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LAKESIDE MUSINGS.

The New York Times is SURPRISED thA
while pretty actresses have diamond bfaceles
given them, women like George Eliot ana A1s-
SonerviIle do rot. 1t doesn't take much to sur
prise some editors.
4 Boston paper says that "at HaFva1u
University, in the last Gfty years, no SMOKING
student has graduated at tue head OF his class- ;.
Young men who desire TO be thIrd-oasemea u
stroke-oars should bear this fact In mind
a few days ago 3lexican woman "nl!a
washing her feet In the Rio Grande near i''e
Grand City, was seized and Carried OH oy ~
alligator. Her husbund hearing her scsea1M
rushed into the water. and, knife IN bano' moa.
this yoracious beast give up his prey Inc tees
of the wonan were buddy laceTated, but az Ms.
accounts she was doiug well.-Aew loTH 1Taohas- ~
4 few days ago Cincinnati Woman' WHO
washing her feet in the Rio Grande, feit a LICE.
ling sensation in one of her toes. and On ara"iu4
ing it out Of the water discovered an aiigatoI
attached to it. Other altigarors, hearing too
cries OF their companion, rushed to the snoso
ana finally succeeded in rescuing htm. az 4@9'
accounts the alligator was very sick T.: 80
$50 Constance has given him the shake s:
"Tes" T. - '.... ..... g.. ~ ;. : :
~'Tla veil the Lady Gertrude hath not heAe'
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small license fee Of $50 per annum yields but
$50, 1000, though the aggregate saloon busl-
ness done in the course of the year probably
amounts to more than 100000 three.
fourths OF Which is clear profit 1t is pro-
posed that this traffic, which is directly and
Indirectly responsible for the largest portion
Of disorder and crime in the city, shall be-
made to yield enough to add 225U men to tbe
police force. The way to do this Is to fix the
license for saloons selling beer and wine onlv
at 500, and the saloons selling whisky a.
we'll is beer and wine at 500 Il year, The
saloons might decrease III number from $40
to 1000 under this new license system; but
that would be good for the public morals.
and to the advantage of the more decent and
reputable class of saloonkeepers. Twenty,
five hundred to three thousand saloons can
furnish all the drinks that the adult male
population Of this city requires, and that uum-
bet after paying the Increased license fee
will make more money than they do now.
, 1881-12-04

tice?. Is code which can permit Judges W
trifle with Justice in this slckenns way
worthy to stand on the statute-books OF TUG
rrcot State of Illinois? We DO not Know
whether the responsibility for such cases rs
Lesser Fr.edbcrg's-for tits a typical case
RESTS most with the lower courts or
the higher courts, the 1urles, no
Judges, or the law; but we 10 say'
it is a shame and a dlssrace ~
our jurisprudence; that it ought not TO oe
borne and will not be borne patiently Ii
the peopie OF Illinois l,avc spirit and Juds-
ment, or any sense of self-protection, we De-
lieye they will wipe out the code that makes
such things possible and put Il ne" one III It's
place, If they do not, they must DC pre-
pared to see crime flourish in this great
commercial community until property shall
no longer be safe and life itself become a
burden, aud the 1naddcncd people VIII exc
cute their own remedies in their own way,
What possible influence call tile PUNISH
nent Of Lesser Fricdberg now nave as Il
deterrent upon the criminal classes? It nc
shall be sent to the peuitentiary, as he may
not be, the lesson to other !" fences" will
not be that they must not receive stolen
property. 1t will be, first, that they must
not be caught in the act; and, Sec
ondly, that they must put money i'll
their purses to provide for accidents. The
duty Of prudent ''fenccs" will be to create
an insurance fund so that they may have
s.successfut criminal lawyers" to defend
them under weak, defective laws in tho hour
of need. Then they may confidently trust
the wretcfc.l criminal laws of illinois and
the peculiar modes of enforcing and constrt1-
ing them that prevail III our courts to secure
for them immunity for their crimes.
, 1881-12-04
IRISH NATIONAL1SM-

Tile first section of the platform adopted by
the Irish Convention in this city reads as
follows:
R<solred, That as, in the words Of the AnerI-
can Deciarauou OF Independence, The consent
Of the governed IS the only power from whIch
government justly derives its authority: and
In tue words Of one OF her British slajesty's
present Cabinet Ministers, Mr. Joseph Chamber
lam. After 1vo years Of English RUE IN lrelu1d,
English rule there can only be maintained by
JuG.u bayOnets.' this convention dcciures En-
gtlsn rule Ii Ireland 70 be without legal or moral
sanction, and demands the establishment IN Ire
nnd 0 7ttttiUi!ul government base1 upon the 1cu
Of the irish people.
The address set forth the same demand in
still stronger language, and in more stirring
words.
There is no doubt whatever that if the
question Of secession from Great Britain
could be lett to a popular vote three Of the
four Irish provinces would cast an almost
unanimous vote for it-certainly ten to one;
while the fourth province, Ulster, would by
n heavy majority vote to remain III the Brit
ish Empire. But the Government will never
Submit such 4 question to popular vote,
which is not strange, when we know
thai even our Government, resting on
the free will Of the American people,
would never submit such question
to be voted upon by any Of the
States that were dissatisfied with the Union.
The American people-other than those of
Irish natiyity-regard all efforts of the "Na-
tionalists" to etfect.a separation of the island
from Great Britain AS futile and mere
waste OF human energy, Unless Great Brit
ain is crushed in war by some power or com-
bnation Of powers which would wrest Ire
, 1881-12-04

Gen. KEFEE, of Uhio,s was yesterday nom
mated by the Republican Congressional
caucus for Speaker of the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes,. His principal competitors
were uiscock, Kasson, Orth, Bur-
rows, Dunnell, and Reed. The nomina-
uon of keIfer was due to the mantpulations
OF Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, aud
the defeat OF Hiscock was in revenge for his
opposition 10 Gen. Grant in the Chicago Con-
yention in June, 1850. The small vote OBJ
tanned By Atr. kasson {ao) was PROBABLY due
10 the selfish trcachery OF Mr.. Hiscock. -
, 1881-12-04
WHAT "N0 RENT" MEANS.


When Messrs. Parnell, Kettle, Davitt, Dill
Ion, and the other members of the Executive
Of the Irish Land League issued their procla-
nation advising the tenants of Ireland to
pay no more rent, the advice WAS not given
Us I permanent policy, but as a temporary
act Of reprisal to bring the British Govern
ment to its senses, and to compel that Coy
ernlnent to release the representatives OF tha
Land League from Jail. In that manifesto.
issued from their prison, they used this lau-
guage:
Fellow -countrymen, the hour to try your souls
and To redeem your pledges ht3 arrived. The
Executive OF the National Land League. forced
tu abandon It's policy OF testing the LAud act
feels bound To ntly4se the "Reminiscences Vt Ire
lu1lu, from this day forth, to puy III rents under,
my circumstances To their lauiluru5 Until the
Government rrii1lusshe5 the Existing system Ut
terrorlsm aud restores the constitutional rixnts
OF tho people.
The Land League Of Ireland therefore pro-
claimed the ''no-rent'' pulley as tempo
rary measure. No rent was advised until
the British Government had released the luz
prisoned leaders of the league ami restored
the only national representatives of the ten
ant-farmers to their liberty. There has been
10 announced change i'll that policy BY tho
Land League. and. despite the imposing
rhetoric Of the address anu resolutions Of the
recent convention in this city, We assume
thar when this convention indorsed the mo
rent ~ policy it intlUrsed that policy in tila
sense that it was proclaimed BY the leaders
of the league ITSELF lo rent" until the ip1-
prisoneti leaders are released. =
OF course, the friends Of tile league in this
tn, f},.a,
Of the league itself, ami when they inlorse
the proposition thai no rent" be paid III
ireland, they are presumed 10 mean, US the
Irish themselves mean, that 1lo rent be paid
until the Irish leaders are restored to thelr
personal Freedom.
The imprisonment OF 3Ir. Parnell and lis
associates must terminate, unless atfalrS take
some change not now toreSeeil, at the l1leet-
ing OF Parliament in February. By that tine,
it is to be hoped, there will he. a better feel
ins prevailing Oh both sides Of the channcl.'
The decisions Of the Land Court ineyecy iu~
STANCE yet nlaic have seemed to be salisiac-
tory to the tenants, and to such an extent Is
this the case ttiaE the opponents Of the Land
League predict an Inability Of the court to
hear the multitude of applications. Tia
court, however, is practically permanent
body, and can have its branches multiplied
indctinit1y, anu it has unIulited powers to ap~
point deputies TO make valuations Another
months experience of the practical Opera
tions OF the bii will show that tile people ara
rapidly ayailing themselves Of the great benz
eits obtained for them in that bill by th8
successful agitation Of the Land League-:~s.>~
, 1881-12-04

THE Kingdom uf Roumania has suddenly
opened up 4 quarrel with Austria over the
question Of the supervision of navigation on
the lower Danube, and Austria has suspend
ed diplomatic relations with Roumania
in consequence 1t seems strange that 4
power so Insignificant as Rounlania
should incur the serious displeasure of so
great an empire unless it has material pros
pect of support from a throne not less potent
than that of the Car.
, 1881-12-04

THE CHICAGO rE1BrSE has established ofaach
tces for the receipt OF subscriptions and aoseFso
uen.s follows: -. ~
NEw Yt,l,K-t,ooua y Tribune Building. T. 7. NC
EAnpEN. Manager.
GLASGOW. eco:laad-Al'ans American News
Agency. II ncnreld-st ... -
LOSDJS. EuE.-Ameyicar Exchange. tS ou4no
HENEY +. GI1I.lG. Agent
NAeHINGTOS. u. c-13fJ street,
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THAT the police force of this city should
be increased from 200 to 259 men is univer-
sally conceded to be necessary. There is
probably not single law-abidlng citizen who
does not agree to this proposition. The
present force is inadequate to the protection
Of person and property. It comprises only
5.3 men, including officers and stationkcep-
ers, and only dozen or so more than the
force five years ago, when Chicago hau not
more than 70 per cent OF its present. popula-
ton. This statement of tile case alone is
sufficient to determine the necessity for the
proposed Increase After dcducting the
number of patrolmen assigned to special
duty, such as stat:on-llouses, railroad depotS,
public places, and street-Crossinss. the force
patrolliug the streets at one time does not cx-
cecd 1j0 Men. Practically, then, it is expect
ed that nearly 600, ,000 people and property
extending over an area seven miles Iii length
by four miles in width shall fluid protection
night Or day from l50 policemen scattered
at such great distance from one another
that mutual assistance in case of need is out
of the question. ANY such expectation is
preposternus. and, as matter of fact, the
safety and interests Of the citizens take care
of themselves as best they can during the
day, and the city is in great measure given
over ut night to the gamblers, thieves,
burglars. garroters, rouglls, and the rlotous
and vicious classes generally. But THE
TRIBUNE has not been content with the
pointing ont the obvious necessity for an in
crease in the police force 1t has taken into
consideration the difficulties in tie way Of
providing additional policemen, and has sug-
eested practical, fair, and popular plan for
raising the revenue necessary to that end.
It has recommended an increase in the sa-
loon licenses to an extent that will support
80 more policemen. This plan Involves
no hardship for the saloonkeepers. They
are paying no. larger license. today
than they paid twenty-six years ago,
Notwithstanding the enormous growth
of the city, the increase of their prof
It's, and the enlargement Of every other
form Of taxation. There are between $500
and 1000 saloons in Chicago. The absurdly
, 1881-12-04

KEIfER NOMINATED FOR SPEAKER.
Ar. Keifer, of Ohio was nominated for
Speaker in the Republican caucus at Wash
iu.ton yesterday on the sixteenth ballot. by
the following vote:
keifer % Burrows .--.-..--.-.-.
Hlscock.. ......... lSiOrih ...--.-.-... .-.. o
Reed, II Necessary to cho!ce.96
/ J. Hyatt Smith, tile Independent member
from New York, entered the caucus, and Will
be bound BY the result The Republicans
will, with his vote, have !. clear majority over
all. and the Greenback balance OF power"
viii! be destroyed. Five of tie eight Green
hackers will vote with the Republicans, If
hot in tile election Of Speaker, on almost all
other party questions.
Keifer owes his success to combination OF
forces the want OF any one of which, might
have defeated him. He was a member OF
the last House and had the favor Of many
new members who have come into public
lie since kassun and Orth were prominent,
in Congress. Moreover, he was Western
man. Hiscock, Of New York, had more
votes pledged prior to July ? than any otter
candidate But lie was unable to hold them
after New York succeeded TO the Presi-
The feeling against consolidating all the
great Offices OF the Government in tile hands
of citizens of one State was too much for
uiscock. he was not only New York man,
but he was the wrong kind of New York
man. He incurred the enmlty Of the Conk-
lingites in the late New York Convention,
and Cameron opposed him out Of love for
Conkling.
Its said that the Administration threw its
influence in favor of keifer; and the concen-
tration of the Southern Republican votes on
him was due tn the known or implied wishes
OF the President. By the action OF the South
ern members he became the most prominent
of the Western candidates, and his ultimate
success was assured. What other conbina-
tions he made cannot be surely told. but they
may be easily imagined. His bid for the
vote Of PENNSYLVANIA and that Of the
prollibitory tariff men generally was prob
ably better than that of any other candidate,
and his friends may have made special ap-
peal for him as AL heir to the political estate
of Garfield.
However this may be, there is no occasion
to distrust the perfect ghtforwardness
of Mr.. Keifer himself. He will do his best
in the Speakers chair at all times; and.
though he had not the cordial support Of any
Republicans outside Of his own State in tile
beginning OF his canvass, he will be entitled
to it in the House. Ii he shows half as much
skill in the Speakers chair as he did in the
management of his canvass, there will be no
complaint of want of shrewdness on his
part in the discharge of the duties of his new
and trying Office.
, 1881-12-04

Mr.. EMERY SToRRs testified yesterday in
the. Guiieau case that he believed the assassin
was fully responsible for. his acts. This
declaration, so damaging to the inter-
c>ts Of the . defense, whose witness
Mr.. Storrs was, greatly excited the
sister Of the prisoner. She openly
declared that Mr. Storrs had pe1jured him
sell. Vice-PresIdent Davis. an unwilling
Witness, :: stated that he knew nothiug
whatever OF Guiteau. and j. very little
, 1881-12-04

THERE never was j tuore good"natured
man than Prof. Goodwin Smith, He WIS pro-
posed us In honorary member Of st. Georges
Society of Turonso. and one might have Thought,
considering his reputation and abtlisie5,' that hs
would have been glad!y and unanimously ad-
mir1ed. Insteud OF this he was blackpalied-
The brethren OF st. George are nothing If not
loyut to the integrity of the British Empire, and
Prut Smiths views Ut the policy OF the a1ncxa-
ton OF the Dominion to the United Suites were
well known. The dragon, IT not St. George,
stood at the door and would not let the Profes-
sorin. We are pleased to nnt:ce that he met
this rebuff with special equauimtts, and tnleed
with something more He showed himself both
kind and forgivlu4. for this rejected candidate
ut once inc!osed his check for S110-a coutribl1"
ton to the charitable fund Of the societr. Gem
tlemeu blackbailcd ut clubs seldom meet tbs
snub in this way, and perhaps Prof. Smith baa
made more our of the transaction than the ST.
Georges Society has.
, 1881-12-04

THE stockholders of the Keely Motor Com
pany have brought suit to compel Keely to
take out a patent on his invention, and to
turn over the patent and the secret Of the i1i-
,ention to them; also such machines as he
may have in his pOssesSiDn
, 1881-12-04

l.,
The proposition OF The TRIBUNE that re-
form of educational methods in the public
schools must, in the nature of things, pro-
ceed from without, has been antagonized by
all the teachers who have contributed to the
discussion. They all say in substance, I'VE
are experts Oh the subject Of education; we
have devoted our lives to teaching youth;
we constitute an educational priesthood. and
those Of the public who assume to crlticise
us are mere laylnen," etc. The answer to
this is simply to call attention to the fact that
the wise men of the world have been coll
founded by babes and sucklings since the
beginning Of time. Humility is apt to ac-
company true greatness. The school-teacll-
CTS should remember the remark of
Newton: "To myself / seem to have been
as a child playing on the seashorc,
while the immense ocean Of truth lay
unexplored before me.'' The art OF war is
as old as mankind, but whenever it has
made great stride forward it has been in
yariably under the impulse Of some genius
who has broken over the rusty routine rules
of custom. When Gustayus ,Adolphus
stripped from the shoulders Of his soldiers
the heavy, cumbrous arlnor Of tile Middle
Ages they leaped onward to victory. Before
Napoleon was 50 years of age he had de-
feated five armies, each larger than his uw1i
and conquered a vast territory for France
The secret Of his success was the fact that
he opposed to the old theory and practice Of
warfare all entirely new system OF strategy
and military tactics. When lie took COLL
nlslld Of the Army of Italy it was a dispiritcd
host little better than n mob. lie changed
all that. lie declared that Famine, cold,
and misery are the school Of good soldiers"
and he proved it BY leading them to victory.
We are not prepared to say that - famine.
cold. and misery" are the school Of good
teachers. But it may be suggcsted that
the comparative case and comfort of the
routine pubic-school teachers life are not
calculated to stimulate him to superhulnan
efforts in behalf Of reform in educational
methods. Routine, as Il rule, does not
brighten the intellect; it wearies, but does
not stimulate. 1t is notorious that the public
service generally is not equal in efficiency to
private service Of similar character. Why
should seryice in the public schools furnish
all exception to the rule? And why should
the public-school system be exempt from
criticism more than the custonl-house or the
post-officeo
The London (England) Daily Telegraph
of i late date gives an account of a late eff
fort to correct an abuse in an English pub
lie school which is both amusing and inter-
estlng. The school hears the great name of
the Apostle Paul. It is AL industrial school
under control Of school board, ami the
effort to correct certain abuses alleged to
exist in its management made by ,nein-
ber of the board. One would say there
should be no difficulty here. But there was
great, almost insurmountable, difficulty.
Mrs. Surr,~ the complaining member of the
board, was expostulated with, and her
charges were treated as "exaggerations.
ut is quite impossible, you know" ex-.
claimed the members of the board in concert
We're there not managers? Was 1t not known
, 1881-12-04

regarding the Republican party He
considered the. character of his
own examination extraordinary. upon re-
firing he was assured BY Nr. scosliie that
the reason whicl, prompted his enforced ap-
pcarance would be made clear in the CLOSING
speech for the defense.
, 1881-12-04
MRS. GARFIELD'S BEGGARs:

The graceless swarm of beggars with
which this country is afflicted have fastened
upon Mrs. Garfield with the tellacity 0f
leeclles. in the effort to get away from her rs
much Of the fund. that was contributed by
generous men to her and her family as pos
sibIe. Since the death Of her husband she
has received nearly 1900 letters front all
parts of the country, written by impudent,
cheeky menlicants who seem to fancy that
they have some right to deplete her, and that
they have only to demand money, and 1T will
be Forthcoming. Mrs. Garfield is not the
only. though the chief, victim, as Alr. Gar
fields mother, and even Mrs Gartleld's cllll-
dren, have also been in frequent receipt ot let
tiers from these epistolary bandittl:. These
fawning and sneakiny begsars Invariably pre-
face their demands with tender aIlusious to
her bereavement and declarations Of their own
sorrow, rs they remember her husband, anu
picture to themselves the lonely life that she
must he leading, and then boldly prefer their
demand as if they had only to state it to re-
ceiye immediate relief.
4 dispatch from Cleveland states the char
acter Of some Of these insolent demands.
One woman wants 4 mortgage lifted from
her house, and another wants her to pay OFT
her husbands debts, and incloses picture
Of the insolyent nuisance, as il lis likeness
would il some way emphasize the urgency
Of her preposterous claim. \ third woman,
who had recently lost her SOIL. desires money
to erect tombstone over him and procure a
mourning dress for herselfi a fourth, Who
is young girl. is about to he married, and
would like sufficient funds for wedding
trousseau, and undoubtedly would like to
have it understood that it should be credited
to her consideration that she refrained from
asking also for the expenses OF wedding
trip to Europe. 4 fifth, who had lost lus-
band in the War, has married second, and
not finding him to her satisfaction desires
money enough to get rid Of him. These are.
few of hundreds Of similar demands made
BY the long procession Of 1nendicants, and
individuals are reinforced by corporate
bodies, among them many >ilnpccunious
church societies. which are very sure the
blessing Of the Lord will rest upon her, be-
sides the favor Of their prayers, if she will
help release them from their debts.
Mrs. Garfield has doue wisely and set
good example BY burning these letters as fast
rs they are received, and making no reply to
them Of any kind, not even acknowledging
their receipt. That is the way these pests
should be universally treated. Where there is
claim for money the appeal should not even
be listened to. Honest poverty never makes
a claim Of this kind. It is simply another
form Of blackmail, and such insolcnt claim
ants should be treated as blaekInailers. Once
acknowledge their claim by yielding to their
demands, they cannot easily be shaken off.
, 1881-12-04
= SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1851.

OVER 500 vessels of all kinds are now in
winter quarters at this port, the larges: num-
ber ever before laid up here. Quite uum-
ber more are on their way here to winter.
, 1881-12-04

ONE after another the overdue European
steamers are dropping into port. bringing fale5
of one of the most fTishtful November gaie5
that ever swept lhe Atlantic \ long list IS SILL
out beyond their time. a stanch iron sFea!hee
rarely succumbs to wind and waSe a'ohe' fse'
for and tcah.ros are the terror Of the sai1or.
With a stout shin and an open sea L" lau1hs af
the ttefcest storms.
, 1881-12-04

TIE opinion Of Guiteau's sanity given un-
der oath yesterday by Mr.. Emery L. otof1s'
of tllis city, is in close correspondence Win
the opinion formed by nearly every one WHO
has reflected upon the subject Here IS What
he said:
Upon cross examination witness said ne never
saw nuy1hrlx in Guiteau to indicate that ne eonld
sYw nnvtGiIy in tic conduct Of the prisoner that
would Indicate thar be did not know the dtacr-
ence between eu,i1 aud innocence Never saw
anything to Indicate that he "ouia nut oe IT,
sponsible for crime.
Guiteau's whole course during the trial
at1asts IN the correctness Of Storrs' opinion.