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, 1873-02-07

1t is announced from Washington that when
General But1ec mari1y ended his personal
dispute with Mr.. Garfield by quoting, in mock
charity, the old saw, De 1ortuis nil ntsi oo-
num-" there was general laugh. hut that sub
sequently the thrust was regarded as too severe,
il not altogether unmerited. II merited at all,
1t does not appear that the reference TSas too
severe. It was the first public recognition
Of fact that cannot be too speedily or
too generally accepted The men who
shall be unquestionably identified with tho
Credit Mobilier swindle are politically
dead for Ill time to come. They aSo already
condemned to political hari-ka,i. Certainly, no
lighter punishment could be visited upon them.
Whether General Butler should 1ave been tho
man to throw the first stone is, OF course, i
question that is open to discussion
, 1873-02-07

The Chicago produce markets we're only mod
s1ately active yesterday, and breadstrns we're
essier. Mess pork was qniot, and 80 per brl
higher, At S12.05@12.10 cash, and s12So@12. IS
seller March. Lard WAS quiet, and SC per 100 lbs
higher, at @7.s5 cash, and s7.55@7eo heller
ols1eh. Meats we're active and f1mer, At 4@94}36o
Tor shoulders, 6@G3So tor short ribs, 616c fol
short c1ear and 754c Per b for 17-ib green hams
dressed hogs we're active and firm, closing at
% per 100 'na> Highwines were steady
end in fair demand at 871So Per gallon. Flour
vas quiet and firm. Wheat waa duh, and 10
lower, closing at s1.223S cash, and 81 241 seller
Aalai- Corn was steady aud less active, closing
st so5Sc cash, and s133So sellsr March. Oats
~ere quiet, and ~ lower, 1t 2s}{o cash, aud
1655<c seller March. Rye WAS dull, and H@1c
lower. 1t 65hc. Barley Haa Meak, and declined
, 1873-02-07

OF Kansas, Louisiana, or Arkansas Iegisla
ture as the proper men to handle their money
Yet, when the Government goes into tho rail
roading, OF the telegraphing, or the steamboat
ing business, tlns is practically what eusues. Il
is not gratifying for every taxpayer tc
1cok back and discover that the money
which he contributed to the building oi
| the Pacific Railroads went into tho pocket OF
Ames, or Alley, or Patterson, or Dodge, 0,
! some other Of the numerous Congressional
Intermediates who invested his money for him
without even saying "By your Leave" Every
taxpayer knows now that this great enterprise,
which was presented to him IS essentially a
patriotic undertaking, Was primarily vehicle
for stealing the peoples money. Put
riotism pays, but the profits are un-
equally distributed. The Pacific Rail-
roads were built from money individually
subscribed for the stock and bonds; patriotism
was rewarded with s55, ,1s2, 600 in money and
also with many million acres OF public land Cor
rupt Congressman and Congressional corrup-
tionists were paid this amount for patriotism
the people had to pay it,.
Every industrial enterprise which Government
undertakes must open the way for the same re-
suits, in proportion to its magnitude. II
steamship company hopes to receive $4,000, 600
as subsidy, it can we'll afford to pay 81, 900, 900
for it, and then make clear profit Of $4,000 900
without giving any value received. As with
steamships and railroads, so with telegraphs sud
every other business which Government pro-
poaoa to buy, to manage, to subsidize, to davel-
op, or to "protect." Special legislation is the
bane Of political integrity. 4 Congressman, who
receives $1,000 or $4,000 year as pay for his
services in providing necessary LAWS for the gov
ernmont Of the people, must not be tempted with
great gifts or huge profits TO employ his time
and ability in swindling the people out Of their
money. II not, then it is the temptation re
must first take away before we can reasonably
demand that political virtuo shall be impregnable
We have Gstened to the cries OF Necessity"
Patriotism," "Populsr Demands" long
enough. Whenever there is IN imperative
necessity for the Government to 60 into private
business enterprises, we will not need to be told
OF it through the newspapers, on the stump, and |
in the halls Of Congress. When it comes that |
Congress- shall be confined to the legitimate /
objects OF 1egislation, We shall hear Of no more |
Credit Mobi1iers Of no mora CaIdwe!ls paying t
36s, 900 for a seat in the Senate Of no more |
. patriotic employment OF the peoples money |
lfter the fashion Of Oakos A1nes, Alley, Brooks,
Pomeroy, Harlan, and the others.
, 1873-02-07
CONTENTS OF To-DAy's TRIBUNE.

lAST PAGE-WashinEton News: Tho Investigations
Proceedings 10 Congress- Miscellaneous Telcgrams
--Adyertikclnrott.
SECOND P4GE-Our Iroa Interests: Sixth Article
Virginia Let.er--A Bride Observation-Disclosures
Lottcry-Tho Will Of 3fr. Greeley
laIRD PAGE-Tho Niancshcik Insurance Compnny's
Cass-Tus O1a1 Question-The Rafferty, Ca.o-Af-
isir> al Police Hcsdqusrters- s-Snburban Gaiey-
The LAW Observation-Disclosures.
fOJRTH PAGE-EditorAIs: Tho Remedy for Legisa-
tive Corrupt1ou; Necessary and Legitimate E1.
peases; Where Is Mast? German Student Duel
iing-Cu11ent News Of the Tincs-Notes and Opin-
ion.
FIFTH pAGE.-The State Capital; Yesterdays Proceed
inSs in ths Illinois Gonernl Assembly; The Railroad
and Warehouse Commtssicn; Tho Governor Visited
By ths Farmers Club Club-Annseuents-Adverd
mcpts
SIXTH PAGE-Monet.zy and Commercial Railroad
Time Table.
SEVENTH PAGE-The Tin Plato and Metal Workers On
Convict Lahor-The City In Bret-Railzoad NoHa-
Small Advertisements: ReAl Estate, For sa1e, To
Ren:. Wanted, Boarding, Lodging, Etc.
EIGHTH PA0EFoEaign News-State Legislatures-
Miscellaneous TelcgEan4 Auction Advertisements.
, 1873-02-07

the eldest Of whom, Youssouf Keddin, was born
Oct 9, 1857 and consequently, under the oper-
ation Of the Law, is not qualified, 49, at the time
OF his birth, his father Vas not on the throne.
Tho people declare that the lawful heir is Murad
Efendi, eldest son OF Abdul Medjid, who WAS
born while his father was On the throns, Sept.
q, 1910. This view OF the case is also taken
by the old Moham1nedan party, who claim that
any other Interpretation would DO q vio-
lntion OF the Koran. The proposed action
Of the sovereign is based upon scheme set on
foot BY the Court party to introduce the Eu~
ropean plan Of succession, and make his eldest
son the heir. The question Is creating great e1-
citement in Turkey, and may yet seriously affect
European diplomacy With regard to the Eastern
difficulty, especially as there is well~groundod
fear at Constantinople that If the. Sultan car
ries out his proposition, the Princes of servia
and Roumania the Khediye Of Egypt, and the
Bey OF Tunis may seize the opportunity to de-
c1are themselves Independent, rather than &C.
Sultan unlawfully placed upon the
throne
, 1873-02-07

4 new phase Of the Eastern Question is likely
to arise, growing out Of the recent announce
ment Of the Sultan Of Turkey that, during his
absence At the Vienna Exposition, he Will leave
Youssouf Izeddin Efendisat Cqpstanhnople,
and, before starting, will proclaim him heir to
the Turkish throne. Tho Law which has regu-
Iated the succession to the Trrkish crown Tor
the last 900 years. has been that the crown passes
to the eldest male Of the Imperial family whose
father was On the throne At the time Of his
birth. The present Sultan, Abdul Aziz, ascend
cd the throne June rs, 1861, On the death Of his
brother, Abdul Medjid, although the latter left
seIea son4. The present Sultan has four sons,
, 1873-02-07
On Tuesday last, MIR. Caldwell, the Sen

On Tuesday last, Mr. Caldwell, the Senator
I1om Kansas, made long statement in writing,
N which he denied all the assertions made on
oath by all the Witnesses as to his expenditure
OF money to be elected. He wound up this
statement By solemn declaration Of his Wiling
ness to swear to it it the Committee thought it
necessary. On Wednesday, Mr. Morton asked it
Ar. Caldwell was still willing to make oath to
his statement, when be answered that, by the
sd7ice OF his counsel and friends, he would not
make oath to its truth, but let it stand upon the
pledge Of his honor as gentleman and SEMI
TOT. he evidently profted by the experience Of
the Credit Mobiiier gentleman, whose oaths
hare become the most h11miiating part Of their
disgrace.
, 1873-02-07

Among the indications OF the Queens speech
to Parliament is that the Anglo Russian cues
rion will be settled without bloodshed- The OBJ
;ect in view is to dx the boundary line Of tho
northern frontier Of Aighanistan, 30 that the
question maybe definitely disposed of for some
time To come. The Queen announces that cor
respondence looking to such settlement has
Il1e2dy passed between the two Governments
ard it will be the universal hope that an anica-
bic adjustment will be the result.
, 1873-02-07

| from considerations Of his IS eminent service,
and true merit ?"
Thia second question ia becoming a most sa1t
GUS ono. The Senate OF. tho United States is be-
] coming numerous body. Every two years, 8
Senator has to be- elected in each of q States
The people in their respective counties and towue
| elect the members Of the General Assembly,
and the latter elect the Senator The proceed
ing Of electing Senator ia no mere than the
! enactu1ont of 1aw, and there ought to be no
| more expense attending it. What, then, are the
! necessary and legitimate expenses !? For what
! is the money expended? To whom is it paid,
! and for whnt purpose7 1Tr. Harlan is clergy
! man. He, Of course, authorized no expendi-
ture for making members Of the Legis-
lsture drunk, TINT pledges might be
obtained from them to vote for him.. There
was no occasion to tell any man in Iowa who
James Harlan WAS. He had been Senator before,
and was then Secretary Of the interior, and, as
Mr. Sells says, every vote he received WIS in
consideration Of his ''eminent services and true
merit" Why under these circumstances did his
friends ut Washington subscribe large sums Of
money to be spent by &r. Sells to promote the
election OF a man OF such wen-known merit and
eminent eervicea7 Who we're these friends?
Did they, like Durant, "want Harlan elected"
and for what? We're they like Mr.. Sells himself,
agents appointed by A1r. Harlan to distribute
money to tho Indians, or who and what were
they, and for what "necesBary and legitimate
expenses Of tho election" was the money paid
out2 We had an election for Senator in this
State few weeks ago, and it did not cost Coy
ernor Oglesby and his friends one cent There
were no necessary or legitimate expenses
attending that election. Tho fact that expenses
are NECESSARY" in Senatorial election indi-
Gates that they are not Legitimate" :" and, as !
there can be no legitimate reason for spending |
s1o,ooo $50, 900 in Senatorial election, there
can be no necessary expenses.
Caldwell confesses to having epent many
thousand dollars in necessary and legitimate
to be elected Senator from Kansas.
Pomeroy found it necessary" in order to get
Senator Yor}'s vote, to pay him $1,000, and is
prepared to swear TINT such m expenditure Was
Legitimate. because necessary. That kind Of
logic is too bold to deceive anybody and it is too
weak to shield the man who spends money to
be elected Senator from the suspicion that it
Tas used for corrupt purposes.
, 1873-02-07

The new Senator from Nevada will soon start
for Washington to take his seat and he thus
gives notice to certain class to beware Of him.
Ho says:
The venal, 1cent1ous. coward1y, ubeous, sneakfng,
own creation, and wnxes fat upon the indecenctes
which its vile Imagination c~cjures up to defaue the
just, and which, for sordja motives, pauders to the
deprived taste Of the vicious Ia upon the body
polite, which, soonero later, will have to ba removed
by the scalpel.
Senator Jones evidently refers to himself rs
the Just, and We suppose he is also the person
who proposes to use the scalpcl.
, 1873-02-07

The profits on Au1es' contracts for building
the Union Pacific Railroad, as divided, we're
e2e, 800, and On the Davis contract, 81, ,8o2,-
1876, or orer ss7, ,00o, 600 which wore stolen. The
Government subsidy was s27 ,ooo, 900, which, it
viii bs seen, was wholly appropriated by the
Credit Mobi1ier gang.
, 1873-02-07

The Farmers Club visited Governor Beveridge
to demonstrate with him upon his appointments
Of Railroad Commissioners, hut the Governor
defended his action, and firmly declared his pur-
pose to adhere until tue Senate should reject the
nominations.
, 1873-02-07

Gatney, the Buffalo murderer, whose execution
was to hare taken place to-day, has obtained
respite OF ono week from Governor Dir. It ap-
pears that the brother-in-law Of the condemned
1ahn visited the prisoner last Tuesday, and in-
formed him TINT he was crazy, since which tirne
as0ney has exhibited what sro thought to be
znnistalable eigns OF insanity. The doctors
taEe been summoned to investigate the caaa.
, 1873-02-07

! -.
MS sister, exclaimed: It's true, for ma said ~
ano II ma says its 90, It's SO, if it mint so.'r
! senator CaldTel only used money stfor Tho
customary election pu1 poaes." That was Iii A.
"a not DO anything moro than was customaTr
Inc P1tF ls there IS good deal OF truth in Whit
| tho Senator sers.-Tlncinudi Commercial
| MIR. Colf7x has q good deal tn W. .t,x,.
| standing right iu :ha sirLt ri T,o5 apo9s
~ .o ~ eG l1!saus . a. Daumo1e yesterday
aa. - 80 ~ ee"11u ~, "netnef the world
]aosed nun Eghe or not; No doubt But it ia
pity that be stood in such slippery njacas -
These pious professions are yerv rnotT -, ~:
way. But they Will not 60 far towards aconit-
Ung Mr. Colfa1 at the bar OF public opininn
There has boe9 somathing too much Of this
goody-go0dy taik. By-and"bye the people viii
mat mr. Cona1 prefers to be tried at the bar Of
heaFen bnt they don't want to wait for that 5ar
0cs:-bnDafo commercial 4drertiser.
IN Marryatts story 'sjaphet ii Search Of
h1s father, when that long:lost parent is At
length dlscoVered hia naEne is found to be New
man. OF course the very moral Chaplain Of the
senate has no progeny ongagedin paternity hunt
mg-none "haferer-but would he NOT now
elad1y turn loose upon q jibing country, rs
"retched: foundlings lacking Ill authentic pa
the se-election Of Senators Harlan and Pom
eroy? His prayerfu1 aid was OF no avail, but It
nay ga o9 *s wea TOR him and his fellows to bear in
,aat othsr things besides curses and chick
~Ao @111A IotAo uoAie u IoOet.-4Se1b 10TE H0Ttd.
It1ed Douglas is not pleased with the action
or the Republican leaders toward tho colored
voters. He claims That they performed valuable
service IN the l1st campaign, md now they are
ignored In bis paper OF last week he says:
Tho coored rote1s who labored with zeal and efeca
for tho success OF the Republican psrt In the lata
fIe1aennsi campaign haze to take back seats in tbs
tSe ~ o. IN IN one Of
Liter ha7ng proye lis abIty nndr tbe Ell
rules wax Genfed IN anpointrnent m snn +1
up reason outside The rules Of tie Civil Service Thich
LEFT room to doubt that the non-arpointnueut VA
On account OF color
Senator Wost's idea is that tho electoral yots
OF Louisiana will be thrown out. both Rar and
Aolfillan left to cool their heels in the antc
room,-this is not General Logaos committee
room, gentle reader, hut figrHative apartment
just Outside tie doors OF the Senate.-:nd tLa
whole subjec. passed overto the next CONGRESS-.
-Dnrell's Governor has taken to zooloeicaI
literature in order to explain his Own opinion
about himself. One OF the members OF tha
[who are popularity supposed to
sneezo whenever their Executive inhalca sauffl
called upon that functionary yesterday for tbs
purpose Of procuring an appointment for =
colorel citizen. Conn mpliauce With tie teouesx
nas deferred, whereat the legslator-an ebony
wroth, and suggested thas tha
- tubQOf" " had better look sharp q dat Ga
, 1873-02-07

The proceedings OF the several members oi
| the Legislature who call themselves the Farm.
er's Club are not calculated to impress thinking
people with high opinion OF the eagacity Of the
participants. Governor Boyeridge, in the or
ercse OF his best Judgment has selected three
persons for the office Of Commissioners OF
Railroads and Warehouses. The present Board
consists OF one ex-Judge Of the Supreme Court,
one farmer, and one civil engineer who has had
some railroad experience. a great multitude of
persons sought to have the present Board re-
moved, and to be appointed to the
vacant places. From this crowd Cover
nor BoveridSe selected Messrs. 11cCrca,
stillwell, and Robinson. Nherenpon this Farmers
Club held meeting, denounced the Governor,
and large number OF those present declared
their purpose to vote to abolish the Board il the
Governor did not withdraw the nominations
and appoint others. This was, to say the least,
very childish. II the Board Of Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioners Is OF any value at ali,
or is essential as part Of the machinery for en-
forcing the law, then to repeal it is to destroy
tho remedial agent upon which this Farmers.
Club mainly rely in their struggle with corporate
monopoly. The matter OF debating to the Coy
ernor il neither respectful nor is it calculated
to promote respect for the Legislature. Tho
Constitution makes the Governor the Executive,
and in his Office he is Independent Of the Lcgia-
lature, as the Legislature is Of him.
Governor Baveridgo has been elected
By the people, just as distinctly as
have the members OF tho General Assembly.
A denunciation Of his official conduct by menu-
bers Of the Legislature il IN indecorum, when
it has no other justification than that be refused
to be dictated to in matter entrusted by law
to his own discretion. No man fit to hold the
office OF Governor wiu permit himself to be
thus coerced, and, certainly, will not appoint
1tr. Morgan, when TO do SO is thus inaultingly
demanded.
We believe Governor Beyeridge will do his
duty, resolute1y and firmly, and wa believe that
he has, possibly, made the best selections from
the material at hand that he could make, with
q view to the enforcement Of the law in m in |
telligent manner. A knowledge Of railroads !
and q knowledge ct warehouse business, united |
to personal integrity, is precisely what is needed
for the Office Of Railroad aud Warehouse Com.
missioner.
, 1873-02-07
Ul>e :Qbt1faDn Qfi Qfiibuue.
Friday Morning, February 7, 1879.

Senator Logan yesterday introduced into the
senAte Steamship Subsidy: bill, and Mr.. Cragin
nade speech in favor Of Eubsidizing grand
company to manufacture iron and build steamers,
, 1873-02-07

Mz. Horace F. CLARK, tho manager Of Mr. Van
deEblt's railroads, yesterday testified before the
Congressional Committee that profit Of 100
per cent on the construction Of railways was
not large one; and, speaking from experience,
no might have added that stock dividends Of 50
per cent were not without precedent:
, 1873-02-07

The bill providing for tie construction of
Bankrupt law, wete passed yesterday, and tAa
bill authorizing d bridge over the Mississippi
River At Iemphts was Defeated.
, 1873-02-07

The SUCCESS Of the new loan is 80 promising
that secretary Boutwell, has issued call for one
hundred millions OF the $40 bonds OF 1862, and
~il shortly issue lille call for another equal
, 1873-02-07

NECESSARY AND LEGITIMATE EXPENSES.
Mr. Elijah Sells, Of Iowa, has published en-
affidavit in which he states that be wes con
yerBant with the circumstances attending the
election OF Mr. Harlan to tho United States Sen
ate, in 1866, and that he knows that no part Of
Duran.'s 10000 was expended to secure that
election. He then adds:
Most of the money which used in paying the ncces-
kary and legitimate expenses Of that election md
yass wxs given me BY Committee Of the friends Of
AIr. Harlan, In Washington, without Mr. Hazlsn's
knowledge believe that the votes given for
bIr. Harlan at that election cast from consideza
ttons Of bis eminent services aud true merit.
This statement naturally provokes two in
quiries:
/. HDurant's $4,000 we're not used to pro-
mote Mr. Harlan's election, what became OF
them7 We're they retained BY the Secretary Of
the Interior for his personal use, and what ras
the consideration he gayo therefore,
2. What are the necessary and legitimate e1-
penses Of an election by the Legislature to the
Senate. when the votes Ire given for candidate
, 1873-02-07

MYERS OPERA uOU5E-3louroe street, between
St4te and Dearborn. Arlington. Cotton & Keiuble's
1as1rel 2ad Ba1le.Que Troape. Ethiopian Cotcatiea,
, 1873-02-07

GLOBE ETHEATRE-Dosp plaines street, between aIadi-
~ =It Washington. Engagement Of Miss Fanny Her
si.x. "Jkck Sheppard."
, 1873-02-07

Tourists who have horror Of two days
sailing" through tie Sierra Nevada Mountains
On !" the deck OF = mule" should rejoice R2d
, 1873-02-07

ACADEMY o. MUSIC Halstcd stsoet, south O
siaaison. EngaRoment OF Misa CArlo,ta LsClercq
- - You Like It."
, 1873-02-07

&c, closing at Csc for No. 2, and SEC for No. 8.
Live hogs we're less active, and closed weak at
&c decline. Tho cattle and sheep markets we're
dull and unchanged.
, 1873-02-07

A'E1EEERs THEATRE Madison street, between
SIZE and Dearborn. 1tAlian Opern. ''Na11iaEa Of
, 1873-02-07

What has become OF Thomas Mast ? Where il
the caricaturist Of the journal Of Cirilizaton
| During the Presidential campaign, there Was no
q week in which he did not caricaeura Mr. Gree
| Ley With all manner OF broadneas aud coarzeness
There Was not a week in Which he did not do biz
utmost to vilify such men as Senators Trumbuu
schurz, Sumner, and others, who had not been
guilty Of participating in the prevailing cor1pp
tons, and who had not committed any political
offence gzayer than that Of presuning to thinb
aud act for themselves in political matters, and
to protest against these very coruptions. For
such Prescriptions IS these, Mr. Thomas Mast
did dot hesitate to employ his pencil in the
congenial work OF yiufying them with an almost
Internal na1ignity, and Of pandering to the worry
lowest passions OF partisan strife Tta Journal
published in the interests of civilization did not
hesitate to ecnd them broadcast, and make what
profit it could ont Of them. II Mr. Thomas
Mast, however, could 80 successfully malign
public men where the caricature WAS purely md
simply m atrocious libel, and il the Journal Of
Civilization could publish aud editoria11y explain
and indorse such lbels, surely TIC hare q right
to expect that the zane artist and journal
shah unite their efforts in vigorous protest
ing in high places, where they are officially
proven. The readers Of that paper have right
to expect that the ,niquities Of Credit Mobi1er
shall be publicly rebuked, and that such men as
1oIoa &rroa TchI, n A11ov ~
Patterson, Bingham, Harlan, and Pomoroy, and
others, shall not be allowed to escape ecot FREQ,
while the men whose hands are clear OF bribes,
who have never been connected directly or indi-
1ectly with Credit Mobilier, and against whose
regulations for honesty not suspicion has been
r1ised, hare been exposed for months to IN in
cessant stream Of pictorial filth and billings
gate. The failure to improve this opportunity
is not at all to the credit Of Mr.. Thomas Mast,
still less to the credit Of hiB employers, the
Messrs. Harper. It shows that Mr. Thomas
Mast and tho Messrs. Harper are guilty Of sneak
ing hypocrisy. 1t shows that they stand ready
to malign md Outrage tho character OF every
man who presumes to think differently from
them in matters Of politics and religion, and to
cover up the crimes OF those who are political
or religious friends. It shows that Mr. Thomas
Nast's talents can be hired for very dirty work.
It shows that corruption aud malfeasancs
in Office stand in no danger from A1r.
Nasts pencil, 50 long as they are
committed by his friends. It shows
that the Messrs. Harper print newspspcr only
in the interests Of certain fnction, aud that
they stand ready to compound the millions Of
any one adllering to that faction. It shows that
the civilization, Of which Ha7per's Weekly
proclaims itself the exponent, is a
made up Of system of politics and
morality which are not Incompatible with coz
ruption, bribery, and oldcial deprarity. From
such civilization as this, and from euch rep
;esontatires of civilization AZ Mr. Thomas Mast |
md the Messrs. Harper, good Lord deliver us!- |