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fife ; .PRESIDENT HARBISON1 ! FIRST MESSAGE.
SSpP- -3i > lc Z > J cM ed n Auvming the 0jP
I S | | ? Following ia tho measago of President
Ipk .Harrison on assuming tho office of presi-
ak 'H < dont of the United States :
J p-V Tliere is no constilational or locrnl ro *
Sfei. ' • quiroincnt that the president shall take
| 1a iho oath of office in tho presence of the
jffljl ; - ' . • people. But there is so manifest un ap-
' 9g > r propriatoness in a public introduction
| ! JC " * ° office of tho chief executive officer of
mBE ? - ' the nation , that from tho beginning of
ISP ! . - " the government of tho people , to whoso
" * ' . . ervico tho official oath consecrates the
-officer , has been called to witness the
< 3olomn ceremonial. An oath taken in
' t the presence of tho pooplo becomes a
: ' mutual covenants the officer covenants
- * > to sarve tho whole body of tho people
! by a faithful execution of the laws , so
that they may be an unfailing defense
and Kecurity of those who respect and
• observe them , and that neither woalth ,
'Station , nor tho power of combinations
fshall bo able to evade their lust penal-
i wpv * ties , or to wrest them from their bonefl-
' : .Wjjt * ' > ' -cent public purpose to servo tho ends of
Wm&cruelty or selfishness. My promiso is
? PS * ' -spoken , yours unspoken , but not tho
. . loss real and solemn. The people of
bV" every stato have here their representa
tives. Surely I do not misinterpret tho
* -spirit of tho occasion when I assume
* - that tho whole body of tho people cov-
l-\ -cnant with me and with each other
IV.
- • to-day to support and defend tho con-
. ; 'Stitution and union of states , to yield a
' ' willing obedience to all laws , and each
. , " to every other citizen his equal , civil
and political rights. Entering thus sol
emnly into a covenant with each other ,
{ [ ' wo may reverently invoko and confi-
" : . - - dently expect the'favor and help of the
Almighty God , that he will give to mo
* . r wisdom , strength and fidelity , and to
our people , a spirit of fraternity and
$ ' • ' lovo of righteousness and peace.
This occasion derives a peculiar inter-
- • - . est from the fact that the presidential
. ' ' , * term , which begins this day , is the
i- twenty-sixth under our constitution.
Tho first inauguration of President
( ; Washington took place in New York ,
where congress was then sitting , on tho
* ' 30th day of April , 1780 , having been de
ferred by reason of delajs ; in amending
tho organization of congress and can-
- ' toss of tho electoral vote. Our people
liave already worthily observed the cen
tennial of tho declaration of independ-
- , jr. -ence , of the adoption of the constitution ,
' * & . ; end will shortly celebrate in New York
* tho institution of tho second great de
partment of our constitutional scheme
• of government. When the centennial
• of tho constitution of tho judicial de
partment , by the organization of the
.supremo court , shall have been suitably
observed , as I trust it will be , our nation
will have fully entered its second cen
tury. I will not attempt to note the
; marvelous aud in great part happy con
trasts between our country as it steps
over tho threshold into its second cen-
jKag tury of organized existence under tho
Ij pt • constitution , and that weak but wisely
y jp | > -ordered young nation that looked un-
• doubtedly down the first century , when
a aK ; ; tall its years stretched out before it. Our
* IViy' | people will not fail at this time to recall
.qgrlf the incidents which accompanied the in-
; { | t" . . -stitution of the government under the
AbM. ' constitution , in tho teachings and exani-
51Sm" 1Pe ° * Washington and his great asso-
$ | jfe' -oiates , and the hope and courage in con-
f\1ic- | ' 'trast which thirty-eight populous and
tiH " " -prosperous states offer to thirteen states ,
f\V \ | | | weak in everything except the courage
lUffe -and love of liberty that then fringed our
A - Atlantic seaboard. The territory of
$ & * < - - ' • Dakota has now a population greater
lufeS. . . than any of the original states ( except
§ " Virginia ) and jrreater than the asrjrre rato
11151 % j . - of five of tho smaller states in 1790. . The
/ & . enter of population when our national
- , ysjp * capital was located , was east of Balti-
' and it arjrued well
' ' more was by mauy
[ MM informed persons that it would be moved
| | j | v -aastward rather than westward , yet in
| | | 18S0 it was found to bo near Cin-
lif | -cinnati , and the new census about to be
[ § § | ! - taken , will show another stride to the
/Mi ? "westward. Tli.it which was the body
lffifc" ; ' * ms come * ° , e only a ri ° h fringe of the
• jl ! "nation's robe. But our growth lias not
tM * * been limited to territory , population ,
agpV territory and aggregate wealth , marvel-
| Sc 'ous as it has been iii each of those direc-
uP . tions. The masses of our people are
rf&V- better fed , clothed and housed than their
fathers . Facilities for
i-V- " - ' were. popular
\ \ ' 4tk > l' . "education have been vastly enlarged and
' / fe' : more generally diffused. The virtues of
fjshj. . ourage and patriotism have given re-
* IPv -centproof of their continued presence
i P5' ' nd increasing power in the hearts , atid
ll& ' " i ' over the lives of our people. The jnflu-
.W & ; -ences of religion have been multiplied
Sfcj' : . " ' and strengthened ; the sweet offices of
sp"X- -charity havo greatly increased ; the
'J-tK ' : virtuo of temperance is held in
: } jgl0\ ' higher estimation. We have not attained
Ip-f- * ; . an ideal condition. Not all of our peo-
| | & ; ' - pie are happy and prosperous not all of
1KU | them are virtuous and law-abiding , but
\ff- - -on the whole ( the opportunities offered
- to the individual to secure the comforts
of life are better than those found else
where , and" largely better than they
were 100 years ago. The surrender of a
large measure of sovereignty to the gen
eral government effected by the adoption
of the constitution was not accomplished
until the Bnggestions ' of reasons were
strongly reinforced by the more imper
ative voice of experience. The diverg
ent , interests of peace speedily t.
manded a more perfect union. The
I merchant , shipmaster and manufac
turer discovered and disclosed to our
statesmen and to the people that com
mercial emancipation must be added to
the political freedom which bad been so
bravely won. The commercial policy of
the mother country had not relaxed
an } ' of its hard and oppressive features.
To hold in check tho development of
our commercial marine , to prevent or
retard the establishment and growth of
manufactures in the states , and so to
secure an American market for their
g&i * . . . shops and carrying trade for their ships ,
Wpi was the policy of European statesmen ,
Jk * . , nd"was pursued with a most selfish
k-p' "vigor. Petitions poured in upon con
| | f- _ - gress urging the imposition of discrimi-
jPf\ ' Hating duties that she old secure the pro-
fgS. -duction of needed things at home. The
Spc patriotism of the people , which no
fabr- . longer found a field for exercise in war ,
lgf : * "was energetically directed to the duty
| f- of equipping the young republic for the
md " defense of its ip onendence bv making
Wfe - its People self-dependent. Societies fox
H § ; the promotion of home manufacturers
Bp o . and for encouraging the use of domes-
Sfej' % tics in the dress of the peo\e were
fipk -organized in many of the states. A re-
kk'- -rival at the end of the century of the
lp : " r -same patriotic interest in the preserva-
m&rrtionandsdevelopment , of. domestio in-
* § > -x- " oustriesand defense " of .
| | g ifx - our w.orking
gpT aSs. " * * people against injurious foreign-compe-
jp. tition , is an incident worthy of ptten-
ff. tiqn. It is not a departure , but are-
M. ; ' turn that wo have witnessed. The p o-
Jgl j tectire policy had then its opponents.
rsf that its benefits innred to particular
M r" < v olasses or sections. If the question be-
> -came in any sense or at any
t time sectional it was only because
slavery existed in some of the states.
But for this there was no reason why
the cotton producing states should not
have wqrked abreast with the New Eng
land states in the production of cotton
' fabrics. There was this reason , only
why the states that divide with Pennsyl
vania the mineral treasures of the great
southeastern and central mountain
ranges should have been so tardy iD
"bringing to the smelting , to the furnac *
and to the mill the coal and iron from
their near opposing hillsides. Mill fires
were lighted at the funeral pile of
slavery. The emancipation .jprochuna- ,
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matlon was Heard in. the , depths of the
earth as well as in the sky ; men were
mado free and material thimrs. became
our hotter servants. Tho sectional el
ement has happily been eliminated from
the tariff discussion ; we have no longer
states that aro necessarily only planting
states. Nono aro excluded from achiev
ing that diversification of pursuits
among tho people which brings wealth
and contentment. The cotton planta
tion will not bo less valuablo when the
product is spun in a country town by
operatives whose necessities call for di
versified crops and create a homo de
mand for garden and agricultural pro
ducts. Every now mine , furnace and
faotorv is an extension of the productive
capacity of tho states , more real and
valuablo than added territory. Shall
the prejudices and paralysis of slavery
continue to hang upon tho skirts of
progress ? How long will thoso who re
joice that slavery no longer exists , cher
ish and tolerate the incapacity it put
upon their communities ? I look hope
fully to a continuance of our protective
systom , aud to a consequent develop
ment of tho manufacturing and mining
enterprises in states hitherto given
wholly to agriculture , as a patent iuflu-
onco in the perfect unification of our
people. Hon who havo invested their
capital in these enterprises , farmers who
havo felt tho benefit of their neighbor
hood and men who work in the shop
or field , will not fail to find and to
defend a community of interest. Is
it not quite possible that farmers and
promoters of great mining and manu
facturing enterprises which have recent
ly been established in tho south may yet
find that a free ballot of tho working-
man , without distinction of race , ia
needed for their defense as well as for
his own ? I do not doubt that of those
men in the south who do not accept the
tariff views of Clay and the constitu
tional expositions of Webster ; would
courageously show and defend their real
convictions , they would not find it diffi
cult by frank construction and co-opera
tion to make the black man their safe
and efficient ally , not only in establish
ing correct principles in our national
administration , but in preserving for
their local oommnnities the benefits of
social order , economical and honest gov
ernment. At least until the good offices
of kindness and education have been
fairly tried a contrary conclusion can
not bo pausibly urged. I have alto
gether rejected the suggestion of a spe
cial executive policy for any section of
tho country. It is the duty of the exe
cutive to administer and enforce in
methods and by the instrumentalities
pointed out and provided by the consti
tution all laws enacted by congress.
These laws are general and their admin
istration should be uniform and equal ,
as a citizen may not elect what laws he
will obey , neither may the executive
elect which he will enforce. The duty
to obey aud to execute embracesthe
constitution in its entirety and the whole
code of laws enacted under it. The ovil
example of permitting individuals , cor
porations or communities to nullify the
laws because they cross some selfish or
local cares or prejudices is full of dan
ger , not only to the nation at large , but
much more to those who use this
pernicious expedient to escape their
just obligations , or to obtain unjust
advantages over others. They will pres
ently themselves be compelled to appeal
to the law for defense , and those who
would use the law as a defense must not
deny that use of it to others. If our
great corporations would more scrupu
lously observe their legal limitations
and duties they would have less cause to
complain of the unlawful limitations of
their rights and of violent interferences
with their operations. The community
that by concert , open or secret , among
its citizens , denies to. a _ portion of its
members their plain rights under the
law , has ssvered the only safe bond of
social order and prosperity. Evil works
from a bad center , both ways. It de
moralizes those who practice it and de
stroys the faith of those who suffer by
the inefficiency of the law as a safe pro
tector. A man in whose breast that
faith has been darkened is naturally the
subject of dangerous and uncanny sug
gestions to thoso who use unlawful
methods. If moved by no higher mo
tive than the selfishness that prompted
them we may still stop and inquire what
is to be the end of this. An unlawfnl
expedient canuot become a permanent
condition of government. If the edu
cated and influential classes ina com
munity either practice or connive at a
S3rstematic violation of laws that seem to
them to cross , their convenience what
can'they * expect when the less.'dnTtliaV .
the convenience or supposed class inter
est is sufficient cause for lawlessness ,
has been learned by the ignorant classes.
A community where law is the rule of
conduct , and where courts , not mobs ,
execute its penalties , is only the attract
ive field for business investments and
honest labor.
Our naturalization laws should be so
amended as to make inquiry into the
character and good disposition of per
sons applying for citizenship more care-
fnl and searching. Our existing laws
liaye been in their administration unim
pressive and often unintelligible in
form. We accept a man as a citizen
without any knowledge as to what they
are. The privileges of American citi
zenship are so great and its duties so
grave that we may well insist upon a
good knowledge of every person apply
ing for citizenship and a good knowl
edge by him of our institutions. We
should not cease to be hospitable to im
migration , but we should cease to be
careless as to the character of it. There
are men of all races , even the best ,
whose coming is necessarily a burden
upon our public revenues or a threat to
social order. These should be identi
fied and excluded.
We have happily maintained a policy
of avoiding all interference with Euro
pean affairs ; we have been only inter
ested spectators of their contentions in
diplomacy and in war , and ready to use
our friendly offices to promote peace ,
but never obtruding our advice and
never attempting unfairly to coin the
distress of other powers into a commer
cial advantage to ourselves. We have
just right to expect that our European
European courts. It is so manifestly
incompatible with those precautions for
our peace and safety which all great
powers habitually observe and enforce
in matters affecting them , that a shorter
water way between oxir eastern and
western seaboards should be dominated
by any European government , that we
may confidently expect that such a pur
pose will not be entertained by any
friendly power. We shall , in tho fu
ture , as in the p\st ! , U3e every endeavor
to maintain our friendly relations with
all great powers , but they will not ex
pect us to look kindly upon any project
that would leave us subject to the dan
gers of hostile observation or environ
ments. We have not sought to domi
nate or absorb any of our weaker neigh
bors , but rather to aid and encourage
them to establish free and stable govern
ments , resting upon the consent of the
people. We have a right to expect , there
fore , that no European government will
seek to establish , colonial dependencies
upon the territory of these independent
American states. That which a sense
of justice restrains us from seeking ,
they may reasonably expected willingly
to forego. It must not be assumed , how
ever , that our interests are so exclusi
vely American that our entire inatten
tion to any events that may transpire
anywhere can be taken or granted. Our
citizens domiciled for the purpose of
trade in all countries and in many q %
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the islands of the sea , demand and will
havo our adequate care iu their person-
ral and commercial rights. The neces
sities of our navy require conveinent
coaling statu * fi dock and harbor
privileges. These and other trading
Erivileges we will feel free to obtain only
y means that do not in any degree par
take of coercion , however feeble the
government from which we ask such
concessions. But having fairly obtained
them by methods and for purposes en
tirely consistent with the most friendly
disposition toward all other powers , our
consent will bo necessary to any modi
fication or impairment of the conces
sion ; wo shall neither fail to respect the
flag of any friendly nation or the just
rights of its citizens , nor to enact like
treatment for our own. Calm
ness , justice and consideration
Bhonld characterize our diplomaoy. Tha
offices of intelligent diplomacy , of
friendly arbitration in proper cases ,
should be adequate for tho peaceful ad-
' ustment of all international difficulties.
1 Jy such methods wo will make our con
tribution to tho world's peace , which no
nation values more highly , and avoid tho
opprobrium which must fall upon a na
tion that ruthlessly breaks it. Tho duty
devolved by law upon tho president to
nominate and by and with the advice
and consent of the senate , to appoint all
public officers whoso appointment is not
otherwise provided for in the constitu
tion or by act of congress , has become
. and •
very uu.aUuuuiuU >
discharge full of difficulty. Tho civil
list is so large that personal knowledge
of any largo number of applicants is im
possible. The president must rely upon
the representations of others , and these
are often made inconsiderately and with
out any jnst sense of responsibility. I
havo a right , I think , to insist that those
who volunteer or are invited to give ad
vice as to an apointment shall exercise
consideration and fidelity. A high sense
of duty and ambition to improve the
service should characterize all public
officers. There are many ways in which
the convenience and comfort of those
who have dealings with our public offi
cers may be promoted by a thoughtful
and obliging officer , and I shall expect
those whom I may appoint to justify
their selection by conspicuous efficiency
in tho discharge of their duties. Honora
ble party service will certainly not be
esteemed by mo a disqualification for
public office , but it will in no case be
allowed to serve as a shield of official
negligence , incompetency or delin
quency. It is entiro 'ly ' "creditable" to
seek public office by proper methods
and with proper motives , and all appli
cants will be treated with consideration ,
but I shall need and tho heads of de
partments will need time for inquiry
and deliberation. Persistent importu
nity will not , therefore , be the best sup
port of application for office. The
heads of departments , bureaus and all
other public officers having any duty
connected therewith , will be expected
to enforce the civil service law fully and
without evasion. Beyond this obvious
duty , I hope to do something more to
advance reform of tho civil service This
ideal , or even my own , I shall probably
not attain. Ketrospect will be a safer
basis of judgment than promises. We
shall not , however , I am sure , be able
to put our civil service upon a non-par
tisan basis until we have secured an in
cumbency that fairminded men of the
opposition will approve'for impartiality
and integrity. As the number of such
in the civil list is increased , removals
from office will diminish.
While the treasury surplus is not the
greatest evil , it is a serious one. Out
revenue should be ample to-meet the
ordinary annual demands upon our
treasury , with sufficient margin for those
extraordinary , but scarcely less impera
tive , demands which arise nowand then ,
expenditures should always bo made
with economy , and only upon public
necessity. Wastefulness , profligacy and
favoritism in public expenditures is
criminal , but there is nothing in the
condition of our country or our people
to suggest that anything necessary to
public prosperity , security orhonor
should be unduly postponed. It will be
the duty of congress wisely to forecast
and estimate these extraordinary de
mands , and having added them to our
ordinary expenditures , to so adjust our
revenue laws that no considerable an
nual surplus will remain. We will for
tunately be able to apply to redemption
of the public debt any small or unfor-
seen excess of revenue. This is better
than to reduce our income below our
necessary expenditures , with the result-
ingiohoice between another of revenue
laws and increase of public debt. It is
quite possible , I .am sure , to effect that
necessary reduction in our revenue with
out breaking down our protective tariff
or seriously injuring any domestic in-
dusty. The construction of a sufficient
number of modern war ships and of
their necessary armament should pro-
press as rapidly as is consistent with
iare and perfection in plans and work
manship. The spirit , courage and
ikill of our naval officers and
ieanien have many times in our. history
nven to weak ships and inefficient guns
\ rating greatly beyond that of the na-
• al list. That they will again do so on
ccasion I do not doubt , but they ought
. : ot , by premeditation or neglect be left
O the risks and exigencies of unequal
.lomLmt. We should encourage the es
tablishment of American steamship
lines. The changes of commerce de
mand stated , reliable and rapid means
of communication , and until these are
provided the development of trade with
Our pension laws snonld give more
adequate relief to union soldiers and
sailors and their widows and orphans ,
and such an occasion as this should re
mind us that we owe everything to their
valor aud sacrifice.
It is a subject of congratulation that
there is a near prospect of the admission
into the union of Dakota. Montana and
Washington territories. This act of
justice has been unreasonably delayed
in the case of some of them. The peo
ple who have settled these territories
are enterprising , intelligent , patriotic ,
and the accession of these new states
will add strength to the nation , due to
the settlers in the territories who have
availed themselves of the invitations of
our land laws to make homes upon the
public domain ; that their titles should
be speedily adjusted and their honest
entries confirmed by patent.
It is very gratifying to observe the
general interest now being manifested
in tho reform of our election laws ,
These havo been for years calling atten
tion to the pressing necessity of throw
ing about the ballot box and about the
. elector fother safeguards in order that
orfr elections might nofonly be freehand
pure , but might clearly appear to be so ,
will welcome the accession of any who
did not so soon discover the need of re
form. The national congress has not as
yet taken ' control of elections in that
case oyer which the constitution gives it
3urisdictionbut as accepted and adopted
the election laws of the several states
and provided penalties for their viola
tion and method of supervision. Only
the jenfficienoy of state laws or unfair
partisan administration of them could
suggest a departure from this policy. It
was clearly , however , in the contem
plation of the framers of the constitniton
that such an exigency might arise , and
a provision was wisely made for it. The
freedom of the ballot if a condition of
our national life , and no , power vested
in congress or the executive to secure or
perpeturate it Bhonld remain unused
upon occasion. People of all
• Jngressional districts have an
equal interest that the _ eko-
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tion In each shall truly express tho vlowa
and wishes of tho majority of tho qnali.
fled electors residing withm tho district.
The resultsof. suoh elections aro not
local , and tho insistence of electors re
siding in other districts that they shall
bo pure aud free , does not favor at all of
impertinence. If in any of tho states
public security is thought to bo threat
ened by ignorance among tho electors ,
the obvious remedy is education. Tho
sympathy and help of our people will
not bo withhold from any community
struggling with special er HarraRsmontfl
or difficulties conneotcd witv. cjiffrage if
tho remedies proposed proceed upon law
ful lines , and aro promoted by just and
honorable methods. How snail those
who practice election frauds recover that
respect for tho sanctity of tho ballot
which is tho first condition and obliga
tion of good citizenship ? That man
who has como to regard tho ballot as a
juggler's hat , has renounced his allegi
ance.
Let us exalt patriotism and moderate
our party contentions ; let those who
would die for tho flag on tho field of
battle give better proof of their patrot-
ism'aud higher glory to their country
by promoting fraternity and justice.
'Party ' success that is achieved by unfair
means , or by practices that partake of
revolution , is hurtful and evanescent ,
even from a party standpoint. We
should hold our differing opinions ir
mutual respect , and ; having subjected
them to the arbitration of the ballc * ,
should accept an adverse judgment with
tho same respect that wo would have de
manded of our opponents if the decision
had been in our favor.
No other people havo a government
moro worthy of their respect and love ,
or land so magnificent in extent , so
pleasant to look upon and so full of gen
erous suggestion to enterprise and labor.
God has placed upon our head a diadem
and had laid at our feet a power and
wealth beyond definition or calculation.
But we must not forget that we take
those gifts upon condition that justice
and mercy shall hold the reins of power ,
and that tho upward avenues of hope
shall be free to all people.
T do not mistrust the future. Dan *
gers havo been in frsauent ambush
along our path , but wo have uncovered
and vanquished them all. Passion has
swept some of our communities , bnt
only to give us a new demonstration that
tho great body of our people are stable ,
patriotic aud law abiding. No political
party can long pursue an advantage at
• the expense of public honor , or by
.rude and indecent methods , without
protest and fatal dissatisfaction in its
own body. Tho peaceful agencies of
commerce are more fuliy revealing the
necessary unity of all our communities ,
and increasing the intercourse of out
people is promoting mutual respect.
We shall find unalloyed pleasure in the
revelation which our next census will
make , of the swift development of the
• reat resources of some of our states.
{ Cach stato will bring its generous con
tribution to tho great aggregate of the
nation's increase. And when the har-
% "ists from the fields , cattle from the
hi'ls and the ores of the earth shall
have been weighed , counted and valued ,
we will turn from them all to crown
with the highest honor tho state that
has most promoted education , virtue ,
justice and patriotism among its people.
After tho inauguration ceremoniee
the senate was again called to order and
"immediately adjourned.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ft Synopsis of Proceedings in the Senate and
House of Representatives.
Senate. The executive session of the
Benate on the 2d continued until 1:40 a.
m. , on the 8d , when the doors were re
opened and a number of private bills
passed. At 2:15 a. m. , the senate took
a recess until 3 p. m. , when the enrolled
bills were signed , and then took anothei
recess until 8 p. m. . the evening ses
sion ( Sunday ) to be for consideration of
general business , Tho first business
transacted was the presentation and
adoption of the conference reports on
the bill to provide for the allotment ol
lands in severalty to the uuited Peorias
andMiamis in Indian territory , and the
Indian appropriation bill. The bill as
agreed to is in accordance with the sen
ate proposition in the Oklahoma matter.
On motion of Mr. Erye the Union Pa
cific funding bill was recommitted to
the select committee on Pacific railroad
indebtedness. Among bills passed were :
Senate bill appropriating $1,200,000 for
the purchase of a site and tho erection
of a public building at Kansas City.
Senate bill to incorporate tho Washing
ton & Great Falls narrow gauge railroad
company. At 10:45 the senato took a
recess until midnight. On reassemb
ling after recess a message was received
from the house asking for a further con
ference on the deficiency bill , which
was agreed to. The senate was still in
session when this report closed.
House. The house on the 3rd , when
called to order , showed every seat in the
gallery taken. On motion of Mr. Beed
the senate bill was passed granting a
pension of § 50 a month to the widow of
General J. H. Hunt. Mr. McCreary re
ported favorably on tho Edmunds' reso
lution in regard to the construction of
the Panama canal. Placed on the calen
dar. The deficiency bill was considered
without final action , when a recess was
taken until 8 o'clock. On reassembling
Mr. Sayeers moved that the house insist
upon its disagreement to the amend
ment. Mr. McComas then moved that
the house recede from the disagreement.
Then the house was thrown into a
tumult , Mr. Sayers claiming the floor ,
and Mr. McComas and his friends in
sisting that the floor be accorded to him.
The speaker pro tern , Mr. Hatch , recog
nized Mr. McComas to make a motion ,
but decided that Mr. Sayers was entitled
to the floor , a decision which called forth
angry protests from the republican side.
Eor ten minutes the galleries were en
tertained by viewing one of the noisiest
scenes which has been presented in the
house during the present session. A two
hours' debato ensued , at the end of
which time a recess was taken.
To Oklahoma Sixty Thousand Strong.
St. Louis dispatch : Thelatest , infor
mation in regard to the movements of
the Oklahoma boomers is to the effect
that Harry Hill , in an interview yester
day , said he had formulated his plan of
action. The boomers are to be massed
at Caldwell and Huunewell , Kas. These
he will lead in pei-son , while a compauy
from .the west will , be in. commaiid of
iCol. .C&le , and the people , froiti the
south will be under a competentvleader.
He says in thirty days he can cross tho
line with a larger force than Payne ever
had. If pursued , he says he will cut
every wire fence in the Cherokee strip
aud burn the grass to the Chickasaw
line. He will go to Pnrcell Monday.
Col. Crocker writes to Col. Hill that
30,000 people in the Chickasaw nation
are wild and that he cannot restrain
them. The soldiers have increased
along the Kansas line , and nobody can
enter the territory without a permit
from the Cherokee Strip cattle com
pany.
Capt. Couch writes from Pnrcell that
something must be done as the people
there "will not keep quiet. Every day
wagon trains of from five to twenty
wagons pass through that city headed
for the boundary line.
The Union Pacific's purchase of the
Pacific hotel company's property is said
to have coat the railroad abont $275,000.
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A SOUVENIR FR6M THE NEW STATE.
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It U Jleeelrtd by Congreuman Uprlnger in
the Shape of a Leather Medal.
Huron fDak. ) dispatch : A'numbor
of Huron gontlcmen havo forwarded to
Congressman William H. Springer a
souvenir , in tho shapo of a leather med
al , six inches in diameter , on which is
tho following inscription in gold letters :
"To William Springer , who , having
boon so instructed by tho houso of rep
resentatives , rather than bo in con
tempt , sacrificed his own principles and
magnanimously opened the pathway to
statehood for South Dakota. Fiat Jus-
titia ruaut principa. "
Tho medal was sent to Hon. "Sunset"
Cox , with a request that he present it
to Springer with tho following letter :
"To Hon. W. H. Springer : A fow of
the hosts of your Dakota friends , ap
preciating thoroughly your truly noble
and thoroughly disinterested services
in behalf of South Dakota , desiro to
present to you this testimonial of thoir
esteem. Wo remember with what grief
you gavo up tho cherished objects of
your hoart , how many sleepless
nights you havo passed , as nobly and
alone you fought for all thoso vital is
sues , without which hope would havo
been lost and Dakota a dream ; how ,
single-handed yju fought tho fivo ene
mies of Dakota iu conference commit
tee , and said , 'Livo or die , survive or
perish , ' or words to that effect , 'though
I give up everything , still will I cling
to the cherished object of my heart.
Dakota shall again voto for tho tempor
ary capital or sho shall forever remain a
territory. ' Tho noblest of thy race ,
whenever the retiring sun shall again
bring round the birthday of tho father
of his country , shall not his fame , his in
tegrity , palo before tho incorruptible ,
the matchless integrity , the statesman
like character of him whose name wo
inscribe on this medal now awarded to
you. Hail , sweet William , hail and fare
well. "
A FAMOUS INVENTOR PASSES AWAY.
John Ericsson Hies at an Advanced Age
'Biographical SIcelch.
New York dispatch : Captain John
Ericsson , the famous Swedish engineer
who designed the ironclad Monitor ,
died this morning shortly after mid
night. Ho had been ill only a week ,
aud owing to his advanced age failed to
rally. Tho deceased was born July 31 ,
1803.
1803.John
[ John Ericsson , LL. D. , was born in
Venneland , a province of Sweden , July
31 , 1803. Showing decided mechanical
ingenuity in childhood , he was appoint
ed at tho ago of eleven to a cadetship in
the engineering corps in which ho arose
to a lienteuantcy. In 1820 ho visited
England to introduce a "flame engine"
of his own invention , but it was discov
ered that though it worked with a wood
fire it failed when coal was used. Ho
made improvements in steel boilers , and
in 1829 produced a locomotive , tho
"Noveltjwhich ran fifty miles an
hour. This was a great advance in
speed over anything then attained , and
the inventor won a prize of 500. In
1832 he built a steani liro engine , and
in 1833 a hot air engine. He invented
in a period of only three years forty
different mechanical contrivances , two-
thirds of which were patented. In 1839
he came to America , and in 1841 began
to build tho Princeton , the first naval
vessel that ever carried her first machin
ery under the water line , out of the reach
of hostile shot. This vessel dictated re
construction to the fleet of the world.
In 18G1 Ericsson offered to the United
States navy department the device of
the celebrated turret ship. By extraor
dinary energy and executive skill the
Monitor was launched with steam ma
chinery , complete 100 days from the lay
ing of the keel plate , and arrived in
Hampton roads just in time to defeat the
confederate iron-clad Merrimac. But
for the Monitor the whole aspect of tho
war might have been changed and Euro
pean interference been attempted.
Ericsson's inventive genious has brought
out new discoveries in every department
of mechanics , aud he has received hon
ors from every country of the world. ]
MASSACRE OF AN ENTIRE ARMY.
Hyppolyle's Army Captured and Murdered
in Cold Blood.
New York dispatch : The steamer Cu
ban arrived at this port yesterday , bring
ing news of a bloody battle between
Legitime's Hyp poly te's forces , and mas
sacre by the victors. Commanded by
Captain Frazer , the Cuban left Port do
Paix March 3. Captain Frazer brought
a copj' of La Patrie , a Hyppolyte organ ,
published February 23 , at Gonaiyes ,
containing an account of the battle and
massacre at Grand Saline. The Hyppo
lyte forces in this city were commanded
by General Monipoint andJean Mese-
rau. Legitime's army began an attack
on the outposts early in February. They
were repulsed several times , but fiually
succeeded in carrying them , and a few
days later were masters of the city , and
General Meserau's sword. Legitime's
men were so elated over their success
that immediately commenced to pil
lage the town. _ A drunken soldier shot
one of tho prisoners for some trifling
matter. This was the signal for a gen
eral outbreak on the part of the soldiers.
They rushed at the prisoners , shooting
and stabbing them right and left. The
prisoners begged hard and piteonsly for
mercy , but their cries were laughed at ,
and the killing went on , quarter being
allowed to none. Never before was such
a pitiable sight presented. Murdered
men lay about huddled in scores. Some
were frightfully hacked and mutilated ,
many of the blood-frenzied soldiers hav
ing run a muck even among the corpses ,
plunging their swords again and again
into the bodies of the slain. General
Meserian tried to stay the butchery , but
was laughed at and warned not to inter
fere if he wished to live. When a lack
of victims stayed the butchers , they
robbed the dead and looted and burned
the town. Nearly the whole place , says
the La Patrie , is in ruins. Captain
Frazer thinks the city must have been
burned between February 28 and
March 1.
Harrison's Immigration Policy.
Borne dispatch : Tho Capitan Fricas-
sa says President Harrison's references
in his inaugural address to immigration
are a-ileparture from American tradi-
tionQ of bonndless hospitality. The pa
per admits , however , that President
Harrison's policy will tend to restrict
excessive Italian agricultural emigra
tion.
The chief attraction of the March
number of The Art Amateur is a superb
colored plate of Jacqueminot roses.
There is also a charming colored design
of maiden-hair fern for tea-sex-vice dec
oration. The black and white designs
include an exquisite decoration for a
tete-a-tete set ( forget-me-not ) , a plate
( orchids ) , a panel ( thistle-down ) , a Wor
cester vase , an altar frontal , an em
broidered blotter , a decorative border
( iris ) , four screens representing the sea
sons , and artistic letters to be carved in
wood. The articles of practicalvjlue
are in unusual profusion , even for this
always well-filled magazine. Price , 35
cents. Montague Marks , Publisher , 23
Union Square , New York ,
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A LUCKYMISTAKE.
Little Miss Morgan the dresHmuk-
er , wns in a heavy perturbed condi
tion of mind. Mra. Itockwood , one
ofher poorest customers , lmd just
told her that sho was in the direst
need ot § 500 , and unless it could bo
got sho would have to give up her
liltlo home and seek another. Mrs.
Eockwood hud bson a rich man's
daughter , but her • imuTinge had
offended her father and when ho died
ho left all his money to his second
wife.
wife.The
The good-hearted little dressmaker
thought it very hard that the step
mother should have an income o
§ 10,000 a year , while poor Mrs.
Rockwood was about be turned
out of doors because she needed § 500.
Now , the step-mother , Mra. Canlino ,
was also a customer of Miss Morgan ,
and when sho called there the next
day she put in a good word for Mrs.
Rockwood.
"I saw you going into Mrs. Bock-
wood's yesterday , " the lady herself
began , when * the dressmaker was try
ing on an elegant costume. "How
aro they getting on. "
"Its a hard struggle to make both
ends meet , " said tho other , shaking
her head.
• "Well , of course I'm sorry , " Paul
ine added. "But as you make your
bed , why , so must you lie. She of
fended her pa , and he lefthernothing ,
and me all. I couldn't help that.
And I've my dear hoy at college just
at the age he needs so much money.
I told him I should send him a pres
ent that was worth while this
Christmas. He can't come home
it's too far you know. And I shall
give him § 500. Of course , .Jus ex
penses are all attended to * but he
must havo a little swing. There it
is , all in one note. I shall resistor it
this afternoon. "
"Five hundred dollars ! " said Miss
Morgan ; "exactly the amount of the
mortgage the Itockwood's house is
to be sold for. "
"Are they really going to losetheir
house ? " asked the stepmother.
"What thriftlessnessi Well , I shall
send the children a little Christmas
present all the same. 1 shall send
them § 5 , for I have a silly way of be
ing generous to the undeserving. "
Miss Morgan bent over her work.
"You that have all her father's
fortune , " sho thought ; you who came
between the parent and # child so that
he disinherited her. Oh ! for shame !
for shame ! "
She stitched away , the needle flying
through the velvet. She fitted the
broad shoulders and the well-laced
waist. She gathered the lace into
gracefull falls , and she thought of
Mrs. Rockwood all the while.
Itwas about 4 o'clock in the after
noon that Mrs. Canline drew her desk
toward her , and took out two sheets
of paper. On one she wrote :
"My Darling Son : Hero is j-our Christmas
box. I semi it with my best lovo and wishes.
Study hard and make me very proud of
you. Yodii Mamma. "
The other sheet held these words :
"My Dear Georginia : Inclosed you will
find a Christmas gift for the children. Spend
it carelully. 1 add this warning because you
really are not economical and prudent by
nature you know. Make tho best use of it.
It is really quite a little sum , when you think
of it as you should. Affectionately your
stepmother. .Tank Caxlink. "
These two notes lay on the table.
Upon the first , a § 500 note ; on the
last , a § 5 bill : and Mrs. Canline had
carefully directed two envelopes ,
when , opening her penknife hurriedly ,
she cut a great gasli across her
thumb.
"Come help me Miss Morgan , " she
said. "Please put these notes into
the envelopes with the money. That
for Louis must be sent to-night. I
can register them as I come from the
doctor's ; for the thumb must be seen
too I hate scars on my hands. "
Miss Morgan ran to the desk , bent
over it , and in a moment had sealed
the notes.
Then the lady , slipping them into
her pocket , hurried them to the doc
tor's and was just in time to register
her letters at the station on the way
home.
A few days after Mrs. Canline was
in receipt of two notes , one from her
son , which ran thus :
"Dear Mamma : Unless you have the
queerest possible idea of my wants you must
have made a mistake. Did you send me
§ u ? Vours in astonishment ,
"Louis Canline. "
The other began :
" . Kind Mamma What- load
"Dear. : - a you
have taken off my neart. That § 500 has
saved our home and poor Edward's reason.
1 believe. Five hundred thousand never did
more good. You ever grateful stepdaughter.
"Georgina Rockwood. "
Mrs. Canline , having read these
letters , sat for awhile like on petri
fied. She saw that the money she in
tended for Louis must have gone to
Georgina , and vice versa , but it was
too late to help it now. She sup
posed that the pain of her wounded
finger had made her stupid. Pwas
done as we do most stupid things in
a hurry. Of course she should send
five other hundred to Louis. As for
Georgina , she could not be made to
give lip her prize at this date. And
Mrs. Canline resolved to play the gen
erous and affectionate parent.
She went about for a week boast
ing that she had paid off the mort
gages on poor Georgina's house ; and
aa Georgina was too grateful to hide
thelact , Mrs. Canline gained a good
deal of credit for kind feeling to her
stepdaughter among their mutual
friends. Many people were surprised ;
none more so than little Miss Mor
gan.
"I'm so glad , " she often said to her
thimble. "I did feel so guiltI
really thought I changed the money
in those envelopes. I wanted to do
it so. I rejoice Mrs. Canline did it
herself. I do feel gratified she did. "
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A Cleveland man recently loan
ed a § 500 diamond ring to a
EuclidAvenue belle. It fitted so
snugly tlhit.she couldn't get it off ,
and he had to marrv her to recover
it. "
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The Fretful Oms. JK
The sons will go forth among men , _ fH
and in the hard school ot ' S
life's battle have their fusslne * * toned. _ . -
down , even obliterated. But tha M
daughters will fuss and fidget for life
and grow worse in theso ovcry year. < H
They will worry over their studies ,
fret through girlhood's years , nnd fl
bring to thoir own homes tho perfect- • < l
cd frctfulness of lifetime. M
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Their lovers are prone to mistake l
this natural trait of tho American H
girl for vivacity and piquancy and M
mental sparkle. Men in love will not 1
know the difference between tho gar- M
ish radiance that flashes from a light , M
house and the steady luster that lies M
in tho heart of a pearl. So they wed 'H
the briliant , changeable 'lamsel , and M
ignore her placid , contented sister. ' M
Mental rcstlcsness in a woman can 1
find outlet only in tho worriment of M
herself and thoso ofher household. M
In a man , this trait luus a safety M
valve in buisness pursuits. But hard- M
ly one woman in a thousand of tho - |
fussy kind can find a man so consti- M
tuted that his reposo of character is M
an offset toher l' l'ussincss. The nine M
hundred and ninety-nine are united M
for life to those fussy men almost as M
fussy as themselves , and so tho sum M
ol human unrest nnd mental wear M
and tear is increased. Life's reverses , M
disappointments , thwarted ambi- M
tions , come with trcblo force M
to tho fretful ones , nnd the M
evening of their days aro full of M
bitterness that serener mortals know J
nothing of. Plaeidit } ' and the phil- M
osophy that prompts its possessor to | H
take things as they come , to cross no M
bridge before it is reached , are things M
that American women should prize M
so highly as to bend overy faculty H
toward their securing. Pittsburg H
Bullentin. M
Dreams nud Coincidences. M
\Vhile. . 8tnying in your good city H
I read in the Globe-Democrat an nc- M
count cf curious coincidences con- M
nected with dreams. Strangely H
enough a night or two afterwards , M
as I was coming east on a sleeping | H
oar , 1 dreamt of meeting a friend , a M
lady , whom I had not seen for sev- M
enteen years , and in tho morning I M
sat directly opposite this very lady M
in the dining car. I had not thought M
of her , but who will say that her M
presence in the next car did not havo M
somo subtle influence over my dream M
the night before ? M
Speaking of dreams , I will tell you H
of another one , of a ludicrous nature M
not many weeks ago. 1 dreamt that H
I was a boy again , and was engaged H
in the rather common juvenilo diver- H
sion in the country of robbing a H
farmer's water-melon patch. Justus H
I was in the act of making off with H
one of the finest melons in the patch H
I saw the farmer approaching , with H
dog and gun. In vain did I tug at H
the melon , hoping to get over the H
fence ahead of the advancing dog. H
The barking of the brute awoke me. H
and I found myself pulling with all H
the energy at my command at the H
headof my 15-months-old babywhich H
I had mistaken for a watermelon , H
and whose cry had filled mydull ears H
with sounds like thebarkingofadog. H
The poor child had been dreadfully
abused , and I resolved never agnin H
to sleep in bed with a baby. A , M.
Heston in St. Louis GlobeDemoH
crat. H
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The Ideal Woman of the Future. H
The ideal woman of the future. " H
says an eminent physician , "must H
be a woman of grand and strong H
physique. Bulwer says : 'The match M
for beaut- a man , not a money S
chest. ' Equally true is it that the H
match for the ideal man , the coming H
twentieth ceutury man , is a woman , H
not a bundle of aches and pains. 9
And woman will not have gone far in H
her search for health before slu B
will have discovered that her H
dress is a fetter self-imposed H
which she herself must summon H
strength to break. She must cast H
off her slaverto the H
fashion-plate and go back to the H
freedom and grace of the old Greek H
ideals , and find in the deep bosomed H
Junos and the stately , well poised H
Yenuses ol antiquitywitli theirloose H
girdles and flowing lines of drapery. H
her models in dress. She must be H
strong and many-sided mentally. Al" H
art , all culture , all those mighty fl
principles of psychical law of which H
an ancient Greek has said that 'the H
divinity is mighty within them and H
growth not old' must minister tc H
herintellectualwants for how shall she H
give life who knows nottheprinciples H
of life. Last and best of all , she H
must be grand in that freedom and H
purity of soul which shall make hei H
lovea royal boon , a guerdon worth } H
of all knightly and chivalrous horn- H
age to the man who shall call hei
wife. " Philadelhia Press. H
m a-o- & _ - H
An In eniousThief. H
A gentleman dressed in a loose coal I
entered a ladies outfitting establish.
ment in Paris , at a time when tlu B
proprietor was alone in the shop. fl
The gentleman asked to be shows '
some ready-made ladies' cloaks , as
he wished to give his wife a little sur- _ H
prise. After a careful inspection he B
fixed upon onp , and the salesman.
"Have you not a young lady a I
hand to put on the cloak to see how
it looks ? " The proprietor regretted
that noni of the ladies of the estab-
lishment were in at that moment.
"Well , perhaps you wouldn 't objod I
to putting it on yourself ? " The un- I
suspecting shopkeeper slipped on tlu I
cloak , buttoned it , and turned round '
in all directions. "Magnificent ! " ex- I
claimed the purchaser with seeming M
ecstasy , but at the same moment M
he made a grab at the till , whict ' 1
he thrust tinder his coat , and boltcti
out of the shop. The horrified pro
prietor rushed after him into tht
street , where , however , he was seized
by the passers-by. who dragged hire
back to tho shop in the suppositior
thntthepoor fellow had gonemadanc - '
before he could explain matters tht J
rogue had disappeared. " |
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