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will require the actual signatures Of
several different persons, including the
Mayor, Comptroller, and Finance Com
mitteee. Finally, these certificates should
be made receivable at their face value with
the full amount Of interest added for all
taxes Of 1876. It is out of these taxes that
they must be paid in any event, and there
will be no easier nor better way of redeeming
them than by taking them in payment of
the taxes they really represent. Many per-
sons would take them with this condition
who would not touch them otherwise. :.
I. We are confident that certificates issued
under such plan as,this may be readily
negotiated to the amount of SIC ZOO, or
more if necessary. They certainly can If the
City Government keeps faith in the rapid
and material reduction of expenses below
the figure contemplated by the aprropria-
tons for this year. In that event the city
will find immediate and permanent relief,
for the moneys coming from the taxes of
1875, the payment of which may be enforced
in two or thrco weeks, will suffice to pay of
the amounts due employees for services ren-
dered prior to April l. In this way alone
can tho city extricate itself from its present
financial embarrassment, and the Council
should not delay adopting it another day.
, 1876-07-03

There was deadlock in The Treasury at
Washington on Saturday, but it was not the
fault Of Congress, and had nothing to do
with appropriation bills. The trouble was,
too many vacancies, and no legal way of
filing them. 11r. BR1sTow had resigned,
and his successor, though. duly appointed
and confirmed, had not yet accepted and
qualified Ordinarily, the Treasurer would
have assumed the duties of the Secretaryship,
or one Of the Cabinet officers could be as
signed to the temporary charge Of the De-
partment; but it so happened that Treasurer
News resignation had been ten
dered and accepted, and his sue
cessor had been appointed and con-
frmed, but could not qualify because there
was no Secretary Of the Treasury to approve
his bond. Moreover, the ten days fred! by
law had elapsed wherein the vacancy might
be filed By temporary assignment, aud there
was no possibility OF supplying head to the
acepha1ous Department Consequently the
entire business of the Treasury. came to o
halt for an entire day. The difficulty hos
been bridged over in part by the withdrawal
Of the Presidents acceptance Of the resigna-
ton of Treasurer New, who is still RESPONSE
Bile on his bond, and can transact business Of
an imperative nature. The whole dilemma
arose in consequence of Senator MoEa1L1's
delay in either accepting or declining the ap~
pointment Of Secretary of the Treasury,-a
state Of things which ought never to have
been permitted.
, 1876-07-03

Inceni1iarism, highway robbery, garro1lns,
burglary, and murder would be the order OF
the day. AIe1l would have to abandon their
business ard organize into vigilance commit
tees to protect their property and the lives Of
their families There would be general bank
ruptcy. The insurance companies would in
stantly cancel their policies and withdraw.
People would desertthe city by the hundreds,
and money would actually disappear from
circulation. The city would be thousand
times worse of than after the fire. The
effects Of such course in little city like
Springfield afford no criterion for judging OF
the results Of great commercial metropolis
like Chicago. The Interior damage on trade
aud business would be felt for years to come.
Yet the necessity for such o course is by
no means impossible, nor even remote.
People must pay their taxes or we must
come to it. The policemen, and fremen,
and gas companies must be paid or we shall
lose their services. Men would rather be
idle than work without pay. The hard
times have produced feeling Of desperation
among certain classes that have suffered tho
most, and it is the most dangerous time for
pressing such extreme measures but they
are simply inevitable unless relief comes;
aud relief can only come in the long run by
the payment Of taxes, though temporary
loans and reduction Of expenses may
bridge over for while.
, 1876-07-03

Relative to the proposed reduction in the
Fire Department., wewould warn the Council
against immediate action We do not refer
to a reduction Of individual pay, but to the
curtailment Of tie working force and the
number OF engines in the service. There
will come time shortly when such a curtail-
ment mny be made with safety. It is expect
ed that, by the 1st of August; the new
Wator-Works will be in working order; and,
if the anticipations Of. the City Engi-
neer shall be realized, there will be force
enough in tho water-pressure to extinguish
fires in what may be called the "cottage
districts" Of the city,-say south of Twelfth
street, west of Unlisted, and north Of Chicago
avenue. In that event ordinary fre-elarms
in those districts will only call out the hose
carts, and it will only be necessary to have
the heavy engines for fires in the business
districts, and for factories and large estab-
lishments. In that case we believe the num-
her Of engines in actual service may be re-
duced from thirty seven to. one-half that
number, Or twenty at most Certainly the
expense Of this department is enormous, but
We can better afford to wait few weeks for
, 1876-07-03

The vote OF the Kentucky T1LDEs ha1d-shcll
delegation, under the lead OF WAr1EEsoS, Of
the Coar1e''J Journal, with the ragg-baby fellows
is 4 puzzle which VIC have not seen explained.
Perhaps it has been unsupported. The Ohio
delegation was instructed to act rs unit for
rag-baby B11LALLES, but nearly ha1t the Con
ycntion was for THURMAN aud hard money. The
THURMAN strength in the Ohio delegation is
shown by the strong vote for the hard-mo1ey
side Of the fight, viz: Is votes for bullion against
25 for rags. The latter represents the influence
Of the rabid ragg-baby Enquirer, and the former
the influence of the Cleveland I',aa. Dsahf-
hard money Democratic organ.
The Illinois delegation was nearly equally Il:
vided, with slight preponderauce for "bull
ion" over ''baby-" Nearly half tile Pennsyl-
yaria delegateswcre 'lla7tl-shcl1s," but the unit
rule gave the whole vote Of the State for rags.
How Vermont came to vote with the "soft-
shells " llasnot been explained But taking the
whole vote as it stands the hard-shells gavc tho.
soft-shells a tremendous defeat, from which
they will not soon recover,
, 1876-07-03

There should no. longer be any hesitation
in the Council to adopt a resolution instruct
ing the immediate suspension Of al public
work for the prosecution Of which the city
is not bound by contract, and by srspending
which it would not become liable in oam-
nees, or when it would not cost more to stop
than to go on. This movement might well be
supplemented by ordering one-ha1f the street
gas-1ights extinguished until further notice,
and by judicious location of the districts
where tho greatest number can be extin-
cujshed with the least amount Of inconven-
ience and annoyance Thus the outlying md
sparsely-settled residence DISTRICTS, which are
always quiet after dark, can get along with
less LAMPS than The business streets and the
populated residence portions Of the
city. Certainly the necessities Of the situa-
tion suggest the immediate adoption Of both
these curtailnlents.
, 1876-07-03
TEE LAND-GRANT POLICY.

The Cincinnati Convention declared an
opposition to further grants of.pnb]ic land to
corporations and monopolies, and demanded
free homes for the people The St. Louis
Convention, in response to this, declares that
reform must be had in the policy Of divert
ing the public land from actual settlers, by
the Republican party, which has squanderod
20O,00 900 acres upon railroads alone. In
this st. Louis resolution we hare the two
main points of q scandalous fabrication-the
false suggestion and the suppression of the
truth. The land-grant policy is Of respect
able age, antedating the Republican party by
many generations As long ago as the days
Of Gen. JACKSON, Congress made grants of
public land for internal improvements, and a
large part Of the area Of the present City of
Chicago is on land granted by Congress to
build canal. Land was granted in tie same
generation to build canals in Indiana and
Ohio. The first act Of Importance in the
way of granting land to railroads was the
oct granting land to the State Of Illinois
to aid in the construction Of rail-
road from the northwestern corner at
Dun1eith to Cairo, with branch to Chicago.
This land was largely the most fertile and
productive in the United States; but it was
inaccessible; it WAS impossible to get from
the land to market, and hence for forty years
ten millions Of acres Of the best land in this
State was offered By the Government for
sale at 81 % per acre, and could ind no pur-
chaser. In 1860, under the lead of DOUGLAS,
backed by CALHOUN and nearly all tile Demo-:
cratic statesmen in both Houses Of Congress,
q bill was passed granting alternate sections
Of land along the line Of road, the reserved
sections to be held by the Government at
the increased price Of $3.50 per acre. With
in few years the Government: sold every
ecre of the reserved land at $3.50 per acre.
and within five years thereafter sold for
cash every other acre of public land in the
State Of Illinois Thsra waa- ths1efore. not
, 1876-07-03

We print this morning q communication
from member in high standing Of the legal
profession on the interesting and important
subject specially SO ut this tlme-of i'm
n1unity to d witness testifying against his
associates in crime, and particularly as ap-
piled to the case of JAKE REm- The writer
takes the position, and fortifes it with peril
nent citations Of the law and. c9 recognized
authorities, that the "bergain" between
REuM and the Government prosecutors is in
no manner binding upon the Court, and
that, moreover, Judge B1opaEr woaid not
be warranted in recognizing or carrying out
the stipulation for immunity Or lenicncy en-
tered into by the prosecutors If such is
the inv, and such the preponderance Of au-
thority and precedent, the people Will expect
Judge B1oneE11 to deal with REux as his
crimes deserve and without any regard for
the compact made between the lawyers.
, 1876-07-03
SHALL CITY GOVERNMENT CEASE?


Aid. KIRK has announced his intention Of
following resolution:
WHEREAS, II is wcll-known fact that the FL
nance Committee Of this Council have done every
thing in their power to induce the moneyed mcn Of
this city to come to the rescue Of the city in her
present financial difficulties, by laying before them
full and fair statement Of the assets aud liabil;-
ties, taken from the books Of the Comptroller;
and
WHEREAS, It appears that the city is perfectly
solycn: if the taxes due are paid in, and that tenn
porary loan by tile moneycd men Of the city would
suffice to pay Ill amounts die 1aborcrs and cru
ployes; and
NuEEEAs, There fR no disposition manifested on
the part Of or wealthy citizens to advance the city
money in any shape, or any security; therefore,
Proride1 That the Committee On Judiciary be,
and is hereby, instructed to report to the Council
forthwith the following ordinances:
!. An ordinance abolishing the Office OF Supcria-
teni.nt of Police and disbanding the entire police
fyrcr.
=. An ordinance disbanding the Office OF Fire
Marshal, end .:isbanding the entire FIRE brigade
g. An ordinance cauceling the city's gas con-
tracts, and cutting OF all the strcct-lamps.
i. An ordinance al,oishing the Board Of Public
Works, and stopping all work On city improve
mcuts.
People will make very serious mistake if
they regard this as joke. It is probably not
the intention Of Aid KIRK and lis associates
to press the resolution Immediately, but there
is no doubt that it will be introduced and
referred, and held in abeyance till the pro-
fessional tax-ighters and those who owe taxes
and ore able to pay them shall show their
willingness to meet their share Of the public
expenditures It is no joke in the sense that
it foreshadows what must happen perforce
unless the people of Chicago come forward
TO help themselves out of the embarrassments
into which they hare been betrayed by the
reckless mismanRgement Of those whom they
selected to administer their funds. We have
no doubt that~the present Council will ex-
heust every means they can think Of, and all
that may be suggested, to avert the calamity
indicated by AID. Kinks resolution but if,
after all this, they shall fail to raise the
money necessary, We believe the present
Council have the pluck and honesty to adopt
the measures herein suggested, and virtually
leare the city without Il government and
without protection. Indeed, they would be
forced to it, for men will not work as police
men and firemen without pay any more than
they will in private business.
Perhaps the full meaning Of this PROPOSE
ton will dawn upon the people when the
necessity becomes SO imminent as it now is.
To suddenly cut of this city from the pro-
lection of firemen, policemen, and gas, would
be to risk very pandemonium Of evils. It
would be notice to all the thieves and vii
lains in the county to flock to Chicann.
, 1876-07-03

The Chicago produce markets were mod
erately active Saturday, and quite steady.
Mess pork closed 15c per brl higher, ct S19.+5
@1s.5o for July and $19.C2t@19.C5 for
august. Lard closed 2!@5c per 100 lbs
higher, at .974@l1.3o for July and
$1I40@11.42t for August. Meats were
firm, at Sc for boxed shoulders, 1osc for do
short ribs, and 1910 for do short clears.
Lake freights were steady, at &c for corn to
Buffalo. Rail heights were unchanged!
HehY1nes were unchanged, at $L104 per
, 1876-07-03

gallon. Flour was in moderate demand
Wheat closed &c lower, at $1.o4s for July
and $1.o6 for August. Corn closed 4@sc
higher, at 465c for July and 4744c for August.
Oats closed shade easier, at 30c cash and
294c for August. Rye was quiet, at ate7@e7tc:
Barley closed 1c lower, at SIC. hogs were
active, at Sc decline, selling at $G.00@6.4 40
for poor to choice grades. Cattle were
steady under moderate receipts and O fair
demand, at $3.00@4.9o for common to
choice There was good demand for sheep
at .25@4.G5. The receipts Of livestock
for June were 92,739 cattle, 1863, ,5s1 hogs,
and 1858 sheep. The shipments were IL
97o cattle, 1o5,1sS hogs, and 5,o55 sheep.
One hundred dollars in gold would buy
$l12.374 in greenbacks at the close.
, 1876-07-03
PERSONAL.

Miss Dickinson Is in Philadelphia
Gov. 1ildcn is Prcsbyterian-deny It who may.
Nervous people must SUMMON up their Fourth.
tnde-
Yale gradnated 12o in the Academical Depart
ment.
Yale College has made Gen. Sherman Doctor
OF Laws.
Dartmouth College graduated u class Of sixty
nine last week..
The Hon. y. D. Kelley has been 1enominated
for Congress in Philadelphia.
'sReform 3torrisscy and Tillcn" is our motto.
1t reads beet without commas.
Theodore Tilton made enough money by his lee
lures last winter to pay OF all his debts.
Mr.. D. 0. Mills, President Of the Bank OF Cali
fornin succeeding Ra1ston, is at Newport.
oGenbach led the orchestra for Aimec's benefit
at the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Friday
night
The Collegiate Department OF Michigan Univcssi-
ty turns ont class Of seventy-si1 this year, }n-
Guiding twelve Indies.
Horatio Seymour has been confined to his housc
at Dcercld for the last ten days by fever super"
induced by the warm weather.
1t is cited as singular fact that the cornerstone
Of the Church Of the Releeiner in Baltimore was
laid by Bishap cummins, mud his funeral was the
fret held in It.
" william Cullen Bryant says that be wroto
'Thanatopsis" beneath group of majestic for
est trees at his home in Cummiugton, Mass, be-
ing then in his 18th Jear. -
Mr.. Clark Lipe, encouraged no doubt by the
results OF his canvass for the office Of City Treas
ur I. has now announced himself Is candidate for
Congress on the West Side.
The fnancie:s Of Chicago would not have been
worthy Of their reputation II they had not gone
under, over, aronnd, or through Bill 800. With
all their experience in evading bIl1s It would have
been singular they had been caught On the third
century. 2
The two elder sons Of the German Crown Primes,
now pupils at the public gymnasium at Cassel. s
hare struck up an ardent friendship with young
Jewish lad, the son Of poor woman, the widow OF
one OF the ill-paid teachers at German public "
school. =
Gov Hayes, though not i protesting Chrfstfan, !!
has always maintained the practice Of reading tho i
Scriptures, night and morning, In his family; and :
after the chapter Is read they all knee1 down and
rcneat the Lords PrayeE- ..As II they believed H.
, 1876-07-03

On acre wasted nor dollar lost by the oper-
alton, but it was followed BY large migra-
: ton to Illinois, which State at once entered
On that era of prosperity and increase which
has continued ever since. This act
was followed in time by similar
grants of land for like purposes to
Iowo, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and various States in the South
west. In every instance the land was unsal-
able because inaccessible, and the construc-
ton of the railroads opened vast empire
for actual settlers. In no case did the Gov
ernment lose one dollar. Its land was offer
ed at the standard price, and could not be
sold; portion was given for the construc-
ton Of the railway, and the remainder all
sold at double price. All this Was under
Democratic rule, but so wise and prudent
was the policy deemed that it was universal
ly acquicsced in by all parties. If there
were any opposition, it WIS Of purely sec
tional character.
That policy has continued down to the
present time. The Republican party, how
ever, has supplemented tho 1and-grant policy
by the Homestead law, granting homes to
actual settlers free Of cost. This measure
was for many years fiercely assailed by the
Democratic party, end once, when passed By
Congress, was vetoed and defeated by
Democratic President. The great number of
the land-grants to railroads has been to the
Pacific roads. Of the 100000, 900 acres
granted since 1927, for railroads, canals,
river Improvements, wagon roads, and other
internal improvements, the following have
been given to Pacific roads:
, 1876-07-03

The disagreement between the Senate and
House Oh the Legislative, Judicial, and Ex-
ecutire appropriation bill Is as far as ever
from adjustment, and a new Conference
Committee was appointed Saturday. The
House bill reduces all salaries except those of
Cabinet officers, and the Senate refuses con-
currence on the ground that Legislation OF
this character should not be sandwiched be-
tween the items of an appropriation bill, but
should be actedFpon separately
, 1876-07-03

the results expected from the new Wat..
Works than risk extensive conaagrations ana
panic among insurance companies, vb;.s
would cost the people more in losses and ;n
creased rates than they would save by cr;n
ping the Fire Department at the presan,
time.
, 1876-07-03

Already is being demonstrated whnt before
the st. Louis Convention was asserted by
prominent Democrats, that TuDws popu-
la1ity would culminato with his nomination,
and wane so rapidly that before the election
he would be the most unpopular candidate
for the Presidency ever nominated by
either Of the great parties. On manufac-
tured capital IS reformcr: he has been ths
subject Of deal Of paid pufery as reformer
which has largely imposed upon the public.
But the facts as to his pretended reform ad-
n1inistration in New York will explode all
these false pretenses Us soon us people come
to understand them. They show him to
have been tho nccomplico Of the very rings
which it is his boast he smashed, and that as
Governor Of New York he has prostituted his
Office to protect the rings and secure imnau-
nifty for the very thieves. He appropriated
to himself ali the credit for the overthrow Of
"Boss ~ TWEED, which WIS the work Of n
single courageous Republican newspaper,
the New York Times: and he has never
ceased boosting Of that as establishing his
pretensions as reformer. He has had moth
ing to say of the sequel. But the facts are
matters of public history. TWEED, after
conviction, was allowed to walk out Of prison.
step into q carricge, and drive off in broad
daylight, and all the tr1mped-up reports
of his pretended escape were too
thin TO conceal that lie was set at liberty by
the Sheriff of New York That Sheriff holds
his Office now, and Gov. TuDEN, the Chief
Magistrate Of the State, whose duty it is TO
take action in the matter, has done nothing
toward calling that Sheriff to account for
permitting TwEED's escape: by which, ac-
cortling to law, lie forfeited his office. The
brooklyn City Ring was no less infamous
than the Tammany Ring, and plundered
Brooklyn as the latter did New York. Pro-
ceedings against the Brooklyn 1sing-thicves
wcro commenced. hut, despite TnDES's
promise that they should be driven into tho
Penitentiary, they have not even been
brought to trial, nor has T1pE;, made any
effort to smash that Ring, and the sigrif-
canoe of his course is manifest from the fact
that at st. Louis the most prominent of the
Ring thieves, against whom indictments are
pending, appeared es ardent supporters Of
T1IpES for the Presidency. There is plenty
more of the same sort in the record of this
Reform (?) Governor, but these facts alone
are enough to fix his connivance at the escape
Of TWEED and his relations to the Brooklyn
Ring, and explode ell his pretensions as o re-
former.
, 1876-07-03
REFORMING TIE PUBLIC SERVICE.

There is no question but the great mass Of
the people Of this country - ''outside Of
politics" look forward to the reformation Of
the public service rs the chief hope from the
next President OF the United States. That
is why this class Of people had their attention
fixed almost unanimously upon AIr. BR1s1ow
as the Republican candidate. Yet it is not
strange that. rs tie Nation points out in a
recent article on the subject, Mr. Dn1srow
should have had no chance in O convention
composed in large part Of Postmasters, Col
lectors, Pensior-Agcnts, Revenue SuperVis~
ors, etc., aud, in addition to the Federal Office
holders, the Assessors, Commissioners, and
other State, county, city, and town officers.
This is class Of people-mostly professional
oMce-holders-who have become accustomed
to governing politics, and through politics
the nation, and they viii not lightly give up
there hold. But their disinclination to:
nominate such man as Bn1sEow for Presi-
dent on this account illustrates the truth Of
the following paragraph from the Nations
article:
One OF the Grststcps taken by the reforming Gov
ern1nent must be to forbid MI political activity on
the part OF office -hclders. This reform is neccs-
sary both to improve the service and to wrest from
the politicians the power OF thwarting the will Of
the people. The Office holder will, Of conrsc havc
his vote, though even that privilege is denied him
in Great Britain. But beyond the simple act of
voting, eny connection whatever with the working
Of politics should be punished By dismissal. And
the rule must be rigid1y enforced against those
who support the reformers us it is now against
those who oppose it. The ortcsy which may follow
against ia tyrannica1 interference with the rights
Of citizens" will prodpca 1itt1a effect Even
, 1876-07-03

Servia is fully and irrevocab}y committed
to the war policy. Prince A111AS's manifesto
was issued Saturday, proclaiming state Of
siege throughout servia, and throwing the
whole blame of the situation upon the Porte
Tor ignoring the conciliatory. offer and con-
hnuing to send fresh troops into the
country. tits reported that another proclama-
ton viii shortly be issued informing the Bos-
nians Of the appointment Of new set Of
officials throughout the country in the name
Of the Prince MILAN, who also intends send
ing an envoy to Athens to incite the CO.
operation Of the Greeks.