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THE MAHA SIXTH YEAB. OMAHA , NEB. , MONDAY , JANUAEY 22. 187T. DAILY EDITION. NO. 187. the Battle Ground. Wk&t the Indopendest * Did to JLeklere a Yictsrv for Bight and to Occulon lae Downfall of Corrnptlom. Lincoln , Janu o 18. The Com mercial is qui'-t to-night. In fact the entire city c. y actcif nomrthlng had paralyzed itsmotiTe power , The voice of rejoicing no longar heard. Neither do tue wuls of the defeated rise audibly to the ears so long ued to the jarcon of many voices rejoicing or wailing in pros pective success or defeat. TheB & M. extra last night , conveyed the noisy boy to tbeir respective homes and the regular trains of to-day dis tributed the remaining men "who were ealled by business" to the cap ital , along the various lines of rail road from Nebraska City to jNorth andOgallala. The statesmen , too , took their departure to-day , and left tilent the onto thronging hall of the old capitol building. The few remaining representa tives of tha Press and one or two legislator can survey the recent seen * of action , with the serenity ol an unscathed soldier viewing the battle ground after the retirement of victor and vanquished. They can review the movements of the opposing forces , can note the biun ders , stratagems and succcessful maneuvres , which resulted in the final overthrow of one party , and achieved the victory for the other. .Republicans take to themselves great credit from the fact that the solid vole of their party was given to Kaundeis , and tome , the State Journal of this morning , for in stance , grant the steadfast and im movable independents no honor for the action they took. Now , it comes with ill grace from a paper supporting the defunct Jac tiou , this ignoring of the parties to whom the people a.e .largely indebted for the lacitous "results which are sent < rlh in the otherwise able review of t'ao contest The combined force of the inde pendent members was twelve. Uirkhiuser , Holt and Howe , Stna'- ors , and Uilmore , Girdis , Meyers , Fge , MX udy , Paricer , .Freincb * , Ewan and Mercer representatives. Howe supposing himsalf leader , endeavored to tie the vote to him- elf , by every means in his power , with no other purpose thun trans- fanug it to Hitchcock , but was foiled in this attempt , it fating very cleer- ly perceived that he cared nothing for the interests of the party or state , but was attempting to use the delegation lor his own bate purposes As to the truth of his accepting the proposition to carry that vote ( or $8 000 we say nothing , but late development exhibit the fact be yond doubt that he became attach ed to Hitchcock's interest oa and after the Sunday spent in Omaha ; and it is even said by Hitchcock men that BC H Htout furnished him money to conduct his .Neuiaba county campaign , with tbe under standing that he would support Hitchcock this winter. But be that as it may , one thing Is morally cer tain , all he fai ed to accoaplish foi his masler was the delivery of the vote , as ho made the most strenu ous efforts n. connection with Hitchcock will l.'s friends to more Birkhaustr , Holt , Gerdis , Meyers and Page the Richardson County members. He pr .po ed to the two senator. to jjo in with the pool and re elect Lim , urging with his uiosi persuasive tones the policy of it , Muce it would unite the Hiichcrck .Republicans , Dem ocrats and Independent , and in-j crease the influence of his party. When th * > se men ot unapproachable - ! able integrity refused persistently , he remarked , 4l\Ve have a sure thing for Hitchcoeb , and if you don't take the stand wth us you will get lelt " 80 much for Howe , who saye people could not see why he shruld ' 'to 'or tbo man who furnished 'pap' for Bill Daily and Tom Majors , " but that he had good reasons for doing bo , intending all tbe time to support Sauuders People may be blind to his idiosyncrasies , but not so bl'nd as to give him credit ; for doing what every demagogue will do , and what he tried to do but failed in doing in Paddock's civ e , nairelyotiuji 'or the winning man. Church Howe went up stairs * just before the ruiul ballot expecting to vote as he had voted in the pre Cfding ballot , but changed because he saw that Sauudera would win when Csrues , Chapman , Colby and Holt voted for him. The pressure brnugl t to bear upon the ii dependents of integrity is almost beyond conception. From the day of llieir arrival thpy were da'ly ' and sometimes hourly , and on the last ay Birkhauber wan _ called out six times in one hour impoituned in every conceivable way to east his vote as the lobbyists of the icderal brigade should d : - 1 tate. Politi3ians siul personal friends from his own county n d town bull-ilozpd and 'ormenteii him , trying to get him down on ' paper for personal d n'-ideration to , the wishes of his bfst frier ds , for ' Hitchcock. H - nd Holt le i five . member.- , which was u t' the number required after the trade wus made with lilden for the seventeen - j enteen democratic votes , and there if no doubt anything which these noble representatives of the people should have aked at tbe hands of the party ryins : to take them would have been at their fommnnd It was said to them llj oa two can make tbe Senator , and you can hav the benifltt oit. . " Even afte the Richardson delegation tolt Blancbard to tell Chapman and his wavering companions that they would vote for Haunders , Cunning ham called out one ot the number and plead on the gronnc of old acquaintance and upon every conceivable pretext that they should yet vo'e according to hi' dictation. It must be .rememberec : that daunders is not out any money , neither has he promised any thing to anybody , so this .steadfastness was maintained with no expectation or promise of reward. All honor to this delegation , bit tbe NKMAHA DKLIHA.TJON too , weie not 11 "delivered. " Freirichs was thought to be easily ruxnsufll , aa fala experience IB lim ited. When "Ewan and Mercer voted Howe.'FreirichB voted like a man , ti&unders , and when Merect voted Savage , and Howe , Hitchcock He and Ewan showed independence enough to select the irau who in their estimation va worthy of support. Ihe Teutonic constituency of this man may well be proud of their representative who could neither be bought nor intimi dated to go agamet his honest con viction. QILMOKE , UJT CABS , too , showed himself to be H man of whom it can truly be said , "he is not a purchasable commodity , nor is he a pLant tool in the hands of unscrupuloua demagogues. " SALIHE COUNTY sent two independents , Parker and McCreedy , who made it their boast that their votes should kill those ot j awes and Whitcomb. Parker voted tcr Castor , a man unknown and unfit for the office , simply to give tbe said Castor a limited no to riety , with the intention o. going finally to Hitchcock. His partner McCreedy , thought to help Morri , a man equally unknown , for the same purpose , but turned over after the first to his original master , and stuck to him to bin death , against the expressed will of the citizens 01 his county. from these fnctsall of them can be attested ; it will be seen what a tremendous pressure WHS sustained niid overcome by Messrs. Birkhau- ser , Holt , Qerdin , f age and Meyera , [ Meyers was unable to be present at the Snai ballot , but was intending to Tote for Sauuders ) of Richardson , Giluiore ofCassFrfc richs audEwarr of Nemaba. On their votes hung the result , and they acquit * ed them selves of tneir important du.y hand somely. 1 trust tbe Journal will correct the statement , and give honor to whom honoris due. Thu fupport of the 2/ethodist bis hops in provoking discussion The lust General Conference ordered the necessary amount for episcopal sap port to be aseened upon each charge , in such form that each pas tor must pay pro rata to the bishop * s he uovr pays pro rata to the pre define shier. Every charge has : br e pastors , stationed pastor , dis trict pastor and general pastor. Each charge pays much or little on Ihe voluntary principle ; but what ever it pays must be divided into liree parts for the three pastors. The ohurch may refuse to pay at til. but it baa no right to resist the division of whatever it may choose : o paj And tbe Methodist in dorses this division. It coita three and a half cents par member to maintain the bishop * When a man in New York has mce taken a fine house he does'nt ike to leave it even if his incoms begins to fail. It males people talk , iiit ! his position may be affected. There dlad not lonj : ago a gentle man , who , UP to his death , had befii paying S0,000 ! a. year for hit * .louse , and could le&ve nothing for bin family , lie took it when times % \ere llti-ti and did'nt ttive it up. In Ljondon , whrre rente are bigher than anywhere except New York , no one has j.aid f ucli a rent as this since bord Palmerston , when Prime Min ster , paid the fame sum for ( Jam- bridge Knii ft in Piccadilly He was chiMleas , eighty , had an income of 0.000 a year in real estate and snl- ary , and hiH wife had upwards of 20,000 a year more. London men with 100,000 a year In tbe most olifl securities are content with louses rented at 1,000 a year. The Eioiidon rants of tbe two richest meu n England did not amount to 7.000. Their property was worth A TERRIBLE CUUGH. How often we hear the above re mark during these extreme changes of weather. Colds , coughs and sore throats were never more prev alent among children than now. Now we are going to urge you to : ry a remedy which has exci'ed comments by ptiyMciaiih all over the country , who acknowledge their surprise at th v.vnderfu : aud hap py r * > nilts from is ! u-f. That renit- ly is the well known prenaration , Hale's Cough Cordial. Your owi druggiM , Alaitiii fc .txeunard wil tell you that il i-s the best cough medicine tbey pver sold ; and will warrant actn-e r return your mon ey to you in "j e of t failure after using one half I- > tllIt Is very pleasant to the tnsr , making it a rery desiraoli' retivdy 'or children. - 21-dw6ra 5tfW.i TiT-ED STATW * t " 'SSW. ' * \ TML vi' ou by m i. it b > o wrrihj to be jkhe > l in l oilt 3Zis ii vI * .k-u < JS Trrttitit * OnI rje r ruselyiliimttc-l , jir u , . .Ki Uurne. r iu 3uicnt&uanj < xlKr. , itiuw'J j 1 I n. * - tiubtuffp mi J OrwidO ii u. lCetebr tfc > B ACtUTS WAHTC . cplt rtaj VERY LATEST. Charles Collins , Uhief Engineer of tne Lake Shore Raiload , Commits Suicide. Despondency Over the Aslilnbula Accidi-m the Cause. Senator Anthony , of Rhode Island , Attacked by What Seems to be a Stroke of Paralysis [ MIDNIQH2 lELEQKAPX.I NEW YORK VETERAN KEF. KMSFH. Jwow YorlrJaUUary 21. TU r Tribune says a circular has'been is sued stating that the convention ol Union Reform Vuterani Assooia tion , held in Westmorland Hull this city , January 17th aud JSti > ; that all tbe northern Htatea were represente'i except Rhode Island and Oregon ; that reports of the committees showed a memoerahip of 180,000 exclusively of Union ret eraus , and a large number were daily joining iu all parts of the country , including many ex-soldiers who had voted for Hayei. Amont' the members ot the .National Com mittee are named Gen. James Hooker , Wm. F Smith. Franz Siegel and .Martin T McMaban. The circular saya that the asso ciation organized in August , at In diauarxlis. and branched have been formed at all principal points iii the northern states Bo'd'ers are invit ed to join in preserving it from destruction by the inriduous ? en- croachmeuts of arbitrary power of the institutions they offered to maintain. The chairman of the national committee on different states and territories are instructed tn to daily report to national commit tee through Gen. John M. Corse , of Chicago , chairman , and Col John Tracy , of Westmoreland Hotel , New York , regarding this con veil- tionGen. Gen. Wm. T. Smith told a Tn- buue reporter last night that he was not aware of any convention ol any kind haviug been i eld , but knew of the meeting of 16 or 20 persons at the Westmoreland Ho tel. He wi s entirely ignoianr. of any business transactions liy the ax sociation but believed it was carried on with much vigor in the West. Had been connected with it since last October but taken no active part ; did not not know what wat- tbe purpose of the daily reports from branches of the organization nuledd to "keep the spirit of reform among its members. SNOW SLICE. > A cable special dated Poth arriv ed this morning aud says the land slide in near Stenbruck. It is now estimated.that nearly 2,000,000 me tres of earth have fallen , and the movement still continues. The railroad is covered to a d-pth of 50 tt > 200 yards , and will be blockaded for weeks. The river has overflow td its banks in consequence of the stoppage of its waters. FOUEIGN. IHE KAbTJSRN QUESTION. Constantinople , January 21. The jleuiooteutiariei of yesterday pre sented to the conference eouuler iropo < < alB of a conciliatory nature The European delegates may , it is be icved , possibly adjourn to cou ( ider. OHIO. SU.OI1JK. Cleveland , Jan. 21. Chas. Col- ins , chief engineer of the Lake Shors railroad , wus found dead iu Us bed abo-it 11 o'clock yesterday morning with a pistol iu his hand. supposed to have shot himself on account of the despondency caused > y hie theoretical responsibilty for he late accident at Aahtabula. ILLINOIS. UAJLLOTING FOK SKNATOK Springfield , Jan. ' 21.-The 20th ballot same a * 19th ; 21st ballot Palmer loses 1 ; Anderson gains one ; no other change. On the 19th btl ot 198 votes were cast : Logan 97 ; Palmer 86 , Anderson 12 , Hnines 2 , Parish ] . 22d ballot same as laat 23d ballot same as last. Adjourned. WASHINGTON. SODDKN ILLNESS. Washington , January 21. Bena .or Anthony , of Rhode Jslandwhile returning from a visit to Baltimore , Friday night , was attacked while on the cars by what seemed to be a stroke of paralysis. Upon arriving n Washington he was. conveyed by iis friends to his lodgings , where he arrived after midnight. Mediertl aid < va at once numchoncd aud proper treatment administered He soon fell into a comfortable slumber. At tuN writing he Hhows signs ot improvement A number of hi ° . Friends have called to enquire a'ter his health. 11 f DitrsFC * . " - * h * .ndrtcls of Yftluab'c ' i tl raarrv ti r inipo * r orte torn rn rf , ll d' irc.Tiraf oi M U ea c , hilly ernliilan M , f\ inptomtntl n can tocnre ; it It laeonlv * 1'C \ UOIUNN V , 1 ? Vortb t IXHUSA5 PABUKTS. Impriinmeiitor Child Seventeen Muriler. Mihou , MM * , Jan. 16.A. . most terrible cnne of parental cruelty , dis closing the impri-oument and neglect - glect for seventeen yours of an idi otic son and ! the passible mui der of another , baa set this usually quiet borough Into an intense fe\er of excitement. As Ihe story goes , about sevpntoen years ago a quarrel oo3iirrwl in the fam ily of Josiah SbieldH. by occupation a laboier , in wiitcu tns father , mother and -eve'r.l oous participat ed. In 'lie coursj of the tJispu o , .Toakb , Jr , hardly of ago , oileudtd his father by hw continued obdiiut- cy , and the latter , ai is supposed , struck the boy a severe blow , iu- tlicting upon biui eoine ptrmauent injury. In order to pro v\.iit the _ dheovery or tLe deed the wouuded lud , it li llegp ' , was locked in a chamber , 'rheau/- deti disappearance of tue lad was accounted for in v roua \ ays by the people of the neighhorhoott , the faiuiily giving out that ths boy had run away. I ast Saturday one of the sons died and the privacy of the family was invaded Quo lady gc- ing to a room , from which uu al most overpowering : stench emanat ed , had the curiosity to uuiooK tha door and peer in. Her testimony is to the effect that a fctracge man on all four < < , naked , with long hair and beard , ran at her uttering gutteral sounds , and being apparently unable to spe k distinctly. A general alarm fol lowed. Tbe matter WHS noised jbout town and the creaiuro wal lowing in his own filth was readily associated with tbe Jong- missing sou , Josiali , Jr. So much excite ment v\an occasioned that the to lectmen of the town thought it tbeir duty to investigate the affair On Saturday they called in a body , but were requested to postpone their investigation uu il Moudsy On the morning named Colonel Henry W. Kussell waited on the family and found a poor naif witted - ted 'alloy/ , sallow iu complexion fiom his long confinement with a nicely shaven face and ciopped head It turnei out upon further inves tigation that during the interval between Saturday and Monday the inhuman parents had their s .n shaved and put in pres ntablenhape. His appearance now is of an ordi nary man , who stoops slightly and has a very sallow complexion , aud , what is teculiar , he IB quite stout . Of late he has been seen at tne windows of houses wi.h blankets wrapped about him , and this gave rise to the atory of a "wild man ' roving a jout the wood0. The frtmily , ass > i no rea son -'or hav-n5 keptlnm oncesled all these years and will not allow aim to bs seen by any one at the Wh t adds to the terror of th * foregoing stoiy is the fact that an other son ban alho been missing for upwsrd * of s-ixteen years , xndutiho lime of bis disappearnncs an old well near the house was suddenly filled up The wildest excitement prevails here , and pending the digging - ging out of the well , tha Fields family are under surveillance. PUBLICAT'UNa. WHAT PAYS ? It pays every Manufacturer , Merchant. Vfeenanio , Inren or , Farmer , or Profejjion- ri man , to ke p inforn.e 1 on all ike iin- rr TCrsents nnd diroorerits f th age. It pays ths he of erery fnaily to ie- rodueointo his houehoU * newspaper that instructive. OBO that fosters a tn.to for nreetisation , nnd promtcs thought and encourares diseusaion amaoii the members. THE SCIENTIFIC- AMERICA * waifb has been pulli'bad weekly for the a t thirty-one yean , dries this , t an eito t isyond th'.t of any rther publication ; in act it i * the only.-weekly paper imblichod in fa * United St ta. davoied to iianufactnres. Mechanics , Inrentirs and ne DistoTerics in the Arts and Sciences. Etery nrmb r is profusely illustrated an ts c nten s embrace the l.itret nnd mo5t in terettiig information pertaininc to the in" dustrial , ifcehnnioal and biientiflo Pro " reas of the wor'd : Descriptions with beauli" 'ul engraTinjrs of new inventions , new im" pleratnts new procesies. and inirrared hi" dustries of Pll kinds : Useful Dotes. * > : ( * ipt ! . EUKpe < tion nnd advice by practise ; writers , for worlm n and uuiployers. in aU he v ritn arts , lormiss a complete mpor- tory of new indentions nd discoreries ; f ontaining : u weekly record , not only of the pro-repi f the Udcstrial arts in eur own ountry , kutalso of all new dt9orerieeand nventions in v ry branch > f engineering , moebznica. and science abroad. The Hcitntific Aiixrican hks been the 'oreinott of all industrial publitahons for the past thirty-one vcarc. It is the oldest , arrest , cheapmt , and tbe be < t wetltly illtre tratett i aper devoted to engineering , n.e- ehanibs. chemistry , new inventions , sci ence and industrial progress , published in the world. The practical fecises a"ro well worth ten imos the prcscrintion Nioo. and fcr the muse and shop will save many times the oft of subscription. Merchants , farmers , methanics.enjtineore nvcntors , manufacturers , chemists , lovcri of x tccoo , and people of all profassiona. wi 15nd the S'ientific Am rican _ useful to hem. It should have a place in evorrfam- ly library , study , office nnd counting room ; n every reading room , collcca uod tciool A new volume commences fanuary 1st. 1877. 1877.A A year's cumbers contain S3" pages and teverai hundred engravings. Thousands of volume * are preserved for binding and ref- eren o. Terms , 93.2J a year by mail , in cluding poiUge. Discount tocluba. Special circulars , giving club rate' . ent free. Sln- : lc. copies mailed on receipt of IU cents. Slat be had of ell news dealers. PATENTS. In connection with the Sci entific American. Messrs. Munn * L'o. are solicitor ! of American and foreipn p r.cntj. and nave the largest establishment in thti world. More than fifty thocjacd applica- ions have boon made for patents through tbeir agency. I'atantJ rc ohtainfJ tn the best terms. Mortelcof new invnti > < and sketches ex amined.and _ advito free. A spefinl notice is made in tbe ci nlific Am rican of all in vention * patented through UngaKcnry , with the amo and residence of the patentee. Patents are often sold in part or whole to parsons -ittr cted to the inversion by fnch notice. A pamphlet , ( .ontaining full dinc- tion for obUiicinff patents fent free. The Scientific American Kefer nee Hook , a v - umo bound in cloth ard pilt. containing tha Patent Luxe , Censu o' the U . and 142 en- ernvinrs ol mechanical movements. Price. cenU. Addri'4 ? for the paper , or concerning pat > ents , JIUW Jt CO. . 3T Park Kow. Non I York. Branch Cfiice. or. F and 7th ats . i AVn > Lia t in. 1) . C. I " > . - P .liW * * : : : . c f . > . ! 'je * i ' , .aa " " TELEGRAPHIC. Two Negroes Get into a Row Near Aichinson , Kansas. An Inquest is Being Held on the Body of Dr. May r Maix , the Denver Suicide. Six Notorious Crimmlauls Ureali Jail at SI. jQsepk , Mo. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. FrtuM THE LEADING COMMERCIAL CITIES OF THE COUHTRY UP 70 3:00 P. M [ .F0 ( .Jt O > CLOCK P. M. REPORT\ \ COLORADO. INQUEfST BKINO HELD. D nver , January 20. An inquest is now being held over tha body of Dr May r Malx , a prominent pby- sician of this city , who was indicted before the grand jury last Thursday for committing abortion and other oflenaes. He is supposed to have committed suicide by poison to evade exposure. SNOW BIOCKADE. Th Atchi < son , lopeka & Banta Fe railway ie blockaded by anoff , and a numb r of Pueblo passengers fiom that road were obliged to come Tia this city. KANSAS. A NMKO KILLi D. Atchison , January 20. Last night about sundown , two negroes named Johnson cot inloa drunken quarrel in tha suburbs of the city , and one of them prosuring a musket loaded with buckshot shot the other in the knee , mashing the bone and fleh to & Jolly , and producing an ujrly wound The wounded man was brought to town for treatment , but owing to the loss of blood he died at an early hour this morning. The guilty Johnson was arrested by the shenil , and is now in iail await ing a preliminary examination. MISSOURI. JAIL DELIVERY. St. Joseph , Mo. , January 20. The prisoners broke Jail here thi * morning , and aix ot the most notorious rious , including John Lawrence un der sentsnce ot death for tbe mur der of his father , and Broughton the murderer of Constable Sullivan , escaped. The work had been going on for some time , and wai accom plished by listing the stone in one ot the ceils and tunnelling through to the street pavement , a distance of forty feet , where they emerged to ths street alontj the jail wall like so mauy rats. Every arrangement has baeu rnxde for their capture , and heavy rewards will bo offered. NEW YORK. THE JANUAKY THAW York , January 20 Th January thaw has set in , and under its influence tha snow is rapidly dis appearing. Tlit wtfttliei for the paat three dajs haa been quite warm. This morning the ther- mometsr was 37 ° . A dense fog huugs over the city , seriouily im- psding navigation on the rivers. IBMNETT AGAIK. Albert Voget , Bennett's valat , started lor Europe Thursday. Halrna Lessincr with sixteen travelling turnks aud Kve wine caees marked J G. ± J. were shipped at the , ame time. Vogcl it is bslieved aet d as the eseort of a veiled Indy who ar rived shortly before the vessel left the dock , aud who wad believed to be Bennett's fister. KIKE. A tire in in Brooklyn last night destrycd Wm. Heath's fur r.ml straw hat factory and two adjoining dwellings , eaueinga loss of $100,000. Slock and machinery were insured. LATEST MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO PRODUCE. CHICAGO , Jan. 20. 3 p. m. Wheat Easy ; No 2 1 30J ; Feb ruary , 1 31J ; March , 1 33J. Rye T2o spot. Corn riteauv ; February , 44J bid ; March , 44J b-d ; May , 49J ; No 2 , 43 . Rye SSaSSJ. Oats January , 35Ja35j ; Februa ry , 35Ja35t ; March , 36J ; April , 37Ja 37 | . Ls called to the perfect-ntting phirts and fine underwear manufactured by 'Ihv iimalitt Shirt Jfactoiy , PIl. Gottheinjer , proprietor. Hnvin/ ; opened an establishment for the ex elusive manufacture of tueae goods he uarantees e-itinractiou in even- case t oth ate quality and tit , am. his facilities are such that he is en abled to t ru out better work at leea prices than can possibly bs offered elsewhera. - \ : 'uJl ! : ae of Cents' fine furnishing good * constantly on aud. Givehimacnli i26yn Communicate' ' , Ol ! Tt A JKi'for of tA Sit : Thert i no law more unjust 01 our statute booia than that concern ing interest OB money. Ik is unjus in prineiple. It xaa thatacontrac mud * by parti * * of mature age loond , without fraud acd upon i good consideration , shall not be r * speotsd , because It is morn profit abla to one of the partie * than the law thivks it * huld bo. Tbit is a doctrine that i * applied in no other tranactiB * among men The rule is thai if the contract is mud * bj partiea of rnatur * ytars , Buuu mind , and competent to con tract , Tfithoul fraud or duresa tbat a court will not inquir * into the protit or lois of U.e contracting fiatit * . If tha rule wur * diflarent there could b * no ku'ety in bubiueis tran- aetion * . If a mun were compelled by law to pay , nly what anything purchattd mig t bs reasonably worth , or to pay ior ervi b rendet- cd what the am mijht bo reason. . * blytrorth , ie.i .ii f or llic gr c- mont of the partlet , it would result in hopeless contusion and un certainty. If one bought merchan dise , or horses or eattl * , or a houa > or other property , for which he gave his note , could say whn that note cams due , to hi * creditor , you charged m * and I agrd to pay mr * for this pr- party than it waa r * onably worth , or your profit on on the Hals was greater than it should be , or My less on Ihe inrest- nient Tfaa greater than it should bars ben , and tharefor * 1 will not pay you but a certain and lens amount , to what an absuid uncer tainty would our business hare come. .No one could rely upon whn h should get hid duas. or how much he should get. As the mind * of men would always airier towkat a reaaonuble price or profit wait could only be deter mined by thu judgment of a court or jury , as to the actual value of ths thing sold , or tti reasonable protit ) f ths transaction. Dnlesa this matter were settled by stat- uta , determining the val ues of a'l l nds hou a , horses , cattle , merchandise and produce of a counuy. Evidently it would be an unreasonable , impract ( cable fend Almost possible thing to fix by larr at what pnce a mer chant should sell his Kood * , a far mer his produca , a real estate deal er his laudu , a ttoch raiser his cattle , a landlord rant his house , a hofel- keeper entartxiu his guest * , or a liv ery man hire his hoises. Yet if it is possible and practicable tn regu- inte the rats thst shall be charged for ths use of money. Why is i anymore reasonable , fair or just to regulate tbat than to fix a price for which ft farmer shall sell a pound of butter or a bushel of rhcat , rr the 3rice a livery man may charge in * tor the us of hU property , or my andlord charge me for rent. A man' * money is his own ; and he b > a a moral right to contract with another for its use as well as any other man has to contract for tha us * of hi * property ; he h * a right to get what his contracting partie1- agree of their own aeeoru , to p&Y , a * well for the u e of his money as any otner thingr , and when the law sayc he shell not save the oenefit of a fair contract as well aa his neighbor who invests JIB capital in a bouse and rests it , the law is unjust and invades his natural rights become * en oppressor ser instacd of protsotor. For ex ample , A. h-a $1,000 , with which he builds a bouse and rents it at ? 30 per month , payable monthly in ed , 'auoe , or $369 per annum. B hs SI.000 , which he loans at 15 per cent. p r annum , or for S150. A can wollect all of his rent from his enaut , but B can collect nothing for tha use of his money for one year Even if B loaned his money o A , with which money A has built his houaa , yet B can collect lothing for the monay which made A $360. la this fair , just , or even ione t in the law ? It may be taid that experience haa shown that A can not atlord to pay 15 pr cent , inter-st. I presume that it has alfcn been shown that a man can hot otlered to pay 530 a month rent for a noube costing § 1,000 The law doM not oven allow B to collect what the uo of his money is worth The use ol 51,000 for one year is val- uible ; certainly worth with us $1GO , aud B is deprived of the fair value of the use of bin mon * y , be cause he has it u tercel into a contract with the borrower which the bor rower was willing and anxious to make , and which in tact may have saved him from great less or made nini great profit , greater than the arbitrary rate fixed by law. This ia making a quasi crime of some thing not criminal. It is putting a penalty on an innocsnt party , for there can be no crime or moral wrong in a party making a contract with another who is perfectly coin petent to contract and upon whom he practices no fraud or dureas. Tha law does not recognize the mating of such a coutract as either crimi nal , immoral or vicious in any other case thau this at least , and there cannot in good sense or fair ness be anv distinction made between twoen a contract for the loan of money and any other coutract As we have intimated , it is the rules of law that any coutraot to do a thing not mxhun iise mnde by part'es competent to contract fairly , without fraud , misrepresentation or force , will be sustained and en- forcsii without regard to the profit or lo s of either party. Why reverse this rule in tsfo , when a loan of money is iu consid eration , ami iiy no matter that the pa lien were competent to contract , and did coutract without fear or fraud , rairly ami i > i good faith ; yet because the protit id larger than , tup iron measure of the lav &ayjit -hotihl be. their contra t shall not be cnfnrceiJ ? F.vea more , one of the p.-irties , no more guilty thau tiie other , shall be visited with a pen alty , while the other shall be sub stantially given a reward for viola ting his contract. We insist that it is a shame that this should be the law. law.If If * contract is to be sustained bf- caue it is upon a valuable consid eration , was dist'nctly understood by tLe parties , was infected with no fraud , and induced by no force , why not sustain a contract for the loan of money , which noove * 11 others is upon a valuable consideration ; tor the borrowers receive that which is the atandaul of value itfelf. Tli 2 e is no cou tract wherein a par ty con know better ju t what he geta. jus' wnat is 5t valiif ami just when he ii to reray it ; a-id the pre- cif amount of his dnect l.-s , than this The theory that any force is used to induce men to make the coutract does not applv to this state wlipfn men areso auxiou * to borrow money. In kruih ihia usury law proceeds u. on the t'icory tbat aa to every other contract a man is able to br- yain for himself. He may buy lauds , houses , horses , cattle merchan dise , and every thine else for which he is to pay mnnoy aud biscont'jtct will be respected. .Hut whan he noes to borrow money he lone * all his sene , judgment and * 3lf-control. He is taken in hand as a ward of the court , and as a fool ish cnild the law m.H'iP. " a contract for him , and if anybody would make a contract harder on him thmn the law prescribes , it fles to his protection ami visits a penalty on him who would thus impose up on the ward of the court. 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