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A Little Too Much Protection.

For the past two days, painter named
James Hickey, boarding on Robert street.
has been on high-fa-lutin bender. Yester-
day forenoon he turned up at his boarding
house badly inebriated, being conducted to
his apartment and slowed away in his little
bed by an acquaintance, named William
Flanagan.
The willy William took advantage of
Hickey's somnolent condition to go through
the latter's clothing, which he proceeded to
do to the tune of silver watch and $40 in
money.
Having slept off the fumes of drunken
ness, Hickey awoke to find that someone
had cabbaged his bundle.
The attention of Officer Dowlan was
called to the affair, and upon taking Flanni-
gan with the theft, he returned the watch,
stating that it had been taken for safe keep
ing. A warrant was issued for the latter,
and he was put under arrest.
A chum of Hickey's, named F. Ortel, was
put under temporary restraint, pending the
arrest of Hickey, but the circumstances
point to the latter as having committed the
theft.
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znODEL REPUBLICAN.

The appointment of Mr.. Pinchback, the
saddle-colored statesman of Louisiana, to
be naval officer at New Orleans, has excited
a good deal of comment at Washington. 1t
will be remembered that, when the nomina-
ton was refused him few days ago he re-
turned home with the threat that MIR. Sher
man need not hope to secure the delegation
from his State in the Chicago convention.
His nomination so soon after his start for
New Orleans illustrates how keenly M r.
Sherman is alive to the proprieties of the
occasion.
Mr.. Pinchback is model Republican. Of
this We have no question, and if doubt exist
ed it would be removed by revelations recent
ly made. 1t has been charged, and no de
NAL of the charge has been made, that while
acting as lieutenant governor and president
of the Senate of Louisiana, Mr.. Pinchback
refused to sign bill to fund the city debt of
New Orleans unless he was paid bonus of
$1,000. According to Washington CORES
pondent, the bill had been passed by both
houses of the legislature and had been signed
by the speaker of the House. In order to
give it effect, however, it had to receive the
signature of Pinchback, the president of the
Senate. This he refused to afix I'M
less he was paid the sum men
toned. As there was a pressing necessity
for Tie measure-a large part of the fund
being due to laborers on the streets who were
clamoring for their pay-the city council
passed an order paying $1,000 for legal fees
necessary in securing the passage of the bill,
and the amount was paid over to Pinchback.
Thus, and by similar means, he succeeded
in demonstrating his right to a seat in the
foremost seats of the Republican tabernacle.
He is power in Louisiana politics, and
Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Hayes have been COM
PEELED to recognize him as such. He can
control the action of the Louisiana delega-
ton in the next convention of the party, and
lest he should cast the votes of that State
against Sherman, he has been given one of
the latest offices in the State. Whether the
Senate will confirm the nomination or not
remains to be seen. The present incumbent,
Mr.. Lewis, does not propose to sur
render without struggle, and will in
sist that the reasons for his removal be COM
municated to the Senate under the provi-
visions of the tenure of Office act. This will
show, probably, some of the inside history
of Mr.. Sherman's plot to secure the votes of
the rotten boroughs in the Chicago oonven-
ton, and will be interesting intelligence to
all but the secretary of the treasury and his
few supporters.
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met. The question of whence the money
required came has long been puzzle. The
expose of Judge Hopkins is the first sugges-
ton the general public has had of how this
was accomplished. 1t was by levying con-
tributions upon the beneficiaries of the
Grant administration with the understand
ing that on his return he would again be
placed in position to return the favors with
interest.
The triumphal progress of the ex-Presi-
dent through Europe and Asia was part OF
the pre-arranged programme. 1t had bull
one purpose-that of impressing the Amer
lean people with his greatness, and pointing
to the expediency of making him the chief
magistrate of the nation during the term OF
his natural life. 1t was originated by men
who had long preyed upon the people and
had all along been maintained by them.
Few indeed can be found of Grants active
supporters who have not been in the past OF
who do not expect to become in the future,
almoners of his administration. They are
the men who brought disgrace upon him by
their corruption and by their dishonesty.
Each has an individual following, which he
manages to mould as he sees fit, and thus to
create the impression that there is popular
demand for the ''strong man."
We are not alarmed at the demonstrations
thus far made in Grants favor. They are
only evidences of the potency of the machine
in the Republican party-its absolute owner
ship by few men. This fact of itself is
sufficient to ALLEVIATE from the party many of
the influential and thinking men who have
heretofore given it their support. 1t also
places in the hands of the Democracy an eff
fective weapon that can be wielded. to advan-
tage in the pending campaign. We are not
afraid that the American people can be cap
tured by so shallow devices, for We believe
that they are too intelligent and have too
much regard for the precedents established
to permit the election for third term in the
Presidential Office of any man, no matter how
great his services may have been. Though
Gen. Grant may be the candidate of the Re-
publican party he will Not be elected. He
has already received all the honors that he
has right to demand, and anything further
that the people may wish to bestow upon
him should be a voluntary, free will offering,
not the work of the political machine engi-
neered by the disreputables who are now in
command of the Republican party.
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The House.
NrU nHTd

WASHINGTON, March 1.-House bills read anG
referred By Mr.. Chrittenden, providing tha
after the Ist Of July next duties on carpetine
and carpet rugs of every description shall bt
limited to fifty per cent. ad valorum in al
cases where higher duties are now imposed.
By Mr.. Aiken, to encourage the cultivation
of the tea plant.
By MIR. Muldrow, repeating all acts of grant
ing lands in the Indian Territory to railroads
conditioned on the extinguishment of the In
dian titles.
By Mr.. Ellis, by request, for extending fol
ten years time the completion of the Texas
Pacific railroad.
By Mr.. Converse, for the survey and dis
posal of public lands.
By Mr.. o. Turner, bill abolishipg all tariff
duties on printing type, trace chains and agri'
cultural implements.
By Mr.. Welles, to regulate commerce be
tween the States.
By MIR. Singleton, authorizing the secretary
of the treasury to issue land warrant to each
and every officer and private who served in the
army and navy of the United States during the
late war.
By Notwithstanding wood and straw pulp
and chemicals used in the manufacture of pa
per on the free list.
BY Mr.. Townshend Qll.)-Placing printing
type and paper on the free list.
By MIR. Spripger-Calling on the secretary of
the treasury for statement of salaries, &C
counts, emmoluments and expense of George
Seward and o. B. Bradford from the date of
the formers appointment az minister to China
up to the close of the last quarter.
By Mr.. Misunderstanding it unlawful for
the secretary of the treasury to withhold from
immediate publication of statistics relating to
the importation or shipment of grain, pro-
visions or other merchandise imported into or
shipped from the United States.
By Mr.. Notwithstanding the internal rev.
enue laws.
By Mr.. Clark-For the erection in Washing
ton, D. c., of monument of Gen. G. A. Gus
ter and officers and privates of the Seventh
cavalry who were killed in the battle of Little
Big Horn.
By Mr.. Culbertson-Prescribing six years
from the time the action is approved as the
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time within which claims in favor of or against
the government shall be prosecuted.
BY MIR. Page-Admitting steam plough ma
chinery free of duty.
By Mr.. Berry-Repealing the duty on grain
bags and gunny cloth.
By Mr.. Mcmillan and Dickey-Placing priut-
ing paper ON the free list.
BY Mr.. Lowe-To abolish the tax on brandy
made of apples, peaches and other fruits also
| to return the cotton tax collected under the
acts of Congress which have since been de-
clared illegal and void. Mr.. Lowe desired to
have the latter bill referred to the judiciary
committee, but on motion of MIR. Conger it was
referred to the committee of ways and means
by vote of 1873 yeas to SO nays. Also to re-
peal the tax on tobacco in the hands of the
producer. Also to reduce the tax on distilled
spirits to twenty cents gallon.
By Mr.. Hutchinson-To reorganize the mi
litia of the United States.
THE PENSION BILL.
The morning hour having expired the speaker
stated that the regular order was consideration
of the motion coming over from February l6,
to suspend the rules and adopt resolution fer
night sessions for consideration of the pension
bill.
Mr.. Weaver, who was on the floor with his
resolution, raised the point of order that the
unfinished business was not in order.
The Speaker overruled the point of order
and stated that the gentlemen representing
the committee had applied to him for recOgni-
ton, and under the practice of the House he
would be obliged to recognize them before he
could recognize the gentleman from Iowa. In
the course Of a short debate Mr.. Springer
stated that he had been trying to get the
Speaker to recognize him to reintroduce his
resolution against third term.
The Speaker-The gentleman had better wait
until the new rules are adopted.
Mr.. Bre~er-Better wait till he gets to Gin
cinnati.
Mr.. Weaver stated that an unjust impression
had gone forth relative to the position which
the Speaker occupied towards him, as shown
by Mast cartoon in Harper's Weekly, which
represented the Speaker as turning his back
upon him (Weaver).
The Speaker-The chair, in discharging his
duties, is unmindful of any criticisms of that
sort.
Mr.. Weaver then asked unanimous consent
to have a vote upon his resolution, but Mr..
McLane objected even to having them read.
The rules were then suspended AID night ses-
| siona ordered for March Sd and 10th for con-
sideration of pension bills.
Mr.. KENNEL, from the committee on public
buildings and grounds, moved to suspend the
rules and consider the bill appropriating $780,
600 for the purchase Of site for postoffice in
Baltimore. Agreed to and after brief csnsid-
Grafton the bill passed.
Mr.. McLane, chairman of the committee on
Pacific railroad, moved to suspend the rules
and consider the bill to alter and amend the
Pacific railroad sinking fund, act of May Z.
1878. Mr.. McLane proceeded to explain the
provisions of the bill but before coming to a
vote on the motion the House, in order to have
time to further look into and consider the bill,
adjourned. The bill will not come up till
next Monday.
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SUNDAYS REVELRY.

Paying the Penalty on Monday Morning
There was an air of business at the police
court yesterday morning that smacked of the
halycon days when each morning brought
forth it's special wonder or monstrosity. 1t
! was the first day of the month and the blue
coated minions of the law bad brought in O
dozen sinners whose hoop-la appearance in
dicated good many PIT careers on the turf.
In the first place there were the inevitable
tramps, whose appearance and presence was
suggestive Of summer.
They answered to the names of James Nc
Donald, Thomas Allen and Edward Garri-
son, and explained that they had left the
princely domain of wealthy progenitors in
the sunny South. One of the party said they
were from st. Louis-all tramps seem to
come from st. Louisiana as an outcast,
whose back had been lashed, metaphoricaliy,
with the whip of adverse fortune, he hoped
the court would have mercy. The court
asked to see the stripes, but as the young
mans sense of delicacy recoiled from show
ing his sores he was committed two weeks
for contempt.
Another of the trio said he was no SLOUGH,
and that while he found himself far from
the residence of his pap among strangers,
with whom he had wasted his patrimony, the
proud blood which coursed in his veins scorn-
ed to plead for mercy. The court notified the
young fellow that the prodigal son racket
was getting too thin to wash. The prisoner
might buy out linen factory and eat all
the fatted veal north of Mason and Dixon's
after he got leave, but for the next two
weeks he would confine himself to pea soup
q diahad mn q la haatiIa
The third party said he was not used to
such surroundings, but he supposed he could
stand it until the appearance of asparagus.
His honor cast sympathetic eye on the
famished looking outcast and gave him carte
blanche on the county Jail bill of fare for
two weeks.
Three demireps were then arraigned,
charged with dams ling the castanet of pleas
ure at too high pitch in Hattie McBride's
bagnio on Eagle street. The girls were
young and not bad looking, hence the ap-
pearance of depravity coupled with youth
and comely looks was all the more narrowing
to the contemplative spectator. They an.
swered to the names of Ellie and Ada
Wright, sisters in shame, and Maud Stimp-
son. Sunday they INDUCED in a sleigh ride,
and returning to the house of sin at night
fall they engaged in fight. They were
fined $40 each and discharged upon pay
ment of the fine.
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HOW GRANT BECAME CANDIDATE

HOW GRANT BECAME a CANDIDATE.
The late Bob Mackey, of Pennsylvania,
who probably managed to steal more from
the State than any other man who has held
Office since the organization of the common
wealth, and who achieved national reputa-
ton by endeavoring to inculcate the doc
trine of addition, division and silence" as
one of the cardinal principles of good gov
eminent, let in little light upon recent po-
htical events shortly before he turned up his
toes to the daisies. Hon. James H. Hop
kins, one of his most intimate friends, being
asked the secret of why, with all his profits
from office holding, he died poor, replied:
sit was no secret where his money went
He would speak openly of how much he paid
this man or that one, this politician or that
member of the legislature As you know, he
didn't hesitate to say that he paid $4,000 to
elect Hayes in Florida and when the Grant
men organized a fund for the purpose of send
ing Grant to Europe and bringing him back on
great tidal wave of popularity, such as they
imagined would result in making him Presi-
dent a third time, Maokcy just as openly said
he gave $4,000 for that pool
These facts are suggestive enough without
comment. They not only prove the con-
spiracy by which Hayes, though not elected,
was placed in the Presidential chair, but
show that the plan to return Grant to the
White House is not q recent thought, but
was conceived long before he
started on his pilgrimage around
the world. Some inquiry was
made when his memorable tour commenced
as to how the expenses incurred were to be
met. Though at nearly all cities he was a
public guest, and therefore not permitted to
pay the expense of his entertainment, there
were incidental expenses to meet which,
with the style in which he was obliged to
travel and live, were considerable, and
would consume more ready cash than he
would naturally be supposed to have at his
command. Yet we have every reason to be-
lieve that all these expenses were promptly
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Municipal Court.
Before Judge Flint.

CRIMINAL.
The city vs.. Thomas Nolan; drunkenness.
committed for seven days.
The city vs.. Martin L. Gusk and John Peters
disorderly conduct. Fine of So each paid and
discharged.
The city vs.. Henry Boolquin; drunken
ness. Fine of So paid and discharged.
The city vs.. Ella Wright, Ada Wright and
Maud Gibson; disorderly conduct. Fines of
$40 each paid and discharged.
The city vs.. James Mcdonald, Thomas Allen
and Edward Garrison; vagrancy. Committed
for fourteen days each.
The city vs.. Benjamin Stark; drunkenness.
Fined s3 and sentence suspended for ten days.
The city vs. F. A. Brown and Louis Goldstein
keeping pool tables without license. Dis
missed.
The city VS.. Charles and Jennie Harnish;
keeping house of i'll fame. Continued to the
18th inst.
The city vs.. John Vandersluis; incorrigibility.
Committed to the reform school.
CIVIL.
Eve Lamprey. administrator, vs.. Frederick
Barnholzer; action on contract. Tried and sub
mitted.
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"NIBSEY"

He Will be Taken from saltwater to Chica-
go to Answer to the Charge of Murder.
Detective Ed. Heating, of Chicag o, returned
from Saltwater yesterday, where he went with
witness to further identify "Nibsey'' Payne,
one of the alleged murderers of Mr.. Rhunow,
which occurred year ago last night. The wit
ness in question was in a saloon in the vicinity
of where the tragedy took place, in which place
the three parties who were afterward shown to
be concerned in the murder were playing pool.
and became perfectly familiar with their coun-
tenances. He was able to identify one of the
party, Burns, now in prison at Joliet for burg
larry, and on Sunday fully identified Payne as
one of the Others. The third member
of the gang, Whitehead" Carroll,
is still at large. During his jour
neyings on the track of the murderers, De-
tective Heating has found two men-one in
Illinois and one in MinnesotA-to whom Payne
has confessed the crime of which he stands &C.
cused, giving minute details of the tragedy,
which correspond precisely with the facts in
possession of the police authorities at Chicago.
After the full identification of Payne, Mr..
Heating telegraphed to Superintendent Of Pol
ice ODonnell for instructions. He received q
telegram, last evening, directing him to remain
here until the requisite papers for the extradi-
ton of the murderer could be forwarded. This
will keep him here nearly week. As it is
customary to surrender prisoners incarcerated
for lesser ofenses, to answer the charge of MUIR
der, no difficulty is apprehended in placing the
murderer st the disposal of the Illinois justice.
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Don,elly rs. WoshbMrn-The Constitutional
Question.

Question.
To the Editor of the Globe.
The numbered ballots at Minneapolis were
illegal, and therefore should be thrown out.
They were illegal, because the judges of
election violated the secrecy of the ballot.
The constitution of Minnesota requires all
voting to be by ballot. This provision is not
in conflict with the constitution of the United
States, and therefore applies to all elections
in this State, both federal and State. There
is no such provision in the constitution of
Maine, therefore the decision in the Maine
case does not apply.
The right of suffrage can not be abridged
or destroyed by violation of the secret bal
lot, and that is the reason the voting at Min
neapolis was illegal. The votes were illegal,
even if it could be possible that not single
vote was inundated. Why? Because the
constitution protects the general right of
suffrage by ballot, forbids any interference
with it, and renders void all attempts to VIC
late the secret ballot. While no citizen
should lose his honest vote. there is no ques-
ton but that the constitution can prescribe
how lie shall vote, and the decision
of the supreme court rests upon
the law. The consequences have nothing to
do with it. But the essential reason is the
preservation of the ballot inviolate on the
axiomatic truth that it would be better that
II feao persons should lose their y0tes at one
election, than that a aphOle people should be
subject to naturalization, and virtually dis
francbised by an infamous Republican spe-
cial law conconcted in fraud and executed by
bribery, violating the secret ballot, and com
polling dependent workingmen to vote for
their masters.
Everybody knows that Mr.. Wash
burn bought his apparent majority,
SO far as he could, outside of Minneapolis,
and depended on the numbering process in
MINI eapolis to count him in. Congress
should not hesitate to expel him, and the
whole working, dependent population of the
United States should demand it. 1t is not
the cause of Donnelly alone, but it is the
cause Of every poor man in the land.
place the question far above mere per-
sonal likes and dislikes or political preju-
dices, past or present. 1t is the cause of
uninIimidated suffrage, of free ballot, of
the people against combined monopolies and
against the worst slavery that ever afflicted
Gods earth-the slavery of money.
OSCAR STEPHENSON.
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THE COURTS.
Supreme Court.
OCTOBER TERM, 1879.

Opinions were fled by the supreme court
yesterday, of which the following are the syl-
labi
s. D. Peterson, respondent, VS.. Peter Chris
Jensen, appellant.
A contract is not void as against public pol
ICY unless it is furious to the interests of the
public or contravenes some established interest
of society.
The State of Minnesota, plaintiff, vs. John
Wiles, defendant.
A conviction for simple larceny of a hat (of
the value of $4) is bar to an Indictment for
larceny of the same from shop, the stealing
in both cases being one and the same. 4
Our answer then to the question certified is that
the conviction of simple larceny before the city
justice of Albert Lea is bar to a prosecution
for the compound larceny charged in the in
dictment.
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MERRILL TEXT BOOKS.
The MIDDLE Which is Being Kicked Up
Over the Law.

The Middle Which Is Being Kicked UI
Over the Law.
A communication was received by County
Auditor Davis yesterday from A. X. Doe
treasurer of Washington county, asking the
formers construction of Attorney Genera
Starts opinion concerning the amount OF
funds to be withheld by the county treas
urers from the districts not using the Merrill
school text books. From present indications
the construction of the State school text
book law by the district officers bids fair to
result in serious complications.
The law provides that thecounty treasurer
shall pay no part of the school tax money
belonging to a district of his county, to the
treasurer of such district, until such treas
urer produces his certificate in writing of the
county superintendent of public schools in
his county, certifying to the fact that the
State textbooks have been introduced into
the schools and are used to the exclusion of
any other series of textbooks. Ia order
that the law may be operative it provides
that the books must be used within the
period of two years from the time the county
auditor has received the number of text
books required for the district schools of his
county.
The effect of the law is that in case the
provisions of the act are not complied with
the interior of the district shall be preclu-
ded from receiving from the county treas
urer any but the funds arising from appor-
tionment of the school fund.
In his reply to Mr.. Doe County Auditor
Davis stated that in his opinion the only
funds to be withheld were the one mill tax
and the special tax levied by the districts,
and that the only funds the treasurers of
such districts, as are not using the books,
would be entitled to, are those arising from
the State apportionment of school funds.
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The arrests of nihilists continue to be
made in all parts of the continent. The
agents of Russia are kept busy constantly
tracing up the conspirators, but they have
rather poor luck in getting other govern
ments to surrender the prisoners.