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4 WASHINGTON. Prospects for a Short Session and Moderate Action. PROGRESS OF THE SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST Rumors of a Diversion by the Greenbackers. THE RANDALL MEN CONFIDENT. Recent Changes in the Internal Revenue Laws. » FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. VASHINGTON, March 12, 1879, MODERATE COUNSELS PREVAILING AT WASHING- TON—SENSATIONAL REPORTS DENIED, It seems at this time at least probable that the ‘House will be organized with but little delay. It is also probable that the session will be short and that moderate counsels will prevail. Various exciting re- ports spread abroad from here have no foundation in fact, It is not true, for instance, that the Presi- dent has suddenly become a fierce and truec- lent “stalwart.” On the contrary, the best YWnformation shows that he has not changed his views or policy in any respect, and that if any of ‘the republican leaders are less hostile to him it is jot because he has come to them, but beceuse they have drawn nearer to him. He is not going to “fight” Congress, nor is Congress going to “fight” him. It may be regarded as certain also that the democratic party here is not going to be controled by the bummers when Congress assembles. Tho office-seckers are all very troculent now, just as the Yepublican office-seekers used to be blatantly “loyal” when a now Congress wes about to assemble, but ‘when the plunder is divided everybody's zeal will cool off a little, and as the noble army of: office- seekers was tho main force which demanded an extra session, when its purposes are accomplished 4t wall not insist on a prolonged session. THE INTEROCEANIC SHIP CANAL—ADMIRAL AM- MEN TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES AT PARIS. Admiral Ammen has beon selected by the special “desire of the President and Secretary Thompson to attend the International Congress, convened at tho suggestion of M. de Lesseps, at Paris, to discuss the wquestion of an interoceanic ship canal across the ‘isthmus of Panama, The Admiral, who is especially fitted, by his wise and careful studies of this ques- thon, to represent the United States at this confer- ence, will sail in April. The meeting is appointed forthe 15th of May. He will take over with him tracings of some important unpublished charts and surveys in the Navy Department, as wellas other material bearing upon the question. When Lieu- tenant N. B. Wyse, of the French navy, was here some weeks ago he had geveral conferences with Ad- aniral Ammen, and then expressed a strong hope of , seeing him at the Paris meeting. PERE .FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasninetox, March 12, 1979, @WHE SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST—BOTH CONTEST- ANTS’ CONFIDENT—ACTION OF THE GREEN- BACKERS. The contest for the Speakership has not developed ‘anything new to-day. Mr. Randall opened his head- quarters at the National, and was visited by a num- Der of mombers-elect, most of them members of the Jast House. His friends do not indulge in boasts of his strength, but are confident that in caucus he will Rave a majority on the first ballot. But very few of the new members have arrived in Washing- ton. Mr. Morrison, of Ilinois, and Mr. Wells, of ‘Bt. Louis, are expected to-morrow night, both of whom are said to be working together against ‘Mr. Randall. The frionds of Mr. Blackburn express themselves _ &s confident of defeating Mr. Randall, though ono of the most active of Mr. Blackburn's supporters eaid to-night that it might not result in the election ‘of the Kentucky aspirant. There are rumors that the greenback men will nominate Mr. Cox as their eandidate for Speaker, with the view of securing the support of the dissatisfied democrats in the ovent ‘Mr. Randall should receive the caucus nomination. . The fact is that, in the absence of more than two- ‘thirds of the democratic vote, the claims of the re- ‘spective candidates can only be learned from tho ‘intimate friends of the aspirants, and the Blackburn men are hoping to change by argument or persuasion those who are already pledged to yote for Mr. Ran- dail. Senator Beck is actively engaged in advocating the claims of Mr. Blackburn, and others who are not members of the House or Senate aro doing all they can by letter and telegraph to get an expression of opinion from the new members before they reach Washington. It will be several days before the con- Zest will assume a definite shape here in Washington. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. Wasiinotoy, March 12, 1879, THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAWS—CHANGES MADE WITH REFER! TO TOBACCO, The following are the essential changes with refer- Yee to tobacco made by the act approved by the President, entitled “An act to amend the laws relating to internal revenue” :— ‘That the Revised Siatutes be amended as follows, namely :— That on and after the first day of May, i879 ahall be levied and collected upon mutt may tured of tobacco, or ground, dry, damp, pic Bil descriptions when pre chewing and smoking te 8 ared for use, and upon ‘all tine cut, cave “44,501 to No. 44,550, both inclusive; $5,000, No. 15,101 |, of eve descrip- ot by hand or reduced into # ‘condition to be consumed, or in any manner other than the ordinary, mode of drying and curing, pre- pared for sale or consumption, even if prepa Without the use of any maehine or instrument, a ‘without being pressed or sweetene |, aud Put, shorts and retu Bweopings of nd tor gf nts per pound, thereof as aay Rrothor expensos-apire incident in propart collection of taxes on tobacco and snuff at provided in this act. bdivision of section 3,244 be Sizth—Dvalers in f tobaeco, a he Every person shall be regan: ‘paced whowe business it i mission, to sell or off on commission, cial tax, as deal manifactarer of Daceo, Manufacturer of cigars or aay other spec tax, shall not exempt any person dealing in leat toVaceo f payment of the special tax therefor hereby ‘required.. But no farmer or planter, nor the executor or adminis. trator of such farmer or planter, nor the guardian of any minor shall be to pay a Special tax as a deai “i for selling tobacco produced said guardian, or received by either of them us rents from tenants who have uced the same on the land of said farmer, planter or minor; provided that nothing in this’ section shall be construed to exempt from a special ia farmer or planter who b. sells leaf tobacco at re who sells or assigns, cons 8 ‘of, to persons other thaw those wh mx as léat dealers or manut t6- nif oF ciyarggor to persons purchasing loat Setkdee tor capod, = 8 No sheriff nor other officer ecting under order or Process of uny court or magistrate, nor trustee or other fiduciary shal or planter or by vale by stich trustee or fdw shall be held her tax or restriction a8 to a sale of tobaevo #0 purchased, than he would have been had such purchaser been the producer thereof on bis own laid. Dewlers in leat tobacco hall NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1879.—TRIPLE SHEET. a special tax as such, and to manufacturers of to- baceo, suuff or ci and to such persons as are known to be purchasers of leaf to! for export; provided it shall be lawtul for any cenagd mann- cturer of cigars to purchase leaf to! of any licensed dealer or other licensed manufacturer in quantities less than the original package for use in his own manufactory exclusively. ‘That section 3,355 be amended so as to read:— Every person, before commencing, or if he has already commenced, before continuing the manu- facture of tobacco or snuff, shall furnish, without previous demand therefor, to the Collector of the district where the manufacture is to be car- ried on, a statement in duplicate, subscribed under oath, setting forth the place, and if in a city the street and number of the street where the manufacture is to be carried on; the number of cutting machines, presses, suufl mills, hand mills or other machines; the name and quality of the article manufactured or proposed to be manu- factured, and when the same is manufactured by him as agent for any other person or to be sold and de- livered to any other person under a special contract, name, residence ‘and business or occupation of per- son for whom said article is to be manufact or to whom it is to be delivered; and he shall give a bond, to be approvod by the Collector of the district, in the sum of not less than $2,000, nor more $20,000, to be fixed by the Collector of the district according to the quantum of business proposed to be done by the wmannfacturor, with the right of appeal by the manufacturer to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in respect to the amount of said bond, conditioned that he shall not engage in any attempt by, himself or by collusion with othera to defraud the govern- ment of any tax on his manufactures; that he shall render truly and completely all the returns, state- ments and inventories prescribed by law or regula- tions; that whenever he adds to the number of cut- ting machines, presses, snuff mills, hand mills or other inilis or machines as aforesaid he shall immed- iately give notice thereof to the collector of the dis- trict; that ho shall stamp in accordance with law all tobacco and snuff manufactured by him before he re- moves any part thereof trom the place of manufac- ture; that he shall not knowingly sell, purchase, ex- pose or receive for sale any manufactured tobacco or snuff which has not been stamped as required by law, and that he shall comply with all re- quirements of law relating to manufacture of tobacco or snuff, Additional sureties may be re- quired by the collector from time to time, and every manufacturer shall obtain a certificate from the collector of the district, who is hereby directed to issue the same, setting forth the kind and number of machines, presses, snuff mills, hand mills and other mills and machines, as aforesaid, which certificate shall be posted in a conspicuons place in his manufactory; and every tobacco manufacturer who neglects or refuses to obtain such a cgptiticate or to keep the same posted as hereinbefore Provided, shall be tined not less than $100 nor more mn $500; and every person who manufactures tobacco or snutf of any description without first giving)bond, as herein required, shall be fined not less tl $1,000 nor more than $6,000, and imprisoned for not less than one nor more than five years. That section 3,360 be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of said section, and by inserting in Mou of the words stricken out the fol- lowing words :— % Sxcrion 3,360.—Every dealer in leaf tobacco shall muke daily entries in two books kept for that pur- pose, one book to be turnished by the government, under such regulations as the Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue shall ribe, of the number of hogsheads, cases and pounds of leaf tobacco pur- chased or received on assignment, consign- ment, transfer or otherwise, and of w)iom purchased or received, and the number of hogehends, eases or potnds sold by him, with the name and residence in each instance of the person to whom sold, and if shipped, to whom shipped and to what district. One of these books shall be kept at his place of business, and shail be open at all hours to the pies pir of any internal revenue officer or agont and others, and shall, at the end of each and every year, and upon the discontinuance of business of any leaf dealer during any year, be handed over to the collector of his district for the use of the govern- ment. And every dealer in leaf tobacco who wilfully neglects or refuses to keep the books herein pro- vided for and in the manner which ‘shall be pre- scribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or to transfer to the collector of bis district as herein provided the duplicate © PY containing his daily transactions as aforesaid shail be fincd not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 and imprisoned not more than one year. FIVE-TWENTIES —NINETY-SECOND CALL FOR RE- DEMPTION. The Secretary of the Treasury this afternoon is- sued the ninety-second call for tho redemption of five-twenty bonds of 1865, consols of 1867. ‘The call is for $10,000,000, of which $7,000,000 are coupon bonds, ‘he principal and interest will be paid at the Treasury on and after the 12th day of June next, and tne interest will cease on tnat day. The'following are descriptions of the bonds :— Coupon bonds, dated July 2, 1867:;—$50, No. 105,001 to No. 111,000, both inclusive; $100, No. 195,001 to No. $208,00u, both inclusive; $500, No. 104001 to No. 108,000, beth, inclusive; $1,000, No. 185,001 to No. 194,000, both inclusive. Total coupons, $7,000,000, Registered bonds, redeemable ut the pleasure of the United States after the Ist day of July, 1872:— $100, No, 23,651 to No. 23,700, both inclusive; $500, No, 11,651 to No. 11,560, both inctusi $1,000, Ne to No. 15,800, both inclusive. $3,000,000," Aggregate, $10,000,000. SENATOR BAYARD ON THE SITUATION. Total registered, THE TEST OATH AND PEDERAL ELECTION LAWS MUST BE REPEALED—INJUSTICE OF THE ONE AND TYRANNICAL CHARACTER OF THE OTHER. Senator Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware, is pass- ing a portion of the interval between the close of the Forty-fifth Congréés aud the time fixed for the extra session of the,Forty-sixth in this city. As this dis- tinguished gentleman is regarded as the head of the more conservative portion of the democratic party his views upon the proposed legislation which re- sulted in the failure of important appropriation bills will be read with interest throughout the coun- try. A Henatp reporter called upaqn the Senator yesterday, when the following conversation, in which such views aro embodied, took place:— REportER—Will there be any general legislation at the extra session of Congress? Senator Bayanp—I am disposed to think the ses- sion will be short, and consequently there will be no time to consider any but essential measures, Reronrrn—To what measures do you refer as essential? Senator Bayarp—The two appropriation bills which failed and the passage of the laws demanded by the House of Represoutatives at the last session. Reronren—What are the latter? Senator Baranp—A repeal of the war test oath of 1862, which now excludes nearly the entire white population of the Southern States from the jury box; the enactment of a law providing for impartial juries, the right to which is so plainly guaranteed to every person by the fifth amendment of the consti- tution; an amendnient of the present law which per- mite the presence of armed forces at elections to keep the peace, and the repeal of those sections of the Revised Statntes which provide for the appoint- mént of federal officials as supervisors of elections in the several States, and of countiess deputy mar- shals with unlimited power of arrost, with or with- out process, evon while the election is proceoding, and their own immunity from arrest by State author- ity, no matter how arbitrary or outrageous their misconduct. METHOD OF DRAWING JURORS, Rerorter—You spesk of impartial juries. Are not the modes of drawing jurors in the United States: courts which are heid ifthe Southern States the samo as are employed to Obtain jurors for service in the State courts? Senator Bayvanp—Not at all, The selection in those States of jurors is practicaliy left in the discretion of tho United States —— who generally act under the suggestion or contr@Bof the United States dis- trict attorneys end sometimes of the federal judges. It is true that tho Revised Statutes of the United States contain a loosely worded section which was intended to assimilate the mode of drawing federal jurors to that followed Under tho laws of the State in which tae federal court is held, but in Gooryia, for iustance, where they have ah excellent State jury system, established by the State constitution of 1868 eit by dude that system has been wholly disregarded by Judge Woods and Mr. Justice Btadley, and the arbifrary selection of jurors by the clerk of the federal court’ or the marshal has beon sustained against protest, In Maryland and Delaware th federal marshal sumone «ich persons as juror: he pleases, and there ix uo legal remedy. As a ¢ sequence the urand and petit juries are compose sometimes Who Ly generally almost entirely of 1 of ono political party. You can readily see the consequences when the offence charged agaitist a per- gon on trial is politteal in its ure. Impartial yer- dicts are in this way rendered well nigh impossible, and the fecling of injustice caused thereby is deeply seated and is growing in intensity. Kevorren—Whon were the laws passed creating these supervisors and de uty marshals? Senator Bayanp—In 1870-71, aud amended in 1873, abont a year or two after I went into the Senate, The necessity for the repeal of these laws is manifest. When they wero first proposed I saw the danger to the pence of the countty which they contained, and from my place in the Senate declared them to be franght with peril, i declared that they were grosaly unconstitutional, and so ntterly invasive of the essen. tial rights of each State that their execution would be inconsistent with the peace of the Union. THE ELECTION OF SEXATORS, Rerorren—Under the laws which you propose to and. deyyty. marahals, onle 40 ole denlege who. have paid | sonogl ca, those inpantege wth the election of Senators of the United Stat Senator Bayanp—Practically they can and do most usly in this way:—The seme clause of the constitution that gives to Congress a revising power over State regulations as to time, place and manner of holding elections is precisely the same in relation to the election of Senators as it is to Representatives in Congress, excepting that the * ” of the tion of Senators cannot be controiled by Congress. But as Congress way fix the ‘place and time,” as well as the ‘‘manner” of holding elections for sentatives, Congress imay int the very “time and place” which the State has indicated for the election of her Legislature, and in that way compel the presence of inarshals and supervisors at the place and time of electing members of the State Leyislature. I do not see how the State can escape. It is ‘also plain that if Congress has power to place supervisors and marshals at the polls where Representatives in Con- recs are clectoh, Congress hes equal power, for is is conveyed in the same sentence of the constitutio: to put a deputy marshal at the elbow of each mem: ber of a State Legislature during the election of a United States Senutor and supervise the records of the Legislature. ‘The exercise of such 8 power is just as fatal and not more fatal to the rights of the State in one case as in the other, and its claim by Congress is just as allowable in one case as in the other. The whole design of local self-government is overthrown if such powers in Congres» are ad- mitted to exist and are exercised. .I saw this plainly in 1871, and only see it more inly now. It is just. as important for the United States to secure honest élections of State legislators as of mombers of Congress, for the State ‘legislators choose United States Senators, a 3, THE FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS. Revdlizen—Does the repeal of these sections re- lating to supervisors and deputy marshals, as pro- posed by the late House of Representatives, interfero i ae the punishment of frauds committed at elec- ions? Senator Bavanp—No. The proposed repeal would simply remove foderal supervisors and United States marshals from control of the conduct of elections in the States, but would not exonerate any dishonest voter or official from the consequence of his offence, as now defined by law. rrortER—Do you think that the President will retuse his approval of these reforms? Senator Bayarp—I cunnot believe that he would feet warranted in such action. There can be no con- ceivable constitutional scruple alleged for refusing his assent thereto, and there is abundant and lain constitutional reason why he should join in giving effect to measures which oth houses of Congress, truly and con- fessedly representing the majority ‘of the Amer! can people, have deliberately presented to him essential to the peace and welfare of the whole cou try. There would certainly be a very heavy respo: sibility upon him and his conscience, involving con- sequences which I do not care to contemplate should he set his individual opinion and party inclinations against the earnest convictions and deliberate ex- pressions of » House of Representatives fresh from the people, and a Senate charged with upholding the rights ‘he several States. ‘ite faras you know are the opinions which you have expressed entertained by the demo- cratic Senators and Representatives who will meet at the extra session? Senator Bayarp—I believe they are to a man firmly united in respect to the righteousness and necessity of the measures to which I have referred. THE CATTLE DISEASE, GAFF, FLEISCHMANN & CO, GIVE A BOND FOR THE QUARANTINE OF THEIR STABLES—PRECAUTIONS ‘ ELSEWHERE. a ‘The Blissyille cattle war virtually closed yesterday, to the great relief of the State quarantino staff and the Sheriff of Queens cotinty. -The preliminary ar- rangements for ending the quarantine on the part of the authorities proved satisfactory, the firm of Gaff, Fleischmann & Co, giving = heavy bond that no cattle should be admitted to the stables nor driven out without a permit. Tho firm further pledged that the stables would be torn down, and, as was indicated in the Hrnanp some days ago, piggeries ‘would be established instead. The bond will tet- minate on the Ist of April, at which time all the cattle now in the stables wifl have been killed. Mean- while the milk of the cows will not be allowed to pass out under forfeiture of the bond, but will be qmptied, as hitherto since the estab- lishment of the quurantine, into the creck. Gen- eral Patrick declined to state the amount of tho bond, An engine has already been erected for the purpose of compressing the distillery waste with which the swine are to be fed. The water will be run into Newtown Creek, and the in fed in a pulpy form. The owners of cows w! ct stables in tho vicinity and use the swill as usual: Tho sum of $2,000 has been raised by the storek rs in Blissville toward the erection of the new buildings, PROFESSOR LAW'S DEPARTURE, A Hrnatp ba cae’ had an interview last evening, with General Patrick, who informed him that Pro- fessor Law hed departed for the West. This an- nouncement was the more surprising as the Professor had assured the reporter two days ago that he would pursue his investigations in this section of the country for the next three weeks, in accordance with instructions received from Governor Robinson. Gencral Patrick would give no explanation in regard to the Professor’s sudden departure, but it is understood that he will return within two weeks. There is no reason to be- lieve that his services in this State have been dis- penged with. Gencral Patrick will retain his head. warters at the oftice of the Brooklyn Board of ealth. The Blissville quarantine has proved a very sive item to the State, and although a great public benefit accrued from it some difficulty in re- ard to the payment of the bilis is anticipated. Ender Sheriff Rushmore withdrew his deputics yes- terday and sent them ‘k to Jamaica, Ten tead and other points in the interior of Long Island, while he himself resumed his post as jail keeper in Long Island City. THE DISEASE IN STATEN ISLAND. remem eh yar apne a — of Staten “ek eat torany, ing the stables clean ve P.M. It was expected that Profersoniaw would ex amine the stables in the vicinity of Tottenville, where it is supposed the disease has been in} from the Jersey side, but his departure from tho State may render partially of the bil in the’ New. dersay Legiolne sage 0 in the New “That bill in its ent ahepe suite me admirably,” remark General Patrick. “We shall be quite satisfied with the stoppage of the jersey side till a careful inspection can be made.” The reporter asked what guarantee the State authorities hud that tha release of the stables at Blissville from quarantine would not give rise to abuse, and General Patrick —o that the inspectors appointed would examine the cattle three times a week, so that no cases of disease coul oped without speedy detection. MILKMEN’S PETITION. The Milkmen’s Association of Kings and Queens counties have adopted a petition, which will be sent to Albany, requsting that the milkmen of the above | counties be allow when necessity & competent to quarantine their own cattle nires it, and when so ordered by ary surgeon, duty appointed by the association. A committee of the association is at present in Albany endeavoring to have the law amended which requires all cattle in a stable to be quarantined when only one or a few aro PLEURO-PNEUMONIA, TRE DISFAGE AID TO EXIST IN RHODE ISLAND COW STABLES—THE MILK FRELLY SOLD, [BY TELZGRAPH TO THY HERALD.) Provipence, March 12, 1879, Residents of this city are greatly exercised in rela- tion to developments which have just been brought to light pertaining to the existence of pleuro-pneu- monia among cows. The milk of said cows has been freely dispoused, and as a result parents have com- plained that their children were made sick by drink- ing the milk le(t at their homes. Finding it impossi- bie to secure relief from the evil, many of them, at their own expense, had the milk analyzed, Mayor Doyle, for the first time, to-day notified the Secre- tary ot the State Board of Health that milk from dis- eased cows was being freely sold, and the Secretary ublis| & notice requesting all persons having @ nowlbage of the facts to meet the State Bourd of Healttr at their office to-morrow and give the informa- tion which they possess. The Inspector of Milk has not, duting his term of two years, couvicted a single person for selling milk from diseased cows. RESRANCHES, A CHE: A well known chemist aud druggist, H. W. Vanghan, ex-Milk Inspector, states that the Herano's exposé of the swill milk stables in and about New York induced him to visit that city and Brooklyn, and ‘ho secured a perinit to call at the infected stables. He sccured some of the milk, and, snalyzing it, found that it cortesponded with that which was being sold in thiscity. He visited the stables of @ prominent milk dealor in this city anid he there found several cows sick, one having «died a tew days previous, Me removed the stomach from the dead animal and found it had died from disease. ‘MILK YROM DYING COWS SOLD. Further investigation was made which conclusively Ptoved that fifteen cows had died during the past ~~ end a halt, and that while they were sick aud dying their milk had been drawn and gold, He hus ample proof that pleuro-pneumonia is floufishing in the State, and it is his opinion that it will spread. Governor Von Zandt and Mayor Doyle are determined todo all they can at once to remedy the evil, Mr. Vaughan resigned his position because the Board ot Aldermen would not allow him muflicient tunds to Poe ghd the men who are jeopardising the lives of eir customers, DIRTY CLOTHING IN HORSE CARS. Numerous complaints have been made within the past month of the practice of carrying bundles of soiled and possibly infectious clothing in horse cars. Three conductors of the Sixth avente line abd one of the Grand and Forty-second street line wers accordingly arrested yebteniay, Francia Angloke, of the former, and ¢ Hiunbart, of the latter eom- P ny were held by Justice Wandell in $100 bail etch at tho Jeiferson Market Police Vourt, The ‘wo. were discharued THE STATE CAPITAL. Politicians Feigning Surprise at Super- intendent Smyth’s Acquittal. “WAS IT A DEAL? Tammany Senators Support the Republican Official. TOYING WITH . APPORTIONMENT. Throop’s Wonderful Code Again Up for Consideration. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.} Avpany, March 12, 1879, ‘The chief topte of discussion here to-night is the acquittal of Insurance Superintendent Smyth in the Senate by the vote of 17 nays to 12 yeas, the nega- tive being fourteen republican, two Tammany— Hogan and Wagstaff—and one anti-Tilden democrat, Mr. Paine. In closely analyzing this vote the lead- ing politicians of the State at present in Albany, with many of whom Iconversed this evening, claim to eee a good deal that does not appear on the surface, In explaining the situation these gentlemen com- pare the vote of last year with the one just cast. It is conceded by many that the charges preferred by Governor Robinson in 1878 were conclusively proved. Notwithstanding this fact the three Tam- many Senators—Hogan, Wagstaff and Eeclosinc—voted with the republican foes to acquit an impeached re- publican officials. It was algo conceded that Smyth could not have escaped without this assistance from ‘Tammany’s representatives. The cry then went up, “What was the consideration given for such support?” If general rumor and hasty deductions are to be taken as indications the names of these three democratic Senators will not -be written on the “honored archives of the State’ when tho whole controversy comes to be explained. In a contest such as that of last year (the impeach- ment of Smyth) the technical merits of the case, in connection with the rules of evidence, are not to be taken into consideration at all. Political bias can alone determine the lines to be drawn in arriving at headed by Mr. Terry, of Washington, arg that their copensnte were entirely nsible for what had place during me ceen See ane sions. The impression yaing ground that no fair Ay mnment bill will pass this session, as pts in that direction will be strangled when the conference committees to work. It will be recollected that similar tactics were success- fully carried out last year, when blyman Al- yord conducted the manipulations on his side of the to recommit this amend s0 as to Assembly from New York and add one to Washington county, grine New York twenty-four and Washington two, le then proceeded to review the action of the Legis- Jature on the apportionment question since 1875, After this four years’ struggle, he said, the demo- cratic party had secured a signal triumph, in haying this bill constructed as it is. He continued at length, and in the course of his remarks he denounced the passage of this bill as a weak and cowardly sub- mission to the democratic party. He made a strong appeal to the House in behalf of Washington county, inwhich republicanism had spent its child- hood, and where it had been nursed into strength and power. Mr. Hepburn said that no man obeyii the constitution and laws of the State could repo: or support any other bill than the one now before the Honse, Mr. Terry’s motion to amend was lost by a vote of 25 to 50. MOR®) TROUBLE OVER COMMISHIONER DUNLAP. The Commissioner of Jurors bill was also passed to-day in the House, cutting down the salary of that oficial on and atter the ist of May next, when Mr, Dunlap’s term expires, from $15,000 to $4,000, The Pena bad the bill caused 4 little flutter of discus- sion. . Grady wanted the measure recominitted, so that the be meg might bo placed at $5,000, that gentleman contending such compensation was little enough for the important duties discharged. The reformers, yy ‘Messrs. Dean and Varnum, castigated Mr, Grady tor his assumption that $4,000 was-not ample salary, Mr. Dean called attention to the fact that before the office of Commissioner of Jurors was created the duties were discharged in the County Clerk’s office without extra compensation, Mr, Grady retorted with the accusation that the re- udlican reformers of last year had passed a bill re- cing this same salary, which they knew was un- constitutional and would have to be vetoed by the Governors Notwithstanding the gentleman's efforts the bill passed with the salary laid down at $4,000. ‘The Senate will now give its decysion upon this bill. COMMIITER. The comtroversy over the additional members of the Railroad Committee was to-day settled in the designation by the Speaker of Messrs. Noyes, Wads- worth, Baker and Terry to act with the five gentle- men already appointed, HASTY ARRESTS OF LIQUOR DEALERS, Mr. E, Hogan's bill authorizing all police captains, sergeants and others who may be in chargo of sta- tion houses when liquor dealers are brought in under arrest far breaches of the Excise law to accept bail is now likely to become a law. It was to-day reported Latina trom the Judiciary Committee of tie jouse. ‘ THE GUARDIAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION. Mr. Flynn offered a resolution that the Attorney Genera be requested to investigate the affairs of the receiver of the Guardian Savings Justitution of New York, and take such action 2s le may deem expedient for the protection of policy holders. Tabled. A THE NEW CODE. There was presented to the Legislature yesterday the petition of 1,425 lawyers against the nine sup- e House. Mr. 1 moved bill with instructions to take one member of of apportionment; while lemnentary chapters “of new Code and in favor of repealing the thirteen chap- ters or rewriting them, so as to — get rid of their impertections. This potition contained only the names that had been sent in to adecision as to Smyth’s gnilt or innocence. This rule was plainly demonstrated in the Electoral Com- mission, where every leading question as affecting ‘Tilden and Hayes was decided by the unchangeable vote of “seven to eight.”* TAMMANY OVERREACHING HERSELP. ‘The trial of Smyth was disposed of in an entirely different way. The Tammany Senators and another democrat from Brooklyn siruck hands with repub- licans in order that Mr. Smyth might go free. The politicians then drew their conclusions to this effect. Tammany entered into a deal so as to prevent a combination last fall in New York city against her interests, Hence the action of Hogan, Ecclesine and Wagstaff. Pierce was “whipped into the traces” as an insurance lawyer. Another faction explained the singular situation by stating that Tilden was the first marplot behind the scenes in com- pelling Governor Robinson to appoint Smyth as @ friend of Senator Conkling. The last named gentleman, im consideration of this appointment, was to assist Tilden in the struggle then going on in Congress over the electoral count. ‘The story further goes that this compact not being carried ont the next movement on the part of the ‘Tildenites was 1o slaughter Smyth with the aid of the snti-Conkling republicans. One fact is apparent, |: that Smyth has escaped removal in both instances with the aid of Tammeny Senators. In to-day’s etruggic, however, Senator LEcclesine, from the Eighth district of New York, and Be Pierce, from the Second district of Brooklyn, both democrats, changed front. ‘They both voted in 1878 to acquit the republican in- surance superintendent, as recommen by the democratic Governor, Lucius Robinson, This pro- coeding is explained oy intelligent politicians here in the statement that Ecclesine, seeing the error of his hag fot abandoned ‘fammany Hall some time since, while the Tilden influence in Kings county com- polled Pierce to range himself on the side of the Gpvernor. BAD FOR THE WIGWAM. A general sentimont seems to control observant politicians with whom I discussed these ics at the Delavan and Stanwix Hall to-night. ‘'o-day’s vote of the two Tammany Senators—Hogan and Wagstaff will have an alarmingly bad eftect on the tnturo of the Wigwam o: ion throughout the State. One of Tammany’s sternest adherents said to me to- night:—“I tell you this thing is going to hurt us taych with the country democrats. They will our organization for bromo ublican official, and one, also, who is capable, m the influence of his position, of raising a large en fund to be used in the interest of his party in the fall election, What, then, will the country democrats think of a class of men belonging to their who thus assist their opponents?” ¢ out- look now seems to be that the suti-Tilden democrats have struck hands with the machine republicans and the Tildenites look in the direction of the administration republicans. An examination of of to-day’s vote may give some idea of what I mean in this connection, For the conviction of Smyth: — Eccurstx¥, lately Tammany democrat, now with the Tilden interest. GOEBEL, anti-machine republican, Goopwm, Tilden democrat. Hvenes, Tilden democrat. Jacons, Tilden democrat. Jonrs, Tilden democrat. ti-machine ‘republican, machine republican, Oaxxy, Tilden democrat, J. F. Prence, Tilden democrat, Rares, Tilden democrat, St. Jou, Tilden democrat. For the acquittal of Smyth:— Davexvort, machine republican, Epicx, machine republican. Hanns, machine republican. Wicks, machine republican. Hogan, Tammany democrat, Looum, machine fepublican, republican. McCarry, machine republican, Munrny, machine republican, Paxxx, anti-Tilden democrat. Pomrnoy, machine republican. Waastarr, Tammany democrat. Roserrson, machine republican. Rockwett, machine republican, Srsions, avti-machine republican up to to-day, but “machine” on theSmyth charges. Last year he voted to convict. Wacnen, machine republican, Wenvover, machine republican. ‘THY SOLID MACHINISTS, This might be a good list for the voters of the State tocut out for future reference. It is under- stood that Bonator Jacobs offered his resolution on Temvval to-day feoling that the “machinists” wero solid and that nothing coulda be done to shake their ne to acgntt. Hoe wished the people of tho tate te ascertain at once the situation occupied by their Senatorial representatives, on this important issue, To-night he was waited upon by a number of prominent politicians at the Kenmore House and complimented for his action in the Sinyth and other recent public movements at Albany. Several goutle- men interested in the insurance fight left Albany to- night. Among them is Mr. W. W. Byington, Superin- tendent of Agencies of the Mutual benefit Life In- surance Company of Newark, It is alleged that ho has been at work against Smyth, O'REILLY’S MILITARY RFCORD, Congressinan-elect and Aldermon O'Reilly, of Brooklyn, who is at present in Albany, has received from Adjutant General Stquehouse an affidavit in relation to bis [hans Ae) connection with the United States Atmy in 1862. 4 letter ways :— It appoars from the records on file in the Adjutant Gen- grai's oltice at Albany that Daniel O'Keltly and els Metiuire wero in the 1862 enlisted Into the vol untoor sorvies of. the. United Sta make of the Stat and county, et, the rosin enlisted was the ih Empire regi mit; that depo. nent hax examined the records of his waid office, and that Ht appours thoratrom that on the 2th day of Meptomber, 1 i Kmvpigp ropiment, then. oF: r © was duly attach Doreoran: jo i Colonel » Brigudior Gi 1 Corroran the reget daly consolidated Ne ‘ork State volun- it tours; that deponent has searched the records: fhe wid 1 comes, and Ini! to show that @ Reilly or Francis Metiuire, either i, were mustered int from ur mustered out of the volunteer sortice of the United States, This, it is understood, effectually di of the charge of desertion made against O'Rei APPORTIONMENTS UNDER DisCUBHI The time of the Awembly wes almost oxeldetyely the taken up to-day in the third reading of bills. Senate Apportionment moaaure, which wi in the House so a8 to give New York Aswembiymen and two Senatora, was these amendinents have yet to receive ot the Senate before the bill becomes a law, The ‘usual hackneyed disenesion was indulged in by the Mr. Brastis Brooks, an to the om thie aiteds ~| the Law Retorm Society, but is considerably larger than that sent in last year by tho New York commit- tee. Others have been presented to the Legis- lature from the interior—as, for fustance, one from Utica containing 104 names, six of which only are in the present memorial. There was at the same time laid upon the tables of the members printed copies of lists of last y: taining 647 names, besides those in thi tion. ‘There being no reason to suppose tha spect of any of these names of last yeur, a change opinion has occurred, hes, ery the less than six per cent claimed by the friends of the new Code—seventy- nine in all—we have the names of 1,993 lawyers so unaltarably opposed to it as to join in these emphatio protests aguinst it. Adding the ninety- oe t names from Utica there is a total of 2,091. Theee are exclusive of memorials sent in from other parts of the State. The results thus far are, that More names ate sent in against the new Code this year than were sent in last year, and that after all the efforts of its friends since it was first presented three years ago they have got only one-qua! of the Bar ot the State to give it even a vague approval. THE LECTURE SEASON. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD ON OFFICIAL SALARIES— THE FEE 8YSfEM DENOUNCED-—REMEDIES SUGGESTED FOR THE PRESENT EXTRAVAGANCE, A lecture was delivered last night in the Union League Theatre, before the Young Men’s Democratic Club, by Mr. David Dudley Field, on “Just Compen- sation for Official Services in the City and County of New York.” The lecturer first stated the enormous sums that are being paid out yearly to the different city, State and federal officials in this city, and. then pointed out several rules which, if put in operation, he thought would effectually stop the prevailing extravagance. The fee system was denounced in the strongest possible terms, and some’ other evils of a governmental nature were pointed out with a masterly hand. The following are Mr. Field’s remarks :— GENTLEMEN oF THE Youna Mrn’s Democratic CiuB:—Lhe text of this discussion is the City Record of January 31, 1879, purporting to contain a list of the “officers and subordinates in the departments of the city and county government, with ir sulories and residences, fogether with the judges, clerks and at- tendants of the several courts held therein.”’ It hero appears that the amount paid in 1878 services Police Department was $3,315,948; in partment, $1,023,557 10; Public Works, $513,100 50; Public Parks, $310,711 40; Docks, $208,191 42; Finance, $235,894 60; Charities and Correction, $310,782; Taxes and Assessments, $109,000; Health, $104,056; Law, $101,359; Legisla- tive, $107,000; Executive, $37,200; retin oh $64,392; Excise, $60,425; District Attorney’s offico, $68,311 County Clerk's office, 340,725; Coroners’ office, $20,500; for other miscellaneous services, $40,000," and for the courts, $1,069,000. This ig exclusive of fees paid to the Sheriff, Register, City shals, Board. of Education and the other State and federal officers, The total number of persons here drawing pay from the public treasuries, federal, State and municipal, er from the People in the shape of fees, may be roughly estimated at seventeen thousand, exclusive of notaries, referees and commissioners, whose num- bers can only be guessed at, but they must be at least three thousand, These figures give a total of 20,000 persons, in the city of New York, occupying. official positions and receiving official compensation, or about one in every fifty persons, counting men, women and children. This is the present outcome of our institutions and our civilization. It is the price we pay for gov- ernment, What do we get for it? Do we get good government? We know that we do not. Let us exomine purticularly the soveral departments—legis- lative, judicial and executive. The legislative de- iment of the city consists of twenty-two are paid $89,000, Their ra who idermen, is not well done. ‘he judicial partment Conetete of more intto: an Wore Pin the ‘ service in Coming to the Executive department w: ind | police under which beggars infest the streets; which | 19 required to clean those streets and does not clean them; under which a grave can be despoiled in a churchyard on a — corner, end a bank vault robbed in broad daylight. A departinent of Public Works, which, witliout any feult of its head, leaves the streets scandalonsly paved; & Department of Buildings, under which an expert declares that we “build to burn,” and a tment of Charitics and Correction, which has in charge 11,000 persons, crim- inal and dependent, whom it cares for in such man- ner as to make the State Charities Aid Association call the place a “inunicipality of misery. HULES FOR REFORM. It is not, however, so much the manner in which the service is performed us the com ion for it that I am to discuss, Assunsing that all the work required is done, well done, it may still cost too imnch, and that is now the question, The fol- lowing appear to mo to be good rules for de- prt cy the just conipensation for official servico:— . The best men should be employed. 2 Enough them only shoutd be empio; to do the work. 3, They should have detinite terms of service. 4. They should have a fixed compensation. 6. They should receive no fees, 6, They should recetve only atch compensation as they could gut in other employ mont: The bext men everybody will admit sh mild be em. ployed, But how them? As a rule they are not employed. he public service is mainly in the hands of au inferior class of men. Lament i as wo it fg idle to deny the fact. Wo are governed by un office-holding claes, which by low arts controls the primariex, aad those control conventions, and the Ta blindly voto as the con- ventions tell them. Until this system is changed wo cannot have the beat men, and the system will never be changed so Jong a8 we submit to the dictation of primaries ond conventions, but it ean und will be changed when the people sec fit to reform thore borlies or refuse to be governed by them, ‘The next rule is toemploy only so many men as are necessary todo the work. If one-third of the officers now living upon the public were dismissed, as they should be, for they can be spared, the city would save in saisries and wages more than $5,000,000 u year, supposing that the sane rate of compensation that now cxists were to be mointainod. A third rule is to give to ull the servants of the city definite terms of sérvies, ao tar as possible, This rule would tend to reduce the rate of compensation, because men will work for less if they can be sire of adurable service, and would also tend to make the men more attentive to their duties, because relieved of anxiety about what is to cot fixed rate of compensation is inconsistent with The of compensation in this, mods ts saeneee 1 ee serviow and to the jc in seve p ix the. temptation, wieh it holds out to exorbitent and oppressive chatqes. THY BVILS OF THY PRR SYSTEM. ‘The havit of enforcing # tee bemets a lex in| poriepe, tstaniietul demunde, “thie le uot sve only perhaps, to aniawtui avi for the practice of feotaking leads to the . corder it was decided to let the foregoing extract from the address of General MeDo court of inquiry into this case in Recorder entered his obj covered several pi on the records, am thanked the Recorder and satisfactory manner in which thoy had disd! Yention of contrivances for them by the services, But wo you have the sor Clerk's or ‘a services ‘med for private parties without re- quiring parties to pay for ? Perhaps not; but I would require the mans bee to be transferred. fo the treasury, How will yu make sure that the sums are truly accounted for? The question implies a distrust of official honesty, which is perhaps Justified by the frequent breaches of trust. Dishonesty, however, is not Universal, nor do i think it is general. Whatever there is of it can be provided against. I it a series of stamps, which could be readily niljusted to any of the ser- vices in public offices. For example, a stamp might be required on every summons for the com Poe’ er! aetjon and on ev eqneeny. 08 of + on every deed left for record and ou every requisition for a search. A JUST COMPENSATION, The last of the rules with which I started requires that such compensation shall be given to the employed as he would have obtained in other em- loyments, As a general rule this would be just to im and just to the public, Public officers arc but agents and trustees of the public, and have no right, moral or legal, to give more for ‘public service than they would have given for the like service tor them selves, And they who enter public employ: ments must know that when they receive more than an equivalent for their services they become Rs tn need in public robbery. Every dollar paid by the government of city, State or nation comes out of our pockets, directly or indi: rectly, No man can escape the payment who hiras ‘9 house or a room, or wears @ or eats a meal. I¢ is not the landlord, it is not the rich man who pays the taxes in the jon: run, but he who eats, drinks, wears clothes and finds shelter. All the citizens, then, rich and poor alike, have an interest in reduc- ing the public burdens to the lowest practicable limit, It is forgetfulness of these truths which has Jed to 80 much wasteful expenditure. In political science there are two schools—one which teaches that the State should do the least pos- sible and the other that it should do the most. This club, no doubt, belongs to the former and with rea- son, as Ithink. The of the State is to pro- tect rights, or, as it has been sometimes ex) coaeet to keep the peace. We hold as self-evident truths men have inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and “that-to- secure those rights governments are instituted among men.” To spend money, to extract it from the people, that it may be spent for other objects, is 28 contrary to the principles we profess as it is ruinous in conse- quences. It is not my purpose to go further into details of salaries or wages. I limit myself to the rules ac- cording to which those details should be arranged. It may be instructive, however, to compare the it of the police of London and Paris with that of New York. The pay of a London policeman is about twenty-four shillings a week, the police of Paris, consisting of a force of 7,756 agents, including 6,800 common policemen, costs 12,168,850 francs, about $2,433,770, It 18 enongh to say, that every rule that I Rave sought to prove is violated here. We do not employ the best men; we employ more men than are necessary to do the work required; wo ernice many of them for uncertain terms of service at unfixed rates of compensation; we have a system of fees for the most coveted places, and we give a higher compénsation in a great many instances than the persons compensated could obtein in otheremployments. And yet reform is not difficult if the will be not lacking; or rather, I should say, if we could have the concerted will of a tew disinter- ested persons the reform might be secured. It cer- tainly is for tho interest of the whole comurunity that it should bo Brongn about, and I am confident that a majority may be made to think so. When there is once an agreement in opinion Upon, that int there will not be much difficulty finding a way to convert the opinion into avtion. I will venture to indicate one of the ways. Fix the limit of expenditure in every depart- ment or subdivision of a department, and tell the officers in charge that. if y do not peform the service, and by performing I mean well performing, they must give way to others. Every department and évery subdivision of a department should be subjected to this trial, even those which are sup- posed to be best conducted. Thope that the memrbers of this club have many such, and that thoy may find in what I have said something to incite them to begin the work, which they cannot begin too soon. PETER THE GREAT. Dr. John Lord lectured on “Poter the Great’ at Chickering Hall yesterday morning. “This en- lightened barbarian,”. said the lecturer, “had no separate aims from the welfare 6f his country. Chance of Proviflence threw into his way the able and brilliant young Swiss, Le Fort. These two young men put their heads to- ether and concocted great schemes for Russia. ter wauted the seaport of Azov. Turkoy was then a powerful nation. But obstacles were nothing to er. He regarded them simply as things to be overcome. He had no moral right to Azov, but he took it. When he returned home he sought to im- rove his own country in science, art, trade and laws. The clergy opposed him and he unseated the Patriarch and made himeelf head of the Church. fisxing done work for which he was raised up he looked around him fora successor and appointed Catharino, his wife, to occupy the throne. Abiast ne died, worn out by his exhausting labors. He found his country enslaved by factions; he left it with a- strong army, a powerful navy and full treasury,”” GENERAL FITZ JOHN PORTER. THE INQUIRY REOPENED AND FINALLY CLOSED— NEW DESPATCHES ADMITTED The Board of army officers—composed of Generals J. M. Schofield and A. H. Terry, and Colonel G. W. Getty—appointed by the Secretary of War to consti- tute a court of inquiry in the case of General Fits John Porter, reassembled yesterday morning at halt- past ten o’clock in the Army Buildings, Houston street. The reassembling of the Board was quite unexpocted closing arguments in the matter had been made last January and the proceedings then declared to bo at anend, It was reopened at the request of the peti- tioner, who, not satisfied with the case as it stood, wished to substitute on the recogds an elaborately amended argument forthe printed one submitted last June on his behalf by counsel, composed of Messrs. Bullit, of Philadetphia, and Choate and Maltby, of this city. The petitioner, accompanied by the last two named gentlemen, was before the Board yesterday. Major A. B. Gardner, recorder of the proceedings, appeared for the government. by the public, because the G, W. Morell, formerly a division com- General ogo in Porter’s corps, and some other officers of regular » were present. The business of the day did not commence for an hour after the time set down for it. The members of tho Board were not in uniform. The President announced the Bonrd’s readinces to receive new evidence, and in reply Mr. Maltby stated that since the last adjournment the petitioner had got some further evidence in the form of leaves from the record book of Captain } who been aide-de-camp to General Pope. One paper oou- stituted an entire order written by Genera® Mo- Dowell, and the other a fragment of an order from the same officer These papers ran as follows:— I have Just scon your lust order telling Porter to tnke King! OF course thls tx but, temporary; and 1 have or- dered Porter to place King on his right, so that I may lave bin when [ot B67 on, ‘ = McDOWELL, le . A111 inte, Tits morning T Roynolds that Kin division was ordorod to M. ditlckents’ vo; Groene wieh, and Sigel's to ps apposing theso were from you, I left molds on the left of Sigel game here to seo you and get Mmy two divisions. I find King came here on his own order, finding him- od, and Ricketts the same. King ity Hon ting supplies of food and ammunition, and will be ly to nove soon, Thave not heard trom Ricketts this ing but understand that he is coming here. It was’ Gibbous brigade that wae engagod yonterdig, | Very respeettaily, RWIN McDOWELL, M. G. THE DOCUMENTS RECORDED. After some ment between counsel and Re- matter yo upon the records, not as being in evidence, but as ponenn | art of despatches that had been written by General ‘Dowell, on the 19th of Auguat, 1863, Mr. Maltby wanted to introduce on the record an 1 to his jections to the intro- duction of extract, on the and that it had not been submitted ‘ore the final adjournment of the Board in January. The Board thought that it might yo on the records, The Recorder stated that since the last sitting he had dis- and witnesses that could go that he would not have brongit up had not counsel wanted to introduce new matter “Goneral Schofield, in declaring the case closed, counsel for the comple = ZR their respective duti JERSEY TOWN ELECTIONS, Tho independent vote had a field day in Jersey at the township elections on Tnorday. In Essex cottnty Orange went democratic, ‘The Board of Free- holders in tho county will be twenty-seven repub- leans to ten democrats and.one greénbacker. Union county wheels about in the Board of Froo a from a large democratic to a bare republican majority. F lorris county complete elects as Freeholders cight republicans, six democrats and one greenbacker, In Chatham the contest was on the trionmial local option issue, and “no lMvense” was beaten by ninety-nine, The whole republican ticket was elected. At Long Branch jomas 1. Woolley, a was Bagg hb vdny- of ptm Rn y 8 ma feat: can independent candidates. Thor Justion “of tho Peace elected was William Pitcher, who was removed last = by the City Commissioners on chi ot imal- feasance in office, There is considerable feeling over the election of Pitcher, who ived a majority of ee, ot next eighe aaa, pt iow township of Neptune, comprising y Patk und Ocest Grove, sucrocded iy losting George C, Omerod, republican, for holdor by @ majority yo 14 bad Dr. ape? Pes cueae! retain a ajor! four in ) Board nowt rovbeld> 4n Ucoan voWnidte