The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-06
CURRENT TOPICS.
GEN. rrTz JOHN poarHs's CASE.

Drea6lV5 argument WutI0 MT. HaE0Olpn Wa
very earnest he was also temperate and abs1
lutely non-partlsan. lie had no harsh world
for the military court which sentenced Con
Porter. bat referred at length 10 the evidently
imperfect evidence on which tho court acted
evidence shown 10 bs misleading and errone-
GUS BY the report OF tho results OF the recent
board Of review appointed by President Hayes
Ons statement made By Mr.. Randolph caused
no small amount Of flutter In the senate. Il
WINS that tho testimony Of Gen. Mcdowell. on
| which Porter was convicted. IL fatty contra.
iioted BY MeDowell's official report made d
| month before he testified bsfore the court
which report ought to be. X IL IL not. on fle In
the War Department. Senator Randolph was
followed on the second instant BY Senator Lo-
gan. OF Illinois. who made long and weari.
some speech against the bill. which gradually
thinned out tho galleries and cleared the floor
Of the distinguished visitors who were Id at.
tendance II seems 10 DO the understanding oil
Cen. Porter's friends that the President hsa
been very fair TO them and their case. and
II NJ much opposed ss any one can be to the
Inauguration OF partisan debate. Whether
he Ii convinced by the findings Of his board tha,
injustice has bsen done TO Gen. Porter ID not
known: but hs IL certainly In favor OF having
tho pending bill discussed apart from party
politics. Gen, Garfield seems to BIZ this only
ono oonnaotsd with the eourt.martial who ID
now In position to act In the case. that has
not besome Portsr's friend by reason Of the
evidence brought bsiore the board Of inquiry.
He seems moved BY rancor which nothing
can assuags. The evidence Of the motives
which actuated him Ia said to be In the possess
sion OF those who are 10th 10 use II. and which.
were II known. would greatly impair aarfeld's
AtsY1 tn fure k.- 4s.l~ l..y< A
Forty-third Congress resolution calling for
Just such board as thu President finally ap-
pointed. The presum ption ~ that no did IL to
silence tho demands for Justice on the part Of
Cen. Porter and his friends. for the resolution
was suppressed In the military committee
This IL an example OF tho kind OF fight that
Gen. Portsr's enemies have been and are
making.
THE MoraoLlAx EXODUS.
The recent arrival In Now York OF Chinese
from San Francisco. vla the New York. Lake
Erie and Western Railroad. aud the statement
that many more were on the way has been re-
garded by tho public ~ tho beginning OF nm
exodus Of Chinese from the Pacific coast III
View oil the attitude OF hostility toward them
there. An explanation has boon given by rail-
road officials. however. that places tho rsspon
slblllty for the moment with the management
Of the Central Pacific Railroad. who. Ia order
to compete more successfully with the Pacific
Mall Steamship Oompany for passenger traffic.
reduced second class fares from Ban Francisco
10 the Atlantic coast from 500 TO SIS The latter
IL tho Storage fare on tho steamships. On the
the steamships 1t costs the passenger nothing
for food. but he is required to spend about
month on tho voyage. instead OF twelve days.
Nv on tho railroads. Those reduced tickets are
So. a
steamer days. and as February 40 was the Hrst
time the new rule went Into effect. th5 poorer
elass Of passengers who intended to CONS east.
ward we're Induced to postpone their trip to that
date. This. It u said. was the cause Of the I'M
usually large number OF second class passen-
gers from the Pacific slope by rail. among
whom we're great many Chinese. who are Just
now arriving Id Now York and Philadelphia.
"A NATIONAL YACHTING ASSOCIATION.
A convention OF yachtsmsn was recently held
In New York to organic, u National Yachting
Association. Delegates from eighteen clubs
were present, and n fairly large part OF the
yachting Interest OF the country was represent
cd. permanent organization was effected by
the election Of Vice Commodore w. II. Dilworth.
OF the New Jersey Club. president. and John
Frlck. OF the Columbia Club. secretary. II was
uuGlueu M4Ht tud HUtUHttl hS5DCIAbIDn buDuIu DO
divided Into the departments Of the North. Eist.
the Gulf. the Pacific and the lakes-thess do
partments to have the management OF all regat-
TINS given under the association rules within
their territory. and to act AZ species OF sub
committees Of the central organization. The
name adopted IL the National Yachting Asso-
citation OF the United States" and the objects
OF the organization are. among others. to
secure uniform sailing regulations and
rules: correct list Of members Of each club.
their yachts Dimensions and description. and
q correct and official collection OF records q
better method OF classification. and an improve
ment In tho system OF time allowance: and an
official certificate for the owner OF a yacht
winning race when sailed under the rules Of
the association. The constitution provides
that an executive committee shall have tho
OF the association and decide all
disputes arising In re9attas sailed under the
association rules. In the absence OF list Of
the clubs participating In the convention. we
are not advised as to whether our New Orleans
yachtmen were represented or not. but pre-
sumo they will duly consider the matter.
ACCUMULATION OF SILVER.
II Ia stated that Secretary Sherman Is greatly
about the accumulation OF silver In
the treasury, and has directed the attention OF
the Cabinet TO It. The pile OF silver 10 reported
10 be going up. while the pile OF gold IL going
down. The Immense increase Of imports has
caused the flow OF gold to this country. which
was 80 large three or i've months ago. 10 cease
almost entirely. and the tide has turned the
other way. 1t is thought that II imports
keep MP until June to the amount re-.
ported In January and February, the
balance Of trade In favor OF the United
States will be reduced to very low figure
for this year: and the gold accumulation will
be drained away. The Secretary OF the Treas
ury Is anxious to get the silver dollars into cir
culation. and use them. instead OF gold. ia the
markets. The New York money market is now
almost entirely dependent upon the action OF
the treasury. the large increase OF business
avnrvwhara n n WING ahunrhcd tho onrranoy II