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to try to mike somebody re.

to try to mike somebody re-
sponsible for the town government,
and there is q growing impression that the
Republican party has as much moral respon-
sibility as any other political organization
that they can imagine. The citizens are
confident that the men comprising that party
are not the worst part Of their population,
and that those holding Office at its hands
will feel under an obligation to 1t, and be
subject to sort Of censorship which will
have restraining effect on them and keep
them from following in the footsteps
of their predecessors. The time has
evidently come when there must be
a change in Hyde Park We are accus-
TONED to quote the Town of Lake as an ex-
ample of an overtazed community, but sta
tistics published in another column show
thnt Hyde Park Is in far worse plight than
her neiehbor on the west Her rate of tax
alton is higher, and her expenses greater. It
is time for the Republicans Of the town to
take hold and inaugurate new era.
, 1879-03-02

There was q subsidy Waterloo fought in
the House Of Representatives yesterday, and
q score or less Of these and kindred bills
were put to rout in quick succession. First,
it was made pretty certain that the Brazil.
ian mail scheme would fail to carry, and the
Roach men have about given up sM
hope Of forcing it through Then hs
Sugar bill, after exciting an angry debate
in which considerable bad blood .vas
shown, was annillilated; then the North
ern Pacific bill; and after these
such measures as the robson Impeachment
and the Patent-Law bill were knocked in tha
head The Southern Democracy, aided By
their Northern brethren, falling back upon
the convenient principle Of State Rights, re-
fused to pass the Yellow-Fever bill Fresh
from the section just raveged BY this fell
epidemic, and with the horrors OF the plegus
still before their eyes, and knowing its posi-
bility OF reoccurrence at an early day, these
Democrats, filed with State Rights
and brimnaing over with personal jaalousies,
placed their stamp of hostility to the meas
ure, and, with the subsidies and other bills,
1t went into the bag" =:
, 1879-03-02

The greater portion Of yesterday was de-
voted by the Illinois House to fIibusteriup
On the Senate Chinese resolution. Ityas
called up By one Of the Fiat members, and
wss backed by the Democracy. As the Re-
publcans were in the minority, it was OBJ
1ious to them that it would never do to al
low the other fellows to have the credit Of
its adoption. After q temporary truce, the
bill was recalled on the Democratic side,
2he Republicans retorted with demand
for o cali of the roll Only serenty-six
members answered, and an adjournment was
Immediately had. It is evident that ab-
ser:eeism is the bane of the present as it
Was Of the last Legislature
, 1879-03-02
TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY

years may yet overtake Cincinnati. It
would doubtless hare done SO long ago had
it not been for The political protection that
was afforded her by the Ring that went
out Of power last year, and whose shadow
is of sufficient density to afford covering
up: Whenever the Cincinnati distiuers
shall sell s'two-stamp goods outside ct
their city, use cooperags differing none
from that of OTHER whisky points, and cease
pfahng about tho profit realized from the
sale Of "hot" spirits, then, and not till
then, will the distil1ing interest elsewhere
believe that their actions eveply balance
their pretensious.
, 1879-03-02

my reulorse Or any iden that they have com
mitted wrong He contends that the unedua
| Gated deaf mute never rises to the conception
OF Gop or First Great Cause. ''1f he rea-
SONS at all on the subject, he concludes thinga
have always been as they nre, or; as one e1-
pressed it, { It was natural to be So Ho has
| no idea of a life beyond the grave, nor OF
| future rewards and punishments. The more
intelligent will work out PHILOSOPHERS not Of
creation but of physical phenomena, some
times strangely ike the mythologies Of the
anoents."
Mr. WnR1SsoN's assertions are very broad
II made, and viii strike the general reader
with surprise; but he goes even further, and
asserts that mutos have no knowledge Of eth
ical distinctions, and quotes the following
authorities in proof:
"Abbe StcARu says Of the deaf mute: tAs to
morals he does not suspect their existence. The
moral world has no being for him, and virtues aud
ricea are without reality THE deaf and dumb. >
says Herr EscAKE, OF Berlin, an eminent teach
e1, live only for Themselves. They acknowledge
no social bond; they have no notion OF virtue.
Whatever they may do, we can impute thelt con-
duct to them neither for good nor 10: evil Herr
N-f1AHs u LE4P54G. NuE1UuoIHlG3 Lul8 testimony.
The deaf and dumb, Gays he, comprehend
neither law duty, neither Justice injustice,
neither good nor evil; yiktue and vice are to them
as II they we're not.'''
Thesa statements as to uneducated deaf
mutes are very sweeping, and 1t is difficult
to see how they can be made susceptible Of
proof, since it is probably impossible to find
one SO primitive that he is not Influenced by
associations with other human beings. The
deaf mute, especially in these latter days Of
improvements in sign-language, is by no
prehistoric man standing bewildered in the
blaze Of the nineteenth century" but, on
the other hand, is constantly under the in
fluences Of education, culture, and associa-
ton, and from the absolute rarity of crime
among them as class must possess
conscience which is as quick and cor
rect in its decisions as in the case
Of human beings endowed with all their
natural faculties. The reader will hardly lay
much stress, therefore, upon the case Of the
absence Of conscience in the primitive man,
simply because it is impossible to get at the
P4 Au1A4tV ulhQ uutICt Ct d 41hA ID 4ol1Al3
from one pole to the other, he is the their
Of al1 the ages" and he reflects the indu-
ences Of his surroundings, aud all attempts
to get at him by seclusion from his kind
have proved either abortiye or else SO cruel
that humanity would not tolerate the expert
ment. The illustration drawn from races
Of man showing no evidences of conscience
or knowledge OF moral distinctions is much
stronger, and is worthy Of investigation by
those who have travelled among the lower
races and have studied them. Abstrectly, es
affecting theology, the question is not vital
one, Us it does not affect the foundations Of
religion OF the responsibilities Of the indi-
vidual T.
, 1879-03-02

The Cincinnati newspapers ard distil1ers
are mad at TIE TEBuSE's recent expose of
the frauds perpetrated in the Paris Of Amer
lea upon those who are reduced into purchas-
ing her whisky by the specious plea Of a
cheap market. In order to vriggle out,
they clap their hands at the recent breakup
OF the Pek1n ring. This sort Of argument
counts for nothing. TIE TRIBUNE repeats
the charge that whisky frauds are of not in
frequent occurrence in Cincinnati, and
haye been for years. The Justice
that is now being meted out to
Pekin after q lapse of nearly four
, 1879-03-02

a new kind Of personal Journalism Il eets'ns
q foothoId in this country. We hare haa PEI:
sonalities directed from within outward NV
ne are to have them turned the other WAY: 'l.'
j. ". FoRHEr's new paper Progress, 1ate15
tablished in Philadelphia, Is good speuneu y.
the new kind OF journal. It is made up altet w
model Of the London Hurid, Truth, +aaVao'
and host of similar publications. Ihe alsta
guishtng feature Of each Of these journals Nv
department Of chat, gossip comment Or seu' :.
tton. in which the hrst personal pronoan
, 1879-03-02
THE APPROACHING CITY ELECTION

TIE APPROACHING CITY ELECTION.
The city election occurs in Just one month
from now, and, on the very eve Of this
event, the present Council abandons the
economic reputation which it has earned
during the past two years, BY increasing the
annual appropriations much in excess of
actual necessities and in reckless disregard
of the interests Of the taxpayers. These
two circumstances, thus conspicuousIy placed
in juxtaposition, would seem to indicate an
intention on the part Of some Of the Alder
men to seek reelection by catering to
local demands, and thus earning the gratitude
of certain persons Of their particular wards
at the expense of the taxpayers as a whole.
It may well be doubted whether this purpose,
if it really exist, will be realized, for the tax
payers Of Chicago have learned by experience
that their only protection lies in acting
together in the single effort to elect city
officers and Aldermen who will pledge them
selves to economy; and they will be likely
to proceed upon this basis in this springs
election.
We have already commented on the tend
ency to increase the general expenses as
shown by the votes on the various items in
salaries, etc. But this tendency reached the
climax in Fridays session, when the recon-
mcndn:ions of the Finance Committee were
increased $3o0,0G0 in two items,-schools
and sewers. The Committee had rerorted
$4,000 for new school-build1ngs, end this
sum was increased to double that amount.
The Committee had reported $4,000 for
the construction Of sewers, which. along
with The unexpended balance available for
that purpose ($55,0o0 for 1876 and 1877,
and $3s.000 for 1879, would give
$4,000 for sexer-bui1ding during the
coming year; but the Council increased
this years appropriation to 1000, which
Will make fund Of $343. 200 for e1pendi-
tures on severe construction during the COM
ing year. It may be admitted that money
honestly expended in the erection Of school,
houses and the construction Of sewers is
used more directly and enduringly for the
benefit of the public than any other item in
the public funds outside of the actual
necessary expenses Of supporting the Police
and Fire Departments; but this fact is not
3 justification of the expenditure Of mere
money than can be afforded in times like the
present, nor Of the trading and log-rollin0
, 1879-03-02

The Scotch law for Furnishing delinquent
Bank Directors seems to prevail ia Russia.
A criminal inquiry into the recent failure of
prominent bank in Crccstadt has been
commenced, and the first e:>p was to send
the Directors and other proln1nent officers 10
jail The sight Of few savings-bank off,
cia1s behind the bars of well-regulated
county jail in this country would inspire the
belief that, after oil, our laws were made for
the punishment of criminals.
, 1879-03-02

Mr. Warning WILKINSON has contributed
| paper to the Popular Science Monthly, dis
cussing the question s*Is Conscience Prim-
! itive?" which will perhaps create con-
siderable interest in the theological world,
and may provoke some sharp comment. The
substance of the paper is, therefore, worth
! stating, more particularly for the remarkable
| examples and illustrations he cites to prove
his side Of thequestion.
! Mr. WILKINSON assumes for his premise
| that conscience is not innate, and that it is
not, in the language Of theology, q separate
and distinct faculty Of the mind, congenital
both by birth and Divine right, but q fac
ulty born OF the other faculties, and edu-
Gated to its functions. To justify the theo-
logical definition of conscience he claims
that it ought to bs infallible, and must be
universal.-tha is. it should be in every
man. aud exercise it's functions everywhere.
That it does not do this, he claims, is shown,
not in isolated instances, but in the cases of
whole races of men. His illustrations in
support Of this proposition, namely: that
there are found g whole tribes of people
who not only lack all evidence Of q con-
Sclence, pu' WHOSE lals oase nas III "oros TO
express moral distinctions or ideas Of right
or wrong" cover broad area, and we select
from a,none, tbar, >+ha fo11o.p;n ;no nc +ba ,,,-+
N'@e0'
Conspicuous:
"GALnRA1ru says that among the Sioux theft,
arson, rape, aud murder are regarded as means of
'osI'nct'on. In Tahiti "hiie adola1Fy prevailed
seemed 1actne a, so nnrh ] so u that NJ E,ts ,oua
resident there, SAYS. be never met = Tah,tian
mother who had not ,mbrucd her hands IN the blood
o. hel offspring. 1t is not necessary to show that
hat the~ erc xitHnt Eeo,aa r;,h
ont feeling of Wrong- doing. They are mot in
stances Q, perverted conscience. but of no con-
sc,enee, ana the concurrent testimony o. travellers
novr h,t w. a41ss
out moral views, or Impressions. Gov. ERE
says the Australians have no moral sense Of what
is Just ana equitable in the abstraet their only test
ors,ep,s LYING Is thrr hso,a az t OF
, 1879-03-02

Dr.. NEzEE, North Side physician, who
hcd been ircarcera.ed io- several days Oh the
charge OF having procured the murder of his
wife and neishbcr in order that he might
marry the wife of the latter: was before
Judge hoGzns yesterday on writ Of ha1cos
corpus. Several witnesses were examined,
but their testimony was of little value. The
Doctor received his liberty on furnishing bail
to the amount Of $1,000.
, 1879-03-02
Stop TREATING

| Since it is impossible to stop man from
drinking Intoxicating liquor by compulsory
legislation, it would seem to be the part Of
prudence and good sense to mitigate its evils
| in less stringent way. It is owing to the
pura viciousness of human nature that the
| average man when ordered to stop drinking
will he, Mill be, drinks tUice as much as ever to
! show that he is superior to surround
ings. The original Adam always comes
to the surface when he is approached
with command enforced by club, espe-
cially if it be in a sumptuary matter, that he
fancies does not concern the rest Of the COM
munity. There are other methods which
might be relied upon to reduce the amount
Of liquor consumed aud money thrown away
upon it, and one of these is the abolition of
that peculiarly absurd American habit of
treating" It is q practice followed only
By the Americans and Irish to any con-
siderable extent, though the English and
Scotch indulge more or less in it. Upon the
Continent it is almost unknown In Ger
many, Italy, France, and Spain it would be
considered an insult, which it really is; and
yetit is universal in this country, from the
lowest doggery up to the gilded saloon of the
most aristocratic hotel.
Its evils may be familiarly illustrated. 4
workingman returning from his days labor
stops into a saloon to get drink. It this silly
treating practice did not exist, he would gethis
glass, pay his dime for it, and go home sober.
He meets five or ten Of his acquaintances.
To be in the fashion, and not to be considered
mean, he invites the crowd to join him, and
orders drinks for the lot. Ahalf-day's wages,
perhaps, are reimmediately squandered. Instead
of paying out q dime, he has thrown away q
dollar: To quit under such circumstances is
impossible. Hs must get tha worth of his
money back in liquor, not particularly with
the intention Of getting drunk, but because
if he has but one drink he has wasted his
money. No 2 orders drinks for the crowd.
and he also squanders dollar, and goes
through the same mental experiences, By
the time No. has had his order hoao1ed.
the tongues of the whole ten are loosened.
aud they begin to grow noisy. Long before
No. 10 has chance to order in his turn, the
exeltable crowd is in wrangle over some
silly thing, usually boast who can do the |
most work, or jump the fa1thest, or lift the
heaviest weight, and, presto! glasses are
flying and chairs whirling in the air, and the
whole pack, with black eyes and cracked |
crowns, are perhaps escorted to the station
house, and the next morning ara heavily fnods
aud by reason of thus absurd practice proba-
bly, each Of them loses full weeks
wages. Had any one Of them gone into the
saloon, and obtained his drink, and gone off
without waiting for o crowd to gather, so
that there might be round of treating, he
"onld have got away without any consider
able expense or damage. As 1t is, each one
nas squandered his money, abused himself,
md injured his family
Tho evil is not confined to laborezs. 4
, 1879-03-02
HOSPITAL, ABUSES.

the special attention of the County Board
to the management Of the County Hospital.
Yesterday this !ifeless body Of woman was
found, who lad dropped dead nfter being
turned awey from the doors Of the Hospital
Oh the ground that she was not i'll or ailiug.
The cuse, according to all accounts. was one
of the class for which tie County Hospital
is maintained At large public expense. The
fanilyto which the woman belonged Was
poyerty-strickon. Her husband, victim Of
consumption, had been taken few days be-
fore to the Alexiaa Brothers Hospital. Her
child had been taken to its grandmother, be-
cause the mother was not able to care for it.
Then the mother herself showed signs Of
mental failing and bodily ailment, and uei-
tn er she nor her friends had the means to
provide proper medical attendance and care,
and she went to the County Hospital only to
be turned away to die as no human being
ought to be permitted to die in civilized
community.
A couple Of weeks ago an account was
printed of the brutal treatment of young
man named EafnL1N0, who died in the
County Hospital from injuries which he re-
ceived from an elevator accident. The aooi-
dent occurred on Saturday, and the victim
was taken to the Hospital at once. The next
day at 10 o'clock one Of his friends called to
see him, and found that his face and body
had not been washed of, and that he lay
there in the same surroundings of blood and
dirt as when first picked up from his fatal
fall On Monday morning another friend
called at z O'Clock, was Informed that EN-
BLING had died during tho night, and SO re-
ported to the unfortunate young mans
friends. Subsequently it transpired that he
had not died during the night, and did not
die till 10 o'clock Monday morning; but this
false report (Which was duly entered on the
Hospital book) deprived his friends Of being
at his side in his dying moments. Finally, :.
when asked what the young man had said as
death approached, the deceased's friends
were informed gruf1y that the Hospital au-
thorities were not in the habit of asking pa
tients their dying wishes, unless particularly
instructed to do SO!
If these cases have been correctly report
ed, they are enough to prove that the people
in charge of the County Hospital are simply
brutes,-either hardened by long contact
with suffering, or naturally callous and in
different to it; in either case they should be
removed as unfit for the charge oonfded to
them. The people pay literally enough for
the support of this institution to warrant |
them in exacting efficient medical attendance
and the best Of care for the uufortunates who
are taken there. Tt is time that the County |
Board, upon whom the responsibility really |
rests, should institute a sweeping reform. |
Probably the citizens would make en inYesti- |
cation for themselves, if it were not for the |
experience Of some ladies who once sought |
to expose the abuses Of the Hospital manage |
ment, and we're insulted and maligned for
their palms. The present County Board,
which is thought to be made up of different
material, ought to take prompt measures at
reforming the management Of the institution
, 1879-03-02
SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1879.

There are hopes that the iendish perpe-
traitors of the Boston trunk mystery will
soon be brought to light The express.nan
who carried it to Everett has been dis
covered. and he states that two men nnmed
OSBORN and BrzzE1 were very much inter-
este1 in the transportation. SO much so that
he received n mental impression which le
mover will forret -.t> =
, 1879-03-02

There are indications that the immense
rush for per cent bonds will siacksn of
hereafter: The surplus unemployed money
Is thought to be mostly invested in them, aud
the sales will pretty rapidly decrease from
now out The subscriptions in January End
February were nearly two hundred and fifty
millions, as follows:
1anua.y. .-.-.-........ ............ S158 9o4, 100
FeorHa1s. -...--.~-...... 90 101, $50
iotal..-...-.-... -.-- .--<........ S2i9 COS, $50
The called per cent bonds in the same
time were $3.50, 100000. The saving of in
terest viii be J:re millions year.
, 1879-03-02

commercial traveller arrives in city it niobt
fall, and puts up at fashionable hotel Tirad
and sleepy, he goes down to the bar to taEa
So night-cap." Rather than drink alone =
invites the artist behind the counter to hi.
him, and the artist, not to be outdcns -
courtesy, returns the compliment. Bx tb;a
time some Of the friends Of the artist co,n.
in There are mutual introductions. and ~
traveller informs his new acquaintance tb,,
he. was just ordering something. and won}d
esteem it q personal favor if they womb
only join in As rule, no one Of lie INN,
merable caravan that proceeds to the na1a
realms of saloon ever has sufficient mor,,
courage to decline such IN invitation, tbon6h
there have been Sonic modest souls who h,9a
been known to resort to such subterfuees .,
seltzer or lemonade, owing to the dif6denca
they felt upon slight acquaintance, but who
before the evening wore away, were So fbor.
oughly acquainted with the traveller. "and
his sisters, aud hts eous1ns, and his aunts y
that they would 1uxuriate even in char,
payne at his expense. Now, if the traveller
had gone and put On his t*night-cap" alon.
he would have laid out fifteen cents and slent
the sleep Of the tired; On the contrary. i.
spends a dollar on drinks, is involved
to the amount Of several more through II.
cubic agencies Of poker-dice, goes to bed
drunk, and gets up the next morning ont
Of pocket and untitled for business.
This is the universal operation of the prac.
tice of treating. In the ethics Of drinking
there is nothing to prevent person from
asking his friend to join him, but the injury
lies in the compulsion- It does not srpn.
generosity, or good-heartedness, or courtesv
but simply regard for bad form that Is bind.
ing on all drinkers, from the giIded youth Of
themetropoEs down to the bunko-steerer and
ordinary sa1oon-bummer. There ara yerv
few people who would NOT restrict themselves
within the limits of decency and moderation
in drinking if they had moral couraea
to free themselves from the shacklsa
Of this senseless practice. It is fosm
which is abominable in its every aspect
It involves the squandering of mill.
ions Of dollars which otherwise would not be
thrown away. Il isthe first step of every man
towards immoderate drinking. It is hemost
cause Of drunkenness. The countries
where treating is unknown are sober coun-
tries; those IN which it 1s practiced ara
drunken countries. It is intrinsically an in
suit, as it places the treated under obligation
TO the treater from which he cannot escape
without being considered mean. Il is ab-
sure, for, why, because 4 wishes glass Of
liquor to crafty his fhirst, should be insis.
upon quenching the thirst of ali the other
letters in the alphabet who may happen tobs
standing around ? And after Ahassatia6edh bis
thirst, why should all the other letters in the
alphabet keep on filing 4 up to the brim?
Il man must drink. let him drink for him
self, not for eight or ten other people. When
zach man doas his own drinking, and pays
or his own drinking, the temperance caass
will make greater headway. The first step
s to stop treating, aud the next, to drop
thinking, will be easier taken.
, 1879-03-02
TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES.

TIE CHICAGO TErBrxE has established branch of1cas
for the receipt OF subscriptions and advertisements
follows:
NEW YoI:E-Room - Tribune Building. F. 7. Nc
FADpxx. Manager.
PARIS, Fxance-So. Is Rue de Ia Grange -Baselere.
Il. MAILER, Agent
LONDON. Eag.-Amcrfcan Exchange, 40 Strand.
RESKr F. GILLlo. Agent.
SAN FRANCISCO, C1l.-Pal.cc Hotel
WASHINGTON D. c.-13l9 street.