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, 1875-12-12

4 few days ago we published q call signed
By several hundred members of the Bar and
business men Of this city, requesting Judge
VAN r. H1eGSs to be o candidate for the
vacant seat on the Supreme Bench caused by
the resignation Of Judge McA11rs1ER, and
his acceptance of the same We are now
requested by the Judge to announce to the
public the withdrawal of his name as can
didate for said ofice- Judge H1aers, as he
states in his card, declines to enter upon O
partisan contest for the nomination before q
political convention, or to canvass the District
as party candidate for the Supreme Judge
ship, and therefore withdraws Ills name.
We suspect that this determination
has been somewhat Influenced by an
investigation OF the appalling amount OF work
that devolves upon the member Of the Su-
preme Court who il selected fro1a this district.
However this may be, the many friends of
Judge H1ooms will regret his determination,
which he declares to be ir7evocahls, a. he
would make vary allie ju1ist, and An ex-
ceeding1y valnahle member Of the Supreme
Bench.
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The conviction Of MARTIN, who killed a
man named GA1ENA in West Side saloon
last October, and his sentence by Judge
JAMESON to only t,co ytdrs IN the Penitentia'y
for ulc act, is certainly not very encouraging
outlook for the suppression Of crimes Of
deadly violence in this city. MARTIN pleaded
guilty to manslaughter, aud there was trial
without jury. The killing was committed,
it will be remembered, in sort Of drunken
row, in which MARTIN was mixed up in some
way or other: He was the only witness who
appeared in his own behalf, and his testimony
was in effect that he was SO much under the
influence of liquor that he did not know what
he was doing ~. 1lanslaughter is defined by
the statute as ''the unlawful killing Of hu-
man being without malice, express Or ina-
piled, and without my mixture of delibera~
ton whatever" and the punishment
is fixed at imprisonment in the Pen
itentary during natural life, or "for
any number of years" Now MARTINS
defense is materially the same as
that which, will probably be put forth BY DA-
Wis, the murderer OF WHz1AND, who has MI
along contended that he was SO drunk he did
not know he haa killed anybody. Is the public
to conclude from this that DAVIS is to be let
OF with q couple Of years in Joliet?
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Msghire's opera-Honse in San Francisco haa
bean closed, and the dramatic company has gone
to Sacramento.
Henry Wilson's secretary has in hin possession
Ill the materials Tor the concluding chaptan OF
1.-THE Rise and Fail OF tho 6lAvs Power In the
United St2tes.'
It is announced that Prof, Tyler, Of Amherst.
after lifelong adherence to the English method
Of Greek pronunciation, has now become con-
varted to the Continental method.
Bismarck Is by no neans = fluent speaker.
Either the words come too fast OF he is at = loss
for phraae TO express his meaning. Embar-
rnaament ind Rrsat mental excitement are visible
In bis whole being.
The Indianapolis Congressman, 1anders, per-
kstently refused TO support Karr. Hs is already
engaged, It is understood, in ths Hendricks
Presidential movement, and the promotion Of
Kan il generally regarded a. setback Of Han
dricks-
The Phi1adeIphia Pre,s cails Bikhop Gilbert
Haven " haven Of unrest" Hs Is, indeed, =
psEtnrbed spirit His sensational nomination OF
Gen. Grant for L third tsrm recsnt1y was In
fact, only nomination Of Bishop Gilbstt Haren
for public notice.
4 suggestion worthy Of sonsidsraeou 10 uaada
to thu opponeute af Dr. Eoolsston By ths xossa
Aas1 Rtaf41ee Il thkt sha3 how ttaisatkucAss
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This was the limitation outside of the pro-
vision for interest on the bonded debt and
borrowed money. Under the General In
corporation oct, however, there is no limita-
ton as to the specific rate for different pur-
poses, but only the general Limitation We
have noted.
There has been but one advantage in the
matter of taxation which has resulted from
the adoption Of the charter of 1872. This
act fixes the fiscal year beginning with the
annual election Of municipal officers, OF per-
mits the Council to FIX any other date by
ordinance. Awaiting itself Of this privilege,
and at the suggestion Of the Comptroller, the
Council hes fixed the fiscal year for the
future dating from Jan. i of each year.
This change will enable the city to do one of
two things, viz: either to pay OF part Of
the floating debt which has accumulated on
account Of the contested and unpaid taxes,
or to reduce the appropriations in the next
ordinance. The effect Of the change will be
to make one short fiscal year OF nine months,
instead Of twelve months and the difference,
though coming from the pockets Of the tax
payers, may be applied to relieve the city to
this extent from the embarrassment that has
been brought on by anticipating the collec-
ton Of taxes and the failure to collect part
Of tham-
The principal point to be. kept in view is
that the taxpayers OF Chicago are in the
hands of the Common Council 4 full City
Board Of thirty six Aldermen is to be elected
next spring, after the redistrictiug Of the city
It would be b'essing to Chicago Il the pres
mi Qonuc3l khuuld fail tn ha11 IN aIaotlnn or
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could become skilled workers, would not be
very great, inas1nuch as the classes now con-
Institute in the rooms of the former afford q
nucleus for the organization that is needed
The Importance Of skilled labor increases
every day. It is Of sterling value to the
community at large and to the individual
artisan. And the technical school is the most
powerful opponent of the short~sighted trade
union policy of unduly limiting the number
OF apprentices, and so denying children the
chance 10 learn how to earn their living.
There is plenty Of ';room higher up" in
every trade, but the room hes few occupants.
Tho bench of technical school is q good
place from which to begin to climb to the
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refuse to redistr;ct the city, or in some other
way so neglect their duty in the premises as
to permit the election of these thirty-six AL
degmen on general ticket, whereby thor
oughly reorganized Board could bs secured.
We fear that for once, however, the Council
will not be deralict in its duty, and the cleo
ton of the entire new Board will be by the
old ward system, with the difference that tho
wards will DO somewhat larger. The matter
Of taxation alone should suggest to all good
citizens, and all men who have private inter-
ests or the welfare and progress of the city at
heart, to give their time and influence to the
work of securing a Common Council that will
not abuse the extraordinary powers vested in
it by the charter under which the city is now
5rnycrnef1.
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It is healthy sigh when the mi1k-dealers
Of this city get together in convention to de-
wise means for preventing the sale Of adul-
terated milk One Of the surest means Of
preventing the sale of adulteratcd milk is for
the milk-dealers to stop adulterating it, AS
compared with the silly ordinance introduced
in the Council recently to stop the sale of
skinned milk, the draft Of an act proposed
by the mi1k-dealers to prevent the sale Of
adultterated milk by severe penalties is very
important If people can be guaranteed
against swill milk and chn}k milk they will
accept even SKINNED milk thankfully. So
long, however, as adulterated milk and swin
uilk are sold, skimmingis simply superhuous.
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THE FINANCES OF FRANCE.

The French Ministry, which expected de-
fcit of $4,000 600 for the current fiscal
yeaf, is agreeably surprised by the appear
ancs of 500, 900, 600 surplus The recuper-
alive power Of that country is a constant
marvel Since 1871 it has regained the
ravages Of the German army, paid off an
enormoua idemnity, and brought back the
paper of the Bank of France to par by bold
contraction Il is now raising from its &c.
600, 900 people 1851, 200, 900 a year, while
our a, ,O0o, 900 citizens grumble under the
load Of less than $500, ,ooo, 600 n year. France,
shorn of two of her fairest provinces, her-
ried for months by armies that lived on the
country, obliged to support parts Of
those armies for months after the
ratification Of the treaty Of peace,
forced to pay the expenses Of her own con-
quest, burdened with bloody civil war i'm
mediate1y after her defeat, left with an ire
deemable currency, q disorganized Govern
ment and dispirited people, has yet made
herself, within these four years, one Of the
most prosperous countries in Europe. This
is an economic miracle,-nothing less. But,
rs in the case Of most miracles nowadays,
slight exercise Of common sense gives the
clew.
There is no such thing, strictly speaking,
as ssquestion of finance in France. The
question is settled. A man who tried to ar
que that currency should be "cheap" and
permanently iredeemable, or that there was
any road to specie resumption outside Of
contraction Of redundant notes, would be
regarded with the same sorrowful pity
vouchsafed to a person who asserted
that the earth was fiat and the moon
8 mammoth piece Of green cheese. There
was no doubt, and so no delay, in returning to
specie payments. The researches and re-
ports of the commission Of economists ap-
pointed q few years ago, whose work we
recently reviewed, furnished the men at the
head Of affairs with all the data needed for
legislation and action. They therefore passed
the necessary 1hws and did the necessary
things. The volume Of paper currency was
rapidly reduced, gold flowed back into the
country as fast as it was sent to Berlin, and
resumption became fact. The first essen
tia1 condition Of healthy trade andprosperous
industry WAS thus secured.
The second conditions low tarif-has
been in existence from the beginning of tho
struggle for recuperation. France exports
manufactured articles. She has rarely pro-
duced an agricultural surplus Of late years.
Many Of the raw materials Of her manufac-
tures are imported They pay little or no
duty. The finished product can therefore bo
sold cheap1y. 1ts 1ow pnos iusutes largn
tusohAss. This intsz1utt{on o4 hsr iudutts1si
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i've aud ens;er, at 74@7sc for shoulders, 1olc
for short ribs, and 10tc for short clears, ali
boxed. Highvines were dull and steady, at
Sill per gallon Flour was dull aud weak.
Wheat WAS more active and declined lie, clos
ing fr,ner ut e7ic cash and Csc for Janusry.
Corn was active and easier, closing at 4S{c
for December and 445c for January. Oats
were quiet and easier, closing st so1@sosc
cash and sosc for January. Rye Was steady, at
Gs@csSc. Barley YVES quiet and' s@1c lower,
closing at sGl@s7c for December and 854c for
January. Hogs were active at q decline Of
5@1oc, selling ut ss.75@7.35 for common to
fancy. Tho cattle trade was inactive, with
prices wenk End unsettled. Sheep were in
demand, at So. 75@a5.25 per 100 lbs. One hun
dred dollars i'll gold would buy $1l4.s79@
114.50 in gree,lbecks at tie close.
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The st. Louis Jury have expressed them
selves very decidedly with reference to the
attitude Of the President towards these whis
Ky cases. In an interview with Mr. Fox, q
prominent citizen Of St. Louis, and one Of
the Jurors, that gentleman said:
GRANT has exhibited splendid heroism in the stand
he has taken. His best friends were falling around
him those he had trusted for years WERE BY one
becoming involved in cine and dsgrace yet his in
structons were to let guilty escape. It
bitter thing to prosecute those WHO had been ones
best friends, but GRANT has Ainched from tho
painful duty. In spite Of this, the President las
beea subjected to all sorts Of abuse and insult and
every effort has been made to connect lis with
the Whisky King. The Grand Jury had ample oppor~
tuny TO test the truth Of these charges against tho
President. aud thu. theJ were unfounded, and
that Chief Magistrate OF the country, his conduct
above reproach- The Jurors, Democrats and Be
pubucans alike, unanimous In this opinion and
thought TINT under the crcunasa ances, the honor Of
the nation required that they should tender him an
assurance Of their confidence.
This Endorsement slows unmistakably what
the jury, composed largely Of Democrats,
think of the President aud his course, and it
shows elso very clearly what they think Of
the course of A1r. Henderson. The letter Of
the jury was written subsequent to the un~
generous stack, and is crushing reply to it.
While all men who wish to see this Whisky
Ring crushed, and its corruptions ferreted
out, will regret that competent prosecutor,
and one familiar with the cases, has been re-
moved, they will regret still more that he
himself should have made his removal imper-
ative by gross violation Of his relations
to the Attorney-General, the Secretary Of the
Treasury, and tho President. We can see
but one rational explanation of his remark
able conduct, and that is that he expects to
make q martyr Of himself for political pur-
poses. In this he will be disappointed
There is neither stake, fagots, nor torch
bearer. The vacancy, however, will be filed
by some one who is presumably competent to
conduct tho prosecution, and who, although
be may be Bourbon in his politics, will not
Use his position to crafty partisan resent
ments, or attempt to make martyr Of him
self. for political purposes.
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The editor OF the Milwaukee Sc atine2 probably
has not called ex-senator CAnpES;TEas attention
to the statements Of TEE TRunSE concerning
the manner in which the Long Branch scandal
was spread throughout the West. We repeat
that the present editor OF the Sentinel when
managing editor Of the Chicasto Times, Was the
chief instrument Of spreading the scandal. II
the scandal was gross libel, as Mr. CAnPEN7ER
claims It was, he has shown marvellous power to
forgive.
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Ta.MuRnow.
NEW CHICAGO THEATEE-Clark street, between
Randolph and Lake Kelly Icons Minatre!s.
ApELpHI THEATEE-Dearborn street, corner
Monroe Variety entertainment.
uOoLEyS THEATEE-Esntolrh street, between
CLARK end LcSallc. California Nias:rels-
AcyIcEER'S THEATRE-M1dison street between
Dearborn and s:stc. Engagement Of Niles A13 How
I'D "HnOted Down.
WOODS NUSEUM-Mouroe street. between Dear
born and Stste. Afternoon: Camille Evening
"C41uilla's Husband and '' Stage Struck"
PLYMOUTH CUURCH-Lecture BY the Hon. VIII
IAN Pax1ous S1-;ect: '' Perseverance, or tho Lie q
Aiao-ch EfetheukQn,n
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should be called upon to protect church cor
porations, guarantee them in their rights, ex-
tend to them the privileges Of accumulating
wealth, and then be compelled to pay Tor 1t
themselves. A church corporation has 20
more right to e1pett that the people Will pay
its taxes than railroad or a. banking corpo-
ration, and the President is sound in the po-
sition he has taken.
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That portion Of Wabash avenue lying be-
tween Adams street and the southern limit OF
the fire of 1874 is still in comatose condi-
ton. The laying of the hors&railroad track
gave it one impulse, and there have been q
gQod many Improvements since the cars have
been running and the street newly paved !;
but there is still large amount Of idle prop
erty and stretch Of ruins that is unpleasant
to the eye and damaging to the city at large.
We think this is due to an erroneous policy
on the part Of the property-owners. Apolicy
might be adopted which would build up the
entire street within short time nnd bring in
a reasonable return on fair valuation of the
property. The proper thing to do with this
Wabash avenue property is to line it with
modest but substantially built residences or
compartment-houses. Houses Of this char
acter which have already been constructed in
that locality have been rented readily, and
there is such demand for just such houses
that, if all the vacant lots were occupied in
this way, the residences could oil be rented
before the 1st Of May next The accessibility
of the location, associated with the compare
tive retiracy from the buster streets, would
place such houses az we speak Of in active de-
mand.
The trouble about this Wabash avenue
property, We suspect, is that its owners expect
it to earn return on its ante-panic valuation,
and wish to force its progress as business
property. This is foolish and short-sighted
policy. There have been great, ta11 business
blocks erected on that street which do not
yield sufficient income to pay the taxes, in
suance, and interest on the money borrowed
to construct them. It is folly to repeat this
costly error, and also folly to let the prop
crty remain unimproved and unproductive
for years, bringing in nothing, simply because
it will not bring in rs much as the owners
desire. That portion Of Wabash avenue is in
condition where the owners must make the
to it. Meanwhile it may be rendered
reasonably profitable by the course we
have suggested. The cost Of building
is now so low thdt cheap rents
are profitable, and cheap rents, either
for small houses or for good apartments, will
be especially attractive for small families,
newly married couples, and people who must
live en- modest means, and are now forced to
seek homes two, three, and four miles away
from their business. The saving Of car-fare
Will enable such persons to pay little addi-
tional rent, and the advantages Of location
will be sufficient inducement to retrench in
other ways in order to secure residence in
such e location It would be to the common
interest Of the city to have Wabash avenue
at once, and it is only in the way
We have suggested that it can be brought
about, The buildings may be so constructed
as to be cheaply aud easily turned into retail
shops when the demand for them comes.
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during the war had left the world eager for
her manufactures. She sold her wares as fust
as she could produce them
Thus low tariff and sound currency
have enabled France to bear the enormous
burden Of her taxes and thrive at a wonder.
ful rata
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The Secretary Of two Societies represented 1t
the Methodist meeting in Boston, where Bishop
HAVEN nominated GRANT for third term, pub
fishes card in which he repudiates the Bishop
and his works. and aays that the two organiza-
tions aforesaid have nothing to do with politics-
The same thing might unfortunately ho said Of
most Christians. They would not serve their
God less By serving their country more.
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Plymouth Church has mado = statement. The
word has familiar sound, bnte in this Case 7.
fortunately does not refer to the unssvory mas.
ter which Deacon West condemned into his two
conundrums. There are 100 more members in
the church than there were last year. OF the
whole 2, ,4e0, there are 575 women., This yeAr's
income was Sill ALI. Tho margin abovo Mr.
BEEcuERs salary does not seem to be large.
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4 nun who meant to sail by the steamer
Mosel, yesterday, from Bremen for New
York, thoughtfully included a case Of dynan,-
tie in his luggage. This exploded with
such judgment that the fragments OF fifty
bodies have since been picked M. It is re-
ported the Mosel had on board number Of
the passengers saved from the wrecked
steamer Deutschland
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The new Indian Commissioner, JoHE SMITH,
who fortunately has middle name, has be-
gun work. II he is wise, he will at once is
sue a circular warning his namesakes that he
is opposed 70 nepotism. There are not
enough Offices IN the Indian Bureau for all
.he JOIN Sa.11u5
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THIS BLASTED WEATHER,

! When 4 minister writes q sermon or
! journalist editorial on the weather, the
deceitful thing is sure to veer around to the
opposite extreme before the sermon is spoken
or tho editorial printed. During warm,
bright week in April, whom Mother Earth Is
waking up from her winters sleep and cloth
ing her nakedness, like Mother. EVE, with
green leaves, some eloquent preacher elabor-
ates glowing discourse on Gods goodness,
rs e1emplifed in-the weather. On the sue
ceeding Sunday, be speaks his piece. The
sentences about Gentle zephyrs are declailned
to the accompaniment of savage blasts Of
wind, and when be refers to the budding
branches, gaunt and storn1-lashed trees
stripped of every sign of Life, toss
up and down just outside the VIII,
dows in Wild mockery, The congregation
shivers, and the sermon falls fiat. The
weather has played one Of its practical jokes.
The Journalist suffers in the same way. He
writes on chill and gloomy day, or at night
when hailstones beat upon the window,
plant against the awful weather. few
hours afterwards, when his written words
have been printed and are being read, the
Gun shines brightly, and the night that wont
out like lion has been followed by day
TINT comes in like lamb. The clerk Of the
weather has been at his jokes again Mind
full of these facts, we take the weather as our
theme. We are bound to have d change, and
are willing to give the clerk aforesaid a
chance to act as aforesaid for the sake Of
having sunny Sunday. The weather, at
the date Of this present writing, is
unden;ably bad It has been bad
for eight days. During that time,
snnbeams have been as scarce in Chi
cago as honest distiuers in st. Louis. It is
even< doubtful whether the sun exists
any longer. Our staff astronomer feels suro
that it does; but, since his unfortunate error
Of twenty-five seconds in the calculation Of
the occultation of the hypothenuse Of the
left sine Of the moons right limb, his
statements are naturally and neces-
sarily regarded with suspicion. Tho con-
stant suppression of sunlight is having
the effect which Frenchmen generally attrib-
ute to London fog, Many Of the occu-
pants of the Times Building have committed
suicide, and the end is perhaps not yet The
Weather Bureau at Washington has evidently
been making some grave blunders. If Prof.
T1oE can give us better weather he should be
installed at once. "O1d Probs is failure;
we want new certainty now,-a certainty
Of good weather. And so we insert, amid
our editorial .jeur dapy7ts on legal tenders
and 3.G5 bonds, this statement Of fact, this
plaintive appeal for good weather. Perhaps
praying might fetch it, although, as the
Scotch dominic said, s'There's nae muc1le
use in praying for fair weather, brethren, sae
lang as the winds i the west" But the sun
must shine; Chicage wants it, and Chicago
is wont to have what she wants.
, 1875-12-12

The Chicago produce markets were eener-
ally easier Saturday. Mess pork was quiet
md declined loo per Dbl, closing finn at
9ls.1s919.2o cash and $1s.4o@1s.424 for
February. Lard waa less active and 80 per
100 ins lower, closing At SIZES cash and
s12.&st for Fsbzuary. Hests ware mora sat-
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TO-DAY.
MCCORMICK HALL-No-th clart street, corner
Einzic Lecture It SIS p by F1ed Douglass Sub
ie.t; " John Erowu."
WOODS HU6EuAI-Mourne street, between Dear
born and Clark. Wonders Of the Ethescopa. After
uco1 aul evening.
NEW CHICAGO THEaTRE-C.nrk street, between
1,sndolph and Lake The rnree Traitots""
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We need q good technical school in Chicago.
The fact is perhaps wortl the attention Of
tho trustees Of the HExax II. TAYLOR be-
quest. The amount Of money needed TO
insure auah sohool, whus boys and gi11s