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New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

the most extraordinary lengths in defending
tho operations of Mr. Jayne. Journals on the
opposite side have busted themselves, while
tho investigation is still pending, and tho
chances of reform arc at best uncertain, IN
the manufacture of party capital out of the
inquiry, by proving that the law was passed
by Republican Congress and that sub
seouent Republican Congresses have neglected
or refused to repeal it.
This is short-sghtcd policy on both sides.
II can only embarrass the effort for reform
by complicating it with considerations OF
party politics upon which the rcformers
themselves arc not agreed. Ii we are to have
the lines strictly drawn on such questions as
these. if honest men will not forget their diff
ferences for little while and work together
for the destruction of present abuses without
ouarreling over tho past we may as well
abandon all hope Of purifying public affairs.
There ought to be no question now who
passed the seizure law; the vital issue Is
whether we can repeal it, We have shown
that Republicans Of the straightcst sect have
denounced tho law in unmeasured terms.
Shall it bo reserved for Democrats to keep 1t
on the statute books by stirring up partisan
feeling over it, and forcing the party leaders
on the other side to come to its defenscf
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06
THE MAYOR on CANAL AFFAIRS

Mayor Uayemeyer has sent to the Common
Council message in regard to canal matters
which s IN the main, a sensible document.
We think the Mayor, and many OF the MEM
hers of the Chamber of Commerce and the
Produce Exchange are in error as to the
probable effect of Canadian competition on the
commerce of our city. 1t is not only the
freight on grain from Chicago to Montreal,
as compared with New-York, that enters into
the computation, but also that from Montreal
to Liverpool Now, the ocean freights from
Montreal are almost invariably higher than they
are from New-York, not to mention the fact
that the Canadian route is closed in the Winter
months Then, too, the export trade cannot
be separated from the import trade. Steamers
will not run empty to Montreal when they can
have cargo both ways by coming to New-GOr
Tho change, and that there Is tendency
towards a change we do not dispute, will be
very slow. The channels of trade are like the
channels Of rivers-not easily abandoned. If
the Mayor and Chamber of Commerce would
give their attention to the improvement OF the
terminal facilities at this port, they would
remove what in our opinion is the great
obstacle to more rapid increase of the foreign
trade of New York.
AS TO tho Utopian project Of cuthng
down the tolls and running the canals in
future without resort to taxation, by means
of tho juggle called funding the Canal Debt,
we warn tho advocates of the scheme that it
will not work. The canal receipts for the last
fiscal year were nearly two hundred thousand
dollars less than the cost of superintendent
and repairs, including repairs of the sort
called extraordinary. This is the best show
ing that has been made since the great reduc-
tion of tolls four years ago. Without penny
charged against the canals for interest on the
Canal Debt, or for the awards of the apprais-
ers for damages, there is and has been con-
slant large deficit in their revenues. To re-
tain the present system of canal management,
to continue to operate all the laterals, to re-
duce tolls, and to cut off the three millions
year now received by the canals from taxa
tion-to do all these things at once is just as
impossible as it would be to dry up the st.
Lawrence by draining Lake Erie through the
Erie Canal. Let the grain men of Buffalo and
New-York beware lest they kill the goose
which laws tho golden egg.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Republican State Convention Of oregon
viii meet at Salem Wednesday. April s.
The newspapers of Michigan stand 20 agains.
Initiation 20 In favor OF It. and among the former are Oil
Of the most influential journals OF the state
Concerning the 100000 libel suit which sem
stor Chandler has brought against IL, T Deroa frss
Pr.ss SAWS; ave propose 10 keep temper, advise
the people "A we best can what Of good or evil their
servants In public life doing, and when the Sena'ot
libel suit comes of 70 DO ready with our witnesses
Gov. Davis Of Minnesotai is evidently Juss
the sort of man State and other State need
rhs bill which the Legislature OF thas
state passed recently. contained provision raising D"
salary FROM 5000 TO 1900 Tho Governor returned tne
bi saying that he denounced the Congressional gran
I'm the last campaign. and did wish to be considorcd
nconssent Furthermore, he did not think tho peoRIs
were able bear additional financial harden ~ ths
present time Tue Legislature haA sriokea ous 'As
provision.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06
4 STORY ABOUT NOTHING.

There is hospital for children in q neigh
boring city, the history and plan Of which we
have before now given to our readers. We
have told how poor little creatures, sick with
fevers, scrofula, consumption, or hip disease,
or any other evil which our ill-regulated lives
give to our children, are taken out of the gar
rets and hot cellars where they are suffering
hopelessly from worse pains than disease, to
large, cool, softly lighted rooms, where they
are skilfully and tenderly nursed and cared
for how, when they begin to recover, they
are removed to o suburban house surrounded
with groves and wide, sunny play grounds; !;
how, in Summer, they are taken to another
branch hospital at Atlantic City, where the sea
breeze and salt baths complete the cure, and
send them back, most probably, with far
stronger chances for healthy, enduring life
than those which their mothers gave them.
1t is most admirable charity, and one
managedo with an admirable discretion and
skill. The other day the Board of Trustees
made their periodical examination of the patients
and building. They were a group of grave
matrOns and most respectable black coated
gentlemen. The house was exquisitely neat,
the food excellent; the little cOnvalescent
patients, in their best clothes, sat ranged in
breathless awe along the WALL many of thom
with absurdly small crutches tucked between
their knees that would tumble down every
half minute and make frightful clatter; the
cribs, narrow, and white, and small. were
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe leaves Boston on
Saturday for visit TO santo Domingo.
Mr.. James Lennox has given $4,000 toward
tho $4,000 which the Rev Mr. Trowbridge Is trying 70
raise in this country the establishments OF college
at Aintab, Turkey
Captain General Jovellar visited the United
states frgate Wabash yesterday at Havana. salutes
were fred yards manned and the usual courtesies
exchanged, This is the first instance Of visit TO
foreign of war by Captan-General of Cuba.
DR.. Schliemann, whose discoveries in tho
Troad were graphically presented In Mondays
TRIBUNE by Bayard Taylor, is said by The Journal Of
Indianapolis 10 have lived in that city for several
years aDd while there to have been divorced from h
nrst wife, a Russian lady. ,
Mr.. Newton Crane, who sails on Saturday
10 assume duties OF the Manchester Consulate has
lately left the editorial staff OF The 81 Louis Democrat
To which he was appointed two or three years ago
that time he bad learned the rudimenIs ot lns
no W spaper business In Newark. N. j.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06
PARTY QUESTIONS.

We warned the merchants yesterday that
they would encounter powerful opposition
to their movement for reform of the Custom
house abuses. They would have to fight
their natural enemies, the spies, revenue
agents, and party managers who thrive upon
the plunder of penalties and moieties. There
seems to be danger that they may suffer also
from the misdirected zeal of some of their
honest friends. Spokesman of the Admins
tration have seen fit TO regard the attack upon
tho seizure law IA an aifront to the Republi-
can party, and have gone IL consequence TO
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06
TILE POLICE.

Mayor Ifavemeyer's gravest mistake was In
failing TO secure nOn-partisan Police Com
mission. He has preserved the old political
balance by nominating to tie place of the late
Henry Smith a Grant Republican. But, learn
ing wisdom, as we trust, from past mishaps, ne
has been careful to select man better known
for his administration of the place which ne
now holds than for active participation In
ward politics. Authoritative assurances are
given that Mr.. Andrews in the Police Com
mission will consider it his business to look
after tho police, and not after the politics OF
the city and if these be correct, the Mayor
and the City may both be congratulated on
the nomination.
But meantime there come TO us whispers from
Albany of q disposition to unscat the entire
Police Board, in order by its reorganization,
to secure larger control of local polltlcal
machinery for the dominant party. The re-
organization now proposed would include IN one
metropolitan district and under one general
management, the police of Westminster
County New-York, and Brooklyn. lhe
scheme seems to us alarming, both by reason
Of the power concentrated in single Doard
and the dangerous tendency to still greater
noIiticaI interferences. If there be anything
whatever in the Albany rumors, they would
constitute one of the strongest reasons
for hoping that the Mayors nomination may
be promptly confirmed, and that then the Leg
islature may be persuaded to let us alone
Tho Police Board has too much partisan poll
tics now. We do not want 1T reorganIzed
only for the sake Of injecting more.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06
Grslness NcnCfs

BrsT PLAN IN LIFE lNsURANCE.-The all
ssb o0sis ~ plan Of the Ia,yEIERs Insurance CoMPASI
To CONsUMPIIYES.-Many have been happy
testimony the Of WHBoRs PURs CoD
Es Experience has proved ITO be y,os6e enels
hshn pphhe sul a diseases OF The Throat aug
Lungs MsnuteuIe only Dy b. NILBoK Caemist Boston e0S
tJ druggists eTeraiy
HENRY BERGH, the champion of Anti-Cruelty,
recently that In butcherng bog the proper
tie animal nensb by blow on the head The
forh bY DR D. d. SLspE Professor Of Applied
zoOgy. illustrated the Humane Destruction Of AaimAls
poultry,
this dave Issue Of IHE SsHIWRRKIN TRIBUNE
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06
amrsements ano tileeiinsc.

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Trovatore." Nilsson. ,.,..,,
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Cc,ossyum-Day and evening; "Cyclorsma OF rSrisOy
Night" ,
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oo,,n OPERA HOUSE." Hercules" q. L. FOX.
Ivcpun TaEATER--Italian opera: "faust-' muho'
Emma soroL Nine Di Murska.
S,ntos GARDEN.-" IeatherstOoking"
,,,,c Tu.,rER Vaudeville and Novelty Entertain
ment
srApr IuEATER.-German Opera. Luoos.
uSIoS SouARR THEAIsR-"Lcd Astray.'
w.IAck's TEEArER.-" Money" Lestor Wallack
BIS uuI.-Tcmpcranc Mass Meeting
Fi,rH AvrsuE BAPTIST CHURcH-Leeture. Tie Rev
T. Aunitage, ID. ID.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

If it were not very disrespcctful way of
speaking of two sovereign powers we might
compare Brazil and the Argentine Republic to
snarling dogs. The conclusion Of peace be-
tween Paraguay and her allied enemies in 1870
was unfortunate for the peaceful relations of
the allies. Their subsequent dssenslOns in
regard to the division Of the spoils had become
so offensive to other civilized countries that
there was general feeling of relief at the
announcement, made IN December, 1872, that
they had come to formal agreement for set
Ting their disputes. A telegram from Lisbon
now conveys the information that Brazil and
the Argentine States are again arming to
fight about Paraguay their old bone of con-
tenton. The telegram contains no sufficient
explanation of the particular events which
caused the present trouble, but there is strong
reason to believe that it is due to the same
covetous spirit which was at the bottom of
the former quarrel.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

has tho Government any means of knowing
whether ne confines himself to the fees
allowed by law. or takes as much as he can
get. An inquiry at the Office of District-At-
torney Bliss might bring TO light some valu-
abla information,
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

The new Leader of the House came to grief
day. He attempted to rally the friends
of the franking privilege and secure the pas
sage of the obnoxious measure which was tenn
poiarily defeated last week. The result was
final overthrow of all pending measures to
revive the franking nuisance, by vote OF Ill
20 12O 1t is said that Speaker Blaine, whose
rulings helped to disable the bill, expressed
his hostility to the measure in various ways.
lie shows his political sense.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06
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pricc cents.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

Are toy-makers HcrOds in dsguise' Tho expio-
sion of jnveniIe firearms which nearly dsmantleA
building on Broadway the other day is riyaled by
a somewhat similar accident in England. A rev
erend member Of the ariStOcracy, thinking at oncs
10 please and instruct his Young family. carried
home to them working model of the steam-engns.
upon ASSURANCE Of tho dealer that il would MT OK
plode THE safety-vayc." said that careful person.
rendered such thing impossible" The amiabls
father lighted lamp, that the youngsters might
gaze upon their new toy, and In abont quarter Of
an hour heard bang and saw the fragments OF tho
engine, safetyvalye and all, flying wildly about the
room. and a little daughter lying dangerously
wounded on the floor. 1t is hard to say which Is
most to be blamed the maker of such a playthug
or tho foolish parents who ronder such manufactures
nrnlitahle bN pnrchaslnE 1hcm.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

Of tho demand for TRIBUNE Extras has from the first
been remarkable. and contrary to all expectations
il keeps up to the present day for the earor issues
There is still constant call for the first extra the
Tyndall lectnresl. and there is running Gre Of
orders for tho other extras separately; while
for the entire series-the "library for ono dollar"
the individual orders regularly range from thirty 10
iV dAv
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

A Committee of the Board Of Aldermen
have been examining the matter of the burial
of strangers in the Potter's Field. UnrecOg-
nized persons have been put underground in
the most heartless and unfeeling manner in
too many instances. The case of Mr.. French,
heretofore discussed by THE TRIBUNE. was OF
the most painful suggestiveness. People who
read that story for the first time in these col
umns saw that it was possible for stranger
to die by violence, be hustled from hospital
to hospital and stripped of his personal effects
by officials, be finally put into earth where 1t
was next to impossible to find and identify
his remains. The ordinance proposed by the
Aldermanic Committee is designed to correct
this state of things. 1t is certainly time that
something was done to remove the blot on
our civilization.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

Mr. Garfield yesterday took q very rose
colored view of the National expenditures
and assured the House that everything had
been done and would be done by Congress to
save money that the people could reasonably
expect Ho awarded praise for retIenchment,
not only to this Congress, but to its prede-
ccssors since 1885, In short, he extracted sweet
cider from cobble stones. We shall look with
interest for the full report of his speech, which
was two hours in length.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

The Republican majority in the New jersey
Assembly committed hasty and foolish act
yesterday. During the absence Of many OF
the supporters of the bill abolshing Commits
sions for Jersey City they rushed it through
Committee, and indefinitely postponed 1t by
strictly partisan vote. The friends OF the
measure who were present refused to vote at
all, and its enemies succeeded in accomplish
ing their object, though they lacked three
votes of majority in full house. We trust
this action Will not be final The vote which
was secured through such disgraceful means
evidently does not represent the true senti-
ment of the Assembly. A reconsideration
ought to be moved, and another chance given
the members to redeem the shameful record
made yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

The Department of Public Works Is ex-
pensiye. 1t costs money by the millions. so
does the Department of Parks. The Board of
Aldermen costs less, if we take no account Of
what its services are worth. The Senate is
engaged in a hot discussion as to which of
the three shall have charge of some expensive
work on some expensive avenues in the un-
inhabited portion of our city. The Commits
sioner of Public Works, who in person looks
after bis interests at Albany, will probably
get what he wants, but we should like to
know if the work going en under his direction
|. pot u Danger Of growing Little too colossal
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06
not for him. but for the limited resources OF
our taxpayers The strength of some beasts
is not in proportion to their patience.

At least one Internal Revenue officer has
refused to participate in the Sanborn con
spiracy to collect the revenues by special
contract. Supervisor Tuition of Philadelphia.
whose protest to the Commissioner we publish
elsewhere, seems to have comprehended the
enormity of the contract business at once.
What is more, he tells Commissioner Douglass
what he thinks about it. Mr.. Tutton's views
of the case are precisely those held by every
honest man who looks into the facts: The
taxes which Sanborn and his agents sought TO
collect at special rates of compensation were
in the hands of tho proper officers; they were
being collected; any attempt to take them
thence and farm them out was thievlng
conspiracy.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-06

The statement of Mr.. w. z. Dodge before
tho Ways and Means Committee, yesterday,
is an effectual extinguisher to the wordy
harangues of Jayne. 1t is too late to say
word as to the standing of the eminent mer-
chant who has been obliged to defend an old
firm against diSreputable spy. The contrast
between the two men is so marked that we
are not surprised to learn that the airy super
structure which Jayne raised before the Com
mittee has tOppled over. The vindicatlon OF
the firm of Phelps, Dodge g. Co.. ample as
it is. may be taken as complete ana IN
pregnsble argument against the whole de-
test&ble mOiety system.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-04-24

THE KENTUCKY LoTrERY.-Ther Is an
ancient legend which anirms that all per-
sons devoid Of rational understanding have
not yet left this sublunary sphere or, more
briefly, that the fools are not all dead yet.
Quite a number of per, ous belonging 10
this amiahle race invest their money regu-
larly in lottery schemes, aud they are so
strongly confirmed in their folly that 1t Is
useless to argue with them. The lottery
lust drawn in Louisville for the benefit Of
the Public Library Of Kentucky is fair
example of this favorite species of swindle.
Sixty thousand tickets were advertised to
he sold, and the drawings were TO have og-
gregated 81 100000. A very short time be-
fore the sale the managers announced that
as only forty-hve thousand tickets had
been sold the prizes would be shaved down
10 81, 1875, 900. The interested tlcket holders
are now anxious 10 find out, in the first place,
how II happened that exactly $4,000 tickets
were sold, and in the second place, why II
was that the tickets were destroyed private
ly instead of publicly. These are certain
ly interesting points. Accepting the man
ayers statement, however, the AZ, 900 tickets
sold for s., ,25O,O 900, and the sl,l25OOO LEFT az
ter paying the prizes, leaves a very hand
some margin for profit to somebody. As
the library, which is the supposed beneicl'
ary, is said, afer all the lottery schemes In
its aid, to be still a wretched affair, mol
worth more than $4,000 at the most, Il
would be pleasant thing for the public tc
know where the spois go to.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-04-24

The SASDoRS CoNTRAcTs.-The San
born investigation, so far as it has been re-
ported, leaves a somewhat confused i'm
preston on the public mind, which we hope
is not shared by the Committee Of Ways
and Means, which conducted it. The origin
of the Sanboru contracts is not by any
means clear 10 the public, though the COM
mittee may have arrived at some definite
conclusion on the subject. It is certainly a
matter of considerable consequence. So
far as the taxes included in Sanborn's con-
tracts could have been collected by the or
binary agencies, the Government simply
gave away the half which Sanboru got.
How much of his receipts he himself paid
away to distinguished lawyers" or in
"Gubernatoral" canvasscs, or to urchase
the confidential clerks of the taxpayers is
of very little consequence. The point in
which the country is interested is that the
Treasury Department signed away thous-
ands Of dollars of taxes due the Govern
ment and abandoned its right TO many
times more, and no one seems to know who
did it, or why or how it was done. We
hope the committee will speak out frankly
and explicitly, whatever opinion it has
formed.
A recommendation to repeal the law will
undoubtedly be made, and that is we'll
enough as far as it goes. But 1t does not
go nearly far enough. The Secretary Of
the Treasury was very ready to make that
recommendation. Probably he would be
quite content to have the committee stop
| there. But can the committee do so wise
ly or justlyS 1t will be very great mis-
take to underestimate the importance Of
this matter. As 10 the Republican party,
there is no single thing likely to influence
its fortunes more. Public attention is
thoroughly aroused. The "Sanborn busi-
ness" is in every ones mouth. And 1t Is
not the law-loose and reckless as that was
which excites the most interest. 1t is the
position and conduct of the Treasury De-
partment. Unless that is frankly explain
ed and properly characterized, the public
will hold the party responsible. And we
suggest to any one in Congress who may
| think that 'the least said the soonest mend
ed" that the time for that sort of policy
has slipped by. II the people are left to
| draw their own conclusions on such testl-
| mony as they have been able TO get at, they
will not fail to draw them, and the conclu-
sions will not be of much help in the Con-
gressional elections next iall.-N y. Times.