Guiteau Has Long Sought An

ity to distlngulsb himself in the alleged truil UOW prOCOedlng at Washington, nul fouml It Saturday, hen he Interrupted case to denounce Henry Ward Beech t-r is a Har and ;i scoundrel, procbüming tfaal Mis. Tilton spokt tin truth. Of ihis thoro is vory little ilivcrsity Oi opiuion, auil we liiilii'l iím' lo eontradict t lic cow ardly ■iwntinin. but t" Mjr tluit in tbc opinión of decent people Ouitean ia huv Ing altogeiaei loo mach liberty nw should bare long go seen nt down on. Airur.nK. Hawxb, hite candidato on Úw republiean ticket for pólice Juetice of Detroit, has commenced ao action for libel Rgainst the Poet ud Tribune, iad . htya tda damagM al 00,000. Whewl Vhy didn'l ba make it 100,0001 lf ovorv porson Who s DOmlnated for ilU ofBce sliouUl sur the Mwspapcra for showins up tbeir littlc "eocentricities" Ihí courts WOUld lia vo notliing clso to do from om campaifn to anotber axoept (o try libel snits. Tboae who remeraber Hawei as a atttdeni ín the universlty city :iro surprised thal be should place ao kn %o estimáteoo li5 cbaracter. Wn v i's the matter viili the tanks! Since Baldwln'a defalcation thora have been ssvm] othcr bank disasters, BostOD eapecially haring suffared sevm-ly. The irouble seems to ba thal eertain d In the banking law place n national bank at the mercy of the president, allo w ing hiro to secretly use millioDS of inoncy for Bpeculating parposes u hls private ac count. More properly, liowcvcr, it ex hibitsa carelettneas IngOTernmental iagpecUon which calis for the loudeet condemn&tion. While being a eivili.ed and ChriBtian natiön theretsone law on the pagan si Uute booka which would work rondere of reform if ulopted here, ris: Tliat of cutting off the betda of all defaultíng or speculaün? bank officers. Ughl What a lot of riili blOOÜ WOUld welt the grouiul just nT ' CiRi tmstami i. cvidence is frequcnUy farmore Conclusiva thiui direct testimony and in a majoi-i; ■ can be depend cd on a f;u' more ai curato. The differences in tbc statement of witnesaet to the the same faet wu Strikingiy ilhistrated Utet week in the trial of the preeWenlial imamin at Washington. Thai Gulteau wu canght and anested immédiately after the shooting is au acknowk'dired farl. On the trial the ticket agent at the depot, Parkle, and the polioeman, Eearney, oách swore potUively thal lic was tlie Brei to Mtch Giüteau. Now no one will ondertaketo Bay th.it either one of 'these gentlemen willfully misstated the trulb One of them is lumestly mistaken. In tüe excitement of eventfi om1 of them as led into the error of belief tbat Quiteau was capturad by bim. Thia is chiefly iniinrtant as show ing how mistaken bonest people may become. It cao have no effcet on the trial: l'ut MippoM n was an (irdinary trial and an ordinary crime, the prieoner's identity might come in queetion, in which case it WtMlld be all important to know who aw hun do the shoot int; and who caughl him with the smoking ptstol in his grasp. Tuk speci il seaslon of the board of Buperyiaon in January, cosl the tax-payen of W;isbton:iw iiuinlv $385.64, the regular Octobcr meeting 1 ,908.98 and the adjournod meeting, $411. H ora grand total of 1,957.47. The qoMÜoo imturallv avises cannot some more econojnieal way 1 devistd to lessen The expense.' We bellere that u board of auditors composed of the right kind of men is ooe way out of tlie ililemina.and tbat the time is uot ba distant when tbc ii'irislature will act in the matter looking to a change Incountiea where the population is over r eer tai d number of thousand. Tliose who will take the tronble to read the publisbeil proceediugs of the board will ne that the Mipervisora were in Mfcaion W daya the past year. while the time actually suuiL'il as mu as cun be ucertained ni nbout 13 days, al va expense to tlie tax payen if a trifle over $160.08 per day. It will tluis be seen that andar the presen! arrangement il costa too muoh to do the business and if some cheaper ineans cao be itsoggeated ought to be done. WitU a board of auditors, t. woulil expedita matten, aud the supervisors could do their work id a quarter of the time, providing tliey worked eight hours a diy - we bf. heve now three hours is ibout tlie lime actually eonsutued. Other cuunties are agitatingthe question. Wii.li.vm G. Thompson, the alleged Oodaud-morality mayor pf Detroit is kicking up u terrible fuss becanaa ihe Urush electric coinpauy have ereeted a few poles in the streets to train Uuur Wiraa on, and wants them to be taken right away. Now this is all very ñne to créate a fuss about and thus attraet public attention- for this is all that it will probably araount to- but let the good people of that city stop and cooaider if tliey are not getting too particular for their city's rood. There is such a thing as beiog too particular, and we tlunk in this matter ultogetiter too much fuse is beinsmaiie. Western Union telegraph company multiplied ÍU streel polea in Detroit and not a voice was raiaed against it. But when a conipany iutroducing a light calculated to Itipercede and oheapen gas, whicb is Juat now a monopoly of the most OQtrageoui kind, the little mayor sndilenly wakes up, kicks over his eradle a:ul ln.llers "stop1" (rantinfi that his propoaed innovation- compelling the new coÉraaay to put its wires anderground - is a most excellent one for eities to adopt for the future, it strikes us as singular, to say the leaat, that be should have allowed the telegraph company u Lncruase the number of its poles, tlie leleplione i'mpany to pul up ils poles. and only cry "halt" when a light-competlng company threateaa t deprecíate the gaa stock held ly certaia well known repubhean capitalista and politicians, puts in an appearance and asks for the same favors- no more extended to the telegraph companie m+m The fojy-seventh congiem convenea on the thst Mon.Iay in December, and its memliers will come together from all parts of the nat ion under peculiar eir eumatancM. Elected at i time when it waa aupposed tbey rould have to deal wit li measuros sminating larjrely trom the adminiatration of Praaidenl Garfieki, llii'V timl thcmselvcs conmOB inouniers, COufrODÜng a now administiation and dealing with new a&d possibly with BMM uri'S, unexpectd and unlookcJ for. It is urged by smno thal the fust act of congress should bc OM deflainf and ptinish ing tlu' assa-iaaüon or kttempted assassination of a president as an extraordinary ofTonsc, making it nothing less tluui liigh traaaon. The sugestión likbsuid. All tha btws congraaa cao eaaut, auci all tho Ruante whichean be tferown around Iba preaídent, will not matcrially lesMH tbe chances of racoanful proaktot kill ing; whlle ten lo ooe luch meamrea wlH UHJICiaBO tlu' dosiro &f crank mul hniatics to become mawlni Uw oaly protecUon the bead of this goTeniment reqnlna is Ihonnigh unilication in the administrallon. The tight for the apoda has tañed more beadt (kan Ghattea.n'8, and i' wh only because he was more malicious.mcrc riiulictivc, more cruel than the horde of other disappoiiitrd office weker t hal Qarticld WM BllOl down in cold blood. Then, ui1 wliolc ir.'vrnuiH'iital s)slcm is at fault which allows an adminislration and ooogreaa to be arrayod againal each otker. They should alwajl be iu unisón, imd when they cense to be ao a aam admlniatratiou should be organixed. Ín other words. and to cut short tliis arlicle, OUT constitviiion is made of oaat-lron, never yieldins to the azigenoiea of the tima, whlle England'i laelaatlcand flexible, al mita of progreaaiOD and hannony, and if we bad ■ conatitution Uke it there wouM be lcss friction at Washington, we would have a beller governrnem, and laUafac tion and confldenco would preTade the country. But lo come back to coogreas, uttdoubtedly the question of presideotiél aasaasiDatioti will be among the Int messures (liBCUMed, lind just al time Will be Iba most tnteresling, nol even exceptIngtbe great questioo ol the tariff. 'I be graal qaeation, however, will the revisión of the tariff.aad whlle nu ver_ radical ohangea may be ezpected iu the present monopolntio system. eertaiu neees■ary chaiigu ni undonbtedly be made to reduce the systein to Bomething kike ooagrulty at leu-t. Euglnd, witli iis free Hade, OWBI lilty MgW per cent of all the tonnage ol Ute worW, wlnle the rjnttod Sutes wllb ita bominbl proteetive system :iiul Btnagent BtlTlgaÜOB laws, sees its Baff last üaappeariog trom the gieal ocean blghway. '"ly venteen peí cent of oui foreign irade s uow done by Ainerieaii vesseK One fact 8 rafBciently tllustratfve of the perniclous workings of our protecÜre system, uaniely: WorMng men aod laboréis are compelled to competo with eheap foreiun labor, imported tor 'be purpose of enrieh ing the manufaeuirci. who then says to the woikiDgmen, "You must buy of me at whal price 1 choose to set on my goods beftoae you are prohibited hythe goverfl ment fron. purcbasiDK in tlie free market of the world." llow mueli longOT is tliis monopoly to continue? Anotlier Important qnestion to be conaidered [■ the reoruanization of the navy, whieh ií a disfrace to us as a naiion baving greal mariUme Interest, tnternal intproTementa will also demand eonsiderahle altention, esinrially the deteiur of inir seaports; aad an aüditional apj'ropí iation is needed to complete the census. ■ ■ m The reil ribbon dance ;it Smiili's bottl Friday oighl wu well aUended. The Bt, Junea was crowded Tuesday oight, od sevenü tnweUiig mea rer turned wy.