The New York Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1879, Page 5

SENATORSHIPS. Condition of the Canvass in Connecticut and Indiana. JEWELL AND HAWLEY. They Lead a Field of Six Candidates. VOORHEES’ FRIENDS CONFIDENT. The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash To Be His Own Successor, . Hantvorp, Conn., Jan. 11, 1879. The contest for United States Senator from this State attracts more attention than usual this year, because there are more candidates in the field than ‘was ever known before. Jewell, Hawley, Platt, Har- rison, Minor, Kellogg and P. T. Barnum comprise the list. At this day, except among Hawley’s friends, ex- Governor Jewell is considered the strongest among the candidates. He is rich and has a following among the wealthy and substantial men of the repub- lican party in the State. Besides, he was Postmaster General under Grant and has been Minister to Russia, which gives him the benefit of high official position. Next to him comes Hawley, who is scarcely behind him in prestige and is vastly ahead of him in personal popularity. Few men have warmer personal and political friends than General Hawley, and even the democrats among his personal following point with pride and pleasure to his war record. As the President of the Centennial Commission, too, he is warmly praised, and in the eyes of his Connecticut friends there is a lustre about his name which entirely out- shines the Jewell of this State. “When Jewell was too busy attending to business to help us to equip and care for the Connecticut volunteers,” said Bill Green, a local magnate, to me the other day, ‘“‘Huwley was at the front fighting the enemy.” “Yes,” inter- posed a democratic Selectman of this town, ‘and ho wasn't the kind of man to tell other people to go to the war and he would follow, but he said he was going, and they might follow him.” Mr. O. H. Platt, who is a lawyer at Meriden, has not been much iden- tified with public affairs, and his following is mostly personal. Unlike him is Mr. Henry B. Harrison, of New Haven, one of the most active and acute politicians in the State, with many political sup- porters. Harrison could have been the republican nominee for Governor at the last election, but he de- clined, fearing defeat, and Andrews’ election has weakened his pretensions to the Senatorship. Ex- Governor Minor belongs to Stamford, and was elected Governor of the State by the Know Nothings in the days when Americanism was rampant. Strangely enough, the Order has kept up something like an organization in this State, and Minor is now sup- ported by this element. Kellogg was formerly a member of Congress, but his strength, such as it is, is only local. Barnum is put down for only two votes, which will come from Bridgeport as a matter ofcourse. ‘There being so many candidates in the field the canvass is naturally a lively one, and never before has there been so much figuring and so much recounting of ancient history by the politicians and their adherents. “I do not remember @ time,” a prominent poli- tician remarked, ‘‘when we had more than two candi- dates for the Senatorship in one year in either party. In 1866, when Foster was chosen the last time, the con- test was between Senator Foster and General Ferry ; in 1868, when Governor Buckingham was elected, Hawley was a candidate for the first time; in 1872 ‘Hawlcy was nominated by the caucus, and would have been elected but for the disgraceful bolt of that year, when a few recalcitrant republicans re-clected Ferry by the aid of democratic votes, and in 1874and 1876, when democratic Senators were elected, the first contest was between Eaton and Barnum and the second be- tween Barnum and English. So you see the present situation is an unusual one, and as Connecticut has so many aspiring statesmen, and can only elect one ‘of them, it is not surprising that the air is somewhat sulphurous.” A BIT OF ARITHMETIC, When it comes to the figuring the results are not less interesting. The republican caucus, which is to be held next Wednesday or ‘Thursday, will comprise 156 members, the number necessary to a choice being seventy-nine. None of the candidates claims one-hali this number at the present time. Hawley’s friends say he will go into the caucus with forty votes—his The enemies do not allow him more than twenty. figuring of the latter {s as follows Republicans in caucus... jewell. . Harrison. Platt... Minor Kellogg P.'T. Barnum Balance lo't for Hawley........0.seseeceeeeeeeee Hawley’s friends on the first ballot figure thing like this:— THE CANDIDATES. When it comes to the second ballot nobod, knows anything about it, and many members, probably, will not deciae how they shall vote until the time es. A large number is still unpledged and undecided, whilo others are pledged two or three times over. ‘Chaos was never more confounded, but it is likely the con- test will narrow down to Jewell and Hawley, and it ison this basis that the battle is being ged. Be- tween the adherents of the two candidates there is a bitter personal feeling. The old feud is far from being healed, and as the blood of both factions has been warmed there is danger that the sore will break out anew. Jewell is ridiculed and almost traduced by Hawley's more hot-headed triends. “He is swollen with vanity and self-importance,” they ery, and may take to using harder words before the canvass is over, Jewell’s adherents, on the other hand, meet their by) ry with calm and specious arguments. They admit Hawley’s popularity and exaggerate his importance in the House. If he goes to the Senate, they say, there is danger that a democrat will be elected to the House of Representatives from the First district, and so in case the Presidential clection should go to the House in 1880, the vote of Connecticut would be @ tie and so be lost. In view of this they went Hawley to wait until 1880 for his chance to gu to the Senate. It is not surprising that Hawley and his friends cannot see it, They say that six years in the Senate is better for Hawley than two, four yews in the House, and that the same rea will cxist against his election to the Senate in Lss0 that urged now. If Hawley ix the « who can carry his district, they say, only man who can continue’ to carry it, ‘The Cou- rant, which js General Hawley's newspaper, puts it in this way :—“The talk about postponing his elec- tion till 1880 is a palpable delusion, If Hawley is in the House in 1880 we must then either run hin again for the House, in which case, if elected he would be in the samo position as now on the Senatorial ques- tion, or, if we drop him as a House candidate and run the risks of the Legi we should possibly loxe him trom Congress alt: So, in 1880, we tisk this district or th ate, aud possibly both. But beyond this Hawley'’s friends claim that the district is pertectly suiv. Since 1865, a period of ae Years and coeval with the history of the republican party, only three democrats have been chosen to Congress—ex-Governor Hubbard in 1867 and ex-Congressman Landers tor tho two preceding the; claim, the demo- terms to the preseut, Twice erate were victorious by frau and they claim that these outrages cannot occur again, Indeed, Hawley's friends go so far as even to cone Jewell’s election if he should be a can for Congress in the First district, and this it must be allowed is a very great concession for them. Among the qualifications that the Jewell men claim for their condidate is that he is a business man, hut to this the Hawley people object most strenuously. Republican criticism on Barnum and English they say was mostly because they were business mon—a e money power in politics, Besides, tacy claim t as President of the Centennial Commissi Hawley showed himself a Wusiness man of gr ewpacity, and they think the Senate ought not be prived of the knowledge and experienee he th quired. And so the contest goes trom day to day, and the result inay disappoint the expectations of both the leading candidates by the looming up of a dark horse in the canvass, possibly Platt, Who fe tivo from antagonisms of every kind, or Harrison, who is con- fessedly a conspicuous figure in Connveticut polities. SHE INDIANA SBNATORSHIP—LOOKING OVER THE FIELD IN THE HOOSIER STATE. INDIANAPOLTA, Jan, 9, 1879, The Indiana Legislature, whieh met here to-day and organized by © coup de mattre of the Lieutenant Governor in the upper branch, will bave many iun- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JAN portant things before it of a political nature, but the most important of all will be the election of United Stat¥s Senator, which, by law of the United States, is to occur on Tuesday, the 2st. Senator Daniel W, Voorhees holds his position as successor of Senator Morton under an appointment from Gov- ernor Williams, and this appointment can only last until his successor is elected by the Legislature, Morton’s time would have expired on the 4th of March, 1880, and his successor, had he lived, would have been to elect by the Legislature ‘that met at this time, So they will have a double duty to perform—first, to elect a Senator to fill out the rest of Morton’s term and next the election of his successor for the full six years term, commencing with March 4, 1880. ‘THE ASPIRANTS FOR SENATORIAL HONORS, On the democratic side Mr. Voorhees’ name is about the only one mentioned and the disposition almust everywhere expressed in the party lines is to give him both the fractional term of a year and the full one which follows it. On the republican side there is no prospect whatever of electing, but the honor of anomination will probably be given to General Ben Harrison as the most prominent man in the party since Mr, Morton’s death. ‘he nationals or greenbackers, by which name they are better known, also have a candidate in the person of Mr. James Buchanan, editor of the Indianapolis Sun, the greenback organ of this State, aud a man of admitted ability as a political wireworker. ‘The gveenbackers have only a possible nine out of the hundred and fifty which go to make up the two branches of the Legis- lature; but, singularly enough, they—or at least some of them—claim that they will be able to tie the Legislature and hold it until the repnblicans fall in with them and help to elect their man. A PRECEDENT FROM OHIO. In making this claim they are fond of citing a pre- cedent from Ohio in the election of Salmon P. Chase, in the year 1849, The Ohio Legislature was politically atiein that year, the whigs and democrats being equally divided. Two members of the House, named Townshend and Morse, had been elected as abolitionists, and they refused to go with either side, but nominated Chase, who was then a comparatively unknown lawyer in Cincinnati. ‘They stuck by him and kept this deadlock in the Legislature for several weeks, and it was ended only when the democrats came to them and made Chase the Senator, and thus gave a start to his political for- tunes, which afterward made him Governor of that State, then Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, and, last of all, Chief Justice of the United States. The greenbackers of Indiana, with a similar ambi- tion, hope to land *‘Plan” Buchanan, as he is known all over the State, in the Senate first with a chance for other honors in the tuture, DISCOURAGING TO THE NATIONALS. But the experience thus far is against them. First, there seems to be no intention on the part of the re- ublicans to coalesce with them, and, on the other fana, there is an apparent willingness on the part of certain of their own number to drop in with the democrats and help to elect Voorhees, they believing him to be quite as good a greenbacker as any of their own number, and only lacking a baptism in the party to make him a member in full standing. ‘This makes Voorhees’ election almost a certainty— indeed, it is regarded here as an absolute sure thing by both republicans and democrats who know the ins and outs of politics in the State perfectly. HOW THY LEGISLATURE STANDS. ‘To be convinced, however, that the fight is a close one and may yet be made interesting, it is but neces- gary to look over the political complexion of the Leg- islature. ‘The Senate is composed of fifty members—twenty- four democrats, twenty-four republicans aud two greenbackers. ‘The Honse has 100 members—fifty-three demo- crats, thirty-nine republicans, seven greenbackers and one independent of democratic antecedents. One Senator, democratic, is ut home sick, and two members of tho House, both democratic also, tailed to put in an appearance to-day when the organization took place. Yet the greenbackers showed their good feeling to-day by voting with the democrats in the organization of the Senate, while in the House, where their votes were not needed to elect, two of them supported the dem- ocratic nominees, Should these amicable relations continue there can be no doubt whatever of Voorhees’ success. Should this friendship be broken there is ‘still a democratic majority of two on a joint ballot. But that is very close, and the continued sickness of the two members who were absent to-day might pro- tract the agony indefinitely. PLOTTING AGAINST VOORHEES. In this connection it is said that several democrats from the northern part of the State, where the bard money wing of the party has had‘a pretty stron, foothold, have expressed a wish that the electioa of Senator be deferred until two years from now, by which time the money question would be out of politics and Voorhees would either have drifted over to their way of thinking or else some other democrat would rise to take his place. Voorhees has for years been immensely popular throughout the southern part of the State because of his soft money principles, but there has been a corresponding cooi- ness toward him up in the northern counties, where they believe in money. This division of senti- ment in the party manifested itaclf a month ago by a vigorous efort to bring out Mr. John English, @ wealthy retired banker of this city, as a candidate for the Senatorial nomination. It was at first thought that this wouid succeed and either result in protracting the strugyle for another two years or else kill off Voorhees altogether, either of which results would have been satisfactory to these men. But the central and southern part of the State made such a determined protest against the scheme {hat it was given up because of the clamor and the announcement made that Mr. English would not consent to eceept the honor. It is certain that he never could have secured the caucus nomination, bat he might have seriously injured Voorhees’ chances. HON. FRANKLIN LANDERS. A democratic-greenback member of the Forty-fourth Congress was on the floor of the Senate this morning while the organization was being effected. He is one of Voorhees’ warmest admirers and political sup- porters. Said Mr. Landers, “There is no longer any danger to Voorhees. He will be elected without any trouble.” “Will it require any greenback votes to elect him ?”* “Possibly it will,” he answered, “but if it does ho will have them.” “Here in the Senate?” “Yes, both Davis and Majors"’—(they are the two nback Senators)—“‘are pledged to vote for him in case it becomes necessary.” ‘You mean they'd rather vote for him than for Buchanan?’ If it were possible to elect Buchanan the caso might be different with them, but it isu't, and so pers stand by Voorhees when it comes to the pinch ?” jot without we don't want them without their votes are really necessary to elect him.” “His election will be by a joint meeting of the two houses, will it not, and not by the separate action of the two branches?” “Most likely. The democrats here in the Senato can only tie their opponents aud don't have a major- ity unless one of the greenbackers comes in to help SIATE AUDITOR HENDENSON, who is counted one of the shrewdest politicians in the democratic ranks in this State, said this morn- ing :—“Voorhees will have a walk over in his race for the Senatorship.” “How many votes can he count on?” a, venty-eight votes. ‘That is two more than he neers, “You don't count on any of the greenbacke: “Because we don't need them,” was his rep we should need them we can rely upon more. Mr. Henderson has probably given the contest as close attention as any other man and his personal ac- quaintance with every member of both houses be- longing to his political faith enables him to speak with moreconndence. COLONEL WILLIAM 2. HOLLOWAY, Postmaster here, at Indianapolis, is a ‘prominent republican poli ‘Tho late Senator Morton was his brother-in-law, d this relation made h * trusted manager of that party in Indiana long before Morton's death, a place Which he continues to hold. Said Colonel Holloway ‘Voorhees will be elected beyond ubt. We republicans would rather see him there then any other man the democrats could choose. In fact, we like Dan Voorhees.” “What about the nationals, Colonel? was the re- joinder, “Wouldn't you ‘republicans rather see ‘Plan’ Buchanan there than Voorhees?" we'd sooner seo Dan there.’” . 0 will the republicans honor with their nomi- nation?” “Oh, General Ben Harrison, of course, He is tho leading man of the party in this State just now, Sorry our folks can’t elect him; but we can give him & coinplimentary vote, at any rate.” Would Harrison be made Senator if your party had & majority in the Legislature?” “Undoubtedly he would.” ‘This seems to be the opinion of all the leading re- publicans, They would rather have Voorhees elected than any national, and, in fact, rather have him than almost any other democrat. If they had to select & be 4 their own political faith it would be General wrrison. 4 NO REPUBLICAN SCHEMES. During the past week or two it has been talked quite treely on the streets here that the republican iembers of the Legislature had a scheme on foot by which they hoped to defeat Voorhees, trusting to got the support of a few of the hard money democrats to accomplish their end, General Harrison was asked it he knew of any such scheme, “Ldon't know of any such combination,” he said, “and would not be @ party to it if there Were such. Mr. Voorhees is entitled to the democratic vote, and, in my opinion, will get it. They have caucussed pon his ueme and agreed to support him and if they do not 1 shall have @ poorer opinion of their political honesty than I now have. Indeod, 1 cousider it a certain thing that he will be elected.” “To Gl both the fractional term and the whole one?" ‘Yes. What would be the use of dividing it up between two men? Voorhees is there now, and is familiar with the wattars before the Sunate, aud there is no need of his doing Shrown out just to givea place for a few months to somebody else.” COMFORT FOR TILDEN. There was ,uite a flurry of excitement in dem ocratic civeles here last evening over the publication of what purported to be proceedings of 4 caucus of this same clique of hard money democrats to which allusion has before been imade, In reality it was no caucus at all, but simply the happening together at aroom ina hotel of cight or ten gentlemen whose hard money proclivities lead them to fraternize. Governor Hendricks is Indiana’s favorite son, and any failure to hail him asthe coming man for the Presidency is regurded as disloyal to the State. At this little informal gathering several gentlemen agreed that the purty must return to its ancient und tradi- tional laudiarks in order to achieve a victory in 1880, and further agreed that Tilden was likely to be the most available man tor the Presidential nomination because he would be able to carry New York, while it was doubtful it any other democrat could. While rec- ognizing Hendricks as the most distinguished repre- sentative their party has in the State, yet the success of the party was more than the success of any one in it, and therefore they thought the national ticket for 1880 should be simply a repetition of that for 1876, All this was podtabet, and more too, about the supposed meeting, and it raised a good deal of a breeze in the hotel offices and other places where politicians congregate. Hendricks was greatly wor- ried over it and his friends grew indignant that an; thing should be uttered disparaging his claims to a Presidential nomination, but this morning the gen- tlemen who were in the conference, so-called, were prompt to deny that ithad any political significance. hile they admit that it wasn the main true, et they claim that the occasion should not be dignified even by the name of a meeting. It was only the in- dividual expression of opinion of two or three who chanced to come together. One thing, however, about it is that it will give Mr. ‘Tilden some hope in a State that he has had a right to regard as dead against him, THE COUP DE MAITRE in the Senate this morning before referred to causes considerable talk, The Senate was evenly divided between the democrats on one side and the republicans and greenbackers together on the other. ‘This, however, did not make it a tie vote on the election of officers, and thus give the Lieu- tenant Governor, ‘who is its __ presiding officer, a right "to cast the deciding vote. So the democratic Senators caucussed on this matter last night, and decided that the only way they could organize would be by a resolution. ‘This would give the Lieutenaut Governor a right to cast a yote on the adoption of the resolution when he could not vote on the election of a candidate. In one case there would be a tie, but in the other there would not, because the greenbackers would make their own choice for officers. It was carried out in this way, and the Senate of Indiana elected its officers in a bunch and by a reso- lution. GREENBACKS AND GOLD. LEYTER FROM WENDELL PHILLIPS—WHAT THE GREENBACK CONFERENCE WANTED. Bosron, Jan, 11, 1879. ‘To rag Epiror or tHE HERaLp:— A few days ago you published some remarks I made at the Greenback Conference in this city. The report was correct as far as it went, but imperfect. Allow me to state my views a little more definitely. Ithink the greenback party or the new finance party has been thus far uniformly victorious and has gained everything it has asked. First—That party demanded the remonetization of silver. It is done, and the step is not likely to be re- versed. Second—We claimed that the greenback should not be destroyed, but be re-issued. The Secretary of the ‘Treasury, who was in his usual chronic state of per- plexity and bewilderment, gladly submitted to this compulsion; indeed welcomed our victory. ‘Chus the derided ‘‘rag’’—the “dishonored '—is the national currency to-day and likely to remain so. Third—We asserted that if the greenbacks were made receivable at the Custom House and for all debts due the government coin and greenbacks would be equal in ninety days, and that this was the proper step to be taken. For this we begged, argued and petitioned threo years ago. Then we got no attention. Now the Sec- retary, without law or authority, has ordered this step to be taken, and Con, 8 is about to sanction what he illegally did. Without this step resumption would be impossible, or extremely dangerous if pos- sible. Without this help resumption would be a failure. When, in March, 1876, I argued for such a step before the Boston Board of Trade, the Solomons of that body held up their hands in holy horror, in- sisting that the government was pledged to the pub- lic creditor to demand its customs in coin. It was a very convenient dodge—a plausible excuse— but one easily forgotten the moment the gov- ernment the help of such a measure asl proposed, That pledge to the national creditor is as binding to-day as it was in March, 1876. But tho . men who screamed, themselves hoarse in lying talk ab the greenback as a dishonored note now clamor that the government shall break its pledge to its creditors by beep ereenbacks at the Custom House! “When I aaid I would die a bachelor,” cried Benedict, “I did not think I should live till I were married.’ When I said I would die a hard money man, exclaims Sherman, I did not think I should live to owe my salvation to greenbacks. With these three victories behind us we now ad- vance to the next outwork of the enemy. In the future, a8 in the past, the true policy is to attack one thing at a time—to pledge the movement to only one claim at atime. The people can attend to only one issue at atime, Every unnecessary word in a plat- form robs itof voters by the thousand. The next point to attack is bank issues of currency. Put only one line on our flag, ‘‘No State or National Banks of Issue.” Let the government issue all the currency the nation uses, This claim—that the nation shail resume its sovereignty over the currency, and not share it, as heretofore, with private perpen tt debated to-day and weil received in England. All commercial nations must soon see its importance and all free nations its necessity. Let journals and conventions discuss all points as freely as they please—bonds or no bonds; demon- etization of gold and of all coin; funding the debt or paying it in greenbacks, and all methods of regulating the amount of the currency; but let the party—the movement—be responsible for only this one claim, an exclusive national currency. When that step is gained we will rally on the next. Planted now on this one issue we shall not wait long for victory. But the moment that point is gained the Ss pap res party and John Sherman will claim it as “their thunder.” Let all good people remember this, my prophecy, and when, a tew Pe gi hence, they hear the loud rty bousts of what wonders they have done and ow much we owe them, it will be seen I prophesied truly as to their self-conceit and adroit pretence of being themselves victorious, while they have only been slyly stealing the measures and principles they have all along denounced. WEND! PH PS. THOMAS LORD'S ILLNESS. ‘The illness of Mr. Thomas Lord assumed a some- what less serious phase last evening. The aged patient sat up in a chair and was cheerful and com- posed. The house at No. 10 West Fourteenth street did not wear any of the aspect of anticipated gloom, and the footman who opened the door was smiling aud communicative. Mr. Lord's attack of ill-health began about threo weeks ago. It is due wholly, according to his physician, Dr. Thomas C. Chaliners, to bis advanced period of life. He is now in his eighty-sixth year. Ho 4s 10 diseaso whatever. Dr, Chalmers last evening said there was no danger of his patient dying within the next twelve hours. He ed to give an opinion as to the at inagae | of his finally rallying from his present decline. of Mr. Lord’s children have gone to see him since his confinement to the house, Mrs. Lord has shown great devotion in ber attendance upon him, and there is nothing that she has left undone which could lessen his pains or dis- comforts. au Piet ‘THE ORDER OF B'NAI BERITH. District Grand Lodge, No. 1, of the Independent Order of B'nai Berith (Sons of the Covenant), as- semblod yesterday in their hall at the corner of Fifty- fitth strect and Third avenue. The B'nai Berith com- prises a secret society the members of which are clusively Isractites, extending throughout the United States and Canada, and having for its object the wel- tare of the Jewish race. ‘The baile the oMicers of the Order for the ing year re lin the election of Brother E ward 8, Goulston as president, Joseph Fox, first view president; Adolph L. Sanger, second vice preside 5. Sulaberger, treasurer, ahd S. Hamburyer, secretar, The report of the outgoing president showod that the | funds of the Grand Lodge, including real estate, amounted to $170,000, ‘The Grand Lodge will remain in. session during the fore part of this week. The Maimonides Coterie, | composed of members of the Library Association of the Order, gave a literary and musical entertainment to the Grand Lodge in Terrace Garden last night, which was largely attended, {From the Modesto (Cal.) Nows, Jan. 3.) Miss Susie Jones, daughter of Captain Jones, a pioveer settler of the county, last week noticed that the dogs had “treed” some animal near the house, armed herself with a gun and proceeded to investi- gate the matter. No sooner had she approached the tree than a gigantic catamount sprung to the ground. | ™ ‘The dogs followed in close pursuit over tangled weeds and through the dense willows-and forests of the Tuolumne for near a mile, when the animai again took to # tree for protectio ‘The brave girl trudged on alone, with her gun on her shoulder, and of ing up With the dogs soon discovered his catship in unusualiy ximity, but not daunted by lis glaring eyes and ferocious appearance, took deliberate aim and fired. ‘Lhe cat made a spring, but fell to the ground dead, Swinging the monster over her shoulders she carried him home in triamph as a trophy of her prowess. A friend sent us the animal, and we found it to be one of the largestot his sp os. The young lady bunter has only seen so fourteen or filteeu summers, and is a uative of le | ay cutieled bo but little weiulat THE NEW ARMY BILL. WHY GENERALS SHERMAN AND SCHOFIELD SUP- PoRT IT, To rae Eprron or THE HeRaLp:— ‘There has been a rumor prevailing to the eftect that when Senator Burnside’s bill was printed General | Sherman sent copies of itto many prominent army officers asking their opinions of its merits, and that he afterward published such as were fayorable to the bill and suppressed those which were not so, It is fair to say that General Sherman denies this, and probably the rumors arose from the very limited number of letters which the General has been able to publish in favor of the bill, Certain it is that I have seen but four in all—namely, his own to Burn- side and those of Generals Schofield, Hancock and Upton to Sherman. Will you allow me in one brief sentence to state that these gentlemen thus publicly signity their ap- proval of the new Army bill with the full knowledge that it is a bad measure, but willing to swallow it whole for the sake of the sops it contains, trusting to future | lation to eradicate the many serious evils of the bill as it stands? And will you allow me, as briefly as possible, to explain the probable motive for this action? Passing over General Upton’s letter, becanse the only merit he appears able to discover in the bill is that it will give to General Sherman unlimited power to “reward” his pets, we come to General Hancock's letter, “I think,” says this General, “that the bill has some good things in it,” which is not at all unlikely, as it is a volume of 300 pages, three-fourths of it being being made up of the very excellent present revised statutes and regulations. General Hancock also re- fers (as if toa fact admitting no dispute) to the “en- croachment and greed of the staff for power,” and states that the statf and line of the army ‘‘are in hos- tile array to each other.” These are among the tew dishonest words which General Hancock has ever uttered, as it is certainly the only nonsense which I have ever seen from his pen. Finally, General Han- cock “comes to the conclusion that there will not be much harm done if the staif suffer some by the Burn- side bill.” The trankness of this statement is nore worthy of the man, although its motive is not credit- able. In his testimony before the Bannin; Committee two years since General Hancoc! had no complaint to make about the staff, and did not sce that any reduction in the strength of the various departments could be properly made. Why this sudden change of opinion? for, by the pending bill it is not proposed to make the staff “suffer some,” but to arbitrarily dismiss from their positions more than one-half of the trained officers of six staff departments (men in the prime of lite, having from five to twenty-live years of experience), to set them aside on a starving pittance for three years, if not driven from the service in the meantime. Nor is it even pretended that their services are unnecessary ; on the contrary, captains and lieutenants of the line are to leave their companics, at the pleasure of the commanding gencral or commanding influence, for the purpose of the places vacated in the “staff, batches of fresh men being detailed every three years, to get a smattering of technical knowledge, of no benefit to them or the service and of great cost to the government—and all for what ? As General Upton 8, in order “that you may reward the meritorious”—that is, if an officer show himself an efficient captain in command of troops put him fov three years at orduance fabrica- tion. If another distinguish himselt as a “bold sabreur,” make him a temporary dispenser of pork and beans, and it another is strong in relatives and brave in intrigue, make him an agent of transporta- tion or a judge advocate. But I was to have explained a possible reason for this sudden change of view on the part of General Hancock, and must confess that I am ata loss todo 0, unless it may be found in a recent triangular cor- respondence in ‘relation to the transfer of a certain small arsenal from the Ordnance Department, uuder the Secretary of War, to the military headquarters in New York. There is not the slightest difficulty, however, in ac- counting for General Sherman's appreciation of the bill or the active interest of General Schofield, as manifested by their letters. Both of these gentle- men seck vindication of a former course and in- creased | pote for the future. A civil ofticer (the Secretary of War) under another civil officer (the President, as commander-in-chict), by a wise provision of existing laws, controls tho disbursing aud administrative branches of tho army—that is, the staff corps, or, in other words, the property and purse strings of the army. This con- trol is direct and need not be exercised through tho General of the Army, whose runctions are purcly military. There is not time to discuss this point at length. ‘Suftice it to say that it is by many regarded as an effectual bulwark against military dic- tatorship, whether pronounced or sugar coated. Doubtless, as a people, we are too wise, too good, too ‘patriotic, united und virtuous to contem- plate, however remotely, such a contingency, just as we were too united and patriotic ever to get up a civil war. Yet, there ure men with reput statesmen who are perverse enough to ounce of prevention is worth a pound of care, that the existing laws on this subject are wisely framed. Curry your memory back a few years, Mr. Editor, and you will call to mind the “quarrel” between Sec- retary Rawlins and Generel Sherman, the angry removal to St. Louis of Sherman because the Presi- dent found it impossibie to sustain bim and General Schofield in their mutual and triendly agré ment to prostitute the office of Secretary of War, held temporarily by the latter. Then cast your cye over the following correspondence and the revelation is complete. But first allow me to qnote afew pun- gent words from an opponent of this bill, although no special friend of the army :— “General Grant, who won his chief command in a war that obliterated most of the safeguards of civil power for the common safety, never asked for or as- sumed the powers so obstinately contended for by eral Sherman, and he was twice compelled to sustain his civil officer of the War Departmunt in revoking the usurping orders of General Sherman—just the orders which now, with additions, are proposed tor the sanction of Congress by the new Army bill. This is the vital issue pro- sented by the sections we have referred to, and when they are interpreted by General Sherman's repeated attempts to attain the same authority without la and by his recent insolent utterance at West Point, threatening to solve @ tivil dispute by the sword should the title of the President be lawfully ques- tioned, Congress is admonished to hew to tho line reserving the absolute subordination of the mili- tary to the civil powers of the Kepubl ‘The correspondence to which we have referred is as follows:— Wan Derarrwest, ) Wasmixarox City, March 5, 1868. § By direction of the President General William T. Sher: man will aasume command of the Army of the United States. The chiefs of staf cor tto and wet under departments and bureaus will immediate orders of the Gen. mandin; Ail oficial business which by law or rogulations requires tho action of the President or Secretary or War will be submitted by the General of thy Army to the Secretary of War, and, in general, all orders from the President or rotary of Warto any the arn ortion of the army, line’ or stall will he transmitted through the Genural of the Army. JM. SCHOFIELD, tary of War, of the General of the \ D. TOWNSKND, Assistant Adjutant General. General Sherman followed the foregoing with a goueral order trom the Headquarters of the Army transferring the heads of staff bureaus, and with thom @ money and property accountability of over $10,000,000 from the control of the Secretary of War to his stuif as follow GENERAL ORDERS, NO. Haapauanrnns ADJUTANT GRNKILAL Wasutxutox, M on of the President of oh °7 assumes ev By command ED Unit ed States the f the Ari ny of tho Adjutant General, Brevet Major General R. B. Marcy, Luspector General, Brovet Major General M. G. Meigs, Quartermaster Gen- oral Brevet Major General A. B. Eaton, Commissary General jor General I. i jor General BW. Brice, Paymaste: Krovet Major General Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate Gen eral. Brevet Major General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of En gineers Brovet Major Genoral A. B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnay Brovet Brigadier Goneral A.J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer, iy ~All orders and general instructions to the troops or o stall oficers serving in the military dopartinents headquarters of ¢ through the 6 als com. whieh te n eral Rawline at once protes . ordination of his office to the General of the Army, and on the 27th of Mareh, with the approval of the President, he reseinded the Schofield and Sherman orders and restored the military and civil authorities to their old relation by the following order: — GuANRAL ouDRus, No. 28 RADQUARTRRS OF THE ARMY, ADS UTANT GE Wasninaton, M ‘The following orders, received from the ment, ate published for the government of all Wan Devauranne, + . March 26, 10D, § tof the Secretary . 18H, ate pubs were of the Army 1s the action of the Prostde mitted by the chiefs of «tall corps, depa tw the Seeretary of War. Ail ordery aid instructions relating to militery 0 by th y of War, wil ba through u the 1 Genes TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General In the light of the foregoing correspondence it will be readily sven why Generals Sheriman and Schofield look kindly upon the proposed Army bill, with oli its obnoxious provisions, not only as a practical vindica- tion of their former extraordinary action, but as con- ferring the long sought for power, and with their motives thus apparent we submit thiut the favorable comment which the bill has received at their hands pee a By command of K. ARY 13, 1879.—TRIPLE SHEET, JERSEY'S LITTLE RING —_——- The Exciting Trials of Warren County Officials. AN INQUEST FOR TAXPAYERS octets Dr, Mattison's Escape From Subsequent Capture. Reba Beryipery, N, J., Jan, 12, 1879. ‘The fact that the Court has adjourned over until Monday has not allayed the intense excitement pre- vailing throughout Warren county over the trial of the members of the Ring which has been unearthed here, The town is crowded with visitors; the hotels are overflowing and even private families are called upon to find quarters for the people who wish to be present at the trials. Never before in the history of Warren county has a term of court excited such great and general interest. The indicted men, many of whom haye held positions of trust in the county and have ea- joyed the best social standing, are scattered through the several townships, ‘The trials are noted, also, for the array of legal talent that is mustered for the prosecution and the defence. The prosecution so Jail and far has brought out tact after fact against the prisoners, without previous warning, and thé impression is general that the list of indictments, largo as it is, is not completed by any means. New surprises ure looked for, and at Monday's session of the Court it is not improbable that the curiosity seekers will be gratified. THE INDIC! : ‘The following is a complote list of the men who been indicted up to Dr. John V. Mattison, ex-Clerk of the Board of Free- holders, thirteen indictments, comprising forgery, conspiracy to defraud and unlawful receiving. Now confiued in Belvidere Jail. Simon A, Cummins, ex-County Collector, three in- dictments for conspiracy to defraud the county out of $10,000, $4,500and $32. On bail. Edwin E, Bulgin, three indictments for conspiracy to defraud. On bail Jacob J. Stone, ex-Freeholder of Greenwich town- ship, one indictment, conspirucy to defraud. On il. Jesse 'T. Carhart, ex-Freeholder of Phillipsburg and an ex-Director of the Board of Freeholders, one in- dictment for forgery and one for conspiracy to de- fraud. On bail. Edmund Teel, ex-County Collector, one indictment for forgery and one for conspiracy. ' On bail. Jesse King, Freeholder of Belvidere, one indictment for conspiracy to defraud. On bail. Dr. Henry “M. Cox, of Mansticld township, eleven indictments for fraud and forgery. On bail. Charles 8. Strader, ex-Freeholder, of Washington township, and late director of the Board of Frec- holders, fifteen indictments, comprising conspiracy to defraud, larceny, forgery and obtaining money by false protences. Now in jail at this place. John C. Danley, ex-Vreeholder, of Mansfield town- ship, two indictuients for conspiracy to defraud, On hi John N. Givens, attorney-at-law and late attorney to the Board of Freeholders, two indictments for conspiracy to detrand. On bail. Samuel Frome, late steward of the Poorhouse, two indictments for conspiracy. On bail. William Osborn, Freeholder from Phillipsburg, one indictment for conspiracy to defraud, On bail. John W. Dean, ex-Frecholder from Phillipsburg, and late chairman of the County Finance Committee, thy indictments for conspiracy to defraud. On ail. J. Hudson Sweeney, ex-Freeholder from Phillips- burg, one indictinent for forgery aud one for conspir- acy. | On bail. Joseph B. Cornish, ex-State Senator, one indictment for conspiracy to defraud. On bail. Gershom H. Trimmer, ex-Freeholder, of Oxford township, indictments for conspiracy. On bail, John 3B. Sliker, two indictmeuts for couspiracy. Now in Belvidere Jail. PROGRESS OF THE TRIALS. There have been tried, up to this time, seven cases, and the cighth will be continued to-morrow, Dr. John V. Mattison has been convicted on one count of forgery, and pleaded guilty to three others. Charles 8. Strader, director of the Board of last year, has been convicted on one count of forgery and one of conspiracy. Dr. Henry M. Cox and Jobn B. Sliker have both been convicted on one count each of con- spiracy. ‘The defence so far has been conducted by Mr, Will- iam H. Morrow, of Newark; Mr. J. G. Shipman, of Belvidere, and Colonel J. M. Robeson. The prosecu- tion is conducted by Mr. Henry S. Harris, Prosecut- ing Attorney of Warren county, assisted by Mr. Rod- erick Byington, of Newark, and ex-Senator John P. Stockton, Attorney General of New Jersey. There are on trial now Simon A, Cumunins, Charles 8. Stra- der, John M. Sirens and Edwin Bulgin—the latter being known as the go-between of the ring—on in- dictments charging them with stealing $5,218 of the county’s money. ‘The stealing of the ring has been going on tor three or four years, but is believed to have been heaviest during 1877. The total amount stolen it is said aggregates fully $200,000, ‘THE “BRAINS” OF THE RING. Dr. John Y. Mattison, who is conceded to havo beon the “brains” of the ring, is 4 physician, but has not practised in some year During the war he amassed a considerable fortune, some say half a mill- ion of dollars, and commenced a series of specula- tions in land here and in stocks in New York. ‘the lat- ter ultimately brought him to grief and he was obliged to settle down to some legitimate business. He pur- chased a handsome drug store at Washington, this county, and did a good business. In the meautime ho married and his wife and two children now reside at Washington. He had always had a taste for pol.- tics, and was after atime made clerk to the board of Precholders. it was while holding this position that he became involved in the frauds. ESCAPE FROM JALL. Dr. Mattison was surrendered by his bondsmen and contined in jail, bat he evidently did not intend tw stay there, He constantly planned escapes, and finally, with the aid of an accomplice, a woman, whom, it is said, he hac met in New York, he suc- ceeded in breaking jail. Ho wrote letters to her from the jail here fixing the date of his escape and appointing a rendezvous, but for some reason changed them @ half dozen times. Fiualiy he procured the necessary tools, and on one Sunday nig t perfected his arrangements for escape. The cells of the jailopen in the usual way on corridors, and the corridors are barred and grated quite se- curel, When the hour for closing the ceils came the Sheriff! made his usual round aud noticed, as he supposed, the Doctor lying upon the bed in his cell. It was not he, however, but a “dummy” made up to represent him. The Doctor in the meantime was hiding in # remote corner of the corridor, and all un- observed remained there until everything was quiet. When the last bolts had been shot, the lights turned down and “Good nights” said, ths prisoner quictly turned his attention to the bars of one of the win- dows of the corrid With a fine saw and a bottle of vil he worked awey until almost morning before the iron yielded to his push. Climbing through the aperture he escaped to the deserted streets and started atonce for his home. Going in he seeured what pa- pers and clothes he wanted, and, without waking his sleeping wife and children, went to the barn, his horse to a buggy and started at terre speed for Trenton, sixty miles away. Hardiy one-half of the distance had been accom- plished when the horse fell exhausted. The Doctor, however, walked to the nearest farmhouse, and, wak- ing the , insisted upon being driven to Tronton, farmer demurred at such an unusual roquest and offered Mattison a bed for the night. @ bargain was made the fugitive was on the road, ‘The dawn was just breaking as the Doctor entered the Pennsylvania Railroal depot at Trenton and in a few minules he was speed ing away toward Daltimor POLSUED. About the time the Doctor took the Baltimore train his escape was discovered at Lhe jail, warn was given and the pursuit began, “Prosecutor Harris, who knew of the former stion of Mattison with the woman in New Yo d Pinkerton’s Agency to follow him up. Dete .D, Kurtz, of Phila- deiplia, was at Harrisburg, Pa., and was telegraphed tow look out tor the woman, who it was believed was there, After long search he tonnd that she had left for Baltimore, and, believing that Mattison would | ainly join her, be followed her to that city, ‘nero ho found’ her and the next day followed her on @ train just abont starting for Alexandria, Va, For that place she had purchase. two tickets and the detective felt coruin that Mat son was on the train, He could tind no one there, however, answering the description given of him, Finally in the smoking car he noticed an elderly ap: pearing tan, well mufled up, wearing blue glasses and having ® smooth face, Mattison wore lon, whiskers and beard at the time of his exeape, so it di not look much like him. Yet he was acting in a suspicious manner and upon his face were marks of Taking ind the elderly, clerical looking jentle vl, «Uwent back into the ladies seat beside the mysteriots finale, bow certain of his inan, quietly waited events. CAPLURED. In due time Alexandria was reached, and Mattison, , registered “D. Thompson and wile, bat r it was he, er, taking ‘The detcetive, transp! got up Aroom was assigned ther 4 was disturbed before long by & oor and « denand to enter by the de Jhiet of Polive of Mlexancdyia, What do you want?’ thundered th “L would like to speak to Mr. Thompson am ment,” sweetly answered the detective. “Well, Tam undressed and you can't come in,” shouted the irate Mattison. “But [must come in,” said the detective. “i am an officer and have @ Warrant for your arrest, Dr. Mattison, and if you do not open the door 1 will break it down.” dhe dvs was opgued, aud Mattiven. pale and de fant, faced the two efficers. “There is some mise take,” said he. am atraid not,” said the detective; “you must come with us.” He was taken to the police station, searched, his identity established beyond a douvt, and as soon aa the requisition had been obtained he was returned to his quarters here. THE INSURANCH DEPARTMENT. WHAT IS THOUGHT OF GOVERNOR ROBINSON'S SUGGESTION THAT IT BE ABOLISHED—OPIN: IONS OF LIFE INSURANCE MEN. In order to ascertain how that portion of Governor Robinson's Message in which he suggests the aboli* tion of the Insurance Department is regarded by life insurance people a HenaLp reporter on Saturday called upon the officers of @ few of the leading com- panies in this city and obtained the following expres- sions of opinion: — AN EQUITABLE OPINION. In the absence of the president Mr. James W. Alexander, viee president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, said:—I consider some sup ervision of the insurance business desirable. If any supervision in a State of the impor tance of New York is necessary there is cer- tainly need of a department. There is occupation enough for one man in looking after this interest, ‘Phe question is not as to the incumbent for the time being. Under our democratic system the publia must put up with unworthy ministers occasionally, If the system be wise the people have themselves to blame if they do not secure worthy heads of depart- ments. The present department of New York hag ved an efficicut one. The Massachusetts Insur- Department does the public a great service. ‘The great evil is the multiplication of State insur- departments where one good one is sufficient. Lite companies in this State doing business in the other States have to submit to a similar pro- cess of investigation aud examination, through the medium of appropriate sworn stutement® in each of twenty or thirty States. The government of Great Britain has of late year@ imitated the American system of supervision, after tindiny the plan of non-supervision faulty. The mis« take made by some is to suppose it to be the provin ot a State insurance department to interfere in t) mipany’s nianagement. Its true province public informed of the absolute con- dition of every company—its assets, liabilities, in- come and disbursements, its outstanding insurance and aunual transactions, to secure the public against | fraud and to see that punishment follows the yviola- | tion of the law. Much could be said in favor of con- tinuing an honest and capable head of the Insurance Department in office, safe from the vicissitudes of changing wdministrations, for when the incumbent has once acquired experience in the technicalities of the business he is a fitter man than any new ape pointee, ignorant of insurance matters.” PSIDEND FRANKLIN'S VIEWS. nklin, president of the New York Lite insurance Company, said:—"We have great con- fidence in the preseat Superintendent of the Insur- | ance Department, and believe under his supervision, much good may result to all interests connected therewith, But it is unquestionably true that in the hands of faithless and unprincipled persons great, harm may arise and the end desired to be obtained be entirely frustrated. Upon the whole we are in- clined to believe that under the present rule of party favoritism the same results would be obtained it the, control of the companies should be, as heretofore, placed within the jurisdiction of the Comptroller.” LEGISLATIVE TINKERING, A prominent officer of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, who asked that his name be omitted, spoke as follows:—The companies for many years have suffered from the multiplicity of insurance depart-. ments and the complexity of the laws under which they have been endeavoring to transact their business. in the several States. For many years efforts have been constanily made to obviate many of the annoy ances resulting trom this state of things. The first was the introduction of a bill into Congress to provide for a national insurance bureau in con- nection with the Treasury D. ment. The lite Insurance companies generally favored it, but it soon became apparent that unless the State departments, then already quite numerous, could be done away with, the creation of a National Bureau of Lusurance Supervision would only be adding a King Stork to King Log. An act was framed and introduced into Congress providing for the uniform transaction of business in the several States by insurance, telegraph and transportation companies, under the provisions of a section of tion, the United States constitu- which gives to Congress the right to commerce between the States. This act, er, came up for consideraiion at a time when teeling against further centralizing legislation, which had been so prevaient during the war, was very strong. The act was defeated. Suits were thei brougiit to test the power of the different Legislatures to pass laws limiting the right of any corporation to do business within the borders of a State, and this question was finally settled by the decision in the case of Puul against Virginia, given by Mr. Justica Field, which was in substance to the effect that each State possessed the unrestricted right to prescriba as to the corporations of other States the conditions on which they should be admitted to do business. Later on Superintendent Miller, who, whatever criticisms might be made on some ot the acts of his administration, was undoubtedly fare seeing as to the future of insurance supervision, called a convention of the insurance superintendenta of the several States, to meet in the city ot New York, for the purpose of discussion and mutual conter« ence upon subjects relating to their respective de- partments. A constitution was adopted and a per- manent organization effected, and had the Conven~ tion continued to mect annually in this city much wouid undoubtedly have been accomplished in the way of educating the Western and Southern legislator through the intormation yained by his in- surance superintendent during his annual attendance upon the Convention. The impeachment of Swperin- tendent Miller interfered with the success of this- scheme, and the Convention of Insurance Superin~ tendents has since that time been a gradually lessens amt migratory body. Tho lust Convention was attended by only nine delegates, and the interest in it seems to be rapidly waning. LIVE INSURANCE IN GREAT BRITAIN. “Supervision in Great Britain does not exist as we understand it. There the only requirements for thal transaction of business in any of the forms of ime’ surance is the preparation of the annual revenue count and balance sheet, which must be sworn to by two of the directors and the manager of the company. These ave required by law to be filed with the Board { Trade, which transmits them at the close of tha year to Parliament, by whose orders they are pubs lished in the annual Insurance Blue Book. This is the whole of it; sufficient publicity to insure. to every man desiring the information an accurate knowledge of the financial condition of every in- surance company, accompanied by the imposition of severe penalties for any false statement or breach of trust. The whole question is whether our govern- ment is to be paternal, as it is called, in its nature, or absolutely democratic. In my judgment, insurance, supervision, like every other departinent of govern ment in a democratic country, should be reduced to the simplest forms and limited to the fewest powers requisite to secure the object to be attamed.”* CONCEALING HER IDENTITY. Word came to the Centrai Office on Thursday even ing that Miss Cornelia White Lad left her home in Poughkeepsie and taken @ train for this city, aft which all traces of her whereabouts had been lost As she hed no motive for her trip she was supposed to have undertaken it while suffering from temporary derangement. Detective Dunn was supplied witia these+ particulars and a description of the missing woman, aud succeeded in tracing her to a boarding house in Brooklyn, a short dis- tance from the City Hall. There be learned that the lady of the house had some time since received couple of letters from Poughkeepsie inquiring abous the accommodations she had to offer. They sigued “Agnes Curtis.” Arter replyiug to them last- week the lady was Visited by some one answering the description given by the detective. The stranger hat little to say and kept apart from the other intuates of the house wll the following dey, when she went out ostensibly to post a letter and never returned, She had left a few papers and a featuer from ber hat. For this bit of millinery the detective inquired, and, on its being produced, he found that it corresponded, preciaely with a feather Miss White had worn, and on! which, from its peculiarity, great stress had been laid 4s a mark of identity. ‘The papers removed all donbts that Agnes Curtis and the missing Cornelia were one and the same person. Detective Dunn was unable to trace the woman further, but feels certain that she has not left the neighboriood of Brooklyn. Her brother and othee relatives visited the Central Office yesterday and ex- plained that over since @ severe Hiness waich p trated her two years ago Miss White has been low spirited and subject to melancholia, As she bad little money with her when she left home, howeve: they believe that she will not be able to continue het wanderings long, aud so will rdf }3 y Aeseribed ot twenty= | tive ® wore a browm wiskin muft, aud hat, with a bine veil around it had on @ gold wateh and chain. MYSTERIOUSLY “SENT ur.” James MeWilliams, of No. 909 East 111th strect, who has been missing since Christmas Eve, returned to his home on Saturday night. During his absence Mr, MeWilliams has been the guest of the Commis= sioners of Charities and Correct After leaving: MeGlynn’'s cvbin, in Fitth avenue, near Listh street, at miduight on Decoinber 24, ho wandered about t streets until, at four o he was tase ie, near Harlem River, by ¢ ok him to they 120th street ‘static When tuken befora, Judge Duily MeWilliams gave an assumed name and Was sent to the Isiand, For nearly a month the pve have been hunting for him, wirlle his friends, Ve spent their spare moments im searching tor his dead body in snd around the marsh surrounding MeGlynn's house. ‘They have even gone so far as ce jatter of having beem coucermed in bis dis~ apiearauces