Year: 1878

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Organs and friends of the exclusive
gold standard IN our monetary system
are, as might have been expected. de.
cldeiy uncomplimentary towards Secre-
tary Evarts in their comments on his
circular letter to our foreign representa-
tlves, lnstructing them as to their course
20 influence an early meeting of the in
ternahonal conference provided for
under the reconciliation act. His Of
fense is in the statement made. substsn-
TALLY, that the heavy vote in favor of
reconciliation, must be accepted as
definitely fixing the policy of the Gov
eminent IN favor ofthe double standard.
Il IS claimed that Mr. Evarts has gune
out of his way to officially endorse as a
permanent feature of our future fiscal
system, what can only be regarded as an
experiment. that it was with precisely
that understanding many voted for re-
monehzaton, and that they will feel
themselves grievously misrepresented
by his gratuitous assumption. 1t is
claimed that Mr. Evarts has BY his un-
called for statement, discounted so far
as possible, all the moral effects of the
Presidential veto abroad, where we
were sadly in need of every aid to cor
rect a widespread apprehension that
the silver bill was only the first step
deliberately taken in favor of repudia-
ton. But under the steady decline of
gold and the appreciation of Govern
ment securities here at home, such
reasonings will have little force.


1t now seems generally conceded that
it was not the conviction of Anderson
that took Judge Leonard away from
this city, nor the fate of certain kidnap-
ped Florida sons of Ham that took HIM
to Cuba, as has been reported; but that
he visited that Island to see a young
Cuban lady who captured his heart last
winter in New Orleans. The story goes
that the parents of the girl disapproved
of the attachment, took her to Cuba and
isolated her inland to stop all communi-
cation and to induce forgetfulness. From
the sdespondent tone of a letter said to
have been received by friend in this
city, it would seem he succeeded in
finding the lady but not in overcoming
the objections of the parents. There is
just enough of romantic uncertainty
about the matter and the sad termina-
ton of life in Havana, to have enlisted
the sympathy of all and to have made
the matter a leading topic of converse
ton in feminine circles.


The "hard tines seems to have so
far overcome the alleged National re-
pugnance to an income tax that its re-
enactment is regarded as almost certain
ly assured. The bill agreed to by the
House Ways and Means Committee,
exempts all incomes less than $1,000;
from that up to 5000 the rate of taxa
ton is fixed at 2 per cent; up to $4,000
3 per cent and on all amounts above
the latter named figures 4 per cent


1t is confidently claimed that the
Committee of tariff adjusters will be able
to report its bill by next Friday. Wood
denies that the large falling off in Gov
ernment receipts is justly attributable
to his efforts at tariff revision as asserted
by Secretary Sherman and others equal
ly well informed. On the contrary he
indulges in the most sanguine predic-
tons as to the plethora of the revenues
to result from the adoption of his bill.
But Woods reputation as statesman of
broad view and large attainments, never
was so great as to lead to an unhesitating
acceptance of his prophecies on subjects
of political economy; and in the absence
of any other cause 10 account for the de-
ficiencies of the present fiscal year as
compared with those of the last. Sher-
mans views are those of large majority
outside ofDemocratic partisans in Con-
gress.


Mr. Blaine is vigorously backed by his
associates in the position taken in opposi-
ton to the payment of the fisheries
award; and if able to substantiate the
intimations as to the imposition on US of
Mr. DelFssse as third referee by artifce
and stratagem on the part of John Bull,
our Canadian cousins need hardly ex-
pect payment till they agree to give US
receipt in full.


The Presidents veto of the bill for
authorizing an extra session of Court for
the trial of alleged timber thieves was
generally approved by all, save the latter
and their friends in Congress, because it
was held to have been most transparent
scheme to secure their acquittal. But
judging from what is heard here, he has
more than neutralized all he has effected
by cancellation" in certain sections Of
the South, because he refused to become
virtually a patioeps criHainis to this bus
iness Of robbing the Government; and
should he dare attempt to execute the
laws against the murderers Of our reve-
nue. officers in South Carolina and States
further South, he need expect little but
denunciation and abuse from his paei-
fed @erring brother" Maxwell.