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I'he only dissenting vote was that of Senator Jones, who represents the littlo rotten pock- et-borough of Nevada. ‘The late Senator Conkling, ‘If he had been a member of the Comimltiec--he was formerly its Chalrman— would donbtless huve voted noj at lest, it s surmised thut lie was nostile to Judge Rob- ertson. The Rupublican menbers of the Committee who voted for Rubertson were MeMillan, Conger, aud Kellogg) .and they were refuforeed by Runsom, Coke, Farloy, and Vest—Democrats, It was this that gave thesting to Conkimg's dufeat. As Chalrmnn of tho Comuwmittes he would huve been ubllged by n vote of 7 to to report lloberison’s name Dback with a favorable recommendatlon, KkLiNG only partially made out a case in hls letter to Gov, Cornel 1le pointed out that Collector Merritt was removed without cause, but he did not show that Judge Itobertson was unfit to succeed to the umue,/supuuulnu n vaeaney to exist. e established the self-evident fact that the Benate Is c"mruml by the Constitution with the duty of advising anat consenting to the appointients of the Presldent, ‘but e did not show ecnuse for resigning, innswuch ns the Seanto had neglected to exerclse its functlons In thlg respect. Ho was not able to polut out the articlo or s2ction of thy Con- stitution which gives one-thivty-elghth of tho Senate the vight to veto ono of the Presl- dent’s nominations, or which justifies two Senators In resigning because they aro about to bu outvoted by thelr ussocintes. ‘Ihe lot- tor may be searched from beginning to end with o maguifying glass, ond it will be lm- possible fo find fn nny part of it a.decont protext for resigning, Prixce Bissauck recently won npersonul victory in the Imperial Parlimmont. 1tav- pears that the municipality of Berlln leviesa Tont tax on all diwelling houses in the Capital, 1he resldences of Imperlal officlals included. Tt often happens that theso oflicluls Inhnbit houses out of proportion to the size of thelr Inconie, and the tax falls very heavily on such. Prince Bismarek was one of the suf- ferers, and to, relleve himsolf introduced o bitl «lecturing that *‘in comnuunes which Faiso a tax on the estimated rental of dwell- ing houses, the rate of tnxation on the officlal resldences of Lmporial sorvants should not exceed t0 per cent of thelr saluries,” A dis- vateh In tho Loudon 2'mecs says: It was sot forth that among 251 Imperial of- ficlals with Stato resldences in HBeclin ulone the rato of rent tuxation varicd betwoen b und 10 to ns much a8 874§ por cent of tholr salarlvs, and thly, of 1tself, was describod us nory fug in- ?usllu’ by tho Chuncollor ns the chlof sulferer; but, ou tho othur hund, it wns contendod by tho wpponents of the mensure thut tho true remedy fur the uvil would be for the Biato to pn{ tho rent tax of itu Hmolflllélfl!\'ldell with dwellings Dby It, and not for the Chanectlor 1o saildio the municlpality with the fpost by sompoliing it to mako uxcoutional deductions {n the cusos com- platned of, It mustbo a very pleasant thing to be an Tmperial Chuncellor aud to regulate your house-rent by leglslation, but it must bea 1ittle hard on ordinary peoplo to be debarred from the same privilege, —— ‘Tug 8t. Loulsand New Orleans newspapers have cackled o tittle too soon over thuir solltary goldon egg., One summer doesn’t ansken transportation-route, It s well un- derstood by porsons whio wre following the course of trade that steamers and ocean- guing vessels are usually obliged to goto New Orleans in ballast. They find it jm- possible to get eargoes both ways, No argu- nuent 13 needod to show that a cargo of grain cannot be made to bear the expenses ofn voyake both ways from Liverpool to New Orleans, especially as the journey Is many days longer than from New York, Justat present Juy Gould, the chlef promoter of the barge line, 18 bringing cargoes of rails from Europe tor his new Southwestern euterprises, Thers 1s consequently an abundance of vessel-room forall the grain the barges can Lring down the river. But this wiil not con- tinue to be true for any groat length of time, From the 1st to the 15th of the wonth, seven vessels loaded with rallroad fron arrlved at the port of New Orleans, Since the opening of lake navigotion, und the consequent re- moval of the pressure In the storage-roon of lake elevators, it s a remuarkable fact that tho volumo of trade down the river has shrunk amazingly., It never can bo very profitable except for a few weeks In winter unless Now Orleans suall develop tuton great linporting city, which dves not seemn at presentto be at nll probable. . Toglslaturs of New York fo recommission stk tho Republican party gunbonts, 1tisa novel proceeding In polities, There ia no parallel to it In the politleal history of thia country, We ahall sce how it prospers. CONKLING'S INSULT T0 THE BERATE 1In considering Conkling’s coup etat one phase of the act stands out cousplenously, Tus fact shonld not be torgotten or lost sight of that, amid all the heat of the contro- versy with Afr. Conkiing, the President and his Cabinet have found thoe to attend strict- Iy to thelr dutics, The Socretary of State nins been Interesting himsolf abdut so prosale u thiug ns pork. The Postmnster-General and the Attornoy-Ueneral inve been running down thioves In the Post-Oflice Departmont. ‘I'ho Secretary of War has been recasting hisg Department and teying to send the lolterors to thelr posts of duty. ‘The Secretary of the Interlor has been getting the troublesome Indinn question [nto shape. The Seeretary of the Treasury has been exccuting the most Drililant stroke of financial polley known in the history of the Government. The busi- nuss of all the Departments has been goingon s If there were no such porson as Mr, Conk- ling in oxistence. 'The people must not for- wet that the Governmont is a tremondous machine. Men may come and men may go, but it goes on forever. In comparison with the great interests which the Administration dally has to deal with, the fortunes of any wrivate lndlvl«lnn‘ are Insignificant, HE PROPOSES T%!;ECO A POLITICAL ATE. Mr. Conkling has comtnitted political sul- cide. e ls politically damned In the opin- fon of ninely-ning out'of overy hundred hionorable ey, On -his net of resignatlon the people havealrendy rondered a verdiet of condemnation, They say *Guiity I—gullty of attempted usurpation; guilty of willful altd_outrageons misrepresentation of the Prestdent: gullty of u conspirnoy to rulaor ruin the Ropublican party; gullty of treach- ers'!” There is no yolitieat resurreetion for the man thus fallen: In his brain passion has usurped the place of reason; he hns mis- taken his impetuous wlll for tha Conatitution and his personul desires for the laws.. By this tatal error, the product of overweonlng vani- 1y on his part, and of matchless serviilty on the part of his sycophantic tollowers, Mr. Conkling has openty defied his party nad in- sulted his country. The motlve of his reslg- nation is no longer a sceret. o boldly an- nouices that the act was n trick to securethe vantage-grodnd of o reGlection in order to nssall the President,—the chosen leader of the Republican vparty. e clalms to control the Legislature of tho State ot New York. He exhibits to his friondsn llst of members who he declares will vote to recommission him as the bittér and uncompromising enemy of the Repub- lean Administrationof the Government, vota to recommission him as “an Independent antl-Administration Senator”! Ie declares openly that he has appenled to the Repub- Ilean Leglsintuse for a reBlection which witl *wuthorizo hiw to fight the Administration to the end of its term, and to striko It a blow whenover he can get a chanee,” Iledeclares s ntention to by ** to muke war upon the Ad- winistration from the date of hisre€lection.” 1le counts on the Demoeratic majority in the Sennte, erented by his act, for a coutinuance of that body I scsslon until his assumed re- clection to glve hiim an opportunity *to open hisaggressive wir agalnst the President.” 1l openly denounces the President vs * gullty of treachery? toward Republicans; and he declures that the next Republiean Convention will nominate Grant or some other man like him, We venturo the prediction that Mr. Conk- ling eannot go back to the United States Sen- ats on thess torms. We venture to hopo that the Republlean Legislature of New York s not 30 bankrupt of sclf-respect, not 50 utterly bereft ot patriotism, not so bilnd to the just clnims of party nlleglance, as to ‘place In the hands of an enraged and recre- ant ex-Senator a club with which to maul to denth the Republican party, in whose name e secks the power to nssasinate it. The al- most universul assumption on the part of thost who denounce ex-Senator Conkling’s nct that he hus tho power to secure o redlec- tiun, provokes nstonishiment, because it as- sumes the utter degrandation of the Repub- fiean Leglslature of n great State, Those who Indulge this assumption cannot have properly considered Mr, Conklings avowed attituile of hostility to the Republican pasty, Lx-Se nator Conkling does not seek redlec- tlon ns n Republicnn, 1lo nsks the Legislu- ture of New York to commission him “*ns an independent antl-Admifistratlon Senator,” ‘Ihie termn 18 o misnomer. Tho phrase *anti- Administration” destroys the force of the word * Independent.” MMr. Conkling, If re- elected, 1 to be returned notas an “Inde- vendent,” but us the uncompramising foe of the Republlean Administration, **with au- thority,” iu his own Inngunge, *to strike It a blow wherever hocan get n chance,” To presume that the Republiean Loglslature of New York will so stultifydtself as to redlect Alr, Conkhing after the lowd avowal of lily purpose to ruin the Rupublican adminlstras tion of tho nifaits of the country is to assume that it 1s ombitious to achleve infamy. Such a vresumption * I8 violent in the extreme, aud mnot to be Indulged ngninst any large body of represent- ative men. - Besides, admitting that Mr, Conkling may be as arrogant in tho issunnce of orders ns ever, it must'be borne fn mind that he has no Federal patronage to offer; nor 1s it Nkely that hie will have any during Tresident Garflield’s term, In any oevent, whether e succeeds or fulla, A new election of Mr, Conkling by a Lefls- Iature which hns unanimously approved the uct of the DPresident in nominnting Mr, Lubertson can have no mioral fores whot- aver olther with the Senate of the Unitod States or the President, Such n thimble- rigging trick only adds to tho Insult Mr. Conkling hins attemptid to put upon the President. It follows that AMr, Conkling has nothing to glye in the way of palronage, and nothing to protulse for four years to coma to Induce Rapublican members of the Legls- Inture to commisslon him ns o plrate who threntons to fly the black fugand murder the crews nnd sink the ships of u Rapublican Administration. . » 1418 In valn that the carelul observer looks for any evidence of principle us having been the motive of Mr, Conkling’s resignation. No question of party polley moved him; no obligations of honor s a stateswan pro- voked the step, In the long letter of the re- tirlug Sonator to the Governor of New York thero Is not a hint of anything above au un- gratified doslro for spolls nud « mallgnant hate of porsonal independence In politics in the Kmplre State, Al Conkling bas long beon hupressed with the convictlon that tho State of Now York Is tho country, and that he s tho State of New York, 1t s amaxim amoig business-en that when ap employé duens himsslf indisponsable to his employer it i9 thne to dispensv with his services. ‘This - maxln applles with cqual fores to politicians and podtical parties. It1snot ulwaya casy forlenders to fiud a party strong enough to enforce their views, but parties are never In want of thmber for leadership, Mr. Conkling i3 an fliustration of thily fact, In his late contest with the President hv lucked the necessary party strength In his followlng to enforce his views, Falllng to conquer within the Rupublican party ranks, he throws up his commission as u Republic. un leader, und uppeals to the Rupublican dent he dellberately Insults the Senate, In rofusing to submit to the will ot the majority, ‘The Prestdent had made the appointment of Judge Robertson months ago, and the Legls- Inture of New York had Indorsed I, and in- structed their Senators to vote to confirm it. 1f Conkilng was n true and loyal repre- soutativh he would have quietly obeyed the instructlons, Tho malter was now In the linnds of the Senats, aml hnd: passed out of the keeping of tho Presldent, Ile desired nction thereon; ha asked the Senators to confinn or reject. Conkling first tried to fasten a quarrel on DBlalne, alleging that the appointment had been mnde at his fustance, and that he was linproperiy and gratuitously interfpring in Now York politics. But this chavge was foige, Judge Robertaon's name wns sent to the Senato on the sole respunsibility of the Presldent himself, and then It became tho duty of tho Seunato to confirm or rejeet it. From- the day Judge Robert~ 8ot was nomiunated undil last Monday, when Conkling flung his resignation in tho face of the Senate, the respousiblliity wns on that body, They had exclusive control of tho question, It was for them to sny whother thoy would advise and consent to the homi- nation. Conkling, ot course, had a right to try und persuada tho Senate, If ho concluded to disregard the Instructions of the New York Legislature, to refect it, but it was his duty to submit to the will of the bodly of which he wns a member, no maiter how unpleasant it might bé to him personnlly to do so. When he found after ten weeks' parsistent effort that 1t was beyond his power to Induce the Senate to reject It, or even to get o conslderable fraction thereof to oppose the contirmatlon, what did he do? Dhthe gracetully or ungmeefully submit to the Inevitable? Did he acqulesce in the rule of the majority ? Noj but he deliberately insulted the body of which he was n member by resigning his seat in the Senate becauso that body refused to be dragooned by him Into ncting contrary to its judgmont. e has taken an appent to tho Legisiature of New York from the Scnato of the United States, 1le asks the New York Leg- Isiature, whose instructions lie had pre- viously treated with contempt, to rebuke the Senato by redleeting him and sending Ll back to thé body whom he had {nsulted. He asks the New York Legislature to elect liim Dictator of that body nud Boss of the President of the United States, On what ment doth this our Senator feed that ho has grown so great? e Is no longer content to exercise his double Senatorial power and cast his two votes, but he aspires to a Dicta- torshilp overboth Senate and President. Gen. Gorfleld must ba reduced to the position of an appointuiént-clerk of his Royal Ilighness, and the Senate to the condition of a machine to register his edicts and do his biading. It the Legislature of New York Is servile enougl to send this woild-be autocrat back to the Senato, that body, out of self-respect, would be justified in expelling him for his Insuiting bohavlor townrds it. $ OAN CONKL(NG BE RE-ELECTED? AMr. Conkling counts upon bemg redlected to the United States Sennte. It was only his confidence In this resnlt which Induced him to ludulge hls boylsh frenk of resigning. It 18 snld that he oxhibits to his friends n"voster of the New York Logislature, in which n majority are checked off as pledged to voto for him. Therg is, however, many a slip *tavixt the oup and the lip, and there are some rensons for belleving that his schemo may fall. In the first placo, the New York Legls- Inture 1s Republican. There nare In tho Sennte twenty-five Republieans nud elght Denioerats; in the Ilouse, cighty-one Repub- leans and forty-soven Dotnocrats, The Re- publicans have a majority of fitty-ono on the Jjoint ballot. There nro two tactions in tho Republican “majority, but alt alike wore elected as Republicnns, and owe nlleginnce to the Republican party, But Mr. Conkling bonsts openly that, if he be returned to the Senate, ho will go back nsan Independent and antl-Administration Senntor. 16 18 more than possible that the Republican mombers of tho New York Leglslatito who prowlsed Mr. Conkling to voto for hisro€lection in ease he should reslgn did not understand that he would take the position which ho now de- fines, 1t would cortalnly bo an cktrnordinary procacding for a Leglslature having a Rer' publican majority of 51 votes to elect to the United States Sehate a mun who procialns his purpose to aceupy an indepondeut polit- leal ptitnde, . Combinations for the eclection of Independents huve been mado when bath the lending partles have beon in the minority wnd the bislance of power lins been held by a small faction which retused to act with elthor party, For lustauce, tho Demoarats in the 1liinols Leglslature combined with o fow In- dependents to eloct Judio Davis to the Bon- ate, though he had always been known as a Republican; they had made repentod offorts to elect n stralght-out Democray and had failed, aud so had nothing to lose and every- thing to gain by chioosing & mun of wesk party convietions, who would probably voto at times with the Democraty from sonse of obligatlon. Mahone was clocted to the Sen- ate from Virglnln by coalition of Republie- ans and anti-Bourbon Domocrats, but neither faction alonoe conld elect n ropresont- ative man. The Ropublicans In tho New York Leglsinture, however, havo so large n mujority that thoro I8 nelther tomptation nor excuse for selecting n man who declares in ndvance that he proposes to antagonize tha Republiean Administeation, and that Inall other nattors ho will feel at Hberty to con- duct himself as o political free-lance, It will ba altogether exceptional If attushwment to Individual Interests shall induce n large wajority of a State Loglslaturs to desert Ity party, Therols another Important consideration in the case, New Yorkers usually take n practical view of polities, and wspecially those who holil oflice or desirs olfice, ‘Lo ro- turn Mr, Conkling to the Senate ulong with some psslstant Sonntor whow he shall deslg- nate will bo to deprive tha governing politl- clans ot New York of tho lien upon the Udy- ernment places which has Léretofore held them together, Mr, Conkling, as an Inde- vendent pnd antl-Adminlstration, and hence anti-Kepublican, Senator, will have no inftu- enco durlng the next thred years in seeuriug Uovernment fuvors of any kind, Indeed, his indorsement will be rather a hindranep than o hielp, and Govermuent favors will Lo with- hield from that fustlon which bumored his whiny, The New .York polliticlans will not care to plues thomselves in susl a positlon, ‘Their self-denlal hardly extends to 80 herole u sacrifice. ‘They have already had evidences that they can got on without Conkling’s leadership, and it will readily oc- curto them that Conkling without any pat- ronage back of him will not be nearly so powerful u personnge uor so useful a Seni- tur as he was before, Eyen It Mr. Conkllng had wok openly him as & pirato with authorlty to blow up or In his desporate effort to bullloze the Prest- avowed his intontlon fo rotnrn to the Senate, | county, A Inw of Tmitations 18 also neoded In order to give somae permanency to titles to Inand, 'Fhera ought tobe o Hmit to the in- faney of property, and some time fixed at which titles to property should berecognized if at a1l hs an Independent there are abun- dant indieations of such n purpose, e sent I hits restgnation, and compelted Plagt to do the same, at n time when ho knew that the loss of these twa voles would glve the Demo- erats a clear majority. In resigning ho was perfectly well awaro that the Republicans would thus forfeit thelr lnst ohance to elect now ofMeers. 1o understood fully that tho Danioorats conld then elect tho I'restdent o tem., that thoy could retain the present Democratic officors or olect now ones, and that they eould nlso, if thoy should sce (it reorgantzo the Committees on & Democratio Lasis. But he was indifforent to nll thesy conditions, 1fe.didn’t care a fix what be- enmo of the epublican party unless ho could have his own way. 1lis resignation was n formal declaration of & “rule-or-ruin * policy. It I3 n question whather the Repub- Tlcan majority in tho New York Loglslnture will assent to his ruintug the party bgeauso hie cannot rule the Administration, The presont Congress Is very closely di- vided at tho best, The situation in the Sen- atefs well known. Tho Republicans have only atia when Mahone votes with them, and it I8 only in the cnso of & tle that thoy cah avall themselves of the Vice-Presidont's vote, In the 1lpuse the Republicans have a bara majority of ono when the sents are all’ filted, and there are three vacancics to bo filled. from districts which had returned Republicans,~the seats held by Morton, Conger, and Frye. To elect two Senators from Now York, or even one, whose vota may be depended upon ns opposed to every Republienn mensure which shall emnnato from the Administration and will be uiicertain in ‘all other cases, will be to ruln every possiblo chance for . Republican majority in Congress and Inrgely nuilify tho splendld vietory which was won last fall. It may well ba doubted whother the Re- publiecan majority In the New, York Leglsla- ture will care to antagonize the Intercsts of their own party so slirectly, espeelnlly as it will bo nceessary In doing so to stultify themselves after votlng an approval of Rob- ertson’s nowination, and sinee nothing is to be gained beyoud,the gratification of n sinzle individual's. mallce, At nll events, tho re- election of Conklng, under these conditions, will be o ourlous reversal of party tactics. RECORDS OF LARD TITLES, At n niceting hgld in New York recently by one of the reformatory socletles, Mr, D. 1L, ‘Oimstead read an instruetive paper on the subjeet of the “Transfer of Titles to Real Estate,” the object belng to vrepare for rudl- cal reformg In the matter of conveying, re- cording, and examnining titles, Muchof what wag suld In eriticism of the presont system of recordlng transfors of property In New York Is npplicalie in all parts of the country, The evils of the system in New York belng ag- gravated by tho absence of any system of nbstracts, where o title Is searchod by o con- veyancer he preserves a copy of that search, and, excopt the isolated eases of titles thus obtatned nnd preserved in privato hands, thers {s no such system of abstracts of title ns 13 In existenes In this city, The polntsmadeby the addressare :(1) Thnt tho conveynnces are unnécessarily prolix. ‘The nnjority of the conveyancers usa printed forms, aud these are so general that, Instend of belng recited in detall, the covonants of deeds and mortgages might be designated by established references, (2) That, instead of having new scarches for titles cacn timen vlece of Inud Is transferred, titles once searched should be ofticinlly certified to by officers appolnted for that purpose, and theso certlficates should bo recorded and be flual down to thelr date. (3) That legal Incum- brances should bu limited. At this time tho soarcher has in Now York to search for no less than sixteen differcut kinds of llens In the varlous public bffices of the eity and county. o : Trotn the deseription of tho systen of land records In New York 14 Is pretty ovident that, though the transfers of real-vstnte havobein golng on there during several hundred years, the muuner hns been fnproved but little slnco lts primitive days, Mr. Olingtead satd: Of courso, ns years rolled on, tho books uf roo- ords in this ety multiplicd, and so dil the in- dices, At length it wiis tound nocessnry toprint tho lntter, and wheon this was dono np to 1856 tho printed Indloes answored for awhile, Thou, us tho records ncoumulnted, It was found ndvisa- bile to ndopt o system of duplex fndexing,—~that 18, Indexiug by the two first letters of u nnme, fnstoad of the first letter only, und this plan 18 now pursued, 'But with all the enro and the bust dovisod mothods possiblo the systom In this city bus ontgrown fteelf. 1t I8 a fullure. Tho books of records arvo munlplylum with great rapldity, They now rejuire moro than one-tifth of amile of sholving. They are accumuluting nt tho rato of upwards of 100 volumnesa your, nndas tho city srows in populntion the rutio of acoumulation wiil rapidly increase, ltlsnotn question whethor tho hall of records will be able to hold the books, but whether tho City- Hall Park jtsolf will fn o shiort tima bo nble to contafn thom. Tho {ndlcos oucupy an entiro Toow, and mo{ ure kopt In such n ninaner that onu not famlllar with thetn wiil find [t{mpossl- Llo to maka any uso of thom whatover, Withe aut tho ofliolnl soarchors-the huoka would bo useless,* Somup of thoso sonrchers vegurd with contompt the printed indices and duplux Indices, for thoy have private ludices of thoir own, which, Withough mnde in the courso nf tholr oflifal employimont, thoy clnim 10 own oxelu- sively, Without thoso Frlvmu Indices searches coutd not bo mumle with safety at this present uy, and probably not at all, ‘The remedy s to render tho search and examination of convoynnees unnecessary by having titles once ofilelally examined regis- teréd and open to the publle, It was claimed that asystem as simplo aa that by which the Governmoent and corporation securities aro transforred from owner to owner could bo mado as npplicable. (o .the transfer of real estate and of other property. One polnt enrnestly Inslsted on” was that all genctal llena on vroperty should bo abolished and none perjultted save thosospecifically named by law, i+ 1t is o somowhnt remarkable fact that the Iaw does not recognizo anythime in this country to bo old enongh to dufy Invebtign- tion, ‘Thero 18 no volume of land titles which may bo clalmed to have gained sanctity by age, and to huve passed tha Hmitations of ine vestigation and dispute, A title of thisday to lnud in Chlcago must dnte back to the patent of the United Btates. In tho older States, the titles have an gnte-Revolutionary orlgin, and the claim must always bo kopt perfect. "I'hero Is no date ln‘,our history at which we can assume that as things then stood they were porfect and noed not bo fne vestigatod, : he firo in this city In 1871 destroyod the land records and court records of the preced- ing yenrs, Ordinarily such a calnnity would ba supposed to be frreparable: but the neces- slty produced the remedy. Wae recorded all outstunding abstraots, or certificates of title. "Thers ls no trouble horo becouse of the de- struotion of the recorded deeds of the pro- vious forty years, Up to tho uresont time, not guite ton years sinco the fire, tho records in this county hnve veached 1,104 volunes, and ulnety-two vol- ues of indices, making a total of about 1,200 voluines, ‘Theso Incjude the ante-five papers whieh were recorded over ngaln after the fire, The number of volumes of records made overy yoar averaes, thercfore, nt this time, 120, ‘This number will, of course, lucreaso Inrgely na',tho city ineriasgs. ' Unloss there Lo some chunges or modiilcations made in our fuw reguinting the form of conveyances, or In the manner of recording them, or in the substitutlon of records of titles Instead of couveyunces, the spaclons Court-Iiouse which hos Just besn completed wit not be too larye o hundred years hencs to keep the records and evidences of title to tho property held by thie willivns of persofis thon restding in this as legally establishe A NEW CIVIL-SERVIOE REFORM, Mr. George William Curtls, Mr. Dorman 13, Eaton, and other goutlemen who lhave obtained distinetion In New York as advo- cates of Clvil-Servico reform, must honce- forth stand boek and Miake roow for ex-Sen- ator Conklitiz ns an apostloof tho new dis- pensation. Mro Conkiing’s letter to Gov, Cornell, necompanying his resignation, was an elaborate dissertation on Civil-Sorvice reform; nnd the South Sea Islander, reading this docutnent ‘without provious knowledge of the ox-Senator’s eareor, would conclude that his life had boen devoted to the promd- tion of roform, 1ile would infor that it was the removal of Merritt and not thie appoint- ment of Robertson which hind caused Conk- Iing’s neart to awell with virtuous Indigna- tion, Ex-Senator Conkling’s idea of Clvil-Sorv- fco reform I8 polntedly lllustrated by his resignation, It I8 & notlee that when Unlted States Senator who ncts ns the **Boss ” of his party In the Stato ho ropre- sents secures all but one of tho local ap- volntmonts he seaks to dictate, then it is his duty to resign, and thereby deprive his party of u majority, . Llis concoption of the true mission of Civil-Sorvico reform Is toyleld tho appolnting power into the hands of the varlons Senators in order that they may uso it for thelr personal nggrandizement. When o President of the United States refuses to do this, *the conditions are utterly vicious and degrading.* . 1t 1s also the opinfon of ex-Senator Conk- ling that tho oxigoncies of the Civll Service require that a delegate to & Natlonal Conyen- tion shall betraythe constituonts In his dis- trict and submit to the will of the * Boss"; if hofull to do this, such-delogate must thenceforth be shut out- forever from hold- Ing ofiteo under & Presidont whom he has helped'to cleet. Unless thls fundamental princlyle of Civil-Service reform be recog- nized, Mr, Conkling prefers to withdraw from publie lite, 1t will be notieed that ex-Senator Conklinz 18 far in advance of the Oivil-Service reforimn- ers who have carncd some clalm to publle recognition within the past few yoars. These gentlemen Insistod vrimarlly upon personal fitness capnelty as requisits for offico- holding, “and " favored systomatic and har- monious administration of the public servico in the interests of the, Government. Mr Conkling, however, Insists that each State shnll practically organlze the Government sorvice within Its own boundaries; as the State-Ilousa eliques and Senatorial Anbassa- dors shall dictate, and without any regard to the Prosident’s responsibility to the people or the efiiciont working of the serviee, Like other Clvil-Serviee Reformers, ex-Sen- ator Conkling corldones tho practice of re- warding party fidelity with ofice, But his remedy I8 different from that proposed by the reformers who preceded bhiw. ‘They would have competitive exammninntions, regu- lar promotion, and othor auxiliaries to per- manency and eapaclty; Mr. Conkling would substitute devotlon to the personal fortunesof tho State ** Buases* s the solo test of fitness. - 11is theory of Clvil-Sorvice roform makes it helnous oftense to appoint to office any man who has aver dared to assort his indlvidual conviction ngninst tho Sonatorinl dispeaser of Government favors, h It was with “a profound senso of the obll- gatlon® he owes to the prineiples of Clvil- Servico retorm, n8 he understands if, that Mr. Conkling sent in his resignation as Unlted States Senator, nccompanled by an exposition of his ductrines which ho hoped would sccurg his redlectlon, and thus eusblo tho Leglislature of Now York to notify the National Government thatthe “advice and consent” of Alr, Conkling Is cssontlal to ail appolntments in that State, and partioularly as to the control of the Now York Custom- House, . A NEW ORAZE IN BOSTON. “Cult " In Boston has at lust reached n genuine culmination and with surroundings which promise to glvo a now directlon to the craziness and grotesquorie of modern art methods by diverting the attention of the upper and Intenso circles of esthetes from Japaneso gargantuaniams, from the lank and long-legged virgins and damosels which Burne Jones hns introduced, from dhe self- inspoction of **soul abysses,” {from the “uttorncss” of decordtlon, from . ‘‘sexless growths " worshiping the so-calted bonuty and “subtle celestiality ” of the new esthetlo gospel. Brown, the painter-stheto of IBos- ton, has for a time determined to do some- thing, not simply to e, Smith, tho poot- csthete, will no longer: dine upon the con- templatlon of n conventionnl dandellon. Jonos, the Jiterary esthate, will no longer bo content with siuply belng toa too. " The whole flock of worshipers of *cult” havo wandered off into now pastures, blown by soft Lydinn alrs pnd musical with the dulget notes of oithern and flute, traversed no longer by blegsed damosols with closely clinging gowns, but by Groclsn damnes with loosoly flowing robes: no longer by frowsy, cadnverous’ men, but athletes In chlton, Iimatlon, and chlamys. & "I'ho upostiea of *cult” In Boston have gono to the very foundation prinelples, and thelr latuat oraze |§ the forthcoming por- formance In Cambridgo of the tragedy of S (Fdipus® In the origlnal Greek. For thls porformance the most elnborata proparationg hiave bean mado, as we gaa by a lutter In the Now Yorlk Tribune from n coyrespondent descrlbing one of the dross reheursals, Tho studonts and others in the ohornsey have postponed vverything olsn to attend rehear- sals, which commencod last fall, at first twlea n week, then four times & wook, whila for some littis time past they have been held ovory- day, The costumes have been de- signad by the artlst Millet, and yre wade on the exact pattern of thelr date, The notors wenr their gurmontsjust osthe Greeks did, with no srtilleial contrlvances for looping or fiolding the folds, except the slmple clasp- plus that wera used’ then, . The reneral charncter of the costumes |s thus deseribeds Tho costumng, modifiod according fo the ins dividunl churactary, cousists in general torus of WO gartionts, u chiton, or tunic, sud an himae Hon, oe tnungle, Tho chitton ’A" lhn‘:lu -u'ulxht ol 4 fLgtp “: :fluk of thin eloth, without OVeS, vloth twigy thp RiglE o tho woaver bn k b B oo bia igbt o widthe Ao tume® 18 o shouldurs; tha hinustion is 4 quare pieco of onse b, Th N wathered at wie walst, ‘Lha wantie fs thrown mich tho Boine Wey us tomun toga. Tho sandals, in variods -(ylun arg wu»r‘llly simplo soles with lacowork cuvorlng thu hovls ugd Lound to tho uokles by strugs. 'The costuines of somw of the leading notors will be found Interesting, 'The Tribune cor- rospondent snys: Whon Creon appears tho first tino he has on a travotiog vostume, 'Chis is a flushevolored tunle with prugmented red border und ewbrofdered cloak, & petittng, and sanduly laced bigh, ml sucond drevs 1 & long red tunlo, o full mantie, alo of yud, orpamented with goid, wnd saudals and fillot of red. K8 two attondunts wour dul) wrocn tunles, otugmcntod with whity uni sandaly. Autigone and Jamene, ng’s dunghtors, wear diplotdia of wool, u dollcato wndv. trimmed In_ gold, und white balf-shoes. Jocasts, the Queon, wears i tunlo of cream’ wool, trimumed old, a mantle of yollow eclmpod sllk, which huu gold in it, & crown of gold represent- ing two sphinxes, gold-cinbroidercd wandals, bracelots aid neckiaces ot Grock Eallnm. Hor Lwo attendints weur opyamented biue diploldia, wald tilloty, wnd snlwon sandaly. Cedipus weurs i tunlo of red surah silk, trimined with laminatod gold. & rad purple wantle with yold tbraad, Ho Wouvs # crown Which {3 n roproduclion ef ouy tound by Dy, Schllewnuu at Myccow, His AANAALA aro n1d6 hoavily ombrotdordd with gold, His two nttenidnnts wear close-fltting tunios o lnvender, with gold-cmbroldored borders, an vinin sandnis, A vory {nteresting fenture of the perforhi- the harp and clarionet, which would most closely resomblo the Greclk clthera and flute, and so follow out the characteristics of tho Gregorian musle, but the Nmited number of poverty of musical ro- sourecs, and the nbsenca of any speclinens of Instruments, the anclent Greek music for lmitation, inducod Prof. Talne to nbandon the Ilden. place le will use » modern orchestrn of hirty-fivo picces, and hus weitten muslo which comos ns near tha nnefent Greok ns what I8 known of 1t will allow. ont snys: Tho prohunctation hasbron In tha onre of Mr, Louls Dyer [nlChlcnxa],whounlcnmmllynlrlllml evory porformor, As o mntter of faot, thg pro= nunciation very closely rosombles tho nental ~stylo, Tollowing Prof, Fynngollos A. Hophocles” work an tho ¢dreok nlfabet. The training of tho actors has beon very, Inrgely in tho hands of Mr. Rlddlo, who 18 tha Tustructor ih Eiooution; and to Prof, J. W. Whita was in- trusted tho general stage management in all ita detalls. Tho costof tho play i8 much less than hns been supposed by tho public, and will cors tainly nat exceed $1,000 oAch performanco, The musio alone will coat, It 1 sald, not loss than 2,500, whilo tho costumes, in spite of el their clegnueeand oxtraordinary detutl, will cost about $600, Such are the detalls of the enterlainment which I8 to bo provided for the culture of the modern Athens, nnd as all the inhab- itants spenk Greok fluently, the language of the play will be famillar, Lven If It wero not, it would bea matter of lttle aceount, since miich of the stage conversation nowa- daysisall Greek anyway. The most inter- esting consideration In connection with it is tho drift it may give to" art mattors.- If It willonly turn tho channel away from the present Chinese and Japanese monstrositles, it It will glvo us things of beauty instead of storks, griffins, and dragons, i£ 1t will squelch tho conventionnldn art and give us the high- cst ldenl, 121t will produce athletlc men and shapely women, a5 did tho then it will be welcome. old Greek art, Mn. Josrrit CupsTERFIELD MACKIN, of this city, woll known as tho orlglnator of, tho oystor-wlith-gvery-drink systom, which has now oxtended its soothing Influonce to all parts of tho country, Is also a Domocratic politician, and from the faollity with which tho goentleman wives opposit opinlons on the same subject, it Is cvideat that ho 1a some day destined to becomo famous. Mr. Mackin's diploinucy I8 as yot somo- what erude, but wheu oxperlence shall havoe remodiod this fault ho wiil bo,touso his own expressive tarm, * o dalsy at tho racket.” Bo- 1ng nporoached by roporters Monday for his opinion in reforonuco to the Conkilng mattor, AMr, Mackiu replicd as tollows: To a Tyibune reporter Mr.|To @ Ttmes veporter Mr. - [} ackin sutd: ekin sutd: d: Garflold wna cleoted! T do not know exactly President of thago Unit-|what to make of it, but ©d States, you seo, and I I predict that, whon Mr, respect that groat man.(Conkling's motives aro I resgpoct him rnd ho|cloarly understoud, tho hns my support beenuso|peoplo very gonerally he recolved tho majori-{will sido_with him ns 1y of tho populnr vote,|ngainst Mr. Garfiold. ou’t you sce. Howns|Tha ~President has elocted Presldont, don'tiproved uimself to bo o you soe, and he wasn't|weak, vaolllating man looted to runs broker’s|alroudy, and the better shop. If ho ouw’ nY- the pooplo know him point_a singlo mdn {ufthe more will this phaso New York without got- [of hischaractershow it ting the Grant machin-{sclf. Doubtless the Ad- isty and Conkling down|ministration witl muke on him, and if ho oru't|n tremendous effort to consult 4) per ecnt offorush aut Mr. Conkling tho logal - Republican|completely, butsonslblo votes of tho Btate of{men woll know that tho Now. \'orkdlt 18 timo for{volce of tho broud-cat-, tho President and thefors and place-huntora is Henate to put thelr feotinot tho volcw of tho down on tho wholo|pcople, This action on crowd and smash thom, |the purt of Conkling s It Is my|tho result of mature de- opinion that, If Conk-|liboration, He knows ling and Platt nro notlwhat ho {s about, and 18 roturnod, some ono elselelthor golng toquit pub- will bo who will ropre-|lle lfe in sheer disgust sont thelr viows, Thoyior {8 nro smart, and Conkling|ready to give GarQuol Jcnows what ho f8 dolnu. |tronble o~ unothor di- I gdmiro him for hisircotion. ability, but be can’t run this overnment. This,| my boy, don't you see, 18 a strictly finpartio opinion from tho stand- ront of a Democrats g-muchine. politician, don't you soe; ————— merely gottin, Tue British Lion 1s furlously lashing the dust with his tall beeausoof tho nstonishingly rapld success of France in Tuals, Only a fow days ago Enxland informed Franco fo o rather sour'mannor that she would not liko to sea’ tho Port of Bejorde In the hande of o European Powor, and presto, what sho did not like to sce dong {8 nccomplished by Frauce, becauso tho protoctorata over Tunls glves that Powor tho tight of military ocoupation of all placos which in 1ts Judgment it 18 nucessary to so oocupy for tha protection of public order and tho scourlty of tho frontier and the coast. Fronco hns also agsumed the guaranteo of the perdonal safoty of tho Boy, 60 tho 8lck Man and Italy moy alse growl a8 much as thoy please. In short, tho ten littlo artfoles which tho Bey of Tunia hns slgned make him fn' a mill- tary and commerelal viow dopendont on Franoo, and Italy Is completely kioked ont of Tunls, Tho Boy must dunao to tho -Fronoh fid- dle, savo that ho rotatne his title, a rospootablo incomo, and, porhaps, his harom, No wondor that English papers are full of iudignation vvor thia brutal usurpation apd foreible subjukation of a wonk Btate; no wonder that thoy spit fire and flamo over these violations of Internntionul courtoales whioh should not by toleratad - by tho rest of Europo, ‘Tho Hritish Lion for once could not prevent anothor fro;m doing what ho tng done on g hundrod sitpllar ocosslons, and when ho belohes forth his hypocritical growl tha look~ ors-on will simpiy smile. Ono of thoso smiling spectutors 18 Diamurck, Hg has agdln proven by hls oncouragoment of Feauce In tho Tunisian affair and tho rofusalof ftaly's domand to make tho Tunisian question the sub< Joct of o European conforonco, that ho hus o clear head o ouce subjoot,—1. 6., the further war wnd strifo ls romaved from the Gorman fronts 1ers, thosufor I8 Mothor Gormanin in hor roalu, And Franco will'bayo her hinds full in kopping what slio has noquired. It will take o continuous blood-latting, and thig will kecp hor head cloar of congestons and {rritations, which might othorwisu leasd hor fnto dificulties, and othor nutions intg unnccessary exponditurp of lito nod trpasuro, . Ty young Grand Duke Nicolul Constan- tinowitsot, who has boon sontonoed to Imprise onment for iife, is still confined to his futher's palace, whare hu ls held as o captlye, o has porslatontly rofused to take the onth of loyalty ta his cousin thy Ossr, and to all offorts to fue duce hini to do 80 has answered, according to tho 8t, Petoraburg gorrespandont of the Kute ek Zoitung, withs * What do you want of mu? 1 am crazy, and @ crasy man daro not take an' oathl” It 1 sald that tho Czay 1s very wiuoh exaspcratod at this syblorfuge of Lho youny man, it1s gone orully supposod that If ho doos not soon wend s ‘ways be will bo incavoorated at Hohilissols burg or some othor fortvess whera tho nuthor- Itlos will find jueans to.broak bls rofractory spirit,. Thonew Czar dooa not {00l a¢ preseut lonigntly dispuscd towards auybody, mope partloulgrly ble own relations, ‘The Grand Duke's mother, Qrand Duchess Jofefowru, vise ftehim every day, and 18 doing all fn her power to bring about a reconeliiation between her son and tha Czar, e — " Prior, TYNDALL sent to the London Times of tho 4th iust. & moas Intervsting ‘Bter cone’ ogrumg Carlylo. Ho dgnlpd that tho attitudo of the luttor wward sclance wau hostlle. Ho wus ofteu dogmatle, but not nerogant. Prof, Cyn- dull gltas the following incldeut ag an flustru- tlon: with. biw thoru for. twa or thrsy duys, Qun oventug, whilo returning from a drive, tho Rlow of sunsot on sen and mountaln mfnnml [ question rexnmlmf light.” Mo stated his view with deoislon, while 1" unflincniogly dewurrod, Ho begame dpgmutio (*arrogant'” {s u word which éould ouly ba applied to Carlylo by thuse who never felt his [nfjuence) and fnvoked ig uld touchers, Pinyfair and Lestie, {n support of his view. 1 wus stubborn, sud repiled that, though those wers numes meriting nll houor, they were uot authoritles —regurds ing tho mattor in hand. In svort, 1 fintly and Nrmly (-Ypuncd hlm: sl it was not the et tiwe, Hu Japsed into silence uud wo drove Lume, 1 went with hitg (o bis rovw. As hudraw ances will be the musle, which hias been com- posed by Prof. Palne after great lnbor, It was firat suggested that ho should usoe only In its As to the general arrangements, the same correspond- Conti= off hia cont ho lonked at 1 an BOInting 1o i armdnain oA e Beofoh neont, 110 ot wary D s “P‘f yanz it down ihoro nad tei) ooy ' i it down and, Ueginning with 1 o atieation, carriod 1t 1y Tap o reiened. For moro thitn ag hos ;':;;‘,‘m‘;um nfl;’t‘ ummllml Dt Prtseail rertinait, and ity reiniricn Lps, e ajyh o nof now what Curlyly', natural history sclences lfi}’xl’n‘t’l‘n“‘\.r‘y‘:‘l" in St o phyalon Lho cuntrna ey gy Uit in Qdthe wns SLriking In tho highoss .o Bm and Carlylo was nt first, ns might havg o, pectod, n bitter fou to Darwingap, Tymdall had reason to heliovo thog g 0% hla views, to sono extont at least, mol ] Ho npuroved coriinlly of cortniy wrlu‘u" s, sumnbly from the pon of M, Tynga 50T in which Me. Dacwin's Views s, Imin ndvacatad, whilon personal Intopeyge 2t HOAL paturalst Gausod Bln o may apos, 40 nt Charles Darwin was nmon Dy ing of men, 0ot chary, ——— Wnex the historlan takes to-doy, and nrranges thom uc::xo::vll‘lre‘;e"h“ rolutive fmportanco, he will, |vurlmn" " Windom's financinl wolley to v fag s 3 Dortant than tho Potty mqunbblcs gf ot B nbout offices. A8 tho New York Curorr 00 innrks, “Congress hnd done its u\‘;-“m“m through any viclousness, but throyy (r;“' X ranoo, to disturl tho money market nn‘i s unsottlo nil buslnoss plane” M, i fugo el ¥leo tully providel for it tho neegr el money markot, npplicd & romedy 1o ':Alh. onused by the blundortng of Congress, oy tha financial oredit of 1ho Guyemments P higher plate than it hagd u\'orocuumm;l bl Tho great Ogurv of this Adu before, ninistrution g(ger James A. Garfiold e Jamo 18 tikoly to b Williag Yy, — TIEUTENANT-CoMMANDER G MANDE 0] schomo for cleaniog tho streets of ‘:zen:\"a 18 which ho was not permitted to put b ) Conteg i PSS I B'V‘I’\!Allr"l Ol (by 0wh (g or Bug ygp, 1t aperation, would inve cost in the ::‘»:;mf;':’, lows; of $000,000 por annum, divited ns to) Bix hundrod inbol Bovet bundred and fifty hi Contingeneies..cueuee,.. The scheme was nn extensivo on havo made Now York tho cleancat clty world, And it would have cost less by § than tho city now paya for Lhe same serviee, would In 1by QUARTERMASTER KNOWLES, of AMd., bins tho best rgason for unylgn&:?h miral Farrgut wod lashied to tho rigging | Mobilo Bay, Inasmuch as ho hlmwl(drvwm: kuots that fixed bl In o permunent sy, nloft. It was nbout 10 o'clock on Aug.s.m?, The Admiral had gone aloft to get above the smoka of battle. The commander of thy Hane ford ordered him to be made fast. Tho Flage Lluu!lennnz émve tthu f;deu to tho Quariore manster, an 6 went up the ri s gglng and ticd the * Anour this time Judgo Robertson heary tho witches singing about tho Delavan House cnldron: “Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; nod shall bo what thou hast beon promised.” 4 SECRETARY BLAINE'S report on the G NE reat American Hog has been widely misunderstood s having beon propared with speciol reference to tho present orlala. * . Ir Mr, Conkling should be taken at hig word and anothor man elocted fn his place, wouldn't there bo & roar of laughter from Maing to Californin? 4 Tin; extended bonds woro first called “Windoms"™ In deriston, and mow the pamq sticks to thom out of compliment, f ‘Tuey say at Cambrldgo that the Greek piay's the thing; and (Edipus fa botter thagy Itosooe at making riddies and answoring them, Tus history of this country nsyet cone tains no rocord of & uan who became greatby rosigning, PERSONALS, 1t I3 porfectly Immaterfal to mo whether school keeps or not."—Roscoc Conkling. “My fence 18 nearly completed, Theelder crup this yoar looks well"—{3. I, Hayes, Joo Cook, in n recent lecture, sald that whisky hardons tho bralo, It isyvory evideat+ that Joo bas never boon a hard drinker. In the Republic of Guatemaln aJesult s put to donth at sixht, The Jesuits weroonce supremo in Guatemala thomsolves, and wers equally Intolorant, “Birdio McWhirter "—That story about Stophanlo crying at the altar beeause sho recogs nizod in tho' audlonce o young Ameriean with ‘whom sho falt violontly ln love threo yoarssgo 13 ubsurd. Bir. Tildon bas not been outof this country for nioro than ten years. A ypung choir singer called Anna Climbed tho stalrs {n 0 negligont manuery A young mnn below, i Looking up, sald [ swow, 1've oft hoard, now I sce your hoso, Abnk =Boston Prize Poem. A song for the girl I love— God love horl A song for tho oyos of tender shino, And tho fragrant mouth that melts on miney Tho ghimmering tresses uncontroliod That olasp her nock with tondril gold; Tho blogsom mouth and tho dalnty chin, Aund tho littlo dimples out and lu— Tho girl I tovo— God lovo herl = TYoung-Man-in-Serch-of-a-Licenss, Wo have rocelved from o young lady I8 Kookuk a poom commenoing: O woodlands ruddy with autuss, “I'hy smbor sunshiho hies. wround Bo o bowot A RR% Pohts Got o g oyee: "This Mttlo gow 18 elthor throo months exzly o six months late, There wro 1o woodlands rudly with autumn In the vicinity of Chlcaio justno® and the doarth of amber supshino fs sy phonomonal, Weo cannot biamo the youog l"z for urylug,—tho fact that she lives ln Mu“"n u gulticlont oxouse for her emotlon, but vflm 3 fow days' oxporlongo helpung ber mother o carpets, broak crookery, and doing uther 8¢t of: destruction disgutsed under tho namo housc-cleaning thls sndness will wear away, W LATTLE JDLY Among the most fauillar of Amevln: pooma to which no author's pamo has ln;flfl:“ tiohed 18 that eatitied * Little Jiw,” wale Ly unpeared In tho Hoaton Intdligencer thirty’ o yoarsago. Itwassontto that paper by ll’:u e indy, 10 whose albuin it had boen wristent ll i voteran potér Mr, C. W, Coulduck, now » :Ym,.' 1n tho Madlson Bquaro 0o u\n‘y ut “:";wnnnb Tho orlginal copy, In 3l Coutdog A wrlting, I8 now in tho posseasion of ] st gentleman, who has furnished it to m:0 e unk for publication. In writhg tho Ivl Tt tha ladly’s albumMr, Coutaock added & P00 note suying that tho author was Ned lnr:wn . Qpoot, uear Birminghum, and 13y bim pre 10 3ir. 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