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C. 11. CHAN IC, Secretary.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1881.
The Republicans of Nmv Jersey have made
an apportionment which gives them thirty
four of the sixty Legislative districts, con
cedes twcuty-two to tho Democrats, and holds
four doubtful. Tlds will bo Interesting news
for Air. McPherson, Democratic Senator
from that State, whose term expires in ISS-'t,
In Uio last hours of tho into ScnaleMr.
Beck, who Ims a reputation for honesty sec
ond to Uiat of no man, called up a bill to
refund $200,000 to tho State of Kentucky for
money expended in equipping and arming
Union volunteers. A Senator asked: ‘‘Has
tho bill,been considered DyacommitteoV”
No, It has hot,” replied Mr. Beck, “but I
say Uiat It is Just and ought to pass.” The
Senate took him nt his word. The immo of
a watchdog Is a good thing to have in Uio
house iu an emergency.
The people of Xrkansas were overcome
last year, it appears, by a sort of stiam hon
esty, which was entirely duo to Uio prospect
of a Presidential campaign. When the re
pudiation amendment was voted on d 1,497
votes were cast In Its favor, and 41,009 votes
on tho oUier side. Tho Democratic malingers,
who are supremo in tho State, were fearful
Uiat tlds extraordinary vole would have a
bad clTcct iu Uio North, They therefore
caused Uio amendment to bo rejected on Uio
pretext that it had not obtained a majority
of nil Uio votes cast, one of Uio candidates
having received 1112,109 votes. But the ques
tion is to bo voted on again under widely dif
ferent circumstances, and there Is not much
doubt Uiat Uio result will bo favorable to
repudiation.
Thu Chicago TaiuuNu apparently holds that
questions of currency and tlnmieo ought to bo
sullied byu majority vote.—AVie Vorl: nation.
The Thidunk only holds that in this coun
try Uiey <i rc settled by majority vote. *‘ Why,”
said tho Tombs lawyer to his client In Jail,
“they can’t pul you in jail for doing that.”
“ But hero X am.” ho replied. There Uio
gohlitcs are. Thu law remonetizing sliver
lias been missed by a two-thirds vote of both
Houses of Congress. It Is tho law of tho
land. The Tiuiiunk said, and repeats, that
it Is Uio merest foity and bombast fur Uio
Nation or any other representative of tho
pool-selling, stock-jobbing clique In Wall
street to maintain that every person who
voted for Uiat law is (jnto facto unfit to bo
Secretary of Uio Treasury. If Uiere Is any
such thing as representation or responsible
Government hl’Congrcss certainly it must bo
found back of a two-thirds vote of both
Houses of Congress, not altered, repealed, or
repented of.
Tuk area of the Russian Empire Is 8,5,11,001
square miles. The population, Including
Poles, Finns, Caucasians, and Asiatics, is
K’j,ns5 I tM5. Tho area of Russia proper Is
1,881,210 miles, and Uie population 05,701,559.
No oUier country in Europe has as large a
territory or ns many. Inhabitants. Tho into
Czar ascended tho throne March 2,1855, after
tho battles of Balakluvu and inkermun, and
In the midst of Uie siege of Sebastopol. His
reign was exactly twouty-six yearn and eleven
days in duration. Ills father, Nicholas,
reigned thirty years (1825-1855), and ids
Knyit-uncle, Alexander 1., twenty-four years
(1801-1825), Thoro liavo boon but throe Czars
of Russia in this century. Alexander 111.,
now on tho throne, was no years of age last
week Thursday; and will, unless tie meets an
untimely end, live to complete Uio century in
four generations. Thu last Czar of Russia
who met ids death at tho hands of an ussasln
previous to Uie late Emperor was Paul, Uio
sun of the famous Catharine (ITW-1801).
Spite of Uio repeated attempts upon the fives
of the rulers of Russia, Uio average length of
reigns iu that Kingdom has boon greater than
lu most other countries of Europe.
Mu.AuikutKi.su 1 * reply to Judjcu Ulackhaa
been much applauded by some of tho slock*
jobbing Journals in New York, but they Imvu
totally failed to notice tho obvious fallacies
which it contains. Mr. Kink assumes, for
instance, that the only tax which tho com*
panics impose upon tho producers of lids
country Is the Mdual freiuht collected on
main carried to tho seaboard; and lie main*
tains that most of tills is paid by consumers
in other countries. Ho states tiiut tho (train
clop of ibTtl amounted to l.aii.OOO.OOObusbols,
end that only 115,000,000 bushels found their
way to the seaboard, of which 0f1,000,000
bushels were carried by the four trunk lines,
tho other 41',000,000 being transported by
water. Ho proceeds to argue that tho whnlu
extent of the railroad lax on tho fanners fell
on this 00.000, 1)00 bushels of grain: mid says
(hat a (liltorLMico of live cents per 100 pounds
on that amount would conic to onIySLUOO,-
000, and not to 843,000,000 ns stated by Sen
ator Wlndnm and Judge Black. Could thoro
he n shallower or more disingenuous stale
tnonl than this ? Every farmer knows that the
value of his crops is fixed by tho price of the
surplus. When tho railroads tax the latter,
they at thh same time tax every bushel of
grain raised In this country which is con*'
sumed at home, ns well ns that which Is car
ried abroad. The price of the whole product
Is fixed by tho price hi I,lverpool, n consid
erable element in which Is tho cost of trans
portation to the seaboard. Senator Wimlom
and .Bulge Black were right and Mr. Fink Is
wrong. Moreover, it looks very much ns If
the latter were deliberately wrong, lie must
have known bettor.
In the nknso of the new Czar thcro Is no
intimation of any intended reforms or amel
iorations of the Government; thoro Is no hint
of tho cause of tho nssnslnntlon of Ids father.
Tho act is primarily laid on tho Almighty In
this language:
It Ims pleased (ho Almighty, In Ills Inscruta
ble will, to visit Hussln with n heavy blow of
fate, ami to call her benefactor, tho Emperor
Alexander 11., to Himself.
.9 cents.
,ti cauta.
.9 cento.
,4 cent*.
The new Czar then shifts tho responsibility
more directly upon tho two ussaslns:
Ho fell by tbo bands of Impious murderers,
who had repeatedly sought Ids precious life,
and mndu their attempts because they saw lit
him tbo protector of ilussla, tho foundation of
brrcmttness, mid tho promoter of tho welfare
of tho Ilussbui people.
If the Almighty employed tho murderers
to “call tho Emperor to Himself,” why are
they called “ Impious ” V But the new Czar,
In the first gush of Ids grief, makes a false
accusation against the nssnslns when he says
they “saw In the late Emperor the promoter
of tho welfare of tho Russian people.’’ It
was simply because he refused to promote
tho welfare of tho Russian people that they
dynamited him. Tito Czar was an Implaca
ble foe of free Institutions fur tho people of
Russia. Hu employed, his autocratic power
to stamp out freedom of speeclt and of tho
press, freedom of thought undeletion. lie
refused utterly to give tho Russians n Parlia
ment or permit them to make their own laws
and vote tholr own taxes, of enjoy any of Uto
rights amt privileges of other civilized na
tions. Tho program of malt-handed, iron
hcelcd repression became unendurable, and
he felt a victim to his own tyrannical stu
pidity. ,
THE LESSON OF THE ABBABINATION.
“The King Is dead; long live the King.”
Alexander 11., shattered by a Nihilistic
petard, Is dead, and Alexander 111., “ Emper
or and Autocrat of all the Russlas, Czar of
Poland, Grand Duke of Finland,” etc.,
mounts to the disordered throne so sudden
ly vacated by his autocratic ‘and despotic
father. It is possible for him to remain there
and make Uussia mightier than over; it is
equally possible for him, by continuing his
father’s policy, lo expose himself to the same
fate. There have been rumors current that
ho is more liberal in Ids ideas than Ids father.
It Is certain that lie has not always indorsed
Ids father’s policy, and that ho Jins not al
ways sympathized with Ids personal charac
ter, ns was evinced nt Uio time of .the
latter’s recent marriage with his mis
tress. Whether he will reverse Uio policy of
Uie Government, inaugurate, some reforms
by way of temporary conciliation, mid Uion
put on the clamps tighter than ever, as did
ids father, or continue the present despotic
policy, time alone will tell; but, if ho under
stands the temperof Uio Russian people, and
has the eourawTand foresight la act accord
ingly, he will promptly take Uie initiatory
steps towards giving his subjects a constitu
tional form of government.
The desire for representative Institutions
and a constitutional form 9f government lies
at the bottom 6f Uio present trouble in Uus
sia. It was the real motive which led to the
nssaslimtlon of Uie Czar, however foul and
cowardly tho deed Itself may seem. If it
was Uio work of tho Nihilists, ns now ap
pears, It was simply because Nihilism Is tho
only form through which tho desire
could express Itself ami formulate Into ac
tion. No man or men dared to publicly de
mand a representative form of government,
for Uie reason that such a demand would
have involved their speedy nssaslimtlon by
the Government, or their tonslgnmcnt to a
living death under ground in Siberia. Tho
Nihilistic organization has been used, Uiorc
fore, because It is profoundly secret Tho
whole of Uussia is honeycombed with Nihil
istic societies. They embrace in their or
ganization people of all ranks, from aristo
crats to artisans, and it has been said their
ramifications lead Into tho Imperial house
hold. it may have seemed nu incongruity to
many people that Uie Uussinu nubility have
favored tho Nihilists, but it is easily ex
plained when it Is considered that under a
despotic form er government, where tho ab
solute authority Is vested iu ond person, the
nobles are as completely shorn of
power ns the serfs themselves. They
have long wanted a constitutional form
of government like Uiat of England, in
which Uiey would become tho Jlouso of
Lords, and they have favored Nihilism be
cause It was tho only kind of pressure Uiey
could bring to bear upon tho Czar to cifect
such a change. Tills desire first began to
take shape when the late Czar emancipated
the serfs. It aroused a hope that tlds was the
first step towards popular liberty, but, ns
lime went on, It became apparent that the
emancipation was not intended for any such
purpose, hut merely lo secure tho serfa ns ad
herents of tho Czar In preventing (his Very
purpose and in keeping down Uie nobility.
Meanwhile this discontent grew more deeply
seated. War broke out between Uussia and
Turkey. As Uie direct result of this war
Uussia liberated millions of Christians from
Turkish despotism. She enlarged ami
erected Servla into a free State. Shu added
to tho territory of Montenegro, Sho gave
Bulgarina Parliament and Bminmnia autono
my. What moroinitural thantlmtlho Uussian
people should'becomo still more dissatisfied,
ns they saw tho Czar giving political and re
ligious freedom to the Christians beyond Uio
Balkans, while ho denied Parliamentary rep
resentation of any kind to Ids own subjects
at home, thousands of whom had given up
Ihulr lives at ids command to glvo to others a
boon Uiey could not have themselves?
This demand for representative govern
ment has also been emphasized of lute years
by Uio introduction of Western ideas into tho
Uussian civilization. There are swarms of
Uussian visitors and tourists in France, Ger
many, Italy, mid Switzerland, and they are
men of keen observation. Large numbers
of young ilussluns have been educated in
tho European universities. They have im
bibed tho Western literature, Ideas, am) no
tions, and returning homo havu found
their own country petrified and dead to
all modern progress. They have found
that there is no freedom of speech,
no freedom of Uio press, no independence of
action, no progress In life, but everything
clumped and ground down into Uio dust, ami
held down at the mercy of one autocratic
will. It is Uio collision between Uio New
and the Old, and in Uie struggle Uie Now lias
met Uie Old on its own ground mid with Us
i own weapons, because it could meet it no
other way. Cruel, brutal, and bloody the eu
THE .CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1881—TWELVE PAGES.
counter nmy be, but it makes no exception to
the history of all such encounters. While
modern progress and humanity cannot sym-
palhlxe with the methods of either side, stilt
It Is to lie remembered that such a fearful re
venge presupposes a fearful cause that led to
It; and while wo may not sympathize with
the brutal act of the nssnslns, there cannot
ho any sympathy with the despotic govern
ment of tho victim that intlamcd them tocom
mlt tho deed. -
The new Czar has It In Ids power to satisfy
Ids people, to resloro pence and order, to
establish harmonious relations between tho
people and tho Government—ln a word, to
end Nihilism. It has swollen to pre
posterous dimensions, simply because It Is
tho only means through wjdch tho people
can give voice to tholr wishes. If he should
have the wisdom ami foresight to proclaim a
constitutional form of government Nihilism
would disappear. If ho docs not. he himself
will in nil likelihood meet with tho fate
of Ids father, and Nihilism will keep
on with its bloody work until tho
people extort from their niters by fear
what they cannot get upon grounds of hu
manity and Jusltcu. Human justice will de
mand tho punishment of Urn mnrdorersoflho
Czar, and no one will complain if itbespeedy
and terrible, but does not human justice also
demand that tho burdens which have been
piled upon the Russian people should be re
moved, and that they should be allowed some
voice in making and executing the laws'.* It
is urged In some tinartors that they are not
ready for liberty. That can be tested. Tho
same argument was made against the French
Republic after Uto Franco-German war, but
the French people have thus far shown
themselves qiinllllcd to be Intrusted with
liberty. It Is a grave problem which con
fronts Alexander 111., amt his course, nut
only with relation to the other Powers, bulto
his own people, will ho watched by ilia world
with great Interest.
“THE REASON FOR MATTHEWS.”
The Washington dispatches assort that tho
potent reason which Is urged by Foster and
others at Washington on behalf of Stanley
.Matthews, .lay (build's lobby attorney, was
that Ids failure to secure confirmation, when
his name was sent to the Senate by President
Hayes, "was a mortification to him,” and
that “the new Administration ought to lend
Its power to force him upon tho Supremo
Bench In order to relieve his chagrin.” It Is
true that the Semite showed its disapproval
of the nomination of Gould’s lobbyist by Its
unusual reference to tho Judiciary Commit
tee, and that both that Committee and tho
Senate evinced that sentiment to tho last by
refusing to take any other action upon ids
nomination. Buttlmt this can constitute any
apology for sending his name again to the
Senate Is Impossible to the last degree. As
to the “morlillcatlon” to Stanley Matthews,
lie has no apology for having come into such
a position. The nomination, which he se
cured from Hayes and endeavored to
force upon the Senate, was at its In
ception an inexcusable outrage upon tho
rights of this circuit. There are nine cir
cuits and nine Justices, Tho intent of the
taw Is not doubtful that each circuit should
be represented by a Justice. This Is now
the tldrd time in succession that this circuit,
the largest in the whole country In Us busi
ness in tho Federal Courts, has been grace-
Icsly shoved aside to accumulate ono-thlrd
of tho whole Court iu ttio circuit from which
tho two Presidents have come who have per
petrated tills indignity In tho Interest of
an Individual, in whoso behalf no reason
exists which can bo openly avowed to tho
country. It comes back to (ids: It was an
Indignity and a wrong Unit Stanley Mat
thews got himself at alt lido tho spot where
this “mortillcution” to which he Is so sen
sible befell Idm. It Is Uio Inevitable attend
ant or tho unjust and selfish position into
which ho forced himself. It Is Illogical and
absurd to plead tlds as u furUier reason why
the Indignity attempted towards this great
circuit should be forced through nt all
hazards.
Tim argument is senseless, that, because In
a defeated attempt to rob tills circuit of Its
right Mr. Matthews has incurred a little
chagrin, the circuit must now bo sacrificed
in any event to protect Ids personal sensibili
ties. The reception his name received from
the Senate and the country ought to teach
tilth and the President that his position upon
the Supreme Bench will bo oltenslve; and if
It Is necessary to “cover Ids face,” ns tho
Chinese say, It should be done at some other
expense than that of this circuit. The reason
Is an Insunicloiit excuse for the President;
and wo would like to kn&w what valid reason
he can avow to tho country for foisting Jay
Gould's Cincinnati attorney upon tho Su
premo Bcncir.
SPECIE RESUMPTION IK EUROPE.
One of tho great works upon which Russia
had entered before tho recent catastrophe
was the preparation for resumption of specie
payments. Owing to hoi* protracted wars,
her vast military establishment, Iter domestic
troubles, the failures of her crops, and Urn
general absence of active industry, the
finances of Uie Kmplro have reached a de
plorable condition. Tho Imperial debt of
Russia is somewhere about 2,600,000,000 rou
bles, or, computing a rouble ,at 76 cents of
our money, the total interest-bearing debt Is
somewhere about $1,000,000,000 of American
money.
In addition to this debt, there was out
.standing a depreciated paper currency issued
nominally by tho Imperial Bank, but made n
legal-tender by the Government. In point of
fact, Uie national bunk Is but a tiution, being
in reality a department of tho National
Treasury. Before the war with Turkey tho
amount of paper money outstanding averaged
roubles, or about $*17,000,000. Thu
cost of Urn war was partly paid by an addi
tion to the forced paper issues of 417,000,000
roubles, or something over $100,000,000. Tim
current or specie value of this paper a year
ago was about 40 cents per rouble of 76 cents,
the depreciation being about 00 per cent. One
great trouble witli Russian llnances Is the in
evitable dotlcleney in the revenue, which fur
many years lias fallen siiort of the expend
itures. An economy of expenditure, so ns to
bring It wlthliithosumof Uioanmml revenue,
seems to be beyond tho capacity or the wishes
of the Government. It took ninny years for
the Government of Italy to understand
that there canid ho no improvement
in tho national credit in tho facu of
invariable annual dellcits of revenue, but as
soon as tho necessity was fully understood
and expenditures reduced to a point Hint
enabled the enlightened Ministry of that
Kingdom to prepare fur specie payments,
Uie scheme was put in operation. We
hnvo already explained tho progress making
towards u resumption of specie payments
and complete restoration of national credit 1
in Italy.
On the Ist of January, ISSI, Uie Russian
Kmporor issued a decree directing the Treas
ury to repay to tho national bank all of the
outstanding new issues of paper In excess of
8:500,000,000. By tho same decree tho Treas
ury is directed to pay to Uie bank annually
for eight years $17,600,000, thus InOiotllmu
taking up and canceling tho whole of the
additional paper Issued to meet Uie ex
penses of the Turkish war. To success
fully accomplish this, several very uucer-
Ituln things In Russia arc essential. First,
tho revenue system must be so reduced to
order Unit an annual surplus must take Uio
place of the ordinary nnnnai delicti In tho
revenue! and, in tint second place, Russia
must have, during these eight years, a sea
son of pence, under which domestic produc
tion amt domestic Industry may recover from
tlictr present depression, nml the country be
come prosperous nml thriving. Tho expecta
tion is that at tlio end of these eight years of
pence, prosperity, and national Increase tho
country will have grown np’to llto capacity
of finding use for the then outstanding old
volume of paper money, amounting, ns wo
have stated, to about 858T,000,000. It is ex
pected that by that lime tho outstanding pa
per of tho old issue wilt be at par, and Hint it
will continue to so remain without further
reduction. Ono weakness tn this scheme Is,
Hint, anticipating further dellcits and fail
ures to have an annual surplus with
which to innko tho redemption of tho 8300,-
000,000 of paper, the Treasury Is authorized
to barrow Uto money to mnku those eight
annual payments. It would seem to bo a
more direct, more ccrtnln, and less expensive
way to fund tbo 8800,000,000 of paper money
at once In bonds.
Tills decretkwus made on tho Ist of Janu
ary. Ucforo tho expiration of three months
the Emperor who issued it has been rntliles
lynssnsinated and the whole nation plunged
into n condition bordering upon ntmrehy.
What will follow this assaslnatlonlt Is not
supposed that tho murder was merely to pun
ish Alexander personally, but that it was es
sential to the inaugnrnUon'of n system of
political changes leading up to tho estab
lishment of a responsible constitutional Gov
ernment, thus thoroughly revolutionizing tho
whole Empire. Will this agitation go on,
or will tho Government remain substan
tially Uto despotism which Alexander 11. left
It'.’ If so, was not tite fruitless nssastnation
a miserable, cowardly murder, unredeemed by
oven the semblance of n patriotic motive '.*
Should, however, such political reforms
take place in Russians will leave tlio coun
try at peace, tlio preparations for resumption
of specie payments may stilt go on to com
pletion. Tills will leave Uto Austro-Hunga
rian Empire and Turkey the only largo
Slates still hopelesly burdened with out
standing inconvertible paper money. The
case of Turkey Is hopeless, and the inability
of Austrja to resume specie payment ts at any
near date is hardly better, Doth Russia and
Austria will attend the Monetary Conference
at Paris In April, and out of that Conference
there nmy come results that may tend to
make resumption in both countries not only
possible but comparatively easy.
THE STATE APPOSTIONMEKT.
An adjourned session of tho Illinois Legis
lature to next whiter is favored by some of
the State Senators on tho pretext that it will
be necessary to complete tho Congressional
and Senatorial apportionment after Congress
has acted. The force of this reasoning does'
not appear. Congress has already Indicated
by a decisive vote hi tho Lower House what
Its final action will be. Tho DIO bill was car
ried In a Democratic House. Its provisions
are so equitable that it will certainly be ap
proved by tho new Congress. It gives Illi
nois twenty Congressmen, and tho Legis
lature will bo entirely safe hi acting on the
presumption that such will bo tiio number of
districts required in', this State. If for any
unforeseen reason tho number should bo
changed by Congress (which Is altogether
Improbable), and the Legislature should then
be culled together In'extra session, it would
be In no worse predicament than that which
some of Us tax-eating members now delib
erately invito. The'business of this session,
Including tho apportionment, should be lln-
Ished upas If thefo were no possibility of u
future meeting. ,\t .
I hero aro precedents enough for antici
pating the formotactionof Congress. This
was done by the legislature of tbdl, and
again by that of 18T1; ami inmdthercaso
was there Uie name indication of tbo probable
action of Congress that we now possess. It
may bo taken for,granted that a bill which
had all tho Republican votes In a Demo
cratic llouho, ami obtained enough/from tho
majority to carry will certainly go through a
Republican House.'
There Is no reason why Iho Legislature
should vox itself about the apportionment, us
if it wore a big<> job. It is hardly a more
dinieult matter than tho appointment of com*
mittccs In tho House. Tho basis of twenty
districts being decided on, it wilt bo found,
first, that Cook County Is entitled to four dis
tricts; secondly, that four other districts can
stand as they aro; thirdly, that a slight re
arrangement of counties, including tho two
that are to bo spared from iho First and Third
Districts, will tho whole northern
half of tho State. The southern districts do
not require much shifting about, and can bo
easily arranged to tbo satisfaction of nit con
cerned. Tho Senatorial districts can be
disposed of In/ a similar way with
some care and attention, us there is com
paratively little choice in most cases,—
the nature of tbo districts being determined
by the situation of tho counties ami their
population. If the Apportionment Commit
tees are in earnest. In (this business, and will
go to work ut once,' wo do not see why they
should not dispose gf tho whole subject in
two weeks; and >tho Legislature in two
weeks more ought to bo able to act de
cisively.
Tho pretense that there must bo nn ad
journed session to. make tho apportionment
is too shallow to deceive the Intelligent
voters of ttds State. They know that nn ad
journed session Is not desired for any such
purpose; that it is'.desired by members who
tmvo no legitimate business of consequence
to keep them at home, and who wish for an
other winter to prey upon tho public at
Springfield. Tjiere.nover was a Legislature
in Hilmds that bad less reason fur gelling
together than tills.one; nor ono which has
done less good and proposed more harm. An
adjourned session would bo an unprovoked
calamity, and would not bo justified by the
people. ■ '
INCONSISTENCY 07 JUDGE DAVIS.
Judge David Davis, of Illinois, recently
made a speech In the Honato touching the or
ganization of that body which linn earned him
considerable praise; So far us ho refused tbo
pruiterod Chairmanship of tho Judiciary
Committee,which was hold out to him by the
Democrats ns a bribe to vote with them on’
organization, no certainly merited commen
dation. So far as ho believes himself under
an obligation to tho Democratic parly for
electing him to tho Senate for six years and
thereby deriving him ot n life position on
tho Supreme Jlonch, ho may be Justified In
voting with them now. So fur ns ho con
strues as a personal'compliment an election
which wus simply u makeshift In desperate
determination to defeat another man, and
conferred upon him only uftern failure to
elect two or threo other Republicans In tho
samo way, his sense of obligation may possi
bly bo well founded. Hut there Is one glar
ing Inconsistency In tho position now occu
pied by Judge Davis which Is made evident
by his own speech In tho Senate.
During the course of Judge Davis* remarks
ho took occasion to refer with great pride to
his long-tlmo association with the Republican
party, and declared that “every good citizen
should desire tho success of the present Re
publican Administration,” Ho added also:
“Measures Intended to advance R shall have
my cordial support,” Immediately there
upon ho announced Ids Intention of voting
fur the whole scheme of committees which
had been agreed upon by tlio Southern Hour
l)on caucus. It is at this nolnt where his In
consistency becomes evident. While prom
ising Ids support to the new Administration,
tin Is,ready to vole for Bayard us Chairman,
of the Finance Committee and to place .Sher
man, the laic Secretary of tho Treasury, at
tho very tail of that Committee. No one
knowshelter nor appreciates more fully than
Judge Davis that Sherman was the guiding
genius of tho late Administration in tinance,
and that the present Administration is in com
plete sympathy with Sherman's resumption
policy. He also knows that Bayard,
ns Chairman of Uto Finance Commit
tee, vvns recently nnahlo to control his own
party In tho Snhate In favor of a fair and
practical Refunding bill, hut was compelled
In the end to submit his own judgment and
conviction of right to caucus dictation.
Does Judge Davis call It supporting the now
Administration to vote, under such circum
stances, to make Bayard Chairman of tlio
Finance Committee in preference to Sher
man
Thorp are other incidents of tho proposed
Democratic organization of tho Senate which
are equally Incongruous with tho position
taken by Judge Davis. He will vote to make
the feeble and negative Johnston, of Vir
ginia, Chairman of tho Committee of For
eign Relations over tho head of tho bril
liant Conkling, who Is on the same Com
mittee. He will prefer the fussy old
granny, Davis, of West Virginia, ns
Chairman of tho Appropriations Committee,
over tho'experienced, able, ami industrious
Allison. Ho will.set aside Bogan on Military
Allttlrs Committee to give tho Chairmanship
to tho Bourbon Grover. Garland’s fame as
a lawyer has never resounded beyond “Ar
knnsaw,” and yet Judge Davis will vote to
make that Individual Chairman of tho Judi
ciary Committee (simply because ho is a
Southern Bourbon), rather than Judge Ed
munds, whose legal attainments are univer
sally recognized. Soin other cases he will
advance Coke over Ingalls on Indian Af
fairs, Cockrell over Hoar on Claims, Lamar
over Dawes on Railroads, Brown over Burn
side on Education, and Maxey over Ferry on
Fost-Ofllces, though these various Commit
tees are brought in close relationship to thn
Administration.
Judge Davis evidently nns frilled to esti
mate tlio full force of Ills declared desire for
the success of the now Administration and
his proffer of cordial support to all measures
calculated to advance Us Interests. The
greatest possible encouragement that may bo
offered to an incoming Administration is to
organize the working committees of the two
Houses of Congress in harmony with the
policy and aims of tho Executive, amt this Is
precisely wliat .fudge Davis refuses to uid
with his vote.
Native and Porcimi*lloni<
The Census Ihiruau has Issued a bulletin
showing tbo relations of native amt foreign
born persons In tbe several Stales. As to Illi
nois, It shows that, of Its population of a.iW.TW,
2,411*1,1*7 are native ami 5K1,£02'foreign-born, or
about M,OSO foreigners to every 100,0 W) of popu
lation. In no Htatc does tbo foreign element
equal tbo native, although In many It bears a
very large proportion. In tbo United States ns
a whole there is a relative decrease of tho for
eign element. Tho Increase of tho foreign ele
ment, has been In Now England, where tho
growth has been in tbo direction of manufact
ures; In Dakota and Oregon, whose wheat-fields
have Invitee-settlement; and In Colorado and
New Mexico, where extraordinary development
of tho mining Industry has taken place since
1371.
Tho 1 firmest numborof foreigners is In New
York,—ibo next lowest In Pennsylva
nia,—6B7,WWt Illliiol»comcflnext,ttnd with almost
ns many; then follow Massachusetts, Wiscon
sin, Ohio, Michigan, and Culirornln. Tho lowest
number In any Southern Statu 1b In Texas, but
In nil tho Bomb there are not us many foreigners
ns In Wisconsin alone.
Tho following table will exhibit tho relative
numborof natives and foreigners in 1880 s
Staffs nml Territories. Muirc, Pont/t/ti.
United Stales
Alabama 5 I.iVI.UJI
Arizona..... sJMW
Arkansas.. 71U,^)U
California ftTJ.oOd Wi.tliW
Colorado IM,M» JW,7j*)
Conncotlßut 4W,«u Jsn.RJl
Dakota KI.JW7 G1.71H
Dolawnrc? i:i7,ISJ 0,473
KIO.AS.) 17.110
SW,tf U • 0,7^1)
District of Columbia.
Florida.
. l.Ktvru lo.itir,
o,y«
8,405,177 MD.ftW
(Icorglu.
1dah0....
Illinois..
I.SKM.&W U:),7W
all,<Bß
«f1«J,201 1011,710
liiiHium
Imvu -.
Knnsits
Kentucky 1,561»,»rr BM7I
Loulalunu IWS.WH SI.HW
Mnino luu.ura m.bw
Mnrylaml *BI,MSI ttt.olß
MuMilcUusottS 1..TW.0U) iU),O!KI
l,si7,(Rtft uutgiiu
. ?13.107 an,o»o
MJuhljmn.
Minnesota.
],l£M£l U.liW
211,210
27,012 11/ilii
av»,013 W7.SKM
:ui,(tri 70.012
MisfllddlpDl.
Missouri...
Montana ..
Nebraska..
Nevada.,..
Now iinmpsblre OOO.tMil 40,ittl
Now .leraoy. WJO.IRW
Now Mexico ...» HIB.IW »,IW3
Now York 3,8W,!»7l WIWW
i,niu.BGß :i.u:o
iW4,7i:i
lil,StiT D 0,4111
O.BW,ttSI MT.KH
!*W.WH tj,wo
US7.OH 1 7,«U
North Carolina.
Ohio
Oregon
I'onnsylvunla...
Ithodo Island...
South Carolina..
Tofmcssoo
< M78.0M 114,510
Texas*...
Uiab
Vermont,
Virginia MiW.UIO 14.A17
Washington «wbo in,Mi
WoitVlrirlula 60te!U I&£{*
Wisconsin....; , oio,otn mmit
Wyoming 14,040 S,»is
While the forolgo-borns of no Siato equal the
native-born!, yet If tbo minor children of for*
olgn parents horn In this country werq subtract*
od from tbo native population and added to tbo
foreign it would give tbo latter tbo majority in
all probability in Minnesota and nearly half ln<
Wisconsin.
Amkiiican competition in cereals, bread*
stuffs, and meat, and its manifold preparations,
seems to eoiißtltuto at present tbo bugbear of all
tbo farmers and agriculturists of Kuropo. Dur
ing tbo Congress of tbo Farmers and Agricultur
ists of Germany, bold at Merlin on tbo told and
Ski of February last, this fear culminated in tbo
adoption of tbo following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
The Congress of tbo German Agriculturists
regards American competition in regard to
ceronlx, breadstuff*, and meats as or grunt
danger to tho Inlorcttia of all tboso engaged In
tbo ralsingof grain, and cattle,swine, sheep, ole.,
and tbo Government of tbo German Kmplrois
requested to adopt snub measures as will avert
and remove tbo detrimental olfucts of this cam*
petition upon tbo German Agricultural interests.
In tbo discussion of this resolution, Mr. Lohron
demanded a blgb protective tariff against all
agricultural products from abroad. If Russia
and America can realize no proilts by shipping
tbelr cereals and moats to Gorman markets,
then bo thought they must look for other Helds
to dispose of tbelr surplus. Von Mlrbaub
suggested that tbo object which tbo rcsolutlou
was Intended to attain could bo gained In u dif
ferent, or at least more simple, manner. Already
tbo Government bad Inaugurated u system for
tbo Inspection of countorfultAmorlcnn bacon (?),
counterfeit American butter, and counterfeit
American bams (probably Connecticut bams},
tbo use of which bo claimed to bo detri
mental to health. Ho Insisted that tbo
Importation of such counterfeited and un
healthy American products should bo prohib
ited, and at tbo same time bo assured tbo Con
gress that tbo German Chancellor entertained
precisely tbo samo opinion.
Tboso assertions on the part of Mr. Von Mir
bacb sound rather ridiculous when compared
with the report of the Government of the Prov
ince of Westphalia, wboro fur years hundreds
uppu hundreds of thousands of sides of baoou
have been Imported and Inspected by otUolal ex
perts. Not a single trichina has been discov
ered so .far In that class of meat. JuGuetur
slob, a city of that Province, cloven ot tbo Gov
ernment Inspectors were for weeks engaged in
Inspecting American meals, wbleb wore .re
ceived there by tbe car-lead, without Und%
lug u vestige of tbe mueb-dreadod little
animal. Tbo people of the State of Prus
sia are now well protected against trichinosis
by the rigid system of inspection adopted and
Inaugurated by that state. Kxcludlng tho City
ot llnrlln, tharo nro 17,4111 Inspectors of meat
constantly nt work Inspecting (lio honio-klll
enreasaos ns well as Imported prepared meats.
During tho your IKTii they inspected ir*r*
dressed hogs, mid found l.lilfiof them to contain
trichina. In tlio City of Itorltn 4fl,nwdrcs9cd hogs
wcro inspected during tho Inst quarter of KWt,
itttdof tho 4R,WI) (tho entire number examined)
thirty-seven word found to bo infected with tbo
disease.
French millers also seem to have caught
tho contagion from tho German bugbear. They
Imvo petitioned tbo Senate to Increase tbo duty
on Hour. They regard tho duty of 1.40 francs on
100 kilograms of (hut nrtielo ns not sulU*
elontly high, because American millers can
Hood tho French market nt a rata front tl to 7
per cent cheaper than tho French miller. Amor*
lean millers sell their Hour at 11.£) francs fur 100
kilograms, while French millers cannot sell
for less than 1:1.80 francs for ovory 100 kilo*
grams of tho same article. They explain their
Inability to compote with tho American millers
to bo tho result of tho tariff upon wheat, addod
to tho eompnrntlvulytoohigh cost of transporta
tion for that grain, nil of which falls to tho loss
of tho miller. They want, therefore, a reduc
tion of tho tariff on wheat, against which tho
French farmers and agriculturists kick at a
lively rate.
What tlio bono and sinew of tlio Gorman
people—tbo farmers and agriculturists— think of
tho bimetallic standard and tho demonetization
of silver, appears plainly frum tbo proceedings
during a convention held by tbom on tbo
nndlSklof February last nt tbo City of Berlin,
when tbo following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
WiiKitH.is, Silver ns a full and equal standard
of vidua la connection with tlio gold standard
enii neither bo dispensed with In iho commerce
of (ho world nor In Buropeiui development of
business and cultivation, because tho silver
now in circulation cannot bn demonetized with
out great loused, and because tlio Block of gold
ulono now In existence is not adequate and
sulllolent. In consequence of a rapidly Incrcas*
,lng docllou in tho production of that metal, to
iscrve as a single standard of value fur both gold
and silver; ami
WiiKUKAf*. Not alone the nt present threaten
ing hierentio hi viiluo at gold, hut also the elreu
liitlon of silver, which, by domonotlznUon, boa
Inst Ho vnluo ns nil International exchange,
have created a desire throughout nil Stales anil
Millions for u mutual regulation of tho question
of standards of value; nnU
Whkiikas, Aceordlngtotbo situation nf things,
every Isolated action on tho part of any country
must ho regarded ns very dangerous, and only
tho adoption of nn lulernaUonnl bimetallic
standard, guaranteed by treaty, will lend to a
satisfactory solution of our proaont dlllieultlcsj
and
WifhUKAS, Clornmny, by tho maintenance of
tho single gold standard, is, more than any other
nation, threatened by an Increase In vnluo nf
that metal, and tho circulation of nearly a thou*
sand millions of marks of demonetized silver in
Germany Is fraught with snrlnus danger: and
WmiiiKAs, Ily an abrogation of the demone
tization of silver all evil and Inconvenience will
bo removed; and
Wiihiikah, Tho demonetization of silver baa
solely been produced by tho ehmiKOs In European
legislation In reference to tho standard of value,
willed only uan be corrected or removed by In*
lenmtlouul coul'orenoo and treaties; tdoruforo,
bo it
itoolmf, That the Gorman fanners and agri
culturists, In convention assembled at tho City
of llerlln ontboSSd nnditld of Kobruary. 1831,
hall with trreat sympathy and satisfaction tho
fact that an International Conference for tho
consideration of tho bimetallic stondarduf value
will meet at Paris, and they confidently nxpoct
from tho Government of tho Gorman Kmplro
that, while jfimrdlmr tho best Intercuts of tlio
German people, It will during that Conference
exert all its Inllncnco for tho Inauguration of
the bimetallic standard of values, based upon
International treaties.
Tho motion of Dr. Perrat to postpone tho con*
sldorattoa ot tho resolution until tho next Con
press was vmed down, and the resolution iitmnl*
tnunsly adopted, Mr. Porrot also voting in tho
ulllrmatlve.
A London* dispatch from Smalley to tho
Now York Tribune says:
Tho nine weeks’ Parliamentary struggle be
tween tbo Land League and repressive eoorchm
lorinhmted last night with tho passage of tho
Anns bill through tho Commons. The Obstruc
tionists. though beaten, irlory m tbo delay they
occasioned, and rojoleo at tho existing embar
rassments of tho Government: but tbo loading
llome-llnlo organ In Dublin to-day shown Itself
aware of tho completeness of tho defeat, and
appcilla to'the Parnellltes to consider whether
they should not abandon parliamentary obstruc
tion, refrain from harassing tho Government
on non* Irish f|ue«tlnns, and devote themselves
to keening np tho emmigo of tho Irish peoplo at
home. The ehnduc scenes of tho debate on tho
Arms bill showed (ho deeadenee of resolution
mining tho I rish members, who allowed decisive
divisions to betaken long bolero tho whips ox
peeled. Hlr Wlllimn Mareonrt’s conduct of tbo
bill was not only extremely clover, but con
ciliatory. It demoralized tlie Irish opposition,
which, toward the end, was mainly encouraged
by Lord Unudolnh Churchill, whom Sir William
Hnrenurt publicly accused of secretly abetting
obstruction. -
D.flTd
m.us
lU.'.’UO
Says an exchange:
Lord IJouconsHcld'suovcl has disappointed tho
extravagant expectations of his publishers, who
find themselves $115,001) out of packet, although
they hope to bulnnuo tho necount by Issuing »
cheaper edition than Jho fli.lVJ one. If tho Im
aginative Premier had dropped a fow Eastern
serpents Into bis basket of Htnlo tlsh, bis reap
tieimiuce in the rOlo of romance-writer would
mvo boon more remunerative for tbo book
makers. Americans cannot full to make a note
ot the fact that English readers have not been
allowed to scu a cheap edition of this work. If
English publishers controlled tbo American
trade under snob an International copyright law
as they have been clamoring for those tunny
years, readers who could nut afford to buy ex
pensive tdree-vulumo editions would have to
wait until public Interest In tho work bud died
out.
I’nbllo curiosity has been gratified In this
country nt an oxponsooC GO cents, uud everybody
agrees that •• Endymlon” is dear at any price,
ns It Is hlfnlutln trash.
A CAiu.F.r.iiAM from Paris says that “There
Is much pleasure expressed at tho nomina
tion fur tho French Mission of tho Hon. L. I*.
Morton, who Is well known and liked by tho host
portion of tho American residents. Loading
French politicians say tlmt they rejolcu at the
arrival of a Minister both able and disposed to
rovivo tho former traditions of tho American
Legation, renew disused hospitalities, and watch
lutulllgently over commercial Interests." This
can hardly bo called complimentary or battering
to Minister Noyes, of Ohio.
Wk learn from tho Hriatol (England) News
of Feb. tw that Dr. Tneodoro Canlalus, of Chicago,
lias relinquished his position as United States
Consul at that city, and has boon succeeded by
Mr. John Farroll. Tho sumo paper, noting a
farewell banquet that bad boon given him by
Dr. Caulslus'friends at Urlstol, states that tho
reason of his departure) Is that bu goes to " a now
and enlarged Hold of work at Gcaiomuado, lu
Northern Germany.”
The bald eagle and tho Ilttlo yallor dog
will hereafter he considered good omens, ns they
have done so much fur President Garfield. Hut
(ho Detroit Free JVcss remarks that It Is asking
too much of human credulity to say that tho
President covered seven big versos In Iho Uthlo
with one kiss when bo took tho oath of oilioe.
Some malicious parson In Washington sug
gests that President Uarllold publish a list of tho
names of onicuscckcra and tnolr backers. This
would bo entertaining reading if any newspaper
could be found largo enough to give tho enor
mous domnitlon sum total of tho list.
At tho tlino Aid. Swift drew off and de
clined to become a candidate for roMootlon In
tho Eleventh Ward, over 1,100 voters of that
ward had signed n call asking Mr. Thnddeus
Dean to consent to sorvo os Alderman If elected.
Loud Ukaconhpiki.d Is described ns look
ing us If tho severe winter had told on him; bis
eyes nro terribly sunkandbollowodlnthut pallid,
.nmsk-llko taeo, ns If the Uary soul buhlud hud
scorched them to nothing. •
Tiir Tennesseeans In Chicago nro endeav
oring to work up n "boom" fur cx-Ald. Cary
for Mayor. Tho Kentuckians nro booming for
Harrison.
West ViiuHMA lias uo Cabinet member,
hut she has a (600.000 grab for bur riven and
trout-brooks, and ought to bo happy.
PERSONALS.
•J Although tho Czar never made a will, ho
left u leg 1 see. Hcmlt |2 by telegraph."— S. J,
Tihten.
"Another ono of us has gone. Let us
hope Aleck was detonated to a better world."—
UuauK Coiikliny.
Air. Bergh recently produced In Now Vork
a play written by himself. Wo thought Mr.
Uergh was opposed to cruelty to animals.
Mr. (lurtleld thanked Mr. Hayes very kind
ly for hU thoughtfulness in having tbs gardeuer
spado up a bed for early Ictlueo, but v» a , rfl
sidcrnbly vexed upon closer examination in
Mr. Wheeler bad been digging bnlt.-c O , J!,
stomit Iltcnnl.
A Washington dlspalnh says that Col i„
gorsoll “expresses himself as satisfied with tt
now Cabinet.” It In gratifying to know that thl
boutlion will no longer rngo. 1
.Mr. 0. 0. Fulton o( tlio Dnltlmnni Amir,
lean ilonlM Hint ho In urior tho Colloolonhin
Iho port nr that oily. Mr. Fulton la orldontlr
Buffering from tempornry Insanity. 7
Wntiavn rocalvctl from a yaiiiiß i n<ly
Do KalltCounty a aoitirentitled “My || ratl , "
tlio IllitltlnmU." This tflcertainty rathercmhar
ranalmr, but Ir your liver la atlll In lllinali ...
vrorklnit tvull you will probably weather lh.
spring gales. 8
An Ohio Sunday-school boy was asked if
ho had his choice, which ho would prefer to bn
Gon. Washington or Napoleon Bonaparte ’omJ
ho answered promptly:Goa. Qaraold/’-sw*
“.’Wciimicc Lweiult."
Tho Conrlcr-Jmirnal prints every Satim
day a column of mutter cnlitlod “Loulsvlli*
Fashions." Wo haven’t road any of the nrtl
cles,but ft’s tho some old round o! sour maib
and horao-racing. Loulsvlllo fashions Uo»*i
change much.
In answer to an inquiry, Senator Brown
of Georgia, said that bo was 091 worth a million
dollars, nor did ho hollevo any man In Georgia
was. Ho added, looking benignly over his spec
tacles nt his interlocutor, “A million of dollars
IS n good deal of money." Mr. Brown, U li eV |.
dent, was uover a reporter.
Got out mamma's rubber bools,
Anti a hose;
Sbo will wash tho kltohcn window*
Though half froze.
Do not lot tier catch a cold,
For our parent’s getting old.
Wo don’t waul her to ho talking
. Through bar nose.
Charles Wynn writes to a St Louis patu,
that
1 dream of thodays of oar early lore,
...When nil dm world was fair to seoi
« hen the stars shout) brluht with a moglo light.
Ana 1 wnsnll In nil to ihstt. w *
Don’t do It any longer, Charlie. Rataplecool
plo soino night nnd dream of falling off a roof
and then being run over by a fire-engine. A
change of diet is n good thing,even In dreams.
Qli, I wioti tlio winter would go,
And I wish tho summer would couu.
Thou tint big brown farmer will boo,
Tho ilUta brown beo will bum,
Hu, Imtul
Then tho robin fils tiro will trill.
Am) tin) vroudpuokvr boot bit drum
Ami out of tholr tont* In tho bill
Thu lltllu aroon troops will cunio.
110, burnt
-Colil Vott.
Oh, I wish llio oyster would go,
Ami I wish the Ice-cream would
Then Johnny will bo my best beau—
He'll klaa rao nod always be mum,
Yum, yuml
Then dear papa can cal bis fill
Ol tho plo that Is made of plum,
And swear at the mlll'nery bill
That at Easter is sure to come,
Upbuml
—C/dcayo Girl.
PUBLIC OPINION,
Cincinnati Commercial.* President Gap
Hold’s Cabinet Is tho most Northern ever coa
st meted. With Ulalno, of Maine; Lincoln, 01
Chicago, and Windom and Kirkwood from tin
Northwest, tho use of Vonnor's almanac as si
oinelal document Is assured.
Now York Tribune: David Davis displays
his usual •• Independence” by voting with thi
Democrats to grab tbo organization of tho Sen
ate. 1(o holds that It would bo partisanship tc
veto with tho Ucunbllenns In favor of decency
and fair-play. Tho Judge didn't stop to yet off
tho fonco this time—ho tumbled olf.
Cincinnati (Jnzcttc: More politicians have
been laid on tho shelf from u*tdurvaluing the In
telligence and virtue of tbolr constituents thm
from any other cause. Koltlsbness always rea
ders men cowardly, and banco those whose cblcf
aim Is to pot or keep an oillco are much Inclined
to avoid un exhibition of pnnolplo at tho risk of
offending certain classes. As Is well known,
tho most clamorous opponents of all reform nro
those who, like tho smiths of Ephesus, have S
pecuniary Interest In tbo maintenance of cor
ruption.
Si. Louis licjmbUcaii: Don’t lot anybody
Imagine that ttm Mississippi lllvor Is n slow
coach In tbo (train business, for the facts are
that It Is tho quickest ns well ns too cheapest
route to Europe. Ten doys is a very good
average time for fast freight by rail from St.
Louis to Now York, and year In uud year out, no
doubt, bettor than tbo average actually made;
but tho slowest sort of freight, shipped nt tbo
lowest rates, uuu bo put through to Now Orloum
by tbo river route iu less time. It must bore*
membored. too, tlmt grain doesn't go by fast
freight lines mi tbo railroads, yet n cargo of
Hour and grain shipped from Nt. Louis tboforo
part of Inst week by ono of the bargo linos was
got to Now Orleans and put aboard tho ship that
will take It to England within nine days after U
left Ht. Louis. Now let us hear bow much bolter
than that they cun do by rail from Chicago to
Now York or any other Eastern seaport.
Now York Herald: About eighty thousand
persons (mostly Irish) have this winter received
assistance from tbo Superintendent of tbo Poor,
and many thousands moro have been assisted by
charitable societies. It appears, therefore, that
nt tout ono In twelve of tbo Inhabitants of tbls
city aro paupers. This Is n startling and serious
exhibit, for tbo proportion almost roaches that
of England, which country bolds the pauper
championship of tho world. Fortunately tbo
rutin indicated In Now York does not prevail
throughout tbo country. Tnoro aro many towns
mid counties In wblcb every family earns Its own
livings but tho condition of New York is none
tbo lens alarming on that account. Homo of tbo
poverty that makes families dependent oa tbo
public Is only temporary. A mechanic or laborer
. out of work must become a pauper almost
at oiieti unless ho has Saved some tnon
oy. Tbo greater number of tbo city *
poor, however, arc tbo foreign no’cr-do-wcoU
that Instinctively Hook to great cities. bea a
trump In tho country becomes too buy to roam
nuy longer ho steals n ride to Now York: tbs
immigrant who has no money or buadlcnm
lounges In Now York Instead of going Into mo
rural districts or going to work. Of them pau
pers by preference every ono Is a possible lolui.
and all muse In ono wnyornuotbor bo supported
by tho public, so the public should devise soino
way of discouraging tho do-notblog frotornUJ.
A workhouse where vagrants would ho roauy
compelled to earn their broad would do a great
doul toward lessoning tho supply of abio-bou ea
paupers In tho city: ho would a steady breaking
up of tbo low dons whore tbo vilest vagrants re
sort. A hundred thousand pcoplo partly or
wholly unnblu to help themselves form not om>
a drag on society but a threat. The number
would not bo as groat wore private bcnovoionw
and nillolal alertness to do all they could to abate
tho nuisance.
Cincinnati Commercial; There has for
years been a story that Jay Mould was thoactual
owner of tho New York Tribune. This ts not
strictly true. There Is n story that Jay Onuhi
owns tho irorW. That may he. The ssnie
ruraor has heon circulated about Iho
tho stock of which Journal has teen somewhat
in controversy. Anil If Gould owned the three
papers, bo would still not control tho New »or»
Associated Press. The Sun, //mild. Journal e/
Commerce, and Times nro an Invtilncrnblo <|«uu
rllatoral. Hut suppose Mr. Gould was tho ahw*
Into owner of all tho Journals composing we
New York Associated Press, could ho comna
tho nows tho pooplo receive? Certainly not.
New York Associated Press does not coutroltoo
press of tho country. They sell the news »aoy
collects (U To tho Now York pnpuw not in wu
Association. To tho papers of the
York Bloto press. ill) To tho Philadelphia,, Hal
more, and Washington papers. 0) To the b*«u»
cm press. (ft) To Hio papers of tho uvVturii
and 1 tacky Mountain Hiatus, (ill To tho «t««n»
Associated Press. No imo of those piU l
associations purobnslok nows Is hound to pu
IlsU u word or It. Tho market value of Iho o ..
depends upon Its authenticity. Iho moment
became contaminated with any man • sentro
It would lose value. Tho possession of tM**
York Associated Press by nuy ono specula"**
Individual, presmnlmr such a thing
would destroy tho market for the news of
Association, and tho Association kll .h*
perish liku a green thing In tho frost. i«“"
relations between tho Western Associated» .
and tho Now York Associated Press.
Wlndom supitosu that wo publish ~
new. as we receive It lit Hie hand. <<’
seven papers? Ho has boon on t ' , ’‘ ul ?., ltcr .
of investigation enough • to know I;«
Wo have an agent In tho New Vora
sedated Press oltlcc who takes nil tho , '« w f u , 1 ...
patches, and sends to us according to *'»J*
ment the number of words wanted. 11“ J“ r d |.
ularly would not scad any thing that no »«• “j
rooted to send by tho New >ork
Press. That Association bus uo more aun *‘ b '
in tho West than In Europe. Tho agent«
New York Association could not color »«[ ‘ u
If ho would, because wc have our ow, l "• I>on .
employed and directed by ourselves, and rc t~ .
. slblo to us only. Is that tolerably dear* * t
wo wish 11 could bo understood cue© for “ f
tho New Vork Associated Press bus no * tM
control and Is not In any way controlled w * f
Western Union Telegraph Company. Iho ua»j» w
that tho nows of tho world may ho dlscoiore < f
any Interest, through tho Associated • I iy*
tho Consolidated Telegraph Coippany, is . lla '
fanciful, and tho proclamation of
* gulshudgeutleuaa on that subject »