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Year: 1876

It is reported that q desperate effort is to
be made By st. Louis to secure the location
of the National Democratic Convention in that
city. It is not our funeral, and Chicago is SO
little Democratic in partisan sense especial
II since the Peoples party has become syn
onymous with the Democratic party in this
city, that scarcely an effort will be made on
behalf Of Chicago. We feel it to be our duty
to say, nevertheless, that, if the National
Committee consult the individual interests
and comfort Of their delegates, they will Sc
lect Chicago for their meeting-place. The
ease and dinexpensivcness with which Chicago
can he reached from all points in the coun-
try the unequnled hotel accommodations Of
fered to large gatherings; the interest which
the whole country feels in this city I; the ad-
vantage Of the Exposition Building for hold
ing the Convention and IN audience Of 35, 600
people besides,-these are some of the rea-
sons which should dictate the selection of
Chicago. In political way, there is an ad-
vantage in coming to Chicago, which, being
g Republican city in Republican State, Will
seek to bring no local pressure to bear, but
leave MI the delegates free to struggle for
their respective preferences.
Year: 1876

OF manufacturing evidence and inducing thieves aud
robbers to swear against innocent men, thAt they
might be sent to the Penitentiary.


This is plain confirmation of aD that TIE
TRIBUNE charged against TUITION. He con-
tradicts nothing, denies nothing. He allows
the charges of TIE TRIBUNE that he made false
representations to the President to the effect
that theT Treasury Department was offering in
munity for perjury in norder to oconvictinnocent
friends of the President, and that he did this
in order to produce rupture between the
President and Secretary Bn1s1ow, and thus
break down the prosecution, to stand without
any denial. He allows the broad declaration
that this was done in the interest of the
Whisky Ring to 60 uncontradicted when it
was brought to his notice. The reporter
says: s'He spoke very earnestly on the sub
iect, and, while admitting that he was a
stranger, declared that the prosecution had
offered inducements to these witnesses to
swear against others by promising them I'M
munity. Said he: Of course do not know
that such promises we're made, but the facts
indicate it," OF course they indicate it. OF
course preparations have been made to deal
leniently with some Of the little scoundrels in
order that the big scoundrels may be cap
tured, as they cannot be captured in
any other manner. OF course this is
what the Whisky rings fear above all else.
TUITION knew that they feared it when he
sought to interfere with the prosecution at
Chicago. He knew that, if he could break
up this class Of evidence, not one OF the
prominent rascals could be punished, and he
went to Washington and opened his back
fire by drawing out the PERREPoNr letter,
upon representations to the President TINT the
Treasury Department was intending to COZ
Wet innocent friends Of his by perjury, and
then allow the perjure1s to go unpunished
He succeeded temporarily in his plan; but
there is no further danger, now that the con-
spi1acy is known. But We would seriously
ask, What kind Of Government officer is
this to be employed in the prosecution Of
Whisky rings, who is working to suppress the
only evidence that can convict them 3?
Year: 1876

The Common Council OF Chlcago arc tne
legislature of this city. The new charter
will give to the city, ut the April election, an
entirely new Government, the Mayor ex-
cepted. That officer, constituting the charter
for himself, decides that he is not subject to
the charter, aud that he will continue to
hold the Office year longer than any Of the
other officers elected at the same time and for
the came term with himself. There can be no
question as to the public sentiment on this
point. The revolution in the Government
Of the city should include the Mayor as well
as the other elective officers.


There has been an appeal to the Courts for
direction as to the law and duty Of the City
Government Oh this subject Of electing the
Mayor. By an unfortunate mischance, the
Supreme Court found itself unable to decide
tho question one way or the other, and JUS
tice Sco1A speakingfor the Court, announced
that the body would make "no decision"
thus leaving the law and the facts undeter-
mined judicially, and just where they stood
before.


There being no judicial Interpretation pos
sible, it remains with the legislature Of the
city to interpret the charter for itself. The
Mayor has no mora authority to decide that
he holds over, than has the Treasurer, Collec-
tor, or Attorney. The Common Council, how
ever, is clothed with authority to make pro-
vision for the city elections, and to fix the
places therefor, and to direct the notices Of
such election. It has therefore the authority
to say what officers are to be elected at that
election. This authority is necessarily Incl
dental to its general power in the premises.
Now, there is nothing in low or reason to pre-
vent tho Common Council agreeing with one
half the Judges of the Supreme Court in in
terpreting the charter as requiring the cleo
ton of Mayor to fill vacancy existing in
that Office, and therefore directing that at
the general election in April person to fill
that Office shall also be elected BY the people.
It is never dangerous nor usurping to SUBJ
nit to the people question of the election
of their own officers, particularly when one
half the Supreme Court say that such an cleo
ton is required by law.


The Common Council can do no more
polite act than to call an election for Mayor.
It can do no injury, because the present
Mayor, if he have any legal rights to the Office
beyond the date Of the election Of his sue
cessor, can maintain them in the Courts
There is no oct which the Aldermen can do
that will so commend them as body and
individually to the general public az to give
the people the privilege Of electing Mayor
at the same time with the other officers of
the city. It will lift from the present Coun-
eli much of the suspicion that rests upon it
that it is but part Of a general combination
against the public interests We are con-
6dent that no member of the Board who may
vote for such IN election will fail to be sus-
tained by his constituents, without respect to
marty lines
Year: 1876

accomplished by an annual expenditure OF Q
reasonable amount for the purpose. Last
years appropriation should certainly not be
exceeded, which would give $3.50, 900 for the
support of the Department for nine months


The police estimates include City Marshal,
$4,000; Deputy Superintendent, $1,000; l5c
additional patrolmen, $4,000; horses and
keeping, $500, (Which should all be strlck'
en- out as useless and wasteful expenditure
of money, The estimate includes an increase
of salary Of the 565 policemen to $1.2o0
year each. An increase Of salary at this
time is utterly preposterous.


The estimate Of the Board Of Public Works
contains an appropriation of 100000 for
new sewers which may be well dispensed
with. Since the spring following the fire,
the city Inns appropriated over 1,soo, 900 for
sewers, end the system is pretty heavily e1-
tended. It is no part of the duty Of the city
to extend sewers out on the prairie for the
mere purpose Of giving additional value to
unoccupied lots md blocks of land. The
city can well afford to wait until the frontier
districts are filed up, or until the streets are
paved By the owners of the adjoining prop
erty. The estimate also includes SHE, 900
fer extension of water-mains. Last year
there was no appropriation for this pur.
pose, and this estimnte is intended
to cover two years. The extension Of water
mains is now so complete that We are in
formed that, with laying an additional 6-inch
pipe on Milwaukee and Blue Island avenues,
there is no inhabited part Of the city which
will not, after July next, be amply supplied
with water, not only for ordinary use, but
for FIRE purposes. The water fund IS self
supporting to an extent that it can now an
nually, out of it's own earnings, extend its
mains to the full measure Of the public need,
and taxation for that purpose is wholly IN
necessary. This is not time to resort to
taxation for any construction purposes. No
new work should be authorized, and all man.
uer of expenditures should be reduced.


The Board Of Education is not behind in its
demands. It asl1s for Is per cent more than
last year.


As We said before, all these departments act
on the principle that the purpose Of Govern.
ment is to e1pend money, and that their duty
is to accomplish that purpose to the utmost
extent. Retrenchment is never thought Of,
and the condition of the people to pay taxes
is never considered It is very easy for few
officials to write out how other peoples
money may be expended, and it is immateria]
to them what the other people think about
the matter. Nevertheless, as We started out
By saying, the people of Chicago have ten
millions of dollars Of taxes now due, not in
Guiding any tar for 1876, to pay within the
next seven months, and these people, thus
to be swept clean, will not bear to have ex-
penditures and taxation increased over last
year 3G or any other per cent
Year: 1876

What is to become Of the Peoples party if
Ill their Aldermen are to be grabbed by the
relentless arm of the law and made to &C.
count for their public transactions? It is
fortunate for that organization that some Of
its political chiefs hare been operating on
other than United States moneys, and may
therefore escape the tolls which have gather
ID about H11DEEIH and CULIER1oS.
Year: 1876

The British frigato Ttnedos had mar
row escape near Tresmontes, on the
northern extremity of the Gulf of Penas,
on the 29th of July. The night was
dark, with driving wind blowing, and
the vessel was sailing eight to ten knots.
Shortly after 2:90 the lookout man
shouted "breakers ahead ~ There was
an immense rock close in front. Lieut..
Graham, the officer Of the watch, saw
that before the vessel would come round
she would be on the rock. He at once
took the bold and desperate course of
attempting passage between the rock
and the mainland. There was no knowl-
edge of the nature of the passage, which
from surf to rock was only 1876 yards,
but after period Of intense suspense,
the vessel swept through the narrow
channel, clearing the rock by about
twenty five yards. The headlsnd turned
out to be Cape Raper.
Year: 1876

Last year we paid foreign countries
fifteen millions of dollars for wooden
goods, and eleven millions ofdollars f.
manufactured goods. When we have in
the country, twenty million more sheer
than we have now, we shall only produce
the wool we use; and. yet there is o
country on earth where sheep can be
raised so proftably as in the United
States.
Year: 1876

1t is announced that the great mon-
ey firm of FLOOD & O'BRIEN have de-
termined to exhibit at the Centennial
Celebration months yield of bullion
from the California and Consolidated
Virginia mines. To the casual reader
this announcement CONVEYS nothing
of vast Importance, but when we be-
gin to count up the aggregate these
two mines are capable of producing
within the time named the PROPOSE
tion looks dazzling. Men and mills
in sufficient number may be worked
to produce bullion to the value of ten
million dollars during May. In June
it will be forwarded to Philadelphia
and at once placed on exhibition. The
bullion will weigh one hundred and
fifty tons and the three thousand five
hundred silver bricks will load tif-
teen cars. When this immense weight
of silver-the product of two mines
for one months placed on exhibi-
tion what may we expect in the way of
comment from those Eastern papers
that still ridicule and scoff at the
"great bonanza ?n Ten million dol
lars is large sum to be taken from
two mines in one month, yet the Cal
ifornia and Consolidated Virginia are
equal to the task, and if Messrs.
FLOOD & O'BRIEN so will it the fif-
teen car loads of silver will 60 to Phil
adelphia.
Year: 1876

accidental omission to peruse the edi-
torials of the paper in nquestion. Upon
the self-apparent fact that the parties
who are building what is miscalled
the Los Angeles and Independence
railroad, are great deal more inter-
ested in enhancing the value of thirty
five thousand acres of land lying
around Santa Monica than in the
prosperity of Los Angeles city and val
ley i; knowing that the appreciation of
the thirty-five thousand acres of land
will follow the building of the road
no matter by whom owned or controll-
ed, and having the assertion of a speak
er at a former meeting who avowed
his utterance to be er cathedra, that
the present owner of the road had his
price, and if we did not give it, there
was danger that it might De accept
ed from tho Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, the HERALD ventured to
suggest that before our citizens SUBJ
scribed over half a million dollars to
the roads stock, it might be we'll as a
precautionary measure to require some
assurance that the competing advan-
tages of the road would not be Destroy
ed through its transfer to the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company. This sug-
gestion was made in the kindliest spir-
it and intended to secure the people
the very object for which they SUBJ
scribe their money-a competing rail-
road-was not received in the sincere
and friendly spirit in which it was Of
fered, by those who are manipulating
the scheme and since, it has suited
their purpose to denounce the HER
AID as an enemy to railroad competl-
ton. We regret that our object has
been so seriously misunderstood, and
we regret that they who assure US
they are working for the best interests
of the country should become so indig-
nant over simple request that the
people should be secured against the
possible danger of losing through the
sale of the road the benefits OF that
competition, which is alone the in
ducement for them to become the pur-
chasers of 100000 worth of its
stock. If q request for this guar
antee of security to the people makes
the HERALD the enemy of the pro-
posed road-why enemy it is. But if
a sincere desire to secure as cOmpet-
ing road, one the people are asked to
assist in building, makes paper the
friend and advocate Of the best inter-
ests of the county, the HERALD is that
friend and advocate.
Year: 1876

A special despatch from Rome says
the Italian Government has closed
the Episcopal Seminary at Como for
its refusal to admit the Government
inspector. This IS most important,
being the strongest step yet taken in
State dealing with the church, and
will doubtless produce great results.
Year: 1876

To the ST. Louis convention, which
meets Oh June 9th, the country looks
for relief from the domination of q
party which has debauched the civil
service, stolen hundreds of millions
of dollars from the public treasury,
ruiued trade, ,paralyZed industry, Gre
ated mountain Of national indebted
ness and lowered the tone of public
morals everywhere. A solemn re-
sponsibilitv will develve upon the
leaders of the democratic party, and
as they do their work well or ill, SO
will the result be in November.
They should remember that they are
not to meet to crafty any mans am
bitiOn, or to reward any notable SER
want of the party. While it will be
right and proper to declare the poll
cy of the party for the future, lit should
be borne in mind that there are more
vital issues involved even than the
financial question. The first great
desideratum is to purify the public
service; and to this end man should
be nominal, Il who is above suspicion.
No rings, cliques, or cabals should be
allowed 10 sway the councils of the
body, and the lobby should he given
to understand at the outset that its
services are not wanted. The demo-
cratic party OF to-day desires to put
all dead issues behind it. and We hope
and expect to see such resolutions
adopted as will leave the opposition
no room 10 claim before northern au-
dieEces that there is scint ntilla of re-
action or bouGbonisri about it. The
past is dead, let the dead past bury
its dead, aud let the democratic party
set is face toward the future with g
1lrm intention: TO bring about reform
economy and retrenchment in all de.
partments of the government, and nc
amount of Haunting of bloody shirts
will suffice to prevent its success
The country stands aghast a; the daily
| revelations of fraud which arc being
made by tbs investigating committee!
at Washington, and it hopes, by the
action of this convention to see it


way clear to . redemption from til,
clutches of party which maintain


its as1endency by the use of money


lies and the cohesive power of publ,
plunder, and all organized army O


office holders. We have every fajt]


that the delegates selected to tn


democratic convention will be mel


OF enlarged views and patriotic i'm


pulses, and we hope To see their actor


SD guided by wisdom that the ides O


November will see the country res


cued from the hands OF the vandal


who now control it, and once NOR


under the old constitutional party @


its way to peace, prosperity and haI
piness.
Year: 1876

Hon. Elisha Baxter, of Arkansas,
positively refuses to allow his name
to be used for governor. He would
only have to withdraw his declinstion
to secure the position, as he nobly
served the state in her hour of need
when she was groaning under load
of oppression and corruption, caused
by the infamous acts of reconstruc-
Year: 1876

|. The Cincinnati Commercial says,
concerning Bell: "When we take
into consideration that the report to
the president by his old scout, that
his secretary was guilty, was follow
ed by his dismissal, 1t seems likely
that the worst Interpretation cannot
he far from the true one"
Year: 1876

Gen. Hazen, an officer of high char
acter, four years ago exposed the
fact that Belknap was selling post
traderships. The matter was brought
to the attention of the president and
of a republican congressional COM
mittee, but all that Gen. Hazen got
for his pains was to be exiled to a
frontier post, where he could do the


administration no harm.
Year: 1876

A gentleman residing on Sutter


street was, until Friday last, in


clined to favor female suffrage.


His wife had prudently delayed


moving till after the 1st, so as to


take advantage of the fall of house


rents. The house to which they


moved had a tremendously steep


flight of stairs, and an Oil. clothed


hall. The wife had the stairs


scrubbed down. and left the soap


on the top step. Her husband


was up stairs, with basket full of
clOthes-pins in one hand and a
clock under the other arm, when


his wife, who was down stairs,
saw mouse, and shaking her
skirts madly, bounded up on the


table and let off series Of shriIl
shrieks beginning on high ZZZ
above the clef. Her husband,


thinking the house was on fire at
the very least, started to run to


her rescue, and stepping on the


piece of soap that she had so
thoughtfully left on the stairs, sat
down vehemently at the top of
the flight, and slid down with the
speed of thought. Fire flew from
his false teeth as he hit the edge
of each step, vOlleys of cloth. pins
were discharged into the air and
fell rattling and rebounding on
the oil cloth, and the clock shed
its inWardS over the universe.
The injured husband had little
time for reflection when he reach
ed the glare oil-cloth of the hall
and shot across it with scarcely
diminished velocity, literally MAX
ing the Oil-clOth and the seat Of
his pantaloons smoke with fric-
ton, and finally bringing up
against the door with violence
that threatened to bursted the
side out of the house. The fear
full conclusion startled his wife,
who turned a backed somer- sault
from the table into a tub of soap
suds, in which she was so tightly
wedged that she had to throw a
handspring and canter Oh aiI-TCurS
like turtle, with a tub on her
back and cataracts ofsuds inundat-
ing her Meanwhile, the hired
girl fell off the step-ladder with q |
crash like pile driver, and Jared
down most Of the plaster c0rnice.
When the mans wife had slough
ed her tub, she sauntered calmly
into the hall and remarked,
'tWell, men are the clumsiest-I
and the hall had just been wash
ed, too" Her husband did not
say much, but he thought a good |
deal; and now, he says, just let
Susan B. Anthony come and lee
ture here again. and if no other
man has the courage to hiss, he
will, so help him Jasper Packle
Merton. Figaro.
Year: 1876

The local court of Rutland, Yer
mont, has decided that lager is
not an intOxicant, and a keg of
that fluid seized under the Liquor
law has been restored to the own
er from whom it was taken. The
Judge who rendered the decision
bears the appropriate name of
Porter.
Year: 1876

Times chariot wheels make their road
in the fairest face.


Grabbed age and youth cannot live to-
gether.


We see times furrows on another &
brow; how few, themselves in that just
mirror, see


Childhood itself is scarcely more
lovely than cheerful, kindly, sunshiny
old age.


Old age was naturally more honored
in times when people could not know
much more than what they had seen.


To guard the mind against the temp.
tation of thinking there are no good
people. say to them: "Be such as you
would like to see others, and you will
find those who resemble you"


Testimony is like an arrow shot from
long bow-the force of it depends on
the strength of the hand that draws it.
Argument is like an arrow from cross
bow, which has equal force though
drawn by child.


Spero Speroni explains admirably how
an author who writes very clearly for
himself is often obscure to his readers.
"It is" he says, "because the author
proceeds from the thought to the ex'
preston, and the reader from the ex'
preston to the thought.


Objects close to the eye shut out much
larger objects on the horizon, and
splendors born only OF the earth eclipse
the stars. So q man sometimes covers
up the entire disk of eternity with a
dollar, and quenches transcendent glo-
ries with little shining dust.