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POSSIBLY A WHOLESOME FEAR.

A Washington dispatch reports a DEM
ocratic Senator as favoring some action in
regard to the electoral count, on the
ground that if nothing was done at this
session the Republicans might override the
Democratic majority in both houses by
force, and seat their candidate by the
bayonet This is not a complimentary
view to take of the Iaw-abiding DISPOSE
ton OF the Republicans, though it must be
admitted that it is justified by the brag-
ging talk of the stalwarts, about the
need for strong man. But if this fear
of violence should induce the Democrats
to deal with the question of the electoral
count, it will prove to have been a salutary
apprehension. and the country viii have
something to thank the ''stalwarts for
at last.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-22
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

At the meeting of the Board Of Super
visors yesterday all the members were pres.
ent.
On motion, vote of thanks was adopted
for donation of goods to destitute family
by the firm of Weinstock & Lubin through
the Board of Supervisors.
Bids for furnishing drugs for the City and
County Dispensary were opened from NJ. S.
Hammer, A. C. Tufts, Bell & Kolliker and
Terry McMorry, and contract awarded to A.
G. Tufts, who was the lowest bidder.
HALL OF RECORDS.
The following notice to contractors was in
troduced by Supervisor Beckley:
Sealed proposals viii be received bv the Board Of
Supervisors OF the county of Sacramento on or be-
fore the Sth day of july 1850, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
for erecting fireDroof building for the records on
the lot adjoining and west of the Courthouse or
some lot adj acent thereto in the same block. said
building to be paid for out of spec al tax Levied
this fall as provided by an Act of the Legislature
approved April 81, 1850, amended laws, Section
i,046 of the Codes The Board reserves the right
to reject any all proposals. Plans and specifica
tons can be from June Isl at the office of the
Clerk Of the Board OF Supervisors Court bouse
Sacramento, Cal.
MIR. Beckley then offered in support of the
above the report of the Citizens Committee
made December IL, 1872 as follows:
Your committee to whom was referred the cues
ton OF providing Hall of Records for the safe
keeping of the records of Sacramento county. beg
cave to report as follows
First-We believe the county should, as soon as
practicable, build fire proof Hall of Records We
believe there is great unanimity among the taxpav
ers of the county in favor Of such step.
SecOnd--We think the present Court house lot il
too small to afford sufficient room for properly.
lighted building, and therefore advise the immeii-
ate purchase of the next adjoining half lot TO the
west Of the Court house. 40xl60 feet if it can be
had at price not exceeding So 900. We believe the
present Board If Supervisors have the power and
means to effect tn purchase
Third-In regard to the erection Of the building
would advise that steps be taken until after
the next Legislature shall have passed general law
(Which they must do under the new Constitution,
for the government Of counties The best course To
be pursued in the erection Of the building will de-
pend much on the provisions of that law If il
should be deemed necessary to proceed with the
work in the early spring, probably it will REQUIRE
special election and vote Of the people TO auhorze
the expenditure Ii, however, the building can he
delayed until fall it may probably be done without
any such election.
Fourth-We are of the opinion that a suitable
freproof building can be erected and finished.
ready for the occupation Of the records at cost OF
about 600; and certainly expenditure greater
than $50 900 for the building and furniture fexcl,,
sive of the cost Of the LOTT ought not to be imposed
on the taxpayers for the building
N. L. DREW.
L. c. CHANDLER,
j. MCGUIRE,
FINDLEY r. DRAY
The subject of issuing notice to contractors
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-22
THE POLITICAL FIELD.

Logan has fulfilled his contract. and de-
livered the forty-two votes of Illinois for
Grant The methods pursued in doing
this, however, have created an amount of
feeling which is certain to bear fruit here.
after, and will deepen the hostility to ma
chine politics already so generally mani
tested. The Illinois Convention was cap
tured by the Grant men, and the minority
were not allowed hearing. The final ac-
ton was so far from being unanimous that
it had the support of bare majority of
the Convention. This settles the question
of the vote of Illinois, however, and in the
opinion of many it also assures the nom
nation of Grant at Chicago on the first
ballot. Certainly the probability that he
will obtain the nomination is very strong,
and therefore it is in order to examine the
situation, and ascertain what prospect of
his election exists. In the first place it
will have to be admitted by even the most
stalwart supporters of Grant that he can
only be elected by securing the full vote
of the Republican party. The idea that
he has anything to expect from Democratic
votes is not worth considering. The De.
mocracy will come out of the South with l3S
votes, and they only need to carry New
York and Indiana besides to make the
next President. The Republicans can
not count upon single electoral vote
in the Southern States. They must make
all their gains in the North and West.
They will need solid North in order to
win the fight. Can they obtain it with
Grant as their candidate, In endeavoring
to find an answer to this question it is
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TURKEY AND THE GLADSTONE MIN
ISrRY.

The Gladstone Ministry is evidently de-
terlnined to lose no time in bringing the
Eastern question to a settlement, if that
be possible. 1t sees that the increasing
weakness OF the Porte must shortly bring
about a collapse, and that unless such an
occurrence has been prepared for it is likely
to produce complications of the most dan
gerous character. The mission of Mr..
Goschen in this connection is very signifi-
cant. He has already had interviews with
the German, French and Austrian Minis
tiers, and it is believed that when he goes
to Constantinople he will be prepared to
inform the Sultan's advisers that Europe is
agreed upon the necessity of definite and
satisfactory financial and administrative
arrangements, and that the Porte must
forthwith place itself in the hands of the
Powers, or at once abandon the attempt to
maintain the fragments of the Ottoman
Empire. The utter inability of the Turk
ish authorities to introduce any reforms,
and their obstinate adherence to their old
corrupt and violent methods, have at last
tired out the patience of Europe. The
capitalists and fnanciers, the rulers of the
money market, are aware that Turkey,
both in Asia aud Europe, affords magnifi-
cent field for investment in many ways,
and that nothing is required to make such
investment profitable but the abolition of
the Ottoman rule. The present scheme is
to create an Independent territory between
the Danube and Bosphorus, and to make
Constantinople neutral ground. This is
not an easy programme, but it seems
to be the only one which offers any pros
pect of accomplishment, and since it is GER
tain that none of the Powers will consent
to protectorate exercised by one of their
number, it may be the best that is in the
situation. That the Turks will have to 90
sooner or later, however, appears inevita-
bic. They are bankrupt in every way.
They can neither govern nor fight. They
can neither build up new empire, nor
keep the fragments of the old one together
In short their part in Europe is played out,
and whether they have any other role in
store remains to be seen. The only cireum-
stance suggesting the possibility of this is
the rapid growth of Northumberland
That religion is now making conquest alike
of Africa and Asia, and is even cutting a
broad swathe through China 1t is driving
Buddhism out of Hindostan, and Fetishism
out of Central Africa. 1t is being pushed
by energetic and jealous missionaries, and
is infusing new life into scores of barbarous
races. What this great religious movement
portends cannot as yet be conjectured, but
remembering that the Porte is the head of
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A FACT WHICH NEEDS TO BE APPRE-
GATED.

One of the commonest and most mis-
leading of fallacies is the belief that when
individuals become very rich they somehow
represent a robbery of the rest of the CON-
munity. How common this notion is was
impressed upon us recently by the remark
of gentleman, himself wealthy, that
Vanderbilt possessed more money than
any one man ought to be permitted to
retain. The implied reason of course
was that Vanderbilt could not have become
thus wealthy without having forced
proportionate number of people into pow
erty. But there is no foundation in
fact for this belief. The truth is that
so long as there is general freedom of
acquisition and employment, and security
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for property and life, and protection for all
alike, 1t does not signify how rich individ-
uals become; they cannot impoverish the
community in so doing, but rather they
expand and multiply it's avenues of acoui-
sitlon and its capacities for enjoyment.
There is always room enough in the world
for everybody. There is no limit to the
creation of new capital. 1t would be pos
sible for every man in the United States
to become possessed of ten millions
of dollars, and still there would be
plenty left for the rest of the
world No man Injuries another by
becoming rich. On the contrary, whoever
absorbs and accumulates capital, and re-
invests it in various ways, adds as much
new life to his neighborhood as though he
had brought and settled there number of
families whose productive capacity would
equal his expenditure of capital. The
growth of rich men is in fact indispensable
to rapid progress in civilization. Uniform
poverty involves uniform barbarism and
stagnation. Vanderbilts are no doubt
calculated to excite the envy of the
sluggish and the narrow minded, but
they are none the less phenomena
which bespeak the strength and vi
tality of modern civilization. and which
prove the magnifcence of the possibilities
in this republic. Vanderbilt's wealth has
been accumulated under free institutions,
and it is an evidence of what can be done
without force or fraud, and simply by en-
terprise, judgment, brain-pOwer and perse-
verance. Such figures serve as examples of
what may be effected in these times, but
they represent no impoverishment of the
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-22

Islam it may be conceived as possible that
in the not distant future new Moham-
medan crusade might be led by the rem
nants of the once martial race now appar-
emily Oh the eve of being driven from the
Rnspborus
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-22

An umbrella factory was recently de-
stroyed in Philadelphia. The man who
set 1t on fire committed arson, but he kept
great many other people from violating
the eighth commandment
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-22

When his cousin, Charlotte Dunno, was
married, Jones said 1t was Dunno be.
fore it was begun, Dunno while it was be-
ing done, and not Dunno when it was
DONE"
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Table showing figures for t e term accom-
panied the report.



The bond of Stanton Meyers for Road
Overseer OF Freeport Ferry road was APP
proved.
The petition of the American River Bridge
Company asking the Board to withhold the
fixing of rates of tolls, and the times that
same shall take effect, until the 22d day Of
June. and that the hearing Of the matter for
a free ferry be heard at the same time, was
granted.
A petition was received from J. B. Green,
n Fl. HOLSTER, G. w Clark and J. NJ Ste
phenson. asking that the order of the Board
of the 18th inst organizing a new swamp land
district, being portion of old Swamp Land
District No. 2, be set aside on account of in
formalities in the proceeding establishing the
same, which petition was granted.
The petitioners thereupOn filed a new petit
ton for the formation of such reclamation
district, and the matter was set for hearing
on. June %, 1880, at IL o'clock A NJ
J., Winters, q. W. Locke and 5. Lavenson
petitioned to have certain lands set apart as
q swamp land district, which matter was set
for hearing on June %, 1880.
A petition from residents of Mississippi
township, asking the Board to form new
school district, was received, and viii be con-
sidered on June S,h, at 2 P. NJ.
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and inviting proposals was fully considere,
by the Board and adopted.
THE CHAIN GANG.

by the Board and adopted.
THE CHAIN GANG.
Upon motion of MIR. Bailey, the Chair
was instructed to appoint "a committee to
confer with the Board of City Trustees in
relation to the chain-Sang.
The Chair appointed as such committee the
full Board of Supervisors, to meet with the
Board of City Trustees at the City Hall on
Monday, the 9th instant, at 10 a NJ.
COUNTY AUDITORS ACCOUNTS.
The following expert report on accounts of
the County Auditor and ex officio Recorder
was received and approved;
SAcRAYRNTo. May II, 1880.
~ 10 the Honorable Boaid OF supervisors Of the
s s,u accounts OF William r. Gerber, County
a 5a- ana eX oiHcia Recorder from March g.
1910 70 March l, lsSO. From examination Of total
iees eoeeted and entered iu fee book and fees paid
nm " Collector Of Licenses, and cash mid b,, him
20 una That all excess Of fees over salary
nave Oeeh PAD by him to the county Each voucher
on HE have compared with variants iss,,ed and
returned PAID, tiatng tn same 10 agree no yarrants
issued iof winch there are vouchers I'M file P.ch
amount ot cash paid County treasurer a. shown Nv
accounts oi other county oiicers repoltsaud ecinf
on tile, have been correctly Chargedto th' acf'iF -
the County Treasurer, and each monthly Jit H.,
warrants and interest coupons paid bY Treasurer
has been correctly computed and entered bavs
checked, compared and computed tota! a1nounts ~
al warrants and coupons returned. proved the
correctness of all amounts entered credited and al
balances OF clsh book, finding the sa c correct An
Of the accounts OF the county are kept in clear and
intelligent shape. Fee book and records clean and
clear Respectfully, J. HOPPER,
County Expert.
Also the folloyviuo yenort was racs;yad owl
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-22
Also, the following report was received an
approved of the
joUNTY TRsAsuRER's ACCOUNTS.

S8rRAMENTO, Nay II, $50
To the Hon. Board Of Superyis rs Of the county
Of Sacramento Gentlemen l have examined ae-
counts OF County treasurer D. L. Callahan from
March l. 1875, Mdrch /, 1880, and find As follows:
al amounts Of cash paid him by county officers,
etc, as shown by re orts file ia office OF County
Auditor, and all credits for warrants and interes.
paid, are correctly entered in cash book his cash
book being duplicate in entire Of Coun Audi
tors, agreeing with same. All cash received is en-
tered previous March l. 1880, except Sl69 81 re-
ceived as mig atory tax from other counties en-
tered to May y, 1880 and credit Of IS
in warrant paid corrected same date. The follow
ments Of County Treasurer from March l. 1875 TO
March l. 1850 ResnectfullV
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This is what early training in supersti-
ton will do for men. 1t not only incapac-
itates them from distinguishing between
truth and falsehood it teaches them to
shun truth as something evil. Says Cole
ridge: :" He who begins by loving Christi
anity better than Truth, Will proceed by
loving his own sect or Church better than
Christianity, and end in loving himself
"better than all. The first duty of the
parent is to see that the child is taught
what and how to believe, for upon the ed.
ucation it receives in this regard must de-
pend its future destiny in no slight degree.
DR.. Platt seeks to forestall the growth Of
mental ability to judge between truth and
falsehood. He would enforce beliefs upon
the immature mind in the hope of thus
molding it permanently. And such a prop
osition we denounce as treason to human
ity. ''Belief, says Professor Clifford, one
of the noblest and clearest minds the
country has produced, sis ours not for
ourselves, but for humanity. 1t is
rightly used on truths which have been
6 established by long experience and vast
Sing toll, and which have stood in the
" fierce light of free and fearless question
g ing. Then it helps to bind men together,
and to strengthen and direct their COM
mon action. 1t is desecrated when given
'' to improved and unqutstioned state
"ments, for the solace and private pleas
"ure of the believer to add tinsel
'splendor to the plain, straight road of
"our life and display bright
" mirage beyond it; or even to
:" drown the common sorrows of our kind
"by self-deception which allows them
Z" not only to cast down, but also to de-
'tgrade us. Whose would deserve well of
''his fellows in this matter will guard
" the purity of his belief with very
'tfanaticism of jealous care, lest at any
" time it should rest on an unworthy OBJ
"ject. and catch stain which can never
"be wiped away" The primary condition
of healthy mental development is training
IN the ethics of belief, and discipline in
inquiry. No complete character can be
built up without this foundation. No
courageous and useful investigation can be
hoped for from any other kind of men than
such as are so educated. But DIR. Platt
would poison the whole fountain of educa-
ton, would debauch the tender minds of
our children, by teaching them that belief
without inquiry was duty, and by habit
uating them to regard the most degrading
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The subject of issuing notice to contractors
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-03
CONVENTION NOTES.

Special to the Star.
CHICAGO June Sired steigleman is about
the only Cincinnatian connected with the man
agement of the Convention. He labors success
fully to make Cincinnatians happy.
The Grant men are sure of accessions after the
first ballot.
Minnesotians are sure the dark horse has been
groomed in their stables
Press facilities are excellent and the newspaper
men are moderately happy
Esheby distributes badges and lends an
easy grace to the Sherman forces.
twenty-five cents for glass of ale Is one of the
striking features OF the Convention.
The Grand Pacific Hotel is Ohio headquarters
but the Ohio man is to be found every where.
The Convention is differed and manned by
Grant men, but they are a very courteous and
obliging set.
Out Of every twenty persons that came to tht
Co invention about nineteen were disappointed a
not being able to get into the Convention. ye
there were at least three thousand vacant seats.
The Edmunds men are sanguine of the Grant
strength. They fear Washburne, but have nc
occasion to remind the Grant men of the fgh
Wasnburne made hand in hand with Blaine IL
Illinois
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-03
II III e Il A IT e s II.
CONVENTION HALL.

11:2O A. M.-The delegates slowly assembled.
The galleries were better filed than yesterday.
Conklng has just entered, walking slowly up the
aisle, bowling slightly right and left, loudly ap.
plaudel by the galleries, and the band played the
"Star spangled Banner"
The Convention was called to order at 11:45 by
Mr. Hoar. He was compelled to rap three times
for order, and ordered all persons off the floor moi
delegates.
After prayer Mr.. Conkling asked If the Com.
mittee on Contested Seats and Credentials was
ready to report Hcar said they were not likely
to report before O'Clock.
MIR. Conklirg rose to speak and was loudly
cheered. He said they could do nothing until
the report was made He moved that the conven.
ton take a recess until 9 O'Clock this evening.
Eugene Hale asked to speak. Conkling said he
insisted on his motion. Hale said 1t was debatable
The Chair so ruled. and Hale made speech in
opposition.
Hale said they should 60 to work, that Other
Conventions had done much work before the
Committee on Credentials reported. They could
organize. Conkling arose to reply. Some Of his
remarks, which were drowned by ap, lause, were
very sarcastic on Hale, and said he need not bt
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-03
STAR SPECIAL BULLETINS.
First Dispatch.l

CHICAGO, June 3-l1:30 A. M-The Convention
reassembled, with Judge Hoar Permanent Presf-
dent, and the Secretaries of yesterday made
Permanent Secretaries, with an Assistant from
each State, and the list OF Vice Presidents here
totore selected one from each State on the stage.
The Committee OIL Credentials. In session all
night. adjourned at a. M, and just reassembled
at IL O. m.
Bob Ingersoll eloquently pressed the claims Of
the anti-Grant delegates from the ten dissenting
Districts.
The Illinois matter is not yet settled. All the
estimates Of votes give Illinois to Grant solid.
II the Committee on Credentials attempt the
admission Of the Blaine and Washburne dele
gates, Grants followers will attempt to vote Il
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-03
Sudden Death of Mr.. II. Ryan.

Michael Ryan, the contractor, who lives at 2.
Calhoun street, dropped dead this morning, Will,
reading the paper on the porch in front of hi
residence. He had taken his breakfast shor
time previously ana did not complain Of feeling
i'll, although he had gone East some time ago te
recuperate. Mr.. Ryan was married man a.lo
leaves family, one Of his sons, John j., who is
contractor, living at 66 Baum street. The de
ceased was the uncle Of Ex-Lieutenant of Police
John Burke
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-03
Railroad Change.

Commencing to-day, passengers leaving
St. Louis via Vandalia and c., l., St. L. &
G. Railways at 500 a. M, arrive in Cincin-
natl at $50 p. N. The run from Indiana
polls to Cincinnati is made in three hours
hours and fifteen minutes, making close
connections with the fast trains on the M.
& G., B. q O., and Cincinnati Southern
Railways
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-03

Officers Brazel and Knox about noon
to-day arrested man named l. s. Prather,
aged twenty,four years, off the steamer
Portsn outh, whom it is claimed was i'm
plicated in the burglary of Messrs. Keen &
Rice's wholesale notion store at Chilo, O.,
on the 4th of May last. He was locked up
at Hammond.street Station on suspicion.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-03

There are six hundred tickets at the
Secretary's Office Of the Millers' Exhibition
to be distributed to the friends and visitors
of the Exhibition, for the banquet to be
held at the Highland House tonight.