CAN WIN 1900.
Jones , Chairman of Ihe
National Committee , has
/ ' . folicvviiig statement in reply
to KSfty iaquirles that have come to
the headquarters of the Democratic
National Committee :
The claim.of the Kepubiican papers that
the Senate fs already irrevocably against
Bilver , an < l will so stand until lOOo at the
earliest , is like many of their extreme
claims , in my opinion , not well founded.
Upon the passage of what is known as the
Teller resolution of .Ian. 28 , 1S9S , which
declared that the bonds of the Govern
ment are payable , ' 'principal and interest
in silver dollars , coins of the United
{ states , containing 412 . grains of stand
ard silver , " and that "to restore to its
coinage such silver coins as a legal tender
in the payment of such bonds , principal
and interest , is not in violation of the pub
lic faith , nor in derogation of the rights of
the public creditors , ' ' there was a majortiy
of fifteen votes in the Senate in its favor.
This may be reasonably accepted as a test
vote on the silver question. A gold man
lias since been fleeted from Oregon to till
a vacancy , which reduces our majority
now to fourteen. Of those who voted in
favor of that proposition at that time ,
seven Senators will probably be succeed
ed on the 4th of March next by Senators
opposed to the unlimited coinage of sil
ver , namely : Senators Alien of Nebraska ,
Mitchell of Wisconsin , Murphy of New
York , Koach of North Dakota , Smith of
New Jersey. Turpio of Indiana and While
of California. This will leave the two
ides equal and the deciding vote will be
in the hands of the Vice-Fresident. This
condition of tilings hardly warrants the
triumphant claims of the gold men that
they have captured the Senate and will
hold it for many years to come. This year
nn unusual proportion of bimetallists , who
come from close States , have had their
terms to expire. In 1000 , however , all
Ibis will be evened up by a larger proportion
tion of the geM men retiring , who come
from close States. What is likely to be
the condition of the Senate in 1001 can be
easily seen. The terms of thirty Senators
expire at , that time. Of these thirty , eleven
who are now friendly to silver may safely
be counted as absolutely certain to be suc
ceeded by silver men. These Senators
come from the following States : Alabama ,
Arkansas , Colorado , Texas and Virginia.
The following States may be expected to
elect gold men to succeed gold men at
ihat time : Maine , Massachusetts and
llliode Island. New Hampshire is now
represented by a silver man , \\ho o term
will expire in 3001. Much will depend in
that Stale upon the personal popularity
of tiie present Senator , Mr. Chandler , but
if he should bo succeeded by a gold man.
Louisiana aii'l Kentucky , now represented
by gold"men , are certain to send tno bi-
motalHsts in their stead , leaving the ail-
vantage so far with the silver men. In
two States South Dakota and Delaware
where we now have silver Senators.
Ihere will bo contests , and the mo t that
can be claimed by the gold men is that we
* *
are not positively' certain lohold those
States ; while the following State ? , now
represented by goid men , can certainly not
be claimed as sure to return a solid gold
delegation , namely : Iowa , Kansas. Michi
gan , Minnesota. Nebraska , Nov. ' .Terst-y ,
Oregon , West Virginia and Wyoming.
From all this it is perfectly safe to assort ,
without fear of contradiction , that if the
bimoiallists succeed in electing the Presi
dent in JHOO , they A\ill unquestionably
have a clear working majority in the Unit
ed Stales Senate.
JAMES K. JONES.
Tribune for the l rce Trade.
It is our painful duty to call the at-
teution-fij the Hopnulican sanhedrin to
the fact that the Chicago Tribune 5 =
openly-advocating free trade again.
This fall from grace occurs at intervals
of about four years , usually midway
between presidential elections , ami
continues until the Republican nation
al convention is called , when the Trib
une resludSes the tariff question and
gets into line with more or less grace
and enthusiasm. This time the Trib
une is approaching flic flop Avith the
shy and coy demeanor of a tomcat re-
connoilering a saucer of cream. It has
begun by advocating free trade in coal ,
under the pretext that we can under
sell the Canadian coal miners in their
own territory. But this , of course , is
merely an entering wedge. The symp
toms are unmistakable. AVithin a few
weeks the Tribune will be shouting for
free trade all along the line and quoting
heterodox authorities like Sunnier and
Wells to prove that absolute commer
cial freedom is the only salvation. The
Kauhedrin will have to look after the
Tribune if it would avert this distress
ing exhibition. Chicago Chronicle.
Philippines sis Roltoii Iioroiitihs.
The Fhilippine Islands once annexe. ! ,
how long would it be before the Repub
lican party would resolve that all Ma
lays are brethren and entitled to full
political rights ? Does any sane man
believe that the free institutions of this
republic can withstand such an inocu
lation of political disease as this would
be ? Does any man imagine that the
Republican , party leaders would shrink
from increasing their power by the cre
ation of rotten boroughs in the Philip
pines ? We hope the opponents of an
nexation will prevent the ratification
of the treaty by all known parliament
ary methods until some guarantee is
given against the untold evils that
would result from it. Cincinnati En
quirer.
No Pinnitiir McKiiilcy Down.
In default of an authoritative declar
ation of public policy there can befno
assurance Whatever of the direction in
which the country may go , with McKinley -
Kinley at the helm of affairs. He Is
constitutionally averse to showing his
( hand ; he is past master in the art of
keeping things smooth and quiet aud he
alwaj's do so unless absolutely
compelled to declare himself. The Sen
ators who arc unwilling to accept the
peace treaty unless some assurance is
given of the public policy which will
be pursued under it cannot afford to
rely upon any general promises nor cui
they hope to bring the administration
or its friends to a stand after the treaty
has once been ratified. Baltimore
News.
Water as "Solid" Prosperity.
Says Cliauncey M. Depew. Senator
for the State of Vanderbilt : "This pros
perity is solid. There is no doubt of
that , and conditions are such that it
ought to last. The balance of trade is
in our favor for the first time in years ,
and It ought to continue. ' ' Sonic other
"authorities" express concurrences in
the opinion of the Vanderbilt Senator
tliat "this prosperity is solid. " But
others who are less 'addicted to post
prandial eloquence are not inclined to
think that the prosperity which is sadd
to have added over $150,000,000 to the
wealth of twenty-seven men bjr a mad
tip-rush of stock in Wall street is as
solid' and lasting as the pyramid of
Gizeh. . v
y.
Union lAbor jiiirt Prison-Made Goods ,
There is much force iu the objections
of ihe labor unions against prison-
made goods , made cheaply because of
the cheap labor , coining on the market
in competition with free-labor-made
goods , but careful investigation shows ,
we believe , that the effect of this com
petition is much less than is the general
I thought. An Ohio prison expert makes
the clffim that only fifty-two one-linn-
| dtwlths of one per cent , of the total
I goods manufactured in this country is
'
ui.vle in pcnal/iustitutions , and if this
, is true , then the competition from pris
on-made goods is very insignificant.
Indianapolis News.
The Perilous Boom in Trusts.
The success of two or three great
trusts has stimulated the production of
all manner of combination schemes for
similar purposes , and they are now
coming daily upon the market in
squads and companies in the particu
lar interest of promoter ? , of stock mar
ket gamblers and of the owners of
j combined plants Avho want to sell out ,
and not in the interest of the public.
The more severely investors let such
securities alone the less disastrous will
be the inevitable crash proceeding from
this reckless trust ballooning. Spring
field , Mass. , Republican.
An Abbnrd situation.
There is something bordering on the
absurd when a great military leader in
the presence of the enemy , with com
plete control of the situation , if undis
turbed , is liable to be checked , thwart
ed , or even superseded by a man or set
of men who have no accurate knowl
edge of tlie real situation at the front ,
no comprehension of military affairs ,
and who may be under the influence of
advisers whose only object is to ruin
the commanding general , or to make
political capital for the next election.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Seeing Tt Differently
When President Cleveland appointed
ox-Congressman Blount of Georgia to
investigate and report on the Hawaiian
conspiracy Republican papers indig
nantly proclaimed that the President
had exceeded his authority in making
the appointment. But President McKinley -
Kinley hasn't taken Republican ojluion
for his guidance in this matter , for he
has appointed more commissioners
than any other President we ever had.
And the Republican papers do not say
a word about exceeding authority.
Ulica Observer.
General I : i raii' Weak Flea.
Does any sensible citizen believe foi
a moment that a court-martial , sitting
on the case of a private charged with
an offense against an oflicer similar in
character to the offense General Eagan
is charged with committing , would for
an instant consider the plea of "tem
porary insanity" or "mental aberra
tion , " pleaded in defense of General
Eagan ? Every one knows that under
similar circumstances the private
would receive the full penalty of mili
tary law. Nashville American.
J egin at the Primaries.
It is more manly to get right down
into the arena and work and fight for
honest politics and good government
than to t-tanrt off and whine and grum
ble because of dishonest politics and
bad government. Shove the selfish
politicians aside they are in the min
ority if reputable Democrats do their
duty. Take up your share of party
work and do it. Start in with the pri
maries and go straight up the line.
St. Louis Republic.
K an Unknown Policy.
The Republican members of the Con
necticut IIou o of Representatives
have voted to indorse the President's
policy over yondev , but not one of them
can explain why it is. Even Senator
Ivodge gave it up in his speech recent
ly , for he admitted that he had no idea
what the future would bring forth. It's
jlorious drifting , any how. Springfield ,
Mass. , Republican.
That Shine Out.
However the facts may be glossea
over , the Avar , brief as It AA'as , disclosed
conditions in the military service which
are not creditable io the country.
Those Avho did the fighting increased
the fame of America , but some of the
men in high places did neb enhance the
national glory. Des Moines I/eader.
MILES OF STAr/IPS.
Some Idea of Hi ? Millions that "Were
Issne.l Last Year.
Uncle Sam printed just a few postage
stamps during the year 1S08. The num
ber of 2-cent stamps issued during the
year was about 2,500,000,000. Such a.
number , obviously , is beyond the grasp
of the human mind , but perhaps Ihe
matter may bo made more clear 1)3' put
ting it otherwise.
An ordinary 2-cent stamp is exactly
one inch long. From this fact , by a lit
tle calculation , it is easy to discover
ihat the number of stamps of'this de
nomination issued hi 1 ! ) S , placed end
to end , would extend a distance consid
erably exceeding 39,00u miles. In other
words , they would make : i continuous
strip of stamps , ene.li- ono adorned with
the head of the father of his country ,
stretching in a belt more than once and
jj half around the equator.
Of course , though the 2-cent stamps
are those principally used , there are
others. Enough 1-cent postage stamps
have been issued during the year 3898 to
stretch from New York City , by way oi.
Europe and Asia , to Bombay , India , if
similarly arranged in one strip. All
other stamps , as to production and
sales , are of minor importance compar
atively speaking , but it is interesting
to kiiow that almost exactly one mile
of $ ] stamps were manufactured for
the demand of 1SOS. Of $5 stamps the
production was equivalent to a little
more than half a furlong , or about one-
fifteenth of a mile.
Now , if all the postage stamps print
ed by the United States Government in
1S9S were placed one on top of another ,
as neatly as might be without putting
them under pressure , how high do you
suppose the pile of thorn would be ?
There is no use guessing ; you would
nerer got it nearly right , unless you
Avent to Avork to calculate it for your
self. The . ' { . . " 00,000,000 stumps of all
denominations printed during the cur
rent year the statement , of course , is
aproximate would tOAver to an eleva
tion of tAA'enty-oue miles. This is more
than three times the height of the high
est mountain in the world Mount
Everest , in the Himalayas. If the same
number of stamps was piled up in the
form of the ordinary sheets of 300 hun
dred each , it follows that the stack
would be over : i fifth of n mile high.
During the year 1S)8 ; ) the number of
special delivery stamps bold AV.-JS about
,1.250,000. It is only reasonable to sup
pose that the average journey of the
special delivery messenger is half a
mile. Indeed , that is an absurd under
estimate : but let it go at that. On this
assumption the total distance traA'oled
for speihtl delivery in 1SOS AVUS about
2.02.1.000 miles. . That is u very consid
erable space to traverse , as may be
realized Avlien it is considered that a
messenger boy , in order to accomplish
that total distance , Avould have to go
about LOGO times around the Avorld , or
live times io the moon and back.
It appears , from figures furnished by
the Postoflice Department , that the
average person in Massachusetts , in
cluding men , Avomon and children ,
spends ? 2.oO on postage per annum.
New York comes second Avith an ex
penditure of 2.27. The District of Co
lumbia third with $2.1(5. Colorado is
fourth Avith $1.03 , and Connect Knit is
fifth Avitli $1.80. Thu States ranking
loAvest in this regard are South Care
lina. Avith 2.1 cents per capita ; Missis
sippi , Avith . ,4 cents ; Alabama , Avith .T >
cents : Arkansas , Auth 'iT cents ; and
North Carolina , with 41 cents.
tin n Out t' e Uyn.
A colored oxhortcr , while holding .1
meeting in Georgia , s.iys the Atlanta
CoiiNtitution , solicited a special colkc-
tiou to defray the expenses of the meet
ing. "We'll pass roun' do hat , " he
said , "endurin * de singin'of do. hymn
on page No. 20.1 'On Jordan's Stormy
Banks. ' " And then he proceeded to
"lino out" the hymn , but i-o intent A\\-IS
he on the collection that he forgot
whole lines of it , and .supplied others ,
with tiie following result :
'On Jordan's stori'i.v banks I stand
En cast a wish fill eye
I'o Canaan's fair en happy land
( .Don't let dnt hal IKISS l y ! )
'O do transporting raplurous scene
Dat rises to myijrhl !
Drap in tlat nickel. P.mauer Green ! )
En rivers of delight !
'Could I Iml stand wliar Mo es stood
En view do lanilsape o'er ,
t Jordan's stream , or Death' cold Jiooi
I Wo A\anls ten dollar * more. " )
The Ken I IDiiz
A NOAV Year calm seemed to haA'e
'alien upon : i certain village not twen-
y miles from London as three Ainori-
an tourists strolled through it. Not a
.oil ; AVIS abroad , save the geese and
'oAvls on tlio common. "This , " said Iho
Vmci'icans. "is real England. " And
hey turned up ; i muddy by lane to
5niff England's Nov.- Year peace to the
Jill. Iu doing 0 they tumbled upon
in antique cottage Avith a quaint board
> v .r the door. They approached Io in-
.nect the board , niul from the inside of
he cottage cme the sound of about
wouty yokels' A-oices. all singing dif-
Vreut tunes together in A'oicos all dif-
eienlly drunk. "This. " said the Amer-
cans , "is more real England. " Lon-
Ion Globe.
German Toys Arc Po'sonous.
Dr. D. E. Salmon , chief or the United
states Bureau of Animal Industry , in
he course of his report to the Secre-
ary of Agriculture , states that in con-
icclion with the examination of im-
torts from Germany it Avas found that
Jermau toys and colored goods were
( oisonotis. Dr. Salmon says all highly
tainted German toys may be regard-
d as very dangerous to children , Avho
nay suck off the paint or SAvallow
licces that may be chipped off.
The scarcity of religion in prisons is
robably due to the fact that salvation
5 free.
Hanks of Issue a Biiracn.
Banks of issue Avere first created and
arerstill maintained to eke out the scan
ty supply' coin , always inadequate in
an era of business expansion. This
they do by the issue of their promis
sory notes , permitted lay law to circu
late as money substitutes , to be kept
at par with coin by being made redeem
able in coin. For this purpose it was
supposed that one dollar in coin was a
su.liclent reserve to keep three dollars
in bank notes at par , on the theory that
only a small amount of such notes
would be presented for redemption at
one time.4 The legal right to collect interest -
terest upon their debts , evidenced by
their promissory notes ( bank bills ) , was
an unjust concession to the banks. The
right to collect interest upon the great
er portion of their deposits ( their debts
again , in another form ) , was a still
more unjust concession. As greed soon
fattens upon what it feeds upon , it was
not long before the banks learned to
collect additional interest upon billions
of fictitious credit , based in part upon
their capital , but mainly upon the cash
deposits and redeposits of their cus
tomers. Favored by these unjust con
cessions and advantages , they have
now grown so powerful that they domi
nate the earth. Through their power
to raise or depress prices almost at will ,
by expanding or contracting their ficti
tious credits , ( hey hold all industry in
the hollow of their hand. No business
can now prosper without their direct or
indirect permission. Nations can no
longer go to war to vindicate their
honor without first gaining their con
sent The greatest burden which civili
zation has ever imposed upon man
kind , they now pose before the world
as the supporters of its industries and
the conservative saviors of society.
W. U. Claggett.
Silver Nifjlit School Lesson.
Oigauize ! We want a silver night
school in every precinct in the United
States. Organize a school and send to
the l/i I erary Bureau , Unity Building ,
Chicago , for lesson leaflets. What has
been done can be done. Four young
men organized in one township and
agreed to hold a session in every schoolhouse -
house in the township , and incidentally
to nominate and elect a safe silver
Democratic ticket at the spring elec
tion.
Example. In 1ST. . , when wheat was
worth ? 1.1 } in the United States , what
was it worth in the money of India ,
and what was it worth in Indian money
in 1893 when worth Go cents in the
United States ? Both countries are ex
porters of wheat , transportation to
European markets being about the
same. In 1873 the exchange was . .11.
In 1803 the exchange was .241 ; 5. e. . the
Indian rupee was worth but a little
over $ .241 in our money.
Answer : 1S73 2'X ' > rupees per bjshcl ;
18D3 2 3-.1 rupees per bushel , or 1.32
in our money ( silver ) .
The disadvantage to American wheat
raiser * , is apparent. The example may
be easily explained to the school by any
one familiar with the rules of comput
ing exchange. Problems are al = o given
in the lesson leaflets to show the dis
astrous effects of low prices in produc
ing bu ine.-3 failures , foreclosures and
hard times.
"Value" of ? .Ioney.
Our forefathers used the commonest
kind of common sense in adopting the
then existing commercial ratio of 13 to
1 as their coinage ratio , while they
could have legally adopted 10 to 1 or 32
to 1 or any other ratio they saw fit.
Had they deviated , to any large extent ,
from the then commercial ratio , they
would hr.ve damaged their reputation
as men of good judgment.
Let us then restate what our fore
fathers did in defining the word ' 'value' '
in 1792. They simply made the "at
tempt" ' to make the exchangeable value
of our gold aud silver coins equal when
subject to the hammer test or to the
melting pot. Paper or credit money ,
that indispensable instrument of mod
ern civilization , should be issued and
controlled by the government , which is
alone capable of giving security for its
redemption. The government should
never abandon this vital function of
governing.
It is our strong citadel of financial
independence. The loaning of either
coin or credit money is a different func
tion from its issue. From the effect of
the statute lav , * aud by the coinage and
issue of these coins they all become
' law made" or fiat money.
Binietaliisi in Ireland.
In Ireland the question of bimetal
lism is coming to the front very rapid
ly. The Secretary of tihe Bimetallic
League for Ireland , whose office i < in
Dublin , writes : ' 'It would help us very
much , indeevd , if our Irish friends and
sympathizers in the States , as well as
our American ones , would interest their
correspondents in Ireland on behalf of
our work here. All literature and in
formation in connection with the cur
rency question will be supplied free of
charge by this office to all inquirers.
We have had a number of very suc
cessful meetings already in Ireland ,
and we begin another series to bft ad
dressed by Hon. E. L. Hartley , in Jan
uary. "
Torn into shreds a nice amusement
for a child , by the way newspapers
can be put into washing ticks and , if
frequently changed , make a good bed
for a small child.
In the man whose childhood has
known caresses and kindness there is
always a fiber of memory that can be
touched to gentle issues. George Eliot.
SMALLEST LOT IN NEW YORK.
It Occupies n Curious Niclie in a Cor
ner Property.
The smallest piece of real estate in
New York is at the northwest corner of
14th street and Irving place. It occu
pies a curious little niche in the cornel-
property and lias a frontage of a few
inches on both these Important streets.
Taxes arc regularly paid on it and the
high rent which its owner demands for
it has been paid regularly for years.
The property is so small that a man of
ordinary height can readily stand with
a foot on each of its boundaries. De
spite its diminutive size it has been
tised for several purposes. A news
stand was once located there and at-
\W \
XKW YOKK'S SMAI.MC T LOT.
tracted cu-tonicrs f 'oni both streets. In
using the lot evea for this purpose ,
however , it was frn.nd necessary to oc
cupy part of tiV sidewalk in front. The
entire estate was taken up with but
two or three piles of folded papers.
The man v , ho prchulert-over the news
stand was obliged to stand on his
neighbor's property while he reached
over his own to hand a customer a pa
per. At another time a peanut stand
was set up and the entire property was
taken tip with the roasting apparatus ,
and if a peanut was knocked off the
stand it fell on the next neighbor's
grounds.
The smallest estate is now occupied
by a substantial little pavilion , cover
ed with an elaborate roof which ex
tends out over its limits. This diminu
tive estate is supposed to have been
due to a mistake of the surveyors years
ago. The present owner will not listen
to any offers for its sale. , . , It has been
rented for years for .10 a month and
he is well satisfied Avith.the investment.
The most determined effort to buy the
estate has been made by the owners of
the hotel which occupies the adjoining
site , but the owner of the smallest
estate declares that his property is not
on the market.
MILLIONS TO WEO [ MILLIONS.
Scion of Hie Vaudcrbiltss Will Slurry
a California Heiress.
The interesting announcement has-
bcoa made of the engagement of Will
iam K. Vanderbilt and Mis Virginia
Fair , the California heiress. William
K. Vanderbilt , Jr. . is the son of William
K. Vanderbilt , who is the < -ocoid son
of the late William U./y.-uidarbilt. Miss
V F 11
Fair , by this alliance , will become the
sister-in-law of the Duchess of Marlborough -
borough , and will add her own inde
pendent fortune to that of her husband ,
who is the oldest male descendant of
William Kisf-am Vanderbilt , and who
will be the possessor of most of the
millions of the second branch of the
family.
Young Vanderbilt is not very good-
looking , but he inherits much of the
commercial genius and thrift of his
grandfather and of tlie old "coinmo-
i
-iss : VIKGIVTA r.vn : .
dore , " Aviio began the upbuilding of the
prodigious material Avealth his numer
ous descendants HOAV enjoy and coni
serve. Little Willie K. is 21 years old , t
and Avill graduate in t\vo years.
Miss Fair is one of the most Aviijsome ;
of the girls in NCAA' York society. To
her personal charms'is added the lus
ter of immense Avealth in her OAVH right , n
She made her debut in New York so
ciety flA-e years ago , ! itthe-age ; of IS. , ,
The future Mrs. William Iv. Vanderbllt rj
has black eyes and hair , lively comi i :
plexiou and a plump figure. Although C
she is under tlie medium height , siie v
weighs 130 pounds. The precise amount ref
of Miss Fair's fortune it is difficult to
state. The great Fair Avealth can only * '
bo estimated , but Virginia'- ; share is t
? aid to be in the neighborhood of ( .
3,000,000.
Strategic 3Iovo.
"I remember , I remember-
the little boy on the country school-
liouse platform began , and then he
stuck. The poem had gone completely.
Flic boy he hated most began tittering ,
rhe occasion AA as becoming critical. n
rhe little boy , with a grand rally and a tl
lash of Inspiration , pulled from his
Docket his red , white and blue ( and
slack , more or less ) handkerchief , S (
; houted and Avound up with "I remem
ber the Mftine. " Indianapolis Journal-
I \
The controversy in the Senate over the-
vole upon the various resolutions inter
pretive of the peace treaty look an acute
turn late on Friday. The opposition to a
vote first came from the friends of the
treaty , who held to the theory that it
couM be ratified without compromise.
Those who apparently Avcru then Avilling
that a vote should ho taken that diy : , hold
an opposite view and absolutely refused
to agree to a time for taking a A-ote. The
contest occurred in the executive session.
The next hour and a quarter was spent
in a A-ain endeavor on Ihe one side to fret
an agreement to a date for a vote upon
the resolutions and on the otlfor in a more
successful effort to bring the day's session
to a clobe without allowing anything to be
accomplished in that direcfion. For more
than live hours the Senate iu open session
listened to arguments in opposition to ex
pansion and in opposition to the ratifica
tion of the treaty of peace. The speakers
Avere Mr. Money ( Miss. ) and Mr. Daniel
( Ya. ) . Mr. Hale ( Me. ) presented the con
ference report on the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bill , and it was agreed'
to.
At Hie opening of Saturday's session
Mr. Allen ( Pup. . Neb. ) offered a resolution
declaring that the United States , in rati
fying the treaty of Paris , tlise not commit - .
mit itself to the doctrine that the islands
acquired through the war Avilh Spain are
to be annexed to or become a part off the-
United States. Mr. Chiilon rDeni. , Te.r. )
addressed the Senate on Mr. Vest's anti-
expansion resolution. Senator Wolcott
made a strong speech in favor of expan
sion. The Senate wont into executive ses
sion without voting on any of the pending
i evolutions regarding oxpacsion. The
lime of the Senate behind closed doors
AV. ! consumed almost entirely l y Mr.
Morgan. After disposing of a few routine
matters the House took up the bill mak
ing appropriations for the expenses of the
military academy at West Point
The treaty of peace with Spain was-
ratifiecl by the Senate Monday afternoon ,
the vote being .17 to 27 , only one more-
than the two-thirds majority required.
Monday AVUS suspension day in the House
ami quite a number of bills Avere passed ,
some of them of importance. The census
bill prepared by the Hor.se committee
Avent through by a vote of 147 to 42. The-
bill differ in several essential features
from the Senate bill , particularly in that
it makes the census bureau entirely inde
pendent of any existing department. A ,
bill Avas passed to extend the ariii-eon-
trael labor laws over the Hawaiian isl
ands , and another bill uas passed to refer
forty-four war claims for stores and sup
plies to the Court of Claims.
In the Senate on Tuesday a bill grant
ing a right of way through Indian Terri
tory to the Choc-taw , Oklahoma and Gulf
Railroad Company AVIS passed. Mr.
Spoonor of Wisconsin
presented the cre
dentials of Senator-elect Quarle . Mr.
Tillman of South Carolina , in accordance
Avith notice given , addressed the Senate
on the McEnery resolution. Tuesday
was the first of two days ofc aside for the
oonsidoiation of public building bills. The
committee had reported seventy-eight
bills for buildings in tiiirfy-live States ,
authorizing in the aggregate an expendi
ture of ? 14.0JiO.OOO. Little or no opposi
tion dovolopfvl and bills Avc-re favorably
acted upon almost as rapidly as they
could 'io read. There
was , however , more
or iesiroodnrst sired chuffing throughout
the session. As u result forty bills , car
rying or authorizing appropriations aggre
gating $11,3114,000 , had been lai.i aside
witii favorable recommendation- ; before
adjournment was reached.
In the Senate on Wednesday the In
dian appropriation bill , which "ha been
pending for several weeks , was coiiinlcted
; iml pafd. . The legislative , exo-ntive
; unl judicial appropriation bill was taken
up. but after twenty-four pages of it luul
been disposed of it Avas laid aside for the
lay. A few measures of minor impor
tance were passed. The net result of the
ivork during the two days allotted for
ihe consideration of public buildfng bills
n the House Avas the passage of a single
> ill providing for the erection of a build-
ng at Newport News Va. . at a cost of
i7.1,000. ? Sixty-five bills in all. carrying
> r authoming the expenditure of about
12,000.000. were favorably considered in
ommitteo of th" whole Avhen the com
nittee ro e , but bceau < o soA-euleen oilier
)511s reported bad not been ated unon
n committee all efforts to advance the
ills favorably acted upon in committee
vere blocked. Mr. Corliss ( Hep. ) of
Michigan called up the Senate bill to
mioiid the law requiring ballots for mcm-
iors of Congress to bo written or print-
' (1 , so as to permit tlie use of machines
\hore authorized by the laws of the
State. The bill was pa so < l 94 to 44.
Chairman Cannon of the Appropriations
'ommitlee of the House , in tiie coftrse of
lie ireneral debate on the sundry civil
) ili on Thursday , sounded a note of wani
ng asain-t extravagant appropriations ,
in l practically served notice that neither
he < hip subsidy bill nor the Nicaragua
anal bill could be passed at th.'s suasion.
L'lio z ( ner.-il debate upon the sundry civil
ill AV.IS not concluded. Before ft Avas
aon up quite a number of minor bills
vere p.is-esl by unaniir.ots * consent.
L'hror.gliont its open session the Senate
iad under consideration the legislative ,
xecutive and judicial appropriation bill ,
'he folIoAvIng bills Avere passed : Author
ing the Sioux City and Omaha Ilaihvay
'ompany to construct ami operate a raif-
ray through the Omaha and Winnebago
os-orvation iu Tbur ton County. Neb. , . -
ml to restore to their original status as- *
o promotion oillcers of ; he navy and maine -
ine corps AA'Iio Io > * t numbers by reason of
lie adA-ancement of other olicer ! < for ex-
optional and meritorious service during-
lie war with Spain.
Nerrs of Minor Note.
Eussia sells to other countries 1..100- _
00,000 eggs a year.
The Illinois State fair -will increase its
urscs this year ? 10,000 for trotters and
acers.
The best three in five
style of racing is a
orse-kiliing system , says a veteran of
lie turf.
Customs receipts at
Havana have near-
- doubled since the Americans took pos-
sssion of the city.
What is known .as ' 'Mission Rock. " Saa
'rancisco Bay , lias been officially set
part for a coaling station.
