The New York Herald Newspaper, October 19, 1878, Page 3

BUSY POLITICIANS. An Endless Array of Conferences and Candidates. EDWARD COOPER'S STRONG CHANCES. The Interest Felt in Tammany’s County Convention To-Day. ‘The political outlook for Tam Qny means as Dright as it was yesterday. fhe result of the meeting of the conterence committecs ut Clin- ton place bas demoastrated almost to a certainty snat Edward Cooper will betne standard bearer of the eombination party, and that tne expected ‘ over” tor the Wigwam candidate must ve deferred, The Tammany men around she City Hall and at the Various political centres yesterday were ratber chop- fallen in view of the peculiar tura affairs nave takon, while the opposition were correspoadingly jubilant, Ao argument put furward for the past few days by some of the Tammany peliticiuns was that no effectual combination could be made with Edward Cooper at the head of the ticket, as ex-Sheriff O’Brien would un- Goubtedly reiusze to support that gentleman if ac. cepted by the republicans. This has turned out to bea delusion, The ex-Senator yesterday morning predicted the success of the combinat icket by ubout thirty thousand majority, and, whilo taking breakfast at Dol- monico’s after a bara night’s work in political caucus, said:—*It Mr, Edward Cooper is the candidate agreed @pon Iwill tako off my coat and work for him as sbheeriully as ye IL did io my life iu any political vontroversy. 1 have advised sll the commitices to Anite in one common cause, in a singlo headquartera, asa united democratic-republican party sgainst Tam- many dictatorship.” The beadquarters of the city democracy (O’Brien branch) was yesterday crowded with work: trom the various districts. Mucb onthusinsm prevailed. Mr. Robert B. Nooney, ox-Judge Ackert, ex-Coroner Flyon, Mr. Jono B, Huskin and otuer prowuinent members of this organization prophesy that their side Will bo able to give at least tweaty thousand solid demooratic votes to the combination ticket, PROBABLE OPPOSITION STRENGTH. Around the Filth Avenue Hotel, in the City Hall And other places were political statistic.ans without umber, hard at work. The combinationists figure, ‘with a good deal of confidence, as tollows:— Republican vowe..... . Irving Hall democracy—Vepartment vt Puplie Works. ...... Dust: tet orgauization, Germans and city democracy........ ‘This would give a total vote in tbe city next month @f 140,000. It is not by any means too high an esti- mate in view of an increase of over fourteen thousand Votes on the registry figures of iast year. CONTRARY OLAIMS. Of course Tammavyites scout the idea that the com- Dipationssts will be abie to poll any such vowe, They allege that their party was never so well organized OF so compact as at the present time. They think that tne total vore will not be more than one bun- dred and tirty-five thousanu and that they will poll ut luast seventy (housund of these; that a aiversiva ‘Will be mage by a coupie of greenbuck orgauizations, bocialisis and vt! {reo lanes factions woich will uke off at least Hitewn thuusauu votes irom the oppositiog, Ab is also binted to-dey cout certain of the wuti-lam- Mmuny leaders iu tue vist ure ready to seil out on 100 Gay, as in the case ui Jacob Hess last year, whew noge O! bis tickets In the race lor Kegistersuip could ve founu in tue lower waras after wine Ociosck ou ine morning of election. Suco resuits Bre BYt Au impossivie, LUL It is conceded iD: of allure ¢: no autielummany orgunization nxth iy bbe fivid lust year. None 1ull aswous- 10 the campaign, led Ou LY eXperionced leaders ~ plenty uf the pdue how uuder Davenport, will, 00, be Powition puaimux ut Lhe duilut vox: ction day, so that tue Hus game of 1877 wil vemed, uot be again ree TAMMANY'S CONVENTION. ty Conventiva tois ufieruoon. It the Wigwam leaders wilt bave difti- ity 1m placing w ticket iv tne Lieid able to cope asiully with the Cuoper cuaiition, 1t that gentieman Mnvuld carry oll the Lowers ut tue fin uiereuces \his witernoon, Woo wilt bo Tammany’s nomtace fur Mayor? Some say Augusius Scuuil; others Suwuel Conover; osbers Wisi Ko Grace, abd vthers Tax Lommissioner Jobo Wueeler, Wuat the deliberutious of the Wigwain 8 lew hours be!ore the assembling of the Convention, Us we expected tuat some lively aiscussion will take ering. he adjournment of Tuesday 00d, took piace conirary to the au- y of tbe fammuny teaders, They urgued bhat such action Was an eViuent sign Of weakuess, bod thut it woaid lose their purly as jeast ten thousand Votes, THES COMBINATION CONVENTION. It ts probuv.s tuat 1 ibe coulel the tour we committe U anti-Tammany parties agree upon Jonvention will be hew oa not improbabie, uowover, that tue conventions might come togetner on Satur- Guy wight, but tho time seews too short for such action, MR. CONKLING CONSULTKD. It was stateu just ugus at ibe Fish Avenue Hotel shut sume of the repuviican leauers nau gone ou of jown lor the purpose vf consulting Senator Coukiing bu the exact policy 10 be pursucd in the Joval cam- pelgo. No rogular meesing of the main repudlican Conference commitice was consequently held. ine dv! comBitiees will come togeinel aim ibis al- ternoon at No. 37 Clinton place, wen it m expected that the exact basis of w combination will be Getermined upon. The staement was re- MNeratead §=iast evening among ivading politi- cians of all parties that the ropubiicans bad agreed 10 accept Kdward Cooper as tue Mayoraity Cundidate, wthuugu it Was wise Liuted tbat mames Might be demanded irom the uemourats Tue Tum. Many MeN also Couceded that Cooper would be nomi- Ruled as the result of pending negotiations, and inti- mated that the visit to Seoutur Coukhng did uot mean any chauge in the programme ulready cut and dried 4m secret session at the Filth Avenue Hotel, Ihe bat- Ue over the District Attoruey’s nomimation on this Side of the bouce courinucs with earnest devermina- iva between the trieads of Boujamin K. Phelps aud A. J. Dittenhooier, it is understood tuat ibe con- sulative with Cookling bas Leen determined upou io Consequence of the wrangel over the District Attor- peysbip. TAMMANY COMMITTZE ON ORGANIZATION. The Tammany Committee on Organization hold a Jong session yesterday alteruoon, Nearly all tne present After some unim- portent vusiness bad been transacted a committee ‘Was appoluted, covsisting of ex-Alderman Henry D. Parroy, Corporation Aitorney William A. Boyd and Mr. Joun A. Foley, tor the purpose of securing tne pervices of speakers (0 address the County Cun- vention of Tammany Hall, which mects to- @ay. Messra Louis © Waehner, T. J. Camp. Edward L Gaul aod pointed a committee, euurged with seouring 6 fudurse Lue nominees of bn tong und bitte ed to by Mr. rr their pape port wae king use of a power w did not realy jong to him, ie was, 1% fact, usurpiug the autnor- My which properly bvulouged b ot fi Or days ago J F tempted tv issued by the Supreme Court iu 1863, The Corporation Attoruey thea rolerred to the vest by Mr. Davenport of Captain Kennedy otver oltivers 01 tue po fe wi BUSINESS MEN AND Ti MAYORALTY. Ih answer to a call tssucd by a commitios of bust. Bess m reseniing weurly every branch of trade mall party of gontionen assemol NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1878.—-TRIPtR SHEET. in parlor F of the Fifth Avenue Hotel last night, for the purpose of making somo arrangement for the Bominution of a business man to the office of Mayor at the coming election, As at most meetings devoid of auy particular aim andcalied together ins barry, there seemed to be want of purpose, sand the only busipess done, afier bour of friendiy discussion, was theappulnting of a Conference Committee of ten, constituied as tollows:—James Talcott, Brayton lvoa, D. G. Watts, Gustav Schwab, A. B. Graves, Wittem’ A. Gaatear William Remseo, Fraoklio Edson, A. D. Juilliard ana £. R, Livermo: By reso- lution the committee was instructed to confer with the various political parties, with the view of selecting a proper candidate tor Mayor, A number of vag' rT? gestions were thrown out by several speakers and much said about want of organization. ‘o meet tuis want @ resolution was Gaally offered to the effect thay committees of business men be appointed iw every Assembly ana election district in the city. lt was adopted without discussion, Mr. Brick said {§ was generally understood that ali tne outside or- ganizations bad agreed on Mr. Edward Uooper as the momivee, and for that reason there would be hile use ip trying to bave any one else named by them. He thought the instractivns given to the Conference Commitsee very vague, and moved that they be instructed to seok the bomination of some man who should then and there be sanctioued as the business m candidate, In order to test the sense of the meeting be proposed that Mr. Samuel LD. Babcock be namedas tne man. To this Mr, Mauro! objected because, as he said, Mr, Babcock would ac- Gept no nomination but that trom Kei Hall, As there Was none other open Mr. rick con- wiWered this rationa, Mr, Cole be bardly considered this iptension of Mr, Babeock, it such was his iutention, one that would make bim an unavailable man for the candidate of those present. Mr. Muurel said that he morely stated what Mr, Babceck had told bim when he said ho would pot accept any other nomuuation, The result Of the discussion was the committee was not in- structed fer anyboay. Shortly alter nine o'clock the meeting auvjourned and the Conference Committes wont into executive session. POLITICS AND BEEF, A meeting of the Twelfth Ward Workingmen’s Democratic Association, which has been organized for the past two years in the interest of Tammany Hall, was held last evening at the association clud rooms, No, 424 East 112th street, Mr. Benjamin Willis, the nominee for Congress trom that Congres sional district, was present and made a few remarks in regard to the nécessity of putting democratic power in the Whi House, At the close of bis wpeech be insisted of beer for the “boys”? The Pr F before the " t , Mr. Wi ie on ordering two What ia your pieasure?”’ It iutoxicated man jumped to nis ugeng ze rules of zis’ere orguu’sbuo to’ave beer drinkin’, zertore, Mizzer Shairmav—’”” “Sit dowa,”? “suoot tt,” “Pat 1m out,” “Give und similar expressiens by t speaker short. The beer was brought and ot drauk to the health of Mr. Willis, and bofore the meeting adjourned politics and beer wore protiy well mixed. THE GERMAN REPUBLIOANS. The German Republican Central Committee met in the Germunia Assembly Kooms, at No. 291 Bowery, last evening, with ex-Juage Dittenhoeter in the chair. Alter some routine business bad been transacted Mr. J. Langbein took tne floor and spoke in favor of urging the combiuea anti-Tammany parties to nominate ex- Judge Ditienhoefer as their caudidate jor District Ai- torney and the following resolutions were unani- mously adopted :— Resolved, That the German Republican Central Com- mittee respectiully but firioly reiterates its demand tor Yepresentation on the combiaation city und county tlexes &t the ensuing election, if ignore in the 2 jut ic will be : ts faisbful an element of the the purty t loyal ea arty. Puxovolved, That « copy of these resolutions be presented to the Republican Conterence Committee at ite meeting on Saturday, October 19, 1 Qn motion Messrs. J. Langbein, J. deimberger, J. Hess, H. Cantor, C. Schroeder and F. Bernuard were a committee to present tue resolutions to the Vonfereuce Committee, which meets thi ver- noon, and urge the cluims of ex-Judge Diwenhoefer as a Candidate tor the District Attorneysbip. CAMPAIGN NOTES. The Republican Fourth Congressional District Con- vention of Kings county yesterday nominated William H. Lyons for Congress. Jobn W. Grogan bas been nominated for the As- sembly by the independent democrats of the Second district ot Kings county. John H. Douglass recoived the jadopendent nominvation in the Eighth district. Henry Berks, a democratic United States supor- visor in the Second Election district of the Sixth ward, Brooklyn, was arrested yesterday morning by Deputy United States Marshal McCiue on the charge of neglecting his duty. He was taken bofere United States Commissioner Winslow and released iu tue sum of $1,000 peading «xamiaation. Ex-Collector Tuomas Murpuy was nominated tor Congress by the republicans 01 the Seventh district last evening. The Aldermanic Conventions of the New York county:democracy were held last evening in the va- rious atorial districts, but no nominations were Maude exsept in the Sixth district, aud adjouroments were had to the cail of the chair after coolerence committees Dud beeu appointed. ‘At a moeting of the German-Amcrican Manicipal Assuctation, woich was bold atGermupia Assembiy Rooms, No. 291 Bowery, lust uigbt, with General Diege! presiding, it was decided to change the vane of the association to “Tne New York hunicipsl Associa tion,” i order to give it wider scope ior the working of its purposes. The orgaoizuiou will nutruc acy independent candidates for pubic office at the coming election. The republican convention in the third Congres- sional district met last evening at Republican Head- quurters, oo Court street, Broukiya, aod renominated ar. 8, B, Chittenden ior Congress. The Biair-Connolly branch of the national green- or party in the Fith Congressional district lust e ety Lag rey Georgo Biair tor Congress, Maurice Vries was nominated (or Congress last Bight by the Biair-Conuoily branch of the nationul a! ard party for the Sixth Congressional district TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE? AN EAST SIDE NATURALIZED CITIZEN DEFIES THE POWER OF SUPERVISOR DAVENPORT. A test caso as to the legality of Commissioner Dav- enport’s act with rence to the paturalization papers of 1868 will probably soou be brougut in the courts by Arnold Geisemann, @ Gorman, of No, 183 Evm streot. Mr, Geisemuna isan old resident of New York, having lived bere over thirty yoars, He re- ceived naturalization papers in 1863, On the aay of registration he presented him- seit at the registry piace of his district, No. 69 Spring street, and, aftor answering the tormal ques tions, handed bis naturalization papers to the Super. visor, The latter seeing the document was of tho proscribed yeur refused to register bim. On the sec. ond day Mr. to be Po,istered. us ‘Supervisor calied for his foldea reiusing he snatcbed worus followed, bus mr. ae ay irom me, Un 1 have suojset and lam ce te?” e consulted wita y on termined to matutain my Fi MR. EVARI'S'’ COMING SPEECH. [From tho Wasbingtoa Star, October 17.) In bis speech in New York next week Secretary Evarts will toueh but iightly, if at all, om the foansial question, The subject of his speech can be “The Politioal Philosopny of the ent Condition of the Country.” In it he will try to show coociusively that the three chief aims of have been and are—the national- + in ther seeing their ogethor of public ASSEMBLY NOMINATIONS. BurPALo, Oct, 18, 1878, The republicans th yeond Assembly district have nowinated Simon P, Swit, This completes the Republican Assembly nominations. ‘Albert A. Vandenburgh was to-day nominated by the Democratic Convention of the Seconu Assembiy district, Tne thied Assembly District Con ton adjourned Anant, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1878, woul Tuesday next The republicans of the First Assembly district have fenominated Hiram Griggs are owing it costs no man one farthing of tax, be- cause they are locked up in Washington as security for the national buuks. (Appiause.) They held solely to make every bauk bill worth 1t8 face value. CONKLING. ee (Appiause.) If any of these banks tail not (appisise.) “Using ‘these bongs as's Dasis for Dank + : ‘sing these bo Our Roscoe Delighting Circulation made’ them w little. more saleavie OF INTERKST TO THE WORKINGMAN, Speak‘ng of the repudiation of the debt, as he called the payment of the bonds in paper, Mr. Conkling Ked, What 18 to be gained by an act of dishonor? be first to be rjured will be the laboring man, Let Congress dictate tue volume of currency! Business will becomé a raffle! Shrewa speculators may profit by it, but will not the ponest, hard working laborer suller? The great clamor ts that the bouds of the United States are not taxed. There aro several anawers to this. In tne first place they are taxed, Government bonus are taxed higher than any- thing elae, oxcept it be national banks. The legal to- terest in this State is six per cent. No man can get moro than four per cent jor a government bovd. Mr, Conkling know tuat there are six per cent bonds out, but if you waut to know where they are tn the market you will fing that the premium on them 18 so great that they will equal after ail the four per Cent bonds, because wher the six per couts come to be paid the purchaser does not receive six per cout on the amount of money be paid, but on tne face of the bond, The Senator elaborated on this mutter, He spoke of the solia South as made so not by just majorities, not vy iair means, but by acts of wrong, and then proceeded to speak of reve! claims, RKBEL CLAIMS, AO act was passed by the last House, he sald, which every man should read, It provided that every per- son, rebel, royalist, any one, cun Ole his claim against the government, aud he should bave equity un- jess it is barred by himitation, Every lawyer knows that there is no statute of limitation aguinst the United States, He pictured tho condition of repubiicans in the South and asked, What if the meo who served the nation bad been told that before the cripples disappearod from our streets they would be governed by the very traitors whom they fought? The government ts 10 danger of passing into the hands of the men who, having failed by tho bullet, are trying what they cail the bailog But look at the travesty of law in the south, the Philadelphians. WORDS OF WISDOM. He Combats the Theories of Rag Money Demagogues NATIONAL BANKS. A Priceless Boon—The Lesson from Glasgow. GOLD AND RESUMPTION. (BY TRELEGR\PH TO THE HERALD.] Patuapunpnta, Pa, Oct. 18, 1878. Mr. Conkling, by invitation of the Republican State Committee, visited Poiladolpbia this evening for the purpose of addressing a public meeting upon the political questions of the day. The Academy of Music was engaged for the event and there wasa very genoral desiro among the intelligent voters of both political parties to seo and hear the famous leader of the Kmpire State republicans, Mr. Vonk- ling bad never vefore made his appearanee in the CONDITION OF THE SOUTH, Leok at South Carolina under « Governor installed under circumstances which he would not stop to mention, Yet there is much that is encouraging io the south. When they go gunoing for negroes or revenue officers they observe the gam: » They do Dot shoot them outo! season, They only kill them when it is necessary to prevent the Quaker City as a campaign orator and the wide- | coliection of the revenue or to carry an spread = interest which. the announcement | election. ‘wane that 18 not all that is encour aging. ade Hampton ias actually offered A preci Ae ets a apt ei NA oe ae os to allow the laws of tue United Stutes to be carried the immense audience, composed of some | our, He will uliow the revenue to be collected if the of the first gentlemen and ladies in the city, which assembled beneath the spacious dome ot the Acad- government will allow him to receive it. Wade Hampton offers to assist the United States. There is something retreshing in this, But that is vot all. emy. The magoificent opera house was crowded | When republicans hold meetinus now they nover kill {rom pit to dome for over an hour before the speaker Paget haar one < = = not so many it they keep at in to-day’s papers wo of the evening appeared, tor Mr. Conkling was o Geet Gael te! aac at to a repub- half hour tate in arriving on the stage, When the Senator made nis appearance he was greeted with round after rouod of applause from 5,000 throats, lean meeting and loadea @ cannon with ten penoy natis. They trained it on tho speaker aud covered tim with five buadred rifles; but be did not say anvtbing and they did not shoot, The republican The four hundred aud odd. members of the | party, the speaker conciuded, believes that the con- Union Republican Ciub, who had acted as aoe ot the republican ay toward the oe ae een more Magoanimous than was ever known in Mr. Conkling’s escort, rose from their seats | nigtory, Theso Southern men aro living moau- and rent the air with cheers, Alter | ments of the gencrosity oMbe American people, Mr, “Conkling concluded with an eloquent peroration’ in she tamale basi casted Ma: Maren: MoMtokaet srepnee || Si ica: hie’ qpoke of the) talshioer OF he republican forward to formully introduce the speaker of the | party, raising bis hearers 10 such enthusiasm iat evening, He eulogized Mr. Conkling as one who | when he concluded bis period and his address there same to strengthen bis hearers with words of wis. | wae suc Go eal Le pale on prong ae dom, to prove that the path they wore treading was | "80s acain. Mr. Aan ohne {ticle mirers aud received uo ovation on the stage before he the right path and would lead to victory, and con- | was permitted to | He was afterward handsomely cluded, “I have the bonor to introduce the Hon entertained at areception by the Union Republican Roscoe Conkling,” When Mr. Conkling made his Club, John E, Addicks, president. bow there was another deafening burst of applause, whieb made the previous enthusiastic greeting seem GENERAL HAWLEY. tame by comparison, 1t was a significant and un- usual greeting, espectally te one who Game before them a stranger. AN EXCELLENT SPEECH—INVESTING THE FI- NANCIAL QUESTION AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM. [ex TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Haxrtrorp, Conan., Oct, 18, 1878, Goneral Hawley addressed a very largo audience at Allyn Hall here this evoning on “The Financial Issues.” He was frequently and !oadly applauded, The following is condensed trom bis address, which occupied upward of an hour anda hait in its deliv- ery:— Alter paying a compliment to the republican can- didate for Goveroor and tho earnest efforts of the Connecticut people to sustain the sound principles Jeading to resumption, Geoera! Hawley entered upon @ full review of the present political situation. He used strong arguments against the greenback theor- ists, Sald he, “New parties have ontcred the flela, Doctrines are promulgated by able, enthasiastic MR. CONELING’S ADDRKSS. Mr. Conkling began his speech with a quotation from Mr, Henry M. Hoyt, republican candidate tor Governor of Pennsylvania, who in a recent speech said that professing to be an honest man, the candi- Gate of an honest party, he favored honest money. Ho said that such a mag should be elected, and paid u compliment to Don Cameron as a man most fitted to sit in the Senute as the representative of Pennsyiva- nia, Speaking of the condition of the country, Mr. Conkling said:—*‘*We havo over speculated, over pro- duced, und boen Jed into extravagances by inflation, and are now sufforing from extaustion. It isciaimod that wo are sufferiug because of a contraction of the currency, Ho denied that there bad been any con- traction, saying We Dave twice as much as we had of currency betore the war and quoting the figures of the Treasury Department, It is said that efter the war we had $2,000,000,000. Never! To make this | ™e2 04 Vigorous orgauizations that many of out we should have to count in the interest-bearing | °* (indeed, most assuredly, the majority of securities, admit that these bonds were part of our us) in Connecticut, belicve to be traugnt with dis- currency. Their contraction in 1873 reduced them. Five | °redit to the nation and great misfortuae to the mass yeurs have foliowed—years of rampunt speculation, | of tne people, For many years the people of all im the market. What great public calamity was this | parties cared little for the cost of tbe matatenance of that enabled Our governinent tv raise money to carry | 1. oie regpective theories. It 1s evidence of ibe io- on the greatest wur in bistory and to defeat the moss cowardly and wicked of rebeiious’ (Applause,) tense absorption of the public mind that our fuancia, policy has come last to the leading place. lt was A-MAPPY ILLUSERATION. | mn oc Raa ae pene tee pon touuens meek, Doping | Roped that the danger of serious error on that subject bad paseed with the numerous pled, placed upon the statuto book and the reneated indeed if the circulation of the bauk bad been secured A British consols as eur bank circulation is by 4 assertion of sound doctrine by both the great parties. Butit has not, I have no apprehension of the uilti- ted States consols. (Applause.) Under our na- tiopul bank system this fatlure could not bave occurred, ana Juagment, gone through two or th; It is said tuat ational banking is a monopoly, I uon’t koow what dictionary our democratic iru use, vut how can it be a mupopoly when it 1 ull, which apy Ovo men can organize themselves? cussions it will come out pu But it ts “so profitable,” they Then why don’t | by fire. But in the meantime aa ti national banks start up everywhere? Since January C three years ago over $30,000,000 of cire Deen given up by the bauks. When otber so dull wuy doos not everybod: 80 profitable? Mr. Conkling showed that the bonds m vaok can make no mouey on their circuia- tion, They mi 1% on their deposits, as every business man knows, Speaker then showed who are the stockholders of ba: ich are open to everybody. le misied by the uationals would look They wouia nu that very few of @ rich men, and (hat un amazing number ot re women or cuildren, so that, suid be, a war on tue national banks is not the most manly war that can bo urged. (Applause.) FACTS POR DEMAGOGUKS. Mr. Congilug th that would follow Batiooal buuks. He proved that free vanking was like fi pe sion, and multitudes of impatient people, though a bealthy fuiure i our very doors waiting for permanent divt of that which » day of trouble, and LING KRRORS. Ho next rejerred to the numerous wild propositions the new parties who desire to r Uonul banks, repeal the Resump $300,000,000 or $400,000,000 tea of bank notes times bave a “ix shoemaking or meat selling—all are alike regu materisl of the the of supply and demand, which Oxes » go that neither ber, and when there are enough, there will be no joss will = invoiv any more, Think of Congress enacting how many to make it of suco Shops there apall be iu Pennsyivania, Think of or- tb anything out ot th daining by @ constitutions! amendment how mach } Make the pew paper muucy, whatever ite minor o ey, good, tho jwaritios, alike with gold aad silvor, a le Americau indeBuite e, Interest or tuture, that bas To think aud money; forbia any cont vy medium ; provide a full legai tender fall employm open nuw tlelds of tabur by of ational the many 4 by the republican com. Campaign document, It redeemavic » in HOtbing, bY novody, and rT “Ben” Butler. M aviogs vanks throughout rate of in! Into legal Speuker paused, and, in a solemn vor “] do not wonder you a ded name, buffered sod freight trafic op daty of tho nal governments the 4 management of tho railroads, TUR GOVERNMENT. Lely most o! the abot "+I forbear to discuss (he Variuus ext:avag: rallrouds, telegrapns, bauks, 3, &a, whol the curt the taxes nave pally on liquors, t appeared as an the huaivie was to re- TINK! iO. oppressor and thi ot American bali duce tts powers. | ot of tree y Fanny jority. Should we deli tn oar daily ite a Mr. Woou—( hisses )— iT aloue. mt) , th por disiribute to men educa- 'y, economy, ingenuity, Make prospervas those qualities of prospero and it This ts onty a bait il buy. iy cont, all Varieties 10 take them beo: our Listory, and no one ko of « lust battie § might 9 =6bonds §=6the so natioual eretary, Mr. Chase, and th the provist 2,400 national danks it ts said that the nd property, oq fair and equal oppprtunity™s Li must fight bis own battle. ¥ IN NATIONAL BANKS, elisbing the cational banks t tnat Would involve a return to the ations, toa system fraught with dau- onal digg! Nation wore the only sate eu 20d. Ury statistics Justily the estimave that State bank system tho people lost ot of the circviation annual tailares, Mr. Conkung explaine working of this law and winen wore esiablish banks receiv Ought to be pat to toe banks, This pear that the vond: wero hos made made to bor the boys 10 blu: fepealed to-morrow and overy n: to the ground it would not terest to tho government, they were made to sell, motey on when 000,000 was due to (Appiause.) Should tho Bank law be | bank burned save fartning of to- AS loug as these bonds joy started. Bauks reasury tue bonds to redeem the Of tue tens of taoaseuds of millions deposited 10 na- tional banks since 1863 only six milli hole fitteen y bas been lost, [ venture to say tbat a greater proportio M 18 annually ost turough insvrapce compat vings banks and otber truss institutions of State origi VALUE OF BANK NOTES. the powers of the treasury on the quos- issue of money General Hawley said it is Speciously argued that it would bea five and profitae bie thing 1f the government would call in all the na- bank notes, pay of the bonds the nationnl banks bold and isue as many greenbacks as there are now oational bavk notes, It is said that the goveri- ment Would gain the iwterest of those bouds. But it would lose $3,000, e8 on bank circulation, ‘Ybere are three fa ijections, ‘irst—Lt would ve a great shame, and, being uncon- stitutional, tt would doi 8 be declared so by tho Supreme Court, to ew jasue of legil tender in time of peace. That it would rs war noceasity 1s shown clearly by 4 that Congress voted during the war that the limit of 400,000,000 of greenbacks must be maintained to re- sumption through expansion except the road thus passes through repudiaiion, Third —Vhe treasury would bo: 9 @ great national Dank und the volume of circulation would be at the mercy of Congress. But it ts sufficient to say tb: duty of the nation 18 so red nd er legal peace. When sball have veen dove we sball be ready to discuss the propricty of issuing not legal tendors, bat redoemabie a The gov- ent may give 16 ao! ther great cor- tion in debt, and it y, but it can »porcan the Treasury become a bank ef discount and excbange, SOMETHING TO BK PROUD OF. For three years past 1 bave bad unusual opportuni- tlos for studying the condition and progress of Amer- r Rouius, skill apd energy in agriculture anfactures, The Americaa 1s gaiwing ground ver he has taken up the chulienge. inks to the universality of education and the patent liws bo stimulus of necessity, as un English ‘The American invents ‘The American triumphs not more ll than bouest work, There are w y bua. cans whose Dames and trade marks of themselves, and (he number ts in- creasing. The genuine stamp warantee of excellence I say that io Americans are surpassed by no listened at the Phitadelph hibitions to the uniolgned praise ot mechaoics and machinists lor their honest us w. Atul and ingenious work. And I wonder to wha demagogu with putt; layed cottons and stolen trade marks in politica affuire. ‘be as proud to co! compare our bou manufactures, THA? “LECHEROUS BOXDHOLDER. ” insensate hostility to bondholders 16 incompre- 1 aswure you it is true—we know i, but we eyos and ask again If it can be true—intelli- ge: in for- mal conventions und demanded that U ui States bonds (the debts neurred to clothe, teod and arm our boys and save t! Union) be paid and discharged in irredeemable — paper. Who are these grasping, selfish, monopolizing, bloated bondholders. ‘The national banks of Conaveticut bold $21,205,700 of patio: bo: Of the 208,000 stockuuiders in the Unt less than $1,000. accepted ag a sure this I re our honest laws us we are to work in machines and all our lurgely owned by WITH NEW INTEREST—* widows, orphans, tes, elderly persona, farm- ers of small mei 8 and oth repudiu io: cut hold trust sands of peop! com panies of Couneeti- eft of hundreds of thoa- Union, tne vast majority having but small properties, These companies, seek- tng pertectly safe investments that can be readily cashed, have $3,967,260 of nationa: bonus. there any reason why they sbould be punished? The sav- tngs banks ef Connecticut bold deposits amounting to $77,214,372, representing 204,575 depositors. OL this ai nt $7,129,200, or nearly ten per cent., is in- vested in national bonds. Of those depesitors the Most are poor, some are very poor, und very'tew indeed are guilty of bolding much wealth, The $7,000,000 ‘of national bonds are tne best of their ‘securities—as good as Cash. who loaned boods iu bis darkest days? Itis too late to cutcn the bad mao who made money by purchasing Uncle Sum’s bonds ut a iow figure when bis life waa in danger. ‘Ino preseut void- ers bave paid full market value and the majority got less than tive per cent for their money, ‘The fire and Itfe insurance companies, national banks, savings bunks, St nks and trust com- panies of Connecticut have assots aggregating $272,- 681,908, of which $33,741,626 is in United states bonds, Yo destroy or ger.ously injure those bonds wou'd injare every citizen U multitudes elsewuere, reaching every State in tue Un on, end chieily the industrious poor and strug- gling people of limneameaus. GOLD VOREVER. There is an absolute money, a flat money, an irre- deomable money that I should rejuice to see in uni- versal use. It would cost the government next to nothing, The poople would bring it to the mint; tue governinent need only ius quality and true woight on each pio mucb vaiue in small compu: 1t1s good at homo and abroad, cannot burt the poor mau, and uo Congress cap yive ft a value or take It away. Hide it for twenty years and tt comes out good no matter what laws bave been passed. It does not noed that a nation shail pledye “laith and resources” to made it good; it is good in the commercial sense of itself aud by unanimous con- sent of mankind. ssary to make it legal it, Lt goes where it is most desired if there be anything to exchange for it. If there be too mucv in a country and the demand (or it siackens it will go where tere ts less of 14 and people are more anxious to seo it. Thore ts no mystery about it, This absolute, fiat, eterual, ir+ redeemable money, for every doiiar of which a dol- lae’s worth of work was pledgod beiore it was mado 18 simply bard money—goid aud siiver. Toe Unied States mine sixty or eighty miliions of it a year, and could easily bave huadreds of mill- jons of it im datly service if they were deter- mined, France bas it im abunuance, though France bas bad great wars and heavy aebis, it would stay with us if wo weuld iet it, It will be with Us as Money, « willing, faitbiul slave, on the Ist of January if we do not forbid it, While it stays the dollar of the pensioner aud the President, the aitchor and the miliionuaire are equally good. The debior will know precisely how much be is to pay; the creditor cannot ask a penny more it he would, No mao can grambie about yood money er bad monoy, The capitalist could plan tor years ahead and salety sail within @ foot of the frocks, The saving poor ian could borrow to build his house and know that his mortgage dopt for a little iad would not swell to be larger than both Rouse and land. It would not bring the milieonium. It would take work to get money. There would be flush times and dul! times, but wo could not jose all, no hara dollars laid away would never become bub- bles or kites. WHAT PATRIOTISM 34N DO, After declaring that the republican party stands a unit for honest money and progressive commerce the General concluded thus:— Daring three months tu the summer of i871 the Commune stood rampant and ragivg against jaw and order, cluiming to represent all Paris and nolding a: bay ali France, while the German army stood patiently by, looking pitifully upon the murderous fraternal sirilv of its lave great enemy. Tho communists breught crasbing down the monu- ments of French glory; they carried petroleum aud torches into the homes of their neighbors, the libra- ries, the galleries of art. They seized uod defiled the charches: riesqued the vestments of the priests; with 4 vessels § of they mado bDiuspbemous mockeries of the holy sacraments, and crowned tucir madness with the butchery ot devoted, gray naired clergymon and brave, ood citizens, The better elements of society w eaten into silence till the world began to wonder if this dewon were net really Paris. In the flusn of its strength, with its real purpose not balt known, it bad but one Hlth of the votes of the cuy. In a short time what was apparcnily all Paris was weicoming the delivering army of the republic, ana the leaders of the Commune were shot down tke dogs of bunted out of I saw ety in July, 1872, with its serrowtal scars and sad roms jal and patriotic. Tho peopie wore called upon to subscribe to the pular joan to pay eo German indemnity of Bi h00, 000,000. ‘The bonds were offered in mina- s of 100h, of $20, 84 por cent, bearing six per cont interest; quarter in cash, the re- mainder 10 easy instalments, The books were to be opened atadoson places im Paris at nine o'clock ia 1 went at midaight beiore to the y with my own eyes a uid pot believe. | suw at thut one gate a hundred peopie of the humbier ot ile waiting to line along the barriers tor the spectac! ng crimes of 1871, waged in the 8 the real Pa ge Patient, solt-restraiuing, bono Great promise of becomiug @ stable and Ne, GREENBACK NOMINATION. {bY TELEGRAPA TO THE HERALD.) Nasuvitts, Teno., Oct. 18, 1978. Greenback State Execut Commit. R. M. Edworda, of Cleve. | 8 their third candidate for been a conservative democrat and a personal and po- tical iriend of Andrew Jobnson, and is without a tecord. He will, like nis two predecessors, lead a leas vauae. CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS, Bostox, Vot. 18, 1878. The democrats of the Second Congressional district Unica, N. ¥., Oot. 18, 1878, ‘The democrats of the Twenty- ourth district, in- Madison counties, to-day u tbe Domination Of Sebast Duflt tne greenback eauaidate, for Nasnvitte, Tenn. The demoo Fourth di nated Bouton MoMiliaa tor Vonuress, ~ CLARKSON N. PUPTER, He Declines a Renomination for Congress. HIS FINANCIAL OPINIONS The Times Not Favorable to Fune damental Changes. Mr. Clargson,N, Potter has declined a renemination to Congress from the Twelith district for reasons which will be found in the following communicatien :-— Nutwoop, New Rocaxuce, Uct, 16, 1878. G&NTLEMKN —1 have the honor to acknowledge your favor of the 11th iost., informing meo! my unanimous reuvmination for Representative in Cougress by the Democratic-Republican Convention of the district. I am deeply grateful to the cemucracy of Westchester for this revewed evidence of thelr confidence and favor, This 18 the sixtn successive time they bave been pleased to express their preference for me as ther Representative. Four times F huve accepted, been elected, and served the distriet according to my ability. Once belore 1 have selt constraiued to de- Gline the honor proposed, an bonor which | am agal compelled to say tat 1 do not tee! tnat | can accept, Lhuvo given attention to public allairs solely be- cause of my conviction of the necessity of maintains ing und reapplying to existing conditions fundamen. tal democratic principles. It bas seemed to me that according to those princi- ples such further limitations were needed upon the power of Congress us it has of late yoars been found necessary to mpose upon the State Legislature, and that Congress ought to be restrained irom im- pairing vested mgaots, from tne consideration of private claims, from chartering corpora. tions to do business witnin the States, from granting subsidies and monopolies, and generally from all kinds of private and personal legislation, and that the civil service should be so Changed that most of the locul officers should be selected by the local ties in which they servo and that the tenure of all subordinate employés should be for fixed terms and cependent for Buck terms upou guod behavior alone, ‘These are all reforms absolutely needed und tu strict accordance with democratic principles as well and which it ought to be the purpose of our party to se cure. MR. POTTER'S REASONS, In declining a nomination to the Forty-fourth Cone gress | did so parily because I had found 1t difficult to make any progress in wa republican Congress with such measures of retorm. Anu I consented to be re- turned to the present Congress in the bope that in @ democratic House those chanzos might be secured, 1 have indeca succeeded in obtatuing the passage tnrough the Heuse of a vill which if it becomes a luw will remove trom Cougress the determiaation of most private claims, and we hope during the next session to secure the aduption of some turther measures for restraining Congress irom private and special legisla- tion, But realize that the times are not fa such fundamenial changes. The people irom a paralyzation of industries aud contraction 1a values, which naturally direct shelr attention to their present evils aud immediate uecessities, and they are ot disposed to give altention to more geveral ‘mat- ters of reform and relie. Besiaes, radical retorms which require changes in the fundamental law must needs proceed tlowiy. Aud as setvice im Congress requires large sacrifice of my business and personal interests 1 feel unwilling to longer contiouo it. 1am the more moved to this decision by the fact that upon the pending financial issues 1 am not en. urely in accord with some ot our peopie, Years of patural prosperity huve bovn followed by disaster and suffering. 1n @ land of plenty honest mea have cverywhere ivand themselves without work and without bread. ‘his nas naturally excited the distrust of the laboring classes and entitles them to our warmest sympathy and best efforts for their re- iiel, But I am unable tv sec that the prevail- jog ovils are ull due to the Contraction of the cur. reucy. There have beou, av I tulak, other causes jess noticed which bad much to do with these Among them is tho undue proteciioa giveo by law to capital through the facility offered for the formation of corporatious, by means of which capital escapes those vatural jaws of death and persoual respousivility waich affect individuals, These advantages have led to the creation of innumerable companies, Which lor years past bave issued bonds and sbures in advance of their undertakings, and bave thus borrowed away the fu- ture and brought luborers uere from all countries, ‘ubtil vow the capityl thas raiged 18 expended, leaving the laborers on hanu without means or employment until o redistribution of industries can be secured, while the excessive protection giveo through our patent laws to labor-saving machinery bas made such & redistrivuuion ailicult and aggravated the burden of the iavorer. WOULD NOT REPEAL THE REDEMPTION LAW, But wouiever the cause vt these evils, I cannot think that the remedy is to be found tn tue repeal of tue Redempuion Law or kibdered meusurea, Ua the covtrury, I believe sbat to almost every class, but avove ail to the industrial class, such action would be injurious, What is needed 1p this country—uever so Fick as itis to-duy—is the employment of ite inaus- tries and the circulauion of its wealih, Grain tbat hes idle in the barn, goods that tie idio on the shelf, and stones and ores thut lio Idle in the eartu, ao not mane prospority nor cmploy iaustry. To accelerate excuunges, to develop busivoss, there must be ae fixed measure of values. If a man were to carry on trade with an elastic yard-stick that varied in length with the weather bis business would be lim. ited to sales and purchases tuas could be measured when made, for uo one would make purchases or sales pou time to be reakoned by such « changing measure, To-day our industries are puralyzed because the mes who Dave weultu ure alrald to lend it, not for want of good security, not because they cannot get satifactory interest, but solely because they aro uncertain as t¢ the dollar iu which they are to be repaid. They will lend on security for wnirty or sixty days at very iow interest, becuuse, if Congress suould atiempt to chauge the meusare of values, they can get their money back before the change could De accomplished, and men will borrow in tue same way for ine same reason. But such brief ioaus are of but little help to tne community. Tobe of g advantage cupital must be permanently investen, y \ue capitalist besiutes to invest bis money which ho knows will turoish bim both rity aod proper profit bocause he can- what, three of five years from now, eo size of ine dollar in when paid. Undoubtedly a unitorm curroucy of Treasury notes possesses great advan- tages, and business could be done even io a fat currency if receivable for govornment dues (although not otherwise redcemavie), provided the amount of xed, A redvemavie curreacy on the ower hand need aot de limived in amouat, But a currency which is neither redeemable vor fixed in amount, but 0 by iegisintion, 1 of all Fuctive to business. For evils. the ono most d I behevo that if Congsoss could be aboltshed © years the 1udustries of the country would be iving within a mouth; but just as long as the agi tug the measure Of values goes on ve Kept dow: MONKTIZATION OF SILVEIRA As to this, my opinions bave uot been pastily formed, jal vender cases wheo boa Just so long to the perity of proved, ay ie 1878, L ‘Opposou the demonetizution of aiiv standard of values; & misturtan e of tho *‘doliar of the fathers. If at be granted that legislation bas been tn the in~ sorest of tho bondholders and capitalists, and that the natio! Ff has bewn considered at the ox- ponse of tho business and ot the ovil is ' boring cl were furced into a river far too wide for hie mi ie matter, Leshaliaiwaye gtatetally remember the favor with wuleh, Congress ress fur the on years, the democracy of me, and the confidence th have permitted me, ead a Tepresentation vi tis impor rick xcoptional value, and jearod ite ie tO tn; ard, §=Traly obedient servant, via CLA: hsON N. PO vehe” To Messrs, Wituiam CavLowsLt, Josera Masten aad Davin B, Wittiamson, Committee. MANHATTAN LIBERAL CLUB, Ata meeting of the Manhattan Liberal Clab last evening, held in Science Hall, Eighth street, Mr, artiandt Palmer delivered @ lecture apoa the sub- He mas the Pope and eit al dogmas. The soul was tomy he ow More AbOUL How did it look? What od what is it untiko? arded tbo nity as the cause of ‘and when Od Fue SpEotros of elgi@us superstiliem irom theif minds the Veter 1 Would be ler Lhemn