve the problem, and ad- mitted his surprise, and 'was hardly pro- pored to sny -what tho real meaning was,— whather, indeed, It was & compromise or.n teclnration of open war. It, however, ap- peared to him, from all ho cotld learn, that tho President had suddenly dropped moraliz- {ng, and would now nssume n belllgerent attitude, ITlo belteved that the peuple of the country ~would stand by the Presidont fIn this struggle, and strengthen him in wataining - his right 8s the chlof oxooutive officer of the Natlon, When Senator Conkling was ut Mentor lnst fall, the subject of New York appointmonts was talked of nnd discussed, Presldont Garfiold thon expressed his inten- tion to recognizo both tho frionds of Mr, Conkling, but nlso that the Independont Re- publican olement—that which was opposed to Grant's nomination at Chloago—should also be recognized in making up the New York appointments. CONURESSMAN CONVERSE, . the Democratic member from this district, speaks out fu the niost emphatle manner in his Indorsemont of tho Frosident's course, wd says: ‘LIt Is not o political question nt all. "Tho question ut issus ls whethor the President ‘shall ' be ‘governed by the United' States Senators, or whether he shall havo *the right to exercise hls constitutionnl prorogative, And mako suoh nom- Inations us Lo seos fit.' Tho Prosident hug to asgumio tho reaponaibility, nud I muintain that tin bus tho right to make nominations ref‘urdl«u uf tho dictalion of any Senator, and 1 hope ho will stand tirn, ‘This question should bo suttled forath thmo, and tho Prasident should wot only ryeaoive tho -up‘mt of his own party, but [ bes lievo hisaot will b Indorsed n‘r tho peoplo, 1 have horrd of tho trinls of Prosident Tlayes, but tho dark hours that Preshlent Oarfivld hus nssed sinco he assumed tho Exooutlvo offico nve i far moro trylng than thosu trials ‘which Huycs was subjeotod to," e * HYMENIEL, - Bpectal Dispalch lo The Chleage Tribune, WATRHTOWN, WIS, Mny 6.~Dir, Frauk A, Dars ber, of talu city, and Miss Elsfo Lowls, formorly of Waukesha, werg marriced in Milwaukeo to-day, Tho wodding was a quict affair, nonebolug pros- ont oxcopt the tmmediato velatives of tho brldo aud groam, Hpeeiut iteh to The Chicago Tvibune, Davtinong, Md,, May be—An event vecurrod in thoatrlcal soclul circies hore to-doy. Mr. Walter Hine, formorly Treasuror of tho Halll- duy-Btreol Thentre, of thls clty, aud now matine xer of the Edwin Bparks combliution, was mnr- Flod to Miss Annle Bhaofer, of Bulumoro, Tho Wwodding touk pluce ut tho residoncy of the brido’s father, rnd tiie corcinony wus porformed Ly ber ‘rn.nu!ullwr. tho Kov. A. /T, Hnnkin, Tha bride I8 a nruux young debutante in light opery, and baus achioved v succesy {his season uidér Mr, Ford's management. Tho happy f:‘;to;flo weont to Nuw York to spend tho bonvy- ——————— THE CRIB-KEEPER, Thoro was an yuly rumor stloat last evoning to the coffeot that Capt. McKeo, keoperof tho Crib, was lost §n tho fog on tho lake in a row- bout, o bad mude arrapgomonts to ses out for tha. Crib. carty la tho ovening, end falling to roport thuro o due 1o kil daughter bocame alarmod and notified Huporintendent Crogior at tho Wuter- Works, Aftor & deul of runoing mhout it waa asoer- tainod that his Yous waa at the Lifu-Baving stus ton, and that the Captuin wie ashore, nod most likely safo at howmo with hls wire, At u early bour this moryl the: daugbior itled of thoso lnou‘fi:u aby nmfiumd 1t {s & cortalnr, it MoKeo not #0 out on the Prindiville, as was roported durlng the ovening, and it 18 bigbly improbuble that ho sut out on nny otber vessel without taking his boat and supplics with b, " lonablo promenade to-tay, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1881—-TWELVE PAGES -~ =~ ... 77 . FLOODS. The Big Bridge Now the Fash=- " lonable Promenade'in St. Louls. ° i Views from This Yantago-Ground Virtually the Same as Wednesday; Consisting of Vast Stretohes of Water in Almost Every Direc tion, & Reported Breaking of the Levee and Sluice on Chouteau Slough, Which Is Likely to Cause a Turther Rise at East St, Louis. The Whole Country Inundated from St Louls fo Grand Tower, 130 Miles. ' Prediotion that the River Will Have Fallen Several Inches by This Morning, A Break Fifty Feet Wide in the Lower Portion of the Mad=’ ison Levee. The Missouri Will Continue to Fall=The Mississippl Will Rige from Du- buque to CUairo. . ST, LOUIS, . . Bpectal Dispateh 30 The Chicago Tridune 81, Louts, Mo., May 6~Theflood s & hard mutter for mnewspaper correspondents to handle. Reports of the dnmage done com- {ng in from differont parts nre so numerous that it is an utter impossibllity to keep traek of oue-halt of them. Itis cnough to state that the Town of Venlee, East St. Louly, Lnst Carondelet, and thousauds of ncres of ground lying adjncent to them are In’ the water, and a good part’ of tno towns' inun- dnted. -On thisside of the river the scene ‘along tha leves this morning was remarkn- ble. - Bkifts plowed up ' and down within. o fow fecet of the line of bLuildings, Wuogons splushed ‘along, the horses breast-high fn water, Ocenslonal balks took place, and_ In several instancos tenmsters waded out into water walst-deep to attend to refractory animals, DBusinessis nlmost suspended, the only subject thought about boing v TIIE PROUABILITIES AND TOBSIBILITIES OF TO-MORIOW. A fringe of spectators lines every streot- leading to the leves, tho lookers-on being ex- tremely numorous. The bridge Is the fush- _Both sides of tho ralllng aro ‘crowded ncross tho, whole length with men, women, and children, Every ~down-town ear brings In loads of’ young Iadles from tho north and! west ends and Stoddard additton, tho objective point of the procession belng the bridge. The view from this structure is per- fect, sweeping tho river from nway above Venlee down'to Carondelnt. The questlon of all-importanco this morn- g was, When wiil the rise cease ® Tho question s hard to nnswer. The Signal Servleo this morning report a general fall In the Upper Missigslppl dnd further down the line, A rise of elght inches Is réported from Dubngue, but this will bo met by the Missls. slopt full about tha mouth of the Missourl, which will modify it conslderably, ,, THE 08AGE hns fallen considerably sinco Sunday. At llarmann the river ‘had fallen three Inches between 10 p, ., yesterday and 10 a. m, to-, dny. I'his is agood Indicatlon. Ontho other hond, the miorning Signal-Servico roeports rocord o risa in -tomyperaturo and o fall in the barometer- throughout the North and Northwest, This menus raln, ad the future situation depends upon thisnorthern rain. It 1t bo continuous aud heavy, then a rogular boom, an early June rise, nnd n repetition of | the scenes of 1841 wny be looked for, If only ndrizzle sotsin theohiancesaro that n fall will soon ocour, The barometer Is falling in the oxtromo Northwest, which fact favors the Intter probablilly. It no thaw oceurs in the Northn fall s expected tosot 1 nt this poiut before to-morrow nights Y AT _A POINT OPPOSIT NAMEOKI, between ‘Venlee and Mitehell, nbout elght miles aboyo East St, Louls, the levee, which beglins-about Venlce and runs up to the Madison dike, broke'just before noon. The Inst nccount snya tho broach is thirty feot brond, and’ tho “current I3 running through about ‘sixhteen feot dacp, “To the cast of thid leveo are the .Chleago & Alton and the Wabnsh tracks, Tho water lias not yot over- flowed tha Chleago & Alton track, and so fur all the water-fs pnssing down on the weatslde of the track, so that the, bottom Is in no luminent danger, The. wator may, however, overflow the Chiéago & Alton tenok, or wnsh it away, and In that cnso the whale bottow would be Inundated, The Chlengo & Alton has sont up a ldige extra forco of men to tho track to'watoh and ro- pair it If it shows slgns of ylelding, This portion I8 very'eritical, e THE DIEAK 0CCUIIKD AT EBENRZER, apoint on the lavee, betweon tho Madison diko and the lovee opposit Namcokf, 1t was not expoetad that this -barrier wounld glve way, and all attentlon waa centered, on the Madlson<tke. Whun the break at Ebenczor was discoverod only, a'fuw mon were avalls uble, and they were without. shavels, -bar rows, or earth, . A large forco of men were brought ta the spot In the courss of un hour, and the work of ropalring the breach bogan, 1f thefarmers do not succead in cuttivg It off at this ‘polnt they will; be able to stop it at Long Lake. At all. cvonls, There Is little or no chauco that It will crosa the Chicago & Alton tragks, eyen if the work of stopplng the water -does, npt.progress s well as they anticipate, ‘The Ohicago &'Alton embankment 8y tiis paint Is fully tlives pud o half foet aboyo the level that L TUE-WATER PASIING TUNOVGIL TUIS DHEAR would rench were it not dammed up, before it passed Long Lake. -The damnge so far ls uot great; thaugh theraare {fi\’cml well:sowvy fleldd \yeat 0f the lake, and the brenk.has not only served to-Inundate:them, but |t has thorouglily fcightaned the peoplo.of Venlce, . 'Phie lovep and élulee on Chouteau Stough, broke at Do’clock this morning: - The actual dnmago to result from this break will ba mensured llow{yby the amount of wator that can get thirough the byeak Dbefors the ‘rlver declines, -~ According to the -best advices, there 18 no way . of sldpping the break, nnd thers i3 nio way of stopplng theflood from mee cess to nearly all parts of the bottow. Thero 13 a very large flat surface to coyer, howayer, and 1t will take saveral duyy to let in any depth of water on o brond an area. TUE PHILOSOPHICAL OITIZENS OF KAST 8T, LOULS, hardened by the adverultios of the past weok, tuke the reports of the broken dike at the - provalllog whids ure custerly, DT A ol and Lyl lmuh‘; -GRuyur line,. It b & Ghoutean Sluufih with the fitmnoss of nmlcf. They have reached the conclusion that th ll’ fiot going to b much of a tlomd after all, ho wator: to como from the broken dike, they aay, will spreadd all over the intervening fasing and nob ampunt to much by the time 1t renches them,- ‘Iho amount of water that can low through n eroviss ty feot— or oven’ thred times that—In width cantot affect tho- hight-of the tlood surrounding thelr unfortunate city, The damnge will bo niinly to the country In the rear of the town, ''he iprossion 1s general that the water cans not rise mueh higher on the” town than the Tevel of the river hofore it finds outlets, “REPOITH IIOUAILT BY INCOMING TRAINS aro (o the etfect that the brench nt Mitchell lins not had nuy apprrent effeet tipon the overflowed lands lnside of the dike, Great relianco Is placed upon tho dike, over which thol Ohto & Mlssissippl Road , - passes. Thia “bulwark atfords “thom . great com- fort, nless , othor aml wmore serl- ous ~Dbreaches . oceur In the = system of dikes nhove Venlee, and the river continuos {0 riso, Enst t, Loulacitizons will feel compiras tively snfo, Tho river, romalning nt a atand with'thirty-throe feot aud seven Inchea above Righ=wntor untit noon, mjnln began to show slgng of rising. Dotweon 13 noon und i w. m. thero hnd beon i riso of ono inch by tho marks kept at several warchouses on tho " lavee. . The fuce of tho water, howevor, iudiontes a full, There |s senrcely any drift flonting, and nti o'clock it \was agnin at o stand., A PEW INDIAN MOUSDS In tha Inke cust of Vonleo nre still ubove water, and tho people from nll parta of the valley in which thoy iro locntod tave pitchod tonts upon tholr suminits, whoro thoy nro_situated, tonor twelvo foot ubiove tho surfacc of the flond. (n #omo Instances men are compulled to row for miles In small bonts beforo they can rench dry land when sout outmmxgmllllonu far provislons. The poople aro comfortably situated under the clrenmstances, aud will b nblo to wonther tholr miafortunca tiniess tho wator rises above tho hl'zn-wumr mark of 1844, 4 3 Tho pubile sohools of Kast St. Louls have been diwnissed for tho weok, C o Advicos from Prairo Dt Rocher dra’ to the of- fect that wvast trocksof the bottom aro hope- lesly submerged, Flolds nlrendy plunted have from slx to seven fect of water on thom. Thor 18 little hope for tho crops this scason, ns TING WATENS WILL NOT RECEDR in time to plaut anew.- Part of tho town {s com- plotely drownad nut, 2 Michagl utlllvan, one of the tenchers of the Eust 8t, Louis sohools, ombraced tho opportunity nlforded bl by leaving: for French Villuge to- day, with tho ‘view of getting married, Il I;-(lfipdu oxpeot tho bridul party to roturn fn n 8l ‘The high water bns about put nn offeotunl stop to busiuces in_grafn and othor commodities suld on *Chonge, Nearly il the Enst Slde ronds hauve stopped receiving frofght for St. Louls, and Teceipta to-lay of graln, ete, wore inslgnilleant, littlo coming fn un " this sklo eithor, *Tho Vonlos and Enst 8t Louls elovators huve shutdown, and tha Bt. Louls cluvators camiot recelve, us its rallrond tracks nro under water. Nothing i3 coming 1o for.tho Advanco to take [, Centrul Als ul'fflullt‘unu 18 attunted Infunds but Contral B ean do next to nothing, VENY LITTLE GRAIN CAN DE DELIVERED TO BOATY or barges from the clovitors either, tho Ad- vince nd 8t, Louls pulllig out o tttie, but slowly, whito Centeal 13 had to ‘ston delivering for rivor shipments. Of course uothing van Lt Tn ot of tho Venlenor Bust 8t, Louls elevatars, 'he elovator men express 50 alurm v tho pres- ent situation, so fur ns tho olovators thamselves are coneerned, or the stocks of grali which thoy hold,aud which are smnll, noirly nil being In the 8t. Touls, " At the lattor iousa tho critis nolding tho irain urg ubove, where: the watar can't catel; but, 12 tho river' cumea up much highur, sucked graln on the first floor ‘innyv*.Lo damaged. Tho Bouthorn ordos trude *hus been nbout knooked in tho . head by tho Eust Sklu buyers rofusing to recelvo for shipmomont, ‘'ho intorior towns in tho South from which thore bas teon und stitl is S , AN ACTIVE DEMAYD, 3 mninly for corn, oan ouly Lo roached with any gertainty and with tho cheapest ratn . over the Ohlo & Mississlppl and tho” Calro Short Eine. Now that thoso roudd huve stoppod recolving, Houthorn sltippors havo todopend upon the buirs and cha Irot Mountain Road. 1y tho Intter thoy' can ship lttle, for {18 rolling stock eust of tho river 18 source, Tho bunls tive only tuking amall saoked lots from tho lovee, nu thoy cunnot loud at tun clovator. The deadlock In busingss I8 rlnlnlv perceotible on 'Change, whoro truding is ight nhd l1stloss on logitinuto aceount. Abvut tho unly anfmation i3 -fu the “optian corner,” und the boys thero scom to bavo tost some of tholrsnap, The Ohlo & Misalasippl Ratiroad hus given notica that it will agaln reveive froight, commonelng to-1morrow, . 1L 'T, Iluriow, & woll-kuown merchunt, has bgenon . i b o - A TOUR OF, ONSERVATION BOUTIL. on tho river. Ile was met on 'Chango to-day it nsked what ho thought of tho river bolow 8t. Loul 3 * Woll, ho ropliod, ** I havo boen down below Grand Tower, nud 1 suw' thut the country on Doth sides {8 Inundated all the wiy from liero thore, u distance of ovor 130nllus," * Hua much damnge been doney” A grout dosl, I Judge thiat nt lenst hnlf the whont acroage 18 under water.. 'This will, you kunm‘ entull an uttor loss, s far us it 18 con- cerned.” i * You wero down ns far us Chostor, fTowabout ulw fiyporlud changa of ohunncl In the Missls- sippl?" I"plt s 0 faot. You ®ee tho Mississippi has crossed. throligh the bottom innd to the Okaw River, which comed in just above Chiestor, This 18 1 gut-olf of twojve iniles, nnd the chinnel of tho river hns chunged ontirely,. Tho Town of Bt Mury’s, In torey County, Missourl, isleft high ahd dry by the change~transferred from a river to an inland town,” . | : An old river man who gl svatehed thoriver oiosaly daclurcs that ut fgh polnt it hus eocdod n half-inch.. Ho turthor™ prodiots o full of six Inches before dayliybt to-morrow, The hest posted men- say, there has been no furthor rise ulxl»l(lmy. and that tho rivorut bust is at a stand- still. THE AMERICAN BOT'TOM. Spectat Dispatch to Ths Ohfeaga Tribune, . Arroy, IIL, May 6.—The lower portlon of the Madison Leveo broko about noon to-day. ‘Ihe break Is opposit Nameok!, ynd I8 about fifty feet wide, nnd water, ton foet desp.ls flowing through it, This break will enuse great damago to the farmlug country In the Awmerlean Bottom. What effect the brunk will have on the raliroads betweon this ety nnd St, Louls Is not yot -knows, 'he Chl- engo & Alfon Rowmd hns o Inrge forco,of wen at work in the quarries under the bluffsabove this cllyqum'rylnfi rock, which tlmf'nru takine down to protect thel ‘Tho rlver ing T rondbed. T only rison ntioit two fuches at-this polnt in' tho Inst twanty-four. hours ending at noon w-du{. sinve which tinalt bus boen on tho stand, 1t i niow bopud that' the river has renchod Its hlghest polut, and will soon begin to recode. BIOUX CITY, TA, Biour Orry, In, Mny 5;—~At a largely-nt- tended meoting of the eltizens of Varimilion aml Day Counties, Dnkota, tho following Commmlittee waa choson to reeaive mnd dis- tribute the contributions of the charitable; Wiltiam 8hrlnook, John J, Jolloy, Charles B, Trontis, 8, N, Palmet, and L. W, Boll, Probably tho regont ovortiow of tho Missqurl:hna eansod more destitution and sulfering {n Cluy County than in any other cous —— - MADISON, WIS, o Bpecial Dispateh (o The Chiciigu Tribune, iy MAnwmoy, Wis, May 8,—The water. is'taps ldly recading m both nkes, + The ice’ hins enliroly disnppenrbd. Yogotation is coming torward very rapldl; v 3 BIGNAL SERVICE, OrrIoE oF Tk Cltiy SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasmnaroy, D, G, May 6—1 a, m.~Indien- tions—For the Ohlo Valley nnd Tonnesses, partly clowdy wonthor, occuslonal . ralus, winds niostly southerly, lower barometer, and highor temporatuge, -~ - ° Yor the Lower Lake reglon, partly clondy or cloudy wenther, with ratn, winds, mostly sontherly, statlonary ot Jower Larometor, and statlonary temporature, . Fpr the Uppor Lakq rogion, falr weathor, retedoil by oconslenal rain In the eastern rtion, winds ostly -enst to south, lower harometor, statlonary or higher tomperatuye, Tor the Upper Mlssissippl and. Lower Mis- sourl Valleys, slight]y warmer, fair weather, southerly winds, lIower baronintar, , - .~ ! The Chigt Slgnal Ofticer furnlshes the fol- ¥ lowlng-apeciat bulleting < Tha bargmegter s Dighest {n the Gult Bt Lawronce aud lowest In she extromy Northwest, 'I'le temperature Ihna_rpuwmined | f'“‘ly stationary durlng tho vagt twonty-falir houra, 1., : Cloudy and threntenlng weather, with rain, prevalls in thé Aliddlo Atluntle Status, the Tuko roujgu, tho Ohio Valloy, and Toxas, Bouthorly winds. provull In New Eugland, tha duio Vulloy, snd Tenuesseo and Lowor TLaka roglon. Klsewhore éast of the Mississippl tho “Fle Missour] bus fallyn twenty-soven . inches ut Leavenworth, twenly-olght Inches ot Lox- Ington, tforty-1hreo fuchios at Kansus City, cleven joches ut . pul?rnon Cjty. It 18 two (oot four inohes nbove ddpger ling und falilug rapidly at Bruuswlok. . 1t s threo fout four lnghod above ‘Lliv Misaiua fi;rfin‘}xmflnfilflwfi nches at §t, Taul, where it o s now five inthes sbove tho rhien twenty-soven nches t Dubuque, it ls fonr foot suven inches nbova the dangur line und risiug slowly at 3t. Louis. It 18 Lwo feet wix Inchos sbove und rishy ut Calro, sovon inches mbove ut Mowplils, throo fuet y Iu tho Torritory. e four Inches above nt Holen dangar line,' - ® 170 Incties \ml\:v‘:":;‘ Twilfeations are that parq), el > mitd ncenslonal, enfn wiif pruvafi e lor and "Foutieased, tho Lower L p Middlo Atiantie BUatos Ly, 24 wland to-dny and to-morrow, *Tha 4 New b probably contine to fall, Tho Mjy. 188y il l;m\mhly continito to fall it 8t py ’“‘3‘0' i biiquo, Leclilre, mnd Cujrn, - 20 d gy + LUCAL ONSRIYATIONS, —_—___CHI0AGH, My g Hu TTFind, ] v Tarometor cotroctod and Instrumantal ersor, Munn sromotar, Menn iumbdity, 2, mulum tompurature, 631, west temporaiuro, 454, URNERAL OUKENYAT¢0; Cilteano, Ay b G e T~y ny 5-10; Ther T Ther, 1435, n, 8| M pom. Statlons, ., 2 ZZ'ESES! Tpansd’ RRUSTE OrE Othsae, Grand Havo: Indmaspolls 00 & EEDNIEE =5EaRE: s252E% LABOR AND CAPITAL, CLEVELAND, Bpeciat Dispateh to The Chieago Tribrne, CreverAp, O, May bi~rho moliders' strike, which was quictly conducted for many dags, bay now tuken n new turn, A few duys ngosbout fiftcen of those omployed at the Cleveland Bridge nnd Car Works aceepted the employend torms and went back to work. Mearing of thly a dulegution of strikors visited tho wurkelasy uight to fuvestigate, On nscurtainiug tho truth of tha ropiort thoy marched and counterninreie] past tho buildines nnd thon broke up into small scetions, ho polico wero ealled for feae of violenco \when tho wolicnen stopped at g o'clook, Tho fnttor wero taken home fu o wagan wuarded by the olicurs, Tho atrikers follukedand hooted at tho socoders il they reachud tholp homes., In v2w ol lnst nizht's demonstratlon, tho proprictors of tho works wsked for a yuent of vollee, and a detall of slx officors pateolisd around the bulldings from 6 o'clock this wnroing L work yyas shut down to-nleit, With theiy® tention of QutwItting tho strikies, the emplori wers allowod to o howe niueh carlier, bl ovaning Mayar Lereiek i two membees of the Tanrd of Pollee added thele presonce, I the Lope of prederving orler, Ad the wagon oue taining tho workman w3 on 1 way by humes of the nien 15 wus inut by aboat 10) of tho strikera, who wern on tholr way to the works. Lust night’s demonsteations werene , and attompts made o intimidate thisy gan, Nnopon violenee aconvred, g tho men fl"lclxi;il. home o safety, Theworks will hbmu;,r:.o‘«.l y‘tvuc.ugum.- L nlt danger of troublo s B MITAWVAUR Bpeelal Dispateh to The Chicugo Tidune, Mirvauree, Wid, May §.—0no hundred and twénty-fivo switchinen omploye:d oa the Chile cugo, Miliwnukeo & St. Puul Ratlrond siruck at noon to-dny, us was indloated in thesedispniches Iust night,’ 'Fho meh, who are now oarning frm #2.11 to 32,50 por day, dumand ¥1 an fncrease of 0 cente por diom wll round. Tho demand mals Inat night was deolinad by tho ofiicors of tha rond nt noon to-day, ‘Iho men thon quletly quit worle and left thelr placus. Thoy were very o derly, and not a dlsturbance took place dur fog the day., Thoy suy they wil not work for a cent less than tho demanl ‘The officors allezn that thoy uro naw about th bedt pald inen in thoe serv ‘The truins nre i fuge mauned in the bost wa g noatly all foft on tne to-diy, Clerks, hosse, coniiotors, oflletuls, und jrroets tands nro dosg uty, 'l"l’m tinsmiths have demanded and recolved o Ineronse i puy of $1 1 weok. ‘Tho printers bave now all "beon out far nearly throo wocks, and thoro Is no stnrof s come promise. . The brakemen of thig clty in tho employof the Chlnzo & Northwestern tallwiy refused 1 #0 1o work tosdiy, ascept at un advanee of £ por month, Al trains feaviine the elty on that rond taedny wore run_out by green Imm\uv;w suverat condittars, The atrikers say that ket uxuinplo will ba faliowed by thu othor brukewet of the rond, s JOLIWY, 1LL, Bpecinl Disputch to_The Chicago Tribunt, Jovast, May hi—Tho awitchmen emploved {1 the Cliforio, Alton & St, Louis frelht sardsd this vlty, numberlng nbout thirty niet, quit work ut noon tosdny witer domamling i e eronse in pay to ogual the waged pald lnthlr\:; for the samo clnss ut worit. They lave m:chd &'-5&9 $60 per utgnth borotofore, nn:l wm}!nn- o vingo-of about-20 per cont, Tho wn_w-\ni olfored n numrrt_llnlw «f 10 por month ml\_;ll:n::l‘; whiloh wia not aceaptod Dy tho Atrikers. e was no_oxoitemont_nor ironble of nnl» e Abant 500 onrs e on . tho Kldo-tricks, '\\‘l Aol neonmulutions will not blouk the roud (s eral duys, "Uhe engliea are nll 0 umr o honso, “excopt Nu. 124, under chasace 08 40 mnstors Montgomary aud Smith, wh'm‘fi! u‘l“ somo livoly work: whieh requives inmedis tennon, Z . OMANAL NES ; fuy 6.—Tho strike mltm. ater victually over. é!zly"m:: ) { tha 3 sirkerd, ro part of tho Frle OuALA, Nol Works lubora maat of whom suming work to-day ut vamp V. i — o -_— " BTOLEN PROPERTY. : ' Dteatlvo T Wounty, whilo giiug thomualy of tlio phwnshops sovoral duys agu, ."m"n aves pwnshop on-Jlurrison ireet, nedr l'mlr; Tact o, tive gold. ahalloes, which, from (8¢ BE0 that they tmd boon dlpnssd of For ouly & A £ aotuul value, be one o . soion. pawnbroker wal cluled .woro stolon, Tho Indiiced | to tell what he xnn»:' ‘;\x corning tho perdon who Drough! to him, and by arngoment lmuu;:'\‘t:l Uounty and Tieinoy were both vn‘l‘ b o o'olock yestorday forenoon wher b :(‘ et enllod ut tho shup to dispuse Of Wome O0 ) property, . A% he was unnblo ts givo "")uny. & fuetory ncegint of himselt ov the v'.‘.';pmm waa takon fnto.oustody, Areiving i At Statton ko guvo the nnmno of unnm%m-m ‘Clark and olulmed to restle ne Noo m‘ bt atreet, ft was lubscum-luly deoor e er, il Atiaen wia 1o Truti fodwig it 1ot . thut bin FuomemRio wis Jiwes i Tl a Jundludy upen bolng shuwn o EF s pire eups recognized it ut onov, und sald Sk 0f \sat \v‘(nlull tho young munml'l,l;;_ stured In o elospt nijucent 0 LRI Cinerg0g n Ui was Fpand wnd nrrestod us b yenue e Mk b b apitablo. wud I Dlven o m corgin wou fuctory. bt U6 F'pap urg.emident \Pl} tho O3 nro HOUL ARG, of o 00U , QWP Cin Found n:: luhl‘;.lmll'ld At nbol? {he prapurty. vaored . FiNE RIFLE-SHOOTING;“ i foutyr? to Tue “:»"4 ilton FaroW ¢ the WUNLEO jon, 13 In the ca of (18 - vBpsstal Dipateh . BeptnavigLy, 1L, Moy & & | ong'of tho Apicelenn. teutt UL wonbof the Qroeduinor ASSUCH o olty, and this-aftornvou, It l)u; %‘m- e Spriugheld fitlo Chib, at the lbl " ehich 18 punddo s score of. 71 aut of 8 PsUC g ot ‘,’V,‘: belloved to be the Lest u:um“all el We ke, . Tho Bprigetied.ien o VRS sipring 01 ugd- Dr. Morkuh | o ——— EPISCOPAL BOARD O spusul ‘Digputch to The (1 HrnNapiee, ., ey h—} e of Misslons bF, the Diocese uf ST Er g f mooting to-day. -u\psm‘;:lr'mto 3 taslongry Work in the 3 ‘-‘:u.\ "c“urz'wm appointul locesy varlous points fn_thu D 3 wlons un'«’l endenvor (o jueresd furvar of tho peoples