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moved and as they represented the opinions OF men
of weight and influence good citizens OF the cay
Mayor Cooper promised take the matter into con-
siderstion. None OF the gentlemen ever Interested
themselves personally in behalf of Mr.. Howe. nor
withstanding the statements that have appeared to
the contrary. Mr.. Howe, it appears, was asked oy
the Mayor. only few days before his removal, Tor
list of the the Finance Department that
had been examined by him. The letter Of Mayor
Cooper also called for description OF these warrants
well for detailed statement OF the WORK done
by Mr.. Howe in preparing the regular annual
report OF the operations of the bureau
The Commissioner however in his answer
to tho Mayors request refused to give
the information until the completion of the entire
report. Mr.. Cooper sent the answer OF Mr.. Howe
back to that gentleman and made another request
for the information MIR. Howe. it said. never re-
ccived this second note but the information FUR
nished the Mayor by his colleague Mr. Howe WAS
removed two DAYS afterward and the vacancy was
filled by the appointment Of Mr.. William Pitt Shear
The friends OF Mr.. Howe claim that he was
discharged because he refused to make report to
Mayor Cooper against the management of the FL
nance Department but this story is denied by the
Mayor.
Mr.. Howe stated yesterday that he was willing to
make affidavit TO the effect that the Mayor prom
ised, in his home on Lexington avenue on November
IL last. not to remove him from his office.
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PAYING FOR MASS.
AN ANSWER TO ''TRAvELLER. 7"

AN ANSWER TO ''TRAvELLER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
In answer to your correspondents who have written
on the subject of free seats at mass and particularly
in answer to Traveller" would like to say that he
(Travcllcr must have had very little experience III
the Catholic churches of this city and vicinity partcu
larly at the earlier At those there are
collectors ut the door to receive the offerings from
the rich, those who feel willing able to pay
but the poor, or even the rich IL they feel so in
clined can enter without restraint the payment
OF a single cent Traveller" must understand that
o good Catholic--who wishes to hear Inuss and
may not have the to PAYS not generally
well enough dressed to show himself at the last
masses. and therefore puts himself to the incon-
yenionce Of early riscr-something. I presume,
Traveller is stranger to. BY giving this place
in your valuable paper you will greatly oblige
A CATHOLIC LAYMAN.
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OLD FASHIONED TEMPERANCE.

Quite largo gathering Of the representatives of
the total abstinence element in this city assembled
last evening i'll Clarendon Hall. Thirteenth street, in
response to invitation OF the friends Of the
National Temperance Institute. The object Of these
tea parties is 20 obtain better knowledge OF each
other among temperance advocates than could DO
well gathered general meetings. These tea parties
are to be continued every month.
Last evening the toasts presented after tea
l. 1.-THE National Temperance Institute" responded
to by President Gibbs. 2. .'rhc Clergy" responded
to by Nh FitzwilliaIns OF Europe. g. Humanity"
by letter from Henry Bcrgh. read by Mrs. Emma
.uto Nnn IN
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A CORRECTION.
NEW YoaK. Jan. 20. 1879.

NEW YoRK. Jan. 20, 1872
10 THE EpIroR OF THE HERALD
The despatch In your paper Of this morning. dated
ut st. Louis. has damaged us materially In making
further progress with settlement, and we here
with send for publication card from the Chairman
OF our committee, to which we trust you will give as
prominent place in your columns in to-morrow'a
ISSUE and oblige, very truly yours.
DODD. BROWN CO.
TALCoTrs CARD.
The Associated Press despatch from ST. Louis in the
HERALD OF this morning IL premature aud not truo as
matter Of fact The firm laboring hard ret settle
mont hope TO perfect H. but those who have signed
the compromise also holders of notes OF firm are
hereby Informed that unless signature IL obtained
their outstanding notes aud accounts assign
ncnt tho hands OF the Court nssiunee
JAMES TALCUIT. Chairnan.
NEW YoRk, Jan. 20 1879.
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THE CIPHER TELEGRAMs.

In On editorial concerning the proposed cipher de-
spatch investigation by the Potter Committee the
New Orleans Ptcayane OF January 10 says:-
As far as an investigation Of the coparceny" tele-
grams is concerned nothing remains to be disclosed.
The work of the committee will be superfuous. The
New York Tribune has done the business in advance.
We admit that these kilograms correctly trans
whom they attributed. What then? Nobody
the votes of those States were willing to betray their
confedeutes and employers for hire hut the bargains
were never contaminated If they had been per-
fected the effect would simply have been to confirm,
by questionable and censurable means, the true
suits of the election. But it was not perfected
If the business is to be thoroughly investigated IL
will be desirable to inquire, our respected
temporary, the NEW YORK HERALD suggests by what
means the cipher kilograms passed from their proper
custody into the hands OF the persons who translated
and published them. Our respected contemporary
declares that there has evidently been gross breach
OF trust somewhere.
After quoting from HERALD editorial, the Plea
yuae concludes as follows:-
These views are eminently just. 1t is great deal
more important to know who the thieves who
stole the cipher kilograms than to find out why the
writer's of those communications thought fit to con-
suit another about the electoral votes of Florida
South Carolina and Louisiana. Strict inquiry this
point will probably the theft of private
respondence with the larger theft by which the votes
of two and probably Of three States stolen from
their proper owners.
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with closed doors nobody could tell what was being
done with these dispatches"
somebody stole them and got some expert to de-
cipher then' was Dr. Green's offhand opinion.
What did you do with them after they We're re-
turned to you. and. first of ALL did You count them
to see that the number was complete and that none
We're missing or had been abstracted?"
mo, we did not count them" Dr. Green replied.
''but they put back into the trunk. which was
locked sent per express to our New York office.
Here the trunk remained locked for few days in the
storeroom, the key being in my possession during
the time. then gave the key to my and told
him to unlock the trunk and destroy the kilograms.
He took tho trunk to the engine room and there
burned its entire contents
WHAT GENERALLY DONE WITH TEIEGRAMs
'.How long do you generally keep telegranlsy'
'.Six months. We then either burn them or,
which is the more usual course chop them up fine
and send them to the paper mills and get something
for them. We keep them for that length of time be-
have to protect ourselves against claims for
damages ON account of alleged bad service. In such
the kilograms which we have kept often provo
that the complainants are wrong"
''Do you limit your liability to six monthsT
"No to three months But keep them six
months for better protection. But you
must really excuse me, as have some important
business to dispose Of"
This ended the interview. Mr.. Cary subsequently
rected the reporter the details of his travels with
that strange Saratoga trunk whose contents de-
signed to kill off Presidential candidate, but added
no new material fact to the statements of DR.. Green
heretofore given. The question therefore remains.
Who stole the kilograms from the room of the Sem
ate Committee on Privileges and Election?"
New-York tribune., 1879-12-20
DlIHY FLEMING.

Professor willard struck the foundation facts
in the matter of dairy farming. OF OF any other
m0ney-making Business the other night in his
address TO the dairymen. He pointed to the
success of American butter and cheese
so long as the farmer and his wife
and daughter put their own hands and
best effort into the work; and he showed
how the failure in both had followed quick on
the heels of the day when the dairyman turned
into gentleman farmer, and handed over
the work to the hired man, while his women
folks turned their backs on the milk cans, and
became fashionable ladies. " 1t is the hand
." of the MASTER" says the old German adage.
mot sun nor wind. that ripens fair crops"
And nowhere does the hand OF the master do
such effective work as in the making of but
ter and cheese.
The TRIBUNE for two years past has
repeatedly called TIE attention of Ameri-
can dairymen to the market open in
Europe for American dairy products and
the absolute necessity, if they wished to COM
mand this market, of keeping their butter and
cheese up to the highest standard. Our
Minister to Denmark last year reported
that our dairy products were largely
imported into Denmark and undersold
the Danish butter and cheese. The
equality, however was inferior, and it would
&" be advisable he suggests, "either to send
"intellgent American dairymen to Denmark
4" or Saxony TO learn their modes Of making
"and packing butter, or TO bring Danish ex-
"perts to the United States.' From Eng
land comes the same complaint. "Amer-
lean dairymen are apparently satisfied
"to control the markets in the lower
class of cheese and butter, when with little
"more attention to details they coud rival
." the best product of our daIries." Much Of
the butter sent into England from the Cont
nent is compound resembling oleomar-
Carine, as all wayfarers who have
found welcome at English inns know.
There is. really no reason why the but
ter we export should sink TO the same
rank and obtain only the same prices. We
have fields for pasturage so vast that they
literally never have been measured, and the
daiIyman, like his cattle, lives on the fat of
the land The dairyman in Denmark is,
as rule, hired and paid on an average IL
cents per day; in England his average weekly
wages would be 81 so in the Netherlands he
would receive from 5 TO z cents per hour,
and on that sum. earned with patient, care
full labor, and husbanded with a frugality
which an American would laugh at, he and
his family would live with comfort.
Our dairymen would do well to take Pro-
fessor Wizards advice home with them. 1t
is not on their SOIL stock or pasturage that
success depends, but on each mans careful
personal attention to business.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-20

that vve should like to see them about i've
minutes after the conclusion of the experiment.
In the second place. even if the Democrats
suspected that there had been unfairncss on
our side, pray how does that Justify unfair
ness on theirsf They say, in effect. 1t Is
"true you seem to have polled u majority OF the
"balots. but we guess there must dc some.h'ns
"wropg about tive don't know exactly what
$50 we shall rectify the affair by counting our
"selyes IN" Stripped of verbiage and turned
into plain English, this is just what the Demo-
cratic defence amounts to. Let 1T be remem-
bered that there is no pretence OF irreguiari-
ties in the voting, or any material errors
in the ballots. The informaiities which
have been made the pretext for
reversing the popular decision are as
rule mere clerical and technical mistakes
of the returning officers. The vote of Portland
was thrown ont because in one ward the word
scattering was used to cover few bal
lots Pennington was disfranchised on ac-
count of an error of addition in stating the
total number of vOtes,-an error which could
not affect the canvass because the number OF
votes for each candidate was given correctly.
Nearly coo Republican votes were discarded
in Skowhegan because the names on the bal
lots were printed in two columns instead OF
one. The law forbds the Governor and Coun-
ell to take notice of the character of ballot
which the election officers have accepted; but
Governor Garcelon and his associates seem to
have held themselves above the law.
In all States the statutes relating TO the
canvassing of votes are supposed to he framed
for the protection Of the voter ; Governor
Garceion interprets them as cunning devices
for the advantage of the minority. A law OF
Maine expressly provides that when technical
errors such as we have mentioned nave been
committed by the returning officers, they may
be corr ected before the canvass by comparl
son with the original town records This law
the Governor and Council chose To disregard.
They violated the uniform precedent by re-
fusing to allow the Republican candidates or
other interested persons 10 sec any OF the re-
turns in their possession, or to know
of any errors or defects. The counting
ont was done in profound secrecy, and even
vet the full details of the operation are not
disclosed. The public only knows that after
a perfectly fair election and an unusually
heavy vote the town and county returns
showed a Republican majority of z In the
Senate and % in the House, and that after
the Governor and Council got through with
the returns the Republicans were left in
minority of in the Senate and 10 in the
House, with twelve vacancies which the
FusionIsts, of course, will have power to fill.
This astonishing result was obtained by count
ing out 36 Republicans and counting in 2l
Fusionlsts.
Ii is a noteworthy fact that i'll not soli-
tary instance was Il return rejected when the
consequence would he the unseating of a
Fusionist. Those who are able to believe that
all the inlormalities and mistakes were com
miiied in Republican towns are welcome to
whatever satisfaction they can derive from
their credulity.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-20
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II was that the embellishments were more daring
and perhaps little more diversified than before
Yet IT may safely be said that whoever has heard
Mile. Mafimon in any of the three OPP ras she
has tried here has bad fun opportunity to deter
mine her place in the roll Of great singers. little
ornament more or less in this that aria Will not
affect our opinion of the character Of her particular
talent.
Considered, however, as a piece of acting her
Maria Is incomparaby the best role she has shown
u.s. Ii bas a great deal of the abandon and humor
which made Lucca such an amusing vivandiere
The Daughter of the Regiment has the free and
dashing manners which she might be expected to
learn from her multitude Of fathers She Is never
vulgar, but she is hearty and bold; she
seems to be always ready for a lark;
though alfectionate, she is not sentimental;
though unsoDhsticated and ungracefu, she s
quite at her ease. The scene Of the mnsic lesson
admirably done, Mile Marimon's fun being
well supported by the comical dignity Of Nine
Lablacbe the Mdrchionessl, and the bluff good humor
of Signor Del Pnente (SUlpizio Nine. Lablaches
business at the piano deserved to be particularly
commended. The whole scene was ratified off with
the briskest possible effect although little disre-
spectul hilarity was occasoned in the audience by
the discovery that for the ancient ditty by Caar-
eo the property man had furnished the Maychiomess
with a sheet of music on which Carmen was
printed in letters large enough to be read the
house. Altogether the opera was remarkably well
represented, and Signor Ardti deserves cordial ac-
acknowledgement for the carefulness of his prepsra
tions, the smoothness and vvacty of the ensembles.
and the excellence of the orchestra. The delicate
Tyrolean Waltz particularly well played The
only notable fault we have to is that in tho
scene of the muster the chorus entirely over.
powered by the drums
The Teachers Association. of New-York,
will give a concert this evening at stsinway Hail. Mss
Abbie Carrngtou Mise Henne Miss Florence COpestoD.
ana Messrs. Friiscb, Remmertz, and J. Levy will take
part I'm IL. Dir. VAndsnhcn Will read.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-20
Afgu-@lork Dsliln Gribnmr.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 90, 1879.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRsIGx.-General Cough has left Jagdallak. on
his way 10 Shirpur. -== 1t is claimed that James
Maolear "a Scotch chemist, has manufactured real
diamonds. === The Spanish Premier has forbidden
the military and civic officials to take par; in a
enade to the French Envoy. - The Prlssian
Landiag has rejected the petition Of the local au-
thorites of Elbing against Herr Won Puttkammer's
inteTdition of the new secular school there.
DOMIsuC.-Thcre is a growing conviction il
Washington that Heenbacks viii have to be retired
80 General Grant visited the Commercial
Exchange in Philadelphia yesterday; in the
evening he attended reception at Mr
Drexel's residence. -== An Indignation meeting
was held yesterday at Augusta, Me; Senator
Blaine made a vigorous speech. - The Hudson
is full of floating ice. and navigation is almost sus
pended - Frank Baker lcoloredl was hanged
for murder at Petersburg Va, yesterday.
CoNGgEss.-The Senate Committee on the exodus
from Southern TO Northern States was appointed. In
the House the report on the revision Of the Rules
was presented the Speaker appointed several
select committees. and announce some changes IN
standing committees Both House, adjourned until
January 6, 1850.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The Court Of Appeals re-
versed the former decision about the Kings County
surrogateship. =- William Kelly was sentenced TO
Zen years Imprisonment == Thomas Whalcn, who
,
tomanslaughter =-- A singular note was found in
Congressman yoorhis's papers == brother and
sister were burned TO death on Long Island. -
William Fayen convicted OF malpractice
g. The actual cost Of the elevated railroads was
investigated - Gold value of the legal-tonder
silver dollar l312l2 grans, s769 cents Stocks were
active and lower. closing weak and unsettled.
The WEATuER.-IRIBUNE local observations in
dicate warmer and generally cloudy weather. with
light snow rain. Thermometer yesterday: High
est, $40; lowest 20o; average. 32lao.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-20
PUBLIC OPINION.

That the people of Maine will bury the
Democrats out OF sight next year Is certain u 10
tia the majority OF the American people are oya 10 tue
American idea OF popular governments Hartford
Courlnt (Rcpl
There is no excuse for this Maine transac-
ton plausible enough deceive any body Tor moment
Not Democrat IN the sta1e or the country believes tnat
what been done Is rightly DONE Boston Ad-
yer,iscr (RepD
The only question to be answered is: Have
the Democratic State Canyassers strictly obeyed
the law made 20 govern their action This We have
every reason TO expect will finally he answered IN the
afirmative.- Buffalo Courier lDem)
Ii in not pie sant to say it-but this so-called
Democratic success. n Maine Is worse than the wOrst
defeat Il has sustained tor years The party could az
ford to defeated IN honor IL cannot AFFORD to sue
ceed In dishOnor.-(5t. Louis Post-Dspatch tDem.l
New-York tribune., 1879-12-20
4 GOOD sTirE TRADE-nARKsLAw

Unless our Legislature think fit to wait
awhile in hope of Constitutional amend
ment authorizing National trade marks
law, there will probably be a movement early
next session to revise the State laws The
people consider trademarks law good
thing, and expect an efficient one from one
Government or the other. The State
has three or four laws of this ma
ture which have received little atten-
ton since the Act of Congress of 1870
was passed. They are partial. incomplete and
behind the times. Most of them seem to have
been passed at the instance of particular
trades. They might be revised to advantage
The good points Of the acts Of Congress, of
the English merchandise-marks act QS62)
and trademarks registration act uS75) and
of the laws of other States might be incorpo-
ra6ed. Equity can and will In q clear case
prevent limitations by injunction. but has only
New-York tribune., 1879-12-20
MUSIC.
IA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO.

OF Mile. Marlmon's singing In La Figlia del
Reggmento." which was produced at the Opera
House last night there is nothing to say In addition
to the general remarks we have already made upon
her style and talents. The same facie aud elegant
vocalism which has been so Justly admired In La
sonnambulaD and "Dinorah" was displayed in
Donizetti's sparkling work. and displayed In the
now familiar way. with considerable reserve in
tho earlier part of the evening. and with
more and more lavish abundance as the opera
drew toward Its close. If there was any differences.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-20
THE REPUBLICAN OPPORTUNITY.
l,nI.l rne Tlnu TLlak. LRfp.l

The Republicans have now an excellent
chance 10 their standing friends OF honest
money Let them come out manfilly as supporters OF
the Bayard resolution far a. goes and at the same
time bring in bills providing for the gradual retrement
and cancellation OF geenbacks and suspension OF tne
coinage of silver dollars. Such measures, vigorously
snnported by the bulk OF the Republicans In Congress-
would be OF very service dehDng the altitude
OF parties financial questions Their defeat Dy DEM
ocrslic Opposition aganst vigorous Republican sup
port would leave doubt In the minds o the people
10 the side which 10 range themselvesin 10 the AZ
proaohug struggle There should be 90 delay IN the
matter Tlme should be taken by the fcreloek Mucl
around may DO ost and none can BE- gained py hessn
aud procrastination, far ~ the Republican parry
Couxress u concerned.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-20
FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE.


OF course all honest men Will greatly de-
plore the policy this action opens up; but Republic
cans will nave alternative but lighting the Devil wlth
his own lire. The Democrats are plainly determined 70
stick a nothing which Will the election OF their
President next year This Maine fraud Is their hrse
stsp Others will follow The only course left the Re-
publicans checkmate their policy by adopting the
same course The l. 'gslaturcs OF Newfork. Connect-
cut New Jersey aud California strongly Republican,
while thOse states upOu popular vote are close or
doubtful II the Democrats are going To capture thc
electoral OF Name, Florida and louisiana through
their Legislatures, Republicans can beat them Az
their own game IN the Northern State Legislatures
xhich they honestly control