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

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Ender, Mutt, Aheinwald, Farren, and Sommer, All that vlass of persons who are too lazy to work, two shituess or inteinperate to make a living, or not ashamed to beg, will experience lively hopes from the composition of this commit tee, threvof whose members haya records which sustain ‘such expectations. Lt is slightly Improbable that they will disappolnt tax-eating mendicants and sturdy beggars who believe that Cook County owes them a living, Dave evidently know what he was about, Dave embgdies his Ideas of economy and rotrenehment Jn the ‘composition of his Committee on Charities, : : eres —————— ‘Tux Tumuxg bas already directed the at- tention of its readors to the unprecodented oxtent df railroad building during tho year now dtawmg ton close, and new evidences of thig conspicuous condition of prosperity aud developinent are furnished nearly every day Inthe Southwest and Northwest. Sta- tistics of ‘railroad construction in the North- west, embracing six companies, show that 2,031 muitos ‘of new track have been Intd in THSL as against 1,478 quites In 1680, Tho ‘Northern Pacific has added 833 mfles and the Oregon Railway & Navigation Compatiy 225 making the total’ construction of that f 553 niles," "Lhe Chicago, St. uneapglls & Omaha fins added 178 uuilless the Chicago & Northwestern, 80 miles; the Iowa Southwestorn, 87 mites; the Cni- cago, Milwaykee & St. Paul, 471 miles. The Southwest has not heen behindiand. In Sthoro were only five ings of rallyay in ns; now there are twenty-clght. Hnes in activo operation, and 1,634 infles of road haya been constructed within the year, Several of thosd roads nrg puintliz into Mexico. Now Orleauis bas “now a connection swith the Pas cific const, though the matn> lng between Shreveport und New Orleans is not yet con picted. ‘Together tho Northwest and South- west aye added 3,725 alles of now railroads Mn 1831, : i —_—_ Tae President has nowluated Fredorlek ‘'T, Fréllnghuysdn, of Now Jersey, ns Secre- tary of State. ‘This sppointment has been expected for some thie. he most that can bo sald” of it is that Mr, Frelinghuysen fs an “embiently respectable” juny, © Je is ‘pg nephéw' atid adopted gon of Theodore Fre- Itughpysen, who was woll known as a United States Sonator formerly, and was once Whig candidate for Vice-Prqsident. The preseut Mr. Fretinghuyseh was also In the Senate one term, petween 1871 and 1877, but was pot wcongplcnoys mombor of that body, Ie js atrougly attached to Gen, Grant, who offered Ii the position of Minister to England, whieh was declined, Mr. Frelinglius‘gen is Aeutitlous, yohsyrvatlys pay, apd sald to be domowhpt slow and dul witha), “He Isa ian of much the same chnractor nv ilnmt)- ton"Flsh, Grant's Secfctary of Stat, put of considerably ‘sualler'calibre, Tis adwtuis- tration’ of ‘the Stiity Qepartanent will probe ably be in strong contrast with that of Ar. Blutne, wlio gives way to hij. 16 fs 4 fhirg- tofiii “Stalwart In polittes, and practically _ & Now-Yorker In his sympathies aud qttach- ments, Ite ls a mon bout 04 years’ of age, and it ny be expected that the State De partment, whder’ his direction, Will Felapsa into the ¢alin and plact) condition which It has maintained ayer since Seward left it, ex- cept dugg Blaing's bilut occypancy, Jy tho disgraceful scramble far eftlce yaw golfig ou lv Wealinstonn ty Jcscquenel ct tie murder.of President Gardeld were cane fined to outsiders If nilght perhaps be, boriie With sownd degroe OF 'Pallonice, But, Ag If Ine fucted with thoir madness, Congressmen, {beriselyes hiave fotncd In the rush, and ara ag eager, na indecent, and as audacious us thelr titninor constituents, “for “Whom they “are working, ln order that they may retuln thelr politledl ‘servléés lit” etyetlous, “Shey bye Lesledeit the Presidout, the Séeretuties, aud every incumbent In te departments who Hus uppolutuents ty make, ‘Shey are seek- * Ing oliives for thelr friends who ary not to oles, wlio usually wre’ pedtilent burying did Wh tin hibfp them, or ra i 4 toretain others 1 offiee who have helped ther, ane WH poh then Un the Stas, RY ize oven more offensive than outsiders because their oMfctal position gives them access to the departments at ail times, and thoy cannot be shut out, ordered out, or kicked out when they become troublesome like the outside gang. Thay have exceeded their constitu. tonal funetton, they have violated their privileges, they have neglected thelr duties, they haye prejudiced the public service by neglecting legisintion to jotn in an indecent rush for offices tyr thelr henchmen, and to. flemand tho dismissal of mon without ene to make foom for them, “They neglect thelr own fegitimate business, they Impedg ‘the business of the public offices, they push, Wiyingle, ‘and fight with each other,’ they make common’ cause with the outside mob Jn assaults upon the President and tho de- partments, vluiating every rute of courtesy and privilege, and manifesting about tho same degtco of deceficy that characterizes a pack of hogs, rushing, squealing, and fighting thelr way to thelr trough, Such Js she aptetacle presented to other countries in the Capital of this great Republic! Evidontly these are not the Congressmen who are gu- Ing todo anything to reform our civil serv- jee, or who will respect the recommendations of the Presidept or those of ‘his’ lumented predecessor, 12 remalns, therefore, with the Preskdent and jvith ‘tne Secretaries and the heads, of «departments to personally free themselves from these pests, and to inform them peremptorily that tho public buainess shall not be delayed, and ‘that they will not have personal Interviews with officeseekers themselves or with thelr Congressional inldl- demen. ‘This they have the right to do without reference to any law or precedent, and the country will applaud them if thoy will take this manly ‘step, witleh will not ouly oxpedite the public businoss, but will bo an important move of Itself towards the re- form of the civil service. ————— CABINET OFFICERS If CONGRESS. Séhator Peutletgn ‘proposes to renew at the present session of Congress his oll prop- ovition to permit members of the.Cabinet to take sents in the Senpty and House of Rop- reseatatives, toanswerquestions verbally, and purtlelpate In the debates concerning atfairs In thelr respective departments, ‘There is svincthing to be sald Jn favor of such a pro- cedure, but much to be urged ngainst tt, and the plan should be tried only as an experl- went at first, and for a Hmited thas, in order to test its practical workings, Mr. Pendie- ton fs represeuted as coutldent that the bil will pass the Senate thts session, but wo tulnk there ts yot much prospect of its pass- Ing the Jouse and becoming « law unless provision be made for a Minted term of probation, after whieh the practice shall auly be continued py an aifiruiative vote of Congress. At must be remembered by those who have confidence Inthe responslble or responsive system of Government which prevails in Grent Britain, siuder which there is a change of-Ministry on any policy naé ratified by the Commons, the representatives of the peupic, that Mr. Pundieton’s bil!’ would not Intro- «duce the Liritish system, and that so radleal a change caunot be effected without amending the Constitution aud revising the original scheme of the American Government. In Britain the Ministry ts madé up from members of Parllament, each of whom has the anme rights and privileges as .cvery other member, But the Constitution of the United States ‘provides (Art. L, See. 0) that “no person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office.” ‘The Con- suitutign gages still further, and forbids the appointment of any member of Congress to any offlee under the Government created during the the for which such member was elected or the cmoluments whereof have heen increased during such time. Itisthe obvious latent of the Constitution, as well na acherished tradition of the American peo- ple, that the Leelslative, Executive, and Ju- {cial branches of the Goyernmeiit shall be independent of each \othar, and cobrdlugte as to thelr authority within thelr defined provinces. Mir, Pendtetun’s bill does not Jy any sense substitute the English system for the American systetn, nor Is Jt probable that any sehanio of constitutfonal revision to mtke such a changg would .bo recelyed with favor, 'In England all the finctlons of Goy- ernment may bo ultimately stinped and con- trolled by the Commons; it would be haz ardotis tu the extreme to Jodge equal power in the American Louse of Representatives, Senator Pendictou’s btlt must be consid- ered, therefore, on the merits of* the simple proposition that the Cnbinet officers may speak in Congress, thus enabling them to urge thelr own measures, whicll’ they now niorely suggest {In their aunyal reports, and also subjecting them to the cd hominem ar- gument and the sharp cross-questioning of the Qpposition. Itis certain ‘that the most ugeful legislauon wlileh comes from Con- gress {3 that sugested and formulated by the departments, aud Jt might frequently be of advantage to public welfare If the hends of departuivnts were permitted to explaty, froin exccutlye experiynce, the meastres which they recommend, or the objections they may boinellued to urge against bills under con- sideration, Jn many cages the country would thus be able to form a truer estimate of the merits and provable effects of proposed Joglslation, and bring the force of public opin- jon to bear more tellingly “upon the representatives of the people. it might also serve to Jncreago, the efficloncy of Cabinet oflleers If they were constantly subject to searching Iqguiry Into the affairs of thelr departments on the floor of Congress, and to minke them yore careful in thelr recommendations for legislation, If, for ine stance, Secretary Folger had known that he would be subjected to Interrogntorjes ynd compelled to take part In debatiAx his scheme of enormous contraction, Involved jn hig reeoynmendations f9r the demonetlgation of greenbacks and silver, If fs possible that ho would have been tess sweoplny In his un- timely and fli-conaldered suggestions for perilous financial legislation, © Ibis also Hic th 10 belteve that therg ayld be teas slywiry for Cablyet placcy among second-class and Incompotent poll- tielans, anda moro serious effort tosecure the sprvlegs of ft and anilnent men as the heads of departments if the various Secre- tarjes were required to gecaquiyt personally to Congress for the management of public alfaira and the practical workings of the cur: rent policy of the Administraglon, But objections alsa occur to the propased plan of personal gxquutnation of the Cabinut oliccra ou tha fluor of Congress. It ts easy to conceive that, if such a syatem ware given full headway, 4 greqt portion of the tima of Congress would be consumed by th Dppogl- Hon in ergsg-questioulng tha Cabinet myiubers and making polnts for demagogical or parti- san elfect. “Liits jins been one of the results OC tha British sygtew. 1 haa become gliugat tnpossiple ta secure the pagsage of any lexis: Anton In the Kngtlsh Payllamentabaut whlch there ig any real diiterunce of opinion, and the British Ministers hayg learned ty use.ag wuch diplouney Iw answorlng questlans pro- bounded by the Ovposition as if they wero dealing with’ représentatives of a foreign country, ‘The waste of time and unfair mts uso of the privilege might be controlled, per= haps, by tixlug a certain day, way once a Week, for exequtive, dabat, Jusk gy days arg, Uxesl for tha, lptreductiop, of billy ajid Qtiar, pubis +buslueas; but such A Tule Would doprive.tho system of match af lis value, sluee the Cabinet Ministers could not thus meot the questions ag thoy enme up for dtsenssion, It is posst- bie, tuo, that the proposed. change would make tha, taculty-for public speaking and ready debate a more desirable qualification than oxecullve nbliity for 2 Cabinet ofcor, and that would certajuly bo undesirable. 1t may also be urged that the presetice of Cobinct oficers, each with cotisidernble patronage at his command, might Influence Congtess tnore than world’ bo whse, and that the Exveutive branch of tho Government might in thls way ninke serlows eucronch- ment upon the legislative function, This objection, on the other jinnd, may be mut by the fact that the members of the Cabinet now. cirentate freely on the floors of both Houses, and are tn the hubit of using thelr iniluence for or agalust any pending bill, It is obvious that Mr. Pendieton’s bill, while ominently worthy of considoration, shoukl be thoroughiy discussed before adoption, and that, ff finally passed, it should only be In sueli shape as to try the expert ment of ‘direct contact between the Cabluet and Congress. ‘T'lio sttecess of the scheme is too problematic to warrgutits permanent ap pilcation without actual trial || —_—— BAILING CONVICTED FELONS, The practice of adintiting criminals to bail In other than capital cases after conviction aga matter of right is wholly Lndefensible, Tho power ts reposed by the statutes jn the Jules of the Supreme Court, aud is coulided to their diseretiou, it 1s Intended to be exer- cised with great caution, and only in extreme eases, Yet Ib lias become the common ant habitual practice, Not only the Judges of the Supreme Court, but Jatges of the Clrenit Court, buve assumed the autuority ty exerelse it When Lesser Friedberg was convicted on hissecond trial, Inst January, his counsel moved for a new trial, Pending the decision of this question bail was fixed ‘at $8,009, The motion was not overruled until March 6, or somo forty days after it was made. Friedberg was at that tlme unable ty furnish the sum required. Ile was mora fortunate In April, wheo. a supersedeas- haylug--been granted by tho Supreme Court, the Judge of the Criminal Court admitted Lim. to ball In $5,609, . In passing on this motion the Judge sud there was soure doubt about the power of his court ln the premises, Ho had conferred with Judge Diekey and was of the opinton that the Crimiual Court lind the right to bail after conviction; but In order that thore might be no question about ‘tt he would simply “ ree- ommend”? the bailing of Friedberg and qualify the sureties, loaving Judge Dickey to eomplete die record, ‘The taw ts: When the court or Judge is of oplulon that tho party ubtaluing such Writ of orror nught to be bufed itil tho determination of the writ, and be fs at tho timo fit custody, the sald Court or Judge may meke an order to admit such ‘prisoner to ball. y * From the context it !s evident that the courtor Judge reterred to 1g the Supreme Court or ous of its Judges. But even in this ense the power is diseretionury, It was wholly gratultous for the Crhmipal-Court Judge to go out of his way to exercise, orto “recoumend” the exercise of, a power which was diseretlonary ina higher court, aud never ought'to hive been exercised by anybody, ‘There were this two distinct efforts to have Lesser Friedberg adinitted to ball after conviction, ‘The ilrst wag maddy in January, pending tho wotion fora now trial, and fared only because the accused could not got any Tosponsible person to enter Into a recogul- zance for him. ‘The second was that of Inst April, and itsucceeded, Friedberg being re- quired by his sureties to deposit cash Inbank equal to thelr Mnabfilty. He has been at large, with 9 brief tutermjssion, since.Aprit last, His sentence cannot be aflirmed and carried Into.effect soouvr than tho middle of Jann- fry, 1882, or three years and one-third after tho commission of the eriine. Now, the defendant after conviction holds An entirely diferent relation to the law from that of the necused person before trial. ‘The accused sorson is entitled to a presumption of tnnocence in his favor until he ts proved to be guilty, ‘Thoro can be no such pre- symption of innoceunes jn his behalf afler conviction, ‘Lhe presumption is then: the other way. Lo must be presumed to be guil- ty until tho verdict is set aside, ‘Twelve men having passed upon his cafe aud adjudged him gullty according to the forins of Jaw, he should be held In confinement wader ordl- nary clreumstances until his Innocence ty established, We are not prepared to sny that at no Umeand under nocireumstances, when the error ls patpayle pnd the detay Jont, should a criminat bo admitted to ball pond- ing an appeal, Bub itis evident from the Jan-" guage of the statute and the fact that disere- tion fs given to the Judges that the power Is not intended to be used habltually ov indis- orhminately, us it Is. . ~ When discretion (s used, as in this case, to indulge the crlininal in further Nberty while his counsel are seeklng by quibbies anl-ova- slons to cheat justice in his behalf, it fs dini- vult to advise the oxtonsion of the discretion of the Judges, ‘They use so feebly and inef- fectually thedliscretion thoy have, and streten” it so far for the benefit of tho crimhuafy, that peoplu may be parduned for doubting whether they may safely be trugted with any Jubre. ‘The lessen of proceedings ike those Jy tho’cago pf Lesyer Friedberg Is, that we need nyt only an amendment of the Jaws, but on improvement in the manner of nd- ministering them by the Judgus. ‘They should not he butrayedt by asickly senthnentailty Into golng to the extrema Mmlt of thelr powers for the benefit of criminals, nor be excused by tha peopie for thelr conduct when they do so. ais ————————_ HASKELL'S BAD PROPOSITION, During the years following the War, when money was’ chéap, and when subsidies, and “olaims,” sud fobs of every kind were pro- life, any gorryption atalked almost inehal Jenged In the halls of Congress, the ‘Treasury was victimized and plundered with hardly any show of realstance, The favarit plan was to Joad down tho ap- proprlation bills with these Joby, the theary boing that gs the appropriation billsusenl ways sure to pass, and cannot be yetoed without cutting olf the needed supplies for National expenditures, any one of these schemes once Ingrafted au an appropriation bill ls sure to become a-law. In like manner the appro priqtion bills were ninde veliigles for ques: Honable logisintion, and oxlsting Inwa were, amended, repented, or completely reversed by a proviso adzaltly ingerted Ig an apyro- printion bi, . a \ ‘The abuses and frauds practiced under this foriy of lugislution Ahally fed to the adoption af grule, which hag bong several Peeaniti Lut at the last sessloy was kuown as Rule No 21, the third clause of which reads a3 follawa; N appropriation shall ba roported in any geny eral appropriation; bill, or be iy order we nn meu went thereto, for uny expenditure not reviously authuriaud by law, uuieas in continu. ution af dpproprlutions for such public warks aud objooty as ure already Jo progress, aor wall ay provision Ip any such Sill ur aimendingn! Uhareto ciaoulbi Au existing law be la order, execpt such 4s, bying guxmune to tbe subledt mutter of the bill, suull reireuch expenditures by the reduction of the number aad salury of the oflicors of tho United states, by the reduce Mon Of the compensation uf wny person paid out ‘of thy ‘Treusury of the Poitud States, or by the Feduction uf amounts of money covered by the ituhall bein order further Lo ainend sugd bi upoN the repors uf tho porns sites baving juridiction of (yo subjegt mgt fer of such uuivodwent, which umendinent, bee iow gormang to the aubjeck wattar as the bli, shall yetregok gxponditurya. Prion to 187 th}s rule, while ‘waking eit tn ordar lo propose an tneredse of the number aud of tho salaries of Government emplo; declared It ont of order to amend by redue clng tho number or compensation. In 1874, aflera protracted gstrugale, the rule wus changed to its present form, and hag so re- malued, y As soon ns the House organized on Mon- day of last week, Mr. Haskell, of Kattsns, subuilttert a resolution declaring tho rules of the last Congress shatl be the rules of the present ‘Ilonse untl} olherwise ordered, “but tint the Committee on Rules may re- port any amenduients thereto at any thine.” ‘This resolution of Mr. Uaskell is explulned by our Waghtagton cerrespondent as auder- stonil at to Capital to. be the first ‘step in dreaklng down the treenty-frst rule, so far Asit relutes to proposing amendments to tho Avpropriation bills, ‘The Cominitted on Mules, thns authorized to report ab any Une, Is oxpecterd in some way to represent the Re- publican party by removing sont’ of tho wlaest and most wholesome regutations that experience has proven necessary to protect legisiation, The Appropriations Committee has charge of allexpenditures, Under tho rnlesall estl- Mates and pppileations for expenditures are referred to and serntinized by that commit. tee, and they report bills embodying appro- priations for every purpose authorized by law aud warranted by the previous estiniates fur njshed by the several departments of tho Gaverument. When the bills are revorted they are protected in tho [louse by Rule 2t from being made omnlbuses for every ining Inabie scheme of plunder, and the ralders on the Treasury are driven to present uielr jobs in separate bills, which have lo be examined and tested ott their own merits, and cannot be carried under the wing of appropriations. Rulo St has been of great practical ben- elit, and jus doubtless saved millions of dollars to the Treasury stiice tts atoptlan, Jt is possible that ® combination in and out-of Congress proposes to create scares’of new offices and to make a general Inereqse of .salaries, Tho expectation ix to repeat over again the wild extravaganco of the ses- sion of 187}—the memorable session whose profligacy led tu the overwhelming Repub- Henn defeat at the election in 1874, whereby the Democrats obtalned 560 majority In the House of Representatives and gained fifteen sents In the Senate. ‘Chis rate stands in the way of the appropriation bills being used for any such purpose, It should be re= membered that if Mr. Haskell or any other member of the Ilouse feels 89 disposed there ig nothing In this rulc or any other rule to provent the Introduction ofa bill providing for the Incrensu of tha salurles of all the subor- dinates of the Goyerament, nor to prevent the Increase of the number of such officers. A Dillof that kind enacted into a Jaw would compel an appropriation to pry them, and “why not pass such # [nw openly and avowed- vty, with Its object plainly stated ? Why break down the barriers and protections of legisin- tlon by removing this most wholesome ruto which forbids such provistons in an appro- priation DIU? _ @UITEAU COHTROLS SCOVILLE. Tt is a singylar fact that Guiteau has been able to luupress upon hls own attorney in his enge the stamp of his own pergonallty, to In- troduce Into It the dishonest and raseally methods which distinguished his carcer fram: the eradle to tho criminal dock, Scoville has been tn bis hands ns clay in the hands of tie potter. Le has come to jook at the casa and its environments wholly through Gul- tuau’s spectacles. Ho fy. irritable, as Gul- tean is, He denounces tho public sentinent which demands Guliesu’s punishment as “ ploudthirstiness,” preelscly as Guitent does. Ile proposes to lecture, as Gultean does, Mets without funds, ag Guiteau fy, Ne Igsues clreulgr appeals to‘the public for ald In the defense ofthe assasin, as Giiteau igsucsy them in his own behalf. Ina word, he begs importunatoly and impudantly, as Guiteau has been begging all his life, Wa do not call attention to these curious caln- eldences of conduct yn the parfef the pris- oner and hig counsel to reflect unfavorably. upon the general character of Mr. Scoville. Jie has long borne a good reputation In Chi- cago, and we would not, utter a word to In- jure his good name hero or elsewhere, But we think the thoroughness with which Gul- teau has njastered .Scoville—turning his whule lincof thought into the Guiteau chan- nel—shows that the assasiy, not Svoville, dictates tie scope and nature of the defense, and holdy his asga¢late counsel strletly and firmly to the, tne of conduct he desires to have pursued. * Guiteau knows Scoville, and knows that he is neither a brillant mati nor a distinguished Jawyor, In the outset ho made hercutean efforts ta secure abla counsel, but fallud. From that moment he, doubtless with some reason, dotertined to take te control of tha defense, Ho fan much brighter man Intol- tectually than Svovilly, and, being o great egotist, he soon came to feel a profound con- tempttor Scovillu’a njoderate talents, Nor Is ft at all {mprobmbio that Seovilte was glad to avail of Guiteau’s quick approhension, andl qhe cunning at his ready resources of witand repartee, ‘Thus Gulteau soon galned & conplete aseondoncy over the mint of Scoville; sucured hid codperation in driving Roblagon from the case by volleys of coarse, seurtllous abuses Induced him to fasue a cir- culnr appealing to the public for help; In- duced him to felgn extreme poverty’ and to quits ahuap boarding-house for a cheaper, with the view of exelting public sympathy; and, finally, Induced him to give notlee that he will enter the lecture fleld to secure funds to defray lis curront expenses. * ‘ ‘These gre all Gulteau tricks. Thoy are of & plege with tho wob of Gulteau’s carer, |The aasasin was always decelving himself Inte the bellef that ho could trick the public ont of Jarge sums of monsy, and When the returns proved, as they alwaya did, to bo very emall, he eked out the balanca of his necessities by borrgwine aud deadbeating, ‘Dr. Talmage deseribes .Quiteatism as “able-bodied beggary, disculsud as burrow- Ing.” At is an oxcellent deilnttion. «Its a word-palnting of tho assasin, and now—wo Togret to aay it, but It is true—It applies with aliost equal force to his attorney, Scoville, It ls bad enough for the Governinent to bo obliged to coptrjbyte so niuch asa penny to tha dufvnge of the cald-blooded, caleulating asgysin of {ty Presiusnt But it has pald Gulteaw’s witnesses and the Court appointed au attorney to assist in defending hin, ‘The attorney, hoewever, did not sult elther tha assagin orig brother-in-law, and they united to drive flu fram thy ease, Guiteau has always insisted that there will bea change of public sentiment in bia favor, and he has evidently convinced Scoville of the currectnesa of hia theory. For that as- tute lawyer alludes ta the sentiment ns “bloudthirsty,” ‘and Iptrigues for time, which hu thinks will qliay {t, and now pro- poses to appeal ta dhe outraged publlg tu pay hin for retalting the assasin’s grievances In tho formof a tectural ‘he propasition la Inonstrously absurd, and can only pracecd froin Gulteay’a monumental egotism, which shova again flat he Iq.sane enaugll to make a tool of Svoville, ta thruat him before the public In the rdle of his defender, Guiteau Is aounnti devil, My, Storrs makes a vory subtle aualysly of his-uge of the t Divine in- splrution” theory. Ily says? e er To this trial ier never puts forth bie dua af Mee Ea 4 a 0 bis wari tt i ae whon Soeaoea be puts : \ j Inshort. that isn pratense. tinge as inspiron ne fer 18 Roing tounge Tho only thing a huwyor with Iv nig for that matter, Is that a person Woaarn state: MOVE LOPE torsos aycones aan uInent, ra Lon out 12 aor TWELVE PAGES —————————————EEE—EE————————————————————————————————————————=___>_—_— no. That thore ss any auch wimit, or nny aor. bohaves Inspired. GQuitbaw deca not belleve It, 1 because ho retles eet his adroltness of mind, hia great wit, his d pl lexterity, ote. nnd watts to beforn the country ona beniinnt, man. [tls when he ferls bimecit going to bo hanged b Uhat he fnterposes Divine Inapiration. Guitean realizes that bo fs in hinminent danger of boing hanged, A naw oxpedient noust bo tried, to take hls place in the tectire-dtesk, and he directs Scoville to play the rate. Itis not convenient for bin The public will notthar pay Its money to Cufteau nor Hsten to hls nttornay In his lo fense outside the courtroom. Mr, Robinson represented tho public In the efense of tha nassasin by direction of the Court. Mr. Gul- tean and Mr. Sgovillo droye htm from the case, abused, insulted him, To ask the pub- Jie to volunteer ald to Gultean or to yolun- teer to repay Scoville the expenses Incurred in his behalt is. pleew of audaclous pro- suunption. ‘The public hopes to sea Cuitett hanged in strlet accordance with law, for the pudlle puts no falth I his wen ef Insanity, ‘The bile wilt not donate a farthing to save Quiteat from the gallows, beeatse tha public hing made up Its mind from the ovl- dence that he is responsivle for hls great erline, A DI8GRACEFUL SORAMBLE FOR OFFICE. 'Fho Inty President Carflgtd, in his Inaagu- ral message, declared his Intention to. ask Congress to fix the tenure of minor ofleas, and to otherwise regilaty tho elvi] service, Assigning ns his reasons therefor Unt the civil servica can never be ptnced tipon a satisfac. tory basis untilitis regulated by law; that Atis for the gund of the seryieo {tself, for the protection of those intrusted with the ap- pointing power agninst waate of Ume and obstruction to public business caused by In- ordinate pressure for place; and for the pro- tection of incumbents against Intrigue and wrong. tlon of Viee-Prdsident, President Arthur wrote: 4 In his letter accepting the nominu- It scoma to mo that tho rules which should bo applied to the munigemont of the public service Bly BeOpeTE covform in the main to such as rexn ness, Original uppointinents should bo based upon ascertuined htnes! should be stable; should, so fac as practicable, vo tiled by the peas motion of worth vestigation of inent of wll offictat misconduct should bo prompt and thorough. , ate the conduct uf successtul privato bus- ho, tenure of office positious: of responsibility and elticiont ollcerd; tho In+ complaints and tho puntsh. In his recant message President Arthur Teperted the above sentiments, and even emphasized them. And yet ln spite of tho declarations ot the dead President and thelr rennnouncement by the Hving President, emplinsized by reiteration, what de wa be hol? The insano scramble for office, Interrupted for a brief thne by the Hiness and death of tho late President, recommenced with roe nowed peralstettcs and vigor as soon as .hls successor camo into his ney,ofice, and from that day to this It ling Increased In selflsh- nogs, In unszemliness, and [ntideouncy,. ‘The President and the departments are overran with offlceseukers and thoir friends, eager to push out the present incumbents ant seoure thelr places for themectves, ‘They ap parently act upon the assumption that the President's declaratiops are mere buneambe, or else they pay no attention to them at all, and conclude that if they make the pross- ure strong anough, they can carry thelr point by sheer force of, numbers and ingo- Jence, It adds to the disgraceful character of tifa scramble that the Adm{nistration Is but a few short months old; that many at the present inctiinbonts have but just become nequainted with their duties; and that the only opportunity to make a new rush for uilica jas come through the infamous dead of the assasin Gultean. them,-howaver, the circumstances that haye given them the opportunity, It matters as Ite to them that the President has twico ‘dectared that the tenure of office should ba stuble, and that the higher oflices should be fed by the promotion of imeritasious per- sons from tho lower ofilegs, Unat all the offices shalt be vacated and thelr places be filled with new mon without ro- gard to capacity or morit, and they demand It with as much effroptery as If tho President had openly aired the spoils policy. ————_—_ It matters little to ‘Thoy demand Stor the war batweon France and Gor- many the growth of the two countries iu pupit- lation has been curlous iy ite contrasts, Ger muny hag Increavod by 4,600,000 souls, but France by enly 812,000, 2014 In every 1,000 Inhabitants; but In 1878 thoy were only 268 In every 1,000. Tho tgures which vurrespond tu these In Germany aro 35 3-5 and wx. For 1867, the oxcess of births over denths In France vas 140,000; in 1878 it was only 08,175. Births in France In 1807 wore Gormany, on the other band, shows an excess for 1580 of 474,003, and for 1878. one of 654,000, With thoso figures as a sturting point, it 1a Intl. mated thut at the end of the contury, proylded emigration ang immigration do pot Interfora with conditions na they now are, Fyanco will have seurcely 40,000,000 peuple to the 60,000,000 that Gormuny wilt buve. And this growth of Germany is in despite of an Immouso omigra- ton to tho United States aud -ather countries, whilo nobody letves France. The tact [s, that tho Germang have Inrgo familias, while tho Frenob ure just tho roverde In this respect. Tho average Frenok family consistaof but two or threo children, while tho Germaus numbor ot ienet half-n-duzen, eee : ‘Ture total population, assessed valuation, and per capity valuation of tho United States, necording to tbo fguresat My. Robert P, Porter, of tho Geusua Duroau, are as follows; ABsRYaBD VALON Popula-} don, i er Amounts leqpita New England AVIUBRIS 20552,0705,5501$ 1.3 Middio Sintos, haga? sss awed Bouthern state: 237, O27] 23g eROL 155.2) Beiien) MOS HeeLs] ses. ina] Raa a Vounl United Staten, | 60,185, Tei1#16,607, 18,005 |i. The bondsd State and local debt, and the ans anal intereat cburge, the por cuplty bonded debt, and tho per capita annual interest churge, have boon curefully worked aut by Bir, Porter, with the followlug rosuitas x Pes . Pa Ainount, [edutta.|Aniount, eapita, Staten. vow icngiand,..|6 11aid0, r ; DeGeerees | Saal SEel ake) Wisma | Seine) “el Fae) Teerktartar baer ceo) ec cD Torn), Ue 8. Lec] Bs. Dl sow O| 4.33 —— Tie cltles and tawna of the’ South are runolng ap protty respcotable municipal debts, Helow Istbe aygregato debt of the towne hay- ing ® population of over 1,500 for 1870 and 1880 of tho Gtatesnumed: = « SOs SL IBUT ‘Tuene died recently in Letpsic, Germany, an enormously rich wicow whosy only relative was very dlatant, Alter making a large purar ber of minur pequesis, among them one of 15° 000 wurka to tHe gity fur tha crection af a manus mental strpoture, she boquouthed the realduary fortune to the Kingdom of Saxony, sume 12 00 narks in all, A mark isaboutsoenty, sho alrevtod that the interest un, the manoy aball bo used In assisting auch poor persons ae uce not already bonelited by public obarith Suenttteancnennanneme? Sraty Is very apparently Iu cargest about the proposed tunno} through the Pyrences. Tho King’s wishes! bave been promptly seconded by the Cortes, In which 8 taw woake aga waa paced w Dill gutborlsing the congtryation of the Huva- garCagfraud Rallware-whloh lguda to tha point where the tunnel would bogin—with 9 suuyeys Uon of 60,000 pesotas- por Kilomatre, It le cath: mated that the goat of the tynacy itvolf will he 13,000,000 pesotas one-half of which aum would bo borne by Franco and one-half by Spain, A pesota te Wj{ conta, or the sniuoas a Fronch Trnno, ——————---- Veny antistactory progress in the manngo- montof tho French Past-Oilco Department has In late yoats beon wate, ‘wo year ae tho nat profits wore 21,0K),000 franess in 1880 thoy wero 25,000,000 francs, and it isesthinated that whait the prosont yanr Js ended roturna will be made ‘of 39,000,000 franca of pict prafité. On tho ist of January tho snvings-batks in connuction with the post-oitica will by openad. ——— ‘Cun Hon. Kwari McPherson hina qlrendy been for twolvo yours Clork of tha Howe of Roprosentatives at Washington, If ho lves to complete tho term fur whieh ho tas now been efocted ho will five hud the longest acrvica ag Clerk of tho Huuse af auy incumbent of that oiflog from tho foundation of the Goverment. Already he has bad the iongeat continuous eorvice, ————— Montoomeny Har, fhe: most frlendloss of hungry Casatusea jn Anicrian, supposed ge bo deaconded from Putaam's wolf, suyss : Tidon (s the man sround whom the Domoc- racy ahould rally for 1831. Uo Is tha rupresent> H¥e mun” ot the Nuvionwl Dewocrnoy, whiet fun heen proserbed fur te antaronjen Lo aus eussion and to thocurruption aud fraud engen- dered by it. —————— Seracnr Kerrie ties the regular and ap: proved Ohio appouranco. ‘Chere ta plonty of hale on his bond, his beard fa thiok on the checks, tha fut! mouth ts covered with a heavy twua- tnehy, the obin-benrd ruachoa up to the utter= most iiinitof tho under ip, his oyebrows ara sumowhut lnryo, and bis cara are sinall, ne Tite Bulfalo Board of ‘Trade has adopted a memorial to Congress urging. the fmmediate constrpetion of tho projected Hennepin Canal in Westorn Iinols, a4 tho best means of mitine tuning wator-route cuminerce to the Atluntlo sonbonrd. : —s-__. A connisroxprnt Inquires how the namo of the now Epesker of tho Rouse of Kepresoutus tyes 1s pronounced, It ly pronounced Just as 1Cit wore apelied Kifer. It fs 2 German mime, and belotiga with the verb kelfer, tu seuld, te chide, iced Ai he desics Srcrrrany BLAine hns enbled his thanks to Baron Stouben for naming bis sun after him, and bas ordored tho tnest aflvur cap that Thtany can wake to gond to young Blajne yon Steuben seater! , LAKESIDE MUSINGS. Mr, A. B, Aleott and his daughter Louisa eclebrited thelr birthday’ laat Cucsday by ade dressing pooms to euch othor, It Is and to sco a father und child such bitter enemies, Sir John Astiey’s country seat was burned to tho grotnd Inst week, but, as all tho ruc horses und bull-pups on the pluce woru saved, the gentleman's pusitiun among tho Kaghish nor bility Js sul) assured. © What sunshine is to flowers amites aro tohumanity., Thoy'nre but trifles, to be sure, but acuttered along lte's pathway tho geod thoy dois inconuclyuble, Lot us all smile whenever wo ain, especially at tha ather follaw’s ex- pense."—Carl Schwa A Nebraska payer says that “a Chicago concert trouno pald the penituntiury and asy- Juni at Lincola a vistt hist week, aud sung for the Inmates.” People whe are tempted ta com- mit crimes in Nevriskn shoilld bear this fact in inind, and do thelr horse-stealing in some vthor lueality, A London paper says that Glasgow Unt- versity ig to expend 800 on a bust of Curlylo, Tols amount would suurt o ball club fu fino style, and leave envugh te buy soveral palrs of boxing gloves fur the incre advanced clusses of students, When It comes te educational mut+ tors we lay ovor the Scotclt. ‘Thore’s nusic in a hidy’s foot, And well tho Indies know it; ~ And sho who bas a pretty ono Is pretty sure to show it; ait tines you, too, are murtyred by The nicest Jittle ankle, 4 ‘That shouts un arrow through the eyo, Within tho heart to rankle, But whon it trips along the street, , “Thro' wind, and mud, und vapor, By shoerest accident you sco : How benutifui the taper; And ag abo steps upon tho walk, Amid the crewa to minglo, ‘wo ruguieh eyes louk tip and saz ‘\L wonder if he's single?" —3F, Tikten, “+ What hol my merry poct man,” Up epuko tho Edltor, , 2 “ Go amekly bence and write mo out Bumo yerses that afar: Through all tho fund shall sougd tho praiso Of —'s now palace-car. I fain would travel without cost From bore to Suudy Bur." . 6 er x The poot brought tho verses forta, * From out bia fortite brain, They printed were noxt day, and in Tho Weokly shone again; TUL one would think tho editor Dosirod a paluce train. © Full awiftly forth went messenger With letior writ 6v Talr, Z Requesting, by return of boy, Of double berths a pur: ‘With pittows all of older down And mattresses of hair, . ‘The boy camo back with solemn fave, “ Treokon, boss,” bo sald, . “ That in the luttery of life - You drew a baby's heat ‘Sfwore vetter thut a mulo’s hind foot Evetwhlle your bruina bad spread, “(Tho man to whom you scot moe was Of. glant eizo and talen; He sald, that of thomany gawks On thle xreon varth be'd soen, , You captured alf the biscult, and Tho douyhnuts too, 1 ween, “Ho wald chat advortising was What thoy would most avoids; No means ta sound tho pratsos of ‘Tholr cars were o'er ompluypd. Ho also sald your bead must bo Bade out of cyljuloid." hg Editor no ticket’ got, * Pull sorrowful was ho; “Noxt tine,” bo muttered to binsolh “ Moro ounnlug 1 will bo, Ana yilify tha Aygont, who , WIIl passes send to mo." CUIOAGU PRIMET, * Hera we have a Horsu Race in Enghind, Bee tho Horses run, Wont iittle speok Is that on the Horizon tawards which they ero running? It 1s an Awerlcan Horse, Mary Js fixing her Bang. Protty soon hor Boau Will caine, and st will borumplet. Docs hor Father know this? No, or bo would bo wuare lng bis boz-tved Boot. ox, See the Man on a fine Norse, Who can tt bo? It Is the Mysor of Chicago looking for a Telegraph Polo, ‘Will ho Ord one? Yes, if be looks shurply. 4 What o pretty Horse. Ita nama iy Maud 8. Can tt go faut? Yeq It can xo lo two ton, Who owns tho pretty Horse? 4 pour pian tor whom tho Horse works bard atlSummor, Hig numa ls Vanderbilt. Why docs Lucy ‘ery? 1t is because hor cruel Father will not buy her a Scuiskin Sucquo, Protty soon ber dlotber will come bao, aud ake” will got hor car,bifted, und thon Luoy willory on the squure, What a strong Gate. The Man who built {thas five Daughters, all unmarried. Do you tumble, oblidren? A ——— t e PERSONALS, A-reunion of the Wadsworth family is oontemplated for 1883 on che 260th anniversary of the sundry of Christopher and Willian Wadswortu at Duxbury, Maw. One of tha allegations mado In a Louisville wife’a bill for divorce Is that ber busbandg, to eure ber of Jealousy, compelled her to kiss tho womn of whan aoe waa joulaus, paving brougae the Juttor to the Rouse for tha purpuss, No one‘ loved tuxurious ease better than Thompson, author of Tho Bousons," wha was onv of the most lasy of meg and pocts, Hie pere sonal AppeAraon.Wwas go Uspreposscsulag that Barty Corgwall thought bim a atriking Ulustra- Hon of bls own “Caatle of Igdalence,’ without Itaromance. Ho always remained unmarried, but fell twice th tovo--once with # Miss Btanioy, Upon wham ed BES enrly doy : Wier can ee wit Sian’ annie egns ang innkes ulludion ti hie dusersption be Thole Crivudship lasted for many years, Me. Bradhitah has, I New Zeatand, a brother who (90 tisslon prenehyr, and who, ‘no long ayo, publicly prayed foe tho futuro sete unl wolfare OF hig uthotgtic relative. ity braye wag eenmmanted by aaunds. trou bls wae of “Hons, hear,” applause, and ortes of © Hiss in Kentucky a poll tax ts tnposed an ye groos only, and tho State Sehool Fund IS appro printed to tho eduvation of white children only, von this equal diviston of blessings ts not sane stuctary, wad a iit has ten Weotunt tisea ty tho Fourteonth Amondinent allows iicse nas Henry Chuy's grandson, Henry Clay. who * wentuut with an Arctia expeditton ay t REO, and wes gronuded on the feebers by Howgate's failure, concluded to go wp and tnd tha Pols himself, tnt after traveling Buveral days hy team, concluded that tho pola ts wall Whero It Is, and cata howe. President Arthur's sleeping chaunber tn tha White Hyuac ta un Intense sky blue, even tho woodwork alinut the walls, daure, tnd window, being of that vivid buc. ‘Tho watts are papereg with sliver, dolteatels tawered tn gold. ‘Th furniture, curtuing, and tnmbrequins: are bing Batlhy SAME with a very siull gold flower: Atte Ohio girl making a contribution to the Gurtletd monument Land, wddeeased a quaing lotter to sr. Committee,” In which sho sald: “Tam a little girl t yonrs old and Live tivomties from HMirau, our deur President's former hoine, Now, my Unele Osenr, living in Cleveland, sof Jcattld not spoll hippopotumus, tke vet mo 4 dollar. Ewou the bet. [tis tho trat dollar 4 yor carned, amd t wonld DRE you to please ace copt thlg ns Coken Of love to one beloved Pres} dent Gurilek.” | The litte girl's nume ta Ey; May Folder, aud ber home Is tu Mantua, 0. Rutfaclo Rubattiny,.to whont Ltaly ts deep. ly indebted for whathedld to restore ber unclent enterprlag on the son, Is dead at Genoa, his native place. Beginning trade inn huntie way, he brought tobis fo work in his peas yenraan oxtraurdiuary industry, and was ale ways more of 9, patriot than mun of per. sonal umbition to sueceed in ooumerclal pure sults, Tuy 1859 he wus at the bead of 1 company whieb ran boats from Genvn tu Sardinia, but ho xendtally extended bis Hines tintif thoy included wil the Mediterfuncan ports, the Black Sea, the Red Son, und oven porta in Indio” The fortuna ho loft wags modest one. 1t was with to of hia stenmers—tho Piedmont and tho Lotnburde —that Garibuldl, iy Jedy, trauspurted bis Phen 1 dy Tet, i nea to doy song REINKE. Commutation of His Sentence by Gay, Catlom at the Beqitst of a Welle Backed Peitilon, % j Spectut Dispntch to The Chieago Tridune, Seuinaqwikup, HL, Doc. 1.—Tho Coveror toe day cummuted tho sentence of Al Reinke, in stead of granting him a full pardou, as requested In the petition and pupera Uted in the case, Tate will mate bis Imprisonment whut It would have been according to the representations mude ty tho Govoruor bud be pleaded guitty only tv ono Indictment, according to the tusual pructice in situllar cases in the Cook Couuty Crimtnat Court, ‘his would Bayo satisiied thy prosecution and the Court, Kut when ho pleaded yuitty to bath, {udictinents suntunde wus necussarily pasaed oq bot. Tho petition ‘asks for un unconditional prrdon, and sets forth that two Indictments wero returned agalust Relnke—one Lor cuuspiracy with Eaton in falsifying the tax records, und ono agulnst Reinke nlono for“lircony—buy that both wero. bused upon acts done by bin in connecuon with the Irregulurities In tho tax depurtinent of the County Clerk's. ollige, It J3 stated that Nulnke'saction in plead. ing guilty to both jndigtments, wus improyident And unnecessary, beenuse when thore ure seve eral Indictments pending relating to acts of a similar nature, and tho prisuner wishés to throw himself on tho tmorcy of tho Court, It fs commonly tho accuptad, pructica of tho courts to. reserve tho plea of gullty on ony Inulct- ment aud abandon tho others, “utd your petls Honera beliove that iu this iuetince tho domands of justica would buve boon extisiied bad tho sald Reinke ploaded to but one idietincyt the plen of guilty, and that the prosecution and the Court would have nequivdced therein. Lhe potitton xocs on torgive tho vircuinstances of Reluke's misdouds, setting fort tho bullet of tho. putitioncrs that Hoinke was tho tenst gulity »| of the conspirators, white the others huva cvaded dustice; tht the inoneys out of wolch the county was defrauded guve been paid buck; that Reinko'’s Ute and charnetor fd previously bean without biemish; and that bis widowed jmother taUependent upon aim for support ‘This betitien is signed by Jude Anthuny, stite’s aAtturuoy Milly, County Uiork Kiokke, Congress inen Farwell and) Aldrich, Seuutors White, Condee, und Mumer, und Kupresentatives Cole ing, Thomas, Weber, Sexton, und Plotke, Sheri Mann, 8. F. Munebott, Jacob, Gross, Jobo J. Healy, Joba Stephens, Georg Rogue, Her tana Raster, Wilinm Rapp, A.C. Hesing, and Washington Hesiug. Reike entered tho Jollet Pouiteatiary Muy 17, und Wardun MeCionghry roports chit sinc. tis . inearceradion his conduct bus been yuod. Lhe Governur ulgo received pers sount tutters from Judge Anthony, State's turpey-Mills, Auatio Sextun, 6} Senator George E. Adums recomingnding th. yardon rr INCENDIARY FIREMEN. Tho Chief Eugiuecr wnd Foremnu aud Englacer of tao Sicum-Hire Eughic ef Wo Coldwater, Migt.s, Firo Departs ament Arrested for Sotting Fire to Ballina, é Spectal, D:spatch to Ths Chicago Triatins, Cotpwarsn, Mich., Deo. 14.—This foroncon Hontingway, foramun of tbo steawor company, watyed oxam{uatlog in the Justice Court und was bold to, tho,Uireujt Cyurton tho charge nf fring public bulldings. Tula afternoon he ape Deured bofore the Circult. Court and presonted a weltten statument of ull he knew about tho mate ter of setting the nutuerous lires whloh oveurred last summer, Iv tho.stutemont bo svt forth chat Chiof-Bngincer Hortun J, Druky was tho Instl- gator of all tho flros for the purpuso of arousing, public oxeitemunt on the question at water-works ata procuring au addiconat steamer, and mentioned diferent buildiugs whlch Drake had spotted for tho foremon to set tire to and in addition be stated that Drake bimeoll Pluced cho box that caused the burnlug of Ar mory Hallingund last. Ho wus sent buck fo Sais to awalt Curotshing of ball {a tho sum of, $2,500. Druke stoud ty aud beard tho stator ment and soon afterward bimsolf was arrested ‘on tho saino Charge, uppouting before Juatice Purintongud giving butt of $100 to. uppoar for exumination. This fa tho ifth meme bor of tho dopartment that bas bevn arrested on thls charge, and so far as known now Inclydea ail tho porsuns having any knowledyu of the gifalr, Puulig oplaion Is sory. much divided asto Druke'a gudt or comphony An the alfuir. Huthaway, tbo euglocer of ate steamer, who Wy out on halt, bus bean ordere tor appear before thy court tho first thing tumurroe niurning. ‘Tho action of the Commun Counell a thelr meeting tomorrow n.gbt ip regard to ean Urmiug the Dowly-cluoted ullluers of tho abouts mont f6 waited with vers much inturest. Ln 7 {a the deteuted candidate for rediection us U 7 Eugincor, aud tt is even Weged thit hy yy cused tho arrest of tho firu-buxs by wing Away kuowlodye I his possession rogarding thuse who cuused his dofout. ———— BRUTAL TREATMENT. A Won Asgqultod at Ansonia, Conte aud Let, ‘Nerribly Brutscd and Tuscis lle. Naw Iavey, Conn, Dev, 0.—Yestorday pore {ug Oflcor Larkin, of Ansonia, was Intorwe that tho nearly nuked body of a woman ay pon an ombankment Io tho rear of tho oad of Osboru & Chevsoman, in that town. ie hastened to the eput aud found that the wom! . was ullve, although sho bud fain upon the hints ground the ontire night, bor only clothing eae Alora akirt, ono stocking, and a piece of * a act, Hor bate was incoafusion 4vout ber ives and nuok, and matted with blood and wrass, ttul untiro body was out and beutsed i mtrlate bs manne, Bo druisod and awollen was her ved that bor oyes wera buried from view. ore sides were pleces of hoy torb clothing, an HY gtuss und weeds looked ne if crushed by 4 ney farmerollor, The woman proved to bo sed Wiendon, about 40 years vld, Fan employ: fae erage oat “UbUE bor pension, wer busbal the late War. Her H U a) by four through the bridge sho was usaiulto F inen, WHO, abe ae, were alate, Liters w s : that soine Siquid was forcod dowd hor var d aha Was beytoy intl} ele lost conse bel iy. Buker suy¢ thore is no doubs the wou : buen wost horribly maltreated, Enh tt her water's housy. The probability, ly Mee wih diy. The fucty we oe qui blu by the mut elt who Were i nent going clew uilght bo autamodof the pert ity af the oplme, In ourpaboratign ot the ee atory & shuwl, igent{oed ud hora wus © bt ae Jbuetenu at the bridge yeuterday. a is of pas been tho scene of pial eClned, BB! requeutod by gangy of rUARE © them struck be! i