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by what authority Senators had visiting card,
engraved to be paid for by the people. tho
Senate did not point with pride to it's single
tooth pick, did not, in fact, allude to it, though
it might thereby have put stop to the
clamor and contributed to I" the cessation of
craftsmanship, especially in the agricultural
" regions" Indeed there is something of the
heroic quality in the manly and dignifed way
in which that distinguished body has borne
the assaults upon it for extravaganza when it
had all the time serene consciousness of
virtue. and could have silenced its malgners
at any moment by pointing to the single
tooth-pick. There 8 strain of real great
ness, an element of moral grandeur IN 1t that
upon the whole, is more wonderful than tho
singleness of the tOOth-pick.
And vet there are men no dOubt-the temper
Of the time has come to be so curious and prying
who in the same spirit of disloyal inquis-
tiveness which went pOking around the Attor-
ney-G eneral's office asking why the horses and
carriages of that officer were paid for out OF
the department contingent fund, and why his
servants and household expenses were largely
paid from the same source, will turn up their
noses and in vnegary way ask what mas
become of the tooth pick. Such persons very
likely would have the Senate's tooth-plck
fastened securely by lock and chain to some
accessible public place-as, for instance, the
Vice-P Presidents desk-sO that Senators might
pick their teeth in the order of succession
as they entered the Chamber, Conkling sue
ceeding Flanagan, FrelinRhuysen following
Chandler, and 80 on. That, it is needless to
say, would be an OstentatiOn OF economy
wholly at variance with the ideas Of the lead
ing statesmen of that body, who, whatever
else they do do not make public exhibition
of their virtues. What has become of the
tooth pick or precisely in whose hands it now
is, we are not prepared to say. If it has como
over from the last session, as it undoubtedly
did, being tOOth-pick not for session but
for all time, we are confident it is now
i'll process of passing around, and is IN
the hands of some leading statesman.
1t is not possible that u Senate which
deliberately limited itself to one gold tooth
pick would lose sight of it. 1t Is more
probable that some supporter of the Admins
tration, who is at once able and honest, has
been appointed at reasonable salary to take
charge of it and pass it round. Possibly Mr..
Kellogg of Connecticut may have borrowed 1t
TO use on the mouth of the HOusatOnic River
But, wherever it is, we repeat that 1t Is a
monument TO the economical principles of the
present Senate, and as such should be
remembered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-08
JOHNS HOPKINS.
remembered

The City Council of Baltimore has passed a
resolution for the erection of monument to
the memory of Johns Hopkins, the rich mer-
chant and philanthropist, whose death we
noticed on Christmas morning. 1t would be a
becoming mark of gratitude to one OF the
most munificent benefactOrs city ever had [;
but il is not needed to perpetuate his fame,
for Mr.. Hopkins has founded by his Will
memorial more splendid than the chlsel
of the sculptor could ever create. His
estate was valued at about Sl0,OOO,OOO, and OF
this amount he has set apart more than
S6OOO,OOO for charitable purposes. Most OF the
money is divided Det- ,non TWO hlaSn'hoene
foundations, a university and hospital. Inc
university is to embrace schools OF law, mcdi-
cine, science, and agriculture. The hospital
is to take in the poor and suffering without
distinction of age, sex, creed, or color. There
are to be free beds for 400 or 500 sick, a
separate building for convalescents, training
school for nurses, a home for 400 colored
orphans, and the grounds surrounding the
hospital will be laid out as public park.
This is surely one Of the grandest requests
ever made to any city. May we now hope
that those intrusted with the execution
of the design will lido their duty not only
with zeal but with intelligencef Money
alone will not create q real university. A
home of learning needs something more than
a good endowment 1t requires wise govern
ment, and cOngenial associations, which are
not purchasable commodities. The useful
ness of the hospital will depend quite as much
upon its prudent management as upon its
wealth The only adequate mark of respect
which Baltimore can pay to the memory of
her benefactor is to make sure that his charity
shall reach the objects for which it was in
landed.
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THE STATE FINANCES.

The annual report of Controller Hopkins
contains a larger quantity of ineligible in
formation about the finances of the State than
the public have received this many year in
any official statement from that office. In
what we are about to say on this subject We
disclaim any purpose of treating 1t as pOlit-
ical question. Under the Democratic Legisla-
lures OF 1870 and 1871 the management of the
finances was as disgraceful as possible, and
under the subsequent reform" legislatures
there has been the least possible improvement.
The last half-dozen legislatures, having de-
liberately shut their eyes to several plain
provisions Of the Constitution and to that
part of the decslogue relating to theft,
have succeeded, in spite of all the remon-
strances of Governors and Controllers, in pro-
ducing condition of things disgraceful to the
State and highly injurious to its credit If
this seems an extravagant assertion, how, we
ask, is the fact to be accounted for that Mas
sachusetts with a debt far more burdensome
than ours, is able to sell her Ave per cent
cold bonds in London at price above par in
greenbacks, while for the last loan asked for
by New-YOrk no takers were found, though
the bonds offered bore six per cent interest in
gold
!. The Constitution of the State provides for
the payment within eighteen years from the
date of issue of any bonds created for any
purpose whatever. To carry out this salutary
provision Sinking Funds are required to be
established and taxes to be levied sufficient to
maintain and increase the Sinking FUNDS at
such a rate as to extinguish any funded debt
| at the end of eighteen years. These Sinking
| Funds have now for several years been quietly
embezzled for the payment OF current appro-
| priations! For the most part. they have no
real existence. On the Both of September, 1873,
nearly eleven million dollars belonging to the
Bounty Debt and General Fund Debt Sinking
Funds had been made way with in this man
ner. We content ourselves with stating the
fact, without a word of comment
III. OF the taxes which actually are levied by
the Legislature, large proportion are with
held from the State Treasury until months
after the extreme limit of the time legally
allowed for their payment to the State au-
thorities The City and County of New York,
on the goth September last, was indebted to
the State to the amount of seren million dol
| lars for unpaid taxes, five months overdue.
| The Legislature refuses to compel the prompt
payment to the State Treasurer of these
MONEYS. and many Of the County TreasurerS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-08
THE OPPORTUNITY OF PHILADELPHIA

THE OPPORTUNITY Or PHILADELPHIA.
The Reform movement in Pennsylvania, and
especially in Philadelphia, is by no means of
recent origin. 1t began as early as 1868, and
has since then been continued with but little
interruption. Before the war, both the State
and City possessed governments of average
honesty, but at it's close the people found
themselves fettered by Rings it was almost
impossible to break. Politicians had profted
by their patriotism. and while they had helped
to save the Union, they had lost their own
liberties. The men whom the war had placed
in power were resolved not to surrender it, and
fair elections we're absolutely abolished. The
rule of the Ring in Philadelphia was assured by
special Registry law, which gave to the Re-
publican leaders full control of the polls and
the returns, and even of the appointment Of
Democratic election officers. The Democratic
party struggled in vain, and, when defeat
became an annual certainty, many of the
Democratic politicians made the best of q bad
bargain. and by treachery increased the fraud
ulent majorities of their opponents Thus, Of
late years, there was no hope for reform in
either party; like the lion and the jackal. the
Republican tyrant and the Democratic traitor
pursued their common prey.
No other explanation of the failure Of Re-
form hitherto is needed. The voters had very
little control of the nominating conventions,
and the candidates were selected by the Ring.
dozen or two master spirits divided the
patronage of the city offices among themselves
and their dependents. Occasionally a bad
man would be defeated, and more frequently
good one would be elected, but these were
the exceptions to the rule--the rule of the
gave up the contest, it would be unjust to
suppose. Those who have watched
the course of politics in Philadelphia
and city set upon hill cannot be hid
must know that the unenviable reputation of
her Government was created by the protests
of her own citizens. Almost every newspaper
in our sister city has in turn denounced cor
ruption and demanded redress, but the mis-
fortune has been that the press has never
made simultaneous attack, but has delivered
its fire irregularly. like a badly drilled regi-
ment in battle. But though the Reform move
ment stumbled. it never fell even the VIC
tories which made the Ring more naughty,
also made the people more determined.
When, at last, Reform within party lines
was found to be hopeless, direct appeal
was made to the people. The Reform AS
ISOLATION was organized. and it placed in the
field ticket equally composed of Republicans
| and Democrats. This experiment was
repeatedly tried. but failed, not because of
unpopularity of'the candidates or apathy in
tho votera but because tho Ring retained tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-08
LONE GOLD TOOTH PICK.N

We would not do the United States Senate
Injustice. Ii occurs to us we may have done
so in neglecting to give it credit for at least
one exhibition of economy in its contingent
expenses. Among the items Of the stationery
Winter, which continued about four months,
was one modest entry which reflects great
credit upon the American Senate. 1t is about
the only thing that has appeared in any de-
partment of the public service in fulfllment
of the somewhat lavish promises of retrench-
ment and reform made in the campaign of
1872. IL should not have been overlooked.
We blame ourselves for neglect that it was
But we recur to it and make amends Gone
"gold tOOth-pick!" And, so far as we are
able to discover from the items of the ac-
count, only one. Think of it! For the whole
American Senate, consisting now Of seventy
four leading statesmen-every star, to use the
lofty language of blank verse, having been
restored to its place in the galaxy, and each
State being represented in that august body ;
many of these good men having obtained
their seats as the chief captain at Jerusalem
did his freedom, "witifa great sum for these
seventy-four. one tooth-pick. Gold, to be
sure; but why mott Has the American people
grown 80 sordid as to suggest quill tooth
pick, or even bunch of them, for whole
Senatef We think not. The Senate having
made up its mind to confne itself to single
tOOth-pick. it is hardly possible that any
right-minded person should complain if it was
made of durable though little more costly
material.
The problem of craftsmanship, as President
Grant has officially announced and as now
universally admitted, is what to do with the
products OF our mines. The employment Oh
some of them in the construction OF tooth
pick for the Senate is very delicate sug-
gestion of one direction in which the precious
metals may be employed, while the limit OF
a single tOOth-pick to which the Senate con-
fined itself is as neatly suggestive OF the
necessity for economy in public and private
expenditures. Not the least encouraging ana
pleasing feature of the transaction IS the
modest aud unassuming manner IN when the
Senate has illustrated its ideas OF economy.
There has been no parade of it, no boasting
about it. Even when the press. with power
80 frankly and elegantly described by Mr.
Butler rs forty tunes his own. Wa lD0ulring
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PERSONAL.

Gen. William o. Butler, who was candidate
for the Vice Presidency the ticket with Gen. Cas-
President OF Bible Society In Kentucky.
The Rev. DR.. Barnes Sears, general agent Of
tho Peabody Educational Fund Is In Washington,
ferring with the Commissioner OF Education.
Be it stated, to the honor of Gov. Kemper
OF Virginia that be declined q gift Of carriage and
horses Perhaps he expects 70 be nominated some tine
for Chief Justice.
The Rev. DR.. Wines, Secretary of the Ne.
tona Prison Reform Congress- has been in st. Louis for
two three days aborng in the interest Of tho Con-
yention 10 be held there next May A local COMMITTEES
has appointed 70 make the necessary arrangements
for the Convention, additional members OF ss
Association. and do thing else 70 promote tho wei
fare OF tho Congress.
NJ. Theirs recently received watch from 0
number Of his admirers in Besancon, and when thank
ing the donors for their present, said lis truly
because like YOU I desired TO establish the Repubise
gain nothing ny H. The Republic will DO established IN
any case AZ guarantees for that have toe wish OF ss
coIntny and the wise nrmness or the men VINO ~
present compose the great Republican party"
An English paper gives letter from an
American merchant In Honolulu. In which tho writer
spesks In these familiar terms Of His Majesty the Kns
OF the sand Islands: 1.-TWO weeks ago had bas
At the palace OF King Lunalo l. Ho is our friend
When he was stu merely Crown Prince loaned him
ony for a day he said. When I met him year
after reminded him Of the loan, bat he told me 70 VIZ
till no should have become King OF whch tue paospsv
silently made him present Of the a. Cheap rnodsaiV
gouslIorllg 10 Is hiug
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-08
NEW-HdMPSHIRR.

The New Hampshire Republican COnven-
ton, which met at Concord yesterday, noml-
mated on the third ballot Gen. Luther
McCutchins of New London, who is described
~ horny handed farmer who has hOed his
own corn, dug his own potatoes, and MIXED
his own cows, and amassed a property of
several thousand dollars Quite a number OF
New Hampshire politicians have amassed
fortunes in the past few years by
milking the public COW. The nominal
ton of a man who milks his own is decided
improvement. The chairman OF the Conven-
ton expressed the opinion that the Republl-
can party had done, as no other known IN
history, the work of God, but that its mission
was not ended. 1t had yet to pluck up by
the roots and destroy the dishonesty and cor
ruption in some of the departments which,
like Slavery, was one OF the legacleS
of the Democratic party to the country
He believes the Civil Service should be re-
formed by extending the elective system, so
as to make all officers responsible directly to
the people Also that Woman Suffrage is the
next great issue, and that the party that OPP
posed it would as surely be defeated as the
party that opposed anti-Savery. His name
was DTlRHS. lie seculS W Dt uuitt i'll
thinker.
His notion that the generalization which he
appreciates V"O - -
left by the Democratic party is really very
good. 1t may be said in behalf of the party
now in power that it has invested its legacy
at the most usuriOus interest, and received
from it the largest possible returns. Mr..
Briggs's plea that the party be continued In
power in order that it may have an OppOr-
tunity to pluck up the legacy by the roots
will no doubt be read with interest by the
people of New Hampshire. If we rightly I'M
derstand it. all that Is asked for is time, and
that seems an uncommOnly reasonable request
Taken in connection with the nomination Of
q farmer for Governor, the speech of Mr..
Briggs, dwelling at length as it does upon the
crimes and fOllies of the Democratic party
when it was in power fourteen years
ago. furnishes additional proof of the cessa-
ton of partisansbip, especially in the agricul-
tural regions. If the Administration does not
carry New Hampshire it will manifesty not
be the fault of Mr.. Briggs, who has sounded
the keynote of the campaign OF 1874 with
great energy and distinctness.
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Nem:Uork Daily gribm,ae.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
THURSDAY, JANUARY s. 1874.

The Spanish Minister of the Interior has issued crcu
far stating that the Government desires to show that
order IL compatible with the Republic and liberty.
Heor CASTELAR, refused to cooperate with Fgueras
sslmeron aud ri Margan for the organization of the
Federal Republicans. The health OF the Emperor
william continues to improve - A protest has been
made by Catholics in Switzerland against the expulsion
OF the Papal Nunco. Cholera and other diseases
prevail in the Dutch camp in Atcheen.
The debate on the Salary bill in the Senate re
sumed yesterday, continued to the adjournment
In the House, Mr.. Butler OF Massachusetts spoke In
favor OF the supplementary Civil Rights BILL closing the
debate; the bill recommitted, with leave
10 report at any time; the resolution FOL
The relief OF desttution in the South was re
ported upon adversely bill appointing Asa Gray j.
Dana Henry Coppee, John Mclean, and Peter Parker
regents Of the Smithsonian Institution passed the
Dill to establish educational fund was debated, but
without action the House adjourned The Postal Saw
fngs Bank bill meets with little favor from the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency. The President trans
mitted the House amended estimates from tb'
several Executive Departments.
Gen Luther McCutchns "a working farmer. wa
nominated for Governor by the Republicans Of New
Hsmpshire - Maryland State Grange was OF
ranixed at Baltimore. - The Legislatures Of Massa
chusetts aud Maine were organized yesterday. 49,
Gov Rartrsnt sent his message TO the Pennsylvania
Legislature. There is q growing suspicion among
members OF Congress that the agricultural college fund.-
are misspped
There was a marked advance In stocks - OWNS
To an advance the price OF lard within
month the shorts have failed 10 keep up their mar
gins z= The representatives OF the coal companies
discussed the expediency OF forming alliance to con
troll prices = The charity ball In aid OF the Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum yielded about $1,000 -
Three the masked thieves who committed suburban
robberes were identified - Gold, lls. Ill, ma
g. Thermometer. $50, SEQ, $50.
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exclusive management of the polls. No
Reformer was allowed to act as an election
officer. few thousand votes were counted
for the new ticket, but how many were
suppressed might now be estimated by the
startling revelations OF the attempt to
tal,ify the vote for the new Constitution
list month The figures given to the press on
the day of election were false by tens OF
thousands, so that Mayor Stokley, alarmed at
the misuse of his office, declared he would
"not be put in hole" and recalling the re-
porters gave them the true vote. In one
ward alone the difference between the return
the Ring intended to make and the honest re-
turn was over eight thousand There is every
reason to believe that the alterations of the
Reform vote were at least as sweeping and
insolent The vail has been but partly
lifted from these election swindles in Phila-
delpbia, but the glimpse we have is like that
into a sepulcher.
These events we have recalled not to depress
but to encourage When the negroes were
emancipated they stood amazed and stupeiied
in the presence of their own freedom. Every
voter in Philadelphia is like liberated slave
to-day. Many of them, there is no doubt,
hardly realize that their ancient chains are
broken, and some, it is to be feared, have
come almost to despair of any good to be won
for the city through the ballOt-bOx. But all
past failures count for nothing now. For the
first time in the recent history of Philadelphia
there exists basis for practical reform.
The new COnstit ution of the State has swept
away the Registry law and broken the sceptcr
of the Ring; it has made an honest election
return possible, for the first time in eight
years. 1t has restored the supreme power to
the people, and under its wise provisions
complete reform of the municipal government,
gradual if not immediate, can be effected and
enforced 1t will be the fault of the people II
at the election to be held on the 18th OF next
February this opportunity is not fully used