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Better Ra:1rond Facilities Wanted.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 1.-The report of the Com
mittee appointed to take into consideration the
lack Of transportation between Milwaukee and
Eastern points during the winter, Was submit
ted to the Chamber of Commerce to-day, and
the following resolutions unanimously adopted:
I2esozced, That the President appoint Committee
Of three to recommend tha officers Of the Milwaukee,
St. Paul Railroad to take into consideration the fora
ton Of q through line Of CARS to run between Nil
Waukee and Eastern points.
lesolred That the President appoint Committee Of
three to confer with the managers Of existing freight
lines now doing business with Milwaukee, to urge
upon them clams to fair quota Of In winter,
IN consideration Of the large amount Of business they
receive to and from Milwaukee, during other Seasons
Of the year.
CINCINNATI O., Dec. 1.-THE Transportation
Committee OF the Board Of Trade passed reso-
luton to-day to invite Convention Of General
Freight Agents Of the United States to meet
here, or at some other central point, to act in
the matter Of securing better scaling Of railroad
freiglts.
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they we're sharing alike the depression caused
by the suspension Of trade, and yet the party
managers obstinately and wilful1y ignored the
popular feeling, and rigidly applied the party
tests as it some clear1y-dedned National quos-
tion were pending. The nomination for the
Office OF Mayor was offered succeasive1y to seV-
eral gentlemen, who successfully declined. At
last, the nomination was offered to Mr. Pierce,
whose ability no one questioned, whereupon
Mr. Pierce wrote manly letter to the managers,
Offering to accept the nomination provided that
he was not run upon an exclusively party ticket
self men Of unquestioned ability to help
franc and execute the laws. The Republican
managers declined to do 80, and vent without a
candidate until three days before the election,
when they reluctantly assented to hfr. Pierce's
request. It was then too late. They had lost
their prestige. They had bungled the CANVASS
beyond all hope OF success, and the barnacles
reaped the harvest of their folly in the election
Of ticket, headed by a man whose adminiBtra-
tion had been inefficient, though respectable,
even before the crisis caused bY the fire. There
is undoubtedly q Republican majority in
Boston. There WAS undoubtedly a major
ity in the city who we're dissatisfied
with Mayor Castor, and were eager
for change, and for the election Of city officers
who would prove themselves equal to the emer-
gency. The action Of the Custom House fac
ton, however, conclusively proved that, it their
ticket should be elected, there was little hope Of
any improvement in the City Government, or
that it would do anything unaeldshly and for the
popular good, and the people turned round and
voted them down. It is to be presumed
that the Custom House managers in Bos-
ton have now discovered their mistake
and the additional fact that there II
some intelligence and virtue outside OF the
Offices they fill, and, unless they have remarkably
thick skins, they will appreciate this rebuke Of
the people and learn the Lesson it conveys.
Virtue and intelligence are fortunately not con-
fined to one political clique, and there are occa-
sions when both virtue and brains are needed in
the administration, and there ia no occasion for
tho uge Of the late War Of the Rebellion or the
abolition Of Slavery as helps in the administra-
tion Of municipal government.
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except lumber from the list Of building mate
rials. Surely no Illinois member will.
Governor Lewis, of Alabama, ordered the

Governor Lewis, of Alabama, ordered the
Sheriff of Montgomery yesterday toseize the Cap
itol in which one Of the Legislatures is sitting.
When that officer attempted to execute the war
rant on the Senate he was promptly arrested by
order of that body, which also directed the
Sergeant~at~Arms to call out the militia and
resist any interference Of the Federal troops,
the House with his warrant, but was prevented
by the sergeant~at-Arms. The Court House
Legislature also sat yesterday, and did nothing
bu. add to its numbers another Of the defeated
candidates.
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CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE

FIRST PAGE-Proceedings in Congross-HuIa1ng OF the
Fifth Asenne Eosci-MisccIlanoous Washington
Observation-Disclosures
EFc0ED pAGE-O,uaha Lctter-1npo1t Railway De-
yc1opucats in Nob1nsks-FEora Chicago to Denver
Ecor1uuuication1- Chicago HaEbor improvements
The Kansas United States Senatorship-San Fran
CISCO Lotter-Obituary: Samuel N. Pike-1ha Life
insurance Controversy.
THIRD PAGE-The Pumphandlo Ho1uicide-A1iscel
1anpous Local Items-A Bloody Decd: An Old Man
Killed with m Internal Machiro~-A Fight for Furs
-Geueral News Items-Rai1road Time Tablo-Ad,
yertiseIneuts.
FOURTH PAGE-Editorials: The Boston Municipal
Election; Mr.. Banks Resolution; Raflroad Aid
Sw1ndles; Special Legslation-Currcnt News Items
FIFTH PAGE-Railroad News-Tho "1ns1oW Affair
The Law Observation-Disclosures
SIXTH Parliamentary and Commcrciaa-Marino In
tcl1igeaco.
SEVENTH PAGE-The Louisville 1ottery-China:
Celebration Of the Marriage Of the Emperor
Small Advertisements: Rea1 Estate, For Sale,
Wanted, To Rent, Boarding, Lodging, Etc.
EIGHTH PAGE-Foreien Observation-Disclosures Tclo.
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Mr.. Senator Terry, Of Michigan, has inter-
posed IN objection in tie Senate to the passage
OF the bill remitting duties on building mate
zials imported into Boston. He demands that
lnmber shall be stricken from the List of free
articles. Some other Senator objects to allow
ing imported articles now II warehouse to bo
Withdrawn under this act, a1ld upon these two
points the old fight over the Chicago lii is to be
renewed in the Senate. 1t is to be seen whether
eny Boston mamber Will propcso OF consent to
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We have repeatedly referred to the conse-
quences to the municipalities concerned result
ing from voting aid to railroad corporations. In
the Iowa cases, and in the Wisconsin cnses,
where aid was voted under State laws, and those
Laws had been upheld by the State Courts as
constitutional, the Supreme Court Of the United
States has laid down the doctrine that it will not
reverse an Interpretation Of tho State Constitu-
tion by the Supreme Court Of such State.
Wherever such bonds we're issued, sanctioned at
the time by the concurrent action OF the LeglE-
lature and Judiciary Of the State, the Federal
Court has held that tho bonds are valid debt,
to enforce payment OF which the holder ia en-
titled to MI legal remedies.
4 new question has been raised Of late in the
case OF Some bonds voted By the City Of Milwau-
kee. The Legislature of Wisconsin, in 1863,
authorized Milwaukee by popular vote to issue
bonds in aid Of railroads. Subsequent to the
passage OF this act, the Milwaukee & Superior
Railroad Company and the Milwaukee d. Beloit
Railroad Company we're Incorporated. They had
no existence at the time Of the passage Of the
act Of the Legislature. In 1856, the City OF Mil
Yankee voted 100000 Of city bonds to each OF
these Companies. No work Was ever attempted
on either road, the whole thing was a fraud, and
the managers aftor getting the bonds, sold
them and were heard Of no more. The city
never paid any interest on the bonds. Az all
questions upon the merits had been decided in
other cases; the defence made in q suit against
the city upon the interest coupons OF these bonds
that the city had authority under the actof
the Legislature to issue bonds in aid OF any
railroad company not in existence at the time OF
the passage OF the act. That defence was held
to be good by the United States District Court,
but the Supreme Court, on Monday last, over
ruled this defence, and held that the authority
given by the act vas general, and covered these
subscriptions
These bonds nov, with the accumulated inter
est, amount to 00,0o0 for which tho city never
received the least consideration. 1t is but an
other in the long list Of instances where these
subscriptions have become terrible burden
upon the people who 80 inconsidorate1y made
them. It ia very easy thing for ono clasB Of
men to vote mortgages upon other peoples prop
erty, and the full measure Of the wrong is felt
when the ta1-gatherer seizes the mortgaged
property to pay the interest, or the Sheriff pro-
ceeds to sell it to pay IN execution for the prin~
cfpa1.
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At the Presidential election in November, tho
City Of Boston gave about G,000 ma ajority for tho
regular Republican tickot At the municipal
ocrnt, was reelected By s52 majority: ut the head
Of the Citizens ticket, Us opposed to Mr. Henry
L. Pierce, at tho head Of tho Republican and
Peoples ticket. There is evidently some reason,
beyond the ordinary Causes which influence vot-
ers, to account for this extraordinary change OF
votes in one short month. That it was not 10
change Of political sentiment is evident. There
has been nothing to effect q change OF political
sentiment, and SO large change could not pos
sibly have been effected in 80 short time.
The municipal election in Boston, this
year, was felt to be an unusually
important one by oil classes Of citizens
Boston, like Chicago, had been visited by dis
tressing calamity, which more than eyer made
ability and wisdom of it's rulers. Large busi-
ness interests had been pnra1yzed. Financial
operations had been temporarily checked, and
the resources Of the banks and insurance Offices,
which were necessary for the resumption of
business, were seriously crippled. a weak or
corrupt administration in the face Of such cir
cumstanccs might prove even worse than the
fire itself, and it was therefore felt (as after
the Chicago fire) TINT the services of the best
and abIest citizens, without regard to
political bias, should ba secured. lIen
were needed who were qualified by
long experience to give counsel and advic7 in
this unexpected emergency. The press, without
regard to party, echoed the popular sentiment,
and yet the Custom House managers, with the
most obstinate blindness and folly, determined
to draw the party lines rigid1y where no party
question was involved, and to demand pledge
that not only tho nominations of Aldermen
should be made strictly within the party, but
even that ali municipal appointments should be
made upon the same political basis. Tha only
question at issue in the canvass was the restora-
ton Of the prosperity Of the city and the re-
sumption of its business, which had
been checked by the fire. Every
citizen folt an interest in this issue. as
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The latest operation in the land-grabbing busi-
Representatives. It is q bill emitting every SOL
der, sailor, or the widow Or children Of any sol
der or Eailor, to enter q half section Of land
and to sell the certificate of entry to any person
who will agree to settle upon and cultivate the
came. This bill will take, to satisfy all claims
under it, 10000, 900 acres Of land, or perhaps
twice that amount. The fraud of the bill is in
its declared purpose to secure homestead to
the soldiers and sailors. ANY soldier or sailor,
Or d widow, or any child, 1nalo or female, can
enter, now, a homestead OF public land, free Of
cost; but that homestead is not transfer
able, nor is the title complete, until
after stated number OF years Of
occupancy and cultivation. There is, therefore,
no sailor, or soldier, or widow, who is debarred
by any law from acquiring homestead At any
time. But this bill is not designed to secure
homesteads- The public lands arc gradually
passing away from the Government, and this bill
millions Of acres Issued under it to spectators
at a very little cost. The scrip that will be is-
sued to the soldiers md sailors and widows and
children will have comparatively little value. 1t
will be subject to ali the conditions of the Home
stead law that require occupancy and cultiva-
tion, but it will be assignable. It may have a
value Of five, possibly ten, cents an aero, and
persons who want homesteads will not
even pay that much when they Gun
take what land they want free OF all
cost. But, as an Investment at five cents an
acre. this scrip will offer inducements to capital
lists, who can afford to hold it for twenty years,
when land will hare become scarco and home
steads at premium. Then these assignable
certificates issued to soldiers, sailors, and
widows, no longer living, will represent millions
OF acres Of land, and be mine Of profit to the
men who may hold them. This is the bill which
is before Congress-, and which is urged as 3
measure Of national gratitude to tho defenders
OF the country. It would be infinitely better for
the country, and far more profitable to the
soldiers and sailors, to vote donation of S25 in
cash to each of the latter.
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James ?. Joyce. Of Ohio, is at the Briggs.
Mr. Il. E. Pickett. Of Japan. is at the Shar-
man.
General E. c. L,pp1ncott. o. springfield, Is at
the fremont.
Hon. J. J. Blair: OF New Jersey, Is At the Sher-
man.
General s. 4. Hurlbut, Of Beiv1dere, Is at the
fremont.
&c. A. n. van Weef, Of the Netherlands, is at
the Sherman.
Colonel s. 8. Stafford. United States Army, is
at the fremont
Captain Thomas McAlillin, United States Ar
my, is at the Sherman.
Hon. Henry A. EEs md wife, Kansas City,
Ao., are ct the fremont.
Fire Marshal Williams 1s very i'll at his resi-
dence On West Adams street.
Colonel McComb, United States Army, Rock
Island, is at the fremont.
Adam Earle, President of the Eankee route to
Cincinnati, is at the Gardner
Charley Woolworth, one Of the genial proprie-
tors Of the Briggs. has just returned from q
three-weeks trip to New York.
The following are at Anderson's European
Hotel: 8. W. Burr, j. Gregory, San Francisco;
J. J. Wright, Plymouth. Ind; 6. Ttask, Ottawa,
H.; A. III. Teece, Wheeling, Y. Va; F. II.
GkEOuE. Ou1O L. H. ACL0Iuuch. 1IAuC8Lpu. LIZ
Z. B. Smith. st. Paul: Fl. P. Darlington. Philc-
delphia.
The following names were on the new register
at the Sherman yesterday: o. Bonnell, San
Francisco; J. G. Buttexfeld, st. Paul; T. Sla-
taper, Pittsburgh; E. L. Sherman, New York;
". T. Amos, Philade1phia; ". q. Gillette, ILL
waukee; a. G. Angle, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; E.
L. Merritt, Springfield; b. E. Pickett, Japan;
II. e. Stevens, Burlington. Vt F J. Dickman,
Cleveland.
The following registered at tho Briggs yester~
day: J. Y. Il. Lott, Louisiana; 7. Vim. Baker,
j., Winchester, Mass; Chas. L. Hill, Colorado;
". Buchanan, Hannibal, No.; ]. D. Kelly, Pit&s-
burgh; D. K. Smith, Peoria; A. LELAND, B*5s-
ton; A. H. Scott, Rock Island; VIM. White,
Utica; ]. P. Carson, New York; J. ". Howe Il
Syracuse, n. r.: J. B. Rice. Boston
The following arc at the Gardner: L. III.
Strong, Baraboo, Wis; Paul Bernoys, Bostor ;
]. Warren Lowe, New York; P; S: Burreu, Ha, It.
johnson, Erie, Pa; Edward Boltwood, Pitt Is.
field, Mass; Rev. u: Byl1esby, L: Andrus, s. g
Ellis, Dixon Joseph Il. Ford, Weston, Mas a.
james Shaw, lit. Carol 8. l.. Monk. Wilmin< <,g
ton, Ill.
The following are at the fremont: B. u
Roger, J. A. Minot, New York II. T. Bald~ h
J. S. Star, D. C. Parnsll, A. ". Pinkney, Il. >: q
FORSYTH. r. H. Cox, G. P. Wells, Peoria W. =
Sylvester, Arkola j. Comstock, Peoria F.; &
Bangs, Montclair, n. J.; 4. Britton, Be1oir :
Frank Stone, New York ". P. Kerr, Granyinet
Ohio O. " Darling, Westpo1t, Mass; T.. ;
Hurlbud, Philadelphia; G. B. Smith, Chap 7
paign; - &. Sexton, Milwaukee, '~f Z
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The Secretary Of tho Land Reform Associa-
tion recently addressed . letter to Ex-Governor
Hawley, Of Connecticut, upon the subject Of
granting lands to railroads, expressing the hope
that he would be found opposed to the squan-
dering policy which has hccn pursued by Con-
gress. In reply, Governor Hawley has declared
himself in entire sympathy with the objects Of
the Land Reform Association and opposed to
any further land grants to railroads, and an
nounces his intention to take this position dur
ing the coming session Of Congress. .
The public at large, excepting that class en-
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The removal Of tests at the English Universi-
ties having led to Nonconformists sending their
SONS to Cambridge in Increased numbers, the
Congregationalists, IS a body, have determined
to erect largo and imposing church which
shall be worthy Of the sect and the buildings of
the University among which it will be placed.
The cost of the church, which has been sub
scribed by the leading Nonconformists Of Eng
land, will be about Sl00,Goo- Considerable op-
position vas manifested to tho work at the out
set, but it finally yielded, and the foundations
Of the church were laid few weeks since di-
rectly opposite Pembroke College. There is
great rejoicing in England over what is con-
eidered as o decided triumph Of religious pro
gress.
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In answer to correspondent, the Nation de-
scribes the English system of dealing With what
is called in England "Prvate Bill Legislation
and what We name especial Legislation" It
first points out the sacrifice that the English
Parliament has made voluntarily OF special
priyueges. First it gave up the franking priv
ilege for the purpose Of cheapening postage !;
then it gave up the right Of members to exercise
my influence on the appointing and remov-
ing power; and, finally, it surrendered
the privilege Of sitting as judge Of
the election Of its own members. These
concessions attest the progressive spirit Of
the Engiah Legislators, and an individual pre-
disposition for reform which does not exist, as q
whole, in the American Congress. This spirit
accounts equally for the more even Justice Of
special legislation. The process by which such
legislation is determined is for the applicant to
draw his own bill, setting forth its object and
extent fully in preamble. Parliament has q
'tCourt Of locus sandi," to which these bills are
referred. This Committee makes up other COM
mittees referring the private bills to them in
groups Of four or Eve each; but no member who
is interested or whose constituency is Interested
favorably or unfavorably, in any bill is competent
to serve. Then comes trial before the Commit
tee, whose award, If favorable, cannot exceed
the ecope Of the petitioners preamble. The
unanimous report Of Committee ia usually &C.
cepted aR final, but, it the bill be opposed, q
member demanding vote, d day is assigned by
the Speaker, and it is made a part Of tile order
Ignorance Of the day, as a "paper," showing the
order, is delivered to the members at their resi-
dence every morning. Some such protection as
that afforded by the last-named custom is con-
templated in the amendment to the rules Of our
House Of Representatives, proposed last week by
11r. McCrary, which provides that it shall not be
in order to suspend the rules, and pass any bill
or resolution, without at least three days notice.
which shall be printed and laid On each mem-
ber's desk. The Nation gives it's information
with reference to the Pennsylvania Constit1-
tional Convention, evidently intending that the
latter body eha1 initiate the English system to
some extent. But the Natio,. is mistaken when
it SAYS that the only protection We hnyo NOW is
in the provision in some State Constitutions re-
quiring private acts to be confined to one object
which sh2ll be stated in the tit1e The best pro-
lection is that which is found in the Constitution
Of illinois, expressly prohibiting MI special leg
islation. This is what the Pennsylvania Con-
yention should initiate
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Commissioner Douglass plan for reducing the
ezpenses Of the Internal Revenue Bureau is
making good way in Congress. It has been ap-
proved by the House, and the Senate Finance
Committee yesterday reported tho House bill
fayorably to tho Senate, with amendments, civ
jng the Commissioner power to abolish the Offices
of Assessor and Assistant Assessor, in any dis
trict, at any time he may think proper before
the middle Of next year, and authorizing tho
appointment Of twenty-five additional agents
Until July /, 1874.
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The Philadelphia Common Council has just
been Investigating case Of alleged bribery and
corruption, wherein wooden pavement is con-
cerned, and has been unable to come to any
conclusion. It ia not the first time that Com
mon Council has been puzzled to find out where
the corruption comes in relative to wooden
pa7ements. There is nothing which can screen
corruption from the public view as thoroughly
as wooden pavement, unless it be gas or
horse-railway ordinance. Corruption Of this
kind can ride over the people Us easily as the
people can ride over the pavement.
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The Cincinnati Gazette secs a dreadful con-
dition of things in the fact that a few Of the
Greeley Electors cast their votes for Hendricks
4he other day,-death having deprived them Of
the candidate OF their choice. The fact that all
The Republican members Of tho North Carolina
Legislature voted for Merrimon for United
States Senator, and elected him, has not at
tracted the animadyersion of that journal
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gsged in land-grabbing, will app1aud Governor
Hawley's letter. This wholesale granting Of
lands to every company which comes in and
asks for them, is not only creating land monopo-
lies, but is involving the country in the dangers
OF financial crisis by locking up vast amounts
of capital in unproductive enterprises. Tho
remedy for this evil is suggested
very conciaely by Governor Haw1ey: 1T am
utterly opposed to further land grants to rail-
roadH would not grant another acre." That
is the heroic remedy for choking OF these
corporations, and it can be applied without in
Justice to any one. As long as roads were con-
structed IN the interests OF poor men, there Was
sufficient reason for land grants, but the grant
ing Of lands now is in tho direct interest OF hugo
monopolics and speculative enterprises,
which are simply plundering the Gov
ernnent and despoiling the people to enrich
themselves, without comforting any substantial
benefit IN return. We have gone too fast in
building railroads, and it is now time to stop.
We have more railroads through unsettled terri
tory than there will be any use for in dozen
years to come More lands hayo been opened
up than can be settled in ten years. The crops
which are raised On the lands already settled are
larger than can be sold at profit. There is no
good and substantial reason why another acre Of
land should bo given away to railroad
corporation. When the railroads Of the country
become unable to conduct it's exchanges, and
the supply Of land shows signs Of failure to
meet the demands Of settlers, then it will be
time to talk about building more railroads in
the prairie-dog country. Under any other cir
cumstances land grant is simply gift With
out equivalent, useless and wanton waste Of
the peoples property, either for corruption or to
increase the power of grinding mo-
nopo1y. 1t is very comforting, from
patriotic point Of view, to be
assured hy Congressional g1and1oquence
that Westward the Star Of Empire takes lt5' "r3y
that this land OF progress and Development /
and that all the world is focdng to our sto1ee !
to populate the great Vest ami Southwest, but
Just at present we have got more lands opened
up then settlers to occupy them, and more rail-
roads than there is any use for, so that the Star
oKEmpire can afford to halt awhile until popu-
lation catches up with it, and Congressman can
afford to adopt Governor HaW1eys determina-
ton not to give another acre to q rai1road cor
poration, and thus choke them all of at once.