Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 20, 1881, Page 4

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Tue demand by the Irish for the disestab- Jishntent of fond tenures in Leeland, and for Its belng sold ata talr value to those who aullivato the soll, §8 buta partial reformation of the tand system, and falls far short uf what. cuts tong since taken pluce In France, Bel- alain, dunmirk, Sweden, Switzerland, aud in Vxreat part of Germany, and has everywhere deen followed by the best results, ln Great Britaln and Tretund this reform fs at least » ronbury behind that accomplished in the greater part of Euroy ComrnAtNrs are made by the Democratic workers in Wisconsin that ‘Nick’? Fratt, the Democratic candidite for Governor, is not so liberal with his money as they ex- pected he would be nt the the he was noml- tated, Although Feat ts the candidate of the Anti-Monopoly party, with all that the ining LinpHes, he is the President of n Na- tional bank, and fs therefore supposed to be amnn in such financial clrewnstances as to afford wu" bar'l’? with the head out to defray alectioneering expenses. Otherwise, what Is che use of o Democratic candidate at all? Mr. Fratt is net meeting the expectations of those whe placed him fn nomination, ‘Tae British Government, tn which the fanded interest has hitherto been supreme, ts embarrassed by the knowledge that behind this trish demand for tenant propriutarship there su strong English and Seoteh demand for the same thing, Hardly hat the Lrish Land Off passed Parliament before tho ten- inborgauizations In Scotland and England preparce bills demanding of Parliament ex- aetly the sume extension of privileges and rights, Should the trish now be able to se- eure the further grant of te lund to pensant proprietors te English aul Scuteh tenantry will promplly make tho same demand, ‘Lo erat this will be to revelutionize the pollt- lust ascenteney and power uf the present funded Titerests, and this revolution once ac complished others of a moat sweeping char- acter will bu directed nzulnst other spectal and long-abused privileges which are maln- tained by British how The dally roceintgut corn in this elty.are very much “sialic now than the recent average, Yesterday tho number of car-loads Inspected Into store was less than one-third as nuthy as we were receiving dalty last month. ‘The mplscrable weather, which now seems to have broken wp, may perhaps have n little to do with it, but the grant cause of the decrease {a tho lack of storage-room hore, ‘That ‘has nade Ht necessary to send a great deat of torn to Peoria and ator polnts, which corn would othorwise have came to Uhicago, Tho Bourd of Trado yesterday decided to author- Ize {ts Directors to make yessel-roum regular for storage, should they deem It necessary; and about five milion bushels more of rogue lor warchouso room is now Sn process of tonstruction, to be finished within three montis, itis probable, therefore, that tho blockade in grain will not be so disnstrous ny has been feared, though we shall go through the winter with very much larger quantities in store than in any previous year, —_—— ‘Tux proposition which was stated in this paper a few days ago, that there was a Iikell- sood—nay, a positive cortainty—that the per- ton who should succeed Ip getting the Col- iectorship “ would not be appointed on ne. fount of his qual{ficattons solely,” may be putin another way, We assert, therefore, in order to make our meaning perfectly Intel- Hethle to the Conkling spoils organ, that it the editor of that journal is made Collector it will not be on account of his qualifications for the oftice, but for political reasons alone, ‘the resldence of the person in ques don In this community has beon so brief, ils obscurity hag been so ‘con- sistent, and his knowledge of the dutles of tho oftice and his business ‘experience are 60 little that his candidature for an office like that of Collector is an Im- pertluence, When Chicago was a much ginaller port than it Is now the Colluctorship wus thought to be un office that required 9 man of the standing of Norman § Judd,who had been Minister at Borlin, or of J. Kussell Jones, who had beeu Minister at Brussels, to Ait. These men and cthers ke thom who formerly beld the oftes, notably Gen, Jullus White and Luther Haven, had been eltizens of MWilnois for many years, and were thor- oughly identiNed with the Interests of the State and elty. If it should become nee- essary, to complete the succession, to give the Collectorshlp to n° comparative stranger, pertinps tho office nny be conceded to the editur of the Conkling spoils organ ns well ns to anybody olse. But if the Col- lector fs to be, as he used to hein some ree spocts at least a representative citizen, 0 better appointinent may easily be made, ———— Arter «Jong, hinrd fight against the In- Auences that always extst around every State Capital, the peopte of Wisconsin sitcceedted at the last session of the Legisiature In getting @ Joint resolution passed subiuitting the atestton of blenniat sesstons tos vate of the people. ‘They are now to determing whether stich an amendment shall be adopted or not, andthe question ts one of so*much impor tance to the taxpayers of tho State that they ate not‘likely to forget. It when they goto the pulls In November, Wherever biennial sessions have taken the place of annual miectings of the Legislature, the change has been beneficial, and yo Statethat has ever adlopted it ling gone back to the oll practice, ‘The merits of the two systems lave been fuily disenssed in Wisconsin, and thera ts nothing more needed te be sald but to re- mind the voters that such an amendment to their Constitution 1s to be deciled at the next. election, Two successive Legislatures lave: passed the joint resolution submitting It to vote of tha peopte, and now it is tor the clertors to determine whether they are in favor of the reform or not. “It is likely to be earrled by a large majority. ‘Tay court-martial to try the unfortunate soldicr Mason for the erime of missing Gul. teau has been duly organized, and officers and gentlemen of the army ure still crying for exemplary punishment in his ease, Tho diseiptine of the army, it is sald, must be anulntained, sud no way so swift and terrible of matutaining It occurs 10 tho estimable Rraduntes of West Point as the sending of Unis common, ignorant, misguided, bit well- mbantag soldior to fait for n tong term of yea Meanwhile sixteen officers of the army who have been sentenced 40 dlsmisanl by courts-martial for drunkenness, assaults ttpon women, and ether Ike venial offenses, continue in good and regular standing on the army rolls; and the failure to make examples of any of thom renders It all the tore neces- sary that justice’ should be executed refent- lesly upon thls offender, who is only an en- Usted nnu and has no friends at cuutt. ‘Lhe object of making an example of him would be, of course, to prevent any other soldier from shooting ato future assasin of a future Vresident, 0 contingeney so near and alarm- ing that It can only be compared to the afiiic- tion of the maiden who wept on the cellar stairs for fear she might get married and hive a baby and that the oaby might dic, Tre Warden of the County Wospital, Mr. Mills, has on his own confession been in the habit of altering tha pay-rolls of that institu. tion to suit hls pectilinrpleasure. Ie admits that 2 number of the employés of the hospital have Deon regularly pald less than the amounts put opposit thelr names on the roils, and explains the discrepancy by saying that other employés, number and names net given, hive received more than they were credited with. ‘his is obviously one of the miuititudinons explanations that do not ex- plain, Mr, Mills, as befits the guardian of a hospital, has valutudinartan notions of what pay-rolls are for, They aro not, as he seems to imagine, merely instruments to promote the amusement of hospital Wardens who may wish to play. at solitaire om tholr checkered surfaces, nor is it the ie- sign of tho Inw that they should be used toconceal the disbursaments of monoy on necount of wages, ‘Their sole purpose is to keep acheck upon the disbursing agent and to show tatho County Board, and through itto the public, how every cent is spent. Mr. Mills has not the right,nor has the Hospt- tal Committee the right, to forge the rolls— forthat Is what the offense amounts to— in tho Interest of any employé or set of em- ployes, and to the detriment of others. ‘Tha “defense” of Br, Mills is equivalent to a plea of gullty, Ue is conyleted out of his own mouth of one of the most odious and dangerous of all the Tammany practices, ‘There can be no longer any question that his capnelty for usefulness to the county, has been exhausted. The verdict of the County Board will be, of course, that Warden Milly “ unust go.” ‘Tire assumption that Conkling, when he declared war on Garfield, was wearing the willaw on account of clyil-service reform and tho setback It reeelved In the remoyal of Collector Merritt, of New York, ls one of those amusing perversions of history which occasionally solace the Stalwart heart. Thoro are two Impediments to the full currency of this pleasiug day-dream, ‘The first Is, that Merritt was not removed, but transferred to another office, and a highly linportant one, with his full consent; and the second is, that Conkling had rocommended John F. Smyth, one of hisown henchmen and.a most unfit person, to steeced Merritt. Tum TrmuNne has never maintained, as alleged, that tha clvil-servico rules required the Collector of thts port, or of any port, to bo # perinanont ofllcer. Woe have not urgued that question. It must be rather notorious that the “civll- sorvice rules” relating to Collectors oxist ag yet only tn the Imagination of the reformers, Nor has Tus ‘Trinunx ever maintained that “Conkling was a scoundrel for opposlug the removal of aterritt,” or that he was a “scoundrel” atall. Wo had a perfect right to oppose the transfer of Merrittsf ho saw At, and the Republicans of Now York also had a perfect right to retire nim to priyate life for so doing. ‘The exercise of the Intter right, we rejoice to state, proved In the ond to ba the more effective, ‘Line ‘True has neither advocated nor opposed the retention of Collector Sintth, though it has polnted ont the want of a good reason for superseding him by any man who shall have no special qualifications for tho duties of the Collect- orgofilee. It has insleted that the uppolut- ment of any new Collector, only or mainly for political reasons, would bean operation of “the spolls system pure and simple.” And this iy, or ought te be, simply axlo- matic, Apnit. 10 last a young man of the name of Androws, eniployed in the city distribution department of tho Clicugo Post-Oltice, was arrested on a chargeof robbing the mails, ‘The case was apparently an aggravated one, Andrews confessed that his stealings had been continuons for four months; that he had tobbed 275 letters, and thaton a rough estimate 25 per cent of them contained uioney. At ltis trial he pleaded guilty, On this statement of the fucts the duty of the oficers of the Jaw would appear to be plato, ‘The thlef deserved to be severely punished, and if there were eireumstances of youth or inexperlence whioh entitled him to a short seutence, there coull have been none which made him worthy of a full pare don, Yet the District-Attorney, strauge- ly enough, recommended him to “inerey,” or, what is the samo thing, permitted the counsel for the defense to quote him as in- tundlng to sigu uo petition for pardou. Tho Court accordingly gave Andrews f sentence of one year In tho penitentary, and sus- vended Judament until his friends could have an opportunity to apply to the Presi- dent. This opportunity has since been line proved, and the President, on what must have amounted to a misrepresentatlon of’ the facts, has extended a full and free pardon to the erlminnl If this fs not a complete parody of justice {t-comes very near té being one, ‘The Chicago ‘Post-Oftes as been Under former aAdimlutstrations almost a liar bor of refuge for thieves, Postmaster Me- Arthur was a defaulter for n large amonnt; ie was pardoned. Galsen and Greg, of the money-order department, were convicted of enrbezzlament; and the guiltier one of the two: was pardoned, while the other received a very lenlent sentence. ‘There have veen hail adozen other instances of pardon of post- oflice thieves th Chicago within ns mony years. Indeed pardon has come to be tho rule In all such enses instead of the excep tion, A regular pardon bureau ns notori- ously been estabilshed with branches in Washington and Chieage for the beneilt of such offenders, low long it will be under tho present system before tho post-olec service at Chicago wholly breaks down wa leave for the experts to determine, Lt ty, howeyer, a pritielple capable of clear demon: stration that if. thlevery ts uot punished thieves will multiply Tne people of Chleago will wnuch regret to learn that Mr. Charles S. Waller, the able and upright Commfssioner of Public Works, yesterday resigned that ofice, and that the Mayor promptly accepted it, Mr, Waller look this ofice in May, 187, ata thine when the elly needed a conservative, intellizent, and courageous mat in that oflee, and Mr, Waller has filled the requirements i these nnd all other respeets with signal ability and eonselentions fidelity. Ue has won the eon fidenee of the entlre community. He has been so talthful to the trust reposed in him that he has been followed during his whole service by the complaints of the whole army of those long accustomed to treat’ the City ‘Treasury as an object of legitimate phin- der, Tle has broken up countless abuses, ond brought order out of chaos, and las shown that it was possible for n Com- missioner of Public Works te be honest him- self and to compel all others. under ils con- trol to by honest also, His administration of, his office will long be remembered by the peoplo of Chicago, who will deep- ly regret his resignatlon, This regret will bo intensified in public estimation when it is known that Mr. Waller, In the discharge of his duties, came ‘Into collision with the notorfous ward bummer, Lieb, and Mr, Waller, not being a politieat bum- mer, nud not running the office as nm ward euucus, was forced to the wail by those tu whom Lieb was a servleeuble agent, That a gentleman of Mr. Waller’s attainments, abilities, Integrity, and official usefulness should be permitted to be insulted, batted, and defeated by his subordinate, and that subordinate Lieb, is a disgrace to tho City Aciministration, Mr, Waller, however, in retiring from the oflice, takes with him a consciousness of self-respect, and takes with him also the untversal esteem of his fellow- eftizens of all parties, and their deep regret atlosing so able and so falthful a public officer, —— TuAr partof the report of the Cillzens? Committee which relates to the subject of bridges contains valuable statistics and sug- gestions of more or less practical interest. ‘The etfect of opening up Lake street to horse-car travel seems to have eseaped the attention of the committee, It has added {nnnensely to tho strain upon the bridges. When the two lines of trafiic at right angles were at Randolph street {6 seldom happened that they came Into cpntact, but at Lake streetand Wells or Clatk this is a common experience, ‘Tho bridgo nuisance ts no longer a question of remote aud speculative interest; it is a present and growing ovil. “tho season of navigation for thls year is now nearly ntan end; but by thts tine next year the delays both 1o street travel and to the shipping caused by the incessant swinging of the bridges to necommodate both will ba almost intolerable. ‘he plan of sending tha cars through tunnels speclally constructed for the purpose might afford tem- porary rellef, and-tha tse of steam-power in opening and closmg the bridges would be still more useful. Ons low estimate a min- ute might be saved each way fn the opera- tion of opening and closing the bridges by tho use of steam. The person stationed at Clark-street bridgo by the Citizons’ Asso- elation reported thatlt was swung fifty-six tines between 6 in the morning and 7 In the evening. If steam-power had been employed, therefore, the actual time saved would have been 112 minutes, or nearly two hours, and this in the buslost part of theday. The igures of the Citizens’ Association curiously show that 1,800 persons out of 5,800 persons who go down-town In the morning by Clark streot bridge os foot passengers do not return in tho same way, Some of them, doubtless, ara atreet-car passengers at night, when thoy aro weary with the day’s work, but a consid- erable proportion also nro not able to get homie so carly as 7 p. u., when the reckoning censetl, It is evident that tho discussion of remedies for the bridge nuisance is gradual- ly assuming a more radical form, ‘hts is ag itshould be. In 9 few years mure no remedy ean be decined too radical, possibly not exe cepting ‘that of the adventurous gentleman who proposes to carry the river over tho bridges. All methods of rellef which do not look forward to a time when the bridges will ceaso to swing at all must, from the nature of the onse, be regarded ns only temporary, THE OBISIS IN IRELAND. ‘Tu Trine of yortorday published the text of the address lasned by: Parnell and the exccutive members of the irish Land League, all of whom ara tn jail, in which they appoal toevery tenant In Irelund from “this day forth to pay no ronts under. any circum stances to their landlords untli the Govern. mont relinquishes the existing system of ter- rorism and restores the constitutional rights of the people.” ‘I'h!s means tho release of Parnell and-his assuciates and the abandon- Inent of the armed coxrclon act for purposes ot terrorization over the Land-Leaguers, ‘To fully understand this action tt should bo explained that the {rish hiave for two cent- urles been wholly dispossessed by contisca- ton of tho land of which they wore formerly the owners, and have been during that tine subjected to such coniiscation in the shape of rents that they haye been frequently re- duced to famine and always kept in poverty, Unable to endure this any longer, they, two years ago, driven by the presence of an ex- isting famine, organized futo a Natlonal League to agitate for auch modification of the land Jaws as would enable the people who cultivate the soll and are dependent on it for existence to become {ts pruprictors. ‘The Jand in Ireland is held by the same feu- dal tenure that existed In England when the Trish land was contiseated and apportioned Qinong the English. ‘The end sought by tha league was to eventually get the fee simple of the land restored to tho hands of the Irish tenants, z Mr. Gladstone prepared and carried through hls Tenant Land bill, which, while a Breat udyance over any English legislation on that subject ever before enacted, falled to wy Satisfy the Irish Land Leugug, ‘Tho fact ty, 20, the Land bitl had for its direct object some: thing vory different from the end sought by the league, As nmenstro to requinte, con- trol, and restrain landtordism the Lid bill Was liberal, comprehensive, and stringgnt;’ but its maln purpose was not to extingtt fea! landlordism, which is the, great end andaim of the Land League. Ireland, op- pressed by 8 rent of 869,000,000 ayear, nearly allot which Is. sentoutef the vountry, de- mands the right of purchase of this Iand at 2 ur price, that the earnings of the fand be the property of the labor that cultivates it, With this explanation the American reader may tinderstand the hnportance of the pres- eut crisis, Dissatistied with the Land bili and fearful of its consequences, In ease the peopld should accept and bind themselves by fifteen- year leases strates of rent far beyond the Ylold of the land, the lewrite hs aypedted to tho people to walt until by the netion uf the Land, Court some itea might be had ay to what will be regarded by that curt as “tue rent.’? Pendlye this consideration, the En+ glish Goverment has arrested the olllcers of the league and commnifted thom to prison. The oficers of the Land League boing How under arrest and Ineapable of act- Ive personal agitation, the oxecutive mem- bers, from thelr pinees in fail, send forth this adyice from prison, and np: neal to the half-million tenant farmers of Ireland to poremptorily reftisete pay another penny of rent tu any landlord until the ofl- eors of the league, the representatives of the people, are released, and tho swamary Jaw of arbitrary arrest and Lmprisonment shall bo abundoned, ‘Sis action produces a erlsis which must soon be determined. We will assume, first, that this appeal to pay no rent wiiimeet with general approval by the Irish tenants, and. that heneeforward the voluntary payment of rent will cease in Ircland., What then? ‘The fandlords wilt resort to tugal and nilli- tary remedies, ‘hey will give -notices of eviction by the thousand, and, after obtalning judgments and writs for the purpose, the 14,000 armed constabulary and the 40,000 reg- ular troops will serve these writs, and by the force of the bayonet the tenants and.thelr families witl bo put off their holdings, and whatever little property they haye be taken from them, If Us eviction becomes general tho and must rematu fdic. No other tenants will take the lund, and rent will, therefore, eease aycertainly in the one ense asin the other. English landlordism tn elther case will preoiteally be abolished throughout tho Isl- and. It will bo impossible to import othor tenants, becauso public opinion will not tolerate and no military foree be able to protect any new occupants scattered nbout on the farms who may attempt to occupy tis land. ‘Tho British Government wilt thus be confronted with a erlsis which can- not be determined by bayonets. It cannot imprison the entlro population of Ireland, norean It suppress millions of people forcl- bly evicted from the land, and who, deprived of tho means of living, will not lo down and div on the roadsile so long as there Is bread and meatand other food to bo lind for the taking of it in the country, The Govern ment will be confronted with the question of what {3 to bo done with five millions of housetess, homeless, foodless people with 20,000,000 of acres of Inud stripped of its eul- tivation andl converted Into an abandoned waste? What will be tho outcome of such an unexampled condition ot affalrs? Five milllons of people kept from tho cultivation of food by a Lritish army, and reduced to starvation withIn to hours’ communication with London? + ‘Tho alternative outcome of this crisis Is the refusal of the, people of Ireland or of any considerable proportion of them to obey the order of tho Land Lengue and go on paying rents, That is the immediate point at issue, and to be decided by the people of freland. Lf that order ve not obeyed, If the decisions of the Land Court os to what Is “fale rent” be so far sntistactory to the tenants that they will necept leases under the Land bill to the disregard of the counter order of Parnell, then the power of the league Itself will bo broken and destroyed. ‘The issue ts plainly and directly made by the Lond League In thelr order not to pay any rent under any elrenmstances so long as the league ig under coercive suppression, JLow far will the peonte adopt this advice and thus sustain the league? How far will they roject that advice, take tholr new lenses, pay tho “falrrent” fixed by the court, and thus break down the power and authority of the league? ‘The Land Court opens today -for uuainess and to: hear applications for leases, Will the people upply for these leases and accept them, or will they reject the terms of the Land law, fall back upon the advice and orders of Varnell and tho Executive Com- mittee of the lengue, and, by paying no rent hereafter, produce the most oxtraordinary condition of affairs YORKTOWN AND IRELAND, Thoaverago Englishman is not possessed ofa very keen sense of humor, but he must bo dull indeed not to be impressed with the comical absurdity of English cxprossiong of sympathy with Amortcans in the eelubration of the victory of Yorktown, In vlow of the situation In Ireland, One hundred years ago England had armies In tho United States struggling to en- foreo taxation without representation; today she has armies In Ircland to enforce the col- lection of the rent-roils of landlords Nying in luxury in England and on the Continent os against tenants in rags anton the vergo of starvation, One hundred years ago yestor- day the plyotal battio of the Revolution of the colonists was fought and won by them against England, and yesterday tha Land Lengne of Irofand tesued {ts declaration of independenco of the British Government, For this is what the refusal to pay ront means. It 43 tha consummation, on papor, of the long threatened revotu- tion, The Land League cannot oxist a week unless tha Irish peopl? ratl- fy ite declaration of independence, and if they ratify It they must go forward to evontunl liberty or Ignominious defeat, Tho Land League claims to speak, not only for the people of Ireland, but for * the Irish raco the world over,” and it deties Great Britain precisely as the American colonists detied. it one hundred years ago, If Ireland were nt the antipodes as the colonists were, beyond the Atlantic, there would be uo doubt of the result, But Ireland fs at the Queon’s doors, ‘and, nt peace with all the world, her Gov. ernment fa at Mberty to overwhelm a hand- ful of poverty-stricken Irish subjects, Dis- tance, the wide ocean, saved the colonists, but the British Lion is within lenping distance of his Irish prey, That ho will mnke the fatal spring there is 10 doubt whatever, ‘The revolution here a hundred years ago andthe revolution in Ireland today show that the British Government is the same now as then—feudal In its orlglu and feudal in its charnoter, Under the British Coustitution the man who. owns the land practically owns the men who tl it, If the men who till the land complain of virtual serfdom the British Lion rours; the Government says to tho tenant, Pay or go; and tha Jund- Leaguers, members of Parliament, who of- far to stand between the tenant and the land- Jord, ute thrown inte prison. Su the Brithsh Covernmont uses the bayonet to collect tho Tent of ono class of Its subjects of anothor class tn 1881 precisely as It used to force {nxes from tho wnrenresented colonists one hundred years ago. ‘To the colonists tt de- fed representation; to the Erish ft gives reps resentation, but if thoy speak too toud of Lrolant’s wrongs it lnptisons the representas tives, Its the oll story of the strong against tho weak. One hundred years ago America was weak and> England) was strong—strong ehough to oppress bul not strong enongl tu conquer, ‘Today Ireland is wenk aud England ts strong . enough to oppress and conaner. One © hundred years azo England had only words of scorn for the Amertean colonists; today she ts pro- fuse In eulogy of the people slic tried tn vain tosubdue, Stel changes tlie makes, ‘The Yorktown celebration and the sttustion in Ireland are ptetures which should bring the blush of shame to every Englishtnan’s cheek, The ons Is the visible sign of justice tri- Umnphing over oppression nnd greed; the other represents the almost hopeless struggles of a people reduced to starvation and roused to madness by a Government whose inspira ton springs from the Dark Ages. THE IRISH INDIGNATION MELTING, If there were any doubts as to how the Inlsh-Amerleans of Chicago felt. on the events now. tranuspiring In Tretand, Inst night’s meeting at McCormick I1nll imust have dispelled then. “Lhe meeting was large and enthusinstte, and there was no doubting its feeling, Ib was with Parnell and Dillon and the Land League, One of the resolutions adopted by the meeting, whether pertinently or not, vointed out that a nation which had millions of people in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and which, as was significantly remarked, had a garclson of 3,000,000 Ih England, could not bs put down by proclamation, could not be treated ns powerless, 'The. meeting of Inst malt in Chicago proves that the people of Irish birth or blood in this country—aud thotr vonduet and feel- ings may be tuken ay nt Index of the feeling of the whole race—ean not be treated with contempt. It showed that though the 5,000,- 000 who have been permitted to live in’ Lre- Jant may be subdued, may be eowed, tha whole race is not subdued, and that so long as one man of them lives he will carry with him hatred of the power which has tried to estirpate his countrymen, to obliterate his race. 3 ‘This auestion Is no merely local anestion, though the soclul fenturo is that to which the Irish lenders have directed thelr attentton at the present tinic, If fs. national question, embittered by centurles of wrong on the part of the powerful uation, aud by such re- prisels as coultl beinnde by the subject na- tion: embittered by the remembrance of the uinssneres of Cromwell aud tho cunfiscations of James, as by the defeat at Fontenoy and the repulse at Limerick, The meeting of Inst night gave forth no uncertain tone, As Mr. W. K. Sulllvan, who. openel the meeting, said, it wag not to en- courte mob viuienee, or premature inspr- reetlun, or the rebellion of unarmed, un- trained men, It was to give encouragement to the men who counsel passtve resistance to the dictates and exactions of an ollzurchy, to profest uguinst the suppression uf freo speech aud popular agitation. 1t was to pro- test aguinst iinprisonment of representatives of the people who were chosen by hinmense popular majorities, THE PROPOSED BANKRUPTCY LAW. Among the {mpartant projects for legisia- tion which aro likely to come up at the next session of Congress will be a new bank- rupt law. ‘Che relations of busineys-men un cnse of Insolvency wat bo based upon one of three conditions—viz.; (1) that of common law, where tho debtor is entirely at the mercy of the creditor; (2) that of Stato statutes, which proyide for various kinds of assignment and lquidation: or (8) that of a National Bankrupt law, whieh shall provide aunlform method and measure for the dis- tribution of assets among creditors. Prac- Uenlly, howover, ft {s for Congress to detar- ming whether the Inw governing business faltures shall bo uniform for the whole coun- try or shall vary In the different States, for it is certain that the absence of 2 Natloual law will always lead to various statutes in the varlons States, . ‘Tho old Bankrupt tw was repented a fow yours ago at the instanceof bankers and mer- chants representing the largest material in- terests of the country, who were prompted by soveral reasons to urge its abandonment. ‘The principal argument against it was that the costs of a bunkruptey proeeading were 80 great that but little was left of an estate for the creditors after it hud passed through the hands of the Register. Jt was also apparent that the Inw had become so cumbersome, complicated, and involved -by reagon of the mass of devislons and unsettled practles that fraud was easy, It was fult, too, that the tivo or three years succeeding the pame had suf- flecd to settie up tho affairs ot men who had deen tho victims of contraction and misfort- une, and that it wns lime to begin over again on a new basis which should offer no tempta- tion to fraudutent bankruptey. Since that Une the business sentiment of the country has undergone considerable change, and thoro. is now a widespread sentiment that a people naturally Inclined to push and enter- prise shall havo an escape-valye In enses of inisguided enorgy or unavoldablo disaster. As between a uniform National Jaw of bankruptcy, protected agalnst fraud aud ex- tortion, and dffferent systems of Mqulda- tion determined by State boundaries, the choleo fs unquestionably in favor of tha former. An lnsolyent merchant located in one State nut dolng business In several finds no relof In a partial discharge from Habliity which leaves him subject to future persecu- tious olsawhere, Lt hina also been found that, under the State systems of asalgnmont, there isa better opportunity for muking relatlyes or tictitlots creditors proferred, and thus de- feating an equitable distribution of the debt- or’s assets, Creditors vf tn other States auffor grenter louses on this aecountthan can be offact by a retention of clalms: under the diMcuity of prosecuting them for collection atsome future time, ‘Tho variation ti the amount and character of- exemptions also works Injustice, A uniform basin of distri- bution can only be scoured by a National Inw, ltought not tobe a matter of any great dinculty, taking advantage of previous ex- perience with the old law, to frame a mens- ure which should be simple, clear, fair, ond inexpensive. Judge Lowell's proposed act hhog attracted more attention than any othor draft which has been submitted to tho bual- nessconmunity, Judge Lowell was United States District Judge jn Boston during the entire term when the old law was In opera- (lon, and had covery opportunity to familiar ize himself with its defects. He proposes that thore shuli be not only Registers in Bankruptey, with duties corresponding to those of the former Registers, but also a Su- pervisor $n Bankruptoy for each dls trict, who shall have a general oversight of the Registers, assignees, aud clerks, and inspect their accounts, records, and methuds ot administration, with power to report to the District Judge aud secure remedy for any injustice, His inw meets the complaint as to tho exorbitant costs of former proceedlugs by providing that the Suporylsors and Regls- ters shall be paid solarles instead of fves, ‘This provision tiag been criticised by the ob- Jection that a uniform rate of pay would bo, (881—TWELVE PAGES unfair te the Registers in the busy districts, who woukt lave vastly moro work than those living in rural districts, It would bo ensy, however, to regulate Uhis by ascale of salaries, taking Inty accotnt.the amount of work and cost of living, Just as Postinasters aro pald salaries which vary according to the extetit of business tlonw at thelr varlous offices, ‘Thore are some details In Judge Lowall’s project which ure regarded ay untiecossarily harsh. For instance, it fs provided that any Dankrupt may be arrested by ordor of the court Whenever ft shall be proved to the ent- isfaction of the Judge that he ts aboutto leave the district, and Git he may be de- tained In person until he shalt furnish bail Tho District Judge ts also glvon the disere- tion at any thie after adjudication and before the appointment of an-ussignes to issue warraut to the Marshal requiring hia -to seize the property of the debtor and keep tt Ull nn assignees shall bu agreed upon. Lt ts certain, however, Ghat any new bankrupt law must wfford ample protection agatust fraud, in order to command the confience of the Inerenntile community and insure fairness of dstdbution. An tmportant provision tn Judge Lowell’s sehemo ts that u bankrupt eannot apply for hls diseharie ti less than slx months from the time of adjudication, and imust not defer it longer than ctziteen tonths, ‘This would place a tlinit upon bankrupt proceadings, which, under the old practice, might be stretched out Indefinttly, and run up vosts to an extent that would, swallow up the whole estate, Many other details lave been suggested, and will wn doubtedly bo brought before Congress when the subject comes tu bo considered, but the chiet purpose ought to be to seenron law which shall be drief and clenr in its terms ‘and as inexpensive as possible In {ts opern- tlons, ‘Tre horrible details of a brutal and dis- gusting fight between two trained dogs, whieh took place, yesterday morning near Louisville, Ky., are given in a dispateh in another column. Nothing more heartless and cruel was over misnaimed ‘sport’ than the pitting against each other of two dogs bred and trained with » view to developing thelr fighting qualities, Uvery dog-ltght Is unutterably shocking in its brutality, but the affair of yesterday, whieh was witnesbed by several hundred people, aud which had for. several days been advertised to take place, was eno of the most debasing and sickening slghts of tho kind over witnessed, Evory person who was in any manner responsible for bringing to pass this shocking exhibition should be pun- Ished with fifty Iashes on the bare back, and tho police anthorities of Louisville, who wore perfectly aware of the forthcoming fight, and whe probably knew just where it would take place, should be held up to public exceration for thelr failure to prevent the shameful affair, | ‘Tire New York Vimes thinks that Glad- stone baa blundered in laying bonds upon Par- nell and his fellow Land-Lenguera, It romurks: If Parnoli or wny of bls condjutors had mude ylolent or incendiary speeches thore mlzbt have been found some pretext for thoir apprebension, although even this, in a free country tke our own, would not fora momont justify an arrest in time of pence. But Parnell’s utterances, on the whol avo been tolerably moderate in tone, Quinn, the Sccrotary of tho Leaxuc, has never spoken in public, and It 18 not intlinated that tho lirltigh Government bas In its poxsession any written ducuinent that can be considered as compromlatny blm. If Parnell, Quinn, and tho otuers bad talked of tunging magistrates to lamp-posts and looting the palaces of rich lund- fords, us Kearney and bis followers have talked on tho San Francisco Sand-Lots boforo now, there would pave been sume show of rouson in tholrarrest; but tho Immedinte protest against this act would bave beon that the accused had dona nothing but talk. But thore 1s some- thing outouratic ju tho arbitrary appro- henslon of uw foe oftizen of Great, Britain on a warrant-from tho Bucretiry. of Stute for Ireland, Stich a thing would’ ve” impossible in this Ropublig in time of peace, And it must bo admitted, even by those who have no sympathy whitover with the " Irish cause, whatover that plirase may mean, thut it is diMcult for an Amerlenn to undorstand, even after diligont atudy of the Coercion act, how # British subject, Agalnst whom no complaint has been made, wn who does not stand indicted for muy offanse, can be thus summarily deprived of his ilberty, If this arbitrary proceeding was Intonded to put A stop to agitutiou and turbulenvo by violent means, the eifect has been exactly the opposit of what waa oxpavted, Ireland tng not been for many years so nearly on the ove of an Insurroc- Hon ns ut the present tine, Land-Leaguors was the spark dropped In sacat- tered Held of combustibles, The fumes ure spreading, and bit {eno knowing whero thoy willston. The military force in Ireland ara being reinforced, and mauy army officers ara being sworn in ns magistrates. Every not of yloience that roaults Iu the wounding or death of an Irishman adds fuel to tho fumes, and, unloss tho raing oxoltoweont Is stayed,tho chtire Istand will abortly be in a turmoil, to aut which nothing short of a tlocinration of martial law will be sutiioient, In that event, arbitrary arrests may bovoma the rule, The inoldunts of the past wack will ba forgotten in tho rapid maroh of moro momontous cventa, $$ Tr Philadelphia Ledger anys of Judge David Davis, now Presidont of the Benate and Vicu-President of tho United States: Jie waa nominated for it noarly ton years ayo by aconveution of tho Labor purty, and it was vanectod that ho would be indorsed at that tine i 3) by the Tadupondent or Libor Repub- ican Convention held at Cincinanti, The prob- abilitiog of this wera so gtrony Unat thoy gave rise to tho fumous syndicate of newspuper-men who overthrow him, and did tholr work with auoh force that they destroyed thelr own candl- dato a8 Woll, and brought about the dignstraus Grocley canpaizn, Since that ting Judge Davis hus not been out of men's minds aa a resident that night be. Very fow fnir-tninded mun buve any doubt that he ‘would bo n safe Presidont, and this !s the comfort the general body of the ublic may take tp themselves nver the procecd- az in tho: lonate yesterday that placed him in evhalr. Aso matter of fact, tho nowspapor syndicate wero not waited dy fuvor of any candidate. More of them dusirod Charles Fruucis Adams thin nny othor talked-of vandiduto; suveral pro forred ‘Trumbull; vory fow wore fur Davis, None of thom wanted Qreeloy, excopt White- low Reld; but the crowd outside of tho “syndicate” gonerally preforred “Old White- Coat"—" Tho Sago of Chappaqgua™—and noml- nated him, to tho groat chngrin and terror of the nowspaper syndicate, who saw plainly onough that Grectoy could not bo olected, as tha Democrats would not unitedly support bim. Fully bait 6 million of Republicans voted for Oreolvy; but moro than that nunber of Dumo- orate cithor voted for Grant or ubsontod thom- selves from the polls, The old yltra-Protection- dat, radical Abuiltionist, and untagonist of Do- mocracy wus tuo bitter a pill for tho Bourbons to awallow, ovun for the sako of the apoils. Aga “oholce of evits" thoy proferrad tho military Chiatiata who fought thelr dartlug Confederacy to death, ree ‘Tus New York Herald, whiely ts hostile to Parnell and tho Land Loague, thus aponks of the present atato of things tn Ircland: Thera ie no disguising the fact that through. out Ireland tuduy the most energetic ecloment of js acting undor the usaumption downer and tho authorities nd and sustaln him, and all who by thelr assistance onuble him in any degree whnte avor to chjoy or profit by his [confiscated] pos- soauions, ara the enemics of the Irish people and tholr cause, and abould be summarily dealt with awsuch. ft would not bo oar. to Buy to What Minitean excited nution may lp such clroum- glances push ite demand; but it is clear that Irotund’s requirements now is a general contis- cation of the vatates of great landownord and an Guslunment Of farms to actual cocupuntsethe obilturution of tho loyal title whore this repro- seuts morely the right of a titular owner to that Jurge proportion of the produce whloli is handud over oa reut, To be abschitely rolleved from, this burden ia the demand of Ireland so fur ag sho js influenced by the Land Leaguo opura- tions, while the proposed remedy of Hugland oes at most uo further than te put the burdea On the other shoulder, or to strap it upon the back, or to wuke It an ounce ar two Hygnter, England cannot wo furthor, because thoro are greval cee in tand tenure in Eugland also, and 0 beply @ radical remedy in Ireland would sot Englan alsu in a blaze, ————— BroouryN has anothor church sensation, Not long ago tho Rov, Dr. Duryea, pastor of tho Classon Avenwo Presbyterian Church, of that olty, and a very popular inlulster, revizned and weot to Hostuu, bis place balng illled by tho Rev. Dr. Frazor, of Butfalo. Tho resiguation of Dr. Duryea, it seoins, was regarded by many members of the churoh as @ wistortune which could svarcely bo overcome, and the sentiment Of these was volcwd by yuo why. sald that “uo ‘The arrest of the: mattor if thoy bad called tho Angel Gabricl tp succeed Dr, Duryen, thera would be trouble Dr, Frazer does not neem tosieceed af all. Some of those whe aro opposing bim sy that tlamay. por ls “unfortunate whatever that inay be, and want bln to rosin, Among othnr things, they charge that be gesticutittes too inuch whi, dollvoring his avrmons, that his volce ts nat a, plonaant qno, and that he Js “not - popular with the foniales of the aongreyation, ‘Lots lag, fault is one that in most churches the men would bo very willing to overtook, but in Brooke lyn the Indies hive a good dent to say tn the Management of churchus, ani a pastor who doog not onjoy tholr favor ts not likely to make _ hetlliaut success of his work. Mr. Frazopy friends, on tho other haud, say that, although bohaspeen aftiicted with chilis and fever, pig sermons have been so guod that tho member. ship of the church is Increasing at 9 ratg hithorto unknown, and that tho whole trouble arises from the desire of a fow people ta rug the churet, Consequently thoy tive told the pastor not ta ga, altborgh cho. other side pee quested bla some time sinco to resign, and tq hag deckied to stay, . ——— Tun Now York Vribine, which ts not friendly to Parnell or tho Land-Leaguers, und jg. o warm fricudof Gladstone, nevertheless thinks that the British Government bus tlone a very univise net itt throwing the great Irish fonder into Jall when he had committed no overt act aud bad not oven muden violent speech, fy auLyB: itisonly on the ground of political necessity that so arbitrary au uct ag the urrest of M., Varnelt can bo Justited. While hls replles t3 Mr. Gladstone's tnvectives have been vindletlye, his speeches have been in tho matn cautious and moderate, alvuit always lnsidieus. Ife has invariubly depreented lawlesnoss aud roy. olution, and bus argued. with no Ute BH that tho Land avt should not. be prs. Judged fom the rack-rented cises first aub. mitted to the commission, but eubjected to, more exhaustive test by tha representatives of tho lenruc, We do not believe that tho war- rants for bis arrest Oro Qused un uD Bpecchesor exceptional Violence. The imprisonment of a popular an agitator under such cireumstances nay be fraught with momentous consequences, ‘The provisions of the Cuerefon acts are tutto bo loosoly dentiiled with thuse * resources of civilization” which Mr. Gindstone declared ut Leeds bad not been fully exhausted. The Premier hag taken an enormous risk in order, thts utrest, for It may ond in making Mr, Parnell far more powerful toan O'Connell at bis beat, and Iu prejudicing tha Irish people for n whole generation, not only uzitnst the Land bilt, but aginst every measure tht inny bo concoiyed at Westininstor, Yot, if the rigk wag yroat, so was the emergency, Mr. Gludstonv lad tochooss between arresting Mr. Parnoll and) abandont the Lund bil outright, and canfessiwg that the Crown could neither introduce a now law nor enforce {ts own nutbority In Ireland. It was 4 must melancholy alternative, Z ed Tue committes of twenty-eight recently nppolnted by the citizens of Bustun to examine into the matter, bas reported in favor of hold. ing & World's Fatr In that city In 1885, nrovided tho aut of $5,000,000 to pay necessary expenses isratsod. As lone as this proviso romains in the -committeo’s report nobody need bo alarmed over the prospect of World’s Fulr in Houston, ‘The residonts of that town arn entiroly to true galto dounto that umount of monoy to nny scheme, — ‘Tit Chinese imitate thelr Caucasian breth: ron {umore ways than one, Thore hue existed inSan Franclaco for some time a Chinese reltg- lous society called tho Sing ‘Tong, Dlasenstous Aroso atnong tho brethron, and ono faction se- ected and started nn organization undor the namo Hop Stug Tong, whereupon the Sing Tongs raided the joss-Louse of tho secodors, sinashed their idols, and destroyed things gonorally, <a Croizerre, the noted French actress, was recently approuched by a youth who puta pls tol to her bend, sald he loved hor, and would do murder tf bis sult was rojeoted. Not appreciat- ing this vigorowa modo of wooing, the lady fainted, and the young man wns taken In charge by the police, Asa rule, young men who want to marry actresses and cannot are In botter luck than thoy imagine thomaelves to bo. —<——————_—_ ‘Tire Inte Hon. E, B. Morgan was noted for bia quict but mayniticont charitics, and now thot he [s gone the story {8 told that on onoow casion he wus conversing with a wenlthy friend, who complilned that bo found {t diflicult to eet Proper investmonta for hts monoy. Said Mr Morgan: “ Why not put a little of it into somo worthy charitics? I have found in thom my best | investments.” k _————__ Tr bogina to look as though the gentleman having tho prosecution of tho star-raute case in chargo waa stopping too often to spit on his bands. LAKESIDE MUSINGS, ‘The noxt centennial to colobrate will bs that of Hannibal Hamlln’s accession to office. Mayor Harrison says that “ hits bride {s the City of Chicago.” Tho diverco will bo granted next olection day. The New York Herald calls Sonator Davis “a politient Jellyfish.” Mr. Bonnett should rer member thut Jellyfliah eat suckers, “ Fromall accounts Cornwallis wasa sucker to hold Yorktown as tong asho did, Ordinarily thore oro but two suloons In tho place.”—Joht Kelly. “This iden of speaking of ‘ Fathor Timo! {wall wrong. Time was a fomnlo—thas (sit thoro Is any teuth In the adage, * tino will tell" =i, Je Tilden, i will not fight a duel, Suld Benutor Siabone; A Siesh-wound I could nevor got— Beequse I'm skin and bone, “TL used to read In books that if you looked Allon stoudily In the eye ho would quail, Tho Britleb Liou is ovidantly not properly construcl> ed, or else my book lied." —Charles Parnell. Tho Marquis of Lorne declares that hls wife, insteud of disliking Canudn, is dellehted with that roglon. 1f tho Marquis keeps up thle clip we sball be propured to moteb him against Eu Porkius. A Boston ‘paper says that Mrs, Julia Ward Howo bas prepared eight leetures on socitl topics for delivers duriyy the coming winter People Interested in ayoiding those Iecturcd should vaste this item In thotr hats. Two old Indies, evidently from out of towa, woro walking along tho stroot ono day lust wook, whuu one of thom discovered a bunch of bananas, Stopping to look at thom, she ad Junted ber glasses and oxclaimed: ‘Well, 1 do declare, if thom wlu't kigyer string beans thas Lover saw in my Ilfe."—Cul, Richard Bmithh ‘Lhe drenmy month, with langutd grace, Hatt lald ber dowa to dreams and rest; Tho wanton zophyrs kiss hor face And dusky hair and awarthy breast, ‘With rosos crown tho-elvea hor head, Ani in ber pink eyes aoorets tell, ‘That ourve ber lips 6a ripo and red. ind make hor bosorh throb and swolk —Colicky Post. Se enaaneenenmeel .PERSONALS, Princo Victor Napoleon, ono of the tt young sons of Prinow Joromo Napoleon, bi with ble father’s permission, onlisted as 8 pre vate In an artillery regiment. Mra, E, B, Washburne 3. staying In Paris with hor two daughters, Mr, and Mra Le Pr Morton will not occupy thelr now mansion there before the ond of November. Mustapha, the oxilod Munister of the Wey of Tunis, tives in luxury ta Paris, where bo Invested a fortunc !n house proporty> (erand Duke Nicholas ts ono of bis tenants tbe Crown Priucess of Brazil anothor, Mr, Sampson Low, the well-known lah don publisher, who 18 far advauoed tows Years of age, Das just beon brougut to griet DF the loss of his sccond son, Wililam H, Low, 20 was somuthing under. 70 yoars old, Ten years singe ho Jost biv eluest san, bir, Sanipson Loe dr, who waa acarcoly 60 qeee aud he bas buried within late yours still anocuor son. ‘One of the few English Inndlords who 3” oar now to bo dong auything of note for the improvement of thoir catates is tho Duke Portland, His ‘Graco recently burrowed the dum of $260.00 for uve on his land in Derby shiro, Lincoln, Nottingham, ang Worvoater, ot aud Hus Just secured au udditional Joan of $ a O00 for expend)ture jn Jmproving his catates Northumberland, "i Lord Cornwallis, who Uved to lls any Year, was a bardy old soldier, and in bis !at days was much exorcised by tho effomfiaats Uo of umbrella, which came Into fashion about tho thine of tho first American war, ‘fo & aervant who, of a ralny day, oti naury heloat over Cornwallis bead, "Stand wstio, Waly ho angrily oxclalmed. * fun nut muda oe Onc suspects thiy may Bave down true tn Senses than ous,