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Year: 1878

DooREsEPER PoLKs trouble seems
to be the same as that of the
bigger man than Grant in the
the last congress. aud like poor Fitz-
hugh he is likely to be driven to the
wall and broken down through the an
imosities Of the members whom be has
failed TO crafty in dividing the meagre
patronage Of the office. The accus alton
Of being interested in claims before
congress. does not seem to be as clear
as Mr.. Bakers charge would warrant the
public in believing. The matter is,
however, being investigated.
Year: 1878

CHINESE immigration, from a ilere
local question, has gradusliy assumed
the magnitude of a question of nation
al concern which cannot be dismissed.
No objection to their immigration on
account of their race. color or prev ious
social condition can be consistently
urged with the accomplished results OF
the war staring as in the face. A solu
ton of the question which viii not be
special and arbitrary in it's application,
is the equation to be reached by states.
man.
Year: 1878

large. This view is true of monarch


icai governments to . greater OF less


extent, but Is not true of our


own. and has been the main


cause Of the present depression


hanging over the country like q pail.


Our government is simply the agent Of


the people. and has no interests apart
from the interests of the country At


large. The government is not in the


position of banker whose whole basi-


ness is finance, and who is enriched or


impoverished according as his opera,


tions sway one way or another. Yet


this is the view which seems to possess


Sherman and Others shaping the finzn-
eial policy of the government To read


their speeches and reports one would


infer that the United States was a sort
OF a private banker engaged in finan-
ciai operations on its own account and


trying desperately hard to out-wit other
spectators aud drive smart bargains


.ith capitalists and in the money
markeis--forgetting that is the people
they are operating against, instead of
operating for, that it is the capital of
their principals which they are absorb
ing for the benei, Of capitalists. This
view is radically false and is the radical
falsehocd of three-quarters of the re-
publican fnanciering The real aues>
ton is not how the government. |
as such, can make money out of the |
people, but how it can help the people
TO make money for themselves. Con-
gress is convened TO promote the pub
lie prosperity, and unless some measure
other than remone.izstion and the re-
peal of the resumption act is passed |
they will have failed in furnishing the
relief demanded at their hands. Meas,
ures calculated to give the country
more money, improved business. open
new markets for our products and man.
ufactured goods. and restore the conf
dence of capitalists in productive indus
try and enterprises of all kinds. are the
objective point both congress aud the
administration should keep constantly
in view. Whether to defer the further
payment of the national debt until bet,
ter times is polite measure or not,
The Improvement of the times should be
the chief and almost the sole concern OF
congress till prosperity returns. 1t will
De easy to carry the burden when the
nation has the strength to bear it. To
tevelop its debt-paying capacity is the
irst consideration.
Year: 1878

John Divinney was arraigned before
Squire O'Neill last evening, and officer
'Brickle stated that he came up Market
street, wanting to fight every one yesterday
John denied that he was drunk, and stated
that his wife was the cause of 1t all, she
having played game of draw poker with
him, by drawing poker from under the
stove and hitting him over the head with
It. Fine for drunkenness.
Year: 1878

OF course there arc people who now
say they always knew him to be
villain. But tho degree Of confii
dence that Thomas everywhere
inspired seems to havo boon no less
remarkable than tho success with
which he carried out his crimes.


While here he pretended to bo
New York lawyer settling up the
estate of ward in tho metropolis.


tie is also said to havc had $4,000
deposited in tho Chicopee Rank.
Year: 1878

including Millinery and Fancy Goods in
NIL the latest styles and novelties of the
season, such IS arc generally found in q
iirst-class Millinery establishment. Fan
cy and stnplc Dry Goods, beautiful
stock Of newest styles Of Dress Goods
Butt onS and
Year: 1878

Our Washington dispatches
contain information that the Sec
retary of the Treasury has de-
termined that the first silver dol
lars to be issued will be used
only in exchange at par for gold
coin or for the purchase of sill
yer bullion at the market price.
He don't feel at liberty to use
them to pay for current ex-
penses until the amount coined
is sufficient to furnish all alike
without discrimination. There
fore they will at present be used
for the purchase of silver bull
lion at the market rates. The
silver certificates will soon be
ready for issue, and arc of the
form of bank notes, engraved in
the best manner and printed on
bank note fibre paper.
Year: 1878

own nearly as much stock in
the road at present as that pro-
posed to be subscribed by the
counties, they would be entitled
to only thirteen votes against
the 3,475 of the counties, which
would leave them in anything
but pleasant situation.


There are many other points
of interest in this act which we
would like to discuss, but it
seems to US that section 3 covers
sufficient ground to justify the
action of the Directors without
further objections.
Year: 1878

In the history of this country
there has probably been no year
that has equalled the last in the
amount of official peculation and
mercantile fraud which has
shocked the moral sense of the
public and brought unmerited
suffering and ruin on thousands
of innocent heads. A list of the
more prominent instances of no.
torious fraudulent crimlnality
during the twelvemsnth foots up
trifle over $30,OOO,OOO, and of
the dishonest rascals who have
brought such opprobrium on the
age and country and such suffer-
ing On a large number of the
poor, scarcely half a dozen are
behind the prison bars which
should shutin the whole of them.
A public sentiment healthily Sc
we're and a vigorous enforcement
of all legal penalties, are the
most effective means Of putting
an end to such sad display of
knavery.
Year: 1878

the people directly by the people indirectly through


representing them 10 their s Sapn
that tends to preserve the equality OF the STATES put
@ snf d the
rectly or by people indirectly through electors the
In practice the Electoral system has no tendency to
preserve the relative Of the smaller states Inc
small States are Oveslaughed by the present Electoral
system II has happeued already that the vote OF New
York solid by general ticket has decided the eectn ION
question for the million voters OF the state OF
t asai % e al sne ree sHo Of
Electoral system has been to increase the relative i
Of voting general ticket introduced by the large
States for that purpose and where introduced a "crc
compelled to follow II.


The subcommittee points out thedangers attend
ing an election by the House of Representatives;
the absence of remedy in hundred contingencies
under the present system; and the demand for
something better that caused the appointment OF
this committee. Of the bill proposed by the sub
committee it is said the chief feature Of the plan
agreed upon by the majority of the subcommittee
is that it provides for the election Of President by
direct vote of the people instead of indirect vote
through clectOrS:


1t has been approved ny political leaders OF both
parties at critical periods OF the Republic. its advan-
iagcs are many 1t would enable every to vote for
the man his choice with the absolute certainty that
he, and those who voted with him. would receive their
proper portion Of the electoral vote. A man now can
vote such candidates only have electors In his own
Slatc NO southern lhtl cohu nave 'o.o ioi iichoi.
and Dayton in 1886, because they had no
an electoral ticket, Mcclellan with fortyfour
per OF the popular vote, obtained only per cent OF
the electoral vote Douglas with 20 per cent OF the
popular vote had but cent Of the electoral vote
Clay with AZ per cent Of the popular vote In 1S2 mad
but IL per OF the electoral vote. Such state OF
things unreasonable and nothing can be said fairly III
defence OF ii.


The third member of the subcommittee MIR. Her
bert of Alabama, dssents from the opinions OF his
two colleagues, and will present report OF his
own. lie thinks the plan of direct voting would be
an invasion of the rights of the States, and step
toward Capitalization.
Year: 1878

THE FISHERIES AWARD.


THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE ASKING FOR AN APPRo'


PRIATIoN NOT TO BE SENT IN JUST YEr-sIR


EDWARD THORNTON's ANNOYANCE.


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.1


WASHINGTON, March 31.-Tbe correspondence re-
lating to the fisheries question and the message
recommending an appropriation to pay the HALIFAX
award, will not be transmitted TO the Senate ior
several days. Accompanying them there VIII DE IT,
view of the whole question from the beginning III
cluding a statement of the circumstances under
which this subject was introduced into the treaty
of Washington and the real objects OF the unl'ed
States in agreeing to leave the permanent DISPOSE
tion of this question to tribunal.


Sir Edward Thornton is reported to be much an
moved at the tone of the discussion which has taken
place in the public press and among public men on
the question of the organization of the Halifax Com
mission. He is said to have denied that it was an
act of bad faith on the part of the British Govern
ment to allow the time to expire to leave the
selection of the third member of the tribunal
in the hands of the Austrian Minister at
London. The British Government. he asserts. was
no more responsible than own for the expiration
of thethree months limitation and while he dces
not desire it to be understood that he will enter into
any controversy with exSecretary Fish In regard to
the matter lie does feel assured that the correspond
ence between the two Governments, when it Is
all given TO the world will fully vindicate his course
in regard to the matter
Year: 1878

REGISTER SHORT TINE ONLY.


tBY TELLcRAIU TO THE TRiBUSE.i


WASHINGTON, March 31.-The Hon. Glenni w.
Scofeld. the new Register Of the Treasury, arrived
in Washington last night, and will assume the
duties Of his Office tomorrow. He says that
he shall hold the position only short
time In answer to the suggestion that he might
after q while be available as a Cabinet
officer, he replied that there is Cabinet position
that he would accept. and that nothing could induce
him to undertake the drudgery and anxiety of such
a position. Judge Scofeld says that the President
is more popular with the people than with the poll
ticians. He thinks the Republicans will carry tho
State of Pennsylvania this FALL both on the general
and legislative tickets.
Year: 1878

lBY TELEGRAPH To The TRIBUNEI


WASHINGTON, March 31.-Thc executive officers of
the Government find that the new Legislative Bill
proposed by the House Appropriations Committee
will seriously cripple every branch of the public
service. In some of the departments reduction of
80 per cent of the clerical force without discrmi-
nation is proposed. The Interior Department is tho
most seriously affected. There is not even force
enough allowed to watch the building and to guard
against fires such that which recently so nearly
destroyed the Patent Office. 1t is proposed in the
bill to cripple the work Of the Patent Office in some
important particulars. The salaries of the exam
iDers. who professional experts and act judi
cial officers, are reduced below the living point
Year: 1878

Friend of the friendless, champion of the
wronged-.
OF words beftting, have found dearth
Among the surying crowd of thoughts that
thronged,
To sing thy last sad requiem here on earth.
We've seen of thee what's mortal leave the
light
And warmth of sun, and singing birds, and
flowers,
To sink forever in eternal night.
Thou in thy shrouded form, oh those last
hours:
Upon thy calm white face and marble brow
There lay no shadow OF n fear or care,
But calm and peaceful art thy slumbers now,
AS if, from Heaven, had dropped Its glory
there.
Across the casket shone the crosslet sword
And plumed hat of Armed Templar knight
And on thy breast jewel, sparkling, starred,
And shone the broidered apron of the Scottish
Rite.
Could'st thou have seen the long array of men
That sorrowing followed to thy grave, thou
must
Have known how thou art mourned and
missed, and then,
Have seen thy fight well fought, thou who
vast brave and just.
Oh, may thy stricken wife look upand see
She has son to live for yet, ana pray
For tortitudc to bear, and join with me
REQUIEM ETERNAM DoNA ELS DONNIE.


SCIO.
Year: 1878

EDITOR ARGUs:-As you have al
ways manifested considerable inter
est in the welfare of Clalam County
and taken an active part in our pc.
tition for steam mail on this route
| am happy to inform you that the
"thing is did"


A red hot steamer arrived here
to-day, bringing the U. S. mails,
footing her whistle and waking up
some Of the old Van Wrinkles who
were contented with canoes and such
like for all communication with the
outside world. What few banners
we had we're spread to the breeze to
welcome the pioneer Of our future
greatness.


This county has long been neg
lected; and now it is hoped the tide
of emigration will set this way.
Heretofore our only means of travel
were by canoe or in little six.by-
four schooner, depending on wind
and tide to move; and we were fire.
quently compelled to be co9ped up
for days in order to travel few
miles. Now, we expect families who
are looking for permanent homes to
turn their attention this way. A
numder of people have gone towards
the Quillyhute country this summer,
and more are on the way. Already
two families are here, looking up To-
cations. The steamer Olympia land
ed two more on her last trip up from
Portland.


saw several of the old settlers
from Quillyhute, who state that they
are going to cue road through to
Clalam Bay, where the Hoko Sal.
mon Company intend to build a
wharf, so that they can ship cattle
and produce to market.


The loggers at Pyscht river are
very active. There are two camps,
fully equipped, and putting about
six hundred thousand per month of
the finest logs in the Territory into
booms. There are now two large
booms, awaiting tug boat, at that
place. Port Discovery mill will get
the benefit of all the fine timber in
this county until some wide-awake
parties locate mill at this place
which will, | think, be in the near
future as 1t is in the centre of some
Of the best timber land in the Ter
ritory.


The schooner Winefred has been
lying in our harbor for some days,
while her intrepid navigator, with
the aid of surveyor Gar6elde, has
been trying to locate a claim on
Moss Creek, where l suppose he in
tends to settle under his own crab
apple tree-after the severe buffet
ings Of wind and sea between Cape
Flattery and Port Townsend, carry
ing the mails the past four years.
Well, Capt. "BiIley," we wish you
we'll, and trust you may find some
profitable employment for your
staunch little schooner which had to
step aside for the. march Of improve
ment, and not let her, like the old
stage coach, crust by the wayside."


OFT have we watched those tiny spars


When bending to the breeze;


And crawled into that little bunk


10 wrestle with the tleas.


HUSTLER.
Year: 1878

The statement that Postmaster General
Key is the first member of the cabinet
who has visited the Pacific coast while in
office is mistake. Attorney General Will
liams visited Oregon in 1872.
Year: 1878

Golden Medical Discovery
Is Alternative. or blood cleansing.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Pectoral.
Golden Medical Discovery
Is a Cholagogue, or Liver stimulant.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Tonic.
Golden Medical Discovery
Year: 1878

The Potter Investigating Committee
last week threw out its drag-net at At
lantic City. but it cannot be said that
it has as yet made single haul. The
fact is, that the big fish for whom the
net was spread slipped through its
meshes without an effort; and even
General Butler must begin to realize
that fishing in strange waters is very
Improbable amusement. 1t is not too
much to say that the people at large
have lost all respect for, and all pa
tience with, this investigation, as now
conducted, and its conclusions, what
ever they may be, will have no appre-
ciable influence, one way or the other,
upon popular opinion. Nothing has
been disclosed by it that was not known
before; and as none of the revelations
can at all affect the title of President
Hayes, it is difficult to see why the
committee should not put an end at
once to the useless inquiry. Frank
Leslie.
Year: 1878

North Star.


We suppose those parties married upon
license issued by the Clerk of the Court Of
Big Stone comfy are in fact single, If they
only knew 1t, but don't tell them, rs 1t
might prove quite discontinue to one or
the other of the parties, especially If either
should desire TO rue the bargain made
when love knew no bounds.


Some of the citizens of Lac qui Parle
county, twelve in number, crossed over in
to Dakota on the gath inst. and caught and
severely pounded yonng man by the
name of Charles Zahnowe, who had taken
o claim In Grant county, and for aught we
know was as respectable citizen as are
are any of his tormentors. We were in
formed last Monday by the father of young
Zahnowe that lie had every reason to be-
lieve that his son was dead. The last heard
OF him he was seen i'll wheat field in an
apparently craZed condition, his body ter
ribly swollen, since which time he has not
been SEEN


Most of the parties composing the mob
are well known to many of the citizens of
Ortonville. Among the leaders are Mr. Ac-
herman, MIR. Butler, Mr.. Seydler, Mr.. De-
bold a Justice Of the Peace, and others
whose. names we are not familiar with.
They drove yong Zahnowe from his claim
and threatened to take his life should he
return. We understand that they defy the
operation of the law and threaten to treat
others In manner similar who attempt to
bring them to Justice Fearless of power
of a cowardly mob we shall not hesitate
to hold them up to the admiration of the
world. and wewill publish the names of the
other parties as soon as we can get them.
Year: 1878

AS announced elsewhere, our County
Fair is to be held on the second week
in September, and we take this oppor-
tunity of asking the residents Of this
county to make every effort to display
the products of the farms. We have
now arrived at point in our history
when a county fair should be and can
be made success.
Year: 1878

A metallic casket was unearthed in
one Of the lots in Oakland Cemetry,
St. Paul. It contained the body of a
man, and from the appearance Of the
casket, it is evidently that Of q
wealthy person. So far the remains
have not been identified, and the old
settlers have now taken hold of the
subject, but as yet have been unable to
ascertain who he was or how he came
there.
Year: 1878

Henry Ward Beecher lectured in va
riouS towns and cities in this State, and
it is singular to note the fact that they
were poorly attended. One year ago
it was almost impossible to get seat,
while this year the lecture rooms were
only half filed. We presume the pub
lie have had such surfeit of the Beech
er-Tilton-Moulton controversy that
they have wisely concluded to let them
quietly drop into oblivion.
Year: 1878

There is some growing done by the
Democratic papers, over the action of
their party in the First District, in
leaving clear field for Dunnell. 1t
looks to us as though the Third Dis
trict was going to let Washburn limp
over the course with only his shadow
for company.
Year: 1878

Lac qui Parle Press.


The salve that Castle of the Dispach is
getting from the country papers will no
doubt cure Barney Armstrong; kick
Nothing else could prevent modification
this hot weather.
Year: 1878

Our despatch about the loss Of the Emily
b. Souder does not contain any definite as
surance of the safety of any one but the two
men whose rescue has already been noted,
but it certainly gives considerable ex-
cuse for hope. Of the four boats
lowered three are reported to have
drifted away with their human car
goes, as did also life raft. The whole
number Of persons on the ship would not
have crowded even one-half the life-saving


facilities thus alluded to, and boats and
RATS have lived in worse weather than
that in which the Emily b. Souder
foundered. Besides. the ship foundered
on a coast which is frequently passed by
small sailing vessels which may not soon be
heard from, and the sight of portions of the
cargo which was thrown overheard would
cause the crew of any other vessel to keep
a sharp lookout for survivors of the wreck
which the floating material would indicate.
We are suggesting probabilities only, but
they are such as experience justifes US in
considering worthy of attention.
Year: 1878

The debatable ground between sanity and
insanity has assumed considerable impor-
tance Of late years in criminal trials. At
some period or another Of the judicial pro-
cess by which murderers are sent to the
gallows the plea Of insanity has been
offered, and in many instances with sue
cess. Unless juries are not to be be-
lieved-and who would doubt jury ?-men
kill other men under the influence of ON
insanity that departs when the deed is done,
and had not appeared previous to it. This
insanity has been called emotional" for
want OF better term. When, however,
we come down to minor offences we do not
find that much credence is given to the
plea Of insanity, except the prisoner is
wealthy and the charge is theft. For this
grade we have the term ''kleptomania."
The poor man who steals or defrauds must
be a criminal, and the only term he gets
mad about is the one he will serve in the
Penitentiary. If his motive in stealing q
ham with great adroitness was to boil IL and
was crazy on the question Of pork. That
his head might have been turned
so that he believed that hams, like sun
beams, were common property, no one
would admit. certain learned foreigner
now wintering in Easton Jail appears to
have strange ideas about board bills and
who should pay them. He disclaims all
insanity, but that is no test. Last sum-
mer, alter recovering from an attack of
typhoid fever, he formed plan which he
pursued for some time with startling sue
cess. 1t was his custom to represent him.
self as Peruvian mine director to people
with machinery to sell forthwith they
boarded him and ieted him, and he gave
them orders based on unsubstantial
drafts. This is very mcthodical i'm
posture, and 1t is scarcely to be won
dered that an ordinary man should lay the
impostor by the heels without any mis-
givings whenever the Peruvian came
within reach Of the law. Yet an account of
q visit to this man in his cell, to be found
elsewhere, shows that he is probably men,
tally unbalanced A man hunting sparrows
with q thirty two FOUNDER would be thought
decidedly lost to the sense Of proportion, if
not insane, and this man, with his deep
scientific knowledge Of mechanics, his
practical skill, his keenness and general
ability oil directed to beating" his board
bills, seems no less of the true mental
centre.