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New-York tribune., 1872-05-22
dDUITER1TTkE MILK

Will the Board of Health now do its whole
duty by the cOnscienceless mlk-venders 80
completely exposed by THE TRIBUNEf We
are glad that the exact and honest details Of
the business of milk adulteration which were
spread before the public yesterday have already
commanded such general and indignant atten-
ton. 1t could not be otherwise, for the fluid
which has been made an article for adultera-
ton and dilution enters into the consumption
of every family, and forms the chief means
of sustenance to thousands of the chill
drcn of our citizens. The exposures Of
The TRIBUNE are so circumstantial and trust
worthy in every respect that no room
is left for doubt in the minds of those who
pay the least attention to the subject. We
have obtained sufficient evidence to convict
let the Board of Health proceed with the
prosecution. The dealers, in many cases, plead
guilty, urging only in extenuation the pitiful
plea that they must adulterate and dilute their
milk because others will do it and undersell
them. There is not even shadow of reason
in this argument, as the price of the impure
and watery article vended under the name of
milk is already extravagantly high.
But this confession of guilt should awaken
citizens, as well as the proper authorities, to
the duty of pursuing the offenders and break
up traffic in the lives and health of milk
consumers. For the mere waste of s2,7OO,OOO
paid annually for water and drugs is but a
titbe of the gross result of wrong done.
The loss of health of many and tho premature
deaths of children are to be charged to this
wanton trining with one of the chief supplies
of homes and families We have furnished
the names of many of these thoughtless crimi-
mails, disagreeable as the duty has been; and
we are determined that nothing shall be left
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

THE RU-RLUX DEBATE IN THE SEN1TE
Decidedly, the Senate does not easily take a
hint The House of Representatives on Mon
day passed the joint resolution TO adjourn on
the Goth of this month, and in this vote gave
the clearest indication Of their attitude'0n the
question of the Ku-Klux legislation now en-
crossing the attention of the Senate. Last
week the House acted with equal energy and
decision upon the proposition of Gen. Butler
to accomplish the object of extending the Ku-
Klux act over the Presidential election by the
trick of prolonging the session. In every way
the House of Representatives have given ex-
preston to their conviction of the uselessness
and improperly of this legislation in the in
terest of a candidate for reelection. But In
spite of all these sufficiently clear warnings the
Senate keep stoldly at work debating the
Ku-Klux bill, as if they had the whole session
before them. The only action they have been
induced to take by this vote of the House is
to postpone the discussion of the Supplemental
Treaty until after the adjournment, 80 that
they may devote the week which remains to
purposeless talk about this dismal anachro-
nism To judge from the language of the
Administration press and the utterances of
the favored friends of the Government, nothing
could be more important than this Supple
mental Treaty, which is to do such indescrib-
able things for the peace of the world and the
good Of mankind. But the Grant men in the
Senate contemptuously thrust this beneficent
instrument aside, and leave their friends and
supporters in England prey to the widest
anxiety, to devote themselves day and night
to devising means of coercng, by the use of
bayonets, the Southern vote in favor of their
candidate.
So sordid and so reckless an object of course
infects the means and manners through which
it is accomplished. There have rarely been
more disreputable debates heard in the Senate
than those which are now marking the progress
of this discussion. The measure is a selfish
and partisan one F.; and it is only natural that
the members of the Senate should feel that the
matter is as much theirs as Gen. Grants. and
should consider it exclusively from the point
of view OF their own interests or prejudices.
They were elected, as he was, in the stress
and confusion of the closing war. They
have held their places as he has. with
more thought of their own interests and
qualifications than the good of the country.
They are beginning to think seriously, as he
is, whether it is safe to trust TO the unfet-
tered voice of the country for reelection. For
these reasons scarcely man has spoken or
will speak in this debate without tinging his
remarks consciously or uncOnsciously with the
color of his own supposed interests They
will do this neatly or coarsely, after their
kind Nothing could have been more inno-
Gently ridiculous than the debate of Monday
between Mr.. Alcorn and his colleague, NJ |
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22
Mr.. Greeley's Reply.
Hon. HORACE GRrELEr, Ne,O- York Oty.

NEw-YoRK May 90 1872.
GENTLEMEN: have chosen not to acknowl-
edge your letter of the Sd inst until ] could
learn how the work of your Convention was
received in all parts of our great country, and
judge whether that work was approved and
ratified by the mass of our fellow citizens.
Their response has from day to day reached
me through kilograms, letters and the COM
ments of journalists Independent Of official
patronage and Indifferent to the smiles or
frowns of power. The number and character
of these unconstrained, uDpurcbased, unso-
Ecited utterances satisfy me that the move
ment which found expression at Cincinnati has
received the stamp of public approval, and
been hailed by a majority of our countrymen
as the harbinger of q better day for the Re-
public.
do not misinteIpret this approval as es-
pecially complimentary to myself, nor even to
the chivalrous and justly esteemed gentleman
with whose name I thank your Convention
for associating mine. l receive and welcome
it as a spontaneous and deserved tribute to that
admirable Platform of principles, wherein
your Convention so tersely, so lucidly, SO for
chilly, set forth the convictions which impelled
and the purposes which guided its course-a
Platform which, casting behind it the wreck
and rubbish of woIn-out contentious and by
gone feuds, embodies in fit and few words the
needs and aspirations of To-Day. Though
thousands stand ready to condemn your every
act, hardly a syllable of criticism or cavil has
been aimed at your Platform, of which the
substance may be fairly epitomized as follows
l. All the political rights and franchises
which have been acquired through our late
bloody cOnvulsion must and shall be guaran-
teed, maintained, enjoyed, respected, ever
more.
II. All the political rights and franchises
which have been lost through that convulsion
should and must be promptly restored and re-
established, so that there shall be henceforth
no prescribed class and no disfranchised caste |
within the limits of our Union, whose long !
estranged people shall reunite and fraternizc |
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22
2Tesu'2}otk Daily Gribm1te
WEDNESDAY, MAY 90. 1872.

NJ Rouher spoke the War frauds in the French AS
eembly s-= The Carlists in the Province Of Biscay
have been dispersed. = The rights Of Canadians to
the St. Clair Flats Canal discussed in the New
Dominion Parliament. == Guzman Blanco has de
feated the TevOlutioEiSts in Venezuela.
In the U. 8. Senate, yesterday the KuKlux discussion
was continued Messrs Bsyard and Morton speaking at
length on the subject In the House OF Representa-
tives The amendment TO the PostOfhce Appropriation
bl increasing the subsidy 10 the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company was agreed TO. In the evening session, Mr.
Butler spoke on the Alabama Claims question.
movement is in progress to unite the Liberal and
Democratic elements in Indiana. 80 The New-YOrk
State Fair will be held at Elmra from Sept 80 TO Oct l.
So The Tweed and Ingersoll cases have again been
postponed at Albany. == knitting mill has been
burned at Amsterdam, n. y.
The Methodist General Conference elected FIVE bishops
yesterday. === Abram s. Hewitt delivered address
OF welcome before the Institute of Mining Engineers.
- Bishop IAttlejohn addressed the p E. Diocesan
Convention Of Long Island - The American Baptist
Missionary Union celebrated its ftyeighh anniversary
60 Several strikes are still in progress. g. Cold
il3a, ll3,, l13s Thermometer, 60, nc, 65o.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

Ames Each was full Of such childlike eager
ness 10 abuse his fellow statesman and to
cav good word for himself that the squab-
bic became more amusing than sadden-
ing. They were pretty fairly matched
One could call the other carpet-bagger and
the other could retOrt with the word Rebel.
Ames said Alcorn made bad Governor, and
Alcorn offset that by declaring that although
Mr.. Ames gave Natcbez as his residence, he
chad never had shirt washed there" Thls
Mr.. Ames bitterly resented. 1t was an impu-
tation upon either his cleanliness or his solv-
ency, for the willy Alcom had left the question
in the deepest mystery whether this default
of neutrality-suspicious. in Natchez proceeded
from scarcity of funds or scarcity OF linen.
1t was on this lofty plane that the two law
givers squabbled through the evening. The
debate will hardly rise above this level while
it lasts.
There is no decent excuse remaining for
this legislation. 1t is time for the war to end.
There is no general disturbance now existing
in the South and no more local irregularities
than the people of good will profess them
selves able and anxious to regulate. Seven
wears have passed since the last hostile shot
was fred against the flag. II the people OF
the South are ever to resume their consttu-
tional manner of political life, it is certainly
time for them to begin. If this were an or
dinary time, there would be no excuse for
such continued exceptional legislation; and
now, when the President is endeavoring to
secure his reelection, there is a positive inde-
cency in the clamor of his partisans for Congress
to put the sword of martial law in his hands,
and then to go home, leaving him Dictator
and Candidate.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

Canadians will never cease tlmidly to joke about
some body of people from the United States pro-
posing to invade Canada. In England the matter
is no longer regarded as worth the humor for Can
ada is of less concern to England than to us. But
we presume that what the United States are is of
greater importance to Canada than what England
thinks If the Dominion is ever to find market for
her nascen. industry, it would be in her own limits
sooner than in England. Her laborers, finding their
wages low are coming to the States for higher She
is rapidly becoming uncolonized. Her cheap grains
and timber become cheaper because she has neither
a good market nor plenty OF manufacturing con-
sumers. Lying directly on our northern border,
law and trade borrowed from England, she Is in the
same condition she was in half century ago. Her
old settlers have never lost the semblance of set
tiers. San Francisco is nearer TO us than Montreal
China is more directly in the course of legitimate
trade; Arizona is more interesting TO us why 7
Because her customs her shadow of royalty with
out its light, her msmanagement of all her dearest
interests Of labor aud trade, are borrowed by q
people who are very awkward even at borrowing,
and because her Government is the chid's-play of a
drama in larger proportions belonging TO a strange
across the Her people poor because
they belong TO the classes of this world that
ally poor-farmers lumbemen, and fishermen. The
only help for this condition Of affairs is tho making
of market for herself Ii there were score of fac
torres planted alongside the magnificent streams,
and wen defended by proper regulations. her
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

undone to follow up effectively the exposure
of this and similar impositions The dealers
may grumble and threaten; but the duty of
an Independent and public-spirited journal is
very clear. The law upon the subject of adul-
terations in food is plain and in force; if it has
failed heretofore, it has been owing to the
lack of official vigilance, if not to the easy
indifference of consumers themselves. The
exposure made by THE TRIBUNE has created a
panic among the middlemen and dealers; it
has spread a volume of damning evidence
before the authorities and the public; and
now we hope to see speedy end made of
the business of diluting and adulterating milk.
The accused cry guilty" let them be pun
ished and compelled to deal like honest men.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22
oUJCK TRANSfT-ONCE MORE.

Gov Hoffman has now before him three
bills providing for rapid transit through the
city. These are known as the Vanderbilt Tun-
mel the Swain Three-Tier, and the Gilbert
Elevated roads. The details of all these
schemes are tolerably well-knOwn to the
readers of THE TRIBUNE, and need now but a
brief reference. The Vanderbilt road is to be
a double-track, underground line, connecting
the city below City Hall with the railroad lines
clossng Harlem River, with branches above
Union square. The Swain Three-I1er Is a
more extensive plan than the others, as 1t Is
designed like a three-stOry structure; the sub
way is for freight, the surface tracks for way
Messengers, and the elevated tracks Tor
express or fast passenger lines. The general
direction of this road is, of course, north and
south, with branches; and it must be on the
west side of Sixth-ave. or the east side OF
Tbird-aye. The Gilbert Elevated Railway
Company propose tubular structure built on
iron arches which shall span tho streets from
curb to curb; this line has the same general
direction as the others, and Is to take the
route roughly designated by the Bowery ana
its extensions. Certainly, in these three plans
we have much wisdom and, though the Cen
trail Underground appeared to promise the
cheapest and least Objectionable design OF op-
erations those which survive seem to be feas-
ible and fair.
At any rate, we hope the Governor will give
the projectors Of all of these schemes Tor
rapid transit opportunity to demonstrate their
feasibility and worth. Mr.. Vanderbilt, we are
assured, is ready to begin operations at once
and push the work to speedy completion. 1t
is to be presumed that the parties who have
the Swain line in charge are also prepared to
90 on forthwith in their moro arduous under
taking; and we have assurance that the Gill
bert Elevated Railway Company have already
secured the money needed to complete their
road, and will break ground as soon as their
bill is signed Their plan seems to be not
only practicable enough, but it Obviates all
difficulties in the way Of rapid transit at COM
paratively small cost. 1t is less Objectionable,
in most respects than an ordinary surface
road. and has none of the dangerous features
which attach to the ordinary elevated railway
New York has certainly long enough suffered
for want of quick, easy, and cheap transpor-
tatiOn between the business and home parts
Of the city; and the evils of which We
complain grow more burdensOme daily
New jersey has prOfited by our supineness
and innumerable towns and villages within q
radius of one hundred miles of the City Hal
have grown up under the influence of New
York carelessness. Our own uptown residents
and those who have their homes across Harlem
River daily suffer the horrors of "the middle
passage in the crowded and often filthy
street-cars, without which we should be indeed
destitute. But it is not necessary to multiply
arguments; the interests of trade, society, and
economy demand quick transit. Will the Gov
ernOr give it to lis n0wi
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

in the Navy Department; Mr. Blair. Chairman
Of the Committee, thinks the re0pening OF the
Secor claims illegal, and the Secre-
tary censurable; Mr.. Archer. Democratic
member, goes further than Mr.. BLAIR
in his blame of the Navy Department and Its
Secretary. So we shall have three reports, the
majority of the Committee signing that which
exonerates the Secretary. This is just what
was expected, for "the thing" was not IN
trusted to its friends. The country, however
Will have an opinion very different from that
of the majority,
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

The reports we have published of previous
meetings of the American Institute of Mining
Engineers indicated that the Association,
though young, was doing good work and
making rapid progress. The proceedings Of
the present meeting, which viii occupy some
days, will, if we may judge from the opening
address of Mr.. Hewitt, which we give in
another column, fully equal its predecessors
in interest The address furnishes many in
teresting facts concerning the comparative
production of iron in Great Britain and this
country. 1t is shown that with our present
rate of increase we shall soon equal, perhaps
pass, England in the proportion of the
consumption of iron to pOpulation-a test Of
the progress of civilization. This proportion
in England is 200 pounds per annum per
head; here it is already 15O pounds, and,
with the destruction of our forests
and the substitution of iron for wood
in buildings, must rapidly increase. In the
production Of iron, there is an equally en-
couraging class of facts: we are at present
only 25 years in the rear of the magnificent
production of Great Britain, and she cannot
keep up-from natural defciencies-her pres
ent annual rate of increase, while we can,
and fairly may expect to add largely to the
rapidity with which we are overtaking the
mother country. The profession to which the
majority of the members of the Institute
belong has but recently attained i'll this
country q consideration which is its duej but
now that it has become part of the curriculum
of our best colleges, we may hope for higher
order of knowledge among Mining Engineers
than used to be expected of the expert with
the divining-rod and the witch-hazel.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22
OFFICIAL NOTICE TO MR.. GREELEY or
THE LIBERAL REPUBLICAN, NOMINA-

CINCINNATI, Ohio. May 8, 1872.
DEAR SIR: The National Convention of the
Liberal Republicans of the United States have instructed
the undersigned, President, VicePresdent and Secre
taIies of the Convention to inform you that you have
been nominated as the candidate of the Liberal Repub
cans for the Presidency Of the United States We also
submit to you the Address and Resolutions unanimously
adopted by the Convention.
Be pleased to signify to your acceptance Of the plat
form and the nomination. and believe us, very truly
yours, c. sCHUHz President.
GEO. W. JULIAN, Nice-PTesdont
! $oTf %i + (; {; SiGS5. SayI0sos' Secretaries.
Hon. HORACE GREELEY, Net0- York Ctty.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22
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New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

In The Rocky Mountain Ners, printed at Denver.
Colorado we find droll account Of the vaccination
of $50 Plan Indians by DR.. II. X. Steele. The Plans
have great adherence of smallpox and cheerfuly
submit to any measures which may promise them
safety from its ravages. One thing, however, they
did growl at. They objected to washing their arms
before the operation. They don't like smallpox but
neither do they relish any kind of ablution. Soap.
if it is of good quality they eat with great relish
they consider the use of it as detergent simply
wasteful That they submitted finally to " ash their
arms was considered strong proof of their nyincble
dread of something worse.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

After a stormy time, in which some Mem
bers exhibited much ill-temper, the House
agreed to the Senate amendment to the Post
Office Appropriation bill increasing mail ser
vice between San Francisco and China. There
really did not seem any occasion for the
unpleasant debate which attended its final
passage.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

The letter published elsewhere from Senator
Ferry. while not fully defining that gentle
mans position, is by no means an indorse-
ment of Grant, as the Administration organs
in this city have persistently declared for
days past. 1t is fair, though not fun adhe-
renee TO Liberal Repubhcanism, and defense
of opposition to Administration measures.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

The london MIR Journal says: THAT cows have
memory, language, signs, and the means OF enjoying
pleasant associations has been recognized, but
scarcely TO the extent the subject merits" 1t is sim
ceroly to be hoped that cows have not observation
and intelligence enough TO discover the doctoring.
diluting, and general adulteration to which their
honest milk is subjected. If it were otherwise.
should certainly have all conscientious cows reso-
lusely refusing to yield to the milkinaid
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

The temperance cause continues TO make decided
progress in Portland. A new test of comparative
sohriety has been hit upon. Formerly, it was con-
sdercd sufficient If a man could euphOnousy and
clearly pronounce the words National intelligeEcr;
but in Portland tho "degroe of humidity of tho
suspected is determined by making him enunciate
The Portland Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
to Animals"
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

The Aiken IS. c. Journal loudly proclaims the ex.
cellence of that town as place OF resort for inva
lids. 1t has been visited this season by about 1900
strangers some remaining only 4 few days, Others
for several months the largest number at one time
being 800. These visitors have expended in the
town about SS0oOOO, greatly benefting ell classes of
citizens. As an illustration Of the diffusion of the
money it is mentioned that 81. 900 was paid out
in the month of February by single hotei Tor wash
ing bills alone.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

farming, fishing. and lumbering forces would dimin-
ish and become wealthier they would find speedy
home markets they would be furnishing to their
idle children education of the hands and motives
far better than they can now get By vainy copying
the customs of Bulwer's novels, and thinking how
great is their loyalty TO selfish country they have
never seen. Independence has deeper meaning
than can be found in tho dictionary.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

Ex-GOv. Clayton of Arkansas made a speech
in the Senate, yesterday, on the pending Ku-
Klux bill. We judge, inferentially, that Mr..
Clayton is in favor of the proposed extension
of the military powers of the President, though
he is not reported as saying much on that
subject. He defended his outrageous action
of giving The certificate of election to Congress
10 Edwards, who was not elected, rather than
20 Bolles, who was elected. He should, there
fore, favor tie Ku-Klux bill.
New-York tribune., 1872-05-22

The young ladies of the Senior and Junior Glasses
of Vassar College have issued the first number Of a
quarterly magazine called The VGssar Miscellany.
1t is well edited and neatly printed full of pleasant
essays and musical verses and an astonishing Edi-
torial department, which contains paragraphs OF
such piquant sauciness as these: "A member of tho
Freshman class has so developed her talent for
cutting that she has gained the title of The Omni-
absent;" a Prep says there are no books in the
library that she cares to read' and this startling
piece of information, upon which our bachelor
readers may retire to dream:
'Bootjacks are at a discount in yassar."