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New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

contracts and also to make ii more difficult for
Commissioner Thompson, or any other official,
to evade the law by the scandalous $999 order
method. The limit for unadvertised contracts
is reduced from 81 900 to $3.50. But even tnat
will not prevent the abuses now existing IN the
Public Works Department. under THIS oruer
system. However, no law can probably be
drawn that dishonest official would not find
way TO evade. 1t is for the Grand Jury to deal
with such cases.
The bill requires heads of departments 10
certify to the Controller the expenditures re-
ouired for contracts and before they are made
the Board of Estimate must approve the eN-
penditure. That is proper provision. All
laws now authorizing the expenditure OF
money except perhaps in the case OF the
AGueduct Commission, without first obtaining
the approval of the Board of Estimate, should
be repealed Mr. Thompson's Croton water
Fund, and other like funds, which furnish
opportunities for almost unlimited waste and
expense should be swept away. III bidder Is
compelled to execute a contract for the total
amount of his bid that ends the unbalanced Dld
system. The provision to punish an ollcer ior
preparing false estimates is good one. II the
employment of relatives and political associates
at enormously high rates Of pay could be
stopped, also. that would be another great
advantage. But that must result from other
proposed changes in the laws, which Will no
doubt he brought about during this session
of the Legislature.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
1 c0NFLICr or OPINIONS.

When doctors disagree, who shall decide
All the leading State officials, who are required
by law to make an annual report to the Leglsla-
ture. have now been heard from. And the
result has been to disclose a curious conflict OF
opinion between them in regard to two most
important public questiOns-canal and PRISON
management.
We have already called attention TO the fact
that the Governor and the retiring State
Engineer signally fail to agIee rs to the work
ing of the free-canal policy during the last
season. The Governor believes that the future
of the canals is full of promise. Mr.. Seymour
on the contrary, has not hCsitated TO express
the opinion that they have Outlivcd their use
fulness. The Controller has since supplemented
the report of these two officials with one OF his
own showing the condition OF the canals from
the financial point of view. This Is the report
which the Auditor of the Canal Department,
whose Office was abolished last year, had been
accustomed to submit. In this report the Con
trollcr says: "The tonnage moved lin 1883 as
"reportcd by the superintendent of Public
"NVorks aggregated $40, ,63l tons, which Is
" a gain over the previous year of 3Oo,2oo
tons" On the other hand, the Governor IN his
Message writes: The tonnage for the year was
"5.77j, G31 tons. an increase over last year OF
49,, $50 tons Now what was the Increase
32i.35O tons, as the Governor states 1t, or
3OS, Dos tons, as the Superintendent states 1t
When it comes to prisons we find Supernten-
dent Baker and Commissioner Peek OF the
Bureau of Labor Statistics radically at
variance. Mr. Baker wants to see the existing
policy continued. Mr. Peck recommends that
it be abandoned. "Thc present prison system
" in New-York' - Mr.. Baker argues ais the
"nearcst approximation to the ideal standard
" that the people have yet seen in the State
Mr.. Peck reports in favor of prohibiting the
Superintendent of State Prisons from making
" or permitting any contract with any party or
corporation for the labor of cOnyicts in any OF
the prisons of the State
The moral to be drawn from this conflict Of
views seems to be that the Legislature would do
well to make haste slowly with any work they
may have in mind which is designed to change
either the canal or the prison policy. 1t is easy
to tear down. II is not so easy to build up.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

He is strictly temperate. benevolent, fcp3 n books
lectures and sermons. and is well-to-do bachelor
The late Professor Sophoclss was first brought
out" it is said in 1885 by two Yale tutors, Messrs
n. p. Seymour and $. c. Brace who had known him
at Hartford, where he was living in obscurity ith
the MS his Greek grammar pac ed away at the bot
tom OF his trunk. They invited him to come to New.
Haven, and the Yale people at once made him at
home giving him the nominal position Of assistant
TO Professor Gibbs, the Hebrew scholar, who was
then librarian in order that the young Greek might
be entitled to a room in the chapel building where
the library was kept. Soon some of the tutors
formed a class, To enjoy his reading and exposition
of ATiStophanes. Then Hartford publisher zot his
grammar printed at the Cambridge press, and at
last Professor FELTON, drew him to Harvard and kept
him there.
The late Governor Dennison, of Ohio, once told
a Cleveland Leader writer the history of the Hon.
Henry b. Payne's first contest for United States
SenatOrship. "In 1851" he said, "a Senator was
to be elected in Ohio and Henry B. Payne was the
candidate of the Democratic party when the Legis-
lature met. Hiram Griswold, Of Stark County led
the Wings The Legislature was 80 constituted
that neither tho Wing nor the Democratic party
could elect without the assistance of the Free Soil
OF Anti-SlaveTy members. These held the balance
of power. but were, if anything, more favorable to
the Wings than to the Democrats / had been q
member of the Senate for the two years preceding
but was not at this time. The balOting started out
with Payne away ahead and il continued so off and
on for twentvf0ur ballots, scattering votes being
cast for Ewing the elder Joshua x. Giddiugs, SheI-
lock j. Andrews. Tom Co win and others. On TIE
twenty fifth ballot Ben Wadc's name was presented
TO the Assembly, and on the twenty-seventh he was
elected
BLOoMINGrOY, Ill, Jan. 11.-EX-Senator David
Davis and wife, and Lawrence Weldon, tine newly
app inttd Judge Ofthe Court Of Claims and his wife,
depart in the morning for Washington. Senator
Davis and wife will remain several months: and
Judge Weldon will assume the duties of ms new
The Bloomington Bar presented Judge Weldon to-
night with valuable golded-headed cane.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
PROSPEROUS SEASON IN RUBBER.

Joseph p Earle Importer Of India Rubber. From tho
India rubber statistics which have cleaned from
various appears that there were imported INTO
the United states IN 1888 21,625OO0 pounds OF rub
bcr or tins amount 11.6l6,0O0 pounds came nom Para,
and the remainder from Central America and Africa.
These figures show falling OF Of 2j42000 pounds from
the imports OF last year. ILc total consumption Of tho
world for last year 32 100000 pounds. The total
stocks in the world January was about lf0000OO
pounds The closing OF the rubber factories until June
OF course had considerable influence in depressing the
price crude rubber NOu will remember that specu
ator' succeeded in driving up the price in 1852 TO ~ 20
per pound. When the break It fell 10 rs cents and
remained near that figure for time. The manu-
facturers have worked OF nearly all their surplus
stock Of goods and are looking forward TO prosperous
season this year.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
Netp9lork Daily Gribnme
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JAN. -.
THE NEVIS THIS MORNING.

FoRFlGN.-The Marquis Tseng, in an interview
Yesterday, said that the accounts from IOnquin
had been overdrawn. - Pamphlets in regard to
the Egyptian troubles have been distributed in
London, - The rumOrs that Mr. Trevelyan in
tended TO resign are denied == ! he steamer
Celtic was spoken by the steamer ArCosy. -= The
Royailst League of Spain presented the Comte de
Paris with an address.
CoNGEEss.-The senate passed bill appropriat-
ing 81 600 900 for Mississippi River improvements.
- Senators Cullom. Brown and Garland spoke
upon the Mormon question. - The now Senate
rules were adopted. =- The House was not i'll
session.
DoMEsTIC-GoveTnor PattisOn of Pennsylvania,
surprised two State benevolent institutions by
visit Yesterday - Richard Wagner, natural
ized American, tells a story of Russian ex-
action and oppression of which he was the victim.
- Insurance Commissioner TarbOX OF Massa-
chusetts asks the Legislature to change the laws
regulating cooperative ASSOCIATE ms. --- Senator
Mccarthy introduced bill at Albany to change
the method of letting city contracts. -= A
bloody warfare between Indian bands in Wisconsin
isrcported. 80 number of gold watches, proba-
bly, stolen in New-York, were recovered in Boston.
CITY AND SUBURrAN-The Tax Commissioners
yesterday, in answer TO the Mayors charges, re-
auested a thorough investigation by the Grand
Jury. .- Search for Mr.. DelmOnicO was vigor-
ously prosecuted -- A number of Episcopal
clergymen strongly condemned the Rev.
r. Heber NewtOns recent lectures -= letter
of Commissioner Fink to President Sloan
was made public. - The defendant
in the Feuardent trial offered to submit disputed
statues to test. = DR.. Charles Waldsteln
leetured on "The Influence of Athletic Games on
Greek Art" and Professor Hutton on "lncandes-
cent Electric Lighting" == Mrs. Town.
sends deposition was read IN the
Oyster Bay assault case inquiry. -
The "bunco" men who 'roped il" Mr.. Iilden, of
Hartford, were discharged. 80 A new Presby-
terian Church was formed. - Gold value OF the
legal-tender silver doIar(412i2 grains e54O cents
- Stocks were dull and ruled little lower, but
recovered before the end and closed steady.
TIE WEATHEE-TRIBUNE local observations in
dicate colder, clear or fair weather.. Temperature
yesterdays Highest, 39'; lowest, 2S'; average,
$50.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
CHARLES DELMONICo KNOWN BY CoMPARA-
TIVELY FEW.

Francis Kihsier ofhe Brimace Tile fact that so few
people know Charlie DelmonicO by sight Is not sur
pr1sing | into contact with the public much
than he did, and yet doubt If nne-tenh5 OF
my guests even knew me bv sight. large hotel or
large restaurant is so systcmatzed that the heads Of de-
partments are altogether respon sibc for their Own
ton Of the business II is the with tearcs How
many the patrons of Wallacks or the Union Square
know Lester Wallack Sheridan shook by sight Very
few imagine The manager may be constantly In front
of his house. and yet he passes by unnoced seeby tho
way that "A London society Journal is going to publish
some interesting revelations by Brunswick Hotel
waiter" ! am curious to them. suspect they aro
due to the not very sound brain OF Fngcl, who u,d 10
edit The Arcqdon IN this city. always looked on him
as a crank OF the first water
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
LIE REK. MR. LENKLNNS C1SE

There was strange episode in the Methodist
Louisiana Conference the other day when the roll
Of preachers was called and the name Of the Rev.
j. Lane Borden, once Presidento Of Mansfield College,
was reached Ii then became tho painful duty of
the presiding elder of his district TO announce that
Mr. Borden had been murdered in June last by Mr.
Jenkins, q fellow minister and member of this
same Conference. 1t will be remembered that this
was the case in which young lady made remark
about the college president which led Mr. Jenkins
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
ABoLISHING UNBALANCED BIDS.

Senator McCarthy's bill to destroy the fraud
ulcnt unbalanced bid contract system in this
city should receive the early consideration of
the Legislature. After the astonishing revela-
tions made by The TRIBUNE no ono will deny
the pressing need for such reform. 1t affords
a striking commentary on the methods Of the
city government that such dishonest contract
system-should remain in force here eight years
after its deceptive features were exposed III
connection with the public works Of the State.
But it cannot be too quickly and effectually
swept away. 1t is probably too much to expect
that city officials who have been profting from
this corrupt system will not endeavor to
prevent its abolition. Their agents are at work
in Albany; but, fortunately, there is no reason
To believe that they viii have any influence iii
further delaying these needed reforms.
Senator Mccarthy has wisely included in his
bill a provision to secure better supervision OF
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

TALRS ABOUf TOUN.
SIR ARTHUR sULLGvAN's ILLNESS.

r. Z. Hutchinson. Vdleytd's hVs6 ND I am not
prised TO hear Of Sir Arthur Suliyans illness He has
suffered years from extremely painful disease.
and when he was writing Pinaore" " used to roll
about the floor IN his agony. Yet it is the prcttest
music he wrote He treated once by Sir Henry
Thompson, the wel-known specialist, and fancy will
him again. He lives the ybaritlsh life that
might be supposed Of the bosom friend Of the Duke ot
Edinburgh The Prince has been good friend 10 him IA
far influence goes. don't suppose Sullivan will 1--we
very long,
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
THE SITJSF1CTJOy or HOyOP.v

France is the only country in which the code" still
remains in full force and there occasionally is pre-
scnted au edifying illustration of the difficulties
which have to he encountered by the uf0rtunates
who go in search of satisfaction" for their
wounded honor" The case of NJ. Aurclicn Scholl,
n wel-knOwn Paris journalist is the latest of these
interesting and wonderful episodes. 1t seems that
NJ Scholl assaulted, his nose made to bleed
and his abdominal region rendered painful by the
violent and sudden impact Of a bottle. The re-
sponsiblo cause of these disturbing phenomena was
the Count de Dion. NJ Schol was laid up for a
month by this assault but he was not contented
On recovering he challenged Count de Dion. and
now duel has been fought in which the challenger
has received wound in the side, in addition to his
previously injured nose and stomach. Does this
wound in his side (which is made more unpleasant
by the fact that his adversary broke his sword in
nhicting it, and left fragment in N. Schol5 body
ayengo tue insult which the honor Of the latter
had sustained9 Orwl it be necessary for him to get
well, challenge the Count again. and so give HIM an
opportunity TO finish the jObl The reasoning of
duellists is indeed very singular, and their logic
differs radically from any taught in the schools.
According to their views NJ. SchOll has now purgcd
himself and can hold up his head among men of
honor" AMI this because he has allowed man
who had beaten him to wound him with sword.
If he had been killed we suppose he would have
been still more thoroughly vindicated, and in that
case his adversary would, by killing him, have
justified his cOnduct in previously beating him.
1t is curious that such eccentric and utterly ir
rational habits of thought should still hold their
ground in any part of the SO-cailed civilized world
at the latter end of the nineteenth century and
pecially among people keenly sensitive to
rdcule the French. No doubt however, the
dueo belongs to-day to a purely artificial phase of
society ami it is upheld there by the force Of that
stupid conservatism which often long survives
argument, reason, aud even public opinion. The
dueo at present, nevertheless, is little more than
mimicry 1t is one Of the tributes paid by bOnr
Geois generation to the memory Of the GRciR regime;
Il haf-uncOnsciOus recognition that the vices and
ALLEGATIONS of the seventeenth century still excite
envy and admiration in the nineteenth. 1t will die
ont in its time, and in the meanwhile it is not at all
likely to interfere with the Survival of the Fittest
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
STUBBORN FERRY PILOTS.

Capt,i, Schtdt-. NJ Police Boat Patrol The greatest
trouble we have to contend with the river is the stub
bOnness Of ferrybolt pilot, with regard to giving and
answering signals They to think they entitled
10 tie right OF way under all circumstances and they pay
tie heed to other craft. Especially IS this Tie with
the Fulton Ferry pilots. But they all backed up by
the directors and right there Pierre LorIlard is coming
in for the damages done the Radha.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
PASSENGER RrsINFss.

James Buckley ofLe Ncc YorI Luke Eric aud WsierI
RGLoad road did a larger passenger business last
year than during any year since it was opened Tho
Of this prosperity is probably due TO two facts:
first the growth of the custom Of taking summer vaca-
ons, and second increased facilities for reaching
important points in the West. The route to Chicago
which opened last summer has proved to be very
popular one The trains loaded each trip. think
you will find inquiry that the passenger business
nearly all Of the large roads better than usual last
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

In the Opin ion of Assemblyman Brogan, the con-
tract labor system is vital cobra Of destruction
which isswamping the lives ofthe wOrkngmen Ofthe
State" That isdOubteSs the way the system strikes
the Asscmblyman at first glance. Before the ses-
sion ends, unless the system improves upon
quaintancc he may feel prompted to call 1t a rec
angularparaleOpiped
The fence war in Texas is reaching serious propor-
tions. Governor Ireland has addressed a convention
Of the stoclmen, dScaiming having advised the
fence-Owucrs to redress with shot-gGns the wrongs
done to them by the fence-cutters, but concluding
in this remarkable manner: L" If You find man
setting fire to your barns and cutting your fences,
and you should shoot him-well, make no pledge"
This it is said, was vociferously applaudcd" beng
taken as pledge that he would pardon those who
killed ftnce-cuttcrs The inference seems not un-
reasonable Texas is a great country.
Significant changes of political sentiment are dis
closed by the annual election of officers in the
French Chambers. NJ. Brisson is reelected President
of the Deputies, by greatly reduced majority.
When originally promoted to that high Office from
the chairmanship of the Budget Committee, he re-
ceived 347 votes the Legitmlsts aad Bonapartists
casting seyenty-nino votes against him, while the
Irreconcilables deposited twenty-five blank bulle-
tins. His majority has now dwndled to seventy
two, the minority having increased from IOI 10
224. This decline is probably due to the
cause which reduced NJ. Gambettas majority for
the same office. NJ. BrissOn has been unwilling to
accept the responsibilities of the Premiership pre-
ferriug to remain in retirement the natural
cessOr Of President GTeyy. The Deputies may have
resented this disposition on the part of leader of
unuvaled political authority to hold himself in
serve for the Presidential succession. In the bal
lot for vice-pTesdents the increasing power of the
Radicals was evinced. NJ. FlOquet, who the adj
vocate of the haT5hest pTOscrptve measures against
the Pretenders, having taken the place of NJ Lepere.
The Senate retains its preference for Republican,
ism of more moderate type NJ. lie Roger being
elected presiding officer with few dissenting votes.
Both Judge Allen of the Criminal Court and
Judge Ferris of the County Court, in Nashville,
stand high in the community" SO We are assured
and believe, and wed do not suppose they stand any
lower than they did before they seized one another
by the throat the other day and drew knives upon
each other 1t seems that Judge Ferris had inti-
mated that the county was being guttcd' through
the unnecessarily heavy costs of the criminal court
This remark led mp, as to natural climax. to the
throat and knife incident But they were sepa-
rated. nobody was hurt. and both continue to
stand high in the community"
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

found elsewhere in this paper. The main point
which these critics make against the rector OF
All Souls, is that however correct and proper his
views may be in the abstract, he ought not TO
give utterance to them in pulpit OF the
Episcopal Church. Mr. Newton will differ from
his brethren on this point probably quite as
much as on any other. Notwithstanding the
deep feeling which exists in the Episcopal
Church in regard to this matter, it is doubted
by many wel-informed observers whether any
action will be taken, at present at least, by AS
sistant Bishop Potter. His position is delicate
one so long as the senior Bishop OF the
diocese lives.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

The Celtic has been spoken for the third time
and is reported to be still under sail for Queens
town. Ais well on board in one sense; but in
several others all is not well, for the fresh pro-
visions have given out and the passengers have
been obliged to put up with salt food. Mean
while the business men on board arc said to be
most unhappy.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

After January 20 the United States senate
will be governed by new rules, the revised coue
having been adopted yesterday after much dis-
cussion. The changes are not so sweeping us
the Committee on Rules desired to make 'hen''
The number of standing committees ior
example, was not increasedin in the way suggested !;
nor were the Senators willing to limit thcir
right of debate by agreeing to the previous
question rule This proposition was promptly
voted down by large majority, as most oo-
servers thought it would be. For over seventy
years the Senators have enjoyed the privilege
of talking as long as they pleased on all subjects
under consideration, and a discussion could
only be closed by unanimOus consent Doubt
less the adoption of the previous question RUE
would often prevent the waste OF valuable uhne'
but on the whole il does not appear that I'M
restricted debate has hitherto greatly impaired
the Senate's usefulness, or impeded proper
legislation
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

The answer of the Tax Commissioners to the
charges made 10y the Mayor shows that they
are not afraid TO have all their transactions
carefully scrutinized. They ask for thorough
investigation by the Grand Jury. Can any one
remember a similar request from the head of
another department upon which the Mayor
seems now to look with much more favor than
upon that of President AstenR Did Hubert
o. Thompson ever request the Grand Jury to
investigate the Department of Public Works
If he has had any desire for such IAN investigation
90 one has ever been able to discover it.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

The Senate has settled down to serious
business, and very properly has taken up the
Mormon question as one of the most important
subjects which call for legislative action. Mr.
Cullom made an earnest speech in favor of his
bill placing the Government of Utah entirely in
the hands of the Federal Government, the
legislative power to rest in a council appointed
by the President. Several other Senators spoke,
and the drift of opinion was plainly in favor of
prompt action to remedy the present disgraceiul
state of affairs in Utah. The discussion will
encourage the friends of decency and good
morals the country over.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

To prevent the desgucton of the work
already done TO improve the Mississippi River,
the Senate yesterday passed bill aIpropriat-
ing $1,000 to meet present emergencies.
A conservative spirit in regard to the matter
was developed. Senator Miller, of this State,
moved an amendment, which was adopted
STIMULATING that none of this money should be
spent for the benefit of private interests
along the banks. Eager contractors and
lobbyists who see the chances of immense
personal profit whenever the Mississippi River
jmproyement scheme is mentioned will hardly
be plt. sed by the Senate's caution.
The opinions of number OF clergymen OF the
Episcopal Church in regard TO the theological
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