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win. Tho Democracy cnrrlcd tho State, but
nil tho amendments 10 bitterly opposed by
tho lcA'(crs Of tho victorious purity vera NIL
adopted. The nnjorities for them ranged
from 122 ,oo0 10 :'1G.MN.
Tho Council Of Political Reform claims to
llave carried fourteen great measures Of re-
form. 1t tabu1ates tlio,n somewhat as fol-
lows:
~ It Inns stopped Stnto ai<1 to sectnrian
institutions, and 1las thus saved the Taxpayers
over 81 ,0n0, ,oDn per year;
{2) 1t started tho rcform movement of
t871;
(3) 1t collected and published Through tho
Now York 1iules) the proofs Of fraud which
tlnnlly overthrow TWEED;
~ II prevented mob-yiolence ngainat tie
Ring, md organized aud aided tho Commit
teo Of Seventy;
(1) 1t secured the nomination of honest
mon to civic Office in 1871 and 1879;
~ It purified tho city charter by freeing
1t from tho Ring features, md by incorporat-
ing about 1ifty amendments into IL;
~ It las maintained permanent anti
lobby agency at Albany;
{s) 1t ltas prevented tho passage of frantl-
ulcnt l,ills which would have cost the city
a1o,ooD,0oD;
~ It Inns procured tho passage Of bills
largely increasing tho revenues Of the city
from its markets, courts, etc., and has thus
reduced taxation from 8 lilo to $40 por
cent;
{tO) 1t persuaded tho people to adopt tho
Constitutional Amendments, which will bo Of
illcnlculablo value 10 tho public;
{11) It secured compulsory cducation,-n
most beneficent measure;
(12) 1t Inns purified tho administration Of
Justice, whicl, ind become foul and fotid;
(13) It l,as enforced the Registry law, and
thus secured honest elections;
(1) It has steadily supervised the dis
charge Of oliicinl duties, mud las caused tho
indictment Of two Aldermen, throo heads Of
departments, ono Judge, and moro than
twenty commuters of election fraut1s.
In order to carry On all this, tho Council Of
I Political Reform asks for &2",o00 during
1915. Tho cost of its work is but bagato1lo
compared with the value of it. We trust
that our Citizens' Association mny bo ablo to
show something like this record when it Gil.
ters upon its fifth year. When Chicago votes
On the question Of incorporation undor tho
general law, the Association would DO well to
emulate the toll Of the Council in porsuading
the popular vote.
, 1875-01-22

to encourage tho trade Of the doggcry It il
tn cut of Tho uso Of n cheap, pleasant. and
harmless btiycrasc, nm1 leave tho public to re-
Fort to the [lery, strycl,nino t1ecoctons sold
over American bars, an1 Whose salo would
mot be Tolerated in my other country. This
is one Of tito items Of this rascally "I.ittlo
Thrill hill" which bill contains others nearly
MS rel,rc!ssnsihlc.
III the 6ts'ate i'll the 1fot,so yesterday, Mr..
HrcK. WIN WIS n member Of tho Conference
Committca opposed tho passago ot tho bill,
md was supported by alr. BuncuARp, perhaps
tile ablcst member from Illinois. The ir-
iquity Of tho bill was fully exposed
when KELLEY roso to defend it.
KELLEY il nil i,,snnc protccsionist hc
never knowingly advocated tho adoption Of
any mcaHaro which would diminish tho boun-
tics now raid by the people to Eastern n.anu-
facturcrs, nor favored one which would llave
contrary effect. If onr opinion Ind not
already been formed, wo should find primo
J;scie casp against tho bill in tho fact TINT
it wea acceptable to KELLEY. We
publish this morning tho fn]l tcxt Of tile
amended 1ill as passed, md shall cxamino it
more in detail in future issue. Wo regard
it as tho most monstrous md outrageous
measure That has pissed the present Con-
gress, and hope to SEQ it vetoed out of hand
by the President
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InvlS, having found by Ills irksomo jnii-
life Etat confession is good for the body, If
not for tic soul, llas begun to give nnmcs and
figures. So fnr, VIC have 5GGC,0nO of the cor
rnp:ion-fund accounted for,-accountcd for,
tins is SO far rs the brokers whom Inw1H
used are concerned. Most Of tho ue1nos ho
gives belong to men who wero evidently
mere go-betwecns. There nro one or two e.-
ceptions. Col. ]. ". FonSEY is trapped with
Il S.5,OO0 bribo in hiH hand. Tho Hon.
WILLIAM k1aa, Of course, kept part Of tho
$l.5,0Do IRWIN handed him, The Hon. L.
c. PARSONS, reputliated by tho Cleveland TO-
District nt tho lost election, got only 81, 100,
according to the dispatches, hut the figures
IRE probably wrong. PARSONS would hardly
smut his fingers for SO triaing Sum.
The most conspicuous sinner is the
Hon. J. G. SCuua,AKEK. This voracioua
bribe-taker got sS0o,o00, Irwin says.
This is $4,000 beyond tho s1m previously re-
ported. ScuuMAEEn, when called upon TO tca-
tify, wanted to whit until IRWIN WIS through!
When this wna denied, ho suddenly sforeot
everything" about tho matter. His mind
WAS blank. Tt would bo well to shut
him up in nj idiot asylum until hia memory
returns.
BoYD WINCHESTER, e1-M. G. from Kcn-
tuclsy, testified that his deposits with the
Scrgennt-at-Arms at tho time the corruption
fund was being put where it would do tho
most good, were the fruit of various games
of sq'inro poker. Did ho play with IRwn;,
or Quo Of 1Rw1S's agents? This is m old
trick. The lobbyists Of the Whisly-Ring
always played poker when tho Ring wanted
MI act passed to raiso higher or to prevent a
reduction of the whisky-tax, and Congress-
mon who played with them always had a
wonderful run Of luck ut poker.
Irwin is to continue his testimony today.
Tho Committee is ut Inst on the traiI, and
should follow it up hotly. hIr. DrcK caa
gain nothing by trying to screen SouustAREn
and other Democrats any longer, and Mr..
DAWES, having got into the Senate, will now
exhibit, let us hope, somo Of tic backbone
that has lately been wanting in his organiza-
ton.
A little course OF jail may do other mon as
much good as it las 1nwtx. ScuustAKr,
would look well behind bars, So would
K1So. The lattcr's expulsion from tho next
Congress may be taken rs assured Tho re.
peal Of tho subsidy to the Pacific Mail Com.
pany should not be delayed.
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not batlty done, hut finished. 1Io "1a9gel
Erperfluons on the SINCE" I1o belonged to
tho oil school, to tho antc-war politicians,
aud slowed no aptitude for new problems in
atatesmansl'ir. 1Io has probably dono nll 1ie
could for Michigan. The Stato he Inns served
to tho best Of his nbilty for eighteen years
has no more 1880 for him.
Wa linve not beon rnrty to the recent as-
saults upon Mr.. CHANDLER. His successor is,
unless farne has flatscrod him, all honest, ab'o
nlan, md sound Republican. We hopo lo
is worthy Of tho place llo is called upon to
fill, but grent many people will miss "Old
HAcn CHANDLER" from his old Eeat in tho
Senate Of tho United States and many will
feel like saying they could have better spared
better mRn,
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satisfied that tho Republican party Is dead,
that they listen to the demands Of these
Treasury -ratlcrs to rob tho Treasury w1ii1o tho
present session lasts? Thcrs 10 Ton Scorr in
the libby asking that the Republican Con
gress shall vote him Rix to sosen millions Of
dollars in gold yoar for forty years. There
in Jay CooxE demanding an ctinnl subsidy.
And here, w!ilo tho House istryinE to discover
who received tho million Of money paid for
tho passage of tho bill giving n corrupt
subsidy to tho Pacific Mail. n majority Of the
House is trying to pass tlla rotton Choctnw
claim Of tllrco millions Of dollars, without
going on tho record Gentlemen, beware.
, 1875-01-22

The patriots wero called together in Mr..
O'BnrES's saloon last night to devise why's sand
means for tie dcfeat Of m awful conspiracy
latcly entered into-so tie story rrns-by
tho leaders Of tho Republican party i'll this
city. The conspiracy aiuls at nothing less
than the defeat Of Mr. CAu1F1E1p il tho elec-
ton, soon to be held, for successor to the
late Joas 3. RICE. The Republicans havo
Rgrccd, the Peoplo's-party loaders say, to run
tho Hon. Horse" EDDY for tho vacant
placc. Now that tho faithful aro on the alert,
the wicked aehomo will, doubtless, DO aban-
f1nned
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THE NEW YORK COUNCIL OF POLITICAL
prEnn9

This organization has Just issued PAM
phlot, containing the record Of its four-and-a
half years work. Wien it was organized,
TWEED and Ills Ring were supreme. Tho
thefts of his gang already amounted to tens
Of millions Of dollars, and corruption was still
at flood-tida Justice was n farce. The
Bench was in the pay Of the men it has since
sent to prison. Tho Hing controlled twenty
six daily and sixty-ono weekly papers. Their
bribos, in tho sl,apo Of pay for useless advor-
tising, took ovor 3d. 900, 600 year ont of tho
Troasury. Dishonesty was supreme. Tho Coun-
Gil Of Political Reform claims tho credit OF
the great change since 1871. TWEED is in
the ponitentiary wearing striped jacket and
trousers. His colleagues aro also in tho Peni-
tentary or in exile, except tile one or two
slippery rogues, like CAREY HALL, who havo
crawlod through the naoshea Of tho low. The
judiciary is onco moro honorod. Public
business is transacted with somo degree of
honesty. Taxation hos been largely reduced.
The c1pense Of Government is loss by at
least one.third. OF tho Ring organs, twenty
seven died with 1t. solno have sinco perish
cd. Others are growing at the steady denial
OF their fraudulent advertising bills. Others
aro working for future reform. In 1871
"There was but one daily paper in Now York,
the Tines, through which the Reform Asso-
ciation could freely mud fully communicate
with tho public"
Tho Council has Ind and ltas four objects,
forming right public sentiment; nominal
ing and electing fit men to otlico detecting
good legislation aud preventing bad. In in-
flueneing public opinion, the press has boen
tho most efficient agent All Of the daily
papers, however, cannot always be reliod
upon, and the Council therefore wante an
organ OF its own. (Thia is an unwiso want.
Tho "organ" would have no inauence.) The
non-partisan and the religious press havo
aided in the work. sohavo the olorgy. Cir
culars and handbills haye beon extensively
Of tho campaign for tho adoption Of
| the recent Constitutional Amendments Ia of
especial value to would-bo political re-
formers. We therefore giyo 1t in e.
tsn~. Neither Of the political parties showed
| any interest in tho amendments until just be-
foro tho November election, and then tho
Democrats opposed them vigorously. Tho
Council Of Political Reform began work In
May, A pamphlet, written in popular
style and advocating tho adoption OF tho
amendments, was writton for 1t. It dis.
tributed 10000 copies Of this through the
state. The entire State was divided into
sections. Canvcssers, most Of whom wero
lawyera on their summer vacation, were sent
to every town to argue with prominent citi-
zens, editors. and officials Of both parties,
Ballots for both parties, with vote Of
"yes" on the amendments, were printed
for every county. More than 10000 in.
dueutial citizens from tho whole Stota
were set actively ct work. Commercial
aud financial associations wore induced ia
publicly indorse the amendments. Every
election district was flooded with ballots, and
agents Of tho Council wsrs st every poll.
| This uaatesly sgstsna WEI not planned IL
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Tho Choctaw claim OF S..981, PIT, which
aefeatea the Iut.iau Appropriation bill,
should be rejected nguin aud as many times
as inay DO necessary to defeat it. 1t il an
old and particularly persistent clnin1, gather-
Ing moss as it goes, autl growing with the
aecretions OF age. This Is no time for Con-
gress to consider my doubtful claim for
noarly $3,o00,oo0. 1t must lo remembered
that Tie Government receipts are now fall
ing lsrgely short OF tho Government OK.
rensoa ; VIC aro increasing tho public debt
and adding nothing to tho Stalking Fund.
There ia serious talk Of increasing tAe bur.
dons Of taxation to meet tho exiyencics Of t!.u
Government. Certainly, in this state OF
things, no claim for 80 largo au amount OF
money should DO considered which il not az
slearasths Light Of tho MONDAY sun. Certainly
= Ao old rotten Chootaw claim twenty years old
should now DO dug up and I.ssed.
, 1875-01-22

Tile correspondence betwoon the State Far-
mers' Association, Gov. BEyER1poE, and the
Railway Commissioners, which wo publish
elsewhere this morning, is exceedingly good
reading The farmers, it seems, arc dissatis-
fed with tho slow workings Of the Board in
tho way Of enforcing the Railroad law passed
ut tho last session Of the Legislature, and
wish to havo adopted the injunction process
80 successfully executed in Wisconsin. Tie
Board believes that thcro IL no law III tl,s
State under which tho railroads could bo en-
Joined to obey tho law, Tho Association, on
the contrary, af1lrms that thoro Is such a law ;
md TINT, If there isn't, there ought to DO.
At this stage Of tho controversy, Of course,
everybody can stop for good la,sgh, and
dismiss the subject altogether from. recollco-
tion so far Of tho exciting cause OF 1t is con.
cerned,
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PACIFIC MAIL INVESTIGATION.

Wo WISH distinctly to express our approv1l
of tho commenlable zeal and portinacity of
the Pacific Mail Investigating Committee in
pursuit of tho newspaper reporters who re-
ceivcd rotniners " to uso their influence
with Congressman. But, at tho samo time, VIC
do not care to SEQ tho attention Of the Conn
mittce go entirely absorbed in the Bohemians
as to neglect the inquiry into the part which
bribery, md to this end wo will ask q few
questions:
/. Why does tho Committee fail to ca1l for
that notorious DILLON list of Congressman
who deposited 81, 900 bills about tho time Of
tho passage Of tho subsidy7 It is not likely
that many members will be found to roll in
IL 900 bills, and depoait soveral before break
fast every morning. It may DO difficult for
soma of them to account even for one 81, 900
bill.
2. Why aro not atepz taken to examine into
the accounts Of members Of Congress who
voted for tho bill under suspicious oircum-
stances? This was dono in the Credit-Mo-
bilier investigation why not IN tho Pacific
A1ail investigation ?
8. Mr. BEcK intimates that he has not slot
up" on SouunAgEn but why doesn't he
''let dozen" on SoHu.IAKER !? Why is not
some effort made to force ScuuMAKKR to tel
what he did with tho $500. 600 ho received
II his position as member Of Congress pro-
tects him against imprisonment for contempt,
why doesn't hIr, DECK movo his expulsion
from Congress and his imprisonment after
wards ScuuMAKEB has already admitted
that ho handled $500, ,0OO Of tho money and
kcpt $4,000 for himself. This is reason
enough for his expulsion. :: When he,. could
10 longer plead privilege, he could bo forced
to tell what he did with the other 100000.
Why doesn't Mr. BECK move in this matter
4. Why is there not some earnest effort
made to secure tho attendance of KING before
the Committee2 This wclt-known individual
is somewhere IN Central New York, and the
Committee could lay itshanits on him If itreally
hankercd after him. Why, then, does it neg
lect this opportunity for discovering what be-
camo Of S125,000 more Of the corruption
fund?
+. Is the repeated arrest Of Mr. Wa1rrIAw
REID while answering the summons Of the
Committee, and the summary and unprece-
dented committal of Mr.. WErMonE, to be
construed as species Of intimidation toward
the newspapers, to keep them from exposing
what Is now demonstrated to have been gi-
gantic steal2
Q. Finally, Why docs tho Committee exceed
its powers when dealing with newspaper cor
respondents, and full to use them when deal
ing with members and officers Of Congress
who arc implicated?
DoNx P1Arr, who opposed the bill persist
entity in his newspaper, and whom the Com
uitteo tried in win to implicate In the trans
action, says that he needed no better evidence
Of the uso Of money when lie "aaw oil of
the carpet-baggers and suspicious characters
In Congress voting for It," Now why does
not A1r. Drox proceed upon some such hy-
pothesis rs this, and not give hts attention
oxcIuaiyely to the newspaper men?
, 1875-01-22

The people who live by raisls upon the M
tioual Treasury socm to Lave concentrated
their entire efforts upon tile present short
session Of Congress, to make o big haul.
About 200 Of tile present members Of Con-
gross will retire at tho ond Of this session,
many Of them to 10 heard Of officially no
moro. Tho subsidy men md tho claim
brokers and jobbers soom to think tfat this
is tho best season to approach these men, md
get their votes for questionable approprla-
tiona.
Tho old "Choctaw claim" which has beon
pending before Congress since 1855, las
never found Congress corrupt enough to
pass it, and it has been brought forward at
this session, expecting that tho retiring two
hundred will pass 1t now. The claim is for
$1,000, 900, and, as 1t is fraudulent, tho re-
cipients can well afford to divide one-hnlt Of
it, for whatever they got is clear gein. Tho
virtue Of the average Congressman was shown
in The voting on this claim on Wednesday
Inst. The appropriation was added to tho
bill by largo majority in Committee OF tho
Whole, whero there is 10 record lnado OF tue
vote; but, when tho bill WIS put on it's pas.
sage, with that claim in 1t, and the vote was
taken by yeas and nays, the bill was defeated
by largo majority. This was precisely the
tactics shown two years ago Oh tho Dack-pay
Salary Grab bill, mud finally members voted
for that fraud because otherwise the bill
would bo defeated. It will como to this on
this claim yet, We worry muoh fear.
The country, however, wore not bam.
boozlod by that pretense on the Salary. Gral
bill, nor will they bo by any vote on this
monstrous grab. II the bill cauaot pass
without it contains this item, then let the bill
full. The very long List OF salary ~grabbers II
both Houses Of Congress defeated by ths
| people Is sufficient evidence that there vii
be no liberation Of any man who votes To-
legislation notorioualy corrupt and dishonest
ANY member Of Congress who does not wan
to hive " Choctaw" affixod to his name TO
the remainder Of bis political life will tax
pains that he does not vote for this claim
whether 1t b. In or out Of the Indian Appro
pr!aton bill. How many more Of thaae rotta.
old claims are thara to be brought forwar.
nAt stsslonf Ars members .os Oonetsa
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Ul)c Gb1faDn U1ibu,r.
Friday Morning, January 20, 1875.

IEwrSs testimony is bearing very hard on
Tho lion. Jo1tN e. scnuMaErn. who has final
ly taken refuge in blank autt huniliating ig-
uoraucc. ScfuMAKEn said p1nintivcly to tho
House Committee yesterday tl,at he was in n
worry embarrassing position, md knew it, but
the truth was tint tho facts of tho caso lntl
gono clean out Of his memory. ffo topped
of lis testimony by the solemn assertion
tllnt ho had been falling Gods truth, which,
to say tho least Of it, was somewhat equivo-
col tlsa Of language.
, 1875-01-22

Eighteen ycars ago, ZAcuAn1Au CHANDLER,
q rich and enterprisng merchant Of Detroit,
was elected Senator Of tho United States by
the Legislature Of Michigan. In the sarna
year, 1857, ISAAC 2. cunrsr1ANoY was elected
Judge of the Supreme Court Of tho State by
The people Of Michigan. The two men hnvo
kept their respective positions ever since.
Senator CuAspLEn has not had Any violent
opposition in either Of lis previous contents
for reelection. Judge CHn1sT1AScY hos he'd
no opposition at oil. After IN exciting con-
test, md by ono Of the closest votes on record,
he now B1lccecds sold ZAcu CuASp1En" as
Senator. Eighteen years seems to bo tho
limit of Senatorial Bervice now. Probably no
second BENTON will ever write Of ' Thirty
Years in the United States Senate"
lIr. CHANDLER has done well by his State
His famo hla been stained by no salary grabs,
Crelit-Mobilier jobs, or swindling subsidy
steals. He has been mistaken in his advocacy
Of high-protection tariff interests, but his
faults In this respect hive been those Of
many well-meauing persons. Ho las never
his colleague, FERny. When Chicago, after
her fiery calamity, pleaded for tho privilege Of
buying her matorials for rebuilding in the
cheapest market, CHANDLER showed an hon.
orable willingness to assist tho stricken city,
while Ferry, whose great fortune Was mostly
made here, spared no effort to retain his power
Of exacting high-tariR prices for his lumber
from nh impoverished people. On the finance
question, Mr.. CHANDLER has been thoroughly
sound. While Ills wildcat colleague cIamorcd
for unlimited rug g-money ind proved himself
| to 10 tho ready dupo Of every financial folly,
CHANDLER withstood the false cry that tho
"Wost was solid for iniation," aud voted for
honest money. Tie Inns been dubbed O
''flerca Radical" and with truth; but le
oarned the title when natlicalism was unpop-
ular. His defeat is probably due to four
causes. The first was the popular foeling
that eighteen yoars Is long enough for any
man to hold a Legislative office. With this
rotation notion wo hayo no sympathy. II q
man discharges his duties In Congress with
first-claSs ability a1d honesty, tho best thing
to do is to keep him Mt Ills post till he dies in
tho harness. The second reason was the
suspicion ot intemperanco which has been SO
carefully nursoa by his opponents, Thia
seeu,s to layo hal no good foundation, OF
least Of late but there eau bo no doubt TINT
the recent outburst III Michigan against drink,
ing was cunningly used by politicians opposed
to CHAEnLgn. Tho third was the use mado hy
Mr.. CHANDLER OF the Federal oficoa in Mich
igau+ Bred in tho traditions Of the oil
school, he has always regarded these placer
as the spoiis Of his victories. Tie has stuel
to his friends, which ia good thing person
J ally, but may not bo politically. lie hal
scattosed Offices among bis adheronts Us re
wards Of services rendered 10 himself Thi1
has caused widespread complaint amoni
olllco.saeksrs. The fourth cause Of his fal
was LIS failure to Identity htmselt with N,
great snsa4uts ot Iats. Hls work xAs done
, 1875-01-22

They will, II t1ioy arc wise, Incorporate III.
fnrners carl In their n1vortfHements -ur ratbo,
tia tailor will. Tho tlresAmnier'A patrons Yu,1d
perhaps, rrafer not to DO plain and unn..on,s.
tious In their nitro. Bill why Rl,oltl tia farm
ors express thoir approval OF the unbornntnu,t
clothes md Of tho "Himple, cordial ndlrcas n,
tho clothos-wearors7 Did they oxpoct to a.,
bfr. l}EyEntnas arrnyod in tic national colors-r
biuo par,tafoona, wito vest, and rod coal, ,-aua
Mrs. DEyEn1poE radiant in green silk, boleekel
viii, yellow slnnowors7 Did they oxnoct to b,
received with magnificent l,auteur and have the,
hosts nod sIishtIy and st'fl1y in rosponso to tAa
fifteenth waiting loud procl.,
n,atfun Of "htr. uEzExtAn JosEs, Of pogran
wishes to prosont hia humble and loyal rosracts
TO Ills High aud llonored Excel]ency, tic COY,
ernor Of 1lIinola''2 II they dtlnot oxpoct thas,
absurd things. and wore not surprised whom thsr
fonnd that oflico-hoiding did not neces,ari,v
make 3 man either boor or dandy, wl,at +,
tho world was tho uso Of announcing that va
tito farmers Of Illinois, In convention assembled,
do horobY announce that Gov. BEvEE1pflE wsE,
tho right sort Of clothes, aud that hs manner,
have no nonsense about om2