The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-01-30
CHA PINGS.

SUNDAYLIQUoR.SELLiNG The Com
| mon Council oi his Ci.y came to test
vote last evening upon the Sunday
liquor question. resulting In TEMPER
ance victory. The RI teniiun Of the pres
| ent prohihitory ordinance was decided
upon by vote of 20 to Is. 1t will new
be the duty of' the municipal authorities
to enforce the ordinance IN letter and
| spirit
In this connection we are glad 10
learn that the Catholic BiShop OF Chica
80 recently gave Instructions to all the
Priests IN his jufisGictio;i 10 crge their
| pedIle TO co-ol.erate with the authorities
| ana friends oi The Law and ,.rder for the
enforcement nf isw against Sabbath
deseeration. and that all gpod Catholics
are now in full sympathy with the anti,
Sunday iiqror selling movement. Chi
cdgo Jnuraql
The PHELPS, DoDGE 4 Go. FRAUD -
The New York ,S.,n prints Tie full expo
sure Of i...nien,e .sAindle on the United
States Custom House, perpetr&;ed by
Phelps Dodge. & Co, 1t is a startling
and humiliatinx story. |, is not ease
OF mere disagreement respecting the
meaning OF "a clause in th e tariff, or of a
differing construction of sny doubtful
law. 1t is fraud deliberate, ingenious,
beid and persisted in. The house have
hsen in the habit of entering their goods
by false invoices prepared !or the sur
rose. and thus they have escaped pay
ment Of coHsid srable portion Of the
dnsies they owed the treasury. Oi these
false invoices large number have been
preserved By the clerk, whose duty il
was to destroy them, and noH form an
irrefragable part of the evidence in pos
Session Of the Government. Many per-
sons have wondered that a mercantile
house Of such high standing should al
los charges of fraud remain Sc long un
| consradieted, which for almost a fort
| night have been il public CIRCULATION.
| This is, indeed, remarkable circuG
stance. as is also the uuquestioued fact
that cheek for 1888. 900 has been ten
dcred to the Secretary OF biie Treasury
in payment Tor thee def5auded duties,
| and has been by him refused. The
United States authorities have in hand
a surprising mass of proofs against the
irn, aud will not dare to compromise
A SOUTH AMERICAN PLoT.-South
American papers give the details of the
l,Iot to as>assinate President Pardo, Of
Peru, in December last. The railroad
train containing the President was to
have been bipRn up on lis entry to Lii
ma, by means OF Il torpedo. The house
III which preparations were made is near
the railway. and 1t appears that the lives
Of the passengers on the same train were
all to be sacrificed IN execution OF tire
programme. The consplrators Cons
pIi-e6 two brothers Ct the name of Bo
gardns aud one Herechia. an old army
A lx.+ IL,
tracted the rsiice 10 the house when
upon arrest beiIg nisie, Eercch
! confessed, aud said hat sine tilu- ;,.,.:
Y o;s he met, i tue hGns' q: aS. 'iiis's.
| l'iepls. bagafdpe saI oif---
,..- plot, and offered him
| money to aid init
| Sen. e.. EIews.
By Washington lapers we have an ac-
| count Of a meeting OF the Wisconsin, Re
| publican Association, at which arrange
serenade TO Seneator Howe, In cousraiu-
| iation on his re election for thiid term.
The Association have also initiated n
| movement toward sociable at Masonic
| Tea pie. On he 9th Of March, as a com
| rilment to Wisconsin visitors 10 tie IN
aaguration of President Grant.
We arc rejoiced to see that the frank
Ing privilege is likely at length to be
abolished Such eonsummation was
promised in the platform of the Nation
al tfepubiIcrn Convention at Phiiade-
phis last summer. The people believed
that The representatives Of the party in
| that convention were sincere and meant
H., H. l.
| universal that this privilege, which has
led to many and gross abu es, should be
taken from members of Congress. The
representatives of the people in the
Federal Legislature have acted wisely in
sum mating needed reform. = .SeatRI.
A Schene icl lsnd-erant railroad
from Sai: Lake 10 Portland, Oregon, has
been killed III the House committee by
| & vote Oh 10 1. Tiias vanish. for this
of the public domain as railway subsi-
dies.
The greatest opposition to the repeal
of the bankrupt law comes from Virgin
ia. Many men in that state have not
hitherto availed themselves Of this
means of escape from the ruin Of tie
war. In general, there is more oppusi-
iioa to its repeal from the South than
from the North Yet there is a grow
ing feeling in the Senate favorable 10
repeal. and the measure is likely to pass
at this session OF Congress.
THE Pensyirania Constitutional Con-
venti IA makes haste slowly. but is pro-
ceeding In most respects wisely. 1t sub
siitutes November election for ;he
| October electioa. II creates the Office
| of ldeateaaDt Governor. 1t lenethens
| the term OF Governor from three to four
years 1t makes the Secretary of State.
Treasurer ard Attorney General elective
| by the people. 1t limits the Senators to
| 80, to be elected N biennial classes FOR
f.'ur years 1t limits the Representa-
| tiyes to 100. to be elected fog two years.
1t makes legislative pay $500 for two
| years aad $40 day for special sessions
/ The pay, In our judgement. is not suffi-
..ient compensation for men who are fit
u be legislators. An excellent provision
IN the proposed constitution is an iron
clad oath that members have not used
money to secure their election. and will
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