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, 1875-01-29

It is probably too late now to GEt adopted
any amendment to the Constitution provid-
ing now methnd for the election of the
President and hayo 1t ratified by tho requisite
number Of States before tho election OF 1876.
We must choose the next President under the
existing provision of tue Constitution. This
would not DO such bad thing were it not for
cortain addition to tho Constitution III the
shape Of tho Twenty second Joint Rule of
Congress, adopted Feb. G., 1865. This rulo
ia Tho root Of tho present evil. It provides
that, if any question arises about counting
the electoral vote Of State during tho joint
session of Congress for the purpose Of can-
vasaing the returns OF Presidential election,
the Senate and House shall separate, md each
decide tho question for itself. There must
be no debate On the point In either House.
and no electoral vote can be counted
unless both Houses agree to 1t. Tint is,
either House can reject the olectora! voto Of
any and oyory stato! This rule, It not uneou.
stitutional, Is certainly unwiso. Tho portion
Of 1t cutting of debate is wrong. In Feb
ruary, 1873, the legality Of the seal Of Ar
kansas, appended to the official report Of It's
vote, was questioned. The part Of tho Ar
kensaa Constitution which would hayo settled
tho matter waa offered In evidence, but Its
reading was forbidden. Then the vote Of
Arkansas was rejected.
Tho pressing danger Of the near future lies
in tho proviso tAat either House can reject
the vote Of any State. Tho Congress which
will canvass the returns Of 1876 In February,
| 1877, will be composed OF a Democratic House
+ and Republican senute. The election OF
1876 will lrrobahly DO close ono, lilo votes Of
two or three states may decide the result.
1t will. be the easiest thing in tho world to
trump up chargos OF fraud In thosa States, on
either side OF on both sides. Suppose they
| return Democratic votes and the Senate rs.
| fuses to receive them. Or suppose they
return Republican votes and tile House re,
fuses to receive them. What then 1hou
there may be war. The question Of the sue
ccasion OF Chief Magistrates Is the chief dan,
| gor Of governments. II tlo Constitution II
20 construed that the failure Of tho two
Houses to agroo to count the votes necessary
for choice ahall be tantamount to failure
Of 'the people to elect, ths election will bt
thrown into the House, and Democratic
President will surely DO chosen. Thus, L
this IL tho true construction, the next House
by simply refusing To receive votes, can, IN
dss ths 1wensY-second Aule, reject thu suo
, 1875-01-29

We are grlsved to loarn that the Rev h1F
rnEpaE, whose tender 1oul ID frequently laee'
asel by the rough edgea Of this world Is se'e1e
ly exercised At the weekly prayer-1neetlng' W.
cause Of ar article entitled " "Chicago'B Esanse'
lsts q" In THE TRIBUNE settlng forth tile tT'ans
phant successes Of MOODY and SANxEr IN ~
rope, and bestowing soluo parting words oi ea.
couragonent TO WH11TLE and DLIss, who ha's
gone to evangcliza tho East. There were wv
wa3s OF writing such Al artlclo-eithat in q 'oa.
msl and cull-bloodod manner OF in etIa!n "
ploasautry. Tue fo1mor has been adopted y! y!
the English. Wesh, Scotch, and 1tlah preas' eas =.
by many Of tho olsEgy OF Great Britain IN ~. ~.
ssssrsness 10 Brothers Moopr md BAsxss' ~ ".
pesiszssd III latter, howssst. with ths ~ "
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senator CoSx11sa's speech on tho Louisi-
ann question yesterday was quito worthy Of
his reputation as clear thinker and forcible
speaker. Tho keynote Of it was the statement
tint the title Of KELLOGG to the office Of Govorn-
or had nothing to do with discussion Of tho
alleged military usurpntion few weeks ago.
He did not appear for kE1Looa, but ho did
stand by the President and Gen. SHERIDAN.
An abstract Of the speech furnished by tho
press dispatches will bo found in tho regular
record Of Congressional proceedings.
, 1875-01-29

Tho desperate opposition Of the Bourbon
mir ority in the House Of Representatives
in Washington to tho Civil-Rights bill is n
piece of partisan righteousness unworthy of
public legislators. Either tho Ciyil-Rights
should DO passed, and tho opposition to it is
against tho interests Of tho public welfare.
If it is Thought to bo wrong by tho minority,
tho attempt to defeat it by resorting to the
desperate mems of n contest Of physical en-
DURANGO and hunger is none tho less repre-
hensible. If the bill, in their opinion, in
wrong, Democrats should n,ako their protest
against it. Thcy should record their votes
against 1t, and offer wlat atnmcn1mentst they can,
and then they can safely 60 before the coun-
try with tho certainty that they will bo s'as-
taincl. II tho hill proves to be m injury in
stead Of n benefit, their skirts, at least, will
be clear, their record will be justified, md
the responsibility fastened upon tile l,epub-
LEANS This is tho courso which would bo
pursued by any other than narrow, vicious,
partisan faction.
Tho rancor Of the opposition shows that
tho Democrats know TINT tho bill is
right md that, if it were passed, it would be
sustained and inaorsed by tho people Of the
United States. Their opposition to it is not
based upon my wrong, injustice, or danger
growing out Of Tho bill, but results from
their malignant hatred of the colorel racc.
They know TINT tho bill would be popular.
They know TINT it IN not only in accordance
with the amendments Of the Constitution,
but Of RIGHT and Justice. They fear tint, If
, 1875-01-29

The mcotiug OF citizens last night to pre-
paro memorial to Congress- urging the
establishment of mint in this city was
quite well attended and enthusiastic enough
for tho occasion. It will be remembered
Tint tho President, in his recent special mes
sage on the finances, advised tho building OF
mint either ut Chicago or st. Louis, and
mentioned Chicago first, as being the most
desirable location. The cost Of transporting
orc to tho seaboard and coin to the interior
wouli1, in few years after the resumption Of
apecio payments, exceed the expenses Of O
mint.
, 1875-01-29


Tho Government Of The United States
must either raiso moro money or spend less.
If tile choice between these alternatives were
submitted to tlle popular vote, thcro can bo
no question which would be taken. There is
general feeling that taxation is Too great.
Our public buildings IRE examples Of cx-
trayaganco aud sermons ngniust it. During
the year ending Juno 30, 1879, We spent
s0,034,G9S for brick, stone, and iron, and
during the next lscal year we paid out
$1,05G,208 on the sumo account. This III
hy no mems all. = The present Con-
gress provided, in its first session.
that If tho Supervising Architect could
not spend tho appropriations during
the year for which they were made,
he could disburso them at any time there
nfter. The result Of this law was tfat At tho
beginning Of this fiscal year, July l. 1871,
tllo Supervising Architect Aad m arpropria.
ton of $1a, $50, over md aboro all lie
had managed to spend, standing to his credit
and available for building purposes, None Of
this money has been raised. 1t must be got
by taxation, and therefore, unless this sort
Of thing il stopped, the people must pay
within tho next three years, when most OF
tho buildings now under way will be finished,
the appropriations of thcse yours and good
shnre Of those Of tho past three years. Wo
quoto from MI exchange:
Tie following is list OF eight public buildings fol
which sppropriatione have lccn made ut the as twc
BcsalonB Of Congress, with the arnonnsa appropriated
and expenditures made during the laat fiscal year, ami
tho s,alance remaining uucxpended ut thu beginning o
, 1875-01-29
dangerous to FREQ Institutions and in opposition to

dangerous 10 FREQ institutions, aid in opposition to
Political nt,u foclaE orilec.
'rilo fnrtll md la,st Of tho resolutions dis
rlnya Tho reckless disregard Of truth which
il proverbiat among converts md nrostnfcs.
Mr. HAixEs' Democracy is of recent growtll.
Hence his zenl rsirs awAy with 1liH respect for
vcracty. The Constitution nnl laws compel
tho proe5aont, III caso of it,snrrrclion Or re-
be1lion in state, to mid tho Government
thereof. Thera wero two Governments
claiming authority III Lo,,iaiann. Ito Ind 10
recognize ono or tho other. md to support
that ono until Congress should otherwise de-
terminc. by 50 sloing ho passed. npon no
question involved III the contested election.
Tic recognized n tie fate Government,
mud Mt the samo tinio informed Congress
TINT The, whole election in TINT State
in 1872. under which both parties clnimesl,
wns "gignntic fraud" Still, the duty of
tho President was tho Rame, and TINT wns to
put troops there to suppress VIOLENCE and
prevent war. Tho assumption that tho Pros
ident permitted tho military to interfere with
the organization Of the Legislature of I.ouisi-
ana is wholly scandalons in view Of tho fact
that tho President WIS not aware of sttcll ill.,
terfcrence, nor of any intention to rse tho
military for such purpose. until lio rcal the
! report of tho occurrences tho tlay after, and,
in Ills message 10 Congress-, tho President ex-
rrcssly a;d distinctly tisavows the uso Of
troops for such 4 purpose except in tho cx-
tremo case of war. If tho Independents
| who united with tho Democrats iu adopting
| these resolutions con force their constituents
, 1875-01-29

At the reunion Of Presbyterian pastors Inst
night regret was expressed on account OF tile
absence of Prof Sw1so, who was said to be
filling nh engagement to preach ut Wicker
Park. The Professor, as q matter Of fact,
addressed the meeting held at tho Sherman
House in belalf Of the Public Library. Per-
haps he didn't want to rclnite.
, 1875-01-29

The Grand Jury closed their labors by
formal presentuaent Of certain matters to the
Court, They ndvise certain reforms in. tho
mora speedy trial Of persons IN Jail, nnd in
giving jurisdiction to magistrates to dispose
Of petty larceny cases sum,uarily, and thus
relieve the fail Of the lasgs number Of psis.
oners now detained tloso from month 10
mouth. In the matter Of gambling, thoy ad-
wise TINT all persons attending gambling
houses as visitors to play should be made
punishable as gamblers equally with those
who keep the establishments. BY cutting OF
the patronage, the gambling-houses will cease
to be profitable. They further adviso that
tho law be SO amended that owners OF prop
erty renting premises used for GAM
bling purposes can bs punished upon
proof that they, even after the lease,
have knowledge Of ths purposes for which
h prsmiasa azs aaad They aaso call attan-
, 1875-01-29

Speaker HA1xEs would not bo so provoking
If he had only the sense to be ashamed Of
himself occasionally is, if he had lucid
intervals. Il is tho inflated self-Bufllciency
Of tie man which annoys decent people
everywhere. Tho mistake Of electing him
to so responsible n position is now generally
admitted. Eo wasted part Of another day in
tho House yesterday by characteristic blum.
dering in the Chair.
, 1875-01-29

Mr. Ton AIEnRtrT, the Democratic lender
In tho House Mt Springfield, was surprised to
find yesterday TINT q threat Of adjonrning tho
Legislature didn't scare the Republicans ut
all. They aro quite willing to 60 to tho
country on the record AIR. Speaker HANEs
and lis party have mnde thus far. On re-
Election, 31ERn1Tr decided that he'd better
t1af
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. Mr.. T1Lroy was called to testify in tho
Br,:cnEn cese yesterday, but counsel objected,
and there was long argument. Mr.. EvARTs
commended that plaintiff could not appear on
his own belnlf, and Gen. Pnson TINT lo
could. Probably the arguments on the point
will cousu1no q great pnrt Of today.
, 1875-01-29
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, 1875-01-29

The Now York Tribune calls attention to
the present unprecedented draia Of gold from
this country to Europe, and thinks "gold
famine" is impending. Tho drain Is now in
its third month, and has taken nearly $780,
600, 900 in gold coin and bullion. or about
two.thiras of the annual gold production Of
tho country. Ths commercial supply, ns will
bo seen from the following statement, Is
much smaller than 1t hos been for many
vaarf
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demand and 1-oc higher, closing at : s3e9
La 1-2c for February. Hogs vera activa
mud t1rnnr at Wednesdays prices. Cattle
were dull nni unchanged. Sheep were mora
o,1int n1ls1 ensirr,
, 1875-01-29

In addition to tho eight buildings named sbose,
there aro thirty others In the lie soyaral Of
which have just hcep commenced, willie for othefs tho
''derrtcka " hayo not yet been erected.
besides the Ss,Gs7,G3G given here aa tho
sum available July l, 1874, tho unexrcnded
appropriations for tho preceding year, ,nels-
ing, with this, over 81, 5,o0o.ooo, were ut tho
service Of tho Supervising Architect.
Of tho cities on this list, Now York and
Chicago (the latter by reason Of tho fire. aro
tho only ones wAicl, are in urgent need Of
now buildings None of them, however,
needed such mammoth structures as Null
1.Erra oxuberant fancy, backed by an unlinl-
tied amount Of the peoples money, has con-
iurel into oxistonce. Tho Chicago combined
Custom House, Courthouse, nnd Post-Of-
fico is boing built of stono brought from
Southern Ohio, hundreds Of milos away, and
but little, if any, better than stone from
quarrics on tho cannl 25 miles from this city.
It's walls are constructed rs if an enrth-
qnako wero Of dnily occurrence here.
Few forts aro SO ponderous. Tile stones
used aro enormous in sizo. It is safo
to E",' that half the money spent and to bo
spei, upon it would hare paid for building
thas would have answered the purpose quito
as we'll, and would have listed for centuries.
This Is but an example of the wayin which
all public building is done. It has been
stated, but NO do not know with what truth,
that stone is brought to Cincinnati from
Maine for the new Custom~Iouse there,
Wills stone, quarried close by Cincinnati, is
being sent to an Eastern city, and also to
Omaha, for Government buildings there.
man engaged in putting up palace
would stop or at any rate Biackon work il q
panic crippled his business affairs. a No
tional Government should do the sanla thing
under tho same circumstances Congress
should cover the unexponded appropriations
for the post few years into the Treasury, and
should lot the public buildings now nnaor
! why rise slowly. Work on somo OF thom
| might perfectly well bo stopped entirely for
the time being.
| Millions Of dollars can. be saved In this
way at once. Here Is a perfectly feasible and
! simple way OF reducing our expenses, a'ld
making our income and outgo balance moro
nearly than they do now. It would certainly
be far better to adopt this anlssmilar reforms
than to increaso tho present heavy taxes. If,
however, taxation must be greater, let It be
so levied that the National Treasury, and not
the poekots Of manufacturers, will receive
whit the people pay.
, 1875-01-29

GRAND oPERA.Hp1sE-Ciark. street, opposite
FIler1ran 1oI,o. Kelly 4 leona Mlnstrels. Iho
Cflnsun Scarf"
, 1875-01-29

brv1uKER's TiIEATRE-MadI.on .strest. totwee;n
rrsrbc4n aud pttfs, Engagement Of tho Strakoio1,
CoSrs-Trpupa. !" LohenGrn."
, 1875-01-29

HooLEv'S Tl1EATNEs;.RsndoIph atsset. bstweaa
CLARK ard I.A3alle 'tMagnofia."
, 1875-01-29

ORIENTAL LODGE, No. u, 4. r. 4 A., M.1sReet*l
communication shle tFtfdAJ) ayeninE, At hall IL
Il ii ~ o'clock. iii work the + e. llrEfeo nt er.
der Of the Master. Il. N. IuohhH' aeo5'
, 1875-01-29

nrApAoRN Loppr, No alo, A. +. / A.. M-1!eRi.
lar co,nniuneaisn viii ba held ii s'one 1isl 4 Nun
rrost this {Frday} nvnnlnc Work on a. al Deetes'
aos 'fa'0sn''' 'oso'''' " WI. X. FORSYTH, ". ii.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-11

The return to the Republican ranks of
the better class Of Liberal Rep lblicans is
a gratifying fact. 1t indicates a unity of
purpose among intelligent citizens to
keep Democracy out Of power.
This return to the party of those who
left in 1872 was to be expected. In that
year personal grievances led to a rupture
of party relations. The Democrats, tax
ing advantage of this, thought to defeat
the Republican party by accepting life
long Republican as their standard bearer.
The popular verdict rendered by the peo-
pie was not against Mr.. Greeley as an in
dividual, but against the party AT his
back. Mr.. Greeley might be trusted; the
Democratic party, despite its promises,
could not be. Those Republicans who
voted for Mr. Greeley did so out of re-
spect for his long service in the cause of
human freedom. Their admiration for
the man led them to overlook or disregard
the dangerous political elements which
would have neutraized his good inten-
tons had he been elected. In addition to
this personal devotion TO an old leader
many joined the Liberal ranks, believing
that new party was 10 be formed that
would draw from the two great parties
their very best material. Thus the Re
publican party had been created, and it
was thought that thus great Liberal party
could be formed. They had no desire to
join the Democratic party. Between the
two they preferred the Republican party,
but they wanted something better than
elthers They failed in their design. The
people were not ready to accept a third
party; the majority had confidence in the
one in power, and the Democrats refused
to go out Of their organization. SO the
Liberal movement failed, and the major
lly of those who favored it have reunited
in good faith with the Republican party
A few designing men have endeavored to
transfer them 10 the Democratic party, but
they could not be bought or sold. They
have opened their eyes to the fact that the
issue is between the tive great parties of
the day, and that every vote cast for side
issues is half vote for the Democratic
party. knowing this, they will not be
parties to placing in power party that
they know to be corrupt and unworthy of
public support. These facts all point 10 a
united party in 1876, and through this
unity to brilliant Republican victory
ReDublsc Ma0Qzias.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-11

tice from the stigma of bad farming bat
spreading over them just before winter a
good coating of rotted manure and then
the lands to be narrowed in the spring.
Though corn is hardening up finely dur
ing the present warm, dry weather, yet
the husking and storing Of this crop will
be late at best, owing to the green and soft
condition it was in when the first frosts
scared the leaves. 1t will not he safe to
crib it until cool weather comes, except in
rare cases of early ripening. Fall dairy
ing proves one of the most profitable in
terests Of the farm. The fine butter which
the rich clover with pumpkins and little
bran and corn meal turn out makes very
attractive product in market and Yields
very fair profit indeed. But to make a
salable article one wants good butter cows
as well as to be a good butter maker
Detroit Tribune
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-11
Fattening Hogs.

No subject is of more vital interest to
the farmer, just now, than this. Many are
alive to the importance of early feeding,
but there are many who still adhere to an
old custom, and, without regard to the
demands of the market, or present and
prospective values. think they must feed
till Christmas or New Years at all events
Hence they are in no hurry to commence
the process of pork making in earnest,
and the very best of the season for this
purpose is past before they get their hogs
properly TO work. Pork is high now,
and the indications are that it will be
lower before the season closes. Hogs are
comparatively scarce, and corn is plenty.
There is an unusual quantity of immatured
corn this fall, that will make pork fast
enough, but is unmarketable Under
these circumstances farmers will be in
duced to feed late, in order to make the
most of the hogs they have, and, as Il con-
sequence, the earlier markets will be scant-
lily supplied. All other conditions being
equal, the farmer who gets his pork ready
for market first makes the most money,
for it is easier and cheaper to maintain a
fat hog in cold weather than to make one
fat. In conversation not long since with
that IN seasons when corn was ordinarily
plenty he preferred to sell by the first Of
December, even at less price than he
could get at New Years. He very rarely
found the difference in price to pay for
feeding month in cold weather.
To produce the most pork in the short
est time, warm, dry, clean pens and judg-
ment in feeding areas essential as abun-
dance of food. We have seen hogs fat
tened in mud hole, and well fattened,
too, but such pork costs too much. Be
sides the great waste OF food, the fatten-
ing process is retarded by such unfavora-
BILE conditions, and if an account was kept
with the hog-pen and corn-crib the own
er would find hisexpenses overrunning the
profits. Corn is pre- eminently the food
for making pork, but it is, no doubt, fed
too exclusively in many cases. Feed some
less concentrated food with it-such as
cooked potatoes, turnips, etc. A constant
stutfing with corn alone induces u fever
ish, constipated condition, and is no doubt
the cause of much of our measly and
otherwise diseased pork. Farmers who
depend upon pork for their years sup
ply of meat cannot be too careful in this
matter. Have healthy pork, made out
of clean food, or eat none at all.-Ohi0
Farmer
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-11
1.-THE NINETY AND NINE"

The following is one Of Mr.. Sankey's favorits
hymns. which he sings with thrilling effect at the
Moody and Sankey revival meetings. 1t was writ
ten for Mr.. Sankey by a lady In England but the
music Is Sankey's own:l
There were ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter Of the fold,
But one was out on the hills away,
Far off from the gates of gold;
Away on the mountains wild and bare,
Away from the tender Shepherds care
Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety aud nine,
Are they not enough for Thee?
But the Shepherd made answer; One OF Mine
Has wandered away from Me;
And although the road be rough and steep
go to the desert to find My sheep.
But none of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were the waters crossed,
Nor how dark was the night that the Lord
passed through
Ere He found His sheep that was lost.
Out in the desert He heard its cry,
Sick and helpless and ready to die,
Lord, whence are those blood-drops all the
way
That mark out the mountains trackp
They were shed for one who had gone astray
Ere the Shepherd could bring him back.
Lord, whence are Thy hands SO rent and
torny
They were pierced tonight by many thorn.
And all through the mountains, thunder
riyen,
And up from the rocky steep,
There rose cry to the gate OF Heaven:
Rejoice have found My sheep"
And the angels re echo around the throne:
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own"