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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-15

last twenty years mortgage OF $4,000 on the
farmers land. His annual interest mas re-
NAMED at q fixed sum. say Sl4O throughout.
When the debt was contracted this was equiv
alent TO 14O bushels of wheat, during the war
it was only equal to 10. and it Is still worth
only 112. 1t is, in fact, impossible to show
that the farmers are peculiar sufferers from
the depreciation of the currency or the sub
seduent rise in its value AS the price OF
their wheat rose with every advance OF the
gold premium, while their debts remained the
same, they were heavy gamers. After the
gold premium had declined, the price of their
wheat was supported by short crops In
England for several years in succession. 1t Is
only within the past two months that wheat
has fallen below 81 25 in this market, and
that fall is the consequence of natural causes
and not of any change in the value OF the
currency.
That deprecated irredeemable currency
is subject to constant fluctuations In value ana
works constant injustice to debtors and credi-
tors, seems to us the best of reasons for put
ting an end to such system, even at the
cost of some considerable pecuniary sacrifice.
It involves no more injustice to increase the
value of the greenback to par in gold, and fix
it there permanently, than it does to keep the
gold premium moving backward and forward
between 1903 and 118 as we have been doing
for the last five years. If we again suppose
tho farmers wheat to be worth 81 In gold' It's
power to pay debts has fluctuated from 81 20
in January, 1870, to 81 10 in March OF the same
year, back again to 81 % in July and August,
and down again to 81 10 in November-all
within eleven months. The extremes of last
wear were 81 10 in April and 81 % In
November. Yet this, according to Mr..
Pendleton, is "the best paper currency In
the wOrldw
There are two sciences which have plainly
received very little of Mr.. Pendleton's at
tentiOn, viz, moral science and political
economy. We incline to think that the fame
which history will give him as the advo-
cate of settling with the public creditor,
by peremptorily refusing to pay him bis inter
est, will not be undeserved. The morality of
such settlement is not improved by granting
to the public creditor the privilege OF forcing
on private creditors the Governments nom
interest bearing promise to pay, which is left
in his hands as substitute for bond on
which interest was promised in gold and pay
ment in dollars, which under the Constitution
mean specific quantities of gold and silver,
and nothing else. Mr.. Pendleton is greatly
dissatisfied with the way the Republican party
has dealt with the currency, yet processes to
be opposed to any further imitation. His whole
speech is an argument for initiation and a
menace to those who have lent their capital
to the nation or to private individuals
We have seen nothing better calculated to
incite the masses of the West to wrong feel
ing and unwise action.
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HOME LESSONS.

The best part of the Summers holiday was
that it gave us all-girls, boys, and old folks
an interregnum of decent and cheerful ideas.
We had no chance to brood over the last
murder case or the famine in Persia while we
were rushing into the surf, squidding for blue
fish, squatting in the marshes waiting for
snipe, OF taking headers with our especial
Annie Laurie. The weather and the tide, and
the colors of the meadows or the ashen mist
creeping up the mountain side-these we re-
cognIzed as the weighty matters of life: all
talk of sensations in town, special dispatches,
libel suits or hangings, came to us afar-off and
paltry-the veritable cracking of thOrns under
pot.
Now we have come back to it all. We
seize the damp paper as soon as we are up, to
know how stocks stand or what is the last
outrage in Carolina, or to pick out the kernel
of the filthiest bit of gossip. For us grown
up people the matter is hopeless, perhaps.
We are in the current, and the current is not
clean one. But can nothing be done for the
childrenf Boys of ten chatter in the cars over
the Plymouth nastiness, and sheer when
ministers are spoken of girls of the same age
are preparing for the Winters campaign of
children's balls, dancing and Irritation. 1t is
not the fault of these little folks that their
taste is debased they simply eat the food set
before them. A fortnight ago their heads
were full of picnic on the beach, or a romp
in the bayfield,. 1t is useless to try to keep
unclean subjects out of their reach, SO long as
the daily journals are laid before them; the only
remedy is to give them some occupation for mind
and body outside of school work, which will
crowd all others out of the way. If boy has
hobby-base ball, boating. the gathering of
coins, stamps, autographs, or bugs-it matters
not what SO that it is clean-he is safe from
prurient curiosity about the indecent subjects
which agitate the breasts of his elders. "A girl
is more easily sheltered; give her her mothers
companionship and confidence, and she will
naturally grow into womanhood innocent and
unconscious as Cordelia's self. But how many
fathers have time to devise hobbies or safe
guards of any sort for their boys at school,
and how many mothers keep their daughters
Of sixteen close beside their kneei French
women, maligned as they are, never fail in
this. The home has the sanctity and inno-
cence of convent, and the unmarried girl is
secure in it. But we, in our advanced civil
cation, have altered all that,
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POLITICAL NOTES.

Judge +. II. Waite, the man who is running
against saaryGrabber Dunneu for Congress In Mime
sota has resigned position the bench because be
wishes to enter unreseryedly into the canvass That
a good recommendation for sending him 10 Congress
Men with ideas OF propriety are rare there
The Hon. II. T.. Ravens, Congressman FROM
the With Missouri District tired to renominae himself
the other day but failed Tue boiling spirit, which ID
very strong his State just now got the upper hand OF
the Convention, and although Mr.. Ravens Is good
Republican, It threw him and nominated ia his
place Col w. Thrasher, man heartily In sccordtwith
the Peoples party Now. Havens was a.salary grao0er
The lesson is obvious.
The election of Democrat to Congress in
Colorado explained the press OF that State TO mean
simply Republican protest against the appointment OF
Gov. McCook The Denper geses. which boted the Re
publican party when the McCook nomination was made
says OF the election The appointment OF McCock mas
borne its natural fruits the election Of Democrat
the people against Grant, MeCook, anu the carpet
baggers We hope the President is satisfied
The Hon. George +. Hoar appears TO have
some enemles in the IXth Massachusetts, District
Previous TO his consent 20 take back his with
drawal and run again. petition was circulated ask
ing ex(,oy Ballock to stand as the Republican can
didae While this was circulating the other petition
wss nresentod % Mr. Hosr. aud he consented TO bs
again candidate the admirable letter already com.
enfad upon In THE TRIBUNE Yesterday the authors OF
the bullock petition published their document WITH
about 300 signatures, accompanied by defamation
under the Impression that Mr. Hoar out OF the eld
their publication nov eewA rather sptetui ta&n neooe
sary.
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TWO POLITICIANS or TIE TIME


On the 9TH of September, by his letter of
that date, Judge Poland of Vermont retired
from political life. If we may be allowed a
coarse figure of speech, he went out with his
hat mashed over his eyes, and a general air
of dilapidation. On the 18th Mr.. Butler of
Massachusetts, politician of the same party,
but somewhat different temper, reGntered the
ring and, as his habit is, "came up smiling. y
The valedictory of the one and the opening
address of the other are entirely characteristic
of the two persons and of the two classes of
politicians which they represent Judge Poland
represents class of persons in politics who
mean upon the whole to do right, but whose
moral purpose lacks fiber and stamina, and
who are easily demoralized. Mr. Butler rem
resents a class who make politics a business.
and who, being themselves destitute of moral
sense, are unable to conceive of public SEN
timent rising above the level of the lowest
and most selfish motives. One has been cor
rupted by contact with politics and politicians,
the other has corrupted those with whom he
has been associated.
There is vein of pathos in the letter with
which Judge Poland announces his retirement.
He is not conscious of having done any wrong.
He relates with the utmost frankness aud SIM
plicity how he waited upon the gentleman who
was talked Of as candidate for the nomina-
ton sgains. hi9a bow be gpdsgstq9d that gen
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Netu'2lork Daily gribm,re.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER Is, 1874

The report of negotiations for the cesiOn of Porto
Rico TO Germany is again positively denied. s== In
election in France Republican candidate stood
the head of the poll but he failed to sbso
Lutte majority. A election has been ordered. So
There is reported to be unfriendly feelings between
Germany and Denmark
/ mass meeting of citizens held in New-Orleans
yesterday, and Gov Kellogg requested to resign ;
he refused receive any from the meet
ing; afterward proclamation by D. b. Penn. claiming
10 be Lieutenant called the people to
barbados erected In the streets, and sharp fight
ing ensued fifty men reported killed. 80 Re
turns from the Maine election indicate an In
creased vote and reduced Republican major
ity. g. The New-Jersey Democratic Conven-
ton, which meets In Trenton to-day, will probably
nominate Judge Bedle for Governor 80 Gov. KEN
per and Treasurer Hunter of Virginia have issued call
for meeting OF the creditors Of Virginia. Treas
urer Spinner requested the National Banks to make
additional deposit of per cent for the redemption Of
their circulation. The South Carolina Republican
Convention adopted platform.
The Governor condemned the Mayors course, but de-
cided not TO remove him. - Mayor Havemeyer and
Tammany malcontents said to be preparing
charges against John Kelly for political effect.
The Republican Central Committee expressed approval
Of Gov. DIX and then reconsdered their action. go
Gold, 1923, 1914 Thermometer, 10, 7e', 67'.
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THE GOvERYOEs JUDGMENT.

Gen. Dix has rendered his decision in the
case of Mayor Havemeyer with as much
promptness as the circumstances would per-
NIT. He might have given it long ago had
not the counsel for the memorialists requested
an opportunity to be heard which, of course,
the Governor could not refuse them. In any
event, a little delay in matter of this kind
was not so much to be regretted. Gen. Dix
found himself compelled to establish prece-
dent which might have the most serious bear
ing upon our State aud City politics in future
years and it was above all things necessary
that his action should be deliberate, and that
no man touched by it should ever have reason
to complain that he acted without sufficient
information.
We have expressed our own opinion of this
matter very freely, and it is hardly necessary
for us to add that we look upon the decision
of the Governor as eminently just and wise.
The power of removing a Mayor is an extra
ordinary one committed to him for extraOrdi-
nary emergencies. 1t is not to be exercised
when the Mayor proves merely mild sort OF
incompetent, or an obstinate ObstructiOnist, or
when the Governor thinks that the affairs of
the municipality would be improved by a
change in the management. When the people
elect unfit magistrates it is best that they
should suffer something for their reckless mis-
use of the electoral privilege. They
should never seek irregular modes of
relief except when the public safety
would be imperiled if they waited
for the ordinary remedy of the ballot, or the
offenses of the guilty functionary are so gross
that his continuance in Office would be pub
lie scandal. Certainly we have nothing to
fear from Mayor Havemeyer during the short
remainder of his term, nor is his wickedness
of that extreme and black variety which
would seem to call for exceptional vengeance
for the sake Of public decency.
But while the Governor declines to remove
Mr.. Havemeyer from Office, he passes upon
him oensure so scathing and so just that it
will perhaps have all the salutarY effect which
the reformers hoped to secure by judgment
of removal. He shows that the Mayors faults
have arisen from a disregard of the funda-
mental principle that offices are public
property which ought to be intrusted to those
who are best qualified to fill them. The men
who made Mr.. Havemeyer Mayor drove him
into the gross abuse of disposing of some of
them as rewards and incentives for partisan
service, and they can hardly blame him if he
takes the liberty of appIopriating the Others
to provide for his personal friends.
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TIE NEW.ORLRANS RIOT.

The frightful Encouragement OF affairs in
Louisiana under the present administration
has wrought out its logical result and culmi-
mated, according to kilograms received at a
late hour last night, in an attempt at revolu-
ton on the part of the citizens who, suffering
under great and continued wrongs, are unable
to find any redress. In response to call for
a mass meeting in New-Orleans yesterday
morning to protest against the seizure of arms
of private citizens there was an immense
assemblage in Canal-st and general suspen-
sion of business. Notwithstanding the in
tense feeling and the vast crowd
of citizens assembled, it does not APP
pear that there was any actual disturbance
until the attack of the Metropolitans upon the
crowd. The proclamation OF Lieut.-Gov-
"ernorn Penn, who assumes to be Acting
Governor in the absence of MeEnery, the
candidate claiming an election as Governor
over Kellogg in 1872, recites the wrongs to
which the people of the State have submitted
in patience for the past two years. and calls
upon citizens subject to military duty to en-
roll and arm themselves, and assemble under
their respective officers, for the purpose of
driving the usurping Kellogg Government
from power
Unhappily the story of wrongs aud misgov-
eminent to which the people have been sub
jected is in the main true. Whether they are
sufficient warrant for revolution or an at
tempt at revolution is quite another question.
1t is not difficult to understand how the peo-
pie of Louisiana may have been badgered by
their oppressors to make this desperate effort
to free themselves but it can hardly happen
otherwise than that such an outbreak will
only make matters the worse for them by
strengthening the Kellogg Government and
giving it a renewed lease of power. The action
of Penn, who assumes to be acting Governor,
certainly seems hasty and ill-advised.
The McEnery Government may have been
legally elected; but this is no time to assume
power and undertake to overturn the existing
Government by force. The resort to arms is
not among the remedies provided for such
cases. That means revolution, and is only
justified by success, which iii this case can
hardly be reckOned among the possibilities.
The situation is so complicated by these new
developments that the General Government
can have no excuse for non-interference; and
when it interferes it must be for the recog-
nized and established Government. which is
that of the Kellogg Ring.
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Mr.. PendletOn's statement of the COMPARE
tive prices of corn is equally imaginary. But
suppose that Mr. Pendleton's hypothetical
figures were true. Suppose that wheat was
81 q bushel before the war, 81 bushel during
the war, and is 81 Is bushel now. What
does that showi Simply that the farmer suf-
fered no loss from the depreciation Of the
currency. the depreciation having been made
good to him by an equivalent rise in the price
of his wheat Suppose. on the other hand,
one 9t tbe "crsaitQr elasa" holding for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-15
MR. PEyDLEroY ON THE CURRENCY.

III
Two months ago we began to discuss the
probable prices of breadstuffs this Winter,
and we endeavOred to prepare our read
ers for O heavy decline in the price of
wheat as the result of good harvests through
out the world. We foresaw that the fall in
the market price, which has since taken place,
would be made use of by infationists to stir
I'D a feeling against any action looking to
the resumption of specie payments. The
first man, 80 far as we know, to at
tempt this is Mr.. George III. Pendleton.
His argument to convince the Western
farmers that they suffer great injustice by
being denied an initiation of the currency suf-
6cieut to depreciate it fifty per cent, runs as
follows:
In 1865 the price Of corn was u 50 per bushe the
price OF wheat " per bushe In 1873 the price Of
corn was rs cents bushe the price Of wheat q IS
busheI. The bond remains the The private debt
remains the same. But 10 requires 80 bushels of
wheat TO pay bond OF OF $780, while required only
80 bushels to pay Does bushe of wheat require
less labor less plowing land TO raise 1t Labor
IA cheapened; capital Is made valuable, and hence
this distress.
No such relation exists between the prices
of wheat and corn in 1865 and 1873
as that stated by Mr.. Pendleton. The prices
of red Western wheat in the New York market
ut the beginning of each month in the years
1866 AID 1873, are given as follows in the last
annual report of the Chief of the Bureau Of
Ctofioftea
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Mayor Havemeyer's fears of suspension ON
John Kelley's charges are no sooner re-
lieved by the Governors decision than his
thoughts are turned to vengeance. He
purposes 10 have a blow at the Tammany
chief, and aided by Mr.. Waterbury and other
malcontents of Tammany Hall, he has pre-
pared a document accusing Mr.. John Kelly of
corruption when Sheriff. We are given to
understand by one of the authors of
the charges that they show tremendous over
charges in the ex-Sheriff7s bills; and we have
no reason TO doubt, from our own knowledge
of the corruptions in this Office. that very
great extravaganza prevailed under Mr.. Kelly,
as under others, though for many of these
gross charges the Sheriff unhappily had statu-
tory authority. comparison of the Sheriff's
bills under Kelly and OBrien, as paid by Con-
troller Connolly, and those of Brennan and
Conner, as audited, but not yet paid by Mr..
Green, will certainly indicate wild extrava-
gance in the former accounts The fact That
these accusations, made by bitter personal
enemy of John Kelly, are given to the PUBLIC.
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amnsemenls ano ftlestines.

BoorH.s T1rEArKK Venice Preserved" John Mccui-
loush. NHh L.sl L...I .
ys rnE Victims" and Scion Single"
John Z. owens.
BRrAST's OPERA HoUsE.-Mnstrea 10
DAYS FIFTH AVENUE THEATER.-" School for Scan
dal" --.- .
LYcEuM THEArER.-"La Princesse De Trebizonde."
Mile. Marie Aimee.
MsrRorolIrN rrArRR--Mme. PiCauts Partisan
Dancers.
NIBLO's TuEATER.-" Deluge, or Paradise LOST
SAN FRANCISCO MrNsTREIs.-Sirch and Wamooto
Tony PASTORS OPERA HoUsE-At 2:so and fas'ors
Star Troupe. o..
UNION SQUARE THEATER.-"Jane Eyre MISS Ohar-
lotte Thompson. .
WAtIAcK,s TuEArgR-"Our Clerks" on the Lane
aud Lei on Parle Frsnoais." J. L. IOole'
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAn-Anuual Exhibition.
BARNUM's ROMAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Trial OF En-
durauge.
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN-TheOdOrei Thomas's Summer
Nights Concerts
CoIOssRUM.-'Pa Paris"
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.-Exhibtion Of Paint
ings and Antiquities.
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every man who sets up as verbal critic ought TO
be equipped with at least two dictionaries Worces
ter defines hHmanitrrian as pertaining TO humani-
tarisnism" and humanitdrtdntsm rs philanthropy"
and constant usage has made this sense Of fireworks
much more familiar than the theological meaning.