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Attonincm and uvoulnir. aicVlcUer’u Theatre, Vartlfon Mrt-cU loincmi Htm« and Dearborn. Knjmsomonl of .lusoi>li Jottorion. "Tlio Jltvalf.” Afternoon and ovenlnu. Ilnverly’n Tlirnlrr. Monroo street, between Clark and Dearborn. Kn mmcmmit of tlio Wilbur U|>om Cmuimii). "Tlio aiußeuttu.'’ Aflornuim and evening. Olympic Tliciilrc. Hark turret. Vatwran Lake and Handolrdi, Kn piiKomonl of Hiiulbakoi’i> Majestic Combination. Va riety ootcrtalmuum. Afternoon und evening. Armleiny of Mn«|p, Unified fircel. mmrMoUlaon. Weft Side. Variety entertainment Aflornoon and rvonlmf. I.yccuiti Theatre. Dcsplainofftroet, near .Mutllson, Wed Side. Vari ety omcriatnmctu. ____ <’rlf<>rloti Tlimtre. Corner of Hcdmvlek amt Division streets. Variety ontortiilmaont. Afternoon and oroulin.*- WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 2d, 1881. Tun vote cast In Ohio at ilie late election, considering it was an “ olt-year,” ami not a slump-speech nmtlo In tin* campaign, Is some thing remarkable. It Is ns follows Jiouuhllcan. Democrat.. I'rohlbitlon, Greenback. Totnl Average llepuliUcun majority Axothf.ii member of the fnmmm Paths child house Ims just died, who represented iho firm hi Purls. The founder of the house was Mayer Anselm Jtothseldld, a Gorman hanker, who died in Frankfort in 1812. His live sons were his successors—Anselm at Frankfort, Solomon at Vienna, Nathan at .London, Charles nl Naples, and .lames at Paris. The latter is the one who has Just tiled. The head of the firm, after the death of the founder, was Nathan, who was tlio llrst Jew ever elected to tlio House of Com mons, and who dlcd'in hSU'. It wo romcin her rightly, three of the live brothers «ro now dead. Ail of them were made ilarons by tho Emperor Francis. Wi: Ibid, after a careful examination of the family JUblo record, that tho new Secretary of tlio Treasury, ex-Gov. Morgan, Is not as old by a year and some months us wo had supposed. Still ho is past tho Bavidian period allotted to man. lie Is not quite 71, instead of 7:1 ns previously staled; but tho old Governor has passed into tlio sixth ago of life, described by one Shakspuaro, who nays tho “sixth ago shifts into tho lean and slippered pantaloon, with spectacle on noso and pouch on side; ids youthful hose, well saved, a world to wide; full shrunk Ids shank, and Ids big, manly voice, turning again towards childish treble, pipes amt whistles In ids sound/* That's n photograph •>f tho now Secretary of tho Treasury, J’ily It Is, but ’tis so. Wild rumors were afloat yesterday of the assashmtkm of tho Czar Alexander 111. Though they could not bo traced to any reli able source, and came In u roundabout way J'rom Canada to Ihilfato, thence to New York and Chicago, there was a very general dis position to credit tho report, probably be cause Uio present Czar has nmdo himself so obnoxious to the Nihilists by putting on tho clamps tighter than over and abandoning Liberalism after giving them to understand thatUiolr grievances would be considered, mid that some stops would bo taken towards tho establishmoutof a constitutional form of government. While every one will rejoice that Die Czar has not suffered the fearful fate of his father, it Is impossible nut to feel that the continuance of his father's policy must some day or other bring down upon his head the same retribution. Tiik Coinnitaslonor-deneral of tUe hand- Olllco Is crying out in the midst of his He guut leisure for more clerical help and at larger salaries than are now paid, in other words, willi a force now working four hours u day that Is amply able to do nil the work, he wauls more men and more money to do the Mime work. Did It ever strike him that there would bo no dlfllculty lu accomplish* lug whul Utile work attaches to Ids depart* meat it his clerks worked six or eight hours per day ? lu view of the foot that the public lauds are all disposed of except upon the outskirts of the country, uud that his present clerical force hasn't enough to do to occupy half of Its time, his demand for more clerks at an increase of salaries is u specimen of attempted tax-eating that is us Impudent us hls unnecessary. Kven if his clerks were worked half as many hours us ordinary clerks, it would he ilitllcult to liml enough tor them to do in that ofllco of geutccl Juullng. In regard to tbo wood-pulp controversy, a rear ugo Tm: TinnuxiJ ands,oooother news papers petitioned Congress to place wood pulp and chemicals uu thu free list In order that Uiu tlieu high price of print paper might be reduced, it had suddenly advanced about 60 per cent. Tho Ways and Means Committee (Fernando Wood, Chairman), to whom Urn petitions were referred, refused to report a bill repealing or reducing tho tux. Tun Tjujiu.vk and tho American press gen erally scored tho committee preily severely for their adhesion tolUuwood-pulpinonupoiy, sad Oiuileld, us u member of that eomuiiUee, .'UDio in for a share of Uie crlUelsni, more especially os he Inul been reckoned u “liberal"-on tho (arid question, ami a particular friend of tbo press. Ho natwr ally got rubbed somewhat sharply for ills* appointing them. Tim reason that ho de clined voting In eninmltlcu for reporting u repeat bill was that tholnrUT should be re* vised najn whole, mid not In spots. Finally, the papermakors stopped pushing np tbetr prlees and began lowering them—reducing llioin to sallsfaelory rales—and thereupon the niritntlon for repeal of tho wood-pulp tax subsidies subsided. For Tilt: Tninuxi:** part of the controversy. It has no explanations or apologies (o make, believing It was In tho right In advocating the repeal of an odious monopoly, and that the Ways mid Means Committee was wrong In protecting U: but a public mnnmay be wrong on one question and right on others, and he Is entitled to credit and commendation for what be does in behalf of right measures. Tin: quantity of lemonade that was ab sorbed by Secretary Sherman nnd his coad jutors Just before tho Chicago Convention explains tho acid nature of certain of his publications at that time. Mr. Wludom docs not seem to have fell an equal craving for summer drinks, nnd he closed out tho Lemonade Ihireau at the very beginning of summer. Lemonade Is well known to boa beverage almost us popular In Washington ns cold lea; nnd the Introduction of colored visitors from the South to the lemonade de canter was said to have a mellowing effect upon thorn, nnd to dispose them most favor ably In the Secretary’s cause. The common complaint that the Secretary was “cold” In his Intercourse with political visitors is now explained, it was not ho who was cold. It was the Iced Government lemonade which ho bounteously dispensed, and Its refrigerat ing qualities wore only temporary, soon giv ing place to an agreeable tttillntlun of tho nervous centres. Tin:simple'mxl beautiful policy which certain advocates of tlio third term have marked out for President- Arthur‘Will not commend Itself to tlio judgment of practical politicians. As outlined by (len. (Irant, tlio policy consists entirely in proscribing the acknowledged majority of tho Republican party, ifv. Illainu and Ids friends, for ex ample, are to he Invited to walk tho plank at their earliest convenience. This would he revenge, from one point of view, but It would not be politics. .Mr. Illnlne went into the National ilcpubllcau Convention with SJST» votes, having solid delegations from .Maine, lowa, California. New Hampshire, Klioile Island, Nevada, Nebraska, Delaware, Oregon, .Michigan (save one vole), n majority of Now .lersoy, Indiana. Kansas, West Virginia, nearly a third of the Now York delegation, ami a half of Pennsylvania, lie had far more Republican Slate votes than (Sen. (Irani. Ho has twice been the leading candidate of Republican States in the Na tional Convention, has been Speaker ami Senator, and Is today one of the most con spicuous Republicans In public life. Tho attempt to proscribe such a man might tem porarily bo revenge, but it would not be good politics. Even as revenge it might proveto be short-sighted and InclYcctual. ilnt tho Infatuated advocates of tho third term are advising President Arthur not only to ostra cise Mr. Biainu and his followers, but Mr, Sherman mid his followers, Mr.-Edmunds and his followers. Mr. Wlmlom and his fol lowers, Mr. Washhurno and those who supported him In tno National Conven tion-in short, a two-thirds majority of tho Republican party. Such a stop could only result In making tho political fortunes of .Mr. Blaine. The whole opposition would consolidate about him, and, as reaction is canal to action and opposlt in direction, tho degree of bis prominence would bo exactly proportioned to tho contumely visited upon him. Those who might be reluctant to sup port; Mr. JHnlno forlbo Presidency on other grounds would be actually forced. Into it If ho should bo made the representative of tho the late Administration and constituted the heir In the political fortunes of XTesldent (iartlcld. Practical politicians sco all tills clearly enough; and it will bo surprising If President Arthur is not to some extent guided by a knowledge of tho circumstances In which ho Is placed. .m.'j.tm .Uftnci . in.imi . 7,100 .(£>o.lol . «7,SH Tub extraordinary conversion of Senator Vonrhees, of Indiana, to tho high-tariff faith is commonly understood to be nn early bid for a Presidential nomination. ‘Whether It has this ulterior motive or not It issufllclont ly ludicrous. 11 is tho formal abandonment by a Democratic leader on behalf of his party of a cherished ami fundamental article of imrty belief. Mr. Voorhcesnlsominounces his willingness to throw over tho Democratic doctrine of opposition to subsidies and In* tenml Improvements, which has, Indeed, lom? been a barren Ideality; ami if ho has any other loose articles of baggage about him in thoshape of political piinclples ho Is willing to sacritlco them, it is clear that Mr. Voorhecs Intends to take tho Demo cratic party Into action in ISS-I stripped of all supcrlluons garments, lie is, so to speak, throwing over pontoons to tho Itepuhllcan side of the river so that all who feel inclined may come over without wotting tho soles of tlmlr dainty feet. White itoimb- Means may appreciate the accommodating spirit of Mr. Yoorhoes and thQlr associates, they may bo Inclined to ask what Induce ments he has to offer to them to Join the Democratic party, ills elTort appears to bo to believe everything that tho itcpubllcnn imrty believes, but nut to avow bis opinions fully until after tho election. Tim Demo cratic imrty has been u consistent, though humble and unscrupulous, camp-follower of the Uepubllean party for twenty-five years, it followed it reluctantly into tho War and out of It; denounced amt then Justified the Kmanclpatlon Proclamation; declared the War a failure and took credit for Its success; stigmatized tho Deconstruc tion acts as “ revolutionary, null, and void,” and then accepted them In good faith; ob structed tho resumption of specie payments and demanded tho repeal of Uio Uesiiniptlun ael, and finally announced Its “unwaver ing ” adherence to the constitutional cur rency of gold and silver. U Ims at lust sup plemented its demand lor “a larift for rev enue only” by n profession of faith in a taritf for protection, with Incidental revenue. Mr. Viiorhees serves duo notice that there will bo no dltferenccs between Uio Demo cratic und the itupublicgn panics if ho can help It. Then why lugs the veteran super- Ihious In tho roar; or with what grace can he Inclto any Jlepubilcaii to go back and Join him with the assurance that four or six years heuco he will occupy the identical ground that the Itepuhllcan party now holds? Sr.N.VTou Yoouiikkb, of Indiana, Im proved the occasion of his recent public up penrancoul Atlanta to recant lilh well-known views on tho larllf question. lie ninlntalned In a masterly manner two propositions: First, that tho Democratic parly had never until issu been hi favor of “a laiiir for revenue only ”; and, secondly, that Uio policy of the party lu this respect was “ traditional,” and ought to hif reformed. .Mr. Voorhces, speech naturally caused a stir among his constituents at home. They had been taught to behove in free trade as a cardinal Demo cratic doctrine, lie was asked to explain thu AtluuU speech, and responded in a letter printed in Tiik Tuiuunk yesterday, Fort of tho tetter was us follows: TUc platform of DW was a violent-departure THE CHICAGO TflimiNE: W'EDNESIiAV, OCTOUEII -iO, 1881—TWELVE PAGES. on the soli,led of tlio turlir, nml ha* no nrceo clciit In (ho history of tlio Demncrntlo platforms nclnptod In National conventions. I tntvo ex* amlnud ttiom ml. Tlio declaration for "a tariff Cor rovomio only ’* was never boforn made In it National tlemoernlle Convention, amt Is a bur lesqno on common sense. Mr, Vnorhces Is ridiculously wrong In say ing that “ Urn declaration for a tariff for reve nue only was never before made In a Na tional Democratic Convention.” itwasmado In the .St. l.onls Convention of ISTO far more emphatically than in tho Cincinnati Conven tion of Ifvso. We pul tlio resolutions side by side, to show how inadequate Mr. Yoorhees’ examination of “all tlio Democratic plat forms ” must have boon: rindnnnfl, n«. A tariff fur revenue only. SI. Louis, JiTfl. Wodcnminen tbo pres ent tariff Invled upon nearly 4,000 articles us n masterpiece of Injus tice, Inequality, and fnlso pretense. It yield* a dwindling, uni n year ly rising revenue. It has Impoverished many Industries to subsidize n few, etc, . . . We demand that nil custom- Mouse taxation slutll /a mill/ for mxuuc. lit IS7:J the parly nominated Horace Grco Icy, an avowed 'Protectionist, for the Presi dency, nnd “relegated” the. tariff question to the Congressional districts. During tho War its platforms were silent on the sub ject or declared hi favor of “a tariff for revenue” with incidental protection, but be fore the War its history Is an unbroken record of opposition to tariff monopoly lit every form, lias Mr. Voorhocs forgotten that .lolm C. Calhoun Invented tho doctrine of nutUilcntiou for (Im express purpose of avoiding an oppressive tariff’. 1 Hu will be scarcely able to lind a Democratic platform outside of Fctmsyivniila for tho last titty years hi which the subject is mentioned at all that does not dcchtro in favor of “a tariff for revenue only.” Ills own Stale has been very emphatic on the subject, and he has been personally an advanced Free- Trader. It Is characteristic of Voorhcesto announce In one breath his conversion ami his unremitting devotion to the tariff, if ho has not changed his views, or his party either, what Is the occasion for all this speak ing, nnd writing, nnd healing of the breast, and these manifold expressions of penitence’.’ “ MAXIMUM ” THE NEW ' RATES IN ILLINOIS, in Monday's TninrKK wo called attention to the recently-issued schedule of “max imum rates ” adopted by the Illinois Board of Railroad Commissioners lor the govern ment of tho railroads doing business in tho Stale of Illinois, The Importance of Urn schedule Is due to tho fact that it becomes tho law of tho Statu on und after Nov. 10, U«l. Those who are familiar witli tho past his tory of tho railroad law and of its adminis tration under tho Board of Commission ers will romember that tho. first mid only schedule of rates was Issued in isai, and tho rates (ixod by that schedule were novel* enforced by the Commissioners. Dur ing the eight years* existence of tho commis sion no attempt was made by tho commis sion to punish tho companies lor viola tions of tho law. Complaints were at lirat universal, but, ns tho ofllccrs appointed by tho State to protect tlio people did noth ing in the promises, making complaints be came a useless proceeding. Occasionally, however, some resolute citizen would ad here to bis demands for restitution, and when ho could not otherwise ho silenced tho railroad company, by tho advice of tho Com missioners, paid tho claim. Tho Commis sioners louml tills to he tho most economical plan for tho railroad companies to adopt. It worked somewhat thus: Out of 1,000 cases of extortion and unjust discrimination SOO victims, despairing of any action by tho Commissioners, made no complaints; in tho other SOO cases tho Commissioners, by in action, delays, equivocations, and binding, were able to crowd out, say 100; and in tho other ten cases the railroad companies, not ing on tlio advice of tho Commission ers, compromised with tho complainants by paying them such sums as tho Commissioners were able to Induce tho wronged persons to accept. Tho law was therefore executed by tho Commissioners so that possibly In 1 per cent of tho cases of extortion tho olVoudlng railroads made resti tution. But tlio Commissioners this tlmo took pains to avoid all complaints hereafter. They take tho ground that tho law compels them to makoonly “maximum” rates, which means rates so excessive Umt no railroad company will ever think of exceeding them. This will shut out nil complaints of over charge, and tho Commissioners wilt in their next report ho able to point to tho fact of no complaints for overcharge. A correspondent writing to Tin: Tjupunt. in Dm interest of the Railroad Commissioners thus describes tho pain and agonies which these odlcers have endured while incubating this sched ule. He says: Tho Commissioners Irm'tk'tl over a number ot tho principal ruaiK vIkUoI places where tho people most loiully complained oC thoir treat mem by tbo railroads, mstunkp patiently to tho Imminernbio delegations, largo ami small, which visited thorn, iivuinl through an almost inter mlnubloamoiintof cnmsspondeiiconpim iho sub ject, and jMimlcm/, Jtaumt, and irmrirti over, and dmuiiol about tho many perplexing (loca tions Involved In thoir tank, (ho mairnltitdo of which oppressed thorn for mouths like u HUUUID NIGUTMAUi;!!I Dour fellows! To take all this trouble when after all they had only, to accomplish tho result actually reached, to rcuucst tho Superintendent of any of Uio roads to send them down a schedule of tho “maximum” rates which the roads would venture to ask. To escape tho “horrid nightmare” and reach tho samo.result less conscientious Commis sioners would huvo taken Uio less laborious plan, and taken with U at tho same lime all that it was worth. it should bo remembered that (his schedule applies only to roods In this Slate, mid that hu per coil of the transportation in this fUato is clono in “short” ns distinguished from “long” hauls. Tho average hauls on tho roads of Illinois over any road within the Jurisdiction of these Commissioners nro loss than 100 miles,* and IM miles will cover nearly tho whole transportation In Illinois. With this fact notorious to overy one, tho apologist lor tho commission writes this nonsense: The CommlMloiiors soon fouud themselves somewhat at variance upon many of the ques tions which confroulod them In Ihulr work, uud especially upon the most aorlmifumo—iho diircr* encc that should exist between the rated allowed for Pmtr hauls and short hauls. The popular Idea has been that If a railroad charged :.*0 cents per hw pounds tor u haul of I,UN miles, iho rale fur a short haul should be mu a Utile more than the rate par mile duu-gen for the I,(JbO-miiolmul. Nothing could be mure erroneous nr misleading than this Idea. When u railroad has once paid the cost of leading u car of freight and connect* mg it with a train, the distance which that cur U hauled on that roud thereafter cats u very Insig nificant llirnro In the cost of Its tnmsportatlon. The terminal charges uud expenses, including the handling of freight, the switching of cars, and nil the work necessary before the haul com* tucuccK uud after it cuds, cost more than Iho actual haul Itself. All of this terminal expense Is the sumo whether the haul be ouuof tuu miles or fSiO mlk*. It Uu mlHundonduudlog of this vital fact which constantly produced friction between thu railroads mid iho shippers. Thu latter are constantly instituting comparisons between the rules, for Instance, botwoou Chicago and tbo seaboard wllb the rates between Chi* cago and tho interior points front which they ship. As compared with a haul from Omaha to Now York, that part of tho haul through Illinois Is comparatively a very short one, but it nevertheless Is part of tho long one. There are no terminal charges on that part of tho roulo passing through Illinois. Why, thou, should tho transportation company compel Uio payment of Ui cents per 100 pounds for tho tiautfportutlon, for tho. miles of (he route In Illinois when tho whole rate for the l,soo miles from Omaha to New York Is only W cents. Tho whole route of these roads governed by this schedule of rales Is within tho Slate of Illinois. The “long” and the "shorl” hauls are both within this State. As we have staled, I.V) miles will cover 80 to IKI per cent of nil tho hauls in (his State, nnd the average will ho loss than UK) miles. These Commissioners Ignore the fact that (here are no such special nnd extraordinary terminal charges Incurred hi starling out of Chicago with a long train, and dropping a car or two every twenty miles, ns to compel the compa nies to exact for transportation of corn hi Illinois nearly two nnd n half times as much per ton per mile for seventy-live miles ns the Commissioners allow* for currying IJ-V) mites. All these routes have their whole run within the State, nml tho great mass of ship ments lind their destination in between fifty nml IM) miles. Why should tbo Commission ers have added largely to the rales within these distances nml nstenlntiously reduced them on distances over which hut eomnarn lively a small proportiniioC business is done? Practically these Commissioners have in creased (ho rates of transportation on eight tenths of the business done on these Illinois roads and largely reduced them on the other two-tenths of the business. These Increased exactions nml tolls, K should be remembered, are additions to tbo rates llxed in IS7JI, We repeat what we said Monday, that this rotten Board of Commissioners have pub lished as the law of this State a fraudulent and scandalous schedule of tolls to he ex acted hy tiie railroads of this State. The proceedings at tho Inst meeting of Dm Legis lature show that these Commissioners were obstinately retained In ollieo after their nil- Illness ami their neglect of tholr duly had lieen established, mid In fact confessed. They were kept for a purpose and a design now apparent, and the people of tho Klato may now read in this schedule proof of what that purpose and design was. When tho time of reckoning shall come, Uio producers, and shippers, and consumers oCHUnoIs will not fall to locate the responsibility whore It be longs, nor fail to punish the fraud and rob bery properly mid promptly. HAILBOAD COST OF BUILDING TELEGRAPH LINES. The managers of tho Union Mutual Tele graph Company—tho latest rival of llio West ern Union—are disposed to lay great stress upon the exposure of tho machinations whereby tho Western Union people nn-. earthed tho secret construction contract which the former corporation made. The fact seems to bo that some person or persons interested in the Western Union management bribed nn employe of tho Mutual Union Company to procure a copy of tho construc tion contract. Tills may be admitted to have been u disreputable piece of business, mid, in that light, it simply shows to what extreme measures corporations will resort—having no souls to save mid no honoiTo guard—in order to gain nn advantage. Hut the terms of this construction contract aro In no wlso changed by tho method 'which was employed to ob tain a copy thereof mid to make it public. The Mutual Union people charge that tho Western Union managers conspired to pro cure this contract ami make Its terms known in order to injure tho business of tho now company, impair Its credit, mid Iniluoneo tho subscribers to tho stock to refuse payment on tholr subscriptions. All this may bo true, but tho fact remains that, if llio contract were fair, its publication would not damage tho new company nor have Uio effect on tho subscribers .which Uio exposure was intend ed to have. The manner in which tho construction con tract lias been made public nmy be dis missed ns of no special concern to tiie public. Tho terms of that cbntract constitute thu In terest of Uio whole nlVnir. It appears that a construction company, under Uio linn immo of John (1. Moore & Co, (mi Inside ring), undertook to build 1:1,000 miles of telegraph lines, mul were to bo paid therefor the enor mous sum of 614,000,000—5i,H00,000 In o per cent bonds mid 50,600,000 in stock. This pay is at thb rate of nearly 81,100 a mile, which Is about tho same, it is said, ns tho capitaliza tion of Western Union after frequent proc esses of watering, mid at least thrice ns much ns the work of construction ought to cost. If such be tho fact, then it Is manifest, without further Investigation, Hint tho now company has practiced gross deception upon tho public, has obtained subscriptions under false pretenses, and proceeded from the start to defraud tho subscribers to tho stock. It was represented Hint tho new company lind been organized for tho purpose of an tagonizing u dangerous monopoly; Unit Us facilities would bo provided at Uio very lowest cost; that it would thus be nblo to do telegraphing nt rates far below those required to pay dividends on Uio watered slock ot Uio Western Union; and that tho competition it would thus provide would compel tho Western Union to reduce Its rates. All those objects would necessari ly he defeated by paying lo a construction ring double tho actual cost of furnishing tho necessary facilities for doing tho business, Tbo terms of Um construction contract made by the Mutual Union Company will undoubtedly create tlio Impression that it is a pretty ‘‘watery” scheme. As tbo whole thing will be constructed for considerable less than the face of the bonds, it Is rather ditllcult to see where the subscribers for the stock will have anything to represent their money. The public has been deceived if it has been persuaded to give the now enter* prise its sympathy and encouragement un der tlio promise that It would load to low and permanent rates, ns the purpose maul* lestly is to furnish fat contracts to the construction companies mid pay such exorbitant prices for conslruntlng tbo lines as to prevent reasonable rates. Nor can it lie doubted, under those circumstances, that there was an intention ultimately to force the Western Union Com* pany Into buying up the competition after the subscribers to the new company had been squeezed by bears mid tbo stock was in the control of a ring. Tims Uie mission of the now company was, from the start, mere* ly to add at sonio near future time 814,000,- (XX) or more to the capital stock of tho West ern Union, upon which tho public would bo compelled to pay dividends In the shape of increased rates. Thu Western Union would gain no now facilities which it needed; the public would bo no better served, nor even so well, after another “consolidation”; the money expended ostensibly for construction would pass into tlio bonds of the projectors, and tho business of telegraphy would bo a worse monopoly than before. How long aro these repeated efforts at wlmttbo Western Union calls “blackmail” to be continued? Just so long us the Ameri can people are wilting to submit to them. Just so long us tiny one corporation Is per mitted to enjoy a monopoly of tlio telegraph business there will bo a constant temptation to organize blackmailing schemes. Just as rapidly as ouo or more of tho opposition con cerns are swallowed up by tho giant monop oly, after the manner of tho Atlantic & l*a clllo mid the American Union companies, othors wilt start up with Uio hope mid inten tion of selling out, as their predecessors have done. The public will continue to submit to the same old game, and tho Western Union Company will bo compelled to absorb new water iU, capital .stock iW' cordlngly. Tlio only hcnellclarlcs nro tho speculators and schemers who get up tho new* companies, Hccce (he subscribers, make money out of tho construction contracts, nnd finally sell out to the enemy. Ihilwlml Is tlio remedy? Plainly, tho as sertion by tho National Government of Its power mid Its right to own nnd manage the telegraph business of (ho country, ns It now own*nml manages tho mall business of the country. There is no need of more than one telegraph company. There Is no economy In double or treble Investments to do the business. Dnl it is necessary that the facili ties should ho free nnd equal In all, that they should he furnished to tlio public at the low est possible cost, and that they should be protected from•tho manipulations of specu lators. Those things can only be assured by Government control. Postal telegraphy Is no longer un experiment. It Ims provided tbo maximum facilities at tho minimum rates in England without being a charge upon (ho Government. THE CONTINGENT MOREY GRAB. Tim report niiiflo to tho Semite by the com* milieu appointed to examine llio disburse* meets of tho contingent expense account or llio Treasury Department shows Hint that de partment has been Infested with a most luxurious crowd of swindlers, headed by one Pitney. Illegally appointed custodian of the contingent moneys by cx-Secrotary Sher man ami summarily removed by .Secretary Wlmlom for thu very good reason that there was no law for such an niUco In tho (Invent inent, and conseiincntiy the aforesaid Pitney had no business to handle public moneys. -Nevertheless, the Interloper Pitney did handle public moneys, and ho handled them in a most remarkable manner, not even keep ing any books to show what kind or how much property was In his possession. Pitney had a genius for making the public money lly. lie not only scorned accounts but spurned precautions, lie was a favorit with tradesmen, for ho paid whatever was asked and was supremely ImlKTcrent whether Hie purchases were delivered, u peculiarity upon the part of a buyer which would delight the heart of any seller ami make him yoarnto re tain Ids custom. Pltney’s genius was special ly manifested in tho direction of carpels. A prudent housekeeper objects to paying for a carpel more than once, and llien usually growls nt tho price. Pitney was only happy when he could pay twice for them, and when one of Ids twice-paid sellers, Moses by name, was nolilied to make good tho overcharge, not having the sense of honor of Ids great prototype, he returned an equivalent amount of an inferior article. Pitnoy’s genius ran in all sorts of odd directions, and one of its manifestations appeared in tho transmuta tion of various articles. Jlc had an appro priation for Ice, of this appropriation was paid for iHcholders. Ho had an appro priation for gas, and SIJR3 of it was paid out for candles. The llloholdcrs and candles never put in an appearance, but under Pitnoy’s skillful manipulation thoysniTcrcd a sen change into something rich and strange. As Herrmann will deftly exhibit your handkerchiefs which in tho twinkling of an eve appear before you ns lively doves or rabbits, so Pitney handled his llleholders and candies. Presto, agrimonto, change, and 10, lemons and sugar, and .lohn Sherman, tho Assistant Secretaries, and tho Chief Clerks cooling their parched throats with the grate ful beverage. Again, a mysterious cabalistic utterance and a wave of tho magic wand, and 10, a sumptuous lunch “about tho time of the Chicago Convention” destined ns those fatal days wont on to change to funeral baked meats. The under gentle men state upon their honor that they paid for thcirproportlon of tho lunch, from wliich wo are led to infer that John Sherman, with Pitnoy’s assistance perhaps, was eating contingent (beholders mid drinking con tingent candies while thu underlings did the square thing by paying for sucti extraordinary viands hooked from tho pub lic portabio property out of their own pock ets. Another, little trick of Pltney’s was a very neat one. Ho had an appropriation for furniture, which included billiard-cloth fur covering desks. At tho same time the wagon drivers wanted overcoats. They did not go and buy overcoats like ordinary drivers. Why should they, when Pitney had billiard cloth enough to put every one of tliem In a suit of polished green? But drivers in green would bo quite. too awfully utter, oven In those esthetic days, mid drivers In blllhird-etoth might givo rlsu to un pleasant suspicions ns to tho sanity of tho Treasury Department. Tills was not a hard problem for Pitney. A man who can turn llloholdcrs Into lemons, and candles into sugar, can easily enough turn billiard cloth into common, ordinary overcoat stnlf, and ho did it. Pitney was a man of inllult possibilities. Tito other departments of tho (iavurnmuntnru presumably contented with Jockey Club soap and water for average toilet purposes. Why tho Treasury Depart ment should deem It incumbent to oil mid curl Itself tlko llio Assyrian Dull does not ap pear, or what tiioro is in Urn custody of bonds amt money that necessitates lavntlon with linids less plebeian than water, but such was tho ease. Tim Treasury’s toilet could not bo made without bay nun, mid again Pitney was equal to tho emergency, for a barrel of tho Itnld was procured, and masqueraded about the building under tho name of “deo dorized alcohol.” Considering tho genius of Pitney in tills lino it Is only remnrkubto that the department did not dully dino upon sal ads amt champagne, and lavo itself la rose water and extracts of whlto roso mid Jacque minot, evolved by ids necromancy from candles and desk-covers. Vuxbnll and Iroquois* Tlio victory of Uio American H-yonr-oUlcolt Foxball In tbo Cambridgeshire Btakos at Now* market yesterday la, from a sportsman’s point or view, a more meritorious performance oven than the wlnnlmr of tbo Upsom Derby by Iro quois, also nu American representative, llotu tbosu borsos uro of tbo sumo age, amt tholrsue cesses ou tbo Urltisb turf tbls sottson bavo been simply pbonomcnnl, ami uomouatrnto beyond a doubt that In tbo matter of breeding raoc-borecs this country tends tbo world. WbmiParolo wont to England, tbreo years ago, and captured a largo number of Important turf events from Helds comprising tbo best borses that Europe could produce, It was argued that bis ease was an exceptional ono-tbat he was an animal su perior to any that tbls country bad ever pro duced. This year, however, Messrs. l/Orllhrd and Koono have, wltb Iroquois aud Foxball, shown tbo lirltlshen that tbuso two Amer ican colts can conquer with coco anything of tboir ago that dare oppose them, and that Fox ball can also win races In wblob borsos of all ages are jiermlltod to start. Parly In tbo season Fox ball wont to Franco and won tbo Grand I'rix do Paris, tbo grunt French race for H-ycar-olds, with ease, aud fourdays previously tbo uows bad bean Hashed all over tbo world that I roquols bad won tbo Epsom Darby. Tbls would bavo boon glory euougb for ono year, but Iroquois followed bis Derby success by winning tbo X’rluco of Wales Btakes at Ascot, tbo Newmarket Derby, and Dually tbo great Bt. Legor Btakes, tbus placing to bis credit tbo Uvu loading U-ycar-nld events of tbo season, and having been defeated a length only for tbo Two Thousand Guineas by Peregrine, a colt who was behind blm two weeks later in tbo Derby. Although tbo victories of Foxboll aro not as groat In number as tboso of Iroquois, bis per formances bavo been of a character that stamp blm us fully tbo equal, If nut tbo superior, of Air. Lorlllurd's eolu After winning tbo Grand XTlx do Purls bo did not start for somo weeks, but wboa bo did appear tbo Grand Duko Michael mid Select Btakes were soou added to bis list of victories*. Next oomu tbo CeadrewUcb, a bkadK cap In which horses from it years old tip started, cm) tlto Amcrlntn coll galloped away from fourtoim of (ho best racers In fngland witli ease, no horse being within ton lengths of tilm ill tbo finish of tho two-nml-a-quarter mlin course. Ily winning this race fox hall Incurred n pomiUy of fourteen pounds for tbo Cambridgeshire. and this ad (lltlonul weight was deemed by tbo but* ting men to completely extinguish his chances for winning tbnt ovcnl, ns It had never been iron by n horse carrying more than I-1 pomulsi ivhllo foxlmll’s weight whs l-M. Odds of ttl to 1 were ut once otfernd against tbo Amorlenn colt, mid, to tbolr credit bo It said, freely ncceplod by several speculative New* Yorkers who bnd won largo sums by Koxlmli’s victory In tbo (Jcsnrotvllcli. On paper It looked us though tho colt bud nut tbo slightest clmnoo (o win tbo Cambridgeshire. Ills weight was 12d pounds, llvo pounds moro than bnd ever bc<*n carried to victory by any horse, Lancreost, u 1-yoar-old, won ilto raco la 18KI with Pit pounds, tbo highest weight ever carried by tbo winner. The highest weight over carried by a U-year-oUI winner was 111 pounds—upon 800-Baw, In P-IW. it will be seen, therefore, that foxlmll not only won with ibo highest weight on record, but that his being only ll years old makes his performance still more wonderful. With tho Cambridgeshire, (be Inst, of tbo great events of iho season In England has been run. The Americans have won nil Iho great ibyear* old races mm tho two great fall handicaps, and did It nil with two cults owned by dlU'crent men. This country has reason to bo proud of their achievements, and Messrs. T.orlllard and Keene arc entitled to praise for tho pluck they have displayed In sending across tho ocean at great expense stables of race-horses that Imyo so worthily upheld tbo honor of this country. Tin: newspapers have poked a good ilea) of fun ut iho ltov. Mr. Talmngo during tho ten years or so (but ho has been conspicuously be* foro the public as a minister, mid his eccentric method of declamation has been mmlo tho sub ject of so much comment that not a low peoplo have come to regard tbo pastor of tbo Ilrooklyn Tabernacle ns a sort of religious Harlequin who depended for tils popularity upon grotesque ac tions ami sensational remarks while In tho pul pit. Although thoro Is doubtless some truth hi tho ebnrgo that Mr. Tulmugo infects sensation alism, It is also trua that ho makes sumo very sharp mul truthful remarks, bast .Sunday be considered in Ids sermon tbo charge that church attendance In this country was on tlto decline, mid paid some attention to tho mistakes made In tho management of churches. Bald Mr. Tat mage: Tbo trouble begins In (ho theological soml iinrics. It Is a Blmnio Unit tome provision la not mndo for aged minister* worn out hi tbo service ot God. Hut, In the luck of such provlaloivllio theological sumhmrlus uru turned into hospitals for sick, mrod, tmd lallrin ministers. When a man begins to go down they give him the title of I), i)., hy way of restitution. (.Laughter.] If that falls, the tendency Is to elect him a i’rot'es sor hi a theological semhmry. Not being able to preach himself, lie la set to teach others how to preach, la some eases the poorest speaker In the faculty is made Professor of Kloeutlun. We want men like Alexander, who could not only tell how to preach, (nit emild go into the pulpit ami, with thuudurs of eloquence, could show bow. What would you think nf a faculty of unsuccessful merchants to train young merchants? Some of these theological seminaries tuko a nmti ami help him, and square him, and mold him, and boro him. and twist him, until all the individuality Is gone out nf him, ami ho Is mity a pour copy of Ids teacher, who was elected because he could not preach. Wc want less dry wood In the theological semi naries, ami mure (laming evangelism. At the lute General Assembly of the Presbyterian Churches of Uio United states a clergyman, ac customed to preach to n congregation of people In u room that would hold 1.500, was ap pointed to preach a sermon on “How to Hcuch tho Masses." After alluding to tho perfunctory manner In which somo preachers perform tho duties of tholr alllco, Mr. Talnmgo continued: .Sometimes tho real trouble begins In tho homo circle as to which is the real child who ought to bo consecrated to tno ministry. John Is a bright boy, who Is sharp at tt bargain: ho Is made a merchant. Gcorgo him remarkable cerebral de velopment; make him u lawyer. Henry lias a large growth ot chest and a taste for military things; scud him to West Point. William Is fond of skotchlngshlps; nmko him a shipbuild er. Hut Aleck, who is not very well, who has not a very good digestion, who since tho lust melancholy tlmo has had hissplccn enlarged: ho has a morbid way of looking at things. Ho will sit for an hour leaking at one llguru m tho car pet; His language and manners arc so mild mid soft, so gentle, so ciromlunlc. so hcavcnlv. and ho erics so easy. Make him u minister! (.Great laughter.] Mr. Talmngo may bo sensational and unortho dox, but hu bus u fashion of tolling tho plain truth In a way that other ministers would do well to Imitate. Women aro proverbially credulous, and it la Horn them that tho numerous so-called fort* uno-tellors that iufest every largo city derive tho greater part of tbolr roveuuo, and tho amount that many of thesu humbugs are ena bled to thus accumulate In tho conrso of u few years would surprise most people wore tho truth known. Tho victims of tnoso frauds gener ally pocket thoir losses In silence, but occasion ally ono with pluck enough to see tho matter through recovers tho stolon money. Mrs. Cro-’ zler, of New York, Is ouo of these. Having lost somo valuables, sho applied to tho seventh daughter of u seventh daughter for In formation as to tho person guilty of taking thorn, and paid sll, all tho money sho bad, ns a fee. Shu thou wrotu on a piece of paper tho tmmu of tho suspected party, and, after con siderable shuttling of cards, tho paper turned up again with tho words “Not guilty” written on It. Tho woman's husband, when ho found whuro his hard-earned money had gone, sworo out u warrant for tho fortuuo-lollor’s arrest, and sbu was not only nmdo to refund tho sll, but also held In SUOU ball for good behavior, tho altormt llvobulug six months In tho work-house. Tho statute of Now York, fortunately. Includes under tho boud of disorderly persons those who “protend to tell fortunes, or where lost or stolen goods can bo found." If tho husbands of other deluded women would follow tho example sot by Mr. Crozlor tho fortune-telling business would soon bo at a low obb In this country. The Albany-Kmiliif/ Journal points with prldo to u reduction of State luxes, brought about by n Republican administration of Statu ulTnirs, which amounts to over three millions of dollars—tho lowest amount since tho War, Wo ijuoto from Us article: Tho last Legislature, aided by tho vetoes of Oov. Cornell, reduced tho tuxes tu this Stuto about ouo-thlrd, clTcetlug a saving of over SJ,OtW,OUO. Tho total amount levied is less than during any year since thoWur, mid less than during any year of Urn Administration of tho so-called 'M’rlnco of Economists” (Luulus Hob insou), os tho following statement will show: 1877 1878 18TU 1831 ......... Having thus reached tho lulnltmmi of expend* Ituro umJur llopubllcuu Administration, It would bo folly to rutnrn to Demoomtiu rule, ana thus invito to higher rates of taxation. Tho follow* lug table Isa comparison in detail between tho taxes fur Btato purposes this your ami last year. Tho Journal thou gives a list of counties. Now York City saves a million am) a half in Btato taxes; Hrooklyn, $1100,000; Uutfalo, $100,000; Al bany, $IU,000; and so on. Xor long ago Chlof-Justlco Wallo, in a letter to a friend, put toward the opinion that there are mote law schools in this country than are necessary. There is no doubt of tho truth of this assertion, llolng more law schools than arc necessary, there Is consequently a surplus of lawyora. Every mole obild who manifests a disposition to argue and wrangle with all with whom he comes In contact, and expands with years mto the powerful debater ot n college lit erary society, Is believed by hls misguided parents to possess qualifications which pecul iarly lit him for tho legal profession. Tho natural result of this policy has hecu to Hood the country with n hordo of blatant young men who soouro a precarious and nut altogether creditable subsistence from tho petty litigation Into which tho members of certain classes are continually being drawn. If the lawyers of this country were reduced In numbers quo half, and In selMmportanco ulue-tcntbs, life on tho Western continent would bo fully as agreeable as It Is at present. Ai.d. Cur.i.KUTON responded too promptly perhaps to the general accusation that an at tempt was being made to gut an appropriation bill through the Council by Improper means. Those who know Aid. Cullcrton do not need to bo informed what bis record Is on all such ques tions. Hls character Is before the public. It speaks for itself. Uo would butter nut speak tor it. Ho couldn’t if bo would bo half so eloquent «s bis votes have been. When Ald.Cullerlou makes a personal matter of suou a vague alle gation us that of Aid. Everett, people begin to • W «u 4 lU'HOtc, JiuvtfJwAW, tuikn Inn’s reputation fm* mirlly has been, they f, T) . t Isa great pity ho should think It necessary i„ delcnd himself. Wo don't like to have Aid. (_*„i lerton ery out, u llore," when Anybody Is rabini a question of addlllon, division, nnd alieaeo la the Council. What Is believed to I w trustworthy luf nr , mntion from all tho wlae-prodiichig deiiart* meats of franco pluecs tho product fur ihl present year considerably higher Ilian was ihn yicM of a year ago. t.asl year !Si,iJTT l li:l hectoli. Ires were returned, but It Is expected that („! this year tho vintage will reach JR.'.ikw.ikw « n a that It may go ns high ns W.tKXMXW, or*nii tb« pruvluees, lli’runlt yields most, tbo estimate K* big for t.ritKi.ttW hcelolllres. The Ando contti next wllh amt Charonlo Inflricure fot lows wild I,HW,OIW, Hii.Mi: mlscreanU cimoonlod In the juirtli caat gallery throw a full gallon of vitriol over a crowd gatliorcd In yio Main Centennial Hmt,]. log In Philadelphia, on Thursday night last, and forty-two men, women, nnd children wore burned ami had their clothing mined by terrible acid. They followed up tbolr work by sending tiro heavy bottle crashing to tn* Hour, and escaped by means of tho skylight to tho roof, nnd thence to tno ground. Tin: Chinese Court appears in nuieastira 10 have abandoned Us old notion that (bo sedan dialr was a suillelenlly rapid mode of travel fears of llusslan invasion mid tho necessity Irnnsporilng troops and stores to various parts if tho Imperial domain bitvo brought about 1 change In its policy. Tin; Gazette says that thoro la “ not a good street or road within tho corporate limits of Cincinnati,” and also announces that tbo tram, hllng houses are all running “wide open.” ,\o cording to (his n Chicagoan would feel at borne In Clneluuiitl. • Asinxo tho gunboats recently built for the Chinese navy In fngllsh shipyards, three of those known as tbo ** nlfubetleal bunts" hats arrived safely at Shanghai In charge of [illieors. They aru Iho lota, tho ivuppa, am] its Lambda. Ax lown lawyer of some years’ practice h now serving ns locomotive fireman on tbo chi cage, llurhiiglon & Quincy Itallroad, and a physician of twolvo years’ practice Is acting ai freight conductor on tho sumo road. Tin: Tkiiujnb Is not nn advocate nf co ercive toototallsin, but It believes hi temper mien, mu! It makes no exception hi tbo case of County Commissioners. LAKESIDE MUSINGS. “I could just hugFoklmll.”— “1 am .now convinced that lunch is a very unhealthy meal,"—John Shmimn. 'Wuiilctl—Several competent fence repair el’s. Apply at unco to John Sherman, Ohio. A cable dispatch says tho Fenians liavo been very active of late. Somebody must bars sent tho Foniuns a barrel of sour-mash. Seven million dollars worth of New York Central stock was placed on tho market last week. Mr. Vanderbilt Is evidently gelttaj ready to take tils family to tho I'att^conecrls. News has been received that tho Arctic re lief ship Hedgers loft St. Lawrence HayAuj. IP. Preparations for fitting out another vessel to co In search of her should bo begun at once. Thu German Emperor gave a weilillng present of seven horses and carriages b> bit new graudson-lu-law, Gustavos Adolphus, or Sweden ami Norway. Tho ihnporor evidently expects Gus to go West and sturta 11 very-stable. Tho situation of Messrs. Homy. Kgr.ii, Hlggar, and Sheohy, tbo Irish patriots, Is truly alarming. They are alone In Paris, tumble to speak tho language, and have only JiiXVJUOat tholr command. A Chicago man visiting Cincinnati \va» being shown around by a citizen who said, “Now let's go und see tho Widows’Home." Tim Chicago man put his linger by tho side of bis nose and winked, and then bo said: “Not much, Mary Ann. 1 saw a widow home once, and It cost me SIO,OOO. Sho sued mo for brcacb of promise, and proved It on mo. No, sir, scul tho widows homo In a hack."—Carl &•/no r. A Uuslon paper »ay» that "thero is now a Freshman at Valo College who passed lho ex* nuilnulioiH twenty years ago, but did not enter on account ot poverty. Ho married, scltlcJ down uml amassed u fortune, ami now he bit moved his family to New Huron so tlmt bo rosy finish bis collegiate course.” Ills not prelaw* that (his man will over succeed in geltlnj s Ilrsl-chHH college eduentlon. It In not easy lo learn to row u bout or play third liaao tuccoJi* fully after reaching tho ago of 10 years. Uaby ami L in the twilight sweet. Hearing tho weary birds repeat, Chcory good-nights from Ireu to tree, iJcarest of all day's comfort ace. Kor weary too, Wo kiss mid coo, Ho gives up nil his world—for me. Ilaby and I In Ihu twilight's glow. Watching the branches to and fro. Waving goud-nlgbts to tho golden tml, Welcome tho hour wo tova tho best.. Wo rock and sing Tilt sleep wo bring, Who folds him In her downy nest. As In his UUlo bed I place My babe, In all his slumbering grace, Heaven’s starry lamps aro lit on high, One angel-borne, now Hashes by, And by thoir light. Through all tho night, Celestial watchers will bo nigh. —From H Mu Flnt CM, mid Other i’urmi," by ITMH (aivifd'i. PERSONALS, Tho hoopers of Ludlow Street Jail declare* tlmt Uoss Tweed's ghost haunts tho corridors. Queen Isabella Ims Just boughtUiochateau of Suvlgny-sur-Orgo, u so-called historic man* slou. because It Is said to have been tho abode of Agues hotel. IlmHi/ 1-Vifr describes the present Lonl Mayor of Loudon ns"ttgood-loinpcrod creator*, who perfers tho seclusion of Bristol! lllsu lo d* dangers of Ireland.” Mr, Charles Darwin, tho great Kuglhh naturalist, bus Inherited a largo fortune (roca his Into brother, Erasmus A. Darmlu. *• amounts to nearly a million dollars. Miss Harriett ilosiner Is said to have take# her llrat lesson In drawing from tho l>'* Nathaniel C, ronbudy, tho brother of Mr** Horace Matin, Mrs. Hawthorne, ami Miss Elk*' beth Voabody. .nvrawu . 7,0H,1!it7 . 7,GW,410 . o,otu t &.*u Miss Katie Zimmer, of Portland, Ore., sued Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Champlain for'INM* 8 damages for slander, alleging that through th* talk of tho wife her engagement to ho taarnM was broken oil. Sir Gilbert Kdward Campbell, Bart, "•* brouabt up at tho Uurylobono I’ulloo Court oa tho atb Inst., and sent to tho House ot Helve* non, for being Insane and not underproper cob* trol, and threatening to commit suicide at tns Lnugham Hotel. Ho wrote to the Alliance w surancu Company, which had issued a policy oa his Mfo, Umt unless a loan was made blw m would destroy himself, and his letter was haoJM : to tho authorities. Hn declared that J be w*s without means and rusulvod to dm. ihswub* at Home, having Independent means. Mohammed Tmvflk, Khedive of Kitvpt, JJ only hut ho looks older, and 1* rather perm for his ago. Ho has regular features, and is w from 111-looking. His hearing Is dignified* w» ho Is shy, especially with strangers. He 1* llgonl and well educated, and a keen observer* lie Is simple in all his tastes, hates all loves hls homo, and Is an excellent husband w» father. . . Hlr Sovllln Cros*loy, now on a visit to IbU country, Is a son of the lato Blr Francis, ww cblclly created the great carpet Unu at »*■, *Tj lor whom, as manufacturers, the epithet prince* ly is no misnomer, All that could bo Uouo for groat manufacturing centre and the men |oev In employed the Crossloys have douo. oir m vjilo, who Is only-t, owns Bomcrloytoa, la eu folk, the splendid scat once belonging \ *.• imclcnt family, and at one llmo possessou vt Blr Morton Few. Thu Augusta (On.) A’cicsslatesthotaiuonf the bridal presents at the wedding of Househka Pickens, of Edgefield, and Hr- C. Pugus, of Augusta, lust week, was a*” elegant diamonds from tho Caur of Hnssln. w ••Ikmschka" was born In Bt. Petersburg w® her father wag 3Jlnisrer to llussla; the Czar her godfather, and sho was named, for **■ Empress of Itusala, Frances Eugenia Olga the porilx “DoiHthka" being u pel name, , UiVftWHdWlhMr.'* I