The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-01-11

earnest III desiring MN 10 Surfehuer 10
their benefit The people are as well sat
| isfied with the conduct of Nr. Colfax q
Vice President, as with that Of Genera
Grant as President The two woulC
make stronger campaign than at thei
first nomination. We heartily second The
purpose of-the Pennsylyanians to induce
Mr.. Colfax to allow the use of his name
The bill which it is intended to intro
duce in Congress shortly for an enabling
act for Colorado, will, it is understood
overcome the objection raised as to the
deficiency in population by including
Wyoming. This will give population
large enough to entitle the newly organ
ize8 State &c representative in Congress,
1t Is anticipated in some quarters that
official influence in Wyo ming will be ex-
crted against the proposed change, but
there seems little doubt that the people
of Colorado and Wyoming generally will
favor it. The Denver (Col, News is sat
ished that in Colorado the opposition will
be infnitesimal.
The chief. and indeed only, reason ur-
ged by the Democracy why they should
be relnstated in power is, that if the peo-
pie will trust them again, they will make
vigorous efforts to elevate their principles
to the standard advocated by Kepubli-
cans. All the evidence the people have
of the sincerity of their alleged repen-
tance is that the party has always prac-
tlced the exact contrary. 1t is demand
to be trusted on the reputation of hope
less bankruptcy. The credit system is
capable of great expansion, but this is a
stretch beyond reasonable bounds, and
too unsound for financial community
to accept.
The Worlds correspondent, writing
from Havana the 221, says Valmaseda,
Captain General of Cuba, has just de-
creed the practical enslavement of the
Chinese population of the Island of Cuba,
numbering some $4,000 souls. The de-
cree orders the 10000 or $1,000 free
Chinese Immediately to enroll themselves
under the tutilage Of the government
workshops, receiving for their labor only
four dollors per month and that all Chi
nese who are now working under con-
tracts shall be reindentured on leaving
their terms, or be sent to jail.
Never before since white men have in
habited or frequented the region of our
Western Plains and the Rocky Mountains,
haye there been so many snow storms, Or
has so much snow fallen so early in the
season, as during the past five or six
weeks. The consequence is that the
great lines Of railway that traverse those
regions are having unusual difficulties. =
No sooner have they cleared their tracks
from the accumulated snow Of one great
storm than another comes on, embarras-
sing operations worse than before. Last
Saturday there was a great storm in that
region, rendering it necessary for the
trains to lay up at stations; and now we
learn that there is another heavy fall of
snow. The Pacific Railroads are having
a very hard time of it, and we don t won
der at the merchants of the Pacific coast
grum bling at the detention of their stocks
of holiday goods; but how can it be
helped p Chicago Journal
The reduction Of the public debt dur
ing the month of December has been
nearly four and half million dollars.
The total amount Of United States cur
rency of al kinds outstanding at this date
is $500, ,2i4,170.
Governor hairchild has issued a proc
lamation declaring the adoption of the
constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting special legislation.
The Caucasian. Democratic paper
published at Lexington, Mo-, advocates
the passive policy, the election of
Horace Greeley to the Presidency, and
the destruction of the present Congress
by nitro glycerine. 1t says:
God sent US Wilkes Booth, with his
Sic semper tyranniS, from old Virginia's
shield and arms, and bullet from Lib
erty's mould. Oh, that the people
might now find Guy Fawkes, to creep
beneath the Devils Inn (meaning the
United States Congressl, and by the stim-
ulatise power of million tons of nitro
glycerine, blow it as near to heaven as
any of its thieves will ever get.
The mine of corruption and fraud in
New York seems to De practically mex
haust:ble. The latest discovery is that
there is deficiency in the police fund OF
some 100000 and 70 one knows whith-
er the money has gone. OEly $4,000
of the entire appropriation now remains.
How much the thieves of the New J. oTk
city government have stolen will never be
certainly known.
1t is wonderful how the horrible char
ges respecting the conduct of the New
fork Custom House, which daily appear
in the columns of the New York Tribune,
fritter away and dwindlc into thin air
when brought to the test of the OATH
Mr.. Horace Greeley. who was recently
examined by the Investigating Commit
tee nov setting in New York, regarding
what he knows about the Custom
House, replied that what he knew was
very little. and came mainly at second
hand But he ha6 an editor who knew
all about it, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the
mana ging editor of the Tribune, was then
a..4 f,r and Ln tnSt;fnd that he chad M