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PART II.
PAGES 11 TO 14.
ritmnt
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 13,1895.
MR. DEPEW AT BtJRLINGTOK ]
HIS EULOGY ON ABBAHAM UNCOLN.
tn P__TBrgar of tbb plaw i_?pi_b. the
Hi;i!OIC AND MAJESTIO FIC.VKE OF THB
GREAT NATIONAI. CTtlSIS.
[BT IIBBBBlB TO THK Tnint-NE.]
Burllr.gton. Vt.. Feb. 12.?Llncoln's blrthday waa
made tke occasion for the flrst annual meeting
and banquet of the Young Men's Kepublican
Club of Vermont. and tho Queen City to-day has
been throngerl wlth a host of representatlve young
Republlcana and many dlstinguishe.l part* l-iul
er.-*. RurlingMri has never soon s.i hrllliant and
culture.l an audlence assembled within Its heatiti
ful opera house as that whioh Chauncey M. De?
pew fac.-d when he rose to dolivor his oration on
Abraham Llncoln. Seated upon the siage were
Prealdent Foster and the offloers of the Young
Bkag'fl Republican Club, Governor WoodbuiTi
Lieutenant-Governor Mansur, Presldent Bttcfc*
ham. of the University of Vermont; ex-G .vernors
Barstow, Ormsbee, Stewart and Page, Colon.-l W.
Seward Webb. General J. O. McCullough. Mayor
Van Patten and other city offlclals. the clergy of
the city and promlnont business rnen. The boxes
arere occupied by Mra. W. Seward Wobb. Mrs.
Ormsbee. Mra Van Patten and many women
promir.ent in society. Portraits of Lincoln and
Depew graced th- stage. The young Republlcan
clubs from the varlous countios were aeated in
the body of the opera house. and when their
guest appeared on the stage he recelved a most
enthusi' stlc greeting. Prwident Foster, ln pre
senting Mr. Depew, made a well-considered and
forceful addrcss, which was closely listened to.
Governor Woodbury then made a few appropri
ate remarks. and gave the young RepublieansJ
Bjine excellent advice. Mr. Depow spoke in part
as follows:
The tendeney in all times has been for the peoplo
to grow so far apart from their Xational heroes
that the h^ro beconies lmpossitile. Wo eannot llve
with perfection; we eannot have the camaraderlo
of personal communlon with salnts. The force and
effect of continuing leadershlp is to be ln touch
wlth the Icad'-r. We have idealized already the
worthi.-s of the Kevolutionary period. and especlally
?\Vashinnton so that they are out of the pale of
humaruty. To us they never poss?s?ed the foiblcs
aml weaknessos whioh are wmmon to our race. I
do-jbt lf 'VVashington ever dld. I had occaslon nt
the tlme of the Oentennlal to study closely hla char
acter and eareer. lt was impoaalble to lower him
to any plane where a horlzontal vlew could be had
of him. ln the oamp and In the Cahinet. In the
Continontal Convention and around the onmpflre.
ln the mldst of his soldiers or at th.- moss wlth his
Btaff, he araa always the s'ame dlpnlfled, majestlc
and unapproachable flgure. Kor the tlmes in which
he llved. for the mission to which he was destln.-d,
these lofty characterlstlcs were appropriate. The
i; i .ution knew Uttle of tho fierce Democracy. Th.
classes and the massea were distlnctly deAned an 1
s.parated. The pride of blrth, of ancestry and
landed proprletorship was never more distlnctly
assorted and never more generally recognized. lt
is praaaMe that for the purpose of brlnglng the
weaith and the intelligence of the country to the
support of the patrlot cause It was necessary that
one of this daaa who was inflniw-ly auperior to his
fdlowa, and whose aim an-1 ambiiion were only his
country and Its llbertles. should lead the mov.IBM-nt.
Tho proeesses of evolutlon of democracy for one
h.indred years had created a condltlon where Wash
ington would have been a failure In the i.'lvil w..r.
Abraham Uncoln, iils opposlte ln every rt
spect. becauae he was so different. was the most
Btiuiieefill leadtr of any revolutlon of modern or
ancient Umea.
LINCOL.VS GREATNESS.
Aa we atudy the characterlatlca whlch made Llp
coln great and auccessful. we flnd them not in the
usual glfie of great atatesmen. Oth-rs have been
r.iore cultlvated, others have had more genllta, Othera
have had more experience and tralnlng. but none
of any time had as the motlve power of every
. actlon an indomitable and reslstWs moral fttrce.
You may call lt the princlple of natural rellgtOB, or
whatever you may. lt waa an ln?tinot for Ihe riKht,
a comprehension of justlee. a boundl.-ss sympathy
and comt.assion. ar, int.-nso and raarnlnf .
his fellows and their welfare whioh knew neither
r.?nk nor race, but gathcrci within its charity all
manklnd. The force and effect of this powi r lu
I.lncoln ean be best lllustrated by tha CO?tl_al be?
tween him and his great antagonlst. Douglaa
Douglas waa born ln Vermont; about him were Bll
the influencea of this Bbartjr-lOVtag nnd SnteiiiKerit
oon-.monwealth; his fath.-r was a clergyman. a eol
|agt iradaata, a man of brains and culture. and hla
mother a worthy helpmeet for her mlnister hus
bani. Kvery authority of enviror.m?-nt and atmos
phcre was for rlght. Juatice and llberty. His Btrug
gles with poverty were not those which enervato
or degrade. but those which Inspire men of fl'.re,
BBBIgJ. ambStlon and genius to the efforts which
make a eareer. His natural abilltl.-s. traiu-d in the
haal of schoois, made him a teacher, a lawyer, a
Judge, a leglslator. a geaatOT and the leader of bls
party. It made him the abl.-st Of det.atcrs In the
Unlted Btatea Senate, the most formidable of foea
upon the piatform ln a politloal Campalgn, and Ihe
most adroit of polltloians in framlng issues whlch
BhOoM capture or ml.sl.-ad the poopi.-. In any con?
dition of the country's affaira wh<-n great moral
quaatkana were n..t al laaue, Btepben A. Doagtaa
wouid have been I'resident.
Lincoln. on the other hand, was born in a slnve
Btata, the aon of a poor whlte, and llved durlng his
eirly youth in a cabtn ofoae rooan, uBder ooadltlona
of aajeel poverty aad Ignoraaoa. Hla notber dled,
his shlftless father moved to Indi.uia, a log cabln
was areeted whlch had netther partltlons nor ffoora
end aeareely wtodowa or doora, a few aerea arere
.. ared lo gel tba bare necersaries of Ufe, and al*
most at the r..rlod of manhood I.lncoln had 00 edu?
aatton, was droaaed in skins. was aeaodated wlth
aeml-aavagea who i_Bavad tbe hard ooadltloae of
tl eir Mvea by brutal debauches and aOJUaUjr bfUtal
f among Ihailiaelria. nnd yet he remalned un
anlnated by the drtnklng, awearlng, Idle loaf.-rs,
roughs or thugs who constltut.-d his companlonablp.
Hia cnerglea would be ahown oceaatonally wlth hla
... rrooua Ftrcngth in protectlag the areah or raaeu
inc; ihe defpated, and a proaaaiaa of bla futura pow
rr:; glven by boldtog Bpellboaad at timea bla rough
auditors by his ruatlc aloqaaaoa. or entartaiauig
t.'.cm at niRht wlth hir. endlaaa fund of aaacdota,
iery and mimiory. An buatlable eravlag for
kr.owledre led him to learn to r.-ad and wrlto. The
only baoka Wthln mlles about him were "Itohlnson
CTueoe," a sliort hirtory of th" Unlted States,
w.-em's ??!./. ,,r WaalraigtoaM ar.d Bunyan'a "Pli.
grsm's rrngraea*' Thaaa he aoon knew by heart
Thls mnxt.-r of the BJngBtb tongue. this most feln?!
tona of phrase-niakerr, thW moat eloqueBl of sp.-ak
ers, framed his senteices aad formed his atyle by
wrltlng composltlons wlth charooal upon a awjodea
^hovel or the ahlngles from the mill. A clerk In a
Btore on ntarvation wages, a storekeeper wlthout
capital. and hla bualnesa sold out by the sheriff, a
mrveyor earr.lng J10 or $15 a month. ani a lawyer
wlth no other equlpment than "Blackatona" aad tbe
atatBtee of llllnola?auch waa hlncoln at a pertad
when the accompllshed and cultured I>ouk1is was
already the Idol pf hla State. And yet thus, on the
threahhold of a eareer, wlth auch aufTOUadlnga,
guch teachirgaand such Impreaalons In the mldst
of a communlty whlch drank, I.lncoln was a tem
jierance man; ln the midat of a communlty that
i.voie, I.lncoln waa free from blasph.-my; ln the
mldst of a communlty not blghly morul, Ltneola
waa as pure as an angel; ln the mldst <>f a com?
munlty whlch re*arded the negro aa no better than
the horee or the mule, Llncoln was an Abolltlonlat.
DBDICATBD TO PBEBDOH.
SalUng down the Miislsslppl River upon a flat
boal wlth a crew compoaed of his rough comrades,
who' boasted ihey were half horae and half al
llgstor, who anchored ut niKht for royat.-rlng rlot?
lu tho village and continu.-d them wh. ti th.y reached
Wt1r Qrlaana. Lincoln was apart trom them, whlle
of them Ha wanderad one day Into the slav.- mai
ket Bad H.'iw a young giil put up at aucilon. Ha
wltneased the bruial examlnatlon Of her by the
buyers 'tnd apeotators. the i--.;irs.- Jokea thai w-r<
exchanged Ul the crowd. and tlie i ynlcal lieastlinesa
of the "uctloneer. and the alumberlng Bre of moral
and reliicluus wrath plant.-d ln him by his mother,
or Inherited from aome aalntly anceator, broke out
wlth th.- declaratloti, "If 1 llve, tba day arlll come
when I wlll hlt alavery a blow from whlch It shall
perlsh " That siave glrl Ofl the hioek arous.-l the
moral forcea within him which k?|.t blm from the
temptatlona of his envlronment and made hun the
hero and the martyr of llberty.
The peoplee in all hros have loved gladlatorlal
eombata. whether of the mlnd or muscle Th> keen
de.ighl ot the Greek In the conteata Of hl* ^arators,
and of the Roman ln the bloody1 BKhta of his
gladlatora, lllustrated the princlple. The debate be
t\x... n Doaalaa tho kadar of kla partjr, tbe Inventor J
ol iba pbraae, "popular aovereignty,'' wnlch was to
atand uoth n.r tn.. prlndpie and ina pollcy wnich
xx..u..i s.tva li.s j.<trty from IniiiK .iv. i xviuinii-.l riy
tbe naing Bplrlt of Hberty In ihe country, and the
poealble t*realdent of tbe L'nlted Btatea, and ? man
who, tbough uiiKnuwn. ?-xcii?-xi interest becauae tbe
Republlcan party In bla Btata aeemed hlm worthy
to be placea .iya.n-t tha champion, was a ptcture
which majle iiun.iis tbe baitleground of freedom.
if Llncoln had poaaeaa. 1 leaa ..1 tbla controllina
inorai prln_ple if h.- bad been actaated by the
Bane motlvea wbich governi . Danglaa 11 hi.s Qod
ha.i been bla peraonal ambltton more than tbe waJ*
fare oi th.- race, or tbe Preaidenci more tnan pa?
triotlam- hi- would have defeatad Douglaa. Tba re
peal ol the Mlaaourl Compromlae bad thrown open
the terrltoriea of ihe _r.-at Northweat t<> aiavery.
DouKlas had met th?> riaing tide <>r Indlgnalton and
st.mmc.l it b) a propoaltlon wblcb apparently tert
the people of the lerrllory to deckJe arbether their
Iratitutiona should be frea or alava rne declalon
of tbe Bupreme Court in the Orel Scott caae n..a
Bhown thal ihla alleaed princlpla waa a nlmay pre
lext. -Nrv.Ttnei.--K. H Wafl generally acceple.j. tne
South waa commltted to aiavery and regarded Ita
exunsion as n.eessary lo the exisl-nce ot the sys?
tem The buaineea ol the North was bound ii|. ln
the preaervatlon of aiavery. Tba preaa and the pui
Dltrwere laraely %%un their congregatlona, ?theli
comtliuenclea and thelr readers. "Abolitlor.ial waa
a term of reproach an.l opprobrium. ' Antl-elavery
xv.is littie better. To touch aiavery was to touch
the I'nion .ui.l t.? tomh ihe I nton was to imperll
tbe Republlc, and ao aiavery became the corner
stone of the Republlc. Tbe Declaratlon ol Inde
i.endpncc waa an einpty BOUnd for r'.uirih of July
declamatlona and aaaaulta upon the monarchlal
eyatema of other countrtea. Lincoln wrote hls
apeech. He read it to the leadera of his party. lt
xx.s haaarl upon this thoUKnt. couched in theae
xvor.ls. "A houae divlded ag&?>al Itaelf cannoi aland.
i ln lieve this (Jovernniei.t rantlot eiiiu.e p.iinan
ently half fllava and ta>ilf frae. l do not expect tbe
i'nion to be dlaaolved. I do not expect tbe houfe lo
fall. bul I expect u xxili ceasa to be divlded. fv wiii
become all one thini; or all the other. Elther th.
opponents of aiavery wlll arreat tba further apread
of lt, an.l place it whera tba pubhe mlnd (ball r.st
ln the bellcf that it is in the conrse of ultnn.it.?
extlnctlon; or its advocatea will puah H forward, till
it shall become allke lawful In all the Btatea old
:?s well as n.w, North as well as Bouth." Tbe
leadera of the party with one voice aald, "Tbat
apeech defeata you aad alecta Douclaa." "Abf"
aald Llncoln, "I know that, hut l am tooking be?
yond Douglaa and beyond th.- Benatorahlp. Tbat
aentiment appeala to tho conacienca of lha North
agalnat the .xtensii.n of alav. ry In the Terrltorlea
and agalnat tba ayatem of aiavery." lt waa tha
gauntlet of llberty thrown Into the arena whlch
began the l.attle tbat ended with the publlcatlon of
tbe Procbunatlon ?.!' Bmancipatlon.
A INH.ri: CHARACTKR.
There never was such a I'resident?never auch
a ruler as Abraham Llncoln. He .iid not repreaant
haradltary privllegea, for. he cama from t!n> plalaeal
of the plaln people; ba dld not rapreeent haredlty,
for he had none; ba did not repreaant tha coliegea
or the unlveralttea, for he kaaw Ibem not; ha did
not repreaent capltal and great accumulationa, for
he had nelther; but h.- dld repreaent the toller
upon the farni in tbe workshop. npoa tbe bigbwny,
in the factory, anywbere, ?varywbera whera honeat
men and honeat women were atrlvlng to better thetr
condltlona and u> llluatrate ih.- dlanlty of labor and
the nobiiiiy of Amerlcan cltlaenahlp Without this
touch with the plaln people hla ablllty, ha genlun,
would have mad.- him dlatruated, for lt maj be
taken as almost an axlom thal there la no < .ir- - r
for great genlua by popular vote. H.- knew tha
country, the llmlutiona of his power, how far and
how fast the Admlnlatratlon could ?o lu tbe great
atruggle, better than tbe Cablnet, or < "oni..e_, or
jounialists, or advlsera, "Call f..r troopa to buo
presa the rebelMon," ahouted the Nortbern i
the Northem pulpll, and the repreaentatlvee In (\>n
graaa. Bui h?- said, wlth the adoraUon that rxiata
for the Conatltutlon ..nd Ita Btrict Interpretatlon.
and for th.- L'nlon, and wlth the dread th. r.- n ..f
Ita dlaaolutlon, the Oag must be aaaalled before a
reaponee can be had. Agalnat the advi ?? ol every
member of his Cablnet n- aald, "Unt ua ai I pro
vialona to the beleaguered L'nlted SUt.
h.-roieally defendlng th.- tlan ln Charleaton Harbor "
Th.- unarmed proviaion ahip waa drlven back, the
Bag Brad upon, tbe fort waa captured, ii.-- plaln
people who were hls conatltuent* underatood ihen
the altuation, and mllllona of aoldlera reaponded !?>
lns call.
Mr. Oreeley thundered in Th.- Trlbune, Mr. Sum
n'-r in the Benate, the rlergymen .:. thelr i
and tbe oratora upon the platform, that he ahouM
deatroy ihe Confederacy al oni_ by freefna th"
II.- knew as n > othi r man dld the atrength
and power ol the feellna whlch had arown ip ln
the country of tbe s >rt ..f ?.Ineaa that h. !.??.!
aboul property ln Blavee. Hu- arhen defeai ifter
defeat came, when there wa* the reault.
when the future ..f the Republlc looked dirk.
ii.. people bad !?? en edncated t<> rerard tbe I'nion
aa rn .r<- aacred than aiavery, 'h.n he promulgati i
hla Immortal proelatnatkin. Otber Prealdenta and
otber rul.-ra have deemed thelr full duty performed
ln thelr annual .omniuiilcatlona to thelr ooni r. *ea
or their parllam.nts. but Llncoln every day araa ad
.'!>,' i.tters by whleh he xxas counBelllng and
arKi.iri; with the oeopla upon the queatlon* of the
hour. the perlla or the oopntry aad tla- dutli
diinsrers tbat w?re before him. Now b<- wrltea lo
Mr Qreelej now t>> tbe arorklngmen of M
:?:. now to the worklnamen of New-York, noa lo .
Bt .'?? Conventlon, noai io a con\ x_
men; bul alwaya to tba p? ple of ihe ii.it...i Bt
nevei .?:? u braln an 1 bui .
welled up ao that h<.m. I about l
cated bv the dlfflcultlea of th- Bltuatlon, and bx the
ilblllty of aolving his problenw, Llncoln ;
? ibl. s ..'it to tl ;?? ; le of the li.
ani aaked f.<r their aympathy, ih-ir advl
thelr aupport The appeal was never made In raln
lan* raved agaJnal hlm, an l aald that ha
ncea wer. I his .!? tlona Indl
; rneat men, who had the cauae a* heart, call. :
conventiona to prevent hls renomlnatlon, and'thei
to dafaat hlm f..r r. election. but tha plaln i? ? - ? i? I
with wbom he had been tafklna .^ xx-::n famtllai
frlenda, whoae homea ha had enter. !. al arhoa*
flrealdea be had --.it. by whoae bedaidea ha bad
talkei, ir. wh..^.- Inmoat clrclea an.l in the mldst <>f
whoae furnilx- prayera be had been, reaponded xvit>
an overwhelmlna Bupport which gava hlm aanln
the Pn len x. and ihe Prealdency by practlcally
the unanlmoui voice >?? tbe i ? pl.
Llncoln kn.-w- nothlng of tne nlgnlty, ao t.\r ns ir
is exprtaaed ln manner and dreaa, whlrh b-1 .m-s
to hik'h Btatlon. Th.- Inatinctlve aenae of proprle
and consi louam aa ?.f bui eriorlty an l greatneaa wbich
hedged Waahii.gton was abaenl In him. ln o?
tlme, ln the her... Ilghl of our publldty, wlth thi
aclntlllatlona of electricity renderlag hrllllaQi every
nook and .orner and cranny of a public man'a aa
latenca and thought, t*n- temptatlona t.. en large thi
atreatb whlch the people place upon hl* head ar.
almost Irrealatlble. T.u- teal >.f greatneaa 1. thi
wearlng <.c the balo. ii deatmyed Napoleon, it ru
Ined two-tblida of th>- generala in the wai i' his
drlven great and llttle pollttciana. from ihe com
mencemeni of our Republlc untll now. Into ofa
s. urirx-. Bul Lln.oin was never troubled as t.. the
si/.- of his head He never overeatlmated n..r upder
ratimated who h>- was, what he waa nor what he
repreaented. Ile never fori?..; wbere he came from.
and nev.r lost aight of tbe fact ih.it except by the
accidenl of poaltlon he was nelther better t.or w..r^.
than those wi... placad him ln th.. Prealdent lal
chalr. lie poaaeaaed what no oth.r ruler ever dld,
or. if he .iii, no other ruler dared to us...
the power of hun.or. The portentloua aolemnlty
of "ur put.lie n.en parvadaa our polltical atn ?
phere, evan to 'l.pn'?sln?f melancboly. The leaa tha
atajcaman knowa the more aolemn b? la, the ihlck^
.r ) i.i h. ad tbe more owiisii hls bearing. A Preal
di i ? .' the liilie 1 Btatea onre aald to me, "N n an
ciii ever aucceed ln thla country who mIv.-^, reln to
i. humor or bui ftin. The poople no |..nit?T l.K.k
upon hlm as ?? aerioua man. and .niy aertoua men
are recognlzed ln the conalderaUon of public af
falr**."
SKI.Ki'TIN'.; A CABINKT.
v.'h. n Mr. Llncoln can* t> rVaabrngtoa he wai
unknown to the !,'re,it leaderfl "f tba party. Hi had
Lha i rurage, which only a very greal man ean hava,
of aammonlng them all Into his <'iMn.-t. Tba rul*
has been growlng to aummon only leaaer men im..
ihe Cablni t. in mo .' ra tim. aa booh aa Ibe Pra .
dent has aelacted hla wnatitutlonal advlaei
arbole detectlve agency of tbe nawapaperi
!.. work to flnd out who Ihey ar.-. where they e m<
from and wbal Ibey ha ? ? done. Thi i
toraey, tba rllbure Bcrlbe. lha locaj phllo. ; iei
bound upon th- Natloi itforra wlth th .??.? ? n
broad as thelr envlronment, and as uaafuL 1 he i.?
. s ).,, tha in- rit ? ? tba chli I b. lh<
depreclatlon "f li-. ',;' ''!'"' '':i ' -!nW '
ln more harmon ?ui pleiui Napoleon. Burroundi l
M irahal* of Franc , ev< r on? ol th m ?
hi ro ol .-. ri.?..: battle, ever: i na >.f them the
?temonatrat. I leader ol in Rhty nrmy, hlmaelf the
..l.i, ..x,. dgi t chl. f an . leid. of Ihem all, formed
picture thal commanded the admlratlon ..f hla
Mme and h > < arreat. i tha att. ni on of p aterit)
Thla llllnois l.iwyer, or..: .. ani atat. ?rn in c ille I t i
nta ald the men who had lemonBtrated In lh. Ber
ate, ..'i the Houae and ln the Coui i thal th. ? arei
th.- leadera of men. Whai a Bpectacle! rijl un
galnly glanl of tbe Weat, aagulat and awkward,
uncouth il manner, inelegnnl "f andn ra, wlth th.
courtly Beward for Becreiary of Btate, the *tatei)
Chaae for Becreiary ol the Treaaury, the worldly.
domlnant and Bhrewd Cameron for Becretary of
Uiir, and ii. imp rloua Kla nton as hl* aiie ? ?>
Cha lurns to hls frlenda and Intlmate* thal tbe
country ha.i a mountebank for Prealdenl rkward,
ever anxloui to be uaeful, wrltea a private note or
ferlng to perform all tbe dutlea <.f the Prealdenc)
ani leave the ornamenta of Ita name and atatl .. I i
I .. ni . elvea ln reply ? letter whlch Ignorea
ihe maull bui aaya in effect, "I wlll run tbe Ad?
mlnlatratlon and you run your D< partmeni . . ?
when l thlnk thil you had better run li in aome
other way " ln l- a* th.n. a year evei > ? ne pr tboae
greal leadera recognlaed that he waa in th. pn
ance ..r hla hlel an i Buperjor .... _ _
Llncoln under other condltlona mlgbt have made .
greal playwrlgbt, or he mlght have been i greal
actor Ha was unconadoualy dramatlc Hli iiaap
pearance al Harriabura on ihe way to WaBhlngton
for his flrat Inauguratlon, his reappearanCc at tn.
i'..piio: wh.n ti. thuga wer. waitlng t ?
hlm, wai a dramatlc aurpriae whlch exclted tne
whoic country. His ..pra.imment ^>f Hooker to tne
eommand of the Army of th- Potomac, ln a latter
whlch told hlm plalnly hls weakneaaex and hli rall
ur.s an.l th.- raaaoiu why ha oughl nol i" have tne
responalbUlty ol tbe eommand griaced upon nim,
waa both a comedy and o iragedy. Hi* offer to _j
Olellan to borrow hls army if he only kro a whal to
<lo with it, as lt was upt.iir. nt McClella 'I nol
know, WBfl on- of th. ? ?? .4trok' B of BenlUfl ln < xprea
(lon whl.-h removed tbe populnr ld..i and hroke lt
A miajaenger Bummoned tne Cablnel to tbe u hli
lloir-.. Th- lirs- to enter was the stai.lv. th?? dlg
niiltd. the a'waya proper BecreUn of the Treaaury,
Salmon P Cha ? The Pn Idi i i lo >ki i up fi m
hls hook and .i.i. "Mi Cba a, i waa ,ual raadlng
? moal Interaatfna w..rk. whlch i hava enjoyed more
:iiin an/thlng l hav- m<t wlth ln a long tlme, l.et
ma read vou a part of n." And thereupon bi be?
gan readuiB to him Artemu* V4i.rd'? lecture on
"W.ix riggera." The aalonlsh.'d and irrltated Bpc
retary of tba Treasurv, iistenimr a* ih- oth.r
membera of th? rabin-t uathered, lndl?:nanily ej
clalmed, "Mr. Presldent, we dld not cotne here to
hear thM i.li.iiio ndnaenae. Por what are are aum
in iii.-.l'.'" Mr. Llncoln put his h-m.l ln hU dr.iwer,
pulled oul a paper and aald, "Oentletnen. sum
moned you to aubml: Ihla paper; not to ask your
advlee a- to whether I ahould laaue it -.r n it. I
1 int.iid t.> laaue It no matter what your anviee may
be; bul to aak Buggestkjm ai to its form. And he
r.-ad io them the .nini.it.il Proolamatlon or fernan
cipatlon; the documcnl whioh waa to ael i.txn.nu
of hiiinaii l.-ln^s Ire.-; tlie ,|,,.-am.-nt whi.ll was lo
i v. the Conatltutlpn from the curse ?l aiavery,
the documenl which wa.. lo make the Declaration or
[ndependence fof the flrst llme ln .mr htotorv tne
vital force In the princlple* and in the po.ietea .ir
th.- Unlted stat.-s; the documenl whlch wai
remove the ataln wbleh ajade aa a byword and
reproach amona all clvlllzea people; th ? documenl
which carrled oul In letl r anl aplrll th- vow mai.
ao many reara befon when th- flat boal mm a*
the glrl aold ln ih- abamblea at New Orleana. A rea
aiiggrstlona wcrc made, a few heatltatlna
proteata agalnat the li.-rc.- detcrmlnailon <>f
th.- Prealdenl for publlcatlon, an earneat re
.iu. al ror del ty untll a vtetory ehoul I come. an i thai
rn, - mi-iiior.ii.;.- uf Cablnel meetlnga in th.- hlatory
of the l'nlted Btatea a.ij. urned, and aa they flled ?m.
this Incomprehenalbl* Prealdenl pul the ProclaJBa
tion ?>f Bmanclpatlon back In tn* drawer an.l r -
?ume i the readlng of Artemua Ward.
AN AFTERNOON WITH UNCOLN.
I remember as if it was yeaterday an afternoon
wltb .Mr. Uncoln. l waa bul a boy, tbougfc Beer.
tary ,.f New-T/ork Btata Horatlo Beyinoar waa thi
Democratlc Oovernor, and tba Leglalature waa
Republlcan. 'nn- aokllera' vote waa lo i... ..i.i Uned.
The Republlcan Legtalature would nol iruat the
Oovernor, and lt devolved npon me the duty of
collectlna the aoldlera' vote. Mr. Llncoln looked
up i i preaaed my way through ibe crowd in hla
receptlon r->.?m and aald: "Well, Depew, what .??...
1 do f.ir y.i.r.-" I aald: "Mr Prealdent, I do nol
w.mt any th Ing; I am ln Waahlngton ..'i .. n
from our st.it.- t,> gel out fr-.m the arat ? our Nea
v.irk aoldlera' vote, and l almply called tn pay
my reapecta." He ?kl: "li la ao i ire thal any oae
here who wanl nothlng! Pl< .-?? wall and I
arlll ael nd of theae people In a few mlnutea"
The r.i.iiii waa - ...ii emptlt 1. the falthful "Jerry"
waa guardlng the door, and on the lounge th.- tlred
Prealdenl was rocklna to and fro, holdlng hla lona
k. ,:i ins irme .rn i telllng Btory after atory io
relleve hla mind, and he aald: "Depear, they aay I
t.-ll a greal many atorlea. I thlnk i do Th.
I lower the dlgnlty of th< Preaidentlal oflloe b> theae
broad anecdot. - Poi bly thal la true. Bul I have
found, in the coui t ol a long experlence, thal th*
plaln people of the Countrj take them ia thej ar--.
Bnd ..re utpre rasily reached nnd Influenael and
argued wlth through the m. Ilum -' a humoroua
Ulustratlon than In am other way."
Whl!.- I was there Mr Jobn lianaon. of Buffalo
araa a member ot Congreaa. His face anil hla head
were halrleaa and pollahed like a bllllar.1 balL He
was a Democrat, bul aupported the Prealdent. Th.
condltiona ..f the army \\'!-- very blu* In th* Rasi
ani ln the w'<? t. ' lana m c im* In on* daj ... I - il i
"Mr Prealdent, I am rlaklng my r. electl .. In ?up
poiting vinir war meaaure*. The campalgn
\.-rv unaatl factory. Of courae l wlll nol glv* oul
anythlng you tell me. What is the altuation al Ihe
front?" Mr Llncoln, in hl.archlng and aad way,
looki 1 al him for a momeni i- II h* aaa aboul to
reveal the aecrel of the whole army, and then
tumbled Oanaon oul of th.- receptlon room by aay
i.i..', "Oanaon, how clean you ahave."
A PROTBCnONIBT.
It lx algnlflcanl of .mr Ibne and of Ihe queetlona
Intereetlng to ua, aa we cefebrate th* ofthla
aavtor of th.. RepuUlc, this forerooal o|
this plalneat in l moal bon. il of mortaU
dlarnifted, moal humoroua, moal aerloua mo
of man, thfa moal ir*i ?:?? >.f buman '
lu his tlm., and of all tlme, of the Rep ibllcan party,
that bla fir?t apeech w is for a pi ?ti llve tariff. He
v i. flrst, . i-?t and Bll Ihe tlme BO Am:. .ti: BO
Am. rl, in wh. n N i;- I- n. .rn adlna M
hu.. broken up ihe i .- .. an An - i i arhenGreat
llritaln would have uit.-tf.-f.-l for Ihe purr*
ing ih* Rei iblir ia--. aii*. .. - i rd
bury aald, w* kept ahop ind wer* I n bual
.ii in his . ni . .i .a lo the
l'nlon and theConatltutlon: an Amerk-an In i
..!' llberty; an Amerlcan In nla ta
hortl.-n of i), ? I iu' i Htal
i eople of the i ?
t requlre for t-..-m--,\. - H
above all Ihlna ?? He
r-ilt whl h a . al .-.? I bj Dan Th*
world Uttle knowi arhal II owea tn th.r .
wa-. the Inapll I lt
? '...:??
I.lncoln ..:?' >rb< l it. Un ? In un I
-.,.. i ? : -.. a : n all I
? .- i i i -i lt waa tl l'nlon wll
i 'nlon
the Btal. -
We**,- innot p.is. by I
it* agaln I
hi : i,- and maj wltboui i nfor. Inf i.v
bla ? m.in; le .ii . the ?. ntlnt.
I, ,r 'i ??? ra ai it < rlaaa coimag ,
leally ln th* blal -\ ol n itkwi itt w*a I
lutlonary Wir *. . r Repu It waa
!>,.? Jei it.a wlth lUyne and wlth I.
It I War
j ....
tl, ? |,r-,|,.-I :? ll
l'nlted Btal
. uuntriee, upon ?* I
f, l! ' .V ? gll
), n been ahed, I
. Ind
i i ;. ? -\ rrrore ruin and tl i ?
l.v ihe arai from
l,v the - ni" '
ry, comlna largely fi
and motlvi -. ln dlff. ?? I
i great aii
? itlon whl i. ' - '-"?''
the l lemocrath- i ??':? In p ar. r n
in the m.ii-.rliv for a quai lei ?
w .rl i fon I - ' ? ? ?>. '? ? m i Imenta run
in ,-\,.. - w hat haa i ? n wlll (?? Bo, ift-1
>,- ,rs -.? -- hav* trli i th* D. m .cral l
,.r<- \\.- ?
.,:: i we have had r. i- at. I Ind i*trl illy and
... - . .em - . ili party
ii, !?,.... ! aa ll wa . ?? Inced In th.-ir rul. ,
"The l>. mo, r.iti.- ;..irr> atanda for nothlna Natlonal
i , rln. .; I. a In tn. i: u*t ar* ..-. u '?? ''a
. i m th* w ? at. ii- ld. .-- in th* -'? I are
1,,,. nla t,. IIb Idea I Ita vtewa "ti
lh* r.i-iiic coaal bav* no rclationa t? lu prlnclplea
or idea* -,r vlew* anywhere elae In the e intn
Hi Llncoln mlghi have llv. i an i .. i i i to hla
- \ ,i !-..:?; aettl. m<
,- ? OUI Ol ll"- ClVll V. ..- Mr I'l. ?
,v._ pr, idenl for f. .r y.u* wlthoul p<?wer, and
) id he nevei been n elected, ?ith a Den
li .n hla handa h* mlght, wlth the halo whl
thrown around him, have gone dowa to po?t*rlty
,,^ on* of th. '" il Presld. n intry. \lv
Clavelan I waa re elected and dil hav. lh* Demo
party on lu- handa, anl what mlght hav*
t.. .-ii i- not anl < "li veland la ncd aa oae
..f the great Pr. aldenta ..f Ihe c i mu i
RBTURNINa COMMON BBNBB.
We have aroa our vlctory ll I the rlctory ef
returntng common lenae, Iha rhrt iry ol
over bopa. We are aol yel oul -.f Ibe wooda TBe
Kepublican party ean only h.>M the eountry al re
? : an i previ al I irtBi r daraa ml It a lutnea
the, reaponalbllUlea ' i irer The dlfflculty wBh
tha Democracy la not only of toeaperlen e, bul of
Incompetenca Tha evolutlon ?.f the atudenl I* Ri I
-...ii. n t<. phra ? . ..- i thi mora vague they
may ba the more v.i>.- they aeem, and from ih"
i .ii . .- he comea t.> thtayry, The tbeorj mak
? i, ..I i i Mugwump ln i
Then he eUher aettlea down lo ih* atern realltk
of llfe anl auccesaful aolutlona of hla problema, .>r
I..- becomea bankrupl In bualneaa and n falth. Th*
Democratlc party captured tb* cnuitry hy tbe
phraaea "free raa materlaka," "tl-. tarlfl I i laa,"
?tl..- markela ?.f th. woi: l " \\ i av* lo
markei of the world, we have Uttle left to tai I
.i ... i: i -< in I m niif.i. ;.ir.-.| * i i lc|.
ire all free, b. u ? lh. re an ? ? '? ? i""
I .,r rmployera \s ?? ar* gov-rii I hy t1..
ii i urltT, whlch haa
lh* I-.. n. ? up -n a ii- i Reuubll.
. tn pi ? contlnu. d, ibe pai u whl h n
vi rsed lh<- goud old polli i l nal -. i '? .u! I paj youi
di r.'lth money whlch you earni I, and a.lopte.1
lh* n- -.-. one of paylni them with burrowred m.v
Mlcawtx-r m H-. Ilnanclal nuthorlt) Thal part) la
. ,, ndlna cr< lll bj ih ? ryell I* and bi> ln - bj
ih in th. .ii ii i i" s.iiv- the cui rencj prob
lem, whli h ii---1 inn. I itlon lhan !?? leave
ii alone, Aft*r ri? >u i ind nf y.arn of hoi *l ? ?
p. iiiii.nts ihe Democratlc leadera arr -"'I
iu -..|ii,iie th* clrcle and nft one' f -if over tbe
tton. wall l.v th.- atrapa ..r one'a b ita; tho ?"?
s;in Btrlvlng t" pay ilebta wlthoul a u-ti . atlll itrli
ln^ to glve money where none haa h i-n earn. I, md
dlalrlbute currenci whei there .- ... property to
i iL-e f, r It. atlll atrlvlna to ?? ? \ ." to th*
ad ..nd to coln and mlnl theorles, and they hav.
r.-.lnce.i ihe Natlonal cr< lll ao lhal ih-- Oovernmeni
haa to pay "'? t ' cenl lntereat, arhrre the cltlxen
ran borroa forSpei cenl Agalnai thal thi Rei.ubll
.-.,n part) puti in pracllci the maxlma of "Po?>r
Kiehaxd" and thi prlnclplea whlch have made coni
rm rcl. ? . : -i and commercial iK-opl. h
ii,-h Thla la nol Ihe llme nor l< there occaalon for
, ;,,.r The han I of lh* Republlcan > ugln. ? I I
on lh* throttle, and the train ean no longer run
iwny Th* conductor < m atoo the momentum or
aidetrark Ihe cara, bul thi rnglneer wlll nol lel luui
,i, ,.,n ii,. ?i Tl ?? Republlcan Houae of R? prea. nl i
iiv.-s la il..- llvlng proteal of the country agalnai
.i_r?lj , n i ? ? palr, and ii wlll hold the r irl unl i
,,, |*_g th* t- ief ? mea and the country n! aave.1.
Ai the Blege ..i Lucknow a bandful <>r aoldlera arere
;,,.. ,, |,?k. ihelr own llvea and lhal of thelr wlvea
and Uttle on. - agalnat ih* hordea of ?ep?y* aboul
them The f.."l waa glvlna out. the hunger belt
?aaa drawn .-loser; It aeemed that the day ol reller
and aalvatlon would never come. Buddenly th.- k*en
',,,-? of th* Bcotch woman heirl Ihe dlatant Imk
nlnea md ahi Bbouted: "blnm ye h.-.ir th* alogan;
i is' iiiv.-iick and bla Hlghlandera." "Dlnna \
,,.,r the aloganT' li came ln tha last electl m an l
IITx ? the Republlcana i).<- Houae of RepreeenUtlvea.
Kinnna ye h? ir the Bloganf' lt cama from he
breaklng of th* Bolld Bouth. "DhSna ye hear Ihe
^.L-ir"" It came rrom Mlaaourl, from Maryland,
from T.-in-'--. from Weal Vlnrlnla. "Dlnaa re
...' the aloaanr it la th* marchlna of the army
1,-,-h anaweTed once, "We are comlna., fathe
Abraham three hunired thouaand mora, to the
,.'!:'..7 IWJ8 TherT lh* Republlcan "enat* wll
,,, ,,?. ,..,?,,, -..?, Houae, Bnd Ihe Repub
,(,,?-.. wlll rcapond to tha Repuu'.lcan l real
f,.,.!; "nd tha country wlll recelva proaperlty. hap
plneB* ?nd peac*
Mr. Depew araa followed by Oeneral John Me
Cullough. who made aome altty raaaar)ta Many
,,r theaadlenee th.-n mei Mr. Deaajaa on theatage,
nfter which a receptloa waa glvea to ii'?> at lno
Algoniulu Club.
MUST GET NEW C0N8ENT8.
RKPORTS TO THK RAFID TRANS1T COM
.MlSSI'iNKRS.
WHAT Mt'PT Bl DfjerB If MATKRIAI. PEVIATION3
AftB MAi.i: li'.HM THB OLO BOirn_ ABOrTMfc
The Rapld .nuHilt Commisslon. at Its regular
m.etlnu yesterday. recelved nn oplnlon fromVoun
ael that threatena t.. Involva the eomailBBlaa in
more litlKitloi. ani delay the eonstructlon of the
r..a.i. The oplnlon, Btrtpped of its legal verbiaire. is
that coaaaat for tha roatea to be traveraed must
bt lainad from the proporty-ov.ners and the Supreme
I '..ni :
Thla is flaade itaoaaaary hy the fact tbat the new
routea devlate from thoso laid down by the com
tnl ilon ??.. ral yeara Bgo, and to which the prop
? <?? wnera along them 'eonacntad and tke fsupraate
?'ourt . ..ii. urr-d. The eommlssion thouuht that lt
would nol be ne >ew_ry agaln to ohtaln ooaaaat, rnraa
ii" tbe ie v. routea dld devUU from the formerones.be
, .... ,, ,.., | ... : M_ti flrera th- same. and
:ii> th- on- along Broadway, that tbe prea?
ent eommlssion and tl..- old ..r-1 In f.-.vor of, desplte
mom rntary lnclln.itlon? to adopt Klm-st. and t'ol
lege Place, Another quaatban that the commisslon
Bubmltted t.. tba counael was whether lt would be
, _rj> to obtaln conaeuta along nroa.iway
;f..ii if tba t.inn.i araa wtderaad. Cxrunael held
that U would be. Still another legal |>oint that
tbe counael wera called ut>on to d__ra*taa waa
whether, if Bngineer PararM_ra new plan of con
Mne tlon was us?-.! on the old route. the consent
of tba court and th- prop-rty-owners Was n^resaary.
Counael maJntalned thal as the court had the old
form of conatructioa In tiew when lt r_ctaented to
tbe old route, tba nea plan <.f co_r_ructlaa could
not be appli-d to the ol.I route without gainlng ihe
eonaent af th.>urt aad propei??> -owaara aftectad.
ih.... was oaa crumb of comfort for the Commis
and aeveral of ;h.-m tboagbt that they
aaw a way oal of the legal rnasa ln it. The coun
?el contended tbat if aa ext4ma*on was t.? be buiit
to tbe old route, eoaeenl of prop-rty-owners and
the court was ?.nlv neceaaary for th.- ext.-nsion.
Tbe counael arrota that if any of the ebangaa con
ti mplated by the conuaiB aaa artra not of a raatertaU
character, oonaent wauld hardly be naeeaaary, but
advlaed tbat tbe line be rary doeely drawa, aad
.|tiy changa that materiaily cbangad tba ori*tnai
. ild be made with .autlon. A dls usslon en
Bued .xh-n th.- stand of COUMal was mad.- known,
? tbe me4Hlng was beblnd Claaad ioors, and
r-tarv afterward wouli not go Into netalra,
wii.il was said by tba < 'oiumi-.sioii.rs was not ob
talnable.
Counael had bean Inatructed t<. propara a resoiu
tlon wblcb Btavted tba routea that have ahready
i. ? i. publlah-.l, and the commisslon was to adopt
the reaolutlon. Commlaaloner orr intn.duie.i th*>
ittan, nol f..r Immedlata adoptlon, as was ?x
!? i.i, but i.t dlacuaaton. Th..- reaolutlon accepted
the route up Broadway to Fourtaeatb-at., aad
then th- branchlng ..r th<- maln llne lata a Weat
.- i. route to th- clty Ibmlta, and th.> Baat bb_b
?.:.!-:. ani Kourth ave., a.s pro
po d by ti.- Board of Bxperta. Tben
arenl ...i t.> bacorporata the ax
' ib. ... Bl la line, as propoaed by ?'>>m
i loner Low al th- laat meeUng, and wblcb
bllahi i ..t ih.- time. Tl.- extaaatoa runs up
|*arfc ive by tunnel to Nlnety-eightb-at. and then
;. i v vla luct, rontlnuea to th- H irlem
i whlch !-< croaae.l b) brldge. an.l tben up
'.. . ni.? hundred aihi-forty-slxth-st.
lul on w ia l.ii.l over,
. i. I i- .-;???-1 will be a lopt. 1 at tha next
i *
t'ammiaaioner Btarln at tba laat meetlng an
I that h. ? ?? i i?.. ix t.i introduee a man
D xx ho xx , il I bulid, equlp ar I run th- r.i.|
n th .t he r- >de known to th- other
II i not have the p.-rsons ready
i-'.th ,i k. i that a* tbe ob
' in. 11 .x requlrtng thal all *tone uaed
iru tlon of public worka would have
Ireawed wlthln Ihe munlclpallty would prove
x.ix expenalve, .i reaolutlon be paaaed aakliuj the
,i.it- to repeal tbe law Th it wa i<>n<\
t'ounael to th.- board reported that some forty
imendmentfl to tbe Rapld Tranall act had
r.iw.i. but aome of th* amendmenta did not
? th* ..iii iv al of Ihe rommtttee. conalatlng of
I'ommlBStOner* < >rr. le.w nnl I'ontroller li'e-h.
r^.| |o paaa upon their. The atrcridmenta.
win h wen not made public wer.- or l.r.-l prtnted.
4 BILUABD CABB ?"'' TB coirt.
littorneya Wable and Btona r*aCarday BBoralag
un i before Juatlce Ingrabam, <?f tba <*>.urt ?f
un i Termtner, t>> argue a wrlt ?f habaaa corpm
? ? *? of U.l.-rt K-nny. a
? in >x. i-i. ...' No '?? Mott-at, who haa baaa
- m ia'. laat on a eharga
ttina ' ia .'i keeptag hla pl ica of
?. Juati_? Ingrabam annouaced tbat ba
, |||<| ri..I h< if tha argumenta untll to-day aad
... tefendant produc i before hlm al tbat
?
lt i- underatood that th- MBIard and i?oi n?'ni
I intend t> maae a teal caaa of Ken
,,,. . |? ||,.. i.t-t rew weeba aeveral ralds
?. n made upon tha proprtetora of th. ? ra>
, wera alhrwed to keep <>pen f.>r
yeara wlthoul poliee brterferenee, and OVBCIoa
? ,.,.- from them the most
proflt-ble daj in tba week, th y will maka a tntt-r
: ,r what rhey term tbelr rlghta A rwore or
more of them wei , yeaterda) wben Kannjra
was called Although abundaaUy Bbla to
furnlah ball. Ki i A '" do ao, wktbug to
law to tbe fulleat aataat
. ?.
A OBOOBBBT Y1BM TB BTBATTB,
Wllh.lm * <;r.ef. daalera la r*hlna an1 Klas*
a ira al Nba i.m aad l.l_ Hn.adway. ar- rafMrtad
in flnaaclal dlfflcultk_ and unable to meet an ex
?i paymenl c mtnK dua ha a few daya Abra?
ham Oruber, thelr attoraay, said yeatarday th.it
they bad Kivn ehattel raortgagafl f.<r fABTI to caa
ntentlai credltora for borrowed money. and that
the mortgageea Bra ln poaaeaaloa ol th.. atere. Th?
,; Bttel mortgag. i hava boi baaa r-.orl.d Tbay
are la favor of tha following peraaaa: llerman
S,...iur.r.ber?. jr , QOBi Mlcbaal H-ricm.in. RO.MO;
Charlea <.r.i-f. fARB; .uguata Hermnan. MM; Bo
; i wii'.-im. X.OM; Bmma B. Oraafc H.aB: An
l, ? | r.'.ot 1443. Mr. Oruber further said that the
:.:?, . b< iln. I tn < ai n froai ibalr r?radltora a
year ago, oa whlch they hav. pald M per eaat. hut
have i.n o.i.b:.. to carry oul tba other pajrmenta
,,., aecounl of dull Bualneaa, depreclatlon la atock
,.,i tba general aaaaclal aafrri ibIoii. They ear
,. | , ,,;... atock ..r Blgb-prlced gooda, aa walcb
the depreclatlon has baaa graat Tbay wara alao
affected bj lha large drygoodi atoraa g-ing lata
thal llae of bualneaa wherehy the Urm loat a large
part ot ;!?? ir trada Th- MaMlttlea ..r- m>w about
j., ,,f Whlch 00.000 ta for merchandlaa Bad tba
I . ,.?'?- f?r borrowed .Bey. They have reduced
ihelr iiabiiities mat.ii.iiv in tba paal few yaara, aa
thej have owed bb mgi. aa MU.OBO. The aaaeU eoa
.. M.,ck and atcounU, the valufl ->f whlch .??
? ',, . , l,?4C n Ir-i M. llruber also said tbat
' ri ,,,t. make .. fair -nLinen. vv.lh lh
,,..???,. Hradatreefa reporta su.- iriat tba araa
.?, ,?,? haa been ln bualneBB alnce IM4. Hie part
,i.. ll.nry T. Uilh.lm and !? re.lerl.k B. t.iaer.
tr'et'a toot away Ihelr rmpltal ratlng -n <?c
?.;!. . s:..i ...... ..n February. ml tbe Brm obtalned
an extenalon from credltora r.iniiing ove ? '
?.k. oavable ln Bva natalmenta, of whi.h three
v- be, ' il. I i.v ?hOW4_ al tba tlme they
bllities. IT.i.non. _ _^_
BUMJXBSi "F TIIF. BOABA OF ALDBBMBM.
I'.eM.I-nt l.ioloman called the Ito.rd of AM-rmen
together yeaterday wlth a braad naw aavel and
bioch preaented to hlm by Iba mambara. lt was of
ebony Btid inounted wlth kuU and aUver and had
th. Inacrtptton: "Kr.un tba Board of Aid-imn. to
? prealdenl John Jterolomaa." Thara waa aa pre
aenutlon Bpaacb i'..sident Jeroloman araa called
outald. in tba aaaa room whBa tba aavvol was uid o..
his daak Wkaa ba returned aad ftraad it he
thatik. I the Board Ha aald that ba alwaya hoped
ia ni-iit Ibalr rrattam
a commualcatHM waa recerred fn.m the Mayor.
tccompanled by .... oplnlon fr-.m tba Corporatlon
Counael ButsoatMa tba! ?? public beartng ba Klven
,?, ,,,.. queatlon of r*ompelb_a tba F.,u.t.-.uh Btreel
, , , ttowa Railroad to kaap a akaltar car at r..ur
teenth-t and l-'oarth-av- . an I lo run the cars at
mo,- reguUr honrs. Th- repori was referred to the
Rallroad t'.immltte-.
rhairm.-i c'.cott, of tba Commlttee oa f_Mtaatad
Seats reported tkal th.- commlttee baard tba coa
. ... a? Thomaa T. Bagaa, Bapubllcan, to unaeat
. -man FraMcla J. Untrr. Democrat. and ra
port, i ... favi i oi Laatry. Tba rapart waa ___*?
,"\''ny,oli,u'iion''lio remova tba f\to\ JudUnaJ ?'ourt
fr,, , n .nnl. " and place li In tha old
?! '? in ' Courthouae. In Clty Hall Park aad re
,, v- ih- Sn'rlff: ..ilic ."'I l'-?" " I" th- aame
i, ii.J w i"i tabled. Then tbe Commlttee on
Count^AffaTra reported on tha Invaatlgation of tba
M arrtaa ? " lureau and the Board goj nto a loag
mt , -v over ll Alderman Wara handed in the ma
tortty report. idvls.ni; th... the bureau he ..bollsh-d.
\ l r.. .... "I.?" handed In a mlnorlty report alvla
lnc th.t the kllch.n In the b,,s. m.nt be sa apart
.or the bureau The udo.itlon Of hjfl rep.tt was
rtttctl down, and tiie majorlty roport waa tabled.
INCOME TAX I'ROBLEMS.
SOME THINGS WHICH PUZZLE PEOPLE
WHO MUST PAY.
Pf_BBTT or work for internal BBfBBOB
rX>I__BCTOBa BO-UVAN AND
OBOBBB ..i-THisriTY.
To those who have an Income of $3,500 and tip
ward. or whose income cqualled that amount in
1891, tho Internal Revenue follector ia an offlcer/
of great lmportance at this tlme, and the pro
ccedlngs in hla offlce are a inatter of curloslty.
Of the slx Internal Rovoaae dlstrlcts In this State, ]
i-v.i are In New-York and ono in Hrooklyn. The
aecond dlstrlct ls the one ln which most of the
BErWABD GROSSE.
large corporations of this city ar* sltuated. lt
emihtaeaa the great buataeoa iisrri-t. an.l its
offlce la the one to whlch the New-York merchants
and manufacturera would naturaliy look for In
formatioft on the subjeet of the In.-ome tax.
Th?. eollector for th.- aecond dlstrlct ls John A.
Sulllvan. and his offbe la at No. 114 Nassau-st.
Be araa born ln Kondout, in 1SI2. and has llved ln
New-Vork I'ltv slnce 1M1. He Is well known in the
bualneaa communlty. an.l hns been a m.-mber of the
Pruduco Kxchange more than twenty years. He
was appolnted to the otlice of Internal Revenue
Collector by Prealdent Clevalaad, ln 1R8.".. and re
tlr.-d when Preatdeat Harrlson came into offlce,
bul was raappalntad by PraeMent Cleveiand ln
1>IH. belng one of the two 10 be reappolnted, the
oth.-r appolntee belng W. A. Beaob, of Syracuse.
A LAROB DKMA.ND i/OB liLANKS.
Mr. .Sulllvan was seen at his offlce yesterday, and
he BBdd that the blanks for tax reti rns were belng
called r.ir In large Quantltlee, but that th? mi. hinery
?.r th? ? tti - araa not yet in perfect workmg order.
Th.- offlce belng eentralty Bltuated, an.l people belng
undar the liiipiaaalon that a Oovernmarnt offlce, no
inaiter wh.-re lt is, ls at the service of the publlc.
!s us.-d by manv people who live out of town to
gala i. formatlo-i on rlie BUbJect of the tax. and
Mr. Snllivan thlnks that many blanks taken frotn
his offlce wll!, wh-n Illlexl out, flnally go to Con
neetleut, New-Jeraep, and Braoktya coliectors'
effleaa Re is perfectly wiuing though. he aaya la
ni-.-ornmo.Iate thi- publlc. Th" supply of blanks is
good, and the d>-partment at vPaahlngtOO ls keeplng
th<- ofllea BUpplled. About L'.OU) blanks have be^n
dellvered to eoeporatiaaa aad atwut 1,000 ?o indi
Vldtiala Th? tlme for niaklng r.-ttirr.s, Mr Sulli-,
van, thlnks, should be extended.
"If this w.-r.- done," he sald. "It would facilitate
mattera ln our offlce. nnd lt would be a great con
?veniefi.-.. to S.UI1.. corporations. I refer to those
whlch hava thelr maln offlces ln Kurope, and who
have to BOB 1 l'-ttcrs aero^s the sea weveral tlmes
barfOra tho B?OCt status of thelr < onoerns ean be
det.-rmltix-l." Mr. Sulllvan has a force of twenty
tara depajtlaa anl elerka wlth Davld s. Weadell
aa rrrW deputy, anrt has yet raeeTved no addltlonal
h.-lp. thOUgh the busln-ss of the offlce wlll be vastly
iricreii?e.l
PBOBaTJB WHO ASK F00USH QUBflTIOBB.
The patlenco of the clerks In the revenue offlces
Is sirely trled by people who have not real the
l.iw <>r wh.. are una bla to cunstrue ita meanlng.
Thu* the iiiifvstlcn araa asked yesterday: "Suppose
a man who recelved a taxablo s.ilary last year
leavea tho country now, will he have to pay on
what h<- t-.irn.-d last year?'' Th<> pollte lnterpreter
of the country's law sald: "Y?-<, anl lf he does
BOt pay, tbe i>enalt.v wlll be Bdded and the Gov
.?ttmient wUl make all OaTorta to coll.-ct."
Then the <iui-stion came up as |o what atatement
a iruxri should make whose wlf.- ha.s an income In
dapendenl of I.ls and who wlll no: or does not te||
her huslxuid wh.it that. income amounta to? "The
JOHN A. SI'I.T.IVA.x'.
1 nf prwvideaM araa the answer. "that a man shall
make ret.irn on his own. his wlfe's and his mlnor
chlldroa'B lncomea.w
"Hut how c.in a nign make a truthful atatement
M to his wlfe's income if she wlll not tell him
what ll ls""
"The wtae m.-n who fmmed the law. was the
.in-iw.r. "asst.med that men and thelr wivea lived
ln banaoay. i"1'1 tnat ?**?*- wo-ld mako tru? s,a,r"
menta ao thal th.-ir haaaaada would not unknow
tiiK'y aaarjure tliimaalvao"
MYSTlKlKli Bl THB QUBflTIOBB,
DOpaty Wendell aald that m.iny who came to the
otWro were anxlous tO make perfectly proper and
truthful reporta but they were aaivtlflad hy the
oueatlona, and to Ihes.- people the clerks pald the
cloaeal atteatJoai nni Baade dear the patata which
?aemed myaterfcaaa aad amMenaoua The subjeet of
?tocka and thelr value has also glven rlso to many
HUHtlOttJ Shall they bo taken nt the prlce pald for
them OT at Ihelr markot value? The men at the
K.vei.ue Offlce, are Incllned tO belleve that whon B
man maheo an Inventory of his effect* atocka
should be taken nt the market value. and lf that
|a abOVB the amount pald far them. they ahow a
luotit. lf they have deproeletad in vahaa a laaa u
fhoin. IB Bll eaaaa where Ihe loe.l offlce, are un
uble to glve deflniU Infoni.atlon on the polnt* whlch
;;!,!?,; 3 dOUbte eOBBtT-CtlOB. the Departmenl at
Washlngton ls BPPealOd to.
IMPOBTANCB 0? THK TBtBD MflTBICT.
The Thlrd internal BOVOBaa Dlstrlct is one of
the moBt ln.port.int bl the Unlted Statea Inaa
, .s .,. ? i.y Of the largest taxpayera llve
w'l1; .., Its Ill i - The ofllcc. Ot the collector for
1 r,c a e ln the Oerman flavlnga Kank
?,S Ihe south.-ast ,-orncr of Kourteenth
1 V, i.M.,r?.,-ave. The offlce Is baml.ke ln ap
not over-cleaii. an.l no one on enterlng
u'wouid'suPPoae thal through It must go the in
tax of New-York'a wealtl.iest re.ldcnta.
Among th- algna and notlr-ea on the wall there
:?1 reading: "Kn.l.ah spoken here." but they
would aot ha entir.iy out of plaee, for the offlce
la undoubtedly one of the "plums" glven to the
Oerman element ln the Democratlc party. an.l
many of the employea sp.ak E-gBBh poorly. The
oearroo of Inlolliajanea of the aaaployaa in the offlce
may be glamcd frOBB the fact that two of them,
wh> ii aehod hy a Trlb-Bo reportor, could not tell
th.- aame of the ohlet deputy.
Bdward Orosse Is the Itevetmo COlMCtOT for the
Thlrd Dlatrlct. He was born ln Oermany ln lSWi,
aml was the prlvate secretary of the zoologlal
and aiithor, Dr. Alfr.-I Brehm, and was wlth him
ln Hambiii'K and Ib-rlln? Mr. Orosse oame to the
t'nlted States In lv.iH and booamo a wrlter for
varlous Oerman perlo.ll.-ala. He waa eonnected
with the "Oeetiiche Post," "New-Yorker Presae,"
and the "Staata-Zc-ltung." Whlle Uolng newspuper
work he studled law and was B?B_tta?jBJtfBJg
ln 1878. He re preaented tba x.th ,^heSi.i intro
trlct ln the .State I^glalatura ln m>***\*ST
duced the I'lve-cent Fare blll. n lBf7J;****L*X1
lowa appolnted him as one of hla ************ tM
District-Attorne.i offlce. wblcb pbwaMMM tm
Mr. Nlcoll took cbarge. I'resident < leye an<ia.j>
polnted hlm Internnl Revenue Collector la lW*.
THE WORK OF THK OWWKM.
Alfred .1. Sparks. Mr. Ordsse'a chlef deputy, aald
yesterday that returns were belng ma Ie aa rapldly
as the offlce could take care of them. The force,
whlch conais's of thirty-eight deputles. clerka and
aaaaaaaajara, haa been Increased by the addltlon or
three deputles hut more help wlll ba raqjlYod IB
handle rhe business. The offlce has an abu*******
blanks, ani theae are belns rapidty dlBttlbB|aB.
Ab.ut 2CH. returns have be-n rec-lve I at tBBjomea,
and between 1?M BBd I.BM blanks nave been aent
out Mr. Sparks said that ther- seemed to be a
general dlsposltlon on the part of tne people to get
Vhe blanks and to comply with the reo.ulrementa of
^Mr^Orosse waa aeen In hls offlce. whlch. llke the
other offlccs of the Thlrd Internal KevaBtBa.H__
tri.t. is poorly furalBbad, aad.araaawa_ad_cMag
wlth brew ry advertisements. He said that many
of the blanks went into the handa of counael.
"..ur dlatrk-t is one of the wealthiest in the coun?
try. and some of the largeat taxpaycrs wl 1 maka
.her nivments here. Our force is entlre.y inade
quate PanT I could ca-lly employ thlrty or thlrtj
flve additionai men. It would surprlse moat people
i? ?,' how ( ? men are pOBted on the lncome tax
aad%afa__?wK ^^>" ??Sffi BcS
it which flhow that they have never real n. Borna
men whooccupy good ataadlag la the buslneea world
Zndlara well Veraed ln most matters are entlrely
__or__ le to th- lncome tax. and we hav- to spend
rnuchtlm- in makinij its provisions and require
menta clear to them.'
MORE QUKER INQI'IRIES.
Mr. Grosse has the same experiences at hla offlea
as Mr. Sulllvan has at the Second lJlstrict offlea
Ba was asked yesterday by ? man who ls the
trustee for an eataf--: "When I. aa trustee for an
aattUa, collect money daa the estate and pay a lax
on that lncome. must the beneflciary *?VL***F
The man who put the .piestlon araa told that the
uuestton had already been subtr.ltted to the au?
thorltles jn Washlngion ani an answer waa ex
P*Yhen came a man who asked: "How about what
I . ontrlbute to rharlty funda? May I deduct
that?'' There aeemed to l.e uo doubt on thal
polnt. for he " aa promptly told, ' No."
The questl.n as to how a man can report tne?
In.ome of his wlf?, wllh whom he haa not I'ved
for the last llve years. was another poser. wnicn
wlll he answered when Mr. Or ii/se recelvea a
reply from Waabtugton to a lettar fecantly aent
tUere in Whlcn he aatta: "What shall be dona
l_Ta caaa whara a man la kept in Igworaaoa of hla
wife's incom. ? This Is tba caaa of Mra. Hetiy
Oreen. whoae huaband Uvea ... this city. but who
herseLf roams about the country to avold paylng
**__"*? rjTOBBB BBB_ aatisfled that Mrs. Green'a In
eome tax will be collected. "Sh.- .annot escapa
't " he said "as one can the tax on personal
property, because ll matters not where she goea
in this country. she wlll be llable.
REPAIRS AND PERMANENT IMI'KOVEMENTS.
Another flne polnt is made as to where to draw
the line betwe-n "repairs" and "permanent Improve
ments" to real estate. Money pald for repairs can
ba deducted, but money pald for [ermatient Im
provements cannot. and in casea where there la
B dlspute, the hlKher authorltles must deelde. A
letter was reoently sent to Washlnn-ton. ln whlch
the questlon vas asked: "? an exp -maaa for re?
pairs to real estate. .,. .-upied ani owned by tho
taxpayer. and on Wbich he returned no InOOBaa
be Seductedr No ans.v-r has baaa racMvad, but
Mr. Oroaaa tMnks "the expenses" .annot be de
A?U persons who apply for blanks at the Thlrd
Dtatrlct offlea ara requited to laave thelr natnes and
alilmaaiB Thu aavea blaaka aad labor. and win
prevent Hend.nit a deputy to the taxpayer If he
should not make his returns In the proper tlme.
Mr Oroaaa also thlnks that the tlme for making
returns should be extended. The blanks were la
Bued a month later than they -vere '.romised. and
the tlme for tilllPK them out should be extended,
he thlnks, at leaal ona month, and that better
results would be rea.h-.l if that courae were taken.
Th.re seems to be some .loubt as to whether
returns must be mad- ln person or whether
they may be forward.-d by mall. (ollector hulll
van when asked hi.4 oplnlon. said that the Instruc-.
tions arere claar on thut polnt. and that a return
sworn to before an oftieer havlng a aeal-a notary
public or commlssloner of de-.N--mmhr b- sent
io the Collector, and the taxpayer need not ap
Pi'ar. _m_
DR. M'GLYNS'S FRIESDS ST1RRED UP.
THKV OIME.-T THAT FATIIF.R iVjI.TOX BMOOLB QBT
TB- I'KKI-IT F<>K 1'I.K.MtlNi OBT THK
PKirr ON ST. STKfHF.VU.
A letter from Cardln.il I.edorhowskl to Arch
blshop lorrigan has drawn a protest from the
frlenda of I?r. McC.lynn in connectlon wlth the
honora ahowered on Fnther t'olton. of St.
Stephen's, for hls successful clearlng away of the
church debt. Dr. McOlynn'a friends have looked
upon the celebration of St. Stephen's consecra
tlon aa an Intende.l sliRht on the doctor at the
moment of hls return to the dloc^se. The letter
from the 1'nfect of the Propaganda conflrms them
in their op:nion. It was aent in reply to a letter
from Archblshop Corrigan lnforming the Cardlna!
of the cominK cons-vtation of sst. Stephen's. The
Cardinal 1'refeet aald:
"Among those speclally worthy of pralse ls the
K. v. Cbarkrfl t'olton. who assumed the rectorshlp
of St. Stephen'" Church when It was In a very
bad condition. physlcally and morally, and strug
||ed couraiteottsly agataM the gravest difflcultlea
until he overcame them all."
The custom of notifylng the Prefect of the Propa?
ganda that a church has paM olt all Its debts la
not at all comtnon; debt-paying is done too often
to ba of special lnterest to outsiders. When St.
OabrlaTa was caavaacratad laal iraar no one sent
anv aatlrt ta IU?aa, although lt was the church
of the VU-ar-Oeneral, say 1'r. .M.C.lynn's frlenda.
They have uttered a protest agalaal the state
ment that St. Stephen's pat-b w is in a had con?
dition morally when I >r. McOlynn retired from
It. Thla prot.'st has been made through one of
the rtttaian Catbotlc papara of tbe city. 'r4.th?
narlah was ln a had condition morally wh-n lather
Colton took charge, th.-y declaxe that the Maaaa
imi*t be charsei to th- authorltles. who sct the
Dlace ln a not l.v th. ir lllegal aad unjust treat
ni.nt <>f Ur McGlyna L'p to tbat Uaaa lt ha.1
be.n a moiel parish in every way; as popular
with tho rlch as wilh tne poor, with a pious an.l
devotad people. The church buildlnga w.-re tn
flne condition. and In the same condition. with the
exception of a cleaned facada aad new wmdowa,
as they were on the d.iv of conaecratloa laal I)e
cetnb.r. Ktnan.iallv, the parish was borjmlng at
Kather M.i'.lynn's departure. He had aalaraaa
and decOfated the church. and ln the thre- y.ara
iniMi.ii.it.lv precedlng bla r. mov.il he BMN
tlSO 00 of the debt. a feat whlch had never been
performed befor- or slnce in the dipcese. All
this bealdaa runnlng tba aehool an.l paylng tne
C IrTaddlUon It la polnted out that Father Colton
pald off some of tbe debt with money .^4*1
from the sale of church proparty on 8 ater. lal?
and and ln Fordham-property aaaarad Ibr m.
McOlynn. The wbdo business conr.ected w tri the
i..nsecratlon of St. BtepheBB ls rtenounced
i contlnuatlon of a atrlfe aijapowaila ***?. aiaatl
? ________ HU ?&?2$3"tS
.. ;;,._.iv trvine to foriret the injunes of the
restlng nui*;tl>. 'r>'.if? i hj ^ b(
Kft K_ . ir fulT of ins nuat.ons Bgalflil hlm he
: and. eatrain, dirrl."lt. He I. w.ltlng to re^elve
vew Vork parNh whlch was promlsed hlm ln
:l ... / tx .he .-"hbishop. Untll he ia aettled
Tn th^c.ty he" Is'determlneVl to endure shghta and
minor tojaatiaat._m_
TO FFFA1R TIIE MAOKAT-BBBWBTt CABLB.
The Commerc!?! Cable Company's repalr ste.mer.
the Mackay-Mennett. ls on Ita way to thla port to
repalr the New-York Harbor end of the cable which
runs from t'oney lsland to Pl?r A. The cable haa
been Injured Oaf Robhlns Keef HgM. lt is belleved
bv the offlcers of the company that some ateamer
wbich rlraaaad its ?nch..r tn the receat atorm muat
have hooked the b'n wire. The bre.ik doea not ln
_??ru; : the messaites sent hv the company, xa an
underground cable was lald last summer from
Coney leland. and ov.-r the Brooklyn Brldga, for
uso ln case of accldent to the lexular cable.
? ? -??
GOOD WORK BOBB RT A WORTHY CHAR1TT.
The Itoard of Dlreetora of the New-York Oph
thalmic Hoapltal, Twenty-thlrd-st. and Thlrd-ava,
hel.l Its regular nnnthly ni.'etlnK' last nlght, when
the followin,. facts were shown by the report*: Dur?
lng the month slnce the last meetlng of the board
7SS new patients were treated. wlth an awrage at
tendance dally of 171. and 4,4w prescrlpti.jnB werf>
dlapanaad. A thoroiiKh revlslon of the bylawa naa
baaa made, and a more strlct attentlon Ihan ever
Is belng given to every portlon of the work and the
rnanagament. The lnstltutlon dependa entlrely upon
voluntary itifts for its sup|>ort.
.4 JiOf.vr SISAl HOSPITAL StFYTlSO.
The patrons and membera of the Mount Slnal Hoa?
pltal. l..x:ngton-ave. and _?, BlBliBt. anaT^BBBBJ
thelr annual meetlng at H a. m. on Bunday M tho
dlspensary bulldlng, No. 149 Eaat Slxty-^venth-et,
V prealdent I* tl BB elected in place *******
Hlum. a vlce-presldent la ptaea * l**9 Xg**
nnd a treaaurer n place of B. Aalel. bive aire. .ora
a?e to ba ohoBen to serve four yeara and wo to
serve a year. Heveral axm-nd _enta w the UyUWB
ara to be voted on.