Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1881, Page 4

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Southeast corner Itnndolph and State streats, Emelio Melville Opera Company. “Patience.” THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1881. + Tuenn are several contradictlons in the Nixon case whieh would be conspierous- ty hudicrous If they wore not dimmed by the xreater lustre of the supreme contradiction elsuwhere deserlbed, For Instance, the three Chicago Congressmen agreed on Nixon after they discovered thitt Spatding’s appéni- ment had been finatiy determined by die Prestdent; not ane of them was willing to indorse his candidacy sn Jong as there was a chance to get the place for one of their own candidates, Stona says that certain mer- ehants and Importers sized “Nixon’s appll- eatlon for office, ‘not because they were for Nixon ngatust the field, but because they were for Nixon aa opposed to any profcs- slonal politiclan Y—~as though the truckling, oflice-begging Nixon, always opposed’ to clvil-servies reform, and always running with the “machine,” were not a professional poll- tician of the worst stripe! And Stono fur- ther snys thot he himself “enred very litte whether Nixon.was made Collector or not.” When even Stone desorts him fy his present. ridiculous condition, lis case is Intdeed de- spleable. 1t is another sad warning to men who aspire to manage a nowspaper not to run after offices, Disratcnes from Mexico state that the Government. of that country has apvaluted Sefior Romero a spechil envoy, charged with power to yegotinte a treaty of commercial reciprocity with tho United States. Seffor Romero has been repentedly Secretary of the ‘Lreasury In Mexico, and ho has lived many years in this country as Mexican Minister, and is therefore fully acquainted with the revenue systems of both countries and pre- pared ta adopt some system consistent with modern civilization, The Moxlean Govern- ment evidently sees that the.bullding of rail- rouds Is a wasteful expenditure of money so long as the transportation of merchandise from ofa country to the other 13 prohibited by the tart rogulationsof both, There must he a mouliicntion of these tarlits before thera ean be an exchange of commodities,’ Tho Tinited States have a treaty of reciprocity with tho far distant Hawaiian Islands, ant there aught to be ne difttculty in framtug a proper and equitable one with Mexico, our nearest republican neluhbor, ‘Lhe trade of Mexico ought to be with tho United States exclusively, a3 ought the trade of nil the Centrat and South American States, and in forming thistrenty with Mexico there should ho provision made that all these Central and South American States may become parties to It equally with the United States and ico, ‘Tun enso of Bennie Hughes, who was brought Into Judge Jameson's court Friday usd had hls sentenco suspended, Mustrates ia peculiar manner the danger of permit. ting any Judge to exercise "this enormous power, Hughes appears to be ono of the niost desperate and hardened young ruflans in this elty, Me has been arrested for all manner of offenses, from highway robbery to disorderly conduct. Mo has once forfelted his built for robbery and onve for laveeny; and both thies the bondsmen proved to by worthless, Yet he managed to impose a dolefut tale of IN health upon Judge Jame- son, and by this means, after pleading guilty, to get weuspension of suntence, which ope- mites ay a virtual pardon, Sluco writing of the wrongs of this practice of suspending sentence last week we have ex- utnined thecommon law relating to thosubject more fully, and haye been unuble to find any authority for it anywhere. It ls nota com- mon-law right. ‘The Judgesin England do not practice It. ‘thoy recoffimend “to the anerey of the Crown” tn exceptional cases, but they must impose sentence necording to lnw, and leave clemency to the Executive power, Tho fact ts, that the practice of sus- pending sentence rests on no higher authorl- ty than that of certaiu of the Judges of Cook County, and In partloulur the dictum of tha Judge who has done’ most ‘by his rulmgs to demoralizo our criminal procedure, The thing ought to stop, No seusible Judge ought to want to exercise such 4 power; and we do not see how any honest Judge who nas jooked Inta the law for himuelf, aud not taken It at second-hand, eun satisfy Its consclenco jn exercising it. ‘There Is not the shadow of a doubt that the Judge who suspends sentence docs an illegal act every the that he refuses to pass dudginent, ‘Ihe churactor of our judictary fs THE CHICAGG TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 188I—TWELVE PAGES. f0 high and their motives confessedly so pure that neither tho ona nor tho other should be exposed to the danger of miscon- struction, We hold It to be avery way ine proper that such au enormous strain should bo put uyott the Judges ag the possession of tho pardoning power in erlminal cases must nevessarily involve. ‘There Is no safety but in executing the inw, and leaving the pardon- ing power to the Governor. ee rerteees ‘Tr appears from tho British papors that nimost the whole Catholic vote of ‘Derry County went over to the Tory enudidate, Sir Samuel Wilson, at the revent Parliamentary election In that county, Notwithstanding {tls heavy defection, the Gladstone eandidate was elected by G7 majority, Tho way this happened Is explained. Fully 1,000 of tho heretofore Protestaut Conservative volors of Derry supported the Liberal candidate, Mr. Porter, tho Irish Solieltor-General, ‘These mon were satisfied with Giadstono’s Land vill, and were determined to uphold it, and so voted for his Solicitor-Genoral, : ‘The Cath- ailes were not xeally opposed to tha Land bill, bub they were angry at Glad- stono and Forster for the enforcement of the Coorclon act and the imprison- ment of tho Land-Lengue leaders under ft. Ashullar change of front tonk piace in Down at a late election. ‘The Liberal Catho- Ules went over to tho Tories almost en miisse to punish Gindstono by defeating his candi. date, whoreupon tho Conservative Protest- ants changed to tho Liberal side and elected his candidate by a large iajority, Atl tho retinbte reports from ireland aro to the effect that in Protestant Ulster the fand net Is ace coptabla to the farmers, and they ave gener ally applying to the Land Court for new tonures unter It, But in the otheror Catholls provinces the rent ts genorally withheld, and the farmers as a general rule hesitate toapply for tenures under tho act, One reason is, they are mostly In arrears of rent since tha famine of 1879, and find it almost impossible toscttle with the landlords, It will take tine to readjast matters in that half-starved aud rent-racked ishan HIGH TARIFF AND ANERICAN RAILWAYS IN MEXICO, Mexico and America, though nelghbvoring: Republics, have not had those close and ib eral commercial rolations which ought to have existed between two nations whose forms of xgovernment are so similar and whose territory. {s contiguous, ‘The one has just closed the first centtry of its independ- lice, and the ather lias also recently closed its first half-century. Theabotittonof slavery yu the United States has removed permanent- ly the one great menace to the peaceful rela. tons of tho two countries, ‘The old slave- power In this country no longer looks to the couquest of Mexico with a view ot extending the aren of sinve territory, Thy Unlon, without slavery, has no desire to conquer or annex Mexican territory, the Amerlean peo- ple preferring to. ave Mexico grow Into a strong, populous, and productive nation, unlted to this country only by the bonds of freo commercial intercourse, ‘There aro now belng constructed in Mex- Ico many thousand miles of railway; the lines traversing that country from ocean to ocean, and from north to south, but espe- clally connecting at several pomtson the Rio Grande with the systems of railways which cover all the Imes of internal commerce tu the United States, Aierican capital in enormows amounts ts belng Invested In all these railways of Mex: eo; American compantes are, with great energy, building those ratlways, and tho only rational pnrposo and expectation js, thatn great and Inerative international commerce will be created, the protits on which will not only compensate for the present outlay, but will furthor expand the finprovemonts, until Moxico shall become fruitful in her Industry, and the two Republics will prosper in their extensive system of exchunges, Commerce, however, implies trade, and trade requires exchange of commodities, ‘Phe internal as well ns extorna! trade of the Unite States Is In the exchange of the yaried productions of thelrpeople, Su between na- tlons there can be ne commerce save where tho trading nations buy and sell thelrsurplus prod- uctinterchangeably, The United States have much to sell to Mexieo, and Mexleo, under the Impotus given to her people by tho intro- duction of American railways, energy, and industry, will wndoubtedly in time have much to sell to the United States, If Mex- {co and America stood in the relation towards ench other that ‘'exns and Missourt stand, or | Ilinots and Towa, trade would begin at onco* and goon prospering and fnereasing ns free and unrestricted commerco always «oes, blessing both partics, But no such relations ean begin or be eftavlished without a radtenl change of commercial polley Is made by both countries. Mexico has a protective tariff of the most remarkable character, Itis in some respects an clastle tari, When Aimerlean goods rench the froutler by rail, oraseaport by water, tho national officera seize the goals and levy thereon tho duty established by the Mextean national law. . Theav duties are pro- portioned after the dimensions of our own ultra high tarlit, Mextco being a bellever in the protective theory that the Smportur of foreign goods Isa ptiblls enemy. Tho Goy- ernment having made its claim, the State In whieh the goods hnppon to arriyo alse levies a tax in the shape of aduty. ‘his being also satisfied, the goods are then moved on until the train crosses the border of the next State, where another duty Is pald, and so on, Enel State Into which the goods may pass oxncts atoll, until the original price of tho zoos when they crossed tho Mexican border Is amall In comparison with the additions made thereto under the yarlous protective duties Jovied thereon. We have seen a statement which gives $i ag the ptice of an article reaching Vera Cruz by steamor from New York, which price had increased to $15,owlng ta revento taxes, by the timo the article reached the City of Mox- ico, So cnormous is the cost of American or any foreign products swollon by the duties undor the Mexican tariffs, and so slender are the earnings and Incomes of. the Mexican poopie, that to nine-tenths of the Mexicans an articlo of forelgn merchandise {ans unattainable by purchaso as If it was the great Koliinoor itself, On this side of the border woe havo a pro- tectivo turlif ulso, a surious and comprelen- sive tarlif; ono which will whatever productions poor Mexico may have to sell, and with the ralfroad tarlif wilt consume its entire value. We are bullding railways: by thousands of miles to transport the merchan- diso of both countries to and fro, and yot the two countries have legal ennctinents which practically forbid and prohibit uny ox- change of erected 8 ‘tari? wall 100 feet high to prevent our railroads from carrying Amor- lean products futo her territory for sala, Our Congress fins also erected a tarift- wall about sixty fvet high tostop the Mexican railways from crossing our boundury Ine with the products af that couptry to be ex- changed for Ameriean fabrles. | Morgover, Afexled can- obtain all such manufactures as she needs from British, French, German, and Belglan morchunts at 6 per cent of the price they will have to pay for protected American goods, Our tarltf has that re- markable feature, that while !t compels con- aumers at home te puy 40, £0, to 69 per cent wore for thelr goods than like goods can be obtained elsewhors, it also so Inerenses tho cost of Amertenn production that our manu: facturers cannot sall thelr fabrics ubrond ex- cept at prices 49 per cent aredler that Is askel for Itke goods from forefen countries. Certainly this impassable barrier to trate with Mexico must be removed, aud In its ro- moval the whole protective theory abandoned, or tho money investetl {n theso Mexlean rail- ways must bo fost, ‘Tho Galveston Netvs calls attention to the grave dificulties to which those building those rallways scomingly closo thelr eyes. It says; In the absonce of some nasurazico ofthe carncst and sticeossful prosecution of auch n pulley, the headlong activity of American enpital in puste Mung ratiroads Into Mexleo ie n curious and almost aninging spect Where Is to bo tho profit of stich Su nents? Whero is tu bo the substan tnt service of those roads to either Moxieo or the United States, or to both, If tho fillberal polley: which tina horgtoforo provaited shall Iny 0 Praoticn! cmbarge on commerce wt all the cone necting qelais between the two countrios? Aud this would he precisely analogous to whit, the protection folly, aaa Natlonnl delusion, bas done Wrothor cnses. With mnd peodigailty It expands money and labor to bultd roads oF eatnblish water highways, adapted to fnellitate the larwest inter- national jutercourse, then with tirotess diligence Diocks up those aventies of communication and makes tho {ntorcourse as smull and 08 unprolltns ho aa poselily, Agstiredly tt Is timo for nite Atmorlean-Moxienn ralirund builders to ponder these reficotions on tho protective tariff systom nan spatum of orgnnized repression of infernn- Hone erowte and internntlonal intercbange of enol y. POPULAR EDUCATION 1N ENGLAND. ‘fhe yeteran English reformer, John Bright, recently delivered a grent speech on the subject of education upon the occasion of the Inying of tho foundation-stone of tha fivst “board school” in a town of Wales, Mr, Bright holds the British land Inws and the British foreign polley responsible for British ignorance, pauperism, and crime. Hv holds that the British Innd system has divorced the British farmer from the soil, and so driven one-half of its cttltlvators from tho- rural districts to the elties nnd to other pursuits. Ie refers to the expressed wish of Mr, Cobden to see “a plain map, on which shouid by given all the maps of all the coun- tries; and that on this map there should bo marked g litthe spot In red to Indicate blood, and In black to Indleate error and crime; and that theso marks should be placed wher- ever the bloud of English soldiers ‘had been shed.”- Ant he proceeds to show where and for what British soldiers have shed thelr blood; how they fought to fm- puse R monArch upon Spain; and afterwards to imposen mionareh upon France; and after- wards to impose taxation without representa. tion upon the American colonists, at an ex- penso of four or five hundred millions of dol- tars; and then to subdue to British rule two hundred millon Asiatics; and then to do- batch tho people of China with opium, and 80 on. ‘This fs 9 terriblearraignment of the British nation, and at {ts conclusion Mr. Bright calmly says: ‘I belicve all the profits of all tho great foreign trade of the country since tho necession of William I1L—that ts to say, when this horrid system began— that the, profits of all our foreign tradg‘for 200 yenrs would not reach tho enor- mous sum we havo expented ‘in those wars’? Headds: “During all the period of which I haye been speaking we have had the most barbarous eriminal code whieh is to he found or hnsoyer been found in any Christian nation” This is the way in which Mr. Bright accounts for the vastuess of the English estabilsiment of poor-houses and prisons, . Mr. Bright's sketch of the history, of popu- lar education in England is very brief -nee- essnrily so, for itis a short history. It dates back only to 1870, when what Is known as the Education act was passed. Lefora tho passnge of that act the school attendance was, in round numbers, 1,800,000, but in ten yenrs, under the new régime, ib has Increased to §,100,000. Mr. Bright is proud of this modest rate of progress, as he well may be. . Ho tells with a blush how In. 1833° —leas than fifty years ago—a grant of £20,000 for popular education was resisted fn Parlia- ment, and only passed by a majority of one or two, “so many were thore opposed to the granting of money for the furtherance of ectueation among the people.” In 1812 the grant grew to £1,030,000, In 1870 to £1,014,000, and this year to £2,652,000, In ndditton to this the Government hing loaned the people to bulk scheol-houses, say, 210,000,000, to ba repald in thirty years. This is a very meagreshowlng as compared with the annunl budgot for public educa- tonal purposes in the United States, where there are 10,000,000 pupils onrolled, 240,000 teachers employed, nnd $80,000,000 oxpentiad, But the land system of England, a retic of the feudal age, and the debt of England in- curred In wars of conquest and robbery stand In tho way of any very great further augmentation of the English educationat fund. Mr. Bright evidently hopes that as ignoranee is digpelied by eduention erlne will decrense, and that the sums devoted to due support of prisons and poor-houses may be xradually diverted to the maintenance of public schools. For he ennnot be unaware that taxation in, England has reached pretty nearly its highest possible limit. ‘Tho Jand system has broken down agriculture, and the rush to eltles has crowded the poor- houses, ‘Thus the demand for taxes in- creases and the power to pay taxes decrenscs. Of course, the end is ruin, collapse, unless there isa radical change of policy, and Mr. Bright indicates that that change must be In the land system, * Jo potnts to Ireland and says: “ We now seo in Ireland what results from erroncous legislation and the continuance of erroncous legislation through successive conturles witl regard to land, and I believe now that wero it possible to suy that there should bend change whatsoever in the laws afecting Innd in this country tho tine would not be very remote when we should hive euffering and confusion In England that would mako us greatly re- gret that we did not at an cartier period ap ply some remedies to tho ovils that oxlst.” ‘This Je a yery gunrded statement, the state- ment of 9 patriot who loves his country, but also of a student of history who coupre- hends Its retributive phitosophy, mud sees In tho futuro a great peril, Ignorance must be dispelled, exctalms Mr Dright, but the misery of tho situation fs that tha resources of tho country aro taxed to thelr utmost to pay interest on the mortgage commaditics, Mexico has: placed upon n by the Ignorance and erimo of 200 years, ‘The people of Ene gland have been robbed of tho soll of En- gland as well ng incumbered with a debt created upon an utterly {also theory of tho duties of Govermuent, Rg ty ‘Theso two lous stand In the path of the advocates of popular education In England, Well, the tithes of tho landed geutry must be “scaled,” exclaim the radical wing of ‘tho Liberal party, Yes. But how long ‘after that shall have been accomplished will It be before there will bo a demand for a scaling of the dobt? ye A. genera! system of popular education, Ike that In the United States for example, ts yastly oxpenalve, A people taxed forever to pay for the erlies and foilies of thelr ances- tors cannot Indulge the luxury, The En- glish boy born into the world under a load of debt is compelled to go to work Jong be- fore his beard grows; he becomes a pack+ horse, to bear the burdens of mon who were turned to dust 200 years ago, before he has mastered his A HG, ‘The landed and moneyed aristocracy of England stand in dread of any comprehensive liberalsystem of popular education, Tow to got rid of the wieked past without gross iujustico to its beuelletaries of the present {s the problem with which Mr. Bright and his colaborers ato called upon to grapule, THE “RUNTHORNE" OF AMERICAN POL- : 111 cs, ‘Tho admirers of the Acting DPrestdont are apparently anxious thatha should: pose be- fore the country asa sort of polltical Bun- thorne, while they recline at his feet and wave Hites and annilowers at him. We are not prepared to say whether or not this sort of treatment ts to Mr. Arthur's liking, but it {s cortain that his friends, with something likes preconcertedt movement, unite in tha effort to impress upon tho American people that Mr. Arthur Is a gentleman, as though tho gentioman were rather an exceptional charactor in everyday Ameriean Ife, ‘ho latest Instance of this purpose la furnished by Mr. Filtey, would-be Vostmaster-General, in the St. Lonis Gtobo-Demovrat, who says: But thore ts no rabble about tho White House. The pet atm ply fa, this man has executive aliit- ity suid ho would make tho best President this country over had, aud thut prediction Js be- iug verified. Guriield and Arthur represent two types of -eclf-mitdo men in this country, ‘Tho Orst woe an expouont of purely American Institutions. Ho tytd grent logisintive expo rience and acquaintance with National alfaira, Ho wage statesman. Arthur, too, is sulf-mnde, and bois purely American, But he tsa type of axriule higher,’ He is the self-made gentioman, Tis tratning and developinent have teen. in the ling of tho executive. His quatifieations for the high oftice of President will becutne more and more apparent to tho people, ile has already shown his ability to keop his own counsol aud to pursue his own courac. We are inclined to doubt whether Aimeri- cans, a8 n rule, will agree with Mr, Filey in placing tho “self-made gentleman” on o higher plane than. the “self-made states- inan?’’s but, without stopping to discuss this point, there are reasons why Mr. Iilley’s tes- thnony as to tha’ relative merits of “states- men” and “gentlemen” ty not so valunbia as It would be tn gome other matters, Mr, Filley may easily be belleved to be more im- presstonable to manifestations of estheticiam than tho average polltician; he is just tho sort.of fellow to admire most extravagantly elegance of deportment, fashion in -«ress, snavity In manner, and the other elements of stylo that constitute “the self-made gentle wan”—"the type of a higher grade” than tho self-made statesman, Filley himself ts nothing If not esthetle. Uesldes, Mr, Fil- ley wants to break Into the Presl- dentin Cabinet, and that clreumstance uaturally hightens his appreciation of Mr. Arthur's persount beauty and sorlal ne- compilshmonts. So long as there shad! bo the remotest prospect for Mr. Filley’s real- ization of his Cabinet longings, he will bo able to discover in every graceful bend of Mr, Arthur's head and every crook of Mr. Arthur's elbow more ability than he will see In the entire collection of Gen. Gariicld’s speeches and fiterary rematns, Mr. Arthur at tho dinner-tablo will always have more charms for Filley than the record of Garfield in the forum, on tho fletd, orin the Executive office. *In Filey’s mind Arthur will be * the best President this country hns ever had”? until Filtey’s hope of a Cabinet, position or some other desired oftica shall vantsh into thin alr, It would be o gov deal more satisfactory to the people, however, if Mr. Filey and generally tho adinirers of the Acting Preal- tlent were able to urge some stronger ciain: upon popular confidence than symmetry of shape, perfection. of dress, and personal suavity. Perhaps Mr. Arthur himself is not anxious to play the part of a Beau Brummel or professional beauty. It will be remem- bered that Buathorne, when alone and un- observed, confessed that he was an “esthet- Je sham,” that his, alr sovera” was but “i nero yencer,” and his “costume clinste but “good taste misplaced,” Lt may be that Mr. Arthur is ot fond ‘ofuttorin; In stulned-gines attitudes, Me may possibly feel constrained to “keep his own counsel aud pursue his own course,” Jn the stunning fashion which has so deeply Impressod Filey-and his other ndimirers, be- enuse the “high esthetic line” comes ensior to him than o pretense to statesmanship. would be; and yot wo can ensily bellove that he would much prefer to have jils admirers a little less effusive and defusive In thelr worship of the beautiful in his dress and the chastoness of his doportment, A POLITICAL COMEDY. Tho Custom-Ilonse squabble presents enough contradictions and ludlerous situa- tions to make up a farce. ig To begin with, Nixon, who “snatched a newspaper from the jaws of destruction ” for the express purpose of advocating the doc trine of “Senatorial courtesy” (which means tho right of a Senator to dictate the lInrger Fedoral appointments in his- State), is floored by ® boomerang of his own hurl ing. Early tn tho Inte President Garileld’s brief term of offlee a controversy arose over the Nviv York Custom-Ilouse. Mr, Conk- Mng, thon United States Senator from New York, demanded the privilege of designating the Collector of the port, President Garfield dented the right of the New York Senator to dictate tho appointment and nominated a aqnan of his own selection, ‘Thereupon Conk- Ning ralsed the question of “Scnatorlal cour- tesy,’”” appealed to the Senate to sustain him aguinst the Presitont, and, falling in that, realgned his seat. In‘this fight Conkling was sustained by Grant, Arthur, Jones, and tha entire cotorle of — third-tenn Stalwarts, including Guiteau, One of the most loud-mouthed und persistent de- fqnders of Conklinz's courso was Mr, Will- fam Penn Nixon. The Bruny Decp foamed with indignation and Inshed itself inton boll- ing rage whenover anybody dared to disputa tho authentlelty of Senatorial courtesy as an fuspired doctrine. It was really none of Nixon's business who was appointed Col- lector of Now Yorlr, but ho chose to make the quarrel his own In order to demonstrate * his loyalty to every phaso of third-torm Stal- wartisin which might arise, - ‘ When Fresldent Garfield died and Mr. Arthur sneceeded to the office, Nixon thought hho discovered tho Jong-sought opportunity to secure a fat ofllce for himself, Me fixed his longing gazo ou the Chicago Custom House, Alo relted confidently upon hts abject aut erlnging devotion to the Stalwart factlon procuring for him whatever he night ask. ‘To his amazement, ho asked auly to be sde- wed by Arthur, Then he howled at Logan and refused to-bo comforted, Nixon imagined that Sonntor Logan pre- vented lis uppointment to the coveted office, ‘Thereupon he termed on Logan Ike a mangy our, Soe forgot all about the Inspiréd doctrine of “Senatorial courtesy,” He de- nounced as an outrage that a Senater should be pormitted to futerfere In Federal appolut-. monts,) Mo predicted that this practsco, whieh ho bad formerly upheld aaa sacred prorogatlyo of the Benutorlal dizulty, would, “disintegrate the party and oventually ro- sult dn its inglorious and complete defeat.” Whae was sauce for Hubertson In New York was not sauce for Nixon In Chicazo, What was grand and glorious In Conkling was treasonable and despicable in Logan.‘ *Sen- atorlal courtesy” in a fight which, resulted iu the assasination of Garilold was a great principle; but “Senatorial courtesy” which resulted Iu Nixon's loss of the Chicago Col- lectorship was a tsham and 9 fraud” An ofica was worth more to Nixon In Nix’ estimation than Gartigld’s Ife to the country, ‘This disgraceful self-stultiicatlon by Nix ant his newspaper would have been Idi crous cnourh if the facts were precisely what Nix coticolved them to be. But now It comes ott that Senator Logan was not gullty of the helnous offense of exerelsing the Stalwart rlaht of Senatorial privilege which Nixon had always upheld. Nixon's fldus slehates, Stone, now declares that Senator Logan had nothing to do with tho appointment of Jesse Spatding ng Collector, and that Nixon’s de- tent was entirely on Iifs own merits, Stone knows. Ho ts an intlmate of all tho leading third-torm Stalwarts. Ie was on the spot. Tle says * Logan told him that Spalding was ineligible, and that he [Logan] was not tobe caught naming oeandidate who could not be appointed.” ‘Thus It appears that Nixon not only shamefully atultified himself by -berating Logan ant criticising Arthur for pursuiug the very samo courso which he, along with Arthur, had approved in Conkling’s ense, but also that tho stultitieation wos altogethor unnecessary, beeause Logan had not Interfored and Ar- thur had not rejected Nixon at Logan’s re quest. And, furthermore, it turns out that Mr. Jesse Spalding was frat suggested by arthur himself and appointed by Arthur ra- gardless of tho wishes or recommoandations efthor of tho IlInois Senator or the threo Couk County mombers. Nixon has mado himself a Jaughing-stock, he hing retleved President Arthur and Son- ator Logan from ail senso of obligattwwn for past sorvices, he has exposed the hollowness of spolts-seukting -“Stalwartism "—and all without cause, If Nixon ts setn about town tearing his hair, gnashing his teeth, and ine dutging In unsensonadle profanity, people who aro famillar with his woful ense will charitably make the proper allowance, Tho Grant Retiring Bil-Objoctions Answered. The text of Senator Jobn A. Logan's bill for placing U. 8. Grant upon tho retired [lst of tho army, with the rank and pay of Genoral, as orlginally sont to thaSenato Military Commitico, wasas follows: #6 itenacted, That In recognition of the emi. nont publig services of Ulysscs 8 Grant, late Genoral of the Army, tho Prosident be and ho hereby {9 authorized to nominate, and, by and with tho advice and consent of the Senuto, to appolnt him to tho retired Hat of the army, with the rink and full pay of Goneral of tho Army. The aditur of the Now York Sun, who hates Gon. Grunt for refusing him tho Now York Col- Ievtorahip, odlects to the passage of this little Dillin bebulf of the great Gencral, offering tho following umonyg othor rensons: ‘The reason nssigned for this measure ts this seen to bow recognition of Grant's publig serv- ices. it fs no longer pretended, as it used to be whon this pernicious project was tlrat introduced, that Grunt is poor. Iu those days, when tho erenition of a now military office, with the odlaus— Jy suggestive title of Captain-General, waa asked: for, In order to aceommudate Grant, its advo- cates clalmed that he wus on the verge of poy- erty. Now it fs known that ho fe one of tho rich menof Amerie; that his song and marringa connections ire yery rich; and that ho ig protite ably concerned in somo of tho railroad and other erent Nuanela) schemes of tho country, Hence, when he fg Lrought forward as an applicant to Conpross fora public donation, the pica ia not poverty, but recognition of his public services ng Inte General of the Army, Now, {f eight yearsof tho Tresidoncy of tha United States i nota recognition of military service, whut cun be? He had received, to begin with, a bigber military rank than was giyon to Washington bimsctf, und a large salary con- nected with its he next bad two terms as Prest- dent, with a silary doubled to ault him. During this time, and subsequent to it, be received hun- dreds of thousands of dolinrs’ worth of gifts— houses, horses, mands, stocks, money; and not onty were his public services thus recognized In his own fand, but his journey around the globa wasa kind of collecting tour, Logan is noklag fur more, ‘This wreedy GUL trampics on tho military laws. of tho fund, and on the whole princip{e of tho retiring system. ‘Tho statutes prescribe that tho rotlred Hat still be for oflleors of tho army—tho vory word omployed implies a transfer of active oligers only to. thia fet.” Grunt ja a Wall streot. banker, n rallrond magnate, but ho ts not un f army ollicer, and {fs not eligible: to tho retired lst. The statutes also specially presoribo tbat the pay of every retired officer shail be three. fourths of tho active pay of the grado on which ho id retired, ‘The Clncinnatl Commeretal, edited by an antl- third-termer, takes a more yoncrous view of what Is duo to Aterica’s great soldier who did a0 mutch to overthrow and crush out tho Slave. holders’ Rebellion in half tho Union." Heplytng tosuch objections as tho “Sun makes, Mr. Hal- stoud sayat It dues not occarto us that these objections hero urged are well taken, Tho country will notloso anything by dealing gonerously with Grant. Wonre perhnps totatly tree from the auaplvion of worshiping “one mun—O. 8. Grant.” We haye opposed giving him moro Presidential terms thun Washington. The In- tolligenco, tho integrity, tho pride, tho republicanism of thy Ainerican people aro oppesed to tho third term «for any hin, and to’ the perpetuation of power In fny ring of Bosses, no matter what may bo tho nume thoy uso or tho cattue thoy misrepre- eent, But we Apprecinto tho militiry services: of Gon, Grant 80 highly tbat wo would be glad to acu him in the enjoyment of all tho good things of this world. “Ho bas been protty well pald for hls services, but we " would deal largely with such a man. It ts tho best oconomy to do so, Ho bad a lifo oltice at the hond of tho army, and resigned it to take tho Presidenoy. That he should havu fn soma way compenaation for this is yot unfair, It ty rousonnbla, It 1s sald ho ta rich. ‘Luo word “rleh' isn relative term, He was not rich when ho left the Presidency, and n quartetof a million dollars was ralded for him by private subscription that he might ba comfortable. That whiev ts dono by individuals, however, does not affect the pubile obligation.’ It may be anid that Mrs, Gariteld is rich, but tho fact that: tho Fiotd fund places her above want docs not dintlniah the duty of Congress with respect to the fuinily of the second of our Presidonts mur- dered becansg be had dono right, Such matters ought not to bo even talked abnut too much, A geterous finpulaa should bo gruciousty mani fested, ,"Thore will not bo tess but more done fur tho poor ten who carried tho rifles through the War if Grant ts retired accordiug to Seattor Logan's bli, It Is tho fulr thlug to von alder Grant 8 tho representative soldier, Wo have a suspicion that if Gen, Grant nover necepted a ylft, if ne hud never allowed himself to buve 0 tenderness tawurda a tilllonatre, If he had rotired ufter tho Presidenoy tu St. Louly or Galonu, and taken prido in bis poverty—he ould have been a geeatorman nnd held a high ver place in the hearta of the poople than naw; but ho bad sharp an oxporience of bem In straitened clrenmstunces to take thit course ne in tho ordor of nuture aftor bls great success; and now ag ho isin Now Yor, and one af tha most insportant tures in contani porary Wistory. nod is not above the pumps and yanitles of thie world, we wauld not hive the nations of tho ourth who know bim, und think of hin as the most consplawons of our citizens, gow usin any respect licking in a targe-ininded estimation of his services, while lu the midst of the muynif- cont brvsportty. Of the land that owes him so muel and now Mr, a In Tue ‘Trimunk of Dee, 8 thore appeared adispateh from Atlanta, Gn., containing state. inents rofiecting upon the charactor of Mr, John W. Ryokman. Secretary of tho Internationul Cotton Exposition, Subsequent investigution has shown that. the charges montioned in the dispatet In question wore without foundation In fuct, and that the finputation ngalnet dir, Hyck= man waa unjust and undeaeryed, We thereforo take pleasure In printing tho subjoinod pream- blu and rosolution adopted Deo, 0 by the Exeuu- ‘Myo Committee of thy International Cotton Ex- position: e WHEREAS, Certain articles havo sppenrat in Tug Ciunvago Thtuuney, St. Louis Glube-Demo~ erat, and Naw Orleans’ Democrat, and perbups other papers, purport tig to be spaolal te cer from Atfanta, relleeting upon the integrity of Mr. J. W, Ryokinan, Sccratury of the tonal Cotton Exposition; an Wuewsas, Buch reporfs are entirely without foundation in fact; thorufore, be It Revolved, by this Executive Committee of tho Inturnativoa) Cotton Exposition, Thut thore is positively nothing whatover known to us that iu any manuer reflects upon the integrity or othciat conduct of Mr. Ryckuan, a ‘Tun InterOcean ty Stalwart. It always hag becu, aud ulwayea will be, It bas principles that do not vhungo with tho days, and it pro- jee to stand by thom, and to continue to fears josly udvocate thom.—fnler- Ocean, Now, tf we could tind out from tho Oftee- Deg- gar what prinviplo it associates with Stalwart- ism, wo would thank the able editor for tho vnl- uabdle Information, Up to this thine Stalwartisus hus scomed to mean the right of 4 patriot to steal publio. money—tho sanctity of whisky rings, star-route rings, thbor rings, navy rigs, ‘and all sings that contribute to the party funds, Toll va what the principlos are that do not obango with the duys,—Cineinnats Commercial, a WILE wo fire ‘fully aware that Mr, James was & Very capably olticor, it doea not fullow that Br, Howe will not be equally compotent,— Dayton Journal, ‘The ablo editor conceals himsolf behind a si! position that {sna frail and thin as wet pa James was made Postimaster-Goneral because ho knew tho business; and Howe for other sea- sons, of which perbaps the less sald the Lotter, James would hive brought postage down tu two internas cents and patd oxpenses. Hows will sit around with becoming dignity and explain tho appro- priations requisit to meet deflulencies,—-Cincin- natt Contmerctat, As ‘to Postinnster-Gonoral Lowe, the Clue einnatl Conmnterctl remarks: We ought to have had a now Postmaater-Con- oral whose mime would have olcetritied tho Res publlesn party throughout the country with tho: assranco that the Admltistration was not to be tho oxpression of n faction and tho Instrument ot seureance ‘upon tho friends af the murdered Gartlehi. And as we may be challenged to nae aman, we namo Goy. Charles Foster. But wo havo Mr, Hosve, who has been binging over tlio country Ike an old nightmare ually for tho Cabinet. ng if reiections were ree siticted to tint sorta antiquity; aud now wo havo Me, Toutwoll's dark form looming up for Romething, a3 if tho thing waa to bo done ac- cording to'tho ceremonies of n avoret society. And Chaffee, Sargent, and Gorham, ll hoarse yelling for third-tormury—they, too, must bo provided with plnces {1 the Cabinet or elsawhore, “Thing ts worklo’,” as the Milwaukeo darky barbor sald. a A promNENT attorney of Montgomery, Ala., publishes It a paper of that city over hisown signature tho statement that many contractors who hire county convicts rotain thom in inyol- untary servitude indoflaltly after the terms for which thoy were sentenced have oxpired. As there Ia no proviston of tho law requiring any: county officer to look nftor this mattor, the qucs- ton will be presented to tho Legislaturo next year to afforil a romedy. erylng contine a LAKESIDE MUSINGS. Mullett kindly offers to superintend the construction of all public bultdings now in proce essof orection, but what the publly would really like to know ts tho namo of tho man who will superintend Mullett, ‘Miss Carrie May, whoso engagement to tho well-Icnown polo-pinyer, Mr. James Gordon Kennett, was unuiled by reason of that gentte- man's eccentricities $n connection with tho liquor-trafic, will svon be married to 6 man who hus ridden a bicyele from Now York to Chicngo, Miss Mayscoms determined to connect horselt with some londing out-dour pustime. A pudding which we call “Kato’s Brown Kettlo" ts, for n simplo and casily-made dish amninently successful. Put alternate tayors of grated bread-crumbs or chopped apples in a pudding-dish, season each Inyor with sugar, cln- namon, and a tittle lump of butter. Fora dish holding a quart and a half you need two teacup tuls-of hot water. Buko an bour and a halt. Have tho top brown, Serve with plonty of aweot eream.—Cart Schurz, “Kneel here by my side, Lurline,”? and in obodtence to tho summunan beautitnd girl Mung hore rolf nan abandon of grlof noar the bd on whieh Iny dying tho eldtth Duke of Mwanty-sccond stroat, Rupert Rollingstone, “Ituport the Hed” he hind nl- mays boon catled-—nat by reason of tho sunnily-zold flocks thnt clustered tn rant growth about his fair, white forehend, but beenuse when Chitdhoud’s happy aya wore yet his to onjoy te would run merrily across tho broad demesne that strotehed away in front of his father's castle on Blug Island avonue und shout, “It MME tod Hond!” at a Nttte boy who lived noxt door. Ila mothar bad noticed thls, but had only sald: "rs but the buoyant unt uro of his djithesume = Snxon_ spirit,” and ono on with hor washing. Ono day tho ottiar little boy came ovor tho fonco, and vacelsinted Auport sovaral times in tho samo place with u biltho- woud, COppor-tocd boot. Afior cating hls moats standing forn wook orno, Rupert had ral tolls motor one day: “Aftor giving tho subject considerable at- tanition, mamma, [ave coneludud tat the Jonos boy is not so rodl-hpnded ag E thought ho waa.” And now he was dying—dying away out on tho West side, far front thozo whe loved thin, and whose words of sympathy and affection would have bown a swoot boon in this drondful hour. A culd, contractott by endeavoring to bow to ouch one of n atring of school-irtn who woru out for » wath, had dovelopad §nto quick consumption. ‘The drond diacuso had mudy known its prosence while Ituport wag at the house of afrlendon Laiflin stroot, " You cahnot lye mora thin 8 week,” the Doctor hnd ald. ut my poople,” eriod the stck man In an agony of tonr; “thoy aro on ‘I'wenty-socond strect, and tuo poor to hire wearriaye. Mow shall 1 sco thom?” und ho wrong his bunds In au agony of dospalr, + . * * . . “ It cannot bo done, my Jass," aald tho street-rail- way Suporintendont, looking down kindly Into Lur- Mne's fnew * L would giadty do aught that might ous tho Inst moments ufa dying man, bit t cannot ace’ compllsh impossibilltis, A cur froin 'twonty-xocond stroot to the cornor of Latin nid Van Iuren in lve Ooys? By my baildom, you Joa bravely," and piek~ Ing upa patr of shears ho again resumoi his occupa. ton of outting conpona from Govurnmient bods. I¢was on hos return from thls interview thut tho words quotud atthe beginntug of this story wero ute tered. Whon Luriine had kuolt by the dying man, he turned to her and spoke, “Iautrilne, my carting" be sald "Tam dying down, Lshall soon bo In theswout protty quick, But oro 1 start. { want youto make mo ono promlso—nsncrod one, tliat you will keup for- aver." “Namo tt” sald the girl, thn sob-choked volea, “ Whonovor you are ina hurry, aveld tho streot~ en “Lpromiso,’ was the reply. Ruporva taco Kt up with a aweot, peaceful amile, “@ued byo, my nnuul.” “Hung noir” waa tho falnt response, as the uirl's foll on hts breast amid u storm of vobs, “IL soo Heaven,” murmurod the dying man. “I know tt 1s Hoaven, bocauso thero are luis of atrect- ears, und thoy tan overy throo minutos." Muport was demt—fwm We au pdtguort ras, duptte— evi When We Get There, SS UEEnEEESaeaEaEEEEee PERBONALS, Mrs, Vanderbilt, the widaw of tho tate Commodore, bas issued nearly 1,000 Invitations to her reception today, ' Miss Parnell, the’ agitator’s sister, has re- coived letters fram more than 100 womon in this country who volunteer to go to Ireland to ad- dreas public meotings and nssist in tho agitation, tho innjority refusing any salary. © Evidently Sceretary Frelinghtyson’s frat weolt in the State Depurtment was not an tdlo one. He was dotaincd at Wushington until Christnas-Eve, and hurried away from the de- partment just in time for the last train at nigat, M. Gambetta gayo his first dinner to the Corps Diplomatique at the Palulse d'Orsay. The Papal Nunolo eat on his righthand. Tho greate est luxury was dlaplayed and tho stairs wero covered with choles flowers, Tho Paris presa complains thut, contrary to precedenta, report. ors Were repulsed from tho anto-chumber. The Rey, Dr. We L. Gage, the muscular Chriatinn at fMurtford, who recently capturod a burglar ty bis house, doosn'’t seem to bo as plucky morally ng ho is physically, for, instead of owning up to an honest love of Nenting when he has to, ho says that his immediate fupulso was to golgo and dotiin tho nian whose operne dons were inimlent to the public good. + ‘Tho following story 1s told, not exnetly at tho expense of a Now England college Professor, the author of an article on * Anclout Sothouds of Filtration,” whlvh recontly nppeared In one of the magualucs. Dy a inlaprint bis subjoot was announced tn tho udvertisomont as “ Auciont Methods of Firtation,* muob to tho amusement of nls frignda, ono of whom the other evoning: ata socind party aad to him: Professor. do give ua your lecture on Anolont Methods of Mirttion," ‘Tho Professor, who $¢ ” bacholor and a social favorit, instantly repiieds » Miss ——. thnt lectire cnn only be delivered tda aln- gio nuditor ata thine, and must be illustrated with oxportments.” Advlaldo Rtstorl long refused to marry tho Marquis Cuprantca on account of tho opposition of his family, one of the old Roman nobility, Sho was pluying Jn Romo onea and had declined seolng her lover, {t wns boforo the days of tho railway to Civita Vecohla. When abo wus whiel~ ing alung the dusty road to Civita Vecchia, whore she was to take thastcamur for Marsoilics, a otrrlage wad observed following hors, At Inst iteaught up with hors, and tbe MarquisCaprans fea Jumped aut. ” Adetalde, will you marry ine?" ho vsked; and Adglaide after a maimont’s retivo- ton, suid, Yes." “They drove on until thoy came to a wayside chapol, vommon in Itoly, whore tho knot wastlod, For some yours after ber marriage thts glorious artist ive up hor profession out of respeot tothe udmuntine pre}. udices of bor husband's family, butafrors while she was rustorod tu art, and her sublime acting did ns imuch to KUL Htachel as did consumption, burd work, and uxposure. Mine. Yoshida, the wife of the Japanese Minlster, ja (bo most daintily protty creature that any picture en a paper fun can give an {den of. No tiller than a chili of 10, sbo has all tho churns and graces in mininture, and ber purfect: ittlo Japanese beauty is always offaot by the most perfect tollote, French tusto and ftnygors dress her aftor tho moat approved inannor, and from her own country sho. brings stulfs, bro- endes, and cbrolleried unattumable and: une nowable in our dry-goods trade, The porfect oval of ber taco, with it clear cream eampigxe jou and balf-oponed blick eyes, ts surmounted by wuvses of bluo-black balr that gives her a strangely dignified aud stately nilon. Porchod ou the ego of one of the superb ebuny and bro- cade chaira of hor long drawing-room, with hor tiny alippora nat touching tho fluor, sho fe one, of the most churning ittio fyures to by soen, und Washington will miv3 one of its protest pots whuu the dhainutive lady bas ones a ——— MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. Soctal Diswateh to The Caieass Trohunes Br. Paws, Minn, Doc, .—Felugraphle orders were received by Gen. Terry for the dispatel of eres a tronp af-the second Cavulry from Port ¢, Montana, to Werry'n Landing, on the yeh along, where It Is expected thoy will remain Laue the test of the winter, ‘The wetiun taken at the vequest of Gen, Anderson, ene! Tnuineer of the North cis Ralteond ae order to provent the Inns fering with tho operations of tho es patties now tn tho Hold, aa Well Ge to nrateet dian reservation for ABy encronel tho partot ihe Wortes, CMCFetehinent yyy POLICE MAGISTRATEs, How and by Whom Th pointed In HW Sptetat Digvateh to The Chicago Tetduns, Bratsarien, Uh, Dee 2.—Tho Covernne rovently revelved an application tron Rigg for a conmiasion ae Polley Maistrate tor tho Town of Franklin, Mors County, ttecome pitiled bya cortifento of his appointment tho ‘Town Hoard, Welng tt doubt ws to the rity of the ‘own Board to mrke such an Appotnts ment, the Governor aubtnitted tho question fy. volved in this enga to the Attorney-General, and reoolyed In reply tho following optnion; Befory an appointment to tho oltive of y; Mugistrate oan be made there must be mane ey, and the unoxpired term must bo tes than one your, ‘bo Unofllulut letter of tho Clie of tho’Town Board of Franklin states that th olfieg hag been Vacant the lust few: yeurs'un we volint of negieet to call nn election, ‘The letter from the County Clerk of Morgan County to the Mon, Seerctiry of Stato gtate; that "" Mr. Rigg does nde succeed att ong, 8 un” ono wus elected f, 1978." Giving these tetters fall vrodit, tne most that can be drawn from them {6 tha was no elecdon of Polica Magi in 1878, nor for several yeuvs iat pu: does no necessarily constitute a vacnicy, Neat withstanding therg tsa inilutre to huld tin cle. ton, yet unless n Polleo Mugiatrate does ome net crenting in notunl vacuicy in the oftice the ofilea is not mado yueant, and no Isat Pole Mixlatrate, though tho tline for which te wag clected hag expired, wnder tho constitution! provision that he shall fold bls office unt Ns successor ts “elected md quulliied."” If the fornter Pollege Magistrate fa stail acting ns Police Magistrate, and there nro No grounds tpn wiiloh to assuine n yacuncy except the fullure to hoki an election, then there is no vacancy, But T may deelde thts on other grown {nu tt wholly tinmaterial whetber i vicaney cx. ists or nut. The certiticate of the County Cler cortiieg that A.B. Wee was “duly appoint ed Police Muglatraty | in and for the Yown of Frankitu.” Without any othar information in the mutter, possibly it night ho assitined thut ho waa appointed by the County Hourd, but the accompanying totter atates tet the appointment was tide by the Town Hoan of tho Town of Franktn. 2° do not. think the ‘own Hoard has any authority to make such np. polntiont. Ly special net—Laws 1837, vol. 2, p, 10k the dow DE Meuokt te wus. authorized to hoconle ineorporated wuniler the general law Fob. 12, 18, Laws ISH, p. 2, sy 'o provision 14 mudy by that not for n Poltee Magistrate, nor do L hud any authority for the ‘Town Board to appoint one at any time. so far ts Tum able to discover, tho olection of Palle Magistrate in 1860 waa held under the penctat law of 183k authorizing the olection of fulica Magistrates in cities and towns, Art, 0, Sev, 21 of tho Constituzon of 1870 pro- vides for Vollce Maxistrates, and Sec, 2 of tho . sumo nrticls declares that ntl appolutinents to Hl) vacanelos in that office must be mado by the Board of Supervisors or Board of County: Commissioners in the county whore the vacancy occurs. 'Thorefore, adinitth May Uo fie ADE ALD, that a vacancy oxists the Rprolatinont should be inade by the County Hoard, if nt ally the appolntinent by tho ‘Town Bourd 1s wholly Meyul and vold, and it fs not your duly to {ssua it commission to such ape pulntee. Very truly yours; James MCCARTNEY, Attornoy-General, On tho atrongth of thls opinion the Governor ‘hus decilned to issuo tho commission tu Nigg os requested, -— RIVER IMPROVEMENT, An Honest Opinion by a Man who ls Thoroughly Acquainted With the Whole Subject, Sptctal Disvutch to The Chicago Tribune, Sr. Paun, Minn, Dee. 23,—A Western gontle- muro muuy yenra’ experience, who knows tho Missourl River thorouguly, says tho present system of improvement.of tho Missouri by ineaus of wing dams ta useless, He saya: “T'1 not opposed to its improvomont. Lo bave It mado easily navigablo during nll the spring, summer, ang fall months, birring the cold parts of course, would mean a good many hundred-E may say thousand—dollurs to me. put [ tell you bonestly that, except for to wood the money would do tho workings clusses, you nught as well throw it Inte one of tho sandbura un tho treacherous atrenm, They talk of $100,000 per mite, and somo of iny friends wanted moto attend the conyention at St. Joe naadetegaty and hely whoop up the project, ‘Thoy might ps well ask for $10,000 an [Inch walle thoy are about it, for that wouldn't be enough, Wiog-dams and slough-dains go out on the first riage, for there isn’t any way of securing them. ‘Those dams on the Yellowstone, althougn that Isn't ns bat a stream as tha Missouri, will bo gono noxt May, I'll bet any money on it, Naw, above Cow — Island tho ‘stream {8 ditferont, and tho work done by Government Engineers ts amounts toxometbing, It fs a Kod and valunble Jol, and when they finish thay will receive tho thanks of all steambout-men, The Yellowstone, ug i sat, is diferent, and maybe sometning vould be done with It, In my Judgment, tou best way would bo to bulld two dams neross'it, Uist thonght of this by seeing, when bouting on tho Yollowstono, rldyos running stralgat weross te stream and sainutimes nourly twa hien. ‘To one who didn't know It would appear Ike an ob- struction, but there was ntways plenty of water in the natural dais, which were mute by a step or terrace in tho bed of the river, If there were more of them Fam Inolinud to believe uaylgu- Uon would bo better." . GAS. A Breeze Created in Clneinnati by ths Proposed Aucorporution of Another company, epectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Otxetnnatt, O., Dec. 28—Tho Equitable Gas Compnny of Clnulnunti ie about to be lncorpare uted. Its capital will be $4,000,000, which is to bo divided between Cincinnati and Exstern capital- Sats. ‘The tncorporntors are among the stronedst anon in tho ¢lty, both ua regards business ability and Nnuneinl backing, Thoy elim to mean business, and announce that thoy will furnish gas for 81 per 1,000 feet. Cinelnnat! hn but ono gua company, whieh Is charging 81.00 per 1,00) teat. Keeently the Queen Olty Gas Company was Invorporated, and tho orl nance giving it the privilege of taying malis along the streets Ia still before one of tho mitt wlotpal boards. Tt ia qulto dond, however, owing to the torriflo onslaught upon it by Gun, Hicken- looper, the Prosident of the ald vompany. Tho ttgbt was carried into the newspapers, and, of Nickoulooper bought much the most apace ant Wad tho most vigorous in his mothod of treating tho wubject, the popular Verdict wis in bts favor, Tho iucorporators uf the Equitable cinint to hove Corued thelr prosent purpose long befura .the Queen City wid Invarpore ated, and “thoy: aro in’ ne way dlycuure aged by tho diseomtiture which the Queen City hus recelved from the hands ot tho old company. Gen. Hickenloupor declarca — thit Dota those companies have bees ornnleed for iho purpose of “selling out” to tho eld vompany, He urgues that tt fa tinposaible to ehuupen tha pric of gus doubling the amount of capital omployed tn Its Inawumneutrey and ho holds Ghat Clacinnatt ts alrendy aupp)ied with cheuper und bott tier pAs thin any other ‘Atmerienn cry. ‘The stock of his company 13 worth $170, and hig long ruled’at that Ngure, ——— ICE Not & Pound Hus Yet Beon Gathered for the Ciuclnnatl Market. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, CincrnNatr, O., Dev, 24.—The continued mitd woathor is giving rigo to the fear of an ico-fume ine, Tho local Iceedeatura bave notliled thelr customers that on Jan. 3 prices will be ndvanced from 23 to & conta 4 hundred pounils, The sip ply of ico for this clty comes from Lake Erle, where an abundant supply ts easily secured dure ing winters of ordinary sovority. Further fouth ico formed by urtiflclat procoss [s yucd, but this latitude ico-machines have novor beon ht troduced, — Bhould the | natural —aupply fail tho demand could) be in a messi supplicd, but ut largely inerensed 20st ‘Thy brewers nee tho largest canstincrs of te and would aufer great incavventence anu fuss wero the supply to full, ‘he privg and quallly of beer would naturally bo aifeored. The ier dealera huyo not yet despulrod of yathocing 4 fuir orop, and will not until the middie af Fobrus ary, The fuct remains, however, that not o pound of Ico hag yor been gathered for ths toarket, and the indications uro hut tho winter wilt be un open ont _——— nd MASONIC. Bpeciat Pisparce to The Ohicaon Tribus. Sr. Jose, Mo. Dev, 24—Tho yraud alien of tho State were banquated tonight ut tho Pie oltic House by tho Masons of thivefty. Fulty | plates were lad. Among thu grand oflicers pre ent were Grand Commander Wiliwm U. 12% Vast Grand Master Joseph Rrowna, Gran e= conler Wiitlam IH, Mayo, of St. Louls; Grand High Pricat Samuel Hh Owen, of Culitosty Grand Buster Joby Parson, of Bt. Louis; Grune Leorer Alien Metowell, and yy altserle oan Ui and other prominent mewbers oF order,