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DIX'S DICTUM.
A SPLIT INEVITABLE.
Inflationists Not To Be
Coerced.
General Dii'i Opiuioa of Governor Tilden, Sen
ator Bayard, Senator Conkling, liic Third
- Term Support and Tburlow Weed.
The Election Likely to be Decided by the
House of Representatives.
St Paul's churchyard is 110 years old, au<l yesterday
when a Herald reporter asked the venerable Giueral
John A. Due his inside opinion of bis old antagonist,
Sauiuel J. TtUleu, he was gazing tenderly aud with
reverence on its moss covered stones. "Tilden," said
the General, "Tilden? Ob, 1 don't thiuk Ttldeu can lie
strung before the people, even il ho were to succecd at
the St. Louis Convention. Tilden is uniuir, very un
,'air Ho has fought a good tight apparently, but ;n
reality it has been u paper light all along. He hasn't'
stopped uuy corrupt procedures, nor intoriercd with
any o!'the combinations wlich were believed to bo
working to the detriment ol the body pol.tic. Nobody
is in prison, nobody. Look at Sherifl Conner, for
Instance, The Governor was going to remove bun If
Tweed was not caught. Has ha done Not at alL
I consider Tilden's speech at tlieCbumbi r of Commerce
dinner and that of Mr. Dortheimer at New Haven us
very unfair. The Governor claimed that lie hnd re
duced the expenses o' the State government mid drew a
Hurtling comparison between the co.-t of my aluunUtra
lion and tbat of hi?, vhich was really very unfair, l'lio
(act is, 1 found the sinking (una already depleted
wbeu I assumed control, aud, although I v.as unaware
ol the extent, in my lirst annual inessago I called the
attention of the Legislature to it. Now the bounty
money is all ready und will be paid over this tall. Mr.
llorsheimer. in Ins sperh at New Haven, said that tbo
expense ol my last year was $16,000.000, while tliat of
Mr. Seward w is but $S,000,000. Hut wo were obliged
to raise these money* to pay these obligations, now not
existing. It was on this issue that Mr. Tilden won bis
Bgllt, but lie cannot do it again.''
IlitroRTKR?The Governor looks alter the
UKTAlI-S or U!9 CjkMPJUUKS
very sharply.
General Dix?Yes, Indeed. But what might do in a
local canvass would hardly belli the conduct ol a gen
eral campaign. Mr. Tildeu would not bo strong bo
lore the country, lie is only known in connection
With the paper light against the Kings; but, unlike the
comparative privacy of Pierce and Polk, bis non
prominence will not he an element of strength, because
of lute his supponors have unido considerable noise
about him. 1 don't pay much heed to tho
TILDtX A?t? BBISTOW
Eu.'g'stlou Irom Washington. Mr. Bristow Is a very
youug man aud u strong republican. I should doubt
the leusibil.ty of securing him on tbat ticket Mr.
Tildeu Is no: known at tho Souili at all, and at the
West ho Is known as a hard money man. Of coursu he
will not satisfy the West. No hard money man cau
hope to plea-e tho inflationists, and on that rock It Is
quite probable tbo party will split. It is s.ild that the
Til 1KB PAliTY MOVEMENT
would derh e Its strength from the republican voters,
but look at it a moment. Suppose Mr. Tilden falls to
get the Sl Louis nomination and tho inflationists
succeed in hoisting; the name ot Mill Allen, would the
hard moucy Dies support that ticket? Of course they
wouidu't. They would moet and nominate another,
that would make three tickets In the tleld.
Reporter?And that moans
General Uix?And thai moans that the election
would be
THROWN INTO TllK Uot'KE
at Representatives, no choice being made by the
people. This is not only possible, but probable. Bill
Allen Is an sble man, ordinarily speaking. lie was In
the Senate wiih ine In 184.'i t>-7?oli! 1 guess twelve
years. 1 know lilm very well, and think highly of
him. Ho was a regular lieulou hard money man
then, and thought nothing was money but gold aud
lilver. 1 can't understand bis change ol ba*e at all.
Now, if he wero to be noiuinatod, it would make no
difference who was secoud on the ticket, nor what the
plallorm was, there would be a split aud a third
ticket.
Kkportkr?Tbe Conkling uiou appear to feel confi
dent of success at the Convention.
General Dix?Yet; but I confess 1 cannot understand
how any
AMTl-THlltl) TCRHKR
can support Mr. Conkliog. General Grunt's third
term Idea has been vehemently opposed by the ineu
alio work the hardest .or Mr Conkling The Conven
tiou that uominated tne was addressed ty Mr. 1'omeroy,
lavorlug a third term, and by Mr. Conkling. who vir
tually did the sauie thing. It is understood, indeed |
known, that Mr. Conkilng believed in a third term, and |
now that he is the choice of President Grant as
his ruccessar, IT he were to be nominated, it would ,
Seem to be a direct transmission o! the present admin
istration trotn Grant to his own. Aud yet 1 observe
Mr. Con kiln* is proclaimed as the one man tor the
l'ri-sidency by gentlemen ami journals who strenuously
opposed the third term movement, as originally re
ported by the IUkalu. However, Mr. Conkling, |
though strong, is uot yet nominated. Mr. Cameron ;
w'll tin.I it very diIH< ult to transfer the support ol that
l'cun-ylvania delegation Iroin one to another. Times \
are changed. Thing uro chaagnd. Tbe press aud the
telegraph have altered conditions very materially, aud
1 con leu I have nover bccu so utterly at .sea in rela- \
ttoa to probaole result* as 1 am now. ,
Ttia riXAjfciAL qVEsmox
ta ol great importance. The Western Inllationlsts are
vcrj sat in their feeling, aud 1 do not believe they can
t>- brought to help a hard money ticket. All there
I uti icau candidates are hard money men. That
li.ey believe m a return to specic payments?all of
tbeni Aud the thmkiog p<>oplo b.iieve in It,
t i We arc as a country gettiug to it gradually.
IU t k ? are looking better. Thu laboring clauses are
no or ieaa troubled, of roarso, lor t.iere is but little
business doing, and they are making nothing; but we
art k.ii-uiniug less, aud although real estate faoldors
r not very ioiinorlablc I think in general tho couu*
try is looking up.
KLKiarsa?l)o you approve of Mr. Thuricw Weed's
itrr ?ATia iwit.ish ?
General 1>ix?No, I do not. I thiuk we should for
pet or art as If wt lorgot all that occurred m the war
da} j. It toes no good t? revive unpleasant memories
and although there arc a lew men at the .Souin, and I
am sorry to be.iuve a few at tho North. wUo are willing
to do w, tne majority of the people think aud leel !
Otherwise. 1 shall have occasion i?roro long to ex
|.r. tt an opinion on this matter, uhuh ought to be
sc.tied i>y this t me.
1". ifoarKR?At between Mr. Tilden and some West. !
trti man. what do you think would be Mr. Bayard's
iba-.H e ?
UiSirsl On?Well, 1 thiuk very highly of Mr. Day- !
ml He is a Qrm, courageous man, and those qualities
will eomuicad him even to those who do not agree wttb
bi> o.m una. At a time wben other seen (altered and I
ru-ided their convictions Mr. Kayard stood steadiest I
sit I at .wed his belief, fie would be obnoxious to la
(latiuoists, but very strong as a caadidate. 1 do not
IkI.eve the democrats can carry every southern State, |
but they will have nearly alL Still, New York will be
i uMess ty and tbe battle ground. Opposed as Ur
11.den Will necessarily be, the democrats cunri>l ea -
p< ci to hold New York. Tbe republicans naturally
ii< sire Vr. Tllden's nomination, because they are ion
a ..eat ol their ability to defeat him in this Mate. Tbe
J-i.t ngainst li.in will probably not be begun until
titer the nomination. If begets it tbe fight will be
?jii er. The revolt la the party ranks bids lair to con
,ilni> . In sny event there will be serious troubla Mr. 1
rtldeii's friends are strong in localities?King* county,
<?r niatanec?bat so are his opponents. 1 have area
.he ii-i i '.ad pamphlet and bare heard about tbe pulling
sdser: sememe Ail these tbiugs hart. They are j
t.iuu? ag. >oo, ua ndications Mr. Ttldca carries bis |
c< ad ..I o! the details of his canvass veiy far at times,
baring tbe last election cempaigu be bad a
UTMWOBAmBD LITrsa
if ut to i|,o'i?ind? of f?npip ihmnrhOLt 'v* ??at#.
? great many thought the liovernor bad honored them
by a special appeal lor support Oue man from the In
terior sa.d to a judge of the Court of Appeals, "When
you get to Albany 1 wish you'd ask Governor Tllden
to appolut mo notary public In my town. 1 presume
be kuuwi me, as 1 bavo bad a couple of letters from
bun lately." Detail la very well In tla way, of cour.e,
but?however, 1 really don't believe Tllden could be
elected Uovernor agiiln; and,-as a Presidential candi
date, I should consider him weak.
POLITICAL PARTIES.
I
INTKBVIKW WITH P&OrKBSOB Q OLD WIN SMITH
UN TUX OUTLOOK?CANADA AND COMMERCIAL
UNION?A PHILOSOPHICAL YUtW OF THS
OENKKAL SITUATION.
Tbore are lew tbinkiug men wbo are not at present
more thau usually exercised over the isauy and great
political and toci.il problems which are awaiting solu
tion t>oth bere and in Europe
With u view o( eliciting intelligent comment on
tlicm a IlkiuLD reporter visited 1'rolestor Uoldwin
Smith at the Pilth Avenue Hotel yosterday. The rep
utation of the gentleman named as a political econo
' mist and a thoughtful student of passing events Is
j kuovvu to all readers or the Hkralu, as well as to
! philosophers and statesmen in Europe. The followiug
was the substance of the convcrsafTun referred to,
i which, at this time, must provo especially Interest
ing:?
I '-Professor, what is your opinion as to the condition
? ot parties throughout the world at this present rno
? uient?"
"That seems to be a broad question, but 1 think It Is
not very difficult to answer. I believe party govern
ment throughout Christendom is In a slat* of deca
dence.'*
"Do you l&cludo England in this sweepiug re
mark t"
"Certainly. 1b that country they had some time
since it rutional basis existing tor radical differences."
"How so?'1
'?TIiere was the monarchical parly, the tory and
whig party, that ot the responsible government "
"Hut the lory pnrly was monarchical In the time of
; the Stuarts, was it not?"
"Yes, but now It Is aristocratic. Since the exten
sion of the Irauchi&c and the settlement of religious
; tiuestiouK on a broader basis the party issue* have
' greatly diminished; yet i do not say that there are uot
still great principle.4 on which parlies can bo rationally
I formed, but tho grand primary questions of govern
ment have been settled."
"Then you do not believe there Is a necessity for men
to adhere to strict putty lines."
"Preclsoly. There is a chance for voters there ss In
this country to excrc so a greater liberty, to give moro
uiicntiou to the uiiuor questions of politics, to local
? mailers, and especially to reform in rogurd to trado
i affair*, the finances, and so forth."
"Do these thoughts apply to our neighbor, Canada,
us well as to the mother country?"
"Yes. Tho !ust great question, lhat ot the clergy
reserve, was settled by Its abolition, and the only
rntional basis for party there was lost"
"Do you mean to say, iheu, that
TUK OCCUPATION OF TUB rOUTIClAXS TUKKK IS GOXK ?"
"By no means. 11 every party issue was settled tho
cump followers would couibiuo for self-lutercst; men
whose love of placo and power for the chances they givo
them tor making money, without oue thought ol prin
ciple, bouor or love ot couutry, would still join bands
for purposes of public plunder."
"Speaking of Cunudu, 1 would ask, Are vou In favor
of commercial reciprocity ?"
"Decidedly. Tbe bill now ponding in Congress, in
troduced, 1 believe, by your able representative, Uene
ml E:ijab Ward, ol this city, is comprehensive and
favors the system every way admirable o( the German
Zuhvcrmn. 1 should lie glad to teo the proposed net
become law and thou tbe American people coulu have
a dunce to observe the beneficial ell ecu of aiicn a
broad commercial union as it proposes."
"How about the luws supposed to be similar once
enacted ana practically tested r"
"They were beneficial us far as they went, but tbe
last law* seemed to be dictated by special interests and
was intended to bene 111 one class of merchauls at lUo
expense of others.11
"iiow about tiie cllorts ot the Canadiuns, made
about ten years since, to renew the treaties then exist
>di$ y
"The subject at that tune caused threat excitement
in tbe United States, as wcil as over the border, und
the renewal ot broad und liberal reciprocity was
mainly defeated by the Canadian delegates themselves,
because they i>elieved (he politicians at Washington
w?ru not ineetinu tho subject in a lair business way.
but using it lor party and selfish purposes "
"Will you bo goo.i enough to revive the action then
taken, so that Hkkald readers can fully understand
the issue y
"Yea About the Will ol February, 1866, U>o con
ference between tbe Canadian delegation and the House
Committee of Ways und Meaus broke up, and tn?>
propositions between tbe parties covered tbe whole
<|uestion. 1 caii give you pretty nearly the substance
ol the important memoi'.?uduuw. l'he trade botwoen
tho I'uiteil States and the Uritisli Provinces should, it
it believed, unuer ordinary circuiusiauces, be tree in
relereucv to tlietr natural productions: but as iuternal
tuxes exceptionally exist in the t'n.ted States it is pro
posed Unit the articles embraced In the tree list ot tho
Reciprocity Treaty should continuo to be exchanged,
subject uniy to such duties as may bo equivalent to
linn Nitcrual taxation. With relereneo to tbe
llsheries and the navigation ot the luicrnU
waters of tho con&nent the British Prov
inces are willing thai the existing regulations
should continue; Canada, however, wishes to
Improve Hie meant or access to tU-t ocean,
providing the assurance be given that the
trade ot the Western States will not be
diverted iroui iu natural channel by legislation und no
d stttictiou tie made belweeu Uio vessels of the two
countries. If tbe loregoing points were satisfactorily
arranged Canada was willing to unjust her excise dutioa
upon spirit*. Ucer and tobacco upon the best reveuuo
standard-which could be mutually adopted. With re
gard to the transit trade the same regulation* should
exist on bolli sides and be deiined bylaw?Canada at
the same time preparing to tn*ke her
I'ATKMT LAWS NIM11.AK TO TUOSK OF TIM L'KITKD STATUS.
"In reapoase to the memorandum at Hon. Mr. Ualt
and his assoc.ales, Hon. Mr. Smith, Hon. Mr. Henry
and the Hon. Mr. lloalaud, the Committee of Ways
aud Means, with ine approval of the Secretary ol tbe
'I rva-ury, were prepared to recommend to the House
ol Representatives lor thoir adoption a law providing
lor the coutinuauco of some of the measures embraced
iu the treaty about to expire?vis., :or the use and
privileges as cujojed undei said treaiy in the waters of
lakko Michigan, pr vided the same rishts aud privi
leges were conceded to the cltixeu.-> of tho United States
by Canada iu the waters ot the SL Lawrence aud its
canals without discriminations as to tolls* aud charging
rates proportioned to canal distance; also lor tbe ireo
trausu ol goods, wares and merchandise in bond, under
proper regulations, by railroad across the territory
<>t the Ututod States, to and from Portland
aud the Cauada line, provided equal pnvl
lt ges wore conceded to llie United Stales from
Windsor or Port Samia, or other Western points of de
parture to Buffalo or Ogdonsburg or any other points
eastward, and thfl the tree ports established iu tho
PrbYiiKCs should be abolished; also that tbe bouuties
given to American iifbermen should be repealed, and
duties not higher imposed on fish than those mentioned
ill certain scliedu.es I he following list It was mutu
ally proposed should also be free:?Hurr millstones,
cotton nud linen rags, tlrowood, gypsum aud plaster,
(in tne loliowing articles certain duties should no
paidMsclterel. tl 6o per barrel; salmon, $2 AO per
barrel; shad, $-' per barrel; animals, living, of all
sorts, 'in per cent ad valorem; apples and garden
truit snd vegetables 10 per cent ad valorem, and cer
tain duties uu buckwheat, butler, cornmeal, lumber, <
ores, wheat, \e. Von will petfoivo thai this seemed u
Just treatment of a difficult subject, but according to a
memorandum dated February 6, I81HJ tbe Canadiau
delegates declined It. Canada is a limited territory, cut
ol! from a continent to which It naturally belongs, and
suRcrtng jus; now from What I would term a commer
cial strophv "
"You thiuk that this la tbe cause of the present
business depression f"
"I be immediate rause ot the present depression, of
course, is the condition of the lumber trnde. but the
C iiiailian manutaotiirers are dwarled and stunted by a
(mall market. I be difficulty in tho way of a com
mercial uniou with ua is the laritl question as regards
England, aud till- last Reciprocity Treatv was so framed
it.at a discrimination could be made between Engliab
and i anatiisn goods."
"Have you observed that recently the sentiment In
favor of commercial union has deepened and strength
ened iu mis country V'
"Rapidly. 1 confess, and I have tbe speech ol Gen
eral W ard delivered in the House ot Representatives
on March 0. which seems a statesmanlike exnvsitl.in of
many ot the points I have been touching. 1 echo the
general tenor of his sentiments."
''Have you given much attention to tbe position of
political parties heie. Professor*"
"Certainly, but I prefer to sj-eak only generally on
this Mbjeol, aa It r.iigbl seem presumptuous. Vcur
rational beets tor party hero was the great struggle be
tween slavery aud anti-slavery which brought on the
civil war. when those leeeee were sett leu the ques
tions left might he called cross divisions."
"Will you please explain the term#**
"1 mean by cross divisions those questions that cross
the greai party lines- such si free trade, commercial
reciprocity and relortn. Now. democrats and repub 1
lirans alike meet on these platforms, discuss them
without acerbity and vote on them without regard to 1
party."
"Now that vou have been so obliging to the HsaaLt ;
in regard to home altans will you also state how the ;
re> cut turn of affairs In Tut key impress you?"
Professor?It seems to uie thai tiie cntorced abdica
tion ol Abdul An/, and the accession to sovereign
po* er of tbe new i nnee cannot pe?sibiy save Turkey.
The receut convulsion seems only like the spasm ot a
tying man. The pians of Muss.a include the overthrow
Of the native race, and complications there of a very
rfiee h-.'nr* f th-nk *? 1 ?o"r 1 ??? eh"i *?
POLITICAL LANTERNS.
DIOGENES LOOKIXG FOB TUB COKING MAN?
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF NBWSPAFEB POLI
TICS?TILDKN A SUCCESS?ULIIXE GUTTING
WBAE? TILDEX INT THE SOUTH?TUB TWO
TlilUDS BULB?HUNTING DOWN?BRISTOW IN
OHIO?MAKING MONEY.
It ta only tu oir years tn politics that saints are per
] milled to be white. In campaign years every man who
it a possible candidate for office is brought out In all
' his darkest color*. Editor* go about looking into every
| corner lor auy man who may be lurking therein. In
. quiet times editors are disposed to praise men for even
' fancied gooduess una to pass their peccadilloes by.
Those are limes when editors are looking for "good
fellows." In hot, disquieting campaign years, when
the people are searching for political masters, editors
seem to justify themselves by resorting to cruel at
tacks, and, like Diogenes, they go about in broad day
light seeking "a man.'' They hope that by applying
grotesque criticism to all uou there may, ?i
the emergent moment, appear to be one man
who will stand forth as a character devoid of
positively evil qualities. This method ot criticism re
sults Irom tho best ol motives. Editors, no loss than
their readers, wish that their rulors should be men of
eminent character and of spotless livoa. It Is tor this
reason that they wince over a business transaction by
a politician to which they would be insensible if it
were the work of a mere man of trada Tbey do not
indulge In vivisection for the mere pain that It will
give. They wish to accomplish a result boncilcial to
the people and to themselves. Editors do not sling
mud because they glorr in mud, but because they
know how lraudulent many men are and because they
roally hope that the mud will not stick. Editors are
seldom evil hearted men. With Diogenes they may
i say, "I have seen children in Sparta and women in
Athens, but tuen 1 have never seen." They really do
want to And good men. They support their own candt.
dalos with the spirit of the every-day social critic who
is (ond of saying, ,-Ho is a good fellow, but ." ^'ho
"but'' is a vaguo element of depreciation. Thus in tho
South, paporssAV*:?
\V? support Tildeii because ho la tho only candidate
with whom we may hope to win.
In ibo same manner the Wilkisbarro (Pa.) timet
says that, though
BltlSTOW CAX BM KLKCTKD,
i he will be distasteful to nine-maths ot the republican
j P?"y
The Chicago "l\mes says:?
In tho South those who prefer to saerlQce ?very
thing lor the sako of success in the election are work
ing lor Tiidvu. itayard, on account of his States
rights views, his Southern sympathies, and his arislo
crutic origin is naturally a favorite among tho loaders;
but these very quantitations make him a weak candi
date in the North.
The lioston 7W says:?
Maryland likes Tiiden, but has a friendship for Bay
ard also.
The Hartford Courant, ulso, has a lantern, which it
thus turns upon "a man' :?
There are very many who, while they beliove Jlr.
Illume would make an admirable frosidout, yet are
forced to the conclusion thai lie will not make a*strong
candidate. It dooi uol help him that ho is known
to be
TUK i'AVOKITK OP TOM Pl'OTT, J AT GOULD
and other magnates of the various l'acillc Railroad
rings. These are uoi tho men who will have the mak
ing of the next l'restdcnt.
Tho Chicago TriOun*, which has beon accused of
sending its editor to the Illinois Convention lor the
purpose of ruling it
IK DKllALP Of URIBTOW,
buvb:? _ ^
Tlio Convention, as a whole, was In tavor of B sine,
but the authors o: this plallorui did n"t v.*nl Ula:uo
iiiov %?pre iii the service ol unotber person. Noi d
in evcu to im utiou the name of. their employer, they
formed lliis platlorm to denounce Blaine, and to ILi.aU
Hie iuuii wbosu principle* und policy thai plallorm Uiljr
The Richmond Eiu{uirer docs not like the method*
employed by those who arc urging tbo claims of
T1LDKN IS VIRGINIA.
Il gays that tho Tildeu men are getting ajpy over
criticism of their leader, and ad Is tbat
No man tu all the cauvass. if ever before In the his
turv ol ihis country, has so boldly and shaoioiess>iy
tuJsidlied iho press m hisbehalt as ihe greet "reform'
champion ot New York. Such fruua iu the greon tree
are uoi very promising of what would be borue by tho
drv troo Such preliminary demonstrations do not
otibrd the be."project or security ol Kactlcal rHor^
In other words, and u conclude, we are lorcwl to the
bellel that Mr. Tilden's peculiar political puritj is as
sumed und a ahum, and that bis nomination would be
unlignevonn^rtuu lor the democratic party
and the country.
The Torre Haute (Ind.) Kxprtu does not believe that
Tildeu can carry Ohio, Indians and Illinois, and thus
expresses a foar prevalent In tho West :?
It la now said that Mr. Tilden's friends will object to
THK TWO-TUIBD* BI LK
in the Democratic National Convention. They seera to
think that he can be nominated if the majority is per
mitted to decide. The Convention will not give up the
two-ibird* luie without a light, partly because its
abandonment would mean tho nomination ol 1
snd (artly because It is a precedent as old as the
The Raleigh (N. C.) Sentinel does not like the way of
HUKTISO DOWK CANDIDATES.
U Tho'newspapers all over the country are hunting
down the men who are distasteful to them as caud -
dates or who are in the way ?! the candidate of their
choice. l.et a man be named and at blw they go be
cause ho duniuishoA tho chance of some favorite or the
nlacu. I'hc most is said against Governor ildtube
cause be is tho strougesl man and in tbo way ol the
most competitors.
Governor Hayes recently said to a Herald cor
respondent that Bristow is not much heard ol in North
ern Ohio. Murat Ila stead resented the Governor's ex
pression. Hut the Dayton Journal says :?
The Commercial criticises Governor Hayos for saying
that "In this section ol Ohio,
mbistow is hot much uKAtto or.
Governor Hayes stated the exsei fact. There is not
one republican in live about Columbus who talks of
llri-tow as H possibility for nomination. And tho same
fs rue l" this region. Alter Hayes, Morton is much
the strongest! Ihis is a fact, Mr. Haistoad, whether we
liko it or not
The Rochester D*m?crat thinks that the masses of
the republicsn party are united, because they are en
listed to tight for a principle. It speaks generously of
the struggle for a caudkdatc:?
Tho coutest is an opeu one?tree to all coiner* A
number bsve enterod tho lists and an earnest, though
frendly, coutlict la being ougagedln. There are the tu
mult and contusion of rival hosta There Is uie en
deavor of many tor that wtilch
BUT ONE (US Wis. .....
All this is natural. It is not dUconraglug. It Is the
slanittcaut evidence of the vitality of the purty.
six>u the ?iruggle will cease, and ac<iule*cence In tbe
will of tho majority, lull and cordial, will ensue.
The St. Louis Ulobe-Democrat docs not bellevo In
abusing men for having legitimate business affairs, and
U concludes that people ore willing that candidates
should make money fairly. It says:?
If lilaine is tho flrst choice ol the republican voters,
?a wo houestlv bclievo h? is, it will be a dangerous ex
twruueut to trade him off lora candidal, who merely
Purchases ibe barren voics of represeniatives irom
h?de-bonn.l democratic States. It would bo well lor
nubVle opinion to make itself fell on this ?ob|cct,
strongly and promptly.
As a sj-ccinien of oblique criticism nothing could be
more dexterous or effective thau some of the articles in
the Ctica Obterver, which has usually been regarded na
a strong paper for Seymour whonevor Seymour Is a
candidate. Tbe Obterrer says:?
Governor Tilden Is strong lo-day in New York In pre
cisely the same quarters where his strength lay in lb>4.
It mast be remensborod thai he encountered und over
elm. all this opposition iwo years ago, and that his sue
ce*s in ihe Convention was tolloweil by the most
notable democratic victory In our recent political bia
, ,rv Ris enemies credit him with possessing more
uower Iban mortal men ever did or over will losses*.
Tt.er taserl thai he lacks popular strength, and argue
when primary loliows primary, and convention backs
convention tu support ol blm. that he has worked ihein
all up himself. The absurdity of the accusation ought
?o be iu sumc.ent answer. Mr. Tildeu Is nobody',
??lavorns son.'|
MANTON MARBLF/S SUCCESSOR.
Cleveland (Ohio) I'laxmlraler "William Henry
Hurlbert, the new editor of the New York MorM, is a
poet and a successful hymn writer Ho has also figured
successfully as a dramatic critic and author, hi*
?Americans in Paris' still holding the siage."
Portland (Ma) Adrertiter "Mr. William Henry
HutK'Crt, the now editor ol the H'orfd, is the youngest
brother of General Stephen Augustus llurlbut, who
wss quite distinguished in the Seminole war, was a
br.gadier general in tbe lalo civil war, wa* Minister to
the State of Columbia in lt>?54S-7:t. and ha* since Deen a
republican member from Illinois. Wh'.lo he, ss bis
lather did before him, insisted upon the spelling ol the
name ?s Hurlbut, William Henry insists upon tho old
t.uglish family name of Hurlbert
l?,,uirtr-Sun (Columbus. Ga.):?"The new editor of
tbe t?cw York *'<?W<i, William Henry Hurlbert. Is a
huulh Carolinian by blrih and a brother of General
ItepS.nT Hurlbut, a republics Kepref.ntstiv.
! , IM ? .???? H< ->??? 'o..r nr r..n- "t w( *
Timet. bul for several yesrs |>u.t has been on > l'>?
World, am! write# ju.t a* well tor u, democratic as 0
did for a republican puper."
llarptr'i W~Jc!y:->*T. Mutitort Maitta? hoi
from llie World alter louriecn veara ol bard but ?uc
ceesaful labor ax It* proprietor aud <*lior. U was
something to undertake at thu age of aeven and twonty
tho proprietorship and management of a
daily,, lo reorganize lib stair, to chnuge ita po
courts, to natbur about hiui a curpn ol wrilora unBur^
passed lor ability and versatilityr, to cri-aelorilinttie
apui e ol a few months a nailonal reputation. 10 win lor
u the admiration o( all clasneti. irr.apectlye of poll ics,
and to maintain for ti irom that time to the present, iu
position as the leading organ of tuo d raocratic palrty.
Mr Marble is not ouly a very able editor, but one or
the most accomplished Oreelt scholars In the country,
aud few men possess a wider acquaiuiaoee with general
literature. He leaves the World in perfectly conipc
tcnt hands. Mr. William Henry Hurlbert, who> sue
cods to the properly aud direction ol the e ^ "
raent, is <>ne of the most widely known of
Journalists, a gentleman ol the highest co tnre and^the
master of a style so brllllunt and felicitous that whether
discusstUK a fifth rate point or order, the t.roelc partW
do or a declaration of war, ha never fails to interest
the reader."
AGAINST TAMMANY HALL.
THE ADDRESS AND RESOLUTIONS ADOrTED
LAST MIGHT BY THE NEW YORK COCSTY
DEMOCRACY?PROBABLE FIOHT AT ST. IXJVI8.
A meeting ot the Anti-Tammany Executive Coin
mittoe wci hold last night at Irvmf Hall, with Kmanuel
B Hart In the chair. The usual routine business
having been disposed of Senator Blxby, on behalf of
the sub committee apjiolnted to prcparo an address to
the democracy or Sew York, submitted the following
report for the approval of the commituo, which ?.?
| unanimously adopted
tuk skw von* DK-ooKAOr to main dk?ocratic v'""1*
At this time? midway betweeu ths last election and the
next it seems particufnrly appropriate tor a political or;.an
U.tUt "addris. It. constltuiuu, especially when the or
gsuiiation owci its oxlste.ice to a popular .uailimeotfor
important and abiding principles st such Hums ?? can ?P?ak
without being affected by .be i>*?s oi>?, per?hnal reel.upaor
other extrinsic InflMnees which would he likely to operate
st li.c clone "f an active canvass or in ti e inldst or a pending
campaign. With a view ?t enabling the democracy or this
rltv hiufstate to nnderstand me position occupied by the
New Jerk conuty democratic organis-tiun we deem It
! nrouertoouke publi a statement or such facts connected
witfi the movement as u.a> prove ot g.-ueral lrt?re?t
The evils flowing Irom the dangerous e.iiin-ctlon existing
between the secret oatb-boun-i ' ?.'J"V ^'V-ttVr hut the
T.mninnv lienor ,1 Committee. making the latter out me
I creature of the former, havln; been fullv diseimed bcrore,
1 we mn'*e n > allusion to it h-re o;her than to nay that that
1 connection "till exists and continues to wield the mi?? In
I tine nee over the organisation Ever ?lnce organised 1 am
' many succeeded in getting the city patronage within its
i tfrMP A I.KSPOTISM or A YKItr DASCBtlOC* CH t RACTKit
has been steadily fastening itself upou It-various commit
le s. Submitting the great intere.U of the democratic
I i.urtv to tho control *n?i direction of one man?t ti *? r et>>
lettoriiiff the inalienable rlfhtt of the HjO <0> doram-ruts or
tills citv?it soon became so powerful anil so tyrannic lu in
feature .. to ostracise democrat* fr -m without and to drive
out tlitwe Irom within the organisation who had the courage
and manlli.es. to combat these wrong. in the Interest ot the
; drm.icrutlc partv. Without any nmrcseil nscnarirei. against
?1 "m than Ai? It Is sufficient to say tuat It drove 'rom Its
;???.? ?iia rMt/ulai-iv elected reproseiittttive* ot live
I Assembly districts, and named thelrsuccc.sots without even
i uretrndinir to consult the wi.iies of th ? ne.?t'le at a primal?
I Section. Under suth provocation ih ; preservation ol the
i rtiMiinoratlc ti irty demanded that indepenilsnt demiar.it.
ihould oppo.e such a dlctator.hln through the medium or
sn ore a ii Us t ion whor.-in the voice of every democrat ui gill
? heard This led to tho creutlon ot the ornanu ition
knowtTsi the New Yort Democratic County Com. nuteo.
utid arravod n? it was last tall
ntV rowKtt a.nu raTBosAti* or tammant nau~
with its mauv .oar ot prestige for regularity the deleat
of the entire county ticket nominated by Tammany Hall,
v ams rity of iR.OcjO. and or ioar out or the five eandl
Sites tor Senators from this city atTord not only .udUDi.ta
able evidence or the union, intelligence aud "trenail, of the
new nrganisstlon, but show aUo that the principles which
it ret reseuts have taken a deep hold upon the hearts of'h*
uennio With the prrstlge or succes* crowointr our efforts,
Lnd the principle, for which we battle?honesty anu ecoti
0 iv In nubile officers and In the management ?r party
atTiiir. onDositlon to any power not emsnating dtroctly from
I the people-rooted as deep as ever in the h aris of the
I the exoerience or the past justlBe. the conviction that tho
' !?rt?r.iv for our ticket this Isll will be largely Increased
1 Ifv^r that or last yea-. Thl? result Is rendered certain by
reason ol the fitct that n.i chsngt* has taken place In the
I Tammany Hall organisation since its defeat ol last year.
Ti^iamo evils which arou.ed the di.guit and oppos tion ol
.he democratic people .till exist there and no effort seems
tn i>? \.i> hect. uiarie to reform them. All this is admitted bj
Its acknowledged loader, who .aid as late ati April
!L. I)..lu.,cratlc State t'onveution assembled at I tiea. that
-1^1 l.a ttrst entered Tammany Hall he tried to give the
* .L IlmrfiinirT elections, but finding It imnossible. bo
?:^'orAl.ePC.T.7ty the democrats attending them, be
had given up the Idea aud rallen hack upou
THK CORHCPT AND OBMOHAU115G SYSTEM
of hi* old Tammany Ring predecewonj. It will be rernetn
I be red that nolwl.hstandlng tbia edmisslon. Tammany sue
t bereu n". " , , ?oats In that Convention partly through
j r^mhlnatlon of w iat is lelt or the Ciual iling. aud
fl.M Hliliou -h a large majority or that Convention heartily
favor "d the uomlnatliin ot ..ovemor Tlldon lor the 1'retT
dency and so expressed themselves In appropriate resolu
tion^ which were unanimously adopted. Tammany Hall.
1 irue toTer well-eavned character tor trlckory and treaeherv,
I i.a. slnoe loiued hands with tho Canal King robbers lu
muklnc war uuou the expressed wikhes :ind pledges or that
' Convention, creating discord and disunion In the Party
throughout the Mate and endangering Its success in the
turoncnou.suo i?,u,i,lency this fall. Not satisfied
Wit ,'' haling me baud upon tho thro ot the
5 n.rtv or this city, the rame power
democratic p . j baud the party In the State and
rrnafion" Th?thUliIt."m and ambition is plalulv to
? WttilM t?n?ri??iintf to b?' uniamrovement upon Turn
?er liall under the rule ot the old KTns. it follows in the
[ ' . rffiX leaders by stifling the voice of th.
fin l.tep o bribing inspectors ot their
leaiers choice by packing the General Committee ?,ih
'flte-holders that the llo.s .y.tetn may prevail, and by th.
VaTor of Its own selection appointing republican, to high
not5tU.il. Ill our city government for the norpose of control
Fng l.gislstlon at Albany in the interest of th- row and to
?,furv and the .acritic# of that of the many, iyranny,
1 ! l J rv rn d ci'rriiutioi. like this drove the democratic
I batw To de'trucllen Is 1 "71. The same fate uw.it. th.
! farty again mdess it maybe saved by tho interposition
I rthe New York county democracy. Our success last r.ll
I shows thai the people are alive tot he grav|,y or the ritna
' tion Another such success next tail and our city will be
i K',d tn the hands of public servant, who, in carrying out
th. principles or the organisation, will lessen materially the
?>?? {ttiriirn? u hioU thv iK*ot?lo now liavo to bc.ir, aud a lit
! r.nce of .)tut regara for the rights of allcljs.es,
? ii V r iiiitift fit the tvorklnic men as tor those or tho
eanttaiis? or lor the salaried offleisl. and will purify th.
dim *ra?c panV of this city by crushing oat forever that
ur?nuy whPch has prevailed in Tammany Hall r?r ye.r,
bs.km .king Its nam. a byword and reproach and Impreg
naSng every branch of the city government where lis
S5w2r U f.lt with the poison of extravagance and corr.it>
lion.
Til K UrSDAY LIQUOR grKPTIOJf.
The following resolutions. ub oflered by Mr. WhUson
ami ameuded on motion ot Mr. Malcolm Campbell, de
nunciatory of Iho reccnt action or tho police ofllcl.ls In
regard to the raid on liquor dealers, were then
adopted:?
Whereat the Police Department of thU citr, whone officials
have recently uiidcrtaki u in entore o'.cdleuc- to an obsolete
Excise law by enteringupon private property. disguised a*
spUs, with ii view ot tempting Htii.-us luto a violation of
the sauie that they mi|;ht dr>i; tliem from their homo to
pri>on. in coutrolled by und acts uuJ t the directum of four
Commissioner*. all appointee* of 11 Tannnany Mayor; and
whereas the Kxecuttve Committee of tlie Tamnuav Hall
organisation adopted resolutions at a recent meeting de
n iuiicln* the conduct of the police a* arbitrary and contrary
to the ?pirlt ot tlic age In which wt> live; therefore
Ileioived, Tbat wu douonnco the recent action of tha
police as a violation of the stiirit of ropublican institutions,
such conduct upon the part of officers of tlie law beinj; mote
likely to Ki'Ucrate conionmt for, and opposition to, the Ihw
anion* tlie people than It !? to ervate anion* tliem that re
aped nod obedience wh clt are essential to the maintenance
of a irovcrninent like our*.
Itev.Ued, Tbat it Is a remarkable commentary on the
resolutions latel) passed by Tumutiuiy Hall denouncing tlie
police for their action in that respect, that the officials, who
are responsible for that outraice, are oflicert of their own
creation, and who would not dare to taka such a atep uule*a
Inspired by those who created tbem.
ANTI-TA*MAXr AT ST. LOCI9.
Mr. Thomas Costigan offered tha iollowlrg, which
was adopted
Resolved, That tlie following named persona from tho
democratic eeanty organisation be named a <omii.itt"e to
attend the National Convention, to lie held at St. I.outs on
tho U7ih inat.. lor tli ? purpose ol alriinv, by advlro and con
sultntiou, in the (election of a suitable candidate for tha
Presidency, and Tor the stili more important purpose of cor
recting any misrepresentations wliich may bo made rot),
cerninx public oentlmeiit In theoity and State 'I >*w York
with reference to the selection o! candidate! either by the
Tammany faction or tlie Canal King.
Tho committee abovo referred to includes eighty
name*, promiuent among whom are Ira sii.-.fer, Kioan.
uel B. Hart, Senator Blxby, C. W. Brooke, T.J. Cream,
er, John Morrissey, K. II Roosevelt, Nelson J. Water
uilry, Malcolui Cnmpbell, S. H. Gnrvin, Thomas Coatl"
pun', Cornelius Fiynn. George W. Plunfcett, Jamc
Hayes, R (''Gorman. Denis llc.Muhon. It V. Andrews*
S. Hatght. Henry Ciaussen, J. E. McCowau, Robrr
Power, CharleH Fetner, T. A. Iiedwith, M. C. Murphy'
J. K. Coulter und Theodore Mtergon. ,
Senator Blxby announced that the committee ap
Bointert to make arrangements for the proposed cole
ration of the Fourth o: July had engaged Irving Hall
for that occasion, and that Hun. Richard O'Gurman
would deliver an appropriate address.
The committee then adjourned.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Cincinnati Gazette?"Politicians aro known by the
company they keep."
"The noblest democrat of them all" U what the
Rochester I'nion calls Horatio Seymour.
The Worcester (Maas ) Gazette calls Blaine a fighting
hydra.
Baltimore QattUe:?"Tho democratic party can win
the nest Presidential election, if it will only take the
proper stepe to win it. Thus far It has made very few
blunders, and if it will go on as It ie going now victory
will be certain to crown its efforts next November."
Worcester (Mass.) ?airUe;?"Thoro never was such
an original person as Mr. Samuel Bowles, of Spring,
field. Ills last invention is to havo Mr. Conkling rise
up in (he Cincinnati Convention and nominate Charles
Francis Adams I If anything of the kind happens our
readors will bo promptly informed by telegraph."
Utica (X. Y.) Obttrvrr:?"Tho support of the admin
is: ration would be of valuo to Mr. Conkling if he should
t>e Dominated, but it will ho used to create a prejudice
against him in the Convention. His I needs havo con
ducted the canvass in his behalf with a good deal of
discretion. They have not been boastful, sad they
have been careful to make no thrcata."
Baltimore Gzzette:?"But Miss Roscoe Conkling Is
the true girl of the period. She has been well brought
up; her good natue has never been breathed upon; she
is young and (sir; her modest corset board cannot dts
guise the magnificence of her torso; her pull-beck is of
the costliest material and latest cut She keeps all low
r''n ? ? n <1l?< "M ' '? V i?-n-i?r nml
She ia innoceut, too. She knows nothing that a wall
conducted young peraou ought not to know, and whan
bar wise, far-sighted and astute mamma and chape
rones come to Introduce her to young Cincinnati!*,
that large-landed young gentleman will be bowled over
at ouceL"
Albany (N. Y.) Argut:? "The corner atone of de
mocracy ia ronlldeuc* in the poijple, and ibis la the
secret of Governor Tilden's great success. He believes
tn them Implicitly. He acta resolutely and fearlessly
iu their mtereata. He rejects timorous counsellors. He
spurns all suggestion of oompromtalug with raacahiy
and wrong."
The following despatch to the Chicago Timet ahowa
that Hendricks Ia atill ia the fleld
I.bathwohtu, Kan., May 29, 187a
Hon. )(. W. Delahay, of thia city, to-day received a
letter Irmu Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana. Id winch
Mr. Hendricks expressed the opinion very freely that
ho considered his chances lor the Presidential nomina
tion as very good and looking brighter dallv. He said
be wax certu.n of the support of the Kansas delegation,
the fame having been plod cod to him.
Referring to the investigation of Blaine's bond irass
actiona in Washington tne Boston Herald (dem.)
says:?"It will be seen from the delicate manner in
which the investigation waa conducted that even the
democrats upon the committee are not over anxious to
reach the bottom facts In the cane. They are doubtless
well aware that if the wbole truth comes out belor* the
lueetiug of the Cincinnati Convention some stronger
uian than Mr. Blaine will be the opposing candidate
in the Presidential election, and mat to them would be
an event to deplore."
THE WOODJN BILL VETOED.
Auusr, June 2, 1876.
The following la the Governor's memorandum veto,
lng the Woodin bill:?
Senate bill. So. 241), entitled, "An act relatiug to tho
local government of the oity of New York." Not ap
proved.
This bill contains many useful and valdab'e pro
visions; it also contains some provisions which are ex
perimental and too absolute cud rigid for the practical
I working of administration and which uro likely to iu
I troduce confusion when instantly Imposed on a oompll
i cated existing system, without time lor adaptation or
1 assimilation. Tbo bill on the eve of Its passage was
1 subjected to interpolating which out uot to be acqui
osccil in. One oi them is the clause which attempts
| to impose on the city a burden of, probably, a
' million and a quarter of dollars in respect to former
' assessment* This provision is not akin to tho object
ol tho lull a* expressed iu its title. If deemed to be un
constitutional and void, while ltwonld be of no use to the
parties who have secured its insertion, it still letumna
an insurmountable obstacle to Kxecutive sanction,
it waa added without consideration by the Legislature,
at:d lor the purpose ol compelling acquiescence or tho
destruction of the who.o bi:L This and other objec
! ttouuulc clauses aro instances of legislative log rolling,
bad in principle, of evil oxumplo, and which ought not
; to bo allowed to succced. Tho policy ol the constitu
> tion requires that such provisions should be separate
measures and should do submitted to the independent
Judgment of the law making brunches of tho govern
ment, 11 thero be an equity in favor ol the parties to
bo benefited relief should be sought on its own merits.
Another provision threatens to impair the de.'encos of
the city ag&iust fraudulent, irregular or Illegal con
tracts.
On the whole, while regretting to lose tbouselul
parts ol tho bill, 1 aiu unwilling for the sake of the
temporary advantages of them before the subjoct can
again be acted upon, to impose its exactions or to incur
the risk ol contusion in the actual conduct of tne pub
lic busiuoss oI the metropolis.
BILLS SIGNED.
Tbe Governor baa signed the following bills:?
SENATE BILL, MO. 184.
\n set In relation 10 that portion of the Gro.it
We* torn Turnpike Road commonly kuown as Western
uveuuo, lying between Snipe street, in the city of
Albany, on the east and the west lino of the proposed
new boulevard, intersecting tbe said road woal of Allen
street, in said cay. ou tho west.
KENATE BILL, NO. 67.
An act to establish a State Board of Audit and to de
fine its powers and duties.
SENATE BILL, MO. 123.
An act to amend chapter 430 of the laws of 1674, en
titled "An act 10 facilitate tbe reorganization of rail
roads sold under mortgage and providing for tbe lor
mation ot now companies in such cases."
ASSEMBLY BILL, MO. 3*8.
An act supplement-'! to the act entitled "An act to
revise the charter of tbo city of Syracuse," passed
March 3, 1867, and tho acts amendatory thereof.
ASSEMBLY BILL, NO 617.
An act relative to tbe dissolution of corporations.
ASSEMBLY BILL, NO. 430.
An act to release to Mary 11. Halsleud certain real
estate in the eity of Albany and also all tbe personal
property of Louisa Elizabeth Wright.
ASBEM ltLY HILL, MO. 1.
An act relating to the expenses of Judicial isles In
I tbe county of Kings.
ASSEMBLY BILL, NO. 382.
1 An act to amend an act ontitlod "An act to Incor
porate the City of Cohocs," passed May 19, ISti'j, and
tho act amendatory thereof, passed May 11, 1871;
parsed March 4, 1872.
ASSEMBLY WLL, MO. 275.
An act to reapproprisio moneys for the payment of
awards made by the Canal ApDraiyrs and expenses at
tending tbo same, and the plymtnt or awards by tne
Canal Board. (Tbe llrsl section ot the bill is vetoed, tbe
remainder approved.)
assembly sill, mo. AO.
An act to provide lor a luriher supply of pure and
wholesome water for the Twenty-third and Twenty
lourtU wards ol tho city of New York.
ASSKMRLY DILL, MO. 1.
An act to amond Chapter bO ot tbe Laws of 1871, en
titled " An act to provide a iurther supply ol pure and
wholesome water for tbo city of New York."
ASSEMBLY BILL, Ma 356.
An act to amend the <4iarter of tho American Instl
tuio of tbe oily of New York.
SENATE BILL, NO. 280.
An not in relation to Riverside avenue sad park la
the city of New York.
ASSKMBLY BILL, SO. 115.
An act to providu for tliu audit and payment of
claims (or repairs, printing, labor andoiher incidental
matters lu and about public school buildings, incurred
during the years 18(10, 1870, 1871 and 1872 by the trus
tees of the common schools of the several wards In
tlio city of New York, and to provide means thorelor.
ASSEMBLY BILL MO. 397.
An act to amend chapter 604 of the laws of 1874, entitled
"An act to provide lor the surveying. laying out and
monumenting ot ccruin portions or tbe city and
couuty of New York." and to provide means therefor.
ASSEMBLY BILL XO. 333.
An aet to auiena chapter 210 of ths laws of 1847,
entitled "An act to provld* for tbe incorporation of
companies to construct plankrnads and of companies
to construct turnpike roads,'1 passed May 7, 1847.
Tbe Govornor has also signed the following:?
An act relating to courts, ofllcers and civil fro
ccodings.
An act explaining, defining and regulating the cflect
and application or, and otherwise relating to, the act
passed" at the last tension of the Legislature untitled
"Au uct relating to olllcora ol Justice and civil pro
ccedings."
DANIEL DREW'S EXAMINATION.
Mr. Brew's examination in bankruptcy did not take
place yesterday, although it was Adjourned from the
day before until then, owing to ths bankrupt's ill
health. Rogister William*, accompanied by cnunsol on
both sides, visited the house yesterday, wlien ho was
informed by tho phystciau that Mr. Brew was <n loo
weak a condition to undergo the examination, an<1 It
was adjourned indefinitely ami will not b? bold unUl
tbo bankrupt's health will admit or It.
AN EX-ASSEMBLYMAN IN TROUBLE.
Kx-Aasemblymsn "Jim" Irving, of ths Eighteenth
ward, lbs central figure in a hundred pugilistic en
counters, is sgain in trouble, lie was arraigned be
fore Justice Smith, at ib6 Washington Place Police
Court yesterday afternoon, and bold in $300 bail on a
charge ol assaulting Mr Georgo F. Wooision, of Na
461 Itroadway. Mr. Woolstou came so court on Thurs.
day and inlormeti Judge Smith that on (he preceding
day he had railed at Irving'* livery liable, corner ol
Fourth avcuuo und Thirty-third street, for the pur
pose of examining a wagon with a view to purchase.
He got into an uitercatiou with Irving's foreman as lo
the value ol the wheels of the wagon, when Irviug
seized him by the throat and dung him out on tho
sidewalk. On being srraigned yesterday Terence
Brady, of No. 383 Second avenue, became hln bouda
man.
REDUCING RAILROAD FREIGHTS.
A reduction Id the freight rates to the We t has
been made by the Kris Railroad in contequcnce of
representations made by s committee of New York
merchants, who complained or a discrimination la vol
sble to Bostou in the rates ol ail the trunk roads. This
committee waited on Vic President Blanchard ou
Wednesday aud laid before him certain Isula showing
that a lower tsrlll or freights to the West had enabled
Boston merchants to lake (be grocery (rado a way from
New York. Mr. Bianunard vlsiled Hokioii on Thursday
lor tho purpose ol investigating tbe matter, rind found
that the lact was an represented. In consequent of
this President Jewell ordered s corresponding reduo
tion of tbe rales Irom this city. The rates will now b?
twenty cents per 100 pounds lor Bimetal class to Chi
cugo, which is a reduction ol over fifty per rent, and to
ail oilier point* In the West on (he snine basis.
As soon as it was found that tbe Krie road had made
a reduction the agenla ol the olher trunk lines loadiug
out ol thii city were instructed to make a correspond
ing reduction on rourth anu -penal cla-n goods. Ths
rates on first, second snd tb.rd class will reuisin un
changed? annis. 70 cents and 60 cents to Chicago.
Tho Erie officials Mato thai ibers Is no truth in the
rumor lhat a luriher reduetlou from the present pas
senger rate of $12 to Chicago is conieiunlatod.
VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ALDERMEN.
The Jerrey City Board of Aldermen I* tied. When
tbe democratic six aitond a meeting the republican six
take their ha*.a sod go borne. Escb slds lr^ Waiting for
tbe action or tbe oourt In relation to tbe ft. -Powell con
tested salt In tbo Fourth district, wfctcb will give on*
MR. BULLOCK'S DEFENCE.
Atllxta, G*., nay 29,1374
To thk Editor or iu Hkrau?:?
Tour paper of Sunday, the 21st insL, baa only lately
come into uiy band*. Ttie evident purpose declared
by your editorial comments, to deal lairly and Juatly
with me, leadi me to ask space lor tbo following:?
The reasons that Influenced my judgment and my
action In 18T1 were given to tbe public by me at tha
time and need not be now ropc&ied. That Uiost
reasons wore well founded I had no doubt tben and
have none now; But tho surrounding ctrcumstancefl
ot that day and of this are entirely dissimilar.
My absence from tho State did not in tha
slightest degree impede that rigid or hostile
investigation which was given to my evory
net personal or official; nor did I Intend that It should.
1 had nothing to conccai My only need was that a
sufllcient tlmo should elapse In which the intense poll(.
leal excitement occasioned by the ouforcement of tha
negro's right to sit as a member of tbe State Legisla
ture and to bold office could subsldo and pass away.
The course which 1 pursued snomed to be the only one
whereby that desired rnsult co:ild bo attained.
Tbe policy that I adopted was certainly wiser thaa
to have coutinued u hopeless coutcst here, the only re
sult of which would have been to have brought upon
the Stato and country a murderous domestic warfare;
1 can now congratulate myself that although my
office was banded over to my successor without any
special preparation lor that purpose every record waa
found complete, and while tbero wero but ten centa
louud to tbe treasury of my predecessor my successor
was amply supplied with funds, and every dollar sad
evory bond was duly accounted for. Tho report that t
made to my successor of my transactions under tbo
flscHl laws of the State has never been d it credited.
Although assailed on almost every point nothing vul
uerable \v?s louud, aud It staudsjto-duy veritiod and uui?
wrsaily accepted.
I tool justified iu saying of myself, even at the risk
of socmiug to be egotistical, that, impelled by business
connections, I adopted Georgia us my home before the
war and was hero during the war, and, up to the hour
of my inauguration as Governor, 1 was in charge of
private ajd corporate Interests whore the pecuniary
trust reposed In me far exceeded In amount any that
wore subsequently exercised by me in behalf ot the
State. Aud until politlcul animosities were engen
dered no word ol suspicion or censure was ever uttered
against iny personal or official integrity.
In the editorial to which I refer you say:?
lie Is accucdof paying to an Imaginary Tennessee ear
CJiupiiny iHo.'JIA) for cars that never wero delivered while
Ue was (ioveruor. ?
To this 1 reply that tbe Tennossee Car Company was
not an "imaginary" but a boni Jiiie corporation, with
well known aud responsible officers mid stockholders,
extensively engaged in tlio renting aud sale of cars.
My couuectiou with the transactiou was the official ap
proval of u contract made by and between the Stats
road and tho car company, all contracts over $3,000 re
quiring the Indorsed approval of tho Governor. If that
contract was not iulllllled the car company should have
been sued and compelled to respond for damages. Cars
furnished by or bought from tho Tennessee Car Com
pany during ray administration are running on the
I Slnlo roau to-uay.
Mr. Bullock now elniiuii thut ho has born ready to go to
Georgia at any time during tLu pa.it two >ears. yet lie does
nut explain why hu did uot earlier aeek Ilia vindication.
Officers, attorneys a ml agents of the State have fre
quently corresponded with me during the Dust three
years, and sought Intoruiatiou and assistance, to all of
which 1 have responded In it manner pronounced l>?
them to bo entirely sauslaciory. 1 have met them
personally and assisted them in New York at their re
quest, and they were lniormed that 1 was ready aud
willing to come hero whenever It was desired that I
should do so. Thero baa uever been a day nor an hour
siuCK my resignation when I havo uot been uccossibio
either diroctly or through my attornoys here to any
request irom the State authorities.
Tito people of Atlanta aeem to hare confidence In his abil
ity to prove tlmt he in innocent of the ofleucea with which
lie 1? charged, and it ia luid that he could have aeoured bait
to tlir amount ol' Sl.OJti. <.*>. Hut whether ho ia inuocent of
guilty the very (act that he ia accused in a inortlNcation to
the American people, for the Ural time In oar history ? ? ?
Htnle court hu? un ex-Rovernor under arre?t for lruud.
I am sure that the mortification of the American
people iu the aggregate does uot exceed, even ir It,may
equal, that winch 1 experiouca Bull have the con
solation of knowing that I uut the occasion and not the
cause of it. If the republicans of this Stalo had befa
ungenerous or vindictive this spectacle might have
been ou exhibition at un earlier tay. Wo do not forget
thai, whon, in IMS, my nntl-reconstruction democratic
predecessor in oillco refused to recoguize the enfran
chisement of the negro and tho reconstruction acts of
Congress, he fled lrom the State and took with hint tha
State seal*, a portion of the archives and all of tho
treasury, and he remained beyond the jurisdiction of
the State court* for aeveral years. Here was
a prima fade. case for ex parte proceedings involving
very grave charges. Hut no one within my knowledge
ever expressed any disposition to harass or bring dis
grace upou ox Governor icnklng. Thero is no ques
tion of ms personal and otliclai integrity, and .vet up
to tho prosent hour thore has I believe, never been any
published report o( the use made of tho large amount
ol Stale funds that were in bis hands when he fled nor
of the return or any portion of It to tho State Treasury.
Under the prosent administration I And that It Is no
torious and not denied that thero is an unadjusted or
an linperfoct account in the departments here ol the
disposluou or exchungo made of certain bonds
during the past two years, and that a very
large amount of money has been paid out
of the State Treasury on bonds that had lieon pre
viously redecmod and reported. In the regular per
formance of oiticial duty an cxocutive warrant was ex
ecuted and issued to the Treasurer to cover this
amount, and yet, notwithstanding His Excellency
Governor Smith has the republican party arrayed
against him aud is attacked and criticised by an active
portion ol the democratic party, neither party doobt
the intrepidity of his purpose or wonld entertain the
thought of procuring against hi in indictments for "lar*
ceny alter trust delegated" or lor "conspiracy to
cheat and swindle tho Staio." The performance by
mo of the official acts in 1870 upon which in 187.2?
nearly a year after my resignation?theso chargos'are
based, was Just as entirely iroo lrom criminality.
Those acts of mine havo not boen tho necessary cans#
of a dollar's loss to the State nor of a penuy's pecuni
ary advantage to mysolf. I have the charity to beiievt
that it they were passed upon by a legislative eoin
tuiiieo of to-day instead ot tour years ago, when
political feeling wan at its height, Indictments would
not havo been thought of:
Kvery bond issued during my administration was in
striet accordance with law, regularly recorded and
accounted for, and tho State received its full tneasnrs
of be'neiit therefrom. Every dollar received from tax -s
or from the sale ot binds was duly and lawfully
accouuted lor. My otllcial records proved It when I
resigned and they prove it to-day, and 1 can point with
Just pride to the material benefits Georgia received
from a republican administration.
KL'FUS R BULLOCK.
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Henry W. Dowett has boon adjudicated a bankrupt
by Register Allen, of No. 162 Broadwny. His Insolvent
schedule shows his principal creditors to be as fol
lows:?Hector Sears, $10,487; Sarah K. Boyd, $8,500;
K. P. Scott & Co., $2,501 04; Charles Dunham, $7,400,
and Horace Saunders, $1,662 18.
At the first meeting of the crodltora of Joseph Car?
penler and Edward Denby, held yesterday before
Register Ketchum, of tho Bonnett building, lour debts,
aggregating about $5,000, woro proved, and John H.
Seaman, of loot of Horatio street, N. It., was elected
assignee.
At u compromise meeting of tho creditors of Gerhard
H. & Gerhard K. Tiemeyer. held beforo Register fitch,
of 346 Broadway, the' debts of the bankrupts Igere
stated to be $2,504 05 aud the essoin $1,127 04. The
oiler ol forty per cent in compromise was accepted by
all but two creditors. Efforts are being mndo to recover
other projterty under mortgage, which, if successful,
will be added to the forty por cent.
In the caso of William II. Newman the bankrupt ap
peared at a meeting of his creditors before Register
Filch and objections to his discharge wore filed.
PBODUCE EXCHANGE ELECTION.
As noticed in the Hbrau> yesterday the election to
lake place ou Monday next ol a president and man
agers of tho l'rotluce Exchange for the ensuing
year is causing conaldersDle excitement among the
merchants who are members of that body. The
charges of extravagant management agaipstlho present
governors are repeated by the opposition, who say that
to day or on Mouday they will submit to the member*
a ticket which will t>o conservative aud unobieciionable.
An ortlcor of the Exchango told the writer that Hit
fight was oniv between the ''Ins and outs." "Every
one," he added, "is willing to serve his country for'a
consideration. Now a good many people, for instance,
object to our paying $4,60!? per year to our statistician,
Mr. Walker, but 1 notice whenever any Information is
wanted that will prove valuable these grumblers ?ro
always willing to avail themselves or it. An Exchange
like iliia cannot maintain us dignity aud power without
a certain expenditure of money. As for the Board ol
Managers, tbey are believed to be an upright and im
partial set or men. Tho new ticket Is not yot an
uounced, and it may not be until the morning of ibi
election." __
THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
Cultom House Inspectors McCort and llagua tarnel
Into the sciiuro room yesterday twelve bottles of baj
oil (the duty on which is $17 60 in gold per bottla|
which they had found secreted nesr the otl tanks M
the I'aciflc Mail steamship Colon, from AspinwalL
In June, 1876, three passenger trunks were selxct
by a special Treasury agent, who had recelvod OwWI
that the customs oOlcers had passed them free of daty.
when iu reality tboy were ouliable to the extent of
several hundred dollars. The truuks belonged to Miss
D-nuy, of Boston, and Mr. W H. Welles, of this city,
and iher were seized at a private residence ia Thirty
lirsi street. They were claimed by Mr.* W. 1*. l ee, a
lawyer of this city, who said tfeal tho seizure mil
outrage. Application lor the release ol tho trunks
has only Just been made, and tboy war* reloased yes
terday upon payment of $400 duty. Tho ladtea'
At-. the** ?re r~-r ont