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t The Cubic Scheme lit tliu I.cglilitturc.
H 8ocllon7ofolnptor'.H:2of tholiusot 188.
H provides tlmt tliu local nutlioillles of n city
H to whom application Is mado for consent to
the coiieti uetlon of a sltout uillroail may at
1 their option prm-Ido for the solo of tho finn-
H clilso to build mid maintain Mich railroad,
H and may soli tint stud at public auction.
H This contemplatec, of course, a wilo to tho
H highest bidder tin) perion or curpoi J Ion
H who will pay tliu city tho highest prlcu fur
H tho franchise.
H It It was to bo aiuntidod at ull, It should
m havo boeu made niiitilatory Instead of merely
H permUsive. Tim Leglalntuio should i-ay to
H the nuthmltles of tho city Hint thuy mutt
H provide for a mIo of tho finuchlso to tho
B highest bidder.
H Iu place of bitch a change, however, w lint
H la proposed ?
H Alawcommnndliua halo, not to tho high-
H est blddiir for tlio fianchise, but to tho bld-
H dor who will cairy passengers foi tho lowest
H ratn of faro I
B A bill having this i.'ITect has boon pnssi'd
H by tho State St'iiato. If It become- a law, it
H will k'vo tho Cubic Company tho fiaiiclilso
B thoy Bi-i'lt without any payment, to tho city
H boyotid tho porui'iilno of their kiohs n;-
H colpta, which, uiitlor tlio rxlstlui; ntituto,
B such corporatloiid oro reciuliod to pay into
B tho city troasuiy.
B Nobody can doubt that tho franchise is
m worth a great deal mora thnn this.
B Tho provision for irlvlntr it to tlio bidder
B who will clinrffo tho lowest tates of faro wus
B advocated in the Hlnto Sonata on His ground
B that it was peculiarly boneflclal to tho poor
B workinman. Nonsuiisol Low rates of faro
could bo provided for just as well as a mn-
H dltion for glviruj any consent at all, and tho
B franchlso could also be sold to tho highest
1 bidder, thus adding to tho rovenuo of tho
m oltyaud decreasing tho taxes which burden
V the poor worklngmau, wliother ho pays them
H directly or not.
H Such a grant, if given at all, ought only to
H be given to those who will pay the city
H the largest consideration for it. Tho bill
H which has just passed tho Htato Sonato
H Booms designed to glvo it to tho existing
H Oablo Company for tho smallest possible cou-
ideratlon. If the Assombly does not stamp
H on this project tho Governor will doubtless
H put his foot on it.
H Mr. Cbainberlniu's Revolt.
H Tho doubts which have been frequently
H expressed with regard to Mr. Chahbeb-
H lain'b adhesion to Mr. Gladstone's Irish
H programme are unhappily now Justlflod.
The most prominent leader of the Itadlcal
Motion of the Liberal party has resigned for
I the reason, according to hli nownpaper
, organ, the London Chronicle, that he cannot
assent to a revival of the Irish Parliament,
or to the expropriation of Irish landlords at
the cost of large additions to the national
debt. We liavo no grounds for supposlug
that the resignation will be withdrawn, since
It Is based upon objections to a policy
from which the Premier seems de
termined not to sworvo. That Mr. O. O.
TrtEVEiiTAN has also decided to dosort tho
Ministry for the same cause Is a fact of but
slight consequence, since he has owed tho
chance of testing his abilities in office to Mr.
Gladstone's partiality, and could not, in
opposition to liis patron, control a vote ex
cept his own. But Mr. Chamberlain had
nobody but himself to thank for the high
place he had attained, and therefore his de
fection at this crisis may woll be vlowcd with
some anxiety by tho friends of Iroland. Lot
us thon look somewhat closely at his politi
cal carotr, and try to moasuro tho effect of
tho regretted rupture betwoen tho Liberal
Prliuo Minister and liis Badlcal lieutenant.
We can beet estimate how much Mr.
' CnAMBEntAlN can do by defining precisely
what he Is. Evon his supportors would
doscrlbo him rather as an export politician
than as a large-minded statesman, Ho is a
man of shrewd devices and of dexterous ex
pedients rather than disinterested alms and
doop-rooted principles. By his firm grasp of
Birmingham, and by his rapid extension of
the caucus system over a multitude of elec
tion districts In tho noith, ho has provod
himself tho most accomplished organizer
and wirepuller in Great Biitalu. When tho
hut election closed, ho could feel reasonably
assured of controlling by his porsonul voli
tion a Inrgor following iu (he House of Com
mons than any man in publlo life except
Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Pahnkll. But his
lnfluenco rostod on foundations much moro
precarious than thoseof tliu authority curled
by either of the men Just named. Id tho
astonishing ascendancy possessed by both of
' those gi eat leaders there Is a moral as well
as a meehanlcaleloment, the vitalizing power
of profound convictions and high purposes
4 as woll as organizing skill. Iu them political
adroitness It. tho useful and submissive ser.
vact, not the smug substitute of statesmnn
chip, Tho artifices and rosouices of the Par
liamentary tactician, in which they are uo
less proficient than Mr. Ciiamdliilin him
solf, aro in tbolr hands saciod to tho fui-then-.nco
of a humane and ilghteous cause.
In any contest I hey would provo more than
n match for Mr.CiiAiWFltLAl.H In tho ma
noeuvres of strateglo and foronslo fence, but
upon the prosent Isuo of Justice and bom f.
cenco to Iieland, it is tho swuuluf Great
linart that they wiold.
Mr. OiuMnniiLUN hadnoer been Identi
fied with a popular measure of capital Im
portance until, during tho last canvass, ho
borrowed for electioneering effect from Mr.
Iliivnv Gfoiuib and Mr. Mich.ul DAVirr
tlio 6clnnno of land municipalization, which,
In Its application to tho rural districts, wan
transformed luto the tempting proffer of
threo acres and a cow. Hut It Is now plain
enough that the millionaire mnnuf.ictuier
could have cared nothing about tho ngja
rlan loform lie advocatod, that ho put it
foi ward as a mero decoy, for ho would other
wlooackuuwiodge that apiiuviplo sound iu
Eaglaud must be sound in IreUud (oo, and
that tho quickest aud suioat way of com
pelling tho 8tato,'or any municipal frac
tion of It. to ondow with homes tlio
landless utlsaas ami Ittu bands ot I
England Is to deal first with a raoro crying
grlovanco and establish tho prccedontof a
Rtatc-creatcd peasant proprietary In Ireland.
Mr. CirAMimnLAitf may bellovo himself to
have evinced sagacity In basing his resigna
tion primarily, not on Ids aversion to homo
rule, which tho mosses of tho TlngllBli people
could not bo provallud upon to share, but on
unwillingness to sanction a new publlo loan
which, if Incurred at all, should rather such
Is tho mischievous deduction ho means his
followers to make be applied to relieving
tlio necessities of tho English poor. Vet
tho truth Is that for tho propouudcr of
land municipalization lit l'.ugland to
airay. hlmnolf against laud nationaliza
tion Iu Ireland will ptovo either a
fulllo or a wlckort act. Its wickedness
will soon bo pulent If Mr. Ciiajiiiuui.aim suc
ceeds Iu rekindling race Jealousies and ran
cold by perxuadiug Biltish workmen that
tliu money given to one kingdom wilt bo
loat to tho oilier. But wo bollove that tho
attempt to iullnmi) tho English proletariat
agulust its comradu iu mlsfoi tune, tlio Irish
peasantry, is dostlnod to swift discomfiture
Mr. I'aiindm, ami Mr. DAVirr should find it
easy to lay liaiu Mr. Ciiasiiiiuilain's lusln
on It y ami Inconsistency, and tho tailors of
tliu loom aud of tho plough w 111 Ihi convinced
by Mr.Gi.AD-jiu.Ni: that tho man who phi Inks
not fiom redieislug ut tlio public ooht tho
wioiigs endurol for ecu tin lee by Irlslimen
may bo tiuslcd not to oveilook tho needs
and lights of his own uouiitiymnn.
Tho To nine of Oflice.
When after two yi nrs of iiuploasuut ex
perieneo tliu Itepulilieii' 'i found ANlMtltw
JtillNsDN lulinctublo In his ileteimlimttou to
m'I up u peiHonal policy at-Iilo their putty
lines, their llifet can) was to luko thoofllces
and publlo pitlionngo, as far is possible, out
of hl hands.
Hie piisnd the CM1 Tenuio act In 1?D7,
which, for the find time In tho hLlory of tho
Giivoiumetit, assumed to uoufor upon tho
Senate ixpnit of tho exccutlu power, such
us tin) Constitution uevei coi'Leinplaled. Thn
President's ha'id9 woio miuiiiuled, so lliat ho
could no1. iciuuoofik'Li, liottoxertmwoilhy,
without, the consent of the Sciintn
In lbC3, when Gen. Gnvsx ln'camo Piesl
dint, au attempt was tuado to repeal tho
hli but tho Itepublicaus would not trust
their o n chosen chief absolutely, and would
not pait with the power acquiied tluough a
pin tlran law, which had been, and Htill Is,
challenged as unconstitutional. They would
only consent to an amendment by which tho
Piesldont might siupi ml any civil officer In
his discretion.
This concession touilu d tho marrow of tho
disputed authoiity, and was virtually an ad
mission that tho original act went beyond
any rightful power ot tho Senate. It wuuld
novel' have boen mailo but for fear of a col
lision with Gen. Gkant, who was theu Im
mensely popular. Whuu ho subsequently
recommended tho total repeal of these laws
In his first regular message, tho Senate
turnod a doaf ear to tho proposition.
The debate on tho amended act brought
out tho best ability on both skies, not only as
to where tlio power of removal was lodged,
but as to tho political aspects of tlio ques
tion. Ou tho latter point Mr. SuniiM n said :
" I believe that all the la.llnirolUcreof tliii Ooreru
ment ounlit to be In harmony with the political aentlment
ot the tnitjorltjr. and lhat ul though tho doctrlno of (lorer.
nor Miner wsi rather too b!untl7 elated In hie expres
sion that ' to the Tlctore belong the apolla.' 7t Id actual
practice. In theory, and In fact, no Admlnlitratlon of
thle Government ever did or ever will ect without
practically acting upon the role that to the aucceiefol
party belong the great oOleea of the Government 41
may not be according to the theoretical codeeof mc
ralltj and public policy which tho FeJerallata talked of
wben the Deoiooratl were in power, an4 which the
Detnooratit. party tallied ofwhun the Federalleta were
In power, lut mil It la a rule of preclloal admluUtratlon
which will alwati be applied In a republican form of
government."
This Is sound doctrine, and entlroly appli
cable to a Government In which one party or
the other, for tho time being, should control
its political action. It Is right that the party
In the majority, and rcprcsontlng the will of
tho poople expressed at tho ballot box, should
chooso its agents to administer tho groat
trusts for which It Is responsible.
As individuals men assert this practice In
all tho vocations of llfo. Thoro Is hardly an
exception to it in any sphero of human ac
tion. W'.nt Is government but an aggrega
tion of individual oxporlonce? During their
long possession of powor the Republicans
oonvorted tho o Ml cos Into partisan agencies,
and utilized tho public patronage to exclude
the Democrats and kcop them down.
Their abuses were Innumerable, and thoy
were flagrant and demoralizing on the civil
service. But thoy furnLsh no reason why
tho long proscribed Domocruts should bo still
luruier proscriooa irom suaung in cue con
duct of the Government, or why Republican
Incumbents who woro appointed as n reward
for party work should bo continued In office
and preferred to deserving Democrats. Re
form Is to bo achieved by removing tho bad
Republican elements aud roplaclng them
with good Democrats.
Mr. SitRiiMAN, when Secretary of the Treas
ury, carried this doctrine muchboyoud the
lines laid down In his speech. Ha was ono
ot the chief managers ot tho Groat Traud,
and may bo described as the directing mind
of that unequalled conspiracy. Uo rewarded
the iustiumeiils employed In Louisiana,
South Carolina, and Florida with valuable
offices, beginning with the Returning Boards
and going down through the column of
thieves, foigers, perjurers, ballot-box, stuff
ers, and miscellaneous criminals.
Mr. Edmunds aud other Republican Sen
ators, who aro now mailing war on the Pres
ident under protenco of purifying tho publlo
service by stern inquiry luto hli appoint
ments, novor uttorod a murmur against tho
villains who bad stolon tho votes of Louisi
ana aud Florida. Til. cbargoj against thoin
woro dismissed complacently by tho vory
Sonators who liavo now becomo euddculy
virtuous and rigid In their exactions.
Tho depaitmeuts at Washington and tho
Custom House". Post Ofllces, mluts. and land
ufllccs still hold hundreds of tlio vllocieat
ui es who were put In place by Mr. Hnun
max iu 1877, and they make merry at tlio ox
ponso of woitliy aud honest Demom.tts, who
neio loyal to their principles during tho
long proscilptlon and persecution to which
thuy woio subjoctcd.
IiiimiaTiiuU We Do tint Want.
According to the oensus of 1BS0, tho num
ber of our iiiiono bom iu tho Union
was 65,G5, or one to overy 6C2 of tho
intlro natlvo population, whllo tho num
ber of foreign Lit tla wus 20,3 in, or ono
to overy 251 of tho foroign population.
In the Htato of Now Yoik there wero
7.7W insauo natlcs, or ono to every 1U7 of
the native population, and 6,3-21 forolgn-boru
Insane, or ono to oveiy 192 of the foreign
population. In that year 21,745 native and
31,312 foreign born paupers woto in tho poor
hou' and almshouses of this State, the pro
portion being ono natlvo pauper to every 170
of the native population, and one forclgu
pauper to overy 35 of the foreign born.
Those suggestive statistics wera made tho
hails of amport presented to the National
Conference ot Charities ana Oorrectioa, held
at Washington last June, by Dr. Chablss 8.
Horrof ourBtote Board of Charities, and
I bom tb,om, the conclusion, w drawn that
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Cong roes should mora strictly guard foroign
Immigration, with a tIow to preventing
the shipment to our Bhorcs of the
rcfuso population of othor countries.
It Is truo that In 1883 an act was
passed requiring an examination into tho
condition of foreign passengers arriving at
our ports, nnd tho return, at tho expeuso of
tho vessels bringing them, ot convicts, luna
tics, and other persons unablo to tako caro
of themselves, and who aro likely to booorno
a charge upon tho public. But, as a matter
of tact, few aro bo discovered aud returned,
and probably only a small part of those,
against whom tlio law was directed, for tho
statistics of penal and eharltablo Institutions
show that tho proportion of foreign-born
Inmate Is rapidly Increasing.
Tho reason tor this is tint tho law cannot
bo properly enforced with tho prosent num
ber of examiners. Dr. Hallock said, for
Instance, in tho debate on tho roport, that ho
was examining physician for ono year at
Oistlo Garden, and during that time 200,000
persons passed under his bunds. Of courso
ho was unablo to sciullulzo thoroughly bo
great a number and to find out their physi
cal uud mental condition or their capacity to
take caro of thonisolves. Tlio ln&ane, es
pecially, aro oftentimes very hard to dotect,
and tho fatntllns and communities who ship
lunatics to u, knowing our law, would tako
pains to send only those whoso infirmity wus
not too apparent.
Dr. IIijyt, theiefoie, mado tho suggestion,
and It Is ono well worth hooding, Hint our
consuls and commercial agouts abioad bo
elia'ged with the duty of examining Intend
ing einlginnbs iindglvlugcertlllcatps to thoso
lit to bo received. As ouoof tho iinforcnco
remarked, the majority of these officers luivo
not too liiuo'i to do, and, Indeed, many ot
themniea' a lois how to kill time, so that
the newdu'y Imposed on them would not bo
buidonsome. J llos, thoy must know, or
they ought to bo nblo to llud out, moro ubout
Hid antecedents of those piopoing to emi
grate thnn an eainltierliuio can dlsouver.
Tho evil Is sei lous, and wo shtll bo getting
moro and moio of Iheeo ciirulnals uud In
capibles unions wo tuko efficient menus to
keep them out, since tho tendency Is for tho
stiong to eiulgi.tte flist and for tho weak to
come later. Our public and pilv.ita pro
visions for charitable support also encourngo
such Immigration, ntid of thoso immlgiauls
whocomo hither from Italy and fiom Cauada,
for Instance, with tho Intention of lomalulng
only until tluy liavo secured a compoteuco
with which to totuiu, tlio cilmluiil, tho dis
abled, and tho lazy aio loft on our hands.
The New Torpedo Ilonte.
In tho bill for strengthening tho navy, ro
ccntly Introduced by the House Naval Com
mittee, ono clause loads us follows:
"Four firlt claie torpedo boats, coitinff In the ngirra.
gate not more than S frio lW, for which purpoio tho emu
of fJO IK, or en niuoli thereof ae may be ueceieary, !
hereby appropriated."
Tho bill as a whole contemplates vory largo
expenditures, something Uko fifteen millions,
wo believe. Somoof its provisions will not
pass unchallenged for cxamplo, tho ono
which proposes to complete tho double
turret monitors at a coat of $3,000,000. But,
without uow (going Into tlio merits of tho
measuro as u whole, tho provision of it Just
quoted will give the country, nta total cost
of $100,000, four first-class torpodo boats of
great auxiliary value in tho dofenco of four
great harbors. Ono blow from such a craft
might send to tho bottom an Ironclad that
bad cost flvo million dollars.
Rear Admiral Fuesiantle, in a recent
summary of the number of torpodo boats
built and building up to January, 18SC, found
that Great Britain had 130; Franoe, 107; Ger
many, 07; Russia, 133; Italy, 70; Tutkoy, 5;
Austria, 38. To these we may add Holland's
20, the 20 also of Greece, and the 10 of Den
maiic It is true that some of these craft
are small, but England has 01 of tho first
class; France, 57; Germany, 59; Italy,
47; Austria, 80. Compare this recoid with
that of our own country, as given In tho
report with which the House Naval Commit
too accompanies Its bill. It means that tho
United States Government " has not now a
single torpodo boat aud docs not own one
auto-mobile torpedo." At this tlmo Franco
Is constructing no fewer than thirteen tor
pedo boats. Holland is building throe largo
ones. And besides the torpedo boats proper
we might consider tho class of torpedo
cruisers, costing two or three times as much.
Ot these the construction of one Is provided
for In the Houso bill.
But whether tho torpodo cruiser be author
ized or not, Congress should begin the build
ing of torpodo boats. Ic la not nocossary to
magnify tholr possibilities, or to exaggerate
tho part they can play In harbor defence,
Thoy cannot tako tho place of a system of forts
and ot fixed defences. Thoy liavo only an
auxiliary work to perform. This work, how
over, thoy can do, and ono great recommen
dation In their favor Is the rapidity with
which they can bo constructed. Probably all
four of tho vosscls of this class now uudor
consideration could be completed, If requited,
in six or eight mouths from the signing of
tho contracts.
An officer of tho Knights of Labor deliv
ered an address on Sunday In Boston before
the evangelical mlnlstori of that town, and at
tlielr request, on "The Knights of Labor and
tho Labor Question." Tho speaker contrasted
the former indifference of the ehurcbos to the
subject with their present attitude ot attention
and Interest He might have added that It U a
most hopeful ilgn for labor and for religion to
see an awakonlag in these churches to the Im
portance and the substantial justice ot the de
mand ot labor. It has been too much the
tendency of Protestantism, In particular, to
gravitate away from the lives and the hopes of
poor and humble men and to became a luxury
of the few. If It now shares and sympathizes
In the generous struggle ot combining labor to
better the condition of all who work, if it does
sot iliow Itself cureless or hostile In that greut
struggle, it has a golden opportunity to win
back many whom It has alienated, and to show
once moro that Christianity Is no spirit ot lux
urious form aud contracted sympathy, but a
spirit ot mercy aud ot brotherhood.
Tho statement that bicycles weio to be
aubstltuted for cavalry borbos In some military
operations was at first not unnaturally treated
as a joke by most poople. Yet In the recent
manoeuvres of the Austrian army scouts
mounted on bicycles and tricycles outdid cav
alry In ondurance. and now the cycle Is for
mally adopted In the Austrian military estab
lishment. Another contrivance now In full mil
itary use Is the balloon, which Is adopted in
nearly all European armies, while In Germany
the aeronauilo corps Is combined with the rail
way brigade. Pigeons, too, hne become parti
of the military force la Germany aud France,
and to a less extent In lluesla, Italy,
Spain, and Portugal, In the two first named
countries privato homing clubs train birds to
supplomont the military lofts; and It isobrlous
tbatpieeon posts mar be very u.oful whore
communication by telegraph or signal la In
terrupted, Finally, according to the Tfanovrr
an ttmrirr, dogs are kopt In the yard ot the
barracks at Ooslar te be trained for military
purposes. The commander of the Fourth
Army Corps has ordered similar experiments
In other garrison towns; and wbeneufflcleotlr
drilled and set up, theee four-ieggod recruits
are expected to accompany sentries on their
beats, and BOMiblr to perform a service aai
ogous to that ol the gees whose cackling
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Ceiasreaeaaaii BIIm Knaka Oat at Retllcereat
tlaller wllh m. Mnile Hlvr.
WAflnrjjoTos, March 17. Shortly teforo
tho House adjourned yesterday some excite
ment was occasioned In tho corridors by a
pufflllstlo exhibition. In which tho participants
were llupreioutatlvo 1)1 Ins of Brooklyn and.
Jesse Carman, son of Can, Carman, formerly of
tho Bureau ot Agriculture, In whloh Carman
was knocked out In tho first round. Toung
Carman Is not unknown In Brooklyn. HUfathor
woe In the roal state, business on FlatDush ave
nue, and the winter before last figured In Wash
ington as the. agent oiruoso property owners who
wanted the old Dutch Church ground selected
as thn alio for tho Federal building, ltecently
rurmin'l tian.n tins h.An MAMtlnnail In Wnnk.
teuton as one of thn sorehead who aro en
dent orlng to defeat the appropriation for ad
ditional ground for the Federal building, and
It was freely aBrted teat he had ben apply
ing strong eiiltliets to Mr, Bliss. The Con
trrnuiaii roplled In language quite an ttrong.
'1 he son liearil of thl, nnd yesterday nfinrnonn
out In his card to thn Brooklyn member. Mr.
lllls" came out and met d r man In tho lobby.
Carman opened tlio Intortlew by asking If It
worn truo that .Mr. Illli-s had mndo certain ro
flctlnns on his (Carman') father, and, receiv
ing n reply in the alllrmntlvo. mndo n lungn for
the honorable mnintier'n none. But Mr. lilies
was a llttlo too quick. Ho struck out from the
shoulder, and Sir. Carman. Jr., fell to thn floor
with blood flowing Iroely from n very much
dnmnged nasal organ. The dnorknet ers lifted
Ciirman to his feet and advised him to no
home, which he did aftnr threatening to squnro
thn account with tho llrooklyn membnr with
a Utile enid lead. Mr. Bliss returned tuhls seat
In thn House.
The affair has canendngood dnl nf talk in
town, but mery ono soems to nureo that tho
voungmiin resulted nlmiily what bodcsorvod.
Mr. Bliss bus uo explanations to mako.
xi:ir xoitK'.i aa row..
Their Ilelnllnn tit tk .'National Drraocrner.
from Ihr (lnlrttl',n DM) A'tirt.
TiiESuvsnyH! "Tho Democrat v. ho Is now
mnet fi e'luently tneullnprd aa likely to be tiotulliateil In
ISSSlpMr Carlisle, ninl thtre are rvalottl for euppotinff
that liewnulil mikua ilrmi rnnJIJnte. At any rate, It
llecouMcarr) tlie Mule nf New Vork tllere nuuld tie
lerylltlld tlillliulty about elrctlng lilim tut that la a
Question hkh mar give ui paune."
Of coursn It "mnr glvo ui pnuie." This Is
tho siinin old cry that has been dinned In the
vnxud eari of Urn Deinoerney. Noi lb anil South.
r since thiieniii IuhIoii of the clll war. Tho
Deinoerallo p.iuy has been prontituted quad
rennlaliy to the solitary Impo of carrying Ntr
Yoik. Tho thfity-six nlm-toral otns ot Now
lork h iu bi..u painted on a Muck flag nnd
watnd pnrd'tutilty In Irani of the Democratic
parly. And tut. whllo tho Dnmncraln subordi
nate (Unrvthtng to thn carrying of New Vork,
oven to tliu tiMetit of nci'optlnc a Now York
made platfoi in and Now York eardldatos, tlio
Itepulilicins Inuo carried tliu State at three
Presidential uleclloiiH out nf six since tho
binnklng out ot the cKII war. and eurrlod It
with Western candidates for President.
riiiimoHa tho Democracy hud courted the West
an uestiluouRly as ihey have courted Now York
for the past twenty veurx. Does any person
bollie.o that Indiana, Illinois. Ohio. Wisconsin,
Michigan. Colorado. Nevada, Olegon, aud Cali
fornia would not now tie Democratic, thus clv-
Ingthe Democrats, with the aid of thoHouth,
tho prnsuinntito hold on thn 1'rusldcncy I In
catering to the peculiar opinions and devour
ing iirroirnnee of New York, the Democrats
offend the West ami South without absolutely
Insuring thumanlw In New York. Is thiswise
"politics." aeltiiic aside for n moment the
principle at stake? Michigan, Wisconsin, and
California only otod lor Dlnluu by narrow
plmalitles tho lust timo, and therols not much
doubt entertained that eanh will go Demo
cratic next time. With a Western candidate,
or a candidate In sympathy with Western Idoiu.
Ohio, Illtnute. and men Iowa would be debata
ble ground, while Indiana. Wisconsin. Michi
gan, California, Nevada, Colorado, and Oregon
would lie reasonably sate for the Democrat.
The Hits-. In tho oxtract quotod nbove. Is
working Its old tootles. Ir pays Mr. Carlisle a
comullmont, and thon shakos the thirty-six
electoral votes of New York In front nf the De
mocracy. It Is about time that the Democracy
of the South and Wust should assert their
manhood and decline being blackmailed by
Now York. The Da moo rats should read a los
son trora thn oxpnrlenco of the llepubllcans.
As long as the Republicans nominated West
ern candidates for the Presldenoy they wero
successful. The ilrst time they nominated an
Kustern candidate, they were defeated. The
Democrntlo idea, according to JelTeraon, Is ac
ceptance of the will of the majority. The ma
jority of the Demooratla party Is In the South
and west, and the Ideas of tho South and West
should govern the party, even at the necessity
of snubbing the arrogance of New York.
What ka 'Would Have Tried.
To the Editoh of Tire Brm Sir: Had
I been In command of the Oregon wben It was
npparont that the vessel would fill if the Influx
wero not ehecked, and when there was no
longer any hope ot beaching her. I would have
proceeded as follows:
I would bave passed three or more chain
cables or hawsers, oi both, over her bows and
secured thorn like a belt about her waist where
she was injured. Then I would have taken tho
heaviest and largest hatch in the vessel, and I
would have passed It ovor her side between the
cables and her platos, forcing it down until the
suotion into her hold caused it to adhere to her
Immovably, like a patch.
If thiB did not reduce the Influx to a point at
which her poworfui pumps could keep It under
oontrol, which I believe It would, I should bave
passed a dozen or twenty ropes over ber bow,
keel hauled them back to tho damaged spot,
strung balos ot the woollen goods In her cargo
on them, and dragged them under until they
wore sucked In and the hole stopped effectually.
I don't think there is any great Ingenuity in
this Idea, but there has not boen any evidence
adduced to show that any really Intelligent
effort was mado to savo the vessel. So far as
the olrcumstances bavo been yet recorded, it
Impresses me as the most amazing example of
a blind aequlosconoe In a decreo ot fate.
Capt. Cottier says it was an "aot of God;"
but any Yankee skipper would have said, "Yes,
an act ot Ood, no doubt, but tbors's no eternal
law about not keeping this water out I"
Cakj Cod.
Clevulanu'e JIuraeekoe Still Sklulog-.
From Hit HiiffJlo Timet.
President Cleveland's good luck does not
desert litre. He le rfilnir trluii)iliaully abof e the Senate
The fierce partlian tattle wlilih that loj)' li waxing
aiialriit the AiluilnUtratloa has rallied the Democracy
around the I'reallent. The conteit came at a bleieluir
In Jiiiuiie to Mr. Cleveland and the whole Democratic
party. The Treeldent aud the paityhure not had tlie
belt of an undemanding elnce till Inauguration. He
haa been ilow In meeting the demand! of his nollUcal
adherent!.
The effect of the Senate's attack upon "resident dire,
laud hai Leon to harmonUe Ilia differences ealiilug In
the Demoorallo ranks. It has brought the Treeldent
aud his party otoser together, and the final result will
he to place the Democracy In proper condition for the
great campaign of IBtts,
eaator Wallaoa fur (ioyernur of Pennesl.
vunlii.
rrom Ihf MtaJriyhla rrcn.
WAsniNOTof, March 10. The Democratic
Concrt'i'lonal delegation, Wm I. ocoti not Included,
according lo one of Its leading members, Is In faror of
the nomination of Senator Wallace for Oovtrnor If he
can be Induced to accept the p'uee. If not, the majority
nil! try toforco au agreement on Hucknler, The belt
Information from the Mate litre li that the Adminitra.
tlon Ulue originator of the Idea, and that the Randall
forces have fallen in behind In acoiilltlon rer little
better than that of armed neutrality, Ihe Administra
tion men fai or Mr, Wallace because Ibey would rather
have hhu than Chauucey Slack.
Ituscoe Conkllna'a One liujioer.
Vom the Itoiton Herald.
ltoacoetConkllng is not only averse, profes
sedly, to the proposition that ha shall enter the snuggle
for Warner Miller's place, he goes further In his show if
stubbornness be absolutely refutes to reenter pollllva
stall. Within as manydaya three personal, Intimate
friends hart told roe that he has now no olhrr purpose
lit llfo than to gain a competence against old age. It has
been truly said that he was ruined through eiidorssnirnts
of lbs uotes of a friend, but, to understand Ins prescut
situation It should be known that when he resigned his
aeutlu Washington he had to borrow fJ2 with which to
come on to New Vork, at least so he sal I to his fricadi at
thellme, Todaj ft Isaaid that theSeuatecouimlttee in
veitlgatlng Jake Sharp pa s hhn f V) a day, aud he hlne
etlf has aunoanced that he is making f IOJ,000 a year
Vnrcaeaaakla C.'asilalaia.
"Dan," said the President, "I understand
tost some of Hie guests last night coomlalaed of a lack
of Jet eraoalaa simplicity,''
" I don't sea why they sheuld," replied Pin. "I left
a two gatloa Jug of it tn the gentlemen's dressing room."
Oea, Geo. . Bheridan protvoaoees a eulogy
ea Oea. Oraat at the Academy of Music to-Blght, eu
Behalf at Lafayette Test, Me. 10, for tk hsnml ot the
amWlbijTua
H59 ct.Brxt.Aim oit Kncstna BMKBS.
he Sac !ot Apprets at lay atrasa Whltls
Bkewi ika lioet Tka (lappa Mesa,
Boston, March 17. An Indignant lady, In
reply to the criticisms of Miss Cleveland's dd
collottd costume at the White House evening
receptions made by certain special correspond
ents in Washington, hns taken up the cudeola
in behalf of the President's sister. In tho
Trantcr.pl to-day she quotes as follows from n
letter written by Miss Cleveland to a friend who
was indignant at tho printed commonts:
lam very glad you havs sunken tome about this mat
ter, for It gives me an opportunity to say to yen, and
Ibmugh yoa, perhaps, to others, what I have long
wished but have had no opportunity to lay. The news,
papers' statement with regard to my "Immodest dress"
and Its Influence la enooaraglng "shocking scarcity of
waists and sleeves" In other woimn'e dress has keen
sent me several times, with accniiipanylug comments,
but alware annnyinuusly, so that I havs been
nnable to reply, had I deemed the animus of
the communication hontit enough to Justify an
honest response. That haa not always been the
ewe, hut to-day I received a not from a person who
speaks of himself as an aged cterg)msn, who slgus his
full name to the communication and seems to be
genuinely concerned aud friendly, although 1 scarcely
can reconcile the "true Interest and true relpi-ct"
wliioh fie hae given apparently to the statement wh eh
forms the occasion ot bl pretest. 1 should lnrdly feel
truelntere.t or ttue respect for a tenon wh.m I be.
Ileved to be doing what the newspaper slin repre.
senta me to be doing t. r using ihe brief prom
inence f my tm.ltinn to enrnurage Imblta In
drea nnd manners wlikh are euhveistte of ' whatso
e'er thing era purr, lovrly, honest, and of gi.od ripnrl "
Plictl I b Ifeietlilliimndeft ilress nf enmt- f-u society
women Iu b-, anil agamt such InuiiodeDtv 1 bate made
that sllfie tirntrit which It Is ever woman's rlitlit nud
duty to make, by having hit own dreee watsla cut in a
Itvle which, so far ns itmileetr Is cim.i-riitit, 1 elmuld bo
nulla willing t't have all women to whom thlsslyleof
dreis la bi cu nil g anil reiiifortabla folluw,
1 aprmr of evetili gilreos w tilth shous thenrck and
arms I do not npprnie of am ilres which shown the
but. Hvtuecn the net k and bust there is a line alwaa
Jstsaa al uteris sail II la aa alaa tn tlaak atan. f elliilniia
siii-lety w entail ho lo the anatomist 111 la line heed heter
be paeeed and afaelilouaiile womnu'e low ucia. evening
dries need uevi r be lininoiuet. It it Is s t it Is because
she prefers it tn lie po
It Is wholly false, so far aa I have nbet-nt-it, that a
"shocking scarcity of waUte and eleeves mark Ills
gowns of eoclel women " This 1 sail) ami painfully
true of a few "eocietv women," and it Is ititte-il eli'ii-k.
Ing, nntMi-ntlng. revolting, and de.ervtng nf the utilin-t
denunciation on tliu piore nf morality. I eniny, ht-attli,
and utanv other cohsidiTtttlniil which good men
and women should coneplre to preai rve and
eanct. There le heed or a very feu wi rds
on thle subject and no argument. Any Am rhuil
worn-til cuit sis- the waftt of liereening dn-ip to
thn lubes nf her ear If ilie IIKea There in no iiiKrii to
liininiand her app itrance In 1 iw tor itr". She can also,
alasl socontrOi-lierdreeetliat.hr l lie exposure of iter
person, nil true social ethics, and ttsllietlcn as well arc
retolted. lieiwt-eii the twu there It on airo riale,
beautiful, and modest titeau, which all can, if they will,
follow.
Et.KCTlbU A1.IH.HUIX.
A Xllll tn hsve Then s koaea on n Grneral
Ticket-Olker Ilnli gs ut .alliunr.
Albany-, Muioh 17. In tho Boimto this
morning Mr. Daly introduced tho following bill:
There shall be elected at the next general election ill
New York illy lUteiu Aldermen on a general ticket and
from the entire cltv, intake otllce at noun on the Ural
Mon lay In January after the election, bii I to hold it one
)enr. The Hoard thus elected shall on the llrst Monday
In January 1SW7 constitute the Cummin Council The
Alitirn au who recene the largest umnber of votes
shall be I'rt-etilint ot tho Hoard,
Mr. MoMIIInn called up his resolution favor
ing the NYehnr bill for Federal uld tn tlio Krle
Canal. Ho accepted the amendment offered by
Mr. Vedder that an long as tho Statu maintains
It the Erie Canal shall be fri-e. In-tnd of Pledg
ing the Utatn. au In the original resolution, to
maintain the canal forever free.
Mr. Comhtock fT)red nn amendment which
firnvldes tlmt tho Federal Government shall ro
rnburee tin. Btntn for all cost and uxpentto on
account of tho Improvement eontemnlnted by
the Weber bill. This vtas adopted, and Mr. Mc
Millan's, resolution ns amnndod wns panned.
The House dleouHaed at length Mr. McCann's
bill to eMabllHh a btato printing bureau In Al
bany. Mr. Iwln offered a substitute which
takes the power of appointing the (Superin
tendent of the Printing bureau from tlio Gov
ernor, and provides for tho designation nt that
olTlolnl by the Legislature In joint bnllnt. the
person thun appointed to hold tho ufllee until
1889. and the term of -ofllco thereafter to be
three years: nil vacancies Iu thn otllce to be
filled by the President pro tern, of the Senate
nnd the Speaker nf the House. The subsiituto
was adopted. Tho bill went to a third reading,
OVKB LOUIS CALJBttllll'S DUAT1I.
Inlerestlast Illel'iry af ike Proprietor or
Dakr'i llolal la lleboken.
Duke Louis Calabrltti died lu Hoboken
yesterday morning of pneumonia. lie wits
born In 1818. and ho Is said to have succeeded
to a very large estate in Italy. Soon after bis
father died he became a conspirator against
the Government and the object ot suspicion to
the detectives. When Garibaldi raised his band
of patriots Calabritti was one of the first to join
him. Whllo he was In this army his estato
was confiscated by the Government, and he wan
left nearly pennllexs. At the olose of the war
he was foreed to fly to England for safety. It
Is said that while there he married the daugh
ter of a widowed Countess, but that this union
was not happy.
After several years had elapsod. friends In
Italy succeeded In having the estate revert tn
the eldest of the Duke's two boys. The edict
whloh banished him from his oountry still re
mained, and be came to this country In 1858.
and. being compelled to work, ncoepted em
ployment In the Ilunke Hotel in Hoboken. The
building Is directly in front of the ferry.
The Duke soon becarno manager of the estab
lishment, and at the d-atli ot tbeowier be bo
came the owner. He caused his name tn be
changed by the Legislature to Duke, and ho
called his hotel by that nam".
A few years ago, a friend said yesterday. Cal
abritti was recalled from exile, but he refiihod
to go. He said his wife and children had lelt
him to his fate for many years, and be bud
warmer friends In Hoboken than In Italy. He
will be hurled from Ut, Mary's Catbollo Church
on Sunday,
C3v, Hurray IXeala-na.
Bait Lake Citt. Murch 17. After President
Cleveland was Inaugurated (Jov, Hurray slgniJsd that
his rsslguatlon wus at tho disposal of tha President
whenever desired. Yesterday he received a telegram
from Secretar) Lainr.r that his resignation was dsifrcd,
Oov. Hurray prooiptly rspltcd, salng that his resigna
tion would be banded to the Presideut by H N. 8ak!n,
thu delegate chesetl by tits not) Hormone to proceed to
Washington to represent their interest!, Mr Uastn
wlU go to Washington Inimtliately. Oov. Itirray has
prepare I asyimtsl i f his work sfnee till last annual
report, closing it with Ids tcsiguatlon, and ulll send It
lo the "resident. Til Tribune ciue- "That there Is
deep regret amonr llin Oeutiies at tils sction of ths
President it Is useless lo deny. The; ftel lhat their
dearest wlsbssbnvs been disregarded, and they will
r.elthatwaj until tiieykno whole to eurc-ed Gov.
Murrsy. He may be eotne one as etalivart and true and
brave and clear eights 1 aa (,ov Muirry, He may be a
atfck, and the doubt e. Inch hat ks on the (Inference will
mnke di. quiet lu every loyal heart lu Utah uutll the
truth is known."
Can. Creok Awaiting Ceronlosos Surrender.
WAsniNOTojf. March 17. Information has
been receUsd at the War Pepurll lent from Men. Crook
which shows that the rtporls describing a meeting be
twaen Uen. Crook nn 1 tleroulmo on Ihe border, at which
Oertmitno absolutely rsfussd to lurrenderand afterward
fled to the lnotitil tin, were rnllrelt ftnaglnatUe. Oen.
t'rook save tin hss net seen luronlmo Muce tin right lu
Mexico which resulted In the death of t'alit Cranfor-l,
at which lime the Indians expressed a wltllnaueae to
uieeti.en i rook and gave hoetaves ae an eildenci, of
good faith. After Capt I'ratvforU'e death, l.lrut. Iaus,
who sucri id, d to the command, weiil to Han Ktriiau
dino, mlh border, to anall the arrlial of thelullstis
Since then four of the principal rinirade o!ilef arilted
at Ihe camp, and otlirsweiv expected to foil'.w. Geo.
Crook reporle I't a telegram irceitrd j.eterd) lhat lie
would soi it tun fr M.u Ilernnrdiuo to met; the Indi
ans aud ariauao for their surrsudrr.
Tka Stun wks true Currird Over Atagara,
MosTJtr tt., March 17. Prom the description
of the man who rsceull) naded into tho Mi,.-ara River
and was carried over the Falls, It HbslUvtd be was (Jus
taleXercler the absconding ledger keener nt tile Hank
National here Mercicr wt.i.1) warsof age, and hadu
wifeaud IwoLhit Iren llehad ben empln(ud b) the
bank f r fnuttre'i or fifteen yr irs 01 Hilary of fHin) per
annum lli'deteliatioit amoiinte in;) wt) lllmiielhod
was lo forge liie elgtihtitree of i ueti, liters to limits and
clieckH, aiirt kvt ncnUdeiate to draw ihe luouei after
he had ctrlUud tlirtn
Chillies I'luutls .tdiiiua at lluirmil,
BohTON, Mntchl7.-Charlos J'raucis Adams.
ir , last night addrrid n large audience of lliriard
sltidentt ul on the "I hances cf hutrre for College Men
In It illroiuliu., He thought that thui I Hoots mieied
iippiiiuinliiee .illicit cutnjmiel fciurably wiih tnu.B
aUuldrd b) the ilbtral J rife,lul,l.
Tka Freet.leul ICuasvs vskut Ike .Sminlc le
Dolus,
r'ltrt ft Chutrtmtl ru 'tire?
The debate growing out of ths oontrotorsy
between therietiate and the 1'rtnikiil has mala one fin
portaul disclosure not .-eneull) known lllstliutibe
President of the United Mates Is furnlihid with an
onlclal transcript of the proceed tigs which li.kej.lsce In
Hie rxttulUe or secret unions of ihe Senate, Every
vote of whh.li a record Is taken Is celtldtd to llm, a.il
his knowledge of the star chamber proceedings uro
thus as fully mads know n lu him u, if lie wen a number
ot the body.
Necessary la Good Uovci mm ut,
Mr. Cleveland-Did I understand you totay.
Mr, Evarts. lhat to a rspub'h-au form of ggvermiiert
Uka eurl parlies art uscauar) I
Mr, Evarta Ywi did, sir, most ludubltaWr
Mr. Clevsland-I am very glid lohearjnu aa It, Mr
Cvarta. Vour support In this matter gratlflosnis Boms
at tksse Jetfarsoalao simplicity Idiots, you know, think
ws'vs bitu (iruuj tee man sartlii at ths hit, ltvuis
WltmVKAOB FROM TBB OR BO OX.
JLteat Brawn Denleslka Blarr (kat tke Oregea
wai lank ky aa xplaatoa
Tho bark Peacomakcr, Capt.Closson, which
arrived from Dordoaux yesterday, roportod
that at 10 o'clock on Tuesday she passed
through a large quantity ot wreckago, such as
cases, barrols, mall bngs, llfo buoys, tables,
chairs, books, trunks, hand bags. Ao. The
quantity was such as to Indicate that some ot
the stuff had eomo to tho surface of the water
since the wrecking steamer Itosouo was on the
ground. The pilot boat Negus. No. 1, and the
brlgantlne Fidelia wore picking up tho wreck
age with small boats.
Vernon II. Brown, the acont of tho Cunard
Company, mild yesterday lhat he had cngngod
Merrltt's Wrecking Organization to look after
the wreck of the Oregon. A steamer will prob
ably go to tho scene ot tho disaster this morn
ing. At thn first favorable opportunity n diver j
will bo sent down to make n survey of tho
vessel. Until this Is done nnthing rnn be de
termined about raining the Oregon. Mr. Drown
has nn hope Hint the wreck will bn rained, but
something may bo done In gulling nut the
cargo. Whllo making the examination tlio
(Uniting wreckago such, as mail linen, trunks,
A"., will bn looked after. Din Miriiileos pub
lished In some ot the impers tlmt thedn-gun
was destroyed by dynnmllo instead ot by a
colllainn, made Mr. llronn indignant.
" If they will not believe, thn testimony of tho
oftlcnrs whosaw the ntlior esiel and describe,
her rig, what can be said to such peeplo Tho
story is utter nonenMi."
Chief Ofllcer Win. (I, Matthew, nnd Fourth
Oillenr Mi'Miilius lioth say poltloli that thuy
e tw tho vessel tlinttau Into the Oregon, nnd
that KliettiiR Kcliooiinr rigged. ThiMiunrtor
tnnMor who was In eliarce ot the wheel alco
Haul that he not on'y saw the voRael, but ho
liHiuit some linn cry nut on her. Fireman
Dully, one of the men who was lowered ouir
the Hide of thn Oreirun to rotuilr her wound.
said when iU"lloned tlmt tho edges of tlio
hole wvro turnod In. thus ehow IngcouclUolvuly
that tho forcu was applied without.
lu their Huari'h tor a foundation fur the re
port liuitditiauiili) had deelrojed the Oiet'on,
itwasNald be tlin-. who fuwnnd that theory
that Lieut. ,olliml:l, In prnetlnliig with his
dinauilti) gun at the Narrow, had llred a big
loaded hIihII Into tho lower bay which had not
been recovered. Thin, eulil Ihe ilyiniiuite ihoo
rlHls might liino been rolled ali.ng thu boltnui
nf thn buy and nut, to foa twenty mll houih
unstot Firn Inluiid light, where, b) liuiiio un
plnlned aceiileiil, It wna oiloded just as the
Oregon iiiHHod, rmd tho convulsion of thn
water knocked the hole In the hhit), vhilo tho
escaping gnB niiule the HiihIi.
if tho cabin iiahe-itigarn get any money from
thn Cuiiatd Compan) lot their peiHunal bug
gngo uhloh thoy Ifldi the) will hiiMi to rucner
It bv a Hull nt law. When Mr. liruwn wnsnskud
wliMlhnror not the company would mnke any
comproinlsH with the pnN-.engeis, ho said:
" Wo cannot admit iin liability on onr tnrt.
Tlie law Is pnrfuclly clear on the subject. by
should we pay th'iuxniiils of dollars which wo
urn neither legally nor morally bound to liny 1"
No notice of hid eult to reenter diimages for
io-t baggage win rnuohed at the cotnpiiny's
nllloe lUKtitriltD'. At tho ufllee of Mr. V.. D.
Morgan it was nald that no milt would be begun
to recover the Milan of the diamonds uud other
goods belonging to Mr. Morgan.
TboeiTortH to dlseoor the Identity of tho lost
schooner have b en unaviillitig. Tho utter ab
aonce of any trace of tlio wreck of thu kcIh onnr
has puzzlod a irood many people, aud wa the
origin, probably, of the itynamlto etory. A gen
tleman at the Maritime Exchango said that no
wreckdgo from the aeliooner had boen found
because, no ono had been near the wreck of thn
schooner. When tho collision occurred the
Bleamor waa running ut eighteen knots an
hour, and Luforn the Oregon luet headway tho
schooner was nt least two miles iintern. Then
the Oregon continued on her course, and when
Bbe hank she was many miles from the place
where tho schooner w out down. The w nolo at
tention ot everybody who haa been near the
wreck has been devoted to the Orecon. Tha
only thing llks.lv to float ftom the schooner
would be a fendoror the top or a deck house,
or a water barrel or a few gratings, or possibly
a small boat. Neither of these things could bo
sponnbnlta mile away, except by accldunt.
and the wind boa not been blowing lb u way
tb.i' would drift anything ashore.
When the Cunard Company first got the
Oregon away ftom the Onion lino they talked
of changing her name to Wemysia (a contrac
tion of We-miss-you). Teoplu at tho Maritime
Exchange yostHrday spuko of tho name as ap
propriate at this time.
While tlie Cunard Company owned tho con
trolling interest In the Oregon, there were
poople who held Oregon stock who wore not
fatoikboldnrs In ths Cunard Company. Tho
amount of these holdings is not known. The
Oregon was making her last trip to this port.
Shn was to go on tho Boston line In April.
The asven cases and one package of diamonds
saved from the Oregon and libelled for salvage
on Tuesday In the United States District Court
in this city by Capt. ltlngk aud Purser Kick of
the i ulda. were alo libelled by the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Company, which owns
the Fulda. yosterdav in tho Uuiud States Dis
trict Court In Trenton.
About thirty people, some ot whom had come
over from Europe In the lost Oregon, met In
Parlor A of the Morton House at 8 o'clock last
evening, and endeavored without success to
bit upon some plan for concerted action lu the
matter o! recovering personal property lot
when. the steamer went down. Mr. Hopkins
reported that be had seen Mr. Drown, the Cu
nard Company's ngent here, and had learned
from him that there would be a thorough In
vestigation by the Liverpool Board ot Trade.
Mr. Hopkins thought that until this was over
It was useless to take any steps toward recov
ering damages further than for each individual
to put in a formal nlaim. togetber with a de
tailed statement nf tho articles lost. This mot
the approval of the meeting, and the concerted
movement plau was abandoned.
Tka UaloHs fcakaua far Lcaalaa; Fraaaklsas.
In speaking ot the Cable Railway franchise
yestsrdsy, Mr. Grace said that his chief reason for op
posing ths grant of ths Aldermen was that uudsrit ths
city could gain no advantage from lbs growth of the
trsOc Incident to tha growth of ths city, nor would the
travelling publ.a ba bundled by the increaied profits
of the comi any. By leasing the franchise lo tha high
eat bidder the city woud ave all advautagea of the
growth of the city, ilu ssld further that when the
fran:lilse was leaeel a clauic could ba imerted In the
contract bj which liuder proper circuiuituucea the rate
of fare could tie reduced, and lllls he thought should be
dons. It would then be for the biuklug Kui d C itiiinls
sluners lo exercise a rsasouable discretion as to whether
the interesle of the publio wuuld be best serte I by a re
duction In the fare or by the payment of a alated rental
Inl the city Treasury, or both.
Aldermen ricary. Cowfe, De Laeey, Dlvver, Jaehne,
Menutngrr, Mnoney, Morgan, Murray, and Oiilnu wero
servid jriterdsy with coilesof Junke Law reuue's In
junction with reference to the Cable road.
It Took Haven Hea to Iseoaova illm.
Philip J. Blake and Eugene Blake of tho
plumbing Arm of make Brothers, SIS Uudsou street,
were tried lu IhaCourl of Special Sesions for assault
upon John Harris au usher at Mblo's Oardeu, on last Sat
urday night. Harris teitltled lhat he asked I'nlllp J,
lllake ti remove his list Juit as tha performance of the
"Ivt Lraf'begau. Hiaka refund, utlier ushers cams
anl tlienapollseniaii, and tried to take lllake from the
theatre A row reaultod. Policeman Kruticu Murphy
said It took three ushers and four policemen lo reunite
lllake, who wa hit several limes with a billy.
lllake said he wee elttlug on a rear seat, and that he
kept hli hat on bicau'e nf u draught or air coming in
through tlie door .No charge cf amault was proved
ag diitt Edward Wake, aud he was discharged, I'blbp
liluke wasfli..d,.u. lie paid It.
Levying aa Westcs-a Union 1'roperly.
Under Sheriff dexton yesterday levlod upon
property of the H eiteru Uulon Tclegrsph Coinpauy pur.
suant to a Judgmsm obtained by James n, floolstll,
formerly President of the National Assoclstel Press, In
aeuit fur a Ure ettiii for damages resulting from tho
brtuklugbi i'ie Western Union, as alleged, of a contract
r.ir u ling the news. The diffliulty was adjusted bv a
bond 1,-liigulreh in the nutne of Rusiell Sags a.ld 3uy
Moiil I for tlie amount ot the claim. A star of execution
tor six da)s has been obtained, pending an appeal.
G i ecu wood Ccaiaterg Lot Owners Meet,
Tho annual meeting of the lot orncrs of
(Jrsu ood fst.ietery was hel 1 yeiterday, Tho Truiteee'
report for I8S5 was read and accspisd. It Is ssld lhat
the reeelpu from ordinary snuroeaof Income were IJiii.
IM II, iMWIust 9J7,7j: Kl for tho rollout Viar. Tho
liiiproirmeiii rund hal iuueulrt UU'Mi anl nai at
iiriiMiii f-'iiie'iigj, Anew pumping stuitou had been
bu'it, and one fifth of a liilteof tie acnues .hade.
Iturklund County'a Tuvsu Elections.
Tho roaullB of Tuesday's town elections
turcuUiotii Hocklaud count) were not know u until jea
''"ai, selieaij was the scratching In Ornngitown n
Kepiibllran i-upenisr and A . ,r wrro thnseti, and
in Kni.iapo the cutlro LepublkHii thset we lruod.
Uul .rslraw, V tnnj I'ninl, and I'laraeui'lt elmllil llem
uimlK', Mi tnliure The lien n.ial.1 time hnu a Itc.
1 iliiliir.i gulu of tvo litOringcliMiii the vote an, itrv
ciesc, Lu ihoLruliv' inojorltiie luiinit.g from lo upward
A Token li i in ike Ibcbent,
Coroner Moenomercolsbratod his 51th birth
da) yrsterday, snd was presented with sn ebon) gold
headed cane b) rx rougrewnan I'. Henri Dugro, the
l.mnd Rachstn or raminauy The li,sailpllili en n,e
biud of the erne let -Ur M J II Menti.ier. I rein hli
frltnd, I' Henry Pugro "
Tka Telephone Mult.
WAhiiiM.TOV, Mareb 17. It hns been (lnall
settled lltul the Uoverntnetit'seult against Ihe hell Tel
eihone t'nmpatiy, to test the vshdltvof It. luteins
ehall be hrolighl at I'elinnl.iii mile and Hie UutleJ
"IVi Al,lri,.,, '"'.'"tde'lrici bus been itisiriictrd ac
tordiutl). Ihe bill is coiuplotol aud will be hied lo
inurron c,r thonextdai Juigg ihurmau of i,clil
com sells non at I'oluiunue. anl hai ptrlecttl all nee
ei.ulj airaiige.uelillallhloh,u I"'""-"-'" '"
iVkal's la a Si uuie I
"What did you call that new boy. Hun?"
asked the fresl Unt as an aileudatit isf I tha ru.w.
" Thomas JcAViaOu."
" Is thai Ma aami, ban f "
" Certaluly."
"Wu.pay kla up Is ths snd ot ths uwuth aa let
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XX-COLLKCTOR ARM3TROSO.
eaater Morrill Mknnrlnc (kat kta Slnspenslea
frnra tlfelia waa tlust,
WAsnrNOTOK, Starch 17. At tho time tlio
ease of James Armstrong of Utlca, thn sua
ponded Collector of Internal Itevenue, was bo
te ro tho Bonate in secret session several weeks
ago, facts wore published about Hint gent'o
man In Tun Bum which he attempted
to deny. Senator Morrill has now brnucht
them out In open session In thn debate tn
tho Senate, Hn read ft letter from the Secretary
of the Treasury. In which Mr. Manning sars
that the President and himself became con
vinced that Armstrong was not discharging tho
duties ol his office efficiently, or In nccordnnca
with proper business, method. Mr. Manning
adds ns evidence of his unfitness a letter writ
ten by htm to tho prhnto secretary ot llm I 'rest
dent. Commenting on tills Mr. Morrill said:
"That whs a letter giving nbundant andr-nt
Isfactnry reusons for the eusiwnnioii of this
man, and there were nlso other Pipers sent
nnd received, and I wish to say thnt the papers
in support of thn reasons given by the Secre
tnrv were so satisfactory to thn Commllti-e nn
Plnnnco thnt It n.ts unanimously remitted.
I say. then, that till person seemed to han as
high a confidence In tils ability In the position
of nn internal revenue collector a Kanelto
Piinrahail In his ability toillschnrgo tlmdutls
of Governor of a certain Island, ami hn wns
nbotit the same kind of politician, with etjual
ciunllDeatlocs, as I should indite." ,
Jlr. Oeorgn I deslreto know whether on not I
this Hnnclio Pdn7a Collector tlmt ion turned ,
out appeared In r-eimii to thn charges tho
onn In wlietn that Intlnr referred?
Mr. Morrill-Thn letter mnr hi, own slgna
t'iro wns a sufficient Indlcitlon nf what tho
ouallfleatlnns and character of the man were.
Now. Mr. President
Mr. (leiitk'n Uo I ttnderstnnd thn Rnator,
thnn, tn say thnt nn opportunity was given to
thnt man to appear and defend bis character?
Mr. Morrill Hn could not defend tils lllltor
nev, nnd hueould notdefi'iiil sntnnntlier points,
and itbt ne ask it. whlcli it Is unneces"nry to
mention.
It Is now In order I irMr. J'.llis J. Hoberts to
atsull tho eraclty r Puttier Morrlli.
MOMsr in a kip iiuci.isn.
SJllkscrlpllons ItrcelvrU V, etardtly Tor Pur.
nrll unit Ike rieearmni.
A jolly Xuw Ynikor w 'it Into Hanker Kel
ly's offlee yestorilny, exclaimed that It was a
great day for Ireland, nud slapped tint) on tho
desk. Ho said It was for the Irish Parliament
ary fund nnd wanted It put down as "Cash."
Tho ciorl s put It down right oft. Bun renders
didn't forgot the lUhermnn on the west const of
Ireland, The St. Patrick's Day mull brought n
little batch of ureenbieks thnt were tnkeu down,
to Manager .Sehoonmnknr of the Cable News
ConipKli) In tlie afternoon and cabled to In). -aa.
land right oft". One readei who belonged to tliu Wr
navy sent fl and nskoil thnt It be sHitt across '
llm wntiir as tliu cbuli ''lUtlnn of " U. H Xnvy."
"11. r" another reader, sent 12 early In tl.o
day, and "11. (J." sent nlong a HU bill, with
cheering winds, foi the iNlteritieii.
Title In hutv TiihSu.s fund fur thu flsliormon
stands now:
)'reiousl acknowledged fe.dll 43
" I' H havy" too
" r a
V. mis)
Thiauas Uillle, S and 10 Kourttl avenue lots)
A Laborer l oo
Total 0.(W1 U
This lotter was recoivod last night :
Toma PmronorTua sl sir: It Is alinnut hnros.
sib'c fur an hereon who res ie tour paper and appt lives
of Justice to rtslst he plug the frisli tn tlielr reaeuralda
en, rte to obtain freni the Pnifll.lt the right to ttnko
their own tlrlsbliawe for the got eminent of Inland,
remainh ir at Hi lame tl ne a part of u hat ! tenneil ths
Ilrltish i igdoiu or eiu!re am It Is eutiall) dtdlcuit to
res, st yuur upi eat for the starving nslirriuen. so I en.
clofe j ou ?2 one for the Parliamentary fund and one for I
the poor f)atieriiu.n. lleipertfiiilr yours
A Lsaoaaii or .taiijgr ClTT.
Tnit Sun's Paruell fund now stands:
Prevlouply acknowledged S7J ST
A Laborer 1 uo
Total Jm71J7
Tkot, March 17, U thn mass meeting held
In Music Hall to-night about i't nUO wns raised
for the Parnoll Parliamnntarv fund, l'rloi to
tho meeting there was a street parade lu which
ubout 5.01)0 persons took part.
bUXIlEJXII.
Hie yearly exports of umbiellas ftom eg
Eugland are valued at fssi.ouo. TF
A Holyoko paper-mill hand, 70 ywira old, I
who had always been regarded as poor, was foundafter w
his death to hare had nearly fMi.nuo M
A-farmer in Passumpslc, Vt, made $100 "
apleoafrom tha milkot his 22 cows last ear; aud tha
sama cows gava him f2,4uo during leH4.
A member of tho new Government In
England is said to have refused to appear lu court drtsj.
Mr. Bright met the difficulty b) black velvet.
Afull-alzod potdeerkopt Iu a Saciamentu)
saloon, being frightened. Jumped clear through a pans
of glaea seven Inches wide by thirteen long.
Dakota farmers aro making plans to grow
ax for fuel this sumnisr. It Is ssld that a ton ot flax
straw Is worth mora to burn thau a ton of soft coal.
Thu O'Coniiell family ot Horesford, Dulr.,
tuts had nine additions in the taut five j ears. One set of
triplets arid two sets of twlus helped iu the addition.
Miss Kitty Austin, 83 years old, stopped,
over from I tr home In Clarkahurgh, Md , to Itockvllle,
on Friday, to uall on some frlmds Thssa villages are
Just fourteen miles apart
A patent bos boen granted In Russia for
a Inciter match that can be use I an indefinite number of
tltnea, the wood belug Impregnated with a ipeclal ckeiu
laal solution that will allow of such re-use.
A missionary reports that tho Itiver Eu
phrates bids fair to dlesppear altngother lu the sprsad- B
lug marshes Just below Babylon, wh.ch hut e ruined the I
steamboat channsl and are now pbllterullng uaWgutlJn I
forrowboata. H
Tlio Nineteenth Hussar have taken their I
fox hounds to Kgyph In the flrht uu an oldcow buffalo B
charged one ot the huntsman, aid he bare!) ts .ipvd HliBi
with his life, after a chaie almoit us a.duous aa ths tux tjBflH
was called upon to undergo, 38H
Gunnany lias eight schools of forestry, '"
where Ave yriirs' training l ri'iulrL'd uf tliosewho sesk '-;
poiltlons undsr the (ioveruniint, altliough a courss of
stody ha'f as long nisy be taktn by amateurs. France
supports a single school at Nam.. I
Gormuu doulei a "tuko lu" tho stamps " r
and aometiuies Ilia collectors aa well of all countries. f
A complete set of Ainericau newspaper stamps, from the t
two cents lo the i JO (fxce value f J 10 5), cia bo bat la
Usrmauy for tbrse marks (7J cents).
ilr. Tlierou E. Piatt of FalrfloM county,
Conn, has raiaed i'X) varieties of potatoes on his farm
during the past year. The itu ly of t ungoi 1 pens of tha
potato has also occuplel hie attention, and Ills dircuv
erles rsspsctlug certain diseases of this p a it aro li-ely
to prove serviceable.
A privato letter from Concho counly, '
In ths cattle region of wesUrn Texas sujs thai Hie
winter there thus far has bsen unusually mild "moit " i
of Ihe thna like Mayer Juno In the Northern Sutee." i
Only one half of oni percent, of lh (.utile aud sheep ut l
that region hate been ioit Kti
Amomborof tno Staten I-,land Natuial WZ
Science Association reports that a d ten years a.-o an !
Immense colony of ntghl herons est ibllshed itse'f on B
staten Island, but la now almost exterminated. The BI
Italian laborers of tha nelgbborhool regularly rol.li.l Bl
the herony to gut tho egii for find, and some of is
farmers sought the sggs to mix, bsaun up, wllh fuller IS
for tlielr cowa M3i
Sarah Hernhai tit lm3 thrown up hor purl la M-i
" Marion Uclorma " In order to Je lie luri'lf exclu.lrj. 9Mt
ly to the study of thero'eof Opnr'ia for the furthcom PsRB
lug reprcstitlatlou of "Hamlet 'at the I'orte st Martin, BjF
It wai with some rilitclaice ihvt Hie iiiilnrtuji t io flit
part, she ssys, fearing that she wis bar II) iniiinful fljS
enough tod thorough Juit.ce ti Shakei,ieire's luro- AaVs
iue. However, she relljol d that ehs was only itiut Bfl
the same aeas MIii Terry, and her seruolra gave way. W&
Compobllo photoginphy lus boon up- II
pllid h) Itr I'enlforKrarsrof rtillalelp'tli to tin tt)0 l
Ingot eliiiatures Though his eipsrliin-uls i an ti t jl S
bo svld to ensure absolule certainly In di-ctnm iat ul 'J
truo from forged v. riling, It is toneilered that nuegjial &
point, stleail, has been galneJ, "lulhsfict tliil It to- B
luovea Ihe Judgment . . . from the poieible biaa b' I
pro!iuUxpeit opinion an I allow the leilnii innfllli -'I
plinlegrilpll to be -!ghi! b JuJgv uli.1 Jllr) h'.e ku y,
ether lestiilioio,"
Tttuuty-liM) years ngn a young B'i'.t!i V
elan uainud Usrrii.1; w,u' toAuatruita leailug hie wifi
behllilhbil Aflet eiiine lejrs .tie hvaid that he was "
lea I, uttd cainetti llsililltou I'natl s lb her Unit ion,
and there nurrUd "Ir N .Iki.uii Six )..in.ult ,
rilel Mevi shl.e llne k nlin Inl not , ul ritiirutJ .
inSLullandnlthaube little forl.n uud begun leiiitltlg
firtiUwite Tmo weel." ag jell,, roesllot n letter fro u 4'
htm and i w eek ago 'iv 1 utie 1 Iter In llaiudt ai, el.J ti )
seie again ienii.ar. and lawfu.l; mnrricd '
I'lie Utaiid of Junu I'l'tnuiide, upon '
which Alt xatidr bela.ik, Iho rotoljpe of iti'iiiun V
C'ruioe, ipuut tils four sititary -ars has nevir iluca i
bieululia'lloluntilnstvye, ul uleiitliei .;at I
ijvrrnor holistiilet jon It with a s.iul colony Itodt x
iialtwitrrr In IrfUJhe tough! fur Aumu agaiiist tl.a t
I'rusalMn, andln H7'i for Irstice. After thedtfc.il vt (
the rench he emigrated lu I'h.h and mi tchitneilf use
ful to tJsUorernmeiil at whose mrltstlou he lilnltr
teak lbs co'onlsatlou of Itueiuson Crlla.i s lonely iilauJ,
llereheluis rsaldod fur the tail twolie yesrs as Unv
emoraud Judg. Must of ths stitllers oier wbnits
presides araOennan aud Swiss. 3,'earlt a I the vegeta. j
llouof lbs Ifjtpera'.suuettiiUei upvu Juan rri.aulii ,i
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